IP Library Granted Patent US 12672075
Granted Patent B2
US 12672075 · App. 17/920,779 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Method for obtaining configuration information and method for providing configuration information, electronic device, and storage medium

Inventor: Xing Yang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W52/28H04W52/0261
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Patent No.
US 12672075
App. No.
17/920,779
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for obtaining configuration information and a method for providing configuration information, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method for obtaining configuration information comprises: a user terminal sending energy information of the user terminal to a base station; the user terminal receiving configuration information sent by the base station, wherein the configuration information is determined by the base station according to the energy information; and the user terminal communicating with the base station on the basis of the configuration information.

Claims (96)

1 . A method for obtaining configuration information, comprising:

sending, by a user terminal, energy information of the user terminal to a base station;

receiving, by the user terminal, configuration information sent by the base station, wherein the configuration information is determined by the base station according to the energy information; and

communicating, by the user terminal, with the base station based on the configuration information,

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, control signaling sent by the base station;

wherein sending, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station comprises:

sending, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling,

wherein, in response to determining that the control signaling allows the user terminal to report the energy information, sending, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling comprises:

directly reporting, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal in response to determining that no energy information has been reported by the user terminal,

wherein the energy information comprises information indicating whether the user terminal is in an active state, the user terminal being in the active state indicating that the user terminal is in a charging power state, predefined according to at least one of performances or structures of the base station and the user terminal, that is capable of supporting a first configuration, and the user terminal being in an inactive state indicating that the user terminal is in a charging power state that is incapable of supporting the first configuration and is capable of supporting a second configuration;

wherein when the information in the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the active state, the configuration information is configured to indicate to the user terminal to communicate with a high-orbit satellite base station, and when the information in the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the inactive state, the configuration information is configured to indicate to the user terminal to communicate with a low-orbit satellite base station.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the energy information further comprises:

power information of the user terminal.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information indicating whether the user terminal is in the active state comprises at least one of the following information:

information indicating whether the user terminal being is in a wireless charging state or a wired charging state;

a magnitude of a charging power of the user terminal; or

information indicating whether the user terminal is in a high-power charging state or a low-power charging state.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein,

in response to determining that the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the active state or a power in the power information is higher than a first power threshold, the configuration information comprises the first configuration; and

in response to determining that the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the inactive state or the power in the power information is lower than a second power threshold, the configuration information comprises the second configuration.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprises:

wherein in response to determining that the control signaling indicates that the user terminal is to report the energy information at a predetermined period, sending, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling comprises:

periodically reporting, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station according to the predetermined period.

6 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in response to determining that the control signaling indicates that the user terminal is to report the energy information in response to determining that a reporting event is satisfied, sending, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling comprises:

sending, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station in response to determining that the reporting event is satisfied; and

wherein the reporting event comprises one of the following events:

a remaining power of the user terminal reaching a remaining power threshold;

a percentage of the remaining power of the user terminal reaching a remaining power percentage threshold; or

a charging power of the user terminal reaching a charging power threshold.

7 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in response to determining that the control signaling comprises a prohibit timer for stopping the user terminal from reporting the energy information, sending, by the user terminal, the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling, comprises:

starting the prohibit timer in response to determining that the energy information of the user terminal is sent by the user terminal to the base station; and

disabling the user terminal from reporting the energy information of the user terminal to the base station again during running of the prohibit timer.

8 . A method for providing configuration information, comprising:

receiving, by a base station, energy information sent by a user terminal;

determining, by the base station, configuration information of the user terminal based on the energy information; and

sending, by the base station, the configuration information to the user terminal,

wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the base station, control signaling to the user terminal, wherein the control signaling comprises information allowing the user terminal to report the energy information;

wherein the energy information of the user terminal is directly reported by the user terminal in response to determining that no energy information has been reported by the user terminal,

wherein the energy information comprises information indicating whether the user terminal is in an active state, the user terminal being in the active state indicating that the user terminal is in a charging power state, predefined according to at least one of performances or structures of the base station and the user terminal, that is capable of supporting a first configuration, and the user terminal being in an inactive state indicating that the user terminal is in a charging power state that is incapable of supporting the first configuration and is capable of supporting a second configuration;

