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- the invention relates generally to improving network access. More specifically the invention relates to a broadcast based network access.
- FIG. 1 presents a network, according to an embodiment
- FIGS. 2 and 3 show methods, according to some embodiments
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show signalling flow diagrams, according to some embodiments.
- FIG. 6 illustrates dynamic reconfiguration of a local area access point, according to some embodiments
- FIG. 7 illustrates a method, according to an embodiment
- FIGS. 8 to 9 shows usage of radio resources, according to some embodiments.
- FIGS. 10 to 12 illustrate apparatuses, according to some embodiments.
- Embodiments described may be implemented in a radio system, such as in at least one of the following: Worldwide Interoperability for Micro-wave Access (WiMAX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM, 2G), GSM EDGE radio access Network (GERAN), General Packet Radio Service (GRPS), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS, 3G) based on basic wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA), high-speed packet access (HSPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), 5G system, and/or systems beyond 5G.
- WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Micro-wave Access
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- GERAN GSM EDGE radio access Network
- GRPS General Packet Radio Service
- UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
- W-CDMA basic wideband-code division multiple access
- HSPA high-speed packet access
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A LTE-Advanced
- 5G system and/or systems
- LA local area
- BS base stations
- AP small cell access points
- a certain base station may be categorized as an AP on the basis of the transmission power, for example.
- the AP 102 A- 102 B may be a private base station, a home node B (hNB), a private access point, a closed access base station, a terminal device, a mobile phone, or the like.
- hNB home node B
- the AP 102 A- 102 B may be any apparatus capable of providing coverage and controlling radio communication within its own cell.
- the AP 102 A- 102 B may differ from the eNB 100 in that the AP 102 A- 102 B may be installed by a private user. Typically, the AP 102 A- 102 B provides radio coverage to a smaller cell area than the eNB 100 .
- the AP 102 A- 102 B may be set up, for example, by an end user of a mobile communication network, such as a subscriber of a network provider, or the APs 102 A- 102 B may be deployed by the operator of the network.
- the AP 102 A- 102 B can be, for example, in an active state, a sleep mode, a transition state, they may be switched off, or the like.
- controlling of the AP 102 A- 102 B may be remote.
- the AP 102 A- 102 B may be switched off by anyone who has access to the AP 102 A- 102 B, for example the private users that have set up the AP 102 A- 102 B.
- the eNB 100 and the AP 102 A- 102 B may be connected to and controlled by the EPC 110 (MME, S-GW) of the network provider.
- the connection between the AP 102 A- 102 B and the EPC 110 may be accomplished via the S1 interface.
- the eNB 100 and the AP 102 A- 102 B may be connected to each other via a wired connection or via a wireless connection.
- Provision of many APs 102 A- 102 B to an area may generate an ultra-dense network (UDNs) to the area.
- UDNs ultra-dense network
- a given access node with low transmission power e.g. the AP 102 A
- the density of small cell APs 102 A- 102 B may be even higher than that of UEs 104 . It may introduce a need on signalling exchange between UEs 104 and network for connection control including frequent connection establishment and release, mobility control including handover, cell reselection and tracking area update. Therefore, considering future communication performance requirements and the UDN deployment, a solution is needed which at least partially solves the above issues.
- D2D BNA device-to-device broadcast based network access mode
- D2D BNA device-to-device
- the proposed D2D BNA may provide for fast and simple transmissions to/from UEs 104 .
- the D2D concept may also cover machine-to-machine (M2M) communications.
- M2M machine-to-machine
- connections may be established directly among terminal devices.
- D2D broadcasting may be based on 1 to M broadcast transmission in which D2D devices do not need to setup direct connections before the actual communication starts.
- Transmitting UE may transmit a scheduling assignment (SA) in which the radio resources for data transmission is indicated. Based on detected SA, the receiving UEs receive the data and check if data is targeted to the receiving UE or not.
- SA scheduling assignment
- This detection may be based on the target identifier (ID), which may be given at least partly in the SA and/or at least partly in the packet data unit.
- ID the target identifier
- the D2D may, in general, be broadcasting, multicasting or unicasting, depending on what kind of target ID (e.g. a broadcast ID, a group ID, or a UE ID) is used.
- the eNB 100 may be responsible for controlling the direct communication link between the devices. This may include radio resource allocation, permissions to start applying the D2D communication, etc.
- the direct communication link may operate on the same frequency band as the conventional communication link and/or outside those frequency bands to provide the arrangement with flexibility.
- conventional communication link it is meant that the UE 104 transmits data via the eNB 100 .
- the proposal may be implemented in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) environment in which the radio access network consists of different network layers, e.g. local area network layer generated by the APs 102 A- 102 B providing coverage to small cells and deployed under a macro cell coverage umbrella provided by the macro cell eNB 100 .
- HetNet heterogeneous network
- it may further be assumed that all the APs 102 A- 102 B, at least within a certain area, are synchronized with each other so that the D2D communication within the certain area can be based on same synchronization timing.
- FIG. 2 depicts a method which may be performed by a local area access node, such as the AP 102 A. From the point of view of the UE 104 , the proposal may include tasks as shown in FIG. 3 . The other accompanying Figures may provide further embodiments by describing the methods of FIGS. 2 and 3 in details.
- the UE 104 may activate the BNA, according to which the user device 104 accesses the network 110 via broadcast transmissions between the user device 104 and at least one local area access node 102 A- 102 B without the user device 104 and the at least one local area access node 102 A- 102 B first establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other.
- the UE 104 may then perform a broadcast transmission of uplink data (UL) towards the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B.
- the UE 104 may include, in the broadcast transmission, an indication of a large area base station to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission.
- the UE 104 is in an RRC-connected mode with respect to the macro cell base station 100 .
- the macro cell identifier (ID) may be included by the UE 104 as the target indication to the broadcast transmission towards the small cell APs 102 A- 102 B.
- the target indication may be the ID of the eNB 100 .
- the target indication may be implicit. E.g.
- the target indication may be derived from the radio bearer ID together with the UE ID (as the source ID in broadcast transmission).
- different eNBs allocate different resource pools for the broadcast transmissions.
- the target indication may be derived from the resource pool in which the current broadcast transmission is received.
- the AP 102 A may detect the broadcast transmission from the UE 104 .
- the bi-directional communication between the local area access points/nodes 102 A- 102 B and the UEs 104 may be based on D2D broadcasting.
- Such broadcasting is a connectionless transmission, i.e. the UE 104 and the AP 102 A have not established a mutual radio communications connection with each other before the broadcast transmission.
- the transmission is not dedicated transmission, such as unicasting, or multicasting, but wireless broadcasting which is detectable by any radio element in the coverage area of the broadcast transmission.
- the broadcast transmission is marked with four short lines next to the UE 104 in FIG. 1 .
- the broadcast transmission may be omni-directional or directed to a certain sector, such as to a sector where the APs 102 A- 102 B are located (in case the UE 104 is performing the broadcast transmission) or to a sector where the UE 104 is located (in case the one or both of the APs 102 A- 102 B is performing the broadcast transmission).
- the AP 102 A may detect the indication of the target network element 100 from the broadcast transmission.
- the target network element is the eNB 100 with which the UE 104 is in the RRC connected mode.
- the small cell AP 102 A or small cells APs 102 A- 102 B may forward at least part of the UL data of the broadcast transmission to the target network element 100 as a dedicated transmission, thereby providing the broadcast based network access for the UE 104 . That is, upon receiving UL packets targeted to the macro cell BS 100 , the AP 102 A may forward these packets to the macro cell BS 100 . It may be noted that the APs 102 A- 102 B may be controlled by and connected to the eNB 100 .
- the AP 102 A may include a source identifier of the broadcast transmission to the forwarded transmission.
- the UE's 104 cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) in the macro cell 101 may be used as the source ID. This may be beneficial as then the receiving eNB 100 may know which UE 104 has initiated the transmission.
- the UEs 104 may access the network 110 via the local APs 102 A- 102 B.
- the APs 102 A- 102 B may control or cause a reception of downlink (DL) data from the target network element, e.g., from the eNB 100 .
- the eNB 100 may have transmitted this data, e.g. network service data, to the AP 102 A as a response to the UL data received after step 204 .
- the AP 102 A may control or cause a broadcast transmission of at least part of the DL data so that the UE 104 is able to receive the broadcasted DL data in step 304 of FIG. 3 .
- the eNB 100 may have used the target ID of the UE 104 in the transmission and the AP 102 A may then include this target UE ID in the broadcast transmission. In this manner the UE 104 may know that the broadcast transmission is targeted to itself.
- the broadcast transmission may further include the source ID of the eBN 100 .
- the data transmission is based on connectionless D2D broadcast communication between the UE 104 and the APs 102 A- 102 B and the UE 104 does not need to establish and maintain the connection with densely deployed small cell APs 102 A- 102 B.
- the network may track and follow the UEs 104 based on the data transmissions from the UE 104 to the small cell APs 102 A- 102 B. Therefore, the proposed BNA mode may provide a fast, simple and efficient solution in a dense local area HetNet deployment by utilizing D2D broadcast based communication between UEs 104 and small cell APs 102 A- 102 B under the coordination of macro cell layer, e.g. the eBN 100 .
- Some example benefits of using the LA AP 102 A- 102 B rather than direct link to the eNB 100 may include offloading of macro cell and higher bit rate with lower transmission power.
- the small cell APs 102 A- 102 B may be visible to the UEs 104 , whereas in the embodiment of FIG. 5 the APs 102 A- 102 B may be kept invisible to or hidden from the UEs 104 .
- the latter embodiment may be feasible because discovery is not necessary for connectionless BNA mode.
- the UEs 104 may detect the APs 102 A- 102 B.
