WO2012155685A1 - 一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理方法及系统 - Google Patents

一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理方法及系统 Download PDF

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WO2012155685A1
WO2012155685A1 PCT/CN2012/072959 CN2012072959W WO2012155685A1 WO 2012155685 A1 WO2012155685 A1 WO 2012155685A1 CN 2012072959 W CN2012072959 W CN 2012072959W WO 2012155685 A1 WO2012155685 A1 WO 2012155685A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and system for non-destructive handover processing of a relay node user plane. Background technique
  • LTE-Advanced Long-Term Evolution advance
  • LTE-Advanced retains the core of LTE for the evolution of Long-Term Evolution (LTE), and on this basis, it uses a series of technologies to expand the frequency domain and airspace to improve spectrum utilization and increase the system. The purpose of capacity, etc.
  • Wireless Relay technology is one of the technologies in LTE-Advanced, which aims to extend the coverage of cells, reduce dead zones in communications, balance load, transfer hotspots, and save user equipment (UE, User Equipment).
  • the transmit power of ).
  • a relay node provides similar functions and services to a UE accessing its cell, similar to a normal evolved base station (eNB), and is similar to a normal UE through a radio interface.
  • the mode accesses an eNB serving it, and the eNB serving the RN is called a Donor eNB, or DeNB for short.
  • the DeNB is connected to a mobility management entity (MME, Mobility Management Entity).
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • the S1 user plane protocol stack between the relay node and the base station and the service gateway of the user served by the relay node is as shown in FIG. 2, and is all IP/User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
  • UDP IP/User Datagram Protocol
  • Protocol (GTP, GPRS Tunneling Protocol) protocol stack used for transmitting and receiving uplink and downlink data between the user served by the relay node and the service gateway of the user; and the X2 user plane between the relay node and the base station and the adjacent base station
  • the protocol is also based on the IP/UDP/GTP protocol stack for forwarding the upstream and downstream data of the users served by the relay node during handover.
  • the DeNBs switch between the DeNBs, thereby avoiding the problem that a large number of users in the high-speed rail car are switched at the same time, and ensuring the communication quality between the UE and the RN.
  • the above problems existing on the high-speed rail can be better solved.
  • the introduction of mobile RNs will have a greater impact on RN-related standards in existing LTE-Advanced.
  • the source base station and the target base station need to establish an X2 user plane tunnel for the corresponding bearer of the user in the handover preparation phase, and the source base station will receive the handover phase and the handover completion phase.
  • the uplink and downlink data packets related to the user are forwarded to the target base station through the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the serving gateway of the user sends an end identification data packet to the source base station before the path is switched from the source base station to the target base station, indicating that the subsequent user service gateway does not send the data packet to the source base station.
  • the source base station forwards the received end identification data packet to the target base station.
  • the target base station receives the downlink data packet from the serving gateway and the uplink data packet from the user, and the target base station performs the sequence processing on the uplink and downlink data packets of the two sources, and then forwards the uplink data packet to the user.
  • the service gateway forwards the downlink data packet to the user.
  • the relay node initiates the handover, the uplink and downlink X2 user plane tunnels corresponding to the relay node bearer are established between the source base station and the target base station, but The handover preparation is not initiated for the user served by the relay node, and the corresponding X2 user plane tunnel is not established between the relay node and the target base station, and between the source base station and the target base station for the user served by the relay node; 2) The uplink and downlink data packets are forwarded to the target base station through the X2 user plane tunnel, but the downlink data packet cannot be forwarded to the relay node because there is no corresponding X2 user plane tunnel between the target base station and the relay node, so the relay node During the handover process, the data packet corresponding to the user served by the user cannot be processed in a sequence.
  • the time that the service gateway path of the user served by the relay node completes the handover is not completely the same, resulting in the slave station receiving the slave station.
  • the user bearer corresponding to the end identification data packet forwarded by the source base station is not necessarily the current target base station receiving from the user service gateway.
  • Downlink bearer data packet corresponding to the user, causing the user the serving gateway receives the downlink data packet to the corresponding user bearer scrambled.
  • the technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a user plane lossless processing method and system for relay node switching, so as to ensure non-destructive and orderly forwarding of data packets of users served by the relay node.
  • a method for non-destructive handover processing of a relay node user plane which is applied to a handover process of a relay node, and includes:
  • the step of performing, by the target base station, the downlink data packet corresponding to the user that is served by the relay node includes: performing, by the target base station, a downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station, and from the The downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node performs the order-preserving process;
  • the uplink data packet of the served user forwarded by the relay node performs a sequence processing.
  • the method also includes:
  • the source base station Before performing the order-preserving process, the source base station sends a handover request message to the target base station, where the information of the bearer of the relay node, the information about the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node, and the a mapping relationship between the information of the bearer of the relay node and the information of the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station After receiving the handover request message, the target base station determines, for each user served by the relay node, whether the bearer corresponding to each user needs to be forwarded and downlinked;
  • the target base station allocates an X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the bearer corresponding to the user served by the relay node that needs to be forwarded and downlinked, and returns the allocated X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the source by using a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • Base station allocates an X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the bearer corresponding to the user served by the relay node that needs to be forwarded and downlinked, and returns the allocated X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the source by using a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the method further includes: Before the target base station receives the downlink data packet sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, the relay node or the target base station initiates a path switch request for the user served by the relay node, Requesting a service gateway corresponding to a user served by the relay node to be a user plane
  • the S1 tunnel is handed over from the source base station to the target base station;
  • the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node After receiving the path switching request, the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node sends an end identification data packet to the source base station through the user plane S1 tunnel;
  • the step of receiving, by the target base station, the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node includes: receiving, by the target base station, the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node through the switched user plane S1 tunnel A downlink packet transmitted to the target base station.
  • the step of the source base station forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node includes:
  • the source base station is a subsequent data packet that has not received the downlink data packet sent from the relay node indicating that the data packet has been received, and a service gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node.
  • the downlink X2 user plane tunnel is forwarded to the target base station.
  • the method also includes:
  • the source base station After receiving the end identification data packet sent by the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the source base station forwards the end identification data packet to the target base station by using the downlink X2 user plane tunnel; or
  • the source base station After receiving the end identification data packet sent by the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the source base station determines that the bearer that needs to be forwarded by all users served by the relay node has been received. After the end identification data packet, the end identification data packet is forwarded to the target base station.
  • the method also includes:
  • the step of performing, by the target base station, the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station and the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node include:
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node that is forwarded by the source base station, the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user;
  • the target base station forwards the downlink data packet to the relay node through the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel;
  • the target base station temporarily buffers the downlink data packet, and after the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established, the downlink data packet is forwarded through the established user plane S1 tunnel. To the relay node.
  • the method also includes:
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, the target base station searches for a bearer corresponding to the user served by the relay node corresponding to the downlink data packet, and determines whether X2 forwarding is required and whether Receiving an end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station;
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed receiving the X2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet through the user plane between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station buffers the downlink data packet sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, Receiving, by the target base station, the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer received from the X 2 user plane tunnel and having completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the serving user of the relay node forwarded from the source base station to the relay node, And the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and connects the downlink data packet.
  • the target base station Transmitting a user plane SI tunnel between the target base station and the relay node to the relay node; if X2 forwarding is not required, the target base station searches for a target base station and a relay node that are carried by the corresponding user a user plane S1 tunnel, the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the relay node After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target base station, the relay node forwards the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the method also includes:
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, the target base station searches for a relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding is required, and has received the source from the source. The end identifier data packet corresponding to the bearer forwarded by the base station; if X2 forwarding is required, the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed And the downlink data packet received by the user served by the relay node that is forwarded by the source node to the X2 user plane tunnel carried by the relay node is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a corresponding user bearer. a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node, and forwarding the downlink data packet to the relay node through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station cache is sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node.
  • a downlink data packet until the target base station receives an end identification data packet that is received by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed that the user served by the relay node that is to be forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • User plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target base station, the relay node sends the data packet Forwarded to the user served by the relay node.
  • the method also includes:
  • the source base station Before performing the order-preserving process, the source base station sends a handover request message to the target base station, where the information of the bearer of the relay node, the information about the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node, and the a mapping relationship between the information of the bearer of the relay node and the information of the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station allocates an X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the bearer corresponding to the relay node that needs to be forwarded and downlinked, and returns the allocated X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the source base station by using a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the method also includes:
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, the target base station searches for a relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding is required, and has received the source from the source. The end identifier data packet corresponding to the bearer forwarded by the base station; if X2 forwarding is required, the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed The downlink data packet received by the source base station and corresponding to the X2 user plane tunnel carried by the relay node is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for the target base station and the relay node that are carried by the corresponding user. The user plane S1 tunnel, the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station cache is sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node. Downstream data packet, until the target base station receives the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node and has completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station to the middle Following the node, the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet to the target base station and the relay node. User plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the Relay node
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • User plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target base station, the relay node forwards the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the step of the source base station forwarding the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node includes:
  • the source base station forwards the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node in the order to the service gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node;
  • the source base station finds the corresponding user bearer information, and maps it to the uplink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding user, and then passes the uplink data packet.
  • the uplink X2 user plane tunnel is forwarded to the target base station; or, for the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the out-of-order relay node, the source base station finds an uplink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding relay node. And then forwarding the uplink data packet to the target base station through the uplink X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the step of forwarding, by the relay node, the uplink data packet of the served user includes: after receiving the uplink data packet from the user, the relay node determines whether there is a target base station and a relay node that are corresponding to the user User plane S1 tunnel;
  • the relay node forwards the uplink data packet to the target base station through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the uplink data packet is buffered, and after the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established, the uplink data packet is forwarded to the target base station through the established user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the step of performing, by the target base station, the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station and the uplink data packet of the served user forwarded by the relay node includes:
  • the target base station according to the number of uplinks corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station
  • the data packet is required to be retransmitted by the relay node.
