CN107211321A - The chance access of millimeter wqve radio access technology based on edge cloud mobile agent - Google Patents

Abstract

The method and apparatus that embodiment of the disclosure describes the chance access for millimeter wave (mmWave) radio access technologies based on edge cloud mobile agent.It can describe and state other embodiment.

Description

The chance access of millimeter wqve radio access technology based on edge cloud mobile agent

The cross reference of related application

This application claims entitled " the OPPORTUNISTIC ACCESS OF 5G MMWAVE submitted on March 4th, 2015 RAT BASED ON EDGE CLOUD MOBILE PROXY " U.S. Provisional Application No.62/128,009 priority, its is complete Portion's content is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.

Technical field

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication field, more particularly, to for controlling to radio air The apparatus and method of the chance access (opportunistic access) of the frequency spectrum of interface.

Background technology

Next-Generation Wireless Communication Systems can be expected using the wireless frequency spectrum in frequency bands more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz). Channel in more than 6GHz frequency band may be generally referred to as millimeter wave (mmWave) channel.Due to the feature of mmWave channels (being propagated such as, but not limited to high path loss and quasi-optics), mmWave channels can be rendered as opening and closing.Work as mmWave When channel is opened, the communication link on channel may observe high-throughput.When mmWave channel offs, communication link can It is able to can lose.In all cases, this opening-closing is dynamically likely to be dependent on the deployment of communication environment and mmWave base stations. In the communication scenes of many usurys in such as street canyon, city square, office and market etc, the switch frequency of channel The duration of rate and closing period can be second levels.

Although being possible to improve the overall data rate that wireless communication system is supported using mmWave channels, it may need The integrated of mmWave channels is improved reliably to communicate to provide.

Brief description of the drawings

By with reference to the described in detail below of accompanying drawing, will readily appreciate that embodiment.For convenience of description, identical is with reference to mark Number represent identical structural detail.In the accompanying drawings, unrestricted mode is illustrated embodiment in an illustrative manner.

Fig. 1 is the curve map of the example for the dynamics of channels for showing the mmWave channels according to some embodiments.

Fig. 2 shows the network communications environment according to some embodiments.

Fig. 3 shows the electronic device circuitry according to some embodiments.

Fig. 4 shows the radio communication circuit according to some embodiments.

Fig. 5 shows the ethernet controller according to some embodiments.

Fig. 6 shows the computing device according to some embodiments.

Fig. 7 shows the interaction of the module of the communication protocol stack of the distinct device according to some embodiments.

Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of flow according to some embodiments and feedback flow.

Fig. 9 shows the reporting process according to some embodiments.

Figure 10 shows the chance access operation according to some embodiments.

Figure 11 is the flow chart for showing the TCP rate control operations according to some embodiments.

Figure 12 shows the chance access operation according to some embodiments.

Figure 13 shows the chance access operation according to some embodiments.

Figure 14 shows the flow chart that operation is managed according to the TCP of some embodiments.

Figure 15 shows the chance access operation according to some embodiments.

Figure 16 shows the example computer readable mediums according to some embodiments.

Embodiment

In the following detailed description, with reference to part thereof of accompanying drawing is formed, wherein identical reference number is represented all the time Identical part, and shown in the way of the illustrative embodiment that can be put into practice.It should be understood that without departing substantially from the disclosure In the case of scope, other embodiment can be used and structure or logical changes can be carried out.

Can in the way of most helpful in theme claimed is understood using various operations successively as multiple independent Action operates to be described.However, description order should not be construed as to imply that these operation be necessarily to rely on it is suitable Sequence.Specifically, these operations may not be according to the sequentially executed of presentation.Can be by different from described embodiment suitable Sequence performs described operation.It can perform various additional operations in an additional embodiment, or described operation can be by Omit.

For the purpose of this disclosure, " A or B " refer to (A), (B) or (A and B) phrase.For the purpose of this disclosure, phrase " A, B or C " refer to (A), (B), (C), (A and B), (A and C), (B and C) or (A, B and C).

Specification can use phrase " in a certain embodiment " or " in embodiment ", and it can refer to identical or not respectively One or more of same embodiment.In addition, on term " comprising ", "comprising", " tool used in embodiment of the disclosure Have " etc. be synonymous.

Fig. 1 is the curve map 100 of the example for the dynamics of channels for showing mmWave channels.Specifically, curve map 100 is shown With channel gain of the decibel (dB) for unit within the period that user equipment (UE) is advanced.

Radio wave in mmWave channels may have a short wavelength (for example, less than 500mm), and with may be by just quilt Of a relatively high decay caused by the radio wave of the absorptions such as atmospheric gas, rainwater is associated.The relatively shortwave of these radio waves Length may also increase diffusing reflection, cause that the multipath transmisstion of fading problem may be caused.Even if in addition, with the speed of walking, these Radio wave may also be associated with notable Doppler frequency shift.As briefly introduced above, it is wireless in these millimeter wave channels These propagation problems of electric wave may cause exiting for channel periodicity.For example, curve map 100 show lucky one second it During the period for starting afterwards and continueing to about six seconds, mmWave channels can open and can provide significant channel Gain, peak value is in about -95dB.However, just after the 6th second, mmWave channels may be completely closed, and until close It can just reopen within 7th second, now, the channel gain of mmWave channels may increase to about -105dB.Therefore, connecing In the period of nearly 1 second, mmWave channels may be effectively closed as well, and abandon any communication chain set up on this channel Road.

Channel switch effect shown in Figure 100 shows, compared with lower band, and different technologies can be used for higher-frequency Connection and traffic management in band.Embodiment of the disclosure is provided can be by working under lower band (for example, less than 6GHz) Radio access technologies (RAT) maintain connection, and the RAT worked under high frequency band (for example, higher than 6GHz) can be Channel is accessed when it is available opportunistic.Embodiment, which is described, can be applied to unstable chance access link being changed into The mobile agent and traffic shaping (traffic shaping) being stably connected with.

In the disclosure, the chance realized by the component (including, for example, mobile agent) of wireless communication system is described to connect Enter the sample implementation with traffic shaping.

In certain embodiments, chance access and traffic shaping can be based on anchor-booster (anchor-booster) frame Structure, wherein, grand evolved node B (MeNB) provides metastable connection, and cell eNB (SeNB) provides relatively unstable But the connection of high power capacity is to support opportunistic communication link.

Some embodiments can additionally/alternatively be included by the flow of mobile agent realization that may be within the core network Controlling mechanism.Mobile agent can manage the chance link and flow buffering at edge cloud.Edge cloud used herein is Directly with the entity of the core network of the entity interface of radio access network.

In various embodiments, mobile agent can terminate transport layer to provide the control to the data transfer on transmission network System.Mobile agent with the data transfer on controlling transmission network and can buffer UE flows, so that be reduced or avoided can be to network traffics The radio channel capacity fluctuation having a negative impact.Transmission network can refer in transport layer (for example, transmission control protocol (TCP) layer) network of equipment that is connected to.The clearing end of transmission network can be the equipment for performing TCP layer operation, for example, moving Dynamic agency and sending entity (for example, application server).Transmission network can connect clearing end through core network.

Mobile agent can manipulate transmission network flow to adapt to lower floor's radio access network capacity.Anchor eNB (for example, MeNB it) can maintain to be connected with UE radio resource control (RRC).In various embodiments, anchor eNB or mobile agent can be with Dispatched based on uninterrupted, discharge pattern, service quality (QoS) requirement and mmWave radio link qualities in user plane MmWave enhancing cell chance access.

Average network capacity even in mmWave frequency bands may be higher, but due to as caused by above-mentioned channel switch effect Violent radio link rate fluctuation, this high radio net data rate may may not always be available to transmission network.Cause This, describes the chance access procedure in edge cloud and radio access network in the disclosure.Buffering and biography in edge cloud Defeated layer-management potentially contributes to stablize the unstable chance access link in radio access network.Manipulated and adjusted by flow Degree, unstable chance access link can be changed into stable connection.

Fig. 2 shows the network communications environment 200 according to some embodiments.Network communications environment 200 (or referred to as " ring Border 200 ") core network (CN) equipment 204 (mobile agent 206 can be included), grand evolved node B (MeNB) can be included 208th, small cell evolved Node B (SeB) 212 and user equipment (UE) 216.

In certain embodiments, eNB 208 and 212 can be the universal terrestrial radio access network (E- of evolution UTRAN a part), its specification and agreement for providing with being developed by third generation partner program (3GPP) (including but are not limited In Long Term Evolution (LTE) technical specification (TS)) consistent radio air interfaces.

" LTE " used herein can typically refer to and original LTE, the associated issues such as LTE (LTE-A), 5G of upgrading Version.In other embodiments, eNB 208 and 212 can be a part for other cellular systems, and such as, but not limited to the whole world is moved Dynamic communication system (GSM), general grouped wireless flow (GPRS), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), high-speed packet access (HSPA), evolved HSPA (E-HSPA) etc..

CN equipment 204 can be responsible for the overall control to UE and (can be the clothes with definition to carrying (bearer) The IP stream of packets of quality of being engaged in (QoS)) foundation core network (or the Evolved Packet Core in System Architecture Evolution (SAE) (EPC) part).In certain embodiments, CN equipment 204 may be considered that the edge in core network, therefore can be with It is referred to as edge cloud equipment.CN equipment 204 can be included in UE 216 be in idle condition when as the sheet for Deta bearer The gateway (S-GW) of ground mobile anchor, and can CN mobility management entity (MME) initiate UE 216 paging with Re-establish interim buffering downlink data during carrying.S-GW can also perform management function (example in accessed network Such as, the purpose for charging collects data and uses statistical information).

In certain embodiments, CN equipment 204 can additionally/alternatively include CN other one or more logic sections Point.For example, CN equipment 204 can include packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), it is responsible for UE 216 IP address Distribution, and service quality (QoS) pressure is carried out according to the rule from strategy and fees policy function (PCRF) and is based on The charge of stream.CN equipment 204 can additionally/alternatively include MME, and it can handle the signaling between UE 216 and CN The control node of (for example, signaling based on Non-Access Stratum (NAS) agreement).MME can be performed with bearer management (for example, by NAS Foundation, maintenance and the releasing bearing of session management layer processing in agreement) related function；With connection management (for example, by NAS Connection foundation and security between the CN and UE 216 of connection in protocol layer or mobility management layer processing) related work( Energy；Or the function related to the interaction of other networks.

As will be further described, CN equipment 204 can include mobile agent 206, for managing CN edges Transport layer is connected, to aid in the reliable communication by radio air interfaces.In certain embodiments, mobile agent 206 can be with Use buffering and can be with the transport layer functionality of higher management network.For example, mobile agent 206 can be by through core network The connection of the transmission network of (being wherein disposed with CN equipment 204) receives flow from sending entity.Mobile agent 206 can be set in CN Buffer traffic in standby 204 memory circuitry, and flow can be caused to be sent out by the connection through radio access network It is sent to the eNB (for example, MeNB 208 or SeNB 212) of radio access network.Can by mobile agent 206 or Scheduling logic at MeNB 208 is determined to by the scheduling of the definite link of transmission flow thereon.

Mobile agent 206 can receive the information of the capacity on link 220 and 224, and can control to connect thereon Receive the data rate of the transmission network of flow.By this way, can be effective as the mobile agent 206 of edge cloud equipment operation Ground manages transmission network, and can at least participate in effective transmission of the link pair data by air interface.

Environment 200 can have multiple interfaces, and it specifies the signaling procedure that can be transmitted between different entities and message Type.ENB can be communicated by Uu interfaces with UE 216；ENB can be by X2 interface with communicating with one another；ENB can lead to S1 interfaces are crossed to be communicated with mobile agent；And SGW can be communicated by S5/S8 interfaces with PGW.

MeNB 208 can be the cellular basestation of relative high powers, and it provides nothing on relatively large overlay area for UE Line electricity covering.For example, in certain embodiments, MeNB 208 can provide radio in 1-20 kms (km) distance and cover Lid.In certain embodiments, MeNB 208 can have tens watts of power output.

Compared with MeNB 208, SeNB 212 can be the cellular basestation of relative low-power, and it is in relatively small covering On region radio covering is provided for UE.For example, in certain embodiments, SeNB 212 can less than 1000 meters (m) away from From upper offer radio covering.In certain embodiments, SeNB 212 can have the power output less than several watts.Various In embodiment, SeNB 212 can be referred to as Microcell, picocell or Femto cell eNB.

MeNB 208 can realize the first RAT worked under lower band (for example, less than 6GHz), with support and UE 216 the first communication link.First communication link can also be referred to as anchor chain road, and can provide for UE 216 and network Between signaling and data exchange baseline connection.

Lower band can include the evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) for being used for FDD (FDD) Working band 1-5,7-14,17-4,65,66, or it is used for the E-UTRA working bands 33-45 of time division duplex (TDD).These E-UTRA working bands can have the frequency band between about 700MHz and 3700MHz.In other embodiments, it can use Other frequency bands, such as, but not limited to global system for mobile communications (GSM) frequency band, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) frequency band etc., These frequency bands can use or can be without using other network types (for example, high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) net Network, UMTS network, worldwide interoperability for microwave accesses (WiMAX) network etc.) RAT.

SeNB 212 can realize the 2nd RAT worked in high frequency band (for example, higher than 6GHz), with support and UE 216 the second communication link.Second communication link can also be referred to as strengthening link, and can provide when available and be used for The additional resource of the swapping data of UE 216 and network.

High frequency band can have the radio wave that wavelength is about 500mm to 1mm.For the purpose of this description, the wavelength Scope can be referred to as " mmWave " wavelength.In certain embodiments, high frequency band can include by Electrical and Electronic engineer Described by association (IEEE) millimere-wave band (have 110-300GHz frequency range and 2.73mm to 1mm wave-length coverage), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) radio bands 10 (6 to 30GHz) or ITU radio bandses 11 (30 to 300GHz).

Each of communication link (can be used for example in multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) including multiple different transport layers In communication) or multiple different carrier waves (being used for example in carrier aggregation environment).Furthermore, it is possible in the middle part of the multiple spot scene of coordination Administration additional eNB, transfer point or long distance wireless dateline.Generally, described embodiment can be incorporated into provided herein is In the consistent various cellular deployments of description.

In environment 200, two distinct types of data flow can be distinguished in the communications.User plane (U can be referred to as Plane) the first data flow can be included between the user of end to end connection the data exchanged directly and pellucidly, for example, language Sound data or Internet protocol (IP) packet.The second data flow of control plane (C-plane), which can be referred to as, to be included in The signaling information exchanged between user and network.Therefore, C planes can be used to signaling information exchange for call setup Message such as the message for location updating.

