CN105376864A

CN105376864A - Data transmission control method and network device

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Publication number: CN105376864A
Application number: CN201510765431.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱广勇
Original assignee: Shenzhen Jinli Communication Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Jinli Communication Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-11-11
Filing date: 2015-11-11
Publication date: 2016-03-02
Also published as: WO2017080380A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a data transmission control method and a network device. By taking the implementation of the method as an example, the data transmission control method comprises the steps of sending an interference notifying message to a second network device after a first network device confirms that the first network device is interfered by the second network device, wherein the first network device works at an unauthorized frequency band and the second network device works at an authorized frequency band; receiving a decision message returned from the second network device by the first network device; and using the interfered frequency band according to the decision message by the first network device and the second network device by adopting a time division multiplexing mode. As an active mode is adopted, mutual interference between the authorized frequency band and the unauthorized frequency band is removed, and cost of passively adding a function of blocking the interference of a WLAN device is reduced.

Description

A kind of data transfer control method, and the network equipment

Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technical field, particularly a kind of data transfer control method, and the network equipment.

Background technology

Along with the develop rapidly of wireless communication technology, the sharp increase of number of wireless users, and the rapid emergence of high-resolution multimedia stream business, radio spectrum resources is more and more rare, but meanwhile, user to the speed of network and the successional requirement of the network coverage more and more higher, this makes the contradiction between growing wireless demand and the limited mandate frequency spectrum of costliness day by day highlight.Therefore, how to obtain additionally available frequency spectrum resource and become very important concerning operator.In order to alleviate the pressure of authorisation network, operator starts to consider that the unauthorized frequency range utilizing resource relative abundance deals with above-mentioned challenge.At present, many operators are by alleviating burden, the shunting wireless traffic of mobile network at unlicensed spectrum deploy WLAN (wireless local area network) (WirelessLocalAreaNetwork, WLAN) network.

But along with wlan network dispose more and more intensive, the defect of WLAN is more and more obvious, such as: carrier sense multiple access (carriersensemultipleaccess, CSMA)/channel allocation (ChannelAssignment, CA) mechanism causes that efficiency of transmission under dense deployment scene is low, the service quality (QualityofService, QoS) that can not ensure business, can not provide good mobility support etc.; And, close on operator at some and authorize near the frequency resource of frequency range, also can be subject to the interference being operated in the cellular communication system of authorizing frequency range.

In order to solve these problems above-mentioned, at the IEEE (InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers in July, 2012, IEEE), in 802.11 the 134th meetings, suggestion is had to study the motion how improving next generation wlan operating efficiency further.Cellular network that how the efficient wlan network by operator deployment is operator carries out the manuscript of flow unloading wherein to have suggestion to study further, becomes the basis that the group of 802.11ax standard operation in the future sets up.This manuscript is pointed out, in order to tackle the traffic demand of rapid growth, operator needs the more crypto set of network design, and therefore need to introduce more focus to increase network capacity, this is wherein just included in a large amount of WLAN hot spot of indoor and outdoor dense deployment.

In view of each manufacturer is to the lasting extensive concern of this research direction, also in order to launch more adding system, deep research to this research direction, IEEE802.11 formally sets up an independently research group in May, 2013, and main research purpose comprises the spectrum efficiency, the region throughput that how to improve next generation wlan network and how to improve the performance of wlan network in real indoor and outdoors deployment scenario.

In IEEE802.11 the 143rd meeting in January, 2014, rename 802.11ax, and in IEEE802.11 the 144th meeting in March, 2014, this name official approval.Near unauthorized frequency range, the mutual interference of cellular system and wlan system is also that 802.11ax needs one of problem studied.At present, what the scheme eliminating interference mutually adopted is increase barrage jamming to wlan device radio-frequency devices receiver, can cause the increase of wlan device cost like this.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments provide a kind of data transfer control method, and the network equipment, adopt mode initiatively to eliminate the mutual interference of authorizing between frequency range and the network of unauthorized frequency range, reduce the cost because wlan device passive increase barrage jamming function increases.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of data transfer control method on the one hand, comprising:

After first network equipment determines to be subject to the interference of second network equipment, send interference notification to described second network equipment; Described first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and described second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Described first network equipment receives the decision information that described second network equipment returns;

Described first network equipment uses according to described decision information and described second network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner.

In a kind of possible implementation, described first network equipment determines the interference being subject to second network equipment, comprising:

First network equipment determines that the uplink receiving of described first network equipment is subject to the interference of the descending transmission of described second network equipment.

In a kind of possible implementation, described transmission to described second network equipment disturbs notification to comprise:

By the communication interface between described first network equipment and described second network equipment, send interference notification to described second network equipment; Or,

All there is the terminal equipment of communication connection by described and described first network equipment and described second network equipment, send interference notification to described second network equipment.

In a kind of possible implementation, described decision information carries the information of the first period and the second period, described first period is the working hour of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed, and described second period is the inoperative period of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed;

Described first network equipment uses disturbed frequency range to comprise according to described decision information and described second network equipment in a time multiplexed manner:

Described decision information is sent to the terminal equipment of the frequency range be disturbed described in use by described first network equipment, the frequency range be disturbed described in using in described second period and described terminal equipment, the frequency range be disturbed described in not using in described first period or the QoS requirement that sends from described terminal at the described UHF band reception be disturbed in described first period are lower than the business data packet of predetermined threshold.