  • a system for non-destructive handover processing of a relay node user plane is applied to a relay node handover process, where the system includes a source base station, a target base station, a relay node, and a service gateway served by the relay node, where:
  • the source base station is configured to: forward, to the target base station, a downlink data packet and an uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node;
  • the relay node is configured to: forward the uplink data packet of the served user to the target base station; the service gateway is configured to: send a downlink data packet of the corresponding user to the target base station; and the target base station is configured to: The received downlink data packet and the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node are separately processed.
  • the source base station is further configured to: send a handover request message to the target base station, where the information of the bearer of the relay node, the information about the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node, and the a mapping relationship between the information carried by the relay node and the information of the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the handover request message, determine, for each user served by the relay node, whether the bearer corresponding to the user needs to be forwarded and downlinked;
  • the X2 user plane tunnel identifier is assigned to the bearer corresponding to the user served by the node, and the allocated X2 user plane tunnel identifier is returned to the source base station by using a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the relay node or the target base station is further configured to: initiate a path switch request for the user served by the relay node, request the service gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node to tunnel the user plane S1 Transmitting the source base station to the target base station;
  • the service gateway is further configured to: after receiving the path switching request, tunnel through the user plane S1 The channel sends an end identification data packet to the source base station;
  • the target base station is configured to receive the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node according to the following manner: the target base station is configured to receive the user after the switching of the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node The downlink data packet sent by the S1 tunnel to the target base station.
  • the source base station is configured to forward the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node in the following manner:
  • the source base station is further configured to: after receiving the end identification data packet sent by the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node, forwarding the end identification data packet to the target base station by using the downlink X2 user plane tunnel Or,
  • the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node After receiving the end identification data packet sent by the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node, it is determined that the end identification data corresponding to the bearer that needs to be forwarded by all the users served by the relay node has been received. After the packet, the end identification data packet is forwarded to the target base station.
  • the source base station is further configured to: after receiving the end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer that the user served by the relay node needs to forward, and forwarding the end identification data packet to the target base station, releasing the medium Following the node and the context information of the user served by the relay node and the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the target base station is configured to: perform downlink data packets corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station, and downlink data packets sent from a serving gateway of the user served by the relay node according to the following manner: Order processing:
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station, Searching for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user; if the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel exists, the target base station passes the downlink data packet through the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel Forwarding to the relay node;
  • the target base station temporarily buffers the downlink data packet, and after the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established, the downlink data packet is passed through the newly established user plane S1 tunnel. Forwarded to the relay node.
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, searching for a bearer corresponding to the user served by the relay node corresponding to the downlink data packet, and determining whether Require X2 forwarding and whether the end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station has been received;
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed receiving the X2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet through the user plane between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station buffers the downlink data packet sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, Receiving, by the target base station, the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer received from the X 2 user plane tunnel and having completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the serving user of the relay node forwarded from the source base station to the relay node, And the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and passes the downlink data packet to the user plane between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node; if the X2 forwarding is not required, the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and passes the downlink data packet through the User plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet forwarded from the target base station, forward the data packet to a user served by the relay node. among them:
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, look up the relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determine whether X2 forwarding is needed, and whether it has received An end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer corresponding to the relay node forwarded by the source base station;
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed the corresponding user served by the relay node that is to be forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet received by the X2 user plane tunnel carried by the relay node is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station cache is sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node.
  • a downlink data packet until the target base station receives an end identification data packet that is received by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed that the user served by the relay node that is to be forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • User plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target base station, forwarding the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the source base station is further configured to: send a handover request message to the target base station, where the information of the bearer of the relay node, the information about the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node, and the a mapping relationship between the information carried by the relay node and the information of the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the handover request message, determine whether the bearer corresponding to each relay node needs to be uplink and downlink; and allocate an X2 user plane for the bearer corresponding to the relay node that needs to be forwarded and downlinked. a tunnel identifier, and returning the allocated X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the source base station by using a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, look up the relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determine whether X2 forwarding is needed, and whether it has received An end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer corresponding to the relay node forwarded by the source base station;
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed the X2 corresponding to the relay node bearer to be forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet received by the user plane tunnel is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and passes the downlink data packet to the target base station. Forwarding to the relay node with a user plane S1 tunnel between the relay node;
  • the target base station cache is sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node. Downstream data packet, until the target base station receives the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node and has completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station to the middle Following the node, the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet to the target base station and the relay node. The user plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • User plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target base station, the relay node forwards the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the source base station is configured to forward the user pair served by the relay node according to the following manner
  • the upstream packet should be:
  • the corresponding user bearer information is found, and is mapped to the uplink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding user, and then the uplink data packet is passed through the uplink X2.
  • the user plane tunnel is forwarded to the target base station; or, for the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the out-of-order relay node, the corresponding relay node bearer is found and forwarded to the target base station.
  • the relay node is configured to forward the uplink data packet of the served user according to the following manner: after receiving the uplink data packet from the user, determining whether there is a corresponding base station between the target base station and the relay node User plane S1 tunnel;
  • the relay node forwards the uplink data packet to the target base station through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the uplink data packet is buffered, and after the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established, the uplink data packet is forwarded to the target base station through the established user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the target base station is configured to perform an orderly processing on an uplink data packet corresponding to a user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station and an uplink data packet of the served user forwarded by the relay node according to the following manner:
  • the relay node is requested to perform retransmission.
  • the target base station is responsible for the order-preserving processing of the uplink and downlink data packets served by the relay node, and the user plane of the corresponding bearer is established between the source base station and the target base station for the user served by the relay node.
  • the target base station can serve the user of the relay node
  • the uplink and downlink data packets are processed in sequence according to their corresponding bearers, thereby ensuring lossless and orderly forwarding of data packets of users served by the relay node.
  • 1 is a schematic diagram of handover of a relay node between different DeNBs
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a user plane S1 protocol stack
  • Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the user plane X2 protocol stack
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a sequence processing performed by a target base station to be responsible for uplink and downlink data packets served by a relay node during handover of a relay node according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of user plane downlink data forwarding when a relay node switches in the embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of user plane data forwarding when a relay node switches in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the embodiment of the invention provides a user plane lossless processing method when the relay node switches, as shown in FIG. 4, which includes:
  • the target base station performs a sequence processing on the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station and the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway served by the relay node, and forwards the downlink data packet to the source base station.
  • the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node and the serving base station to which the relay node is handed over, and the source base station refers to the serving base station before the relay node switches.
  • the method further includes: the handover request message sent by the source base station to the target base station includes not only the information of each bearer of the relay node, but also the service that the relay node serves. a mapping relationship between the bearer information corresponding to each user and the bearer information of the relay node and the bearer information corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station After receiving the handover request message, the target base station determines, for each user served by the relay node, whether the bearer corresponding to the user needs to be forwarded and downlinked.
  • the determining method may be: determining, according to the bearer information carried in the handover request information, Whether the bearer is an acknowledgment mode, if yes, it is determined that uplink and downlink forwarding is required, otherwise it is determined that uplink and downlink forwarding is not required.
  • it is also determined by combining the air interface resources of the target base station. If the resources are not enough, it is still possible to reject some bearers, and naturally, there is no need to perform uplink and downlink forwarding.
  • the target base station allocates an X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the bearer of the user served by the relay node that needs to perform uplink and downlink forwarding, and returns the identifier to the source base station through the handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the foregoing method further includes:
  • the relay node or the target base station initiates a path switch request for the user served by the relay node, and requests the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node to switch the user plane S1 tunnel from the source base station to the target base station;
  • the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node After receiving the path switching request, the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node sends the end identification data packet to the source base station through the user plane S1 tunnel, thereby ending sending the downlink data packet to the source base station, and then tunneling to the target through the user plane S1.
  • the base station sends a downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node.
  • the source base station forwards the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node, including:
  • the source base station finds a subsequent data packet starting from a downlink data packet that has not been received by the relay node indicating that a certain data packet has been received, and a downlink data packet sent from a serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node.
  • Corresponding user bearer information is mapped to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding user, and then the subsequent data packet is forwarded to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel through the downlink to Standard base station
  • the source base station After receiving the end identification data packet sent by the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the source base station forwards the end identification data packet to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel; or, after receiving the relay node service After the end identifier data packet sent by the service gateway corresponding to the user, the source base station finds the bearer node bearer corresponding to the end identifier data packet according to the TEID (Tunnel Endpoint Identifier) information in the packet header, and then determines whether it has already The bearer that needs to be forwarded by all the users served by the relay node corresponds to the end identifier data packet carried by the relay node, and if yes, the source base station forwards the end identification data packet to the target base station; if the source base station receives The end-identification data packet of all bearers that the user served by the relay node needs to perform downlink forwarding, the source base station may release the context information of the corresponding relay node and the user served by the relay
  • the target base station performs a sequence processing on the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station and the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway served by the relay node, and specifically includes: the target base station receives the forwarding from the source base station. After the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node carried by the corresponding user is searched;
  • the target base station forwards the downlink data packet to the relay node through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station temporarily buffers the downlink data packet, and after the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established, the downlink data packet is forwarded to the middle through the newly established user plane S1 tunnel. Following the node.
