CN110875826A

CN110875826A - Method and device for acquiring open-station data

Info

Publication number: CN110875826A
Application number: CN201811009229.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王慧
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd; Shanghai Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-31
Filing date: 2018-08-31
Publication date: 2020-03-10
Also published as: WO2020042982A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a method and a device for acquiring open-station data, relates to the field of communication, and solves the problems that the base station can acquire the open-station data only by manual intervention in the process of opening the base station, and the operation steps are complex. The specific scheme is as follows: a base station sends position information to a network element management system, wherein the position information comprises longitudes and latitudes of N sites, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the network element management system determines the station opening data of the N stations according to the received position information, the base station receives configuration information sent by the network element management system, the configuration information comprises the station opening data of the N stations, the station opening data of the ith station in the station opening data of the N stations comprises the longitude and the latitude of the ith station, i is an integer, and the value of i is 1-N. The method and the device are used for the process of opening the base station.

Description

Method and device for acquiring open-station data

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of communication, in particular to a method and a device for acquiring open-station data.

Background

Currently, building a new base station includes two phases, namely an installation phase and a commissioning phase. And in the installation stage, site installation personnel can complete the installation of the base station by performing hardware connection according to the installation drawing of the base station. In the debugging stage, firstly, a site installer is required to notify a network administrator of a site name and an Electronic Serial Number (ESN), the network administrator configures start data according to the site name and the ESN, then, the network administrator notifies the site installer of completing the configuration of the start data, the site installer powers on the base station, and the base station obtains the start data corresponding to the ESN from the network element management system according to the ESN after being powered on, so as to conveniently start the base station. Therefore, in the debugging stage, the site installer and the network administrator need to communicate the ESN of the currently installed base station, and the base station can be opened according to the opening data acquired by the ESN after being powered on.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a device for acquiring open-station data, and solves the problems that manual intervention is needed in the process of opening a base station, the base station can acquire the open-station data, and the operation steps are complex.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present application adopts the following technical solutions:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for acquiring open-station data, where the method is applicable to a base station, and/or the method is applicable to a communication device that can support the base station to implement the method, for example, the communication device includes a chip system, and the method includes: sending position information and receiving configuration information; the position information comprises longitudes and latitudes of N sites, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the configuration information comprises the opening data of the N sites, the opening data of the ith site in the opening data of the N sites comprises the longitude and the latitude of the ith site, wherein i is an integer, and the value of i is 1-N.

According to the method for obtaining the open-station data, the pre-configured open-station data comprises the longitude and the latitude of the station, and the open-station data corresponding to the position information is obtained according to the automatically detected position information after the base station is powered on and is automatically downloaded to the base station, so that the base station can be opened without manual intervention in the opening process of the base station, and the operation steps of opening the base station are effectively reduced.

It should be noted that, the power-on described in the embodiment of the present application means that the base station is powered on and in a starting operation state, and is not just powered on. The startup operating state may also be understood as a power-on state. For example, in practical applications, after a site installer powers on a base station, the site installer may trigger a power switch to enable the base station to enter a start operating state, where the process may be a process of powering on the base station. The power-on operation of the base station described herein is merely exemplary and not limiting.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, before sending the location information, the method further includes: and acquiring the longitude and latitude of the N stations.

With reference to the first aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, after receiving the configuration information, the method further includes: determining the opening data of the ith station from the configuration information according to the longitude and the latitude of the ith station; and opening the ith station according to the station opening data of the ith station.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for acquiring open-station data, where the method is applicable to a network element management system, and/or the method is applicable to a communication device that can support the network element management system to implement the method, for example, the communication device includes a chip system, and the method includes: after receiving the position information, determining the station opening data of the N stations according to the position information, and sending configuration information; the location information includes longitudes and latitudes of N sites, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the configuration information includes start data of the N sites, the start data of an ith site in the start data of the N sites includes longitudes and latitudes of the ith site, i is an integer, and the value of i is 1 to N.

