Method and device for determining signal coverage, computer device and storage medium

Abstract

The application relates to a signal coverage range determination method and device, equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of information. The method comprises the following steps: in the case that a target terminal camps on a 4G network, issuing 5G inter-system frequency point information to the target terminal; the target terminal is a terminal supporting 5G communication function; receiving a measurement report reported by the target terminal, wherein the measurement report comprises 4G measurement information and 5G signal data; the 5G signal data is obtained by signal scanning of the target terminal based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information; the 4G measurement information comprises positioning information of a 4G signal; and the positioning information of the 5G signal is determined based on the measurement report. Through the above method, the 5G weak coverage range can be determined in real time, dynamic detection of the 5G weak coverage range is realized, and therefore the determination effect of the 5G weak coverage range is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of information technology, and in particular to a method and apparatus for determining a signal coverage range, a computer device, and a storage medium. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the current 5G (the 5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology) scale construction completed, continuous coverage has been achieved in urban arterials, indoor shallow layers, and rural areas, but indoor deep coverage still needs to be further achieved. In this case, the problem evaluation and identification of 5G signals in indoor deep coverage is particularly important.

[0003] In related technologies, 5G weak coverage problems mainly rely on simulation technology, field DT (Drive Test) testing, and user complaint collection.

[0004] However, the evaluation results obtained by the 5G weak coverage problem collection method in the above scheme are relatively fixed, which can only reflect the coverage at that time and cannot achieve dynamic evaluation. Once the network coverage changes, repeated evaluation is needed, which makes the determination of the 5G weak coverage range less effective. SUMMARY

[0005] Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for determining a signal coverage range, a computer device, and a storage medium, which can determine the 5G weak coverage range in real time and achieve dynamic detection of the 5G weak coverage range, thereby improving the determination effect of the 5G weak coverage range. The technical solution is as follows:

[0006] On the one hand, a method for determining a signal coverage range is provided, which includes:

[0007] In the case that a target terminal resides in a 4G network, 5G inter-system frequency point information is issued to the target terminal; the target terminal is a terminal supporting 5G communication function;

[0008] A measurement report reported by the target terminal is received, the measurement report containing 4G measurement information and 5G signal data; the 5G signal data is obtained by the target terminal based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information for signal scanning; the 4G measurement information contains positioning information of a 4G signal;

[0009] Based on the measurement report, the positioning information of the 5G signal is determined;

[0010] Based on the positioning information of the 5G signal, the weak coverage range of the 5G signal is determined.

[0011] In another aspect, a signal coverage range determination apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising:

[0012] an information issuing module configured to issue 5G inter-system frequency point information to a target terminal in a case where the target terminal camps on a 4G network;

[0013] a report receiving module configured to receive a measurement report reported by the target terminal, the measurement report comprising 4G measurement information and 5G signal data, the 5G signal data being acquired by the target terminal based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information through signal scanning, the 4G measurement information comprising positioning information of a 4G signal, and the target terminal being a terminal supporting 5G communication function;

[0014] an information determining module configured to determine positioning information of a 5G signal based on the measurement report;

[0015] a range determining module configured to determine a weak coverage range of the 5G signal based on the positioning information of the 5G signal.

[0016] In a possible implementation, the information determining module is configured to determine the positioning information of the 4G signal comprised in the 4G measurement information as the positioning information of the corresponding 5G signal according to an alignment relationship between the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal data in the measurement report.

[0017] In a possible implementation, the apparatus comprises:

[0018] a report obtaining module configured to obtain a 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at a target time point in a case where there is a 4G network and 5G network switching event;

[0019] an information matching module configured to perform positioning information matching in a 4G positioning information database based on a terminal tag and timestamp information comprised in the 5G measurement report to obtain the positioning information of the 5G signal, the 4G positioning information database being an information database constructed based on positioning information of the 4G signal comprised in 4G measurement information reported by the target terminal when the target terminal camps on the 4G network.

[0020] In a possible implementation, the information matching module comprises:

[0021] an information obtaining sub-module configured to obtain target positioning information in the 4G positioning information database based on the terminal tag and the timestamp information comprised in the 5G measurement report, the target positioning information being positioning information of the 4G signal of the target terminal in a target time period, and the target time period being a time period determined based on the target time point;

[0022] The information determining sub-module is configured to determine the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point based on the target positioning information.

[0023] In a possible implementation, the information determining sub-module is configured to determine the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point based on each of the target positioning information, in a case where an error between each of the positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period is less than an error threshold.

[0024] In a case where the error between each of the positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period is greater than the error threshold, the positioning information of the 4G signal at a time point closest to the target time point in the target time period is determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point.