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, the target base station searches for the bearer corresponding to the user served by the relay node corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether the ⁇ 2 forwarding is required, and whether the packet has been forwarded from the source base station.
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer from the user plane 2 tunnel and has completed forwarding the downlink data packet received by the user plane ⁇ 2 tunnel corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station.
  • the target base station searches for the corresponding user bearer The user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node, and forwards the downlink data packet to the relay node through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station buffers the downlink data packet sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node until the target base station receives the slave user.
  • the X2 tunnel receives the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer and has completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station to the relay node, and the target base station searches for the target base station and the corresponding user bearer.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node carried by the user, and forwards the downlink data packet to the relay through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, the target base station searches for the relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding is required, and has received the relay node corresponding to the forwarding from the source base station.
  • the end identification packet of the bearer
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the user plane X2 tunnel and has completed the user plane served by the relay node forwarded from the source base station and the user plane carried by the relay node.
  • the downlink data packet received by the X2 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station buffers the downlink data packet sent from the serving gateway of the serving user of the relay node until the target base station receives After receiving the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the user plane X2 tunnel and having completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the serving user of the relay node forwarded from the source base station to the relay node, the target base station searches for the corresponding user.
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node carried by the user, and forwards the downlink data packet to the relay through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node. node;
  • the relay node After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded from the target base station, the relay node forwards the data packet to the user served by the relay node;
  • the method also includes:
  • the source base station Before performing the order-preserving process, the source base station sends a handover request message to the target base station, where the information of the bearer of the relay node, the information about the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node, and the a mapping relationship between the information of the bearer of the relay node and the information of the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station After receiving the handover request message, the target base station determines whether the bearer corresponding to each relay node needs to be forwarded and downlinked;
  • the target base station allocates an X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the bearer corresponding to the relay node that needs to be forwarded and downlinked, and returns the allocated X2 user plane tunnel identifier to the source base station by using a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the method also includes:
  • the target base station After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, the target base station searches for a relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding is required, and has received the source from the source. The end identifier data packet corresponding to the bearer forwarded by the base station; if X2 forwarding is required, the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed The downlink data packet received by the source base station and corresponding to the X2 user plane tunnel carried by the relay node is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for the target base station and the relay node that are carried by the corresponding user. The user plane S1 tunnel, the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station cache is sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node. Downstream data packet until the target base station receives the corresponding relay section.
  • the end of the bearer identifies the data packet and has completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station to the relay node, and the target base station searches for the corresponding user bearer.
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • User plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target base station, the relay node forwards the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the step of the source base station forwarding the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node includes: the source base station forwarding the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node in the order to the service gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node;
  • the source base station finds the corresponding user bearer information and maps it to the uplink user plane X2 tunnel carried by the corresponding user, and then forwards the data packet to the uplink user plane X2 tunnel to the uplink data packet. Or the target base station; or, for the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the out-of-order relay node, the source base station finds that the corresponding relay node carries the uplink to the target base station;
  • the steps of the uplink data packet of the served user forwarded by the relay node include:
  • the relay node After receiving the uplink data packet from the user, the relay node determines whether there is a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user;
  • the relay node forwards the uplink data packet to the target base station through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the uplink data packet is buffered until the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established;
  • the step of performing the sequence processing on the uplink data packet of the served user forwarded by the relay node includes: the sequence of the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station
  • a system for non-destructive handover processing of a relay node user plane is applied to a relay node handover process, including: a source base station, a target base station, a relay node, and a service served by the relay node.
  • the source base station is configured to: forward, to the target base station, a downlink data packet and an uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node;
  • the relay node is configured to: forward the uplink data packet of the served user to the target base station; the service gateway is configured to: send a downlink data packet of the corresponding user to the target base station; and the target base station is configured to: The received downlink data packet and the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node are separately processed.
  • the source base station is further configured to: send a handover request message to the target base station, where the information of the bearer of the relay node, the information about the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node, and the a mapping relationship between the information carried by the relay node and the information of the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the handover request message, determine, for each user served by the relay node, whether the bearer corresponding to the user needs to be uplink and downlink;
  • the target base station is further configured to: allocate an X2 user plane tunnel identifier for the bearer corresponding to the user served by the relay node that needs uplink and downlink forwarding, and return the allocated X2 user plane tunnel identifier by using a handover request acknowledgement message. To the source base station.
  • the relay node or the target base station is further configured to: a user served by the relay node Initiating a path switch request, requesting a serving gateway corresponding to a user served by the relay node to switch a user plane S1 tunnel from the source base station to the target base station;
  • the service gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node is configured to: after receiving the path switching request, send an end identification data packet to the source base station through the user plane S1 tunnel;
  • the step of the target base station for receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node includes: the target base station is configured to receive the user after the switching of the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node The downlink data packet sent by the S1 tunnel to the target base station.
  • the source base station is configured to forward the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node according to the following manner:
  • the packet, the corresponding user bearer information is found, and the user bearer information is mapped to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding user, and then the subsequent data packet and the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway are passed through the downlink X2.
  • the user plane tunnel is forwarded to the target base station.
  • the source base station is further configured to: after receiving the end identification data packet sent by the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node, forwarding the end identification data packet to the target base station by using the downlink X2 user plane tunnel Or,
  • the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node After receiving the end identification data packet sent by the serving gateway corresponding to the user served by the relay node, it is determined that the end identification data corresponding to the bearer that needs to be forwarded by all the users served by the relay node has been received. After the packet, the end identification data packet is forwarded to the target base station.
  • the source base station is further configured to: after receiving the end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer that the user served by the relay node needs to forward, and forwarding the end identification data packet to the target base station, releasing the medium Following the node and the context information of the user served by the relay node and the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the target base station is configured to perform, in the following manner, the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station and the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway served by the relay node. deal with:
  • the target base station forwards the downlink data packet to the relay node through the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel;
  • the target base station temporarily buffers the downlink data packet, and after the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established, the downlink data packet is passed through the newly established user plane S1 tunnel. Forwarded to the relay node.
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, searching for a bearer corresponding to the user served by the relay node corresponding to the downlink data packet, and determining whether Retrieving ⁇ 2 forwarding and whether the end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station has been received;
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer from the ⁇ 2 user plane tunnel and has completed receiving the ⁇ 2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet through the user plane between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station buffers the downlink data packet sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, Receiving, by the target base station, the end identification data packet of the corresponding bearer received from the X 2 user plane tunnel and having completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the serving user of the relay node forwarded from the source base station to the relay node, And the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and passes the downlink data packet to the user plane between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet forwarded from the target base station, forward the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, look up the relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determine whether X2 forwarding is needed, and whether it has received An end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer corresponding to the relay node forwarded by the source base station;
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed the corresponding user served by the relay node that is to be forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet received by the X2 user plane tunnel carried by the relay node is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the target base station cache is sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node.
  • a downlink data packet until the target base station receives an end identification data packet that is received by the corresponding relay node from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed that the user served by the relay node that is to be forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet between the target base station and the relay node.
  • User plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the relay node is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet forwarded from the target base station, forward the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the source base station is further configured to: send a handover request message to the target base station, where the information of the bearer of the relay node, the information about the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node, and the a mapping relationship between the information carried by the relay node and the information of the bearer corresponding to each user served by the relay node;
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the handover request message, determine whether the bearer corresponding to each relay node needs to be uplink and downlink; and allocate a user plane for the bearer corresponding to the relay node that needs to be forwarded and downlinked. And a tunnel identifier, and the allocated ⁇ 2 user plane tunnel identifier is returned to the source base station by using a handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the target base station is further configured to: after receiving the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node, look up the relay node bearer corresponding to the downlink data packet, determine whether the ⁇ 2 forwarding needs to be received, and whether it has received An end identification data packet corresponding to the bearer corresponding to the relay node forwarded by the source base station;
  • the target base station has received the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node from the ⁇ 2 user plane tunnel and has completed the ⁇ 2 corresponding to the relay node bearer to be forwarded from the source base station.
  • the downlink data packet received by the user plane tunnel is forwarded to the relay node, and the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the user, and passes the downlink data packet to the target base station. Forwarding to the relay node with a user plane S1 tunnel between the relay node;
  • the target base station cache is sent from the serving gateway of the user served by the relay node. Downstream data packet, until the target base station receives the end identification data packet carried by the corresponding relay node and has completed forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station to the middle Following the node, the target base station searches for a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user, and passes the downlink data packet to the target base station and the relay node. The user plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the relay node;
  • the target base station searches for the target carried by the corresponding user a user plane S1 tunnel between the base station and the relay node, and forwarding the downlink data packet to the relay node through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the relay node After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target base station, the relay node forwards the data packet to a user served by the relay node.
  • the source base station is configured to forward the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node in the following manner:
  • the source base station is further configured to: find an uplink data packet corresponding to a user that is served by the out-of-order relay node, and find a corresponding user bearer information, and map the data to an uplink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding user, and then The uplink data packet is forwarded to the target base station by using the uplink X2 user plane tunnel; or, for the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the out-of-order relay node, the uplink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding relay node is found. And then forwarding the uplink data packet to the target base station through the uplink X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the relay node is configured to forward the uplink data packet of the served user according to the following manner: after receiving the uplink data packet from the user, determining whether there is a user plane between the target base station and the relay node that is carried by the corresponding user S1 tunnel;
  • the relay node forwards the uplink data packet to the target base station through a user plane S1 tunnel between the target base station and the relay node;
  • the uplink data packet is buffered, and after the corresponding user plane S1 tunnel is established, the uplink data packet is forwarded to the target base station through the established user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the target base station is configured to perform an orderly processing on an uplink data packet corresponding to a user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station and an uplink data packet of the served user forwarded by the relay node according to the following manner: The serial number of the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the relay node forwarded by the source base station
  • the relay node is requested to perform retransmission.
