OPERATION MODE SWITCHING METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT

An operation mode switching method and user equipment that relate to the field of communications technologies are disclosed, so that an operation mode of the user equipment can be automatically switched. A specific solution is: determining, by user equipment, that a current data transmission rate of the user equipment is less than a first rate threshold, and/or a battery temperature of the user equipment is greater than a first temperature threshold; determining, by the user equipment, that the user equipment is in a CA operation mode; changing, by the user equipment, a transmission mode parameter of the user equipment to a transmission mode parameter corresponding to a non-CA operation mode; and restarting, by the user equipment, a communications module of the user equipment, and sending a first access request to a base station, where the first access request carries the transmission mode parameter corresponding to the non-CA operation mode. Embodiments of the present invention are applied to a process in which the user equipment switches an operation mode of the user equipment.