Embodiment
The inventor notices in the invention process: in LTE R8 (version 8), in order to support UE moving in network, network side needs in time according to its latest position it to be switched under the only eNB, this process is traditional handoff procedure, before handoff procedure, eNB need control UE this sub-district and adjacent sub-district are measured, and the measurement report that sends according to UE carries out switch decision (promptly according to factor select target sub-districts such as signal strength signal intensities) then.The measurement of RSRP/RSRQ (reference signal received power/reference signal received quality, Reference Signal Received Power/Reference Signal Received Quality) has 2 steps:
1) cell acquisition is undertaken by the synchronizing channel (P-SCH/S-SCH:Primary Synchronization Channel/Secondary Synchronization Channel, primary synchronization channel/auxiliary synchronization channel) that detects this sub-district;
2) signal measurement measures by the CRS (cell specific Reference signal, specific cell reference signal) to this sub-district.
For this sub-district, before measurement, UE has finished the acquisition procedure to this sub-district, and follow-up needs are measured CRS and got final product; And, must carry out 2 processes of cell acquisition and cell measurement successively to adjacent sub-district.
There is multiple deployment scenario in RN, wherein a kind ofly be called mobile RN scene, this moment, RN was transportable, such as at bus or mobile RN of train deploy, it can provide service for each UE in the compartment, this moment, RN and being connected can think staticly relatively between the RN-UE on it, and this scene is also referred to as the group and moves (group mobility).In order to support the mobility of RN, RN in time need be switched to suitable DeNB equally, report+switch this mobility management mechanism so need equally similarly to measure.
Yet according to present standard, RN can't realize adjacent sub-district is measured.From the angle of RN, its frame structure can be divided into 2 parts:
1, RN monitors the moment of DeNB, and according to existing standard, this part subframe always is positioned in MBSFN (Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network, the Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network) subframe.
2, RN moment that RN-UE is served.
In the moment of RN at monitoring DeNB, owing to have CRS in backhaul (back haul link) subframe, therefore RN can obtain the signal strength measurement of this sub-district (donor cell), but because the MBSFN subframe does not comprise the subframe 0 at P-SCH/S-SCH place and subframe 5 (because according to release 8 standards, subframe 0 and subframe 5 must be used for the transmission of system information, so MBSFN can not use this 2 subframes), RN can't carry out the cell acquisition process to the adjacent sub-district of donor cell, therefore can't finish search and measurement to adjacent sub-district.If RN does not consider the restriction of MBSFN, (not merely a bit of time after the RN start carries out for adjacent cell acquisition and measuring process to carry out adjacent cell acquisition in subframe 0 and subframe 5, but after the RN start, carry out all the time), this will influence the transmission means of the system information of RN oneself so, directly the result is exactly that the RN-UE that is connected on it can't monitoring system broadcast, and causes RN to serve for UE.
Based on this, provide mobile RN to measure the technical scheme of problem in the embodiment of the invention, basic inventive concept of the present invention is: utilize RN and RN-UE between the two the position relatively more fixing and near these characteristics, allow RN-UE replace RN to carry out the measurement of adjacent sub-district.Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the specific embodiment of the present invention is described.
Fig. 2 is a measurement result report method implementing procedure schematic diagram, and as shown in the figure, the reporting measurement result can comprise the steps:
The UE that step 201, RN indication are connected to RN measures the adjacent sub-district of donor cell;
Step 202, RN measure donor cell, or RN indicates described UE that donor cell is measured;
Step 203, RN report to DeNB with measurement result.
In the enforcement, there is no inevitable execution sequential relationship between step 201 and the step 202.
In the enforcement, RN can control connection measures donor cell and/or its adjacent sub-district to the UE of RN, and the adjacent cell measurement result who utilizes RN-UE to send then realizes the switch decision to RN.
In the enforcement, can further include:
RN is to the UE configuration information of adjacent cells that is connected to RN;
When RN measures at indication RN-UE, in measuring configuration donor cell and information of adjacent cells thereof are disposed to UE, information of adjacent cells described here comprises physical-layer cell identifier (PCI) etc.
In the enforcement, in order further to help RN-UE to carry out catching of adjacent sub-district, RN can dispose some information of adjacent cells to RN-UE, such as PCI (the physical cell identity of donor cell, physical-layer cell identifier), and DeNB offer other information such as PCI of the adjacent sub-district of RN.
