CN110896324B - Enhanced beam forming method, device, system and equipment - Google Patents

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CN110896324B
CN110896324B CN201910409959.3A CN201910409959A CN110896324B CN 110896324 B CN110896324 B CN 110896324B CN 201910409959 A CN201910409959 A CN 201910409959A CN 110896324 B CN110896324 B CN 110896324B
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The embodiment of the application discloses a method, a device, a system and equipment for enhancing beam forming. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that an MEC platform obtains geographical position information of a target object, the geographical position information represents the geographical position of the target object, the MEC platform sends the geographical position information to a target base station after obtaining the geographical position information of the target object, so that the target base station points a wireless beam to the geographical position in a beam forming design scheme according to the geographical position information, and the area range of a service cell of the target base station comprises the geographical position. By adopting the embodiment of the application, the performance of the beam forming scheme designed by the target base station according to the geographical position information can be enhanced.

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Enhanced beam forming method, device, system and equipment
Technical Field
The present application relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a system, and a device for enhanced beamforming.
Background
In a communication system, a beam forming (beamforming) technology changes the phase of electromagnetic waves by changing parameters of basic units of a transmitting antenna array, so that the propagation direction of a wireless signal is controlled to be aligned to a terminal user, and the throughput rate of the user is greatly improved.
The current base station estimates the Direction Of Arrival (DOA) according to the uplink signal Of the user terminal, and is limited by the instability and multipath interference Of the wireless signal, and the accuracy Of the estimated DOA value is very low. Therefore, how to enhance the performance of beamformation is an ongoing problem for those skilled in the art.
Content of application
The embodiment of the application discloses a method, a device, a system and equipment for enhancing beam forming, which can provide accurate geographical position information for a base station and enhance beamforming performance.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an enhanced beamforming method, where the method includes:
the mobile edge computing MEC platform acquires the geographic position information of a target object; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
the MEC platform sends the geographical position information to a target base station so as to enable the target base station to point a wireless beam to the geographical position in the process of realizing beam forming; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station includes the geographical location.
In the method, the MEC platform acquires the geographical position information of the target object, the geographical position information represents the geographical position of the target object, and after acquiring the geographical position information of the target object, the MEC platform sends the geographical position information to the target base station so that the target base station points the wireless beam to the geographical position in the process of realizing beam forming according to the geographical position information.
Based on the first aspect, in an optional implementation manner, before the obtaining, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object, the method further includes:
and acquiring request information sent by the target base station, wherein the request information is used for requesting to acquire the geographical position information of the target object.
Based on the first aspect, in an optional implementation manner, before the obtaining the request information sent by the target base station, the method further includes: acquiring geographical position information of N objects, wherein the geographical position information of the N objects respectively represents the geographical positions of the N objects, and N is a positive integer;
the acquiring, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object includes:
and acquiring the geographical position information of the target object from the N objects according to the request information.
The implementation mode firstly acquires the geographic positions of the objects and then extracts the geographic position information of the target object, so that the time for acquiring the geographic positions of the target object is saved, and the efficiency is improved.
Based on the first aspect, in an optional implementation manner, before the obtaining, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object, the method further includes: establishing communication connection with a camera or a video center platform; receiving video information sent by the camera or the video center platform;
the acquiring, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object includes:
acquiring the area range of the serving cell of the target base station based on the request information;
performing image analysis on the target video information received in real time according to the area range of the service cell to obtain the geographical position information of the target object; the target video information comprises video information shot by a camera deployed in the area range of the serving cell.
The implementation mode obtains the video information provided by the camera or the video center platform with the camera shooting range including the area range of the service cell of the target base station, performs image analysis on the video information to obtain the geographic position information of the target object, and improves the accuracy of calculating the geographic position information of the target object.
Based on the first aspect, in an optional implementation manner, the request information includes a target base station identifier or location information, a target range identifier, a target category identifier, or an information sending frequency;
the MEC platform determines the position of the target base station according to the identification or the position information of the target base station;
the MEC platform determines the distribution range of the target object according to the target range identifier;
the MEC platform determines the type of the target object according to the target category identification;
and the MEC platform determines the frequency of sending the geographical location information to the target base station according to the information sending frequency.
Based on the first aspect, in an optional implementation manner, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station;
the image analysis of the target video information received in real time according to the area range of the service cell to obtain the geographical position information of the target object comprises the following steps:
carrying out image recognition on target video information received in real time to obtain object characteristic information in an image;
determining a target object based on a feature database and object feature information in the image; the characteristic database stores the corresponding relation between the object characteristic information and the communication operator; the target object comprises an object containing target object characteristic information; the target object characteristic information includes object characteristic information corresponding to a communication operator of the target base station;
and calculating the geographical position information of the target object according to the position of the target object in the image.