[0025] In a possible implementation, in a case where the target terminal is handed over from a 5G network to a 4G network, the target time point is a last time point at which the target terminal camps on the 5G network.

[0026] In a case where the target terminal is handed over from a 4G network to a 5G network, the target time point is a first time point at which the target terminal camps on the 5G network.

[0027] In a possible implementation, the range determining module comprises:

[0028] a map obtaining sub-module configured to obtain map information;

[0029] a signal determining sub-module configured to determine a target 5G signal according to the positioning information of the 5G signal and the map information; the target 5G signal is the 5G signal in an indoor range;

[0030] a range determining sub-module configured to determine the weak coverage range of the 5G signal in the indoor range based on the positioning information of the target 5G signal.

[0031] In another aspect, a computer device is provided, which comprises a processor and a memory, and the memory stores at least one computer program, which is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the above-described signal coverage range determining method.

[0032] In another aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided, which stores at least one computer program, which is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the above-described signal coverage range determining method.

[0033] In another aspect, a computer program product is provided, which includes at least one computer program loaded and executed by a processor to implement the signal coverage range determination method provided in the various optional implementation manners described above.

[0034] The technical solutions provided in the present application can include the following beneficial effects:

[0035] The signal coverage range determination method provided in the embodiments of the present application utilizes the characteristic that the 4G network can collect position information, and makes the 5G terminal contain both 4G measurement information and 5G signal information in the measurement report reported through the 4G network, and the 4G measurement information contains the positioning information of the 4G signal, so that the positioning information of the 5G signal can be determined based on the measurement report, and the weak coverage range of the 5G signal can be determined based on the positioning information of the 5G signal in the case that the target terminal resides in the 4G network. Through the above method of filling the positioning information of the 5G signal based on the 4G inter-system measurement report, the 5G weak coverage range can be determined in real time, the dynamic detection of the 5G weak coverage range is realized, and thus the determination effect of the 5G weak coverage range is improved.

[0036] It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are only exemplary and explanatory, and are not limiting to the present application. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0037] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and serve to explain the principles of the present application together with the specification.

[0038] Figure 1 FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a signal coverage range determination system corresponding to the signal coverage range determination method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0039] Figure 2 FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the signal coverage range determination method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0040] Figure 3 FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the signal coverage range determination method provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0041] Figure 4 FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a measurement report provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0042] Figure 5 FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the case that the 5G network switches to the 4G network, as shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

[0043] Figure 6Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a 4G network switching to a 5G network according to an example embodiment of the present application;

[0044] Figure 7 Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of 4G measurement information and 5G measurement reporting according to an example embodiment of the present application;

[0045] Figure 8 Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a construction process of a 5G positioning information database according to an example embodiment of the present application;

[0046] Figure 9 Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of a signal coverage range determination apparatus according to an example embodiment of the present application;

[0047] Figure 10 Fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a network device according to an example embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] The example embodiments will be described in detail herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to accompanying drawings, unless otherwise specified, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The implementations described in the following example embodiments are not meant to represent all implementations consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with some aspects of the present application as detailed in the appended claims.

[0049] Figure 1 Fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a signal coverage range determination system corresponding to a signal coverage range determination method according to an example embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 4, the signal coverage range determination system can include a 4G base station 110, a 5G base station 120, and a 5G terminal 130. Figure 1

[0050] With the development of communication technology, the construction of 5G networks has been completed, but there are still areas with weak or no coverage. Generally, in order to ensure the continuity of user services, in areas with weak 5G network coverage, the 5G terminal needs to switch from the 5G network to the 4G network for services, and correspondingly, the 5G terminal 130 switches from maintaining a communication connection with the 5G base station 120 to maintaining a communication connection with the 4G base station 110; while in areas with strong 5G network coverage, it can switch back from the 4G network to the 5G network for services, and correspondingly, the 5G terminal 130 switches from maintaining a connection with the 4G base station 110 to maintaining a connection with the 5G base station 120; wherein the 5G terminal refers to a terminal that can access the 5G base station and has 5G communication function. ​

[0051] Since the 5G positioning technology is not mature, the current 5G terminal does not support MDT (Minimization of Drive-Tests, Minimization of Drive-Tests) positioning, and the current 5G camping threshold is relatively high, usually set at about -112dbm, and when the 5G network coverage threshold is low, the 5G terminal will camp on the 4G network in advance, therefore, it is difficult to identify the weak coverage range of the 5G signal through the MR (Measurement Report, Measurement Report) reported on the 5G network.

[0052] In order to realize the determination of the weak coverage range of the 5G signal, in the embodiment of the application, the 4G base station 110 is configured with a 5G inter-system measurement frequency point, so that the 5G terminal can scan the 5G signal based on the 5G inter-system measurement frequency point when camping on the 4G network, and feed back the 5G signal data obtained by scanning to the 4G base station 110 through the 4G network, realizing the collection of the 5G signal by the 4G base station.

