Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. The claims and expressions used and/or described in the specification mean at least one of the objects connected.
Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, an information transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a terminal, and includes:
step 101: and acquiring configuration auxiliary information of the RNA of the notification area of the radio access network RAN.
The configuration auxiliary information of the RNA comprises a cell ID list, or comprises a RAN area ID list, or comprises a Physical Cell Identification (PCI) list, or comprises a PCI list and a frequency point list.
The configuration auxiliary information of the RNA can be obtained by the terminal according to the retention time in the accessed configuration RNA region and based on a preset screening rule, or can be obtained by the terminal according to the self state information and a preset mathematical model. The status information includes at least one of: paging rate, mobility rate, terminal location information, and terminal residence time in the accessed RNA.
Step 102: and reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to a base station.
Here, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA is reported to the base station, the RNA configured for the terminal by the base station according to the configuration auxiliary information can be suitable for the current moving speed and service type of the user, and can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, the configuration is flexible, the RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network can be reduced, and the network performance is optimized.
As an optional implementation manner, the step 101 of acquiring configuration auxiliary information of an RNA in a notification area of a radio access network RAN specifically includes:
acquiring a target cell meeting a preset condition;
obtaining configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to the cell information of the target cell;
wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of the following:
the method comprises the steps that a cell with the largest staying time length or a cell with the staying time length larger than a first numerical value in a configuration RNA area accessed by a terminal;
the terminal accesses a cell with the largest stay time length or a cell with the stay time length exceeding a second numerical value in a configured RNA region within a preset time period;
a cell visited by the terminal;
the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the predetermined time period are respectively predefined, broadcast by a base station broadcast message or issued by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) dedicated signaling; the cell information comprises a cell ID, a region ID of an RNA region to which the cell belongs, a PCI and a frequency point corresponding to the cell and the like.
The information transmission method of the embodiment of the invention obtains the cell ID list based on the preset screening rule and reports the cell ID list to the base station as the configuration auxiliary information of RNA, the RNA configured for the terminal by the base station according to the configuration auxiliary information can be suitable for the current moving speed and service type of the user and can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, the configuration is flexible, RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network can be reduced, and the network performance is optimized.
As another optional implementation manner, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes a RAN area ID list or a cell ID list;
at this time, as shown in fig. 2, the step 101 of acquiring the configuration auxiliary information of the notification area RNA of the radio access network RAN specifically includes:
step 1011: and acquiring the state information of the terminal in the current period.
Wherein the state information of the terminal includes at least one of: paging rate, mobility rate, terminal location information, and terminal residence time in the accessed RNA.
The terminal continuously collects the self state information such as paging rate, moving speed, user position information, time staying in accessed RNA and the like in a specified period T, so as to calculate the ratio of paging signaling and moving signaling overhead in the network based on the information subsequently and judge that the terminal attribute is a rate priority type or a speed priority type.
Step 1012: determining the attribute of the terminal according to the state information of the terminal in the current period, wherein the attribute comprises a speed priority type or a rate priority type, the speed priority type means that a first resource occupied by the paging signaling in the network in the current period is smaller than a second resource occupied by the mobile signaling, and the rate priority type means that the first resource occupied by the paging signaling in the network in the current period is larger than the second resource occupied by the mobile signaling.
Specifically, according to the state information of the terminal in the current period, determining a first resource occupied by a paging signaling and a second resource occupied by a mobile signaling in a network in the current period; and determining the attribute of the terminal according to the size relationship between the first resource and the second resource. If the first resource is larger than the second resource, that is, the overhead of the paging signaling is larger than the overhead of the mobile signaling, the attribute of the terminal is determined to be the rate-priority type, and if the second resource is larger than the first resource, that is, the overhead of the mobile signaling is larger than the overhead of the paging signaling, the attribute of the terminal is determined to be the speed-priority type.
The ratio of paging and mobile signaling overhead in the network for user i in the kth period T is obtained as follows:
wherein, the meanings represented by the specific parameters are shown in the table 1.
TABLE 1
Wherein,a higher value of (a) indicates that the user generates more RNA update signaling than RAN paging signaling, and belongs to a rate-priority user.The smaller the value of (b), the more RAN paging signaling is generated by the user than RNA update signaling, and the user belongs to the number-rate priority type.
