Cause determination method and apparatus, cause indication method and apparatus

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cause determination method, including: receiving communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal from the core network; determining a paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information. According to the present disclosure, after a base station within the RNA receives communication information that the core network needs to send to an inactive terminal, it can determine the paging cause based on the communication information, and then send the paging cause to the terminal, so that the terminal can use the paging cause to solve the multi-SIM card conflict within the terminal when needed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and more particularly, to a cause determination method, a cause indication method, a cause determination device, a cause indication device, a communication device, and a computer-readable storage medium. Background Art

[0002] With the development of wireless communication technologies, there are more and more multi-SIM mobile phones on the market. Currently, the handling methods for communication conflicts in multi-SIM mobile phones are mainly based on the implementations of various terminal manufacturers, which has led to many different terminal behaviors and handling methods (such as single-SIM single-standby, dual-SIM single-standby single-call, dual-SIM single-standby dual-call, etc.), and may cause some problems.

[0003] For example, for different SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards in a terminal, the terminal is communicating with network 181 using SIM card 181, and SIM card 182 receives a paging from network 182. In this case, SIM card 182 does not know whether it should respond to this paging. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In view of this, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a cause determination method, a cause indication method, a cause determination device, a cause indication device, a communication device, and a computer-readable storage medium to solve the technical problems in the related art.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cause determination method is proposed, which is applicable to a base station within a notification area RNA of a radio access network where a non-active terminal is located. The method includes: receiving communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal from a core network; determining a paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0006] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cause indication method is proposed, which is applicable to a core network. The method includes: sending communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal to a base station within the RNA where the non-active terminal is located; wherein the base station determines a paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0007] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a cause determination device is proposed, which is applicable to a base station within a notification area RNA of a radio access network where a non-active terminal is located. The device includes: an information receiving module configured to receive communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal from a core network; a cause determination module configured to determine a paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0008] According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a cause indication device is proposed, which is applicable to a core network. The device includes: an information sending module configured to send communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal to a base station within an RNA where the non-active terminal is located; wherein, the base station determines a paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0009] According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the above-mentioned cause determination method is implemented.

[0010] According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is proposed, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the above-mentioned cause indication method is implemented.

[0011] According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is proposed, which is used to store a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps in the above-mentioned cause determination method are implemented.

[0012] According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is proposed, which is used to store a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps in the above-mentioned cause indication method are implemented.

[0013] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, after receiving the communication information that the core network needs to send to a non-active terminal, the base station within the RNA can determine the paging cause based on the communication information, and then send the paging cause to the terminal, so that the terminal can use the paging cause to solve the multi-SIM card conflict within the terminal when needed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the following drawings are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0015] Figure 1 is a schematic flowchart of a cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of another cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of yet another cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] Figure 4 It is a schematic flowchart of another cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] Figure 5 It is a schematic flowchart of another cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 6 It is a schematic flowchart of another cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 7 It is a schematic flowchart of another cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] Figure 8 It is a schematic flowchart of a cause indication method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] Figure 9 It is a schematic block diagram of a cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure

[0024] Figure 10 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] Figure 11 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] Figure 12 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] Figure 13 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] Figure 14 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] Figure 15 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] Figure 16 It is a schematic block diagram of a cause indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0031] Figure 17 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] Figure 18 It is a schematic block diagram of a device for cause determination shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] Figure 19 It is a schematic block diagram of a terminal shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Detailed implementation manners

[0034] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0035] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms "a" and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0036] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in the embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "when" or "while" or "in response to determining".

[0037] For the purpose of simplicity and ease of understanding, when representing the size relationship in this article, the terms "greater than" or "less than", "higher than" or "lower than" are used. However, for those skilled in the art, it can be understood that the term "greater than" also covers the meaning of "greater than or equal to", and "less than" also covers the meaning of "less than or equal to"; the term "higher than" covers the meaning of "higher than or equal to", and "lower than" also covers the meaning of "lower than or equal to".