[0053] Figure 2 The flowchart of the signal coverage range determination method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the application is shown, which can be executed by a network device, which can be implemented as a management device on the side of the 4G base station, as shown in Figure 2 The signal coverage range determination method can include the following steps:

[0054] Step 210, in the case where the target terminal camps on the 4G network, the 5G inter-system frequency point information is issued to the target terminal; the target terminal is a terminal supporting 5G communication function.

[0055] If the coverage threshold of the 5G network is higher than the camping threshold of the 5G terminal, the target terminal will prefer to camp on the 5G network; therefore, when the target terminal, i.e. the 5G terminal, camps on the 4G network, it indicates that the coverage threshold of the 5G network in the current area is lower than the camping threshold of the 5G terminal, i.e. the target terminal is in the weak coverage range of the 5G signal.

[0056] In the embodiment of the application, the network device (i.e. the management device on the side of the 4G base station) is configured with a 5G inter-system frequency point, which is used to receive the 5G signal data reported by the 5G terminal through the 4G network, therefore, the 4G side terminal issues the 5G inter-system frequency point information to the target terminal, instructing the target terminal to perform signal scanning based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information, and collect 5G signal data.

[0057] Step 220, receiving the measurement report reported by the target terminal, the measurement report containing 4G measurement information and 5G signal data; the 5G signal data is obtained by the target terminal based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information; the 4G measurement information contains the positioning information of the 4G signal.

[0058] In the embodiment of the present application, the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal data are contained in the same measurement report.

[0059] Optionally, the 4G measurement information contains MR information and MDT information; the MR information contains the wireless measurement information of the 4G network, and the MDT information contains the positioning information of the 4G signal; the positioning information can be implemented as latitude and longitude information.

[0060] At step 230, the positioning information of the 5G signal is determined based on the measurement report.

[0061] In the embodiment of the present application, the measurement report contains both the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal data, so that the 4G base station can determine the positioning information of the 5G signal based on the positioning information of the 4G signal in the 4G measurement information.

[0062] At step 240, the weak coverage range of the 5G signal is determined based on the positioning information of the 5G signal.

[0063] In summary, the signal coverage range determination method provided in the embodiment of the present application utilizes the feature that the 4G network can collect position information, and makes the 5G terminal report the measurement report containing both the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal information through the 4G network by the 4G base station issuing the 5G inter-system frequency point information to the 5G terminal, and the 4G measurement information contains the positioning information of the 4G signal, so that the positioning information of the 5G signal can be determined based on the measurement report, and the weak coverage range of the 5G signal can be determined based on the positioning information of the 5G signal when the target terminal resides in the 4G network. Through the above method of filling the positioning information of the 5G signal based on the 4G inter-system measurement report, the 5G weak coverage range can be determined in real time, the dynamic detection of the 5G weak coverage range is realized, and the determination effect of the 5G weak coverage range is improved.

[0064] In the embodiment of the present application, in order to realize the collection of the 5G signal by the 4G base station, the 4G base station is a base station of a target base station version, and the base station version of the 4G base station can be V100R017C10SPC230 or above, for example. After the 4G base station is determined, the 5G inter-system frequency point is configured for the 4G base station, the period of the measurement report file is set, and the subscription of the measurement report is started, so that the 4G base station can collect data.

[0065] Figure 3 A flowchart of a signal coverage range determination method provided by an example embodiment of the present application is shown, which can be executed by a network device, which can be implemented as a management device on the side of a 4G base station, as shown in the figure, and the signal coverage range determination method can include the following steps: Figure 3 ​

[0066] Step 310, in the case that the target terminal resides in the 4G network, issuing 5G inter-system frequency point information to the target terminal; the target terminal is a terminal supporting 5G communication function.

[0067] Step 320, receiving a measurement report reported by the target terminal, the measurement report containing 4G measurement information and 5G signal data; the 5G signal data is obtained by the target terminal based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information for signal scanning; the 4G measurement information contains positioning information of the 4G signal.

[0068] The network device receives a measurement report reported by the target terminal through the 4G network, the measurement report being generated based on 4G measurement information and 5G measurement information; the measurement report contains both 4G measurement information and 5G measurement information.

[0069] The positioning of the 4G signal contained in the 4G measurement information can be collected based on known 4G positioning technology, and the application does not specify the acquisition method of the positioning information of the 4G signal.

[0070] Step 330, according to the alignment relationship between the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal data in the measurement report, determining the positioning information of the 4G signal contained in the 4G measurement information as the positioning information of the corresponding 5G signal.