According to the method for acquiring the open station data, the open station data preconfigured by the network element management system comprises the longitude and the latitude of the station, and the open station data corresponding to the position information is acquired from the network element management system according to the automatically detected position information after the base station is powered on and is automatically downloaded to the base station, so that the base station can be opened without manual intervention in the opening process of the base station, and the operation step of opening the base station is effectively reduced.

The opening data of the N sites is determined according to the location information, and specifically, the opening data of the ith site may be determined according to the longitude and latitude of the ith site.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a device for acquiring open-station data, which is used to implement the method described in the first aspect. The apparatus for acquiring open-station data is a base station or an apparatus for acquiring open-station data that supports the base station to implement the method described in the first aspect, for example, the apparatus for acquiring open-station data includes a chip system. For example, the means for acquiring open-station data comprises: a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The sending unit is used for sending position information, the position information comprises longitudes and latitudes of N sites, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The receiving unit is configured to receive configuration information, where the configuration information includes start data of N sites, and start data of an ith site in the start data of the N sites includes longitude and latitude of the ith site, where i is an integer and a value of i is 1 to N.

Further, the communication apparatus may further include: and a processing unit. And the processing unit is used for opening N sites according to the configuration information.

Optionally, the method for opening N sites according to the configuration information and other descriptions are the same as those in the first aspect, and are not described here again.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus for acquiring open-station data, so as to implement the method described in the second aspect. The device for acquiring the open-station data is a network element management system or a device for acquiring the open-station data that supports the network element management system to implement the method described in the second aspect, for example, the device for acquiring the open-station data includes a chip system. For example, the means for acquiring open-station data comprises: the device comprises a receiving unit, a processing unit and a sending unit. The receiving unit is used for receiving position information, the position information comprises longitudes and latitudes of N sites, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. And the processing unit is used for determining the station opening data of the N stations according to the position information. The sending unit is configured to send configuration information, where the configuration information includes start data of N sites, and start data of an ith site in the start data of the N sites includes longitude and latitude of the ith site, where i is an integer and a value of i is 1 to N.

Wherein, the processing unit is specifically configured to: and determining the opening data of the ith station according to the longitude and the latitude of the ith station.

Optionally, other descriptions are the same as those in the first aspect, and are not repeated here.

It should be noted that the functional modules in the third and fourth aspects may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-described functions. E.g. a transceiver for performing the functions of the receiving unit and the transmitting unit, a processor for performing the functions of the processing unit, a memory for the processor to process the program instructions of the methods of the embodiments of the application. The processor, transceiver and memory are connected by a bus and communicate with each other. In particular, reference may be made to the functions of the behavior of the base station or the network element management system in the method of the first aspect to the method of the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus for acquiring open-station data, so as to implement the method described in the first aspect. The apparatus for acquiring open-station data is a base station or an apparatus for acquiring open-station data that supports the base station to implement the method described in the first aspect, for example, the apparatus for acquiring open-station data includes a chip system. For example, the means for acquiring open-station data comprises a processor for implementing the functions of the method described in the first aspect above. The means for acquiring open-site data may also include a memory for storing program instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor may call and execute the program instructions stored in the memory, so as to implement the functions of the method described in the above first aspect. The device for acquiring open station data can further comprise a communication interface, and the communication interface is used for communicating the device for acquiring open station data with other equipment. Illustratively, if the device for acquiring the open-station data is a base station, the other device is a network element management system.

In one possible arrangement, the means for obtaining open-station data comprises: a communication interface for the device for acquiring open station data to communicate with other devices. Illustratively, the communication interface may be a transceiver, and the transceiver is configured to transmit position information and receive configuration information, where the position information includes longitudes and latitudes of N sites, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the configuration information includes open-station data of the N sites, and open-station data of an ith site in the open-station data of the N sites includes the longitude and latitude of the ith site, where i is an integer, and i has a value from 1 to N. A memory for storing program instructions. And the processor is used for opening the N sites according to the configuration information.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus for acquiring open-station data, so as to implement the method described in the second aspect. The device for acquiring the open-station data is a network element management system or a device for acquiring the open-station data that supports the network element management system to implement the method described in the second aspect, for example, the device for acquiring the open-station data includes a chip system. For example, the means for acquiring open-station data comprises a processor for implementing the functions of the method described in the second aspect above. The means for acquiring open-site data may also include a memory for storing program instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor can call and execute the program instructions stored in the memory, so as to implement the functions in the method described in the second aspect. The device for acquiring open station data can further comprise a communication interface, and the communication interface is used for communicating the device for acquiring open station data with other equipment. Exemplarily, if the device for acquiring the open-station data is a network element management system, the other device is a base station.

