Embodiment
In order to solve the problem of how to carry out carrier activation or deexcitation, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of for end side and triggers the method for carrier activation and deexcitation and a kind of method of carrier activation and deexcitation is provided for network side.
Referring to Fig. 2, the triggering carrier activation that the embodiment of the present invention provides and the method for deexcitation, comprise the following steps:
Step 20: terminal determines whether to meet the trigger condition that Carrier State upgrades;
Step 21: terminal, determining after the trigger condition that meets Carrier State renewal, sends to network side the request that Carrier State upgrades; This Carrier State is updated to carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation.
Concrete, the trigger condition of carrier activation can comprise at least one in following three kinds of conditions:
The first, terminal monitoring is less than the transmission rate request minimum of business or the transmission rate value that user sets to the average transmission rate value of business; Can determine according to following formula the average transmission rate v of business:
wherein, T is the duration of business from generation time to current time, DATA
totalfor the total amount of data of this business transmission in time T;
Here,, if business is for guaranteeing bit rate (GBR) business, the transmission rate request minimum of this business is network side for the GBR value of this business configuration etc.; If business is non-assurance bit rate (Non-GBR) business, the transmission rate request minimum of this business is preferential bit rate (PBR) value or minimum bit rate (MinBR) value etc. of network side for this business configuration.MinBR refers to the minimum bit rate into downlink business configuration.This parameter is arranged by operator etc., can carry out the setting of MinBR according to the kind of business (FTP, HTTP, voice, video etc.) and/or qos parameter (index such as packet loss, propagation delay time).
The second, terminal monitoring exceedes the packet delay restriction peak of business or the packet delay value that user sets to the packet delay value of business; Here, definite method of the packet delay value of business is as follows: record the time of advent and the transmitting time of packet in packet data polymerized agreement (PDCP) layer, transmitting time is deducted to the packet delay value that be exactly this packet the time of advent.The packet delay value of business is exactly the average packet time delay value of all packets of this business.
Here, terminal can obtain packet delay restriction peak according to packet delay budget (PDB) parameter of network side configuration, is also that PDB parameter value equals packet delay restriction peak.
The 3rd, terminal monitoring exceedes predefined threshold value to the data to be transmitted amount in buffer area.
Concrete, the trigger condition of carrier wave deexcitation can comprise: the dump energy of terminal is lower than predefined power threshold etc.
Concrete, in step 21, terminal sends to network side the request that Carrier State upgrades, and its realization can adopt following two kinds of modes:
The first, terminal sends media access control layer control unit (MAC CE) to network side, carries the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades in the reserved field of this MACCE; Such as, be set at 1 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier activation, be set at 0 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier wave deexcitation.
Here, this MAC CE can be power headroom (Power Headroom) MAC CE, or extended power surplus (Extended Power Headroom) MAC CE.
The second, terminal sends medium access control layer protocol data cell (MAC PDU) to network side, in the reserved field of MAC of this MAC PDU head, carries the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades.Such as, be set at 1 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier activation, be set at 0 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier wave deexcitation.
Further, in terminal, after network side sends the request of Carrier State renewal, terminal receives the notice of the carrier activation of network side transmission, carries the identification information of the carrier wave of activation in this notice; Terminal is carrier activation corresponding this identification information, and uses the carrier wave after activating to carry out transfer of data; Or,
Terminal receives the notice of the carrier wave deexcitation of network side transmission, carries the identification information of the carrier wave of deexcitation in this notice; Terminal is carrier wave deexcitation corresponding this identification information, and the carrier wave that stops at deexcitation carries out transfer of data.
Referring to Fig. 3, the carrier activation that the embodiment of the present invention provides and the method for deexcitation, comprise the following steps:
Step 30: the request that the Carrier State that network side receiving terminal sends upgrades; This Carrier State is updated to carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation;
Step 31: network side determines whether to accept the request that this Carrier State upgrades;
Step 32: network side, determining after the request of accepting this Carrier State renewal, is carried out the operation of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation according to this request.
Concrete, in step 30, the request that the Carrier State that network side receiving terminal sends upgrades, specifically can be as follows:
The MAC CE that network side receiving terminal sends carries the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades in the reserved field of this MAC CE, such as, be set at 1 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier activation, be set at 0 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier wave deexcitation; Or,
The MAC PDU that network side receiving terminal sends carries the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades in the reserved field of MAC of this MAC PDU head; Such as, be set at 1 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier activation, be set at 0 o'clock at this reserved field, represent the request of carrier wave deexcitation.
Here, this MAC CE can be Power Headroom MAC CE, or Extended PowerHeadroom MAC CE.
