Position Information Reporting Method, Apparatus and Device

Abstract

The present application discloses a method, apparatus, and device for reporting location information, belonging to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: sending wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device; wherein the wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal. In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal determines the wireless area information according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and reports the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network side, without the need to obtain the wireless area identifier broadcast by the network side, thereby avoiding frequent tracking area updates of the terminal caused by satellite movement and reducing the network paging overhead.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of communication technologies, and particularly relates to a method, apparatus, and device for reporting location information. Background Art

[0002] In non-terrestrial networks (NTN), the cell is mobile relative to the Earth. If the existing terrestrial network principle is applied, the tracking area (TA) will also move. When a user equipment (UE) reselects to a cell that does not broadcast any tracking area code (TAC) and public land mobile network (PLMN) that the UE has registered to, the tracking area update process will be initiated. This means that as the boundary between two TAs sweeps across the ground, all UEs moving from one TA to another TA will initiate a TAU, which will cause the UE to frequently perform the tracking area update process.

[0003] One TA consists of one or more cells. The core network pages the UE within the TAs where the UE is currently registered. Since the coverage area of satellite cells is very large, the paging overhead will be very large. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The objective of the embodiments of this application is to provide a method, apparatus, and device for reporting location information, which can solve the problems of frequent tracking area updates of the UE and large paging overhead.

[0005] In a first aspect, the embodiments of this application provide a method for reporting location information, which is executed by a terminal. The method includes:

[0006] Sending wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device;

[0007] wherein the wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal.

[0008] In a second aspect, the embodiments of this application provide a method for reporting location information, which is executed by a network-side device. The method includes:

[0009] Obtaining the wireless area information or first positioning information of a terminal;

[0010] wherein the wireless area information is determined by the terminal according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal.

[0011] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a location information reporting device for a terminal, and the device includes:

[0012] A first sending module, configured to send wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device;

[0013] Wherein, the wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal.

[0014] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a location information reporting device for a network-side device, and the device includes:

[0015] An acquisition module, configured to acquire wireless area information or first positioning information of a terminal;

[0016] Wherein, the wireless area information is determined by the terminal according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal.

[0017] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when the program is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.

[0018] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network-side device, including: a processor, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when the program is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0019] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented.

[0020] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a program product, which is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0021] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instruction to implement the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the second aspect.

[0022] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal determines wireless area information based on the first positioning information and / or the first information, and reports the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network side, without obtaining the wireless area identifier broadcast by the network side, thereby avoiding frequent tracking area updates of the terminal caused by satellite movement and reducing the network paging overhead. Description of the Drawings

[0023] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of a non-terrestrial network architecture based on transparent forwarding provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 2 One of the flowchart diagrams of the location information reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 3a One of the schematic diagrams of the application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 3b Another schematic diagram of the application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Figure 3c Another schematic diagram of the application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Figure 3d Another schematic diagram of the application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Figure 3e Another schematic diagram of the application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 3f Another schematic diagram of the application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Figure 4 Another flowchart diagram of the location information reporting method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0032] Figure 5 One of the schematic diagrams of the structure of the location information reporting device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0033] Figure 6 Another schematic diagram of the structure of the location information reporting device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0034] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the structure of the communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0035] Figure 8 Schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0036] Figure 9 Schematic diagram of the structure of the network side device provided by an embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0037] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

[0038] The terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, rather than to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order different from those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of the same type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object may be one or more. In addition, the "and / or" in the specification and claims means at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / " generally means that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0039] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, and can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used in the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as in other systems and radio technologies. However, the following description describes the New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and the NR terminology is used in most of the following descriptions, although these technologies can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the 6th Generation (6G) communication system. th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0040] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal may also be referred to as a terminal device or a user equipment (UE). The terminal may be a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer or a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a mobile Internet device (MID), a wearable device or a vehicle-mounted device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), etc. Terminal-side devices. Wearable devices include: smart bracelets, earphones, glasses, etc.

[0041] To better understand the solution provided by the present application, the following content will be described first:

[0042] 1. Introduction to Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)

[0043] A non-terrestrial network refers to a network or network segment that uses a satellite or an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) platform for transmission. Typical applicable scenarios include situations where it is impossible to build a terrestrial base station and where the terrestrial base station is damaged, such as continuous coverage in remote mountainous areas, deserts, oceans, forests, or emergency communications when natural disasters occur and the terrestrial base station is damaged.

[0044] Satellites: Include low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites, medium Earth orbiting (MEO) satellites, geostationary Earth orbiting (GEO) satellites, and highly elliptical orbiting (HEO) satellites.