In a kind of possible implementation, described first frequency range is the unauthorized frequency range that WLAN (wireless local area network) uses, and described second working frequency range is the mandate frequency range that timesharing long evolving system uses;

Described first network equipment is the access point of WLAN (wireless local area network); Described second network equipment is evolved base station or base station controller.

The embodiment of the present invention two aspect provides a kind of data transfer control method, comprising:

Second network equipment receives the interference notification from first network equipment, determines the frequency range be disturbed according to described interference notification; Described first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and described second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Described second network equipment determination decision information, and described decision information is sent to described first network equipment;

Described second network equipment uses according to described decision information and described first network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner.

In a kind of possible implementation, described reception, from the interference notification of first network equipment, comprising:

By the communication interface between described first network equipment and described second network equipment, receive the interference notification from first network equipment; Or,

All there is the terminal equipment of communication connection by described and described first network equipment and described second network equipment, receive the interference notification from first network equipment.

In a kind of possible implementation, describedly determine that decision information comprises:

Determine the first period and the second period, described first period is the working hour of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed, and described second period is the inoperative period of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed;

Described second network equipment uses according to described decision information and described first network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner, comprising:

The frequency range be disturbed described in described second network equipment and the terminal equipment of the frequency range be disturbed described in use used in described first period, the frequency range be disturbed described in not using in described second period.

Described first network equipment is the access point of WLAN (wireless local area network); Described second network equipment is evolved base station or base station controller;

The signal to noise ratio of carrying described first network equipment receive channel within certain time period is disturbed in notification described in described first.

The embodiment of the present invention three aspect provides a kind of network equipment, as first network equipment use, comprising:

Transmitting element, for after the interference determining to be subject to second network equipment, sends interference notification to described second network equipment; Described first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and described second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Receiving element, for receiving the decision information that described second network equipment returns;

Communication control unit, for using according to described decision information and described second network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner.

In a kind of possible implementation, described transmitting element, after determining that the uplink receiving of described first network equipment is subject to the interference of the descending transmission of described second network equipment, sends interference notification to described second network equipment.

In a kind of possible implementation, described transmitting element, for by the communication interface between described first network equipment and described second network equipment, sends interference notification to described second network equipment; Or,

Described transmitting element, also for described decision information being sent to the terminal equipment of the frequency range be disturbed described in use;

Described communication control unit, for the frequency range be disturbed described in using in described second period and described terminal equipment, the frequency range be disturbed described in not using in described first period or the QoS requirement that sends from described terminal at the described UHF band reception be disturbed in described first period are lower than the business data packet of predetermined threshold.

The embodiment of the present invention four aspect provides a kind of network equipment, as second network equipment use, comprising:

Receiving element, for receiving the interference notification from first network equipment, determines the frequency range be disturbed according to described interference notification; Described first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and described second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Information determination unit, for determining decision information;

Transmitting element, for sending to described first network equipment by described decision information;

Communication control unit, uses according to described decision information and described first network equipment the frequency range be disturbed for controlling described second network equipment in a time multiplexed manner.

In a kind of possible implementation, described receiving element, for by the communication interface between described first network equipment and described second network equipment, receives the interference notification from first network equipment; Or,

In a kind of possible implementation, described information determination unit, for determining the first period and the second period, described first period is the working hour of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed, and described second period is the inoperative period of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed;

Described communication control unit, the frequency range be disturbed described in using in described first period for the terminal equipment of frequency range that is disturbed described in controlling described second network equipment and using, the frequency range be disturbed described in not using in described second period.

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantages: by working in the network equipment of unauthorized frequency range after being disturbed, the situation of active reporting interference is to working in the network equipment of authorizing frequency range, the network equipment decision-making of frequency range is authorized how to use the frequency range be disturbed by working in, avoid mutual interference by the multiplexing frequency range that this is disturbed of time-multiplexed mode, and make full use of this frequency range be disturbed.Therefore above scheme, adopts mode initiatively to eliminate the mutual interference of authorizing between frequency range and the network of unauthorized frequency range, reduces the cost because wlan device passive increase barrage jamming function increases.

Accompanying drawing explanation

In order to be illustrated more clearly in the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, below the accompanying drawing used required in describing embodiment is briefly introduced, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.

Figure 1A is embodiment of the present invention system configuration schematic diagram;

Figure 1B is embodiment of the present invention system configuration schematic diagram;

Fig. 1 C is embodiment of the present invention system configuration schematic diagram;

Fig. 1 D is embodiment of the present invention interference band schematic diagram;

Fig. 2 is embodiment of the present invention method flow schematic diagram;

Fig. 3 is embodiment of the present invention method flow schematic diagram;

Fig. 4 is embodiment of the present invention network equipment infrastructure schematic diagram;

Fig. 5 is embodiment of the present invention network equipment infrastructure schematic diagram;

Fig. 6 is embodiment of the present invention network equipment infrastructure schematic diagram;

Fig. 7 is embodiment of the present invention network equipment infrastructure schematic diagram.

Embodiment

In order to make the object, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearly, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is described in further detail, and obviously, described embodiment is only a part of embodiment of the present invention, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making other embodiments all obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.

