WO2016161772A1 - Frequency range locking method, device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a frequency range locking method, device and system. The method comprises: acquiring an international mobile equipment identification (IMEI) number of a mobile terminal reported when the mobile terminal registers with a network side; generating, according to the IMEI number and via a balance policy, a frequency range locking instruction; and transmitting the frequency range locking instruction to the mobile terminal, such that the mobile terminal locks, according to the frequency range locking instruction, a frequency range desired to be locked by the registration network. The method in the present invention saves a network resource, balances network resource load, and improves user experience.

Description

Method, device and system for frequency band locking Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, device and system for frequency band locking.

Background technique

With the development of mobile communication technology, mobile communication networks based on General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and 3G can provide large-scale network coverage. Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the fourth. The mobile communication standard has also begun large-scale deployment. LTE has greatly improved the transmission rate compared with the third-generation and second-generation communication standards, and is the target and evolution direction of mobile broadband technology in the future. At the same time, multi-mode mobile broadband terminals with LTE functions are also becoming more and more popular.

However, with the shortage of spectrum resources, the global mobile data users have exploded, how to provide the load of the network system and improve the utilization of network resources, and provide a better user experience has become an urgent problem for operators. Traditional network resources are costly, time-consuming, and flexible, and it is difficult to respond to existing service development requirements. For example, if the following scenarios are implemented from the network side, it is difficult to meet: Some operators have multiple LTEs. Band network coverage, but it needs to use a certain frequency band as the main bearing of certain types of equipment, such as Apple users, on the one hand, because such users have a large number of groups; on the other hand, the monthly average consumption key performance indicators of such users are High, belonging to high-end users, operators expect a better user experience for such groups, thereby gaining better market effects or word-of-mouth effects to expand their market share and user size. Or the operator wants the terminal to temporarily switch some terminals to another frequency band when the user is idle or when there is no traffic. On the one hand, the wireless resource can be saved to the user, and on the other hand, the system load can be effectively improved and the connection can be improved. Success rate and throughput.

Therefore, more and more operators are considering not only network optimization from the network side, because it takes a long time to optimize network switching and reselection, and on the other hand, the cost is high, especially for virtual operators, which is basically not feasible because Network infrastructure is not their own, and optimization is basically impossible. So based on It is especially important that the terminal cooperates with the optimal allocation and utilization of network resources.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method, a device, and a system for locking a frequency band, which can save network resources, load balance the network system, and improve user experience.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for band locking, which is applied to a network side, and the method includes:

Obtaining an international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal that is reported by the mobile terminal when registering to the network side;

Generating a band lock command by an equalization strategy according to the IMEI number;

The band lock command is sent to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal locks the frequency band that the registered network desires to lock according to the band lock command.

The step of generating a band locking instruction by using an equalization policy according to the IMEI number includes:

Querying device information in the home location register and the visit location register according to the IMEI number;

According to the device information, a static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal is queried, and a frequency band lock instruction is generated according to the static equalization policy.

The step of querying the static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal according to the device information, and generating the frequency band lock command according to the static equalization policy includes:

Obtaining the setting in the static band lock table of the equalization policy, the mobile terminal uses the preset desired locked band;

If the lock band is expected to be valid, the band lock command is directly generated.

The band lock command includes a desired lock band, a network identifier of the desired lock band, a band lock flag, and a frequency lock persistence flag.

Among them, it also includes:

According to the device information, when the static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal is not queried, the frequency band lock instruction is generated according to the dynamic equalization policy.

The step of generating a band locking instruction according to the dynamic balancing policy includes:

Obtain the current network load parameters;

A band lock command is generated according to the network load parameter.

The current network load parameter includes the number of mobile terminals currently accessing the network and the number of available resource blocks of the current network.

The band lock command includes a desired lock band, a network identifier of a desired lock band, a band lock flag, a frequency lock persistence flag, a traffic monitoring period, and a traffic monitoring threshold.

The step of transmitting the band lock command to the mobile terminal includes:

Encrypting the generated band lock instruction;

The encrypted band lock command is sent to the mobile terminal by means of a short message.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a frequency band locking device, which is applied to a network side, and the device includes:

An acquiring module, configured to obtain an international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal that is reported by the mobile terminal when registering to the network side;

Generating a module, configured to generate a band locking instruction by using an equalization policy according to the IMEI number;

The first sending module is configured to send the band lock command to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal locks the frequency band that the registered network desires to lock according to the band lock command.

