Radio notification area (RNA) updating for terminal and information processing method and apparatus

1 . A method for updating a radio notification area (RNA) for a terminal, the method comprising:

performing an RNA update by using a first subscriber identification module (SIM) in an inactive state of a multi-SIM terminal to replace at least one second SIM in the inactive state in the multi-SIM terminal;

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an RNA update configuration instruction for the multi-SIM terminal sent by a base station, wherein the RNA update configuration instruction is configured to indicate the first SIM in the multi-SIM terminal to replace at least one second SIM in the multi-SIM terminal to perform the RNA update; and

determining the first SIM replacing the second SIM to perform the RNA update, based on the RNA update configuration instruction;

wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining inactive state configuration of the second SIM by the first SIM; and

determining the second SIM for which the RNA update is triggered by a terminal position update, based on the inactive state configuration of the second SIM; and

monitoring, by the first SIM, a paging message of the second SIM at a paging opportunity of the second SIM, based on the inactive state configuration of the second SIM;

wherein obtaining the inactive state configuration of the second SIM by the first SIM comprises:

reading the inactive state configuration of the second SIM from the second SIM by the first SIM, in response to the first SIM being determined to replace the second SIM to perform the RNA update;

wherein the inactive state configuration comprises:

RNA information configured to determine the RNA; and

a paging configuration configured to determine the paging opportunity for receiving the paging message; and

wherein the RNA information of the first SIM is the same as the RNA information of the second SIM in a case where the first SIM fails to read the RNA information of the second SIM; and the second SIM needs to perform the RNA update in a case where the first SIM measures that signal quality of the first SIM is poor enough to require the RNA update.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing the RNA update by using the first subscriber identification module (SIM) in the inactive state of the multi-SIM terminal to replace the at least one second SIM in the inactive state in the multi-SIM terminal comprises:

performing signal measurement of the multi-SIM terminal by the first SIM; and

performing the RNA update by using the first SIM to replace at least one second SIM, in response to the signal measurement of the multi-SIM terminal triggering the RNA update.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RNA information is further configured to indicate the RNA in which the second SIM is located.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein obtaining the inactive state configuration of the second SIM by the first SIM further comprises:

receiving the inactive state configuration of the second SIM from the base station by the first SIM, before the first SIM enters the inactive state.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein reading the inactive state configuration of the second SIM from the second SIM by the first SIM comprises:

reading the inactive state configuration of the second SIM from the second SIM by the first SIM after it is determined that the first SIM replaces the second SIM to perform the RNA update; or

reading the inactive state configuration of the second SIM from the second SIM by the first SIM in response to determining that the first SIM is to be RNA-updated.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing the RNA update by using the first SIM to replace the at least one second SIM comprises:

sending resume request signaling by the first SIM, wherein the resume request signaling comprises: card information of the first SIM and card information of the second SIM; and the resume request signaling is configured to trigger the base station to perform the RNA update on the first SIM and the second SIM based on the card information of the first SIM and the second SIM.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first SIM, radio resource control (RRC) release signaling sent after the RNA update is completed, wherein the RRC release signaling comprises the inactive state configuration after the RNA is updated; and

resuming the first SIM to the inactive state after transmitting the inactive state configuration of the updated RNA of the second SIM to the second SIM.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the card information of the first SIM comprises at least one of: an identifier of a card of the first SIM or a base station identifier of an anchor base station of the first SIM; and

the card information of the second SIM comprises at least one of: an identifier of a card of the second SIM or a base station identifier of an anchor base station of the second SIM.

9 . A non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method according to claim 1 .

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first SIM and the second SIM access different public land mobile networks (PLMNs).

11 . The method according to claim 1 , the first SIM is selected based on at least one of the following:

usage frequency of a plurality of SIMs;

a master-slave configuration of the plurality of SIMs; or

usage condition information related to paid fees of the plurality of SIMs.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

reporting, by the first SIM, the paging message to a processor of the terminal when receiving the paging message; and

triggering, by the processor, the second SIM to perform a state switch based on the paging message.

