Background technology
IEEE802.16j multi-hop relay task groups is the working group that IEEE set up in March, 2006, and its main purpose is the multi-hop expansion that defines IEEE802.16, in order to further increase the throughput and the coverage that enlarges system of system.This task groups strengthens the IEEE802.16e standard by use the multi-hop relay technology between base station (BS) and mobile radio station (MS), has defined and has supported the physical layer of multi-hop relay and system and the function of MAC layer.
But, do not support peer-to-peer communications in IEEE802.16j.Peer-to-peer communications is that the each party of communication has the traffic model that identical ability and each party can the initiating communication sessions.The reciprocity business of use multi-hop is normally transmitted between the user, and this business has such as flexibility, reliability, load balancing etc. plurality of advantages.
Yet, because the peer-to-peer communications business is difficult to be managed, controls, scheduling and charging, therefore seldom accepted by operator.Although there are some companies to propose to support that these suggestions are not accepted without the architecture of the reciprocity multi-hop transmission of BS in IEEE802.16j.This is because in these structures, this mobile radio station (MS) ← → relay station (RS) ← → multi-hop transmission of mobile radio station (MS) and without BS, neither set up and safeguard by BS, so BS can not manage it, controls, scheduling and charging.
For example, wireless Ad Hoc (Ad hoc) network is a kind of attractive alternative network topology for 4G network and IMT-Advanced (IMT-Advance) in the future.In this network topology, user terminal represents that other terminal receives and forwarding service, to form dynamic multi-hop Ad hoc network between the user.Yet due to the business between user transmission and without BS, therefore the key issue of this network topology is how operator controls this point-to-point service, so as to dispatch, management, charging etc.
In existing hop relay network, owing to not supporting peer-to-peer communications, all up links and downlink traffic must be passed through BS, have formed hub-and-spoke network topology.Because flow aggregate makes the link that leads to BS usually have high capacity and easily becomes bottleneck.In addition, multi-hop relay has also increased some extra signal transmission delays.This extra delay may comprise processing delay and the dispatch delay in RS.This problem is very serious in the control signal exchange.For example, the MS bandwidth request may need could arrive BS through multi-hop relay through the longer time.In addition, because each RS has covered less zone, so the movement in the residential quarter is more flexible, and current handover scheme switches and designs for minizone (inter-cell), and is not suitable for (intra-cell) switching in the residential quarter.Therefore also need to be for the more effective handover scheme of frequency shifts in the residential quarter.
In order to address the above problem, in IEEE802.16j, accepted the IEEE C802.16-07/023r3 motion that Alcatel Lucent proposes " Frame Structure forTransparent Relay Mode (frame structure that is used for the transparent relay pattern) ", and it has been included in IEEE 802.16j D2 standard.In this transparent relay pattern, the MS relevant to RS is arranged in the coverage of BS, then directly arrives MS from lead code and MAP (resource distribution) signaling of BS in RS, is also not transmission preamble code and MAP of RS.All MS in residential quarter and RS keep synchronizeing with BS by the lead code of BS, and (DL-MAP is the MAC layer-management message that defines the downlink burst zero-time to obtain DL MAP and UL MAP from BS, UL-MAP is the MAC layer-management message that defines the uplink burst zero-time), distribute according to the resource in MAP the data flow is carried out relaying.
Transmission provides time delay still less to this transparent relay pattern for downlink control signal, and has simplified the design of RS, has reduced the complexity of RS, also is conducive in addition switching within cell.Yet due to backward compatible demand, this design still has some limitation.Particularly, in this pattern, control signal only is applied to down link with separating of data, and the control signal of all up links and data still must experience the extra delay that is caused by multi-hop.This multihop network remains star topology, so all flows still assemble at the BS place, thereby may cause the flow bottleneck.Therefore, this pattern still can not be supported peer-to-peer communications flexibly.
In sum, in existing cellular network or hop relay network, because all data traffics must be assembled the shortcoming that causes producing flow bottleneck and propagation delay time at the BS place.Although peer-to-peer communications can address this problem effectively, if peer-to-peer communications is introduced existing cellular network or hop relay network, can make BS can not control MS or can not obtain control information from MS.And flow bottleneck and propagation delay time problem that above-mentioned transparent relay pattern still exists the data convergence of up link to cause at the BS place also still can not be supported peer-to-peer communications flexibly.
