Communication method and apparatus, communication device, communication system, and storage medium

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a communication method, apparatus and device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: a network device receiving first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by a terminal, wherein the first measurement data is corresponding measurement data in a first network, the second measurement data is corresponding measurement data in a second network, and the first network and the second network can be respectively used for implementing different types of voice services; determining a target network on the basis of the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, wherein the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network that is to be connected by the terminal and determined by the network device; and sending first information to the terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating the target network. Provided in the present disclosure is a new method for deciding a handover between a WLAN and a cellular network, thereby improving the flexibility during the handover between the WLAN and the cellular network. Moreover, the present disclosure can also ensure the quality of communication.

Description

Communication method and device, communication equipment, communication system, and storage medium Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to communication methods and devices, communication equipment, communication systems, and storage media. Background Art

[0002] In a communication system, different networks can be used to implement different types of voice services. For example, a wireless local area network (WLAN) can be used to implement voice over WIREless-FIdelity (VoWiFi) services based on wireless fidelity networks, and cellular networks (such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), fifth-generation mobile communication system (5G) networks, etc.) can be used to implement voice over New Radio (VoNR) services based on new air interface networks and voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) services based on long-term evolution networks. Among them, LTE networks can implement VoLTE services, and NR networks can implement VoNR services.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] The present disclosure provides a communication method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0005] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, including at least one of the following:

[0006] The network device receives first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0007] determining a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0008] First information is sent to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network.

[0009] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, including at least one of the following:

[0010] The terminal reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data to the network device; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0011] The terminal receives first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used to indicate a target network, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network determined by the network device to be connected to by the terminal;

[0012] The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0013] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided for use in a communication system, the communication system including a terminal and a network device, the method including at least one of the following:

[0014] The terminal reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data to the network device; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0015] The network device receives the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal;

[0016] The network device determines a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0017] The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network;

[0018] The terminal receives first information sent by the network device;

[0019] The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0020] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a network device is provided, comprising at least one of the following:

[0021] a receiving module, configured to receive first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by a terminal; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; and the first network and the second network can be respectively used to implement different types of voice services;

[0022] a processing module, configured to determine a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0023] A sending module is used to send first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network.

[0024] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, comprising at least one of the following:

[0025] a sending module, configured to report first measurement data and / or second measurement data to a network device; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; and the first network and the second network can be respectively used to implement different types of voice services;

[0026] a receiving module, configured to receive first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used to indicate a target network, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0027] A processing module is configured to connect to the target network based on the first information.

[0028] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, including:

[0029] one or more processors;

[0030] The processor is used to call instructions to enable the communication device to execute the communication method described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0031] According to the seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication system is proposed, characterized in that it includes a terminal and a network device, wherein the network device is configured to implement the communication method described in the first aspect, and the terminal is configured to implement the communication method described in the second aspect.

[0032] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, which stores instructions, and is characterized in that when the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect or the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0033] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily understood from the following description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0034] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of some communication systems provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0035] 2A-2C are interactive diagrams of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] 3A-3D are flowcharts of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] 4A-4D are flowcharts of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] FIG5A is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] FIG5B is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] FIG5C is a flow chart of a communication method provided in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0041] FIG6A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0042] FIG6B is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0043] FIG7A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0044] FIG7B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium.

[0046] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, performed by a network device, comprising at least one of the following:

[0047] The network device receives first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0048] determining a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0049] First information is sent to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network.

[0050] In the above embodiment, the network device can determine a target network from the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal, and indicate the target network to the terminal so that the terminal can connect to the target network. The first network and the second network can each be used to implement different types of voice services. Therefore, it can be seen that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device can decide whether to trigger the terminal to switch to different networks for implementing different types of voice services (e.g., the network device decides whether to trigger the terminal to switch to a WLAN or a cellular network). Compared to the related art, in which only the terminal can decide whether to switch to a WLAN or a cellular network, the present disclosure provides a new method for deciding whether to switch to a WLAN or a cellular network, thereby improving the flexibility of switching between WLAN and cellular networks. Furthermore, in the present disclosure, when the network device is used to decide whether to trigger the switch between the WLAN and cellular networks, because the network device has higher capabilities (such as software and hardware capabilities, computing power, etc.) than the terminal, the decision made by the network device is more accurate, thereby ensuring handover accuracy, avoiding unnecessary handovers, and improving communication quality.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first network is a wireless local area network (WLAN), and the second network is a cellular network; or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

[0052] In the above embodiment, the method disclosed herein can be applied to switching between WLAN and cellular networks, and is used by network equipment to decide whether the terminal is switched to WLAN or cellular network to ensure that the network where the terminal resides can enable the terminal's communication services (such as VoWiFi services, VoLTE services, VoNR services) to be executed smoothly and ensure communication quality.

[0053] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, receiving the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal includes:

[0054] Receive the first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on a first event; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

[0055] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, receiving the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal includes:

[0056] sending a second event to the terminal, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item;

[0057] receiving the first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on the second event.

[0058] In the above embodiment, the terminal can actively report at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data to the network device, and / or the terminal can also report at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data to the network device based on an event (such as the second event) sent by the network device, thereby increasing the number of optional ways for the terminal to report the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, and providing higher flexibility.

[0059] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes:

[0060] determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine a target network;

[0061] If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all data required for determining the target network, a third event is sent to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, where the third measurement data is data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all data required for determining the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item;

[0062] receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event;

[0063] A target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data.

[0064] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes:

[0065] determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine a target network;

[0066] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining the target network, and the target network is determined directly based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0067] In the above embodiment, a method is provided for a network device to determine the target network to which the terminal is to connect, so that the network device can successfully determine the target network, thereby enabling the network device to decide whether to trigger the terminal to switch to different networks for implementing different types of voice services (such as the network device decides whether to trigger the terminal to switch to a WLAN or a cellular network), thereby improving the flexibility of network switching and ensuring communication quality.

[0068] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes:

[0069] determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network;

[0070] A target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, a load condition of the first network, and a load condition of the second network.

[0071] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load status of the first network, and the load status of the second network includes:

[0072] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0073] The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network;

[0074] If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all data required for determining the target network, a third event is sent to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, where the third measurement data is data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all data required for determining the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item;

[0075] receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event;

[0076] updating and determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network;

[0077] The target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the third measurement data, an updated load condition of the first network, and an updated load condition of the second network.

[0078] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load status of the first network, and the load status of the second network includes:

[0079] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0080] The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network;

[0081] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network, and the target network is determined directly based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network.

[0082] In the above embodiment, when the network device decides whether to trigger the terminal to switch to different networks for implementing different types of voice services (such as the network device decides whether to trigger the terminal to switch to WLAN or cellular network), it will also refer to the load status of the first network and / or the second network, thereby greatly improving the accuracy of the network device's decision and ensuring communication quality.

[0083] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0084] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0085] The estimated load condition of the network is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and a fourth event is sent to the terminal, the fourth event including a fourth reporting requirement corresponding to at least one fourth parameter item, the fourth parameter item being a parameter item corresponding to the measurement data required to determine the target network, and the fourth event being used to indicate: when the measurement data of the fourth parameter item meets the fourth reporting requirement corresponding to the fourth parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the fourth parameter item; wherein the fourth reporting requirement is a reporting requirement that the measurement data of the terminal will not meet, and the fourth reporting requirement is used to limit the terminal from reporting measurement data.

