US-12627968-B2 - Communication method and related device

Abstract

Provided are a communication method and related device. The method is applied to a terminal device including a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a second SIM card. A request for first service is received from the first SIM card; in response to the first SIM card needing to preempt a radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card, a measurement cell set of the second SIM card is sent to the first SIM card; a first measurement is performed using the first SIM card and a first measurement report is generated, the first measurement including a measurement performed based on the measurement cell set of the second SIM card; the first measurement report is sent to the second SIM card after execution of the first service is completed; and a current serving cell of the second SIM card is determined according to the first measurement report.

Inventors

• Haizhou Liu

Assignees

• GREATER SHINE LIMITED

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20231228

Priority Date

20230810

Claims (20)

1. 1 . A method of communication, applied to a terminal device comprising a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a second SIM card, wherein the method comprises: receiving a request for a first service from the first SIM card; in response to the first SIM card needing to preempt a radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card, sending a measurement cell set of the second SIM card to the first SIM card; performing a first measurement by using the first SIM card and generating a first measurement report, wherein the first measurement comprises a measurement performed based on the measurement cell set of the second SIM card; sending the first measurement report to the second SIM card in response to execution of the first service being completed; and determining a current serving cell of the second SIM card according to the first measurement report.
2. 2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, by using a radio frequency resource of the terminal device, a measurement cell set of the first SIM card sent by a network device; and performing a second measurement by using the first SIM card and generating a second measurement report, wherein the second measurement comprises a measurement performed based on the measurement cell set of the first SIM, and the second measurement report is used for handover of a serving cell of the first SIM card.
3. 3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a priority of the second measurement is higher than a priority of the first measurement.
4. 4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a measurement period of the first measurement is greater than a measurement period of the second measurement.
5. 5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein before the step of in response to the first SIM card needing to preempt the radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card, the method further comprises: occupying, by using the second SIM card, a radio frequency resource of the terminal device to establish an original wireless transmission link for the second SIM card, wherein the original wireless transmission link is used for performing a second service; and in response to a priority of the first service being higher than a priority of the second service, determining that the first SIM card needs to preempt the radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card.
6. 6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: establishing or re-establishing a wireless transmission link for the second SIM card according to the current serving cell of the second SIM card.
7. 7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first measurement report comprises signal quality of an original serving cell of the second SIM card, and wherein determining the current serving cell of the second SIM card according to the first measurement report comprises: determining whether the signal quality of the original serving cell of the second SIM card satisfies a preset condition according to the first measurement report; determining the original serving cell as the current serving cell of the second SIM card in response to the signal quality of the original serving cell of the second SIM card satisfying the preset condition; and determining the current serving cell of the second SIM card among cells other than the original serving cell in response to the signal quality of the original serving cell of the second SIM card not satisfying the preset condition.
8. 8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the first measurement report further comprises signal qualities of neighbor cells of the original serving cell of the second SIM card, and wherein determining the current serving cell of the second SIM card among the cells other than the original serving cell comprises: determining whether the signal quality of each of the neighbor cells of the original serving cell satisfies a preset condition; in response to the signal qualities of the neighbor cells of the original serving cell satisfying the preset condition, determining the current serving cell of the second SIM card among the neighbor cells of the original serving cell; and in response to the signal qualities of the neighbor cells of the original serving cell not satisfying the preset condition, searching cells other than the original serving cell and the neighbor cells of the original serving cell, and determining the current serving cell of the second SIM card among the cells other than the original serving cell and the neighbor cells of the original serving cell.
9. 9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein establishing or re-establishing the wireless transmission link for the second SIM card according to the current serving cell of the second SIM card comprises: in response to the current serving cell of the second SIM card being an original serving cell and a duration of execution of the first service being less than a target duration, re-establishing an original wireless transmission link established based on the original serving cell as the wireless transmission link for the second SIM card.
10. 10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the first measurement by using the first SIM card comprises: performing the first measurement by performing an Inter-Radio Access Technology (inter-RAT) measurement using the first SIM card in response to an RAT of a serving cell to which the first SIM card has access being different from an RAT of an original serving cell to which the second SIM card has access.
11. 11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement cell set of the second SIM card is contained in a measurement configuration or a System Information Block (SIB) received by the second SIM card from a network device.
12. 12 . A device of communication, applied to a terminal device comprising a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a second SIM card, wherein the device comprises: a transceiver, configured to receive a request for a first service from the first SIM card; and send a measurement cell set of the second SIM card to the first SIM card in response to the first SIM card needing to preempt a radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card; and a processor, configured to perform a first measurement by using the first SIM card and generate a first measurement report, wherein the first measurement comprises a measurement performed based on the measurement cell set of the second SIM card; the transceiver being further configured to send the first measurement report to the second SIM card in response to execution of the first service being completed; and the processor being further configured to determine a current serving cell of the second SIM card according to the first measurement report.
13. 13 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive, by using a radio frequency resource of the terminal device, a measurement cell set of the first SIM card sent by a network device; and the processor is further configured to perform a second measurement by using the first SIM card and generating a second measurement report, wherein the second measurement comprises a measurement performed based on the measurement cell set of the first SIM, and the second measurement report is used for handover of a serving cell of the first SIM card.
