CN115119324A

CN115119324A - Resource scheduling method and device

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Publication number: CN115119324A
Application number: CN202110305448.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王金山; 孙艳宾
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-19
Filing date: 2021-03-19
Publication date: 2022-09-27
Also published as: WO2022193890A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a resource scheduling method and a device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the access point receives service information from first terminal equipment, wherein the service information comprises a service type of a first service which uses or is about to use an air interface resource provided by the access point; the access point performs resource scheduling based on the traffic type of the first traffic. For example, the access point may determine a target parameter according to the service type of the service, where the target parameter is a parameter for meeting a service requirement corresponding to the first service, and the target parameter includes a target rate, a target delay, and the like, and the access point may further perform resource scheduling according to the target parameter. Therefore, when the access point carries out resource scheduling, the service types can be accurately matched, and the resource scheduling is carried out based on the service requirements of different service types, so that the service experience of users is improved.

Description

Resource scheduling method and device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a resource scheduling method and apparatus.

Background

In the big background of the internet, the broadband market has shown a development trend of hundreds of million popularities and gigaleadings, and wireless fidelity (WiFi) has become a standard interface of home terminal equipment. As more and more terminal devices are connected to WiFi, services carried by WiFi become diversified, however, performance index parameters such as rate and delay required by different types of services may be different. For example, video traffic may require a higher rate, live game traffic may require a lower latency, and so on.

It is therefore desirable to provide a method that can reasonably schedule resources for various types of traffic.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a resource scheduling method and device, when an access point performs resource scheduling, the access point can be accurately matched with service types, resource scheduling is performed based on service requirements of different service types, and service experience of users is improved.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a resource scheduling method, which may be performed by an Access Point (AP), or may also be performed by a component (e.g., a chip, a system-on-a-chip, etc.) deployed in the AP. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this. The method provided by the first aspect is described below, by way of example only, with the AP as the executing subject.

Illustratively, the method comprises: the method comprises the steps that an AP receives service information from first terminal equipment, wherein the service information comprises a service type of a first service which uses or is about to use air interface resources provided by the AP; and the AP carries out resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service.

Based on the above technical solution, the AP may determine the service type of the first service being used or to be used according to the service information reported by the first terminal device, and may further perform resource scheduling according to the service type. That is, the service type is accurately notified to the AP in a manner reported by the terminal device, so that the AP performs resource scheduling according to the service type. Therefore, the AP can reasonably schedule resources based on different service types, meet different requirements of different service types and is beneficial to improving the service experience of users.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the performing, by the AP, resource scheduling based on a service type of the first service includes: the AP determines a target parameter of the first service based on the service type of the first service, wherein the target parameter indicates a service requirement corresponding to the first service; and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the target parameters.

The AP may determine a target parameter corresponding to the service type based on the received service type of the first service, and then perform resource scheduling according to the target parameter. Thus, by visualizing the traffic demand for different traffic types through the target parameters, the edge AP schedules resources according to the specific parameters.

Optionally, the target parameter includes a target rate, or the target parameter includes a target rate and a target latency.

When the rate meets the traffic demand, the delay can usually also meet the traffic demand. In other words, when the AP schedules resources for the first service based on the target rate, the scheduled resources can generally reach the target rate and the target delay of the first service, thereby satisfying the service requirement. Therefore, the AP may perform resource scheduling based on the target rate.

Of course, the AP may also perform resource scheduling based on the target rate and the target delay. The AP can also enable the first service to reach the target rate and the target time delay for the resource scheduled by the first service based on the target rate and the target time delay, so that the service requirement is met.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the service information further includes time information of using an air interface resource by the first service; the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service, and the resource scheduling comprises the following steps: and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service and the time information of the air interface resource used by the first service.

The first terminal device may also send the time information of the air interface resource used by the first service to the AP, so that the AP continuously schedules the resource for the first service based on the service type of the first service in the time period when the air interface resource is used by the first service.

Optionally, the time information includes at least two of: the start time, end time, and time length of the air interface resource are used.

The AP may determine a specific time period for using the air interface resource by using at least two of the start time, the end time, and the time length of the air interface resource, and then continuously schedule the resource for the first service in the specific time period.

Optionally, the time information includes: an indication of whether the time to use the air interface resource is repeated periodically.

By carrying the indication of whether the service information is repeated periodically or not in the service information, the operation of repeatedly reporting the service information to the AP through the terminal equipment aiming at the periodically repeated service can be avoided, so that the user operation can be reduced, and meanwhile, the signaling overhead can be saved.

It is to be understood that the above-mentioned time information about the specific time period and the time information about the periodic repetition may be used in combination or separately, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the service information further includes a service priority of the first service; the AP carries out resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service, and the resource scheduling comprises the following steps: determining that a second service using air interface resources simultaneously with the first service exists by the AP; and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type and the service priority of the first service, and the service type and the service priority of the second service.

Because the air interface resource provided by the AP may be used by multiple services at the same time, the AP may perform resource scheduling according to the service priority of each service. For example, if the service priority of the first service is higher than the service priority of the second service, the AP may preferentially ensure that the service requirement of the first service is met, for example, the target parameter is met, and then consider the service requirement of the second service, or the AP may schedule resources for the first service first and then schedule resources for the second service. Therefore, the service requirement of the service with high priority can be preferentially met under the condition that the air interface resources are insufficient.

Further, the service information further includes an importance degree of the terminal device corresponding to the first service; the AP schedules resources for the first service and the second service based on the service type and the service priority of the first service and the service type and the service priority of the second service, and the scheduling comprises the following steps: and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service and the importance degree of the corresponding terminal equipment, and the service type of the second service and the importance degree of the corresponding terminal equipment under the condition that the service priorities of the first service and the second service are the same.

Here, the terminal device corresponding to the first service may specifically refer to a terminal device that runs the first service, plays the first service, and the like. Or, the terminal device may be used for the functions of running, playing, and the like of the first service. Therefore, the terminal device corresponding to the first service may or may not be the first terminal device. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

Because the air interface resource provided by the AP may also be used by multiple services with the same service priority, the AP may further perform resource scheduling according to the importance degree of the terminal device corresponding to each service. For example, if the service priority of the first service is the same as the service priority of the second service, but the importance level of the terminal device corresponding to the first service is higher than that of the second service, the AP may preferentially perform resource scheduling according to the service type of the first service, so as to preferentially meet the service requirement of the first service. Alternatively, the AP may schedule resources for the first service first and then schedule resources for the second service. Therefore, under the condition of insufficient air interface resources, the service requirement of the service corresponding to the terminal equipment with high importance can be preferentially met.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the method for scheduling resources further includes: and the AP sends air interface resource occupation ratio information to the first terminal equipment, wherein the air interface resource occupation ratio information is used for indicating the occupation ratio of one or more services using the air interface resources to the air interface resources respectively.

