Method for determining network standard in wireless communications network, access point device, terminal device, and radio network controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018302884-A1
Application number	US-201816015780-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 22, 2018
Priority date	Dec 24, 2015
Publication date	Oct 18, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

The method includes: receiving, by an access point device, at least one network standard configuration request message sent by at least one terminal device, where the at least one network standard configuration request message indicates a network standard that needs to be used by the at least one terminal device; determining, by the access point device according to the network standard configuration request message sent by the at least one terminal device, a same network standard that needs to be used by all or some of the at least one terminal device, as a target network standard; and sending, by the access point device, a network standard trigger message to the all or some of the at least one terminal device, where the network standard trigger message indicates the target network standard configured by the access point device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for determining a network standard in a wireless communications network, comprising:
receiving, by an access point device, at least one network standard configuration request message sent by at least one terminal device, wherein the at least one network standard configuration request message indicates a network standard that needs to be used by the at least one terminal device; determining, by the access point device according to the at least one network standard configuration request message, a same network standard that needs to be used by all or some of the at least one terminal device, as a target network standard; and sending, by the access point device, a network standard trigger message to the all or some of the at least one terminal device, wherein the network standard trigger message indicates that the target network standard has already been configured by the access point device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the access point device according to the network standard configuration request message sent by the at least one terminal device, a same network standard that needs to be used by all or some of the at least one terminal device, as a target network standard comprises:
when a proportion of the all or some of the at least one terminal device that need to use the same network standard to all terminal devices accessing the access point device exceeds a first threshold, determining, by the access point device, the same network standard as the target network standard according to the network standard configuration request message sent by the at least one terminal device.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the access point device according to the network standard configuration request message sent by the at least one terminal device, a same network standard that needs to be used by all or some of the at least one terminal device, as a target network standard comprises:
determining, by the access point device according to the network standard configuration request message sent by the at least one terminal device, a network standard that needs to be used by a first terminal device in the at least one terminal device, as the target network standard, wherein the first terminal device is a terminal device whose priority is highest among terminal devices accessing the access point device.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the access point device, the network standard trigger message to another terminal device among the terminal devices accessing the access point device except the all or some of the at least one terminal device, wherein the network standard trigger message indicates that the target network standard has already been configured by the access point device.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the access point device, a configuration file request message to a radio network controller; receiving, by the access point device, a configuration file, wherein the configuration file is sent by the radio network controller according to the configuration file request message, and the configuration file is used to configure the target network standard; and configuring, by the access point device, the target network standard according to the configuration file.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the access point device according to the at least one network standard configuration request message, a same network standard that needs to be used by all or some of the at least one terminal device, as a target network standard comprises:
sending, by the access point device, a decision request message to a radio network controller, wherein the decision request message is used to indicate, to the radio network controller, the network standard that needs to be used by the at least one terminal device; receiving, by the access point device, a decision response message sent by the radio network controller, wherein the decision response message is used to indicate the target network standard, and the target network standard is a network standard that is determined by the radio network controller according to the decision response message and information about the access point device controlled by the radio network controller; and determining, by the access point device, the target network standard according to the decision response message.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the access point device, the network standard trigger message to another terminal device according to the decision response message, wherein the network standard trigger message is used to instruct another terminal device to access the another access point device.

8 . A method for determining a network standard in a wireless communications network, comprising:
receiving, by a radio network controller, a decision request message sent by an access point device, wherein the decision request message is used to indicate a network standard that at least one terminal device accessing the access point device requests to use; determining, by the radio network controller according to the decision request message, a same network standard that all or some of the at least one terminal device request to use, as a target network standard of the access point device; and sending, by the radio network controller, a decision response message to the access point device, wherein the decision response message is used to indicate the target network standard.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the determining, by the radio network controller according to the decision request message, a same network standard that all or some of the at least one terminal device request to use, as a target network standard comprises:
determining, by the radio network controller according to the decision request message and information about the access point device controlled by the radio network controller, the same network standard that the all or some of the at least one terminal device request to use, as the target network standard, wherein the decision response message is further used to instruct the access point device to instruct another device among terminal devices accessing the access point device except the all or some of the at least one terminal device to access another access point device.

10 . The method according to claim 8 wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the radio network controller, a configuration file for configuring the target network standard to the access point device.

11 . An access point device in a wireless communications network, comprising:
a receiving unit, configured to receive at least one network standard configuration request message sent by at least one terminal device, wherein the at least one network standard configuration request message indicates a network standard that needs to be used by the at least one terminal device; a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the at least one network standard configuration request message, a same network standard that needs to be used by all or some of the at least one terminal device, as a target network standard; and a sending unit, configured to send a network standard trigger message to the all or some of the at least one terminal device, wherein the network standard trigger message indicates that the target network standard has already been configured by the access point device.

12 . The access point device according t

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Mingjie

Classifications

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W72/23 Primary

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W48/18

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title

• H04W88/10

  adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points · CPC title

• H04W48/14 Primary

  using user query {or user detection} · CPC title