X2 interface between MeNB 208 and SeNB 212 can allow C and U plane signalings；MeNB 208 and mobile agent S1 interfaces between 206 can allow C and U plane signalings；And the S1 interfaces between SeNB 212 and mobile agent 206 can be with Allow U plane signalings.

In certain embodiments, SeNB 212 C planes connection can be anchored at MeNB 208；And MeNB 208 C planes connection can be anchored at mobile agent 206.Therefore, SeNB 212 can pass through MeNB 208 and network exchange Signaling information, and MeNB 208 can be with the direct exchange signalling information of network.

In certain embodiments, SeNB 212 U planes connection can be with MeNB 208 or the mobile agent of CN equipment 204 206 are connected.

Fig. 3 shows the electronic device circuitry 300 according to some embodiments.Electronic device circuitry 300 can be, Ke Yishi It is existing, can be merged in eNB (for example, MeNB 208 or SeNB 212), CN equipment 204 or UE 216, or otherwise into For one part.In embodiment, electronic device circuitry 300 can include telecommunication circuit 304.Telecommunication circuit 304 can include Control circuit 308 including transtation mission circuit 316 and the transceiver circuit of receiving circuit 320 312 and media interface circuit 324.

Term as used herein " circuit " may refer to or including application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), electronic circuit, processing Device (shared, special or group) or memory (shared, the special or group for performing one or more softwares or firmware program Group), combinational logic circuit or other suitable nextport hardware component NextPorts that the function is provided, or one part.In some embodiments In, electronic device circuitry 300 may be implemented as one or more softwares or firmware module, or the function associated with circuit It can be realized by one or more softwares or firmware module.

Media interface circuit 324 can include being configured as can by transceiver circuit 312 and wired or wireless communication medium Communicatively coupled circuit element.In certain embodiments, media interface circuit 324 can include radio-frequency front-end component, these One or more antenna elements that component can include such as being generally shown in (be used for sent by wireless medium/receive signal), put Big device, wave filter etc..In other embodiments, media interface circuit 324 can include being used for the component with other network interfaces. For example, in certain embodiments, media interface circuit 324 can include Ethernet interface, for example, port or other Media Interface Connectors (such as, but not limited to coaxial, twisted-pair feeder or optical fiber physical media interface).

Transceiver circuit 312 can couple control circuit 308 with media interface circuit 324.Transceiver circuit 312 can be with Signal is received from control circuit 308, and performs various signal processing functions to prepare to be used for by media interface circuit 324 appropriate Communication media on the signal that is transmitted.Transceiver circuit 312 can also receive signal from media interface circuit 324, and Various signal processing functions are performed to prepare the signal for being sent to control circuit 308.

In the embodiment of electronic device circuitry 300 and the wireless communication medium interfaces of such as Uu interfaces, telecommunication circuit 304 can include radio frequency, mixed signal and analog portion and using one or more digital signal processors (DSP) and bag Include the baseband portion of the communication of algorithms processing of channel code.The embodiment will be described in further detail with regard to Fig. 4.

In electronic device circuitry 300 and the embodiment of the wired communication media interfaces of such as S1, X2 or S5/S8 interface In, telecommunication circuit 304 can provide signal transacting according to appropriate communication network protocol.For example, telecommunication circuit 304 can be wrapped Include the Ethernet for realizing such as Ethernet protocol of ten thousand mbit ethernets, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX or 10base-T standard Controller.The embodiment will be described in further detail on Fig. 5.

Control circuit 308 can include being used to perform link layer (for example, medium access control (MAC) layer) and higher level behaviour The circuit of work is to aid in the communication on appropriate network.In certain embodiments, digital physical layer (PHY) operation can also be by controlling Circuit 308 processed is performed, and simulate PHY operation performed by transceiver circuit 312.

As will be further described herein, control circuit 308 can operate to reduce between core network and UE Radio channel capacity fluctuation in the communication of progress.Control circuit 308 can perform various access network control operations, so as to Fluctuate to reduce radio channel capacity and the communication realized by way of the reliable communication of air interface in high frequency band is provided The chance access of link.Specifically, access network control operation can include traffic report, scheduling, buffering/cache, stream Measure shaping, speed control etc..These operations will be described in further detail herein.

In certain embodiments, control circuit 308 can include various circuits, including for example described herein for performing Operation processing and memory circuitry.In certain embodiments, control circuit 308 can realize for from CN equipment (for example, CN equipment 204) provide access network control operation mobile agent.

Fig. 4 shows the radio communication circuit 400 according to some embodiments.It can be realized in electronic device circuitry 300 Radio communication circuit 400 is to provide wireless connection.If for example, utilizing electronics in MeNB 208, SeNB 212 or UE 216 Circuitry 300 can then use radio communication circuit 400 for being communicated by Uu interfaces.

At least as illustrated, radio communication circuit 400 can include be coupled to each other baseband circuit 404, RF circuits 406, Front-end circuit 408 and antenna 410.Generally, baseband circuit 404 can be incorporated into control circuit 308, and RF circuits 406 can To be incorporated into transceiver circuit 312, and front end (FE) circuit 408 can be incorporated into media interface circuit 324.So And, it should be understood that in certain embodiments, some functions on a component description can be realized in another component.

Baseband circuit 404 can include, but not limited to, e.g. the circuit of one or more monokaryons or polycaryon processor.Base band Circuit 404 can include one or more BBPs or control logic, to handle the reception signal path from RF circuits 406 The baseband signal received, and generate the baseband signal of the transmission signal path for RF circuits 406.Baseband processing circuitry 404 Can with application circuit (on the platform of trustship telecommunication circuit 400) interface, for generating and handling baseband signal and for controlling The operation of RF circuits 406 processed.For example, in certain embodiments, baseband circuit 404 can include the second generation (2G) BBP 404a, the third generation (3G) BBP 404b, forth generation (4G) BBP 404c or the 5th generation (5G) BBP 404d.Other embodiment can have at the generation in other existing generations, exploitation or other base band in the generation to be developed in future Manage device.

In certain embodiments, baseband circuit 404, RF circuits 406, FE circuits 408 and antenna 410 can have specific Ground is exclusively used in the component of the radio communication in lower band or high frequency band.For example, in certain embodiments, 4G BBPs 404c can be used for the communication in lower band, and 5G BBPs 404d can be used for the communication in high frequency band.

Baseband circuit 404 (for example, one or more of BBP 404a-d) can handle allow for via RF circuits 406 and the various radio control functions of the communication of one or more radio nets.Radio control functions can be with Including but not limited to signal modulation/demodulation, coding/decoding, radio frequency displacement etc..In certain embodiments, baseband circuit 404 Modulation/demodulation circuit can include Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) (FFT), precoding or constellation mapping/demapping function.In some realities Apply in example, the coding/decoding circuit of baseband circuit 404 can include convolution, tail biting convolution, turbo, Viterbi or low-density Even-odd check (LDPC) coder/decoder functionalities.The embodiment of modulating/demodulating and coder/decoder functionalities is not limited to this A little examples, and other suitable functions can be included in other embodiments.

In certain embodiments, baseband circuit 304 can include the element of protocol stack, for example including such as physics (PHY), Medium access control (MAC), radio link control (RLC), grouped data fusion protocol (PDCP) and/or radio resource control Make the element of evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) agreement of (RRC) element.The center of baseband circuit 404 Processing unit (CPU) 404e can be configured as operation for PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP and/or the protocol stack of the signaling of rrc layer Element.It will be briefly described the layer of protocol stack.Although some in description can be corresponding with non-E-UTRA protocol stacks, just scheme The discussion of 4 pairs of protocol stacks will be based primarily upon E-UTRA protocol stacks.

PHY layer can refer to the hardware transport technology of network, for example, wiring, wiring, frequency, for representing binary signal Pulse etc..PHY layer can carry all information from MAC transmission channels by air interface and can to handle link adaptive Should, Power Control, cell searching (be used for initial synchronisation and switching purpose) and other measurements for rrc layer.

MAC layer can provide addressing and channel access controlling mechanism, to enable the terminal to come by using share medium Communicated in multi-access network.MAC layer can be connected by transmission channel with physical layer, and pass through logic channel and rlc layer Connection.MAC layer can perform multiplexing and demultiplex between logic channel and transmission channel, and pass through hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ), dynamic dispatching and channel priority carry out error correction.The multiple access that can be used in packet radio wireless network Agreement can include CDMA (CDMA) and OFDM (OFDMA).

Rlc layer can be communicated with PDCP layers by Service Access Point (SAP) and be communicated via logic channel with MAC layer.RLC Layer can work by one of following Three models：Transparent mode (TM), unacknowledged mode (UM) and affirmation mode (AM).According to The pattern, rlc layer can perform various operations to RLC service data units (SDU) and protocol Data Unit (PDU), for example, logical Cross HARQ (ARQ) error correction；Data transmission, cascade segmentation and RLC SDU restructuring；RLC PDU's divides again Cut；Repeat to detect；Protocol error detection etc..

PDCP layers of header-compressed and decompression that can perform for user plane data；Security function is (for example, for using The encryption and decryption of family plane and control plane data, and verified for the integrity protection of control plane data)；Switching branch Function is held (for example, continuous delivering and rearrangement to higher level PDU, and the user for being mapped in RLC AM patterns (losses handover) is transferred in the loss of panel data)；And the discarding because of time-out to user plane data.

Rrc layer can be responsible for controlling the main stor(e)y of the function in Access Layer (AS).Rrc layer can be used between UE and eNB RRC signaling set up radio bearer and configure lower level.Rrc layer can provide the broadcast of system information, RRC connections control, Mobility, measurement configuration report between the RAT of network control etc..

In certain embodiments, baseband circuit can include one or more audio digital signal processors (DSP) 404f. (one or more) audio DSP 404f can include the element for compression/de-compression and Echo cancellation, and in other realities Other suitable treatment elements can be included by applying in example.

Baseband circuit 404 can also include memory/storage 404g.Memory/storage 404g can by with In loading and data storage or instruction for by the operation of the computing device of baseband circuit 404.For one embodiment, deposit Reservoir/storage device 404g, which can be included in any combinations of suitable volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, to be realized Computer-readable medium.Memory/storage that nonvolatile storage memory/memory 404g can include various ranks is set Standby any combinations, it is read-only storage (ROM) including but not limited to embedded software instruction (for example, firmware), random Access memory (for example, dynamic random access memory (DRAM)), cache, buffer etc..Memory/storage 404g can share or be exclusively used in par-ticular processor between various processors.

In certain embodiments, the component of baseband circuit 404 can suitably be combined in one single chip or one single chip In group, or it is arranged on same circuit board.In certain embodiments, baseband circuit 404, RF circuits 406 or FE circuits Some or all of 408 composition component can be implemented together, for example, realize on on-chip system (SOC).

In certain embodiments, baseband circuit 404 can provide the communication compatible with one or more RAT.For example, one In a little embodiments, baseband circuit 404 can be supported and E-UTRAN or other wireless MAN (WMAN), WLANs (WLAN), the communication of Wireless Personal Network (WPAN).In certain embodiments, baseband circuit 404 can be supported by using high frequency The communication of both band and low-frequency band.Wherein baseband circuit 404 is configured as supporting the radio communication of more than one wireless protocols Embodiment can be referred to as multi-mode baseband circuit.

RF circuits 406 can allow for using with wireless network to enter by the modulated electromagnetic radiation of non-solid medium Row communication.In various embodiments, RF circuits 406 can include switch, wave filter, amplifier etc. with auxiliary and wireless network Communication.RF circuits 406 can include receiving signal path, and the reception signal path can include being used for from FE circuits The 408 RF signals received carry out down coversion and the circuit of baseband signal are provided to baseband circuit 404.RF circuits 406 can be with Including sending signal path, the transmission signal path can include the baseband signal that baseband circuit 404 is provided is carried out to become Frequency and the circuit for being used to transmit to the offer RF output signals of FE circuits 408.

In certain embodiments, RF circuits 406 can include receiving signal path and send signal path.RF circuits 406 Reception signal path can include mixer 406a, amplifier circuit 406b and filter circuit 406c.RF circuits 406 transmission signal path can include filter circuit 406c and mixer 406a.RF circuits 406 can also include closing Generator circuit 406d, for synthesizing for receiving signal path and sending the frequency that the mixer 406a of signal path is used. In certain embodiments, receiving the mixer 406a of signal path can be configured as being based on being carried by condensating synthesizering circuit 406d The frequency synthesis of confession, down coversion is carried out to the RF signals received from FE circuits 408.Amplifier circuit 406b can be configured as pair Downconverted signal is amplified, and filter circuit 406c can be configured as removing from downconverted signal Undesired signal exports the low pass filter (LPF) or bandpass filter (BPF) of baseband signal to generate.It can will export base Band signal is supplied to baseband circuit 404 to be used to further handle.In certain embodiments, output baseband signal can be zero-frequency base Band signal, but this is not required in that.In certain embodiments, although the scope of embodiment is unrestricted in this regard, receive The mixer 406a of signal path can include passive frequency mixer.

In certain embodiments, sending the mixer 406a of signal path can be configured as being based on by synthesizer electricity The frequency synthesis that road 406d is provided, up-conversion is carried out to input baseband signal, is exported and believed with the RF generated for FE circuits 408 Number.Baseband signal can be provided by baseband circuit 404, and can be filtered by filter circuit 406c.Filter circuit 406c Low pass filter (LPF) can be included, but the scope of embodiment is unrestricted in this regard.

In certain embodiments, receive the mixer 406a of signal path and send the mixer of signal path 406a can include two or more frequency mixers, and can be arranged to quadrature frequency conversion and/orthogonal or up-conversion respectively. In certain embodiments, the mixer 406a for receiving signal path and the mixer 406a for sending signal path can be with Including two or more frequency mixers, and image suppression (for example, Hartley images suppress) can be arranged to.At some In embodiment, receive signal path mixer 406a and send signal path mixer 406a can respectively by Arrange for Direct-conversion and/or Direct conversion.In certain embodiments, the mixer 406a of signal path is received Superheterodyne operation can be arranged to the mixer 406a for sending signal path.

In certain embodiments, output baseband signal and input baseband signal can be analog baseband signals, but embodiment Scope it is unrestricted in this regard.In some alternative embodiments, output baseband signal and input baseband signal can be Digital baseband signal.In these alternative embodiments, RF circuits 406 can include analog-digital converter (ADC) and digital-to-analogue conversion Device (DAC) circuit, and baseband circuit 404 can include digital baseband interface for being communicated with RF circuits 406.