- the small cell APs 102 A- 102 B may be seen as, e.g., small cells APs specified in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 12, but enhanced to support the proposed D2D BNA mode.
- the AP 102 A is configured to operate according to the BNA mode. This may mean that the AP 102 A is configured to forward the detected broadcast transmission from the UEs 104 to the eNB 100 and to broadcast the DL data received from the eNB 100 towards the UEs 104 . This configuration may be pre-configuration prior to the deployment of the APs 102 A- 102 B.
- the configuration may be dynamic configuration.
- the configuration may be network initiated by receiving commands/messages from the eNB 100 (i.e. from the network 110 ).
- the configuration may be self-configuration according to pre-set rules. For example, once a certain rule with respect to network condition is met, the AP 102 A may start operating in the BNA mode.
- the configuration step 400 may define whether the LA AP 102 A is visible to the at least one UE 104 or hidden from the at least one UE 104 . In case of FIG. 4 , the configuration may have set the AP 102 A visible to the UEs 104 .
- the configuration step 400 may take place as a dynamic reconfiguration.
- a same AP 102 A may be changed to operate in the conventional network access mode or in the BNA mode.
- the same AP 102 A may be configured to be either visible or invisible.
- the reconfiguration step is discussed more in connection of FIG. 6 .
- the AP 102 A may broadcast an AP advertisement message, wherein the AP advertisement message comprises an indication that the AP 102 A supports the BNA.
- the AP advertisement message may carry information regarding network policies the UE 104 needs to follow when utilizing BNA mode and/or the corresponding resource pool(s) reserved for the BNA mode usage.
- the network policies may refer to information regarding when and for what services the BNA mode may be used, for example.
- the network or the operator may have limitations regarding the usage of the BNA mode. For example, certain services requiring security control may not be communicated by using the broadcast based mode, but only via a conventional cellular mode utilizing established direct links between the UE 104 and the eNB 100 .
- the eNB 100 may in step 402 B transmit an eNB advertisement message to the UE 104 .
- This eNB advertisement message may indicate those APs 102 A- 102 B which support the broadcast based network access.
- the eNB 100 may, e.g., provide a list of small cell APs 102 A- 102 B with the BNA mode capability.
- the eNB advertisement message may further or instead carry information regarding the network policies and/or the resource pool(s) reserved for the BNA mode.
- This eNB advertisement signalling from the eNB 100 may utilize either common control or dedicated signalling. This is possible as the eNB 100 and UE 104 may have already an established communication link between them.
- any combination of the two options may be used.
- the BNA mode capability may be advertised by the small cell APs 102 A and the macro cell BS 100 may provide the information regarding the network policies and resource pool(s).
- the UE 104 may determine that at least one AP 102 A- 102 B is in proximity. This determination may take place in step 404 by the UE 104 detecting the advertisement message either from the AP 102 A or from the eNB 100 . Proximity may denote, at maximum, the coverage area of the small cell access point 102 A or 102 B.
- the UE 104 may in step 410 switch to the BNA mode. That is, instead of transmitting data directly to the eNB 100 , the UE 104 may start in step 412 broadcasting the data so that the APs 102 A- 102 B may detect and receive the broadcast transmission. As further shown in step 414 of FIG. 4 , the AP 102 A may then forward the data to the eNB 100 .
- the arrows 412 and 414 are bidirectional as the eNB 100 may transmit response DL data to the UE 104 via the AP 102 A (or via the APs 102 A- 102 B), wherein the transmission between eNB 100 and AP 102 A is a dedicated transmission and the transmission between the AP 102 A and the UE 104 is a broadcast transmission.
- the UE 104 Before entering the BNA mode in step 410 , the UE 104 may in step 406 A request, from the network 110 , for a permission to perform the broad-cast transmission according to the BNA mode. Upon receiving a positive response from the network in step 408 , the UE 104 may switch to the BNA mode in step 410 .
- the network 110 may determine whether or not to allow the UE 104 to apply the BNA mode on the basis of at least one of the following: user profile, traffic load, network policies, and network service requirements.
- the user profile associated with the UE 104 may dictate whether or not the UE 104 is associated with a subscriber that is allowed to perform the BNA.
- the user profile may also define preferences regarding network services and these preferences may define whether or not BNA mode should be used with a certain network service or not.
- the traffic load may include estimations of cell loads with different modes, i.e. with the BNA mode and the conventional cellular mode. In case the BNA mode would cause smaller cell load, then the BNA mode may be triggered. However, in case the BNA mode would cause a load higher than the conventional cellular mode, then the conventional cellular mode may be a more sophisticated choice.
- the network policies may indicate whether or not the BNA mode is allowable in the network.
- the operator and maintenance (OAM) may have set limitations on the usage of the BNA. These limitations may refer to time, date, locations, etc.
- the network service requirements may indicate service type and/or bearer quality-of-service (QoS) requirements, security requirements, etc. For example, in case the user requests a certain network service with high QoS, then it may be estimated whether these QoS services are met more likely with or without the BNA mode. As another example, in case the user requests a certain network service with high security requirements, then the conventional cellular mode may be selected.
- QoS quality-of-service
- the steps 406 and 408 are, however, not mandatory.
- the UE 104 may, in step 409 , itself decide to use the BNA mode without requesting for permission from the network 110 .
- Pre-set network policies may define whether or not the UE 104 is allowed to trigger the BNA mode itself without asking the network 110 first. In both cases (either the steps 406 - 408 or the step 409 ), the UE 104 may end up using the BNA mode according to steps 410 - 414 .
- the UE 104 may access the network 110 according to the conventional cellular mode instead of the BNA mode, although not shown in Figures.
- the APs 102 A- 102 B may be kept invisible to or hidden from the UEs 104 . That is, the BNA mode capable small cell APs 102 A- 102 B are deployed as an overlay network layer hidden from the UEs 104 . However, for the sake of simplicity, let us also here assume that there is only one AP 102 A. In this scenario, the trigger of the UE 104 utilizing the BNA mode may come from the network 110 , as explained below.
- the AP 102 A is configured to operate in the BNA mode. This step is the same as the step 400 of FIG. 4 . However, for this embodiment, the AP 102 A may be configured to be hidden from the UEs 104 . In step 504 , the AP 102 A may detect at least one UE 104 in proximity. The detection may be based on, e.g., UL sounding signals and/or D2D discovery signals that the UE 104 is transmitting.
- the detection of the UEs 104 may be under the control of the macro cell BS 100 to which the AP 102 A is connected to.
- the eNB 100 may, in step 502 , send and the AP 102 A may receive a detection message indicating how to detect at least one UE 104 fulfilling a predetermined criteria.
- the controlling macro cell BS 100 may generate the detection message, for example, based on cell load, location and mobility status of UEs 104 and/or the ongoing services and/or active bearer QoS requirements. For example, if a certain UE is using a network service which is banned from the BNA mode, then the detection message may not include details on how to detect this UE.
- the detection message may not include details on how to detect this UE.
- the network 110 may know which UEs 104 are BNA capable and the detection message may refer to only those UEs. This may be beneficial in that the AP 102 A need not detect UEs which do not support the BNA mode. Therefore, the detection message may provide the small cell AP 102 A information regarding the sounding signals and/or D2D discovery signals of only those active UEs 104 which the AP 102 A should detect, i.e. those which meet predetermined criteria regarding the usage of the BNA mode.
- the detection message may carry information regarding a resource pool used by the UEs 104 so that the AP 102 A may listen to those resources and detect the UE 104 .
- the resource pool may be used by the UE 104 to transmit a D2D discovery signal.
- the UE 104 may include a BNA capability indication in the D2D discovery signal.
- the AP 102 A may in step 506 indicate an identifier of the at least one UE 104 fulfilling the predetermined criteria to the network 110 in a detection report.
- the eNB 100 may in step 508 decide to trigger the BNA mode. The determination of whether or not to trigger the BNA mode may be based on similar considerations as explained in connection to FIG. 4 .
- the eNB 100 may, in step 510 , transmit an initiation message to the AP 102 A to inform the AP 102 A to apply the BNA access mode with at least one UE 104 .
- the at least one UE 104 may be indicated in the initiation message.
- the eNB 100 may further transmit a configuration message to the UE 104 in step 512 .
- the configuration message to the UE 104 may configure the UE 104 to access the network 110 according to the BNA mode, instead of the conventional network access, at least for certain network services. In this manner the UE 104 may determine that at least one AP 102 A- 102 B is in proximity, even without performing a discovery process or without receiving an advertisement message as in connection of FIG. 4 .
- the UE 104 may in step 410 switch to the BNA mode for at least part of network access services. That is, the UE 104 may start in step 412 broadcasting the data so that the APs 102 A- 102 B may detect and receive the broadcast transmission. As further shown in FIG. 5 , the AP 102 A may then forward the data to the eNB 100 . Again these steps 410 - 414 are the same as in FIG. 4 .
- the broadcast based network access is applied only for a subset of network services. For example, there may be pre-set rules related to security, throughput, delays, etc., which may dictate whether certain network service should be accessed via the conventional cellular access mode or via the BNA mode. For example, if large delays are not allowed, then the BNA mode may be selected. As another example, in case the security aspect is important, then the conventional mode may be selected. In case the network service requires transmission of only short packets or only low transmission rate, then the BNA mode may be selected. Moreover, the required quality-of-service (QoS) may be one criterion which may play a role in selecting which mode to use, i.e. the BNA mode or the conventional network access mode. In one embodiment, the use of the BNA mode is dependent on the used radio bearer. That is, the UE 104 may use the BNA mode for certain radio bearers whereas the UE 104 may use the conventional access for another radio bearers.
- QoS quality-of-service
- APs 102 A- 102 B with the BNA mode support may have static deployment of being either visible (as in FIG. 4 ) or hidden (as in FIG. 5 ).