[0086] In the above embodiment, when the load condition of the network with the best quality, estimated by the network device based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, from the first network and the second network is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the network device may restrict the terminal from reporting measurement data by issuing a fourth event to the terminal. Since the network with the best quality estimated by the network device from the first network and the second network is likely to be the target network ultimately determined by the network device, i.e., likely the network to be subsequently accessed by the terminal, if the load condition of the estimated network with the best quality is greater than or equal to the first threshold, it indicates that the estimated network with the best quality is overloaded and may no longer be able to support communication connections with additional devices. Therefore, the network device may issue the fourth event to the terminal to restrict the terminal from reporting measurement data (i.e., prevent the terminal from reporting measurement data). As a result, the network device will not receive the measurement data reported by the terminal, and thus the network device will not be able to subsequently decide whether to trigger the terminal to switch networks based on the measurement data reported by the terminal. This avoids the situation where the terminal may subsequently switch to an overloaded network, thereby preventing network congestion.

[0087] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the target network includes:

[0088] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is greater than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the first network is less than a first threshold, and the first network is determined as the target network;

[0089] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is lower than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the second network is lower than a first threshold, and the second network is determined as the target network;

[0090] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is equal to the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load conditions of the first network and the second network are less than a first threshold, and the first network or the second network is determined as the target network.

[0091] In the above embodiment, a method is provided for a network device to determine a target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the third measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network, so that the network device can successfully determine the target network so that the network device can subsequently instruct the terminal to connect to the target network, thereby achieving the purpose of triggering the terminal to switch networks by decision by the network device.

[0092] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the target network is the same as the current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network;

[0093] The target network is different from the current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0094] Switching from the current access network to the target network;

[0095] To register the current access network;

[0096] Re-register to the target network.

[0097] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network, second information is sent to the network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network.

[0098] In the above embodiment, the first information sent by the network device may further instruct the terminal on how to connect to the target network, so that the terminal can successfully connect to the target network based on the first instruction information. Furthermore, the first information may further instruct the terminal to send second information to the network device when the terminal fails to switch to and / or register with the target network, thereby notifying the network device of the failure. The network device can then promptly perform remedial actions to ensure that the terminal can successfully connect to the target network and guarantee communication quality.

[0099] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is performed by a terminal, and the method includes at least one of the following:

[0100] The terminal reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data to the network device; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0101] The terminal receives first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used to indicate a target network, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network determined by the network device to be connected to by the terminal;

[0102] The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0103] In the above embodiment, the terminal can report first measurement data and / or second measurement data to the network device, so that the network device can determine a target network from the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal, and indicate the target network to the terminal so that the terminal can connect to the target network. The first network and the second network can each be used to implement different types of voice services. Therefore, it can be seen that in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the network device can decide whether to trigger the terminal to switch to different networks for implementing different types of voice services (e.g., the network device decides whether to trigger the terminal to switch to a WLAN or a cellular network). Compared to the related art, in which only the terminal can decide whether to switch to a WLAN or a cellular network, the present disclosure provides a new method for deciding whether to switch to a WLAN or a cellular network, thereby improving the flexibility of switching between WLAN and cellular networks. Furthermore, in the present disclosure, when the network device is used to decide whether to trigger a switch between a WLAN and a cellular network, because the network device has higher capabilities (such as software and hardware capabilities, computing power, etc.) than the terminal, the decision made by the network device is more accurate, thereby ensuring handover accuracy, avoiding unnecessary handovers, and improving communication quality.

[0104] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first network is a WLAN, and the second network is a cellular network; or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

[0105] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device includes:

[0106] Actively reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device based on a first event; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

[0107] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device includes:

[0108] receiving a second event sent by the network device, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item;

[0109] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are reported based on the second event.

[0110] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the target network is the same as the current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network;

[0111] The target network is different from the current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0112] Switching from the current access network to the target network;

[0113] To register the current access network;

[0114] Re-register to the target network.

[0115] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network, second information is sent to the network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network.

[0116] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method for a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a terminal and a network device, and the method includes at least one of the following:

[0117] The terminal reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data to the network device; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0118] The network device receives the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal;

[0119] The network device determines a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0120] The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network;

[0121] The terminal receives first information sent by the network device;

[0122] The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0123] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a network device, comprising at least one of the following:

[0124] a receiving module, configured to receive first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by a terminal; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; and the first network and the second network can be respectively used to implement different types of voice services;

[0125] a processing module, configured to determine a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0126] A sending module is used to send first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network.

[0127] In combination with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first network is a wireless local area network (WLAN), and the second network is a cellular network; or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

[0128] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the receiving module is further configured to:

[0129] Receive the first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on a first event; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

[0130] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the receiving module is further configured to:

[0131] sending a second event to the terminal, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item;

[0132] receiving the first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on the second event.

[0133] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to:

[0134] determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine a target network;

[0135] If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all data required for determining the target network, a third event is sent to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, where the third measurement data is data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all data required for determining the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item;

[0136] receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event;

[0137] A target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data.

[0138] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to:

[0139] determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine a target network;

[0140] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining the target network, and the target network is determined directly based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0141] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to:

[0142] determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network;

[0143] A target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, a load condition of the first network, and a load condition of the second network.

[0144] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to:

[0145] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0146] The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network;

[0147] If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all data required for determining the target network, a third event is sent to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, where the third measurement data is data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all data required for determining the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item;

[0148] receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event;

[0149] updating and determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network;

[0150] The target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the third measurement data, an updated load condition of the first network, and an updated load condition of the second network.

[0151] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to:

[0152] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0153] The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network;

[0154] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network, and the target network is determined directly based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network.

[0155] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the network device is further configured to:

[0156] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0157] The estimated load condition of the network is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and a fourth event is sent to the terminal, the fourth event including a fourth reporting requirement corresponding to at least one fourth parameter item, the fourth parameter item being a parameter item corresponding to the measurement data required to determine the target network, and the fourth event being used to indicate: when the measurement data of the fourth parameter item meets the fourth reporting requirement corresponding to the fourth parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the fourth parameter item; wherein the fourth reporting requirement is a reporting requirement that the measurement data of the terminal will not meet, and the fourth reporting requirement is used to limit the terminal from reporting measurement data.

[0158] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the processing module is further configured to:

[0159] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is greater than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the first network is less than a first threshold, and the first network is determined as the target network;

[0160] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is lower than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the second network is lower than a first threshold, and the second network is determined as the target network;

[0161] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is equal to the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load conditions of the first network and the second network are less than a first threshold, and the first network or the second network is determined as the target network.

[0162] With reference to some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the target network is the same as the current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network;

[0163] The target network is different from the current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0164] Switching from the current access network to the target network;

[0165] To register the current access network;

[0166] Re-register to the target network.

[0167] In combination with some embodiments of the fourth aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network, second information is sent to the network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network.

[0168] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, comprising at least one of the following:

[0169] a sending module, configured to report first measurement data and / or second measurement data to a network device; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; and the first network and the second network can be respectively used to implement different types of voice services;

[0170] a receiving module, configured to receive first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used to indicate a target network, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0171] A processing module is configured to connect to the target network based on the first information.

[0172] In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first network is a WLAN, and the second network is a cellular network; or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

[0173] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to:

[0174] Actively reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device based on a first event; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

[0175] In conjunction with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to:

[0176] receiving a second event sent by the network device, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item;

[0177] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are reported based on the second event.

[0178] With reference to some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the target network is the same as the current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network;

[0179] The target network is different from the current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0180] Switching from the current access network to the target network;

[0181] To register the current access network;

[0182] Re-register to the target network.

[0183] In combination with some embodiments of the fifth aspect, in some embodiments, the first information is also used to indicate: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network, second information is sent to the network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network.

