Method and apparatus for determining a poor network quality area

A method performed by a terminal device, comprising:

• sending network status data from the terminal device to a server, wherein the network status data comprises either:
• congestion status data, cell identifier data, time data, and network slice data;
• or
• latency data, the cell identifier data, the network slice data, and the time data;
• receiving information regarding at least one poor network quality area from the server;
• and
• performing at least one action based on the information regarding the at least one poor network quality area, wherein performing the at least one action based on the information regarding the at least one poor network quality area comprises at least one of:
• reminding a driver of the poor network quality area;
• or
• switching an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode before the terminal device enters into a poor network quality area,
• wherein the at least one poor network quality area is determined based on the network status data from at least one of:
• at least one terminal device,
• a network device, or
• an application server.

A server, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor, whereby said server is operative to:
• determine at least one poor network quality area, for cellular Vehicle-to-Everything, C-V2X, based on network status data from at least one of:
• at least one terminal device,
• a network device, or
• an application server;
• send information regarding the at least one poor network quality area to a terminal device, wherein the information enables a terminal device to perform at least one action based on the information regarding the at least one poor network quality area, the at least one action comprising at least one of:
• reminding a driver of a poor network quality area;
• or
• switching an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode before the terminal device enters into the poor network quality area;
• wherein the network status data comprises either:
• congestion status data, cell identifier data, time data, and network slice data;
• or
• latency data, the cell identifier data, the network slice data, and the time data.

A terminal device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor, whereby said terminal device is operative to:
• send network status data from the terminal device to a server, wherein the network status data comprises either:
• congestion status data, cell identifier data, time data, and network slice data;
• or
• latency data, the cell identifier data, the network slice data, and the time data;
• receive information regarding at least one poor network quality area from a server;
• and
• perform at least one action based on the information regarding the at least one poor network quality area, wherein performing the at least one action based on the information regarding the at least one poor network quality area comprises at least one of:
• reminding a driver of a poor network quality area;
• or
• switching an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode before the terminal device enters into the poor network quality area,
• wherein the at least one poor network quality area is determined based on network status data from at least one of:
• at least one terminal device,
• a network device, or
• an application server.