- the type of deployment of the APs 102 A- 102 B may be based on deployment use cases. For instance, in case of highway deployment, static deployment of hidden APs 102 A- 102 B may be applied. In this option, there may be BNA supported APs 102 A- 102 B deployed along the highway road and hidden from the UEs 104 . This may be beneficial as then mobility management signalling between UEs 104 and the network 110 is only needed on the macro cell layer between the UEs 104 and the eNBs 100 .
- the hidden APs 102 A, 102 B may track the mobility of the UEs 104 on the basis of the UE transmissions.
- the eNB 100 may know the location of the UE 104 on the basis of which AP 104 A or 104 B forwards the data to the eNB 100 .
- the APs 102 A, 102 B may also handle mobility updates of the UEs 104 based on UE's data transmissions with low signalling overhead.
- a static deployment of visible APs 102 A, 102 B may be used in a stadium or in another hotspot location to have visible small cell APs 102 - 102 B deployed with the BNA mode support.
- the BNA mode may be used only for network services requiring low data rate and/or short packet transmissions. This may be beneficial in order to reduce the signalling overhead of establishing and maintaining the connections between the UE 104 and the eNB 100 only for a small amount of data transmission. There may be predetermined thresholds regarding what is low data rate and what is a short packet.
- a dynamic reconfiguration of the AP 102 A may take place in step 604 . That is the APs 102 A- 102 B (or a subset of them) may be reconfigured on the fly. Such dynamic reconfiguration may be considered as a self-organizing network (SON) feature.
- the step 604 is comprised in step 400 of FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- the reconfiguration 604 may define whether the AP 102 A is visible to the at least one UE 104 , as shown with reference numeral 606 , or hidden from the at least one UE 104 , as shown with reference numeral 608 .
- the AP 102 A is visible to the UEs, at least some of the embodiments related to FIG. 4 may be applicable. However, in case the AP 102 A is hidden, at least some of the embodiments related to FIG. 5 may be applicable.
- the reconfiguration may be based, for example, on one of the following criteria: cell load, distribution of UEs in the cell 101 , UEs' mobility status (moving/static/movement velocity, etc.), and active service types (what services the UEs 104 are currently applying). In case the cell load is high, then visible APs 102 A- 102 B may be more efficient in handling the traffic than hidden APs 102 A, 102 B.
- the deployment of hidden APs 102 A- 102 B may be configured initially or during a low traffic period (e.g. during night).
- the deployment of visible UEs 104 may be reconfigured dynamically so that the APs 102 A- 102 B are visible to the UEs 104 .
- the UEs 104 may use the APs 102 A- 102 B for network access according to the BNA mode and/or so that a UE first connects to a visible AP. This latter case may be advantageous for those network services with continuous high data rate requirement from UEs with a low mobility status.
- the deployment of hidden APs 102 A- 102 B may be configured in a highway scenario.
- a local hotspot e.g. there is traffic jam
- the dynamic reconfiguration of the BNA capable APs 102 A- 102 B along the highway may be change so that the APs 102 A- 102 B are visible.
- the reconfiguration defines whether the AP 102 A is to act in the BNA mode, or in the conventional network access mode.
- the dynamic reconfiguration 604 is self-configuration and based on pre-set rules with respect to network conditions. That is, when the AP 102 A itself detects a certain condition of the network (e.g. local hotspot emerges, data rate increased, mobility of UEs reduces, etc.) meeting the pre-set rules, the AP 102 A may perform self-reconfiguration.
- pre-set rules or thresholds may be defined by the network 110 , such as an operator & maintenance (OAM) entity of the network 110 .
- the reconfiguration 604 is based on a reconfiguration message received from the network 110 .
- the eNB 100 may send the reconfiguration message to the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B.
- the proposal may comprise a method as depicted in FIG. 7 .
- the eNB 100 may trigger at least one of the AP 102 A- 102 B and the UE 104 to apply the BNA, wherein the UE 104 and the AP 102 A- 102 B have not established a conventional mutual radio communications connection with each other.
- the UE 104 and the eNB 100 may have an established wireless connection between them.
- the eNB 100 and the AP 102 A- 102 B may have established communication connections (wired or wireless) in between.
- the configuration may be a command for the UE 104 to apply the BNA for at least certain types of network services, for example.
- the eNB 100 may also act according to the BNA mode. That is, in step 702 , the eNB 100 may receive UL data from the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B, the received UL data being first broadcasted by the UE 104 and detected and received by the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B. In step 704 , the eNB 100 may transmit DL data to the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B in order to enable the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B to perform broadcast transmission of the DL data towards the UE 104 . In an embodiment, there is only one AP 102 A participating in the data communication for the UE 104 . However, in another embodiment, there is a plurality of APs 102 A- 102 B participating in the UL and/or DL data communication for the UE 104 .
- the eNB 100 may allocate a resource pool to be used for the broadcast transmissions between the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B and the UE 104 .
- these resources may be dedicated resources for the BNA mode. This may be beneficial in order to guarantee the availability of the resources whenever needed.
- the allocated resources may be shared with some other transmission technique.
- the allocated resource pool may be shared with D2D transmissions between two terminal devices. That is, the BNA mode may apply the D2D resources allocated by the eNB 100 to the UEs 104 .
- the macro cell eNB 100 may configure a common resource pool for the broadcast transmissions from the AP 102 A to the UE 104 and from the UE 104 to the AP 102 A. This may be advantageous for the sake of simplicity, as the reception and transmission may take place on the same resources.
- the same resource pool may be shared by multiple APs 102 A- 102 B in proximity. This may be beneficial in that the broadcast transmission from one UE 104 may be received and forwarded by multiple APs 102 A- 102 B to provide at least some diversity and combining gain. Also in the DL direction, this option may provide for diversity gain. This embodiment is shown in FIG. 8B .
- the allocated resource pools are different for the two directions. This is shown in FIG. 9 , wherein different resource pools are allocated for the broadcast transmissions from the AP 102 A to the UE 104 and from the UE 104 to the AP 102 A. This may provide efficiency of communication.
- the eNB 100 may configure UE specific resources (e.g. D2D communication mode 1 resource allocation, as specified in the 3GPP release 12) for the broadcast transmission from the AP 102 A to the UE 104 , Whereas for the broadcast transmissions from the UEs 104 to the AP 102 A, a non-UE specific resource pool may be allocated and the UE 104 may autonomously select the resources from the allocated resource pool (e.g. D2D communication mode 2 resource allocation, as specified in the 3GPP release 12).
- UE specific resources e.g. D2D communication mode 1 resource allocation, as specified in the 3GPP release 12
- a non-UE specific resource pool may be allocated and the UE 104 may autonomously select the resources from the
- the eNB 100 may transmit a resource allocation message to at least one of the following the UE 104 and the at least one AP 102 A- 102 B, the resource allocation message indicating the allocated radio resource pool to the receiver of the resource allocation message.
- the BNA setup information may be provided to the UE 104 via the macro eNB 100 instead of or in addition to the small cell APs 102 A- 102 B.
- the setup information may comprise, e.g., the resource pool allocation and/or the BNA mode selection rules/policies.
- the control on the BNA mode activation resides in the network side 100 .
- the BNA mode resource pool is allocated together with the conventional D2D communication.
- the D2D_BNA mode may be fully transparent to the UE 104 .
- FIGS. 10 to 12 provide apparatuses 1000 , 1100 , and 1200 comprising a control circuitry (CTRL) 1002 , 1102 , 1202 , such as at least one processor, and at least one memory 1004 , 1104 , 1204 including a computer pro-gram code (PROG), wherein the at least one memory and the computer pro-gram code (PROG), are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the respective apparatus 1000 , 1100 , 1200 to carry out any one of the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 9 , or operations thereof.
- CTRL control circuitry
- PROG computer pro-gram code
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, detecting, by the local area access node, a broadcast transmission of UL data from the UE, wherein the UE and the local area access node have not established mutual radio communications connection with each other; detecting an indication of a target network element from the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling forwarding at least part of the broadcast transmission to the target network element as a dedicated transmission.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, activating, by a user device, a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and at least one local area access node without the user device and the at least one local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; controlling broadcast transmission of uplink data so as to enable the at least one local area access node to detect the broadcast transmission and to forward at least part of the broadcast transmission to the network, wherein the broadcast transmission includes an indication of a large area base station, to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling reception of broadcasted downlink data from the at least one local area access node, wherein the transmitting at least one local area access node has received the downlink data from the network.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; causing a reception of uplink data from the local area access node, the uplink data being broadcasted by the user terminal and detected by the local area access node; and/or causing a transmission of downlink data to the local area access node in order to enable the local area access node to perform broadcast transmission of the downlink data to the user device.
- tasks such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node
- the memory 1004 , 1104 , 1204 may be implemented using any suitable data storage technology, such as semiconductor based memory devices, flash memory, magnetic memory devices and systems, optical memory devices and systems, fixed memory and removable memory.
- the apparatuses 1000 , 1100 , 1200 may further comprise communication interfaces (TRX) comprising hardware and/or software for realizing communication connectivity according to one or more communication protocols.
- TRX may provide the apparatus with communication capabilities to access the radio access network, for example.
- the apparatuses 1000 , 1100 , 1200 may also comprise user inter-faces 1008 , 1108 , 1208 comprising, for example, at least one keypad, a microphone, a touch display, a display, a speaker, etc. Each user interface may be used to control the respective apparatus by the user.
- the apparatus 1000 may be or be comprised in a local area access node/point, also called a small cell base station. In an embodiment, the apparatus 1000 is or is comprised in the AP 102 A, for example.
- the control circuitry 1002 may comprise a BNA control circuitry 1010 for controlling the application of the BNA mode, transmitting advertisement messages, and for communication with the eNB 100 regarding the usage of the BNA, for example, according to any of the embodiments.
