WO2010130196A1 - 上行同步控制方法及装置 - Google Patents

上行同步控制方法及装置 Download PDF

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WO2010130196A1
WO2010130196A1 PCT/CN2010/072621 CN2010072621W WO2010130196A1 WO 2010130196 A1 WO2010130196 A1 WO 2010130196A1 CN 2010072621 W CN2010072621 W CN 2010072621W WO 2010130196 A1 WO2010130196 A1 WO 2010130196A1
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王智学
李国庆
赵毅
刘佳敏
赵亚利
许芳丽
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  • the present invention relates to the field of mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to an uplink synchronization control method and apparatus.
  • LTE-Advanced LTE is the abbreviation of Long Term Evolution, which is the evolution system of the third generation mobile communication system, LTE-Advanced system is the upgrade of LTE system, the tube is written as LTE-A
  • the peak rate ratio LTE has been greatly improved, requiring a downlink peak rate of up to 1 Gbps and an uplink peak rate of 500 Mbps.
  • the LTE-A system requires good compatibility with the LTE system.
  • the LTE-A system introduces Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology based on the need to increase the peak rate, be compatible with LTE systems, and make full use of spectrum resources.
  • CA Carrier Aggregation
  • Carrier aggregation technology refers to a mode in which uplink and downlink respectively comprise multiple component carriers in one cell, rather than a set of carriers in LTE and earlier wireless communication systems.
  • each component carrier may be continuous or non-contiguous.
  • the maximum bandwidth of each component carrier is 20 MHz, and the bandwidth between component carriers may be the same or different.
  • SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiplexing multiple access
  • LTE uses a timer-based uplink synchronization maintenance mechanism to maintain one for each UE
  • TAT Time Alignment Timer
  • TAC Up Time Adjustment Indicator
  • the time alignment timer is maintained between the UE and the base station after the UE establishes a connection.
  • the time alignment timer expires before.
  • the uplink time adjustment indication is sent by the base station to the UE. If the UE receives the uplink time adjustment indication, the uplink transmission time adjustment is performed according to the TA parameter. If the uplink time adjustment indication is not received before the timer expires, the UE may consider that the uplink transmission is out of synchronization.
  • uplink synchronization maintenance is to ensure that the TAT does not time out between the UE and the base station as much as possible, and maintain the uplink synchronization between the UE and the base station. At the same time, try to send less TAC and reduce the uplink synchronization only. Up and down control signaling.
  • Step 101 The base station (eNB) is responsible for uplink synchronization control, and sends a TAC for each UE, and adopts one-step correction, and the TA indication granularity is 0.52 us.
  • the TA indication is sent using a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU).
  • MAC PDU Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit
  • Step 102 The UE determines, by using a timer configured by the eNB, whether the UE is out of synchronization, and the UE allows out-of-synchronization in the connected state.
  • Step 103 After the TAC is received by the UE, if the TAT is not running, the TAT is started. If the TAT is already running, the TAT is restarted; and the TA of the TAC is applied;
  • Step 104 After the time alignment timer expires, the UE initiates random access to obtain uplink synchronization before uplink transmission, and releases physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and pilot signal (SRS) resources.
  • PUCCH physical uplink control channel
  • SRS pilot signal
  • An important feature of the LTE-A system is that the UE can operate on multiple uplink component carriers. If the uplink synchronization control mechanism of LTE is directly applied to the LTE-A system, one TAT and one TAC are maintained for each uplink component carrier. Before the TAT times out, the eNB sends an uplink time adjustment indication to each uplink component carrier, and the UE needs to maintain multiple TATs at the same time, and the implementation complexity is high. If LTE-A only maintains one TAT and one TAC, such as for each uplink The uplink of the component carrier is averaged, and the uplink transmission time of different carriers cannot be accurately determined.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an uplink synchronization control method and apparatus, which can implement accurate adjustment of uplink synchronization of each component carrier under a carrier aggregation mechanism.
  • the network side and the user equipment maintain a time alignment timer for the user equipment, and maintain an uplink transmission time adjustment amount for the uplink component carrier; and the following steps are included:
  • the network side measures the uplink component carrier of the user equipment, and obtains an uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carrier.
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication to the user equipment, where the adjustment indication includes uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of at least one uplink component carrier of the user equipment.
  • the network side and the user equipment maintain a time alignment timer for the user equipment, and maintain an uplink transmission time adjustment amount for the uplink component carrier; and the following steps are included:
  • the user equipment receives the adjustment indication before the time alignment timer expires, and according to the uplink transmission time adjustment amount for the uplink component carrier included in the adjustment indication, instructs the physical layer to perform the uplink transmission time adjustment, and resets the time when the predetermined condition is met. Align the timer.
  • a measurement module configured to separately measure an uplink component carrier of the user equipment, and obtain an uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carrier
  • a timer module configured to maintain a time alignment timer for the user equipment
  • an adjustment indication module configured to time out the timer timeout maintained by the timer module
  • An adjustment instruction indicating an uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carrier measured by the measurement module is generated, and the adjustment indication is sent to the user equipment.
  • a receiving module configured to receive an adjustment indication
  • a timer module configured to maintain a time alignment timer, and start or restart a time alignment timer when the receiving module receives the adjustment indication
  • the uplink adjustment module when the receiving module receives the adjustment indication before the time alignment timer of the timer module expires, instructs the physical layer to perform uplink transmission time adjustment according to the uplink transmission time adjustment amount for the uplink component carrier included in the adjustment indication.
  • the user equipment maintains a time alignment timer for the user equipment, and effectively reduces the processing complexity of the user equipment.
  • the uplink transmission time adjustment amount is indicated for the uplink component carrier between the user equipment and the network side.
  • the carrier aggregation mechanism implements accurate adjustment of uplink synchronization of each component carrier.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart of uplink time synchronization maintenance of a base station and a UE according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a TAC format (1) in LTE-A according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a TAC format (2) in LTE-A according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of uplink synchronization control according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart of uplink synchronization control according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a TAC format (5) in LTE-A according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a TAC format (six) in LTE-A according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an uplink component carrier group MAC CE format 1 in LTE-A according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an uplink component carrier group MAC CE format 2 in LTE-A according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: the network side and the user equipment maintain a time alignment timer for the user equipment maintenance, and maintain an uplink transmission time adjustment amount for the uplink component carrier; and the following steps are included:
  • the network side measures the uplink component carrier of the user equipment, and obtains an uplink transmission time adjustment amount of each uplink component carrier.
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication to the user equipment, where the adjustment indication includes uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of at least one uplink component carrier of the user equipment.
  • the uplink time synchronization maintenance process of the base station and the UE of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 2, and includes the following steps:
  • Step 201 The base station sends an adjustment indication to the UE, where the content includes uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of the uplink component carrier of the user equipment.
  • the operations performed by the network side include, but are not limited to: sending an adjustment indication on at least one downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier. Specifically, it may also include:
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication of the uplink component carrier on a downlink component carrier corresponding to each uplink component carrier; or For the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier that belongs to the same uplink component carrier group, the network side sends an adjustment indication on at least one downlink component carrier; or
  • the network side For the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier, the network side sends an adjustment indication of all or some uplink component carriers on one of the downlink member carriers; or
  • the network side For the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier, the network side sends an adjustment indication of the uplink component carrier other than the uplink component carrier corresponding to the downlink component carrier on one of the downlink member carriers.
  • Step 202 The UE determines whether an adjustment indication is received before the time alignment timer expires. If yes, step 203 is performed; otherwise, step 204 is performed.
  • Step 203 The UE instructs the physical layer to perform uplink transmission time adjustment according to the uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carrier included in the received adjustment indication.
  • operations performed by the UE include but are not limited to:
  • the UE adjusts the uplink sending time according to the uplink sending time adjustment amount in the received adjustment indication, and resets the time alignment timer;
  • the UE adjusts the uplink transmission time according to the uplink transmission time adjustment amount in the received adjustment indication, and resets the time alignment timer when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
  • the resetting the time alignment timer when the predetermined condition is met including but not limited to: resetting the time alignment timer when the UE has received the uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of all the desired uplink component carriers; or
  • Step 204 The UE performs a related operation after the time alignment timer expires.