As shown in Figure 1A, Figure 1B and Fig. 1 C, be three system architecture schematic diagrames, be illustrated as the two methods scene of the embodiment of the present invention.Comprising the base station of LTE, the access point (AccessPoint, AP) of WLAN (wireless local area network) WLAN; Work in the LTE subscriber equipment (UserEquipment, UE) of LTE network, work in the end station WLANSTA of WLAN (wireless local area network); In Figure 1A and Figure 1B, bold portion is illustrated as the communication connection of carrying data/signal, and dotted portion is the signal of interference, in Figure 1A and Figure 1B, carried out the numbering of 1 ~ 4 respectively;

As shown in figure ip, for the embodiment of the present invention is based on the interference analysis of above system architecture, LTE network is at 2.4GHz near band, timesharing Long Term Evolution (TimeDivisionLongTermEvolution, TD-LTE) system and WLAN (wireless local area network) (WirelessLocalAreaNetwork, WLAN) the frequency band spacing of system is comparatively near, therefore, there is adjacent frequency interference co-existence problem therebetween.

Wherein, in the mandate frequency range that LTE is corresponding, be the frequency range that IMT (indoor use tdd mode, TDDmodeforindoorusage) is corresponding, time division multiplexing (TimeDivisionDuplex, TDD); The unauthorized frequency range that WLAN (wireless local area network) is corresponding, then, and the frequency range that other industrial sciences (IndustrialScientificMedica, ISM) of WLAN & are corresponding.The former frequency range is roughly at 2300 ~ 2400MHz, or at 2400 ~ 2483.5MHz, both are very close.

Generally speaking, near 2.4GHz, the interference of two kinds of forms can be there is:

The first interference is for WLANAP downlink is to the interference of TD-LTEeNB uplink receiving;

The second interference is for TD-LTEeNB downlink is to the interference of WLANAP uplink receiving.

According to actual test result, the second interference (TDLTEeNB->WLANAP) disturbs (WLANAP->TDLTEeNB) serious many than the first.

At present, no matter TDLTE or WLAN does not have mechanism to solve this problem.Therefore, when TDLTEeNB downlink, WLANAP will be subject to serious interference and cannot avoid, and reduce the efficiency of transmission of wlan network.

The embodiment of the present invention will propose how to make LTE and WLAN in 802.11ax system, better carry out the technical scheme coexisted.

In embodiments of the present invention, when the uplink receiving of WLANAP is subject to the interference of TDLTEeNB downlink, the disturbed condition that WLANAP proactive notification TDLTEeNB oneself is subject to; TDLTEeNB is after receiving the interference notice of WLANAP, a time division multiplexing (TimeDivisionMultiplex can be configured, TDM) pattern (pattern), this TDMpattern can be opened (ON) by LTE and LTE closedown (OFF) two time periods form, and this TDMpattern is informed WLANAP.This TDMpattern directly can carry out alternating transmission by the interface between WLANAP and TDLTEeNB, also can by all setting up the measurement of the UE of communication connection with TDLTEeNB and WLANAP and reporting assistance to carry out alternating transmission.WLANAP, after receiving this TDMpattern, can inform the above-mentioned TDMpattern of connected WLAN end station (Station, STA) by the beacon (Beacon) of amendment.In the LTEOFF time period, WLANSTA can send data to WLANAP with the interference from TDLTEeNB.

In above technical descriptioon, the information of TDMpattern is carried by the Beacon of amendment, Beacon can be a brand-new Beacon, also can be the information increasing TDMpattern in the access process or transfer of data flow process of terminal in existing Beacon; The Beacon of new establishment with reference to the establishment mode of general Beacon, but can it should be noted that it is compared with general Beacon, and difference is that its information of carrying has comprised the information of TDMpattern; According to the information increasing TDMpattern in existing Beacon, can be so that new field increases, also can be increase at its existing extended field, concrete how increasing is determined by real needs requirements such as (as:) information field length, compatibility, and the embodiment of the present invention does not do uniqueness restriction to this.By the alter mode of above-mentioned Beacon, not only can keep and original system compatible, the expansion of new function can also be realized.

Based on above introduction, embodiments provide a kind of data transfer control method, as Fig. 2, comprising:

201: after first network equipment determines to be subject to the interference of second network equipment, send interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment; Above-mentioned first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and above-mentioned second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

" first " and " second " is for distinguishing two kinds of different network equipments in embodiments of the present invention, should not be construed as and has other technologies implication.Unauthorized frequency range can be such as: the wireless transmission band that what the wireless transmission methods such as WIFI, bluetooth, purple peak were corresponding do not need authorizes; Mandate frequency range can be the wireless transmission band of the needs mandate that the wireless transmission methods such as 3G, LTE are corresponding.First network equipment can be as a rule the access point of WLAN, and second network equipment can be then the communication system of authorizing access frequency range corresponding, such as: the network equipments such as the base station of LTE or base station controller.The a certain frequency range that works in alleged in the embodiment of the present invention refers to the communication using the Radio Resource of this frequency range to carry out data/signaling etc.Interference notification needs the indication information carrying the frequency range be disturbed usually, and the concrete form adopted can be a certain frequency range, is then designated disturbance state, also can be such as: the signal to noise ratio (SignaltoInterferenceplusNoiseRatio being disturbed channel, SINR), be disturbed the subband error rate of channel, the band information be disturbed and the sign (can detect at terminal equipment and send after self is interfered) be disturbed, can also be comprise interference source/isoparametric information of annoyance level/interference band (terminal equipment is by measuring superfluous signal in the channel of its working frequency range, the transmission time of signal can be known by superfluous signal, occurrence number, carrier frequency and bandwidth, or even the information such as the physical location of jamming transmitter) etc., as long as second network equipment can be informed, it is just passable that self certain frequency range receives interference, the concrete form of expression embodiment of the present invention is not made uniqueness and is limited, but it should be noted that, experiment shows, adopt the signal to noise ratio (SignaltoInterferenceplusNoiseRatio being disturbed channel, SINR), the subband error rate being disturbed channel has good actual effect as being disturbed considering of degree.First network equipment and second network equipment need to transmit above-mentioned interference notification, concrete transfer mode can be distinguished to some extent according to the different network architectures and corresponding communication protocol, concrete transfer mode can be selected accordingly, and the present embodiment is not made uniqueness and limited to this.