The implementation mode avoids the resource waste of the wireless wave beam of the target base station and improves the performance of the wave beam forming scheme designed by the target base station by matching and screening the target base station communication operator and the target object communication operator.
Based on the first aspect, in an optional implementation manner, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station; the acquiring, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object includes:
receiving geographical position information which is respectively sent by a plurality of objects and corresponds to each object;
determining a target object from the plurality of objects based on an object database, and acquiring geographic position information of the target object; the object database stores the corresponding relation between the object and the communication operator; the target object includes an object having a correspondence relationship with a communication carrier corresponding to the target base station among the plurality of objects.
The implementation mode avoids the resource waste of the wireless wave beam of the target base station and improves the performance of the wave beam forming scheme designed by the target base station by matching and screening the target base station communication operator and the target object communication operator.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an enhanced beamforming method, including:
the target base station receives the geographical position information of the target object sent by the mobile edge computing MEC platform; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
the target base station directs a wireless beam to the geographic location during implementation of beamforming; the geographical location information is the geographical location information obtained by the MEC platform through the method of the first aspect.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an enhanced beamforming apparatus, including:
the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the geographical position information of the target object; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
a sending unit, configured to send the geographic location information to a target base station, so that the target base station directs a wireless beam to the geographic location in a process of implementing beam forming; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station includes the geographical location.
It should be noted that, for the implementation manner and the corresponding beneficial effects of the third aspect, reference may be made to the description in the first aspect and the corresponding implementation manner, and details are not described herein again.
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an enhanced beamforming apparatus, including:
the receiving unit is used for receiving the geographical position information of the target object sent by the mobile edge computing MEC platform; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
a beam forming unit for directing a wireless beam towards the geographical location during implementation of beam forming; the geographical location information is the geographical location information obtained by the MEC platform by the method of claims 1-6.
In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an enhanced beamforming system, including a base station and an MEC platform, where the base station performs the method of the target base station described in the first aspect, and the MEC platform performs the method described in the first aspect.
Based on the fifth aspect, in an optional implementation manner, the system further includes a camera or a video center platform, and the camera or the video center platform sends video information to the MEC platform.
In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an enhanced beamforming device, including a processor and a communication device, where the processor and the communication device are connected to each other, and the communication device is configured to perform information interaction with an external device; the processor is configured to invoke stored program code, the execution comprising:
acquiring geographical position information of a target object; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
sending the geographical location information to a target base station through the communication equipment, so that the target base station points a wireless beam to the geographical location in the process of realizing beam forming; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station includes the geographical location.
It should be noted that, for the implementation manner and the corresponding beneficial effects of the sixth aspect, reference may be made to the description in the first aspect and the corresponding implementation manner, and details are not described herein again.
In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an enhanced beamforming device, including a processor and a communication device, where the processor and the communication device are connected to each other, and the communication device is configured to perform information interaction with an external device; the processor is configured to invoke stored program code, the execution comprising:
receiving geographic position information of a target object sent by a mobile edge computing MEC platform through the communication equipment; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
directing a wireless beam toward the geographic location during implementation of beamforming; the geographical location information is the geographical location information obtained by the MEC platform through the method of the first aspect.
In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium, which stores program instructions, and when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute the method performed by the MEC platform in the first aspect.
It should be noted that, for the implementation manner and the corresponding beneficial effects of the eighth aspect, reference may be made to the description in the first aspect and the corresponding implementation manner, and details are not described here again.
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Fig. 1 is a system architecture diagram of an enhanced beamforming method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of an application scenario of an enhanced beamforming method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for enhanced beamforming according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of an application scenario of an enhanced beamforming method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an enhanced beam forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an enhanced beam forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an enhanced beamforming device according to an embodiment of the present application.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It is to be understood that the terminology used in the description of the present application herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. Reference in the specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments. As used in this specification, the terms "device," "unit," "system," and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, or software in execution. For example, a device may be, but is not limited to, a processor, a data processing platform, a computing device, a computer, 2 or more computers, and the like.
