IP Library Granted Patent US 12677137
Granted Patent B2
US 12677137 · App. 18/283,778 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Method and apparatus for obtaining capability information, and method and apparatus for sending configuration

Inventor: Wei Hong (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W8/24H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12677137
App. No.
18/283,778
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining capability information, including: receiving configuration information from a first base station; in response to being in an idle state, receiving broadcast information from a second base station according to a configuration in the configuration information; and determining capability information of the second base station with respect to solving a multi-card problem according to the broadcast information.

Claims (49)

1 . A method for obtaining capability information, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information from a first base station;

receiving broadcast information from a second base station according to configuration in the configuration information, wherein the terminal is in an idle state, and the second base station is a base station other than the first base station; and

determining capability information of the second base station to solve a multi-card problem according to the broadcast information, wherein the capability information indicates at least one of followings: being able to solve the multi-card problem, being unable to solve the multi-card problem, or at least one type of the multi-card problem that can be solved.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the capability information, wherein the capability information indicates being able to solve the multi-card problem.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a target type from the configuration information;

determining the type of the multi-card problem that can be solved by the second base station according to the broadcast information;

determining that the type of the multi-card problem that can be solved by the second base station belongs to the target type, and storing the capability information.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the target type comprises at least one of followings:

paging collision between a first SIM card and a second SIM card; or

a need of switching to using the second SIM card for communication, while communicating using the first SIM card.

5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

in response to establishing a connection with a third base station, sending the capability information to the third base station.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein sending the capability information to the third base station comprises:

sending first indication information to the third base station, wherein the first indication information is configured to indicate that the terminal stores the capability information and the second base station is able to solve the multi-card problem; and

in response to receiving second indication information sent by the third base station, sending the capability information to the third base station.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the broadcast information from the second base station according to the configuration in the configuration information comprises:

receiving the broadcast information from the second base station according to the configuration in the configuration information during a process of Minimum of Drive Tests.

8 . A method for sending configuration, performed by a first base station, the method comprising:

sending configuration information to a terminal, wherein the configuration information comprises configuration configured for the terminal to:

receive broadcast information from a second base station according to the configuration when the terminal is in an idle state, wherein the second base station is a base station other than the first base station; and

determine capability information of the second base station to solve a multi-card problem according to the broadcast information, wherein the capability information indicates at least one of followings: being able to solve the multi-card problem, being unable to solve the multi-card problem, or at least one type of the multi-card problem that can be solved.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information further comprises a target type configured for the terminal to store the capability information when a type of the multi-card problem that can be solved by the second base station belongs to the target type.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the target type comprises at least one of followings:

paging collision between a first SIM card and a second SIM card; or

a need of switching to using the second SIM card for communication, while communicating using the first SIM card.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

in response to establishing a connection with the second base station, obtaining the capability information of the second base station from the terminal.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the capability information of the second base station from the terminal comprises:

receiving first indication information from the terminal;

determining that the terminal stores the capability information and the second base station is able to solve the multi-card problem, according to the first indication information; and

sending second indication information to the terminal, wherein the second indication information is configured to instruct the terminal to send the capability information to the first base station.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein sending the second indication information to the terminal comprises:

determining a type of the multi-card problem that can be solved by the second base station according to the capability information of the second base station;

determining that the type of the multi-card problem that can be solved by the second base station is different from a type of the multi-card problem that can be solved by the first base station; and sending the second indication information to the terminal.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

in response to receiving a multi-card problem reported by a multi-card terminal, solving the multi-card problem by collaborating with the second base station according to the capability information of the second base station.

15 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information is Minimization of Drive Tests configuration information.

16 . A terminal, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory configured to store a computer program, wherein the at least one processor, by executing the computer program, is configured to:

receive configuration information from a first base station;

receive broadcast information from a second base station according to configuration in the configuration information, wherein the terminal is in an idle state, and the second base station is a base station other than the first base station; and

determine capability information of the second base station to solve a multi-card problem according to the broadcast information, wherein the capability information indicates at least one of followings: being able to solve the multi-card problem, being unable to solve the multi-card problem, or at least one type of the multi-card problem that can be solved.

17 . A base station, configured to implement the method of claim 8 , comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory configured to store a computer program executable by the at least one processor.