  • the first embodiment provides an implementation scheme in which the user plane S1 tunnel between the relay node and the target base station is established when the target DeNB receives the data packet forwarded by the source DeNB.
  • the source base station sends the end identification data packet in units of the ERA's ERAB (E-UTRAN radio access bearer). End marker ), and the corresponding example 2 in the downlink data packet processing, the source base station forwards the end makrer data packet in units of the ERAB of the UE.
  • the corresponding example 3 gives the processing of the uplink data packet, as shown in Figure 6.
  • the corresponding example 4 shows that in the downlink data packet processing, the X2 user plane forwarding tunnel is established between the source base station and the target base station in units of RN bearers.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship where the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the source DeNB For the ERAB of the RN that agrees to accept, if the ERAB supports uplink and downlink forwarding, the necessary downlink and uplink X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID are allocated for the ERAB of the corresponding UE, and then the X2 user plane tunnel address and the TEID information are passed through the handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the source DeNB returns a handover command to the RN.
  • the source DeNB After the source DeNB receives the downlink X2 user plane tunnel information allocated for the ERAB of the UE, for the downlink data, the source DeNB will not receive the acknowledged downlink data packet and the subsequent data packet, find the corresponding user bearer information, and map to Corresponding to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the UE ERAB, and then forwarding the data packet to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel; After the downlink data packet sent by the serving gateway (S-GW, Serving Gateway) corresponding to the user served by the node, the source DeNB similarly finds the corresponding user bearer information, and maps to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the UE ERAB, and then the data. The packet is forwarded to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel. After receiving the data packets forwarded by the source DeNB through the X2 user plane tunnel of the UE, the target DeNB temporarily buffers the data packets.
  • S-GW Serving Gateway
  • the RN or the target DeNB After the RN completes the random access to the target DeNB and the reconfiguration of the connection, the RN or the target DeNB sends a path switch request message to the mobile management entity of the UE, requesting the user served by the RN.
  • the corresponding S-GW switches the user plane S1 tunnel from the source DeNB to the target DeNB, and informs the mobile management entity of the UE to perform bearer modification update.
  • the target DeNB may start to forward the received downlink data packet from the source DeNB to the local downlink through the X2 user plane tunnel of the UE to the RN.
  • the S1 user plane tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN may be established through the RRC connection reconfiguration procedure during the handover preparation phase or the handover execution phase or after the RN accesses the DeNB.
  • the user's mobility management entity and the user's S-GW negotiate the modification of the bearer information by modifying the bearer request/modify bearer response procedure.
  • the user's S-GW After the user's S-GW completes the bearer modification, it sends an end marker data packet to the source DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel, thereby ending the transmission of the downlink data packet to the source DeNB, and then transmitting the downlink data packet to the target DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the source DeNB monitors the ERABs of all the UEs served by the RN and the corresponding RN ERABs.
  • the source DeNB forwards the end marker data packet only after receiving the end marker sent by the UE ERAB corresponding to the RN ERAB from the S-GW. If the source DeNB receives the end marker data packet of all UE ERABs that the RN serves the user, the source DeNB may release the context information of the corresponding RN and the user served by the RN and the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the S-GW served by the RN, the target DeNB searches for the RN ERAB corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding needs to be performed, and whether the identification data packet has been received.
  • the target DeNB has received the corresponding RN from the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the end marker data packet of the ERAB, and the downlink data packet received by the user plane served by the RN forwarded by the source DeNB corresponding to the user plane X2 tunnel of the RN ERAB is forwarded to the RN, and the target DeNB searches for the target DeNB corresponding to the UE ERAB.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel between the RN and the RN forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the target DeNB buffers the downlink data packet sent from the S-GW served by the RN, until the target DeNB receives the end marker data packet corresponding to the RN ERAB received from the user plane X2 tunnel and has completed Forwarding the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the RN forwarded by the source DeNB to the RN, the target DeNB searches for the user plane SI tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN of the corresponding UE ERAB, and passes the downlink data packet to the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel is forwarded to the RN;
  • the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN. After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target DeNB, the RN forwards the data packet to the UE served by the RN.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship where the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the source DeNB For the ERAB of the RN that agrees to accept, if the ERAB supports uplink and downlink forwarding, the necessary downlink and uplink X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID are allocated for the ERAB of the corresponding UE, and then the X2 user plane tunnel address and the TEID information are passed through the handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the source DeNB returns a handover command to the RN.
  • the source DeNB After the source DeNB receives the downlink X2 user plane tunnel information allocated for the ERAB of the UE, for the downlink data, the source DeNB will not receive the acknowledged downlink data packet and the subsequent data packet, find the corresponding user bearer information, and map to Corresponding to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the UE ERAB, Then, the data packet is forwarded to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel; for the downlink data packet sent by the source DeNB from the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the source DeNB similarly finds the corresponding user bearer information, and maps to the corresponding The downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the UE ERAB, and then forwards the data packet to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel. After the target DeNB receives the data packet forwarded by the source DeNB through the X2 user plane tunnel of the UE, the target DeNB temporarily buffers the data packets.
  • the RN or the target DeNB After the RN completes the random access to the target DeNB and the reconfiguration of the connection, the RN or the target DeNB sends a path switch request message to the mobile management entity of the UE, and requests the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel is handed over from the source DeNB to the target DeNB, and the mobile management entity of the UE is informed to perform bearer modification updates.
  • the target DeNB may start to forward the received downlink data packet forwarded from the source DeNB through the X2 user plane tunnel of the UE to the RN in order.
  • the user's mobility management entity and the user's S-GW negotiate the modification of the bearer information through the modify bearer request/modify bearer response procedure.
  • the user's S-GW After the user's S-GW completes the bearer modification, it sends an end marker data packet to the source DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel, thereby ending the transmission of the downlink data packet to the source DeNB, and then transmitting the downlink data packet to the target DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the source DeNB monitors the ERAB of all UEs served by the RN. For the end marker data packet sent from the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN, the source DeNB tunnels to the target DeNB through the downlink user plane X2 tunnel. If the source DeNB receives the end marker data packet of all data bearers that the RN serves the user, the source DeNB may release the context information of the corresponding RN and the service user of the RN and the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the S-GW served by the RN, the target DeNB searches for the UE ERAB corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding needs to be performed, and whether the RN served by the source DeNB has been received.
  • the end kerb packet carried by the UE ERAB.
  • the target DeNB has received the end marker data packet of the corresponding UE ERAB from the X2 user plane tunnel, and has completed the X2 user plane tunnel of the UE ERAB corresponding to the RN served by the source DeNB.
  • the downstream packet is forwarded to the RN, and the destination is
  • the target DeNB searches for a user plane SI tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the target DeNB buffers the downlink data packet sent from the S-GW served by the RN until the target DeNB receives the packet.
  • the target DeNB searches for the target DeNB and the RN of the corresponding UE ERAB.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel, the downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN;
  • the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN. After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target DeNB, the RN forwards the data packet to the UE served by the RN.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship where the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the source DeNB For the ERAB of the RN that agrees to accept, if the ERAB supports uplink and downlink forwarding, the necessary downlink and uplink X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID are allocated for the ERAB of the corresponding UE, and then the X2 user plane tunnel address and the TEID information are passed the handover request acknowledgement message.
  • the source DeNB returns a handover command to the RN.
  • the RN After completing the random access to the target DeNB, the RN carries the downlink data user plane allocated for the target DeNB to forward the S1 tunnel address and the TEID information in the connection reconfiguration complete message. After the RN completes the connection reconfiguration, the RN or the target DeNB sends a path switch request message to the UE's mobile management entity for the UE served by the RN, and requests the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN to tunnel the user plane S1 from the source DeNB. Switch to the target DeNB and inform the UE's mobility management entity Carry out tampering updates. At the same time, if the S1 user plane tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN
  • the S 1 tunnel is forwarded to the target DeNB, and the target DeNB temporarily buffers the data packet.
  • the mobility management entity and the user's S-GW negotiate the modification of the bearer information through the modify bearer request/modify bearer response procedure.
  • the target DeNB may sort the sequence number of the RN packet forwarded by the source DeNB, which will ensure The sequential uplink data packet is sent to the corresponding S-GW of the user, and for the missing data packet, the RN may be required to perform retransmission.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship where the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the source DeNB For the ERAB of the RN that agrees to accept, if the ERAB supports uplink and downlink forwarding, the corresponding RN ERAB is allocated the necessary downlink and uplink X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID, and then the X2 user plane tunnel address and the TEID information are passed the handover request acknowledgement message. Returning to the source DeNB, the source DeNB returns a handover command to the RN.
  • the source DeNB After receiving the downlink X2 user plane tunnel information allocated for the ERA of the RN, the source DeNB maps the downlink data packet and the subsequent data packet that have not received the acknowledgement to the downlink X2 user plane of the corresponding RN ERAB for the downlink data. The tunnel then forwards the data packet to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the source DeNB finds the corresponding data.
  • the downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the RN ERAB After receiving the data packets forwarded by the source DeNB through the X2 user plane tunnel of the RN, the target DeNB temporarily buffers the data packets.
  • the RN or the target can be The DeNB sends a path switch request message to the UE that is served by the RN to the mobility management entity of the UE, and requests the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN to switch the user plane S1 tunnel from the source DeNB to the target DeNB, and informs The UE's mobility management entity performs bearer modification updates.