The generating module includes:

Query unit, configured to query device information in the home location register and the visit location register according to the IMEI number;

The first processing unit is configured to query a static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal according to the device information, and generate a frequency band lock instruction according to the static equalization policy.

Among them, it also includes:

The second processing unit is configured to generate a frequency band lock instruction according to the dynamic equalization policy when the static equalization policy configured for the mobile terminal is not queried according to the device information.

The second processing unit includes:

a third subunit, configured to obtain a current network load parameter;

The fourth subunit is configured to generate a band lock command according to the network load parameter.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for frequency band locking, which is applied to a mobile terminal, and the method includes:

Sending a registration request to the target registration network on the network side, where the registration request carries the international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal, so that the network side generates a frequency band lock instruction according to the IMEI number;

Receiving a band lock command sent by the network side;

The frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network is locked according to the band lock command.

The step of sending a registration request to the target registration network on the network side includes:

According to the hardware condition of the mobile terminal, scanning available network information in the surrounding environment and obtaining operator information of the available network;

Searching for the identifier of the target registration network from the available network information according to the subscription information of the SIM card of the mobile terminal and the operator;

Determining that the identifier of the target registration network is different from the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal;

A registration request is sent to the target registration network on the network side according to the identity of the target registration network.

After the step of searching for the identifier of the target registration network from the available network information according to the subscription information of the SIM card of the mobile terminal and the operator, the method further includes:

Determining that the identifier of the target registration network is the same as the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal;

Determining whether the frequency band lock flag corresponding to the network of the desired lock frequency band in the SIM card is valid;

If valid, further determining whether the lock frequency persistence flag corresponding to the network of the desired locked frequency band is the first flag;

If it is the first flag, the frequency band that the network of the desired locked band is desired to lock is locked.

The step of receiving the band lock command sent by the network side includes:

The band lock command sent by the network side is received through the short message.

The step of locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command includes:

Decrypting the received band lock instruction;

The frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network is locked according to the band lock command after decryption processing.

The band lock command includes a desired lock band, a network identifier of the desired lock band, a band lock flag, a frequency lock persistence flag, a traffic monitoring period, and a traffic monitoring threshold.

The step of locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command includes:

Check if the lock frequency persistence flag is the first flag;

If it is the first flag, the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock is locked.

The step of locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command includes:

Check if the lock frequency persistence flag is the second flag;

If it is the second flag, the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock is locked, and the time of locking the frequency band is checked by the first timer to exceed the first cycle time set by the second flag;

If the first cycle time is exceeded, the frequency band is restored to the initial value when the mobile terminal is powered on, and the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card, the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band, the frequency band lock flag, the frequency lock persistence flag, and the traffic monitoring Both the cycle and the traffic monitoring threshold are restored to their initial values at power-on.

The step of locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command includes:

Check if the lock frequency persistence flag is the third flag;

If the third flag is used, the traffic of the mobile terminal is monitored by the second timer in a traffic monitoring period;

If the traffic of the mobile terminal is less than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period, the number of times that the traffic is less than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period is further counted;

If the number of times is greater than the first preset value, the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock is locked, and the desired locked frequency band corresponding to the target registration network, the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band, the frequency band lock flag, and the frequency lock persistence flag are locked. The traffic monitoring period and the traffic monitoring threshold are saved to the SIM card;

If the number of times is less than the first preset value, the second timer is executed to monitor the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the traffic monitoring period.

After the step of monitoring the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the second timer by the traffic monitoring period, the method further includes:

If it is detected that the traffic of the mobile terminal is greater than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period, it is determined whether the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal is the same as the identifier of the other network;

If the same, performing the second timer to monitor the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the traffic monitoring period;

If not the same, the frequency band is restored to the initial value when the mobile terminal is powered on, and the SIM card is The expected lock band, the network identifier of the desired lock band, the band lock flag, the lock frequency persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring threshold are restored to the initial values at power on.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a frequency band locking apparatus, which is applied to a mobile terminal, and the apparatus includes:

The second sending module is configured to send a registration request to the target registration network on the network side, where the registration request carries the international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal, so that the network side generates a frequency band lock instruction according to the IMEI number;

a receiving module, configured to receive a frequency band locking instruction sent by the network side;

The locking module is configured to lock the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a frequency band locking system including the above-described device for frequency band locking applied to the network side and the above-described device for frequency band locking applied to a mobile terminal.