[0045] A typical scenario of a non-terrestrial network is the transparent relay type, that is, the satellite acts as a relay. Specifically, as Figure 1 shown,

[0046] 2. Introduction to Ground Network Tracking Areas

[0047] A mobile network operator divides his network into TAs, and a tracking area consists of one or more cells. The core network can page the UE within the TAs where the UE is currently registered. Each cell broadcasts the TAC of the specific PLMN to which the cell belongs in the system information (SIB1). When the UE camps on a cell, it can determine the tracking area to which it belongs based on the obtained broadcast message.

[0048] At initial registration, the network provides the UE with the TAC list and corresponding PLMNs to which the UE is registered in the "Registration Accept" message. When the UE reselects to a new cell, it checks the TAC and PLMN list broadcast by the cell. If the TAC and PLMN list do not contain any of the TAC and PLMN to which the UE is currently registered, the UE initiates the Tracking Area Update (TAU) process, i.e., the mobility registration process, by sending a registration request message.

[0049] Before initiating the registration process, first the UE should enter the RRC_Connected state. From the perspective of the core network, the UE is in the CN_Connected state. The base station knows the cell to which the connected UE belongs, and the core network can perform the registration process based on the location information and cell identifier related to the UE's cell reported by the base station.

[0050] In NTN, for non-GEO satellites, the cell is moving relative to the Earth. If the existing terrestrial network principle is applied, the TA will also move. When the UE reselects to a cell that does not broadcast any of the TAC and PLMNs to which the UE is already registered, the tracking area update process will be initiated. This means that as the boundary between two TAs sweeps across the ground, all UEs moving from one TA to another will initiate TAU, which will cause the UE to frequently perform the tracking area update process.

[0051] A TA consists of one or more cells. The core network pages the UE within the TAs where the UE is currently registered. Due to the large coverage area of satellite cells, the paging overhead will be very large.

[0052] In NTN, using a fixed terrestrial TA as a candidate solution, however, there is no specific implementation method for the fixed terrestrial TA yet. Based on the fixed terrestrial TA, the base station can not broadcast the TAC of the specific PLMN to which the cell belongs. The present invention proposes a method for reporting location information to avoid the UE frequently performing tracking area updates due to satellite movement and reduce the network paging overhead.

[0053] The following combines the accompanying drawings and details the location information reporting provided by the embodiments of the present application through specific embodiments and their application scenarios.

[0054] SeeFigure 2 , an embodiment of the present application provides a method for reporting location information. The method is executed by a terminal and includes:

[0055] Step 201: Send wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device;

[0056] In the embodiment of the present application, the prerequisite is that the cell does not broadcast the wireless area information to which the cell belongs.

[0057] The above wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or the first information. The first positioning information is the location information of the terminal. The first positioning information may be the location information determined by the terminal, or it may also be the location information of the terminal detected by the network side and sent to the terminal. It should be noted that the first positioning information can be determined by, for example, the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other methods.

[0058] The above first information is used for the terminal to determine the corresponding wireless area information to be reported based on the first positioning information.

[0059] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0060] (1) Information of a location area; the location area may be a pre-defined geographical area, and the division method of the location area includes but is not limited to: dividing according to the earth's longitude and latitude; dividing according to countries, provinces, cities, and districts. It can be understood that the first information may include the information of one or more location areas.

[0061] (2) First relationship information between the location area and the wireless area; the first relationship information is used to represent the corresponding relationship between the location area and the wireless area.

[0062] It should be noted that a location area may correspond to a wireless area. For example, Figure 3a in the shown scenario, where location area 1 corresponds to wireless area TAC1, and location area 2 corresponds to wireless area TAC2; or a location area may correspond to multiple wireless areas. For example, Figure 3b in the shown scenario, where location area 1 corresponds to wireless areas TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, and TAC5. Or multiple location areas may correspond to multiple wireless areas. For example, Figure 3c in the shown scenario, where location area 1 corresponds to wireless areas TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, and TAC5, and location area 5 corresponds to wireless areas TAC1, TAC6, TAC7, and TAC8.

[0063] (3) Information of an offset area;

[0064] It should be noted that a location area may correspond to one or more offset areas. For example, Figure 3d in the scenario shown in Figure 3d , one location area corresponds to 4 offset areas, namely offset areas a, b, c, and d.

[0065] (4) The second relationship information between the offset area and the wireless area. The second relationship information is used to represent the corresponding relationship between the offset area and the wireless area. It can be understood that the second relationship information can indicate the corresponding relationship between one offset area and the wireless area, or it can also indicate the corresponding relationship between multiple offset areas and the wireless area. For example, Figure 3e in the scenario shown in Figure 3e , offset area a corresponds to wireless area TAC2, offset area b corresponds to wireless area TAC3, offset area c corresponds to wireless area TAC4, and offset area d corresponds to wireless area TAC5.