- An UE detection circuitry 1012 may be, e.g., for detecting the presence of nearby UEs 104 .
- the apparatus 1000 is comprised in a remote control unit operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the base station.
- a remote control unit operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the base station.
- RRH remote radio head
- at least some of the described processes may be performed by the remote control unit.
- the execution of the processes may be shared among the RRH and the apparatus 1000 locating in the remote control unit.
- the apparatus 1100 may comprise the terminal device of a cellular communication system, e.g. a user equipment (UE), a user terminal (UT), a computer (PC), a laptop, a tabloid computer, a cellular phone, a mobile phone, a communicator, a smart phone, a palm computer, or any other communication apparatus.
- the apparatus 1100 is comprised in such a terminal device.
- the apparatus 1100 may be or comprise a module (to be attached to the apparatus) providing connectivity, such as a plug-in unit, an “USB dongle”, or any other kind of unit. The unit may be installed either inside the apparatus or attached to the apparatus with a connector or even wirelessly.
- the apparatus 1100 may be, comprise or be comprised in a mobile phone, such as the UE 104 .
- the control circuitry 1102 may comprise a BNA control circuitry 1110 for controlling the application of the BNA mode, for initiating the usage of the BNA mode, and for communication with the eNB 100 regarding the usage of the BNA, for example, according to any of the embodiments.
- An AP detection circuitry 1112 may be, e.g., for detecting the presence of nearby APs 102 A- 102 B.
- the apparatus 1200 may be or be comprised in a base station (also called a base transceiver station, a Node B, a radio network controller, or an evolved Node B, for example). In an embodiment, the apparatus 1200 is or is comprised in the eNB 100 .
- a base station also called a base transceiver station, a Node B, a radio network controller, or an evolved Node B, for example.
- the apparatus 1200 is or is comprised in the eNB 100 .
- the control circuitry 1202 may comprise a BNA control circuitry 1210 for controlling the application of the BNA mode, for initiating the usage of the BNA mode, and for communication with the UE 104 and with the APs 102 A- 102 B regarding the usage of the BNA, for example, according to any of the embodiments.
- a resource allocation circuitry 1212 may be, e.g., for allocating resources for the BNA.
- the apparatus 1200 is comprised in a remote control unit operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the base station.
- a remote control unit operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the base station.
- RRH remote radio head
- at least some of the described processes may be performed by the remote control unit.
- the execution of the processes may be shared among the RRH and the apparatus 1200 locating in the remote control unit.
- the apparatuses 1000 - 1200 are operating according to the long term evolution or according to the long term evolution advanced.
- the functionalities of the apparatuses 1000 - 1200 may be shared between two physically separate devices forming one operational entity. Therefore, each of the apparatuses 1000 - 1200 may be seen to depict an operational entity comprising one or more physically separate devices for executing at least some of the described processes.
- the apparatus 1000 - 1200 utilizing such shared architecture, may comprise a remote control unit (RCU), such as a host computer or a server computer, operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the base station 100 or in the AP 102 A- 102 B.
- RCU remote control unit
- RRH remote radio head
- at least some of the described processes may be performed by the RCU.
- the execution of at least some of the described processes may be shared among the RRH and the RCU.
- the RCU may generate a virtual network through which the RCU communicates with the RRH.
- virtual networking may involve a process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software-based administrative entity, a virtual network.
- Network virtualization may involve platform virtualization, often combined with resource virtualization.
- Network virtualization may be categorized as external virtual networking which combines many networks, or parts of networks, into the server computer or the host computer (i.e. to the RCU). External network virtualization is targeted to optimized network sharing. Another category is internal virtual networking which provides network-like functionality to the software containers on a single system. Virtual networking may also be used for testing the terminal device.
- the virtual network may provide flexible distribution of operations between the RRH and the RCU.
- any digital signal processing task may be performed in either the RRH or the RCU and the boundary where the responsibility is shifted between the RRH and the RCU may be selected according to implementation.
- circuitry refers to all of the following: (a) hardware-only circuit implementations, such as implementations in only analog and/or digital circuitry, and (b) combinations of circuits and soft-ware (and/or firmware), such as (as applicable): (i) a combination of processor(s) or (ii) portions of processor(s)/software including digital signal processor(s), software, and memory(ies) that work together to cause an apparatus to perform various functions, and (c) circuits, such as a microprocessor(s) or a portion of a microprocessor(s), that require software or firmware for operation, even if the software or firmware is not physically present.
- This definition of ‘circuitry’ applies to all uses of this term in this application.
- circuitry would also cover an implementation of merely a processor (or multiple processors) or a portion of a processor and its (or their) accompanying software and/or firmware.
- circuitry would also cover, for example and if applicable to the particular element, a baseband integrated circuit or applications processor integrated circuit for a mobile phone or a similar integrated circuit in a server, a cellular network device, or another network device.
- At least some of the processes described in connection with FIGS. 1 to 9 may be carried out by an apparatus comprising corresponding means for carrying out at least some of the described processes.
- Some example means for carrying out the processes may include at least one of the following: detector, processor (including dual-core and multiple-core processors), digital signal processor, controller, receiver, transmitter, encoder, decoder, memory, RAM, ROM, software, firmware, display, user interface, display circuitry, user interface circuitry, user interface software, display software, circuit, antenna, antenna circuitry, and circuitry.
- the at least one processor, the memory, and the computer program code form processing means or comprises one or more computer program code portions for carrying out one or more operations according to any one of the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 9 or operations thereof.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, detecting, by the local area access node, a broadcast transmission of UL data from the UE, wherein the UE and the local area access node have not established mutual radio communications connection with each other; detecting an indication of a target network element from the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling forwarding at least part of the broadcast transmission to the target network element as a dedicated transmission.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, activating, by a user device, a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and at least one local area access node without the user device and the at least one local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; controlling broadcast transmission of uplink data so as to enable the at least one local area access node to detect the broadcast transmission and to forward at least part of the broadcast transmission to the network, wherein the broadcast transmission includes an indication of a large area base station, to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling reception of broadcasted downlink data from the at least one local area access node, wherein the transmitting at least one local area access node has received the downlink data from the network.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; causing a reception of uplink data from the local area access node, the uplink data being broadcasted by the user terminal and detected by the local area access node; and/or causing a transmission of downlink data to the local area access node in order to enable the local area access node to perform broadcast transmission of the downlink data to the user device.
- tasks such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node
- the apparatus carrying out the embodiments comprises a circuitry including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code.
- the circuitry When activated, the circuitry causes the apparatus to perform at least some of the functionalities according to any one of the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 9 , or operations thereof.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, detecting, by the local area access node, a broadcast transmission of UL data from the UE, wherein the UE and the local area access node have not established mutual radio communications connection with each other; detecting an indication of a target network element from the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling forwarding at least part of the broadcast transmission to the target network element as a dedicated transmission.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, activating, by a user device, a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and at least one local area access node without the user device and the at least one local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; controlling broadcast transmission of uplink data so as to enable the at least one local area access node to detect the broadcast transmission and to forward at least part of the broadcast transmission to the network, wherein the broadcast transmission includes an indication of a large area base station, to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling reception of broadcasted downlink data from the at least one local area access node, wherein the transmitting at least one local area access node has received the downlink data from the network.
- these operations may comprise tasks, such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; causing a reception of uplink data from the local area access node, the uplink data being broadcasted by the user terminal and detected by the local area access node; and/or causing a transmission of downlink data to the local area access node in order to enable the local area access node to perform broadcast transmission of the downlink data to the user device.
- tasks such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node
- the techniques and methods described herein may be implemented by various means. For example, these techniques may be implemented in hardware (one or more devices), firmware (one or more devices), software (one or more modules), or combinations thereof.
- the apparatus(es) of embodiments may be implemented within one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.
- ASICs application-specific integrated circuits
- DSPs digital signal processors
- DSPDs digital signal processing devices
- PLDs programmable logic devices
- FPGAs field programmable gate arrays
- processors controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.
- the implementation can be carried out through modules of at least one
- the software codes or code portions may be stored in a memory unit and executed by processors.
- the memory unit may be implemented within the processor or externally to the processor. In the latter case, it can be communicatively coupled to the processor via various means, as is known in the art.
- the components of the systems described herein may be rearranged and/or complemented by additional components in order to facilitate the achievements of the various aspects, etc., described with regard thereto, and they are not limited to the precise configurations set forth in the given figures, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art.
- Embodiments as described may also be carried out in the form of a computer process defined by a computer program or portions thereof. Embodiments of the methods described in connection with FIGS. 1 to 9 may be carried out by executing at least one portion of a computer program comprising corresponding instructions.
- the computer program may be in source code form, object code form, or in some intermediate form, and it may be stored in some sort of carrier, which may be any entity or device capable of carrying the program.
- the computer program may be stored on a computer program distribution medium readable by a computer or a processor.
- the computer program medium may be, for example but not limited to, a record medium, computer memory, read-only memory, electrical carrier signal, telecommunications signal, and software distribution package, for example.
- the computer program medium may be a non-transitory medium. Coding of software for carrying out the embodiments as shown and described is well within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art.
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- The invention relates generally to improving network access. More specifically the invention relates to a broadcast based network access.
- There may be situations in which a macro base station needs to support a vast amount of terminals for a network access. In such situations, limited amount of radio resources and urgency of network access may cause problems.
- Aspects of the invention are defined by the independent claims.
- Some further embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.