[0184] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication device, which includes: one or more processors; one or more memories for storing instructions; wherein the processor is used to call the instructions so that the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0185] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes: a terminal and a network device; wherein the network device is configured to execute the method described in the first aspect and the optional implementation of the first aspect, and the terminal is configured to execute the method described in the second aspect and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0186] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0187] In the ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0188] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the communication method described in the first aspect, the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0189] It is understandable that the above-mentioned terminals, network devices, communication devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, and computer programs are all used to execute the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0190] The present disclosure provides invention titles. In some embodiments, the terms "communication method" and "information processing method," "information sending method," and "information receiving method" are interchangeable; the terms "communication device" and "information processing device," "information sending device," and "information receiving device" are interchangeable; and the terms "information processing system," "communication system," "information sending system," and "information receiving system" are interchangeable.

[0191] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0192] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0193] 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 present disclosure.

[0194] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0195] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0196] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one of", "at least one of", "at least one of", "one or more", "a plurality of", "multiple", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0197] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, descriptions such as “at least one of A, B, C…”, “A and / or B and / or C…”, etc. include the situation where any one of A, B, C… exists alone, and also include any combination of any multiple of A, B, C…, and each situation can exist alone; for example, “at least one of A, B, C” includes the situation where A exists alone, B exists alone, C exists alone, the combination of A and B, the combination of A and C, the combination of B and C, and the combination of A, B, and C; for example, A and / or B includes the situation where A exists alone, B exists alone, and the combination of A and B.

[0198] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "in one case A, in another case B," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B," may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: executing A independently of B (in some embodiments, A); executing B independently of A (in some embodiments, B); selectively executing A and B (in some embodiments, selecting between A and B); and executing both A and B (in some embodiments, A and B). The same applies when there are more branches, such as A, B, and C.

[0199] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0200] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0201] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0202] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0203] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0204] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network (eg, access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.).

[0205] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / reception point (TRP)", "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0206] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal", "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0207] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, it can also be called device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it can also be set as a structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, language such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by language corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0208] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0209] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0210] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0211] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0212] The correspondences shown in the tables of the present disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values ​​of the information in each table are merely examples and can be configured to other values, which are not limited by the present disclosure. When configuring the correspondences between information and parameters, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, in the tables of the present disclosure, the correspondences shown in certain rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate deformation adjustments can be made based on the above tables, such as splitting, merging, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables may also adopt other names that can be understood by the communication device, and the values ​​or representations of the parameters may also adopt other values ​​or representations that can be understood by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures may also be used, such as arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear lists, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables or hash tables, etc.

[0213] The predefined in the present disclosure may be understood as defined, predefined, stored, pre-stored, pre-negotiated, pre-configured, solidified, or pre-burned.

[0214] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1, the communication system 100 may include at least one of a network device 101 and a terminal 102. The network device 101 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0215] In some embodiments, the terminal includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0216] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, but is not limited thereto.

[0217] In some embodiments, the technical solution of the present disclosure can be applied to the Open RAN architecture. In this case, the interfaces between or within the access network devices involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be transformed into internal interfaces of the Open RAN, and the processes and information interactions between these internal interfaces can be implemented through software or programs.

[0218] In some embodiments, the access network device can be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU), where the CU can also be called a control unit. The CU-DU structure can be used to split the protocol layer of the access network device, with the functions of some protocol layers centrally controlled by the CU, and the functions of the remaining part or all of the protocol layers distributed in the DU, which is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited to this.

[0219] In some embodiments, the core network device may be a device including one or more network elements, or may be multiple devices or a group of devices, each including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network, for example, includes at least one of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), a 5G Core Network (5GCN), and a Next Generation Core (NGC). Alternatively, the core network device may also be a location management function network element. Exemplarily, the location management function network element includes a location server (location server), which may be implemented as any one of the following: Location Management Function (LMF), Enhanced Serving Mobile Location Centre (E-SMLC), Secure User Plane Location (SUPL), and Secure User Plane Location Platform (SUPLLP).

[0220] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0221] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in Figure 1, or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in Figure 1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in Figure 1, or may include other entities outside of Figure 1. The number and form of the entities may be arbitrary. The connection relationship between the entities is illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0222] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0223] Optionally, due to certain needs, the terminal usually needs to switch between WLAN and cellular network. For example, when the terminal is connected to WLAN, if the WLAN signal is poor and affects the VoWiFi service, the terminal needs to switch from WLAN to the cellular network. Alternatively, when the terminal is connected to the cellular network, if the terminal moves to an environment with only WLAN signal, the terminal needs to switch from the cellular network to WLAN. In the related art, it is the terminal that decides whether to trigger the switch between WLAN and cellular network, and there is no method for other devices to decide whether to trigger the switch between WLAN and cellular network, which has low flexibility. In addition, due to the limitation of the terminal's capabilities, its switching decision may be inaccurate. It may happen that the current communication situation does not require switching between WLAN and cellular network, but the terminal decides to trigger the switch between WLAN and cellular network, resulting in unnecessary switching and affecting the communication quality.

[0224] FIG2A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0225] Step 2101: The terminal actively reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data.

[0226] Optionally, the terminal may actively report the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device, and the network device may receive the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0227] Optionally, the first measurement data may be measurement data corresponding to the first network, for example, measurement data of a channel in the first network; and the second measurement data may be measurement data corresponding to the second network, for example, measurement data of a channel in the second network. The first network and the second network may be respectively used to implement different types of voice services. Optionally, the first network may be the network currently accessed by the terminal, or the second network may be the network currently accessed by the terminal. Optionally, the first network may be a WLAN, and the second network may be a cellular network; or the first network may be a cellular network, and the second network may be a WLAN. The WLAN network may be used to implement VoWiFi services, and the corresponding measurement data in the WLAN may be measurement data corresponding to Wi-Fi services, for example, measurement data of Wi-Fi service channels. The cellular network may be used to implement VoNR and VoLTE services, and the corresponding measurement data in the cellular network may be channel measurement data in a third-generation partnership project (3GPP) heterogeneous or homogeneous neighboring cell. Optionally, the aforementioned "heterogeneous technology" may be understood, for example, as different communication technologies, and the aforementioned "same technology" may be understood as the same communication technology. Optionally, the communication technology may be, for example, second generation mobile communication technology (2G), third generation mobile communication technology (3G), fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G), 5G, and future evolved communication technology (such as sixth generation mobile communication technology (6G), seventh generation mobile communication technology (7G)). Assuming that the current serving cell is a 2G cell, the neighboring cell with the same technology may be a 2G cell, and the neighboring cell with a different technology may be a non-2G cell, such as a 3G cell, a 4G cell, a 5G cell, etc.

[0228] Optionally, the terminal may report the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data based on a first event. Optionally, the first event may include a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item may include one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network. The first event may be used to indicate that when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item. Optionally, each first parameter item corresponds to a first reporting requirement, and the first reporting requirement may be, for example, a first measurement threshold. When the measurement data of the parameter item in the first network reaches or is less than the corresponding first measurement threshold, the terminal may report the measurement data of the parameter item in the first network (i.e., the aforementioned first measurement data) to the network device; when the measurement data of the parameter item in the second network reaches or is less than the corresponding second measurement threshold, the terminal may report the measurement data of the parameter item in the second network (i.e., the aforementioned second measurement data) to the network device.

[0229] Optionally, taking the first network as a WLAN and the second network as a cellular network as an example, the one or more parameter items in the WLAN may include at least one of the following: a Medium Access Control (MAC) address, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a Service Set Identifier (SSID), a frequency, a channel quality, a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), and a channel interference. The one or more parameter items in the cellular network may include at least one of the following: a bandwidth (band), a frequency (Freq), a Physical Cell ID (PCI), a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), and a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SNR).

[0230] For example, assuming that the first reporting requirement corresponding to the parameter item "RSRP" in the cellular network in the first event is: reaching the measurement threshold A, the terminal will measure the RSRP in the cellular network in real time. When the measured RSRP in the cellular network is B, and B is greater than A, it is confirmed that the measurement data of the RSRP in the cellular network reaches the measurement threshold A, and it is determined that the corresponding first reporting requirement is met. At this time, the terminal can report the measurement data of the RSRP in the cellular network to the network device: B.

