Method and system for network handover

• US 9,338,745 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2011
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Ke
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shah, Saumit
• Application Number:
  US13/885,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20130229967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,923 Days
• Field of Search: 370/311, 370/331, 370/341, 455/436, 455/572, 455/573, 455/574
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0066 of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0225 using monitoring of external events, e.g. the presence of a signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0238 where the received signal is an unwanted signal, e.g. interference or idle signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The disclosure provides a method and a system for network handover. The method includes: during a process that equipment hands over from a current network to another network, a driver receiving a network-disconnected message, and judging whether the network-disconnected message is sent from a Connection Manager (CM); if the network-disconnected message is sent from the CM, the driver reporting, to an operating system, a first signalling which identifies that the current network is disconnected; and if the network-disconnected message is not sent from the CM, the driver reporting, to the operating system, a second signalling which identifies that the current network is connected. By the adoption of the method and the system, power consumption of the equipment can be reduced.

Claims

1. A method for network handover, comprising:

during a process that equipment hands over from a current network to another network, a driver receiving a network-disconnected message and judging whether the network-disconnected message is sent from a Connection Manager (CM), wherein, before judging whether the network-disconnected message is sent from a Connection Manager (CM), a global variable disconnectflag is defined for indicating whether CM network-disconnection occurs;

if the value of the disconnectflag indicates that the CM network-disconnection occurs and the network-disconnected message is sent from the CM, the driver reporting, to an operating system, a first signalling which identifies that the current network is disconnected; and

if the value of the disconnectflag indicates that the CM network-disconnection does not occur and the network-disconnected message is not sent from the CM, the driver reporting, to the operating system, a second signalling which identifies that the current network is in a connected state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the driver reports, to the operating system, the first signalling which identifies that the current network is disconnected, the method further comprises:

the operating system modifying a first icon which identifies that a network is connected into a second icon which identifies that the network is disconnected.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the operating system modifies the first icon which identifies that the network is connected into the second icon which identifies that the network is disconnected, the method further comprises:

the operating system emptying parameters of an Internet Protocol (IP), a subnet and a default gateway.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the driver reports, to the operating system, the second signalling which identifies that the current network is in the connected state, the method further comprises:

the operating system continuing displaying a first icon which identifies that a network is connected.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the operating system continues displaying the first icon which identifies that the network is connected, the method further comprises:

the operating system storing parameters of a current IP, a current subnet and a current default gateway.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein when the equipment hands over to said another network, the equipment disconnects from the current network, and the driver registers in said another network by using parameter of the current IP.

7. A system for network handover, comprising:

equipment, configured to hand over from a current network to another network; and

a driver, configured to, during a process that the equipment hands over from the current network to said another network, receive a network-disconnected message and judge whether the network-disconnected message is sent from a Connection Manager (CM), wherein, before judging whether the network-disconnected message is sent from a Connection Manager (CM), a global variable disconnectflag is defined for indicating whether CM network-disconnection occurs;

if the value of the disconnectflag indicates that the CM network-disconnection occurs and the network-disconnected message is sent from the CM, report to an operating system a first signalling which identifies that the current network is disconnected; and

if the value of the disconnectflag indicates that the CM network-disconnection does not occur and the network-disconnected message is not sent from the CM, report to the operating system a second signalling which identifies that the current network is in a connected state.

8. The system according to claim 7, further comprising:

the operating system, configured to modify a first icon which identifies that a network is connected into a second icon which identifies that the network is disconnected after the driver reports, to the operating system, the first signalling which identifies that the current network is disconnected; and

continue displaying the first icon which identifies that the network is connected after the driver reports, to the operating system, the second signalling which identifies that the current network is connected.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the operating system is further configured to store parameters of a current Internet Protocol (IP), a current subnet and a current default gateway.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the equipment is further configured to disconnect from the current network when handing over to said another network;

and

the driver is further configured to register in said another network by using parameter of the current IP.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the equipment is further configured to disconnect from the current network when handing over to said another network;

and

the driver is further configured to register in said another network by using parameter of the current IP.