Fast signaling device and method based on the hybrid automatic repeat request process sign
Technical field
The present invention relates to the device and method of setting up fast signalling in a kind of WCDMA (Wideband Code Division MultipleAccess) (hereinafter to be referred as WCDMA) GSM; Relate in particular to and a kind ofly between base station (hereinafter to be referred as Node B) and subscriber equipment (User Equipment) (hereinafter to be referred as UE), set up the apparatus and method of fast signalling, and be particularly related to a kind of fast signaling device and method that identifies (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Process ID) (hereinafter to be referred as HARQ Process ID) based on hybrid automatic repeat request process to what WCDMA GSM high speed downlink grouped inserted (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) (hereinafter to be referred as HSDPA).
Background technology
According to HSDPA system architecture (please refer to third generation partner program (the 3rdGeneration Partnership Project) (hereinafter to be referred as 3GPP) TS 25.308 documents such as grade); Except the physical layer signaling that on High-Speed Shared Control Channel (High Speed Shared Control Channel) (hereinafter to be referred as HS-SCCH), passes to UE (and follow at downlink dedicated physical control channel (Downlink Dedicated Physical Control Channel; Abbreviation DL-DPCCH) pass to the physical layer signaling of UE on) outside, Node B does not have other mode to transmit more directly physical layer control informations to UE.
In addition; Node B can pass through radio network controller (Radio NetworkController; Be called for short RNC) upgrade the physical layer information of UE; But to come into force be a process (for example, milliseconds up to a hundred or longer) very slowly because Radio Resource control (Radio Resource Control) (hereinafter to be referred as RRC) signaling is from being initiated to, so the RRC signaling can not adapt to fast-changing channel conditions.Therefore it is necessary studying and how between Node B and UE, setting up fast signalling, and this point also can be found out (please refer to 3GPP TR 25.899 V6.1.0) from the report of 3GPP.
3GPP be desirably in the ensuing 3GPP standard (for example R6, R7 version) can between Node B and UE, set up fast signalling transmit some information that need the fast adaptation channel variation (as; Difference power (Measure Power Offset is called for short MPO) or the like is measured in the report, the renewal that strengthen channel quality indication (Channel Quality Indication) (hereinafter to be referred as CQI)).3GPP is desirably on the fast signalling of HSDPA has more enhancing, but present technology still can not reliably, sufficiently reach this point.
The idle information that document 3GPP TR 25.899 V6.1.0 have proposed channelization code set in a kind of HS-SCCH of utilization channel (Channelisation Code Set) (C S) lining strengthens the CQI method of reporting.This method also can be regarded a kind of method of between Node B and UE, setting up fast signalling as, but when the idle information in the CCS can not obtain, just can not set up this fast signalling.
Summary of the invention
In view of above-mentioned; Need enhancing and the very limited situation of its fast signalling at present of fast signalling in order to solve HSDPA; The objective of the invention is to propose a kind of fast signaling device and method based on HARQProcess ID; It is based on the fast signalling enhancement techniques of HARQ Process ID; Not changing original physical layer needs information transmitted, but to its handling process, the medium access control-protocol layers such as (Media Access Control-high speed) (hereinafter to be referred as MAC-hs) sublayer, Node B applying portion (Node B Application Part) (hereinafter to be referred as NBAP) and RRC have certain change at a high speed.
For realizing above-mentioned purpose; A kind of fast signaling device of the present invention based on HARQ Process ID; Comprise Node B operating part and UE operating part; Wherein above-mentioned Node B operating part comprises progress information processing unit and the fast signalling and the HARQProcess ID coding processing unit of Node B side, and above-mentioned UE operating part comprises progress information processing unit and the fast signalling and the HARQ Process ID codec processing unit of UE side.
Wherein, the operation of above-mentioned Node B operating part and UE operating part includes MAC-hs sublayer and physical layer.
The progress information processing unit of above-mentioned Node B side is used for obtaining from NBAP and scheduler etc. at least the progress information and the above-mentioned NBAP information of renewal of each UE; Its input data are at least from above-mentioned NBAP and above-mentioned scheduler etc.; Data after it is handled send to above-mentioned NBAP, above-mentioned scheduler and above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit respectively; And its result makes that the process number that sends to above-mentioned each UE is N, and wherein N is integer and 0<N<8; Above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are used for fast signalling and HARQ Process ID are carried out hybrid coding; Its input data are from the progress information processing unit of above-mentioned Node B side; Data after it is handled send to UE by Node B through air interface (UE-UTRAN interface) (hereinafter to be referred as the Uu interface); The wherein above-mentioned encoding operation that carries out is to utilize N above-mentioned HARQ Process ID and 8-N idle HARQ Process ID that sends to above-mentioned each UE to transmit above-mentioned fast signalling waiting for transmission, and wherein above-mentioned N is integer and 0<N<8; For example, suppose that N is 7, then HARQ Process ID7 is idle HARQ Process ID; For another example, suppose that N is 6, then HARQ ProcessID 6 is idle HARQ Process ID with HARQ Process ID 7.
