Background technology
MBMS in Long Term Evolution (LTE, LongTermEvolution) system is otherwise known as the multimedia broadcast-multicast service (eMBMS, evolvedMBMS) of evolution, and its major function is to realize broadcast and multicast service in LTE system.
Multimedia broadcast-multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN, MultimediaBroadcastmulticastserviceSingleFrequencyNetwor k) transmission (MBSFNTransmission), it is a kind of simulcast transmission technology, transmits consistent signal waveform in multiple communities simultaneously.As it is shown in figure 1, several basic conceptions that MBMS is correlated with are described below:
MBSFN retaining zone (MBSFNSynchronizationArea): all evolved base station (eNodeB) all can obtain synchronization, and performs the region of MBSFN transmission.
MBSFN region (MBSFNArea): one group of community in a MBSFN retaining zone in a MBSFN area containing network.
MBSFN territory sends/notices community (MBSFNAreaTransmittingandAdvertisingCell): the class community in MBSFN region, had both participated in MBSFN and has sent and also assist in the notice of MBSFN transmission availability in community.
Transmission community, MBSFN region (MBSFNAreaTransmitting-OnlyCell): the class community in MBSFN region, it is only only involved in MBSFN and sends and be not involved in the notice of MBSFN transmission availability in community.
Reservation community, MBSFN region (MBSFNAreaReservedCell) a: community in MBSFN region, it is not involved in MBSFN and sends.
MBMS transmission can be divided into multiple cell transmission and single cell transmission, and multiple cell transmission uses MBSFN transmission, and single cell transmission uses point-to-multipoint (PTM, point-to-multipoint) transmission.Little for MBMS transmission divides into MBMS dedicated cell and MBMS/ clean culture (Unicast) mixed cell, in MBMS dedicated cell, only transmit MBMS, and in MBMS/Unicast mixed cell, existing MBMS, also having Unicast business, the two is transmitted with cooperative mode.
EMBMS relevant logic channel is described below
BCCH (BCCH, BroadcastControlChannel), for network to subscriber equipment (UE) broadcast system information.
Multicast control channel (MCCH, MulticastControlChannel), it it is the down channel of point-to-multipoint (point-to-multipoint), for network to control information relevant for UE transmission MBMS, one MCCH can correspond to one or more Logical Traffic Channels (MTCH, MulticastTrafficChannel);This channel only can receive the UE of MBMS and just can use.
The structure of MCCH follows following principle:
BCCH is used for indicating one or two main MCCH (PrimaryMCCH), when there is two PrimaryMCCH, one PrimaryMCCH is for DSCH Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH, DownlinkSharedChannel) the single cell transmission on, one multiple cell transmission on Multicast Channel (MCH, MulticastChannel).If MCH is upper there is time MCCH (SecondaryMCCH), then the PrimaryMCCH on MCH also can point to the SecondaryMCCH on MCH.Wherein, MCH belongs to transmission channel, and for supporting that the MBSFN of multiple cell transmits, MCCH and MTCH all may map to be transmitted on MCH.DL-SCH belongs to transmission channel, can be used for supporting single community PTM transmission, and when single community PTM transmission, MCCH and MTCH all may map to be transmitted on DL-SCH.
BCCH merely points to the resource that PrimaryMCCH can be found, i.e. BCCH does not indicates that the availability of business.
Can there is multiple MCCH in the MTCH-MBSFN region of multiple overlaps, in this case, it is possible to use SecondaryMCCH indicates different MBSFN regions.If an only MTCH-MBSFN, then have only to MCCH, i.e. a PrimaryMCCH, if and have the MTCH-MBSFN region of multiple overlap, then in this region, in addition to PrimaryMCCH, also need to use SecondaryMCCH, the most different MBSFN regions can be separated.Such as, certain base station belongs to two overlapping MTCH-MBSFN regions, then in this region, need a PrimaryMCCH, one SecondaryMCCH, base station utilizes the resource that BCCH instruction PrimaryMCCH can be found, the resource that recycling PrimaryMCCH instruction SecondaryMCCH can be found.