Embodiment
With reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the invention are described in detail, have omitted unnecessary for the present invention details and function in the description process, obscure to prevent that the understanding of the present invention from causing.
As shown in Figure 1, embodiments of the invention provide the data transmission method in a kind of wireless access system, comprise the following steps: in step S1, the base station directly sends control information to mobile radio station and/or relay station; Then in step S2, mobile radio station and/or relay station be according to described control information, with the transfer of data of correspondence to down hop, until with described transfer of data to the point of destination.
according to embodiments of the invention, by the transmission path of control information and the transmission path of data are separated, under the centralized control of base station, by RS or MS, data are carried out the multi-hop relay transmission, thereby can effectively realize the peer-to-peer communications between mobile radio station and/or relay station, avoided data traffic to assemble at the place, base station, effectively overcome in the prior art in the flow bottleneck at place, base station and the problem of propagation delay time, and can reach load balancing by base station selected optimal transmission paths, flexibility and the validity of data routes have been strengthened, still guaranteed simultaneously the control and management function of base station to the data flow, make operator still can come operation dispatching by the base station, management, the functions such as charging.
In addition, according to embodiments of the invention, relay station only needs according to the control information that the base station sends, data to be carried out relay transmission, and do not need to possess the control and management function, all control and management functions all concentrate in the base station, therefore simplify the structure of relay station, reduced the complexity that relay station is realized.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, described control information can comprise the information of indicating down hop; Correspondingly, described mobile radio station and/or relay station can comprise the transfer of data of the correspondence step to down hop according to described control information: mobile radio station and/or relay station be according to the information of described indication down hop, with the transfer of data of correspondence to corresponding down hop.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, but also other control information of direct interaction between the mobile radio station in described wireless access system or relay station and described base station, described other control information can comprise that handover request, handover acknowledge, sleep request, dormancy are replied, distance measurement request or range finding are replied etc.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart according to the embodiment two of the data transmission method of wireless access system of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, the present embodiment two comprises: in step S01, the mobile radio station in wireless access system and/or relay station are to described base station status report information; Then in step S02, the mobile radio station that described base station is indicated according to described state report information and/or the current state of relay station are described data selection optimal transmission paths in the mobile radio station from described wireless access system and/or relay station; In step S03, described base station builds described control information according to selected optimal transmission paths subsequently; Then in step S1, described base station sends control information to mobile radio station and/or the relay station in selected optimal transmission paths, with the next hop information of the described data of indication transmission and the resource of being distributed; Then in step S2, mobile radio station and/or relay station be according to the next hop information of described control information indicating, with the transfer of data of correspondence to corresponding down hop, until with described transfer of data to the point of destination.
In the present embodiment two, by the mobile radio station in wireless access system and/or relay station to base station status report information, make the base station to come to be the data selection optimal transmission paths according to this state report information, and build control information according to selected transmission path, thereby can effectively the centralized control in base station and data distributed transmission be combined, and can select neatly the most effective transmission path according to the immediate status of wireless access system, reach load balancing.
Preferably, in the present embodiment two, described step S02 can comprise: in the extra-heavy situation in described base station, described base station is by holding consultation to select another base station to transmit described data with other adjacent base station, the mobile radio station that described base station and described another base station are indicated according to described state report information and/or the current state of relay station, the transmission path of definite described data through consultation.Described step S1 can comprise: described base station and described another base station send control information to corresponding mobile radio station and/or relay station according to the transmission path of the described described data of determining through consultation.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, described mobile radio station can be multi-antenna terminal, described mobile radio station can use at least one antenna with the mutual control information in described base station, and use at least one other antenna with according to described control information and corresponding down hop interaction data, thereby separate physically control information transmission and transfer of data.For example, can come for the control information transmission than low rate in the scope of longer distance with an antenna than low frequency spectrum, the antenna with a higher frequency spectrum comes for the transfer of data than the high-throughput in short distance simultaneously.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, also can comprise before the step that directly sends control information to mobile radio station and/or relay station in described base station: described mobile radio station or relay station directly send service request to the base station.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, described mobile radio station can be multimode terminal or multi protocol supporting terminal, described mobile radio station sends data to down hop according to transmission mode and the communication protocol self selected, and described transmission mode and communication protocol are different from transmission mode and the communication protocol that the data communication between described mobile radio station and described base station is adopted.Perhaps, described mobile radio station and/or relay station can be multimode terminal or multi protocol supporting terminal, and described mobile radio station and/or relay station send data to down hop according to the transmission mode and the communication protocol that are determined by described base station.Below by the application in different application scenarioss, this is illustrated.