Concrete, in step 31, network side determines whether to accept the request that described Carrier State upgrades, and specific implementation can be as follows:
If the request that the request that Carrier State upgrades is carrier activation, network side determines whether to exist configuration to this terminal and unactivated carrier wave according to the carrier configuration information of this terminal, if so, accepts the request of this carrier activation; Otherwise, do not accept the request of this carrier activation;
If the request that Carrier State upgrades is the request of carrier wave deexcitation, network side determines whether to exist the carrier wave of configuration to this terminal and activation according to the carrier configuration information of this terminal, if so, accepts the request of this carrier wave deexcitation; Otherwise, do not accept the request of this carrier wave deexcitation.
Concrete, in step 32, network side is carried out the operation of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation according to this request, and specific implementation can be as follows:
If the request that the request that Carrier State upgrades is carrier activation, network side, from configuration to this terminal and unactivated carrier wave, is chosen and is met the carrier wave of setting activation condition, and the carrier wave of choosing is carried out to activation manipulation;
If the request that Carrier State upgrades is the request of carrier wave deexcitation, network side is carried out deactivating operation to configuration to the whole carrier waves in the carrier wave of this terminal and activation.
Here, network side is from configuring to this terminal and unactivated carrier wave, choose and meet the carrier wave of setting activation condition, be specifically as follows: network side, is chosen channel quality and met all carrier waves or the best carrier wave of channel quality that impose a condition to this terminal and unactivated carrier wave from configuration.Here, the index of weighing channel quality can be Reference Signal Received Power (Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP), also can be Reference Signal Received Quality (Reference Signal Received Quality, RSRQ), the satisfied carrier wave imposing a condition of channel quality specifically can refer to that RSRP or RSRQ exceed the carrier wave of setting threshold value.
Further, after network side is carried out the operation of carrier activation, network side can send to terminal the notice of carrier activation, carries the identification information of the carrier wave of activation in this notice; Or,
After network side is carried out the operation of carrier wave deexcitation, network side sends the notice of carrier wave deexcitation to terminal, carries the identification information of the carrier wave of deexcitation in this notice.
Below the present invention is specifically described:
In the present embodiment, by terminal according to real experiences own to service scenario or equipment situation (as the actual QoS such as service data transmission rate, packet delay index, the impression of user to business, and equipment dump energy etc.), trigger activation or the deexcitation of carrier wave, the request of the activation of carrier wave or deexcitation is notified to network equipment, the network equipment here comprises wireless access network node (the E-UTRAN NodeB of evolution, eNB), wireless access network home (e) node of trunking (Relay) and evolution (Home E-UTRANNodeB, HeNB) etc.Network equipment is received after request, carries out carrier activation or deexcitation judgement according to this request, if can meet user's request according to existing situation, judges successfully, carries out activation or the deactivating operation of carrier wave; If can not meet user's request, can not carry out activation or the deactivating operation of carrier wave.In LTE-A system, the activation of carrier wave and deexcitation are for SCC.
The concrete implementation step of the present embodiment is as follows:
Step 1: the service scenario that terminal arrives according to real experiences or equipment situation, determine whether to meet the trigger condition of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation.
The trigger condition of carrier activation is generally that user is unsatisfied with current transmission service quality or current service scenario does not meet self-demand.Concrete trigger condition can be:
Terminal monitoring is less than the transmission rate request minimum of business or the transmission rate value that user sets to the average transmission rate value of business.For example: terminal is downloading movies or music, find that speed of download is too slow, wish that the carrier wave configuring by activation carrys out promoting transmission rate, completes download as early as possible.
Terminal monitoring exceedes the packet delay restriction peak of business or the packet delay value that user sets to the packet delay value of business.
Terminal monitoring exceedes predefined threshold value to the data to be transmitted amount in buffer area, may occur the situation of cache overflow packet loss.
Except foregoing description, trigger condition can also be quality of service conditions that other all terminals can be experienced or that can obtain by equipment or equipment situation.
Transmission rate request minimum obtains as follows: for GBR business, the GBR value that can be its configuration using network side is as transmission rate request minimum, for Non-GBR business, transmission rate request minimum also can configure by network side, such as the PBR value that is its configuration using network side or MinBR value are as transmission rate request minimum.If network side does not have the transmission rate parameter of configuration service, can only determine whether to meet by comparing the average transmission rate of business reality and the transmission rate value of user's setting so the trigger condition of carrier activation.
The PDB parameter that packet delay restriction peak can configure by network side obtains.
The trigger condition of carrier wave deexcitation can be equipment dump energy deficiency, lower than predefined power threshold.Terminal is wished the consumption by the carrier wave deexcitation of configuration being reduced to energy, increases equipment service time.Can also be service scenario that other all terminals can be experienced or that can obtain by equipment and equipment situation.
Step 2: terminal meets after the trigger condition of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation definite, sends the request of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation to network equipment.The method that terminal sends this request can adopt several as follows:
The first, utilize the reserved field that has MAC CE.