202: above-mentioned first network equipment receives the decision information that above-mentioned second network equipment returns;

In the present embodiment, decision information is used in the data/signalling instructing first network equipment to carry out unauthorized frequency range, and so decision information should comprise and informs how first network equipment avoids first network equipment and second network equipment to continue the information disturbed in the frequency range be disturbed.As for specifically which kind of information, subsequent embodiment will be specifically described.

203: above-mentioned first network equipment uses according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned second network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner.

First network equipment and second network equipment is avoided to produce interference mutually in the frequency range of closing on based on the time-multiplexed mode used in the embodiment of the present invention, so can determine that this decision information can comprise time-related information usually, such as: distribution first network equipment and second network equipment can use the frequency range be disturbed to carry out transfer of data at which time slice respectively, more specifically, can be inform can take this frequency range be disturbed from which time period, which then can not take the period, the frequency range that so relative equipment then can use this to be disturbed within the time period that the other side does not use this frequency range be disturbed, so just can avoid mutual interference.

The embodiment of the present invention, by working in the network equipment of unauthorized frequency range after being disturbed, the situation of active reporting interference is to working in the network equipment of authorizing frequency range, the network equipment decision-making of frequency range is authorized how to use the frequency range be disturbed by working in, avoid mutual interference by the multiplexing frequency range that this is disturbed of time-multiplexed mode, and make full use of this frequency range be disturbed.Therefore above scheme, adopts mode initiatively to eliminate the mutual interference of authorizing between frequency range and the network of unauthorized frequency range, reduces the cost because wlan device passive increase barrage jamming function increases.

Tested by reality, find that the uplink receiving of first network equipment is subject to the situation of the interference of the descending transmission of second network equipment comparatively serious, serious interference in other situations far away, therefore the embodiment of the present invention can process for this kind of application scenarios by emphasis, specific as follows: above-mentioned first network equipment determines the interference being subject to second network equipment, comprising:

First network equipment determines that the uplink receiving of above-mentioned first network equipment is subject to the interference of the descending transmission of above-mentioned second network equipment.

In embodiments of the present invention, may communication interface itself be had to establish a communications link between first network equipment and second network equipment, the interface of direct communication may do not had between first network equipment and second network equipment yet, embodiments providing interference notification establishes the specific implementation how sending to second network equipment to illustrate from first network, as follows: above-mentioned transmission to above-mentioned second network equipment disturbs notification to comprise:

By the communication interface between above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, send interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment; Or,

All there is the terminal equipment of communication connection by above-mentioned and above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, send interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment.

In the present embodiment, assuming that above-mentioned first network equipment is WIFIAP, above-mentioned second network equipment is LTEeNB; WIFIAP can be connected to cable network usually, and this cable network can belong to the first operator, and WIFIAP, carrying out the actual network that will use the first operator in data transmission procedure, comprising: the equipment such as gateway server; LTEeNB can belong to the second operator; First operator and the second operator are different operators, so usually do not have communication connection between WIFIAP and LTEeNB.Even if the first operator and the second operator are same operators, the also likely too short ability not being transmitted into LTEeNB of the signal transmitting range of WIFIAP, or operator does not dispose the communication interface between WIFIAP and LTEeNB; All application scenarioss all may cause between first network equipment and second network equipment may itself not have communication interface to establish a communications link.But, in order to improve the efficiency of communication, in application scenes, direct communication interface can be set up between WIFIAP and LTEeNB, in addition, along with eNB may merge some functions of WIFIAP in future, direct communication interface so between WIFIAP and LTEeNB, is set up to be implemented.

In the present embodiment, first scheme delivers interference notification by terminal equipment as tie, terminal equipment can be to cross the terminal equipment that all can establish a communications link with first network equipment and second network equipment, such as: mobile phone can set up WIFI connection also can set up LTE connection, that is: can connect with WLANAP, also can connect with LTEeNB; Interference notification can be that WLANAP sends to terminal equipment then terminal equipment forwarding, also can be at WLANAP and terminal equipment after not establishing a communications link or having established a communications link, after measuring respective channel, send to LTEeNB with the form of measurement result.Which kind of form of concrete employing, can select according to different application scenarioss, and the present embodiment is not made uniqueness and limited.

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides and uses in time-multiplexed mode, decision information is which kind of information specifically, and to should the time division multiplexing implementation of specifying information, specific as follows: above-mentioned decision information carries the information of the first period and the second period, above-mentioned first period is the working hour of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed, and above-mentioned second period is the inoperative period of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed;

Above-mentioned first network equipment uses disturbed frequency range to comprise according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned second network equipment in a time multiplexed manner:

Above-mentioned decision information is sent to the terminal equipment using the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed by above-mentioned first network equipment, use the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned second period and above-mentioned terminal equipment, above-mentioned first period do not use the above-mentioned frequency range that is disturbed or the QoS requirement that sends from above-mentioned terminal at the above-mentioned UHF band reception be disturbed in above-mentioned first period lower than the business data packet of predetermined threshold.