In the enforcement, generally speaking, the principal element of switch decision is the difference (relative threshold) of RSRP measurement result that different districts is measured, such as the switch decision criterion is " adjacent sub-district RSRP signal is than the high 3dB in this sub-district ", the utilization place scene of the technical scheme that provides in conjunction with the embodiment of the invention, because RN and RN-UE distance are more approaching, therefore can think and to represent RN directly to measure resulting difference based on the resulting difference of the measurement result of RN-UE.Therefore, in order to allow DeNB can carry out this type of switch decision, RN can directly report DeNB to the measurement result of RN-UE, and DeNB is with its judgement foundation of whether switching as RN.
In addition, in some handoff algorithms, switch decision will be used the notion of absolute thresholding, such as " the RSRP measurement result of Target cell must greater than-60dBm ", the utilization place scene of the technical scheme that provides in conjunction with the embodiment of the invention, need to consider RN directly measures and the RN-UE measurement between measurement difference.Such as this deployment scenario in the compartment, RN generally is positioned at car body top, and UE is positioned at interior, measurement difference between RN measurement this moment and the RN-UE measurement is mainly from penetrating the loss that the compartment causes with signal so, so in order to reduce the measurement result of RN, can on the measurement result of RN-UE, this penetration loss be estimated and compensate.Therefore, in order to allow DeNB carry out this type of switch decision, RN can report to DeNB with the measurement result of described RN-UE after overcompensation, and DeNB is with its judgement foundation of whether switching as RN.In addition, in the enforcement, also can be RN-UE reporting measurement result, then by DeNB after overcompensation, again with its judgement foundation of whether switching as RN.
In the enforcement, RN is at indication UE when measuring, and can indicate UE to carry out that periodicity reports or Event triggered reports.That is, in the measurement control of RN to RN-UE, can adopt the design of existing R8: periodicity reports or Event triggered reports.
Generally speaking, RN is around RN with the position that is connected the RN-UE on it, so, the measurement result of receiving that is connected a plurality of RN-UE on it can be averaged operation in order to allow the measurement result of RN-UE more approach the result that RN oneself measures.Therefore, in the enforcement, can further include:
The UE of a plurality of RN of being connected to of RN indication measures;
RN reports to DeNB with the measurement result of a plurality of RN-UE after the processing of modes such as averaging.Certainly, also the processing of the impartial mode of making even can be transferred to DeNB in the enforcement handles.
Behind RN reporting measurement result, DeNB can carry out switch decision according to this measurement result, and is therefore corresponding, and the switch decision processing method after a kind of measurement result reports also is provided in the embodiment of the invention, describes below.
Fig. 3 is the switch decision processing method implementing procedure schematic diagram of measurement result after reporting, and as shown in the figure, can comprise the steps: when switch decision is handled carrying out
Step 301, DeNB receive the measurement result that RN reports;
Step 302, DeNB carry out switch decision according to the described measurement result that reports.
In the enforcement, with the measurement result received after overcompensation as the judgement foundation.
Be that with the processing difference in the preceding method what the RN of this place issued DeNB is the measurement result of the RN-UE of not compensated, and DeNB receives that the back compensates processing to this measurement result, is used for the switch decision of RN then.
In the enforcement, can further include:
DeNB carries out switch decision according to a plurality of measurement results of receiving.
Before RN reporting measurement result, can obtain measurement result from RN-UE, be used for switch decision at last, therefore, corresponding, a kind of measurement result report method also is provided in the embodiment of the invention, embodiment in order to explanation RN-UE measures by the indication of RN describes below.
Fig. 4 is a measurement result report method implementing procedure schematic diagram, as shown in the figure, is carrying out giving the correct time on the measurement result and can comprise the steps:
Step 401, RN-UE measure the adjacent sub-district of donor cell according to the indication of the RN of current connection;
Step 402, RN-UE report to described RN with measurement result.
In the enforcement, can further include:
RN-UE measures donor cell according to the indication of described RN;
RN-UE will report to described RN to the measurement result that donor cell measures.
In the enforcement, can further include:
RN-UE receives the information of adjacent cells of described RN configuration;
RN-UE measures according to the information of adjacent cells of configuration when measuring.
In the enforcement, RN-UE is when measuring, and RN-UE carries out that periodicity reports or Event triggered reports.