In one possible arrangement, the means for obtaining open-station data comprises: a communication interface for the device for acquiring open station data to communicate with other devices. Illustratively, the communication interface may be a transceiver, and the transceiver is configured to receive location information and transmit configuration information, where the location information includes longitudes and latitudes of N sites, N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the configuration information includes open-station data of the N sites, and open-station data of an ith site in the open-station data of the N sites includes a longitude of the ith site, where i is an integer, and i has a value from 1 to N. A memory for storing program instructions. And the processor is used for determining the station opening data of the N stations according to the position information.

Optionally, the method for determining the open station data of the N stations according to the location information and other descriptions are the same as those in the second aspect, and are not described herein again.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, including: computer software instructions; the computer software instructions, when executed in the apparatus for acquiring open stop data, cause the apparatus for acquiring open stop data to perform the method of any one of the first to second aspects described above.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product containing instructions, which, when run in an apparatus for acquiring open-stop data, causes the apparatus for acquiring open-stop data to perform the method according to any one of the first aspect to the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip system, where the chip system includes a processor and may further include a memory, and is configured to implement the function of the base station or the network element management system in the foregoing method. The chip system may be formed by a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, where the communication system includes a base station described in the third aspect or a device supporting the base station to implement the method described in the first aspect to obtain the open-station data, and a network element management system described in the fourth aspect or a device supporting the network element management system to implement the method described in the second aspect to obtain the open-station data;

or the communication system includes the base station described in the fifth aspect or a device for acquiring open-station data that supports the base station to implement the method described in the first aspect, and the network element management system described in the sixth aspect or a device for acquiring open-station data that supports the network element management system to implement the method described in the second aspect.

In addition, the technical effects brought by the design manners of any aspect can be referred to the technical effects brought by the different design manners in the first aspect and the second aspect, and are not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present application, names of the base station, the network element management system, and the apparatus for acquiring the open station data do not limit the device itself, and in an actual implementation, the devices may appear by other names. Provided that the function of each device is similar to the embodiments of the present application, and fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a distributed base station according to the prior art;

fig. 2 is a simplified illustration of a communication system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for acquiring open-station data according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a cell planning according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is an exemplary diagram of an installation and connection between a BBU and an RRU according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of another method for acquiring open-station data according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating a structure of an apparatus for acquiring open station data according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating a structure of another apparatus for acquiring open-station data according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The terms "first," "second," and "third," etc. in the description and claims of this application and the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for limiting a particular order.

In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g.," is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

For clarity and conciseness of the following descriptions of the various embodiments, a brief introduction to the related art is first given:

a Base Station (BS) is a form of radio station, specifically a radio transceiver station for information transfer between a mobile telephone terminal equipment and a mobile communication switching center in a certain radio coverage area. For example, the base station primary functions include one or more of the following: management of radio resources, compression of Internet Protocol (IP) headers and encryption of user data streams, selection of Mobility Management Entity (MME) when a user equipment is attached, routing of user plane data to Serving Gateway (SGW), organization and transmission of paging messages, organization and transmission of broadcast messages, measurement for mobility or scheduling, and configuration of measurement reports, etc.

The above base station may also be referred to as a public mobile communication base station. The base station may also be other forms of network devices, such as a home base station, a cell, a wireless transmission point, a macro base station, a micro base station, a relay station, a transceiver station, a wireless access point, a Transmit and Receive Port (TRP), and so on. In systems using different radio access technologies, the names of devices that function as base stations may differ. For example, in a 4G system, referred to as an evolved node B (eNB); in the 5G NR system, it is called a 5G base station (gNB) or the like, and in the wireless local access system, it is called an access point. As communication technologies evolve, the names of base stations may change. For convenience of description, in the embodiments of the present application, apparatuses that provide a terminal device with a wireless communication function are collectively referred to as a base station.