Step 1013: updating the RNA configured in the previous period according to the attribute of the terminal to obtain updated RNA;
specifically, if the attribute of the terminal is a speed priority type, the RNA configured in the previous cycle is updated to be the first RNA, and the region corresponding to the first RNA is larger than the region corresponding to the RNA configured in the previous cycle; and if the attribute of the terminal is of a number rate priority type, updating the RNA configured in the last period into a second RNA, wherein the area corresponding to the second RNA is smaller than the area corresponding to the RNA configured in the last period.
Step 1014: and obtaining the RAN area ID list or the cell ID list according to the updated configuration of the RNA.
The RNA configured for the terminal by the base station according to the configuration auxiliary information can be suitable for the current moving speed and service type of the user and can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, the configuration is flexible, RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network can be reduced, and the network performance is optimized.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the connection of the current RNA of the user with the adjacent RNA, and assuming that there are 5 RNAs in total, the RNA adjustment process of each cycle of the user is as follows:
as shown in fig. 3, five elliptical regions represent different RNAs in the network, and the connecting lines between the regions represent that the user can move between the two RNAs. When the user is in one of the RNAs in the network, a set of RNA lists which can be assigned to the user is formed by the user and the adjacent RNAs. Such as the user in RNA1When the network is able to assign to it all the RNA lists that are RNA-containing in the neighbor map1All subgraph vertex sets of vertices.
Namely gamma1={{1},{1,2},{1,4},{1,5},{1,2,3},{1,2,4},{1,4,3},{1,4,5},{1,2,3,4},{1,2,4,5},{1,2,3,4,5}}。
List of all RNAs in the networkWherein i is a positive integer greater than 0 and not greater than 5.
Table 2 shows the RNA of the users1In a assignable list and probability, L being γ1Reference sign corresponding to each element in the set, gamma above1The set contains 11 elements in total, L is a positive integer greater than 0 and less than or equal to 11, for example, the index corresponding to the element {1} is 1, the index corresponding to the element {1,2} is 2, and the index corresponding to the element {1,2,3} is 5.
| γ1(L) |
1,2,3,4,5 |
1,2,4,5 |
1,2,3,4 |
1,4,5 |
1,4,3 |
1,2,4 |
1,2,3 |
1,5 |
1,4 |
1,2 |
1 |
| P1(L) |
0.2 |
0.15 |
0.1 |
0.12 |
0.05 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
0.06 |
0.04 |
0.01 |
0.2 |
| ∑P1(L) |
0.2 |
0.35 |
0.45 |
0.57 |
0.62 |
0.66 |
0.69 |
0.75 |
0.79 |
0.8 |
1 |
TABLE 2
Wherein gamma is1(L) is a list of RNAs that can be supplied for assignment, and attributes of the user should be considered in the assignment of the RNAs. For a user with a higher mobility than the paging rate, a list containing a large number of RNAs should be assigned as the notification area for the user to reduce RNA update signaling. Such as list 1,2,3,4,5, will be allocated to users with high mobility. However, list 1 may be assigned to users with higher paging rates than mobile rates to reduce RAN paging signaling in the network.
In the embodiment of the invention, a Poisson cumulative distribution function F (V) is definedi,tij),tijFor user i in RNAjThe residence time in (1). When the user moves to RNA1Time, user calculationThe user will select the corresponding list of RNAs when the following conditions are met:
FIG. 4 shows five different ViPoisson cumulative distribution function graph of values with abscissa as user i at RNAjTime t of residence inijThe ordinate represents the probability, where the line 1 corresponds to ViValue 5, line 2 corresponds to ViValue 15, line 3 corresponds to ViValue 25, line 4 corresponds to ViValue 35, line 5 corresponds to ViThe value was 45.
The larger, ViThe smaller, i.e., rate-priority, user, the more RAN paging signaling is generated than RNA update signaling, for which the smaller RNA is adjusted. When V is shown in FIG. 4iThe smaller the value of (a), the higher the probability that user i will get a value around 1, and a smaller RNA will be selected. On the contrary, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments,the smaller, ViThe larger the user is, the speed-priority, the more RNA update signaling is generated than RAN paging signaling, for which the larger RNA is adjusted. When V isiThe larger the value of (a), the higher the probability that user i will select a larger RNA.
In addition, the user i is in RNAjThe shorter the stay time is, the higher the speed of the user is, and the higher the mobility is, the smaller the value of the cumulative distribution function is, the larger the RNA selected by the user is.
Further, the step 102 of reporting the RNA configuration auxiliary information to the base station includes:
and reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to the base station according to the indication of the base station.