  • the related operations include, but are not limited to: after the time alignment timer expires, the user equipment determines that the uplink component carrier that does not obtain the uplink transmission time adjustment amount information loses uplink synchronization; or determines that all uplink component carriers lose uplink synchronization. After determining that the uplink synchronization is lost, the user equipment releases the resource corresponding to the uplink component carrier determined to have lost the uplink synchronization, and initiates the random access to obtain the uplink synchronization before the uplink transmission.
  • the resources corresponding to the uplink component carrier may be: physical uplink control channel resources, pilot signal resources, SRS (probe reference signal) resources, and the like.
  • the TA MAC CE format in the LTE-A proposed by the embodiment of the present invention has the following six types: Format (I) As shown in FIG. 3, one TB transport block includes multiple TA MAC Control Units (CEs), and each TA The MAC CE corresponds to an uplink component carrier.
  • the original 2bit reserved bits in the TA MAC CE (represented by R in Figure 3) indicate the uplink component carrier number, and up to four uplink component carriers can be indicated.
  • LTE-A extends the definition of the two-bit reserved value to represent the uplink component carrier number information. The specific meaning is:
  • Table 1 Format (2) One TB transport block contains only one TA MAC CE, LTE-A redefines the new TA MAC CE format, and the TA adjustment is directly expressed in absolute value.
  • the format of the header and the static load is shown in Figure 4.
  • the TA header format is the same as LTE, but the new TA LCID needs to be extended.
  • the TA payload has a total length of 4 bytes and can contain up to 5 carriers for uplink TA adjustment. 2 bits R, R are reserved bits.
  • TA LCID Time adjustment command identifier of the LTE-A system.
  • TAoffl TA adjustment amount corresponding to the carrier fl
  • TAoff2 TA adjustment amount corresponding to carrier f2;
  • TAoff3 the amount of adjustment corresponding to carrier ⁇
  • TA of f4 TA adjustment amount corresponding to carrier f4;
  • TAoff5 TA adjustment amount corresponding to carrier f5.
  • One TB transport block contains only one TA MAC CE
  • LTE-A redefines the new TA MAC CE format
  • carrier 1 TA adjustment is absolute
  • other carrier TA adjustment is relative to carrier 1
  • the value, TA header format is the same as LTE, but defines a new TA LCID.
  • the TA payload has a total length of 3 bytes and can contain up to 5 carriers for upstream TA adjustment. 2 bits R, R as reserved bits.
  • the format is as shown in Figure 5:
  • LCID time adjustment command identifier of the LTE-A system
  • TAoffl TA adjustment amount corresponding to the carrier fl
  • ⁇ off2 the difference between the carrier f2 and the carrier fl TA adjustment amount
  • ATAoffi the difference between the carrier ⁇ and the carrier fl TA adjustment
  • ⁇ off4 the difference between the carrier f4 and the carrier fl TA adjustment amount
  • ⁇ off5 The difference between the carrier f5 and the carrier fl TA adjustment.
  • a bit map is used to identify the carrier (group) corresponding to the subsequent time adjustment amount information. For example, if the length of the bitmap is 5 bits, the bitmap value can be specified as 00001, and the time adjustment information of the last carrier (group) will be included later.
  • the Bitmap value of 01001 indicates the time adjustment amount information including two carriers (groups) (carrier 2 and carrier 5). Of course, the bitmap value may be specified as 00000, and the time adjustment amount information of the corresponding carrier (group) will be included later. When the Bitmap is 01001, the time adjustment amount information including two carriers (groups) is indicated.
  • the relationship between each bit in the Bitmap and the corresponding carrier (group) can be as follows:
  • the format sends a TA adjustment indication corresponding to the uplink carrier of the user equipment by carrying the carrier index and the time adjustment amount information of the corresponding carrier.
  • the following forms can be adopted: Let each carrier index occupy 3 bits, and the TAC corresponding to each carrier occupies 6 bits. As shown in FIG. 9, the carrier index included in the MAC CE is first given, and then the TAC information of the carrier corresponding to the carrier index is given.
  • each carrier index and the corresponding TAC can occupy an integer number of bytes. If all the bits in the byte are not full, the remaining bits can be padded with the specified padding bit, and will not be described here.
  • the uplink component carrier group MAC CE is used to notify the carrier information contained in each uplink component carrier group (TA group).
  • Format 1 Uplink member carrier group ID + carrier index
  • the uplink member carrier group ID occupy 3 bits and the carrier index occupy 5 bits.
  • the carrier index corresponding to the carrier included in the uplink component carrier group is followed.
  • the uplink member carrier group ID occupy 3 bits
  • the bitmap occupy 5 bits.
  • Each bit value in the Bitmap is used to identify which carriers in the carrier information learned by the user equipment belong to the uplink member carrier group.
  • the carrier information learned by the user equipment may be:
  • the network side sets the configured carrier for the user
  • the carrier being used by the user equipment also referred to as the carrier that is active for the user
  • the foregoing manners may be notified by using the format 1 or the format 2 in series, and all the uplink component carrier group IDs may be given first. The number of carriers included is then given to the specific index value of the carrier corresponding to each uplink component carrier group.
  • the manner in which the carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier group is given may be a method of directly giving a carrier index value (such as format 1), or a bitmap method (such as format 2).
  • N carriers correspond to N sets of transmitters
  • the TAC performs uplink transmission time adjustment based on carriers.
  • the uplink synchronization control process is shown in Figure 6, and includes the following steps:
  • Step 601 The base station obtains an uplink transmission time adjustment amount for each uplink component carrier from the physical layer, and the base station sends the uplink transmission time according to the uplink.
  • Time adjustment amount constructing N TA MAC CEs based on TA format (1), format (4), format (5) or format (6) for N uplink component carriers, or based on TA format (2) or format (3) Construct a TA MAC CE, and all TA MAC CEs are encapsulated into one transport block;
  • Step 602 The base station selects a downlink component carrier to send an adjustment indication including the transport block to the UE.
  • Step 603 After the UE receives the adjustment indication, the MAC layer of the UE adjusts the uplink transmission time advancement amount of the N uplink component carriers based on different TA adjustment values of the respective uplink component carriers, and sends an ACK acknowledgement response to the base station. .
  • the application scenario of the second embodiment is that N carriers correspond to M sets of transmitters (; N>M), and the base station knows the correspondence between the uplink component carriers and the transmitters of the UE, and the TAC performs TA adjustment based on the transmitter.
  • the uplink synchronization control process is shown in Figure 7, and includes the following steps:
  • Step 701 The base station performs uplink synchronization time adjustment based on the UE transmitter every time interval (less than TAT time):
  • the physical layer of the base station directly measures the carrier; if multiple uplink component carriers correspond to one set of transmitters, the uplink time measurement quantity of multiple uplink component carriers supported by the transmitter is averaged. The average value obtained is used as a time adjustment amount for each uplink component carrier supported by the transmitter, and the carrier number is any one of a plurality of carriers supported by the transmitter.
  • the base station constructs M TA MAC CEs based on the TA format (1) for the M sets of transmitters, and all TA MAC CEs are encapsulated into one TB transport block.
  • the carriers fl, f2 are continuous carrier aggregation.
  • the base station averages the time adjustments of the carriers fl and f2, and the carrier number of fl or ⁇ can be selected as the TA carrier number.
  • Step 702 The base station selects a downlink component carrier to send, to the UE, the transport block.
  • the number adjusts the uplink transmission time of the corresponding transmitter, and sends an ACK confirmation response to the base station.
  • the application scenario of the third embodiment is that N carriers correspond to M sets of transmitters (; N>M), and the base station does not know the correspondence between the UE carriers and the transmitters, and performs measurement based on the carriers.