It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used in this specification and the appended claims refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
In order to better understand an enhanced beamforming method, an apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application, a system architecture of the enhanced beamforming method according to the embodiments of the present application is described below. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture of an enhanced beamforming method according to an embodiment of the present application, where the system includes an MEC platform and one or more base stations, where:
the MEC is mobile edge computing, namely multi-access edge computing, and the MEC platform can provide services required by a user and a cloud computing function nearby by using a wireless access network, so that a service environment with high performance, low delay and high bandwidth is created, the rapid downloading of various contents, services and applications in the network is accelerated, and the user can enjoy uninterrupted high-quality network experience; in the embodiment of the application, the MEC platform is deployed at the edge of the network and is closer to the user, so that the expensive central bandwidth consumption is avoided, and the acquired geographic position information can be provided for the base station equipment. One MEC platform may establish connections with multiple base stations. The MEC platform in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as an MEC server.
The base station includes a baseband part and a radio frequency part, acquires the geographical location information of a target object from an MEC platform through network connection and the like, and designs a beamforming scheme according to the geographical location information, so that a generated wireless beam can be directed at the target object, and then the radio frequency part sends the wireless beam.
The target object in the embodiment of the application can be a pedestrian, a vehicle, a mobile phone, a computer and the like, and different beam forming schemes are designed according to different types of differentiation.
The system architecture in the embodiment of the present application may further include a camera or a video center platform, where the camera may be a camera deployed according to a location of a user or a terminal, and may be capable of identifying a distance to the user or the terminal, or may be an existing camera, such as a camera at a place of an intersection, a station, an airport, or the like, that is, the deployed camera is less than or equal to a first threshold from a target object, where the first threshold is, for example, 20 meters or 30 meters. The camera or the video center platform is directly connected with the MEC platform to provide video information for the MEC platform, the MEC platform calculates the geographical position information of the target object in the video information through a visual algorithm according to the video information, and the calculated geographical position information is provided for the base station equipment.
An application scenario of the system architecture of the present application is described with reference to fig. 2, and as shown in fig. 2, two connection manners for the MEC platform to obtain the geographic location information are introduced:
the method comprises the following steps that firstly, an MEC platform is directly connected with a user terminal, and geographic position information is actively sent to the MEC platform in real time through the user terminal;
the MEC platform is connected with the camera or the video center platform, the MEC platform can be directly connected with the camera to acquire target video information, and the accurate real-time geographic position of a target object (such as a pedestrian, a vehicle, a mobile phone, a computer and the like) is calculated through a visual algorithm according to the acquired target video information; the MEC platform can also be connected to the video center platform, video information of cameras in a certain range area is converged to the video center platform to obtain target video information, and the accurate real-time geographic position of a user is calculated through a visual algorithm according to the obtained target video information.
The terminal in this embodiment may include, but is not limited to, any electronic product based on an intelligent operating system, which may perform human-computer interaction with a user through an input device such as a keyboard, a virtual keyboard, a touch pad, a touch screen, and a voice control device, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, and a vehicle-mounted device. The smart operating system includes, but is not limited to, any operating system that enriches device functionality by providing various mobile applications to the mobile device, such as Android (Android)TM)、iOSTM、Windows PhoneTMAnd the like.
The enhanced beamforming method of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 3, which is a flowchart of the enhanced beamforming method provided in the embodiment of the present application and shown in fig. 3, where the method may be implemented based on the system architecture shown in fig. 1 or other architectures, and the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps:
step S301: and acquiring request information sent by the target base station.
Specifically, the target base station sends request information to the MEC platform, where the request information is used to request to acquire geographic location information of the target object. The request message may include a target base station identifier or location information of the target base station, or a target range identifier, or a target category identifier, or an information sending frequency; the method comprises the steps that position information of a target base station can be determined according to a target base station identification MEC platform; identifying the distribution range of the target object according to the target range, wherein the distribution range can be a circle region with the geographic position of the target base station as the center of a circle and the radius of R; identifying the MEC platform according to the target category to determine the type of the target object, for example, the type of the target object may be a pedestrian, an automobile, a mobile phone, or the like; the MEC platform may determine, according to the information transmission frequency, a frequency of transmitting the geographical location information to the target base station, for example, 10 pieces of geographical location information are transmitted to the target base station every second.
Step S302: and acquiring the geographical position information of the target object.
Specifically, after receiving the request information of the target base station, the MEC platform acquires the geographic position information of the target object, where the geographic position information represents the geographic position of the target object.