  • the target DeNB may start to forward the received downlink data packet from the source DeNB to the local downlink packet through the X2 user plane tunnel of the RN to the RN in order.
  • the S1 user plane tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN may be established through the RRC connection reconfiguration process during the handover preparation phase or the handover execution phase or after the RN accesses the DeNB through the S1 establishment procedure.
  • the user's mobility management entity and the user's S-GW negotiate the modification of the bearer information by modifying the bearer request/modify bearer response procedure.
  • the user's S-GW After the user's S-GW completes the bearer modification, it sends an end marker data packet to the source DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel, thereby ending the transmission of the downlink data packet to the source DeNB, and then transmitting the downlink data packet to the target DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the source DeNB monitors the ERABs of all UEs served by the RN and the corresponding RN ERABs.
  • the source DeNB forwards the end marker data packet only after receiving the end marker sent by the UE ERAB corresponding to the RN ERAB from the S-GW. If the source DeNB receives the end marker data packet of all UE ERABs that the RN serves the user, the source DeNB may release the context information of the corresponding RN and the user served by the RN and the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the S-GW served by the RN, the target DeNB searches for the RN ERAB corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding needs to be performed, and whether the RN ERAB corresponding to the RN ERAB has been received and forwarded from the source DeNB. End the identification packet.
  • the target DeNB has received the end marker data packet corresponding to the RN ERAB from the X2 user plane tunnel, and has completed the user plane X2 tunnel corresponding to the RN ERAB served by the RN served by the source DeNB.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN, and the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the target DeNB buffers the downlink data packet sent from the S-GW served by the RN, until the target DeNB receives the packet.
  • the end marker data packet of the ERAB and the downlink data packet corresponding to the user served by the RN forwarded by the source DeNB are forwarded to the RN, and the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN of the corresponding UE ERAB.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN;
  • the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN. After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target DeNB, the RN forwards the data packet to the UE served by the RN.
  • the following examples show an implementation scheme in which the user plane S1 tunnel between the relay node and the target base station is not established when the target DeNB receives the data packet forwarded by the source DeNB.
  • the source base station sends an end marker in units of ERAs of the RN, and the corresponding instance 2 in the downlink data packet processing, the source base station forwards the endmakrer data packet in units of the ERAB of the UE.
  • the corresponding example 3 gives the processing of the uplink data packet.
  • an X2 user plane forwarding tunnel is established between the source base station and the target base station in units of RN bearers in the downlink data packet processing.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship where the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the necessary downlink and uplink X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID are allocated for the ERAB of the corresponding UE, and then the X2 user plane tunnel address and the TEID information are passed through the handover request acknowledgement message. Return to the source DeNB.
  • the source DeNB After the source DeNB receives the downlink X2 user plane tunnel information allocated for the ERAB of the UE, for the downlink data, the source DeNB will not receive the acknowledged downlink data packet and the subsequent data packet, find the corresponding user bearer information, and map to Corresponding to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the UE ERAB, Then, the data packet is forwarded to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel; for the downlink data packet sent by the source DeNB from the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the source DeNB similarly finds the corresponding user bearer information, and maps to the corresponding The downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the UE ERAB, and then forwards the data packet to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel. After the target DeNB receives the data packet forwarded by the source DeNB through the X2 user plane tunnel of the UE, the target DeNB temporarily buffers the data packets.
  • the RN After the RN completes the random access to the target DeNB and the reconfiguration of the connection, the RN sends a path switch request message to the UE's mobile management entity, and requests the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN to tunnel the user plane S1.
  • the source DeNB switches to the target DeNB and informs the mobile management entity of the UE to perform bearer modification updates. In this process, an S1 tunnel is established between the RN and the target DeNB.
  • the user's mobility management entity and the user's S-GW negotiate the modification of the bearer information through the modify bearer request/modify bearer response procedure.
  • the user's S-GW After the user's S-GW completes the bearer modification, it sends an end marker data packet to the source DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel, thereby ending the transmission of the downlink data packet to the source DeNB, and then transmitting the downlink data packet to the target DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the source DeNB monitors the ERABs of all UEs served by the RN and the corresponding RN ERABs, and only after receiving the end markers of all UE ERABs corresponding to the RN ERABs sent from the S-GW, the source DeNB forwards the end marker data packets once.
  • the source DeNB may release the context information of the corresponding RN and the user served by the RN and the X2 user plane tunnel if the source DeNB receives the end marker data packet of all the UE ERABs that the RN serves the user to perform the downlink forwarding.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the S-GW served by the RN, the target DeNB searches for the RN ERAB corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding needs to be performed, and whether the identification data packet has been received.
  • the target DeNB has received the corresponding RN ERAB end marker data packet from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed the X2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the RN ERAB served by the RN served by the source DeNB.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN, and the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB.
  • the downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN through the user plane S1 between the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the target DeNB buffers the downlink data packet sent from the S-GW served by the RN, until the target DeNB receives the packet.
  • the target DeNB searches for the target DeNB and the RN of the corresponding UE ERAB.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel, the downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN;
  • the target DeNB searches for the user plane SI tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN. After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target DeNB, the RN forwards the data packet to the UE served by the RN.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship wherein the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the ERAB of the RN For the ERAB of the RN to be admitted, if the ERAB supports uplink and downlink forwarding, the necessary downlink and uplink user X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID are allocated for the ERAB of the corresponding UE, and the X2 user plane tunnel IP address and TEID information are passed through the handover request.
  • the acknowledgment message is returned to the source DeNB.
  • the source DeNB After the source DeNB receives the downlink X2 user plane tunnel information allocated for the ERAB of the UE, for the downlink data, the source DeNB will not receive the acknowledged downlink data packet and the subsequent data packet, find the corresponding user bearer information, and map to Corresponding to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the UE ERAB, and then forwarding the data packet to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel; for the downlink data packet sent by the source DeNB and sent by the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the source DeNB Similarly, the corresponding user bearer information is found and mapped to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the UE ERAB, and then the data packet is forwarded to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel.
  • Target DeNB receives from After the source DeNB tunnels the data packet through the user plane X2 tunnel of the UE, the target DeNB temporarily buffers the data packets.
  • the RN After the RN completes the random access to the target DeNB and the reconfiguration of the connection, the RN sends a path switch request message to the UE's mobile management entity, and requests the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN to tunnel the user plane S1.
  • the source DeNB switches to the target DeNB and informs the mobile management entity of the UE to perform bearer modification updates. In this process, an S1 tunnel is established between the RN and the target DeNB.
  • the user's mobility management entity and the user's S-GW negotiate the modification of the bearer information through the modify bearer request/modify bearer response procedure.
  • the source DeNB tunnels the end marker data packet through the user plane S1, thereby ending the sending of the downlink data packet to the source DeNB, and then transmitting the downlink data packet to the target DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the source DeNB monitors the ERAB of all the UEs served by the RN. For the end marker data packet sent from the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN, the source DeNB tunnels to the target DeNB through the downlink user plane X2 tunnel. If the source DeNB receives the end marker data packet of all data bearers that the RN serves the user, the source DeNB may release the context information of the corresponding RN and the service user of the RN and the X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the S-GW served by the RN, the target DeNB searches for the UE ERAB corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding needs to be performed, and whether the RN served by the source DeNB has been received.
  • the endmarker packet carried by the UE ERAB After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the S-GW served by the RN, the target DeNB searches for the UE ERAB corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding needs to be performed, and whether the RN served by the source DeNB has been received.
  • the endmarker packet carried by the UE ERAB.
  • the target DeNB has received the end marker data packet corresponding to the UE ERAB from the X2 user plane tunnel, and has completed the downlink received by the X2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the UE ERAB served by the RN served by the source DeNB.
  • the data packet is forwarded to the RN, and the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S 1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the target DeNB buffers the downlink data packet sent from the S-GW served by the RN until the target DeNB receives the packet. Receiving an end marker data packet corresponding to the UE ERAB from the X2 user plane tunnel and having completed the user pair served by the RN forwarded from the source DeNB The downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN, and the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN;
  • the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN corresponding to the UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN. After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target DeNB, the RN forwards the data packet to the UE served by the RN.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship where the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the ERAB of the RN For the ERAB of the RN that agrees to accept, if the ERAB supports uplink and downlink forwarding, the necessary downlink and uplink X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID are allocated for the ERAB of the corresponding UE, and the IP address and TEID information of the X2 user plane tunnel are passed through the handover request.
  • the acknowledgment message is returned to the source DeNB.
  • the source DeNB After the source DeNB receives the uplink X2 user plane tunnel information allocated for the ERAB of the UE, the source DeNB forwards the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the RN to the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN.
  • the source base station finds the corresponding user bearer information and maps it to the uplink X2 user plane tunnel carried by the corresponding user, and then forwards the data packet to the target through the uplink user plane X2 tunnel.
  • the DeNB, the target DeNB temporarily buffers these data packets.
  • the RN After the RN completes the random access to the target DeNB and the reconfiguration of the connection, the RN sends a path switch request message to the UE's mobile management entity, and requests the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the RN to tunnel the user plane S1.
  • the source DeNB switches to the target DeNB and informs the mobile management entity of the UE to perform bearer modification updates. In this process, an S1 tunnel is established between the RN and the target DeNB.
  • the mobile management entity and the user's S-GW pass the modify bearer request/modify bearer
  • the response process negotiates the modification of the bearer information.