[0038] Figure 1FIG. 0 is a schematic flowchart of a cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The cause determination method shown in this embodiment can be applied to a base station within a Radio Access Network (RAN) Notification Area (RNA) of an inactive terminal. The terminal includes, but is not limited to, communication devices such as mobile phones, tablets, wearable devices, sensors, Internet of Things devices, etc. The terminal can communicate with the base station as a user equipment, and the base station includes, but is not limited to, base stations in communication systems such as 4G base stations, 5G base stations, and 6G base stations.

[0039] The terminal can be a multi-SIM card terminal, and multiple SIM cards can be set in the terminal. The multiple SIM cards include, but are not limited to, a first SIM card and a second SIM card. Different SIM cards can belong to different operator networks or the same operator network.

[0040] During the communication of the first SIM card, if the second SIM card receives a paging, this situation belongs to multi-SIM card conflict. In order to enable the terminal to determine whether to respond to the paging through the second SIM card, the paging cause of the paging can be sent to the terminal, so that the terminal can determine based on the paging cause whether to interrupt the communication of the first SIM card, respond to the paging through the second SIM card, or continue the communication of the first SIM card and not respond to the paging through the second SIM card.

[0041] In one embodiment, the paging cause can be information related to the service corresponding to the paging, including but not limited to the quality of service, priority, service type, etc. of the service. The terminal can determine the corresponding information of the service corresponding to the communication of the first SIM card. For example, if the paging cause is the second quality of service of the service corresponding to the paging, the terminal can determine the first quality of service of the service corresponding to the communication of the first SIM card and compare the two qualities of service. For example, when the first quality of service is relatively high, the communication of the first SIM card can be continued without responding to the paging through the second SIM card. When the second quality of service is relatively high, the communication of the first SIM card can be interrupted and the paging can be responded to through the second SIM card.

[0042] In order to enable the terminal to receive the paging cause, in one embodiment, the paging cause can be sent to the terminal by broadcast or unicast. The following embodiments mainly describe the method of broadcasting the paging cause. For example, the paging cause of the paging signal can be carried in the sent paging signal.

[0043] For a terminal in the inactive state, the terminal can move within the corresponding RNA (e.g., configured by the network for the terminal) without notifying the radio access network. The base station that last provides service to the terminal within the RNA can be called the anchor base station, and it is the anchor base station that instructs the terminal to enter the inactive state.

[0044] Specifically for a multi-SIM terminal, for example, if the second SIM card in the terminal is in the inactive state, then the second SIM card can move within the corresponding RNA (e.g., configured by the network for the second SIM card) without notifying the radio access network. The base station that last provides service to the second SIM card within the RNA can be called the anchor base station, and it is the anchor base station that instructs the second SIM card to enter the inactive state.

[0045] In all embodiments of the present disclosure, for a single-SIM terminal, the terminal in the inactive state may refer to the terminal being in the inactive state. For a multi-SIM terminal, it may refer to a certain SIM card in the terminal being in the inactive state. For example, the second SIM card in the above terminal is in the inactive state.

[0046] As Figure 1 shown, the cause determination method may include the following steps:

[0047] In step S101, receive communication information from the core network that needs to be sent to the terminal.

[0048] In step S102, determine the paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0049] In one embodiment, the core network may send communication information to the terminal, and the communication information includes but is not limited to signaling and data.

[0050] When the terminal is in the disconnected state, the core network may send the communication information to the terminal through the base station within the RNA. For example, the core network may send the communication information to the anchor base station, and the anchor base station may further send the communication information to other base stations within the RNA. The anchor base station and other base stations may send the communication information to the terminal.

[0051] Since the terminal is in the disconnected state, in order to send the communication information to the terminal, the base station within the RNA first needs to page the terminal, and the paging cause for paging can be determined according to the communication information.

[0052] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving the communication information from the core network that needs to be sent to the inactive terminal, the base station within the RNA can determine the paging cause according to the communication information, and then send the paging cause to the terminal so that the terminal can use the paging cause to resolve the multi-SIM conflict within the terminal when needed.