MTCH is a point-to-multipoint down channel, and for network to UE transferring MBMS service data, this channel only can receive the UE of MBMS and just can use.The information of MTCH is to be indicated by the MCCH of its correspondence.Network utilisation BCCH indicates MCCH to UE, and recycling MCCH indicates MTCH to UE, so that UE is able to receive that on MTCH the MBMS of carrying.
It is in the UE of connection status owing to needing to measure the signal intensity of adjacent cell, the most every 40 milliseconds (ms) or 80ms will have the measurement interval (Gap) of 6ms, data can not be received measuring Gap period UE, so can shine into the MBMS subframe needing reception during measuring Gap if there is UE, then can cause the interruption of MBMS owing to measuring the impact of Gap, bring bad impression to user.
The cycle measuring Gap is 40ms or 80ms, and the measurement Gap in each cycle is 6ms for FDD (FDD) system descending, upper behavior 7ms.The measurement Gap length of time division duplex (TDD) system, relevant with the position of the configuration of the ascending-descending subframes of TDD system and measurement Gap, when measure Gap include be up to down conversion point number not less than downstream-to-upstream transfer point number time, measurement Gap is 6ms, when being up to down conversion point number less than downstream-to-upstream transfer point number, measurement Gap is 7ms.In measuring Gap, UE can not receive downlink data and can not send upstream data.
Discontinuous reception (DRX, DiscontinuousReception) subscriber equipment discontinuous reception descending scheduling and downlink data are referred to, need not receive downlink data when, subscriber equipment may be at dormancy (sleep) state, reaches the purpose of power saving.
When the periodicity configuration of DRX is as in figure 2 it is shown, each DRX cycle starts, being introduced into an of short duration continuous reception state (referred to as onduration), its persistent period is determined by onduration intervalometer.The definition of Onduration intervalometer is: the continuous several descending sub frames started counting up from DRX cycle starting point, and UE needs to monitor Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) during this period, to check whether to distribute for the resource of this UE.If subscriber equipment receives descending scheduling and downlink data during onduration, other intervalometers will be started and carry out follow-up scheduling process, if but subscriber equipment is not received by descending scheduling and downlink data during onduration, dormancy (sleep) state will be entered, until could again receive downlink data when the onduration intervalometer of next DRX cycle starts.
But, in existing LTE system, owing to network side cannot obtain the UE reception condition to MBMS of connection status, cause network side UE configuration cannot reasonably be measured Gap and DRX cycle etc., therefore cannot ensure that MBMS is normally received by UE.
Detailed description of the invention
Embodiments provide a kind of information getting method and device, the UE reception information to MBMS of connection status is obtained in time in order to realize network side, so that the parameter informations such as the time of Gap and DRX can be reasonably measured in UE configuration by network side, it is ensured that MBMS is normally received by UE.
In the embodiment of the present invention, no matter UE is in connection status is in idle condition and can receive MBMS.
It is in the UE of connection status owing to needing to measure the signal intensity of adjacent cell, therefore every 40ms or 80ms will have the measurement Gap of 6ms, data can not be received measuring Gap period UE, it is thus desirable to avoid having UE to need the MBMS subframe received during measuring Gap, and outside during measuring Gap, transmission UE needs the MBMS subframe received, thus avoids measuring the service disconnection that Gap causes, and improves user's impression.
Additionally, the UE of connection status can also configure the time of DRX, to reduce the consumption of UE power, if network side knows which MBMS UE receives, it is possible to effectively dispatch the UE of connection status, thus reduce the conflict of MBMS and other business, simultaneously, network side according to the UE reception condition to MBMS, can also configure DRX cycle and the DRX activationary time of UE, makes UE farthest reduce the consumption of power.
Therefore, the embodiment of the present invention gives how network side obtains the UE scheme to the reception condition of MBMS, so that network side can be UE configuration reasonably measures Gap, and the relevant parameter etc. of DRX, it is possible not only to improve the quality of reception of MBMS, it is also possible to save the power consumption of UE.
The technical scheme that the explanation embodiment of the present invention provides below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Seeing Fig. 3, a kind of information getting method that the embodiment of the present invention provides includes:
S101, base station obtain MBMS report control element (CE) that UE sends, and the Logic Channel Identifier (LCID) of this MBMS report control element CE.
Wherein, described MBMS reports CE, a kind of medium education element (MACCE) that MBMS receives information containing UE defined in the embodiment of the present invention.