Specifically, according to the reporting period indicated by the base station, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA is reported periodically;
or triggering and reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to a preset event indicated by the base station;
wherein the preset event comprises at least one of the following events:
the difference value between the RNA in the RNA configuration auxiliary information to be reported by the terminal and the number of cells configured in the current RNA is larger than a first preset threshold value, and the current moving speed of the terminal is lower than a second preset threshold value; the current moving speed of the terminal is greater than a third preset threshold; the staying time of the user in the preset cell is more than a fourth preset threshold; and the current paging rate of the terminal is greater than a fifth preset threshold value.
It should be noted that the preset time and each preset threshold are configured through RRC dedicated signaling of the base station.
Here, the terminal does not need to report the configuration auxiliary information all the time, and only reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to the indication of the base station, so that the energy consumption of the terminal can be reduced.
Further, the step of reporting the RNA configuration auxiliary information to the base station includes:
and the terminal initiates an RNA updating process or a Radio Resource Control (RRC) recovery process and reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to the base station through a third random access message MSG3 message or a fifth random access message MSG 5.
According to the information transmission method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the terminal reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to the base station, the base station can adapt to the current moving speed and service type of the user according to the RNA configured for the terminal by the configuration auxiliary information, can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, is flexible to configure, can reduce the RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network, and optimizes the network performance.
As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a configuration method, applied to a base station, including:
step 501: and acquiring configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal.
The configuration auxiliary information of the RNA comprises a cell ID list, or comprises a RAN area ID list, or comprises a Physical Cell Identification (PCI) list, or comprises a PCI list and a frequency point list.
The configuration auxiliary information of the RNA can be obtained by the terminal according to the retention time in the accessed configuration RNA region and based on a preset screening rule, or can be obtained by the terminal according to the self state information and a preset mathematical model. The status information includes at least one of: paging rate, mobility rate, terminal location information, and terminal residence time in the accessed RNA.
As an optional implementation manner, the step of obtaining the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal in step 501 includes:
acquiring configuration auxiliary information of RNA reported by a terminal, wherein the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA is obtained according to cell information of a target cell, and the target cell is a cell meeting a preset condition;
wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of the following:
the method comprises the steps that a cell with the largest staying time length or a cell with the staying time length larger than a first numerical value in a configuration RNA area accessed by a terminal;
the terminal accesses a cell with the largest stay time length or a cell with the stay time length exceeding a second numerical value in a configured RNA region within a preset time period;
a cell visited by the terminal;
the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the predetermined time period are respectively predefined or broadcast by a base station broadcast message or issued by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) dedicated signaling.
Step 502: and determining whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal according to the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA.
Wherein the step 502 of determining whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal according to the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA comprises:
if the base station stores the current RNA configuration of the terminal, the base station determines whether to reconfigure RNA for the terminal according to the current RNA configuration and the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA; if the base station does not store the current RNA configuration of the terminal, the base station acquires the current RNA configuration of the terminal from an anchor base station, and determines whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal according to the current RNA configuration and the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA;
or, if the base station does not store the current RNA configuration of the terminal, the base station sends configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal to an anchor base station, and the anchor base station determines whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal.
In the embodiment of the invention, the RNA configured for the terminal by the base station according to the configuration auxiliary information can be suitable for the current moving speed and service type of the user, can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, has flexible configuration, can reduce the RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network, and optimizes the network performance.
Further, after the determining, by the anchor base station, whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal, the method further includes:
and if the anchor base station determines that the terminal reconfigures the RNA, acquiring the RNA reconfigured for the terminal from the anchor base station.
Here, the terminal is outside the area covered by the anchor base station, and after the anchor base station determines that the terminal reconfigures the RNA, the anchor base station forwards the RNA reconfigured for the terminal to the base station.
Further, before the step of acquiring the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal in step 501, the method further includes:
and indicating the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA.
Wherein, the step of reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA by the indication terminal comprises the following steps:
if the terminal is in a connected state, indicating the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through an RRC reconfiguration message;
or, before the terminal enters the inactive state from the connected state, the terminal is instructed to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through an RRC release message;
or, if the terminal is in the inactive state, indicating the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through the RAN paging message;
or, when the terminal is in the RRC recovery process, the terminal is instructed to report the configuration assistance information of the RNA by the fourth random access message MSG 4.
Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may also be instructed to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA by using other messages.