[0066] In some embodiments, the wireless area information includes at least one of the following:

[0067] TAC;

[0068] Radio Notification Area Code (RNAC);

[0069] Registration area identifier.

[0070] It should be noted that for the sake of simplicity in description, in the subsequent embodiments, the case where the wireless area information is TAC is taken as an example for description.

[0071] In some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving the first information from a network-side device.

[0072] In the embodiments of the present application, the first information is provided by the network side. That is, the terminal determines the wireless area information to be reported according to the first information provided by the network side.

[0073] In some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving updated first information from a network-side device; wherein, the updated first information is updated by the network-side device according to the wireless area information or the first positioning information.

[0074] In the embodiments of the present application, after the terminal reports the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network side, the network side will update the first information according to the location information reported by the terminal, that is, re-determine a new first information according to the current location information reported by the terminal and send it to the terminal for the terminal to report subsequent location information.

[0075] In some embodiments, the sending of the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device specifically includes: sending the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and / or the first positioning information.

[0076] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal reports the wireless area information to the network side according to the first positioning information and the first information, or directly reports the first positioning information to the network side.

[0077] According to the information included in the first information, the following situations may be included:

[0078] Situation 1: The first information includes information on the location area;

[0079] Sending the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information includes: if it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal has moved out of the location area, sending the first positioning information.

[0080] In the embodiments of the present application, if the terminal determines according to the first positioning information that it has moved out of the location area indicated in the first information, it reports the first positioning information to the network-side device.

[0081] For example: The first information includes information on a location area. For example, the location area 1 provided only by the network side. When the terminal moves out of the location area 1, the terminal reports the first positioning information to the network side.

[0082] Another example: The first information includes information on multiple location areas. For example, the location area 1 and the location area 2 provided by the network side. When the terminal moves out of the ranges of the location area 1 and the location area 2, the terminal reports the first positioning information to the network side.

[0083] Another example: The first information includes information on multiple location areas. For example, the location area 1 and the location area 2 provided by the network side. When the terminal moves out of the range of the location area 1 or the location area 2, the terminal reports the first positioning information to the network side.

[0084] Situation 2: The first information includes the first relationship information;

[0085] Sending the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information includes: if it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal has moved out of the location area, sending the wireless area information corresponding to the location area according to the first relationship information, or sending the first positioning information.

[0086] In the embodiments of the present application, if the terminal determines according to the first positioning information that it has moved out of the location area indicated in the first information, it reports the wireless area information corresponding to the location area to the network-side device or directly reports the first positioning information.

[0087] For example, the first relationship information indicates that one location area corresponds to one radio area, that is, as Figure 3a shown, location area 1 corresponds to radio area TAC1, and location area 2 corresponds to radio area TAC2.

[0088] 1. For example, the network provides a set of relationships between location areas and radio areas, such as {location area 1 - radio area information 1}. If the terminal moves out of location area 1, it sends the first positioning information to the network side.

[0089] 2. For example, the network provides multiple sets of relationships between location areas and radio areas, such as {location area 1 - radio area information 1, location area 2 - radio area information 2}. If the terminal moves out of the ranges of location areas 1 and 2, it sends the first positioning information to the network side.

[0090] 3. For example, the network provides multiple sets of relationships between location areas and radio areas, such as {location area 1 - radio area information 1, location area 2 - radio area information 2}. If the terminal moves out of the range of location area 1 or location area 2, it sends the first positioning information to the network side. Another example: The first relationship information indicates that one location area corresponds to multiple radio areas, that is, as Figure 3b shown, location area 1 corresponds to radio areas TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, and TAC5.

[0091] Specifically, for example: 1. The network provides a set of relationships between location areas and radio areas, such as {location area 1 - radio area information 2}, where radio area information 2 includes {TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, TAC5}. When the UE moves out of location area 1, it reports the corresponding radio area information according to the radio area it moves into. For example, in Figure 3b , if the terminal moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, it reports TAC2 to the network side; or reports all the radio areas corresponding to location area 1, that is, reports TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, and TAC5.

[0092] 2. For example, the network provides multiple sets of relationships between location areas and radio areas, {location area 1 - radio area information 2, location area 5 - radio area information 3}, where radio area information 2 includes {TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, TAC5}, and radio area information 3 includes {TAC1, TAC6, TAC7, TAC8}. If the terminal moves out of the ranges of location areas 1 and 5, it reports the corresponding radio area information according to the radio area it moves into. For example, in Figure 3c , if the terminal moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, it reports TAC2 to the network side; or reports all the radio areas corresponding to location area 1, that is, reports TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, and TAC5.