S102, base station utilize the message structure of CE corresponding for LCID, resolve MBMS report CE, determine the UE reception information to MBMS.
Concrete explanation is given below.
The complete business mark of each MBMS can be identified by two parts content: a part identifies (ServiceID) for MBMS, and another part is MBMS session identification (SessionID).
Wherein, MBMSServiceID needs to take 3 bytes, and MBMSSessionID needs to take 1 byte.
In the embodiment of the present invention, it is necessary first to arrange a kind of MACCE at network side and UE side, for carrying the UE reception information to MBMS, this MACCE is properly termed as MBMS report CE (MBMSreportCE).
It is preferred that the reception information that the UE described in the embodiment of the present invention is to MBMS, for UE upper once report MBMS to report CE time, the MBMS that UE receives compares, the change information of the MBMS that current UE receives.It is to say, UE only need to report the change information of the MBMS of reception, base station be assured that UE currently received be which MBMS.Therefore, described MBMSreportCE, it is also possible to be referred to as MBMS change report CE (MBMSchangereportCE).
Such as, the message structure of the MBMSchangereportCE that the embodiment of the present invention provides is as shown in Figure 4, in first character joint (i.e. byte 1 shown in Fig. 4), front 3 bits are reservation bit (representing with R), rear 5 bits are for carrying the session number of the MBMS newly increased that UE receives, i.e. report with the last time compared with the moment of MBMSchangereportCE, in the MBMS that current UE receives, add how many MBMS.
Second byte (i.e. byte 2 shown in Fig. 4) is for carrying the total sessions of MBMS, or can also directly carry the session number of the MBMS that current UE receives, report with the last time compared with the moment of MBMSchangereportCE, the number of the MBMS decreased.
If carry is the total sessions of MBMS, then the base station of network side can deduct the session number of MBMS of increase with the total sessions of MBSM, can be obtained by the session number of the MBMS that current UE receives, report compared with the MBMS that the moment UE of MBMSchangereportCE receives with the last time, the number of the MBMS decreased.
Below for brief description, the session of the MBMS that current UE is received, report compared with the MBMS that the moment UE of MBMSchangereportCE receives with the last time, the MBMS decreased, the MBMS referred to as reduced;The session of MBMS current UE received, reports compared with the MBMS that the moment UE of MBMSchangereportCE receives with the last time, the MBMS of increase, the MBMS referred to as increased.
From the beginning of the 3rd byte, every four bytes are for carrying the complete business mark of a MBMS, and wherein, MBMSServiceID needs to take 3 bytes, and MBMSSessionID needs to take 1 byte.
And, the complete business also wanting prespecified different types of MBMS (MBMS that is newly-increased and that reduce) identifies the position in MBMSchangereportCE, for example, it is possible to first place the complete business mark of the MBMS of increase, then place the complete business mark of the MBMS of minimizing.Can also first place the complete business mark of the MBMS of minimizing, then place the complete business mark of the MBMS of increase.Or, it is also possible to only carry the complete business mark of the MBMS of increase, or the complete business mark of the MBMS reduced.
UE, according to the message structure of this MACCE consulted in advance with network side, generates MBMSchangereportCE, and reports base station.MBMSchangereportCE, according to the message structure of the MACCE consulted in advance, is resolved by base station, it is possible to obtaining the UE reception information to MBMS, which business i.e. current is the MBMS that UE increases, and which business is the MBMS that UE reduces.
After setting up this MBMSchangereportCE, in addition it is also necessary to configure a LCID of this MBMSchangereportCE, for indexing the message structure of this MBMSchangereportCE.
The LCID of the MBMSchangereportCE in the embodiment of the present invention, can use a LCID retained, as it is shown in figure 5,11001 can be used as the LCID of MBMSchangereportCE.
If the MBMS that UE receives there occurs change, then according to situation of change, generate new MBMSchangereportCE, and after generating MBMSchangereportCE, if there being the ascending resource of UE, then UE sends MBMSchangereportCE on ascending resource, without ascending resource, then needs to distribute ascending resource to the base station requests of network side.
