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US 12,425,508 · App. 17/996,785 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Method for realizing stable display of 5G signal

Inventor: Yuejun Zhu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.
H04M1/72448H04W36/18H04W36/00698H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,425,508
App. No.
17/996,785
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for realizing stable display of a 5G signal includes when a master node is switched and a secondary cell group bearer is released in a dual-connectivity network, starting a first timer and displaying the 5G signal; when it is determined that the first timer expires and it is detected that a radio resource control is in an idle state, starting a second timer and displaying the 5G signal; when it is determined that the second timer expires and it is detected that the radio resource control is in a connected state, querying a number of data radio bearers and displaying a signal type according to the number of data radio bearers; and when it is detected that the radio resource control is in the idle state, querying an information database of a 5G cell and displaying the signal type according to information of the 5G cell.

Claims (66)

1. A method for realizing stable display of a 5G icon, performed by a user equipment comprising:

when a master node is switched and a secondary cell group bearer is released in a dual-connectivity network, starting a first timer and displaying the 5G icon;

when it is determined that the first timer expires and it is detected that a radio resource control is in an idle state, starting a second timer and displaying the 5G icon;

when it is determined that the second timer expires and it is detected that the radio resource control is in a connected state, querying a number of at least one data radio bearer and displaying a signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer; and

when it is detected that the radio resource control is in the idle state, querying an information database of a 5G cell and displaying the signal type according to information of the 5G cell;

wherein when it is detected that the radio resource control is in the idle state, the method of querying the information database of the 5G cell and displaying the signal type according to the information of the 5G cell comprises:

when it is determined that a primary cell group supports the dual-connectivity network and the information database of the 5G cell comprises a system information of a group of 5G cells, starting a third timer and displaying the 5G icon; and

when it is determined that the primary cell group supports a single-connectivity network and the information database of the 5G cell is empty, displaying a 4G signal.

2. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 1 , wherein when the master node is switched and the secondary cell group bearer is released in the dual-connectivity network, the method of starting the first timer and displaying the 5G icon further comprises:

when it is determined that the first timer expires and it is detected that the radio resource control is in the connected state, querying the number of the at least one data radio bearer and displaying the signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer.

3. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 2 , wherein the method of querying the number of the at least one data radio bearer comprises:

the at least one data radio bearer comprising a primary cell group bearer and the secondary cell group bearer; and

a primary cell group being a 4G cell, and a secondary cell group being a 5G cell.

4. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 2 , wherein when it is detected that the radio resource control is in the connected state, the method of querying the number of the at least one data radio bearer and displaying the signal type according to the number of data radio bearers comprises:

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is 1, displaying a 4G signal; and

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is 2, displaying the 5G icon.

5. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 1 , wherein the method of starting the third timer and displaying the 5G icon comprises:

when it is determined that the third timer expires, querying the number of the at least one data radio bearer and displaying the signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer.

6. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 5 , wherein the method of querying the number of the at least one data radio bearer and displaying the signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer comprises:

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is less than 2, displaying the 4G signal; and

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is 2, displaying the 5G icon.

7. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 1 , wherein when the master node is switched and the secondary cell group bearer is released in the dual-connectivity network, the method comprises:

when the user equipment switches a primary cell group, enabling a measurement control through a reconfiguration message of the radio resource control; and

when it is determined that the primary cell group supports the dual-connectivity network, adding a secondary cell group through the reconfiguration message of the radio resource control.

8. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 7 , wherein the method of adding the secondary cell group through the reconfiguration message of the radio resource control comprises:

acquiring a system information of the secondary cell group, wherein when the system information of the secondary cell group is inconsistent with a system information stored in the information database of the 5G cell, updating the information database of the 5G cell to the system information of the secondary cell group.

9. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 8 , wherein when the system information of the secondary cell group is inconsistent with the system information stored in the information database of the 5G cell, the method comprises:

the system information of the secondary cell group comprising a physical cell identification and a frequency.