In some bimodulus embodiments, single radio IC circuits can be provided to handle the signal of each frequency spectrum, But the scope of embodiment is unrestricted in this regard.

In certain embodiments, condensating synthesizering circuit 406d can be fractional-N synthesizer or fraction N/N+1 synthesizers, but real The scope for applying example is unrestricted in this regard, because other types of frequency synthesizer is also likely to be suitable.For example, synthesizer Circuit 406d can be delta-sigma synthesizers, frequency multiplier or include the synthesizer of the phaselocked loop with frequency divider.

Condensating synthesizering circuit 406d can be configured as synthesizing for RF circuits based on frequency input and frequency divider control input The output frequency that 406 mixer 406a is used.In certain embodiments, condensating synthesizering circuit 406d can be fraction N/N+ 1 synthesizer.

In certain embodiments, frequency input can be provided by voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), but this is not required that.Depend on Desired output frequency, frequency divider control input can be provided by baseband circuit 404 or application processor.In some embodiments In, frequency divider control input (for example, N) can be determined from inquiry table based on the channel indicated by application processor.

The condensating synthesizering circuit 406d of RF circuits 406 can include frequency divider, delay lock loop (DLL), multiplexer and Phase accumulator.In certain embodiments, frequency divider can be dual-mode frequency divider (DMD), and phase accumulator can be several Word phase accumulator (DPA).In certain embodiments, DMD can be configured as input signal divided by N or N+1 (for example, base In carry-out) to provide division ratio.In some example embodiments, DLL can include one group of cascade, tunable delay Element, phase detectors, charge pump and D flip-flop.In these embodiments, delay element can be configured as VCO weeks Phase splits into the packet of Nd equal phase, and wherein Nd is the quantity of the delay element in delay line.By this way, DLL is carried For negative-feedback to assist in ensuring that the total delay by delay line is a VCO cycle.

In certain embodiments, condensating synthesizering circuit 406d can be configurable to generate carrier frequency as output frequency, and In other embodiments, output frequency can be carrier frequency multiple (for example, twice of carrier frequency, the four of carrier frequency Times) and combine quadrature generator and divider circuit and use to generate the carrier wave with multiple outs of phase relative to each other Multiple signals at frequency.In certain embodiments, output frequency can be LO frequencies (fLO).In certain embodiments, RF electricity Road 406 can include IQ/ polarity switch.

FE circuits 408 can include receiving signal path, and the reception signal path can include being configured as from one Operated on the RF signals that individual or multiple antennas 410 are received, amplify the signal that receives, and by the signal received The circuit that amplified version offer is used to further handle to RF circuits 406.FE circuits 408 can also include sending signal path, It is described send signal path can include being configured as the signal for being used to transmit that amplification provides by RF circuits 406 with by one or The circuit of one or more of multiple antennas 410 transmission.

In certain embodiments, FE circuits 408 can include TX/RX switches to operate it in sending mode and reception pattern Between switch over.FE circuits 408 can include receiving signal path and send signal path.The reception signal road of FE circuits 408 Footpath can include low-noise amplifier (LNA) using amplify the RF signals that receive and provide amplified reception RF signals as Output (for example, arriving RF circuits 406).The transmission signal path of FE circuits 408 can include being used to amplify (for example, by RF circuits 406 provide) power amplifier (PA) of input rf signal and for generating it is used for subsequent transmission (for example, passing through one or many One or more of individual antenna 410) RF signals one or more wave filters.

Fig. 5 shows the ethernet controller 500 according to some embodiments.Ethernet controller 500 can be set in electronics Wired connection is implemented for providing in standby circuit 300.If for example, electronic device circuitry 300 is used in for passing through S1 or X2 In CN equipment 204, MeNB 208 or SeNB 212 that interface is communicated or it is used in for being entered by S1 or S5/S8 interfaces In the CN equipment 204 of row communication, then ethernet controller 500 can be used.

Ethernet controller 500 can include the HPI for being used to couple ethernet controller 500 and host platform 512.In certain embodiments, HPI 512 can be EBI, with total with such as periphery component interconnection quick (PCIe) The Serial Extension bus coupling of line etc.In certain embodiments, HPI 512 can be empty with single input-output The PCIe endpoint 1590 of planization (SR-IOV), to allow to isolate PCIe resources for the reason for manageability and performance.This can permit Perhaps the different virtual machine in virtual environment shares single PCIe hardware interfaces.In other embodiments, HPI 512 can be PCIe endpoint 1590 with many input/output virtualizations, it allows different virtual machine of the PCIe buses on different physical machines Between shared resource.

Ethernet controller 500 can include queue management and scheduling (QMS) circuit 516.Can also be referred to as network or The QMS circuits 516 of packet scheduler can control the transmission of 500 pairs of packets of ethernet controller using queuing/dispatching algorithm And reception.QMS circuits 516 can manage the network packet sequence sent and received in queue of ethernet controller 500.One In a little embodiments, QMS circuits 516 can include multiple different queues, wherein packet classification rule of each queue according to configuration Keep the packet of a stream.For example, packet can be divided into by their source and destination IP address, quality of service requirement etc. Stream.

In certain embodiments, QMS circuits 516 can be used to perform receiving side scaling by ethernet controller 500, will Incoming packet is dispersed on the available processes core of host platform.QMS circuits 516 can also provide stream orientating function, the function bag Include and unloaded for the intelligence that incoming packet is placed directly into correct process cores, even if to avoid a certain process cores from transporting Row is grouped or is directed to another available processes core as the application program of the target of packet.

Ethernet controller 500 can also include agreement acceleration/unloading (A/O) circuit 520.Agreement A/O circuits 520 can be with The processing of specific protocol or the function of specific protocol are unloaded from host-processor.For example, in certain embodiments, agreement A/O electricity Road 520 can include TCP and unload engine, for the processing of TCP/IP stacks to be unloaded into ethernet controller 500 from host platform. This may be particularly useful in the high speed network interfaces of such as gigabit Ethernet and ten thousand mbit ethernets etc.The processing of unloading can be with Including the action associated with TCP connection-oriented essence, such as, but not limited to transport layer connection was set up, to dividing for receiving Group confirmation, verification and and sequence number calculate, sliding window calculate and transport layer connection terminate.

In certain embodiments, agreement A/O circuits 520 can perform the transport layer operations of mobile agent to aid in as herein The chance access for the high frequency band link being described in further detail.

Ethernet controller 500 can also include traffic classifier 524.Traffic classifier 524 can be realized according to various Parameter (for example, port numbers, agreement etc.) by traffic classification into multiple traffic classes process.In order to distinguish ethernet controller Each traffic classes can be had different treat by 500 services provided.

Ethernet controller 500 can also include media access controller 528, with by using for example with collision detection Carrier sense multiple (CSMA/CD) agreement come perform ethernet controller 500 MAC layer operate.Media access controller 528 Multiple FDX Ethernet MAC port can be included, it can be configured as at different rates (for example, 40Gb/s, 10Gb/ S, 1Gb/s) work.

Ethernet controller 500 can also include PHY 532 to perform ethernet PHY layer operation.In certain embodiments, PHY 532 can include directing or through Ethernet interface with communication media (for example, backboard or the twin shaft copper cable being directly attached Component) connection interface, it can be considered as outside PHY in some instances.PHY 532 can Ethernet line modulation Analog domain and the link layer packet signaling performed by media access controller 528 numeric field between enter line interface.At some In embodiment, PHY circuit can include multi tate media attachment unit interface (MAUI), MAUI can be designed to operation with And multiple different link-speeds, for example, 40Gb/s, 10Gb/s, 1Gb/s or 100Mb/s.

Ethernet controller 500 can also be included with the controller or processor for being used to perform various upper management functions In-band management circuit 536.In-band management circuit 536 can enter line interface by Management Controller outside following every and pieces：System Reason bus (SMBus) under the overall leadership；Network controller side band interface (NC-S1)；Or use such as management component transport protocol (MCTP) connection of HPI 512 to be communicated on PCIe.

In-band management circuit 536 can include baseboard management controller or embedded management processor unit, and it is handled will The management duty for being performed by ethernet controller but not performed by other circuits (for example, device driver of ethernet controller) Duty.In certain embodiments, these responsibilities can include performing the part of electric sequence, processing AQ orders, initiating port, ginseng Configured with the various structures of such as data center bridging capabilities exchange (DCBX) and other Link Layer Discovery Protocols (LLDP) etc The configuring request that agreement and processing management interface are received.

In the embodiment that electronic device circuitry 300 includes ethernet controller 500, PHY 532 can be incorporated into receipts Send out in device circuit 312 (and possible media interface circuit 324), and the other assemblies of ethernet controller 500 can be by It is incorporated in controller circuitry 308.

Fig. 6 shows the computing device 600 according to some embodiments.Computing device 600 can include and electronic equipment electricity The platform circuitry 604 that road 608 is coupled.

Electronic device circuitry 608 can include similar with electronic device circuitry 300 or substantially interchangeable circuit.

Platform circuitry 604 can include the process circuit 612 coupled with memory/storage 616.Process circuit 604 It can include being designed to perform being grasped by the elementary arithmetic specified of computer program, logic, control or input/output Make any kind of configurable or not configurable circuit or its any combinations.

Process circuit 604 can include one or more monokaryons or polycaryon processor, and can include general processor With any combinations of application specific processor.In certain embodiments, process circuit 604 can include application processor, communication process Device, microprocessor, ASIC, Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), DSP, coprocessor, combinational logic circuit, controller (example Such as, memory, bridger, bus etc.) etc..

Process circuit 604 can be coupled with memory/storage 616 and be configured as execution be stored in memory/ Instruction in storage device 616, to realize the various applications run in equipment 600 or operating system.

Memory/storage circuit 616 can include protecting in transient state, interim, semipermanent or permanent mode Hold digital content (data, instruction etc.) and digital content is supplied to another circuit unit (for example, place when occurring scheduled event Manage circuit 612) any kind of configurable or not configurable circuit or its any combinations.Memory/storage circuit 616 can be with Including but not limited to random access memory (RAM) (including for example, static state RAM (SRAM), dynamic ram (DRAM)), read-only deposit Reservoir (ROM) (including for example, electro-erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM)), cache (L1, L2 etc.), buffering etc..

Platform circuitry 604 can generally perform the higher functions associated with the platform that the equipment thereon is implemented, and And electronic device circuitry 608 can generally perform the relatively low layer function associated with the communication by appropriate network interface.

Generally, platform circuitry 604 and electronic device circuitry 608 can realize one or more modules to provide：For Management computer hardware and software resource simultaneously provide the operating system 620 of various services, for being held for user for computer program Row task or activity application 624 and for by network by the module (for example, using 624) of equipment with by other equipment The communication protocol stack 628 that the module of realization is communicably coupled.

Communication protocol stack 628 (or referred to as " stack 628 ") can include the layer realized by electronic device circuitry 608, as above These layers of text description, for example, PHY layer, MAC layer, rlc layer, PDCP layers and rrc layer.Stack 628 can also include by platform The layer that circuit 604 is realized, for example, internet layer, transport layer and application layer.

Application layer can include being used for the communication protocol and interface method that handle the communication transmitted by IP network.

Transport layer can set up the data transmission channel of host-to-host, and management client-server or peer-to-peer network Data exchange in model.Transport layer can include TCP or UDP (UDP).TCP functions can include：For example, Use " 3 times shake hands " (synchronous；Synchronization-confirmation；Confirm) connection set up；Confirmation when packet is distally received (is added to end Message flow between point, so as to be added to protocol load)；Verification and and sequence number calculate-also in what is performed on universal cpu Burden；Sliding window for packet acknowledgement and congestion control is calculated；And connection is terminated.

Internet layer can refer to the operation for being used for that datagram (packet) is transmitted from originating hosts across network boundary.Interconnection Stratum reticulare can include for example, IP agreement (for example, IP version 4, IP version 6 etc.), IP security protocol (for example, IPsec) etc..

As above described in Figure 3, for performing the control circuit of access network control operation in electronic device circuitry It is middle to realize.However, in certain embodiments, some or all of control circuit can be in platform circuitry (for example, platform circuitry 604) realized in.In addition, although some layers of function is described as being realized by platform circuitry 604 or electronic device circuitry 608, but In other embodiments, the function can be performed by other circuits.Those functions of e.g., including being performed by mobile agent 206 Transport layer functionality can by platform circuitry 604 or electronic device circuitry 608 agreement A/O circuits perform.

In the embodiment of CN equipment that computing device 600 is such as CN equipment 204 etc, computing device 600 can be real The existing such as mobile agent of mobile agent 206 etc.Mobile agent can include OS 620, using 624 or the module of stack 628. In certain embodiments, mobile agent can additionally/alternatively include the circuit of platform circuitry 604 or electronic device circuitry 608 Element is to perform operations described herein.

In certain embodiments, particularly when computing device 600 is such as UE 216 etc UE, computing device 600 Input/output interface 632, (one or more) sensor 636 and (one or more) display 640 can also be included.

In various embodiments, (one or more) I/O interfaces 632 can be designed to realize use including one or more The user interface interacted of family and system, or it is designed to realize the peripheral component interface interacted of peripheral assembly and system.With Family interface can include but is not limited to physical keyboard or keypad, touch pad, loudspeaker, microphone etc..Peripheral component interface can To include but is not limited to nonvolatile memory port, USB (USB) port, audio jack and power interface.

In various embodiments, (one or more) sensor 636 can include being used to determine the environment related to system One or more sensor devices of situation and/or positional information.In certain embodiments, these sensors can include but not limit In gyrosensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and positioning unit.Positioning unit can also be used The baseband circuit communicated in the component (for example, global positioning system (GPS) satellite) with positioning network or the one of RF circuits Part is interacted.

In various embodiments, (one or more) display 640 can include display (for example, liquid crystal display, touch Touch panel type display etc.).

Fig. 7 shows the interaction of the module of the stack of the distinct device according to some embodiments.Specifically, Fig. 7 is shown with answering With the mobile agent 206 in server 708 and the CN equipment 204 of eNB (for example, MeNB 208 and SeNB 212) couplings.eNB 208/212 can also couple with UE 216.

Fig. 7 each component can include the module of communication protocol stack (for example, stack 628).Specifically, mobile agent 206 TCP module 720, IP modules 724, transmission-IP network module 728 and transmission-radio air interfaces module can be included 732.Application server 708 can include application layer module 736, TCP module 740, IP modules 744 and transmission-IP network mould Block 748.ENB208/212 can include transmission-radio air interfaces module 752.UE 216 can include application layer module 756 and transmission-radio air interfaces module 760.