- In the following, the invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings, in which
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FIG. 1 presents a network, according to an embodiment; -
FIGS. 2 and 3 show methods, according to some embodiments; -
FIGS. 4 and 5 show signalling flow diagrams, according to some embodiments; -
FIG. 6 illustrates dynamic reconfiguration of a local area access point, according to some embodiments -
FIG. 7 illustrates a method, according to an embodiment; -
FIGS. 8 to 9 shows usage of radio resources, according to some embodiments; and -
FIGS. 10 to 12 illustrate apparatuses, according to some embodiments. - The following embodiments are exemplary. Although the specification may refer to “an”, “one”, or “some” embodiment(s) in several locations of the text, this does not necessarily mean that each reference is made to the same embodiment(s), or that a particular feature only applies to a single embodiment. Single features of different embodiments may also be combined to provide other embodiments.
- Embodiments described may be implemented in a radio system, such as in at least one of the following: Worldwide Interoperability for Micro-wave Access (WiMAX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM, 2G), GSM EDGE radio access Network (GERAN), General Packet Radio Service (GRPS), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS, 3G) based on basic wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA), high-speed packet access (HSPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), 5G system, and/or systems beyond 5G.
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FIG. 1 , there may be network scenarios where local area (LA) base stations (BS) 102A-102B, such as small cell access points (AP), are disposed within thecoverage area 101 of a macrocell base station 100. A certain base station may be categorized as an AP on the basis of the transmission power, for example. The AP 102A-102B may be a private base station, a home node B (hNB), a private access point, a closed access base station, a terminal device, a mobile phone, or the like. In general the AP 102A-102B may be any apparatus capable of providing coverage and controlling radio communication within its own cell. However, the AP 102A-102B may differ from the eNB 100 in that the AP 102A-102B may be installed by a private user. Typically, the AP 102A-102B provides radio coverage to a smaller cell area than the eNB 100. The AP 102A-102B may be set up, for example, by an end user of a mobile communication network, such as a subscriber of a network provider, or the APs 102A-102B may be deployed by the operator of the network. The AP 102A-102B can be, for example, in an active state, a sleep mode, a transition state, they may be switched off, or the like. In an embodiment, controlling of the AP 102A-102B may be remote. The AP 102A-102B may be switched off by anyone who has access to the AP 102A-102B, for example the private users that have set up the AP 102A-102B. - The eNB 100 and the AP 102A-102B may be connected to and controlled by the EPC 110 (MME, S-GW) of the network provider. The connection between the AP 102A-102B and the
EPC 110 may be accomplished via the S1 interface. The eNB 100 and the AP 102A-102B may be connected to each other via a wired connection or via a wireless connection. - Provision of
many APs 102A-102B to an area, may generate an ultra-dense network (UDNs) to the area. As there may bemany APs 102A-102B in the UDN, a given access node with low transmission power (e.g. the AP 102A) may often serve only a single or few terminals at a time. In such dense local area deployment, the density ofsmall cell APs 102A-102B may be even higher than that of UEs 104. It may introduce a need on signalling exchange between UEs 104 and network for connection control including frequent connection establishment and release, mobility control including handover, cell reselection and tracking area update. Therefore, considering future communication performance requirements and the UDN deployment, a solution is needed which at least partially solves the above issues. - Accordingly, there is proposed a device-to-device (D2D) broadcast based network access mode, referred to as D2D BNA or simply as BNA. The proposed D2D BNA may provide for fast and simple transmissions to/from UEs 104. The D2D concept may also cover machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. In D2D, connections may be established directly among terminal devices. D2D broadcasting may be based on 1 to M broadcast transmission in which D2D devices do not need to setup direct connections before the actual communication starts. Transmitting UE may transmit a scheduling assignment (SA) in which the radio resources for data transmission is indicated. Based on detected SA, the receiving UEs receive the data and check if data is targeted to the receiving UE or not. This detection may be based on the target identifier (ID), which may be given at least partly in the SA and/or at least partly in the packet data unit. As such, the D2D may, in general, be broadcasting, multicasting or unicasting, depending on what kind of target ID (e.g. a broadcast ID, a group ID, or a UE ID) is used.
- The eNB 100 may be responsible for controlling the direct communication link between the devices. This may include radio resource allocation, permissions to start applying the D2D communication, etc. The direct communication link may operate on the same frequency band as the conventional communication link and/or outside those frequency bands to provide the arrangement with flexibility. By conventional communication link, it is meant that the UE 104 transmits data via the eNB 100.
- In an embodiment, the proposal may be implemented in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) environment in which the radio access network consists of different network layers, e.g. local area network layer generated by the
APs 102A-102B providing coverage to small cells and deployed under a macro cell coverage umbrella provided by the macro cell eNB 100. In an embodiment, it may further be assumed that all theAPs 102A-102B, at least within a certain area, are synchronized with each other so that the D2D communication within the certain area can be based on same synchronization timing. -
FIG. 2 depicts a method which may be performed by a local area access node, such as the AP 102A. From the point of view of the UE 104, the proposal may include tasks as shown inFIG. 3 . The other accompanying Figures may provide further embodiments by describing the methods ofFIGS. 2 and 3 in details. - In
step 300 ofFIG. 3 , the UE 104 may activate the BNA, according to which theuser device 104 accesses thenetwork 110 via broadcast transmissions between theuser device 104 and at least one localarea access node 102A-102B without theuser device 104 and the at least one localarea access node 102A-102B first establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other. - In step 302, the UE 104 may then perform a broadcast transmission of uplink data (UL) towards the at least one AP 102A-102B. The UE 104 may include, in the broadcast transmission, an indication of a large area base station to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission. In an embodiment, the UE 104 is in an RRC-connected mode with respect to the macro
cell base station 100. Thus, the macro cell identifier (ID) may be included by theUE 104 as the target indication to the broadcast transmission towards thesmall cell APs 102A-102B. In an embodiment, the target indication may be the ID of the eNB 100. In an embodiment, the target indication may be implicit. E.g. the target indication may be derived from the radio bearer ID together with the UE ID (as the source ID in broadcast transmission). In one embodiment, different eNBs allocate different resource pools for the broadcast transmissions. In such case, the target indication may be derived from the resource pool in which the current broadcast transmission is received. - Consequently, in
step 200 ofFIG. 2 , theAP 102A may detect the broadcast transmission from theUE 104. In an embodiment, the bi-directional communication between the local area access points/nodes 102A-102B and theUEs 104 may be based on D2D broadcasting. Such broadcasting is a connectionless transmission, i.e. theUE 104 and theAP 102A have not established a mutual radio communications connection with each other before the broadcast transmission. Thus, there is no need of time and resource consuming connection setup. The transmission is not dedicated transmission, such as unicasting, or multicasting, but wireless broadcasting which is detectable by any radio element in the coverage area of the broadcast transmission. The broadcast transmission is marked with four short lines next to theUE 104 inFIG. 1 . - The broadcast transmission may be omni-directional or directed to a certain sector, such as to a sector where the
APs 102A-102B are located (in case theUE 104 is performing the broadcast transmission) or to a sector where theUE 104 is located (in case the one or both of theAPs 102A-102B is performing the broadcast transmission). - In
step 202, theAP 102A may detect the indication of thetarget network element 100 from the broadcast transmission. In an embodiment, the target network element is theeNB 100 with which theUE 104 is in the RRC connected mode. Instep 204, thesmall cell AP 102A orsmall cells APs 102A-102B may forward at least part of the UL data of the broadcast transmission to thetarget network element 100 as a dedicated transmission, thereby providing the broadcast based network access for theUE 104. That is, upon receiving UL packets targeted to themacro cell BS 100, theAP 102A may forward these packets to themacro cell BS 100. It may be noted that theAPs 102A-102B may be controlled by and connected to theeNB 100. - In an embodiment, the
AP 102A may include a source identifier of the broadcast transmission to the forwarded transmission. In an embodiment, the UE's 104 cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) in themacro cell 101 may be used as the source ID. This may be beneficial as then the receivingeNB 100 may know whichUE 104 has initiated the transmission. - In this manner the
UEs 104 may access thenetwork 110 via thelocal APs 102A-102B. For the communication in the opposite direction, theAPs 102A-102B may control or cause a reception of downlink (DL) data from the target network element, e.g., from theeNB 100. TheeNB 100 may have transmitted this data, e.g. network service data, to theAP 102A as a response to the UL data received afterstep 204. Thereafter, theAP 102A may control or cause a broadcast transmission of at least part of the DL data so that theUE 104 is able to receive the broadcasted DL data instep 304 ofFIG. 3 . In this option, theeNB 100 may have used the target ID of theUE 104 in the transmission and theAP 102A may then include this target UE ID in the broadcast transmission. In this manner theUE 104 may know that the broadcast transmission is targeted to itself. The broadcast transmission may further include the source ID of theeBN 100. - According to the proposed BNA mode, the data transmission is based on connectionless D2D broadcast communication between the
UE 104 and theAPs 102A-102B and theUE 104 does not need to establish and maintain the connection with densely deployedsmall cell APs 102A-102B. The network may track and follow theUEs 104 based on the data transmissions from theUE 104 to thesmall cell APs 102A-102B. Therefore, the proposed BNA mode may provide a fast, simple and efficient solution in a dense local area HetNet deployment by utilizing D2D broadcast based communication betweenUEs 104 andsmall cell APs 102A-102B under the coordination of macro cell layer, e.g. theeBN 100. Some example benefits of using theLA AP 102A-102B rather than direct link to theeNB 100 may include offloading of macro cell and higher bit rate with lower transmission power. - In the following, two small cell deployment alternatives are proposed, which both may implement the proposed D2D BNA mode. In the embodiment of