[0231] Optionally, the first event may be determined by the terminal based on a protocol agreement, or may be pre-configured to the terminal by a network device.

[0232] Optionally, the above-mentioned first measurement data can be used to reflect the communication quality of the first network, and the above-mentioned second measurement data can be used to reflect the communication quality of the second network. Optionally, when the terminal reports the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data based on the first event, it can be when the communication quality of the first network meets certain conditions (such as good or poor communication quality), the terminal reports the first measurement data, and / or, when the communication quality of the second network meets certain conditions (such as good or poor communication quality), the terminal reports the second measurement data, so that the network device can subsequently determine which network has better communication quality based on the first measurement data and the second measurement data, and then instruct the terminal to switch to the network with better communication quality. Optionally, the first event can be named "Q event" for example, or it can be named other events, and this disclosure is not limited to this.

[0233] It should be noted that the parameter items mentioned above are only examples of descriptions of this disclosure. It should be understood that networks (such as WLAN and cellular networks) are not limited to the parameter items in the above examples, and other parameter items may also exist. Among them, the parameter items in the events mentioned in this disclosure (such as the first event mentioned above, and the subsequent second event, third event, and fourth event) may also be parameter items not covered by the above examples, and this disclosure does not specifically limit this.

[0234] Step 2102: If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all the data required to determine the target network, a third event is sent to the terminal.

[0235] Optionally, the target network may be a network to which the terminal is to connect, as determined by the network device. The target network may be the first network or the second network. For example, the target network may be the network with better communication quality among the first network or the second network. Optionally, the network device may first determine whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network. When the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are less than all the data required to determine the target network, the network device may send a third event to the terminal. Optionally, the third event is used to obtain third measurement data. The third measurement data is: data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all the data required to determine the target network. The third event may include a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, the third parameter item being a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data. The third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item. Optionally, each third parameter item corresponds to a third reporting requirement, which may be a third measurement threshold. When the measurement data of the third parameter item reaches or is less than the third measurement threshold, the third reporting requirement is considered to be met.

[0236] For example, assuming that the target network is determined from the WLAN network and the cellular network, the channel quality and RSSI in the WLAN network, as well as the RSRP and RSRQ in the cellular network, need to be referenced. However, in step 2101, the terminal only reports the channel quality in the WLAN network and the RSRP in the cellular network. In this case, the third parameter items included in the third event sent by the network device to the terminal may be: the RSSI in the WLAN network and the RSRQ in the cellular network. The third reporting requirement of the third event may, for example, be: the measured RSSI data in the WLAN network is less than threshold 1, and / or the measured RSRQ data in the 3GPP inter-technology neighboring cell in the cellular network is greater than threshold 2; or the third reporting requirement of the third event may, for example, be: the measured RSRQ data in the 3GPP inter-technology neighboring cell in the cellular network is less than threshold 1, and / or the measured RSSI data in the WLAN network is greater than threshold 2.

[0237] Optionally, the third event may be named, for example, a "P event," a "query event," or other events, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

[0238] Step 2103: The terminal reports third measurement data to the network device based on the third event.

[0239] For example, assuming that the third parameter item included in the third event sent by the network device to the terminal may be: RSSI in the WLAN network and RSRQ in the cellular network, and the third reporting requirement of the third event is: measurement data of the RSSI in the WLAN network is less than threshold 1, and / or measurement data of the RSRQ in a 3GPP inter-technology neighboring cell is greater than threshold 2. The terminal may then measure the RSSI in the WLAN network and the RSRQ in the cellular network in real time based on the third event. When the RSSI in the WLAN network and the RSRQ in the cellular network respectively meet the corresponding third reporting requirements, i.e., when the measurement data of the RSSI in the WLAN network is less than threshold 1 and / or the measurement data of the RSRQ in a 3GPP inter-technology neighboring cell is greater than threshold 2, the terminal will report the measurement data corresponding to the RSSI in the WLAN network and the RSRQ in the cellular network (i.e., the aforementioned third measurement data) to the network device.

[0240] Step 2104: The network device determines a target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data.

[0241] Optionally, in some embodiments, when at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is greater than the communication quality of the second network, the first network is determined as the target network; when at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is less than the communication quality of the second network, the second network is determined as the target network; when at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is equal to the communication quality of the second network, the first network or the second network is determined as the target network.

[0242] Step 2105: The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information can be used to indicate a target network.

[0243] Optionally, in some embodiments, when the target network is the same as the current access network of the terminal, the first indication can be used to indicate residing in the target network; when the target network is different from the current access network of the terminal, the first information can be used to indicate at least one of the following: switching from the current access network to the target network, deregistering the current access network, and reregistering to the target network.

[0244] In other embodiments, the first information may also be used to instruct: when the terminal fails to switch to and / or register with the target network, to send second information to the network device, where the second information is used to indicate the failure of the terminal to switch to and / or register with the target network. The first information instructs the terminal to send the second information to the network device, so that the terminal can promptly notify the network device of the failure to switch to and / or register with the target network. The network device can then perform corresponding remedial actions to ensure that the terminal can successfully connect to the target network and guarantee communication quality.

[0245] Optionally, the first information may be at least one of the following: an Over The Air (OTA) message, an Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE) message, or a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message.

[0246] Step 2106: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0247] Optionally, when the first information indicates that the terminal is resident on the target network, the target network is the terminal's current access network. In this case, the terminal does not need to switch networks and can continue to reside in the current access network. When the first information instructs the terminal to switch from the current access network to the target network, the terminal can perform a network switching process to switch from the current access network to the target network. When the first information instructs the terminal to deregister the current access network and reregister with the target network, the terminal can deregister the current access network and reregister with the target network.

[0248] Optionally, when the first information also indicates that: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network, a second information is sent to the network device. If the terminal fails to switch or register the target network based on the first information, the terminal can also send the second information to the network device to promptly notify the network device that the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network. The network device can then perform corresponding remedial operations to ensure that the terminal can successfully connect to the target network and ensure communication quality.

[0249] It should be noted that when the target network is a cellular network, the terminal can access the cellular network based on 3GPP access technology. When the target network is a WLAN network, the terminal can access the WLAN network based on non-3GPP (Non-3GPP) access technology.

[0250] It should also be noted that in some embodiments, when the target network determined by the network device in the above step 2104 is the current access network of the terminal, it is not necessary to execute the above steps 2105 and 2106, that is: the network device does not instruct the terminal, and at this time, the terminal will continue to reside in the current access network as usual.

[0251] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2101 to S2106. For example, step S2101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S2101+S2102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0252] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0253] FIG2B is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0254] Step 2201: The terminal actively reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data.

[0255] Step 2202: The network device determines a target network based on at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data.

[0256] Optionally, in some embodiments, when the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network, the network device may directly determine the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data actively reported by the terminal.

[0257] Step 2203: Send first information to the terminal, where the first information can be used to indicate a target network.

[0258] Step 2204: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0259] For a detailed description of steps 2201 - 2204 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0260] It should also be noted that in some embodiments, when the target network determined by the network device in the above step 2202 is the current access network of the terminal, it is not necessary to execute the above steps 2203 and 2204, that is: the network device does not instruct the terminal, then the terminal will continue to reside in the current access network as usual.

[0261] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2201 to S2204. For example, step S2201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2203 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S2201+S2202 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0262] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0263] FIG2C is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2C , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for use in a communication system 100, the method comprising:

[0264] Step 2301: The network device sends a second event to the terminal.

[0265] Optionally, the second event may include a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, and the at least one second parameter item may include one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network. The second event may be used to indicate that when the measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item (i.e., the aforementioned first measurement data and / or second measurement data). For a detailed introduction to the parameter items and reporting requirements, please refer to the above-mentioned introduction to the first event, third event, first measurement data, and second measurement data.