[0093] 3. For example, the network provides multiple sets of relationships between location areas and radio areas, {Location Area 1 - Radio Area Information 2, Location Area 5 - Radio Area Information 3}. Here, Radio Area Information 2 includes {TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, TAC5}, and Radio Area Information 3 includes {TAC1, TAC6, TAC7, TAC8}. If the terminal moves out of the range of Location Area 1 or 5, report the corresponding radio area information according to the radio area the terminal moves into. For example, in Figure 3c if the terminal moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, report TAC2 to the network side; or report all radio areas corresponding to Location Area 1, that is, report TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, TAC5 to the network side.

[0094] Case 3: The first information includes information on the offset area;

[0095] Send the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information, including: if it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal has moved out of the offset area, send the first positioning information.

[0096] In the embodiments of the present application, if the terminal determines that it has moved out of the offset area indicated in the first information according to the first positioning information, report the first positioning information to the network-side device.

[0097] For example: The first relationship information indicates an offset area. For example, the network side only provides an offset area a. Then, when the terminal moves out of the offset area a, report the first positioning information to the network side.

[0098] Another example: The first relationship information indicates multiple offset areas, that is, as shown in Figure 3d the network side provides offset areas a, b, c, d. Then, when the terminal moves out of the common range of offset areas a, b, c, d, report the first positioning information to the network side. For example, in Figure 3d if the terminal moves in the direction indicated by the arrow and moves out of the offset area a (at this time, it is equivalent to moving out of the common range of offset areas a, b, c, d), report the first positioning information to the network side.

[0099] Another example: The first relationship information indicates multiple offset areas, that is, as shown in Figure 3d the network side provides offset areas a, b, c, d. Then, when the terminal moves out of the range of any one of the offset areas a, b, c, d, report the first positioning information to the network side. For example, in Figure 3d if the terminal moves in the direction indicated by the arrow and moves out of the offset area a, report the first positioning information to the network side.

[0100] Case 4: The first information includes the second relationship information;

[0101] Send wireless area information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information, including: if it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the bias area, send the wireless area information corresponding to the bias area.

[0102] In the embodiment of the present application, if the terminal determines according to the first positioning information that it moves out of the bias area indicated in the first information, report the wireless area information corresponding to the bias area to the network-side device.

[0103] For example: the first relationship information indicates the correspondence between a bias area and a wireless area. For example, if the network side provides that the bias area a corresponds to the wireless area TAC2, then when the terminal moves out of the bias area a, report TAC2 to the network side.

[0104] Another example: the first relationship information indicates the correspondence between multiple bias areas and wireless areas, that is, as Figure 3e shown, the network side provides that the bias area a corresponds to the wireless area TAC2, the bias area b corresponds to the wireless area TAC3, the bias area c corresponds to the wireless area TAC4, and the bias area d corresponds to the wireless area TAC5. Then when the terminal moves out of the common range of the bias areas a, b, c, and d, it is necessary to report the wireless area information to the network side, and at this time, report the corresponding wireless area information according to the wireless area entered by the terminal. For example, in Figure 3e , the terminal moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, moves out of the bias area a (at this time, it is equivalent to moving out of the common range of the bias areas a, b, c, and d), and moves into the wireless area TAC2, then report TAC2 to the network side.

[0105] Another example: the first relationship information indicates the correspondence between multiple bias areas and wireless areas, that is, as Figure 3e shown, the network side provides that the bias area a corresponds to the wireless area TAC2, the bias area b corresponds to the wireless area TAC3, the bias area c corresponds to the wireless area TAC4, and the bias area d corresponds to the wireless area TAC5. Then when the terminal moves out of the range of any one of the bias areas a, b, c, and d, it is necessary to report the wireless area information to the network side, and at this time, report the corresponding wireless area information according to the wireless area entered by the terminal. For example, in Figure 3e , the terminal moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, moves out of the bias area a, and moves into the wireless area TAC2, then report TAC2 to the network side.

[0106] Case 5: The first information includes the information of the location area and the second relationship information;

[0107] Send wireless area information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information, including:

[0108] If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves from the location area to the offset area and then moves out of the offset area to outside the location area, send the radio area information corresponding to the offset area;

[0109] In an embodiment of the present application, if the terminal determines according to the first positioning information that it moves from the location area indicated in the first information to the offset area and then moves out of the offset area to outside the location area, report the radio area information corresponding to the offset area to the network-side device.