Certainly, according to need of practice, in concrete enforcement, RN is after receiving the measurement result of RN-UE, be not necessarily will report DeNB, but to see whether this measurement result (also may be the measurement result after overcompensation) satisfies the measurement report condition that DeNB gives RN, just reports DeNB if satisfy, just not report if do not satisfy.
Based on same inventive concept, a kind of via node equipment, a kind of base station, subscriber equipment that receives the measurement result that this via node equipment reports also are provided in the embodiment of the invention, because the principle that these equipment are dealt with problems is similar to measurement result report method and the switch decision processing method after measurement result reports, therefore the enforcement of these equipment can repeat part and repeat no more referring to the enforcement of method.
Fig. 5 is a via node device structure schematic diagram, as shown in the figure, can comprise among the RN:
First measurement module 501 is used to indicate the UE that is connected to RN that the adjacent sub-district of donor cell is measured;
Second measurement module 502 is used for donor cell is measured, or, indicate described RN-UE that donor cell is measured;
Reporting module 503 is used for measurement result is reported to DeNB.
In the enforcement, RN may further include:
Configuration module 504 is used for to described RN-UE configuration information of adjacent cells.
In the enforcement, reporting module can be further used for the measurement result of described RN-UE is reported to DeNB after overcompensation.
In the enforcement, first measurement module and/or second measurement module can be further used at the described RN-UE of indication when measuring, and indicate described RN-UE to carry out that periodicity reports or Event triggered reports.
In the enforcement, the RN-UE that first measurement module and/or second measurement module can be further used for a plurality of RN of being connected to of RN indication measures;
Reporting module can be further used for the measurement result of a plurality of UE is reported to DeNB.
Fig. 6 is the structural representation that receives the base station of the measurement result that reports, and as shown in the figure, can comprise in the base station:
Receiver module 601 is used to receive the measurement result that RN reports;
Judging module 602 is used for carrying out switch decision according to the described measurement result that reports.
In the enforcement, judging module can be further used for the measurement result that will receive after overcompensation as the judgement foundation.
In the enforcement, judging module can be further used for carrying out switch decision according to a plurality of measurement results of receiving.
Fig. 7 is the user device architecture schematic diagram, as shown in the figure, can comprise among the UE:
Measurement module 701 is used for according to the indication of the RN of current connection the adjacent sub-district of donor cell being measured;
Reporting module 702 is used for measurement result is reported to described RN.
In the enforcement, measurement module can be further used for according to the indication of described RN donor cell being measured;
The measurement result that reporting module can be further used for will donor cell being measured reports to described RN.
In the enforcement, can further include among the UE: configuration module 703, be used to receive measurement configuration information, in described measurement configuration information, indicated the information of adjacent sub-district;
Measurement module can also be further used for when measuring, and measures according to the information of adjacent cells of configuration.
In the enforcement, reporting module can also be further used for when measuring, and carries out that periodicity reports or Event triggered reports.
For the convenience of describing, the each several part of the above device is divided into various modules with function or the unit is described respectively.Certainly, when enforcement is of the present invention, can in same or a plurality of softwares or hardware, realize the function of each module or unit.
Embodiment for a better understanding of the present invention describes with example below.
Embodiment one
In the present embodiment, RN measures donor cell, and RN allows RN-UE measure donor cell and adjacent sub-district thereof.And suppose:
The PCI=1 of the donor cell of RN, DeNB configuration RN measures, and measures the PCI (PCI=100) that can comprise the adjacent sub-district of donor cell in the configuration.
Current 1 RN-UE that is connected on it of RN configuration measures, and measures the information such as PCI that comprise donorcell and adjacent sub-district thereof in the configuration, and reporting criterion is periodically to report.
RN-UE measures and reports, and the measurement report content is: " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-90dBm that the signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 is-80dBm ".
RN oneself obtains the measurement result " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-85dBm " of current donor cell by measuring CRS in the backhaul subframe in addition.
Then, RN carries out following processing to above-mentioned measurement result:
1), the signal strength signal intensity of 2 PCI in the contrast RN-UE measurement report, infer path loss ratio RN between the adjacent sub-district of RN and donorcell and the little 10dB of path loss between the donor cell.
2), (be donor cell, measurement result PCI=1) infers that measuring difference (principal element is a penetration loss) is (85)-(90)=5dB to contrast RN to identical sub-district with RN-UE.