When the connection mode of the MEC platform for acquiring the geographical position information is a first mode, the MEC platform is directly connected with the user terminal, the geographical position information is actively sent to the MEC platform in real time through the user terminal, and the MEC platform acquires the geographical position information of the target object according to the received request message;
in one embodiment, the MEC platform is directly connected with the user terminals, the user terminals actively send geographical location information to the MEC platform in real time, before the MEC platform obtains the request information sent by the target base station, the geographical location information of the N user terminals is obtained in real time, the geographical location information represents the geographical locations of the N user terminals respectively, and then after the MEC platform receives the request information of the target base station, the MEC platform determines the target object from the user terminals according to the request information and extracts the geographical location information of the target object. By the mode of acquiring the geographic positions of the objects and then extracting the geographic position information of the target object, the time for acquiring the geographic positions of the target object is saved, and the efficiency is improved.
In one embodiment, when the request information includes a target base station identifier or position information of a target base station, after acquiring geographic position information sent by a target object, the MEC platform acquires the geographic position information of the target object relative to the target base station according to the target base station identifier or position information of the target base station; so that the target base station is more efficient in designing the beamforming scheme.
In one embodiment, the request message may include a target category identifier, the target object is determined from the multiple objects through the target category identifier, and the MEC platform is triggered to acquire geographic location information of the target object, for example, the target category identifier indicates a vehicle-mounted device, then the MEC platform is directly connected to the user terminal, the user terminal actively provides the geographic location information to the MEC platform in real time, after receiving the request information sent by the target base station, the MEC platform learns that the target object is the vehicle-mounted device according to the target category identifier in the request information, and extracts the geographic location information sent by the vehicle-mounted device (i.e., the target object) from the acquired geographic location information sent by the multiple objects (e.g., a mobile phone, a vehicle-mounted device, etc.).
And when the connection mode of the MEC platform for acquiring the geographical position information is the mode II, the MEC platform is connected with the camera or the video center platform, the target video information is acquired through the camera or the video center platform, and the accurate real-time geographical position of the target object is calculated through a visual algorithm according to the acquired target video information.
In one embodiment, the MEC platform is connected to the camera or the video center platform, video information is acquired through the camera or the video center platform, accurate real-time geographic positions of a plurality of objects (such as pedestrians, vehicles, mobile phones, computers and the like) in the video information are calculated in advance through a visual algorithm according to the acquired video information, and after the MEC platform receives request information of a target base station, a target object is determined from the plurality of objects according to the request information, and geographic position information of the target object is extracted. By the mode of acquiring the geographic positions of the objects and then extracting the geographic position information of the target object, the time for acquiring the geographic positions of the target object is saved, and the efficiency is improved.
In one embodiment, when the request information includes a target base station identifier or position information of a target base station, the MEC platform may calculate, according to the acquired target video information, accurate real-time geographic position information of the target object relative to the target base station through a visual algorithm; so that the target base station is more efficient in designing the beamforming scheme.
In one embodiment, the request message may include a target range identifier and a target category identifier, the MEC platform determines a target video including a target distribution range from the acquired video information through the target range identifier, or acquires the target video including the target distribution range from the camera or the video center platform through the target range identifier, and then determines a target object from the target video through the target category identifier, and the MEC platform acquires an accurate real-time geographic location of the target object, for example, the MEC platform is directly connected to the camera or the video center platform, after receiving the request message sent by the target base station, the MEC platform extracts the video information of the camera whose camera range includes the circular area from the camera or the video center platform through the target range identifier in the request message (for example, a circular area with a radius of 100 meters and a target base station as a center), and determining the pedestrian and the vehicle-mounted equipment as target objects from the extracted video information through target category identifiers (such as the pedestrian and the vehicle-mounted equipment) in the request information, and acquiring the accurate real-time geographic position of the target objects after the MEC platform determines the target objects.
In one embodiment, the connection mode for acquiring the geographical location information by the MEC platform is a mode two, and before the MEC platform acquires the geographical location information of the target object, communication connection with the camera or the video center platform is established; receiving video information sent by a camera or a video center platform; acquiring the area range of a serving cell of a target base station based on the received request information; and receiving target video information in real time according to the area range of the serving cell, wherein the target video information is video information shot by a camera arranged in the area range of the serving cell with the camera range including the target base station. And carrying out image analysis on the received target video information to obtain the geographical position information of the target object.
The camera or the video center platform in the camera shooting range including the area range of the service cell of the target base station is directly connected with the camera or the video center platform to obtain the video information, the video information is subjected to image analysis to obtain the geographic position information of the object, and the accuracy of calculating the geographic position information of the object is improved.
Step S303: and sending the geographical position information of the target object.