[0110] For example: Refer to Figure 3f , the network side provides location area 1, where offset area a corresponds to radio area TAC2, offset area b corresponds to radio area TAC3, offset area c corresponds to radio area TAC4, and offset area d corresponds to radio area TAC5. At this time, there are two cases when the terminal moves from the location area to the offset area and then moves out of the offset area. One is as indicated by the solid arrow in Figure 3f , the terminal's movement path is location area 1 - offset area a - radio area TAC2, and at this time the terminal reports TAC2 to the network side; the other case is as indicated by the dashed arrow in Figure 3f , the terminal's movement path is location area 1 - offset area a - location area 1, that is, the terminal's position remains unchanged after moving, and at this time the terminal does not report information to the network side.

[0111] In an embodiment of the present application, the terminal determines the radio area information according to the first positioning information and / or the first information, and reports the radio area information or the first positioning information to the network side, without needing to obtain the radio area identifier broadcast by the network side, thereby avoiding frequent tracking area updates of the terminal caused by satellite movement and reducing the network paging overhead.

[0112] Refer to Figure 4 , an embodiment of the present application provides a location information reporting method, which is executed by a network-side device, and the method includes:

[0113] Step 401: Obtain the radio area information or the first positioning information of the terminal;

[0114] In an embodiment of the present application, the prerequisite is that the cell does not broadcast the radio area information to which the cell belongs.

[0115] The above radio area information is determined by the terminal according to the first positioning information and / or the first information, and the first positioning information is the position information of the terminal. The first positioning information can be the position information determined by the terminal, or it can also be the position information of the terminal detected by the network side and sent to the terminal. It should be noted that the first positioning information can be determined by, for example, GPS and other methods.

[0116] In some embodiments, the method further includes: sending the first information to the terminal.

[0117] In some embodiments, the method further includes: sending updated first information to the terminal, where the updated first information is determined based on wireless area information or first positioning information;

[0118] In the embodiments of the present application, after the terminal reports wireless area information or first positioning information to the network side, the network side will update the first information according to the location information reported by the terminal, that is, send a new first information to the terminal according to the current location information reported by the terminal for the terminal to report subsequent location information.

[0119] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0120] (1) Information of a location area; the location area is a pre-defined geographical area, and the division method of the location area includes but is not limited to: dividing according to the earth's longitude and latitude; dividing according to countries, provinces, cities, and districts. It can be understood that the first information may include information of one or more location areas.

[0121] (2) First relationship information between the location area and the wireless area; the first relationship information is used to represent the corresponding relationship between the location area and the wireless area.

[0122] It should be noted that a location area may correspond to a wireless area. For example Figure 3a in the shown scenario, where location area 1 corresponds to wireless area TAC1, and location area 2 corresponds to wireless area TAC2; or a location area may correspond to multiple wireless areas. For example Figure 3b in the shown scenario, where location area 1 corresponds to wireless areas TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, and TAC5. Or multiple location areas may correspond to multiple wireless areas. For example Figure 3c in the shown scenario, where location area 1 corresponds to wireless areas TAC2, TAC3, TAC4, and TAC5, and location area 5 corresponds to wireless areas TAC1, TAC6, TAC7, and TAC8.

[0123] (3) Information of an offset area;

[0124] It should be noted that a location area may correspond to one or more offset areas. For example Figure 3d in the shown scenario, one location area corresponds to 4 offset areas, namely offset areas a, b, c, and d.

[0125] (4) Second relationship information between the offset area and the wireless area. The first relationship information is used to represent the corresponding relationship between the offset area and the wireless area. It can be understood that the second relationship information may indicate the corresponding relationship between one offset area and the wireless area, or may also indicate the corresponding relationship between multiple offset areas and the wireless area. For exampleFigure 3e In the shown scenario, the offset area a corresponds to the wireless area TAC2, the offset area b corresponds to the wireless area TAC3, the offset area c corresponds to the wireless area TAC4, and the offset area d corresponds to the wireless area TAC5.

[0126] In some embodiments, the wireless area information includes at least one of the following:

[0127] TAC;

[0128] RNAC;

[0129] Registration area identifier.

[0130] See Figure 5 , an embodiment of the present application provides a location information reporting device 500, which is applied to a terminal. The device includes:

[0131] A first sending module 501, configured to send wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device;

[0132] Wherein, the wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or the first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal.

[0133] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0134] Information of the location area;

[0135] First relationship information between the location area and the wireless area;

[0136] Information of the offset area;

[0137] Second relationship information between the offset area and the wireless area.

[0138] In some embodiments, the wireless area information includes at least one of the following:

[0139] TAC;

[0140] RNAC;

[0141] Registration area identifier.

