Background technology
In agreement, stipulate at present, under the terminal connection mode, have four kinds of states, cell private channel (CELLDedicated Channel, CELL_DCH) state, cell forward access channel (CELL ForwardAccess Channel, CELL_FACH) state, cell paging channel (CELL Paging Channel, CELL_PCH) state and UTRAN Acceditation Area paging channel (UTRAN Registration Area PagingChannel, URA_PCH) state.Under the CELL_DCH state, for terminal distribution dedicated channel or use high speed downlink packet access (High speed Downlink Packet Access, HSDPA) and the correlated channels of high speed uplink packet access (High speed Uplink Packet Access, HSUPA) and transmission mechanism transmission data.At the CELL_FACH state, be not the terminal distribution dedicated channel, descending monitoring FACH channel receives low volume data, up use RACH transmission low volume data.The physical resource restriction of shining upon due to FACH and RACH channel, so under this state, message transmission rate is lower.Under the CELL_FACH state, if in a period of time, terminal does not have transfer of data, enters the CELL_PCH state.Under the CELL_PCH state, can not send data, only can respond paging or initiate paging, under this state, network is known the residing residential quarter of terminal.Under the URA_PCH state, can not send data, only can respond paging or initiate paging, under this state, network is known the residing URA of terminal.
For TD SDMA (TD-SCDMA) system, in 3GPP Release8, introduced CELL_FACH and strengthened characteristic.At CELL_FACH, strengthen in characteristic, the correlated channels of HSDPA and HSUPA and transmission mechanism have been incorporated into to the CELL_FACH state.Like this, under the CELL_FACH state, downlink data is mapped to high speed descending sharing channel (High speed Downlink Share Channel, HS-DSCH) on, HS-DSCH is mapped to the upper transmission of high-speed downstream Physical Shared Channel (High speed DownlinkPhysical Share Channel, HS-PDSCH).Upstream data is mapped to and strengthens dedicated channel (Enhanced Dedicated Channel, E-DCH) above, and E-DCH is mapped to the upper transmission of E-DCH physical uplink channel (E-DCH Physical Uplink Channel, E-PUCH).By such data transfer mode, improve the transmission rate of signaling under the CELL_FACH state, reduce the signalling time delay.
For CELL_FACH, strengthen the relevant channel of HSUPA of introducing in characteristic and comprise E-DCH Random Access Channel (E-DCH Random Access Uplink Control Channel, E-RUCCH) and two up channels of E-PUCH, and E-DCH absolute grant channel (E-DCH Absolute GrantChannel, E-AGCH) and E-DCH HARQ just answer two down channels of indicating channel (E-DCH HARQ IndicatorChannel, E-HICH).Network carries the configuration parameter of these channels by broadcast, comprise the time slot of E-RUCCH, E-AGCH and E-HICH, code channel information etc.If terminal has the ability that CELL_FACH strengthens, receive the above-mentioned relevant channel of HSUPA of parameter configuration that broadcast is carried according to broadcast afterwards.Afterwards variable COMMON_E_DCH_TRANSMISSION is set to TRUE and represents this state.After this, if terminal has transmitting uplink data, as shown in Figure 1, flow process is as follows:
Step 1: in terminal buffers, having uplink strengthening data etc. to be sent is total E-DCH buffer state (ToalE-DCH Buffer Status, TEBS) greater than zero, terminal sends schedule information (Scheduling Information, SI), request scheduling resource on E-RUCCH;
Step 2: base station (Node B) carries out scheduling of resource according to the SI that receives, and sends resource authorization information on E-AGCH;
Step 3: terminal is according to the resource authorization information that receives, strengthening transformat combination (E-TFC) selects, select suitable transmission block size (Transport Block Size, TBS) and modulation system, encode afterwards, modulate, on E-PUCH, send uplink strengthening data;
Step 4:Node B is after E-PUCH receives uplink strengthening data, the processing of decoding, according to cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code (Cyclical Redundancy Check, CRC) verification obtains ACK (confirmation)/NACK (non-confirmation) information, by after this information coding, being mapped on E-HICH, feeds back to this terminal;
Step 5: after base station decodes is correct, the data that receive is formed to an E-DCH FP frame and send to radio network controller (RNC).