  • the RN Before the RN completes the path switching procedure, if the RN receives the uplink data packet from the user, the RN buffers the uplink data packet. After the RN obtains the IP address of the uplink data forwarding user plane S1 tunnel and the TEID identifier information with the target DeNB, the RN forwards the uplink data packet to the target DeNB through the user plane S 1 tunnel between the RN and the target DeNB.
  • the target DeNB sends the S-GW corresponding to the sequence of the uplink data packet of the uplink data packet corresponding to the user served by the RN forwarded by the source DeNB, and may request the RN to perform retransmission for the missing data packet.
  • the source DeNB includes not only the information of each ERAB of the RN but also the information of each ERAB of the UE, and the ERAB of the RN and the ERAB of the UE in the RN handover request message sent to the target DeNB.
  • the mapping relationship where the information of the ERAB includes but is not limited to a bearer identifier, quality of service information, and an uplink and downlink tunnel identifier.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the message, the target DeNB performs admission control according to the ERAB information of the RN included in the handover request.
  • the ERAB of the RN For the ERAB of the RN that agrees to accept, if the ERAB supports uplink and downlink forwarding, allocate the necessary downlink and uplink X2 user plane tunnel identifier TEID for the ERAB of the corresponding RN, and then pass the X2 user plane tunnel address and the TEID information through the handover request acknowledgement message. Return to the source DeNB.
  • the source DeNB After the source DeNB receives the downlink X2 user plane tunnel information allocated for the ERA of the RN, for the downlink data, the source DeNB will not receive the acknowledged downlink data packet and the subsequent data packet, find the corresponding user information, and map to Corresponding to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel of the RN ERAB, and then forwarding the data packet to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel; for the downlink data packet sent by the source DeNB from the S-GW corresponding to the user served by the relay node, the source DeNB is similarly found.
  • the corresponding user bearer information is mapped to the downlink X2 user plane tunnel corresponding to the RN ERAB, and then the data packet is forwarded to the target base station through the downlink X2 user plane tunnel.
  • the target DeNB After the target DeNB receives the data packet forwarded by the source DeNB through the X2 user plane tunnel, the target DeNB temporarily buffers the data packets.
  • the RN After the RN completes the random access to the target DeNB and the connection reconfiguration, the RN sends a path switch request message to the UE's mobile management entity to request the user served by the RN.
  • the corresponding S-GW switches the user plane SI tunnel from the source DeNB to the target DeNB, and informs the mobile management entity of the UE to perform bearer modification update. In this process, an S1 tunnel is established between the RN and the target DeNB.
  • the user's mobility management entity and the user's S-GW negotiate the modification of the bearer information through the modify bearer request/modify bearer response procedure.
  • the user's S-GW After the user's S-GW completes the bearer modification, it sends an end marker data packet to the source DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel, thereby ending the transmission of the downlink data packet to the source DeNB, and then transmitting the downlink data packet to the target DeNB through the user plane S1 tunnel.
  • the source DeNB monitors the ERABs of all UEs served by the RN and the corresponding RN ERABs, and only after receiving the end markers of all UE ERABs corresponding to the RN ERABs sent from the S-GW, the source DeNB forwards the end marker data packets once.
  • the source DeNB may release the context information of the corresponding RN and the user served by the RN and the X2 user plane tunnel if the source DeNB receives the end marker data packet of all the UE ERABs that the RN serves the user to perform the downlink forwarding.
  • the target DeNB After receiving the downlink data packet sent by the S-GW served by the RN, the target DeNB searches for the RN ERAB corresponding to the downlink data packet, determines whether X2 forwarding needs to be performed, and whether the RN ERAB corresponding to the RN ERAB has been received and forwarded from the source DeNB. End the identification packet.
  • the target DeNB has received the corresponding end RN packet of the corresponding RN ERAB from the X2 user plane tunnel and has completed the downlink data packet received from the source DeNB corresponding to the X2 user plane tunnel of the RN ERAB. Forwarding to the RN, the target DeNB searches for the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN of the corresponding UE ERAB, and forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the target DeNB buffers the downlink data packet sent from the S-GW served by the RN, until the target DeNB receives the packet.
  • the target DeNB searches for the target DeNB and the RN of the corresponding UE ERAB.
  • the user plane S1 tunnel, the downlink data packet is forwarded to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN;
  • the target DeNB searches for the target DeNB corresponding to the UE ERAB.
  • the user plane SI tunnel between the RN and the RN forwards the downlink data packet to the RN through the user plane S1 tunnel between the target DeNB and the RN.
  • the RN After receiving the downlink data packet forwarded by the target DeNB, the RN forwards the data packet to the UE served by the RN.
  • the target base station is responsible for the order-preserving processing of uplink and downlink data packets served by the relay node, and the X2 of the corresponding bearer is established between the source base station and the target base station for the user served by the relay node.
  • the user plane tunnel the target base station may perform the order-preserving processing on the uplink and downlink data packets of the user served by the relay node according to the corresponding bearer, thereby ensuring non-destructive and orderly forwarding of the data packets of the user served by the relay node. Therefore, the present invention has strong industrial applicability.

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Abstract

一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理方法及系统,应用于中继节点的切换过程中,所述方法包括:目标基站对所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包以及上行数据包分别进行保序处理。所述系统包括:源基站、目标基站、中继节点及中继节点所服务用户的服务网关;源基站用于向目标基站转发中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包及上行数据包;中继节点用于向目标基站转发其所服务用户的上行数据包;服务网关用于向目标基站发送对应用户的下行数据包;目标基站用于对接收到的中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包以及上行数据包分别进行保序处理。采用上述技术方案后,可以保证中继节点所服务的用户的数据包无损有序的转发。

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一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理方法及系统
技术领域
本发明涉及无线通信技术领域, 尤其涉及一种中继节点用户面无损切换 处理方法及系统。 背景技术
为了满足日益增长的大带宽高速移动接入的需求, 第三代伙伴组织计划 ( 3GPP , Third Generation Partnership Projects ) 推出了高级长期演进 ( LTE- Advanced, Long-Term Evolution advance )标准。 LTE- Advanced对于 长期演进(LTE, Long-Term Evolution ) 的演进保留了 LTE的核心, 并在此 基础上釆用了一系列技术对频域、 空域进行扩充, 以达到提高频谱利用率、 增加系统容量等的目的。
无线中继 ( Wireless Relay )技术是 LTE-Advanced中的技术之一, 旨在 扩展小区的覆盖范围、 减少通信中的死角地区、 平衡负载、 转移热点地区的 业务和节省用户设备(UE, User Equipment ) 的发射功率。 如图 1所示, 中 继节点( RN, Relay Node )对接入其小区的 UE提供与普通演进型基站( eNB, evolved Node B )类似的功能和服务, 还通过无线接口以类似于普通 UE的方 式接入一个服务于它的 eNB,服务于 RN的 eNB称为 Donor eNB,简称 DeNB。 DeNB与移动管理实体 ( MME , Mobility Management Entity )连接。 中继节 点和基站以及中继节点所服务的用户的服务网关之间的 S1 用户面协议栈如 图 2所示,都^^于 IP/用户数据包协议( UDP, User Datagram Protocol )/ GPRS 隧道协议(GTP, GPRS Tunnelling Protocol )协议栈, 用于进行中继节点所 服务的用户和用户的服务网关之间的上下行数据收发; 而中继节点和基站以 及相邻基站之间的 X2用户面协议如图 3所示, 也是基于 IP/UDP/GTP协议 栈进行中继节点所服务用户在切换时上下行数据的转发。
随着高速铁路大规模地建设和投入运行, 在列车上进行通信的需求不断 增大。 当前高速铁路实用速度已达到了 350公里 /小时, 受多普勒频移、 小区 频繁切换、 高铁车厢穿透损耗大等的影响, 现有网络基站的覆盖很难满足高 铁的通信质量需求。 因此业界提出在高铁上部署中继节点的方案, 如图 1所 示,让高铁列车中的用户(如 UE1和 UE2 )直接与相对静止的 RN进行通信, 而 RN在高铁移动过程中可在不同的 DeNB之间进行切换, 从而避免了高铁 车厢中大量用户同时进行切换的问题, 保证了 UE和 RN之间的通信质量。 此外通过增强移动 RN与 DeNB之间的骨干连接, 能够较好的解决高铁上存 在的上述问题。
但是移动 RN的引入会对现有 LTE-Advanced中 RN相关标准产生较大影 响。 如普通用户在进行切换时, 对于需要保证无损的承载, 源基站和目标基 站要在切换准备阶段为用户的对应承载建立 X2用户面隧道, 源基站在切换 执行以及切换完成阶段将收到的与该用户相关的上下行数据包通过该 X2用 户面隧道转发到目标基站。 对于下行数据包, 用户的服务网关在将路径从源 基站切换到目标基站之前, 向源基站发送结束标识数据包, 表示后续用户服 务网关不会再向源基站发送数据包。 源基站会将收到的结束标识数据包转发 给目标基站。 在此期间, 目标基站会收到来自服务网关的下行数据包以及来 自用户的上行数据包,目标基站将这两个来源的上下行数据包进行保序处理, 然后将上行数据包转发给用户的服务网关, 将下行数据包转发给用户。
在使用移动中继的场景下, 上述流程会出现如下问题: 1 )中继节点发起 切换时, 源基站和目标基站之间会建立对应于中继节点承载的上下行 X2用 户面隧道, 但由于没有为中继节点所服务的用户发起切换准备, 中继节点和 目标基站之间、 以及源基站和目标基站之间没有为中继节点所服务的用户建 立对应的 X2用户面隧道; 2 )对于上下行数据包, 源基站通过 X2用户面隧 道转发到目标基站, 但由于目标基站与中继节点之间没有对应的 X2用户面 隧道而无法将下行数据包转发到中继节点, 因此中继节点在切换过程中, 无 法对其所服务的用户对应的数据包进行保序处理; 3 )由于中继节点所服务的 用户的服务网关路径切换完成的时间不完全相同, 导致目标基站收到的从源 基站转发的结束标识数据包对应的用户承载并不一定是当前目标基站从用户 服务网关接收到的下行数据包对应的用户承载, 从而导致从用户服务网关接 收到的下行数据包对应的用户承载乱序。 发明内容
本发明实施例要解决的技术问题是提供一种中继节点切换时用户面无损 处理方法及系统, 以保证中继节点所服务的用户的数据包无损有序的转发。
为解决上述问题, 本发明实施例釆用如下技术方案:
一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理的方法, 应用于中继节点的切换过程 中, 包括:
分别进行保序处理。
其中:
目标基站对所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包进行保序处理的 步骤包括: 所述目标基站对源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下 行数据包以及从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包进行 保序处理;
目标基站对所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包进行保序处理的 步骤包括: 所述目标基站对所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应 的上行数据包以及从所述中继节点转发的所服务用户的上行数据包进行保序 处理。
该方法还包括:
在进行保序处理之前, 源基站向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中 携带所述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应 的承载的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个 用户所对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站在收到所述切换请求消息后, 对于所述中继节点所服务的 各用户, 分别判断各所述用户对应的承载是否需要上下行转发;