wherein when the information in the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the active state, the configuration information is configured to indicate to the user terminal to communicate with a high-orbit satellite base station, and when the information in the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the inactive state, the configuration information is configured to indicate to the user terminal to communicate with a low-orbit satellite base station.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the energy information further comprises:

power information of the user terminal.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the information indicating whether the user terminal is in the active state comprises at least one of the following information:

information indicating whether the user terminal is in a wireless charging state or a wired charging state;

a magnitude of a charging power of the user terminal; or

information indicating whether the user terminal is in a high-power charging state or a low-power charging state.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein determining, by the base station, the configuration information of the user terminal based on the energy information comprises:

configuring the first configuration for the user terminal in response to determining that the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the active state or a power in the power information is higher than a first power threshold; and

configuring the second configuration for the user terminal in response to determining that the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the inactive state or the power in the power information is lower than a second power threshold.

12 . The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the control signaling comprises at least one of the following information:

information indicating that the user terminal is to report the energy information at a predetermined period;

a prohibit timer for stopping the user terminal from reporting the energy information; or

information indicating that the user terminal is to report the energy information in response to determining that a reporting event is satisfied.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the reporting event comprises one of the following events:

a remaining power of the user terminal reaching a remaining power threshold;

a percentage of the remaining power of the user terminal reaching a remaining power percentage threshold; or

a charging power of the user terminal reaching a charging power threshold.

14 . A user terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

send energy information of the user terminal to a base station;

receive configuration information sent by the base station, wherein the configuration information is determined by the base station according to the energy information; and

communicate with the base station based on the configuration information,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive control signaling sent by the base station;

wherein send the energy information of the user terminal to the base station comprises:

send the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling,

wherein, in response to determining that the control signaling allows the user terminal to report the energy information, send the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling comprises:

directly report the energy information of the user terminal in response to determining that no energy information has been reported by the user terminal,

wherein the energy information comprises information indicating whether the user terminal is in an active state, the user terminal being in the active state indicating that the user terminal is in a charging power state, predefined according to at least one of performances or structures of the base station and the user terminal, that is capable of supporting a first configuration, and the user terminal being in an inactive state indicating that the user terminal is in a charging power state that is incapable of supporting the first configuration and is capable of supporting a second configuration;

wherein when the information in the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the active state, the configuration information is configured to indicate to the user terminal to communicate with a high-orbit satellite base station, and when the information in the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the inactive state, the configuration information is configured to indicate to the user terminal to communicate with a low-orbit satellite base station.

15 . The user terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the energy information further comprises:

power information of the user terminal.

16 . The user terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the information indicating whether the user terminal is in the active state comprises at least one of the following information:

information indicating whether the user terminal is in a wireless charging state or a wired charging state;

a magnitude of a charging power of the user terminal; or

information indicating whether the user terminal being is in a high-power charging state or a low-power charging state.

17 . The user terminal according to claim 15 , wherein,

in response to determining that the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the active state or a power in the power information is higher than a first power threshold, the configuration information comprises the first configuration; and

in response to determining that the energy information indicates that the user terminal is in the inactive state or the power in the power information is lower than a second power threshold, the configuration information comprises the second configuration.

18 . The user terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to determining that the control signaling indicates that the user terminal is to report the energy information at a predetermined period, periodically report the energy information of the user terminal to the base station according to the predetermined period.

19 . The user terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to determining that the control signaling indicates that the user terminal is to report the energy information in response to determining that a reporting event is satisfied, send the energy information of the user terminal to the base station in response to determining that the reporting event is satisfied,

wherein the reporting event comprises one of the following events:

a remaining power of the user terminal reaching a remaining power threshold;

a percentage of the remaining power of the user terminal reaching a remaining power percentage threshold; or

a charging power of the user terminal reaching a charging power threshold.

20 . The user terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to determining that the control signaling comprises a prohibit timer for stopping the user terminal from reporting the energy information, send the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling,

wherein to send the energy information of the user terminal to the base station based on the control signaling, the processor is further configured to:

start the prohibit timer in response to sending the energy information of the user terminal to the base station; and

disable the user terminal from reporting the energy information of the user terminal to the base station again during running of the prohibit timer.