3), RN compensates to the measurement result of PCI=100 RN-UE according to above-mentioned measurement difference, obtain " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 for-80+5=-75dBm ".
At last, the measurement report that contains donor cell and adjacent cell measurement result thereof that RN will gather reports DeNB, and its content is " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-85dBm that the signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 is-75dBm ".After receiving, DeNB carries out switch decision for RN.
Fig. 8 reports the implementing procedure schematic diagram for measuring among the embodiment one, as shown in the figure, can comprise the steps:
Step 801, DeNB send measuring control information to RN, have comprised information of adjacent cells (PCI=100) in this control information;
Step 802, RN measure donor cell;
Step 803, RN send measuring control information to RN-UE, have comprised donor cell and information of adjacent cells thereof (PCI=1, PCI=100) in this control information;
Step 804, RN-UE measure donor cell and adjacent sub-district thereof;
Step 805, RN-UE report to the RN measurement;
Step 806, RN infer the measurement difference according to the measurement result of donor cell;
Step 807, RN carry out the difference compensating operation to the adjacent cell measurement result that RN-UE reports;
Step 808, RN report to the DeNB measurement;
Step 809, DeNB are that RN carries out switch decision.
Embodiment two
In the present embodiment, RN measures donor cell, allows following RN-UE measure the adjacent sub-district of donor cell.And suppose:
The measurement difference of known RN and RN-UE is 10dB (penetration loss).The PCI=1 of the donor cell of RN.DeNB configuration RN carries out common frequency measurement, measures the PCI (PCI=100) that can comprise the adjacent sub-district of donor cell in the configuration.
Current 2 RN-UE that are connected on it of RN configuration measure, and measure the PCI information (PCI=100) that comprises the adjacent sub-district of donorcell in the configuration, and reporting criterion is periodically to report.
RN-UE1 measures and report RN, and the measurement report content is: " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 is-80dBm " RN-UE2 measures and reports RN, in the measurement report is: " the PCI=100 signal strength signal intensity is-82dBm ".
RN is averaged operation with the two then, obtains the measurement result of PCI=100: signal strength signal intensity is-81dBm that RN compensates penetration loss to this result then, obtains-81dBm+10=-71dBm.
In addition, RN oneself obtains the measurement result " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-90dBm " of current donor cell also by measuring CRS in the backhaul subframe.
The measurement report that contains donor cell and adjacent cell measurement result thereof that RN will gather reports DeNB, and its content is " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-90dBm that the signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 is-71dBm ".
At last, DeNB carries out switch decision for RN after receiving.
Fig. 9 reports the implementing procedure schematic diagram for measuring among the embodiment two, as shown in the figure, can comprise the steps:
Step 901, DeNB send measuring control information to RN, have comprised information of adjacent cells (PCI=100) in this control information;
Step 902, RN measure donor cell;
Step 903, RN send measuring control information to RN-UE, have comprised the information of adjacent cells (PCI=100) of donor cell in this control information;
Step 904, RN-UE measure the adjacent sub-district of donor cell;
Step 905, RN-UE report to the RN measurement;
Step 906, RN are averaged operation to the RN-UE measurement result;
Step 907, RN compensate operation to the RN-UE measurement result;
Step 908, RN report to the DeNB measurement;
Step 909, DeNB are that RN carries out switch decision.
Embodiment three
In the present embodiment, RN does not measure, and RN allows following RN-UE measure donor cell and adjacent sub-district thereof.And suppose:
The measurement difference of known RN and RN-UE is 10dB (penetration loss).The PCI=1 of the donor cell of RN.DeNB configuration RN measures, and measures the PCI (PCI=100) that can comprise the adjacent sub-district of donor cell in the configuration.
Current 2 RN-UE that are connected on it of RN configuration measure, measure in the configuration to comprise above-mentioned information of adjacent cells, and the PCI information of donor cell, reporting criterion is periodically to report.
RN-UE1 measures and reports, and the measurement report content is: " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-90dBm that the signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 is-80dBm ".
RN-UE2 measures and reports, and the measurement report content is: " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-92dBm that the signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 is-82dBm ".
Then, RN averages the two, obtains measurement result-91dBm of PCI=1, measurement result-81dBm of PCI=100, and compensate the measurement report " signal strength signal intensity of PCI=1 is-81dBm that the signal strength signal intensity of PCI=100 is-71dBm " that penetration loss obtains gathering, and it is reported DeNB.