所述目标基站为需要上下行转发的中继节点所服务的用户对应的承载分 配 X2用户面隧道标识符 ,并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过切换请 求确认消息返回给所述源基站。
所述方法还包括: 所述目标基站在接收从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行 数据包之前, 所述中继节点或所述目标基站为所述中继节点所服务的用户发 起路径切换请求, 请求所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关将用户面
S1隧道从所述源基站切换到所述目标基站;
所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关收到所述路径切换请求后, 通过用户面 S1隧道向所述源基站发送结束标识数据包;
所述目标基站接收从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包的步骤包括: 所述目标基站接收所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关通 过切换后的用户面 S1隧道向所述目标基站发送的下行数据包。
其中, 所述源基站转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包的步 骤包括:
所述源基站为尚未收到从所述中继节点发来的表示该数据包已收到的确 认的下行数据包开始的后续数据包、 以及从所述中继节点所服务用户对应的 服务网关发送的下行数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并将所述用户承载 信息映射到对应用户承载的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述后续数据包及 所述服务网关发送的下行数据包通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目 标基站。
该方法还包括:
在接收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识数据 包后, 所述源基站通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道将所述结束标识数据包转发 到目标基站; 或者,
在接收到收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识 数据包后, 所述源基站在判断出已经接收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户 需要转发的承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 再将所述结束标识数据包转发到 所述目标基站。
该方法还包括:
所述源基站在收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发的承载对应 的结束标识数据包, 并将结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基站后, 释放该中 继节点以及该中继节点所服务的用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道。 其中, 所述目标基站对所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应 的下行数据包以及从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包 进行保序处理的步骤包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的 下行数据包后, 查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述目标基站将所述下行数据包通 过所述对应的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则所述目标基站暂时緩存所述下行 数据包, 直到对应的用户面 S1 隧道建立后, 再将所述下行数据包通过所述 建立的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点。
该方法还包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包后, 查找所述下行数据包对应的中继节点所服务用户对应的承载, 判断 是否需要 X2转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用 户对应承载的结束标识数据包;
如果需要 X2转发,所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对应承 载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到中继节点,则所述目标基站查找对 应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包 通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
如果需要 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应承载 的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关发送的下行数据包, 直到目标基站接收到从所述 X 2用户面隧道收到对 应承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用 户对应的下行数据包转发到中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的 所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通 过所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 SI隧道转发到所述中继节点; 如果不需要 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所 述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过所述目标基站和 所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
该方法还包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包后, 查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及 是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标识数据包; 如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继 节点所服务用户对应于该中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据 包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中 继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点 之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到从所述 X2 用户面隧道收到对应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基 站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用 户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
该方法还包括:
在进行保序处理之前, 源基站向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中 携带所述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应 的承载的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个 用户所对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站在收到所述切换请求消息后, 判断各所述中继节点对应的 承载是否需要上下行转发;
所述目标基站为需要上下行转发的中继节点对应的承载分配 X2用户面 隧道标识符, 并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过切换请求确认消息 返回给所述源基站。
该方法还包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包后, 查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及 是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标识数据包; 如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的对应于该 中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转 发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到对应中继节 点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服 务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用 户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行 数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到所述 中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
其中, 所述源基站转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包的步 骤包括:
所述源基站将保证顺序的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包转 发到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关;
对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 所述源基站找 到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应的用户承载的上行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述上行数据包通过所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站; 或者,对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包,所述源基站找 到对应的中继节点承载的上行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述上行数据包通过 所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站。
其中, 所述中继节点转发所服务用户的上行数据包的步骤包括: 所述中继节点接收到来自用户的上行数据包后, 判断是否有对应用户承 载的目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述中继节点将所述上行数据包通 过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述目标基站;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则緩存所述上行数据包, 直到对应 的用户面 S1隧道建立后, 再通过该建立的用户面 S1隧道将所述上行数据包 转发到所述目标基站。
其中, 所述目标基站对所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上 行数据包以及从所述中继节点转发的所服务用户的上行数据包进行保序处理 的步骤包括:
所述目标基站根据所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数 的数据包, 要求所述中继节点进行重传。
一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理的系统,应用于中继节点切换过程中 , 该系统包括源基站、 目标基站、 中继节点及所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关, 其中:
所述源基站设置成: 向所述目标基站转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应 的下行数据包及上行数据包;
所述中继节点设置成:向所述目标基站转发其所服务用户的上行数据包; 所述服务网关设置成: 向所述目标基站发送对应用户的下行数据包; 所述目标基站设置成: 对接收到的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行 数据包以及上行数据包分别进行保序处理。
其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中携带所 述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载 的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所 对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到所述切换请求消息后, 对于所述中继节 点所服务的各用户, 分别判断该用户对应的承载是否需要上下行转发; 为需 要上下行转发的中继节点所服务的用户对应的承载分配 X2用户面隧道标识 符, 并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过切换请求确认消息返回给所 述源基站。
其中:
所述中继节点或所述目标基站还设置成: 为所述中继节点所服务的用户 发起路径切换请求, 请求所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关将用户 面 S1隧道从所述源基站切换到所述目标基站;
所述服务网关还设置成: 收到所述路径切换请求后, 通过用户面 S1 隧 道向源基站发送结束标识数据包;
所述目标基站设置成按照以下方式接收所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关发送的下行数据包: 所述目标基站用于接收所述中继节点所服务用户的 服务网关通过切换后的用户面 S1隧道向所述目标基站发送的下行数据包。
其中, 所述源基站设置成按照以下方式转发所述中继节点所服务用户对 应的下行数据包:
为尚未收到从所述中继节点发来的表示该数据包已收到的确认的下行数 据包开始的后续数据包、 以及从所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发 送的下行数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并将所述用户承载信息映射到 对应用户承载的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述后续数据包及所述服务网
其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 在接收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网 关发送的结束标识数据包后, 通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道将所述结束标识 数据包转发到目标基站; 或者,
在接收到收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识 数据包后, 在判断出已经接收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发的 承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 再将所述结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基 站。
其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 在收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发 的承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 并将结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基站 后, 释放该中继节点以及该中继节点所服务的用户的上下文信息以及 X2用 户面隧道。
其中, 所述目标基站设置成按照以下方式对所述源基站转发的所述中继 节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包以及从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网 关发送的下行数据包进行保序处理:
收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包后 , 查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道; 如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述目标基站将所述下行数据包通 过所述对应的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则所述目标基站暂时緩存所述下行 数据包, 直到对应的用户面 S1 隧道建立后, 再将所述下行数据包通过所述 新建立的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点。
其中:
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关 发送的下行数据包后, 查找所述下行数据包对应的中继节点所服务用户对应 的承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的中继 节点所服务用户对应承载的结束标识数据包;
如果需要 X2转发,所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对应承 载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到中继节点,则所述目标基站查找对 应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包 通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
如果需要 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应承载 的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关发送的下行数据包, 直到目标基站接收到从所述 X 2用户面隧道收到对 应承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用 户对应的下行数据包转发到中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的 所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通 过所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点; 如果不需要 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所 述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过所述目标基站和 所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点还设置成: 在收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。 其中:
所述目标基站还设置成: 收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发 送的下行数据包后,查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载,判断是否需要 X2 转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标 识数据包;