The carrier activation that terminal is sent or the solicited message of carrier wave deexcitation represent with 1 bit, are set to 1, represent that terminal request network side activates carrier wave for it; Be set to 0, represent that terminal request network side is its deexcitation carrier wave.By this bit information by Power Headroom MAC C E(as shown in Fig. 4 a) or Extended Power Headroom MAC CE(as shown in Figure 4 b) reserved field R send.
The second, utilize the reserved field in MAC head.
The solicited message of the carrier activation of terminal or carrier wave deexcitation is represented with 1 bit, be set to 1, represent that terminal request network side activates carrier wave for it; Be set to 0, represent that terminal request network side is its deexcitation carrier wave.This bit information is sent by the reserved field in the MAC head of MAC PDU, as the field R in Fig. 4 c-Fig. 4 e.In Fig. 4 c, the L territory of MAC head is 7 bits, and in Fig. 4 d, the L territory of MAC head is 15 bits, and in Fig. 4 e, MAC head does not comprise L territory.In practical application, can select any one the MAC head in MAC PDU to transmit, as long as network and terminal consult in advance.
Step 3: network equipment is received the carrier activation of terminal or the request of carrier wave deexcitation, determines whether and accepts this request, concrete:
In the time receiving the request of carrier activation, network equipment is checked the carrier configuration information of this terminal, if there is configuration but unactivated carrier wave, the request of the carrier activation of receiving terminal; Otherwise, ignore the request of the carrier activation of terminal.
In the time receiving the request of carrier wave deexcitation, network equipment is checked the carrier configuration information of this terminal, if the carrier wave that has configuration and activate, the carrier wave deexcitation request of receiving terminal; Otherwise the carrier wave of ignoring terminal unloads ripple activation request.
Step 4: if the request of network equipment receiving terminal in step 3 is carried out carrier activation or deexcitation carrier operation according to the content of request.
Here,, if the carrier activation request of network equipment receiving terminal in step 3, network equipment is selected suitable carrier wave and is activated from the available carrier wave of system configuration.Concrete implementation method has two kinds below:
The first, based on channel quality, the SCC that meets certain activation condition is activated.Concrete grammar is as follows, and supposing the system has configured N carrier wave for this user, and this N carrier wave not yet activates.Channel quality in this N carrier wave is met to the carrier wave imposing a condition all to be activated.The index of weighing channel quality can be RSRP, can be also RSRQ.
The second, be user configured SCC, to select a most suitable SCC to activate based on channel quality from system.Concrete grammar is as follows, and supposing the system has configured N carrier wave for certain user, and this N carrier wave not yet activates.The channel quality of comparison terminal on this N carrier wave, selects a carrier activation that channel quality is best.Same, the index of weighing channel quality can be RSRP, can be also RSRQ.
Except channel quality, can also select suitable carrier wave based on factors such as surplus yields and activate.
Network side, activating after carrier wave, changes the Carrier State of activation into activation by deexcitation, then passes through MAC layer signaling to terminal.
If the carrier wave deexcitation request of network equipment receiving terminal in step 3, network equipment all changes all SCC in state of activation into deactivation status by state of activation, then passes through MAC layer signaling to terminal.
In Fig. 4 a-Fig. 4 e, the concrete meaning of other each fields can be referring to agreement 3GPP TS 36.321.
Referring to Fig. 5, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of terminal, and this terminal comprises:
Determining unit 50, for determining whether to meet the trigger condition that Carrier State upgrades;
Transmitting element 51, for determining after the trigger condition that meets Carrier State renewal, sends to network side the request that Carrier State upgrades; Described Carrier State is updated to carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation.
Further, the trigger condition of carrier activation comprises at least one in following condition:
The average transmission rate value that monitors business is less than the transmission rate request minimum of business or the transmission rate value that user sets;
The packet delay value that monitors business exceedes the packet delay restriction peak of business or the packet delay value that user sets;
The data to be transmitted amount monitoring in buffer area exceedes predefined threshold value.
Further, the trigger condition of carrier wave deexcitation comprises:
The dump energy of terminal is lower than predefined power threshold.
Further, if described business is for guaranteeing bit rate GBR business, described transmission rate request minimum is the GBR value of network side for this business configuration;
If described business is non-assurance bit rate Non-GBR business, described transmission rate request minimum is preferential bit rate PBR value or the minimum bit rate value MinBR of network side for this business configuration.
Further, described packet delay restriction peak is to obtain according to the packet delay budget PDB parameter of network side configuration.
Further, described transmitting element 51 for:
Send media access control layer control unit MAC CE to network side, in the reserved field of this MAC CE, carry the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades; Or,
Send medium access control layer protocol data cell MAC PDU to network side, in the reserved field of MAC of this MAC PDU head, carry the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades.