Specifically, after acquiring the geographical location information of the target object, the MEC platform sends the geographical location information of the target object to the target base station, so that the target base station directs the wireless beam to the geographical location of the target object in the process of implementing beam forming, and a scene schematic diagram of a beam forming scheme designed by the target base station is provided below, as shown in fig. 4, after acquiring the geographical location information of the target object, the base station designs a beamforming scheme according to the geographical location information, and directs the wireless beam to the geographical location of the target object.
In one embodiment, when the request information includes the information sending frequency, the MEC platform sends the geographical location information of the target object to the target base station according to the information sending frequency after acquiring the geographical location information of the target object, and the problem of data congestion is avoided by controlling the information sending frequency.
In the embodiment of the application, the MEC platform acquires the geographical position information of the target object, the geographical position information represents the geographical position of the target object, and after the MEC platform acquires the geographical position information of the target object, the geographical position information is sent to the target base station, so that the target base station points the wireless beam to the geographical position in the process of realizing beam forming according to the geographical position information, in the process, the MEC platform provides the accurate and real-time geographical position information of the target object for the target base station, and the performance of a beam forming scheme designed by the target base station according to the geographical position information is enhanced.
In one implementation, the request information in the embodiment of the present application may further include information of a communication operator of the target base station. Then step S302 may further include:
when the connection mode of the MEC platform for acquiring the geographical position information is a first mode, the MEC platform receives the geographical position information which is respectively corresponding to the plurality of objects and is respectively sent by the plurality of objects, and after the MEC platform receives the request information sent by the target base station, the MEC platform determines a target object from the plurality of objects based on the object database and extracts the geographical position information of the target object; wherein, the object database stores the corresponding relation between the object and the communication operator; the target object comprises an object which has a corresponding relation with a communication operator corresponding to the target base station in a plurality of objects;
for example, after the MEC platform receives the request information sent by the target base station, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station, for example, the communication operator is telecommunication, a target object of which the communication operator is telecommunication is screened out from a plurality of received objects based on an object database, where the object database may be a real-time database connected to the whole network and stores a corresponding relationship between the object and the communication operator, the target object is an object using a service provided by the communication operator corresponding to the target base station, the communication operator is screened out as the target object of the telecommunication, and geographic location information of the target object is extracted. According to the embodiment of the application, the target base station communication operator and the target object communication operator are matched and screened, so that the resource waste of wireless beams of the target base station is avoided, and the performance of the target base station for designing the beam forming scheme is improved.
When the connection mode of the MEC platform for acquiring the geographical position information is a second mode, the MEC platform receives the target video information in real time according to the region range of the service cell, and performs image recognition on the target video information received in real time to obtain object characteristic information in the image; determining a target object based on the characteristic database and the object characteristic information in the image; the characteristic database can be a real-time database connected with the whole network, and the characteristic database stores the corresponding relation between object characteristic information and a communication operator; the target object comprises object containing target object characteristic information; the target object characteristic information comprises object characteristic information corresponding to a communication operator of the target base station, namely the target object is an object using services provided by the communication operator corresponding to the target base station, the communication operator is screened out as a telecommunication target object, and after the target object in the image of the target video information is determined, the geographic position information of the target object is obtained.
For example, after the MEC platform receives the request information sent by the target base station, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station, for example, the communication operator is telecommunication, the target video information including the area range is received in real time according to the area range of the service cell of the target base station, image recognition is performed on the target video information received in real time to obtain object feature information in the image of the target video information, the object feature information may be information such as a human face, a license plate, a mobile phone brand identifier and the like, the object feature information of the communication operator is determined by the corresponding relation between the object feature information in the feature database and the communication operator, the target object is determined by the object feature information, for example, the object feature information is a license plate number "yue BXXXX", the communication operator of the vehicle-mounted device of the license plate number is telecommunication obtained by matching through the feature database, if the object characteristic information is a face, the communication operators of the communication accounts registered by the face are connected through the characteristic database matching, and if the communication operators are not telecom, the user corresponding to the face is not the target object; after the target object in the image of the target video information is determined, the geographical position information of the target object is obtained.
According to the embodiment of the application, the target base station communication operator and the target object communication operator are matched and screened, so that the resource waste of wireless beams of the target base station is avoided, and the performance of the target base station for designing the beam forming scheme is improved.
