Method and apparatus for obtaining installation information of network access device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12355850-B2
Application number	US-202117909133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2021
Priority date	Mar 6, 2020
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for obtaining installation information of a network access device. The network access device may be CPE. When a user installs the CPE, after the user uses a terminal device to send a request for obtaining installation information of the CPE to a network device, and to receive the installation information of the CPE that is fed back by the network device, the received installation information of the CPE can be displayed on a display interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for obtaining installation information of a network access device, comprising:
sending, by a terminal device, a request for obtaining installation information of the network access device to a network device, wherein the request for obtaining the installation information of the network access device comprises positioning data of the terminal device;
receiving, by the terminal device, the installation information of the network access device sent by the network device, wherein the installation information of the network access device is used to indicate an installation location of the network access device and an installation angle of the network access device, wherein the installation location of the network access device and the installation angle of the network access device are determined by the network device based on the positioning data; and
displaying, by the terminal device, the installation information of the network access device on a display interface.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the installation information of the network access device on the display interface comprises:
displaying, by the terminal device on the display interface, a first icon used to indicate a movement direction from a location of the terminal device to the installation location, and/or a second icon used to indicate a rotation direction from an angle toward which the terminal device faces to the installation angle.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after the displaying the installation information of the network access device on the display interface, the method further comprises:
updating, by the terminal device according to a change of the location of the terminal device, the first icon displayed on the display interface when the location of the terminal device changes; and/or
updating, by the terminal device according to a change of the angle towards which the terminal device faces, the second icon displayed on the display interface when the angle toward which the terminal device faces changes.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, by the terminal device, installation confirmation information of the network access device on the display interface when the terminal device moves to the installation location and rotates to the installation angle.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after the terminal device receives the installation information of the network access device sent by the network device, if a movement distance exceeds a preset distance, sending, by the terminal device, a request for obtaining installation information of the network access device to the network device again, and receiving the installation information of the network access device by the network device again.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the request for obtaining the installation information of the network access device further comprises attribute information of the network access device; and
before the sending, by the terminal device, the request for obtaining installation information of the network access device to the network device, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the terminal device, the attribute information of the network access device by scanning a graphic identification code provided on the network access device;
and/or obtaining, by the terminal device, the attribute information of the network access device by receiving data entered by a user.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the attribute information of the network access device comprises at least one of the following: identification information of the network access device, a public land mobile network (PLMN) to which a subscriber identity module (SIM) card used by the network access device belongs, a tracking area code (TAC) of a location of the network access device, a radio access technology (RAT) type supported by the network access device, a device model of the network access device, device capability information of the network access device, or an installation range specified by the user of the network access device.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the request for obtaining the installation information of the network access device further comprises information used to indicate a relative location between the terminal device and a target object; and
the installation information of the network access device is further used to indicate a relative installation location between the network access device and the target object.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the network access device is configured to receive a cellular signal, convert the cellular signal into an Ethernet signal or a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi signal, and output the Ethernet signal or the Wi-Fi signal; and/or
the network access device comprises customer premises equipment CPE.

10. A method for obtaining installation information of a network access device, comprising:
receiving, by a network device, a request for obtaining installation information of the network access device sent by a terminal device, wherein the request for obtaining the installation information of the network access device comprises positioning data of the terminal device;
determining, by the network device, the installation information of the network access device based on the positioning data and attribute information of the network access device, wherein the installation information of the network access device is used to indicate an installation location of the network access device and an installation angle of the network access device; and
sending, by the network device, the installation information of the network access device to the terminal device.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein
the request for obtaining the installation information of the network access device further comprises the attribute information of the network access device.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein
the attribute information of the network access device comprises at least one of the following: identification information of the network access device, a public land mobile network (PLMN) to which a subscriber identity module (SIM) card used by the network access device belongs, a tracking area code (TAC) of a location of the network access device, a radio access technology (RAT) type supported by the network access device, a device model of the network access device, device capability information of the network access device, or an installation range specified by a user of the network access device.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determining the installation information of the network access device based on the positioning data and attribute information of the network access device comprises:
obtaining, by the network device based on the positioning data and within a preset range of a location of the terminal device, signal strength information reported by at least one device corresponding to the attribute information of the network access device;
determining, by the network device based on the signal strength information reported by the at least one device, direction information and a signal strength of at least one base station corresponding to the location of the terminal device; and
determining, by the network device based on the direction information and the signal strength of the at least one base station, wherein the installation information of the network access device is location information of a target location point and information about an angle between a dir

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zeng Yongbo
• Wang Hongyue
• Qin Cheng
• Jin Hui
• Liu Lingjun

Classifications

• H04L67/025

  for remote control or remote monitoring of applications · CPC title

• H04W64/003

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04W48/14

  using user query {or user detection} · CPC title

• H04L41/24

  using dedicated network management hardware · CPC title

• H04L41/0853

  by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information · CPC title