FIG. 4 , thesmall cell APs 102A-102B may be visible to theUEs 104, whereas in the embodiment ofFIG. 5 theAPs 102A-102B may be kept invisible to or hidden from theUEs 104. The latter embodiment may be feasible because discovery is not necessary for connectionless BNA mode. - Let us take a closer look at
FIG. 4 in which scenario theUEs 104 may detect theAPs 102A-102B. However, for the sake of simplicity, let us assume that there is only oneAP 102A. In this embodiment, thesmall cell APs 102A-102B may be seen as, e.g., small cells APs specified in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 12, but enhanced to support the proposed D2D BNA mode. - In step 400, the
AP 102A is configured to operate according to the BNA mode. This may mean that theAP 102A is configured to forward the detected broadcast transmission from theUEs 104 to theeNB 100 and to broadcast the DL data received from theeNB 100 towards theUEs 104. This configuration may be pre-configuration prior to the deployment of theAPs 102A-102B. - In an embodiment, the configuration may be dynamic configuration. In one embodiment, the configuration may be network initiated by receiving commands/messages from the eNB 100 (i.e. from the network 110). In another embodiment, the configuration may be self-configuration according to pre-set rules. For example, once a certain rule with respect to network condition is met, the
AP 102A may start operating in the BNA mode. - In an embodiment, the configuration step 400 may define whether the
LA AP 102A is visible to the at least oneUE 104 or hidden from the at least oneUE 104. In case ofFIG. 4 , the configuration may have set theAP 102A visible to theUEs 104. - In an embodiment, the configuration step 400 may take place as a dynamic reconfiguration. Thus, a
same AP 102A may be changed to operate in the conventional network access mode or in the BNA mode. Similarly, thesame AP 102A may be configured to be either visible or invisible. The reconfiguration step is discussed more in connection ofFIG. 6 . - In
step 402A, theAP 102A may broadcast an AP advertisement message, wherein the AP advertisement message comprises an indication that theAP 102A supports the BNA. Alternatively or in addition to, the AP advertisement message may carry information regarding network policies theUE 104 needs to follow when utilizing BNA mode and/or the corresponding resource pool(s) reserved for the BNA mode usage. The network policies may refer to information regarding when and for what services the BNA mode may be used, for example. The network or the operator may have limitations regarding the usage of the BNA mode. For example, certain services requiring security control may not be communicated by using the broadcast based mode, but only via a conventional cellular mode utilizing established direct links between theUE 104 and theeNB 100. - In another option or in addition to the AP advertisement message, the
eNB 100 may instep 402B transmit an eNB advertisement message to theUE 104. This eNB advertisement message may indicate thoseAPs 102A-102B which support the broadcast based network access. TheeNB 100 may, e.g., provide a list ofsmall cell APs 102A-102B with the BNA mode capability. The eNB advertisement message may further or instead carry information regarding the network policies and/or the resource pool(s) reserved for the BNA mode. This eNB advertisement signalling from theeNB 100 may utilize either common control or dedicated signalling. This is possible as theeNB 100 andUE 104 may have already an established communication link between them. - In yet one embodiment, any combination of the two options (402A and 402B) may be used. E.g., the BNA mode capability may be advertised by the
small cell APs 102A and themacro cell BS 100 may provide the information regarding the network policies and resource pool(s). - In an embodiment, the
UE 104 may determine that at least oneAP 102A-102B is in proximity. This determination may take place instep 404 by theUE 104 detecting the advertisement message either from theAP 102A or from theeNB 100. Proximity may denote, at maximum, the coverage area of the smallcell access point - Upon detecting at least one
small cell AP 102A with the BNA mode support capability, theUE 104 may instep 410 switch to the BNA mode. That is, instead of transmitting data directly to theeNB 100, theUE 104 may start instep 412 broadcasting the data so that theAPs 102A-102B may detect and receive the broadcast transmission. As further shown instep 414 ofFIG. 4 , theAP 102A may then forward the data to theeNB 100. Thearrows eNB 100 may transmit response DL data to theUE 104 via theAP 102A (or via theAPs 102A-102B), wherein the transmission betweeneNB 100 andAP 102A is a dedicated transmission and the transmission between theAP 102A and theUE 104 is a broadcast transmission. - Before entering the BNA mode in
step 410, theUE 104 may in step 406A request, from thenetwork 110, for a permission to perform the broad-cast transmission according to the BNA mode. Upon receiving a positive response from the network instep 408, theUE 104 may switch to the BNA mode instep 410. Thenetwork 110 may determine whether or not to allow theUE 104 to apply the BNA mode on the basis of at least one of the following: user profile, traffic load, network policies, and network service requirements. The user profile associated with theUE 104 may dictate whether or not theUE 104 is associated with a subscriber that is allowed to perform the BNA. The user profile may also define preferences regarding network services and these preferences may define whether or not BNA mode should be used with a certain network service or not. The traffic load may include estimations of cell loads with different modes, i.e. with the BNA mode and the conventional cellular mode. In case the BNA mode would cause smaller cell load, then the BNA mode may be triggered. However, in case the BNA mode would cause a load higher than the conventional cellular mode, then the conventional cellular mode may be a more sophisticated choice. The network policies may indicate whether or not the BNA mode is allowable in the network. The operator and maintenance (OAM) may have set limitations on the usage of the BNA. These limitations may refer to time, date, locations, etc. The network service requirements may indicate service type and/or bearer quality-of-service (QoS) requirements, security requirements, etc. For example, in case the user requests a certain network service with high QoS, then it may be estimated whether these QoS services are met more likely with or without the BNA mode. As another example, in case the user requests a certain network service with high security requirements, then the conventional cellular mode may be selected. - The
steps UE 104 may, in step 409, itself decide to use the BNA mode without requesting for permission from thenetwork 110. Pre-set network policies may define whether or not theUE 104 is allowed to trigger the BNA mode itself without asking thenetwork 110 first. In both cases (either the steps 406-408 or the step 409), theUE 104 may end up using the BNA mode according to steps 410-414. - However, in case the BNA mode is not allowed or it is determined that the conventional cellular mode is more suitable in this scenario, the
UE 104 may access thenetwork 110 according to the conventional cellular mode instead of the BNA mode, although not shown in Figures. - Let us then take a closer look at the embodiments of
FIG. 5 referring to a deployment scenario in which theAPs 102A-102B may be kept invisible to or hidden from theUEs 104. That is, the BNA mode capablesmall cell APs 102A-102B are deployed as an overlay network layer hidden from theUEs 104. However, for the sake of simplicity, let us also here assume that there is only oneAP 102A. In this scenario, the trigger of theUE 104 utilizing the BNA mode may come from thenetwork 110, as explained below. - In step 400, the
AP 102A is configured to operate in the BNA mode. This step is the same as the step 400 ofFIG. 4 . However, for this embodiment, theAP 102A may be configured to be hidden from theUEs 104. Instep 504, theAP 102A may detect at least oneUE 104 in proximity. The detection may be based on, e.g., UL sounding signals and/or D2D discovery signals that theUE 104 is transmitting. - Although not mandatory, in one embodiment, the detection of the
UEs 104 may be under the control of themacro cell BS 100 to which theAP 102A is connected to. In such case, theeNB 100 may, instep 502, send and theAP 102A may receive a detection message indicating how to detect at least oneUE 104 fulfilling a predetermined criteria. The controllingmacro cell BS 100 may generate the detection message, for example, based on cell load, location and mobility status ofUEs 104 and/or the ongoing services and/or active bearer QoS requirements. For example, if a certain UE is using a network service which is banned from the BNA mode, then the detection message may not include details on how to detect this UE. Similarly, if some UE is moving away from the coverage area of theAP 102A, then the detection message may not include details on how to detect this UE. Further, thenetwork 110 may know whichUEs 104 are BNA capable and the detection message may refer to only those UEs. This may be beneficial in that theAP 102A need not detect UEs which do not support the BNA mode. Therefore, the detection message may provide thesmall cell AP 102A information regarding the sounding signals and/or D2D discovery signals of only thoseactive UEs 104 which theAP 102A should detect, i.e. those which meet predetermined criteria regarding the usage of the BNA mode. - As an alternative or in addition to, the detection message may carry information regarding a resource pool used by the
UEs 104 so that theAP 102A may listen to those resources and detect theUE 104. For example, the resource pool may be used by theUE 104 to transmit a D2D discovery signal. In order to facilitate the AP 104A to detect a BNAcapable UE 104, theUE 104 may include a BNA capability indication in the D2D discovery signal. - Upon detecting at least one
UE 104, theAP 102A may instep 506 indicate an identifier of the at least oneUE 104 fulfilling the predetermined criteria to thenetwork 110 in a detection report. After receiving the identifier of theUEs 104 from theAP 102A, theeNB 100 may instep 508 decide to trigger the BNA mode. The determination of whether or not to trigger the BNA mode may be based on similar considerations as explained in connection toFIG. 4 . - In case the network does decide to initiate the BNA mode, the
eNB 100 may, instep 510, transmit an initiation message to theAP 102A to inform theAP 102A to apply the BNA access mode with at least oneUE 104. The at least oneUE 104 may be indicated in the initiation message. - The
eNB 100 may further transmit a configuration message to theUE 104 instep 512. The configuration message to theUE 104 may configure theUE 104 to access thenetwork 110 according to the BNA mode, instead of the conventional network access, at least for certain network services. In this manner theUE 104 may determine that at least oneAP 102A-102B is in proximity, even without performing a discovery process or without receiving an advertisement message as in connection ofFIG. 4 . - Then the