The above aspects of the present invention include at least the following beneficial effects:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network side generates a band lock command according to the IMEI number reported by the mobile terminal, and sends the band lock command to the corresponding mobile terminal. Then, the mobile terminal locks the specific frequency band according to the received frequency band locking instruction, thereby effectively improving the access success rate and the throughput rate of the network side mobile terminal, so that the network system load is balanced, thereby improving the user experience.

DRAWINGS

1 is a flow chart of steps of a method for applying frequency band locking applied to a network side according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of specific steps of step 12 in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for frequency band locking applied to a network side according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flow chart showing the steps of a method for applying frequency band lock to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a specific step of step 43 in FIG. 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a second flowchart of the specific steps of step 43 in Figure 4 in the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a third flowchart of the specific steps of step 43 in Figure 4 in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for frequency band locking applied to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical problems, the technical solutions, and the advantages of the present invention will be more clearly described in the following description.

The present invention provides a method, a device and a system for locking a frequency band in a prior art, in which the network system has an unbalanced load and a poor user experience, which can save network resources, load balance the network system, and improve user experience.

As shown in FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for band locking, which is applied to a network side, and the method includes:

Step 11: Acquire an international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal that is reported by the mobile terminal when registering to the network side.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal reports its own IMEI number and frequency band capability to the network side when registering to the network side, so that the network side performs subsequent operations. The IMEI is a unique identifier for distinguishing mobile terminals. It is stored in the mobile terminal and cannot be rewritten and erased. It is usually distributed by the standard organization.

Step 12: Generate a band lock instruction by using an equalization policy according to the IMEI number.

Step 13: Send a band lock command to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal locks the frequency band that the registered network desires to lock according to the band lock command.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the specific step of the step 13 is: performing encryption processing on the generated band lock command; and transmitting the encrypted band lock command to the mobile terminal by using a short message.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the network side encrypts the generated band lock instruction code according to the format negotiated with the mobile terminal, and sends the message to the corresponding mobile terminal by using a short message. As a preferred example, it can be sent to the mobile terminal through the CLASS0 short message. It can be understood that the specific manner in which the network side transmits the band lock command is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, after acquiring the IMEI number and the frequency band capability of the mobile terminal, the network side generates a frequency band lock instruction by using the equalization policy, and sends the encrypted band lock command to the corresponding mobile terminal, so that The mobile terminal locks the frequency band assigned to the network side to load balance the network system, thereby improving the user experience. Wherein, the band locking instruction is generated by the equalization strategy The body process will be elaborated later.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the specific steps of the foregoing step 12 are:

Step 21: Query device information in the home location register and the visit location register according to the IMEI number.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the device information includes information such as a manufacturer model of the mobile terminal.

Step 22: Query a static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal according to the device information, and generate a frequency band lock instruction according to the static equalization policy.

In the foregoing embodiment of the present invention, the specific step of the foregoing step 22 is: setting the static frequency band lock table of the equalization policy to set the mobile terminal to use the preset desired lock frequency band; if the lock frequency band is expected to be valid, directly generating the frequency band Lock the instruction.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the network side further queries, according to the queried device information, whether the mobile terminal uses a certain frequency band (ie, a preset desired locked frequency band) in the static frequency band lock table of the equalization policy. If the mobile terminal uses a certain frequency band in the static band lock table, it further detects whether the desired lock band is valid, and if so, directly generates a band lock command, wherein the band lock command includes a desired lock band, It is desirable to lock the network identification of the frequency band, the band lock flag, and the frequency lock persistence flag. Of course, if the mobile terminal does not specify a specific frequency band in the static band lock table, the network side generates a band lock command according to the dynamic equalization policy, and the band lock command generated according to the dynamic equalization policy includes a desired lock band and a desired lock band. Network identification, band lock flag, frequency lock persistence flag, traffic monitoring period, and traffic monitoring threshold.

In the foregoing embodiment of the present invention, the step of generating a frequency band lock instruction according to the dynamic equalization policy is: acquiring a current network load parameter; and generating a frequency band lock instruction according to the network load parameter. The current network load parameter includes the number of mobile terminals currently accessing the network, the number of available resource blocks of the current network, and the utilization of the bandwidth of the current network.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, if the mobile terminal does not specify that the mobile terminal uses a certain frequency band in the static band lock table, the network side calculates the current network load parameter, and then allocates the corresponding frequency band to the mobile terminal, and according to This generates a band lock command. In this way, it is possible to avoid that the mobile terminal that has no traffic or low traffic on the LTE network occupies network resources for a long time, so that the mobile terminal that needs to use the network resource cannot use the network resource conveniently and quickly. Of course when the network load reaches To a certain extent, the network side also allocates frequency bands to the mobile terminal according to the network parameters.