Base stations may be classified into macro base stations, micro base stations, and pico base stations. With the development of mobile communication network services towards datamation and packetization, the development trend of base stations is inevitably broadband, large coverage area construction and IP. For example, the base station may be a distributed base station.

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a distributed base station according to the prior art. As shown in fig. 1, the distributed base station includes a Base Band Unit (BBU) 101, a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) 102, and an antenna 103. In a machine room where a BBU is usually installed, the BBU and the RRUs may be connected by optical fibers, and the RRUs are connected to an antenna through a coaxial cable and a power splitter (coupler), where generally one BBU may be connected to one or more RRUs, and one RRU manages one cell. Generally, RRUs may also be referred to as stations. One or more RRUs in the same geographical location constitute a Radio Frequency (RF) site.

The RRU may include 4 modules: the digital intermediate frequency module, the transceiver module, the power amplifier module and the filter module. The digital intermediate frequency module is used for modulation and demodulation, digital up-down frequency conversion, digital-to-analog conversion and the like of optical transmission; the transceiver module completes the conversion from the intermediate frequency signal to the radio frequency signal; and after the radio frequency signal is amplified by the power amplification module and filtered by the filtering module, the radio frequency signal is transmitted out through an antenna.

The BBU is used to perform baseband processing functions (coding, multiplexing, modulation, spreading, etc.) of a Uu interface (i.e., an interface between a terminal device and a base station), interface functions of a logic interface between a Radio Network Controller (RNC) and the base station, signaling processing, local and remote operation and maintenance functions, and a function of monitoring a working state of a base station system and reporting alarm information.

Building base stations is an important part of the investment of mobile communication operators. In general, base stations need to be planned according to factors such as surrounding coverage, call quality, investment benefit, difficulty in construction, convenience in maintenance and the like.

Currently, building a new base station includes two phases, namely an installation phase and a commissioning phase. And in the installation stage, site installation personnel can complete the installation of the base station by performing hardware connection according to the installation drawing of the base station. In the debugging stage, firstly, a site installer is required to notify a network administrator of a site name and an Electronic Serial Number (ESN), the network administrator configures opening data according to the site name and the ESN, then, the network administrator notifies the site installer of completing the configuration of the opening data, the site installer powers on the base station, and the base station obtains the opening data corresponding to the ESN from a network management system according to the ESN and opens the base station after the base station is powered on. Therefore, in the debugging stage, the station installer and the network administrator need to communicate the ESN of the currently installed base station, the base station can be opened according to the opening data obtained by the ESN after being powered on, manual intervention is needed in the opening process of the base station, and the base station can obtain the opening data, so that the operation steps are complex.

In order to solve the problems that the base station can only acquire the open station data by manual intervention in the process of opening the base station and the operation steps are complex, the embodiment of the application provides a method for acquiring the open station data, and the basic principle is as follows: acquiring configuration information according to the position information, wherein the position information comprises longitudes and latitudes of N sites, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the configuration information comprises the opening data of the N sites, the opening data of the ith site in the opening data of the N sites comprises the longitude and the latitude of the ith site, wherein i is an integer, and the value of i is 1-N. The method may be applied to a base station, or the method may be applied to an apparatus for acquiring open-station data that may support the base station to implement the method, for example, the apparatus for acquiring open-station data includes a chip system. According to the method for obtaining the open-station data, the pre-configured open-station data comprises the longitude and the latitude of the station, and the open-station data corresponding to the position information is obtained according to the automatically detected position information after the base station is powered on and is automatically downloaded to the base station, so that the base station can be opened without manual intervention in the opening process of the base station, and the operation steps of opening the base station are effectively reduced.