[0142] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0143] A first receiving module, configured to receive the first information from the network-side device.

[0144] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0145] A second receiving module, configured to receive updated first information from the network-side device;

[0146] Wherein, the updated first information is updated by the network-side device according to the wireless area information or the first positioning information.

[0147] In some embodiments, the first sending module is further configured to:

[0148] Send the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information.

[0149] In some embodiments, the first information includes information of the location area;

[0150] The first sending module is further configured to:

[0151] If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, send the first positioning information.

[0152] In some embodiments, the first information includes the first relationship information;

[0153] The first sending module is further configured to:

[0154] If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, send the wireless area information corresponding to the location area according to the first relationship information, or send the first positioning information.

[0155] In some embodiments, the first information includes information of the offset area;

[0156] The first sending module is further configured to:

[0157] If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the offset area, send the first positioning information.

[0158] In some embodiments, the first information includes the second relationship information;

[0159] The first sending module is further configured to:

[0160] If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the offset area, send the wireless area information corresponding to the offset area.

[0161] In some embodiments, the first information includes the information of the location area and the second relationship information;

[0162] The first sending module is further configured to:

[0163] If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves from the location area into the offset area and then moves out of the offset area to outside the location area, send wireless area information corresponding to the offset area.

[0164] See Figure 6 , an embodiment of the present application provides a location information reporting device 600, which is applied to a network-side device. The device includes:

[0165] An acquisition module 601, configured to acquire wireless area information or first positioning information of a terminal;

[0166] Wherein, the wireless area information is determined by the terminal according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal.

[0167] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0168] A second sending module, configured to send the first information to the terminal.

[0169] In some embodiments, the device further includes:

[0170] A third sending module, configured to send updated first information to the terminal;

[0171] Wherein, the updated first information is determined according to the wireless area information or the first positioning information.

[0172] In some embodiments, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0173] Information of a location area;

[0174] First relationship information between a location area and a wireless area;

[0175] Information of an offset area;

[0176] Second relationship information between an offset area and a wireless area.

[0177] In some embodiments, the wireless area information includes at least one of the following:

[0178] TAC;

[0179] RNAC;

[0180] Registration area identifier.

[0181] Optionally, as Figure 7As shown in the figure, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 700, including a processor 701, a memory 702, and a program or instruction stored on the memory 702 and executable on the processor 701. For example, when the communication device 700 is a terminal, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the location information reporting method is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 700 is a network-side device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 701, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the location information reporting method is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be elaborated here.

[0182] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0183] The terminal 800 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 807, an interface unit 808, a memory 809, and a processor 810 and other components.

[0184] Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 800 may further include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component. The power supply can be logically connected to the processor 810 through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as management of charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Figure 8 The terminal structure shown in the figure does not limit the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or have different component arrangements, which will not be elaborated here.

[0185] It should be understood that in an embodiment of the present application, the input unit 804 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042. The graphics processor 8041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 807 includes a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072. The touch panel 8071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. The other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be elaborated here.

[0186] In an embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from a network-side device, the radio frequency unit 801 processes it and sends it to the processor 810. Additionally, it sends uplink data to the network-side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low-noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0187] The memory 809 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 809 mainly includes a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. Among them, the program or instruction storage area can store an operating system, applications or instructions required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.). In addition, the memory 809 can include a high-speed random access memory and can also include a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. For example, at least one disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage devices.

[0188] The processor 810 can include one or more processing units. Optionally, the processor 810 can integrate an application processor and a modulation and demodulation processor. Among them, the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and applications or instructions, etc., and the modulation and demodulation processor mainly processes wireless communication, such as a baseband processor. It can be understood that the above modulation and demodulation processor may not be integrated into the processor 810.

[0189] Among them, the radio frequency unit 801 is used to send wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device;

[0190] Among them, the wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the position information of the terminal.

[0191] Optionally, the first information includes at least one of the following:

[0192] Information about a location area;

[0193] First relationship information between a location area and a wireless area;

[0194] Information about a bias area;

[0195] Second relationship information between a bias area and a wireless area.

[0196] Optionally, the wireless area information includes at least one of the following:

[0197] Tracking Area Code TAC;

[0198] Radio Notification Area Code RNAC;

[0199] Registration Area Identifier.

[0200] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 801 is used for:

[0201] Receiving the first information from the network side device.

[0202] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 801 is used for:

[0203] Receiving updated first information from the network side device;

[0204] Wherein, the updated first information is updated by the network side device according to the wireless area information or the first positioning information.