[0053] For example, when the base station sends (e.g., broadcasts) a paging signal to the terminal, the paging reason can be carried in the paging signal and sent to the terminal. It can also be sent to the terminal through other means as needed. For example, when paging the second SIM card in the terminal and it is determined that the first SIM card in the terminal is in communication, the paging reason can be relayed to the terminal by the base station communicating with the first SIM card.

[0054] In one embodiment, the base station includes at least one of the following: the anchor base station of the terminal within the RNA, and other base stations within the RNA other than the anchor base station. The core network can send communication information to the anchor base station, and the anchor base station can further send the communication information to other base stations within the RNA. The anchor base station and other base stations can send the communication information to the terminal.

[0055] Figure 2 It is a schematic flowchart of another method for determining a reason shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 2 shown, determining the paging reason for paging the terminal based on the communication information includes:

[0056] In step S201, the paging reason is determined according to the type of the signaling in the communication information and / or the quality of service of the data in the communication information.

[0057] In one embodiment, when the communication information contains signaling, the core network can carry the type of the signaling in the communication information. When the communication information contains data, the core network can carry the quality of service of the data (e.g., the quality of service required for the data corresponding service) in the communication information.

[0058] The base station can determine the paging reason according to the type of the signaling, or can also determine the paging reason according to the service instruction of the data. For example, the paging reason is the priority of the corresponding service. According to the type of the signaling, the importance of the signaling can be determined, and the higher the importance, the higher the corresponding priority. Similarly, the higher the quality of service of the data, the higher the corresponding priority.

[0059] Figure 3 It is a schematic flowchart of yet another method for determining a reason shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 3 shown, when the base station is the anchor base station, the method further includes:

[0060] In step S301, the paging reason is sent to the other base stations.

[0061] In one embodiment, when the base station is the anchor base station, the anchor base station determines the paging reason according to the communication information. After the anchor base station determines the paging reason, it can send the paging reason to other base stations, so that other base stations do not need to determine the paging reason again, which is beneficial to saving the resources of other base stations.

[0062] In one embodiment, it further includes that the other base station receives the paging cause from the anchor base station and carries the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal.

[0063] In one embodiment, the method further includes: sending first indication information to the other base station, where the first indication information is used to instruct the other base station to carry the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal.

[0064] In one embodiment, the anchor base station may send first indication information to the other base station to explicitly instruct the other base station to carry the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal, so that when the other base station sends the paging signaling to the said terminal, it can carry the paging cause in the paging signaling.

[0065] The other base station may also make a prior agreement with the anchor base station or determine it in advance based on the protocol that in the case of receiving the paging cause from the anchor base station, when subsequently sending the paging signaling to the terminal, it carries the paging cause in the paging signaling. In this case, after the other base station receives the paging cause from the anchor base station, it can carry the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal, thus eliminating the need for the anchor base station to instruct the other base station, which is beneficial to saving communication resources.

[0066] It should be noted that in all embodiments of the present disclosure, when the anchor base station sends information to the other base station, such as the paging cause, communication information, etc., it can be sent through the interface between base stations, and the sent information is carried by the radio access network paging signaling to be transmitted to the other base station.

[0067] Figure 4 It is a schematic flowchart of another cause determination method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 4 shown, when the base station is the other base station, the method further includes:

[0068] In step S401, receive second indication information from the anchor base station;

[0069] In step S402, determine to carry the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal according to the second indication information.

[0070] In one embodiment, when the other base station in the RNA determines the paging cause according to the communication information, the anchor base station may not need to send the paging cause to the other base station, but may send second indication information to the other base station to instruct the other base station to carry the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal.

[0071] In the case where other base stations in the RNA determine the paging reason based on communication information, the other base stations can also pre-agree with the anchor base station or pre-determine based on a protocol that when receiving the paging reason from the anchor base station, when sending a paging signal to the terminal subsequently, the paging reason is carried in the paging signal. In this case, there is no need for the anchor base station to instruct other base stations, which is beneficial to saving communication resources.

[0072] Figure 5 It is a schematic flowchart of another method for determining a reason according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 5 shown, determining the paging reason for paging the terminal based on the communication information includes:

[0073] In step S501, the paging reason is determined according to the reason indication information in the communication information.