As shown in FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for band locking, which is applied to a network side, and the device includes:

The obtaining module 31 is configured to obtain an international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal that is reported when the mobile terminal registers with the network side;

The generating module 32 is configured to generate a band locking instruction by using an equalization policy according to the IMEI number;

The first sending module 33 is configured to send the band lock command to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal locks the frequency band that the registered network desires to lock according to the band lock command.

The generating module 32 includes:

Query unit, configured to query device information in the home location register and the visit location register according to the IMEI number;

The first processing unit is configured to query a static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal according to the device information, and generate a frequency band lock instruction according to the static equalization policy.

The first processing unit includes:

The first subunit is configured to obtain a setting in the static band lock table of the equalization policy, and the mobile terminal uses the preset desired locked band;

The second subunit is configured to directly generate a band lock command when the desired lock band is valid.

The band lock command includes a desired lock band, a network identifier of the desired lock band, a band lock flag, and a frequency lock persistence flag.

Among them, it also includes:

The second processing unit is configured to generate a frequency band lock instruction according to the dynamic equalization policy when the static equalization policy configured for the mobile terminal is not queried according to the device information.

The second processing unit includes:

a third subunit, configured to obtain a current network load parameter;

The fourth subunit is configured to generate a band lock command according to the network load parameter.

The current network load parameter includes the number of mobile terminals currently accessing the network and the number of available resource blocks of the current network.

The band lock command includes a desired lock band, a network identifier of a desired lock band, a band lock flag, a frequency lock persistence flag, a traffic monitoring period, and a traffic monitoring threshold.

The first sending module 33 includes:

An encryption unit configured to encrypt the generated band lock instruction;

The first unit is configured to send the encrypted band lock command to the mobile terminal by using a short message.

It should be noted that the apparatus for applying the frequency band lock applied to the network side according to the embodiment of the present invention is the apparatus for applying the method for applying the frequency band lock applied to the network side, that is, all the embodiments of the method for applying the frequency band lock applied to the network side. Both are suitable for the device and all achieve the same or similar benefits.

As shown in FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for frequency band locking, which is applied to a mobile terminal, and the method includes:

Step 41: Send a registration request to the target registration network on the network side, where the registration request carries the international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal, so that the network side generates a frequency band lock instruction according to the IMEI number.

Step 42: Receive a frequency band lock instruction sent by the network side.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the band lock command includes a desired lock band, a network identifier of a desired lock band, a band lock flag, a frequency lock persistence flag, a traffic monitoring period, and a traffic monitoring threshold.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal receives the band lock command sent by the network side through the short message. It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the specific manner in which the mobile terminal receives the band lock instruction is not limited, and the specific manner is determined by the transmission mode of the network side.

Step 43: Lock the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock according to the band lock command.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the specific step of the foregoing step 43 is: performing decryption processing on the received band lock command; and locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command after the decryption process.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, if the network side sends a frequency band lock instruction to the mobile terminal by using a short message, the mobile terminal first determines whether the frequency band lock instruction is after receiving the short message. If it is a band lock command, it will be decrypted and locked according to it; if it is not a band lock command, it will receive the message normally. Of course, even if the network side does not send the band lock command to the mobile terminal by means of short message, after receiving the band lock command, the mobile terminal will decrypt the frequency band according to the frequency lock operation.

Wherein, in the above embodiment of the present invention, the specific step of the above step 41 is: according to the shift The hardware situation of the mobile terminal, scanning the available network information in the surrounding environment and obtaining the operator information of the available network; according to the subscription information of the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card and the operator, the available network Searching for the identifier of the target registration network in the information; determining that the identifier of the target registration network is different from the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal; sending the registration to the target registration network on the network side according to the identifier of the target registration network request.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the SIM card of the mobile terminal stores the country code, the network code, the desired locked frequency band, the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band, the frequency band lock flag, the frequency lock persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring. Information such as threshold values, and this information can only be updated by the internal editing of the terminal or SMS of the operator, and the initial value is set when the SIM card is issued by the operator. The band lock flag indicates whether the current band lock command is valid; the lock frequency persistence flag identifies the valid time of the most recent network band lock command, and its value may include the current boot valid, permanent valid, valid for a certain period of time, and on-demand. Persistent; the traffic monitoring period indicates the standard cycle time interval of traffic monitoring; the traffic monitoring threshold indicates the minimum threshold of the mobile terminal periodic detection low traffic criterion