In the present embodiment, first time period and the second time period can adopt concrete temporal information, and such as: inform that section is as first time period sometime, LTE opens, and another time period, LTE closed as the second time period; Also can be the periodicity time of informing, such as: each time slicing, such as: 20 seconds, within first 10 seconds, LTE opens, and within latter 10 seconds, LTE closes.Or adopt other concrete manifestation forms, as long as can inform that the frequency range that another time period second network equipment of frequency range which time period second network equipment can be disturbed with this can not be disturbed with this is just passable, can not affect the realization of the embodiment of the present invention, the embodiment of the present invention is not made uniqueness to the concrete form of expression and is limited.

In the present embodiment, first network equipment can send decision information to terminal equipment, specifically can adopt wireless heterogeneous networks (RadioResourceControl, RRC) signaling, also can be medium education (MediumAccessControl, MAC) control system (ControlSystem, CE) signaling, layer 1 (Layer1) control signal can also be passed through, which kind of signaling of concrete employing can be selected according to concrete application scenarios, and the embodiment of the present invention is not made uniqueness to the concrete signaling of carrying above-mentioned inquiry content and limited.

Alternatively, as the citing of a most probable application scenarios, specific as follows: above-mentioned first frequency range is the unauthorized frequency range that WLAN (wireless local area network) uses, above-mentioned second working frequency range is the mandate frequency range that timesharing long evolving system uses;

Above-mentioned first network equipment is the access point of WLAN (wireless local area network); Above-mentioned second network equipment is evolved base station or base station controller.

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides another kind of data transfer control method, as shown in Figure 3, comprising:

301: second network equipment receives the interference notification from first network equipment, determines the frequency range be disturbed according to above-mentioned interference notification; Above-mentioned first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and above-mentioned second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

" first " and " second " is for distinguishing two kinds of different network equipments in embodiments of the present invention, should not be construed as and has other technologies implication.Unauthorized frequency range can be such as: the wireless transmission band that what the wireless transmission methods such as WIFI, bluetooth, purple peak were corresponding do not need authorizes; Mandate frequency range can be the wireless transmission band of the needs mandate that the wireless transmission methods such as 3G, LTE are corresponding.First network equipment can be as a rule the access point of WLAN, and second network equipment can be then the communication system of authorizing access frequency range corresponding, such as: the network equipments such as the base station of LTE or base station controller.The a certain frequency range that works in alleged in the embodiment of the present invention refers to the communication using the Radio Resource of this frequency range to carry out data/signaling etc.

Tested by reality, find that the uplink receiving of first network equipment is subject to the situation of the interference of the descending transmission of second network equipment comparatively serious, serious interference in other situations far away, therefore the embodiment of the present invention can process for this kind of application scenarios by emphasis, specific as follows: above-mentioned second network equipment receives the interference notification from first network equipment, comprising:

Second network equipment receives first network equipment and determines the interference notification that the interference that the uplink receiving of above-mentioned first network equipment is subject to the descending transmission of above-mentioned second network equipment sends afterwards.

302: above-mentioned second network equipment determination decision information, and above-mentioned decision information is sent to above-mentioned first network equipment;

In the present embodiment, decision information is used in the data/signalling instructing first network equipment to carry out unauthorized frequency range, and so decision information should comprise and informs how first network equipment avoids first network equipment and second network equipment to continue the information disturbed in the frequency range be disturbed.Due to follow-up based on the time-multiplexed mode used being avoided first network equipment and second network equipment to produce interference mutually in the frequency range of closing on, so can determine that this decision information can comprise time-related information usually, such as: distribution first network equipment and second network equipment can use the frequency range be disturbed to carry out transfer of data at which time slice respectively, more specifically, can be inform can take this frequency range be disturbed from which time period, which then can not take the period, the frequency range that so relative equipment then can use this to be disturbed within the time period that the other side does not use this frequency range be disturbed, so just can avoid mutual interference.So, how to determine that other periods of period self worked are not operated in this frequency range be disturbed, can determine according to loading condition, quality of service requirement etc., also can consult to determine with first network equipment; It is concrete that how decision-making the present embodiment does not do uniqueness restriction.

303: above-mentioned second network equipment uses according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned first network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner.

In embodiments of the present invention, may communication interface itself be had to establish a communications link between first network equipment and second network equipment, the interface of direct communication may do not had between first network equipment and second network equipment yet, embodiments providing interference notification establishes the specific implementation how sending to second network equipment to illustrate from first network, as follows: above-mentioned reception, from the interference notification of first network equipment, comprising:

By the communication interface between above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, receive the interference notification from first network equipment; Or,

All there is the terminal equipment of communication connection by above-mentioned and above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, receive the interference notification from first network equipment.

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides and uses in time-multiplexed mode, and decision information is which kind of information specifically, and to should the time division multiplexing implementation of specifying information, specific as follows: above-mentionedly determine that decision information comprises:

Determine the first period and the second period, above-mentioned first period is the working hour of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed, and above-mentioned second period is the inoperative period of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed;

Above-mentioned second network equipment uses according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned first network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner, comprising:

Above-mentioned second network equipment uses the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed with using the terminal equipment of the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned first period, does not use the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned second period.