[0266] Optionally, the second event may include at least one of the following events: an A event, a B event, a C event, a W event, a V event, and an H event. The A event, the B event, and the C event may be used to enable the terminal to report corresponding measurement data in a cellular network, and the W event, the V event, and the H event may be used to enable the terminal to report corresponding measurement data in a WLAN network.

[0267] Step 2302: The terminal reports the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device based on the second event.

[0268] Step 2303: The network device determines the load status of the first network and the load status of the second network.

[0269] Optionally, the network device may determine the server status of the first network and determine the load status of the first network based on the server status of the first network, or the network device may determine the server status of the second network and determine the load status of the second network based on the server status of the second network.

[0270] Step 2304: The network device estimates the network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0271] Optionally, as can be seen from the above content, the first measurement data is used to reflect the communication quality of the first network, and the second measurement data is used to reflect the communication quality of the second network. The network device can roughly estimate the communication quality of the first network and the communication quality of the second network based on the first measurement data and the second measurement data, and then can estimate the network with the best quality between the first network and the second network.

[0272] Step 2305: The network device determines whether the estimated network load condition is less than a first threshold value. When the estimated network load condition is less than the first threshold value, step 2306 is executed. When the estimated network load condition is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, subsequent step 2314 can be executed.

[0273] Optionally, the network estimated here is likely to be the target network determined by the subsequent network device, that is, it may be the network that the subsequent terminal wants to access. Therefore, the network device can predetermine the size of the estimated network load condition to determine whether it supports the subsequent access of the terminal. When the estimated network load condition is less than a first threshold, it means that the estimated network load condition is small and it may support the subsequent access of the terminal. At this time, the subsequent step 2306 can be executed. When the estimated network load condition is greater than or equal to the first threshold, it means that the estimated network load condition is large and it may not support the subsequent access of the terminal. At this time, the subsequent step 2314 can be executed.

[0274] Step 2306: The estimated network load condition is less than the first threshold value. The network device determines whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network. When the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are not all the data required to determine the target network, execute steps 2307-2310, 2312, and 2313. When the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network, execute steps 2311-2313.

[0275] Step 2307: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all the data required to determine the target network, and the network device sends a third event to the terminal.

[0276] For a detailed description of the third event, please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0277] In addition, it should be noted that in some embodiments, the network device may also send a third event based on the estimated network. Optionally, when the estimated network load condition is less than the first threshold, the third reporting requirement in the third event sent by the network device to the terminal may be a requirement that tends to determine the estimated network as the target network. For example, assuming that the network estimated by the network device in the above step 2304 is a cellular network, and the load condition of the cellular network is less than the first threshold, at this time, if the network device uses the method of the above embodiment to determine that the third parameter item in the third event is: RSSI in the WLAN network and RSRQ in the cellular network, then the third reporting requirement may be: a requirement that is biased towards determining the cellular network as the target network. For example, the third reporting requirement may be: the measurement data of RSSI in the WLAN network is less than threshold 1, and / or, the measurement data of RSRQ in the 3GPP heterogeneous technology neighboring cell in the cellular network is greater than threshold 2. Therefore, when the measurement data of the terminal meets the third reporting requirement, it means that the communication quality of the current cellular network is good, and / or the communication quality of the WLAN network is poor. At this time, the network device will tend to determine the cellular network as the target network.

[0278] Step 2308: The terminal reports third measurement data to the network device based on the third event.

[0279] For other detailed descriptions of steps 2307-2308, please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0280] Step 2309: The network device updates and determines the load status of the first network and the load status of the second network.

[0281] Step 2310: The network device determines a target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the third measurement data, the updated load condition of the first network, and the updated load condition of the second network.

[0282] Optionally, when the load condition of the first network (i.e., the load condition of the first network updated and determined in step 2310) is less than a first threshold, and / or at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is greater than the communication quality of the second network, the first network is determined as the target network; when the load condition of the second network (i.e., the load condition of the second network updated and determined in step 2310) is less than the first threshold, and / or at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is less than the communication quality of the second network, the second network is determined as the target network; when the load conditions of the first network and the second network are less than the first threshold, and / or at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is equal to the communication quality of the second network, the first network or the second network is determined as the target network.

[0283] Step 2311: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network. The network device directly determines the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load status of the first network, and the load status of the second network.

[0284] For a detailed description of step 2311 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0285] Step 2312: The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information can be used to indicate a target network.

[0286] Step 2313: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0287] For a detailed description of steps 2312 - 2313 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0288] Step 2314: If the estimated network load condition is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the network device sends a fourth event to the terminal.

[0289] Optionally, the fourth event may include a fourth reporting requirement corresponding to at least one fourth parameter item, and the fourth parameter item may be a parameter item corresponding to the measurement data required to determine the target network. The fourth event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the fourth parameter item meets the fourth reporting requirement corresponding to the fourth parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the fourth parameter item; wherein the fourth reporting requirement is a reporting requirement that the measurement data of the terminal will not meet, and the fourth reporting requirement is used to limit the terminal from reporting measurement data, that is, since the fourth reporting requirement is a reporting requirement that the measurement data of the terminal will not meet, the measurement data of the terminal will not meet the fourth reporting requirement at all, which makes it impossible for the terminal to report the measurement data required to determine the target network to the network device.

[0290] Optionally, as can be seen from the foregoing content, the network estimated here is most likely to be the target network determined by the subsequent network device, that is, it may be the network that the subsequent terminal is to access. Therefore, when the load condition of the estimated network is greater than or equal to the first threshold, it means that the load condition of the estimated network is large, and it may not support the subsequent access of the terminal. Based on this, the network device makes the fourth reporting requirement in the fourth event sent to the terminal a reporting requirement that the terminal's measurement data will not meet, so that the terminal will not report the measurement data of the fourth parameter item (that is, the measurement data required to determine the target network) to the network device, thereby making it impossible for the network device to determine the target network, and thus the terminal will not switch to the above-mentioned estimated network with a larger load, thereby avoiding network congestion.

[0291] It should be noted that step 2314 is performed when the first measurement data and / or second measurement data acquired by the network device in step 2302 is less than all the data required to determine the target network. Optionally, when the first measurement data and / or second measurement data acquired by the network device in step 2302 is all the data required to determine the target network, and the network load condition estimated in step 2305 is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the network device stops the process and does not determine the target network.

[0292] It should also be noted that in the embodiment of Figure 2C, after executing the above steps 2301-2302, 2102-2106 in the embodiment of Figure 2A can also be executed, or 2102-2104 in the embodiment of Figure 2B can also be executed, and this disclosure does not make specific limitations.

[0293] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S2301 to S2314. For example, step S2301 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2303 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S2301+S2302 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0294] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0295] FIG3A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a communication method for a network device 101, the method comprising:

[0296] Step 3101: The network device receives first measurement data and / or second measurement data actively reported by a terminal.

[0297] Step 3102: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all the data required to determine the target network, and the network device sends a third event to the terminal.

[0298] Step 3103: The network device receives third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event.

[0299] Step 3104: The network device determines a target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data.

[0300] Step 3105: The network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0301] For a detailed description of steps 3101 - 3105 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0302] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3101 to S3105. For example, step S3101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S3101+S3102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0303] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0304] FIG3B is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a network device 101, the method comprising:

[0305] Step 3201: The network device receives first measurement data and / or second measurement data actively reported by a terminal.

[0306] Step 3202: The network device determines a target network based on at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data.

[0307] Optionally, when the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining the target network, the network device may directly determine the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data.

[0308] Step 3203: The network device sends first information to the terminal.