The AP sends the air interface resource occupation ratio information to the first terminal equipment so as to be presented to the user through the first terminal equipment, and therefore the user can conveniently and visually observe the occupation ratio condition of each service to the air interface resource.

With reference to the first aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the resource scheduling method further includes: the AP sends configuration information to the first terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information comprises one or more of the following items: the real-time rate, the real-time delay and an indication of whether the service requirement can be met in each of one or more services currently using air interface resources.

The AP sends the configuration information of each service to the first terminal equipment, so that a user can observe information such as real-time speed, real-time delay and whether service requirements can be met, the service can be adjusted in real time by the user, and the user experience is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: and the AP releases the air interface resources occupied by the interrupted service under the condition of detecting any service interruption or under the condition of detecting any terminal equipment offline.

The released air interface resources are used for other services, so that the resource idling can be avoided, the resource utilization rate is improved, and the service requirements of other services can be guaranteed.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a resource scheduling method, which may be performed by a first terminal device, or may also be performed by a component (e.g., a chip system, etc.) deployed in the first terminal device. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this. The method provided by the second aspect is described below, by way of example only, with the first terminal device as the executing subject.

Illustratively, the method comprises: the first terminal equipment generates service information, wherein the service information comprises a service type of a first service which uses or is about to use air interface resources provided by an Access Point (AP), and the service type is used for carrying out resource scheduling on the air interface resources; and the first terminal equipment sends the service information to the AP.

Based on the above technical solution, the AP may determine the service type of the first service being used or to be used according to the service information reported by the first terminal device, and may further perform resource scheduling according to the service type. That is, the service type is accurately notified to the AP by the way reported by the terminal device, so that the AP performs resource scheduling according to the service type. Therefore, the AP can reasonably schedule resources based on different service types, meet different requirements of different service types and is beneficial to improving the service experience of users.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the second aspect, the service type is used to determine a target parameter, where the target parameter indicates a service requirement corresponding to the first service, and the target parameter is used to perform resource scheduling on the air interface resource.

The AP may determine a target parameter corresponding to the service type based on the received service type of the first service, and then perform resource scheduling according to the target parameter. Thus, by visualizing the traffic demand of different traffic types through target parameters, the edge AP schedules resources according to the specific parameters.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the second aspect, the service information further includes time information that the first service uses air interface resources.

It should be understood that the time information of the air interface resource used by the first service may be used to determine the time period of the air interface resource used by the first service, so as to facilitate the AP to call the resource for the first service in the corresponding time period.

In the foregoing process, the service information sent by the first terminal device may further include time information of using the air interface resource, so that the time period when the first service uses the air interface resource is clear.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the second aspect, the service information further includes a service priority of the first service.

It should be appreciated that the traffic priority of the first traffic may facilitate resource scheduling by the AP. The AP may perform resource scheduling based on the received service type of the first service in combination with the service priority of the first service.

Further, the service information further includes an importance degree of the terminal device corresponding to the first service.

Here, the terminal device corresponding to the first service may specifically refer to a terminal device that runs the first service, plays the first service, and the like. Or, the terminal device may be used for the functions of running, playing, and the like of the first service. Therefore, the terminal device corresponding to the first service may be the first terminal device, or may not be the first terminal device. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

It should be understood that the importance degree of the terminal device corresponding to the first service may also facilitate resource scheduling by the AP. The AP may perform resource scheduling based on the received service type of the first service, in combination with the service priority of the first service and the importance level of the terminal device corresponding to the first service.

Because the air interface resource provided by the AP may also be used by multiple services with the same service priority at the same time, the AP may further perform resource scheduling according to the importance degree of the terminal device corresponding to each service. For example, if the service priority of the first service is the same as the service priority of the second service, but the importance level of the terminal device corresponding to the first service is higher than that of the second service, the AP may preferentially perform resource scheduling according to the service type of the first service, so as to preferentially meet the service requirement of the first service. Alternatively, the AP may schedule resources for the first service first and then schedule resources for the second service. Therefore, under the condition of insufficient air interface resources, the service requirement of the service corresponding to the terminal equipment with high importance can be preferentially met.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the second aspect, the resource scheduling method further includes: the first terminal device receives air interface resource occupation ratio information from the AP, wherein the air interface resource occupation ratio information is used for indicating the occupation ratio of one or more services using the air interface resources to the air interface resources respectively.

With reference to the second aspect, in some possible implementation manners of the second aspect, the resource scheduling method further includes: the first terminal device receives configuration information from the AP, the configuration information including one or more of: the real-time rate and the real-time delay of each service in one or more services using air interface resources at present and an indication whether the service requirements can be guaranteed or not.

The AP sends the configuration information of each service to the first terminal equipment, so that a user can observe information such as real-time speed, real-time delay and whether service requirements can be met or not in real time, the user can conveniently make service adjustment in real time, and the improvement of user experience is facilitated.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a resource scheduling apparatus, which includes means or units for implementing the method in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect to the second aspect and the first aspect to the second aspect. It should be understood that the respective modules or units may implement the respective functions by executing the computer program.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides an apparatus for resource scheduling, comprising a processor configured to execute the method for resource scheduling in any one of the possible implementations of the first and second aspects.

The apparatus may also include a memory to store instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, which when executing instructions stored in the memory, may implement the methods described in the above aspects. The apparatus may also include a communication interface for the apparatus to communicate with other devices, which may be, for example, a transceiver, circuit, bus, module, or other type of communication interface.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a chip system, which comprises at least one processor, and is configured to support the implementation of the functions referred to in any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect to the second aspect and the first aspect to the second aspect, for example, to receive or process data and/or information referred to in the above methods.

In one possible design, the system-on-chip further includes a memory to hold program instructions and data, the memory being located within the processor or external to the processor.

The chip system may be formed by a chip, and may also include a chip and other discrete devices.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to implement the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to second aspects and of the first to second aspects.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising: a computer program (which may also be referred to as code, or instructions), which when executed, causes a computer to perform the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first and second aspects and of the first to second aspects.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system suitable for use in the methods provided by embodiments of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a resource scheduling method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a management interface shown in a WiFi management Application (APP) provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating statistics of respective air interface resource occupation ratios of one or more services according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic statistical diagram of respective air interface resource occupation ratios of one or more terminal devices according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a resource scheduling apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is another schematic block diagram of a resource scheduling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication system.