The station opening in the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as station starting or field deployment, and the term station opening is the first time that the base station is opened, and the specific name of the station opening is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 shows a simplified example of a communication system to which embodiments of the present application may be applied. Referring to fig. 2, the communication system may include: a plurality of base stations 201 and an element management system 202. In practical applications, the connections between the plurality of base stations 201 and the network element management system 202 are wireless connections or wired connections. The base station 201 communicates with the element management system 202 via wireless communication techniques. It should be noted that a plurality may refer to only one, two, three or more. In practical applications, the network element management system may be connected to or directly connected to hundreds or thousands of base stations through other network devices, and manage the hundreds or thousands of base stations, which may be base stations in different geographic locations. The number of base stations shown in fig. 2 is only an illustrative example, and the number of base stations connected to the network element management system is not limited.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to wireless communication among communication devices. The wireless communication between the communication devices may include: and the base station and the network element management system are in wireless communication. In the embodiments of the present application, the term "wireless communication" may also be simply referred to as "communication", and the term "communication" may also be described as "data transmission", "information transmission", or "transmission".

The network element management system 202 is configured to manage a network element, where the network element may refer to a base station. The element management system may be, for example, M2000. The server side software of M2000 is composed of main version software and adaptation layer software. The main version software is used for realizing the functions of the system. The adaptation layer software is used for realizing the adaptation of different network element interfaces, and the access of a new network element can be realized only by adding the corresponding adaptation layer software. The openness of M2000 makes it possible to support management of various systems such as global system for mobile communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), time division-synchronous code division multiple access (WiMAX), wireless network of various systems such as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), core network, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and when the network evolves from 2G to 3G or even 4G, M2000 can evolve at the same time.

The following describes in detail specific steps of the method for acquiring open-station data by taking a base station and a network element management system as examples. In the embodiment of the present application, the base station may refer to a distributed base station shown in fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for acquiring open-station data according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the method may include:

s301, the base station sends the position information to the network element management system.

And the site installer installs the base station according to the base station installation drawing, and after the base station is successfully installed, the site installer powers on the base station. The base station is connected to the network element management system through a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and the base station sends location information to the network element management system. The location information includes longitudes and latitudes of N sites, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1. In this embodiment of the application, the entity device in communication with the network element management system may be a BBU included in the distributed base station, and the location information includes longitudes and latitudes of N sites, which may be longitudes and latitudes of N RRUs connected to the BBU.

The number of sites included in the base station may be different depending on the location where the base station is constructed. For example, if a base station is constructed in an area with a low population density, such as a rural area, the coverage area of the base station does not need to be large, in which case the base station may include fewer stations, and it can be understood that one base station includes BBUs connected to fewer RRUs. The base station may be a macro base station. For example, N ═ 1 indicates that the base station includes one site, and accordingly, the location information includes the longitude and latitude of the one site. If a base station is constructed in an area with a large population density, such as a base station constructed in a city, the coverage area of the base station needs to be large, in this case, the base station may include more stations, and it can be understood that a BBU included in one base station is connected to more RRUs. For example, N ═ 6 indicates that the base station includes six stations, and accordingly, the location information includes the longitude and latitude of the six stations. The region with a low population density may be a region with a low traffic volume. The region with a high population density may be a region with a large amount of traffic.

S302, the network element management system receives the position information sent by the base station.

S303, the network element management system determines the station opening data of the N stations according to the position information.

Before a base station is constructed, a network planner needs to plan a geographical position of the constructed base station and station opening data of the base station, the station opening data of one base station may include station opening data of at least one station, and the station opening data of each station includes longitude, latitude, and station name of the station, and other data for opening the base station. Other data for provisioning a base station includes, for example, radio planning data, transmission planning data, and equipment data for the base station. The radio planning data may be data for each cell. The transmission planning data may be transmission configuration data of a base station as a communication node of a Radio Access Network (RAN). Then, the open station data of the base station is configured to the network element management system in advance. It should be noted that the network element management system may manage base stations deployed in multiple regions, and the network element management system includes start data of multiple base stations, and may include start data of multiple sites for the same base station, where different numbers of sites may be deployed according to different geographic areas, and sites in the same area belong to the same radio frequency site, and names of sites in the same radio frequency site are the same.