[0074] In one embodiment, the core network can determine the paging reason according to the communication information, and the determination method is similar to the foregoing embodiment, which will not be elaborated here.

[0075] Then, reason indication information is generated based on this reason, such as the identifier, serial number, etc. of the paging reason, and then the reason indication information is sent to the base stations in the RNA. Accordingly, after receiving the communication information, the base stations in the RNA can directly determine the paging reason according to the reason indication information, without having to determine the paging reason according to the communication information by themselves, which is beneficial to saving the resources of the base stations.

[0076] It should be noted that when the base station in the RNA receives the reason indication information, it may not have to determine the paging reason according to the communication information, and when it does not receive the reason indication information, it can determine the paging reason according to the communication information.

[0077] Figure 6 It is a schematic flowchart of another method for determining a reason according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 6 shown, when the base station is an anchor base station, the method further includes:

[0078] In step S601, the paging reason is sent to the other base stations.

[0079] In one embodiment, the core network can send the reason indication information to the anchor base station, and the anchor base station sends the reason indication information to the other base stations.

[0080] In one embodiment, it further includes that the other base stations receive the paging reason from the anchor base station and carry the paging reason in the paging signal sent to the terminal.

[0081] In one embodiment, the method further includes:

[0082] Send third indication information to the other base stations, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the other base stations carry the paging reason in the paging signaling sent to the terminal.

[0083] In one embodiment, the anchor base station may send third indication information to other base stations, explicitly indicating to the other base stations to carry the paging reason in the paging signaling sent to the terminal, so that when the other base stations send paging signaling to the said terminal, they can carry the paging reason in the paging signaling.

[0084] The other base stations may also make a prior agreement with the anchor base station or pre-determine based on a protocol that, when receiving the paging reason from the anchor base station, they carry the paging reason in the subsequent paging signaling sent to the terminal. In this case, after receiving the paging reason from the anchor base station, the other base stations can carry the paging reason in the paging signaling sent to the terminal, thus eliminating the need for the anchor base station to instruct the other base stations, which is conducive to saving communication resources.

[0085] Figure 7 It is a schematic flowchart of another method for determining a reason shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 7 shown, the method further includes:

[0086] In step S701, send a paging signaling to the terminal (such as in a broadcast, unicast, multicast, etc. manner), where the paging reason is carried in the paging signaling.

[0087] In one embodiment, the anchor base station and other base stations in the RNA can send paging signaling to the terminal and carry the paging reason in the paging signaling, so that when the terminal receives the paging signaling, it can determine the paging reason, so that the terminal can resolve the multi-SIM card conflict according to the paging reason.

[0088] In one embodiment, the manner in which the terminal resolves the multi-SIM card conflict according to the paging reason can be set as needed. For example, the terminal uses the second SIM card to receive the paging, uses the first SIM card to communicate with the base station, the paging reason is the second priority of the paging corresponding service, the terminal can determine the first priority of the service corresponding to the communication between the first SIM card and the base station, and then compare it with the priority of the paging corresponding service. For example, when the first priority is relatively high, the communication of the first SIM card can continue without responding to the paging through the second SIM card; when the second priority is relatively high, the communication of the first SIM card can be interrupted and the paging can be responded to through the second SIM card.

[0089] Figure 8FIG. 0 is a schematic flowchart of a cause indication method shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The cause indication method shown in this embodiment can be applied to a core network, which can communicate with a base station and can also communicate with a terminal. The terminal includes, but is not limited to, communication devices such as mobile phones, tablets, wearable devices, sensors, and Internet of Things devices. The terminal can communicate with the base station as a user equipment, and the base station includes, but is not limited to, base stations in communication systems such as 4G base stations, 5G base stations, and 6G base stations.

[0090] As Figure 8 shown, the cause indication method includes:

[0091] In step S801, send the communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal to the base stations within the RNA where the non-active terminal is located; wherein, the base station determines the paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0092] In one embodiment, the core network can send communication information to the terminal, and the communication information includes, but is not limited to, signaling and data.

