Cell determining method and apparatus, device, and storage medium

A terminal device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory for storing program codes executable by the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to load and execute the program codes to cause the terminal device to:
• perform searching to find a cell;
• and
• determine the cell as a target cell in a case where it is determined that the cell belongs to a third-party network;
• wherein the third-party network is a network other than a subscribed network of the terminal device, and the target cell is used for the terminal device to perform cell selection or cell reselection,
• wherein the determining the cell as the target cell in the case where it is determined that the cell belongs to the third-party network comprises:
• determining the cell as the target cell in the case where it is determined that the cell belongs to the third-party network and satisfies a first access condition, wherein the first access condition comprises:
• at least one Stand-alone Non-public Network (SNPN) identity in first configuration information belongs to a SNPN selected by the terminal device, or a SNPN registered with by the terminal device, or a SNPN equivalent to the SNPN registered with by the terminal device;
• and
• tracking area information associated with the SNPN identity in the first configuration information does not belong to any of access-forbidden tracking area information associated with the terminal device, wherein the access-forbidden tracking area associated with the terminal device is a tracking area associated with the identity of the SNPN selected by the terminal device or the SNPN registered with by the terminal device or the SNPN equivalent to the SNPN registered with by the terminal device.

A cell determining method, being applied to a network device, the method comprising:

• sending first configuration information to a terminal device;
• wherein the first configuration information is used for the terminal device for determining a cell found through searching as a target cell in a case where it is determined that the cell found through searching belongs to a third-party network and satisfies a first access condition, the third-party network is a network other than a subscribed network of the terminal device, and the first access condition comprises:
• at least one Stand-alone Non-public Network (SNPN) identity in the first configuration information belongs to a SNPN selected by the terminal device, or a SNPN registered with by the terminal device, or a SNPN equivalent to the SNPN registered with by the terminal device;
• and
• tracking area information associated with the SNPN identity in the first configuration information does not belong to any of access-forbidden tracking area information associated with the terminal device, wherein the access-forbidden tracking area associated with the terminal device is a tracking area associated with the identity of the SNPN selected by the terminal device or the SNPN registered with by the terminal device or the SNPN equivalent to the SNPN registered with by the terminal device.

A network device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory for storing program codes executable by the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to load and execute the program codes to cause the network device to:
• send first configuration information to a terminal device,
• wherein the first configuration information is used for the terminal device for determining a cell found through searching as a target cell in a case where it is determined that the cell found through searching belongs to a third-party network and satisfies a first access condition, the third-party network is a network other than a subscribed network of the terminal device, and the first access condition comprises:
• at least one Stand-alone Non-public Network (SNPN) identity in the first configuration information belongs to a SNPN selected by the terminal device, or a SNPN registered with by the terminal device, or a SNPN equivalent to the SNPN registered with by the terminal device;
• and
• tracking area information associated with the SNPN identity in the first configuration information does not belong to any of access-forbidden tracking area information associated with the terminal device, wherein the access-forbidden tracking area associated with the terminal device is a tracking area associated with the identity of the SNPN selected by the terminal device or the SNPN registered with by the terminal device or the SNPN equivalent to the SNPN registered with by the terminal device.