In order to better implement the above solution of the embodiments of the present application, the present application also provides an enhanced beam forming apparatus, which is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings:
as shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present application provides a schematic structural diagram of an enhanced beamforming device 50, where the enhanced beamforming device 50 may include: an acquisition unit 501 and a transmission unit 502, wherein,
an obtaining unit 501, configured to obtain geographic location information of a target object; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
a sending unit 502, configured to send the geographic location information to a target base station, so that the target base station directs a wireless beam to the geographic location in a process of implementing beam forming; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station includes the geographical location.
In this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 501 is further configured to obtain request information sent by the target base station before the MEC platform obtains the geographic location information of the target object, where the request information is used to request to obtain the geographic location information of the target object.
In this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 501 is further configured to obtain geographic position information of N objects before obtaining the request information sent by the target base station, where the geographic position information of the N objects represents geographic positions of the N objects, respectively, so that after receiving the request information, the geographic position information of the target object is obtained from the N objects according to the request information, where N is a positive integer.
In an embodiment of the present application, the apparatus may further include:
the establishing unit 503 is configured to establish a communication connection with a camera or a video center platform before the MEC platform acquires the geographic position information of the target object;
a receiving unit 504, configured to receive video information sent by the camera or the video center platform.
The acquiring unit 501 specifically includes:
a learning subunit, configured to learn, based on the request information, an area range of a serving cell of the target base station;
the image analysis subunit is used for carrying out image analysis on the target video information received in real time according to the area range of the service cell to obtain the geographical position information of the target object; the target video information comprises video information shot by a camera deployed in the area range of the serving cell.
In the embodiment of the present application, the request information includes a target base station identifier or location information, a target range identifier, a target category identifier, or an information sending frequency; the target base station identification or the position information is used for determining the position of the target base station; the target range identification is used for determining the distribution range of the target object; the target category identification is used for determining the type of the target object; the information sending frequency is used for determining the frequency of sending the geographical location information to the target base station.
In an embodiment of the present application, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station;
the image analysis subunit is specifically configured to:
carrying out image recognition on target video information received in real time to obtain object characteristic information in an image;
determining a target object based on a feature database and object feature information in the image; the characteristic database stores the corresponding relation between the object characteristic information and the communication operator; the target object comprises an object containing target object characteristic information; the target object characteristic information includes object characteristic information corresponding to a communication operator of the target base station;
and calculating the geographical position information of the target object according to the position of the target object in the image.
In an embodiment of the present application, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station;
the obtaining unit 501 is specifically configured to:
receiving geographical position information which is respectively sent by a plurality of objects and corresponds to each object;
determining a target object from the plurality of objects based on an object database, and acquiring geographic position information of the target object; the object database stores the corresponding relation between the object and the communication operator; the target object includes an object having a correspondence relationship with a communication carrier corresponding to the target base station among the plurality of objects.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, functions of each functional unit in the apparatus described in fig. 5 may refer to related descriptions of step S301 to step S303 in the method embodiment described in fig. 3, and are not described again here.
In order to better implement the above solution of the embodiments of the present application, the present application further provides an enhanced beamforming apparatus based on the base station side, and the following detailed description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings:
as shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application provides a schematic structural diagram of an enhanced beamforming device 60, where the enhanced beamforming device 60 may include: a receiving unit 601 and a beamforming unit 602, wherein,
a receiving unit 601, configured to receive geographic location information of a target object sent by a mobile edge computing MEC platform; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
a beam forming unit 602 for directing a wireless beam towards the geographical location in the course of implementing beam forming; the geographic location information is obtained by the MEC platform through the method embodiments shown in fig. 1 to 4.
Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an enhanced beamforming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. For ease of understanding and illustration, the enhanced beamforming device 70 of fig. 7 may include one or more of the following components: a processor 701 and a communication module 702. The enhanced beamforming device 70 is an MEC device.
The communication module 702, which may also be referred to as a transceiver, or transceiver, etc., may include elements for wireless, wired, or other communication. Optionally, a device used for implementing the receiving function in the part 702 may be regarded as a receiving unit, and a device used for implementing the sending function may be regarded as a sending unit, that is, the part 702 includes a receiving unit and a sending unit.
The processor 701 may also be referred to as a processing unit, a processing board, a processing module, a processing device, or the like. The processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Network Processor (NP), or a combination of a CPU and an NP. When the enhanced beamforming device 70 shown in fig. 7 executes the method shown in fig. 2, the processor 701 may call a stored enhanced beamforming program code, where the enhanced beamforming program code may be stored locally in the enhanced beamforming device 70 or on the cloud server side; that is, the enhanced beamforming device 70 may further include a memory 704 for storing the enhanced beamforming program code.