Above-mentioned first network equipment is the access point of WLAN (wireless local area network); Above-mentioned second network equipment is evolved base station or base station controller;

The signal to noise ratio of above-mentioned first network equipment receive channel within certain time period is carried in above-mentioned first above-mentioned interference notification.

Following examples, by for the embody rule scene shown in Fig. 1 C, carry out concrete illustrating to the embodiment of the present invention, comprise two kinds of implementations, as follows:

The first:

Step one: as shown in Figure 1 C, in the T1 moment, the uplink receiving of WLANAP#1 receives the interference of the descending transmission of TDLTEeNB.WLANAP#1 can inform the disturbed condition (send to disturb and notify) of TDLTEeNB oneself by the interface be connected with TDLTEeNB, such as: the signal to noise ratio (SignaltoInterferenceplusNoiseRatio, SINR) that receive channel in oneself a period of time can be informed.

Step 2: TDLTEeNB is after receiving the interference notice of WLANAP, and TDLTEeNB can configure a TDMpattern, such as: time of LTEON is the time of 10ms, LTEOFF is 10ms.TDLTEeNB can inform the configuration of WLANAP#1TDMpattern by the interface be connected with WLANAP#1.

After step 3: WLANAP#1 receives this TDMpattern, by this TDMpattern of the connected WLANSTA#1 of Beacon signaled of amendment.

Step 4: in the LTEOFF time period, WLANSTA#1 just can send data to WLANAP#1, and the reception of WLANAP#1 will from the interference of TDLTEeNB.In the LTEON time period, WLANSTA#1 can send data to WLANAP#1, or only sends the low business data packet of qos requirement.

The second:

Step one: as shown in Figure 1 C, in the T1 moment, the uplink receiving of WLANAP#2 receives the interference of the descending transmission of TDLTEeNB.WLANAP#2 can by measuring with the UE#1 that TDLTEeNB and WLANAP#2 is connected simultaneously and report, the disturbed condition of notice TDLTEeNB oneself.Such as WLANAP#2 is first by the disturbed condition of the WLAN module oneself of WLANMAC layer signaled UE#1, and then by the LTE module of oneself, UE#1 informs that TDLTEeNB oneself receives the disturbed condition of WLANAP#2.

Step 2: after receiving the interfere information of WLANAP#2, TDLTEeNB can configure a TDMpattern, such as: time of LTEON is the time of 10ms, LTEOFF is 10ms.TDLTEeNB can by measuring with the UE#1 that TDLTEeNB and WLANAP#2 is connected simultaneously and report, this TDMpattern of notice WLANAP#2.Such as this TDMpattern is first told UE#1 by RRC signaling by TDLTEeNB, and then UE#1 informs this TDMpattern of WLANAP#2 by the WLAN module of oneself.

After step 3: WLANAP#2 receives this TDMpattern, by this TDMpattern of the connected WLANSTA#2 of Beacon signaled of amendment.

Step 4: in the LTEOFF time period, WLANSTA#2 just can send data to WLANAP#2, and the reception of WLANAP#2 will from the interference of TDLTEeNB.In the LTEON time period, WLANSTA#2 can not send data to WLANAP#2, or only sends the low business data packet of qos requirement.

Adopt the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention to bring and there is following obvious advantage and effect:

LTEeNB can dynamic-configuration LTEON/OFFpattern, avoids the interference to WLANAP uplink receiving.

LTEON/OFFpattern can be informed to WLANAP by LTEeNB dynamically in several ways.

LTEON/OFFpattern can be informed connected WLANSTA by WLANAP dynamically, instructs WLANSTA to carry out uplink to WLANAP period at LTEOFF, avoids the reception of WLANAP to be interfered, and improves efficiency of transmission.

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of network equipment, as first network equipment use, as shown in Figure 4, comprising:

Transmitting element 401, for after the interference determining to be subject to second network equipment, sends interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment; Above-mentioned first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and above-mentioned second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Receiving element 402, for receiving the decision information that above-mentioned second network equipment returns;

Communication control unit 403, for using according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned second network equipment the frequency range be disturbed in a time multiplexed manner.

" first " and " second " is for distinguishing two kinds of different network equipments in embodiments of the present invention, should not be construed as and has other technologies implication.Unauthorized frequency range can be such as: the wireless transmission band that what the wireless transmission methods such as WIFI, bluetooth, purple peak were corresponding do not need authorizes; Mandate frequency range can be the wireless transmission band of the needs mandate that the wireless transmission methods such as 3G, LTE are corresponding.First network equipment can be as a rule the access point of WLAN, and second network equipment can be then the communication system of authorizing access frequency range corresponding, such as: the network equipments such as the base station of LTE or base station controller.The a certain frequency range that works in alleged in the embodiment of the present invention refers to the communication using the Radio Resource of this frequency range to carry out data/signaling etc.Interference notification needs the indication information carrying the frequency range be disturbed usually, and the concrete form adopted can be a certain frequency range, is then designated disturbance state; Also can be such as: the signal to noise ratio (SignaltoInterferenceplusNoiseRatio being disturbed channel, SINR) etc., as long as second network equipment can be informed, it is just passable that self certain frequency range receives interference, and the concrete form of expression embodiment of the present invention is not made uniqueness and limited.First network equipment and second network equipment need to transmit above-mentioned interference notification, concrete transfer mode can be distinguished to some extent according to the different network architectures and corresponding communication protocol, concrete transfer mode can be selected accordingly, and the present embodiment is not made uniqueness and limited to this.