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, after the mobile terminal starts booting, the SIM card initializes the information in the SIM card. At the same time, according to the hardware condition of the mobile terminal, the available network information in the surrounding environment is scanned and the operator information of the available network is obtained, and then the subscription information of the SIM card of the mobile terminal and the operator is searched for from the available network information. The identity of the target registration network.

At this time, if it is found that the mobile terminal has not performed the frequency locking operation on the target registration network, that is, the identifier of the target registration network is different from the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal, then the target is The registration network sends a registration request, and the registration request carries its own IMEI number and frequency band capability. If the mobile terminal is found to have performed the frequency-locked operation on the target registration network, that is, the identifier of the target registration network is determined to be the same as the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal, the SIM card is further determined. Whether the band lock flag corresponding to the network of the desired lock band is valid; and when the band lock flag is valid, further determining whether the lock frequency persistence flag corresponding to the network of the desired lock band is the first flag; if it is the first flag, The frequency band desired to be locked by the network of the desired locked frequency band is locked, wherein the first flag refers to permanent validity.

In the foregoing embodiment of the present invention, the foregoing step 43 may have multiple specific execution manners due to different values of the frequency lock persistence flag. As shown in FIG. 5, the first implementation manner is: checking whether the lock frequency persistence flag is the first flag; if the first flag, locking the target registration network is expected Locked band. Specifically, after receiving the band lock command, the mobile terminal checks whether the lock frequency persistence flag is the first flag, that is, permanent, and if so, locks the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock; otherwise, continues to monitor whether there is a new one. Band lock command.

As shown in FIG. 6, the second implementation manner of the foregoing step 43 is: checking whether the lock frequency persistence flag is the second flag, the second flag is valid for a certain period of time, and if the second flag is, locking the target registration network. The frequency band that is expected to be locked, and whether the time for locking the frequency band exceeds the first cycle time set by the second flag by the first timer; if the first cycle time is exceeded, the frequency band is restored to the initial state when the mobile terminal is powered on. Value, and restore the information in the SIM card (including the desired lock band, the network ID of the desired lock band, the band lock flag, the lock frequency persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring threshold) to the initial value at power on. . Specifically, after receiving the band lock instruction, the mobile terminal checks whether the value of the lock frequency persistence flag is valid for a certain period of time. If the value of the lock frequency persistence flag is valid for a certain period of time, the target registration is locked. The frequency band that the network desires to lock, and whether the time for locking the frequency band exceeds the first cycle time set by the second flag by the first timer, and if the time for locking the frequency band exceeds the first cycle time, the frequency band of the mobile terminal is Restore to the initial value when the power is turned on, and restore the information in the SIM card to the initial value when the power is turned on; if the time for locking the frequency band does not exceed the first cycle time, the first timer checks whether the time for locking the frequency band exceeds the first time. The first cycle time set by the second flag until the time when the frequency band is locked exceeds the first cycle time; if the value of the frequency lock persistence flag is not valid for a certain period of time, it continues to monitor whether there is a new band lock command.

As shown in FIG. 7, the third implementation manner of the foregoing step 43 is: after receiving the band lock command, the mobile terminal checks whether the lock frequency persistence flag is the third flag, and the third flag refers to persistent on demand; The third flag is used to monitor the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the second timer in the traffic monitoring period; if the traffic of the mobile terminal is less than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period, the statistics are further collected during the traffic monitoring period. The number of times that the traffic is less than the traffic monitoring threshold; if the number of times is greater than the first preset value (for example, three times), the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock is locked, and the desired locked frequency band and expectation corresponding to the target registration network are locked. The network identifier of the locked band, the band lock flag, the frequency lock persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring threshold are saved to the SIM card; if the number of times is less than the first preset value, the second timer is executed to monitor the cycle The step of monitoring the traffic of the mobile terminal until the number of times is less than the first preset value.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, if the check frequency lock persistence flag is not the third flag, then continue Monitor for new band lock commands.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, if it is detected that the traffic of the mobile terminal is greater than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period or the network connection request is detected by the mobile terminal, determining the expected locking in the SIM card of the mobile terminal Whether the network identifier of the frequency band is the same as the identifier of the other network, that is, whether the mobile terminal has previously performed the frequency-locked operation on other networks; if the same, that is, the mobile terminal has previously performed the frequency-locked operation on other networks, the first execution is performed. The second timer monitors the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the traffic monitoring period; if the mobile terminal does not perform the frequency locking operation on other networks before, the frequency band is restored to the initial value of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is powered on. And restore the information in the SIM card (including the desired lock band, the network identifier of the desired lock band, the band lock flag, the lock frequency persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring threshold) to the initial value at power on.