An Access Point (AP) in the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as a wireless access point or a hotspot. The AP is an access point for a mobile subscriber to enter a wired network, and is mainly deployed in a home, a building, a campus, or outdoors. The AP acts as a bridge connecting the network and the wireless network, and mainly functions to connect the wireless network clients together and then to access the wireless network to the ethernet. In particular, the AP may be a network device with a WiFi chip. Alternatively, the AP may be a device supporting the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 series standard.

The terminal device in the embodiment of the present application specifically refers to a Station (STA) that can access an AP. The terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, an in-vehicle device, an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) device, a notebook computer, a Personal Computer (PC), an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a distributed device, a printer, and the like. The embodiment of the present application does not set any limit to the specific type of the terminal device. Alternatively, the station may be a terminal device supporting the IEEE 802.11 series of standards.

The following describes an application scenario and a method of the embodiment of the present application, taking a WLAN system as an example.

An Access Point (AP) is a device in a WLAN where a terminal device accesses the network. The AP may provide network services for each terminal device accessed through WiFi technology. Each terminal device accessing the AP may transmit data with the AP through the air interface resource provided by the AP. It should be understood that accessing an AP is one specific implementation of accessing WiFi.

With the development of internet technology, services carried by WiFi become more and more diversified, for example, including but not limited to ultra high definition video, VR, smart home, and the like. The ultra high definition video may be a video with a display resolution of 3840 × 2160 or more, and may also be referred to as a 4K video. New services drive the bandwidth of operators to be continuously upgraded, and the broadband market has shown the development trend of hundreds of megabytes of popularization and gigabytes of introduction.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system suitable for use in the method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 includes an AP 110 and a terminal device. Exemplarily, the communication system 100 comprises terminal devices 121 to 124. The terminal devices 121 to 124 may be different types of terminal devices, for example, including but not limited to a smart television 121, a VR headset 122, a mobile phone 123, a tablet computer 124, and other terminal devices not shown in the figures, such as a PDA, a PC, a notebook computer, and the like. The smart television 121 and the like can be used for playing 4K videos, the VR helmet 122 can be used for playing VR games, the mobile phone 123, the tablet computer 124 and the like can be used for live games, video phones and the like, and the tablet computer 124, the PC, the notebook computer and the like can be used for playing network teaching and the like. The first terminal device and the second terminal device described later may be any one of the terminal devices that access the AP 110, and may be any one of the terminal devices 121 to 124 described above, for example.

As shown in fig. 1, the terminal devices 121 to 124 are connected to the same WiFi AP 110, services such as 4K video, VR game, network teaching, live game play and the like are performed simultaneously, and performance index parameters such as average rate, instantaneous maximum rate, average delay and the like required by the services are different. And the AP customizes a differentiated resource allocation and scheduling strategy according to the service type to meet the relevant performance indexes required by the service. Therefore, the AP identifies the accessed service type, and schedules resources for each terminal device according to performance index parameters such as rate and delay required by each of different service types, so as to satisfy service requirements of different service types as much as possible and give better service experience to users.

It can be seen that in order to satisfy the service requirements of different service types as much as possible, the AP should reasonably schedule resources to reasonably allocate limited air interface resources to each service for use.

There is a technique of: the AP may perform service identification through an AI or statistical method, which may be specifically classified into message type identification and service type identification, and perform resource scheduling according to a result of the service identification. However, the accuracy of service identification of the method is low, so that the air interface resource allocation strategy and the scheduling strategy cannot be accurately matched with the service type, the requirements of the service on the rate, the time delay and the like cannot be met, and the user experience is influenced. The application provides a resource scheduling method, wherein a first terminal device sends service information of a first service which is using or is about to use air interface resources provided by an AP to the AP, the service information comprises a service type of the first service, and the AP can perform resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service, so that the scheduled resource meets requirements of speed, time delay and the like required by the service, and better service experience is provided for a user.

A resource scheduling method provided in an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the embodiments shown below describe the method from the point of view of a first terminal device, which may be one of the terminal devices 121 to 124 shown in fig. 1, interacting with an AP, which may be, for example, the AP shown in fig. 1. It will be appreciated that the AP may receive traffic information from other terminal devices (e.g., a second terminal device, a third terminal device, etc.) in addition to the first terminal device. In other words, any one terminal device connected to the AP can transmit traffic information to the AP.

It should also be understood that the embodiments shown below, although described with the interaction of the first terminal device with the AP as an example, should not constitute any limitation on the execution subject of the method. The method provided by the embodiment of the present application can be executed as long as it is possible to execute a program in which codes of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application are recorded. For example, the first terminal device may be replaced with a component (e.g., a chip, a system-on-chip, or another functional module capable of calling a program and executing the program) configured in the first terminal device, and the AP may be replaced with a component (e.g., a chip, a system-on-chip, or another functional module capable of calling a program and executing the program) configured in the AP. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a resource scheduling method 200 according to an embodiment of the present application. The method 200 shown in fig. 2 may include S210 to S230, and the following describes each step in fig. 2 in detail.

S210, the first terminal device generates service information of the first service.

The first service is a service which is using or is about to use air interface resources provided by the AP. The terminal device for operating the first service may be the first terminal device, or may be another terminal device. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this. However, it can be understood that the terminal device for operating the first service is a terminal device connected to the AP, and may use an air interface resource provided by the AP for data transmission.

The service information of the first service includes a service type of the first service. The service type of the first service may be, for example, 4K video, network teaching, VR game, live game, conference office, or the like, and the embodiments of the present application include but are not limited to this.

In addition, the first terminal device may be any one of terminal devices connected to the AP, or may be a terminal device having a WiFi management authority among the terminal devices connected to the AP.

For example, the user may store the terminal device having the WiFi management authority in the AP in advance. Such as the number, name, Internet Protocol (IP) address, or other information that may be used to uniquely identify the terminal device with WiFi management privileges. The AP may receive or reject the service information from each terminal device according to the authority of each terminal device. Or, the user cannot input the relevant information of the service on the terminal device without the WiFi management authority.

It should be understood that the terminal device having the WiFi management authority may be one terminal device or may be a plurality of terminal devices. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this. Additionally, whether or not there is WiFi management authority may be for a certain AP. Terminal devices with WiFi management authority can be set for different APs respectively.

The user may input the relevant information of the first service into the first terminal device in advance, and the first terminal device may generate the service information of the first service after acquiring the relevant information of the first service.