Tested by reality, find that the uplink receiving of first network equipment is subject to the situation of the interference of the descending transmission of second network equipment comparatively serious, serious interference in other situations far away, therefore the embodiment of the present invention can process for this kind of application scenarios by emphasis, specific as follows: above-mentioned transmitting element 401, after determining that the uplink receiving of above-mentioned first network equipment is subject to the interference of the descending transmission of above-mentioned second network equipment, send interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment.

In embodiments of the present invention, may communication interface itself be had to establish a communications link between first network equipment and second network equipment, the interface of direct communication may do not had between first network equipment and second network equipment yet, embodiments providing interference notification establishes the specific implementation how sending to second network equipment to illustrate from first network, as follows: above-mentioned transmitting element 401, for by the communication interface between above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, send interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment; Or,

Above-mentioned transmitting element 401, also for above-mentioned decision information being sent to the terminal equipment using the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed;

Above-mentioned communication control unit 403, for using the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned second period and above-mentioned terminal equipment, above-mentioned first period do not use the above-mentioned frequency range that is disturbed or the QoS requirement that sends from above-mentioned terminal at the above-mentioned UHF band reception be disturbed in above-mentioned first period lower than the business data packet of predetermined threshold.

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides the another kind of network equipment, as second network equipment use, as shown in Figure 5, comprising:

Receiving element 501, for receiving the interference notification from first network equipment, determines the frequency range be disturbed according to above-mentioned interference notification; Above-mentioned first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and above-mentioned second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Information determination unit 502, for determining decision information;

Transmitting element 503, for sending to above-mentioned first network equipment by above-mentioned decision information;

Communication control unit 504, uses according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned first network equipment the frequency range be disturbed for controlling above-mentioned second network equipment in a time multiplexed manner.

Tested by reality, find that the uplink receiving of first network equipment is subject to the situation of the interference of the descending transmission of second network equipment comparatively serious, serious interference in other situations far away, therefore the embodiment of the present invention can process for this kind of application scenarios by emphasis, specific as follows: above-mentioned receiving element 501, for receiving the interference notification from first network equipment, comprising:

Receive first network equipment and determine the interference notification that the interference that the uplink receiving of above-mentioned first network equipment is subject to the descending transmission of above-mentioned second network equipment sends afterwards.

In embodiments of the present invention, may communication interface itself be had to establish a communications link between first network equipment and second network equipment, the interface of direct communication may do not had between first network equipment and second network equipment yet, embodiments providing interference notification establishes the specific implementation how sending to second network equipment to illustrate from first network, as follows: above-mentioned receiving element 501, for by the communication interface between above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, receive the interference notification from first network equipment; Or,

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides and uses in time-multiplexed mode, decision information is which kind of information specifically, and to should the time division multiplexing implementation of specifying information, specific as follows: above-mentioned information determination unit 502, for determining the first period and the second period, above-mentioned first period is the working hour of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed, and above-mentioned second period is the inoperative period of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed;

Above-mentioned communication control unit 504, using the above-mentioned frequency range that be disturbed with using the terminal equipment of the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned first period for controlling above-mentioned second network equipment, not using the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned second period.

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides the another kind of network equipment, as first network equipment use, as shown in Figure 6, comprising: receiving equipment 601, transmitting apparatus 602, processor 603 and memory 604; Wherein, memory 604, may be used for the buffer memory that processor 603 may use when performing correlation step, also may be used for the storage of the data content received, specifically determining according to need;

Wherein, above-mentioned transmitting apparatus 602, for after the interference determining to be subject to second network equipment, sends interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment; Above-mentioned first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and above-mentioned second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Above-mentioned receiving equipment 601, for receiving the decision information that above-mentioned second network equipment returns;

Above-mentioned processor 603, uses according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned second network equipment the frequency range be disturbed for controlling in a time multiplexed manner.

Alternatively, above-mentioned transmitting apparatus 602, after determining that the uplink receiving of above-mentioned first network equipment is subject to the interference of the descending transmission of above-mentioned second network equipment, sends interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment.

Alternatively, above-mentioned transmitting apparatus 602, for by the communication interface between above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, sends interference notification to above-mentioned second network equipment; Or,

Further, above-mentioned decision information carries the information of the first period and the second period, above-mentioned first period is the working hour of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed, and above-mentioned second period is the inoperative period of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed;

Above-mentioned transmitting apparatus 602, also for above-mentioned decision information being sent to the terminal equipment using the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed;

Above-mentioned processor 603, use the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed for controlling in above-mentioned second period and above-mentioned terminal equipment, above-mentioned first period do not use the above-mentioned frequency range that is disturbed or the QoS requirement that sends from above-mentioned terminal at the above-mentioned UHF band reception be disturbed in above-mentioned first period lower than the business data packet of predetermined threshold.

Alternatively, above-mentioned first frequency range is the unauthorized frequency range that WLAN (wireless local area network) uses, and above-mentioned second working frequency range is the mandate frequency range that timesharing long evolving system uses;

The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides the another kind of network equipment, as second network equipment use, still can the structural representation shown in reference diagram 6, and comprising: receiving equipment 601, transmitting apparatus 602, processor 603 and memory 604; Wherein, memory 604, may be used for the buffer memory that processor 603 may use when performing correlation step, also may be used for the storage of the data content received, specifically determining according to need;

Above-mentioned receiving equipment 601, for receiving the interference notification from first network equipment, determines the frequency range be disturbed according to above-mentioned interference notification; Above-mentioned first network equipment works in unauthorized frequency range, and above-mentioned second network equipment works in mandate frequency range;

Above-mentioned processor 603, for determining decision information;

Above-mentioned transmitting apparatus 602, for sending to above-mentioned first network equipment by above-mentioned decision information;

Above-mentioned processor 603, also uses according to above-mentioned decision information and above-mentioned first network equipment the frequency range be disturbed for controlling above-mentioned second network equipment in a time multiplexed manner.