[0071] Since there is both 4G measurement information and 5G signal data for the same measurement information in the same measurement report, the network device can separately analyze the positioning information of the 4G signal in the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal data, and correspond the positioning information of the 4G signal with the 5G signal data, so as to determine the positioning information of the 5G signal data of each measurement information. Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the measurement report provided by an example embodiment of the application is shown as follows, Figure 4 As shown in the same measurement report, both 4G measurement information 410 and 5G signal data 420 are contained, and the 4G measurement information 410 and the 5G signal data 420 have a corresponding relationship, so the positioning information of the 4G signal in the 4G measurement information can be determined as the positioning information of the corresponding 5G signal data.

[0072] In order to further supplement the positioning information of the 5G signal data, in the embodiment of the application, a method for determining the positioning information of the 5G signal data based on the 4 / 5G switching fallback event is also provided to determine the positioning information of the 5G signal data at the 4 / 5G switching moment; the process can include:

[0073] In the case that there is a 4G network and 5G network switching event, obtaining a 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at a target time point;

[0074] The terminal tag and the timestamp information included in the 5G measurement report are matched in the 4G positioning information database to obtain the positioning information of the 5G signal. The 4G positioning information database is constructed based on the positioning information of the 4G signal included in the 4G measurement information reported by the target terminal when the target terminal resides in the 4G network.

[0075] In the case of 4G network and 5G network switching event, it indicates that the target terminal moves from the 5G weak coverage range to the 5G strong coverage range, or the target terminal moves from the 5G strong coverage range to the 5G weak coverage range. When the target terminal resides in the 4G network, the target terminal can report the 4G measurement information (including 4G MR and MDT) through the 4G network. When the target terminal resides in the 5G network, the target terminal can also report the 5G measurement report (i.e. 5G MR) through the 5G network. At this time, the 4G measurement information and the 5G measurement report are reported respectively. The terminal tag and the timestamp information in each 4G measurement information and 5G measurement report are matched based on the terminal tag and the timestamp information in the 5G MR in the 4G positioning information database constructed based on the 4G MR / MDT (4G measurement information), so that the positioning information of the 5G signal can be obtained. The 4G positioning information database can include the terminal tag, the timestamp information and the positioning information of the 4G signal.

[0076] Alternatively, in another possible implementation, the network device can also directly match the data in the 4G measurement information based on the terminal tag and the timestamp information in the 5G MR to obtain the corresponding positioning information of the 5G signal.

[0077] Optionally, the network device can obtain the 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at the target time point by interacting with the 5G base station.

[0078] In a possible implementation, in the case that the target terminal is switched from the 5G network to the 4G network, the target time point is the last time point when the target terminal resides in the 5G network.

[0079] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the case that the 5G network is switched to the 4G network is shown as shown in FIG. 1. Figure 5As shown, when the target terminal is handed over from the 5G network to the 4G network, there is a handover time point 510, at which the location of the target terminal is the boundary point between the strong coverage range of the 5G signal and the weak coverage range of the 5G signal, and therefore, the terminal tag and the timestamp information in the 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at the last time point of camping on the 5G network can be acquired, the positioning information matching is performed in the 4G positioning information library, the positioning information of the location of the target terminal at the handover time point 510 is obtained, and the positioning information of the 5G signal is determined.

[0080] In the case where the target terminal is handed over from the 4G network to the 5G network, the target time point is the first time point of camping on the 5G network by the target terminal.

[0081] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the case where the 4G network is handed over to the 5G network is shown according to an example embodiment of the present application, as shown in Figure 6 As shown, when the target terminal is handed over from the 4G network to the 5G network, there is a handover time point 610, at which the location of the target terminal is the boundary point between the weak coverage range of the 5G signal and the strong coverage range of the 5G signal, and therefore, the terminal tag and the timestamp information in the 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at the first time point of camping on the 5G network can be acquired, the positioning information matching is performed in the 4G positioning information library, the positioning information of the location of the target terminal at the handover time point 610 is obtained, and the positioning information of the 5G signal is determined.

[0082] In a possible implementation, the process of acquiring the positioning information of the 5G signal based on the terminal tag and the timestamp information contained in the 5G measurement report and performing the positioning information matching in the 4G positioning information library can be implemented as follows:

[0083] Acquiring target positioning information in the 4G positioning information library based on the terminal tag and the timestamp information contained in the 5G measurement report, the target positioning information being the positioning information of the 4G signal of the target terminal in a target time period; the target time period being a time period determined based on the target time point;

[0084] Determining the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point based on the target positioning information.