  • the uplink synchronization control process is shown in Figure 8, and includes the following steps:
  • Step 801 Each time interval is shorter than the TAT time, the base station obtains an uplink time adjustment for each uplink component carrier from the physical layer, and the base station constructs N TA MAC CEs based on the TA format (1) for the N uplink component carriers or is based on the TA Format (2) or format (3) constructs a TA MAC CE, and all TA MAC CEs are encapsulated into one TB transport block;
  • Step 802 The base station selects one downlink component carrier to send an adjustment indication to the UE.
  • Step 803 After receiving the adjustment indication, the UE performs TA adjustment on the uplink component carrier according to each transmitter. If one carrier corresponds to one set of transmitters, directly instructs the physical layer to adjust the transmission time of the transmitter.
  • the component carrier corresponds to a set of transmitters, and the UE selects an uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the plurality of uplink component carriers supported by the transmitter as a weighted average, and indicates the transmitter to perform time adjustment according to the obtained weighted average value.
  • the UE sends an ACK acknowledgment response to the base station.
  • Embodiment 4 Acquisition and use process of TA adjustment indication
  • Step 1 The network side measures the uplink component carrier of the user equipment, and obtains the uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carrier.
  • the network side performs measurement on the uplink component carrier of the user equipment, and may be: the network side performs measurement on each uplink component carrier of the user equipment; or
  • the network side performs measurement on at least one uplink component carrier having the same or similar characteristics;
  • the network side performs measurement on at least one uplink component carrier belonging to the same feature group.
  • the so-called uplink component carriers having the same or similar characteristics may be the same or similar channel conditions, and the same or similar carrier frequency points are located.
  • the so-called uplink component carriers in the same feature group may refer to the network device according to the user equipment.
  • the uplink carrier is divided into different characteristic groups (or carrier groups) by the receiver corresponding to the uplink carrier, the frequency position between the uplink carriers, the fading characteristics, and the TA characteristics.
  • the carrier group is called the uplink component carrier group (or common TA set); of course, the name of the carrier group is variable, such as:
  • the carrier group divided according to other characteristics may also be called the uplink component carrier. Group (or common TA set).
  • Step 2 The network side sends an adjustment indication to the user equipment, where the adjustment indication includes uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of the uplink component carrier of the user equipment.
  • the network side sends the adjustment indication information to the user equipment in the following manners: Mode 1: When there is no component carrier group, the uplink carrier uplink transmission time adjustment amount information in the adjustment indication is maintained for a single carrier, and the network side is in the uplink carrier. Sending an adjustment indication on one or some of the downlink component carriers of the corresponding downlink component carrier, specifically including:
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication of the uplink carrier on a downlink component carrier corresponding to each uplink carrier;
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication on one or some downlink member carriers of the downlink member carriers corresponding to the uplink carriers that belong to the same uplink carrier group;
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication of all uplink carriers on a downlink member carrier of the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink carrier;
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication of another uplink carrier other than the corresponding uplink carrier on a downlink member carrier of the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink carrier.
  • Adjusting the uplink transmission time adjustment information indicating the uplink component carrier of the user equipment including:
  • the adjustment indication includes the uplink transmission of all uplink component carriers of the user equipment Adjustment amount information
  • the adjustment indication includes uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of one or some uplink component carriers of the user equipment. (Note: When there is a carrier group, the adjustment amount information here can be the time adjustment amount information of all carriers in the carrier group)
  • Manner 2 Maintenance is performed in the form of a member carrier group.
  • the network side sends an adjustment indication on one or some downlink member carriers of the downlink component carriers corresponding to the uplink carrier, which specifically includes:
  • the uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of the uplink component carrier of the uplink component carrier group is sent to one or several downlink component carriers corresponding to each uplink component carrier group.
  • the format of the uplink transmission time adjustment amount information for transmitting the uplink component carrier may be in the form of format one to format six.
  • the uplink transmission time adjustment amount information of the uplink component carrier group uplink component carrier may be obtained by sending the MAC address of the R8 directly on a component carrier of the same component carrier group, and the other group member carriers are automatically according to the MAC CE. Make adjustments.
  • Step 3 After receiving the adjustment indication sent by the network side, the user equipment adjusts the data transmission time of the uplink carrier according to the time adjustment amount information included in the adjustment indication.
  • each uplink component carrier adjusts the transmission time of the uplink data according to the transmission time adjustment amount information corresponding to the uplink component carrier sent by the network side. It should be noted that the time adjustment amount information of the uplink component carrier may be obtained on the downlink component carrier corresponding to the other uplink component carriers.
  • each uplink component carrier adjusts the uplink data transmission time on the uplink component carrier according to the transmission time information of the uplink data corresponding to the uplink component carrier group that the network side sends.
  • the component carrier group mentioned in the present invention can be generally referred to as an uplink carrier or a downlink component carrier group, a downlink component carrier group, and a member carrier group when the uplink and downlink carriers have a binding relationship.
  • the uplink component carrier group in the present invention may also be described by using a downlink component carrier group or a component carrier group.
  • Embodiment 5 Maintenance process of the TA timer
  • the TA timer in R10 is also used to maintain the synchronization of the uplink carrier of the user equipment.
  • a specific implementation process is as follows:
  • the TA timer When the TA timer is started or restarted, it starts monitoring the update on the member carrier corresponding to the user equipment.
  • processing manners may also be used, such as: resetting the time alignment timer TAT when the user equipment has received the time adjustment amount information on the specific carrier; or when the user equipment has received the time adjustment amount on the set number of carriers When the information is received, the time alignment timer TAT is reset; or when the user equipment time adjusts the amount information, the time alignment timer TAT is reset. Since the process is similar, it will not be described here.
  • the timer timeout processing can be as follows:
  • the operations that can be taken include:
  • the resources occupied by the uplink component carrier may be: a corresponding physical uplink control channel (PU£CH) resource on the component carrier; 2) a corresponding sounding reference signal (SRS) resource on the component carrier.
  • PU£CH physical uplink control channel
  • SRS sounding reference signal
  • the operations that can be taken include:
  • the processing of the lost synchronization component carrier on the network side may include:
  • Embodiment 6 TA timer maintenance process when a random access procedure is performed on a component carrier
  • the user already has a component carrier in the uplink synchronization state, and it is desirable to initiate random access on other component carriers to establish uplink synchronization.
  • TA timing that can be used at this time
  • the maintenance method is as follows:
  • the carrier that initiates the random access is regarded as the carrier that the user equipment is using;
  • the TA timer is restarted, and the subsequent maintenance process uses the TA timer maintenance mode in the fifth embodiment to treat the carrier that initiates the random access as the carrier that the user equipment is using.
  • a sixth embodiment of the present invention provides a base station, including:
  • a measurement module configured to separately measure an uplink component carrier of the user equipment, and obtain an uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carrier
  • a timer module configured to maintain a time alignment timer TAT for the user equipment
  • an adjustment indication module configured to generate an uplink transmission that includes the uplink component carrier measured by the measurement module before the TAT timeout maintained by the timer module The adjustment instruction of the time adjustment amount is sent to the user equipment.
  • the measuring module is configured to measure for each uplink component carrier of the user equipment.
  • the network side performs measurement on at least one uplink component carrier having the same or similar characteristics;
  • the network side performs measurement on at least one uplink component carrier belonging to the same feature group.
  • the adjustment indication module sends the adjustment indication to the user equipment: the adjustment indication module sends the downlink component carrier corresponding to each uplink component carrier. For the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier of the same uplink component carrier group, the adjustment indication module sends an adjustment indication on at least one downlink component carrier; or for the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier, the adjustment indication module is in one of An adjustment indication for transmitting all or some of the uplink component carriers on the downlink component carrier; or
  • the adjustment indication module For the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier, the adjustment indication module sends an adjustment indication of the other uplink component carriers except the uplink component carrier corresponding to the downlink component carrier on one of the downlink component carriers.
  • the measuring module further comprises an averaging unit
  • the averaging unit is configured to average the uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carriers supported by the transmitter, and the average value obtained is supported by the transmitter.