[0309] For a detailed description of steps 3201 - 3203 , please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0310] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3201 to S3203. For example, step S3201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S3201+S3202 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0311] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0312] FIG3C is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3C , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a communication method for a network device 101, the method comprising:

[0313] Step 3301: The network device sends a second event to the terminal.

[0314] Step 3302: The network device receives first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on the second event.

[0315] Optionally, when the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining the target network, the network device may directly determine the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data.

[0316] Step 3303: The network device determines the load status of the first network and the load status of the second network.

[0317] Step 3304: The network device estimates the network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0318] Step 3305: The network device determines whether the estimated network load condition is less than the first threshold. When the estimated network load condition is less than the first threshold, step 3306 is executed. When the estimated network load condition is greater than or equal to the first threshold, subsequent step 3313 can be executed.

[0319] Step 3306: The estimated network load condition is less than the first threshold value. The network device determines whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network. If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are not all the data required to determine the target network, steps 3307-3310 and 3312 are executed. If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network, steps 3311-3312 are executed.

[0320] Step 3307: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all the data required to determine the target network, and the network device sends a third event to the terminal.

[0321] Step 3308: The network device receives third measurement data reported by the terminal to the network device based on the third event.

[0322] Step 3309: The network device updates and determines the load status of the first network and the load status of the second network.

[0323] Step 3310: The network device determines a target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the third measurement data, the updated load condition of the first network, and the updated load condition of the second network.

[0324] Step 3311: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network. The network device directly determines the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load status of the first network, and the load status of the second network.

[0325] Step 3312: The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information can be used to indicate a target network.

[0326] Step 3313: If the estimated network load condition is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the network device sends a fourth event to the terminal.

[0327] For a detailed description of steps 3301-3313, please refer to the above embodiment description.

[0328] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3301 to S3313. For example, step S3301 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S3302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and steps S3201+S3202 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

[0329] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0330] FIG3D is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3D , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a network device 101, the method comprising:

[0331] Step 3301: The network device receives first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by a terminal.

[0332] Step 3302: Determine a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0333] Step 3303: Send first information to the terminal.

[0334] Optionally, the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; the first network and the second network may be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0335] Optionally, the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is the network to which the terminal is to be connected, determined by the network device;

[0336] Optionally, the first information is used to indicate the target network.

[0337] Optionally, the first network is a wireless local area network (WLAN), and the second network is a cellular network; or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

[0338] Optionally, the receiving the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal includes:

[0339] Receive the first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on a first event; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

[0340] Optionally, the receiving the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal includes:

[0341] sending a second event to the terminal, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item;

[0342] receiving the first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on the second event.

[0343] Optionally, determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes:

[0344] determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine a target network;

[0345] If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all data required for determining the target network, a third event is sent to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, where the third measurement data is data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all data required for determining the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item;

[0346] receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event;

[0347] A target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data.

[0348] Optionally, determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes:

[0349] determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine a target network;

[0350] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining the target network, and the target network is determined directly based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0351] Optionally, determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes:

[0352] determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network;

[0353] A target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, a load condition of the first network, and a load condition of the second network.

[0354] Optionally, determining the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network includes:

[0355] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0356] The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network;

[0357] If the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all data required for determining the target network, a third event is sent to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, where the third measurement data is data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all data required for determining the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item;

[0358] receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event;

[0359] updating and determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network;

[0360] The target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the third measurement data, an updated load condition of the first network, and an updated load condition of the second network.

[0361] Optionally, determining the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network includes:

[0362] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0363] The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network;

[0364] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network, and the target network is determined directly based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network.

[0365] Optionally, the method further includes:

[0366] estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data;

[0367] The estimated load condition of the network is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and a fourth event is sent to the terminal, the fourth event including a fourth reporting requirement corresponding to at least one fourth parameter item, the fourth parameter item being a parameter item corresponding to the measurement data required to determine the target network, and the fourth event being used to indicate: when the measurement data of the fourth parameter item meets the fourth reporting requirement corresponding to the fourth parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the fourth parameter item; wherein the fourth reporting requirement is a reporting requirement that the measurement data of the terminal will not meet, and the fourth reporting requirement is used to limit the terminal from reporting measurement data.

[0368] Optionally, determining the target network includes:

[0369] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is greater than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the first network is less than a first threshold, and the first network is determined as the target network;

[0370] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is lower than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the second network is lower than a first threshold, and the second network is determined as the target network;

[0371] At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is equal to the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load conditions of the first network and the second network are less than a first threshold, and the first network or the second network is determined as the target network.

[0372] Optionally, the target network is the same as a current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network;

[0373] The target network is different from the current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0374] Switching from the current access network to the target network;

[0375] To register the current access network;

[0376] Re-register to the target network.

[0377] Optionally, the first information is further used to indicate that when the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network, second information is sent to the network device, where the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network.

[0378] For a detailed description of steps 3401 - 3403 , please refer to the above embodiment.

[0379] The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S3401 to S3403. For example, step S3401 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S3402 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0380] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0381] FIG4A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4A , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a terminal 102, the method comprising:

[0382] Step 4101: The terminal actively reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data.

[0383] Step 4102: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all the data required to determine the target network, and the terminal receives a third event sent by the network device.

[0384] Step 4103: The terminal reports third measurement data to the network device based on the third event.

[0385] Step 4104: The terminal receives the first information sent by the network device.

[0386] Step 4105: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0387] For a detailed description of steps 4101-4105, please refer to the above embodiment.

[0388] The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S4101 to S4105. For example, step S4101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S4102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0389] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0390] FIG4B is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4B , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for terminal 102, the method comprising:

[0391] Step 4201: The terminal actively reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data.

[0392] Step 4202: The terminal receives the first information sent by the network device.

[0393] Step 4203: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0394] For a detailed description of steps 4201-4203, please refer to the above embodiment.

[0395] The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S4201 to S4203. For example, step S4201 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S4202 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0396] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0397] FIG4C is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4C , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a communication method for terminal 102, the method comprising:

[0398] Step 4301: The terminal receives a second event sent by a network device.

[0399] Step 4302: The terminal reports the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data based on the second event.

[0400] Step 4303: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all the data required to determine the target network, and the terminal receives a third event sent by the network device.

[0401] Step 4304: The terminal reports third measurement data to the network device based on the third event.

[0402] Step 4305: The terminal receives first information sent by the network device, where the first information can be used to indicate a target network.

[0403] Step 4306: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0404] Step 4307: The terminal receives the fourth event sent by the network device.

[0405] For a detailed description of steps 4301-4307, please refer to the above embodiment.

[0406] The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S4301 to S4307. For example, step S4301 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S4302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0407] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0408] FIG4D is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4D , the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for terminal 102, the method comprising:

[0409] Step 4401: The terminal reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data to a network device.

[0410] Step 4402: The terminal receives the first information sent by the network device.

[0411] Step 4403: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0412] Optionally, the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; the first network and the second network may be used to implement different types of voice services respectively;

[0413] Optionally, the first information is used to indicate a target network, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network determined by the network device to which the terminal is to be connected.

[0414] Optionally, the first network is a WLAN, and the second network is a cellular network; or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

[0415] Optionally, reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device includes:

[0416] Actively reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device based on a first event; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

[0417] Optionally, reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device includes:

[0418] receiving a second event sent by the network device, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item;

[0419] The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are reported based on the second event.

[0420] Optionally, the target network is the same as a current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network;

[0421] The target network is different from the current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0422] Switching from the current access network to the target network;

[0423] To register the current access network;

[0424] Re-register to the target network.

[0425] Optionally, the first information is further used to indicate that when the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network, second information is sent to the network device, where the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network.

[0426] For a detailed description of steps 4401-4403, please refer to the above embodiment.

