Granted Patent B2

US 12,395,906 · App. 17/924,770 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Fenghui Dou (Beijing, CN); Xuyang Du (Shenzhen, CN); Rui Yang (Beijing, CN); Hui Jin (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04W36/008375H04W48/20

Abstract

Claims (75)

1. A cell selection method, comprising:

detecting, by a terminal device, a plurality of cells;

obtaining, by the terminal device, historical quality of experience (QoE) of each of N cells which are all or some of the plurality of cells, wherein N is a positive integer, and wherein the historical QoE is used to represent historical network use experience of the terminal device in each cell;

selecting, by the terminal device, a first cell from the plurality of cells based on the historical QoE; and

camping, by the terminal device, on the first cell.

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

when the N cells are all of the plurality of cells, obtaining, by the terminal device, a first measurement result of each of the N cells, wherein the first measurement result comprises reference signal receiving power (RSRP) and/or reference signal receiving quality (RSRQ); and

suppressing or enhancing, by the terminal device, the first measurement result of each cell based on the historical QoE of each of the N cells, to obtain a second measurement result, wherein the first cell is a cell, in the N cells, whose second measurement result is the highest or whose second measurement result is greater than a threshold.

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

when the N cells are some of the plurality of cells, obtaining, by the terminal device, a first measurement result of each of the plurality of cells, wherein the first measurement result comprises RSRP and/or RSRQ; and

suppressing or enhancing, by the terminal device, the first measurement result of each cell based on the historical QoE of each of the N cells, to obtain a second measurement result, wherein the first cell is a cell whose measurement result is the highest or whose measurement result is greater than a threshold in second measurement results of the N cells and first measurement results of remaining cells, and wherein the remaining cells are other than the N cells in the plurality of cells.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the suppressing or enhancing the first measurement result of each cell based on the historical QoE of each of the N cells, to obtain the second measurement result comprises:

determining an evaluation result of the historical QoE of each of the N cells, wherein the evaluation result represents historical evaluation of network performance of a cell based on network use experience of the cell when the terminal device is connected to each of the N cells; and

suppressing or enhancing the first measurement result of each cell based on the evaluation result, to obtain the second measurement result.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the suppressing or enhancing the first measurement result of each cell based on the evaluation result, to obtain the second measurement result comprises:

determining suppression strength or enhancement strength corresponding to the evaluation result; and

suppressing or enhancing the first measurement result of each cell based on the suppression strength or the enhancement strength.

6. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

determining, by the terminal device, whether there is an evaluation result of the historical QoE of the first cell, and if there is no evaluation result of the historical QoE of the first cell, evaluating network performance of the first cell to obtain an evaluation result, wherein if the evaluation result meets a condition, continuing camping, by the terminal device, on the first cell; or

if the evaluation result does not meet a condition, canceling suppression on first measurement results of the N cells; and

selecting a second cell based on the first measurement results of the N cells and third measurement results of the remaining cells, wherein a serving cell of the terminal device changes from the first cell to the second cell.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein that the evaluation result meets a condition comprises at least one of:

the evaluation result indicating that the network performance of the first cell is smooth;

the evaluation result indicating that a quantity of times that the network performance of the first cell is smooth within preset duration is greater than a preset quantity of times;

the evaluation result indicating that duration in which the network performance of the first cell is smooth is greater than preset duration;

the evaluation result indicating that the network performance of the first cell is higher than network performance of a plurality of neighboring cells; or

the evaluation result indicating that the network performance of the first cell is higher than a threshold.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a higher evaluation result of historical QoE indicates lower suppression strength on a cell or higher enhancement strength on a cell.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the historical QoE of each of N cells comprises:

obtaining, by an application processor in the terminal device, the historical QoE of each of the N cells, wherein

the historical QoE of each cell is historical evaluation of network performance of the cell based on network use experience of the cell after the terminal device is connected to each cell.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the selecting the first cell from the plurality of cells based on the historical QoE comprises:

sending, by the application processor, the historical QoE of each of the N cells to a modem in the terminal device, so that the modem selects the first cell from the plurality of cells based on the historical QoE.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein when the N cells are all of the plurality of cells, the modem is further configured to:

obtain a first measurement result of each of the N cells, wherein the first measurement result comprises RSRP and/or RSRQ; and

suppress or enhance the first measurement result of each cell based on the historical QoE of each of the N cells, to obtain a second measurement result; and

that the modem selects the first cell from the plurality of cells based on the historical QoE comprises:

determining, in the N cells, that the cell whose second measurement result is the highest or the cell whose second measurement result is greater than a threshold is the first cell.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein when the N cells are some of the plurality of cells, the modem is further configured to:

obtain a first measurement result of each of the plurality of cells, wherein the first measurement result comprises RSRP and/or RSRQ; and

suppress or enhance the first measurement result of each cell based on the historical QoE of each of the N cells, to obtain a second measurement result; and

that the modem selects the first cell from the plurality of cells based on the historical QoE comprises:

determining, as the first cell, the cell whose measurement result is the highest or whose measurement result is greater than a threshold in second measurement results of the N cells and first measurement results of remaining cells, wherein the remaining cells are other than the N cells in the plurality of cells.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first cell is with a best historical QoE in the N cells;

the first cell is with a best historical QoE in the N cells in a first time period comprising a current time point of the terminal device; or

the first cell is with a best historical QoE in the N cells in a second time period after a current time point of the terminal device, and a time difference between start time of the second time period and the current time point is less than a threshold.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the historical QoE comprises a historical smoothness rate and/or a historical stalling rate, wherein the cell with the best historical QoE is a cell with a highest historical smoothness rate and/or a lowest historical stalling rate, wherein the historical smoothness rate is a historical probability that network smoothness occurs when the terminal device is connected to a cell, and wherein the historical stalling rate is a historical probability that network stalling occurs when the terminal device is connected to a cell; or

the historical QoE comprises a historical QoE evaluation result, wherein the cell with the best historical QoE is a cell whose historical QoE evaluation result is the highest or whose historical QoE evaluation result is greater than a threshold, and wherein the historical QoE evaluation result is historical evaluation of network performance of a cell based on network use experience of the cell after the terminal device is connected to the cell.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device detects that locations of the plurality of cells are a first location; and wherein

after the selecting the first cell from the plurality of cells based on the historical QoE, the method further comprises:

controlling the terminal device to switch to a default mode, wherein in the default mode, the terminal device selects a target cell based on a first measurement result of a cell, and wherein the first measurement result comprises RSRQ and/or RSRP; and

selecting, by the terminal device, a third cell in the default mode when the terminal device arrives at the first location again, wherein the third cell is different from the first cell.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein that the third cell is different from the first cell comprises:

RSRQ and/or RSRP of the first cell are/is lower than those/that of the third cell, and

QoE of the first cell is higher than that of the third cell.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before obtaining the historical QoE of N cells in the plurality of cells, the method further comprises:

determining that signal strength of a serving cell is less than a threshold;

detecting that a location changes and/or a displacement change amount is greater than a preset value;

detecting that a preset scene is entered, wherein the plurality of cells are cells corresponding to the preset scene; or

determining that current time reaches specific time.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device stores a correspondence among a scene, a time period, a cell, and historical QoE of the cell, and the N cells are cells that match a current time period and a current scene according to the correspondence; and wherein

before the selecting the first cell from the plurality of cells based on the historical QoE, the method further comprises:

determining that a quantity of historical QoE statistics collection times of the N cells is greater than a preset quantity of times; or determining that a quantity of cumulative days of historical QoE statistics collection of the N cells is greater than a preset quantity of days.

19. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the evaluation result of the historical QoE meets:

∑

i

N

Xi

*

Yi

,

wherein

i is an i th performance label of a cell, N is a total quantity of performance labels, Xi is an occurrence probability of the i th performance label, Yi is a weight corresponding to the i th performance label, a sum of weights corresponding to all performance labels is 1, and the performance label is a level classified by the terminal device for network performance of the cell.

20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first cell is different from a fourth cell with strongest RSRP and/or strongest RSRQ in a plurality of neighboring cells of a fifth cell which is a serving cell before the terminal device connected to the first cell.

Assignments (3)

Priority Claims (2)

Continuity (1)

References Cited (18)