[0085] Since there is a certain time difference between the 4G network and the 5G network switching, when the positioning information matching is performed through the timestamp information in the 5G measurement report, the target time period determined based on the target time point and the time difference can be obtained first, and the positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period (i.e., the target positioning information) is obtained, and then the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point is determined from the target positioning information based on the terminal tag in the 5G measurement report; wherein the value of the time difference can be set by relevant personnel based on actual needs, generally, the value of the time difference is less than 5 seconds; for example, if the target terminal (assuming that the terminal tag of the target terminal is 1111111) resides in the 5G network, due to network signal or network quality reasons, it needs to reside in the 4G network, the target terminal reports the last 5G MR through the 5G network at 19:00:01, the 5G MR carries 5G related network data, and the target terminal has resided in the 4G network at 19:00:04 and reported the first 4G MR / MDT through the 4G network; if the value of the time difference is 5, the target time period is determined as 19:00:01-19:00:06, and the target positioning information corresponding to the terminal tag 1111111 is obtained from the positioning information of the 4G signal in the 4G MR / MDT reported by the target terminal within 19:00:01-19:00:06; since the target terminal resides in the 4G network at 19:00:04 and starts to report the 4G MR / MDT within the time period of 19:00:01-19:00:06, the network device can obtain the target positioning information corresponding to the terminal tag 1111111 from the positioning information of the 4G signal in the 4G MR / MDT reported by the target terminal within 19:00:04-19:00:06; then, the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point (i.e., 19:00:01) is determined based on the target positioning information.

[0086] Optionally, when the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point is determined based on the target positioning information, the method further comprises:

[0087] In the case that the error between each positioning information of the 4G signal within the target time period is less than the error threshold, the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point is determined based on each positioning information in the target positioning information;

[0088] In the case that the error between each positioning information of the 4G signal within the target time period is greater than the error threshold, the positioning information of the 4G signal at the time point closest to the target time point within the target time period is determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point.

[0089] That is, if the error between the positioning information of the 4G signal in each 4G measurement information reported by the target terminal is less than the error threshold in the target time period, it indicates that the position of the target terminal changes less in the target time period, and the positioning information of the 4G signal is consistent by default. At this time, the target positioning information can be determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point. Illustratively, when the target positioning information is determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point, the average result of the positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period can be determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point, or a randomly obtained positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period can also be determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point.

[0090] If the error between the positioning information of the 4G signal in each 4G measurement information reported by the target terminal is greater than the error threshold in the target time period, it indicates that the position of the target terminal changes greatly in the target time period. At this time, the positioning information of the 4G signal corresponding to the time point closest to the target time point in the target time period is closest to the position of the target terminal at the target time point, so the positioning information of the 4G signal at the time point closest to the target time point in the target time period can be determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point.

[0091] It should be noted that when the target time period is determined based on the target time point, if the 4G network and 5G network switching event is from 4G network to 5G network, the target time period is determined based on the time difference, and the target time point is the starting point, and the time period is determined forwardly. If the 4G network and 5G network switching event is from 5G network to 4G network, the target time period is determined based on the time difference, and the target time point is the starting point, and the time period is determined backwardly, so as to achieve the purpose of obtaining the positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period.

[0092] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of 4G measurement information and 5G measurement report is shown according to an example embodiment of the present application, as shown in Figure 7 As shown, the 4G measurement information 710 includes timestamp information 711 and terminal label 712, and also includes the positioning information 713 of the 4G signal, i.e. the longitude and latitude information; the 5G measurement report 720 includes timestamp information 721 and terminal label 722, therefore, through the corresponding relationship between the timestamp information and the terminal label between the 4G measurement information and the 5G measurement report, the association between the 4G measurement information and the 5G measurement report can be realized, and the positioning information of the 5G signal can be matched from the 4G measurement information.

[0093] In step 340, the weak coverage range of the 5G signal is determined based on the positioning information of the 5G signal.

[0094] The network device can determine the weak coverage range of the 5G signal based on the positioning information of the 5G signal obtained when the target terminal resides in the 4G network.

[0095] The method for determining the signal coverage range provided in the present application can be applied to various scenarios for determining the weak coverage range of the 5G signal, such as determining the weak coverage range of the 5G signal in the scenarios of urban trunk roads, towns, buildings, etc. When the method for determining the signal coverage range provided in the present application is applied to the scenario for determining the indoor 5G signal coverage range, the process can be implemented as follows:

[0096] Obtaining map information;

[0097] Determining a target 5G signal according to the positioning information of the 5G signal and the map information; the target 5G signal is a 5G signal within an indoor range;

[0098] Determining the weak coverage range of the 5G signal within the indoor range based on the positioning information of the target 5G signal.

[0099] The map information can be the map information of a 3D high-definition map, or the map information of an electronic map, and the map information can include the positioning information of various buildings.

