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US 12,245,092 · App. 17/586,271 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Communications network switching method, terminal device, and medium

Inventors: Dajie Jiang (Guangdong, CN); Xiaodong Yang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W36/0085H04W36/14H04W36/302H04W36/00838H04W36/362
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Patent No.
US 12,245,092
App. No.
17/586,271
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication processing method includes: detecting whether a first SIM of at least two installed SIMs meets a first trigger condition; and performing communication processing based on a second SIM of the at least two SIMs if the first SIM meets the first trigger condition.

Claims (114)

1. A communications network switching method, applied to a terminal device in which at least two subscriber identity modules (SIMs) are installed, wherein the method comprises:

detecting whether a first SIM of the at least two SIMs meets a first trigger condition; and

performing communication processing based on a second SIM of the at least two SIMs if the first SIM meets the first trigger condition; wherein

the terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that an intra-frequency cell handover procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a first condition; or

that an inter-frequency cell handover procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a second condition;

wherein the first condition comprises at least one of: handover failure; or handover success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to intra-frequency cell handover is lower than a second preset signal quality; and

the second condition comprises at least one of: handover failure; or handover success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to inter-frequency cell handover is lower than a third preset signal quality;

or

the terminal device is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that an intra-frequency cell reselection procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a fourth condition; or

that an inter-frequency cell reselection procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a fifth condition;

wherein the fourth condition comprises at least one of: reselection failure; or reselection success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to intra-frequency cell reselection is lower than a fifth preset signal quality; and

the fifth condition comprises at least one of: reselection failure; or reselection success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to inter-frequency cell reselection is lower than a sixth preset signal quality.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is in an RRC connected state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and

the first trigger condition further comprises at least one of:

that a signal quality of the terminal device in a serving cell of the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a first preset signal quality;

that an initial radio access procedure of at least one of radio access technologies of an operator corresponding to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a third condition;

that a data rate of the terminal device in the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a preset data rate;

that resource utilization of the terminal device in the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than preset resource utilization; or

that service access of the terminal device to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is under control.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the third condition comprises at least one of:

initial access failure; or

that a transmission parameter value for initial access is less than a preset transmission parameter threshold, wherein the transmission parameter comprises a signal quality and/or a data rate.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and

the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that a signal quality of the terminal device in a serving cell of the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a fourth preset signal quality;

that an initial radio access procedure of at least one of radio access technologies of an operator corresponding to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a sixth condition; or

that service access of the terminal device to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is under control.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the sixth condition comprises at least one of:

initial access failure; or

that a signal quality of initial access is lower than a preset signal quality.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the terminal device is in the RRC idle state or the RRC inactive state in a communications network to which the second SIM belongs; and

the first trigger condition further comprises:

that a signal quality of the terminal device in a serving cell of the communications network to which the second SIM belongs is higher than the signal quality of the terminal device in the serving cell of the communications network to which the first SIM belongs.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second SIM comprises:

a SIM corresponding to a target communications network, wherein a priority of the target communications network is higher than priority (ies) of communications network(s) to which other SIM(s) of the at least two SIMs belong.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is in an RRC connected state in the communications network to which the second SIM belongs; and

the performing communication processing based on a second SIM of the at least two SIMs comprises:

performing data transmission based on the communications network to which the second SIM belongs;

or

the terminal device is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state in the communications network to which the second SIM belongs; and

the performing communication processing based on a second SIM of the at least two SIMs comprises:

establishing an RRC connection based on the communications network to which the second SIM belongs.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein after the establishing an RRC connection based on the communications network to which the second SIM belongs, the method further comprises:

performing data transmission based on the communications network to which the second SIM belongs and with which the RRC connection is established.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device camps on a second-generation mobile communications technology (2G) communications network cell or a third-generation mobile communications technology (3G) communications network cell to which the second SIM belongs; and

the performing communication processing based on a second SIM of the at least two SIMs comprises:

performing measurement on a fourth-generation mobile communications technology (4G) communications network cell or a fifth-generation mobile communications technology (5G) communications network cell to which the second SIM belongs to obtain a cell measurement result.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein after the obtaining a cell measurement result, the method further comprises:

establishing an RRC connection based on the cell measurement result and the communications network to which the second SIM belongs; and

performing data transmission based on the communications network to which the second SIM belongs and with which the RRC connection is established.