Fig. 4 is an exemplary diagram of a cell planning provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, a base station is planned and deployed in the geographic area, and covers 18 cells, and one RRU is used to cover one cell. Fig. 5 is an exemplary diagram of an installation and connection between a BBU and an RRU according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, 18 RRUs are connected by using one BBU, one RRU covers one cell, and each three RRUs form one radio frequency station, so that the base station covers 18 cells. The BBU includes an optical fiber interface, a fan, a universal power and environment interface unit (UPEU), a universal baseband processing Unit (UBBP), a universal main processing and transmission Unit (UMPT), and the like.

After receiving the location information, the network element management system may search, according to the longitudes and latitudes of the N sites included in the location information, open-station data corresponding to the longitudes and latitudes of the N sites from the pre-configured open-station data of the multiple sites. For example, the opening data of the ith station is determined according to the longitude and latitude of the ith station, wherein i is an integer and the value of i is 1 to N.

Optionally, the location information may further include a site name, and the start data corresponding to the longitude and latitude of the N sites and the site name may also be found in the start data of the multiple sites configured in advance according to the longitude and latitude of the N sites and the site name included in the location information. Therefore, the accuracy of determining the open-station data of the N stations can be further improved.

S304, the network element management system sends the configuration information to the base station.

And after the network element management system determines the station opening data of the N stations according to the position information, generating configuration information and sending the configuration information to the base station. The configuration information comprises open station data of N sites, and the open station data of the ith site in the open station data of the N sites comprises longitude, latitude and site name of the ith site and other data for opening the base station, wherein i is an integer, and the value of i is 1 to N. For example, as shown in fig. 4, N-18 means that the BBU includes 18 stations, and one station covers one cell. The configuration information comprises open station data of 18 stations, and the open station data of each station in the open station data of 18 stations comprises longitude, latitude and station name of the station and other data for opening the station.

S305, the base station receives the configuration information.

Further, as shown in fig. 6, after the base station receives the configuration information, the embodiment of the present application may further include the following detailed steps.

S601, the base station opens N sites according to the configuration information.

Firstly, the base station determines the station opening data of the ith station from the configuration information according to the longitude and the latitude of the ith station, and opens the ith station according to the station opening data of the ith station, wherein i is an integer, and the value of i is 1 to N. Understandably, starting from the first site of the N sites to the Nth site, the corresponding sites are opened in sequence according to the longitude and the latitude of the corresponding sites.

Before the base station sends the location information to the network element management system, the embodiment of the present application may further include the following detailed steps.

S602, the base station acquires the longitude and latitude of the N sites.

The base station herein may refer to a BBU that the base station includes. The longitude and latitude of each site in the N Sites (RRUs) can be acquired and reported to the BBU, namely, the base station can acquire the longitude and latitude of the N sites. Each station acquires its own longitude and latitude, which can be acquired as follows.

For example, in a first mode, a station may acquire the longitude and latitude of N stations according to a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) connected to the station. In the second mode, a site installer measures a time difference of arrival (TOA) using a test handset with a Global Positioning System (GPS) function to obtain longitudes and latitudes of N sites. And in a third mode, the station can determine the longitude and the latitude of the station according to the obtained longitudes and latitudes of more than three adjacent regions. For example, referring to a PICO base station (PICO) and in a regional station opening manner, when there is no service on the RRU, a neighboring cell is also searched, and the longitude and latitude of N sites are acquired in the PICO manner.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, the method provided in the embodiments of the present application is introduced from the perspective of the network element management system, the base station, and the interaction between the network element management system and the base station. It is to be understood that, in order to implement the functions in the method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the network element management system and the base station include hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the present application is capable of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software implementing the various illustrative algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network element management system and the base station may be divided into functional modules according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the module is schematic, and is only one logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

In the case of dividing each functional module according to each function, fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of a possible composition of the apparatus for acquiring open-station data mentioned in the foregoing and embodiments, where the apparatus for acquiring open-station data can perform the steps performed by the base station in any of the method embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 7, the apparatus for acquiring open station data is a base station or an apparatus for acquiring open station data that supports the base station to implement the method provided in the embodiment, for example, the apparatus for acquiring open station data may be a chip system. The device for acquiring open-station data can comprise: a transmitting unit 701 and a receiving unit 702.