UE 104 may instep 410 switch to the BNA mode for at least part of network access services. That is, theUE 104 may start instep 412 broadcasting the data so that theAPs 102A-102B may detect and receive the broadcast transmission. As further shown inFIG. 5 , theAP 102A may then forward the data to theeNB 100. Again these steps 410-414 are the same as inFIG. 4 . - In an embodiment, the broadcast based network access is applied only for a subset of network services. For example, there may be pre-set rules related to security, throughput, delays, etc., which may dictate whether certain network service should be accessed via the conventional cellular access mode or via the BNA mode. For example, if large delays are not allowed, then the BNA mode may be selected. As another example, in case the security aspect is important, then the conventional mode may be selected. In case the network service requires transmission of only short packets or only low transmission rate, then the BNA mode may be selected. Moreover, the required quality-of-service (QoS) may be one criterion which may play a role in selecting which mode to use, i.e. the BNA mode or the conventional network access mode. In one embodiment, the use of the BNA mode is dependent on the used radio bearer. That is, the
UE 104 may use the BNA mode for certain radio bearers whereas theUE 104 may use the conventional access for another radio bearers. - In one embodiment,
APs 102A-102B with the BNA mode support may have static deployment of being either visible (as inFIG. 4 ) or hidden (as inFIG. 5 ). The type of deployment of theAPs 102A-102B may be based on deployment use cases. For instance, in case of highway deployment, static deployment of hiddenAPs 102A-102B may be applied. In this option, there may be BNA supportedAPs 102A-102B deployed along the highway road and hidden from theUEs 104. This may be beneficial as then mobility management signalling betweenUEs 104 and thenetwork 110 is only needed on the macro cell layer between theUEs 104 and theeNBs 100. - The hidden
APs UEs 104 on the basis of the UE transmissions. TheeNB 100 may know the location of theUE 104 on the basis of which AP 104A or 104B forwards the data to theeNB 100. In this manner, theAPs UEs 104 based on UE's data transmissions with low signalling overhead. In another example case, a static deployment ofvisible APs UE 104 and theeNB 100 only for a small amount of data transmission. There may be predetermined thresholds regarding what is low data rate and what is a short packet. - However, in another embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 6 , a dynamic reconfiguration of theAP 102A may take place in step 604. That is theAPs 102A-102B (or a subset of them) may be reconfigured on the fly. Such dynamic reconfiguration may be considered as a self-organizing network (SON) feature. In an embodiment, the step 604 is comprised in step 400 ofFIGS. 4 and 5 . - The reconfiguration 604 may define whether the
AP 102A is visible to the at least oneUE 104, as shown withreference numeral 606, or hidden from the at least oneUE 104, as shown with reference numeral 608. In case theAP 102A is visible to the UEs, at least some of the embodiments related toFIG. 4 may be applicable. However, in case theAP 102A is hidden, at least some of the embodiments related toFIG. 5 may be applicable. The reconfiguration may be based, for example, on one of the following criteria: cell load, distribution of UEs in thecell 101, UEs' mobility status (moving/static/movement velocity, etc.), and active service types (what services theUEs 104 are currently applying). In case the cell load is high, thenvisible APs 102A-102B may be more efficient in handling the traffic thanhidden APs - For instance, the deployment of hidden
APs 102A-102B may be configured initially or during a low traffic period (e.g. during night). When the cell load is increasing andmore UEs 104 are present, the deployment ofvisible UEs 104 may be reconfigured dynamically so that theAPs 102A-102B are visible to theUEs 104. As theAPs 102A-102B are visible, theUEs 104 may use theAPs 102A-102B for network access according to the BNA mode and/or so that a UE first connects to a visible AP. This latter case may be advantageous for those network services with continuous high data rate requirement from UEs with a low mobility status. - As another example, the deployment of hidden
APs 102A-102B may be configured in a highway scenario. However, when a local hotspot (e.g. there is traffic jam) emerges and mobility of the UEs is getting slow, the dynamic reconfiguration of the BNAcapable APs 102A-102B along the highway may be change so that theAPs 102A-102B are visible. - In an embodiment, the reconfiguration defines whether the
AP 102A is to act in the BNA mode, or in the conventional network access mode. - In an embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 6 withreference numeral 602, the dynamic reconfiguration 604 is self-configuration and based on pre-set rules with respect to network conditions. That is, when theAP 102A itself detects a certain condition of the network (e.g. local hotspot emerges, data rate increased, mobility of UEs reduces, etc.) meeting the pre-set rules, theAP 102A may perform self-reconfiguration. These pre-set rules or thresholds may be defined by thenetwork 110, such as an operator & maintenance (OAM) entity of thenetwork 110. - In another embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 6 with reference numeral 600, the reconfiguration 604 is based on a reconfiguration message received from thenetwork 110. When thenetwork 110 detects the changed network conditions, theeNB 100 may send the reconfiguration message to the at least oneAP 102A-102B. - From the point of view of the macro
cell base station 100, the proposal may comprise a method as depicted inFIG. 7 . In step 700, theeNB 100 may trigger at least one of theAP 102A-102B and theUE 104 to apply the BNA, wherein theUE 104 and theAP 102A-102B have not established a conventional mutual radio communications connection with each other. However, theUE 104 and theeNB 100 may have an established wireless connection between them. Likewise, theeNB 100 and theAP 102A-102B may have established communication connections (wired or wireless) in between. The configuration may be a command for theUE 104 to apply the BNA for at least certain types of network services, for example. - Thereafter, the
eNB 100 may also act according to the BNA mode. That is, in step 702, theeNB 100 may receive UL data from the at least oneAP 102A-102B, the received UL data being first broadcasted by theUE 104 and detected and received by the at least oneAP 102A-102B. In step 704, theeNB 100 may transmit DL data to the at least oneAP 102A-102B in order to enable the at least oneAP 102A-102B to perform broadcast transmission of the DL data towards theUE 104. In an embodiment, there is only oneAP 102A participating in the data communication for theUE 104. However, in another embodiment, there is a plurality ofAPs 102A-102B participating in the UL and/or DL data communication for theUE 104. - Let us then take a look at some embodiments related to resource allocation used for the BNA mode. In an embodiment, the
eNB 100 may allocate a resource pool to be used for the broadcast transmissions between the at least oneAP 102A-102B and theUE 104. In an embodiment, these resources may be dedicated resources for the BNA mode. This may be beneficial in order to guarantee the availability of the resources whenever needed. However, in another embodiment, the allocated resources may be shared with some other transmission technique. For example, the allocated resource pool may be shared with D2D transmissions between two terminal devices. That is, the BNA mode may apply the D2D resources allocated by theeNB 100 to theUEs 104. - In an embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 8A , themacro cell eNB 100 may configure a common resource pool for the broadcast transmissions from theAP 102A to theUE 104 and from theUE 104 to theAP 102A. This may be advantageous for the sake of simplicity, as the reception and transmission may take place on the same resources. - In one embodiment, the same resource pool may be shared by
multiple APs 102A-102B in proximity. This may be beneficial in that the broadcast transmission from oneUE 104 may be received and forwarded bymultiple APs 102A-102B to provide at least some diversity and combining gain. Also in the DL direction, this option may provide for diversity gain. This embodiment is shown inFIG. 8B . - However, in another embodiment, the allocated resource pools are different for the two directions. This is shown in
FIG. 9 , wherein different resource pools are allocated for the broadcast transmissions from theAP 102A to theUE 104 and from theUE 104 to theAP 102A. This may provide efficiency of communication. TheeNB 100 may configure UE specific resources (e.g. D2D communication mode 1 resource allocation, as specified in the 3GPP release 12) for the broadcast transmission from theAP 102A to theUE 104, Whereas for the broadcast transmissions from theUEs 104 to theAP 102A, a non-UE specific resource pool may be allocated and theUE 104 may autonomously select the resources from the allocated resource pool (e.g.D2D communication mode 2 resource allocation, as specified in the 3GPP release 12). - After allocating the resource pool(s) to the
UE 104 and/or to theAP 102A-102B, theeNB 100 may transmit a resource allocation message to at least one of the following theUE 104 and the at least oneAP 102A-102B, the resource allocation message indicating the allocated radio resource pool to the receiver of the resource allocation message. - In an embodiment, in case the BNA mode resource allocation is common at least in a local area where multiple
small cell APs 102A-102B are deployed and are under the control of thesame macro eNB 100, the BNA setup information may be provided to theUE 104 via themacro eNB 100 instead of or in addition to thesmall cell APs 102A-102B. - The setup information may comprise, e.g., the resource pool allocation and/or the BNA mode selection rules/policies.
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APs 102A-102B are hidden from theUEs 104, the control on the BNA mode activation resides in thenetwork side 100. In an embodiment, the BNA mode resource pool is allocated together with the conventional D2D communication. In such case, the D2D_BNA mode may be fully transparent to theUE 104. -
FIGS. 10 to 12 provideapparatuses memory respective apparatus FIGS. 1 to 9 , or operations thereof. - In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, detecting, by the local area access node, a broadcast transmission of UL data from the UE, wherein the UE and the local area access node have not established mutual radio communications connection with each other; detecting an indication of a target network element from the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling forwarding at least part of the broadcast transmission to the target network element as a dedicated transmission.
- In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, activating, by a user device, a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and at least one local area access node without the user device and the at least one local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; controlling broadcast transmission of uplink data so as to enable the at least one local area access node to detect the broadcast transmission and to forward at least part of the broadcast transmission to the network, wherein the broadcast transmission includes an indication of a large area base station, to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling reception of broadcasted downlink data from the at least one local area access node, wherein the transmitting at least one local area access node has received the downlink data from the network.
- In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; causing a reception of uplink data from the local area access node, the uplink data being broadcasted by the user terminal and detected by the local area access node; and/or causing a transmission of downlink data to the local area access node in order to enable the local area access node to perform broadcast transmission of the downlink data to the user device.