14. 14 . The device of claim 13 , wherein a priority of the second measurement is higher than a priority of the first measurement, wherein a measurement period of the first measurement is greater than a measurement period of the second measurement.
15. 15 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to: before the step of in response to the first SIM card needing to preempt the radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card, occupy, by using the second SIM card, a radio frequency resource of the terminal device to establish an original wireless transmission link for the second SIM card, wherein the original wireless transmission link is used for performing a second service; and in response to a priority of the first service being higher than a priority of the second service, determine that the first SIM card needs to preempt the radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card.
16. 16 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to: establish or re-establish a wireless transmission link for the second SIM card according to the current serving cell of the second SIM card.
17. 17 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the first measurement report comprises signal quality of an original serving cell of the second SIM card, and the processor is configured to: determine whether the signal quality of the original serving cell of the second SIM card satisfies a preset condition according to the first measurement report; determine the original serving cell as the current serving cell of the second SIM card in response to the signal quality of the original serving cell of the second SIM card satisfying the preset condition; and determine the current serving cell of the second SIM card among cells other than the original serving cell in response to the signal quality of the original serving cell of the second SIM card not satisfying the preset condition.
18. 18 . The device of claim 17 , wherein the first measurement report further comprises signal qualities of neighbor cells of the original serving cell of the second SIM card, and the processor is configured to: determine whether the signal quality of each of the neighbor cells of the original serving cell satisfies a preset condition; in response to the signal qualities of the neighbor cells of the original serving cell satisfying the preset condition, determine the current serving cell of the second SIM card among the neighbor cells of the original serving cell; and in response to the signal qualities of the neighbor cells of the original serving cell not satisfying the preset condition, search cells other than the original serving cell and the neighbor cells of the original serving cell, and determine the current serving cell of the second SIM card among the cells other than the original serving cell and the neighbor cells of the original serving cell.
19. 19 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is specifically configured to: in response to the current serving cell of the second SIM card being an original serving cell and a duration of execution of the first service being less than a target duration, re-establish an original wireless transmission link established based on the original serving cell as the wireless transmission link for the second SIM card.
20. 20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having executable code stored thereon, wherein the code, when executed by a terminal device comprising a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a second SIM card, causes the terminal device to implement the following: receiving a request for a first service from the first SIM card; in response to the first SIM card needing to preempt a radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card, sending a measurement cell set of the second SIM card to the first SIM card; performing a first measurement by using the first SIM card and generating a first measurement report, wherein the first measurement comprises a measurement performed based on the measurement cell set of the second SIM card; sending the first measurement report to the second SIM card in response to execution of the first service being completed; and determining a current serving cell of the second SIM card according to the first measurement report.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of priority to Chinese Application No. 202311008997.0, filed on Aug. 10, 2023, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communication technologies, and more particularly to a communication method and a related device. BACKGROUND With the development of communication technology, the multi-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) multi-standby terminal device has been widely used. The multi-SIM multi-standby terminal device usually is a terminal device including at least two SIM cards. For example, the multi-SIM multi-standby terminal device may include a first SIM card and a second SIM card. In some scenarios, the first SIM card needs to preempt radio frequency resources of the terminal device to execute related services of the first SIM card, and the radio frequency resources will be released after the execution of the related services of the first SIM card is completed, so as to facilitate the second SIM card to access the wireless network, thereby implementing the wireless communication of the second SIM card. However, in the related technology, after the execution of the related services of the first SIM card is completed, the second SIM card takes a long time to access the wireless network, which results in poor user experience. SUMMARY Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and a related device. Various aspects of the embodiments of the present disclosure are described below. In a first aspect, there is provided a communication method applied to a terminal device including a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a second SIM card. The method includes: receiving a request for a first service from the first SIM card; in response to the first SIM card needing to preempt a radio frequency resource used by the second SIM card, sending a measurement cell set of the second SIM card to the first SIM card; performing a first measurement by using the first SIM card and generating a first measurement report, where the first measurement includes a measurement performed based on the measurement cell set of the second SIM card; sending the first measurement report to the second SIM card in response to execution of the first service being completed; and determining a current serving cell of the second SIM card according to the first measurement report. In a second aspect, there is provided a terminal device including a processor and a transceiver, where the processor cooperates with the transceiver to control the terminal device to perform the method as described in the first aspect. In a third aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having executable codes stored thereon, where the executable codes, when executed, enable to perform the method as described in the first aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic system architecture diagram of a communication system to which embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario to which a communication method in the related art. FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for a second SIM card to access a network after execution of a first service is completed in the related art. FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in combination with the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is apparent that the described embodiments are only part, rather than all, of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Communication System Architecture The technical scheme of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to various communication systems, such as Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, Advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) system, New Radio (NR) system, evolution system of NR system, LTE-based access to unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U) system, NR-based access to unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) system, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Wir