[0093] When the terminal is in a non-connected state, the core network can send the communication information to the terminal through the base stations within the RNA. For example, the core network can send the communication information to the anchor base station, and the anchor base station can further send the communication information to other base stations within the RNA. The anchor base station and other base stations can send the communication information to the terminal.

[0094] Since the terminal is in a non-connected state, in order to send the communication information to the terminal, the base stations within the RNA first need to page the terminal, and the paging cause for paging can be determined according to the communication information.

[0095] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving the communication information that the core network needs to send to the non-active terminal, the base stations within the RNA can determine the paging cause according to the communication information, and then send the paging cause to the terminal, so that the terminal can use the paging cause to solve the multi-SIM card conflict within the terminal when needed.

[0096] In one embodiment, the base station includes at least one of the following: the anchor base station of the terminal within the RNA, and other base stations within the RNA other than the anchor base station. The core network can send the communication information to the anchor base station, and the anchor base station can further send the communication information to other base stations within the RNA. The anchor base station and other base stations can send the communication information to the terminal.

[0097] In one embodiment, when the base station is an anchor base station, the anchor base station sends the determined paging cause to the other base stations.

[0098] In one embodiment, when the anchor base station determines the paging cause based on the communication information, after the anchor base station determines the paging cause, it may send the paging cause to other base stations, so that other base stations do not have to determine the paging cause again, which is beneficial to saving the resources of other base stations.

[0099] In one embodiment, when other base stations in the RNA determine the paging cause based on the communication information, the anchor base station does not have to send the paging cause to other base stations, but may send second indication information to other base stations, and through the second indication information, it is indicated that other base stations carry the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal.

[0100] In one embodiment, when the base station is an anchor base station, the method further includes:

[0101] Sending fourth indication information to the anchor base station, where the fourth indication information is used to instruct the anchor base station to send the determined paging cause to the other base stations.

[0102] In one embodiment, when the anchor base station determines the paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information, the core network may inform the anchor base station through the fourth indication information to send the determined paging cause to the other base stations, so that other base stations do not have to determine the paging cause again, which is beneficial to saving the resources of other base stations.

[0103] In one embodiment, the method further includes: determining a paging cause according to the communication information, generating cause indication information based on the cause; sending the cause indication information to the base station, where the cause indication information is used for the base station to determine the paging cause.

[0104] In one embodiment, the core network may determine the paging cause according to the communication information, and the determination method is similar to that in the foregoing embodiments and will not be elaborated herein.

[0105] Then, cause indication information is generated based on this cause, such as the identifier, serial number, etc. of the paging cause, and then the cause indication information is sent to the base stations in the RNA. Accordingly, after the base stations in the RNA receive the communication information, they can directly determine the paging cause according to the cause indication information without having to determine the paging cause according to the communication information by themselves, which is beneficial to saving the resources of the base stations.

[0106] Corresponding to the foregoing embodiments of the cause determination method and the cause indication method, the present disclosure also provides embodiments of a cause determination device and a cause indication device.

[0107] Figure 9It is a schematic block diagram of a cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The cause determination device shown in this embodiment can be applied to a base station within the notification area of a radio access network where a non-active state terminal is located. The terminal includes, but is not limited to, communication devices such as mobile phones, tablets, wearable devices, sensors, and Internet of Things devices. The terminal can communicate with the base station as a user equipment, and the base station includes, but is not limited to, base stations in communication systems such as 4G base stations, 5G base stations, and 6G base stations.

[0108] As Figure 9 shown, the device includes:

[0109] An information receiving module 901, configured to receive communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal from the core network;

[0110] A cause determination module 902, configured to determine a paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0111] In one embodiment, the base station includes at least one of the following: an anchor base station of the terminal within the RNA, and other base stations other than the anchor base station within the RNA.

[0112] In one embodiment, the cause determination module is configured to determine the paging cause according to the type of signaling in the communication information and / or the quality of service of the data in the communication information.

[0113] Figure 10 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 10 shown, in the case where the base station is the anchor base station, the device further includes:

[0114] A first cause sending module 1001, configured to send the paging cause to the other base stations.

[0115] In one embodiment, it further includes that the other base stations receive the paging cause from the anchor base station and carry the paging cause in the paging signal sent to the terminal.