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apparatus 1000 may be or be comprised in a local area access node/point, also called a small cell base station. In an embodiment, theapparatus 1000 is or is comprised in theAP 102A, for example. - The
control circuitry 1002 may comprise aBNA control circuitry 1010 for controlling the application of the BNA mode, transmitting advertisement messages, and for communication with theeNB 100 regarding the usage of the BNA, for example, according to any of the embodiments. AnUE detection circuitry 1012 may be, e.g., for detecting the presence ofnearby UEs 104. - In an embodiment, the
apparatus 1000 is comprised in a remote control unit operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the base station. In an embodiment, at least some of the described processes may be performed by the remote control unit. In an embodiment, the execution of the processes may be shared among the RRH and theapparatus 1000 locating in the remote control unit. - In an embodiment, the
apparatus 1100 may comprise the terminal device of a cellular communication system, e.g. a user equipment (UE), a user terminal (UT), a computer (PC), a laptop, a tabloid computer, a cellular phone, a mobile phone, a communicator, a smart phone, a palm computer, or any other communication apparatus. Alternatively, theapparatus 1100 is comprised in such a terminal device. Further, theapparatus 1100 may be or comprise a module (to be attached to the apparatus) providing connectivity, such as a plug-in unit, an “USB dongle”, or any other kind of unit. The unit may be installed either inside the apparatus or attached to the apparatus with a connector or even wirelessly. In an embodiment, theapparatus 1100 may be, comprise or be comprised in a mobile phone, such as theUE 104. - The
control circuitry 1102 may comprise aBNA control circuitry 1110 for controlling the application of the BNA mode, for initiating the usage of the BNA mode, and for communication with theeNB 100 regarding the usage of the BNA, for example, according to any of the embodiments. AnAP detection circuitry 1112 may be, e.g., for detecting the presence ofnearby APs 102A-102B. - In an embodiment, the
apparatus 1200 may be or be comprised in a base station (also called a base transceiver station, a Node B, a radio network controller, or an evolved Node B, for example). In an embodiment, theapparatus 1200 is or is comprised in theeNB 100. - The
control circuitry 1202 may comprise aBNA control circuitry 1210 for controlling the application of the BNA mode, for initiating the usage of the BNA mode, and for communication with theUE 104 and with theAPs 102A-102B regarding the usage of the BNA, for example, according to any of the embodiments. Aresource allocation circuitry 1212 may be, e.g., for allocating resources for the BNA. - In an embodiment, the
apparatus 1200 is comprised in a remote control unit operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the base station. In an embodiment, at least some of the described processes may be performed by the remote control unit. In an embodiment, the execution of the processes may be shared among the RRH and theapparatus 1200 locating in the remote control unit. - In an embodiment, the apparatuses 1000-1200 are operating according to the long term evolution or according to the long term evolution advanced.
- In an embodiment at least some of the functionalities of the apparatuses 1000-1200 may be shared between two physically separate devices forming one operational entity. Therefore, each of the apparatuses 1000-1200 may be seen to depict an operational entity comprising one or more physically separate devices for executing at least some of the described processes. The apparatus 1000-1200 utilizing such shared architecture, may comprise a remote control unit (RCU), such as a host computer or a server computer, operatively coupled (e.g. via a wireless or wired network) to a remote radio head (RRH) located in the
base station 100 or in theAP 102A-102B. In an embodiment, at least some of the described processes may be performed by the RCU. In an embodiment, the execution of at least some of the described processes may be shared among the RRH and the RCU. - In an embodiment, the RCU may generate a virtual network through which the RCU communicates with the RRH. In general, virtual networking may involve a process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software-based administrative entity, a virtual network. Network virtualization may involve platform virtualization, often combined with resource virtualization. Network virtualization may be categorized as external virtual networking which combines many networks, or parts of networks, into the server computer or the host computer (i.e. to the RCU). External network virtualization is targeted to optimized network sharing. Another category is internal virtual networking which provides network-like functionality to the software containers on a single system. Virtual networking may also be used for testing the terminal device.
- In an embodiment, the virtual network may provide flexible distribution of operations between the RRH and the RCU. In practice, any digital signal processing task may be performed in either the RRH or the RCU and the boundary where the responsibility is shifted between the RRH and the RCU may be selected according to implementation.
- As used in this application, the term ‘circuitry’ refers to all of the following: (a) hardware-only circuit implementations, such as implementations in only analog and/or digital circuitry, and (b) combinations of circuits and soft-ware (and/or firmware), such as (as applicable): (i) a combination of processor(s) or (ii) portions of processor(s)/software including digital signal processor(s), software, and memory(ies) that work together to cause an apparatus to perform various functions, and (c) circuits, such as a microprocessor(s) or a portion of a microprocessor(s), that require software or firmware for operation, even if the software or firmware is not physically present. This definition of ‘circuitry’ applies to all uses of this term in this application. As a further example, as used in this application, the term ‘circuitry’ would also cover an implementation of merely a processor (or multiple processors) or a portion of a processor and its (or their) accompanying software and/or firmware. The term ‘circuitry’ would also cover, for example and if applicable to the particular element, a baseband integrated circuit or applications processor integrated circuit for a mobile phone or a similar integrated circuit in a server, a cellular network device, or another network device.
- In an embodiment, at least some of the processes described in connection with
FIGS. 1 to 9 may be carried out by an apparatus comprising corresponding means for carrying out at least some of the described processes. Some example means for carrying out the processes may include at least one of the following: detector, processor (including dual-core and multiple-core processors), digital signal processor, controller, receiver, transmitter, encoder, decoder, memory, RAM, ROM, software, firmware, display, user interface, display circuitry, user interface circuitry, user interface software, display software, circuit, antenna, antenna circuitry, and circuitry. In an embodiment, the at least one processor, the memory, and the computer program code form processing means or comprises one or more computer program code portions for carrying out one or more operations according to any one of the embodiments ofFIGS. 1 to 9 or operations thereof. In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, detecting, by the local area access node, a broadcast transmission of UL data from the UE, wherein the UE and the local area access node have not established mutual radio communications connection with each other; detecting an indication of a target network element from the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling forwarding at least part of the broadcast transmission to the target network element as a dedicated transmission. In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, activating, by a user device, a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and at least one local area access node without the user device and the at least one local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; controlling broadcast transmission of uplink data so as to enable the at least one local area access node to detect the broadcast transmission and to forward at least part of the broadcast transmission to the network, wherein the broadcast transmission includes an indication of a large area base station, to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling reception of broadcasted downlink data from the at least one local area access node, wherein the transmitting at least one local area access node has received the downlink data from the network. In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; causing a reception of uplink data from the local area access node, the uplink data being broadcasted by the user terminal and detected by the local area access node; and/or causing a transmission of downlink data to the local area access node in order to enable the local area access node to perform broadcast transmission of the downlink data to the user device. - According to yet another embodiment, the apparatus carrying out the embodiments comprises a circuitry including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. When activated, the circuitry causes the apparatus to perform at least some of the functionalities according to any one of the embodiments of
FIGS. 1 to 9 , or operations thereof. In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, detecting, by the local area access node, a broadcast transmission of UL data from the UE, wherein the UE and the local area access node have not established mutual radio communications connection with each other; detecting an indication of a target network element from the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling forwarding at least part of the broadcast transmission to the target network element as a dedicated transmission. In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, activating, by a user device, a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and at least one local area access node without the user device and the at least one local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; controlling broadcast transmission of uplink data so as to enable the at least one local area access node to detect the broadcast transmission and to forward at least part of the broadcast transmission to the network, wherein the broadcast transmission includes an indication of a large area base station, to which the user device is connected to, as a target network element of the broadcast transmission; and/or controlling reception of broadcasted downlink data from the at least one local area access node, wherein the transmitting at least one local area access node has received the downlink data from the network. In an embodiment, these operations may comprise tasks, such as, configuring, by a network node, at least one of a local area access node and a user device to apply a broadcast based network access, according to which the user device accesses the network via broadcast transmissions between the user device and the local area access node without the user device and the local area access node establishing mutual radio communications connections with each other; causing a reception of uplink data from the local area access node, the uplink data being broadcasted by the user terminal and detected by the local area access node; and/or causing a transmission of downlink data to the local area access node in order to enable the local area access node to perform broadcast transmission of the downlink data to the user device. - The techniques and methods described herein may be implemented by various means. For example, these techniques may be implemented in hardware (one or more devices), firmware (one or more devices), software (one or more modules), or combinations thereof. For a hardware implementation, the apparatus(es) of embodiments may be implemented within one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof. For firmware or software, the implementation can be carried out through modules of at least one chip set (e.g. procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. The software codes or code portions may be stored in a memory unit and executed by processors. The memory unit may be implemented within the processor or externally to the processor. In the latter case, it can be communicatively coupled to the processor via various means, as is known in the art. Additionally, the components of the systems described herein may be rearranged and/or complemented by additional components in order to facilitate the achievements of the various aspects, etc., described with regard thereto, and they are not limited to the precise configurations set forth in the given figures, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art.
- Embodiments as described may also be carried out in the form of a computer process defined by a computer program or portions thereof. Embodiments of the methods described in connection with
FIGS. 1 to 9 may be carried out by executing at least one portion of a computer program comprising corresponding instructions. The computer program may be in source code form, object code form, or in some intermediate form, and it may be stored in some sort of carrier, which may be any entity or device capable of carrying the program. For example, the computer program may be stored on a computer program distribution medium readable by a computer or a processor. The computer program medium may be, for example but not limited to, a record medium, computer memory, read-only memory, electrical carrier signal, telecommunications signal, and software distribution package, for example. The computer program medium may be a non-transitory medium. Coding of software for carrying out the embodiments as shown and described is well within the scope of a person of ordinary skill in the art. - Even though the invention has been described above with reference to an example according to the accompanying drawings, it is clear that the invention is not restricted thereto but can be modified in several ways within the scope of the appended claims. Therefore, all words and expressions should be interpreted broadly and they are intended to illustrate, not to restrict, the embodiment. It will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that, as technology advances, the inventive concept can be implemented in various ways. Further, it is clear to a person skilled in the art that the described embodiments may, but are not required to, be combined with other embodiments in various ways.
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