[0427] The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S4401 to S4403. For example, step S4401 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S4402 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0428] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0429] Figure 5A is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a communication method for a communication system including a terminal and a network device, wherein the method includes at least one of the following:

[0430] Step 5101: The terminal reports first measurement data and / or second measurement data to the network device;

[0431] Step 5102: The network device receives the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal;

[0432] Step 5103: The network device determines a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

[0433] Step 5104: The network device sends first information to the terminal;

[0434] Step 5105: The terminal receives the first information sent by the network device;

[0435] Step 5106: The terminal connects to the target network based on the first information.

[0436] Optional implementations of steps 5101 to 5106 can be found in the above embodiments.

[0437] In some embodiments, the above method may include the method described in the above embodiments of the communication system side, terminal side, network device side, etc., which will not be repeated here.

[0438] The communication method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S5101 to S5106. For example, step S5101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step S5102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0439] In this embodiment or example, unless there is any contradiction, each step can be independent, arbitrarily combined or exchanged in order, the optional methods or optional examples can be arbitrarily combined, and can be arbitrarily combined with any steps of other embodiments or other examples.

[0440] The following is an exemplary introduction to the above method.

[0441] Currently, there is no network-side solution for controlling the switching between Wi-Fi and cellular services. Firstly, VoWiFi is defined as a supplementary voice service to VoLTE / VoNR, but the cost of full-scale network investment is prohibitive, with a significant disparity between investment and benefits. Secondly, most Wi-Fi access points are not controlled by operators, making unified management and control impossible.

[0442] Currently, terminals rely primarily on chip manufacturers for implementation, with the terminal making a unified judgment based on Wi-Fi / Cellular signal quality to trigger Handover. This disclosure provides a network-side solution for controlling Wi-Fi and Cellular handover. This disclosure applies to scenarios where the network and device support this protocol and support interaction with the solution:

[0443] 1. The terminal actively reports the Wi-Fi / Cellular service status;

[0444] 2. The network sends a query to the current WIFI / Cellular service status of the network;

[0445] 3. The current terminal detects that the Wi-Fi or Cellular service status is better and requires network support for switching;

[0446] 4. The current network end decides the terminal priority behavior based on the terminal reported data and the current network server load and status.

[0447] Optional instances:

[0448] 1. This solution provides a way for the network to centrally control the terminal network selection mechanism;

[0449] 2. The network supports issuing instructions such as switching / re-registration / de-registration / blocking mechanisms through OTA, IKE messages, or SIP messages, and the terminal can execute them according to the instructions;

[0450] 3. The terminal can execute relevant policies, perform regular scanning and reporting, or report based on optimization strategies, and perform VoNR / VoWiFi / VoNR switching / re-registration / de-registration / blocking mechanisms based on network decisions;

[0451] 4. The network issues targeted P events based on the current terminal reporting status and the current network load or network status. Based on the measurement results, the terminal is required to execute relevant commands, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the terminal's priority residence.

[0452] Optionally, Figure 5B is an interactive schematic diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method shown in Figure 5B corresponds to a mechanism in which the terminal actively reports an event. Optionally, as shown in Figure 5B, the terminal can perform a Q1 event (i.e., the aforementioned first event) to report the cellular cell (i.e., the aforementioned cellular network) or WIFI (i.e., the aforementioned WLAN network) measurement information (i.e., the aforementioned first measurement data and / or second measurement data). Afterwards, the network device can perform processing based on the Q1 information (i.e., the aforementioned determination of whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network). When the network device determines that it needs to further obtain other parameters (i.e., when the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are less than all the data required to determine the target network), the network device will send an event query (i.e., the aforementioned third event) to the terminal. The terminal determines based on the event query sent by the network device that it will report when the event threshold (i.e., the third reporting requirement) is met. When the network device determines that no further parameters need to be obtained (i.e., the current information has been processed, or as previously mentioned: the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all the data required to determine the target network), the network device does not need to send an event query to the terminal. The network device can then make a further decision based on the collected information to determine whether the terminal should reside on VoWiFi (i.e., reside on the WLAN network) or VoLTE / VoNR (i.e., reside on the cellular network). The network device can then issue instructions via OTA messages, IKE messages, or SIP messages to instruct the terminal to switch / reregister / deregister, and can carry a blocking mechanism (i.e., as previously mentioned: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network, second information is sent to the network device, indicating that the terminal failed to switch and / or register with the target network). The terminal can then perform corresponding operations according to the instructions to complete the Radio Access Type (RAT) switching mechanism. Optionally, upon receiving an instruction to use a cellular circuit for wireless transmission, the terminal deactivates the Wi-Fi connection, and upon receiving an instruction to stop using the cellular circuit for wireless transmission, the terminal resumes the Wi-Fi connection.

[0453] Optionally, Figure 5C is an interactive schematic diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method shown in Figure 5C corresponds to an event and its mechanism sent by the network. Optionally, as shown in Figure 5C, the network device can send an A / B / C / W / V / H event (i.e., the aforementioned second event) to the terminal, and the terminal can perform measurements based on the event threshold sent by the network device (i.e., the aforementioned second reporting requirement). When the relevant threshold is reached, the terminal reports relevant data to the network device (i.e., the aforementioned terminal reports the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device based on the second event). The network device can make a judgment based on the acquired terminal data and the network status (i.e., the load condition of the aforementioned first network and / or the load condition of the second network) to decide whether the terminal (or UE) performs biased registration and sends a P1 event or a P2 event based on the bias. Among them, sending the P1 event or P2 event based on bias can be understood as the aforementioned: when the network load condition estimated by the network device is less than the first threshold, and the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data is less than all the data required to determine the target network, sending the third event; and when the network load condition estimated by the network device is greater than or equal to the first threshold, sending the fourth event to the terminal. Afterwards, the terminal performs measurements according to the event threshold issued by the network device (i.e., the aforementioned third reporting requirement and / or fourth reporting requirement) and reports the WIFI / cellular results, so that the network device decides based on the measurement results and network status whether the terminal needs to reside in VoWiFi (i.e., reside in the WLAN network) or reside in VoLTE / VoNR (i.e., reside in the cellular network), and can issue instructions through OTA messages, IKE messages, and SIP messages to instruct the terminal to switch / re-register / des-register, and can carry a block mechanism (i.e., the aforementioned: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network, a second information is sent to the network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register the target network). After that, the terminal can perform corresponding operations according to the instructions to complete the radio access type (Radio Access Type, RAT) switching mechanism.

[0454] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0455] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0456] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0457] FIG6A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a network device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6A , it includes:

[0458] a receiving module, configured to receive first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by a terminal; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; and the first network and the second network can be respectively used to implement different types of voice services;

[0459] a processing module, configured to determine a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0460] A sending module is used to send first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network.

[0461] Optionally, the processing module is used to execute the steps related to "processing" performed by the network device 101 in any of the above methods, and the sending module is used to execute the steps related to "sending" performed by the network device 101 in any of the above methods. The receiving module is used to execute the steps related to receiving performed by the network device 101 in any of the above methods, and will not be repeated here.

[0462] FIG6B is a schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6B , it includes:

[0463] a sending module, configured to report first measurement data and / or second measurement data to a network device; wherein the first measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a first network, and the second measurement data is measurement data corresponding to a second network; and the first network and the second network can be respectively used to implement different types of voice services;

[0464] a receiving module, configured to receive first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used to indicate a target network, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, as determined by the network device;

[0465] A processing module is configured to connect to the target network based on the first information.

[0466] Optionally, the sending module is used to execute the steps related to "sending" performed by the terminal in any of the above methods, and the processing module is used to execute the steps related to "processing" performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. The receiving module is used to execute the steps related to receiving performed by the terminal in any of the above methods, and will not be repeated here.