Further, the step of reporting, by the indication terminal, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes:
the indication terminal reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA periodically according to the reporting period;
or, the indication terminal triggers and reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA based on a preset event;
wherein the preset event comprises at least one of the following events:
the difference value between the RNA in the RNA configuration auxiliary information to be reported by the terminal and the number of the cells configured in the current RNA is larger than a first preset threshold value; the current moving speed of the terminal is lower than a second preset threshold; the current moving speed of the terminal is greater than a third preset threshold; the staying time of the user in the preset cell is more than a fourth preset threshold; and the current paging rate of the terminal is greater than a fifth preset threshold value.
It should be noted that the preset time and each preset threshold are configured through RRC dedicated signaling of the base station.
Here, the terminal does not need to report the configuration auxiliary information all the time, and only reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to the indication of the base station, so that the energy consumption of the terminal can be reduced. The information transmission method of the embodiment of the invention obtains the configuration auxiliary information based on the preset screening rule, the base station configures the RNA for the terminal according to the configuration auxiliary information, the RNA can be suitable for the current moving speed and service type of the user and can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, the configuration is flexible, the RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network can be reduced, and the network performance is optimized.
Further, the configuration method of the embodiment of the present invention further includes:
and if the base station initiates an RNA updating process or an RRC recovery process and the base station determines that the terminal reconfigures the RNA, sending the reconfigured RNA through a fourth random access message MSG 4.
The configuration auxiliary information of the RNA comprises a cell ID list, or a RAN area ID list, or a Physical Cell Identification (PCI) list, or a PCI list and a frequency point list.
As a preferred implementation manner, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes a RAN area ID list, where the RAN area ID list is used as the configuration auxiliary information, which can effectively reduce signaling overhead.
A specific application flow of the embodiment of the present invention is described below.
Assuming that the terminal resides in a cell covered by the anchor base station, as shown in fig. 6, the application process includes:
step 601: and the anchor point base station configures indication information of the auxiliary configuration information of the RNA reported by the indication terminal.
Step 602: the terminal dynamically sends a message on a Random Access Channel (RACH) to apply for a signaling channel to an anchor base station.
Step 603: and in the process of RRC resume, the terminal triggers a reporting behavior based on periodic reporting and/or based on a preset event according to the configuration of the base station, and reports the configuration auxiliary information through MSG3 message or MSG5 message.
The configuration assistance information is the recommended RNA, which may be a cell ID list, a PCI list, etc.
Step 604: and in the process of RRC resume of the terminal, the anchor point base station determines whether to reconfigure RNA or not based on the reported configuration auxiliary information.
Step 605: if the anchor base station decides to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal, the RNA for the updated configuration will be sent down in the MSG4 message.
In addition, when the terminal resides outside the cell covered by the anchor base station, the application process includes:
step 606: the anchor base station sends a configuration signaling for reporting the auxiliary information to a base station served by the terminal, and then the base station forwards the configuration signaling to the terminal.
Step 607: the terminal applies for a signaling channel to the camped base station by dynamically sending a message on a Random Access Channel (RACH).
Step 608: in the process of RRC resume, the terminal triggers reporting behavior based on periodic reporting and/or based on preset events according to base station configuration, reports configuration auxiliary information to the base station through MSG3 message or MSG5 message, and forwards the configuration auxiliary information to the anchor point base station.
Step 609: and in the process of RRC resume of the terminal, the anchor point base station determines whether to reconfigure RNA or not based on the auxiliary information reported by the user.
Step 610: if the anchor base station determines to reconfigure the RNA for the user, the base station sends the RNA with updated configuration to the base station, and then the base station sends the RNA with updated configuration to the terminal in the MSG4 message.
In addition, it is also possible that the base station does not send the configuration assistance information to the anchor base station in step 608, the base station obtains the current RNA configuration of the user in step 609, and the base station itself decides whether to update the configured RNA in step 610.
The embodiment of the invention is suitable for RAN area configuration of Inactive state users in a 5G communication system, and can also be applied to CN area configuration or tracking area configuration of Idle state users.
In the configuration method of the embodiment of the invention, the base station configures the RNA for the terminal according to the configuration auxiliary information reported by the terminal, so that the RNA can be suitable for the current moving speed and service type of the user, can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, is flexible in configuration, can reduce the RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in a network, and optimizes the network performance.
Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal 700, including:
a first obtaining module 701, configured to obtain configuration auxiliary information of an RNA in a notification area of a radio access network RAN;
a reporting module 702, configured to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to a base station.
In the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes a cell ID list, or includes a RAN area ID list, or includes a physical cell identifier PCI list, or includes a PCI list and a frequency point list.
The terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention,
the first obtaining module comprises:
the first obtaining submodule is used for obtaining a target cell meeting a preset condition;
the first determining submodule is used for obtaining configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to the cell information of the target cell;
wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of the following:
the method comprises the steps that a cell with the largest staying time length or a cell with the staying time length larger than a first numerical value in a configuration RNA area accessed by a terminal;
the terminal accesses a cell with the largest stay time length or a cell with the stay time length exceeding a second numerical value in a configured RNA region within a preset time period;
a cell visited by the terminal;
the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the predetermined time period are respectively predefined or broadcast by a base station broadcast message or issued by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) dedicated signaling.
In the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes a RAN area ID list or a cell ID list;
the first obtaining module 701 includes:
the second obtaining submodule is used for obtaining the state information of the terminal in the current period;
a second determining submodule, configured to determine an attribute of the terminal according to state information of the terminal in a current period, where the attribute includes a speed priority type or a rate priority type, the speed priority type indicates that a first resource occupied by a paging signaling in a network in the current period is smaller than a second resource occupied by a mobile signaling, and the rate priority type indicates that the first resource occupied by the paging signaling in the network in the current period is larger than the second resource occupied by the mobile signaling;
the updating submodule is used for updating the RNA configured in the previous period according to the attribute of the terminal to obtain updated RNA;
and a third determining submodule, configured to obtain the RAN area ID list or the cell ID list according to the updated configuration of the RNA.
In the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention, the update submodule includes:
a first updating unit, configured to update the RNA configured in the previous cycle to a first RNA if the attribute of the terminal is a speed priority type, where a region corresponding to the first RNA is larger than a region corresponding to the RNA configured in the previous cycle;
and the second updating unit is used for updating the RNA configured in the previous period into a second RNA if the attribute of the terminal is of a number-rate priority type, wherein the area corresponding to the second RNA is smaller than the area corresponding to the RNA configured in the previous period.
In the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention, the state information of the terminal includes at least one of the following items: paging rate, moving rate, terminal location information and terminal residence time in accessed RNA;
the second determination submodule includes:
a first determining unit, configured to determine, according to state information of a terminal in a current period, a first resource occupied by a paging signaling and a second resource occupied by a mobile signaling in a network in the current period;
and the second determining unit is used for determining the attribute of the terminal according to the size relationship between the first resource and the second resource.
In the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention, the reporting module 702 is configured to periodically report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to the reporting period indicated by the base station;
or, the configuration auxiliary information of the reported RNA is triggered according to a preset event indicated by the base station;
wherein the preset event comprises at least one of the following events:
the difference value between the RNA in the RNA configuration auxiliary information to be reported by the terminal and the number of the cells configured in the current RNA is larger than a first preset threshold value; the current moving speed of the terminal is lower than a second preset threshold; the current moving speed of the terminal is greater than a third preset threshold; the staying time of the user in the preset cell is more than a fourth preset threshold; and the current paging rate of the terminal is greater than a fifth preset threshold value.
In the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention, the reporting module 702 is configured to initiate an RNA update process or a radio resource control RRC recovery process by the terminal, and report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to the base station through a third random access message MSG3 message or a fifth random access message MSG 5.
The terminal of the embodiment of the invention reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to the base station, the base station can adapt to the current moving speed and service type of the user according to the RNA configured for the terminal by the configuration auxiliary information, can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, is flexible in configuration, can reduce the RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network, and optimizes the network performance.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including: the configuration method comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program which is stored in the memory and can run on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, each process applied to the configuration method embodiment of the terminal is realized, the same technical effect can be achieved, and the details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process in the above configuration method embodiment applied to a terminal, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the detailed description is omitted here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.
In order to better achieve the above object, as shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, which includes a memory 820, a processor 800, a transceiver 810, a user interface 830, a bus interface, and a computer program stored on the memory 820 and operable on the processor 800, wherein the processor 800 is configured to read the program in the memory 820 and execute the following processes:
acquiring configuration auxiliary information of a notification area RNA of a radio access network RAN;
and reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to a base station.
Where in fig. 8, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with various circuits being linked together, particularly one or more processors represented by processor 800 and memory represented by memory 820. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 810 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a transceiver providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The user interface 830 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with a desired device for different user devices, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, etc.
The processor 800 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 820 may store data used by the processor 800 in performing operations.
Optionally, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes a cell ID list, or includes a RAN area ID list, or includes a physical cell identifier PCI list, or includes a PCI list and a frequency point list.
Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,
the processor 800 reads the program in the memory 820, and is further configured to perform:
acquiring a target cell meeting a preset condition;
obtaining configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to the cell information of the target cell;
wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of the following:
the method comprises the steps that a cell with the largest staying time length or a cell with the staying time length larger than a first numerical value in a configuration RNA area accessed by a terminal;
the terminal accesses a cell with the largest stay time length or a cell with the stay time length exceeding a second numerical value in a configured RNA region within a preset time period;
a cell visited by the terminal;
the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the predetermined time period are respectively predefined or broadcast by a base station broadcast message or issued by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) dedicated signaling.
Optionally, the configuration assistance information of the RNA includes a RAN area ID list or a cell ID list; the processor 800 reads the program in the memory 820, and is further configured to perform:
acquiring state information of the terminal in a current period;
determining the attribute of the terminal according to the state information of the terminal in the current period, wherein the attribute comprises a speed priority type or a rate priority type, the speed priority type means that a first resource occupied by a paging signaling in a network in the current period is smaller than a second resource occupied by a mobile signaling, and the rate priority type means that the first resource occupied by the paging signaling in the network in the current period is larger than the second resource occupied by the mobile signaling;
updating the RNA configured in the previous period according to the attribute of the terminal to obtain updated RNA;
and obtaining the RAN area ID list or the cell ID list according to the updated configuration of the RNA.
Optionally, the processor 800 reads the program in the memory 820, and is further configured to perform:
if the attribute of the terminal is a speed priority type, updating the RNA configured in the last period into a first RNA, wherein the area corresponding to the first RNA is larger than the area corresponding to the RNA configured in the last period;
and if the attribute of the terminal is of a number rate priority type, updating the RNA configured in the last period into a second RNA, wherein the area corresponding to the second RNA is smaller than the area corresponding to the RNA configured in the last period.
Optionally, the state information of the terminal includes at least one of the following: paging rate, moving rate, terminal location information and terminal residence time in accessed RNA;
optionally, the processor 800 reads the program in the memory 820, and is further configured to perform:
determining a first resource occupied by a paging signaling and a second resource occupied by a mobile signaling in a network in the current period according to the state information of the terminal in the current period;
and determining the attribute of the terminal according to the size relationship between the first resource and the second resource.
Optionally, the processor 800 reads the program in the memory 820, and is further configured to perform:
according to the reporting period indicated by the base station, periodically reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA;
or triggering and reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA according to a preset event indicated by the base station;
wherein the preset event comprises at least one of the following events:
the difference value between the RNA in the RNA configuration auxiliary information to be reported by the terminal and the number of cells configured in the current RNA is larger than a first preset threshold value, and the current moving speed of the terminal is lower than a second preset threshold value; the current moving speed of the terminal is greater than a third preset threshold; the staying time of the user in the preset cell is more than a fourth preset threshold; and the current paging rate of the terminal is greater than a fifth preset threshold value.
Optionally, the processor 800 reads the program in the memory 820, and is further configured to perform:
and the terminal initiates an RNA updating process or a Radio Resource Control (RRC) recovery process and reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to the base station through a third random access message MSG3 message or a fifth random access message MSG 5.
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the terminal 900 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 901, a network module 902, an audio output unit 903, an input unit 904, a sensor 905, a display unit 906, a user input unit 907, an interface unit 908, a memory 909, a processor 910, and a power supply 911. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal configuration shown in fig. 9 is not intended to be limiting, and that the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.
The processor 910 is configured to obtain configuration auxiliary information of a notification area RNA of a radio access network RAN; and reporting the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA to a base station.
According to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA is reported to the base station, the base station can adapt to the current moving speed and service type of the user according to the RNA configured for the terminal by the configuration auxiliary information, can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, is flexible to configure, can reduce the expense of RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling of the user in the network, and optimizes the network performance.
It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 901 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission and reception process or a call process, and specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the downlink data is processed by the processor 910; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 901 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 901 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.
The terminal provides wireless broadband internet access to the user through the network module 902, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, access streaming media, and the like.
The audio output unit 903 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 901 or the network module 902 or stored in the memory 909 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 903 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 900 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 903 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.
The input unit 904 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input Unit 904 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 9041 and a microphone 9042, and the Graphics processor 9041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 906. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 9041 may be stored in the memory 909 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 901 or the network module 902. The microphone 9042 can receive sounds and can process such sounds into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 901 in case of the phone call mode.