10. A device user equipment for realizing stable display of a 5G icon, comprising:

a determiner configured to: when a master node is switched and a secondary cell group bearer is released in a dual-connectivity network, start a first timer, determine that the first timer expires, start a second timer, and determine that the second timer expires;

a detector configured to: when the first timer expires, detect that a radio resource control is in an idle state and start the second timer, and when the second timer expires, detect that the radio resource control is in a connected state;

a query configured to: when it is determined that the second timer expires and it is detected that the radio resource control is in the connected state, query a number of at least one data radio bearer, and when it is detected that the radio resource control is in the idle state, query an information database of a 5G cell; and

a display configured to: start the first timer and display the 5G icon, start the second timer and display the 5G icon, query the number of the at least one data radio bearer and display a signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer, and query the information database of the 5G cell and display the signal type according to information of the 5G cell;

wherein the display configured to: query the information database of the 5G cell and display the signal type according to the information of the 5G cell comprises:

when it is determined that a primary cell group supports the dual-connectivity network and the information database of the 5G cell comprises a system information of a group of 5G cells, starting a third timer and displaying the 5G icon; and

when it is determined that the primary cell group supports a single-connectivity network and the information database of the 5G cell is empty, displaying a 4G signal.

11. The user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 10 , wherein the detector configured to: when the first timer expires, detect that the radio resource control is in the idle state and start the second timer further comprises:

when it is determined that the first timer expires and it is detected that the radio resource control is in the connected state, querying the number of the at least one data radio bearer and displaying the signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer.

12. The device user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 11 , wherein the detector configured to: detect that the radio resource control is in the connected state, query the number of the at least one data radio bearer, and display the signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer further comprises:

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is 1, displaying a 4G signal; and

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is 2, displaying the 5G icon.

13. The user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 11 , wherein the query configured to query the number of the at least one data radio bearer comprises:

the at least one data radio bearer comprising a primary cell group bearer and the secondary cell group bearer; and

a primary cell group being a 4G cell, and a secondary cell group being a 5G cell.

14. The device user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 11 , wherein the display configured to: start the third timer and display the 5G icon further comprises:

when it is determined that the third timer expires, querying the number of the at least one data radio bearer and displaying the signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer.

15. The device user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 14 , wherein the display configured to: query the number of the at least one data radio bearer and display the signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer comprises:

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is less than 2, displaying the 4G signal; and

when the number of the at least one data radio bearer is 2, displaying the 5G icon.

16. The user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 11 , wherein the determiner configured for: when the master node is switched and the secondary cell group bearer is released in the dual-connectivity network, comprises:

when the user equipment switches a primary cell group, enabling a measurement control through a reconfiguration message of the radio resource control; and

when it is determined that the primary cell group supports the dual-connectivity network, adding a secondary cell group through the reconfiguration message of the radio resource control.

17. The user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 16 , wherein the determiner configured to: when it is determined that the primary cell group supports the dual-connectivity network, add the secondary cell group through the reconfiguration message of the radio resource control, comprises:

acquiring a system information of the secondary cell group, wherein when the system information of the secondary cell group is inconsistent with a system information stored in the information database of the 5G cell, updating the information database of the 5G cell to the system information of the secondary cell group.

18. The device user equipment for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 17 , wherein the determiner configured to acquire the system information of the secondary cell group comprises:

the system information of the secondary cell group comprising a physical cell identification and a frequency.

19. A method for realizing stable display of a 5G icon, performed by a user equipment, comprising:

when a master node is switched and a secondary cell group bearer is released in a dual-connectivity network, starting a first timer and displaying the 5G icon;

when it is determined that the first timer expires and it is detected that a radio resource control is in an idle state, starting a second timer and displaying the 5G icon;

when it is determined that the second timer expires and it is detected that the radio resource control is in a connected state, querying a number of at least one data radio bearer and displaying a signal type according to the number of the at least one data radio bearer; and

when it is detected that the radio resource control is in the idle state, querying an information database of a 5G cell and displaying the signal type according to information of the 5G cell;

wherein when the master node is switched and the secondary cell group bearer is released in the dual-connectivity network, the method comprises:

when the user equipment switches a primary cell group, enabling a measurement control through a reconfiguration message of the radio resource control; and

when it is determined that the primary cell group supports the dual-connectivity network, adding a secondary cell group through the reconfiguration message of the radio resource control.

20. The method for realizing stable display of the 5G icon of claim 19 , wherein the method of adding the secondary cell group through the reconfiguration message of the radio resource control comprises:

acquiring a system information of the secondary cell group, wherein when the system information of the secondary cell group is inconsistent with a system information stored in the information database of the 5G cell, updating the information database of the 5G cell to the system information of the secondary cell group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2022
From: ZHU, YUEJUN
To: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010315915.7 · Apr 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230156114A1 · May 18, 2023
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