As shown in FIG. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a frequency band locking apparatus, which is applied to a mobile terminal, and the apparatus includes:

The second sending module 81 is configured to send a registration request to the target registration network on the network side, where the registration request carries the international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal, so that the network side generates a frequency band lock instruction according to the IMEI number;

The receiving module 82 is configured to receive a frequency band lock instruction sent by the network side;

The locking module 83 is configured to lock the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command.

The second sending module 81 includes:

a scanning unit, configured to scan available network information in the surrounding environment according to the hardware condition of the mobile terminal, and obtain operator information of the available network;

a search unit, configured to search for an identifier of the target registration network from the available network information according to the subscription information of the SIM card of the mobile terminal and the operator;

a first determining unit, configured to determine that the identifier of the target registration network is different from the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal;

The second unit is configured to send a registration request to the target registration network on the network side according to the identifier of the target registration network.

Wherein, the device further comprises:

a first module, configured to determine an identifier of the target registration network and a SIM card in the mobile terminal It is expected that the network identifier of the locked band is the same;

The first determining module is configured to determine whether the frequency band lock flag corresponding to the network of the desired lock frequency band in the SIM card is valid, and when the frequency band lock flag is valid, triggering the second determining module;

The second judging module is configured to further determine, according to the triggering of the first judging module, whether the lock frequency persistence flag corresponding to the network of the desired lock band is the first flag, and when the lock frequency persistence flag is the first flag, Triggering the second module;

The second module is configured to lock the frequency band desired to be locked by the network of the desired locked frequency band according to the triggering of the second determining module.

The receiving module 82 includes:

The third unit is configured to receive the frequency band lock instruction sent by the network side through the short message.

The locking module 83 includes:

The fourth unit is configured to decrypt the received band lock instruction;

The fifth unit is configured to lock the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock according to the band lock command after the decryption process.

The band lock command includes a desired lock band, a network identifier of the desired lock band, a band lock flag, a frequency lock persistence flag, a traffic monitoring period, and a traffic monitoring threshold.

The locking module 83 includes:

a first checking unit, configured to check whether the lock frequency persistence flag is the first flag, and trigger the sixth unit when the frequency lock persistence flag is the first flag;

The sixth unit is configured to lock the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock according to the trigger of the first inspection unit.

The locking module 83 includes:

a second checking unit, configured to check whether the lock frequency persistence flag is a second flag, and trigger the seventh unit when the frequency lock persistence flag is the second flag;

The seventh unit is configured to: according to the trigger of the second checking unit, lock the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock, and check whether the time for locking the frequency band exceeds the first cycle time set by the second flag by using the first timer, And when the time of locking the frequency band exceeds the first cycle time, the eighth unit is triggered;

The eighth unit is configured to restore the frequency band to the initial value when the mobile terminal is powered on according to the trigger of the seventh unit, and to set the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card, the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band, and the frequency band. The lock flag, the lock frequency persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring threshold are all restored to the initial values at power-on.

The locking module 83 includes:

a third checking unit, configured to check whether the lock frequency persistence flag is a third flag, and trigger the ninth unit when the frequency lock persistence flag is the third flag;

The ninth unit is configured to monitor, according to the triggering of the third checking unit, the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the second timer by the traffic monitoring period;

In the tenth unit, when the traffic of the mobile terminal is less than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period, the number of times that the traffic is less than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period is further calculated, and the number of times is greater than the first When the preset value is used, the eleventh unit is triggered; when the number of times is less than the first preset value, the ninth unit is triggered to perform the step of monitoring the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the second timer in the traffic monitoring period;

The eleventh unit is configured to lock the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock according to the trigger of the tenth unit, and the desired lock frequency band corresponding to the target registration network, the network identifier of the desired lock frequency band, the frequency band lock flag, and the lock The frequency persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring threshold are saved to the SIM card.