Here, in order to distinguish information generated for the first terminal device from information input by the user to the first terminal device, the information generated by the first terminal device is referred to as service information of the first service, and the information input by the user to the first terminal device is referred to as related information of the first service. It is understood that the first terminal device may generate the service information of the first service based on the information about the first service input by the user. For example, when the user inputs the service type of the first service to the first terminal device, the first terminal device may generate service information including the service type of the first service.

Two implementation manners of acquiring the related information of the first service by the first terminal device are listed below.

A first possible implementation manner is that a user inputs related information of a first service through a WiFi management APP on a first terminal device. The first terminal device may be, for example, a terminal device such as a mobile phone and a tablet computer, which is equipped with a WiFi management APP. The user can open the WiFi management APP, and the related information of the first service is input into the APP.

A second possible implementation manner is that the user inputs the relevant information of the first service through the WiFi management webpage. The first terminal device may be, for example, a terminal device such as a laptop computer or a PC that can access a WiFi management webpage through a browser. The user may open a browser at the first terminal device, enter a WiFi management website, such as 192.198.1.1, and enter a WiFi management web page. Thereafter, the service type of the first service may be entered in the WiFi management webpage.

In response to an input operation by a user, the first terminal device may generate service information of the first service. Optionally, the first terminal device may further display the service information of the first service through the front-end page.

It should be understood that the two implementation manners shown above are only two examples provided by the embodiments of the present application, and should not constitute any limitation on the embodiments of the present application. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the manner in which the first terminal device obtains the relevant information of the first service.

It should also be understood that the first terminal device may generate traffic information based on each input by the user. For example, the service information of one or more services is generated based on the information related to one or more services input by the user at one time. Or, the first terminal device may perform operations of sequentially generating service information at intervals, and generate service information of one or more services based on information about one or more services input by the user during the intervals. The application does not limit the time when the first terminal device generates the service information.

It will be appreciated that the first service may be any one of one or more services based on user input. In the embodiments of the present application, for convenience of understanding and explanation, a specific process of resource scheduling is described in detail by taking the first service as an example without loss of generality.

S220, the first terminal device sends the service information of the first service to the AP. Accordingly, the AP receives service information of the first service from the first terminal device.

The first terminal device may send the service information of the first service to the AP through an air interface resource provided by the AP. Or, the first terminal device may also be connected to the AP through a network cable, and send the service information of the first service to the AP. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

It will be appreciated that there may be one or more terminal devices, in addition to the first terminal device, that transmit traffic information for other traffic to the AP. For example, optionally, the method further comprises: the AP receives service information of the second service from the second terminal device. It should be understood that the step of receiving the service information of the second service by the AP may be performed before S220 or after S220, or may be performed simultaneously with S220. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

And S230, the AP carries out resource scheduling according to the service type of the first service.

In a possible implementation manner, the AP may pre-define scheduling policies corresponding to different service types. The scheduling policy corresponding to each service type may be pre-stored in the AP. After receiving the service information of the first service, the AP may select a corresponding scheduling policy for the first service according to the service type included therein, and then perform resource scheduling.

As an example, the AP determines the scheduling delay according to the traffic type.

For example, the delay requirement of the VR game is high, such as the delay requirement is less than 7 ms; the delay requirement of the file downloading service (such as downloading a software installation package) is low, and the delay requirement is less than 50 ms. The AP may determine the scheduling priority based on the traffic type.

Assuming that the first service is a VR game, the AP may preferentially schedule resources for the first service. For example, when other services (e.g., 4K video, etc.) exist at the same time, the resource is scheduled for the first service preferentially, and then scheduled for the other services. In addition, the AP may also limit the sending duration of the data packet of other services to avoid occupying too much air interface time, thereby ensuring that the new data packet of the first service is sent in time when arriving at the AP.

As another example, the AP may allocate bandwidth by traffic type.

Assuming that the first service is a VR game, the AP may allocate 1/2 bandwidth to the first service according to the service type for transmission of the VR game service, so as to ensure that sufficient air interface resources can be sent out when a new data packet of the first service arrives at the AP. Assuming that the air interface resource bandwidth provided by the AP is 80MHz, the AP may allocate a bandwidth of 40MHz to the first service.

Alternatively, the AP may allocate 1/2 a bandwidth to the first service when other services (e.g., office conference, 4K video, etc.) exist at the same time; and when no other traffic is present, the full bandwidth is allocated to the first traffic. In addition, the AP may also keep the bandwidth allocated to the first service unchanged for the data transmission duration of the first service, so as to ensure that the data message of each scheduled VR game has a transmission opportunity.

Optionally, S230 specifically includes:

s2301, the AP determines the target parameter of the first service according to the service type of the first service;

s2302, the AP performs resource scheduling according to the target parameter of the first service.

Wherein the target parameter may be used to indicate traffic demand. The target parameter of the first service may be used to indicate a service requirement corresponding to the first service. Illustratively, the target parameter may include a target rate and may also include a target latency.

The AP may also pre-store a mapping relationship between the service type and the target parameter. The objective parameters may be statistically derived, for example, from historical data, or may be provided by developers of various types of business. The AP may determine, according to the target parameter, a bandwidth proportion and a time delay allocated to the first service.

For example, if the service type of the first service is a service type that is relatively interested in the transmission rate, such as a network teaching service or a video service, the bandwidth ratio may be determined according to the target rate required by the service type, and then the resource may be scheduled according to the bandwidth ratio, so that the transmission rate of the resource scheduled for the first service is higher than the target rate when the resource is used for data transmission of the first service.

For another example, if the service type of the first service is a service type that pays attention to delay, such as VR game or live game, resource scheduling may be performed at a target delay required by the first service, so that delay caused by resources scheduled for VR game or live game is kept below the target delay.

Of course, the air interface resource provided by the AP may also be used by multiple services at the same time. For example, while the first service uses the air interface resource, there are other services (e.g., the second service) that are using the air interface resource. In this case, the AP may determine the target parameter of the first service and the target parameter of the second service according to the service types of the first service and the second service, respectively, and then perform resource scheduling according to the target parameter of the first service and the target parameter of the second service.

For example, if the target rate of the first service is 50Mbps and the target rate of the second service is 200Mbps, frequency domain resources may be allocated to the first service and the second service according to a bandwidth allocation ratio of 1:4, so that the rates of the resources scheduled for the first service and the second service can be respectively maintained above the target rates when the resources are used for data transmission of the two services.

For another example, if the target rate of the first service is 50Mbps and the target rate of the second service is 200Mbps, the time domain resources may be allocated to the first service and the second service according to the time allocation ratio of 1:4, so that the rates of the resources scheduled for the first service and the second service can be respectively maintained above the target rates when the resources are used for data transmission of the two services.