Preferably, an intervalometer can be pre-set, it is properly termed as " MBMSchangereporttimer ", after generating MBMSchangereportCE, if it find that there is no ascending resource, then start MBMSchangereporttimer, and when MBMSchangereporttimer time-out, if also there is no ascending resource, then trigger specific schedule request (D-SR) or Stochastic accessing (RA) process, in order to base station requests ascending resource, and the ascending resource utilizing request to arrive sends MBMSchangereportCE.If before MBMSchangereporttimer time-out, there is ascending resource to arrive, then this ascending resource can be used to send MBMSchangereportCE, MBMSchangereporttimer is reset, and closes.
Such as, according to the sequencing of time, UE proceeds as follows in A, B, C, D, E, F moment respectively:
In the A moment: receive the MBMS increased, trigger and generate new MBMSchangereportCE, and determine there is ascending resource, on ascending resource, directly send MBMSchangereportCE, MBMSchangereporttimer do not start.
In the B moment: reduce the reception of MBMS, trigger and generate new MBMSchangereportCE, and determine there is no ascending resource, start MBMSchangereporttimer.
In the C moment: ascending resource arrives, and MBMSchangereporttimer is not timed-out, and sends MBMSchangereportCE, and stopped by MBMSchangereporttimer and reset on ascending resource.
In the D moment: reduce the reception of MBMS, trigger and generate new MBMSchangereportCE, and determine there is no ascending resource, start MBMSchangereporttimer.
In E moment: MBMSchangereporttimer time-out, and determining do not have ascending resource, then ask ascending resource by D-SR or RA, MBMSchangereporttimer resets and reclocking.
In the F moment: before MBMSchangereporttimer time-out, ascending resource, MBMSchangereporttimer has been asked to reset and stop timing by D-SR or RA.
Furthermore it is also possible to arrange an enumerator, in order to add up the number of times continuing through D-SR or RA request ascending resource, if continuous several times does not ask ascending resource, then abandon sending MBMSchangereportCE.
When reporting MBMSchangereportCE, as shown in Figure 6, base station can be sent to after multiple MACCE is carried out multiplexing, therefore can improve the utilization rate of ascending resource in the way of using MACCE multiplexing.R shown in Fig. 6, represents reserved field (reserved), and E represents extension field (extended), and F represents mark domain (flag), and Subheader represents sub-head.
Preferably, base station obtains MBMSchangereportCE, and utilize the message structure of the CE corresponding with its LCID pre-set, MBMSchangereportCE is resolved, obtains the UE therein reception information to MBMS, so that it is determined that UE currently reception condition to MBMS, which MBMS that i.e. receive is, then base station can be measured Gap for this UE configuration according to the UE reception information to MBMS, and notify the configuration information of this measurement Gap to this UE.
Wherein, measure the configuration information of Gap, including measuring the activation moments of Gap, persistent period and cycle etc..
For example, with reference to Fig. 7, MBSFN radio frames therein, for the radio frames for transmitting MBMS, each MBSFN radio frames includes that 10 subframes, the 1st subframe therein and the 3rd subframe are used for transmission the second MBMS for transmission the first MBMS, the 7th subframe and the 8th subframe.And base station knows that a UE receives the second MBMS, and the 2nd UE receives the first MBMS, therefore, just the measurement Gap (being called for short Gap1) of a UE can be configured to the 0th subframe to the 5th subframe, and the measurement Gap (being called for short Gap2) of the 2nd UE is configured to the 4th subframe to the 9th subframe, such that it is able to avoid a UE and the 2nd UE reception to respective MBMS during measuring Gap.
Preferably, base station obtains MBMSchangereportCE, and utilize the message structure of the CE corresponding with its LCID pre-set, MBMSchangereportCE is resolved, obtains the UE therein reception information to MBMS, so that it is determined that UE currently reception condition to MBMS, which MBMS that i.e. receive is, then base station can also configure the time of DRX according to the UE reception information to MBMS, and notify the configuration information of this DRX to this UE for this UE.
Wherein, the configuration information of DRX includes activationary time and the cycle etc. of DRX.