For example, in application, by the non-carrier network of carrier network control and management, integrated WLAN (non-carrier network) in WiMAX (carrier network) network for example, and user terminal is dual-mode terminal (supporting WIMAX and WLAN).
Application scenarios 1: the user sends service request by WiMAX chain road direction base station, and acceptance message is responded in the base station, and mobile radio station carries out data communication with WLAN agreement and neighboring user station or access point (AP) like this.
Application scenarios 2: the user sends service request by WiMAX chain road direction base station, and the base station is responded acceptance message and also indicated corresponding routing iinformation, and mobile radio station carries out data communication with the WLAN agreement according to the path of base station appointment and neighboring user station or AP like this.
Application scenarios 3: the user is by WiMAX chain road direction base station transmission service request, and the base station is selected according to current state, and indicating user communicates with WiMAX and base station or carries out data communication with WLAN and neighboring user station/AP.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of example one of the data transmission method of wireless access system of the present invention.As shown in the dotted arrow in Fig. 3, control information (for example service request, authentication, channel resource reservation, priority indication etc.) is directly transmitted between BS and RS/MS.BS is responsible for all control and management functions.On the other hand, as shown in the solid arrow in Fig. 3, come peer-to-peer communications between relay transmission MS by the RS/MS in the middle of several, BS specified data transmission path is reaching load balancing, so data traffic needn't be passed through BS.
Obviously, being separated of this control information transmission and transfer of data realized peer-to-peer communications under base station (BS) controls.BS is responsible for the selection of data transfer path, and middle RS/MS only needs to possess the path of notifying according to BS and receives function with forwarding data.All transmission are controlled (for example desired frequency band) and are all specified by BS and distribute.The functions such as the RS/MS in the middle of these do not need to possess Path selection, user's access or resource distribution only need to BS status report information, so that BS selects the optimal transmission paths of data according to this state report information.Therefore, the Radio Link of transfer of data can be short distance and have a high data rate.And the control link of control information transmission can be designed as have lower data rate, higher reliability and be used for larger overlay area than longer transmission distance.The example of an application is with the 2G/3G network for the transmission of long-distance control signal, simultaneously high speed 4G air interface to be used for transfer of data.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of example two of the data transmission method of wireless access system of the present invention.As shown in the solid arrow in Fig. 4, direct the transmission of data flow between MS, and as shown in the dotted arrow in Fig. 4, mutual control information between MS and BS.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of example three of the data transmission method of wireless access system of the present invention.As shown in the solid arrow in Fig. 5, transmission and relay data flow between MS, and needn't pass through BS.MS can receive data and is forwarded the data to down hop, until these data arrive the point of destination.As shown in the dotted arrow in Fig. 5, all business are still controlled by the BS concentrated area, so as BS to all data traffics manage, scheduling, charging etc.
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of example four of the data transmission method of wireless access system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 6, carry out transfer of data via RS between MS, and the MS that all relate to and RS control by BS.
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of example five of the data transmission method of wireless access system of the present invention.In Star Network as shown in Figure 6, control signal and data are separated physically, also namely have different transmission paths.MS or RS are directly and BS communicates so that exchange of control information, and data are carried out relay transmission by RS.
Data transmission method by wireless access system of the present invention can easily reach load balancing, in requested BS or the extra-heavy situation of serving BS broadcasts, can directly data traffic be relayed to adjacent BS.Fig. 8 shows processing schematic diagram in this case.As shown in Figure 8, MS is to its " local " base station A request service, however the current overburden state that has been in transfer of data of base station A, so base station A is adjacent the base station that current available free bearing capacity is held consultation to seek in the base station.Base station A determines another adjacent base station according to correlative factor (such as business demand, network condition, available resources etc.), and holds consultation to be identified for the multi-hop transmission path of this data transfer with this adjacent base station.Then base station A and base station B respectively mobile radio station and/or the relay station in the related coverage separately in this multi-hop transmission path send control information, with the resource of indicating selected path and being distributed, thereby set up the connection across BS, made MS obtain service from adjacent BS.
