Method, apparatus, and terminal for determining transmission mode

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• select either a narrowband transmission mode of a communications protocol or a wideband transmission mode of a communications protocol for a terminal according to a network resource condition;
• determine whether a first terminal power consumption associated with the narrowband transmission mode exceeds a second terminal power consumption associated with the wideband transmission mode according to capability information reported by the terminal;
• and
• set either the narrowband transmission mode or the wideband transmission mode as a current transmission mode of the communications protocol used by the terminal based on terminal power consumptions associated with the respective transmission modes, wherein the narrowband transmission mode is set as the current transmission mode of the communications protocol if the first terminal power consumption fails to exceed the second terminal power consumption.

A method for determining a transmission mode, the method comprising:

• selecting either a narrowband transmission mode of a communications protocol or a wideband transmission mode of the communications protocol for communications between a terminal and a base station according to a network resource condition;
• determining whether a first power consumption of the terminal when communicating in accordance with the narrowband transmission mode exceeds a second power consumption of the terminal when communicating in accordance with the wideband transmission mode according to capability information reported by the terminal;
• and
• setting either the narrowband transmission mode or the wideband transmission mode as a current transmission mode of the communications protocol used for communications between the terminal and the base station based on terminal power consumptions associated with the respective transmission modes, wherein the narrowband transmission mode is set as the current transmission mode of the communications protocol if the first power consumption fails to exceed the second power consumption.