The processor 701 specifically executes the following steps:
acquiring geographical position information of a target object; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
sending the geographical location information to a target base station through the communication module 702, so that the target base station directs a wireless beam to the geographical location in a process of implementing beam forming; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station includes the geographical location.
In one embodiment, before the processor 701 obtains the geographic location information of the target object, the method further includes:
the communication module 702 obtains request information sent by the target base station, where the request information is used to request to obtain geographic location information of a target object.
In one embodiment, before the processor 701 obtains the geographic location information of the target object, the method further includes: establishing communication connection with a camera or a video center platform; receiving video information sent by the camera or the video center platform through the communication module 702;
the processor 701 obtaining the geographical location information of the target object includes:
acquiring the area range of the serving cell of the target base station based on the request information;
performing image analysis on the target video information received in real time according to the area range of the service cell to obtain the geographical position information of the target object; the target video information comprises video information shot by a camera deployed in the area range of the serving cell.
In one embodiment, the request information includes a target base station identifier or location information, a target range identifier, a target category identifier, or an information transmission frequency;
the processor 701 determines the position of the target base station according to the identifier or the position information of the target base station;
the processor 701 determines the distribution range of the target object according to the target range identifier;
the processor 701 determines the type of the target object according to the target category identifier;
the processor 701 determines the frequency of transmitting the geographical location information to the target base station according to the information transmission frequency.
In one embodiment, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station;
the processor 701 performs image analysis on the target video information received in real time according to the area range of the serving cell to obtain the geographical location information of the target object, including:
carrying out image recognition on target video information received in real time to obtain object characteristic information in an image;
determining a target object based on a feature database and object feature information in the image; the characteristic database stores the corresponding relation between the object characteristic information and the communication operator; the target object comprises an object containing target object characteristic information; the target object characteristic information includes object characteristic information corresponding to a communication operator of the target base station;
and calculating the geographical position information of the target object according to the position of the target object in the image.
In one embodiment, the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station; the processor 701 acquiring the geographical location information of the target object includes:
receiving, by the communication module 702, respective corresponding geographical location information sent by a plurality of objects, respectively;
determining a target object from the plurality of objects based on an object database, and acquiring geographic position information of the target object; the object database stores the corresponding relation between the object and the communication operator; the target object includes an object having a correspondence relationship with a communication carrier corresponding to the target base station among the plurality of objects.
It should be noted that, for the step executed by the processor 701 in the enhanced beamforming device 70 in the embodiment of the present application, reference may be made to the specific implementation manner in the embodiment of fig. 3 in each method embodiment described above, and details are not described here again.
The embodiment of the present application also provides a base station device, which may include one or more of the following components: a processor and a communication module.
The communication module, which may also be referred to as a transceiver, or a transceiver, a transceiving device, etc., may include a unit for performing wireless, wired, or other communication. The transceiver consists of receiving antenna branching device, transceiver, transmitting antenna combining device and scanning receiver, etc. the transceiver includes receiving frequency converter, demodulator, diversity synthesizing and processing device, transmitting modulator, power amplifier, etc. Optionally, a device for implementing a receiving function in the transceiver device may be regarded as a receiving unit, and a device for implementing a transmitting function may be regarded as a transmitting unit, that is, the transceiver device includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit, and one base station may configure multiple sets of transceivers.
A processor, which may also be referred to as a processing unit, a processing board, a processing module, a processing device, etc. The processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Network Processor (NP), or a combination of a CPU and an NP. When the base station device executes the method of fig. 2, the processor calls the stored enhanced beam forming program code to execute the following steps:
receiving the geographical position information of the target object sent by the mobile edge computing MEC platform through the communication module; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
directing a wireless beam toward the geographic location during implementation of beamforming; the geographical location information is the geographical location information obtained by the MEC platform through the method in the embodiment of fig. 3.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above when the computer program is executed. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like.
In this application, the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiments of the present application.
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.
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can easily conceive various equivalent modifications or substitutions within the technical scope of the invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application. While the present application has been described herein in conjunction with various embodiments, other variations to the disclosed embodiments may be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the present application as claimed herein.