[0205] Optionally, the radio frequency unit 801 is used for:

[0206] Sending the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network side device according to the first information and the first positioning information.

[0207] Optionally, the first information includes information of the location area;

[0208] The radio frequency unit 801 is used for:

[0209] When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, sending the first positioning information.

[0210] Optionally, the first information includes the first relationship information;

[0211] The radio frequency unit 801 is used for:

[0212] When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, sending the wireless area information corresponding to the location area according to the first relationship information, or sending the first positioning information.

[0213] Optionally, the first information includes information of the offset area;

[0214] The radio frequency unit 801 is used for:

[0215] When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the offset area, sending the first positioning information.

[0216] Optionally, the first information includes the second relationship information;

[0217] The radio frequency unit 801 is configured to:

[0218] When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the offset area, send wireless area information corresponding to the offset area.

[0219] Optionally, the first information includes information of the location area and the second relationship information;

[0220] The radio frequency unit 801 is configured to:

[0221] When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves from the location area into the offset area and then moves out of the offset area to outside the location area, send wireless area information corresponding to the offset area.

[0222] Specifically, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network-side device. As Figure 9 shown, the network device 900 includes: an antenna 91, a radio frequency device 92, and a baseband device 93. The antenna 91 is connected to the radio frequency device 92. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 92 receives information through the antenna 91 and sends the received information to the baseband device 93 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 93 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 92. After processing the received information, the radio frequency device 92 sends it out through the antenna 91.

[0223] The above frequency band processing device may be located in the baseband device 93. The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiments may be implemented in the baseband device 93. The baseband device 93 includes a processor 94 and a memory 95.

[0224] The baseband device 93 may include, for example, at least one baseband board, and a plurality of chips are arranged on the baseband board. As Figure 9 shown, one of the chips is, for example, the processor 94, which is connected to the memory 95 to call a program in the memory 95 and execute the operations of the network device shown in the above method embodiments.

[0225] The baseband device 93 may further include a network interface 96 for interacting with the radio frequency device 92. The interface is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI for short).

[0226] Specifically, the network-side device according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored on the memory 95 and executable on the processor 94. The processor 94 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 95 to execute Figure 9 the methods executed by the modules shown, and achieves the same technical effects. To avoid repetition, they are not described herein again.

[0227] The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the location information reporting method is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be elaborated here.

[0228] Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc, etc.

[0229] The embodiments of the present application further provide a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface. The communication interface is coupled to the processor. The processor is used to run the network-side device program or instruction to implement each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the location information reporting method, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be elaborated here.

[0230] The embodiments of the present application provide a program product, which is stored in a non-volatile storage medium. The program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the paging indication method, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be elaborated here.

[0231] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system chip, a chip system, or a system-on-chip.

[0232] It should be noted that in this article, the term "comprising", "including" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "including a..." does not exclude the existence of another identical element in the process, method, article or device including that element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order according to the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0233] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-described example methods can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform. Of course, they can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application, in essence or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes several instructions for causing a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present application.

[0234] The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present application is not limited to the above specific implementation manners. The above specific implementation manners are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the inspiration of the present application, those of ordinary skill in the art can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope protected by the claims, and all of them belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for reporting location information, characterized in that, The method is executed by a terminal, and the method includes: Sending wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device; Wherein, the wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal; The first information includes at least one of the following: Information of a bias area; Second relationship information between the bias area and the wireless area; The sending of the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device includes: According to the first information and the first positioning information, sending the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device; When the first information includes the information of the bias area, the sending of the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information includes: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the bias area, sending the first positioning information; When the first information includes the second relationship information, the sending of the wireless area information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information includes: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the bias area, sending the wireless area information corresponding to the bias area; When the first information includes the information of a location area and the second relationship information, the sending of the wireless area information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information includes: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves from the location area into the bias area and then moves out of the bias area to outside the location area, sending the wireless area information corresponding to the bias area.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein The first information further includes at least one of the following: Information of a location area; First relationship information between the location area and the wireless area.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein The wireless area information includes at least one of the following: Tracking Area Code (TAC); Radio Notification Area Code (RNAC); Registration area identifier.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method further includes: Receiving the first information from the network-side device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein The method further includes: Receiving updated first information from the network-side device; Wherein, the updated first information is determined by the network-side device according to the wireless area information or the first positioning information.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein When the first information includes the information of the location area, the sending of the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information includes: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, sending the first positioning information.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein When the first information includes the first relationship information, the sending of the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device according to the first information and the first positioning information includes: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, sending the wireless area information corresponding to the location area according to the first relationship information, or sending the first positioning information.