Terminal 900 can also include at least one sensor 905, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 9061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 9061 and/or backlight when the terminal 900 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensors 905 may also include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, etc., which are not described in detail herein.
The display unit 906 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 906 may include a Display panel 9061, and the Display panel 9061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.
The user input unit 907 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 907 includes a touch panel 9071 and other input devices 9072. The touch panel 9071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 9071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 9071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory). The touch panel 9071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 910, receives a command from the processor 910, and executes the command. In addition, the touch panel 9071 may be implemented by using various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. The user input unit 907 may include other input devices 9072 in addition to the touch panel 9071. Specifically, the other input devices 9072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as a volume control key, a switch key, and the like), a track ball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein again.
Further, the touch panel 9071 may be overlaid on the display panel 9061, and when the touch panel 9071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 9071, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 910 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 910 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 9061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 9, the touch panel 9071 and the display panel 9061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 9071 and the display panel 9061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, which is not limited herein.
The interface unit 908 is an interface through which an external device is connected to the terminal 900. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. Interface unit 908 can be used to receive input from external devices (e.g., data information, power, etc.) and transmit the received input to one or more elements within terminal 900 or can be used to transmit data between terminal 900 and external devices.
The memory 909 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 909 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 909 may include high-speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage device.
The processor 910 is a control center of the terminal, connects various parts of the entire terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 909 and calling data stored in the memory 909, thereby integrally monitoring the terminal. Processor 910 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 910 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It is to be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 910.
The terminal 900 can also include a power supply 911 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and preferably, the power supply 911 can be logically connected to the processor 910 via a power management system such that the functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption are performed via the power management system.
In addition, the terminal 900 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.
As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station 1000, including:
a second obtaining module 1001, configured to obtain configuration auxiliary information of an RNA reported by a terminal;
a determining module 1002, configured to determine whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal according to the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA
In the base station of the embodiment of the present invention, the determining module 1002 includes:
a fourth determining submodule, configured to determine, if the base station stores the current RNA configuration of the terminal, whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal according to the current RNA configuration and the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA;
a fifth determining submodule, configured to, if the base station does not store the current RNA configuration of the terminal, obtain, by the base station, the current RNA configuration of the terminal from an anchor base station, and determine whether to reconfigure an RNA for the terminal according to the current RNA configuration and the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA;
or, the base station is configured to send, to the anchor base station, configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal if the base station does not store the current RNA configuration of the terminal, and the anchor base station determines whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal.
The base station of the embodiment of the invention further comprises:
a third obtaining module, configured to obtain, from the anchor base station, the RNA reconfigured for the terminal if the anchor base station determines that the terminal reconfigures the RNA.
In the base station of the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes a cell ID list, or includes a RAN area ID list, or includes a physical cell identifier PCI list, or includes a PCI list and a frequency point list.
In the base station of the embodiment of the present invention, the second obtaining module is configured to obtain the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal, where the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA is obtained according to cell information of a target cell, and the target cell is a cell that meets a preset condition;
wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of the following:
the method comprises the steps that a cell with the largest staying time length or a cell with the staying time length larger than a first numerical value in a configuration RNA area accessed by a terminal;
the terminal accesses a cell with the largest stay time length or a cell with the stay time length exceeding a second numerical value in a configured RNA region within a preset time period;
a cell visited by the terminal;
the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the predetermined time period are respectively predefined or broadcast by a base station broadcast message or issued by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) dedicated signaling.
The base station of the embodiment of the invention also comprises a first indicating module, which is used for indicating the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through the RRC reconfiguration message if the terminal is in the connection state;
or, before the terminal enters the inactive state from the connected state, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal is indicated through an RRC release message;
or, the terminal is configured to instruct the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through the RAN paging message if the terminal is in the inactive state;
or, the ue instructs the terminal to report the configuration assistance information of the RNA through a fourth random access message MSG4 when the terminal is in the RRC recovery process.
The base station of the embodiment of the invention further comprises: the second indicating module is used for indicating the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA periodically according to the reporting period;
or, the configuration auxiliary information is used for indicating the terminal to trigger the reporting of the RNA based on a preset event;
wherein the preset event comprises at least one of the following events:
the difference value between the RNA in the RNA configuration auxiliary information to be reported by the terminal and the number of cells configured in the current RNA is larger than a first preset threshold value, and the current moving speed of the terminal is lower than a second preset threshold value; the current moving speed of the terminal is greater than a third preset threshold; the staying time of the user in the preset cell is more than a fourth preset threshold; and the current paging rate of the terminal is greater than a fifth preset threshold value.