For step 1, network side has been terminal configuration timer T-RUCCH sum counter N-RUCCH.If after terminal sent E-RUCCH, T-RUCCH did not receive E-AGCH in the time, resend so E-RUCCH, and restarts timer T-RUCCH.Terminal sends E-RUCCH number and is N-RUCCH to the maximum.
Under the CELL_FACH state, when terminal does not have data activity for some time, be to allow the terminal uplink loss.So in strengthening CELL_FACH, when base station detects uply when being in desynchronizing state and having downlink data to send, uplink synchronous is set up by sending HS-SCCH order command terminal in base station.Terminal receives after this sets up uplink synchronous command, initiates the uplink synchronous process.When completing uplink synchronous, terminal sends E-RUCCH to base station.When base station detects the E-RUCCH that this terminal sends, think that uplink synchronous sets up, start normal downlink data dispatching.In present agreement, stipulated to set up for notification terminal the form of the HS-SCCH order of uplink synchronous, as follows:
Reserved (8 bit) |
Order identifies ' 00000 ' (5 bit) |
Order type (3 bit) |
Reserved (14 bit) |
UE ID (16 bit) |
Wherein, the Order type field is set to " 000 " expression notification terminal and sets up uplink synchronous.
Below introduce the periodic cell update mechanism under the CELL_FACH state.
In present standard, regulation is initiated cell updating course and is mainly contained following several situation:
The first: under CELL_PCH state or URA_PCH state, need to initiate cell update and inform network when terminal enters service area again;
The second: control (RLC) entity generation fatal error when the affirmation mode wireless link, need to initiate cell update and inform network;
The third: at the CELL_FACH state, under CELL_PCH state or URA_PCH state, terminal need to be initiated the situation of periodic cell update process informing network institute persistent district;
The 4th kind: after cell reselection, terminal need to be initiated cell updating course and inform the current resident residential quarter of the network terminal;
The 5th kind: at the CELL_DCH state, when terminal detects Radio Link Failure, need to initiate cell updating course;
The 6th kind: under CELL_PCH state or URA_PCH state, terminal response paging or have data send to need to initiate cell update request network to forward the CELL_FACH state to.
For the third periodic cell update, it is generally acknowledged that when terminal was in the CELL_FACH state, data activity was not frequent.Within a period of time, if terminal does not have upstream data to send, network side is not just known the situation of the network that terminal is resident, so need terminal periodic to send information to network.When being in the CELL_FACH state, just need the periodic cell update process.The basic procedure of cell update as shown in Figure 2.At first terminal sends cell update (CELL UPDATE) message, and after network was received CELLUPDATE message, the feedback cell update was confirmed (CELL UPDATE CONFIRM) message.
Network is that the periodic cell update of terminal has configured a timer T305.When entering into the CELL_FACH state, this timer starts.When receiving CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message, terminal is restarted this timer.When terminal enters into the CELL_DCH state, stop this timer.Work as timer expiry, and terminal is in service area, will initiates cell updating course so, namely request resource sends CELLUPDATE message.
In realizing process of the present invention, the inventor finds in prior art to exist following technical problem:
From top introduction to upstream data transmit mechanism and periodic cell update under the CELL_FACH enhanced situation, can find out, when the periodic cell update timer expiry, terminal need to send cell update message.Before sending cell update message, terminal need to be carried out request resource by the E-RUCCH that SI is carried in transmission, obtains by the E-PUCH resource, sending cell update message after resource grant that E-AGCH carries.This process required time is longer, and terminal sends cell update message at every turn and need to take the E-PUCH resource simultaneously, causes the wasting of resources of E-PUCH.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of periodic cell updating method, system and equipment, be used to shortening the duration of periodic cell update process.