At last, DeNB carries out switch decision for RN after receiving.
Figure 10 reports the implementing procedure schematic diagram for measuring among the embodiment three, as shown in the figure, can comprise the steps:
Step 1001, DeNB send measuring control information to RN, have comprised information of adjacent cells (PCI=100) in this control information;
Step 1002, RN send measuring control information to RN-UE, comprised in this control information donorcell and information of adjacent cells (PCI=1, PCI=100);
Step 1003, RN-UE measure donor cell and adjacent sub-district thereof;
Step 1004, RN-UE report to the RN measurement;
Step 1005, RN are averaged operation to the RN-UE measurement result;
Step 1006, RN compensate operation to the RN-UE measurement result;
Step 1007, RN report to the DeNB measurement;
Step 1008, DeNB are that RN carries out switch decision.
In the foregoing description, during operations such as the measurement result of RN-UE will be passed through and is averaged, comparison, compensation, in above embodiment, these operations are all carried out at RN, but this is a kind of implementation, also all or part of operation wherein can be placed among the DeNB in the concrete implementation process and carry out.Shown in next embodiment:
Figure 11 as shown in the figure, can comprise the steps: for another measurement among the embodiment three reports the implementing procedure schematic diagram
Step 1101, DeNB send measuring control information to RN, have comprised information of adjacent cells (PCI=100) in this control information;
Step 1102, RN send measuring control information to RN-UE, comprised in this control information donorcell and information of adjacent cells (PCI=1, PCI=100);
Step 1103, RN-UE measure donor cell and adjacent sub-district thereof;
Step 1104, RN-UE report to the RN measurement;
Step 1105, RN are to DeNB reporting measurement result;
Step 1106, DeNB are averaged operation to the RN-UE measurement result;
Step 1107, DeNB compensate operation to the RN-UE measurement result;
Step 1108, DeNB are that RN carries out switch decision.
As can be seen from the above-described embodiment, because RN can dispose RN-UE donor cell or its adjacent sub-district are measured, and, with the measurement result of this measurement result as RN, and after reporting DeNB after the measurement result aggregation process of RN with RN-UE, in order to carrying out switch decision, thereby, solve mobile RN and can't oneself measure the problem of adjacent sub-district.
Those skilled in the art should understand that embodiments of the invention can be provided as method, system or computer program.Therefore, the present invention can adopt complete hardware embodiment, complete software implementation example or in conjunction with the form of the embodiment of software and hardware aspect.And the present invention can adopt the form that goes up the computer program of implementing in one or more computer-usable storage medium (including but not limited to magnetic disc store, CD-ROM, optical memory etc.) that wherein include computer usable program code.
The present invention is that reference is described according to the flow chart and/or the block diagram of method, equipment (system) and the computer program of the embodiment of the invention.Should understand can be by the flow process in each flow process in computer program instructions realization flow figure and/or the block diagram and/or square frame and flow chart and/or the block diagram and/or the combination of square frame.Can provide these computer program instructions to the processor of all-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, Embedded Processor or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, make the instruction of carrying out by the processor of computer or other programmable data processing device produce to be used for the device of the function that is implemented in flow process of flow chart or a plurality of flow process and/or square frame of block diagram or a plurality of square frame appointments.
These computer program instructions also can be stored in energy vectoring computer or the computer-readable memory of other programmable data processing device with ad hoc fashion work, make the instruction that is stored in this computer-readable memory produce the manufacture that comprises command device, this command device is implemented in the function of appointment in flow process of flow chart or a plurality of flow process and/or square frame of block diagram or a plurality of square frame.
These computer program instructions also can be loaded on computer or other programmable data processing device, make on computer or other programmable devices and to carry out the sequence of operations step producing computer implemented processing, thereby the instruction of carrying out on computer or other programmable devices is provided for being implemented in the step of the function of appointment in flow process of flow chart or a plurality of flow process and/or square frame of block diagram or a plurality of square frame.
Although described the preferred embodiments of the present invention, in a single day those skilled in the art get the basic creative notion of cicada, then can make other change and modification to these embodiment.So claims are intended to all changes and the modification that are interpreted as comprising preferred embodiment and fall into the scope of the invention.