Further, described MAC CE is Power Headroom MAC CE, or Extended PowerHeadroom MAC CE.
Further, this terminal also comprises:
Processing unit 52, for after network side sends the request of Carrier State renewal, receives the notice of the carrier activation of network side transmission, carries the identification information of the carrier wave of activation in this notice; By carrier activation corresponding this identification information, and use the carrier wave after activating to carry out transfer of data; Or,
Receive the notice of the carrier wave deexcitation of network side transmission, in this notice, carry the identification information of the carrier wave of deexcitation; By carrier wave deexcitation corresponding this identification information, and the carrier wave that stops at deexcitation carries out transfer of data.
Referring to Fig. 6, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of network equipment, and this network equipment comprises:
Receiving element 60, the request that the Carrier State sending for receiving terminal upgrades; Described Carrier State is updated to carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation;
Determining unit 61, for determining whether to accept the request that described Carrier State upgrades;
Performance element 62, for determining after the request of accepting described Carrier State renewal, carries out the operation of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation according to this request.
Further, described receiving element 60 for:
The media access control layer control unit MAC CE that receiving terminal sends carries the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades in the reserved field of this MAC CE; Or,
The medium access control layer protocol data cell MAC PDU that receiving terminal sends carries the solicited message that Carrier State upgrades in the reserved field of MAC of this MAC PDU head.
Further, described MAC CE is Power Headroom MAC CE, or Extended PowerHeadroom MAC CE.
Further, described determining unit 61 for:
If the request that the request that described Carrier State upgrades is carrier activation, network side determines whether to exist configuration to this terminal and unactivated carrier wave according to the carrier configuration information of this terminal, if so, accepts the request of this carrier activation; Otherwise, do not accept the request of this carrier activation;
If the request that described Carrier State upgrades is the request of carrier wave deexcitation, network side determines whether to exist the carrier wave of configuration to this terminal and activation according to the carrier configuration information of this terminal, if so, accepts the request of this carrier wave deexcitation; Otherwise, do not accept the request of this carrier wave deexcitation.
Further, described performance element 62 for:
If the request that the request that described Carrier State upgrades is carrier activation, from configuring to this terminal and unactivated carrier wave, chooses and meet the carrier wave of setting activation condition, the carrier wave of choosing is carried out to activation manipulation;
If the request that described Carrier State upgrades is the request of carrier wave deexcitation, configuration is carried out to deactivating operation to the whole carrier waves in the carrier wave of this terminal and activation.
Further, described performance element 62 for:
, choose channel quality and meet all carrier waves or the best carrier wave of channel quality that impose a condition to this terminal and unactivated carrier wave from configuration.
Further, this network equipment also comprises:
Transmitting element 63, for after carrying out the operation of carrier activation, sends the notice of carrier activation to terminal, carry the identification information of the carrier wave of activation in this notice; Or,
After carrying out the operation of carrier wave deexcitation, send the notice of carrier wave deexcitation to terminal, in this notice, carry the identification information of the carrier wave of deexcitation.
To sum up, beneficial effect of the present invention comprises:
In the scheme that the embodiment of the present invention provides, terminal sends to network side the request that Carrier State upgrades, and this Carrier State is updated to carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation; After the request that the Carrier State that network side receiving terminal sends upgrades, determine whether to accept the request that this Carrier State upgrades, if accept, carry out the operation of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation according to this request.Visible, the operation of carrier activation or carrier wave deexcitation is carried out in the request that in this programme, network side can send according to terminal, thereby has solved the problem of how to carry out carrier activation or deexcitation according to the demand of terminal.
The present invention is with reference to describing according to flow chart and/or the block diagram of the method for the embodiment of the present invention, equipment (system) and computer program.Should understand can be by the flow process in each flow process in computer program instructions realization flow figure and/or block diagram and/or square frame and flow chart and/or 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, the instruction that makes to carry out by the processor of computer or other programmable data processing device produces the device for realizing the function of specifying at flow process of flow chart or multiple flow process and/or square frame of block diagram or multiple square frame.
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, the instruction that makes to be stored in this computer-readable memory produces the manufacture that comprises command device, and this command device is realized the function of specifying in flow process of flow chart or multiple flow process and/or square frame of block diagram or multiple square frame.
These computer program instructions also can be loaded in computer or other programmable data processing device, make to carry out sequence of operations step to produce computer implemented processing on computer or other programmable devices, thereby the instruction of carrying out is provided for realizing the step of the function of specifying in flow process of flow chart or multiple flow process and/or square frame of block diagram or multiple square frame on computer or other programmable devices.
Although described the preferred embodiments of the present invention, once those skilled in the art obtain the basic creative concept of cicada, can make other change and modification to these embodiment.So claims are intended to be interpreted as comprising preferred embodiment and fall into all changes and the modification of the scope of the invention.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification and not depart 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 is also intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.