The progress information processing unit of above-mentioned UE side is used for from the progress information of protocol layer acquisition oneself, and wherein above-mentioned protocol layer comprises protocol layers such as MAC-hs sublayer and RRC at least; Above-mentioned fast signalling is responsible for above-mentioned fast signalling that has mixed and HARQ Process ID are decoded with HARQ Process ID codec processing unit; Isolate original fast signalling and original HARQ Process ID; Its input data are at least from the progress information processing unit of above-mentioned UE side and the physical layer of UE side etc., and the data after it is handled are at least by the uses such as MAC-hs sublayer of the physical layer of above-mentioned UE side and UE side.
For realizing above-mentioned purpose, a kind of fast signalling method based on HARQ Process ID of the present invention comprises the steps:
Step 1:Node B controls the process that sends to each UE through the progress information processing unit of Node B side and counts N, and then idle process number is (8-N), and wherein N is integer and 0<N<8;
Step 2: above-mentioned Node B carries out encoding operation to fast signalling waiting for transmission with the HARQ ProcessID that sends to above-mentioned each UE through fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit; Wherein
This encoding operation is to utilize N above-mentioned HARQProcess ID and 8-N idle HARQ Process ID that sends to above-mentioned each UE to transmit above-mentioned fast signalling waiting for transmission, and wherein above-mentioned N is integer and 0<N<8;
Step 3: above-mentioned each UE decodes original HARQProcess ID data and original fast signalling data through fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit and according to the encoding operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 2.
Coding-decoding operation mode in above-mentioned steps 2 and the above-mentioned steps 3 comprises that at least HARQProcess ID forward reservation mode, HARQ Process ID oppositely reverse mode and HARQProcess ID forward reverses mode; Wherein if the encoding operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 2 is a HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode, then the decode operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 3 also is a HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode; If the encoding operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 2 is that HARQ Process ID oppositely reverses mode, then the decode operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 3 also oppositely reverses mode for HARQ Process ID; And reverse mode if the encoding operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 2 is a HARQ Process ID forward, then the decode operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 3 also is that HARQ Process ID forward reverses mode.
Wherein adopt the encoding operation mode of above-mentioned HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode to be:
If Node B need send fast signalling " 0 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 0 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Transmission HARQ Process ID 1,2 ..., use respectively during n HARQ Process ID 2,3 ..., (n+1), wherein said n is integer and 0<n<7;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 1 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 1 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Transmission HARQ Process ID 1,2 ..., use respectively during n HARQ Process ID 2,3 ..., (n+1), wherein said n is integer and 0<n<7.
Adopt the decode operation mode of above-mentioned HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode to be:
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 0, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 0 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 1, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 1 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
Other situation represent that Node B does not send fast signalling, and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is that the HARQ Process ID that receives subtracts 1, promptly
The current HARQ Process ID-1 that receives of original HARQ Process ID=.
In addition, the encoding operation mode that adopts above-mentioned HARQ Process ID oppositely to reverse mode is:
If Node B need send fast signalling " 0 ", Node B is when sending all HARQ Process ID so, and its HARQ Process ID remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 1 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 7 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Transmission HARQ Process ID 1,2 ..., its HARQ Process ID remains unchanged during n, wherein said n is integer and 0<n<7.
The decode operation mode that adopts above-mentioned HARQ Process ID oppositely to reverse mode is:
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 0, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 0 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 7, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 1 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
Other situation represent that Node B does not send fast signalling, and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is equal to the HARQ Process ID that receives, promptly
The current HARQ Process ID that receives of original HARQ Process ID=.
In addition, the encoding operation mode that adopts above-mentioned HARQ Process ID forward to reverse mode is:
If Node B need send fast signalling " 00 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 0 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Sending 1,2,3,4,5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID of HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 01 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 1 when sending HARQProcess ID 1 so; Sending 0,2,3,4,5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID of HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 10 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 6 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Sending 1,2,3,4,5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID of HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 11 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 7 when sending HARQ Process ID 1 so; Sending 0,2,3,4,5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID of HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged.
The decode operation mode that adopts above-mentioned HARQ Process ID forward to reverse mode is:
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 0, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 00 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 1, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 01 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 1;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 6, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 10 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 7, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 11 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 1;
Other situation represent that Node B does not send fast signalling, and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is equal to the HARQ Process ID that receives, promptly
The current HARQ Process ID that receives of original HARQ Process ID=.