The module of Fig. 7 component can coordinate with the application layer module 736 of assistance application server 708 and UE 216 should With the data transfer between layer module 756.

Generally, TCP module 720 and 740 can perform transport layer operations and manage the transmission connection between two modules；IP Module 724 and 744 can perform internet layer operation；Transmission-IP network module 728 and 748 can perform L2 (link layer) and L1 is operated；And transmit-radio air interfaces module 732,752 and 760 can perform RRC-L1 operation.

Mobile agent 206 can use TCP module 720 to maintain the TCP layer interface with core network.By TCP module 720 The operation related to management transport layer connection can be included to the TCP operations that 740 perform, such as, but not limited to connection is set up, even Connect termination, resource use, data transfer etc..On data transfer, TCP module 720 and 740 can provide ordered data transmission (wherein lacking confirmation or NACK causes hair for the re-transmission of (receiving module rearranges packet according to sequence number), lost packets Send module to retransmit packet), flow control (speed of limitation sender's transmission data is to be ensured) and congestion control.

What is carried out between TCP module 720 and TCP module 740 can include the TCP speed controls of flow control or congestion control Operation processed can be as follows.TCP module 720 can determine the data speed of the transmission network between TCP module 720 and TCP module 740 Rate.TCP module 720 can also determine radio access network (for example, transmission-radio air interfaces module 752 and transmission- Connection between radio air interfaces module 760) capacity.If transmitting network data speed is higher than radio access network Capacity, then TCP module 720 can generate feedback (for example, transport layer data transfer management message), for notifying application service The data rate for the packet that the reduction of TCP module 740 at device 708 passes through transmission network transmission, so that by the data of transmission network Rate reduction to less than or equal to radio access network capacity.

In certain embodiments, transport layer data transfer management message can include the TCP for including NACK (NACK) Message.Even if TCP module 720 has successfully received IP packets, NACK may also be included in TCP message.In other implementations In example, mobile agent otherwise may carry out NACK to the transmission being successfully received, for example, not sending certainly true Recognize, can be construed to by sending entity NACK object appearance.

Mobile agent 206 can use various access network control operations, such as, but not limited to buffering and traffic shaping, make The radio access network capacity fluctuation caused by the ON/OFF of mmWave links can be avoided on the level of the transport layer by obtaining.In some realities Apply in example, access network control operation can be performed by transmission-radio air interfaces module 732.

Mobile agent 206 can use transmission-radio air interfaces module 732 to manage mobile agent 206 and UE Connection between 216 (via transmission-radio air interfaces module 760).It can be built according to by mobile agent or MeNB 208 Vertical scheduling, data are transmitted via Uu and X2 interface on which.

Fig. 8 is the flow and feedback flow by mobile agent 206, MeNB 208 and UE 216 according to some embodiments Schematic diagram.Specifically, Fig. 8 is shown and the scheduling logic 804, Yi Jiyu coupled with communication logic 806 at mobile agent 206 The scheduling logic 808 coupled with communication logic 810 at MeNB 208.

Scheduling logic and communication logic can be the logics realized at least in part in the hardware of control circuit, for Perform scheduling described herein and traffic operation.In certain embodiments, scheduling logic 804 and communication logic 806 can be down to Include TCP module 720 and the component of transmission-radio air interfaces module 732 less.Scheduling logic 808 and communication logic 810 can At least to include the component of transmission-radio air interfaces module 752.

In the embodiment that scheduling and communication logic are implemented in radio communication circuit 400, scheduling logic can be at least Partly by BBP (for example, 4G BBP 404c or 5G BBP 404d), memory/storage 404g or CPU 404e are realized；And communication logic can be at least in part by BBP 404, memory/storage 404g or RF circuits 406 are realized.In the embodiment that scheduling and communication logic are implemented in ethernet controller 500, scheduling Logic can be realized by QMS circuits 516 or agreement A/O circuits 520 at least in part, and communication logic can be at least in part Realized by QMS circuits 516, agreement A/O circuits 520, traffic classifier 524, media access controller 528 or PHY 532. In other embodiment, scheduling and communication logic can be at least in part in other hardware (for example, the processors of platform circuitry 604 612 or memory/storage 616) in realize.

Scheduling logic 804 and 808 can provide the scheduling of two ranks.In various embodiments, to passing through air interface The scheduling of flow can be performed by scheduling logic 804 or scheduling logic 808.

Communication logic 806 can receive incoming traffic 812 from network (for example, from application server 708).Communication logic 806 can determine：Flow 812 includes the flow with one or more corresponding QoS rank correlations connection.

QoS grades can allow for the ability for providing different priorities to different application, user or data flow, Or for the ability for the performance that certain level is ensured for data flow.This can allow to ensure some performance characteristics for QoS grades (for example, bit rate, delay, shake, packet loss probability, bit error rate).

Communication logic 806 can distinguish flow 812 based on corresponding QoS grades.In certain embodiments, communication logic 806 can determine QoS grades based on packet header, source or destination-address etc..

In certain embodiments, the flow of specific QoS grade can be directed to the correlation of buffering 814 by communication logic 806 Connection buffering.Therefore, each QoS grades can have corresponding buffering, for delaying before flow is sent to eNB to it Punching.

Buffering 814 can be realized in the memory/storage in communication or platform circuitry.

Scheduling logic 804 can provide feedback 816 for the flow of each QoS grades.Feedback 816 can be transport layer data Transfer management is transmitted, and it is used by adjusting the flow by core network using TCP speed controls.In some embodiments In, feedback 816 can be used for the purpose of additional/optional transport layer data transfer management.

Control information 820 can be sent to scheduling logic 808 by scheduling logic 804.Control information 820 can include buffering State and the qos parameter joined with QoS rank correlations.

Although Fig. 8 shows the message directly flowed between scheduling logic 804 and 808, but it is understood that, the company Connecing can flow through the logic connection of communication logic 806 and 810.Therefore, scheduling logic can be received via communication logic With the component for sending a message to other networkings.

In the embodiment that scheduling is performed at mobile agent 206, control information 820 can include scheduling logic 804 Scheduling determine notice.

Scheduling logic 808 can receive feedback from UE 216 or SeNB 212, and the feedback is provided on by MeNB 208 With the information of the link capacities provided of SeNB 212.It can be received from UE 216 or from SeNB 212 on being provided by SeNB 212 The second link capacity feedback 824.

Scheduling logic 808 can determine link capacity based on the information provided in feedback 824.In certain embodiments, Link capacity can include believing on the statistics that IP is grouped the speed for being successfully delivered UE 216 by the first and second links Breath.In certain embodiments, the statistical information can be based on tracking for being delivered for given channel state with given speed To UE 216 IP packet acknowledgements and NACK.Link capacity can also be included based on current channel condition and first and the The information of forecasting (for example, the average loss frequency of the second link, average connection reconstruction time etc.) of the operating characteristic of two links.

Scheduling logic 808 can be in feedback 828 to the transmission link capacity report of scheduling logic 804, the link capacity report Announcement can include delivery rate statistical information.Scheduling logic 804 can use link capacity to determine scheduling (in mobile agent 206 make in the embodiment of the determination) or TCP rate control operations.

In the embodiment that scheduling is performed at MeNB 208, scheduling logic 808 can send scheduling in feedback 828 The notice that the scheduling of logic 808 is determined.

In various embodiments, the scheduling performed by scheduling logic 804 or 808 determines to determine that flow passes through by MeNB 208 the first links provided are still directed into UE 216 by the second links provided of SeNB 212.Generally, flow can be based on QoS grades and the capacity of radio link make the determination.

In certain embodiments, scheduling logic 804 or 808 can predict first and second based on UE 216 mobility The capacity of link.

In certain embodiments, scheduling logic 804 or 808 can be based on be considered as close to UE 216 it is one or more its The capacity of link associated his UE predicts the capacity of the first and second links.If for example, the 2nd UE is considered as close UE's 216, then scheduling logic 804 or 808 can determine that these UE link is strong correlation, and can be based on the 2nd UE Predetermined link capacity show UE 216 link capacity.

In various embodiments, the link provided by SeNB 212 can use idle condition or active state.If chain Road is in idle condition within a period of time of extension, then link capacity measurement result may become used in scheduling logic It is out-of-date.Therefore, Fig. 9 is shown available for the reporting process 900 that the link capacity measurement result updated is provided to scheduling logic Embodiment.Described in reporting process 900 operation can by realized on relevant device control circuit (for example, control electricity Road 308) perform.

At 904, reporting process 900 can include the control circuit for detecting the UE 216 of predetermined report event.At some In embodiment, predetermined report event can be set to expiring for the timer of assisting period report.Can be by considering Balance to select the cycle of report between UE 216 power consumption and channel status precision.

In certain embodiments, predetermined report event can be the reception to the report instruction from such as MeNB 208. When anchor connection is active or when mmWave connections are activated periodically for a predetermined period of time, report instruction can be passed through by UE 216 Anchor connects to receive.

In certain embodiments, predetermined report event can be or based on to may be with the state of mmWave links change The detection of (or desired change) associated environmental aspect.The presence or detection of some environmental aspects may indicate that UE 216 should Situation to mmWave links is reported, or may improve or reduce the frequency of report.Some environmental aspects can include： UE mobility；Mass change in another wireless communication link；UE position is (if for example, UE is positioned at physically congestion In environment, for example, surrounded by skyscraper, then may interrupt sight (line-of-sight) mmWave links)；Or it is increased Or precipitation/air pressure level of change.These environmental aspects can be detected by the sensor on UE 216 or application.

At 908, reporting process 900 can also include activation mmWave interfaces and perform measurement.In mmWave interface quilts In the embodiment of activation, the operation at 908 can keep mmWave interfaces to be activated.

The measurement performed at 908 can include the signal that measurement is sent by SeNB, for example, reference signal.As measurement The signal of benchmark can include such as such as cell-specific reference signal (CRS) or channel condition information (CSI) reference signal it The reference signal of class.CRS can be inserted into all downlinks for supporting physical down link sharing channel (PDSCH) transmission The frequency pilot sign in time and frequency in subframe and unit.These frequency pilot signs can be in subframe given position provide Estimation to channel.UE 216 can insert the result of the measurement for estimating channel across any number of subframe.

UE 216 can measure the parameter of received signal, for example, reference signal receiving power (RSRP) and reference signal The quality of reception (RSRQ).RSRP can be defined as being used to carry cell-specific reference letter in the measurement frequency bandwidth considered Number resource element power contribution linear average.RSRQ can be based on RSRP and received signal strength indicator symbol (RSSI) average total received power that, its measurement is observed only in such OFDM symbol, the OFDM symbol includes covering N The reference signal of antenna port 0 in the Measurement bandwidth of individual resource block.RSRP can be defined as N x RSRP/RSSI ratio Rate.

UE 216 can send the report 912 for the result for being included in the measurement performed at 908.

At 916, UE 216 can make its mmWave interface idle.

When receiving report 912, MeNB 208 can be estimated by the link capacity of the SeNB links provided at 920. In certain embodiments, the estimation to link capacity at 920 can also estimate the main chain provided in low-frequency band by MeNB 208 The link capacity on road.Estimation to primary link capacity can be based on the survey that MeNB 208 is transmitted periodically from the coordinator to by primary link Amount report.

Reporting process 900 is additionally may included at 924 detects predetermined report event by MeNB 208.As mentioned above for 904 Described, predetermined report event can be periodic or event driven.

Once detecting predetermined report event at 924, MeNB 208 can send report 928 to mobile agent 206.

The report 928 of link capacity report message can also be referred to as by schematically showing in fig .9.Report 928 can be with Data speed including the link capacity state for transmitting from radio link (for example, link 220 or 224) to user equipment (UE) Rate field 936.Link capacity state can include the system that the speed that UE is successfully delivered by respective link is grouped on IP Count information.

Report 928 can also include being used to transmit the UE identifier field 932 of UE identifier.Identifier can be distribution IP address or UE another network identifier to UE.

In various embodiments, report 928 can include being used to transmit losing on link (for example, link 220 or 224) Lose the loss indication field 940 of the information of (dropout) frequency.Lose indication field 940 and can be used for transmission on link Averagely lose the information of frequency.

In certain embodiments, report 928 can also include being used to transmit on link (for example, link 220 or 224) The connection reconstruction persond eixis field 944 of the information of connection reconstruction time.Connection reconstruction persond eixis field 944 can be used for passing Send the information of the average connection reconstruction time on the first link.

In certain embodiments, report 928 can also include the link capacity state for being used to transmit another radio link The second data rate field 948.For example, if data rate field 936 wants the link capacity state of transmitting link road 220, Second data rate field 948 can be with the link capacity state of transmitting link road 224.

In certain embodiments, report 928 can be non-access layer information.

Figure 10 shows the chance access operation 1000 according to some embodiments.Chance access operation 1000 can be The mmWave link activations and access procedure of the downlink triggering in the case of dispatching are performed in MeNB 208.Implement various Example in, Figure 10 operation can by the relevant device described in Figure 10 communication or platform circuitry component perform, cause or Control.

Chance access operation 1000 (hereinafter referred to as " operation 1000 ") can from mobile agent 206 via core network from Sending entity receives UE flows and started.For example, mobile agent 206 can receive UE flows from application server 708.1004 Place, mobile agent 206 can be at memory circuitry (for example, buffering 814, memory/storage 404g, QMS circuit 516 etc.) Middle buffering UE flows.

At 1004, mobile agent 206 can cause transport layer data transfer management message to be sent to sending entity.Pass Defeated layer data transfer management message can be used for any TCP operations described above, for example, ordered data transmission, loss point Re-transmission, the transmission of faultless data or the stream/congestion control of group.In certain embodiments, transport layer data transfer management message TCPACK/NACK message can be included.For purposes of illustration, the transmission of transport layer data transfer management message can be used for The purpose for successfully or not successfully receiving correlation being grouped to IP, other transport layer data transfer management message are used for TCP speed Control.However, in certain embodiments, the transmission at 1004 can also be used for TCP speed controls.

At 1008, mobile agent 206 can send the notice of UE flows to MeNB 208.The notice can include flow Type, the notice of size or qos requirement.

Operation 1000 can include：At 1012, the schedules traffics of MeNB 208.Specifically, MeNB 208 can by The second link provided in low-frequency band by the first links provided of MeNB 208 or in high frequency band by SeNB 212 is come Scheduling Flow Amount.In certain embodiments, MeNB 208 by the Part I of the first link scheduling flow and can pass through the second link and adjust Spend the Part II of flow.

