IP Library Granted Patent US 10,863,426
Granted Patent B2
US 10,863,426 · App. 16/352,769 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Terminal associated with a first base station accessing a network via a second base station

Inventors: Zhen Tao (Hangzhou, CN); Xiaobo Yu (Beijing, CN); Dapeng Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
H04W48/16H04W92/10
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Patent No.
US 10,863,426
App. No.
16/352,769
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a terminal, a base station and methods for communications between the terminal and the base station, and for the terminal to access a network. According to one exemplary method, a terminal sends a first message to a base station via a first channel, the first message being used to request access to a network. The terminal receives a second message from a first base station via a second channel, the second message including channel plan information for determining a first network connection plan. The terminal determines the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information and accesses the network via a second base station according to the first network connection plan. Channel use plan of the base station can be obtained through signaling interactions in the process of network connection. The terminal can determine whether the network can be accessed and access the network accordingly.

Claims (60)

1. A method for communications, comprising:

sending, by a terminal, a first message to at least one base station sequentially via a third channel and a first channel, the first message being used to request access to a network, the third channel being within a same first channel set as the first channel;

receiving, by the terminal, a second message from a first base station of the at least one base station via a second channel, the second message including channel plan information indicating a first network connection plan;

determining, by the terminal, the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information; and

accessing, by the terminal, the network via a second base station of the at least one base station according to the first network connection plan.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, the second message from the first base station via a fourth channel, the fourth channel being within the first channel set.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is preset with the at least one network connection plan and the channel plan information corresponding to the at least one network connection plan.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel indicates the first network connection plan.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second message further includes at least one channel plan information mask that is used to map at least one of the first network connection plan.

6. A method for communications, comprising:

sending, by a terminal, a first message to at least one base station via a first channel, the first message being used to request access to a network;

receiving, by the terminal, a second message from a first base station of the at least one base station via a second channel, the second message including channel plan information indicating a first network connection plan and including a channel mask that is used to map a channel subset of the first network connection plan;

determining, by the terminal, the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information;

determining, by the terminal, the channel subset according to the channel plan information and the channel mask; and

accessing, by the terminal, the network via a second base station of the at least one base station according to the first network connection plan and the channel subset.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

sending, by the terminal, the first message to the at least one base station sequentially via at least one third channel, the at least one third channel being within a same first channel set as the first channel; and

receiving, by the terminal, the second message from the first base station via a fourth channel, the fourth channel being within the first channel set.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the terminal is preset with at least one of the first network connection plan and the channel plan information corresponding to the at least one network connection plan.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first channel indicates the first network connection plan.

10. A terminal for communications, comprising:

a sending module including circuitry to send a first message to at least one base station sequentially via a third channel and a first channel, wherein the first message is used to request access to a network, the third channel being within a same first channel set as the first channel;

a receiving module including circuitry to receive a second message from a first base station of the at least one base station via a second channel, the second message comprising channel plan information indicating a first network connection plan; and

a processor configured to determine the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information, wherein the first network connection plan is used by the terminal to access the network via a second base station of the at least one base station.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein

the receiving module further includes circuitry to receive the second message from the second base station via a fourth channel that is within the first channel set.

12. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal is preset with the at least one network connection plan and the channel plan information corresponding to the at least one network connection plan.

13. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the first channel indicates the first network connection plan.

14. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the second message further includes at least one channel plan information mask that is used to map at least one of the first network connection plan.

15. A terminal for communications, comprising:

a sending module including circuitry to send a first message to at least one base station via a first channel, wherein the first message is used to request access to a network;

a receiving module including circuitry to receive a second message from a first base station of the at least one base station via a second channel, the second message comprising channel plan information indicating a first network connection plan and comprising a channel mask that is used to map a channel subset of the first network connection plan, wherein the terminal uses the channel plan information and the channel mask to determine the channel subset; and

a processor configured to determine the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information, wherein the first network connection plan and the channel subset are used by the terminal to access the network via a second base station of the at least one base station.

16. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein

the sending module includes circuitry to send the first message to the at least one base station sequentially via at least one third channel that is within a same first channel set as the first channel; and

the receiving module includes circuitry to receive the second message from the second base station via a fourth channel that is within the first channel set.

17. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the terminal is preset with at least one of the first network connection plan and the channel plan information corresponding to the at least one network connection plan.

18. The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the first channel indicates the first network connection plan.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions that is executable by at least one processor of a computer to cause the computer to perform a method for communications, the method comprising:

sending a first message to at least one base station sequentially via a third channel and a first channel, the first message being used to request access to a network, the third channel being within a same first channel set as the first channel;

receiving a second message from a first base station of the at least one base station via a second channel, the second message including channel plan information indicating a first network connection plan;

determining the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information; and

accessing the network via a second base station of the at least one base station according to the first network connection plan.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the set of instructions that is executable by the at least one processor of the computer causes the computer to further perform:

receiving the second message from the first base station via a fourth channel, the fourth channel being within the first channel set.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the terminal is preset with the at least one network connection plan and the channel plan information corresponding to the at least one network connection plan.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the first channel indicates the first network connection plan.

23. The non-transitory computer medium according to claim 19 , wherein the second message further includes at least one channel plan information mask that is used to map at least one network connection plan.

24. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions that is executable by at least one processor of a computer to cause the computer to perform a method for communications, the method comprising:

sending a first message to at least one base station via a first channel, the first message being used to request access to a network;

receiving a second message from a first base station via a second channel, the second message including channel plan information indicating a first network connection plan and including a channel mask that is used to map a channel subset of the first network connection plan;

determining the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information;

determining the channel subset according to the channel plan information and the channel mask; and

accessing the network via a second base station of the at least one base station according to the first network connection plan and to the channel subset.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 24 , wherein the set of instructions that is executable by the at least one processor of the computer causes the computer to further perform:

sending the first message to the at least one base station sequentially via at least one third channel, the at least one third channel being within a same first channel set as the first channel; and

receiving the second message from the first base station via a fourth channel, the fourth channel being within the first channel set.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 24 , wherein the terminal is preset with at least one of the first network connection plan and the channel plan information corresponding to the at least one network connection plan.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 24 , wherein the first channel indicates the first network connection plan.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2026
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075499/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2020
From: TAO, ZHEN; YU, XIAOBO; LIU, DAPENG
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 052096/0146 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2018 10 206061 · Mar 12, 2018 · national
CN 2018 10 246619 · Mar 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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