[0116] Figure 11 It is a schematic block diagram of yet another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 11 shown, the device further includes:

[0117] A first indication module 1101, configured to send first indication information to the other base stations, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the other base stations carry the paging cause in the paging signal sent to the terminal.

[0118] Figure 12It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 12 shown, when the base station is the other base station, the device further includes:

[0119] An indication receiving module 1201, configured to receive second indication information from the anchor base station;

[0120] A carrying determination module 1202, configured to determine to carry the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal according to the second indication information.

[0121] In one embodiment, the cause determination module is configured to determine the paging cause according to the cause indication information in the communication information.

[0122] Figure 13 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 13 shown, when the base station is the anchor base station, the device further includes:

[0123] A second cause sending module 1301, configured to send the paging cause to the other base station.

[0124] In one embodiment, it further includes that the other base station receives the paging cause from the anchor base station and carries the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal.

[0125] Figure 14 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 14 shown, the device further includes:

[0126] A second indication module 1401, configured to send third indication information to the other base station, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the other base station carries the paging cause in the paging signaling sent to the terminal.

[0127] Figure 15 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause determination device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 15 shown, the device further includes:

[0128] A paging module 1501, configured to send paging signaling to the terminal, where the paging signaling carries the paging cause.

[0129] Figure 16It is a schematic block diagram of a cause indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The cause indication device shown in this embodiment can be applied to a core network, which can communicate with a base station and can also communicate with a terminal. The terminal includes, but is not limited to, communication devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, sensors, and Internet of Things devices. The terminal can communicate with the base station as a user equipment, and the base station includes, but is not limited to, base stations in communication systems such as 4G base stations, 5G base stations, and 6G base stations.

[0130] As Figure 16 shown, the cause indication device includes:

[0131] An information sending module 1601, configured to send communication information that needs to be sent to the terminal to a base station within the RNA where the non-active terminal is located; wherein, the base station determines a paging reason for paging the terminal based on the communication information.

[0132] In one embodiment, the base station includes at least one of the following: the anchor base station of the terminal within the RNA, other base stations other than the anchor base station within the RNA.

[0133] In one embodiment, when the base station is an anchor base station, the anchor base station sends the determined paging reason to the other base stations.

[0134] Figure 17 It is a schematic block diagram of another cause indication device shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As Figure 17 shown, when the base station is an anchor base station, the device further includes:

[0135] An indication module 1701, configured to send fourth indication information to the anchor base station, where the fourth indication information is used to instruct the anchor base station to send the determined paging reason to the other base stations.

[0136] In one embodiment, the device further includes: an indication determination module, configured to determine a paging reason according to the communication information and generate cause indication information based on the reason; a cause sending module, configured to send the cause indication information to the base station, where the cause indication information is used for the base station to determine the paging reason.

[0137] Regarding the device in the above embodiments, the specific manners in which each module performs operations have been described in detail in the embodiments of the related methods, and will not be elaborated here.

[0138] For the device embodiments, since they basically correspond to the method embodiments, the relevant parts can be referred to the partial descriptions of the method embodiments. The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. The modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed to multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without creative efforts.

[0139] An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the cause determination method described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0140] An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, including: a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the cause indication method described in any of the above embodiments is implemented.

[0141] An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the cause determination method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0142] An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps in the cause indication method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0143] As Figure 18 shown, Figure 18 is a schematic block diagram of a device 1800 for cause determination shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The device 1800 may be provided as a base station. Referring to Figure 18 , the device 1800 includes a processing component 1822, a wireless transmit / receive component 1824, an antenna component 1826, and a signal processing part specific to the wireless interface. The processing component 1822 may further include one or more processors. One of the processors in the processing component 1822 may be configured to implement the cause determination method described in any of the above embodiments.

[0144] Figure 19 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal 1900 shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the terminal 1900 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc.

[0145] Reference Figure 19 As shown in Figure 19 , the terminal 1900 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1902, a memory 1904, a power supply component 1906, a multimedia component 1908, an audio component 1910, an input / output (I / O) interface 1912, a sensor component 1914, and a communication component 1916.