MeNB 208 can pass through the first and second link scheduling flows based on the estimation to link capacity.Can be with similar The estimation to link capacity is performed as the above-mentioned description on Fig. 9.MeNB208 is also based on the type of flow, size Or qos requirement is come by the first and second link scheduling flows.

Set up at 1012 after scheduling, the notice that MeNB 208 can determine scheduling at 1016 is sent to mobile generation Reason 206.

If scheduling determines to include by least a portion by the second link transmission flows provided of SeNB 212, At 1020, MeNB 208 can send the instruction for waking up mmWave air interfaces to UE 216.Can be by by MeNB 208 the first links provided send the instruction for waking up mmWave interfaces.At 1028, UE 216 can wake up its mmWave Air interface and beginning is synchronous with mmWave SeNB's 212.

If scheduling determines to include by least a portion by the second link transmission flows provided of SeNB 212, At 1024, the Part I of UE flows can be downloaded to SeNB 212 by mobile agent 206.

If scheduling determines to include by least a portion by the first link transmission flows provided of MeNB 208, At 1032, the part of UE flows can be downloaded to MeNB 208 by mobile agent 206.

Operation 1000 can be included in the data transfer at 1036 by air interface.Data transfer can occur with by The scheduling that MeNB 208 makes is determined on the first or second consistent link.

Operation 1000 can also include：At 1040, UE 216 provides the renewal of the link capacity to the second link. At 1044, MeNB 208 can provide the link capacity of the renewal of the first and second links to mobile agent 216.

After the UE link capacities of renewal are received, at 1048, mobile agent 206 can perform TCP speed controls Operation.

Figure 11 is the flow chart for showing the TCP rate control operations 1100 according to some embodiments.

Rate control operation 1100 (hereinafter referred to as " operation 1100 ") it can be performed by the component of mobile agent 206, its The component of middle mobile agent 206 includes such as scheduling logic 804, communication logic 806 and TCP module 720.

Operation 1100 can include：At 1104, UE link capacities are received from MeNB 208.Control plane can passed through From MeNB 208 be sent to the feedback of mobile agent 206 in receive UE link capacities.UE link capacities can include with by MeNB 208 and SeNB 212 is supplied to the associated measurement result of the link capacity of UE 216 link or other specification (for example, delivering Counting rate information).

Operation 1100 can include：At 1108, transmitting network data speed and RAN data rates are determined.

Transmitting network data speed can correspond to the speed that TCP flow amount is delivered to TCP module 720 from TCP module 740 Rate.The speed up to mobile agent 206 can be grouped into by the tracking of mobile agent 206 IP, to determine transmitting network data speed.

RAN data rates can correspond to UE flows and be connect from (MeNB 208 and SeNB 212) transmission-radio air Mouth mold block 752 is delivered to the speed of transmission-radio air interfaces module 760.Can be based on from the anti-of MeNB 208 The UE link capacities provided in feedback are reported to determine RAN data rates.

Operation 1100 can include：At 1112, determine whether transmitting network data speed is more than RAN data rates.

If determining that transmitting network data speed is not more than RAN data rates at 1112, operation 1100 can be returned To 1104 to continue to monitor corresponding data rate.

If determining that transmitting network data speed is more than RAN data rates at 1112, operation 1100 can include： At 1116, mobile agent reduction transmitting network data speed.

In certain embodiments, mobile agent 206 can reduce transmission network number by using TCP rate control process According to speed.In various embodiments, TCP rate control process can include the process related to flow control or congestion control.

The speed that flow control may be generally used for avoiding sender to send data be faster than TCP receivers reliably receive and The speed of processing data.In the present embodiment, mobile agent 206 can realize TCP flow control by using sliding window.From When application server 708 receives flow, mobile agent 206 can determine that it is ready the amount of the additional data for connection buffering. Then, mobile agent 206 can send the instruction of identified amount in window field is received to application server 708.Using clothes Business device 708 receives confirmation and received at it from mobile agent 206 may be only permitted the transmission at most amount before window updates Data.If mobile agent 206 is wanted to make application server 708 stop sending data, mobile agent 206 can received Null value is sent in window field.

Mobile agent 206 additionally/alternatively can carry out control data into transmission network using congestion control procedure Speed.In certain embodiments, mobile agent 206 can send NACK (or lacking confirmation) to application server 708.Should These NACKs (or lacking confirmation) can be received with server 708, and infer that transmitting network data speed is too high.Therefore, Application server 708 can reduce the speed that packet is sent to mobile agent 206.

In various embodiments, mobile agent 206 can use any one of multiple TCP congestion avoidance algorithms to carry For congestion control.These TCP congestion avoidance algorithms can include but is not limited to TCP Tahoe and Reno, TCP Vegas, TCP New Reno, TCP Hybla, TCP BIC, TCP CUBIC, Agile-SD TCP, TCP Westwood+ or compound TCP.

Figure 12 shows the chance access operation 1200 according to some embodiments.Chance access operation 1200 can moved The mmWave link activations and access procedure of the downlink triggering in the case of dispatching are performed in dynamic agency 206.Unless otherwise Description, otherwise Figure 12 operation can be performed, caused as the communication of the relevant device described by Figure 12 or the component of platform circuitry, Or control.

Chance access operation 1200 (hereinafter referred to as " operation 1200 ") can from mobile agent 206 via core network from hair Send entity to receive data to start.For example, mobile agent 206 can receive flow from application server 708.It is mobile at 1204 UE flows can be buffered in memory circuitry by agency 206, and transport layer data transfer management message is sent into transmission Entity, is similarly to the process of the description of operation 1004 above for Figure 10.

Operation 1200 can include：At 1208, mobile agent 206 by by the first links provided of MeNB 208 or by The second link scheduling UE flows that SeNB 212 is provided.In addition to performing scheduling in mobile agent 206 rather than MeNB 208, Scheduling to UE flows at 1208 can be similar to the scheduling at 1012 to UE flows.

Set up at 1208 after scheduling, at 1212, mobile agent 206 can send to MeNB 208 and dispatch what is determined Notify.

If scheduling determines to include by least a portion by the second link transmission flows provided of SeNB 212, At 1216, MeNB 208 can send the instruction for waking up mmWave air interfaces to UE 216.This is used to wake up mmWave The instruction of interface can be by being sent by the first links provided of MeNB 208.At 1228, UE 216 can wake up it MmWave air interfaces and beginning is synchronous with mmWave SeNB's 212.

If scheduling determines to include by least a portion by the second link transmission flows provided of SeNB 212, At 1220, the part of UE flows can be downloaded to SeNB 212 by mobile agent 206.

If scheduling determines to include by least a portion by the first link transmission flows provided of MeNB 208, At 1224, the part of UE flows can be downloaded to MeNB 208 by mobile agent 206.

Operation 1200 can be included in the data transfer by air interface at 1232.The data transfer can occur Determined with the scheduling made by mobile agent 206 on the first or second consistent link.

Operation 1200 can also include：At 1236, UE 216 is sent by the link of the second links provided of SeNB 212 The renewal of capacity.At 1240, MeNB 208 can provide the chain appearance of a street of the renewal of the first and second links to mobile agent 216 Amount.

After the UE link capacities of renewal are received, mobile agent 206 can perform TCP speed controls behaviour at 1244 Make.The execution of TCP rate control operations can be with similar to the above.

Figure 13 shows the chance access operation 1300 according to some embodiments.Chance access operation 1300 can be There is the mmWave activation of the up-link triggering in the case of being directly connected between SeNB 212 and mobile agent 206 and access Process.Unless otherwise described, otherwise Figure 13 operation can be held by the component of the control circuit of the relevant device described in Figure 13 Go, cause or control.

Chance access operation 1300 (hereinafter referred to as " operation 1300 ") may begin at 1304 UE 216 to MeNB 208 send uplink traffic report.Uplink traffic report can provide the need that uplink traffic is sent to UE 216 The instruction asked.Uplink traffic can be addressed to another equipment (for example, application server 708) on core network.It is up Link flow report can include the instruction to the type, size or qos requirement of the flow to be uploaded.

Operation 1300 can include：At 1308, the schedules traffics of MeNB 208.MeNB 208 can be by by MeNB 208 The first link provided or the second link scheduling flow provided by SeNB 212.MeNB 208 can be based on to link capacity Estimation passes through the first and second link scheduling flows.Estimation to link capacity can be similar to what is described above for Fig. 9 Perform like that.The type, size or qos requirement that MeNB 208 is also based on flow are come by the first and second link schedulings Uplink traffic.

Operation 1300 can include：At 1312, MeNB 208 sends the notice dispatched and determined to UE 216.

At least a portion if up link flow will be transmitted via the second link, then at 1316, UE 216 can To activate its mmWave interface and beginning synchronous and access with SeNB's 212.

Operation 1300 can also include：At 1320, UE 216 sends uplink data transmission.Uplink data can To be sent by the first and second consistent links of the scheduling decision with MeNB 208.

At least a portion if up link flow will be transmitted via the second link, then operate 1300 can include： At 1324, at least a portion of UE flows is uploaded to mobile agent 206 by SeNB 212.

At least a portion if up link flow will be transmitted via the first link, then operate 1300 can include： At 1328, at least a portion of UE flows is uploaded to mobile agent 206 by MeNB 208.

Operation 1300 can also include：At 1332, the buffering uplink flow of mobile agent 206 and Scheduling Core network In transmission.

As described above, mobile agent 206 can include the TCP module 720 as TCP end points, for terminating transport layer. Therefore, in the core network scheduled transmission when, TCP module 720 may need to manage TCP connections by core network.Figure 14 shows The flow chart of TCP management operation 1400 is gone out, it is managed for uplink traffic to be sent into destination by core network The TCP connections of (for example, application server 708).TCP management operation 1400 can be performed by TCP module 720.

TCP management operation 1400 can start at 1404, wherein, TCP module 720 receives uplink traffic.Can be with Uplink traffic is received from MeNB 208 or SeNB 212.

Then TCP management operation 1400 can include：At 1408, TCP module 720 sets up TCP connections.Can be with TCP Another end points (for example, TCP module 740) of connection sets up TCP connections.

Multi-step handshake procedure can be included by setting up TCP connections.In certain embodiments, handshake procedure can be referred to as three It is secondary to shake hands.Three-way handshake can include：TCP module 720 performs active by sending synchronization request (SYN) to TCP module 740 Open.The sequence number being included in synchronization request can be set to random value A by TCP module 720.Receiving synchronization request When, TCP module 740 can carry out response with confirmation of synchronization (SYN-ACK) message.Confirmation of synchronization message can include being arranged to Than synchronization request sequence number more than the confirmation number (for example, A+1) of one, and TCP module 740 can be will to be included in synchronization Sequence number in confirmation message selects another random number B.When receiving confirmation of synchronization message, TCP module 720 can be to TCP The loopback of module 740 confirms (ACK).The sequence number (for example, A+1) that the confirmation can include being arranged to confirming number, and can be with No. ACK (for example, B+1) including being arranged to one more than the sequence number than confirmation of synchronization message.After three-way handshake, TCP Module 720 and TCP module 740 all have been received by the confirmation of connection, and full-duplex communication can be established.

Operation 1400 can also include:At 1412, TCP module 720 passes through set up connection transmission data.As above institute State, can be by using the transmission of such as ordered data, the re-transmission of lost packets, error-free received data transmission, flow control or congestion control The TCP features of system etc transmit to perform data.

Operation 1400 can also include：At 1416, TCP module 720 terminates TCP connections.In certain embodiments, can be with TCP connections are terminated by using 4-Way Handshake.

When TCP module 720 wishes to stop the half of its connection, it can terminate (FIN) to the transmission of TCP module 740 and disappear Breath.TCP module 740 can confirm FIN message with (ACK) message is confirmed, and can send another FIN information.From TCP When module 740 receives ACK message and FIN message, TCP module 720 can send last ACK message, when waiting scheduled Between section, and close TCP connections.By this way, TCP connections can reliably be closed by two TCP end points.

Figure 15 shows the chance access operation 1500 according to some embodiments.Chance access operation 1500 can be in tool There is the mmWave activation of the up-link triggering in the case of being indirectly connected between SeNB 212 and mobile agent 206 and access Process.Unless otherwise described, otherwise Figure 15 operation can as each equipment described by Figure 15 platform or telecommunication circuit Component performs, causes or control.

Chance access operation 1500 (hereinafter referred to as " operation 1500 ") can include with disclosed in Figure 13 and discussing Similar names the similar process of process.Specifically, UE can send uplink traffic report at 1504 to MeNB 208 Accuse；MeNB 208 can at 1508 schedules traffic, and at 1512 to UE 216 send dispatch determine notice；UE 216 can To activate its mmWave interface at 1516 and synchronous with SeNB 212, and uploaded at 1520 via the first or second link Data transfer.

Different from operation 1300, in operation 1500, SeNB 212 may not directly transmit uplink data To mobile agent 206.Therefore, operation 1500 can include：At 1524, SeNB 212 uploads at least a portion of UE flows To MeNB 208.Then, at 1528, whole UE flows can be uploaded to mobile agent 206 by MeNB 208.

Operation 1500 can also include：At 1532, the buffering uplink flow of mobile agent 206 and Scheduling Core network In transmission.This can be similar to the operation above for 1332 descriptions to perform.

Figure 16 shows the example computer readable mediums 1604 for being likely to be suitable for store instruction, wherein instruct in response to Performed by device and cause device to put into practice the selected aspect of the disclosure.In certain embodiments, computer-readable medium 1604 can To be non-transient.As illustrated, computer-readable recording medium 1604 can include programming instruction 1608.Programming instruction 1608 It is configured such that equipment (for example, CN equipment 204, MeNB 208, SeNB 212, UE 216 or similar computing device) Can be realized in response to the execution of programming instruction 1608 through the disclosure describe the chance access to mmWave links it is related Any method or element (aspect).In certain embodiments, programming instruction 1608 is configured such that equipment can Realized in response to the execution of programming instruction 1608 through disclosure description and the stream performed by control circuit or corresponding module Measure report, scheduling, any method of buffering, speed control, link measurement/report correlation or element (aspect).In some realities Apply in example, programming instruction 1608 can be set on the computer-readable medium 1604 (for example, signal) of inherently transient state.