A kind of periodic cell updating method, the method comprises:
Terminal is at the timer expiry that is defined as the periodic cell update configuration and/or after receiving the querying command of sending base station, to described base station, send for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network, to indicate described base station after receiving described notice signaling, the described terminal of informing network controller and network are in connection status;
After described base station received described notice signaling, the method further comprised:
Described base station sends the feedback signaling that receives described notice signaling for expression to described terminal;
If described terminal does not receive described feedback signaling in setting-up time, again to described base station, send described notice signaling.
A kind of periodic cell update system, this system comprises:
Terminal, for the timer expiry being defined as the periodic cell update configuration and/or after receiving the querying command of sending base station, send for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network to described base station;
Base station, after receiving described notice signaling, the described terminal of informing network controller and network are in connection status;
Network controller, be in the notice of connection status be used to receiving described terminal and network;
Described base station also for:
After receiving described notice signaling, to described terminal, send the feedback signaling that receives described notice signaling for expression;
Described terminal also for:
If in setting-up time, do not receive described feedback signaling, again to described base station, send described notice signaling.
A kind of terminal, this terminal comprises:
Overtime determining unit, whether overtime be used to the timer that is defined as the periodic cell update configuration;
Report the indication receiving element, the querying command of sending be used to receiving base station;
The state reporting unit, in described overtime determining unit, determine described timer expiry and/or described report indication receiving element receive the querying command of sending base station after, to described base station, send for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network;
Described state reporting unit is further used for:
In setting-up time, do not receive that base station sends when representing that this base station receives the feedback signaling of described notice signaling, again to described base station, send described notice signaling.
,Gai base station, a kind of base station comprises:
The state reporting receiving element, the described terminal of expression of sending for receiving terminal is present in the notice signaling of network; Described notice signaling is described terminal at the timer expiry that is defined as the periodic cell update configuration and/or receives the notice signaling that sends after the querying command of sending base station;
The state notifying unit, after at described state reporting receiving element, receiving described notice signaling, the described terminal of informing network controller and network are in connection status;
This base station further comprises:
State reporting receives feedback unit, after at described state reporting receiving element, receiving described notice signaling, to described terminal, sends the feedback signaling that receives described notice signaling for expression.
In the present invention, by terminal determine network side be the timer expiry of periodic cell update configuration and/or receive the querying command of sending base station after, to base station, send the notice signaling that this terminal of expression is present in network, make during base station informs that after receiving this notice signaling this terminal of RNC is present in network, thereby realized the periodic cell update flow process of terminal, with traditional periodic cell update mechanism, compare, in the present invention
Embodiment
In order to shorten the duration of periodic cell update process, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of periodic cell updating method, in this method, terminal determine network side be the timer expiry of periodic cell update configuration and/or receive the querying command of sending base station after, to base station, send the notice signaling that this terminal of expression is present in network, base station informs that this terminal of RNC is present in network after receiving this notice signaling.
Referring to Fig. 3, the periodic cell updating method that the embodiment of the present invention provides specifically comprises the following steps:
Step 30: terminal is defined as the timer expiry of periodic cell update configuration and/or receives the querying command that send base station;
Step 31: terminal sends to base station for representing that this terminal is present in the notice signaling of network;
Step 32: after base station received the notice signaling that terminal sends, this terminal of informing network controller and network were in connection status.
In step 30, the querying command that terminal receives is the querying command that base station periodically sends to terminal, and for example, timer of base station maintenance, send querying command to terminal when this timer expiry.
Base station specifically can send querying command by physical layer command, this physical layer command can be to transmit the HS-SCCH order of schedule information of HS-DSCH or E-AGCH order etc., and HS-SCCH is shared control channel (the Shared Control Channel for HS-DSCH of HS-DSCH.This physical layer command can be HS-SCCH order (HS-SCCH order).In 25.222 present agreements, provide the structure of 11 kinds of HS-SCCH, wherein had two kinds to be type as HS-SCCH order.As shown in Figure 4 A and 4 B shown in FIG., be respectively the HS-SCCH order of type A type and type Type B.In type A type HS-SCCH order, 3 bits of order type field have only used " 000 ", " 001 ", " 010 ", " 011 " at present.Therefore can use untapped " 100 ", " 101 " etc. to represent querying command information, or also can represent with other reserved bit querying command information.In type Type B HS-SCCH order, 3 bits of order type field have only used " 001 " at present, " 010 ", " 011 ".Therefore can use untapped " 100 ", " 101 " to represent querying command information, or also can represent with other reserved bit querying command information.