According to embodiments of the invention, a kind of base station also is provided, as shown in Figure 9, the embodiment one of base station of the present invention comprises: transmission processing device 1 is used for generating control information; Dispensing device 2 is used for directly sending described control information and sending data to mobile radio station and/or relay station to mobile radio station and/or relay station; Receiving system 3 is used for the data that reception mobile radio station and/or relay station send according to described control information.
the base station that provides according to embodiments of the invention, by the transmission path of control information and the transmission path of data are separated, thereby realized by RS or MS, data being carried out the multi-hop relay transmission under the centralized control of described base station, thereby can effectively realize the peer-to-peer communications between mobile radio station and/or relay station, avoided data traffic to assemble at the place, base station, effectively overcome in the prior art in the flow bottleneck at place, base station and the problem of propagation delay time, and can reach load balancing by base station selected optimal transmission paths, flexibility and the validity of data routes have been strengthened, still guaranteed simultaneously the control and management function of base station to the data flow, make operator still can come operation dispatching by the base station, management, the functions such as charging.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, described receiving system also can be used for directly from mobile radio station and/or relay station receiving channel information or service request.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, described receiving system can comprise the module be used to the state report information that receives the transmission of described mobile radio station and/or relay station.Described transmission processing device can comprise: path selection module, being used for mobile radio station and/or the relay station current state indicated according to described state report information, is described data selection optimal transmission paths in the mobile radio station from described wireless access system and/or relay station; Control information builds module, is used for building described control information according to selected optimal transmission paths.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, described dispensing device can comprise the module that sends control information for mobile radio station and/or relay station to selected optimal transmission paths.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, described transmission processing device can comprise: negotiation module, be used in the extra-heavy situation in described base station, described base station is by holding consultation to select another base station to transmit described data with other adjacent base station, then by selecting the transmission path of described data with described another base station negotiate; Control information builds module, is used for building described control information according to selected transmission path.
According to embodiments of the invention, a kind of relay station also is provided, as shown in figure 10, the embodiment one of relay station of the present invention comprises: control information receiving system 4 is used for directly receiving the control information from the base station; Data sink 5 is used for the data that other mobile radio station of reception or relay station send; Data sending device 6 is used for the next hop information according to the control information indicating corresponding with described data, with the down hop of described transfer of data to correspondence.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, also can comprise the control information dispensing device, be used for directly to base station channel information or control information.
Preferably, in above-described embodiment, also can comprise: the status report dispensing device is used for sending the state report information of indicating described relay station current state to described base station.
According to embodiments of the invention, a kind of wireless access system also is provided, comprise base station provided by the present invention and relay station provided by the present invention.
the base station that provides according to embodiments of the invention, relay station and wireless access system, by the transmission path of control information and the transmission path of data are separated, thereby realized by RS or MS, data being carried out the multi-hop relay transmission under the centralized control of described base station, thereby can effectively realize the peer-to-peer communications between mobile radio station and/or relay station, avoided data traffic to assemble at the place, base station, effectively overcome in the prior art in the flow bottleneck at place, base station and the problem of propagation delay time, and can reach load balancing by base station selected optimal transmission paths, flexibility and the validity of data routes have been strengthened, still guaranteed simultaneously the control and management function of base station to the data flow, make operator still can come operation dispatching by the base station, management, the functions such as charging.
Above embodiment is only in order to illustrating technical scheme of the present invention, but not to the understanding of being restricted property of the present invention.Although with reference to above-mentioned preferred embodiment, the present invention is had been described in detail, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be modified or be equal to replacement technical scheme of the present invention, and this modification or be equal to the spirit and scope that replacement does not break away from technical solution of the present invention.In the claims, term " comprises " etc. being not element or the element step or the step of getting rid of in listing any claim or overall manual in.The present invention can implement by the hardware that comprises several independent components, also can implement by suitable sequence controlled computer.In enumerating the claim of several methods, several in these methods can be implemented by a same hardware.Some scheme of stating in different mutually dependent claims is not to indicate the combination of these schemes can not be used to optimize.