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1. A method of enhanced beamforming, comprising:
the mobile edge computing MEC platform acquires the geographic position information of a target object; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
the MEC platform sends the geographical position information to a target base station so as to enable the target base station to point a wireless beam to the geographical position in the process of realizing beam forming; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station contains the geographic position, and the target object comprises an object which has a corresponding relation with a communication operator of the target base station in the area range of the serving cell of the target base station.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the MEC platform obtains the geographical location information of the target object, the method further comprises:
and acquiring request information sent by the target base station, wherein the request information is used for requesting to acquire the geographical position information of the target object.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein before the obtaining the request information sent by the target base station, the method further comprises: acquiring geographic position information of N objects, wherein the geographic position information of the N objects respectively represents the geographic positions of the N objects; wherein N is a positive integer
The acquiring, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object includes: and the MEC platform acquires the geographical position information of the target object from the N objects according to the request information.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein before the MEC platform obtains the geographical location information of the target object, the method further comprises: establishing communication connection with a camera or a video center platform; receiving video information sent by the camera or the video center platform;
the acquiring, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object includes:
acquiring the area range of the serving cell of the target base station based on the request information;
performing image analysis on the target video information received in real time according to the area range of the service cell to obtain the geographical position information of the target object; the target video information comprises video information shot by a camera deployed in the area range of the serving cell.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the request information comprises a target base station identifier or location information, a target range identifier, a target category identifier, or an information transmission frequency;
the MEC platform determines the position of the target base station according to the identification or the position information of the target base station;
the MEC platform determines the distribution range of the target object according to the target range identifier;
the MEC platform determines the type of the target object according to the target category identification;
and the MEC platform determines the frequency of sending the geographical location information to the target base station according to the information sending frequency.
6. The method according to claim 2 or 4, wherein the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station;
the MEC platform acquires the geographical position information of the target object, and comprises the following steps:
performing image recognition on the target video information received in real time according to the area range of the service cell to obtain object characteristic information in the image;
determining a target object based on a feature database and object feature information in the image; the characteristic database stores the corresponding relation between the object characteristic information and the communication operator; the target object comprises an object containing target object characteristic information; the target object characteristic information includes object characteristic information corresponding to a communication operator of the target base station;
and calculating the geographical position information of the target object according to the position of the target object in the image.
7. The method according to claim 2 or 4, wherein the request information includes information of a communication operator of the target base station; the acquiring, by the MEC platform, the geographical location information of the target object includes:
receiving geographical position information which is respectively sent by a plurality of objects and corresponds to each object;
determining a target object from the plurality of objects based on an object database, and acquiring geographic position information of the target object; the object database stores the corresponding relation between the object and the communication operator; the target object includes an object having a correspondence relationship with a communication carrier corresponding to the target base station among the plurality of objects.
8. A method of enhancing beamforming, comprising:
the target base station receives the geographical position information of the target object sent by the mobile edge computing MEC platform; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
the target base station directs a wireless beam to the geographic location during implementation of beamforming; the geographic position information is the geographic position information of the target object acquired by the MEC platform; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station contains the geographic position, and the target object comprises an object which has a corresponding relation with a communication operator of the target base station in the area range of the serving cell of the target base station.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein before the target base station receives the geographical location information of the target object sent by the mobile edge computing MEC platform, the method further comprises:
and the target base station sends request information to the MEC, wherein the request information is used for requesting to acquire the geographical position information of the target object.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the request information comprises a target base station identification or location information, a target range identification, a target category identification, or an information transmission frequency;
the target base station identifier or the position information is used for the MEC platform to determine the position of the target base station;
the target scope identification is used by the MEC platform to determine a distribution scope of the target object;
the target class identification is used for the MEC platform to determine the type of the target object;
the information sending frequency is used for the MEC platform to determine the frequency of sending the geographical location information to the target base station.
11. A method according to any of claims 8-10, wherein the request information comprises information of the communication operator of the target base station.
12. An enhanced beamforming apparatus comprising means for performing the method of any of claims 1-7.
13. An enhanced beamforming system comprising a base station performing the method of the target base station as described in any of claims 8-11 and an MEC platform performing the method as described in any of claims 1-7.
14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a camera or video center platform that sends video information to the MEC platform.
15. An enhanced beam forming device, comprising a processor and a communication device, wherein the processor and the communication device are connected with each other, and wherein the communication device is used for information interaction with an external device; the processor is configured to invoke stored program code, the execution comprising:
acquiring geographical position information of a target object; the geographic location information characterizes a geographic location of the target object;
sending the geographical location information to a target base station through the communication equipment, so that the target base station points a wireless beam to the geographical location in the process of realizing beam forming; the area range of the serving cell of the target base station contains the geographic position, and the target object comprises an object which has a corresponding relation with a communication operator of the target base station in the area range of the serving cell of the target base station.
16. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium stores program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method as claimed in any one of claims 1-7 for execution by the MEC platform.
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