8. A method for reporting location information, characterized in that, The method is executed by a network-side device, and the method includes: Obtaining wireless area information or first positioning information of a terminal; wherein, the wireless area information is determined by the terminal according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal; The first information includes at least one of the following: Information of a bias area; Second relationship information between the bias area and the wireless area; When the first information includes the information of the bias area, the obtaining of the first positioning information of the terminal includes: When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the bias area, obtaining the first positioning information; When the first information includes the second relationship information, the obtaining of the wireless area information of the terminal includes: When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the bias area, obtaining the wireless area information corresponding to the bias area; When the first information includes the information of a location area and the second relationship information, the obtaining of the wireless area information of the terminal includes: When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves from the location area into the bias area and then moves out of the bias area to outside the location area, obtaining the wireless area information corresponding to the bias area.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein The method further includes: Sending the first information to the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein The method further includes: Sending updated first information to the terminal; wherein, the updated first information is determined according to the wireless area information or the first positioning information.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein The first information further includes at least one of the following: Information of a location area; First relationship information between the location area and the wireless area.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein The wireless area information includes at least one of the following: TAC; RNAC; Registration area identifier.

13. A location information reporting device, characterized in that, Applied to a terminal, the device includes: A first sending module, configured to send wireless area information or first positioning information to a network-side device; wherein, the wireless area information is determined according to the first positioning information and / or first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal; The first information includes at least one of the following: Information of a bias area; Second relationship information between the bias area and the wireless area; The first sending module is further configured to: According to the first information and the first positioning information, send the wireless area information or the first positioning information to the network-side device; When the first information includes the information of the bias area, the first sending module is further configured to: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the bias area, send the first positioning information; When the first information includes the second relationship information, The first sending module is further configured to: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the bias area, send the wireless area information corresponding to the bias area; When the first information includes the information of a location area and the second relationship information, the first sending module is further configured to: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves from the location area into the offset area and then moves out of the offset area to outside the location area, send the radio area information corresponding to the offset area.

14. The device according to claim 13, characterized in that, The first information further includes at least one of the following: Information of the location area; First relationship information between the location area and the radio area.

15. The device according to claim 13, characterized in that, The radio area information includes at least one of the following: TAC; RNAC; Registration area identifier.

16. The device according to claim 13, characterized in that, The device further includes: A first receiving module, configured to receive the first information from the network-side device.

17. The device according to claim 13, characterized in that, The device further includes: A second receiving module, configured to receive updated first information from the network-side device; wherein the updated first information is determined by the network-side device according to the radio area information or the first positioning information.

18. The device according to claim 13, characterized in that, When the first information includes the information of the location area, the first sending module is further configured to: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, send the first positioning information.

19. The device according to claim 14, characterized in that, When the first information includes the first relationship information, the first sending module is further configured to: If it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the location area, send the radio area information corresponding to the location area according to the first relationship information, or send the first positioning information.

20. A location information reporting device, characterized in that, Applied to a network-side device, the device includes: An obtaining module, configured to obtain the radio area information or the first positioning information of the terminal; wherein the radio area information is determined by the terminal according to the first positioning information and / or the first information, and the first positioning information is the location information of the terminal; The first information includes at least one of the following: Information of the offset area; Second relationship information between the offset area and the radio area; When the first information includes the information of the offset area, obtaining the first positioning information of the terminal includes: When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the offset area, obtain the first positioning information; When the first information includes the second relationship information, obtaining the radio area information of the terminal includes: When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves out of the offset area, obtain the radio area information corresponding to the offset area; When the first information includes the information of the location area and the second relationship information, obtaining the radio area information of the terminal includes: When it is determined according to the first positioning information that the terminal moves from the location area into the offset area and then moves out of the offset area to outside the location area, obtain the radio area information corresponding to the offset area.

21. The device according to claim 20, wherein The device further includes: A second sending module, configured to send the first information to the terminal.

22. The device according to claim 20, characterized in that, The device further includes: A third sending module, configured to send updated first information to the terminal; wherein the updated first information is determined according to the radio area information or the first positioning information.

23. The device according to claim 20, characterized in that, The first information further includes at least one of the following: Information of the location area; First relationship information between the location area and the radio area.

24. The device according to claim 20, wherein The radio area information includes at least one of the following: TAC; RNAC; Registration area identifier.

25. A terminal, characterized in that, Comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the location information reporting method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

26. A network-side device, characterized in that, Comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the location information reporting method according to any one of claims 8 to 12.

27. A readable storage medium, characterized in that, A program or instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and the program or instruction, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the location information reporting method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, or implements the steps of the location information reporting method according to any one of claims 8 to 12.

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