One or more computers can be used available or computer-readable medium any combinations.Computer is available or counts Calculation machine computer-readable recording medium can be such as but not limited to electronics, magnetic, light, electromagnetism, infrared or semiconductor system, Device, equipment or propagation medium.The more specifically example (non-exhaustive list) of computer-readable medium will include the description below：Tool There are the electrical connections of one or more wires, portable computer diskette, hard disk, random access memory (RAM), read-only storage (ROM), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPROM (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber, portable optic disk read-only storage (CD- ROM), light storage device, the transmission medium or magnetic storage apparatus of such as support internet or Intranet etc.It note that calculating Machine is available or computer-readable medium can even is that in the paper of print routine thereon or other suitable media, because can be with By carrying out such as optical scanner to paper or other media come electronics prize procedure, then it is compiled, explain or with Suitable mode handles (if necessary), is then stored in computer storage.In the situation of this document, meter Calculation machine is available or computer-readable medium can be included, store, transmitting, propagating or transmission procedure is so that instruction performs system System, device or equipment are using or for any medium for using in connectionly.Computer usable medium can be included in base The propagation data signal with the computer usable program code realized with it of a part in band or as carrier wave.It can make Computer usable program code, including but not limited to wireless, wired, optical cable, RF etc. are transmitted with any appropriate medium.

The computer program code of operation for performing the disclosure can be with any group of one or more programming languages Close to write, include programming language (for example, Java, Smalltalk, C++ etc.) and the conventional program programming of object-oriented Language (for example, " C " programming language or similar programming language).Program code integrally can be held on the computer of user Row, partly perform on the computer of user, performed as independent software kit, partly on the computer of user and Partly perform or integrally performed on remote computer or server on the remote computer.In a kind of last situation Under, remote computer (including LAN (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) or can arrive outer by any kind of network The connection (for example, using the internet of ISP) of portion's computer) it is connected to the computer of user.

With reference to method in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, the flow chart of device (system) and computer program product or Block diagram describes the disclosure.It should be understood that flow chart illustrates or each frame in block diagram and flow chart explanation or block diagram In the combination of frame can be realized by computer program instructions.These computer program instructions can be provided to general meter The processor of calculation machine, special-purpose computer or other programmable data processing units is to produce machine so that via computer or its The instruction of the computing device of his programmable data processing unit, which is created, to be used to realize what is specified in flow chart or block diagram or frame The device of function/action.

These computer program instructions are also stored in computer-readable medium, and the computer-readable medium can be with Computer or other programmable data processing units are made to work in a particular manner so as to be stored in computer-readable medium Instruction produces the product of the instruction means for the function/action for including being specified in implementation process figure or block diagram block or frame.

Computer program instructions can also be loaded into computer or other programmable data processing units, so as to be able to Series of operative steps is on the computer or other programmable apparatus by produce computer implemented process so that in computer or The instruction performed on other programmable devices provides the mistake of function/action for being specified in implementation process figure or block diagram block or frame Journey.

Some examples are provided below.

Example 1 includes a kind of device, and the device includes：Memory circuitry；And the processing electricity coupled with memory circuitry Road, the process circuit：By receiving flow through the transmission network of core network from sending entity, buffered in memory circuitry Flow；The data rate of controlling transmission network；And cause flow to be sent to the first eNB (for example, grand eNB from core network (MeNB)) or the 2nd eNB (for example, cell eNB (SeNB)) for subsequently to user equipment (UE) send.In some examples In, SeNB uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) to be communicated with UE.

Example 2 includes the device of example 1, and wherein process circuit causes transport layer data transfer management message to be sent to hair Entity is sent with the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 3 includes the device of example 2, wherein, transport layer data transfer management message is that transmission control protocol (TCP) is agreed Fixed or negative acknowledgement message.

Example 4 includes any one of example 1-3 device, wherein, process circuit is received from MeNB or SeNB and is provided to The instruction of UE link capacity, and based on link capacity come the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 5 includes the device of example 4, wherein, the notice that the instruction of link capacity is determined with scheduling is included together in In message.

Example 6 includes the device of example 4 or 5, wherein, process circuit also receives the renewal that UE is supplied to by MeNB or SeNB Link capacity instruction.

Example 7 includes any one of example 2-6 device, wherein, transport layer data transfer management message is transport layer NACK message, and process circuit causes transport layer NACK message to be sent to sending entity to control the number from sending entity According to transmission rate so that auxiliary transmission congestion control.

Example 8 includes the device of example 7, and wherein process circuit causes transport layer NACK message to be transmitted, and the transmission with It is unrelated whether data are successfully received.

Example 9 includes any one of example 1-8 device, wherein, process circuit causes the notice of flow to be transmitted in flow MeNB is sent to before.

Example 10 includes the device of example 9, wherein, the type, size or service quality that the notice of flow includes flow will The notice asked.

Example 11 includes the device of example 9 or 10, wherein, process circuit also receives the notice that MeNB scheduling is determined, and MeNB or SeNB are transmitted data to based on the notice.

Example 12 includes any one of example 1-11 device, wherein, process circuit generation is by MeNB or SeNB to flow Transmission scheduling, and the notice of scheduling is sent to MeNB.

Example 13 includes the device of example 12, wherein, type of the process circuit based on flow, size or service quality will Seek survival into scheduling.

Example 14 includes the device of example 13, wherein, process circuit receives the chain appearance of a street that UE is supplied to by MeNB or SeNB The instruction of amount, and transmission of the instruction scheduling to flow based on link capacity.

Example 15 includes any one of example 1-14 device, wherein, the device is set within the core network.

Example 16 includes the device of example 15, wherein, the device is gateway.

Example 17 includes one or more computer-readable mediums with instruction, and instruction causes mobile generation when executed Reason carries out operations described below：Row buffering is entered to the flow received by passing through the transmission network of core network from sending entity, controlled The data rate of transmission network processed；And cause flow to be sent to grand eNB (MeNB) or cell eNB from core net (SeNB), for subsequently being sent to user equipment (UE), wherein, SeNB uses the frequency and UE more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) Communicated.

Example 18 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 17, wherein, instruction also causes when executed Transport layer data transfer management message is sent to sending entity with the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 19 includes any one of example 17-18 one or more computer-readable mediums, wherein, instruction is being held Also cause link capacity of the mobile agent based on radio air interfaces come the data rate of controlling transmission network during row.

Example 20 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 19, wherein, instruction also causes when executed Mobile agent determines link capacity based on the instruction from MeNB or the SeNB link capacity received.

Example 21 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 20, wherein, the instruction and scheduling of link capacity The notice of decision is included together in message, wherein receiving the message from MeNB.

Example 22 includes any one of example 18-21 one or more computer-readable mediums, wherein, transport layer data Transfer management message is transmission control protocol (TCP) message.

Example 23 includes any one of example 17-22 one or more computer-readable mediums, wherein, instruction is being held Also cause mobile agent in the notice of the forward direction MeNB transmitted traffics of flow transmission during row, the notice of the flow includes the class of flow The notice of type, size or quality of service requirement.

Example 24 includes any one of example 17-23 one or more computer-readable mediums, wherein, instruction is being held Be additionally operable to during row receive MeNB scheduling determine notice, and based on the scheduling determine notice transmit data to MeNB or SeNB。

Example 25 includes any one of example 17-24 one or more computer-readable mediums, wherein, instruction is being held By carrying out NACK to the transmission being successfully received come control data speed during row.

Example 26 includes one or more computer-readable mediums with instruction, and instruction causes mobile generation when executed Reason carries out operations described below：The link capacity report received from grand eNB (MeNB) is handled, link capacity report is included by slight Area eNB (SeNB) is supplied to the link capacity of the first link of user equipment (UE), wherein the first link, which is used, is more than 6 gigahertzs The hereby frequency of (GHz)；And reported based on the link capacity to sending entity transmission transport layer data transfer management message, the biography Defeated layer data transfer management message is used for the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 27 includes the computer-readable medium of one or more examples 26, wherein, transport layer data transfer management disappears Breath is ack/nack (ACK/NACK) message.

Example 28 includes the computer-readable medium of one or more examples 26 or 27, wherein, transport layer data transfer tube It is transmission control protocol (TCP) message to manage message.

Example 29 includes any one of one or more example 26-28 computer-readable medium, wherein, transport layer data Transfer management message is used to provide congestion control or flow control in a transport network.

Example 30 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 29, wherein, instruction also causes when executed Mobile agent generate transport layer data transfer management message come provide for each service quality (QoS) grade congestion control or Flow control.

Example 31 includes any one of example 26-30 one or more computer-readable mediums, wherein, instruction is performed When also cause mobile agent based on link capacity report generation from MeNB or SeNB to UE send data scheduling.

Example 32 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 31, wherein, instruction also causes when executed Mobile agent carries out operations described below：Determine service quality (QoS) grade of data；And scheduling is generated based on the QoS grades.

Example 33 includes the method for operation mobile agent, and this method includes：Handle the link received from grand eNB (MeNB) Capacity report, link capacity report includes being supplied to the chain of the first link of user equipment (UE) by cell eNB (SeNB) Appearance of a street amount, wherein the first link uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz)；And report to control based on the link capacity The data rate of transmission network, wherein transmission network are terminated through core network and by mobile agent at first end.

Example 34 includes the method for example 33, and the wherein data rate of controlling transmission network includes transmitting transport layer data Management message is sent to the sending entity that transmission network is terminated at the second end.

Example 35 includes the method for example 34, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message is ack/nack (ACK/ NACK) message.

Example 36 includes the method for example 34 or 35, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message is transmission control protocol (TCP) message.

Example 37 includes any one of example 33-36 method, and wherein control data speed includes holding in a transport network Row congestion control or flow control.

Example 38 includes any one of example 33-37 method, and wherein control data speed includes performing for each clothes The congestion control or flow control of quality (QoS) grade of being engaged in.

Example 39 includes any one of example 33-38 method, in addition to based on link capacity report generation by MeNB or SeNB sends the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 40 includes the method for example 39, in addition to：Determine service quality (QoS) grade of data；And based on this The generation scheduling of QoS grades.

Example 41 includes the mobile agent with the device for being configured as the method for performing any one of example 33-40.

Example 42 includes a kind of device, and the device includes：The scheduling logic realized within hardware at least in part, for from Grand eNB (MeNB) receives the link capacity shape for the first link for including being supplied to user equipment (UE) by cell eNB (SeNB) The link capacity report of state, wherein the first link uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz)；And at least in part hard The communication logic realized in part, is disappeared for being reported based on link capacity to send transport layer data transfer management via transmission network Breath.

Example 43 includes the device of example 42, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message is transmission control protocol (TCP) Message.

Example 44 includes any one of example 42-43 device, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message provides transmission Web impact factor or flow control.

Example 45 includes the device of example 44, and wherein communication logic generates transport layer data transfer management message to provide pin Transport network congestion control or flow control to each service quality (QoS) grade.

Example 46 includes any one of example 42-45 device, wherein scheduling logic be based on link capacity report generation by MeNB or SeNB sends the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 47 includes the device of example 46, and wherein scheduling logic also determines service quality (QoS) grade of data；And base Generate and dispatch in the QoS grades.

Example 48 includes a kind of device, and this includes：Memory circuitry；And

The process circuit coupled with memory circuitry, the process circuit is used to carry out operations described below：Via grand eNB (MeNB) Or cell eNB (SeNB) receives data from user equipment (UE), at least Part I of data, which is used, is more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) frequency is sent to SeNB from UE；Data are temporarily stored in memory circuitry；And via terminating at the device Place simultaneously passes through the transmission network of core network to send data by core network.

Example 49 includes the transmission of the device of example 48, the wherein data in process circuit Scheduling Core network.

Example 50 includes the device of example 48 or 49, and wherein process circuit receives data via MeNB and SeNB from UE.

Example 51 includes any one of example 48-50 device, and wherein process circuit is received from MeNB includes the data The data of Part I.

Example 52 includes any one of example 48-51 device, and wherein process circuit sends transport layer data transfer management Message carrys out the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 53 includes one or more computer-readable mediums with instruction, and instruction causes mobile generation when executed Reason carries out operations described below：The data received via grand eNB (MeNB) or cell eNB (SeNB) from user equipment (UE) are handled, At least Part I of data is sent to using the SeNB more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) frequency from UE；By data interim storage In memory circuitry；And data are sent by core network via the transmission network terminated at the device.

Example 54 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 53, also causes to move when executed wherein instructing The transmission of data in dynamic scheduling agent core network.

Example 55 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 53 or 54, wherein via MeNB and SeNB from UE Receive data.

Example 56 includes any one of example 53-55 one or more computer-readable mediums, wherein being received from MeNB The data of Part I including the data.

Example 57 includes any one of example 53-56 one or more computer-readable mediums, is being held wherein instructing Mobile agent is also caused to send transport layer data transfer management message with the data rate of controlling transmission network during row.

Example 58 includes one or more computer-readable mediums with instruction, and instruction causes mobile generation when executed Reason carries out operations described below：The data transmitted between core network and user equipment are handled, wherein, user equipment passes through radio Access network is communicably coupled with mobile agent；And terminate transmission control protocol (TCP) layer to reduce radio access network Radio channel capacity fluctuation in network.

Example 59 includes the computer-readable medium of one or more examples 58, also causes to move when executed wherein instructing Dynamic agency carries out operations described below：Capacity based on radio access network manipulates the network traffics speed of TCP layer.

Example 60 includes one or more computer-readable mediums of example 59, and wherein mobile agent utilizes TCP speed controls Process processed manipulates network traffics.

Example 61 includes any one of example 59-60 one or more computer-readable mediums, is being held wherein instructing Link capacity of the processing from grand evolved node B (MeNB) is reported during row, to determine the wireless of the connection on user equipment It is electrically accessed the capacity of network.

Example 62 includes any one of example 58-61 one or more computer-readable mediums, is being held wherein instructing Mobile agent is also caused to carry out operations described below during row：Flow is handled based on quality of service requirement.

Example 63 includes any one of one or more example 58-62 computer-readable medium, wherein being wirelessly electrically accessed Network includes the equipment for being used to provide one or more millimeter waves (mmWave) connection.

Example 64 includes mobile agent, and the mobile agent includes：Passed for handling between core network and user equipment The device for the data sent, wherein, user equipment is communicably coupled by radio access network with mobile agent；And be used for Transmission control protocol (TCP) layer is terminated to reduce the device of the fluctuation of the radio channel capacity in radio access network.

Example 65 includes the mobile agent of example 64, wherein the device for being used to terminate TCP layer is also connect based on radio Enter the capacity of network to manipulate the network traffics at TCP layer.

Example 66 includes the mobile agent of example 65, wherein the device for being used to terminate TCP layer utilizes TCP controlling mechanisms To manipulate network traffics.

Example 67 includes any one of example 64-66 mobile agent, in addition to comes from grand evolved node B for handling (MeNB) report is to determine the device of the capacity of radio access network.