After said method, Node B just can utilize the HARQProcess ID on the HS-SCCH to transmit some extra fast signalling data.
Adopt a kind of fast signaling device and method provided by the present invention based on HARQ Process ID; Can make between Node B and the UE and under the situation that does not increase new physical channel, (promptly need not new sign indicating number resource and power resource), can transmit some fast signallings through a spot of protocol modification.
For let above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage can be more obviously understandable, hereinafter is special lifts preferred embodiment, and cooperates Figure of description, elaborates as follows.
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Fig. 1 of the present inventionly a kind ofly sets up the used device composition frame chart of fast signalling based on HARQ Process ID;
Fig. 2 is a kind of process chart of setting up the fast signalling method based on HARQ Process ID of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a kind of fast signalling forward encoding and decoding processing procedure figure of the process sum of first embodiment of the invention when being fixed as 7;
Fig. 4 is a kind of fast signalling reverse encoding and decoding processing procedure of the process sum of second embodiment of the invention when being fixed as 7.
Fig. 5 is a kind of many bit fast signalling forward encoding and decoding processing procedure of the process sum of third embodiment of the invention when being fixed as 6.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the preferred embodiment of technical scheme of the present invention is done further to specify.
Fig. 1 of the present inventionly a kind ofly sets up the used device composition frame chart of fast signalling based on HARQ Process ID.As shown in Figure 1, device according to the invention comprises Node B operating part and UE operating part, and their operation includes MAC-hs sublayer and physical layer.Wherein above-mentioned Node B operating part comprises progress information processing unit and the fast signalling and the HARQ Process ID coding processing unit of Node B side, and above-mentioned UE operating part comprises progress information processing unit and the fast signalling and the HARQ Process ID codec processing unit of UE side.
The progress information processing unit of above-mentioned Node B side is used for obtaining from NBAP and scheduler etc. at least the progress information and the above-mentioned NBAP information of renewal of each UE; Its input data are at least from above-mentioned NBAP and above-mentioned scheduler etc.; Data after it is handled send to above-mentioned NBAP, above-mentioned scheduler and above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit respectively; And its result makes that the process number that sends to above-mentioned each UE is N, and wherein N is integer and 0<N<8.
Above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are used for fast signalling and HARQ Process ID are carried out hybrid coding; Its input data are from the progress information processing unit of above-mentioned Node B side, and the data after it is handled send to UE by Node B through the Uu interface; The wherein above-mentioned encoding operation that carries out is to utilize N above-mentioned HARQ Process ID and 8-N idle HARQ Process ID that sends to above-mentioned each UE to transmit above-mentioned fast signalling waiting for transmission, and wherein above-mentioned N is integer and 0<N<8; The encoding operation mode that it adopted can be that HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode, HARQ Process ID oppositely reverse mode or HARQ Process ID forward reverses mode.
The progress information processing unit of above-mentioned UE side is used for from the progress information of protocol layers such as MAC-hs sublayer and RRC acquisition oneself.
Above-mentioned fast signalling is responsible for above-mentioned fast signalling that has mixed and HARQ Process ID are decoded with HARQ Process ID codec processing unit; Isolate original fast signalling and original HARQ Process ID; Its input data are at least from the progress information processing unit of above-mentioned UE side and the physical layer of UE side etc., and the data after it is handled are at least by the uses such as MAC-hs sublayer of the physical layer of above-mentioned UE side and UE side; The decode operation mode that wherein it adopted can be that HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode, HARQ Process ID oppositely reverse mode or HARQ Process ID forward reverses mode; And if the encoding operation mode that above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are adopted is a HARQProcess ID forward reservation mode, then the decode operation mode that adopted of this fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit also is a HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode; If the encoding operation mode that above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are adopted is that HARQ Process ID oppositely reverses mode, then the decode operation mode that adopted of this fast signalling and HARQProcess ID codec processing unit also oppositely reverses mode for HARQ ProcessID; Reverse mode if the encoding operation mode that above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are adopted is a HARQ Process ID forward, then the decode operation mode that adopted of this fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit also is a HARQ Process ID forward reverse mode.