The base station of the embodiment of the invention further comprises:
a sending module, configured to send the reconfigured RNA through a fourth random access message MSG4 if the base station initiates an RNA update procedure or an RRC recovery procedure and the base station determines that the terminal reconfigures the RNA.
The base station of the embodiment of the invention can adapt the current moving speed and service type of the user according to the configuration auxiliary information reported by the terminal, can change along with the change of the paging rate and the moving rate of the user, has flexible configuration, can reduce the RAN paging signaling and RNA updating signaling overhead of the user in the network, and optimizes the network performance.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station, including: the base station configuration method comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, each process in the method embodiment of the base station configuration method is realized, the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process in the method embodiment applied to the configuration method of the base station, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.
As shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station 1100, including a processor 1101, a transceiver 1102, a memory 1103, and a bus interface, wherein:
a processor 1101 for reading the program in the memory 1103 and executing the following processes:
acquiring configuration auxiliary information of RNA reported by a terminal;
and determining whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal according to the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA.
In fig. 11, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 1101, and various circuits, represented by memory 1103, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1102 may be a plurality of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium.
The processor 1101 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1103 may store data used by the processor 1101 in performing operations.
Optionally, the processor 1101 reads the program in the memory 1103, and is further configured to perform:
if the base station stores the current RNA configuration of the terminal, the base station determines whether to reconfigure RNA for the terminal according to the current RNA configuration and the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA;
if the base station does not store the current RNA configuration of the terminal, the base station acquires the current RNA configuration of the terminal from an anchor base station, and determines whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal according to the current RNA configuration and the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA;
or, if the base station does not store the current RNA configuration of the terminal, the base station sends configuration auxiliary information of the RNA reported by the terminal to an anchor base station, and the anchor base station determines whether to reconfigure the RNA for the terminal.
Optionally, the processor 1101 reads the program in the memory 1103, and is further configured to perform:
and if the anchor base station determines that the terminal reconfigures the RNA, acquiring the RNA reconfigured for the terminal from the anchor base station.
Optionally, the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA includes a cell ID list, or includes a RAN area ID list, or includes a physical cell identifier PCI list, or includes a PCI list and a frequency point list.
Optionally, the processor 1101 reads the program in the memory 1103, and is further configured to perform:
acquiring configuration auxiliary information of RNA reported by a terminal, wherein the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA is obtained according to cell information of a target cell, and the target cell is a cell meeting a preset condition;
wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of the following:
the method comprises the steps that a cell with the largest staying time length or a cell with the staying time length larger than a first numerical value in a configuration RNA area accessed by a terminal;
the terminal accesses a cell with the largest stay time length or a cell with the stay time length exceeding a second numerical value in a configured RNA region within a preset time period;
a cell visited by the terminal;
the first numerical value, the second numerical value and the predetermined time period are respectively predefined or broadcast by a base station broadcast message or issued by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) dedicated signaling.
Optionally, the processor 1101 reads the program in the memory 1103, and is further configured to perform:
if the terminal is in a connected state, indicating the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through an RRC reconfiguration message;
or, before the terminal enters the inactive state from the connected state, the terminal is instructed to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through an RRC release message;
or, if the terminal is in the inactive state, indicating the terminal to report the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA through the RAN paging message;
or, when the terminal is in the RRC recovery process, the terminal is instructed to report the configuration assistance information of the RNA by the fourth random access message MSG 4.
Optionally, the processor 1101 reads the program in the memory 1103, and is further configured to perform:
the indication terminal reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA periodically according to the reporting period;
or, the indication terminal triggers and reports the configuration auxiliary information of the RNA based on a preset event;
wherein the preset event comprises at least one of the following events:
the difference value between the RNA in the RNA configuration auxiliary information to be reported by the terminal and the number of cells configured in the current RNA is larger than a first preset threshold value, and the current moving speed of the terminal is lower than a second preset threshold value; the current moving speed of the terminal is greater than a third preset threshold; the staying time of the user in the preset cell is more than a fourth preset threshold; and the current paging rate of the terminal is greater than a fifth preset threshold value.
Optionally, the processor 1101 reads the program in the memory 1103, and is further configured to perform:
and if the base station initiates an RNA updating process or an RRC recovery process and the base station determines that the terminal reconfigures the RNA, sending the reconfigured RNA through a fourth random access message MSG 4.
It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.
While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.