The locking module 83 further includes:

The twelfth unit is configured to determine, when the traffic of the mobile terminal is greater than the traffic monitoring threshold in the traffic monitoring period, whether the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal is the same as the identifier of the other network, And when the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card is the same as the identifier of the other network, triggering the ninth unit to perform the step of monitoring the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the second timer in the traffic monitoring period; when the expectation in the SIM card The thirteenth unit is triggered when the network identifier of the locked band is different from the identifier of the other network;

The thirteenth unit is configured to restore the frequency band to the initial value when the mobile terminal is powered on according to the trigger of the twelfth unit, and to set the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card, the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band, the frequency band lock flag, and the lock. The frequency persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the traffic monitoring threshold are restored to the initial values at power-on.

It should be noted that the apparatus for applying the frequency band lock of a mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention is the apparatus for applying the frequency band locking method applied to a mobile terminal, that is, the foregoing is applied to a mobile device. All embodiments of the method of band locking of the terminal are applicable to the device and both achieve the same or similar benefits.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a frequency band locking system including the above-described device for frequency band locking applied to the network side and the above-described device for frequency band locking applied to a mobile terminal.

It should be noted that the frequency band locking system provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes the foregoing device for frequency band locking applied to the network side and the device for frequency band locking applied to a mobile terminal, that is, the device for applying frequency band locking applied to the network side. All embodiments of the device for band lock applied to a mobile terminal are applicable to the device and all achieve the same or similar benefits.

The above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that those skilled in the art can also make several improvements and retouchings without departing from the principles of the present invention. It should be considered as the scope of protection of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

As described above, the method, device, and system for band locking provided by the embodiments of the present invention have the following beneficial effects: the access success rate and the throughput rate of the mobile terminal on the network side can be effectively improved, and the load balance of the network system is balanced, thereby improving user experience.

Claims (25)