Example 68 includes any one of example 64-67 mobile agent, wherein the device for processing data is based on Quality of service requirement handles flow.

Example 69 includes any one of example 64-68 mobile agent, and wherein radio access network includes being used to provide The equipment of one or more millimeter wave (mmWave) connections.

Example 70 includes mobile agent, and it includes：Transmission control protocol (TCP) mould realized within hardware at least in part Block, the data for being directed to user equipment (UE) via the first connection reception from sending entity, wherein UE and core network It is communicatively coupled via radio access network, and TCP module connects one or more to sending entity transmission via first Transport layer message is with the data rate of controlling transmission network；And the transmission radio air realized within hardware at least in part Interface module, for causing second connection of the data between UE and core network to be sent to UE.

Example 71 includes the mobile agent of example 70, wherein first is attached across Internet protocol (IP) network, and Two are attached across radio air interfaces.

Example 72 includes the mobile agent of example 70 or 71, and wherein one or more transport level messages include transport layer data Transfer management message is to control the transmission rate of the data from sending entity.

Example 73 includes the mobile agent of example 72, and wherein TCP module carries out NACK to the transmission being successfully received To reduce transmission rate.

Example 74 includes the mobile agent of example 72 or 73, and wherein TCP module is based on from grand eNB (MeNB) or cell ENB (SeNB) is supplied to UE link capacity to carry out control data speed.

Example 75 includes any one of example 70-74 mobile agent, and wherein mobile agent is via the second connection reception chain The instruction of appearance of a street amount.

Example 76 includes any one of example 70-75 mobile agent, and wherein mobile agent will connect from grand eNB (MeNB) Receive the instruction for the scheduling that data are transmitted from MeNB or cell eNB (SeNB) to UE.

Example 77 includes any one of example 70-76 mobile agent, wherein mobile agent to grand eNB (MeNB) send by MeNB or cell eNB (SeNB) transmits the instruction of the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 78 includes the mobile agent of example 76 or 77, wherein scheduling includes sending at least the one of data from SeNB to UE Part, and SeNB uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs to be communicated with UE.

Example 79 includes any one of example 70-78 mobile agent, and wherein mobile agent receives real from UE to receiving Body sends the instruction of data, and TCP module sets up the first connection based on to send the instruction of data from UE.

Example 80 includes the mobile agent of example 79, and wherein TCP module sets up the first connection using three-way handshake.

Example 81 includes grand eNB (MeNB), and it includes：The communication logic realized within hardware at least in part, for from The mobile agent resided in core network element receives the data notice to be sent to user equipment (UE), the notice bag Include type, size or service quality (QoS) requirement of data；And the scheduling logic realized within hardware at least in part, use In based on the notice generate by by MeNB the first links provided or by cell eNB (SeNB) provide the second link via Radio air interfaces transmit the scheduling of data, and the instruction of scheduling is also sent to mobile agent by wherein communication logic.

Example 82 includes the MeNB of example 81, and wherein communication logic will be provided to mobile agent and is supplied to from MeNB or SeNB The instruction of UE link capacity.

Example 83 includes the MeNB of example 82, and wherein communication logic will send message to mobile agent, and the message includes chain The instruction of instruction and the scheduling of appearance of a street amount.

Example 84 includes any one of example 81-83 MeNB, and wherein communication logic is also sent by MeNB or SeNB offers Instruction to the link capacity of UE renewal.

Example 85 includes any one of example 81-84 MeNB, wherein including via the scheduling of air interface transmission data At least Part I of data is scheduled as being supplied to UE, wherein SeNB to send out using the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs by SeNB Send at least Part I of data.

Example 86 includes any one of example 81-85 MeNB, wherein including via the scheduling of air interface transmission data At least Part I of data is scheduled as being supplied to UE by MeNB, and communication logic from core network receive data should be to Few Part I, and at least Part I is sent to UE using the frequency less than 6 Gigahertzs.

Example 87 includes grand eNB (MeNB), including：Circuit is controlled, for determining the first link by being provided by MeNB With the link capacity that user equipment (UE) is supplied to by cell eNB (SeNB) the second links provided；And with controlling circuit The transceiver circuit of coupling, for the link capacity to be sent into the mobile agent resided in core network element；And from The scheduling of data is transmitted in the mobile agent reception resided in core network element by the first link or the second chain road direction UE Notify.

Example 88 includes the MeNB of example 87, wherein the scheduling of transmission data is included by the second link scheduling data extremely A few part.

Example 89 includes the MeNB of example 88, wherein transceiver circuit also send wake-up signal to UE with indicate UE wake up with The associated air interface of second link.

Example 90 includes the MeNB of example 89, and wherein transceiver circuit sends wake-up signal via the first link.

Example 91 includes any one of example 87-90 MeNB, wherein the scheduling of transmission data includes passing through the first link Dispatch the first data, and telecommunication circuit also receives first data and via the first link by first data from mobile agent It is sent to UE.

Example 92 includes any one of example 87-91 MeNB, and wherein telecommunication circuit will also send and be carried by MeNB or SeNB Supply the instruction of the link capacity of UE renewal.

Example 93 includes grand eNB (MeNB), including：Communication logic, is used to be led to user equipment (UE) for providing First link of the radio air interfaces of letter；And the scheduling logic realized within hardware at least in part, it is used for：Via logical Believe that logic receives uplink traffic report from UE；Generation indicates to transmit the first uplink by the second link of air interface The scheduling of circuit-switched data, wherein using the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs by cell eNB (SeNB) the second links provided；And So that the scheduling is sent to UE via the first link.

Example 94 includes the MeNB of example 93, and wherein communication logic enters with the mobile agent resided in core network element Row communication.

Example 95 includes any one of example 93-94 MeNB, and wherein communication logic is received on second by the first link Uplink data, and the second uplink data is sent to mobile agent.

Example 96 includes the method for operating grand eNB (MeNB), and this method includes：There is provided for being communicated with user equipment (UE) Radio air interfaces the first link；And receive uplink traffic report from UE；Generation indicates to pass through air interface The second link transmit the scheduling of the first uplink data, wherein the second chain route is used more than 6 gigahertz frequencies Cell eNB (SeNB) is provided；And cause the scheduling to be sent to UE via the first link.

Example 97 includes the method for example 96, in addition to is led to the mobile agent that resides in core network element Letter.

Example 98 includes any one of example 96-97 method, in addition to receives the second up-link by the first link Data, and second uplink data is sent to mobile agent.

Example 99 includes the method for operation mobile agent, and this method includes：Via the first connection quilt is received from sending entity Guide to user equipment (UE) data, wherein UE is communicably coupled via radio access network with core network；Control The data rate of transmission network；And cause second connection of the data between UE and core network to be sent to UE.

Example 100 includes the method for example 99, wherein the data rate of controlling transmission network include via first connect to Sending entity sends one or more transport layer message.

Example 101 includes the method for example 100, and wherein one or more transport level messages include transport layer data transfer tube Message is managed to control the transmission rate of the data from sending entity.

Example 102 includes any one of example 99-101 method, wherein first is attached across Internet protocol (IP) net Network, and second be attached across radio air interfaces.

Example 103 includes any one of example 99-101 method, and wherein control data speed is included to being successfully received Transmission carry out NACK to reduce transmission rate.

Example 104 includes any one of example 99-103 method, and wherein control data speed is based on from grand eNB (MeNB) Or the link capacity that cell eNB (SeNB) is provided to UE.

Example 105 includes any one of example 99-104 method, in addition to via the second connection receives link capacity Indicate.

Example 106 includes any one of example 99-105 method, in addition to is received from grand eNB (MeNB) by MeNB or small Cell eNB (SeNB) transmits the instruction of the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 107 includes any one of example 99-106 method, in addition to is sent to grand eNB (MeNB) by MeNB or small Cell eNB (SeNB) transmits the instruction of the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 108 includes the method for example 106 or 107, wherein scheduling includes sending at least the one of data from SeNB to UE Part, and SeNB uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs to be communicated with UE.

Example 109 includes any one of example 99-108 method, and wherein mobile agent reception will be from UE to receiving entity Send data instruction, and TCP module based on will from UE send data instruction set up the first connection.

Example 110 includes the method for example 109, also sets up the first connection including the use of three-way handshake.

Example 111 includes the method for operating grand eNB (MeNB), and this method includes：From core network element is resided in Mobile agent receives the data notice to be sent to user equipment (UE), and the notice includes type, size or the service of data Quality (QoS) requirement；Generated based on the notice by by MeNB the first links provided or by cell eNB (SeNB) offers Second link, the scheduling for transmitting via radio air interfaces data；And the notice of scheduling is sent to mobile agent.

Example 112 includes the method for example 111, in addition to the chain that UE is supplied to from MeNB or SeNB is provided to mobile agent The instruction of appearance of a street amount.

Example 113 includes the method for example 112, in addition to sends message to mobile agent, should include the finger of link capacity The notice shown and dispatched.

Example 114 includes any one of example 111-113 method, in addition to sends what is provided from MeNB or SeNB to UE The instruction of the link capacity of renewal.

Example 115 includes any one of example 111-114 method, wherein via the scheduling bag of air interface transmission data At least Part I for including data is scheduled as being supplied to UE, wherein SeNB using the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs to come by SeNB Transmit at least Part I of data.

Example 116 includes any one of example 111-115 method, wherein for the tune via air interface transmission data At least Part I that degree includes data is scheduled as being supplied to UE by MeNB, and this method also includes receiving number from core net According at least Part I, and at least Part I is sent to UE using less than the frequencies of 6 Gigahertzs.

Example 117 includes the method for operating grand eNB (MeNB), and this method includes：It is determined that by provided by MeNB first Link and the link capacity that user equipment (UE) is supplied to by cell eNB (SeNB) the second links provided；And by the chain Appearance of a street amount is sent to the mobile agent resided in core network element；And the mobile generation from core network element is resided in Reason receives the notice for the scheduling that data are transmitted by the first link or the second chain road direction UE.

Example 118 includes the method for example 117, wherein the scheduling for transmitting data includes passing through the second link scheduling number According at least a portion.

Example 119 includes the method for example 118, in addition to sends wake-up signal to indicate that UE wakes up and the second link to UE Associated air interface.

Example 120 includes the method for example 119, in addition to sends wake-up signal via the first link.

Example 121 includes any one of example 117-120 method, wherein the scheduling for transmitting data is included by the One the first data of link scheduling, and this method is also including receiving the first data from mobile agent and being sent out via the first chain road direction UE Give first data.

Example 122 includes any one of example 117-121 method, in addition to sends and be supplied to UE's by MeNB or SeNB The instruction of the link capacity of renewal.

Example 123 includes the method for operation mobile agent, and this method includes：Buffering passes through the transmission network through core network The flow that network is received from sending entity, the data rate of controlling transmission network；And make it that flow is sent from core network To grand eNB (MeNB) or cell eNB (SeNB) for subsequently being sent to user equipment (UE), wherein, SeNB, which is used, is more than 6 The frequency of Gigahertz (GHz) is communicated with UE.

Example 124 includes the method for example 123, and wherein control data speed includes transport layer data transfer management is disappeared Breath is sent to sending entity.

Example 125 includes the method for example 123 or example 124, and wherein control data speed is based on radio air interfaces Link capacity.

Example 126 includes the method for example 125, in addition to based on the instruction from MeNB or the SeNB link capacity received To determine link capacity.

Example 127 includes the method for example 126, and the instruction of its link capacity is included together with the notice that scheduling is determined From the message that MeNB is received.

Example 128 includes any one of example 124-127 method, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message is transmission Control protocol (TCP) message.

Example 129 includes any one of example 123-128 method, in addition to negates to the transmission being successfully received Confirm with control data speed.

Example 130 includes performing the device of the method for any one of example 96-129 or any other examples.

Example 131 includes a kind of device, and it includes being used to perform any one of example 96-129 or any other examples Method device.

It can be non-transient one or more computer-readable mediums that example 132, which includes, including cause when executed Equipment performs any one of example 96-129 or the method for any other example instruction.

Example 133 includes a kind of device, including：For by being received through the transmission network of core network from sending entity The device of flow, the device for the buffer traffic in memory circuitry；Device for the data rate of controlling transmission network； And for cause flow from core network be sent to grand eNB (MeNB) or cell eNB (SeNB) for subsequently to The device that family equipment (UE) is sent.In some instances, SeNB uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) to be led to UE Letter.

Example 134 includes the device of example 133, in addition to for causing transport layer data transfer management message to be sent to Sending entity is with the device of the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 135 includes the device of example 134, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message is transmission control protocol (TCP) confirmation message.

Example 136 includes any one of claim 133-135 device, in addition to is carried for receiving from MeNB or SeNB Supply UE link capacity instruction device, and for based on link capacity come the dress of the data rate of controlling transmission network Put.

Example 137 includes the device of example 136, and the instruction of its link capacity is included together with the notice that scheduling is determined In the message.

Example 138 includes the device of example 136 or 137, in addition to is supplied to UE more by MeNB or SeNB for receiving The device of the instruction of new link capacity.

Example 139 includes any one of example 134-138 device, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message is transmission Layer NACK message, and the device is also real from sending including being controlled for transport layer NACK message to be sent into sending entity The transmission rate of the data of body is with the device of auxiliary transmission congestion control.

Example 140 includes the device of example 139, in addition to whether is successfully received unrelated transmission with data for sending The device of layer NACK message.

Example 141 includes any one of example 133-140 device, in addition to for being sent out before transmission flow to MeNB Send the device of the notice of flow.

Example 142 includes the device of example 141, and the notice of wherein flow includes the type, size or service quality of flow It is required that notice.

Example 143 includes the device on example 141 or 142, in addition to for the notice for the scheduling decision for receiving MeNB Device, and for transmitting data to MeNB or SeNB device based on the notice.

Example 144 includes any one of example 141-143 device, in addition to for generating by MeNB or SeNB transport streams The scheduling of amount and the device that the notice of scheduling is sent to MeNB.

Example 145 includes the device of example 144, in addition to for the type based on flow, size or quality of service requirement Generate the device of scheduling.

Example 146 includes the device of example 145, in addition to UE link capacity is supplied to for receiving by MeNB or SeNB Instruction device, and for based on link capacity indicate come the device of the transmission of schedules traffic.

Example 147 includes any one of example 133-146 device, and the wherein device is set within the core network.

Example 148 includes the device of example 147, and wherein the device is arranged in gateway.