Fig. 2 of the present inventionly a kind ofly sets up the process chart of fast signalling method based on HARQ Process ID, and Fig. 3 is a kind of fast signalling forward encoding and decoding processing procedure figure of the process sum of first embodiment of the invention when being fixed as 7.Please be simultaneously with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3; The decode operation mode that encoding operation mode that wherein above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are adopted and above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit are adopted is HARQ Process ID forward reservation mode, specifically comprises the steps:
Step 1:Node B sends to the process number of each UE through the progress information processing unit control of above-mentioned Node B side; Make the process number that sends to each UE be no more than 7; Wherein the process number of present embodiment supposition UE is fixed as 7, and then HARQ Process ID 7 is idle HARQ Process ID;
Step 2: above-mentioned Node B carries out encoding operation to fast signalling waiting for transmission with the HARQProcess ID that sends to above-mentioned each UE through above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit; Its encoding operation mode is following:
If Node B need send fast signalling " 0 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 0 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Send HARQ Process ID 1,2,3,4,5 and used HARQ Process ID 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 at 6 o'clock respectively;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 1 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 1 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Send HARQ Process ID 1,2,3,4,5 and used HARQ Process ID 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 at 6 o'clock respectively;
Step 3: above-mentioned each UE decodes original HARQ Process ID data and original fast signalling data through above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit and according to the encoding operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 2; Its decode operation mode is following:
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 0, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 0 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 1, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 1 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
Other situation represent that Node B does not send fast signalling, and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is that the HARQ Process ID that receives subtracts 1, promptly
The current HARQ Process ID-1 that receives of original HARQ Process ID=.
Fig. 4 is a kind of fast signalling reverse encoding and decoding processing procedure of the process sum of second embodiment of the invention when being fixed as 7.Please be simultaneously with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 4; The decode operation mode that encoding operation mode that wherein above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are adopted and above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit are adopted is HARQ Process ID and oppositely reverses mode, specifically comprises the steps:
Step 1:Node B sends to the process number of each UE through the progress information processing unit control of above-mentioned Node B side; Make the process number that sends to each UE be no more than 7; Wherein the process number of present embodiment supposition UE is fixed as 7, and then HARQ Process ID 7 is idle HARQ Process ID;
Step 2: above-mentioned Node B carries out encoding operation to fast signalling waiting for transmission with the HARQProcess ID that sends to above-mentioned each UE through above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit; Its encoding operation mode is following:
If Node B need send fast signalling " 0 ", Node B is when sending all HARQ Process ID so, and its HARQ Process ID remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 1 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 7 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Sending HARQ Process ID 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 o'clock its HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
Step 3: above-mentioned each UE decodes original HARQ Process ID data and original fast signalling data through above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit and according to the encoding operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 2; Its decode operation mode is following:
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 0, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 0 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 7, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 1 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
Other situation represent that Node B does not send fast signalling, and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is equal to the HARQ Process ID that receives, promptly
The current HARQ Process ID that receives of original HARQ Process ID=.
Fig. 5 is a kind of many bit fast signalling forward encoding and decoding processing procedure of the process sum of third embodiment of the invention when being fixed as 6.Please be simultaneously with reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 5; The decode operation mode that encoding operation mode that wherein above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit are adopted and above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit are adopted is HARQ Process ID forward and reverses mode, specifically comprises the steps:
Step 1:Node B sends to the process number of each UE through the progress information processing unit control of above-mentioned Node B side; Make the process number that sends to each UE be no more than 6; Wherein the process number of present embodiment supposition UE is fixed as 6, and then HARQ Process ID 6 is idle HARQ Process ID with HARQ Process ID 7;
Step 2: above-mentioned Node B carries out encoding operation to fast signalling waiting for transmission with the HARQProcess ID that sends to above-mentioned each UE through above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID coding processing unit; Its encoding operation mode is following:
If Node B need send fast signalling " 00 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 0 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Sending HARQ Process ID 1,2,3,4 and 5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 01 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 1 when sending HARQProcess ID 1 so; Sending HARQ Process ID 0,2,3,4 and 5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 10 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 6 when sending HARQProcess ID 0 so; Sending HARQ Process ID 1,2,3,4 and 5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
If Node B need send fast signalling " 11 ", Node B uses HARQ Process ID 7 when sending HARQProcess ID 1 so; Sending HARQ Process ID 0,2,3,4 and 5 o'clock its HARQ Process ID all remains unchanged;
Step 3: above-mentioned each UE decodes original HARQ Process ID data and original fast signalling data through above-mentioned fast signalling and HARQ Process ID codec processing unit and according to the encoding operation mode in the above-mentioned steps 2; Its decode operation mode is following:
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 0, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 00 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 1, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 01 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 1;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 6, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 10 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 0;
If UE receives that the HARQ Process ID of process is 7, expression Node B has sent fast signalling " 11 ", and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is 1;
Other situation represent that Node B does not send fast signalling, and this time, and original HARQ Process ID is equal to the HARQ Process ID that receives, promptly
The current HARQ Process ID that receives of original HARQ Process ID=.
More than specified operation principle of the present invention, but the instance of this visualization of just lifting for the ease of understanding should not be considered to be limitation of the scope of the invention.Equally, according to the description of technical scheme of the present invention and preferred embodiment thereof, can make various possible being equal to and change or replacement, and all these changes or replacement all should belong to the protection range of claim of the present invention.