In step 31, terminal can be as follows to the specific implementation of base station transmission notice signaling: at first terminal is carried at the identification information that this terminal is present in network in physical layer signaling, then this physical layer signaling is sent to base station.
Here, physical layer signaling can be to strengthen resource ascending control channel (E-RUCCH) signaling etc.Particularly, the bit in cache occupation amount (TEBS) territory that the enhancing dedicated channel in the schedule information (SI) of E-RUCCH carrying is total and cache occupation amount (HLBS) territory of highest priority logical channel is set to predefined be used to representing that terminal is present in the flag of network, and the SI after arranging sends to base station by E-RUCCH.For example, the TEBS territory of SI is set to " 0 " and the HLBS territory is set to " 1110 "; This SI can also be carried in MAC PDU.
Preferably, in order to ensure base station can receive that terminal sends be used to representing that this terminal is present in the notice signaling of network, terminal can send repeatedly this notice signaling.Perhaps, base station is after receiving the notice signaling that terminal sends, to terminal, send the feedback signaling that receives this notice signaling for expression, if terminal receives this feedback signaling, no longer to base station, send notice signaling, if terminal does not receive described feedback signaling in setting-up time, again to base station, send notice signaling, until receive the feedback signaling that send base station.
Here, the feedback signaling of base station transmission can be E-AGCH order (E-AGCH order) etc.Concrete, the structural representation of existing E-AGCH order as shown in Figure 4 C, can carry the information that represents to receive notice signaling with the order type field in E-AGCHorder, for example, in E-AGCH order, 3 bits of order type have only used " 000 " at present, therefore can use untapped " 001 ", " 010 ", " 011 " etc. to represent to receive the information of notice signaling.Perhaps, also can represent to receive with other reserved bit in E-AGCH order the information of notice signaling.
In the present invention, when base station did not receive this terminal of expression that terminal sends and is present in the notice signaling of network in the setting-up time section, this terminal of informing network controller and network were in off-state.For example, base station maintenance is the timer of periodic cell update configuration, if base station does not receive the notice signaling that this terminal of expression that terminal sends is present in network after this timer expiry, this terminal of informing network controller and network are in off-state.Again for example, base station is in a period of time after sending querying command to terminal, if do not receive the notice signaling that this terminal of expression that terminal sends is present in network, this terminal of informing network controller and network are in off-state.
The method that base station informing network controller terminal and network are in connection status or off-state can be, at first base station is carried at the indication information that terminal and network are in connection status or off-state in base station applies agreement (NBAP) signaling or protocol frame (FP), then this NBAP signaling or FP is sent to network controller.After network controller receives NBAP signaling or FP, learn that terminal and network are in connection status or off-state, and then the current state of the terminal safeguarded is upgraded.
In the present invention, terminal can be in CELLFACH state or CELL_PCH state.
Below the present invention will be described with specific embodiment:
Embodiment mono-:
In the present embodiment, terminal, after the periodic cell update timer expiry, sends this terminal of expression and is present in the physical layer command in network to base station, as shown in Figure 4 D:
Step 400: T305 is overtime for the periodic cell update timer;
Step 401: terminal sends for representing that this terminal is present in the physical layer command of network to base station.
Here, physical layer command can be the E-RUCCH order of special format.Special E-RUCCH order can be the TEBS territory of SI be set to 0 and the HLBS territory be set to " 1110 " and represent;
Step 402: base station receives physical layer command afterwards to indication of this terminal feedback.This indication can be the E-AGCH order (E-AGCH order) of special format.