13 . A method for processing information, comprising:

receiving resume request signaling sent by a first subscriber identification module (SIM) in an inactive state in a multi-SIM terminal, wherein the resume request signaling carries card information of the first SIM and a second SIM; and the second SIM comprises at least one SIM other than the first SIM, in an active state in the multi-SIM terminal and in need of an RNA update; and

performing the RNA update on a second SIM to be RNA-updated based on the card information carried by the resume request signaling;

wherein performing the RNA update on at least one second SIM to be RNA-updated based on the card information carried by the resume request signaling comprises:

sending a path switching request to a core network based on an identifier of a card to be RNA-updated in the card information, wherein the path switching request is configured to request the core network to update a transmission path of a second SIM; and

receiving path switching request acknowledgment returned in response to the path switching request;

wherein the second SIM is determined by the multi-SIM terminal based on inactive state configuration of the second SIM, and the inactive state configuration of the second SIM is read by the multi-SIM terminal from the second SIM by the first SIM, in response to the first SIM being determined to replace the second SIM to perform the RNA update; and

the first SIM monitors a paging message of the second SIM at a paging opportunity of the second SIM, based on the inactive state configuration of the second SIM;

wherein the inactive state configuration comprises:

RNA information configured to determine the RNA; and

a paging configuration configured to determine the paging opportunity for receiving the paging message; and

wherein the RNA information of the first SIM is the same as the RNA information of the second SIM in a case where the first SIM fails to read the RNA information of the second SIM; and the second SIM needs to perform the RNA update in a case where the first SIM measures that signal quality of the first SIM is poor enough to require the RNA update.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending radio resource control (RRC) release signaling to the first SIM after the RNA update is completed, wherein the RRC release signaling comprises the inactive state configuration after the RNA is updated.

15 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein performing the RNA update on the at least one second SIM to be RNA-updated based on the card information of the first SIM and the card information of the at least one second SIM carried by the resume request signaling comprises:

sending a request for obtaining context to an anchor base station of the second SIM to be RNA-updated, based on a base station identifier of an anchor base station to be RNA-updated in the card information, wherein the request for obtaining context is configured to obtain context information; and

receiving the context information.

16 . A communication device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor, which is respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory, is configured to execute computer-executable instructions in the memory to control radio signal transceiving of the transceiver and to implement the method according to claim 13 .

17 . A non-transitory computer storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method according to claim 13 .

18 . A communication device, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor, which is respectively connected to the transceiver and the memory, is configured to execute computer-executable instructions in the memory to:

control radio signal transceiving of the transceiver, and perform an RNA update by using a first subscriber identification module (SIM) in an inactive state of a multi-SIM terminal to replace at least one second SIM in the inactive state in the multi-SIM terminal;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive an RNA update configuration instruction for the multi-SIM terminal sent by a base station, wherein the RNA update configuration instruction is configured to indicate the first SIM in the multi-SIM terminal to replace at least one second SIM in the multi-SIM terminal to perform the RNA update; and

determine the first SIM replacing the second SIM to perform the RNA update, based on the RNA update configuration instruction;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain inactive state configuration of the second SIM by the first SIM; and

determine the second SIM for which the RNA update is triggered by a terminal position update, based on the inactive state configuration of the second SIM; and

monitor, by the first SIM, a paging message of the second SIM at a paging opportunity of the second SIM, based on the inactive state configuration of the second SIM;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

read the inactive state configuration of the second SIM from the second SIM by the first SIM, in response to the first SIM being determined to replace the second SIM to perform the RNA update;

wherein the inactive state configuration comprises:

RNA information configured to determine the RNA; and

a paging configuration configured to determine the paging opportunity for receiving the paging message; and

wherein the RNA information of the first SIM is the same as the RNA information of the second SIM in a case where the first SIM fails to read the RNA information of the second SIM; and the second SIM needs to perform the RNA update in a case where the first SIM measures that signal quality of the first SIM is poor enough to require the RNA update.