Such as: see Fig. 8, MBSFN radio frames therein, for the radio frames for transmitting MBMS, each MBSFN radio frames includes 10 subframes, 1st subframe therein and the 3rd subframe are used for transmission the second MBMS for transmission the first MBMS, the 7th subframe and the 8th subframe.And base station knows that a UE receives the first MBMS, and the 2nd UE receives the second MBMS, therefore, base station configuration receives the time a length of 6ms receiving condition timer (ondurationtimer) continuously of a UE of the first MBMS, and the cycle is 40ms, deviant is 10ms, the each continuous reception state (being called for short onduration1) of the i.e. the oneth UE is from the 0th subframe to the 5th subframe, thus within the time period, may be received in the 1st subframe and the first MBMS of the 3rd sub-frame transmission, then can be with dormancy in other subframes.In like manner, base station configuration receives the time a length of 6ms receiving condition timer (ondurationtimer) continuously of the 2nd UE of the second MBMS, and the cycle is 40ms, deviant is 13ms, the each continuous reception state (being called for short onduration2) of the i.e. the 2nd UE is from the 4th subframe to the 9th subframe, thus within the time period, may be received in the 7th subframe and the second MBMS of the 8th sub-frame transmission, the power overhead of UE then with dormancy, can be farthest saved in other subframes.
Seeing Fig. 9, a kind of communication system that the embodiment of the present invention provides includes: base station 11 and at least one subscriber equipment 12.
Described base station 11 includes:
Information acquisition unit 111, the multimedia broadcast-multicast service MBMS sent for obtaining user equipment (UE) 12 reports control element CE, and the Logic Channel Identifier LCID of MBMS report control element CE;Wherein, MBMS reports control element CE, for MBMS receives medium education element M ACCE of information containing UE.
Resolution unit 112, for utilizing the message structure of CE corresponding for LCID, resolves MBMS report control element CE, determines the UE12 reception information to MBMS.
It is preferred that the reception information that the UE12 that determines of described information acquisition unit 111 is to MBMS, for UE12 upper once report MBMS to report control element CE time, the MBMS that UE12 receives compares, the change information of the MBMS that current UE 12 receives.
It is preferred that described base station 11 also includes:
Ascending resource allocation unit 113, when the MBMS for receiving at UE12 changes, according to the request of UE12, distributes ascending resource for UE12.
Described information acquisition unit 111, when the MBMS that UE12 receives changes, obtains MBMS by ascending resource allocation unit 113 for the ascending resource that this UE12 distributes and reports control element CE and LCID.
It is preferred that this base station 11 also includes:
Measure Gap dispensing unit 114, for according to the UE12 reception information to MBMS, measuring Gap for this UE12 configuration, and notify the configuration information of this measurement Gap to this UE12.
It is preferred that this base station 11 also includes:
DRX dispensing unit 115, for according to the UE12 reception information to MBMS, for the time of this UE12 configuration DRX, and notifies the configuration information of this DRX to this UE12.
Described subscriber equipment 12 includes:
MBMS receives unit 121, for receiving the multimedia broadcast-multicast service MBMS of base station 11 broadcast.
Information reporting unit 122, for utilizing MBMS to receive the unit 121 reception information to MBMS, generates MBMS and reports control element CE, and MBMS reporting, control element CE and LCID is sent to base station 11.
It is preferred that described subscriber equipment 12 also includes:
Ascending resource request unit 123, when MBMS for receiving at MBMS reception unit 121 changes, and when judging currently without available ascending resource, start the intervalometer pre-set, when this timer expiry, if the most not available ascending resource, then asked by specific schedule or ascending resource is distributed for described subscriber equipment 12 in random access procedure request base station 11.
In sum, the embodiment of the present invention obtains the multimedia broadcast-multicast service MBMS report control element CE that UE sends, and the Logic Channel Identifier LCID of described MBMS report control element CE by base station;Wherein, described MBMS reports control element CE, for MBMS receives medium education element M ACCE of information containing UE;Described base station utilizes the message structure of CE corresponding for described LCID, described MBMS report control element CE is resolved, determine the UE reception information to MBMS, so that network side can obtain the UE reception information to MBMS of connection status in time, and then making network side that the UE of connection status can configure the parameter informations such as the rational time measuring Gap and DRX, it is ensured that MBMS is normally received by UE.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various change and modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention to the present invention.So, if these amendments of the present invention and modification belong within the scope of the claims in the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention is also intended to comprise these change and modification.