The sending unit 701 is configured to support a device that acquires open-station data to execute the method described in this embodiment of the present application. For example, the transmitting unit 701 is configured to execute or support the apparatus for acquiring open-stop data to execute S301 in the method for acquiring open-stop data shown in fig. 3, and S301 in the method for acquiring open-stop data shown in fig. 6.

The receiving unit 702 is configured to execute or support the apparatus for acquiring open-stop data to execute S305 in the method for acquiring open-stop data shown in fig. 3, and S305 and S602 in the method for acquiring open-stop data shown in fig. 6.

In this embodiment of the present application, further, as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus for acquiring open-station data may further include: a processing unit 703.

The processing unit 703 is configured to execute or support the apparatus for acquiring open-station data to execute S601 in the method shown in fig. 6.

It should be noted that all relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again.

The apparatus for acquiring open-station data provided in the embodiment of the present application is configured to execute the method in any embodiment described above, so that the same effect as that of the method in the embodiment described above can be achieved.

In the case of dividing each functional module according to each function, fig. 8 shows a schematic diagram of a possible composition of the apparatus for acquiring open-station data mentioned in the foregoing and embodiments, where the apparatus for acquiring open-station data can execute the steps executed by the network element management system in any method embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 8, the apparatus for acquiring open-station data is an apparatus for acquiring open-station data of a network element management system or a device supporting implementation of the network element management system, for example, the apparatus for acquiring open-station data may be a chip system. The device for acquiring open-station data can comprise: a receiving unit 801, a processing unit 802 and a transmitting unit 803.

The receiving unit 801 is configured to enable a device that acquires open-station data to perform the method described in the embodiment of the present application. For example, the receiving unit 801 is configured to execute or support the apparatus for acquiring open-station data to execute S302 in the method for acquiring open-station data shown in fig. 3 and S302 in the parameter configuration method shown in fig. 6.

The processing unit 802 is configured to execute or support the apparatus for acquiring open-station data to execute S303 in the method for acquiring open-station data shown in fig. 3, and S303 in the method for acquiring open-station data shown in fig. 6.

A sending unit 803, configured to execute or support the apparatus for acquiring open-station data to execute S304 in the method for acquiring open-station data shown in fig. 3, or S304 in the method for acquiring open-station data shown in fig. 6.

Fig. 9 shows a communication apparatus 900 according to an embodiment of the present application, configured to implement the functions of the network element management system or the base station in the foregoing method. The communication apparatus 900 may be a network element management system, or an apparatus in a network element management system. The communication device 900 may be a chip system. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices. Alternatively, the communication device 900 is configured to implement the functionality of the base station in the above-described method. The communication apparatus 900 may be a base station or an apparatus in a base station. The communication device 900 may be a chip system. In the embodiment of the present application, the chip system may be composed of a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices.

The communication apparatus 900 includes at least one processor 901, configured to implement the functions of the network element management system or the base station in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application. For example, the processor 901 may be configured to determine the open data of the N sites according to the location information, open the N sites according to the open data of the N sites, and the like, which refer to the detailed description in the method example and are not described herein again.

The communications apparatus 900 can also include at least one memory 902 for storing program instructions and/or data. The memory 902 is coupled to the processor 901. The coupling in the embodiments of the present application is an indirect coupling or a communication connection between devices, units or modules, and may be an electrical, mechanical or other form for information interaction between the devices, units or modules. The processor 901 may cooperate with the memory 902. The processor 901 may execute program instructions stored in the memory 902. At least one of the at least one memory may be included in the processor.