[0100] Based on the positioning information of various buildings, the obtained 5G signal can be screened to distinguish the indoor 5G signal from the outdoor 5G signal, so as to determine the 5G signal distributed in the geographical range of each building, i.e., to determine the target 5G signal; and then based on the positioning information of the target 5G signal, the weak coverage range of the 5G signal within the indoor range is determined.

[0101] In another possible implementation, in order to further improve the accuracy of indoor range positioning, on the premise of determining the indoor range through the map information, the user's historical behavior data can also be obtained on the premise of obtaining the user's authorization, the historical behavior data is analyzed to obtain the user features; the indoor feature database and the outdoor feature database are respectively constructed based on the difference between the user features and the signal features in the indoor and outdoor scenarios in combination with the user features and the signal features; the user features can include call features, service features, and movement features, etc.; the signal features can include level features, neighbor cell features, handover features, and cell features, etc. For the level features, the signals are strong because of the directivity in the outdoor, while the signals are weak because of the loss of signal penetration through the buildings in the indoor. For the movement features, the user is in the driving, riding, or walking state in the outdoor, so the user has mobility, while the user is in the stationary state in the indoor, so the user has low mobility.

[0102] In summary, the method for determining the signal coverage range provided by the embodiments of the present application utilizes the feature that the 4G network can collect position information, and makes the 5G terminal contain both 4G measurement information and 5G signal information in the measurement report reported through the 4G network, and the 4G measurement information contains the positioning information of the 4G signal, so that the positioning information of the 5G signal can be determined based on the measurement report, and the weak coverage range of the 5G signal can be determined based on the positioning information of the 5G signal in the case that the target terminal resides in the 4G network. Through the above method of filling the positioning information of the 5G signal based on the 4G inter-system measurement report, the 5G weak coverage range can be determined in real time, the dynamic detection of the 5G weak coverage range is realized, and thus the determination effect of the 5G weak coverage range is improved.

[0103] Optionally, in the embodiments of the present application, after the positioning information of the 5G signal is determined, the 5G positioning information database can be constructed based on the positioning information of the 5G signal, Figure 8 The construction process of the 5G positioning information database provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram as shown in Figure 8 As shown, the positioning information of the 5G signal can be obtained by two ways in the present application;

[0104] Way 1: In the case that the target terminal resides in the 4G network, the management device on the 4G base station side receives the measurement report reported by the target terminal through the 4G network, obtains the 4G MR / MDT and 5G signal data, and in the data matching and association analysis, the positioning information of the 4G signal contained in the 4G MR / MDT is determined as the positioning information of the 5G signal according to the alignment relationship between the 4G MR / MDT and the 5G signal data contained in the measurement report.

[0105] Way 2: In the case that the target terminal exists between the 4G network and the 5G network, the terminal tag and the timestamp information are obtained through the 5G MR reported by the target terminal before or after the switching, and in the data matching and association analysis, the positioning information of the 5G signal at the switching moment is determined from the 4G positioning information database according to the terminal tag and the timestamp information.

[0106] The way of determining the positioning information of the 5G signal at the switching moment in the way 2 is a supplement to the way of obtaining the positioning information of the 5G signal in the way 1, and the 5G positioning information database is constructed based on the positioning information of the 5G signal obtained by the above two ways.

[0107] Figure 9 The block diagram of the signal coverage range determination apparatus provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application is shown, which is used to execute all or part of the steps of any one of the embodiments as shown in Figure 2 or Figure 3 any one of the embodiments, such asFigure 9 As shown, the signal coverage range determining apparatus can comprise:

[0108] The information issuing module 910 is configured to issue 5G inter-system frequency point information to the target terminal in a case where the target terminal camps on a 4G network.

[0109] The report receiving module 920 is configured to receive a measurement report reported by the target terminal, wherein the measurement report comprises 4G measurement information and 5G signal data; the 5G signal data is acquired by the target terminal based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information through signal scanning; the 4G measurement information comprises positioning information of a 4G signal; and the target terminal is a terminal supporting 5G communication function.

[0110] The information determining module 930 is configured to determine positioning information of a 5G signal based on the measurement report.

[0111] The range determining module 940 is configured to determine a weak coverage range of the 5G signal based on the positioning information of the 5G signal.

[0112] In a possible implementation, the information determining module 930 is configured to determine the positioning information of the 4G signal comprised in the 4G measurement information as the positioning information of the corresponding 5G signal according to an alignment relationship between the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal data in the measurement report.

[0113] In a possible implementation, the apparatus comprises:

[0114] The report obtaining module is configured to obtain a 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at a target time point in a case where there is a 4G network and 5G network switching event.