Example 149 includes the device for being used to operate mobile agent, and the device includes：Connect for handling from grand eNB (MeNB) The device of the link capacity report of receipts, link capacity report includes being supplied to user equipment (UE) by cell eNB (MeNB) The first link link capacity, wherein the first link use more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) frequency；And for based on this Link capacity report carrys out the device of the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 150 includes the device of example 149, wherein the device for the data rate of controlling transmission network includes being used for Transport layer data transfer management message is sent to the device of sending entity.

Example 151 includes the device of example 150, and wherein transport layer message is ack/nack (ACK/NACK) message.

Example 152 includes the device of example 150 or 151, and wherein transport layer data transfer management message is to pass transport control protocol Discuss (TCP) message.

Example 153 includes any one of example 149-152 device, wherein the device for control data speed includes using In execution congestion control in a transport network or the device of flow control.

Example 154 includes any one of example 149-153 device, wherein the device for control data speed includes using In the device for performing the congestion control for being directed to each service quality (QoS) grade or flow control.

Example 155 includes any one of example 149-154 device, in addition to for based on link capacity report generation by MeNB or SeNB sends the device of the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 156 includes the device of example 155, in addition to：For the dress of service quality (QoS) grade for determining data Put；And for generating the device of scheduling based on the QoS grades.

Example 157 includes a kind of device, and the device includes：For via grand eNB (MeNB) or cell eNB (SeNB) from User equipment (UE) receives the device of data, and the wherein at least Part I of data uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) The SeNB being sent to from UE；For the device being temporarily stored in data in memory circuitry；And for via in the dress The transmission network for putting place's termination passes through the device that core network sends data.

Example 158 includes the device of example 157, in addition to the device for schedule data transmission within the core network.

Example 159 includes the device of example 157 or 158, in addition to for receiving data from UE via MeNB and SeNB Device.

Example 160 includes any one of example 157-159 device, in addition to includes the of data for being received from MeNB The device of the data of a part.

Example 161 includes any one of example 157-160 device, in addition to for sending transport layer data transfer management Message is with the device of the data rate of controlling transmission network.

Example 162 includes the device in mobile agent, and the device includes：For being received via the first connection from sending entity The device of the data of user equipment (UE) is directed to, wherein UE is coupled via radio access network with core network communications； Device for the data rate of controlling transmission network；And connect and sent out to UE for second between UE and core network Send the device of data.

Example 163 includes the device of example 162, wherein the device for the data rate of controlling transmission network includes being used for The device that one or more transport layer message are sent to sending entity is connected via first.

Example 164 includes the device of example 163, and wherein one or more transport level messages are included for controlling from transmission The transport layer data transfer management message of the transmission rate of the data of entity.

Example 165 includes any one of example 162-164 device, wherein first is attached across Internet protocol (IP) net Network, second is attached across radio air interfaces.

Example 166 includes any one of example 162-164 device, wherein the device for control data speed includes using Carry out NACK to reduce the device of transmission rate in the transmission to being successfully received.

Example 167 includes any one of example 162-166 device, wherein, the device for control data speed is based on UE link capacity is supplied to from grand eNB (MeNB) or cell eNB (SeNB).

Example 168 includes any one of example 162-166 device, in addition to for via the second connection reception chain appearance of a street The device of the instruction of amount.

Example 169 includes any one of example 162-168 device, in addition to for from grand eNB (MeNB) receive by MeNB or cell eNB (SeNB) transmits the device of the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 170 includes any one of example 162-169 device, in addition to for grand eNB (MeNB) send by MeNB or cell eNB (SeNB) transmits the device of the instruction of the scheduling of data to UE.

Example 171 includes the device of example 169 or 170, wherein scheduling includes sending at least the one of data from SeNB to UE Part, and SeNB communicated using the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs with UE.

Example 172 includes any one of example 162-171 device, and wherein mobile agent receives data and sent from UE To the instruction of receiving entity, and TCP module will set up the first connection based on sending the instruction of data from UE.

Example 173 includes the device of example 172, in addition to for setting up the device of the first connection using three-way handshake.

Example 174 includes the device in grand eNB (MeNB), and the device includes：For from core network element is resided in Mobile agent receive the device of the data notice to be sent to user equipment (UE), the type of the notice including data, greatly Small or service quality (QoS) requirement；For being generated based on the notice by by MeNB the first links provided or by cell The second link that eNB (SeNB) is provided, transmit via radio air interfaces data scheduling device；And for that will adjust The notice of degree is sent to the device of mobile agent.

Example 175 includes the device of example 174, in addition to is supplied to UE for being provided to mobile agent from MeNB or SeNB Link capacity instruction device.

Example 176 includes the device of example 175, in addition to include for being sent to mobile agent the instruction of link capacity with The device of the message of the notice of scheduling.

Example 177 includes any one of example 174-176 device, in addition to is supplied to for sending by MeNB or SeNB The device of the instruction of the link capacity of UE renewal.

Example 178 includes any one of example 174-177 device, wherein the scheduling bag for passing through air interface transmission data At least Part I for including data is scheduled as being supplied to UE, wherein SeNB using the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs to come by SeNB Send at least Part I of data.

Example 179 includes any one of example 174-178 device, wherein the scheduling bag for passing through air interface transmission data At least Part I for including data is scheduled as being supplied to UE by MeNB, and the device also includes being used to receive from core network At least Part I of data and at least Part I is sent to UE device using the frequency less than 6 Gigahertzs.

Example 180 includes the device in grand eNB (MeNB), including：For determining the first link by being provided by MeNB With the device for the link capacity that user equipment (UE) is supplied to by cell eNB (SeNB) the second links provided；For by chain Appearance of a street amount is sent to the device of the mobile agent resided in core network element；And for from residing in core network element In mobile agent receive the scheduling that data are transmitted by the first link or the second chain road direction UE notice device.

Example 181 includes the device of example 180, wherein the scheduling of transmission data is included by the second link scheduling data At least partially.

Example 182 includes the device of example 180, in addition to for indicating that UE wakes up and second to UE transmission wake-up signals The device of the associated air interface of link.

Example 183 includes the device of example 182, in addition to for sending the device of wake-up signal via the first link.

Example 184 includes any one of example 180-183 device, wherein the scheduling for transmitting data is included by the One the first data of link scheduling, and the device is also including being used to receive the first data from mobile agent and being incited somebody to action via the first link First data are sent to UE device.

Example 185 includes any one of example 180-184 device, in addition to is supplied to for sending by MeNB or SeNB The device of the instruction of the link capacity of UE renewal.

Example 186 includes link capacity report message, and the message includes：For transmitting radio link to user equipment (UE) The data rate field of the link capacity state on road；And for the UE identifier field for the identifier for transmitting UE.

Example 187 includes the link capacity report message of example 186, in addition to：For transmitting in UE and cell The loss indication field of the information of the loss frequency of the first link between eNB (SeNB).

Example 188 includes the link capacity report message of example 187, wherein, losing indication field is used to transmit on the The information of the average loss frequency of one link.

Example 189 includes any one of example 186-188 link capacity report message, in addition to for transmit on The connection reconstruction persond eixis field of the information of the connection reconstruction time of the first link between UE and cell eNB (SeNB).

Example 190 includes the link capacity report message of example 189, and wherein connection reconstruction persond eixis field is used to transmit Information on the average connection reconstruction time of the first link.

Example 191 includes any one of example 186-190 link capacity report message, wherein radio link be UE with Link between cell eNB (SeNB).

Example 192 includes the link capacity report message of example 191, and its link capacity report message also includes being used to pass Send the second data rate field of the link capacity state of another radio link between UE and macrocell eNB (MeNB).

Example 193 includes any one of example 186-192 link capacity report message, and its link capacity state is to close The statistical information for the speed for being successfully delivered user equipment (UE) is grouped in IP.

Example 194 includes any one of example 186-193 link capacity report message, its link capacity report message It is non-access layer information.

Example 195 includes any one of example 186-194 link capacity report message, and wherein UE identifier is to be divided Dispensing UE IP address.

The description of implementation as shown herein includes the content described in summary, it is no intended to be exhaustive or by originally It is open to be limited to disclosed precise forms.Although concrete implementation mode is described herein for purposes of illustration and shows Example, but in the case of without departing substantially from the scope of the present disclosure, can carry out being calculated to reality on the basis of foregoing detailed description The various replacements or equivalent embodiment or implementation of existing identical purpose, because it would be recognized by those skilled in the art that this point.

Claims (30)

1. a kind of device, including：

Memory circuitry；And

The process circuit coupled with the memory circuitry, the process circuit：

By receiving flow through the transmission network of core network from sending entity,

The flow is buffered in the memory circuitry；

Control the data rate of the transmission network；And

So that the flow is sent to the first eNB or the 2nd eNB from the core network, for subsequently to user equipment (UE) send.

2. device according to claim 1, wherein, the process circuit make it that transport layer data transfer management message is sent out The sending entity is sent to control the data rate of the transmission network.

3. device according to claim 2, wherein, the transport layer data transfer management message is transmission control protocol (TCP) positive or negative confirmation message.

4. the device according to any one of claim 1-3, wherein, the process circuit is from the first eNB or described 2nd eNB receives the instruction for the link capacity for being provided to the UE, and controls the transmission based on the link capacity The data rate of network.

5. the device according to any one of claim 1-3, wherein, the process circuit also receives the first eNB's The notice determined is dispatched, and the eNB of the first eNB or described 2nd are transmitted data to based on the notice.

6. the device according to any one of claim 1-3, wherein, the process circuit generation by the first eNB or Scheduling of 2nd eNB to the transmission of flow, and the notice of the scheduling is sent to the first eNB.

7. device according to claim 6, wherein, type of the process circuit based on the flow, size or service The requirement of quality generates the scheduling.

8. device according to claim 7, wherein, the process circuit is received by the eNB of the first eNB or described 2nd The instruction of the link capacity of the UE is supplied to, and indicates to dispatch the biography to the flow based on the link capacity It is defeated.

9. one or more have the computer-readable medium instructed, the instruction causes mobile agent when executed：

The link capacity report received from grand eNB (MeNB) is handled, the link capacity report is included by cell eNB (SeNB) The link capacity of the first link of user equipment (UE) is supplied to, first link uses the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs (GHz) Rate；And

Reported based on the link capacity to sending entity and send transport layer data transfer management message, the transport layer data is passed The data rate of defeated management message controlling transmission network.

10. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 9, wherein, the transport layer message be confirm/ NACK (ACK/NACK) message.

11. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 9 or 10, wherein, the transport layer data is passed Defeated management message is transmission control protocol (TCP) message.

12. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 9 or 10, wherein, the transport layer data is passed Defeated management message provides congestion or flow control in the transmission network.

13. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 12, wherein, the instruction is gone back when executed So that the mobile agent generates the transport layer data transfer management message to provide for each service quality (QoS) grade Congestion or flow control.

14. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 9 or 10, wherein, the instruction is being performed When also cause the mobile agent to be sent based on the link capacity report generation from the MeNB or described SeNB to the UE The scheduling of data.

15. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 14, wherein, the instruction is gone back when executed So that the mobile agent：

Determine service quality (QoS) grade of the data；And

The scheduling is generated based on the QoS grades.

16. one or more have the computer-readable medium instructed, the instruction causes mobile agent when executed：

The data transmitted between core network and user equipment are handled, wherein, the user equipment passes through radio access network Network is communicably coupled with the mobile agent；And

Transmission control protocol (TCP) layer is terminated to reduce the fluctuation of the radio channel capacity in the radio access network.

17. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 16, wherein, the instruction is gone back when executed So that the mobile agent：

Capacity based on the radio access network manipulates network traffics at the TCP layer.

18. one or more computer-readable mediums according to claim 17, wherein, the mobile agent utilizes TCP Controlling mechanism manipulates the network traffics.

19. one or more computer-readable mediums according to any one of claim 17-18, wherein, the instruction It is used to handle the report from grand evolved node B (MeNB) to determine the appearance of the radio access network when executed Amount.

20. one or more computer-readable mediums according to any one of claim 17-18, wherein, it is described wireless It is electrically accessed the equipment that network includes being used to provide one or more millimeter waves (mmWave) connection.

21. a kind of grand eNB (MeNB), including：

Communication logic, the communication logic is at least partly implemented within hardware, for the shifting from core network element is resided in Dynamic agency receives the notice of the data to be sent to user equipment (UE), and the notice includes type, the size of the data Or service quality (QoS) requirement；And

Scheduling logic, the scheduling logic at least partly be implemented within hardware, for based on it is described notify generation be used for by by The first link that the MeNB is provided or the second link provided by cell eNB (SeNB), pass via radio air interfaces The scheduling of the defeated data,

The instruction of the scheduling is also sent to the mobile agent by wherein described communication logic.

22. MeNB according to claim 21, wherein, the communication logic is provided from the MeNB to the mobile agent Or the SeNB is supplied to the instruction of the link capacity of the UE.

23. MeNB according to claim 22, wherein the communication logic is sent to the mobile agent includes the chain The message of the instruction of instruction and the scheduling of appearance of a street amount.

24. the MeNB according to any one of claim 21-23, wherein, the communication logic is also sent by the MeNB Or the SeNB is supplied to the instruction of the link capacity of the renewal of the UE.

25. the MeNB according to any one of claim 21-23, wherein, for via described in the air interface transmission At least Part I that the scheduling of data includes the data is scheduled as being supplied to the UE by the SeNB, wherein described SeNB sends at least described Part I of the data using the frequency more than 6 Gigahertzs.

26. the MeNB according to any one of claim 21-23, wherein, for via described in the air interface transmission At least Part I that the scheduling of data includes the data is scheduled as being supplied to the UE, and institute by the MeNB State communication logic and received using the frequency less than 6 Gigahertzs from core network the data at least described Part I and At least described Part I is sent to the UE.

27. a kind of grand eNB (MeNB), including：

Control circuit, for determine by provided by the MeNB the first links provided and by cell eNB (SeNB) the Two links are provided to user equipment (UE) link capacity；And

Transceiver circuit, with the control circuit coupling, is used for：

The link capacity is sent to the mobile agent resided in core network element；And

Mobile agent from core network element is resided in is received for by first link or the second chain road direction The notice of the scheduling of the UE transmission data.

28. MeNB according to claim 27, wherein, the scheduling for transmitting data includes passing through second chain Dispatch at least a portion of the data in road.

29. MeNB according to claim 28, wherein, the transceiver circuit also sends wake-up signal to refer to the UE Show that the UE wakes up the air interface associated with second link.

30. the MeNB according to any one of claim 27-29, wherein, the scheduling for transmitting data includes logical The data of the first link scheduling first are crossed, and the transceiver circuit also receives first data from the mobile agent And first data are sent to the UE via first link.