As another example, if the target delay of the first service is 20 milliseconds (ms) and the target delay of the second service is 100ms, the AP may schedule resources for the second service first and then for the first service. If the target rate is limited in combination with the above, the AP may schedule 1/5 frequency domain resources for the first service first, and then schedule 4/5 frequency domain resources for the second service; or, the time domain resource of 1/5 is scheduled for the first service first, and then the time domain resource of 4/5 is scheduled for the second service.

It should be understood that the above examples are shown only for the convenience of understanding, and should not constitute any limitation on the embodiments of the present application. After determining the target parameter, the AP may also perform resource scheduling in other manners, so that the resources scheduled for the first service and the second service enable data transmission of the first service and the second service to meet the target parameter.

It should also be understood that the target parameters may include other parameters, such as maximum rate, minimum rate, maximum delay, minimum delay, and so forth, in addition to the target rate and target delay listed above. On one hand, the maximum rate and the minimum time delay can avoid resource waste caused by excessively calling resources, and on the other hand, the minimum rate and the maximum time delay can enable each service to meet the basic requirements of the service, thereby avoiding poor user experience.

In order to perform resource scheduling more reasonably, the first terminal device may also carry other information in the service information of the first service sent to the AP. The AP may also perform resource scheduling more reasonably according to other information. How the AP performs resource scheduling will be described in more detail below with reference to various pieces of information in the service information of the first service.

Optionally, the service information of the first service may further include time information that the first service uses air interface resources provided by the AP. The time information includes at least two of: the start time, end time, and length of time of using the air interface resources.

It can be seen that the specific time period for the first service to use the air interface resource may be determined based on any two of the start time, the end time, and the time length.

For example, the service information may include a start time 19:00 and an end time 21:00, and it may be determined that the time period during which the first service uses the air interface resource is 19:00-21: 00. For another example, the service information may include its real time 19:00, and the time length is 2 hours, it may be determined that the time period during which the first service uses the air interface resource is 19:00-21: 00. Based on the time period when the first service uses the air interface resource, the AP may continuously schedule resources for the first service from the start time in this time period, so that the service requirement of the first service is satisfied.

If the first service is a service that is periodically repeated, the time information may further include an indication of whether the time for using the air interface resource is periodically repeated in order to repeatedly input the related information of the first service.

The duration of the period may be preset. For example, the user may set the period duration in advance through the WiFi management APP or the WiFi management webpage. Alternatively, the duration of the period may be preconfigured in the access point. Or, the duration of the period may be a plurality of selectable values preconfigured in the AP, and the user may select a corresponding duration as the period through the WiFi management APP or the WiFi management webpage according to the requirement.

It should be understood that the specific arrangement of the cycle is not limited to the above-mentioned example, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the same.

Further, the duration of the cycle may be, for example, one day, one week, or one month, and so forth. The embodiments of the present application are not limited to this.

For example, if the first service belongs to a periodic service and the period is one day, it indicates that the first service needs to use air interface resources at the same time period of each day. The user may indicate that the first service is a periodically repeated service when the information related to the first service is first input.

Further, the specific time for the first service to use the air interface resource may be determined by the service information, for example, according to any two items of the start time, the end time, and the time length included in the time information, or may be statistically determined by the AP according to the start time and the end time of the service when the first service uses the air interface resource for the first time. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

Based on the time period when the air interface resource is used by the first service, the AP may periodically schedule the resource for the first service, so that the service requirement of the first service is satisfied.

Optionally, the service information of the first service may further include a service priority of the first service.

The service priority may specifically refer to a priority of a service type. Illustratively, in five types of services, namely 4K video, network teaching, VR games, live games and conference office, the priority of the network teaching is the highest, the priority of the conference office is the second, and the priorities of the other three types of services are the same.

The service priority may be identified by a priority value. Different priority values correspond to different service priorities. Illustratively, the higher the priority, the greater the priority value; the lower the priority, the smaller the priority value. For example, in the above-listed five types of services, the network teaching has a priority value of 7, the conference office has a priority value of 6, and the live video, game and VR games have priority values of 5.

It should be understood that the correspondence between priority values and priorities is not necessarily as listed above, and in some designs, the higher the priority, the smaller the priority value; the lower the priority, the larger the priority value. The correspondence between the priority value and the priority level is not limited in the present application.

The AP may perform resource scheduling according to the traffic priority of the first traffic.

Specifically, if the service priority of the first service is higher, the response of the AP to schedule the resource for the first service is faster, that is, the delay is lower; if the service priority of the first service is lower, the response of the AP to schedule the resource for the first service is slower, that is, the delay is higher.

As mentioned above, the air interface resource provided by the AP may be used by multiple services at the same time.

The AP may determine whether multiple services use air interface resources simultaneously according to the time information of each service. As described above, the AP may determine, according to the time information included in the service information of the first service, a time period when the first service uses the air interface resource. The AP may also receive service information of the second service, and the AP may also determine, according to time information included in the service information of the second service, a time period when the second service uses the air interface resource. If the time period when the first service uses the air interface resource overlaps with the time period when the second service uses the air interface resource, the AP may determine that multiple services simultaneously use the air interface resource.

Alternatively, the AP may also determine whether multiple services use air interface resources simultaneously by monitoring the data stream. The AP may monitor the data flow in real time. If the AP monitors multiple data streams with different transmission rates, multiple data streams corresponding to the data streams sent to the IP addresses, or multiple data streams from different IP addresses at the same time, it may be determined that multiple services simultaneously use air interface resources.

It should be understood that the above-listed method for determining, by an AP, whether multiple services simultaneously use air interface resources is merely an example, and should not limit the embodiment of the present application in any way.

In this embodiment, if the first service uses the air interface resource, there is another service (for example, a second service) that is using the air interface resource. In this case, the AP may perform resource scheduling according to the traffic priority of the first traffic and the traffic priority of the second traffic.

For example, if the service priority of the first service is higher than the service priority of the second service, the AP may schedule resources for the first service first and then schedule resources for the second service.

For another example, if the service priority of the first service is higher than the service priority of the second service, the AP may schedule resources according to the service type of the first service, and preferentially ensure that the service requirement of the first service is met; the resources are then scheduled according to the traffic type of the second traffic. In this case, the service demand of the service with high priority is preferentially satisfied, and the service demand of the service with low priority may not be satisfied in the case of insufficient resources.

As another example, if the service priority of the first service is the same as the service priority of the second service, the AP may perform resource scheduling according to the target delay. For example, if the target delay of the first service is 20ms and the target delay of the second service is 10ms, the AP may schedule the resource for the second service first and then schedule the resource for the first service.