[0467] Figure 7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 7100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 7100 can be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user equipment, etc.), a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal to implement any of the above methods. Communication device 7100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0468] As shown in Figure 7A, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The processor 7101 is used to call instructions to enable the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

[0469] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 7102 may be located outside the communication device 7100.

[0470] In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, the communication steps such as sending and receiving in the above method are performed by the transceiver 7103, and the other steps are performed by the processor 7101.

[0471] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0472] Optionally, the communication device 7100 further includes one or more interface circuits 7104, which are connected to the memory 7102. The interface circuits 7104 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to the memory 7102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuits 7104 may read instructions stored in the memory 7102 and send the instructions to the processor 7101.

[0473] The communication device 7100 described in the above embodiment may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by FIG. 7a. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0474] 7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 7200 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 7100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 7200 shown in FIG7B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0475] The chip 7200 includes one or more processors 7201 , and the processor 7201 is used to call instructions so that the chip 7200 executes any of the above methods.

[0476] In some embodiments, chip 7200 further includes one or more interface circuits 7202, which are connected to memory 7203. Interface circuit 7202 can be used to receive signals from memory 7203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to memory 7203 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 7202 can read instructions stored in memory 7203 and send the instructions to processor 7201. Optionally, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver are interchangeable.

[0477] In some embodiments, the chip 7200 further includes one or more memories 7203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 7203 may be located outside the chip 7200.

[0478] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the communication device 7100, the communication device 7100 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0479] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 7100, enables the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0480] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

[0481] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server or data center to another website, computer, server or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (eg, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (eg, a high-density digital video disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (eg, a solid state disk (SSD)).

[0482] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0483] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0484] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises at least one of the following: The network device receives the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal; wherein the first measurement data is the corresponding measurement data in the first network, and the second measurement data is the corresponding measurement data in the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively; Determine a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, the target network being the first network or the second network, the target network being a network to which the terminal is to be connected determined by the network device; Sending first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first network is a wireless local area network (WLAN), and the second network is a cellular network (Cellualr); or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The receiving the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal includes: The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal based on a first event is received; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate that: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The receiving the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal includes: sending a second event to the terminal, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item; receiving the first measurement data and / or second measurement data reported by the terminal based on the second event.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes: determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining a target network; The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are less than all the data required to determine the target network, sending a third event to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, and the third measurement data is: data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all the data required to determine the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item; receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event; A target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes: determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining a target network; The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required for determining a target network, and the target network is determined directly based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The determining the target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data includes: Determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network; The target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The determining the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network includes: estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data; The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network; The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are less than all the data required to determine the target network, sending a third event to the terminal, where the third event is used to obtain third measurement data, and the third measurement data is: data other than the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data in all the data required to determine the target network; the third event includes a third reporting requirement corresponding to at least one third parameter item, where the third parameter item is a parameter item corresponding to the third measurement data, and the third event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the third parameter item meets the third reporting requirement corresponding to the third parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the third parameter item; receiving third measurement data reported by the terminal based on the third event; updating and determining a load condition of the first network and a load condition of the second network; The target network is determined based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the third measurement data, an updated load condition of the first network, and an updated load condition of the second network.

9. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The determining the target network based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network includes: estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data; The estimated load condition of the network is less than a first threshold, and determining whether the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network; The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are all data required to determine the target network, and the target network is determined directly based on at least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, the load condition of the first network, and the load condition of the second network.

10. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The method further comprises: estimating a network with the best quality between the first network and the second network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data; The estimated load condition of the network is greater than or equal to the first threshold, and a fourth event is sent to the terminal, the fourth event including a fourth reporting requirement corresponding to at least one fourth parameter item, the fourth parameter item being a parameter item corresponding to the measurement data required to determine the target network, and the fourth event being used to indicate: when the measurement data of the fourth parameter item meets the fourth reporting requirement corresponding to the fourth parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the fourth parameter item; wherein the fourth reporting requirement is a reporting requirement that the measurement data of the terminal will not meet, and the fourth reporting requirement is used to limit the terminal from reporting measurement data.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that: The determining of the target network comprises: At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is greater than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the first network is less than a first threshold, and the first network is determined as the target network; At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is lower than the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load condition of the second network is lower than a first threshold, and the second network is determined as the target network; At least one of the first measurement data, the second measurement data, and the third measurement data indicates that the communication quality of the first network is equal to the communication quality of the second network, and / or the load conditions of the first network and the second network are less than a first threshold, and the first network or the second network is determined as the target network.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that: The target network is the same as the current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network; The target network is different from a current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following: Switching from the current access network to the target network; To register the current access network; Re-register to the target network.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that The first information is also used to indicate that: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network, second information is sent to the network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network.

14. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The terminal reports the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device; wherein the first measurement data is the corresponding measurement data in the first network, and the second measurement data is the corresponding measurement data in the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively; The terminal receives first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used to indicate a target network, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected as determined by the network device; The terminal is connected to the target network based on the first information.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that The first network is a WLAN, and the second network is a cellular network; or, the first network is a cellular network, and the second network is a WLAN.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that The reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device includes: Actively reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device based on a first event; the first event includes a first reporting requirement corresponding to at least one first parameter item, and the at least one first parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the first event is used to indicate: when the measurement data of the first parameter item meets the first reporting requirement corresponding to the first parameter item, the terminal actively reports the measurement data of the first parameter item.

17. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that The reporting the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device includes: receiving a second event sent by the network device, where the second event includes a second reporting requirement corresponding to at least one second parameter item, where the at least one second parameter item includes one or more parameter items in the first network and / or one or more parameter items in the second network; the second event is used to indicate that when the measurement data of the second parameter item meets the second reporting requirement corresponding to the second parameter item, the terminal reports the measurement data of the second parameter item; The first measurement data and / or the second measurement data are reported based on the second event.

18. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that: The target network is the same as the current access network of the terminal, and the first indication is used to indicate residing in the target network; The target network is different from a current access network of the terminal, and the first information is used to indicate at least one of the following: Switching from the current access network to the target network; To register the current access network; Re-register to the target network.

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that The first information is also used to indicate that: when the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network, second information is sent to the network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the terminal fails to switch and / or register with the target network.

20. A communication method, characterized in that: Used in a communication system, the communication system includes a network device and a terminal, and the method includes at least one of the following: The terminal reports the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device; wherein the first measurement data is the corresponding measurement data in the first network, and the second measurement data is the corresponding measurement data in the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively; The network device receives the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal; The network device determines a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, where the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected, determined by the network device; The network device sends first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network; The terminal receives first information sent by the network device; The terminal is connected to the target network based on the first information.

21. A network device comprising at least one of the following: A receiving module is used to receive the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data reported by the terminal; wherein, The first measurement data is the measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is the measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively; a processing module, configured to determine a target network based on the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data, wherein the target network is the first network or the second network, and the target network is a network to which the terminal is to be connected determined by the network device; The sending module is used to send first information to the terminal, where the first information is used to indicate the target network.

22. A terminal comprising at least one of the following: A sending module is used to report the first measurement data and / or the second measurement data to the network device; wherein, The first measurement data is the measurement data corresponding to the first network, and the second measurement data is the measurement data corresponding to the second network; the first network and the second network can be used to implement different types of voice services respectively; a receiving module, configured to receive first information sent by the network device, wherein the first information is used to indicate a target network, the target network being the first network or the second network, and the target network being a network to which the terminal is to be connected as determined by the network device; A processing module is configured to connect to the target network based on the first information.

23. A communication device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The one or more processors are used to call instructions so that the communication device executes the communication method described in any one of claims 1-13 and 14-19.

24. A communication system, characterized in that: The invention comprises a terminal and a network device, wherein the network device is configured to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, and the terminal is configured to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 14 to 19.

25. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1-13 and 14-19.

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