[0115] The information matching module is configured to perform positioning information matching in a 4G positioning information library based on a terminal tag and timestamp information comprised in the 5G measurement report, to obtain the positioning information of the 5G signal; and the 4G positioning information library is an information library constructed based on the positioning information of the 4G signal comprised in 4G measurement information reported by the target terminal when the target terminal camps on a 4G network.

[0116] In a possible implementation, the information matching module comprises:

[0117] The information obtaining sub-module is configured to obtain target positioning information in the 4G positioning information library based on the terminal tag and the timestamp information comprised in the 5G measurement report, wherein the target positioning information is the positioning information of the 4G signal of the target terminal in a target time period; and the target time period is a time period determined based on the target time point.

[0118] an information determining sub-module, configured to determine the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point based on the target positioning information.

[0119] In a possible implementation, the information determining sub-module is configured to, in a case where errors between the respective positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period are less than an error threshold, determine the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point based on the respective positioning information in the target positioning information.

[0120] In a case where the errors between the respective positioning information of the 4G signal in the target time period are greater than the error threshold, determine the positioning information of the 4G signal at a time point closest to the target time point in the target time period as the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point.

[0121] In a possible implementation, in a case where the target terminal is handed over from a 5G network to a 4G network, the target time point is a last time point at which the target terminal camps on the 5G network.

[0122] In a case where the target terminal is handed over from a 4G network to a 5G network, the target time point is a first time point at which the target terminal camps on the 5G network.

[0123] In a possible implementation, the range determining module 940 includes:

[0124] a map obtaining sub-module, configured to obtain map information;

[0125] a signal determining sub-module, configured to determine a target 5G signal according to the positioning information of the 5G signal and the map information; the target 5G signal is the 5G signal in an indoor range;

[0126] a range determining sub-module, configured to determine the weak coverage range of the 5G signal in the indoor range based on the positioning information of the target 5G signal.

[0127] In summary, the signal coverage range determination device provided in this application utilizes the location information collection capability of 4G networks. It sends 5G inter-system frequency information to 5G terminals via 4G base stations, ensuring that the measurement reports submitted by the 5G terminals through the 4G network contain both 4G measurement information and 5G signal information. Furthermore, the 4G measurement information includes the location information of the 4G signal. Based on this measurement report, the location information of the 5G signal can be determined, and based on the location information when the target terminal is camped on a 4G network, the weak coverage range of the 5G signal can be determined. By using the method of backfilling the 5G signal location information based on the 4G inter-system measurement report, the weak 5G coverage range can be determined in real time, achieving dynamic detection of the weak 5G coverage range and thus improving the determination effect.

[0128] This application also provides a network device, which may include an access network device or a core network device. The access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network device, radio access network (RAN), radio access network function, or radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a WLAN access point, or a WiFi node, etc. In this application embodiment, the network device can be implemented as a management device on the base station side.

[0129] Figure 10 This is a block diagram of a network device provided in an exemplary embodiment of this application, such as... Figure 10 As shown, the network device 1000 includes: an antenna 1001, a radio frequency (RF) device 1002, a baseband device 1003, a processor 1004, and a memory 1005. The antenna 1001 is connected to the RF device 1002. In the uplink direction, the RF device 1002 receives information through the antenna 1001 and transmits the received information to the baseband device 1003 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 1003 processes the information to be transmitted and sends it to the RF device 1002. The RF device 1002 processes the received information and transmits it through the antenna 1001.

[0130] The baseband device 1003 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which multiple chips are disposed, such as... Figure 10 As shown, one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 1005 via a bus interface to call the program in the memory 1005 and execute the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

[0131] The network device may also include a network interface 1006, such as a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0132] Specifically, the network device 1000 in the embodiments of the present application further includes instructions or programs stored on the memory 1005 and executable on the processor 1004, and the processor 1004 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 1005 to execute the method performed by each module shown in the embodiments of the present application and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein again. Figure 9 The method performed by each module shown in the embodiments of the present application and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein again.

[0133] The embodiments of the present application further provide a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement each process of the signal coverage range determination method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein again.

[0134] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be referred to as a system chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system on chip, etc.

[0135] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program / program product stored in a storage medium, which is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the signal coverage range determination method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein again.

[0136] The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, which stores programs or instructions, and the programs or instructions are executed by a processor to implement each process of the signal coverage range determination method embodiments and achieve the same technical effects, and thus the details are not described herein again.

[0137] Other embodiments of the present application will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the application disclosed herein. The present application is intended to cover any variations, uses or adaptations of the application following, in general, the principles of the application and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which the application pertains. The specification and examples are to be regarded as exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of the application are indicated by the appended claims.