12. A terminal device, having at least two subscriber identity modules (SIMs) installed, wherein the terminal device comprises a memory, a processor, and a computer program that is stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein

the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform:

detecting whether a first SIM of the at least two SIMs meets a first trigger condition; and

performing communication processing based on a second SIM of the at least two SIMs if the first SIM meets the first trigger condition; wherein

the terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that an intra-frequency cell handover procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a first condition; or

that an inter-frequency cell handover procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a second condition;

wherein the first condition comprises at least one of: handover failure; or handover success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to intra-frequency cell handover is lower than a second preset signal quality; and

the second condition comprises at least one of: handover failure; or handover success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to inter-frequency cell handover is lower than a third preset signal quality;

or

the terminal device is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that an intra-frequency cell reselection procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a fourth condition; or

that an inter-frequency cell reselection procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a fifth condition;

wherein the fourth condition comprises at least one of: reselection failure; or reselection success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to intra-frequency cell reselection is lower than a fifth preset signal quality; and

the fifth condition comprises at least one of: reselection failure; or reselection success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to inter-frequency cell reselection is lower than a sixth preset signal quality.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the terminal device is in an RRC connected state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and

the first trigger condition further comprises at least one of:

that a signal quality of the terminal device in a serving cell of the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a first preset signal quality;

that an initial radio access procedure of at least one of radio access technologies of an operator corresponding to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a third condition;

that a data rate of the terminal device in the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a preset data rate;

that resource utilization of the terminal device in the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than preset resource utilization; or

that service access of the terminal device to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is under control.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the third condition comprises at least one of:

initial access failure; or

that a transmission parameter value for initial access is less than a preset transmission parameter threshold, wherein the transmission parameter comprises a signal quality and/or a data rate.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by a processor of a terminal device, causes the terminal device to perform:

detecting whether a first subscriber identity modules (SIM) of the at least two SIMs meets a first trigger condition; and

performing communication processing based on a second SIM of the at least two SIMs if the first SIM meets the first trigger condition; wherein

the terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that an intra-frequency cell handover procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a first condition; or

that an inter-frequency cell handover procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a second condition;

wherein the first condition comprises at least one of: handover failure; or handover success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to intra-frequency cell handover is lower than a second preset signal quality; and

the second condition comprises at least one of: handover failure; or handover success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to inter-frequency cell handover is lower than a third preset signal quality;

or

the terminal device is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that an intra-frequency cell reselection procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a fourth condition; or

that an inter-frequency cell reselection procedure initiated by the terminal device with respect to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a fifth condition;

wherein the fourth condition comprises at least one of: reselection failure; or reselection success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to intra-frequency cell reselection is lower than a fifth preset signal quality; and

the fifth condition comprises at least one of: reselection failure; or reselection success, but a signal quality of a target cell corresponding to inter-frequency cell reselection is lower than a sixth preset signal quality.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the terminal device is in an RRC connected state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and

the first trigger condition further comprises at least one of:

that a signal quality of the terminal device in a serving cell of the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a first preset signal quality;

that an initial radio access procedure of at least one of radio access technologies of an operator corresponding to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a third condition;

that a data rate of the terminal device in the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a preset data rate;

that resource utilization of the terminal device in the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than preset resource utilization; or

that service access of the terminal device to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is under control.

17. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the terminal device is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state in a communications network to which the first SIM belongs; and

the first trigger condition comprises at least one of:

that a signal quality of the terminal device in a serving cell of the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is lower than a fourth preset signal quality;

that an initial radio access procedure of at least one of radio access technologies of an operator corresponding to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs meets a sixth condition; or

that service access of the terminal device to the communications network to which the first SIM belongs is under control.

18. The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein the sixth condition comprises at least one of:

initial access failure; or

that a signal quality of initial access is lower than a preset signal quality.

19. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the second SIM comprises:

a SIM corresponding to a target communications network, wherein a priority of the target communications network is higher than priority (ies) of communications network(s) to which other SIM(s) of the at least two SIMs belong.

20. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the terminal device is in an RRC connected state in the communications network to which the second SIM belongs; and the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform:

performing data transmission based on the communications network to which the second SIM belongs;

or

the terminal device is in an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state in the communications network to which the second SIM belongs; and the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the terminal device to perform:

establishing an RRC connection based on the communications network to which the second SIM belongs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: JIANG, DAJIE; YANG, XIAODONG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 058796/0904 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910722888.2 · Aug 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020102987 · Jul 20, 2020
Related Publication 20220150788A1 · May 12, 2022
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