Alternatively, above-mentioned receiving equipment 601, for by the communication interface between above-mentioned first network equipment and above-mentioned second network equipment, receives the interference notification from first network equipment; Or,

Alternatively, above-mentioned processor 603, for determining the first period and the second period, above-mentioned first period is the working hour of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed, and above-mentioned second period is the inoperative period of above-mentioned second network equipment in the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed; Control above-mentioned second network equipment and use the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed with using the terminal equipment of the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned first period, do not use the above-mentioned frequency range be disturbed in above-mentioned second period.

Fig. 7 is a kind of network equipment infrastructure schematic diagram that the embodiment of the present invention provides, this network equipment 700 can produce larger difference because of configuration or performance difference, one or more central processing units (centralprocessingunits can be comprised, CPU) 722 (such as, one or more processors) and memory 732, one or more store the storage medium 730 (such as one or more mass memory units) of application program 742 or data 744.Wherein, memory 732 and storage medium 730 can be of short duration storages or store lastingly.The program being stored in storage medium 730 can comprise one or more modules (diagram does not mark), and each module can comprise a series of command operatings in the network equipment.Further, central processing unit 722 can be set to communicate with storage medium 730, and the network equipment 700 performs a series of command operatings in storage medium 730.

The network equipment 700 can also comprise one or more power supplys 726, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 750, one or more input/output interfaces 758, and/or, one or more operating system 741, such as WindowsServerTM, MacOSXTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM etc.

Step in above-described embodiment performed by the network equipment can based on the network equipment infrastructure shown in this Fig. 7.In the network equipment, the function of receiving equipment 601 and transmitting apparatus 602 can correspond to the function of input/output interface 758, the function of the processor 603 in the network equipment then can correspond to the function of central processing unit 722, the function of memory 604 then can correspond to storage medium 1230 or memory 1232, concrete can be different according to different hardware structures, the present embodiment do not do uniqueness limit.

It should be noted that in above-mentioned network equipment embodiment, included unit is carry out dividing according to function logic, but is not limited to above-mentioned division, as long as can realize corresponding function; In addition, the concrete title of each functional unit, also just for the ease of mutual differentiation, is not limited to protection scope of the present invention.

In addition, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step realized in above-mentioned each embodiment of the method is that the hardware that can carry out instruction relevant by program completes, corresponding program can be stored in a kind of computer-readable recording medium, the above-mentioned storage medium mentioned can be read-only memory, disk or CD etc.

These are only the present invention's preferably embodiment; but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto; anyly be familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the embodiment of the present invention discloses, the change that can expect easily or replacement, all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range of claim.

Claims

1. a data transfer control method, is characterized in that, comprising:

2. method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described first network equipment determines the interference being subject to second network equipment, comprising:

3. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly sends interference notification to described second network equipment and comprises:

4. method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described decision information carries the information of the first period and the second period, described first period is the working hour of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed, and described second period is the inoperative period of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed;

5. method according to Claims 1-4 any one, is characterized in that, described first frequency range is the unauthorized frequency range that WLAN (wireless local area network) uses, and described second working frequency range is the mandate frequency range that timesharing long evolving system uses;

6. a data transfer control method, is characterized in that, comprising:

7. method according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, described reception, from the interference notification of first network equipment, comprising:

8. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, describedly determines that decision information comprises:

9. method according to claim 6 to 8 any one, is characterized in that,

Described first frequency range is the unauthorized frequency range that WLAN (wireless local area network) uses, and described second working frequency range is the mandate frequency range that timesharing long evolving system uses;

10. a network equipment, is characterized in that, as first network equipment use, comprising:

11. network equipments according to claim 10, is characterized in that,

Described transmitting element, after determining that the uplink receiving of described first network equipment is subject to the interference of the descending transmission of described second network equipment, sends interference notification to described second network equipment.

12. network equipments according to claim 10, is characterized in that,

Described transmitting element, for by the communication interface between described first network equipment and described second network equipment, sends interference notification to described second network equipment; Or,

13. network equipments according to claim 10, it is characterized in that, described decision information carries the information of the first period and the second period, described first period is the working hour of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed, and described second period is the inoperative period of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed;

14., according to claim 10 to the network equipment described in 13 any one, is characterized in that, described first frequency range is the unauthorized frequency range that WLAN (wireless local area network) uses, and described second working frequency range is the mandate frequency range that timesharing long evolving system uses;

15. 1 kinds of network equipments, is characterized in that, as second network equipment use, comprising:

Information determination unit, for determining decision information;

16., according to the network equipment described in claim 15, is characterized in that,

Described receiving element, for by the communication interface between described first network equipment and described second network equipment, receives the interference notification from first network equipment; Or,

17., according to the network equipment described in claim 15, is characterized in that,

Described information determination unit, for determining the first period and the second period, described first period is the working hour of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed, and described second period is the inoperative period of described second network equipment in the described frequency range be disturbed;

18., according to claim 15 to the network equipment described in 17 any one, is characterized in that,