  • the uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carrier is configured to average the uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the uplink component carriers supported by the transmitter, and the average value obtained is supported by the transmitter.
  • the adjustment indication includes N control units, and each control unit includes an uplink transmission time adjustment amount for one uplink component carrier.
  • the adjustment indication includes a control unit, each control unit including an uplink transmission time adjustment amount for the N uplink member carriers.
  • control unit includes an absolute value of an uplink transmission time adjustment amount of the first uplink component carrier, and a difference between the uplink transmission time adjustment amounts of the N-1 uplink component carriers and the first uplink component carrier.
  • a seventh embodiment of the present invention provides a user equipment, including:
  • a receiving module configured to receive an adjustment indication
  • a timer module for maintaining a time alignment timer TAT, starting or restarting the TAT when the receiving module receives the indication
  • Uplink adjustment module when the TMT of the timer module times out, the receiving module receives the adjustment finger
  • the indication according to the uplink transmission time adjustment amount for the uplink component carrier included in the adjustment indication, instructs the physical layer to perform uplink transmission time adjustment.
  • the timer module includes:
  • the user equipment further includes: a module for determining that the uplink component carrier that does not obtain the uplink transmission time adjustment amount information loses uplink synchronization if the time alignment timer expires and the user equipment does not receive the adjustment indication; or For determining that all uplink component carriers lose uplink synchronization when the time alignment timer expires and the user equipment does not receive the adjustment indication.
  • the user equipment further includes: a module for releasing resources corresponding to uplink component carriers determined to have lost uplink synchronization.
  • the present invention defines a TAT timer for each UE, which effectively reduces the processing complexity of the UE.
  • the UE and the network side indicate an uplink transmission time adjustment amount for each uplink component carrier, which can be implemented under the carrier aggregation mechanism. Accurate adjustment of uplink synchronization of uplink component carriers.

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上行同步控制方法及装置
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本发明涉及移动通信技术领域,特别涉及上行同步控制方法及装置。
发明背景
在 3GPP长期演进 LTE-Advanced (LTE是 Long Term Evolution的缩 写, 是第三代移动通信系统的演进系统, LTE-Advanced系统是 LTE系 统的升级, 筒写为 LTE-A ) 系统中, 峰值速率比 LTE有很大的提高, 要 求达到下行峰值速率达到 lGbps, 上行峰值速率达到 500Mbps。 同时, LTE-A 系统要求和 LTE 系统有很好的兼容性。 基于提高峰值速率、 与 LTE系统兼容以及充分利用频谱资源的需要, LTE-A系统引入了载波聚 合 ( Carrier Aggregation, CA )技术。
载波聚合技术是指在一个小区内上行链路和下行链路分别包含多个 成员载波, 而不是 LTE及更早的无线通信系统中只有一套载波的模式。 在载波聚合的系统中,各个成员载波可以是连续或非连续的,为了和 LTE 系统兼容,每个成员载波的最大带宽为 20MHz, 各成员载波间的带宽可 以相同或不同。
对于 LTE上行采用的单载波频分复用多址( SC-FDMA )传输技术, 为了保持不同用户设备(UE ) 的上行信号之间的正交性, 必须保证各 UE信号在接收机端的接收时钟一致。 基站通过上行时间同步调整信令 指示 UE采用不同的上行时间提前量可以弥补上行信号的传播时延迟, 从而使得小区中不同位置 UE的信号基本同时到达基站。
LTE使用基于定时器的上行同步维持机制, 针对每个 UE维护一个 可配置的时间对齐定时器 (Time Alignment Timer, TAT)和一个上行时间 调整指示 ( TA Command, TAC )。 当 UE建立连接后, 在 UE和和基站 间维护该时间对齐定时器。 该时间对齐定时器超时前。 由基站向 UE发 送上行时间调整指示。 如果 UE收到上行时间调整指示, 则根据 TA参 数进行上行发送时间调整; 如果定时器超时前没有收到上行时间调整指 示, 则 UE可以认为上行发送失步。 上行同步维持的目的就是希望通过 对 TAT的合理配置和维护, 使得在 UE和基站间尽量保证 TAT不超时, 维持 UE和基站的上行同步, 同时尽量发送较少的 TAC, 减少仅用于上 行同步的上下行控制信令。
现有技术的上行同步维持的流程图如图 1所示, 基本过程如下: 步骤 101:基站( eNB )负责上行同步控制,针对每个 UE发送 TAC, 采用一步校正, TA指示粒度为 0.52 us, TA指示使用媒体接入控制协议 数据单元( MAC PDU )发送。
步骤 102: UE通过 eNB配置的定时器确定 UE是否失步, UE在连 接状态下允许失步;
步骤 103: UE收到 TAC后,如果 TAT未运行,启动 TAT,如果 TAT 已经运行, 重启 TAT; 应用 TAC的 TA;
步骤 104: 当时间对齐定时器超时后, UE在上行传输前发起随机接 入以获得上行同步, 并释放物理上行控制信道(PUCCH ) 和导频信号 ( SRS ) 资源。
LTE-A系统的一个重要特点是 UE可以在多个上行成员载波上工作。 如果 LTE的上行同步控制机制直接应用于 LTE-A系统, 针对每个上行 成员载波维护一个 TAT和一个 TAC。 eNB在 TAT超时前, 分别对各个 上行成员载波发送上行时间调整指示, UE需同时维护多个 TAT, 实现 复杂度很高。 如果 LTE-A仅维护一个 TAT和一个 TAC, 如对各个上行 成员载波上行 TA取平均值, 无法针对不同载波上行发送时间进行准确
发明内容
有鉴于此, 本发明的目的在于, 提出上行同步控制方法和装置, 可 以在载波聚合机制下实现对各成员载波上行同步的精确调整。
本发明实施例提出的一种上行同步控制方法包括:
网络侧和用户设备维护针对用户设备的时间对齐定时器, 并维护针 对上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量; 并包括如下步骤:
网络侧针对用户设备的上行成员载波进行测量, 得到上行成员载波 的上行发送时间调整量;
在时间对齐定时器超时前, 网络侧向用户设备发送调整指示, 该调 整指示包含所述用户设备的至少一个上行成员载波的上行发送时间调 整量信息。
本发明实施例提出的另一种上行同步控制方法包括:
网络侧和用户设备维护针对用户设备的时间对齐定时器, 并维护针 对上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量; 并包括如下步骤:
用户设备在时间对齐定时器超时前接收到调整指示, 根据该调整指 示中包含的针对上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量, 指示物理层执行 上行发送时间调整, 并在满足预定条件时重置时间对齐定时器。
本发明实施例提出的一种基站包括:
测量模块, 用于对用户设备的上行成员载波分别进行测量, 得到上 行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量;
定时器模块, 用于维护针对用户设备的时间对齐定时器; 调整指示模块, 用于在所述定时器模块维护的时间对齐定时器超时 前, 生成包含所述测量模块测量得到的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调 整量的调整指示, 并将所述调整指示发送至用户设备。
本发明实施例提出的一种用户设备包括:
接收模块, 用于接收调整指示;
定时器模块, 用于维护时间对齐定时器, 当接收模块接收到调整指 示时启动或重启时间对齐定时器;
上行调整模块, 当定时器模块的时间对齐定时器超时前接收模块收 到调整指示, 则根据该调整指示中包含的针对上行成员载波的上行发送 时间调整量, 指示物理层执行上行发送时间调整。
从以上技术方案可以看出, 本发明针对用户设备维护时间对齐定时 器, 有效的降低用户设备的处理复杂度; 同时在用户设备和网络侧间针 对上行成员载波指示上行发送时间调整量, 能够在载波聚合机制下实现 对各成员载波上行同步的精确调整。 附图简要说明
图 1为现有技术的上行同步维持的流程图;
图 2为本发明的基站和 UE的上行时间同步维护流程图;
图 3为本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中 TAC格式(一) 的示意图; 图 4为本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中 TAC格式(二) 的示意图; 图 5为本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中 TAC格式(三) 的示意图; 图 6为本发明实施例一的上行同步控制流程图;
图 7为本发明实施例二的上行同步控制流程图;
图 8为本发明实施例三的上行同步控制流程图。
图 9为本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中 TAC格式(五) 的示意图; 图 10为本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中 TAC格式(六) 的示意图; 图 11本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中上行成员载波组 MAC CE格式 1的示意图;
图 12为本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中上行成员载波组 MAC CE格 式 2的示意图。
实施本发明的方式
为使本发明的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚, 下面结合附图对本 发明作进一步的详细阐述。
本发明实施例提出的方案包括: 网络侧和用户设备维护针对用户设 备维护时间对齐定时器, 并维护针对上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整 量; 并包括如下步骤:
网络侧针对用户设备的上行成员载波进行测量, 得到各个上行成员 载波的上行发送时间调整量;
在时间对齐定时器超时前, 网络侧向用户设备发送调整指示, 该调 整指示包含所述用户设备的至少一个上行成员载波的上行发送时间调 整量信息。
本发明的基站和 UE的上行时间同步维护流程如图 2所示, 包括如 下步骤:
步骤 201 : 基站向 UE发送调整指示, 内容包含用户设备上行成员 载波的上行发送时间调整量信息。
本步骤中, 网络侧执行的操作包括但不限于: 在上行成员载波所对 应的至少一个下行成员载波上发送调整指示。 具体还可以包括:
网络侧在每一个上行成员载波所对应的下行成员载波上发送该上行 成员载波的调整指示; 或 对于属于同一上行成员载波组的上行成员载波所对应的下行成员载 波, 网络侧在其中至少一个下行成员载波上发送调整指示; 或
对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 网络侧在其中一个下行成 员载波上发送所有或某些上行成员载波的调整指示; 或
对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 网络侧在其中一个下行成 员载波上, 发送除该下行成员载波对应的上行成员载波之外的其他上行 成员载波的调整指示。
步骤 202: UE判断是否在时间对齐定时器超时前接收到调整指示, 若是则执行步骤 203 , 否则执行步骤 204。
步骤 203: UE根据所接收的调整指示中包含的上行成员载波的上行 发送时间调整量, 指示物理层执行上行发送时间调整。
本步骤中, UE执行的操作包括但不限于:
UE根据接收到的调整指示中的上行发送时间调整量调整上行发送 时间, 并重置时间对齐定时器; 或
UE根据接收到的调整指示中的上行发送时间调整量调整上行发送 时间, 在满足预定条件时重置时间对齐定时器。
其中,所述在满足预定条件时重置时间对齐定时器, 包括但不限于: 当 UE已接收到所有期望的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量信 息时, 重置时间对齐定时器; 或
当 UE已接收特定上行成员载波上的上行发送时间调整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器; 或
当 UE已接收设定数目的上行成员载波上的上行发送时间调整量信 息时, 重置时间对齐定时器。 步骤 204: UE执行时间对齐定时器超时后的相关操作。 所述相关操作包括但不限于: 在时间对齐定时器超时后, 用户设备 判定没有得到上行发送时间调整量信息的上行成员载波失去上行同步; 或判定所有的上行成员载波失去上行同步。 在判定失去上行同步后, 用 户设备释放被判定为失去上行同步的上行成员载波所对应的资源, 以及 在上行传输前发起随机接入以获得上行同步。 这里, 上行成员载波所对 应的资源可以为: 物理上行控制信道资源、 导频信号资源、 SRS (探测 参考信号) 资源等。
本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中 TA MAC CE格式有以下六种: 格式(一)如图 3所示, 一个 TB传输块包含多个 TA MAC控制单 元 (Control Element, CE) , 每个 TA MAC CE对应一个上行成员载波。 利用 TA MAC CE中原有的 2bit保留位(图 3中用 R表示保留位)指示 上行成员载波编号, 最多可以指示四个上行成员载波。
LTE-A对两比特预留值进行扩展定义,代表上行成员载波编号信息。 具体含义为:
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表 1 格式(二): 一个 TB传输块包只包含一个 TA MAC CE, LTE-A重 新定义新的 TA MAC CE格式, TA调整量使用绝对值直接表示。
头和静荷的格式如图 4所示。 TA头格式和 LTE相同, 但需要扩展 新的 TA LCID。 TA净荷总长度为 4字节, 可以最多包含 5个载波的上 行 TA调整。 2比特 R, R作为保留位。 TA LCID: LTE-A系统的时间调整命令标识。
TAoffl: 载波 fl对应的 TA调整量;
TAoff2: 载波 f2对应的 TA调整量;
TAoff3: 载波 β对应的 ΤΑ调整量;
TA of f4: 载波 f4对应的 TA调整量;
TAoff5: 载波 f5对应的 TA调整量。
格式(三 ): 一个 TB传输块包只包含一个 TA MAC CE, LTE-A重 新定义新的 TA MAC CE格式, 载波 1 TA调整量为绝对值, 其他载波 TA调整量为相对与载波 1的相对值, TA头格式和 LTE相同,但定义新 的 TA LCID。 TA净荷总长度为 3字节, 可以最多包含 5个载波的上行 TA调整。 2比特 R, R作为保留位。 格式具体如图 5所示:
LCID: LTE-A系统的时间调整命令标识;
TAoffl: 载波 fl对应的 TA调整量;
ΔΤΑ off2: 载波 f2相对于载波 fl TA调整量的差值;
ATAoffi: 载波 β相对于载波 fl TA调整量的差值;
ΔΤΑ off4: 载波 f4相对于载波 fl TA调整量的差值;
ΔΤΑ off5: 载波 f5相对于载波 fl TA调整量的差值。
格式(四): bitmap+TA调整量信息
该格式中采用位图表 ( bitmap ) 的形式来标识后面的时间调整量信 息所对应的载波(组)。 如: 设 bitmap的长度为 5bit, 可以规定 bitmap 值为 00001, 那么后面将包含最后一个载波(组) 的时间调整量信息。 Bitmap值为 01001表示后面包含两个载波(组 ) (载波 2和载波 5 )的时 间调整量信息。 当然也可以规定 bitmap值为 00000, 后面将包含对应载 波(组)的时间调整量信息, Bitmap为 01001时表示后面包含两个载波 (组) 的时间调整量信息。 Bitmap中每个 bit位与所对应载波(组)的关系可以采用以下方式:
1 ) 根据用户设备对应的各上行载波(组) ID的大小次序索引;
2 ) 根据用户设备各上行载波(组)对应的下行成员载波(组) ID的大小次序索引;
3 ) 各载波(组) 向用户配置的先后次序;
4 ) 根据系统广播中发送的各载波(组) 的信息进行索引;
5 ) RRC信令或 MAC信令或物理层信令中通知的载波(组)次 序进行索引;
6 ) 根据其他能够让用户设备确定载波(组) 次序的方式进行索 引。
格式(五): 载波(组) 索引 +TA调整量信息
该格式通过携带载波索引以及对应载波的时间调整量信息的方式来 发送用户设备对应上行载波的 TA调整指示。 例如可以采用以下形式: 设每个载波索引占用 3个 bit, 每个载波对应的 TAC占用 6个 bit。 如图 9所示, 首先给出该 MAC CE中包含的载波索引, 然后给出载波索引对 应载波的 TAC信息。
格式(六): 每个载波(组) 索引后面直接增加 TAC内容的方式。 举例如图 10所示:
当然为了便于确定 TA MAC CE 的长度, 每个载波索引和对应的 TAC可以占用整数个字节。 如果占不满字节中的所有 bit, 那么剩余 bit 可以采用指定的 padding bit进行填充, 在此不再赘述。
本发明实施例提出的 LTE-A中上行成员载波组 MAC CE格式有以 下两种:
上行成员载波组 MAC CE用来通知每个上行成员载波组( TA组) 中包含的载波信息。 格式 1 : 上行成员载波组 ID+载波索引
设上行成员载波组 ID占用 3bit, 载波索引占用 5bit。 举例如下: 上 行成员载波组 ID后, 接着该上行成员载波组中所包含的载波所对应的 载波索引。
格式 2: 上行成员载波组 ID+bitmap
设上行成员载波组 ID占用 3bit, bitmap占用 5bit。 Bitmap中的每 个 bit值用来标识用户设备所获知的载波信息中哪些载波属于该上行成 员载波组。 举例:
用户设备获知的载波信息可以为:
1 ) 网络侧为用户设置配置的载波;
2 ) 用户设备正在使用的载波(也可称为对于该用户来说处于激 活状态的载波);
3 ) 系统广播中或 RRC信令或物理层信令或 MAC层信令中通知 的载波。
当希望将多个上行成员载波组中及其包含的载波信息通知 UE时, 可以采用将上述格式 1或格式 2进行串接的方式通知, 还可以通过先给 出所有上行成员载波组 ID及其中包含的载波数, 然后再给出给各上行 成员载波组所对应的载波的具体索引值的方式给出。 给出上行成员载波 组所对应的载波的方式可以采用直接给出载波索引值的方式 (如格式 1 ) , 还可以采用 bitmap的方式(如格式 2 )。
实施例一的应用场景为: N个载波对应 N套发射机, TAC基于载波 进行上行发送时间调整。 其上行同步控制流程如图 6所示, 包括如下步 骤:
步骤 601 : 每间隔一定时间 (小于 TAT时间 ), 基站从物理层获得 关于各个上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量, 基站根据所述上行发送 时间调整量, 对 N个上行成员载波基于 TA格式(一)、 格式(四)、 格 式(五)或格式(六 )构造 N 个 TA MAC CE, 或者基于 TA格式(二 ) 或格式(三 )构造一个 TA MAC CE, 所有 TA MAC CE封装为一个传输 块;
步骤 602: 基站选择一个下行成员载波向 UE发送包含所述传输块 的调整指示。
步骤 603 : UE接收到调整指示后, UE的 MAC层基于各个上行成 员载波的不同 TA调整值, 指示物理层对 N个上行成员载波上行发送时 间提前量分别进行调整, 并向基站发送 ACK确认响应。
实施例二的应用场景为 N个载波对应 M套发射机 (; N>M) , 基站知 道 UE的上行成员载波和发射机对应关系, TAC基于发射机进行 TA调 整。 其上行同步控制流程如图 7所示, 包括如下步骤:
步骤 701 : 每间隔一定时间(小于 TAT时间 ), 基站基于 UE发射机 进行上行同步时间调整:
如果一个载波对应一套发射机, 则基站物理层直接对该载波进行测 量; 如果多个上行成员载波对应一套发射机, 选择该发射机支持的多个 上行成员载波的上行时间测量量做平均, 所得平均值作为对所述发射机 支持的各个上行成员载波的时间调整量, 载波编号为该发收机支持的多 个载波的任意一个。 基站对 M套发射机基于 TA格式(一)构造 M 个 TA MAC CE,所有 TA MAC CE封装为一个 TB传输块。例如,载波 fl,f2 是连续载波聚合,对应一套发射机,则基站针对载波 fl ,f2时间调整量进 行平均处理, 可以选择 fl或 Ώ的载波编号作为 TA载波编号。
步骤 702: 基站选择一个下行成员载波向 UE发送包含所述传输块 号对对应的发射机的上行发送时间进行调整, 并向基站发送 ACK确认 响应。
实施例三的应用场景为 N个载波对应 M套发射机 (; N>M), 基站不 知道 UE载波和发射机对应关系, 基于载波进行测量。 其上行同步控制 流程如图 8所示, 包括如下步骤:
步骤 801 : 每间隔一定时间 (小于 TAT时间 ), 基站从物理层获得 关于各个上行成员载波的上行时间调整,基站对 N个上行成员载波基于 TA格式(一 )构造 N 个 TA MAC CE或者基于 TA格式(二 )或格式 (三 )构造一个 TA MAC CE,所有 TA MAC CE封装为一个 TB传输块; 步骤 802: 基站选择一个下行成员载波向 UE发送调整指示。
步骤 803: UE接收到调整指示后, MAC层基于各个发射机对上行 成员载波进行 TA调整, 如果一个载波对应一套发射机, 直接指示物理 层对该发射机发送时间进行调整; 如果多个上行成员载波对应一套发射 机, UE选择该发射机支持的多个上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量 做加权平均, 并根据所得加权平均值指示发射机进行时间调整。 UE 向 基站发送 ACK确认响应。
实施例四: TA调整指示的获得及使用过程
步骤 1. 网络侧针对用户设备的上行成员载波进行测量, 得到上行 成员载波的上行发送时间调整量。
所述网络侧针对用户设备的上行成员载波进行测量, 可以为: 网络 侧针对用户设备的每一个上行成员载波进行测量; 或
在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对具有相同或相似特性的 至少一个上行成员载波进行测量; 或
在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对属于同一特性组的至少 一个上行成员载波进行测量。 所谓具有相同或相似特性的上行成员载波可以为信道条件相同或 相似、 所处的载波频点位置相同或相似等; 所谓属于同一特性组中的上 行成员载波是指网络侧可能根据用户设备对应的上行载波所对应的接 收机、 上行载波间的频点位置、 衰落特性、 TA特性等内容将上行载波 划分成不同的特性组(或称载波组)。 ^据 TA特性划分的载波组, 这里 筒称为上行成员载波组 (或 common TA set ); 当然载波组的名称是可变 的, 如: 根据其他特性划分的载波组也可以称为上行成员载波组 (或 common TA set )。
步骤 2. 网络侧向用户设备发送调整指示, 该调整指示包含所述用 户设备的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量信息。
网络侧向用户设备发送调整指示信息可以采用如下几种方式: 方式一、 当不存在成员载波组时, 调整指示中的上行载波上行发送 时间调整量信息针对单载波来维护, 网络侧在上行载波所对应的下行成 员载波中的某个或某些下行成员载波上发送调整指示, 具体包括:
1 ) 网络侧在各上行载波对应的下行成员载波上发送该上行载波的 调整指示;
2 ) 网络侧在属于同一上行载波组的上行载波所对应的下行成员载 波中的某个或某些下行成员载波上发送调整指示;
3 ) 网络侧在上行载波对应的下行成员载波上中的某个下行成员载 波上发送所有上行载波的调整指示;
4 ) 网络侧在上行载波对应的下行成员载波上中的某个下行成员载 波上发送其对应的上行载波外的其他上行载波的调整指示。
调整指示包含所述用户设备的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整 量信息, 包括:
1 )调整指示包含所述用户设备的所有上行成员载波的上行发送时 间调整量信息; 或
2 )调整指示包含所述用户设备的某个或某些上行成员载波的上行 发送时间调整量信息。 (注: 当存在载波组时, 这里的调整量信息可以 为该载波组中所有载波的时间调整量信息)
方式二、 以成员载波组的方式进行维护。
网络侧在上行载波所对应的下行成员载波中的某个或某些下行成 员载波上发送调整指示, 具体包括:
1 )在其中一个或一些上行成员载波组所对应的一个或几个下行成 员载波中发送, 自己和 /或其他上行成员载波组的上行成员载波的上行发 送时间调整量信息;
2 )每个上行成员载波组所对应的一个或几个下行成员载波中, 发 送该上行成员载波组的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量信息。
上述发送上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量信息的格式可以采 用格式一到格式六所述形式。
另外, 上行成员载波组上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量信息可 以通过以下方式获得,直接在同一成员载波组的某个成员载波上发送 R8 的 MAC CE , 其他同组成员载波自动根据该 MAC CE进行调整。
步骤 3. 用户设备接收到网络侧发送的调整指示后, 根据调整指示 中包含的时间调整量信息对上行载波的数据发送时间进行调整。
下面通过存在上行成员载波组和不存在上行成员载波组两种方式 来描述。