Here, can carry the information that represents to receive notice signaling with the order type field in E-AGCH order, for example, in E-AGCH order, 3 bits of order type have only used " 000 " at present, therefore can use untapped " 001 ", " 010 ", " 011 " etc. to represent to receive the information of notice signaling.Perhaps, also can represent to receive with other reserved bit in E-AGCH order the information of notice signaling.
Step 403: base station receives after physical layer command the information that terminal and network are in to connection status and is carried in NBAP signaling or FP and sends to RNC.
After step 404:RNC receives NBAP signaling or FP, know that this terminal is present in network, reaches the purpose of periodic cell update.
For step 401, consider the reliability of control channel, terminal can also multiplely send several times physical layer signaling or base station after receiving physical layer signaling, to feed back an indication, this indication can be the E-AGCH of special format, terminal is according to existing timing relationship, if do not receive the feedback of base station continue to send physical layer signaling.
For this embodiment, optionally base station side can maintenance period cell update timer, if timer expiry does not receive the physical layer command that terminal sends, the information that terminal and network is in to off-state is carried in NBAP signaling or FP and sends to RNC, to inform that this terminal of RNC is not in network.
Embodiment bis-:
In the present embodiment, terminal, after receiving the querying command of sending base station, sends this terminal of expression and is present in the physical layer command in network to base station, as shown in Figure 4 E:
Step 410: the timer expiry of base station maintenance.
Step 411: after timer expiry, base station sends querying command to terminal.
Here, can carry querying command with the order type field in the HS-SCCH order of type A type or type Type B, untapped such as using " 100 ", " 101 " etc. represent querying command information.Perhaps also can represent with other reserved bit querying command information.
Step 412: terminal is initiated the E-RUCCH process after receiving the querying command notice of sending base station.
Step 413: after E-RUCCH was received in base station, the information that terminal and network are in to connection status was carried in NBAP signaling or FP and sends to RNC.
After step 414:RNC receives NBAP signaling or FP, know that this terminal is present in network, reaches the purpose of periodic cell update.
In the present embodiment, base station can be restarted the timer of maintenance in such a way: in timer expiry forward direction terminal, send querying command, and, after receiving the notice signaling corresponding with this querying command that terminal sends, restart this timer.For example, in timer expiry forward direction terminal, send and to be used to indicate the HS-SCCH order that terminal is set up uplink synchronous, after base station receives the synchronous foundation corresponding with this HS-SCCH order and completes indication, restart this timer.
In the present embodiment, if RNC had not both received NBAP signaling or FP that the carried terminal sent base station and network are in connection status in the certain hour section, do not receive NBAP signaling or FP that the carried terminal sent base station and network are in off-state yet, RNC thinks that this terminal and network are in connection status, and namely this terminal is present in network.
Referring to Fig. 5, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of periodic cell update system, and this system comprises:
Terminal 50, for the timer expiry for the periodic cell update configuration and/or after receiving the querying command of sending base station, send for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network to described base station;
Base station 51, after receiving described notice signaling, the described terminal of informing network controller and network are in connection status;
Network controller 52, be in the notice of connection status be used to receiving described terminal and network.
Described base station 51 for: to described terminal, send described querying command afterwards the second timer that arranges is overtime.
Described terminal 50 for: the identification information that described terminal is present in to network is carried at physical layer signaling, and this physical layer signaling is sent to described base station.
Described base station 51 also for: after receiving described notice signaling, to described terminal, send the feedback signaling that receives described notice signaling for expression;
Accordingly, described terminal 50 also for: if in setting-up time, do not receive described feedback signaling, again to described base station, send described notice signaling.
Described base station 51 for: the indication information that described terminal and network is in to connection status is carried at NBAP signaling or FP, and described NBAP signaling or FP are sent to described network controller.
Described base station 51 also for: while in the setting-up time section, not receiving described notice signaling, the described terminal of informing network controller and network are in off-state;
Accordingly, described network controller 52 also for: receive the notice that described terminal and network are in off-state.