It can be understood that, in some cases, if there are more services using air interface resources at the same time, the air interface resources may be insufficient. For example, if the service priority of the first service is the same as the service priority of the second service, but the air interface resources are insufficient, the service requirements of the two services cannot be met at the same time. At this time, the AP may further perform resource scheduling according to the importance of the user.

Optionally, the service information of the first service further includes an importance level of the terminal device corresponding to the first service. The terminal device corresponding to the first service specifically means that the terminal device is used for playing, running and other functions of the first service. For example, if the first service is a 4K video or network teaching, the terminal device may be a terminal device for playing the 4K video or network teaching. If the first service is a VR game or a live game, the terminal device may be a terminal device for running the VR game or the live game. If the first service is a conference office, the terminal device is a terminal device for starting the conference office. It can be understood that the terminal device corresponding to the first service may be the first terminal device, or may not be the first terminal device. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

The importance level of the terminal device may correspond to the importance level of the user. Alternatively, the importance of the user can be characterized by the importance of the terminal device.

The importance degree of the terminal equipment can also be identified by a specific numerical value, for example, the higher the importance degree is, the larger the numerical value is; the lower the degree of importance, the smaller the value. Or, as another example, the higher the importance, the smaller the value; the lower the degree of importance, the higher the value. The correspondence between the degree of importance and the value is similar to the correspondence between the priority and the priority value, and for brevity, the detailed description is omitted here.

In combination with the above example, if the service priority of the first service is the same as the service priority of the second service, but the air interface resources are insufficient, and the service requirements of the two services cannot be met at the same time, the AP may perform resource scheduling according to the importance levels of the terminal device corresponding to the first service and the terminal device corresponding to the second service.

It is assumed that the importance level of the terminal device corresponding to the first service is higher than that of the terminal device corresponding to the second service. The AP may preferentially perform resource scheduling according to the service type of the first service, so as to preferentially satisfy the service requirement of the first service. Alternatively, the AP may schedule resources for the first service first and then schedule resources for the second service. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

For a better understanding of the embodiments of the present application, fig. 3 shows a management interface shown by the WiFi management APP. After the user opens the WiFi management APP in the first terminal device, the APP may present a management interface as shown in fig. 3 to the user. The user may enter information related to one or more services at the management interface. As shown in fig. 3, the related information of the services includes, for example: the 4K video of the terminal equipment 1 has the starting time of 19:00, the ending time of 21:00, aperiodic repetition and the service priority of 5; the network teaching of the terminal device 4 is repeated periodically with the starting time of 10:00 and the ending time of 12:00, and the service priority is 7.

It should be understood that the illustration in fig. 3 is only an example, and as described in the foregoing embodiments for the service information, the information related to each service input by the user is not limited to the items listed in the figure.

It should also be understood that the management interface shown in fig. 3 is only an illustration, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited to the specific form of the management interface. For example, the management interface may also be presented in the form of a table, and so on.

The AP can monitor the air interface resource currently used by each service in real time based on the received service information of each service. When the user needs to query the air interface resources, the user can query through the WiFi management APP or enter a WiFi management page.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and the AP sends air interface resource occupation ratio information to the first terminal equipment, wherein the air interface resource occupation ratio information is used for indicating the occupation ratio of one or more services using the air interface resources to the air interface resources respectively. Correspondingly, the first terminal device receives the air interface resource occupation ratio information from the AP.

The AP may send the occupation ratio of each currently used service to the air interface resource to the first terminal device. For example, the first terminal device may present the occupation ratio of each service to the air interface resource to the user in the form of a statistical chart.

Fig. 4 shows a statistical diagram of air interface resource occupation ratio. Fig. 4 shows the air interface resource ratio in the form of a circular graph. As shown in fig. 4, conference office occupies 10% of air interface resources, network teaching occupies 9% of air interface resources, live game occupies 20% of air interface resources, VR game occupies 22% of air interface resources, and the remaining air interface resources occupy 64%.

It should be understood that the statistical graph shown in fig. 4 is merely an example, and the statistical graph may be, for example, a histogram, a graph, or the like. The embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

In addition, the AP may also sequence the services currently using the air interface resource according to the service priority and the target parameter of each service, and by combining the air interface capability of the AP itself, such as throughput, and the like, from high to low of the service priority, so as to obtain the sequencing information of the priority guaranteed services. The AP may send the ordering information of the priority provisioning service to the first terminal device, so as to be presented to the user through the first terminal device. As shown in fig. 4, the highest priority service is web tutoring, followed by conference office, followed by live game play and VR game play.

Optionally, the priority provisioning service ordering information may be carried in the same message as the air interface resource occupation ratio information and sent to the first terminal device, or may be carried in a different message and sent to the first terminal device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In another implementation manner, the air interface resource occupation ratio information may also be used to indicate the occupation ratio of one or more terminal devices currently using the air interface resource to the air interface resource. Because the terminal device can correspond to the user, the sequencing information of the priority guarantee service can be replaced by the sequencing information of the priority guarantee user. Fig. 5 shows an example of the occupation ratio of the air interface resource by one or more terminal devices, respectively, and the ranking information for preferentially guaranteeing the user.

It should be understood that the AP may receive service information from a plurality of terminal devices, and the AP may store the service information received each time locally, and present the service type and the used air interface resource of each service to the user in real time through the management interface. Therefore, the service type presented by the management interface may not be limited to the service type sent by the last terminal device, such as the service type of the first service sent by the first terminal device, and may also include the service types sent by other terminal devices before that.

Besides the air interface resource occupation ratio, the AP may also monitor real-time parameters of each service, such as real-time rate and/or real-time delay, and determine whether each service can meet the service requirements according to the real-time monitored parameters in combination with the target parameters of each service. When the user needs to inquire the configuration information of each service parameter, the user can also inquire through the WiFi management APP or enter a WiFi management page.

Optionally, the method further comprises: the first terminal device receives configuration information from the AP, the configuration information including one or more of: the real-time rate and the real-time delay of each service in one or more services using air interface resources currently, and indication information of whether the service requirements can be met. Accordingly, the AP transmits the configuration information to the first terminal device.

After receiving the configuration information from the AP, the first terminal device may present the configuration of each service parameter to the user. Table 1 below shows an example of service parameter configuration information.

The first 7 columns of table 1 may be related information of the service input by the user, and may include, for example, related information of the service input by the user through the first terminal device, and the last 3 columns are real-time parameters monitored by the AP, including real-time rate, real-time delay, and whether the service requirements can be met.

TABLE 1

It should be understood that the configuration information of each service parameter shown in table 1 is only one possible presentation form, and should not constitute any limitation to the present application. The specific presentation form of the configuration information of each service parameter is not limited in the present application.