当不存在上行成员载波组时, 每个上行成员载波根据网络侧发送的 该上行成员载波对应的发送时间调整量信息对上行数据的发送时间进 行调整。 需要说明的是, 上行成员载波的时间调整量信息可能在其他上 行成员载波对应的下行成员载波上获得。 当存在上行成员载波组时, 每个上行成员载波根据网络侧发送的所 属的上行成员载波组对应的上行数据的发送时间信息调整该上行成员 载波上的上行数据发送时间。
本发明提到的成员载波组如果未特别指明是上行或下行, 可以泛指 上行成员载波组、 下行成员载波组以及上下行载波有绑定关系时的成员 载波组。 当上行成员载波和下行成员载波存在绑定关系时, 本发明中的 上行成员载波组也可以采用下行成员载波组或成员载波组的方式来描 述。
实施例五: TA定时器的维护过程
与 R8中 TA定时器的作用相同, R10中的 TA定时器也是用来维 护用户设备上行载波的同步。 一个具体的实施过程如下:
1. 在 TA定时器启动或重启时, 开始监视用户设备所对应的 成员载波上的更新;
2. 当在 TA定时器超时前收到用户设备所对应的所有成员载 波上的时间调整信息的时候重启 TA定时器;
3. 当在 TA定时器超时前没有收到用户设备所对应的所有成 员载波上的时间调整量信息的时候, 进入定时器超时处理流程。
另外, 还可以采用其他的处理方式, 如: 当用户设备已接收特定载 波上的时间调整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器 TAT; 或当用户设备已 接收设定数目载波上的时间调整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器 TAT; 或当用户设备时间调整量信息时, 就重置时间对齐定时器 TAT。 由于过 程类似, 在此不再赘述。
定时器超时处理可以采用以下方式:
1 ) 判断定时器超时前没有收到时间调整量信息的上行成员载波 (上行成员载波组中的成员载波) 失去上行同步; 2 ) 判断所有上行成员载波都失去上行同步;
判断成员载波失去上行同步时, 可以采取的操作包括:
1 ) 向高层发送成员载波失去同步指示信息;
2 ) 释放用户设备失去上行同步的上行成员载波所占用的资源。 这里, 上行成员载波所占用的资源可以为: 该成员载波上对应的物 理上行控制信道(PU£CH ) 资源; 2 )该成员载波上对应的探测参考信 号 (SRS ) 资源。
高层接收到成员载波失去同步指示信息后, 可以采取的操作包括:
1 ) 发起 RRC连接重建过程;
2 ) 向网络侧上报失去同步的成员载波, 使网络能够对失去的成 员载波进行处理。
网络侧对失去同步成员载波的处理方式, 可以包括:
1 ) 向用户设备发送信息, 指示在该成员载波上重新建立上行同 步;
2 ) 向用户设备发送信息, 在用户设备对应的上行成员载波中去 掉该成员载波, (可能还会去掉该上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波)。
实施例六: 当在成员载波上进行随机接入过程时的 TA定时器维护 过程
这种情况可能出现在以下情况:
1 ) 初始由一个载波向多个载波的配置过程;
2 ) 上行数据到达时的随机接入过程;
3 ) 下行数据到达时的随机接入过程;
4 ) 切换时的随机接入过程。
上述情况下, 用户已存在处于上行同步状态的成员载波, 希望在其 他的成员载波上发起随机接入建立上行同步。 这时可以采用的 TA定时 器的维护方式如下:
1 ) 采用实施例五中的 TA定时器维护方式, 将发起随机接 入的载波视为用户设备正在使用的载波;
2 ) 当发起随机接入时, 重启 TA定时器, 后续维护过程采 用实施例五中的 TA定时器维护方式, 将发起随机接入的载波视为用户 设备正在使用的载波。
3 ) 随机接入过程中接收到的时间调整量信息不对 TA定时 器造成影响; 随机接入完成后采用实施例五中的 TA定时器维护方式。 本发明实施例六提出一种基站, 包括:
测量模块, 用于对用户设备的上行成员载波分别进行测量, 得到上 行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量;
定时器模块, 用于维护针对用户设备的时间对齐定时器 TAT; 调整指示模块, 用于在所述定时器模块维护的 TAT超时前, 生成包 含所述测量模块测量得到的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量的调 整指示, 并将所述调整指示发送至用户设备。
较佳地, 所述测量模块用于针对用户设备的每一个上行成员载波进 行测量; 或
在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对具有相同或相似特性的 至少一个上行成员载波进行测量; 或
在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对属于同一特性组的至少 一个上行成员载波进行测量。
较佳地, 所述调整指示模块将所述调整指示发送至用户设备为: 调整指示模块在每一个上行成员载波所对应的下行成员载波上发 对于属于同一上行成员载波组的上行成员载波所对应的下行成员 载波, 调整指示模块在其中至少一个下行成员载波上发送调整指示; 或 对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 调整指示模块在其中一个 下行成员载波上发送所有或某些上行成员载波的调整指示; 或
对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 调整指示模块在其中一个 下行成员载波上, 发送除该下行成员载波对应的上行成员载波之外的其 他上行成员载波的调整指示。
较佳地, 所述测量模块进一步包括平均单元;
当两个以上上行成员载波对应用户设备的一套发射机时, 平均单元 用于将该发射机支持的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量做平均, 所 得平均值作为对所述发射机支持的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整 量。
较佳地, 所述调整指示包括 N个控制单元, 每个控制单元包含对一 个上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量。
所述调整指示包括一个控制单元,每个控制单元包含对 N个上行成 员载波的上行发送时间调整量。
较佳地, 所述控制单元包括第一上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整 量的绝对值, 以及 N-1个上行成员载波相对于第一上行成员载波的上行 发送时间调整量的差值。 本发明实施例七提出一种用户设备, 包括:
接收模块, 用于接收调整指示;
定时器模块, 用于维护时间对齐定时器 TAT, 当接收模块接收到调 「指示时启动或重启 TAT;
上行调整模块, 当定时器模块的 TAT 超时前接收模块收到调整指 示, 则根据该调整指示中包含的针对上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整 量, 指示物理层执行上行发送时间调整。
较佳地, 所述定时器模块包括:
用于当所述接收模块已接收到所有期望的上行成员载波的上行发 送时间调整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器的单元; 或
用于当用户设备已接收特定上行成员载波上的上行发送时间调整 量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器的单元; 或
用于当用户设备已接收设定数目的上行成员载波上的上行发送时 间调整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器的单元。
所述用户设备进一步包括: 用于在时间对齐定时器超时、 且用户设 备未收到所述调整指示的情况下, 判定没有得到上行发送时间调整量信 息的上行成员载波失去上行同步的模块; 或用于在时间对齐定时器超 时、 且用户设备未收到所述调整指示的情况下, 判定所有的上行成员载 波失去上行同步的模块。
较佳地, 所述用户设备进一步包括: 用于释放被判定为失去上行同 步的上行成员载波所对应的资源的模块。 本发明针对每个 UE定义一个 TAT定时器, 有效的降低 UE的处理 复杂度; 同时在 UE和网络侧针对每个上行成员载波指示一个上行发送 时间调整量, 能够在载波聚合机制下实现对各上行成员载波上行同步的 精确调整。
以上所述仅为本发明的较佳实施例而已, 并不用以限制本发明, 凡 在本发明的精神和原则之内所作的任何修改、 等同替换和改进等, 均应 包含在本发明的保护范围之内。

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权利要求书
1、 一种上行同步控制方法, 其特征在于, 网络侧和用户设备维护 针对用户设备的时间对齐定时器, 并维护针对上行成员载波的上行发送 时间调整量; 并包括如下步骤:
网络侧针对用户设备的上行成员载波进行测量, 得到上行成员载波 的上行发送时间调整量;
在时间对齐定时器超时前, 网络侧向用户设备发送调整指示, 该调 整指示包含所述用户设备的至少一个上行成员载波的上行发送时间调 整量信息。
2、 根据权利要求 1 所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述网络侧针对用 户设备的上行成员载波进行测量, 包括:
网络侧针对用户设备的每一个上行成员载波进行测量; 或 在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对具有相同或相似特性的 至少一个上行成员载波进行测量; 或
在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对属于同一特性组的至少 一个上行成员载波进行测量。
3、 根据权利要求 1 所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述网络侧向用户 设备发送调整指示, 包括:
网络侧在上行成员载波所对应的至少一个下行成员载波上发送调 整指示。