The communications apparatus 900 can also include a communication interface 903 for communicating with other devices over a transmission medium such that the apparatus used in the communications apparatus 900 can communicate with other devices. Illustratively, if the communication device is an element management system, the other device is a base station. If the communication device is a base station, the other equipment is a network element management system. The processor 901 uses the communication interface 903 for transceiving data and for implementing the method performed by the element management system or the base station as described in the embodiments corresponding to fig. 3 or fig. 6.

The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific connection medium among the communication interface 903, the processor 901, and the memory 902. In the embodiment of the present application, the communication interface 903, the processor 901, and the memory 902 are connected by a bus 904 in fig. 9, the bus is represented by a thick line in fig. 9, and the connection manner between other components is merely schematic illustration and is not limited thereto. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 9, but this does not indicate only one bus or one type of bus.

In the embodiments of the present application, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component, and may implement or execute the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in a processor.

In the embodiment of the present application, the memory may be a non-volatile memory, such as a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD), and may also be a volatile memory (e.g., a random-access memory (RAM)). The memory is any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to such. The memory in the embodiments of the present application may also be circuitry or any other device capable of performing a storage function for storing program instructions and/or data.

Through the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing division of the functional modules is merely used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules or units is only one logical functional division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may be one physical unit or a plurality of physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed in a plurality of different places. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the invention to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, a network appliance, a terminal, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., Digital Video Disk (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., SSD), among others.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method of acquiring open-site data, comprising:

sending position information, wherein the position information comprises longitudes and latitudes of N sites, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;

receiving configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises the opening data of the N sites, the opening data of the ith site in the opening data of the N sites comprises the longitude and the latitude of the ith site, i is an integer, and the value of i is 1 to N.

2. The method for acquiring open-station data according to claim 1, wherein before the sending the location information, the method further comprises:

and acquiring the longitude and latitude of the N stations.

3. The method for acquiring open-station data according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the receiving the configuration information, the method further comprises:

determining the opening data of the ith station from the configuration information according to the longitude and the latitude of the ith station;

opening the ith station according to the station opening data of the ith station.

4. A method of acquiring open-site data, comprising:

receiving position information, wherein the position information comprises longitudes and latitudes of N sites, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;

determining the station opening data of the N stations according to the position information;

and sending configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises the opening data of the N sites, the opening data of the ith site in the opening data of the N sites comprises the longitude and the latitude of the ith site, i is an integer, and the value of i is 1 to N.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining the open station data of the N stations according to the location information specifically includes:

and determining the opening data of the ith station according to the longitude and the latitude of the ith station.

6. An apparatus for acquiring open-site data, comprising:

a transmitting unit configured to transmit location information, where the location information includes longitudes and latitudes of N sites, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;

a receiving unit, configured to receive configuration information, where the configuration information includes start data of the N sites, and start data of an ith site in the start data of the N sites includes longitude and latitude of the ith site, where i is an integer, and a value of i is 1 to N.

7. The apparatus for acquiring open-station data according to claim 6,

the receiving unit is further configured to acquire longitudes and latitudes of the N sites.

8. The apparatus for acquiring open-stop data according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising a processing unit, wherein:

the processing unit is configured to determine, from the configuration information, the opening data of the ith station according to the longitude and latitude of the ith station, and open the ith station according to the opening data of the ith station.

9. An apparatus for acquiring open-site data, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive location information, where the location information includes longitudes and latitudes of N sites, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;

the processing unit is used for determining the station opening data of the N stations according to the position information received by the receiving unit;

a sending unit, configured to send configuration information, where the configuration information includes the start data of the N sites, and the start data of an ith site in the start data of the N sites includes a longitude and a latitude of the ith site, where i is an integer, and a value of i is 1 to N.

10. The apparatus for acquiring open-station data according to claim 9, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

11. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer software instructions which, when run in a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of acquiring open-stop data as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, or to perform a method of acquiring open-stop data as claimed in claim 4 or 5.

12. A computer program product comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of acquiring open-stop data according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or the method of acquiring open-stop data according to claim 4 or 5 when the computer program product is run on the computer.