To avoid resource limitation, the AP may detect data flows in real time and discover interrupted traffic in time; the connection condition with the terminal equipment can be detected in real time, and the terminal equipment which is off-line can be discovered in time.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and when the AP detects that any service is interrupted, releasing the air interface resources occupied by the interrupted service.

The AP may determine that a service is interrupted if it detects that a data stream for the service has not been transmitted for a long time. The AP may release the air interface resources occupied by the service for use by other services.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and releasing the air interface resources occupied by the terminal equipment which is offline when the AP detects that any terminal equipment is offline. If a certain terminal device is offline, the terminal device can be disconnected from the AP, and the AP can detect the disconnection in time. The AP may release the air interface resource occupied by the offline terminal device to be used by other services.

The released air interface resources are used for other services, so that the resource idleness can be avoided, the resource utilization rate is improved, and the service requirements of other services can be ensured.

Based on the above technical solution, the first terminal device sends the service information of the first service, which is using or is about to use the air interface resource provided by the AP, to the AP, where the service information includes the service type of the first service, and the AP may perform resource scheduling based on the service type. Therefore, the scheduling strategy can be accurately matched with the service type, so that the requirements of speed, time delay and the like required by the service are met, and the service experience of a user is improved.

In addition, the first terminal device may further carry information such as time information of the first service, service priority, importance of the corresponding terminal device, and the like in the service information, so that the AP performs resource scheduling more reasonably according to the information.

In the embodiments provided by the present application, the method provided by the embodiments of the present application is introduced from the perspective of interaction between the AP and the terminal. In order to implement the functions in the method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the AP and the terminal may include a hardware structure and/or a software module, and implement the functions in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure and a software module. Whether any of the above functions is implemented as a hardware structure, a software module, or a combination of a hardware structure and a software module depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the technical solution.

The resource scheduling apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 6 and 7.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a resource scheduling apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the apparatus 600 may include: a transceiving unit 610 and a processing unit 620.

Alternatively, the apparatus 600 may correspond to the AP in the above method embodiments, and may be, for example, an AP, or a component configured in the AP, such as a chip, a chip system, or the like. Also, the units in the apparatus 600 may be used to implement the corresponding flow executed by the AP in the method 200 shown in fig. 2. For example, the transceiver unit 610 may be configured to perform S220 in the method 200, and the processing unit 620 may be configured to perform S230 in the method 200.

Alternatively, the apparatus may correspond to the first terminal device in the above method embodiments, and may be, for example, the first terminal device, or a component configured in the first terminal device, such as a chip, a chip system, and the like. Also, the units in the apparatus 600 may be used to implement the corresponding flow executed by the first terminal device in the method 200 shown in fig. 2. For example, the processing unit 620 may be configured to perform S210 in the method 200, and the transceiver unit 610 may be configured to perform S220 in the method 200.

It should be understood that the specific processes of the units for executing the corresponding steps are already described in detail in the above method embodiments, and therefore, for brevity, detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

It should also be understood that the division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is illustrative, and is only one logical function division, and there may be other division manners in actual implementation. In addition, functional modules in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processor, may exist alone physically, or two or more modules are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode.

Fig. 7 is another schematic block diagram of a resource scheduling apparatus 700 according to an embodiment of the present application. The apparatus 700 may be a chip system, or may also be an apparatus configured with a chip system, so as to implement the function of resource scheduling in the foregoing method embodiment. 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.

As shown in fig. 7, the apparatus 700 may include a processor 710 and a communication interface 720. Communication interface 720 may be used, among other things, to communicate with other devices over a transmission medium such that the apparatus used in apparatus 700 may communicate with other devices. The communication interface 720 may be, for example, a transceiver, an interface, a bus, a circuit, or a device capable of performing a transceiving function. The processor 710 may utilize the communication interface 720 to input and output data and is used to implement the resource scheduling method described in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 2. Specifically, the apparatus 700 may be configured to implement the functions of the AP or the functions of the first terminal device in the foregoing method embodiments.

For example, if the apparatus 700 is configured to implement the function of an AP in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 710 may be configured to control the communication interface 720 to receive service information from a first terminal device, where the service information includes a service type of a first service that uses or is to use an air interface resource provided by the AP; and may be used for resource scheduling based on the traffic type of the first traffic. For details, reference is made to the detailed description of the method embodiments, which is not repeated herein.

If the apparatus 700 is configured to implement the function of the AP in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 710 may be configured to generate service information, where the service information includes a service type of a first service that is using or is to use an air interface resource provided by the AP, and the service type is used to perform resource scheduling on the air interface resource; and may be used to control communication interface 720 to send the traffic information to the AP. For details, reference is made to the detailed description in the method example, which is not repeated herein.

Optionally, the apparatus 700 further comprises at least one memory 730 for storing program instructions and/or data. Memory 730 is coupled to processor 710. The coupling in the embodiments of the present application is an indirect coupling or communication connection between devices, units or modules, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form, which is used for information interaction between the devices, units or modules. Processor 710 may cooperate with memory 730. Processor 710 may execute program instructions stored in memory 730. At least one of the at least one memory may be included in the processor.

The specific connection medium between the processor 710, the communication interface 720 and the memory 730 is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In fig. 7, the processor 710, the communication interface 720 and the memory 730 are connected by a bus 740. The bus 740 is shown in fig. 7 by a thick line, and the connection between other components is merely illustrative and not intended to be limiting. 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. 5, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

The present application further provides a computer program product, the computer program product comprising: a computer program (also referred to as code, or instructions), which when executed, causes a computer to perform the method performed by the AP or the method performed by the first terminal device in the embodiment shown in fig. 2.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program (also referred to as code, or instructions). When the computer program is executed, it causes the computer to execute the method performed by the AP or the method performed by the first terminal device in the embodiment shown in fig. 2.

It should be understood that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capability. In implementation, the steps of the above method embodiments may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, or discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and combines hardware thereof to complete the steps of the method.

It will also be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM, enhanced SDRAM, SLDRAM, Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct rambus RAM (DR RAM). It should be noted that the memory of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

As used in this specification, the terms "unit," "module," 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.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps (step) described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. 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 several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus, device and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, 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 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 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.