[0138] It should be understood that the present application is not limited to the precise construction that has been described and shown in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be affected therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the application. The scope of the application should be limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of determining signal coverage, characterized by, The method comprises: In the case that the target terminal camps on the 4G network, issuing 5G inter-system frequency point information to the target terminal; the target terminal is a terminal supporting 5G communication function; Receiving a measurement report reported by the target terminal, wherein the measurement report contains 4G measurement information and 5G signal data; the 5G signal data is obtained by the target terminal based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information; the 4G measurement information contains positioning information of the 4G signal; Based on the measurement report, determining the positioning information of the 5G signal; Based on the positioning information of the 5G signal, determining the weak coverage range of the 5G signal; The method further comprises: In the case that there is a 4G network and 5G network switching event, obtaining a 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at a target time point; Based on the terminal tag and timestamp information contained in the 5G measurement report, performing positioning information matching in a 4G positioning information database to obtain the positioning information of the 5G signal; the 4G positioning information database is an information database constructed based on the positioning information of the 4G signal contained in the 4G measurement information reported by the target terminal when camping on the 4G network; In the case that the target terminal is switched from the 5G network to the 4G network, the target time point is the last time point when the target terminal camps on the 5G network; In the case that the target terminal is switched from the 4G network to the 5G network, the target time point is the first time point when the target terminal camps on the 5G network; The method further comprises: Based on the terminal tag and timestamp information contained in the 5G measurement report, obtaining target positioning information in the 4G positioning information database; the target positioning information is the positioning information of the 4G signal within a target time period of the target terminal; the target time period is determined based on the target time point and the time difference between the 4G network and the 5G network switching; Based on the target positioning information, determining the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, The method further comprises: According to the alignment relationship between the 4G measurement information and the 5G signal data in the measurement report, the positioning information of the 4G signal contained in the 4G measurement information is determined as the positioning information of the corresponding 5G signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, The method further comprises: In the case that the error between each positioning information of the 4G signal within the target time period is less than an error threshold, based on each positioning information in the target positioning information, the positioning information of the 5G signal at the target time point is determined. If the error between the various location information of the 4G signal within the target time period is greater than the error threshold, the location information of the 4G signal at the time point closest to the target time point within the target time period shall be determined as the location information of the 5G signal at the target time point.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, The determination of the weak coverage area of ​​the 5G signal based on the positioning information of the 5G signal includes: Get map information; Based on the location information of the 5G signal and the map information, the target 5G signal is determined; the target 5G signal is the 5G signal within the indoor range. Based on the location information of the target 5G signal, the weak coverage area of ​​the 5G signal within the indoor range is determined.

5. An apparatus for determining signal coverage, characterized in that The device includes: The information delivery module is used to send 5G inter-system frequency point information to the target terminal when the target terminal is camped on the 4G network; The report receiving module is used to receive the measurement report reported by the target terminal. The measurement report includes 4G measurement information and 5G signal data. The 5G signal data is obtained by the target terminal through signal scanning based on the 5G inter-system frequency point information. The 4G measurement information includes the location information of the 4G signal. The target terminal is a terminal that supports 5G communication function. The information determination module is used to determine the location information of the 5G signal based on the measurement report; The range determination module is used to determine the weak coverage area of ​​the 5G signal based on the positioning information of the 5G signal; The device is also used for: In the event of a 4G network and 5G network handover, obtain the 5G measurement report reported by the target terminal at the target time point; Based on the terminal tag and timestamp information contained in the 5G measurement report, the positioning information is matched in the 4G positioning information database to obtain the positioning information of the 5G signal; the 4G positioning information database is a database built based on the positioning information of the 4G signal contained in the 4G measurement information reported by the target terminal when it is camped on the 4G network. When the target terminal switches from a 5G network to a 4G network, the target time point is the last time point during which the target terminal remains on the 5G network. When the target terminal switches from a 4G network to a 5G network, the target time point is the first time point at which the target terminal remains on the 5G network. The step of matching location information in the 4G location information database based on the terminal tag and timestamp information contained in the 5G measurement report to obtain the location information of the 5G signal includes: Based on the terminal tag and timestamp information contained in the 5G measurement report, the target location information is obtained from the 4G location information database. The target location information is the location information of the 4G signal of the target terminal within the target time period. The target time period is a time period determined based on the target time point and the time difference between the switching between the 4G network and the 5G network. Based on the target location information, the location information of the 5G signal at the target time point is determined.

6. A computer device, comprising: The computer device includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing at least one computer program, which is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for determining the signal coverage area as described in any one of claims 1 to 4.

7. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The computer-readable storage medium stores at least one computer program, which is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the method for determining the signal coverage area as described in any one of claims 1 to 4.

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