A method for frequency band locking is applied to a network side, and the method includes: Obtaining an international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal that is reported by the mobile terminal when registering to the network side; Generating a band lock instruction by using an equalization policy according to the IMEI number; Transmitting the band lock command to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal locks a frequency band that the registered network desires to lock according to the band lock command. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a band lock command by the equalization policy according to the IMEI number comprises: Querying device information in the home location register and the visit location register according to the IMEI number; And querying, according to the device information, a static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal, and generating a frequency band lock instruction according to the static equalization policy. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of querying a static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal according to the device information, and generating a frequency band lock instruction according to the static equalization policy comprises: Obtaining a setting in a static band lock table of the equalization policy, the mobile terminal uses a preset desired lock band; If the desired locked band is valid, the band lock command is directly generated. The method of claim 3 wherein the band lock command comprises a desired lock band, a network identification of a desired lock band, a band lock flag, and a frequency lock persistence flag. The method of claim 2, further comprising: According to the device information, when the static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal is not queried, the frequency band lock instruction is generated according to the dynamic equalization policy. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of generating a band lock command according to the dynamic equalization policy comprises: Obtain the current network load parameters; A band lock instruction is generated according to the network load parameter. The method of claim 6 wherein said current network load parameter comprises a current connection The number of mobile terminals entering the network and the number of available resource blocks of the current network. The method of claim 6 wherein the band lock command comprises a desired lock band, a network identification of a desired lock band, a band lock flag, a frequency lock persistence flag, a traffic monitoring period, and a traffic monitoring threshold. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of transmitting said band lock command to said mobile terminal comprises: Encrypting the generated band lock instruction; And transmitting the encrypted band lock command to the mobile terminal by using a short message. A frequency band locked device is applied to a network side, and the device includes: An acquiring module, configured to obtain an international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal that is reported by the mobile terminal when registering to the network side; Generating a module, configured to generate a frequency band lock instruction by using an equalization policy according to the IMEI number; The first sending module is configured to send the frequency band lock command to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal locks a frequency band that the registered network desires to lock according to the frequency band lock instruction. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said generating module comprises: The query unit is configured to query the device information in the home location register and the visit location register according to the IMEI number; The first processing unit is configured to query a static equalization policy pre-configured for the mobile terminal according to the device information, and generate a frequency band lock instruction according to the static equalization policy. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising: The second processing unit is configured to generate a frequency band lock instruction according to the dynamic equalization policy when the static equalization policy configured for the mobile terminal is not queried according to the device information. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said second processing unit comprises: a third subunit, configured to obtain a current network load parameter; The fourth subunit is configured to generate a band lock command according to the network load parameter. A method for frequency band locking is applied to a mobile terminal, and the method includes: Sending a registration request to the target registration network on the network side, where the registration request carries the international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal, so that the network side generates a frequency band lock instruction according to the IMEI number; Receiving a band lock command sent by the network side; The frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network is locked according to the band lock command. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of transmitting a registration request to the target registration network on the network side comprises: According to the hardware condition of the mobile terminal, scanning available network information in the surrounding environment and obtaining operator information of the available network; Searching for the identifier of the target registration network from the available network information according to the subscription information of the SIM card of the mobile terminal and the operator; Determining that the identifier of the target registration network is different from the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal; A registration request is sent to the target registration network on the network side according to the identity of the target registration network. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of searching for the identifier of the target registration network from the available network information according to the subscription information of the SIM card of the mobile terminal and the operator further comprises: Determining that the identifier of the target registration network is the same as the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal; Determining whether the frequency band lock flag corresponding to the network of the desired lock frequency band in the SIM card is valid; If valid, further determining whether the lock frequency persistence flag corresponding to the network of the desired locked frequency band is the first flag; If it is the first flag, the frequency band that the network of the desired locked band is desired to lock is locked. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of receiving a band lock command sent by the network side comprises: The band lock command sent by the network side is received through the short message. The method of claim 17, wherein said step of locking a frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to said band lock command comprises: Decrypting the received band lock instruction; The frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network is locked according to the band lock command after decryption processing. The method of claim 14, wherein the band lock command comprises a desired lock band, a network identification of a desired lock band, a band lock flag, a frequency lock persistence flag, a traffic monitoring period, and a traffic monitoring threshold. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command comprises: Check if the lock frequency persistence flag is the first flag; If it is the first flag, the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock is locked. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command comprises: Check if the lock frequency persistence flag is the second flag; If it is the second flag, locking the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock, and checking whether the time for locking the frequency band exceeds the first cycle time set by the second flag by using the first timer; If the first cycle time is exceeded, the frequency band is restored to the initial value when the mobile terminal is powered on, and the desired lock band in the SIM card, the network identifier of the desired lock band, the band lock flag, the frequency lock persistence flag, Both the traffic monitoring period and the traffic monitoring threshold are restored to the initial values at power-on. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of locking the frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the band lock command comprises: Check if the lock frequency persistence flag is the third flag; If the third flag is used, the traffic of the mobile terminal is monitored by the second timer in a traffic monitoring period; If the traffic of the mobile terminal is less than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period, the number of times that the traffic is less than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period is further counted; If the number of times is greater than the first preset value, the frequency band that the target registration network desires to lock is locked, and the desired locked frequency band corresponding to the target registration network, the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band, the frequency band lock flag, and the frequency lock persistence flag are locked. The traffic monitoring period and the traffic monitoring threshold are saved to the SIM card; If the number of times is less than the first preset value, the step of monitoring, by the second timer, the traffic of the mobile terminal by using the traffic monitoring period is performed. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of monitoring, by the second timer, the traffic of the mobile terminal by the traffic monitoring period further comprises: If it is detected that the traffic of the mobile terminal is greater than the traffic monitoring threshold during the traffic monitoring period, it is determined whether the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card of the mobile terminal is different from the identifier of the other network. with; If the same, performing the step of monitoring, by the second timer, the traffic of the mobile terminal by using a traffic monitoring period; If not the same, the frequency band is restored to the initial value when the mobile terminal is powered on, and the desired locked frequency band in the SIM card, the network identifier of the desired locked frequency band, the band lock flag, the frequency lock persistence flag, the traffic monitoring period, and the flow rate The monitoring threshold is restored to the initial value at power-on. A frequency band locked device is applied to a mobile terminal, and the device includes: The second sending module is configured to send a registration request to the target registration network on the network side, where the registration request carries the international identification code IMEI number of the mobile terminal, so that the network side generates a frequency band lock instruction according to the IMEI number; a receiving module, configured to receive a frequency band locking instruction sent by the network side; A locking module is configured to lock a frequency band desired to be locked by the target registration network according to the frequency band lock command. A frequency band locked system comprising the band lock device applied to the network side according to any one of claims 10 to 13 and the band lock device applied to a mobile terminal according to claim 24.

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