Referring to Fig. 6, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of terminal, can be applied in the periodic cell update system, and this terminal comprises:
Overtime determining unit 60, whether overtime be used to the timer that is defined as the periodic cell update configuration;
Report indication receiving element 61, the querying command of sending be used to receiving base station;
State reporting unit 62, in described overtime determining unit, determine described timer expiry and/or described report indication receiving element receive the querying command of sending base station after, to described base station, send for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network.
It should be noted that, this terminal comprises overtime determining unit 60 and/or reports indication receiving element 61.When this terminal only comprised overtime determining unit 60, state reporting unit 62, for after in described overtime determining unit, determining described timer expiry, sent for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network to described base station; In this terminal, only comprise and report indication during receiving element 61, state reporting unit 62 for described report the indication receiving element to receive the querying command of sending base station after, to described base station, send for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network; When this terminal comprises overtime determining unit 60 and reports indication receiving element 61, state reporting unit 62 in described overtime determining unit, determine described timer expiry and/or described report indication receiving element receive the querying command of sending base station after, to described base station, send for representing that described terminal is present in the notice signaling of network.
Described report indication receiving element 61 for: from HS-SCCH or E-AGCH, receive the querying command that send base station.
Described state reporting unit 62 for: the identification information that described terminal is present in to network is carried at physical layer signaling, and this physical layer signaling is sent to described base station.Described physical layer signaling comprises: the E-RUCCH signaling.
Described state reporting unit 62 is further used for:
In setting-up time, do not receive that base station sends when representing that this base station receives the feedback signaling of described notice signaling, again to described base station, send described notice signaling.Described feedback signaling comprises: the E-AGCH order.
Referring to Fig. 7, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of base station, can be applied in the periodic cell update system, and this base station comprises:
State reporting receiving element 70, the described terminal of expression of sending for receiving terminal is present in the notice signaling of network; Described notice signaling is described terminal at the timer expiry that is defined as the periodic cell update configuration and/or receives the notice signaling that sends after the querying command of sending base station;
State notifying unit 71, after at described state reporting receiving element, receiving described notice signaling, the described terminal of informing network controller and network are in connection status.
This base station further comprises:
Indicating member 72, overtime rear to the described querying command of described terminal transmission for the second timer arranging.
Described indicating member 72 also for: in the described terminal of the overtime forward direction of described second timer, send querying command, and, after receiving the notice signaling corresponding with this querying command that described terminal sends, restart described second timer.
Described querying command comprises: HS-SCCH order or E-AGCH order.
Described state reporting receiving element 70 for: from E-RUCCH, receive described notice signaling.
This base station further comprises:
State reporting receives feedback unit 73, after at described state reporting receiving element, receiving described notice signaling, to described terminal, sends the feedback signaling that receives described notice signaling for expression.Described feedback signaling comprises: the E-AGCH order.
Described state notifying unit 71 for: the indication information that described terminal and network is in to connection status is carried at NBAP signaling or FP, and described NBAP signaling or FP are sent to described network controller.
Described state notifying unit 71 also for: while in the setting-up time section, not receiving described notice signaling, the described terminal of informing network controller and network are in off-state.
To sum up, beneficial effect of the present invention comprises:
in the scheme that the embodiment of the present invention provides, by terminal determine network side be the timer expiry of periodic cell update configuration and/or receive the querying command of sending base station after, to base station, send the notice signaling that this terminal of expression is present in network, make during base station informs that after receiving this notice signaling this terminal of RNC is present in network, thereby realized the periodic cell update flow process of terminal, and, with traditional periodic cell update mechanism, compare, before in the present invention, terminal is present in the notice signaling of network to base station this terminal of transmission expression, do not need to send to base station E-RUCCH with request resource, greatly shortened the duration of periodic cell update process, increased reliability, also saved simultaneously and sent the required E-PUCH resource of CELL UPDATE message.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification and not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention the present invention.Like this, if within of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs to the scope of the claims in the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, the present invention also is intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.