[0146] The processing component 1902 generally controls the overall operation of the terminal 1900, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communication, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1902 may include one or more processors 1920 to execute instructions to complete its own internal operations or communicate with the base station to complete the above methods. In addition, the processing component 1902 may include one or more modules to facilitate the interaction between the processing component 1902 and other components. For example, the processing component 1902 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 1908 and the processing component 1902.

[0147] The memory 1904 is configured to store various types of data to support the operation of the terminal 1900. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the terminal 1900, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 1904 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0148] The power supply component 1906 provides power to various components of the terminal 1900. The power supply component 1906 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the terminal 1900.

[0149] The multimedia component 1908 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the terminal 1900 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen can be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors can sense not only the boundaries of a touch or swipe action but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1908 includes a front camera and / or a rear camera. When the terminal 1900 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and / or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each of the front camera and the rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

[0150] The audio component 1910 is configured to output and / or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1910 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive external audio signals when the terminal 1900 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals can be further stored in the memory 1904 or transmitted via the communication component 1916. In some embodiments, the audio component 1910 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

[0151] The I / O interface 1912 provides an interface between the processing component 1902 and a peripheral interface module, which can be a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons can include but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a power button, and a lock button.

[0152] The sensor component 1914 includes one or more sensors for providing an assessment of the various aspects of the state of the terminal 1900. For example, the sensor component 1914 can detect the open / closed state of the terminal 1900, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and the keypad of the terminal 1900. The sensor component 1914 can also detect a change in the position of the terminal 1900 or a component of the terminal 1900, the presence or absence of user contact with the terminal 1900, the orientation or acceleration / deceleration of the terminal 1900, and the temperature change of the terminal 1900. The sensor component 1914 can include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor component 1914 can also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1914 can further include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

[0153] The communication component 1916 is configured to facilitate communication between the terminal 1900 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The terminal 1900 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, 4G LTE, 5G NR, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1916 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1916 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module can be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

[0154] In an exemplary embodiment, the terminal 1900 can be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components.

[0155] In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions is also provided, such as a memory 1904 including instructions, and the above instructions can be executed by a processor 1920 of the terminal 1900 to complete its own internal operations or communicate with a base station that completes the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be a ROM, Random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage device, etc.

[0156] Those skilled in the art will readily conceive of other embodiments of the present disclosure after considering the specification and practicing the disclosure herein. The present disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present disclosure, which follow the general principles of the present disclosure and include common general knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field not disclosed herein. The specification and embodiments are only to be considered as exemplary, and the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure are pointed out by the following claims.

[0157] It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact structures described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from its scope. The scope of the present disclosure is only limited by the appended claims.

[0158] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. The term "comprising", "including" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "comprising an..." does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the said element.

[0159] The methods and apparatuses provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure have been introduced in detail above. Specific examples are used herein to elaborate on the principles and implementation manners of the present disclosure. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the methods and core ideas of the present disclosure; at the same time, for those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the ideas of the present disclosure, there will be changes in the specific implementation manners and application scopes. In summary, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for determining a cause, characterized in that, it is applicable to a base station within a notification area RNA of a radio access network where a non-active terminal is located, the terminal includes a first SIM card and a second SIM card, and the method includes: When the first SIM card is in communication, receiving communication information from a core network that needs to be sent to the second SIM card; Determining a paging cause for paging the second SIM card based on the type of signaling in the communication information, the paging cause being the priority of the corresponding service, and the type of signaling being used to determine the importance of the signaling, the higher the importance of the signaling, the higher the corresponding priority; Sending the paging cause to the terminal, where the paging cause is used for the terminal to determine whether to respond to the paging through the second SIM card.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, the base station includes at least one of the following: an anchor base station of the terminal within the RNA, other base stations within the RNA other than the anchor base station.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, when the base station is the anchor base station, the method further includes: Sending the paging cause to the other base stations.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, further including, the other base stations receiving the paging cause from the anchor base station and carrying the paging cause in a paging signal sent to the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, the method further includes: Sending a first indication information to the other base stations, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the other base stations carry the paging cause in a paging signal sent to the terminal.

6. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, when the base station is the other base station, the method further includes: Receiving a second indication information from the anchor base station; Determining to carry the paging cause in a paging signal sent to the terminal according to the second indication information.

7. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that, the determining of the paging cause for paging the terminal based on the communication information includes: Determining the paging cause according to the cause indication information in the communication information.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that, when the base station is the anchor base station, the method further includes: Sending the paging cause to the other base stations.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, further including, the other base stations receiving the paging cause from the anchor base station and carrying the paging cause in a paging signal sent to the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that, the method further includes: Sending a third indication information to the other base stations, where the third indication information is used to indicate that the other base stations carry the paging cause in a paging signal sent to the terminal.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that, the method further includes: Send a paging signal to the terminal, where the paging reason is carried in the paging signal.

12. A cause indication method, characterized in that it is applicable to the core network, and the method includes: Send the communication information of the second SIM card that needs to be sent to the terminal to the base station within the RNA where the non-active terminal is located. The terminal includes a first SIM card and the second SIM card, and the terminal uses the first SIM card for communication; wherein, the base station determines the paging reason for paging the second SIM card based on the type of signaling in the communication information, and sends the paging reason to the terminal; wherein, the paging reason is the priority of the corresponding service, and the type of signaling is used to determine the importance of the signaling. The higher the importance of the signaling, the higher the corresponding priority. The paging reason is used for the terminal to determine whether to respond to the paging through the second SIM card.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that the base station includes at least one of the following: the anchor base station of the terminal within the RNA, other base stations other than the anchor base station within the RNA.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that when the base station is an anchor base station, the anchor base station sends the determined paging reason to the other base stations.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that when the base station is an anchor base station, the method further includes: Send fourth indication information to the anchor base station, where the fourth indication information is used to instruct the anchor base station to send the determined paging reason to the other base stations.

16. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that the method further includes: Determine the paging reason according to the communication information, and generate cause indication information based on the reason; Send the cause indication information to the base station, where the cause indication information is used for the base station to determine the paging reason.

17. A cause determination device, characterized in that it is applicable to the base station within the radio access network notification area (RNA) where the non-active terminal is located. The terminal includes a first SIM card and a second SIM card. The device includes: An information receiving module, configured to receive the communication information of the second SIM card that needs to be sent to the terminal from the core network when the first SIM card is in communication; A cause determination module, configured to determine the paging reason for paging the second SIM card based on the type of signaling in the communication information. The paging reason is the priority of the corresponding service, and the type of signaling is used to determine the importance of the signaling. The higher the importance of the signaling, the higher the corresponding priority; A sending module, configured to send the paging reason to the terminal, where the paging reason is used for the terminal to determine whether to respond to the paging through the second SIM card.

18. A cause indication device, characterized in that it is applicable to the core network, and the device includes: An information sending module, configured to send communication information of a second SIM card that needs to be sent to the terminal to a base station within an RNA where the non-active terminal is located, where the terminal includes a first SIM card and the second SIM card, and the terminal uses the first SIM card for communication; Wherein, the base station determines a paging reason for paging the second SIM card based on the type of signaling in the communication information, and sends the paging reason to the terminal; wherein, the paging reason is the priority of the corresponding service, the type of signaling is used to determine the importance of the signaling, the higher the importance of the signaling, the higher the corresponding priority, and the paging reason is used for the terminal to determine whether to respond to the paging through the second SIM card.

19. A communication device, Characterized in that, It includes: A processor; A memory for storing computer programs; Wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the cause determination method described in any one of claims 1 to 11 is implemented.

20. A communication device, Characterized in that, It includes: A processor; A memory for storing computer programs; Wherein, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the cause indication method described in any one of claims 12 to 16 is implemented.

21. A computer-readable storage medium for storing computer programs, Characterized in that, When the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps in the cause determination method described in any one of claims 1 to 11 are implemented.

22. A computer-readable storage medium for storing computer programs, Characterized in that, When the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps in the cause indication method described in any one of claims 12 to 16 are implemented.

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