4、 根据权利要求 3 所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述网络侧在上行 成员载波所对应的至少一个下行成员载波上发送调整指示, 包括: 网络侧在每一个上行成员载波所对应的下行成员载波上发送该上 对于属于同一上行成员载波组的上行成员载波所对应的下行成员 载波, 网络侧在其中至少一个下行成员载波上发送调整指示; 或
对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 网络侧在其中一个下行成 员载波上发送所有或某些上行成员载波的调整指示; 或
对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 网络侧在其中一个下行成 员载波上, 发送除该下行成员载波对应的上行成员载波之外的其他上行 成员载波的调整指示。
5、 根据权利要求 1 所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述网络侧向用户 设备发送调整指示之后, 该方法进一步包括:
用户设备根据接收到的调整指示中的上行发送时间调整量调整上 行发送时间, 并重置时间对齐定时器; 或
用户设备根据接收到的调整指示中的上行发送时间调整量调整上 行发送时间, 在满足预定条件时重置时间对齐定时器。
6、 根据权利要求 5 所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述在满足预定条 件时重置时间对齐定时器, 包括:
当用户设备已接收到所有期望的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调 整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器; 或
当用户设备已接收特定上行成员载波上的上行发送时间调整量信 息时, 重置时间对齐定时器; 或
当用户设备已接收设定数目的上行成员载波上的上行发送时间调 整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器。
7、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法, 其特征在于, 该方法进一步包括: 若时间对齐定时器超时, 用户设备未收到所述调整指示, 则用户设 备判定没有得到上行发送时间调整量信息的上行成员载波失去上行同 步; 或 判定所有的上行成员载波失去上行同步。
8、 根据权利要求 7所述的方法, 其特征在于, 在时间对齐定时器 超时后, 该方法进一步包括: 源。
9、 根据权利要求 1至 8任一项所述的方法, 其特征在于, 如果用 户设备的上行成员载波数目 N大于所述用户设备的发射机数目 M,则所 述网络侧针对用户设备的上行成员载波进行测量, 包括:
对于两个以上上行成员载波对应一套发射机, 网络侧将该发射机支 持的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量做平均, 所得平均值作为对所 述发射机支持的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量。
10、 根据权利要求 9所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述调整指示包括 N个控制单元, 每个控制单元包含对一个上行成员载波的上行发送时间 调整量。
11、 根据权利要求 9所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述调整指示包括 一个控制单元,每个控制单元包含对 N个上行成员载波的上行发送时间 调整量。
12、 根据权利要求 11 所述的方法, 其特征在于, 所述控制单元包 括第一上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量的绝对值, 以及 N-1个上行 成员载波相对于第一上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量的差值。
13、 一种上行同步控制方法, 其特征在于, 网络侧和用户设备维护 针对用户设备的时间对齐定时器, 并维护针对上行成员载波的上行发送 时间调整量; 并包括如下步骤:
用户设备在时间对齐定时器超时前接收到调整指示, 根据该调整指 示中包含的针对上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量, 指示物理层执行 上行发送时间调整, 并在满足预定条件时重置时间对齐定时器。
14、 根据权利要求 13 所述的方法, 其特征在于, 该方法进一步包 括: 用户设备的时间对齐定时器超时前没有接收到调整指示, 则在上行 传输前发起随机接入以获得上行同步, 并释放物理上行控制信道和导频 信号资源。
15、 根据权利要求 13或 14所述的方法, 其特征在于, 用户设备的 上行成员载波数目 N大于所述用户设备的发射机数目 M,则所述用户设 备根据该调整指示中包含的针对上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量, 指示物理层执行上行发送时间调整的步骤包括:
对于两个以上上行成员载波对应一套发射机, 用户设备将该发射机 支持的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量做平均, 并根据所得平均值 指示发射机进行时间调整。
16、 一种基站, 其特征在于, 包括:
测量模块, 用于对用户设备的上行成员载波分别进行测量, 得到上 行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量;
定时器模块, 用于维护针对用户设备的时间对齐定时器; 调整指示模块, 用于在所述定时器模块维护的时间对齐定时器超时 前, 生成包含所述测量模块测量得到的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调 整量的调整指示, 并将所述调整指示发送至用户设备。
17、 根据权利要求 16所述的基站, 其特征在于, 所述测量模块用 于
针对用户设备的每一个上行成员载波进行测量; 或
在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对具有相同或相似特性的 至少一个上行成员载波进行测量; 或
在用户设备的上行成员载波中, 网络侧针对属于同一特性组的至少 一个上行成员载波进行测量。
18、 根据权利要求 16所述的基站, 其特征在于, 所述调整指示模 块将所述调整指示发送至用户设备为:
调整指示模块在每一个上行成员载波所对应的下行成员载波上发 送该上行成员载波的调整指示; 或
对于属于同一上行成员载波组的上行成员载波所对应的下行成员 载波, 调整指示模块在其中至少一个下行成员载波上发送调整指示; 或 对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 调整指示模块在其中一个 下行成员载波上发送所有或某些上行成员载波的调整指示; 或
对于上行成员载波对应的下行成员载波, 调整指示模块在其中一个 下行成员载波上, 发送除该下行成员载波对应的上行成员载波之外的其 他上行成员载波的调整指示。
19、 根据权利要求 16所述的基站, 其特征在于, 所述测量模块进 一步包括平均单元;
当两个以上上行成员载波对应用户设备的一套发射机时, 平均单元 用于将该发射机支持的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量做平均, 所 得平均值作为对所述发射机支持的上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整 量。
20、 根据权利要求 19 所述的基站, 其特征在于, 所述调整指示包 括 N个控制单元,每个控制单元包含对一个上行成员载波的上行发送时 间调整量。
21、 根据权利要求 19 所述的基站, 其特征在于, 所述调整指示包 括一个控制单元,每个控制单元包含对 N个上行成员载波的上行发送时 间调整量。
22、 根据权利要求 21 所述的基站, 其特征在于, 所述控制单元包 括第一上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量的绝对值, 以及 N-1个上行 成员载波相对于第一上行成员载波的上行发送时间调整量的差值。
23、 一种用户设备, 其特征在于, 包括:
接收模块, 用于接收调整指示;
定时器模块, 用于维护时间对齐定时器, 当接收模块接收到调整指 示时启动或重启时间对齐定时器;
上行调整模块, 当定时器模块的时间对齐定时器超时前接收模块收 到调整指示, 则根据该调整指示中包含的针对上行成员载波的上行发送 时间调整量, 指示物理层执行上行发送时间调整。
24、 根据权利要求 23 所述的用户设备, 其特征在于, 所述定时器 模块包括:
用于当所述接收模块已接收到所有期望的上行成员载波的上行发 送时间调整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器的单元; 或
用于当用户设备已接收特定上行成员载波上的上行发送时间调整 量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器的单元; 或
用于当用户设备已接收设定数目的上行成员载波上的上行发送时 间调整量信息时, 重置时间对齐定时器的单元。
25、 根据权利要求 23 所述的用户设备, 其特征在于, 所述用户设 备进一步包括: 用于在时间对齐定时器超时、 且用户设备未收到所述调 整指示的情况下, 判定没有得到上行发送时间调整量信息的上行成员载 波失去上行同步的模块; 或用于在时间对齐定时器超时、 且用户设备未 收到所述调整指示的情况下, 判定所有的上行成员载波失去上行同步的 模块。
26、 根据权利要求 25 所述的用户设备, 其特征在于, 所述用户设 的资源的模块。
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