In the above embodiments, the functions of the functional units may be fully or partially implemented 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 (programs). The procedures or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the present application are all or partially generated when the computer program instructions (program) are loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website site, computer, server, or data center to another website site, computer, server, or data center via wired (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., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall 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 for scheduling resources, comprising:

an Access Point (AP) receives service information from first terminal equipment, wherein the service information comprises a service type of a first service which uses or is about to use air interface resources provided by the AP;

and the AP carries out resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the AP performs resource scheduling based on the traffic type of the first traffic, comprising:

the AP determines a target parameter of the first service based on the service type of the first service, wherein the target parameter indicates a service requirement corresponding to the first service;

and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the target parameters.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate, or wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate and a target latency.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the service information further includes time information for the first service to use the air interface resource;

the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service, and the resource scheduling comprises the following steps:

and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service and the time information of the air interface resource used by the first service.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the time information includes at least two of: using the starting time, the ending time and the time length of the air interface resource; and/or, the time information comprises: an indication of whether the time of using the air interface resource is repeated periodically.

6. The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the traffic information further comprises a traffic priority of the first traffic;

the AP determines that a second service which uses the air interface resource simultaneously with the first service exists;

and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type and the service priority of the first service and the service type and the service priority of the second service.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the service information further includes an importance level of a terminal device corresponding to the first service;

the AP schedules resources for the first service and the second service based on the service type and the service priority of the first service and the service type and the service priority of the second service, including:

and the AP performs resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service and the importance degree of the corresponding terminal equipment, and the service type of the second service and the importance degree of the corresponding terminal equipment under the condition that the service priorities of the first service and the second service are the same.

8. The method of any of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

and the AP sends empty resource occupation ratio information to the first terminal equipment, wherein the empty resource occupation ratio information is used for indicating the occupation ratio of one or more services currently using the empty resources to the empty resources respectively.

9. The method of any of claims 1 to 8, further comprising:

the AP sends configuration information to the first terminal equipment, wherein the configuration information comprises one or more of the following items: an indication of a real-time rate, a real-time delay, and whether a service requirement can be met for each of one or more services currently using the air interface resource.

10. A method for scheduling resources, comprising:

a first terminal device generates service information, wherein the service information comprises a service type of a first service which uses or is about to use an air interface resource provided by an Access Point (AP), and the service type is used for scheduling the air interface resource;

and the first terminal equipment sends the service information to the AP.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the service type is used to determine a target parameter, the target parameter indicates a service requirement corresponding to the first service, and the target parameter is used to perform resource scheduling on the air interface resource.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate, or wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate and a target latency.

13. The method of any of claims 10 to 12, wherein the service information further comprises time information for the first service to use the air interface resource.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the time information includes at least two of: using the starting time, the ending time and the time length of the air interface resource; and/or, the time information comprises: an indication of whether the time of the air interface resource is to be used periodically.

15. The method of any of claims 10 to 14, wherein the traffic information further comprises one or more of: the service priority of the first service and the importance degree of the terminal equipment corresponding to the first service.

16. The method of any of claims 10 to 15, further comprising:

and the first terminal equipment receives air interface resource occupation ratio information from the AP, wherein the air interface resource occupation ratio information is used for indicating the occupation ratio of one or more services currently using the air interface resources to the air interface resources respectively.

17. The method of any of claims 10 to 16, further comprising:

the first terminal device receives configuration information from the AP, the configuration information including one or more of: and indicating whether the real-time rate, the real-time delay and the service requirement can be guaranteed in each of one or more services using the air interface resource currently.

18. A resource scheduling apparatus, comprising:

a transceiving unit, configured to receive service information from a first terminal device, where the service information includes a service type of a first service that is using or is about to use an air interface resource provided by the apparatus;

and the processing unit is used for scheduling resources based on the service type of the first service.

19. The apparatus as recited in claim 18, said processing unit to:

determining a target parameter of the first service based on the service type of the first service, wherein the target parameter indicates a service requirement corresponding to the first service;

and scheduling resources based on the target parameters.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate, or wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate and a target latency.

21. The apparatus according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the service information further includes time information for the first service to use the air interface resource;

the processing unit is further configured to perform resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service and the time information of the air interface resource used by the first service.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the time information comprises at least two of: using the starting time, the ending time and the time length of the air interface resource; and/or, the time information comprises: an indication of whether the time of using the air interface resource is repeated periodically.

23. The apparatus according to any of claims 18 to 22, wherein the traffic information further comprises a traffic priority of the first traffic;

the processing unit is specifically configured to:

determining that a second service using the air interface resource simultaneously with the first service exists;

and scheduling resources based on the service type and the service priority of the first service, and the service type and the service priority of the second service.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the service information further includes an importance level of a terminal device corresponding to the first service;

the processing unit is further configured to perform resource scheduling based on the service type of the first service and the importance degree of the corresponding terminal device, and the service type of the second service and the importance degree of the corresponding terminal device, under the condition that the service priorities of the first service and the second service are the same.

25. The apparatus according to any one of claims 18 to 24, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to send air interface resource occupation ratio information to the first terminal device, where the air interface resource occupation ratio information is used to indicate occupation ratios of one or more services currently using the air interface resources to the air interface resources, respectively.

26. The apparatus according to any of claims 18 to 25, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to send configuration information to the first terminal device, the configuration information comprising one or more of: and indicating whether the real-time rate, the real-time delay and the service requirement can be guaranteed in each of one or more services using the air interface resource currently.

27. A resource scheduling apparatus, comprising:

a processing unit, configured to generate service information, where the service information includes a service type of a first service that is using or is about to use an air interface resource provided by an access point AP, and the service type is used for resource scheduling;

a transceiving unit, configured to send the service information to the AP.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the service type is used to determine a target parameter, the target parameter indicates a service requirement corresponding to the first service, and the target parameter is used to perform resource scheduling on the air interface resource.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate, or wherein the target parameter comprises a target rate and a target latency.

30. The apparatus of any of claims 27 to 29, wherein the service information further comprises time information for the first service to use the air interface resource.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the time information comprises at least two of: using the starting time, the ending time and the time length of the air interface resource; and/or, the time information comprises: an indication of whether the time of using the air interface resource is repeated periodically.

32. The apparatus of any one of claims 27 to 31, wherein the traffic information further comprises one or more of: the service priority of the first service and the importance degree of the terminal equipment corresponding to the first service.

33. The apparatus according to any one of claims 27 to 32, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to receive air interface resource occupation ratio information from the AP, where the air interface resource occupation ratio information is used to indicate occupation ratios of one or more services currently using the air interface resources to the air interface resources, respectively.

34. The apparatus according to any of claims 27 to 33, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to receive configuration information from the AP, the configuration information comprising one or more of: and indicating whether the real-time rate, the real-time delay and the service requirement can be guaranteed in each of one or more services using the air interface resource currently.

35. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 17.

36. A computer program product, comprising a computer program which, when executed, causes a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 17.