如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继 节点所服务用户对应于该中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据 包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中 继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点 之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到从所述 X2 用户面隧道收到对应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基 站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用 户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点还设置成: 收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将 所述数据包转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中携带所 述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载 的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所 对应的承载的信息的映射关系; 所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到所述切换请求消息后, 判断各所述中继 节点对应的承载是否需要上下行转发; 为需要上下行转发的中继节点对应的 承载分配 X2用户面隧道标识符,并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过 切换请求确认消息返回给所述源基站。
其中:
所述目标基站还设置成: 收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发 送的下行数据包后,查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载,判断是否需要 X2 转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标 识数据包;
如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的对应于该 中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转 发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到对应中继节 点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服 务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用 户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行 数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到所述 中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
其中, 所述源基站设置成按照以下方式转发所述中继节点所服务用户对 应的上行数据包:
将保证顺序的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包转发到所述中 继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关;
对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 找到对应的用 户承载信息, 并映射到对应的用户承载的上行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述 上行数据包通过所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站; 或者,对于出 现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 找到对应的中继节点承载 转发到所述目标基站。
其中,所述中继节点设置成按照以下方式转发所服务用户的上行数据包: 在接收到来自用户的上行数据包后, 判断是否有对应用户承载的目标基 站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述中继节点将所述上行数据包通 过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述目标基站;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则緩存所述上行数据包, 直到对应 的用户面 S1隧道建立后, 再通过该建立的用户面 S1隧道将所述上行数据包 转发到所述目标基站。
其中, 所述目标基站设置成按照以下方式对所述源基站转发的中继节点 所服务用户对应的上行数据包以及从所述中继节点转发的所服务用户的上行 数据包进行保序处理:
根据所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包的序列号
求所述中继节点进行重传。
釆用本发明实施例后, 由目标基站负责中继节点所服务用户上下行数据 包的保序处理, 通过在源基站和目标基站之间为中继节点所服务的用户建立 相应承载的用户面 X2用户面隧道, 目标基站可以对中继节点所服务的用户 的上下行数据包根据其对应的承载逐个进行保序处理, 从而保证中继节点所 服务的用户的数据包无损有序的转发。 附图概述
图 1是中继节点在不同的 DeNB之间切换示意图;
图 2是用户面 S1协议栈示意图;
图 3是用户面 X2协议栈示意图;
图 4是本发明实施例中中继节点切换时目标基站负责中继节点所服务用 户上下行数据包的保序处理的示意图;
图 5是本发明实施例中中继节点切换时用户面下行数据转发示意图; 图 6是本发明实施例中中继节点切换时用户面上行数据转发示意图。
本发明的较佳实施方式
为使本发明的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚明白, 下文中将结合附图 对本发明的实施例进行详细说明。 需要说明的是, 在不冲突的情况下, 本申 请中的实施例及实施例中的特征可以相互任意组合。 这些组合均在本发明的 保护范围内。
为使本发明的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚明白, 下文中将结合附图 对本发明的实施例进行详细说明。 需要说明的是, 在不冲突的情况下, 本申 请中的实施例及实施例中的特征可以相互任意组合。
本发明实施例提出一种中继节点切换时用户面无损处理方法, 如图 4所 示, 包括:
在中继节点切换过程中, 目标基站对源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户 对应的下行数据包以及从中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包 进行保序处理, 对源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包以及 指中继节点切换入的服务基站, 源基站指中继节点切换之前的服务基站。 在目标基站对上下行数据包进行保序处理之前, 上述方法还包括: 源基站向目标基站发送的切换请求消息中不仅包括中继节点的每个承载 的信息, 还要包括中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载的信息及所述 中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载的 信息的映射关系;
目标基站在收到上述切换请求消息后, 对于中继节点所服务的各用户, 分别判断该用户对应的承载是否需要进行上下行转发; 判断方法可以是根据 切换请求信息中携带的承载信息, 判断该承载是否是确认模式, 如果是, 则 判定为需要进行上下行转发, 否则判定为不需要进行上下行转发。 另外还要 结合目标基站的空口资源进行判定, 如果资源不够, 那么还是有可能拒绝掉 某些承载, 那自然也不需要进行上下行转发了。
在判断完成后, 目标基站为需要进行上下行转发的中继节点所服务的用 户的承载分配 X2用户面隧道标识符, 并将该标识符通过切换请求确认消息 返回给源基站。 目标基站接收从中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包之前, 上述方法还包括:
中继节点或目标基站为中继节点所服务的用户发起路径切换请求, 请求 中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关将用户面 S1 隧道从源基站切换到目 标基站;
中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关收到路径切换请求后, 通过用户 面 S1 隧道向源基站发送结束标识数据包, 从而结束向源基站发送下行数据 包, 之后通过用户面 S1 隧道向目标基站发送中继节点所服务的用户对应的 下行数据包。
源基站转发中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包, 包括:
源基站对于从尚未收到中继节点发来的表示某数据包已收到的确认的下 行数据包开始的后续数据包, 以及从中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发 送的下行数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应用户承载的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将该后续数据包通过下行该下行 X2用户面隧道转发到 标基站;
在接收到中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识数据包后 , 源基站通过下行 X2用户面隧道将该结束标识数据包转发到目标基站;或者, 在接收到中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识数据包后 , 源基站根据该数据包报头中的 TEID ( Tunnel Endpoint Identifier , 隧道端点标 识)信息找到该结束标识数据包对应的中继节点承载, 然后判断是否已经收 到该中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发的承载对应于该中继节点承载的结 束标识数据包, 如果是, 则源基站将该结束标识数据包转发到目标基站; 如果源基站收到中继节点所服务用户需要进行下行转发的所有承载的结 束标识数据包, 则源基站可释放相应中继节点以及该中继节点所服务用户的 上下文信息以及 Χ2用户面隧道。
目标基站对源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包以及从 中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包进行保序处理,具体包括: 目标基站收到从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包后, 查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则目标基站将该下行数据包通过目标 基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
如果对应的用户面 S1隧道不存在,则目标基站暂时緩存该下行数据包, 直到对应的用户面 S1 隧道建立后, 再将将该下行数据包通过该新建立的用 户面 S 1隧道转发到中继节点。
目标基站收到从中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包后, 查找下行数据包对应的中继节点所服务用户对应的承载, 判断是否需要 Χ2 转发以及是否已经收到从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应承载的结束 标识数据包;
如果需要 Χ2转发,目标基站已经从用户面 Χ2隧道收到对应承载的结束 标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的用户面 Χ2隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到中继节点,则目标基站查找对应用户承载 的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
如果需要 X2转发,但目标基站尚未从用户面 X2隧道收到对应承载的结 束标识数据包, 则目标基站緩存从中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下 行数据包, 直到目标基站接收到从用户面 X2隧道收到对应承载的结束标识 数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包转 发到中继节点, 则目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道, 将该下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到中继节点;
如果不需要 X2转发, 目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节 点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
目标基站收到从中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包后, 查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及是否已经 收到从源基站转发的中继节点对应承载的结束标识数据包;
如果需要 X2转发,目标基站已经从用户面 X2隧道收到对应中继节点承 载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应与 该中继节点承载的用户面 X2隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到中继节点, 则 目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到中继 节点;
如果需要 X2转发,但目标基站尚未从用户面 X2隧道收到对应中继节点 承载的结束标识数据包, 则目标基站緩存从中继节点所服务用户的服务网关 发送的下行数据包, 直到目标基站接收到从用户面 X2隧道收到对应中继节 点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对 应的下行数据包转发到中继节点, 则目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站 和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节 点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点; 如果不需要 X2转发, 目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节 点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
中继节点收到从目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将数据包转发到中继节 点所服务的用户;
该方法还包括:
在进行保序处理之前, 源基站向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中 携带所述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应 的承载的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个 用户所对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站在收到所述切换请求消息后, 判断各所述中继节点对应的 承载是否需要上下行转发;
所述目标基站为需要上下行转发的中继节点对应的承载分配 X2用户面 隧道标识符, 并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过切换请求确认消息 返回给所述源基站。
该方法还包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包后, 查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及 是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标识数据包; 如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的对应于该 中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转 发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到对应中继节 点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服 务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用 户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行 数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到所述 中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
源基站转发中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包的步骤包括: 源基站将保证顺序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包转发到中继 节点所服务用户对应的服务网关;
对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应上行数据包, 源基站找到对应 的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应用户承载的上行用户面 X2隧道, 然后将数 据包通过上行用户面 X2隧道转发到目标基站; 或者,对于出现乱序的中继节 点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 所述源基站找到对应的中继节点承载的上 到所述目标基站;
中继节点转发的所服务用户的上行数据包的步骤包括:
中继节点接收到来自用户的上行数据包后, 判断是否有对应用户承载的 目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则中继节点将该上行数据包通过目标 基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到目标基站;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则緩存该上行数据包, 直到对应的 用户面 S1隧道建立;
目标基站对源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包以及从 中继节点转发的所服务用户的上行数据包进行保序处理的步骤包括: 目标基站根据源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包的序
求中继节点进行重传。
在本实施例中, 一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理的系统, 应用于中继 节点切换过程中, 包括: 源基站、 目标基站、 中继节点及所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关;
所述源基站设置成: 向所述目标基站转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应 的下行数据包及上行数据包;
所述中继节点设置成:向所述目标基站转发其所服务用户的上行数据包; 所述服务网关设置成: 向所述目标基站发送对应用户的下行数据包; 所述目标基站设置成: 对接收到的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行 数据包以及上行数据包分别进行保序处理。
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所述源基站还设置成: 向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中携带所 述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载 的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所 对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到所述切换请求消息后, 对于所述中继节 点所服务的各用户, 分别判断该用户对应的承载是否需要上下行转发;
所述目标基站还设置成: 为需要上下行转发的中继节点所服务的用户对 应的承载分配 X2用户面隧道标识符 ,并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符 通过切换请求确认消息返回给所述源基站。
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所述中继节点或所述目标基站还设置成: 为所述中继节点所服务的用户 发起路径切换请求, 请求所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关将用户 面 S1隧道从所述源基站切换到所述目标基站;
所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关设置成: 收到所述路径切换 请求后, 通过用户面 S1隧道向源基站发送结束标识数据包;
所述目标基站用于接收所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行 数据包的步骤包括: 所述目标基站用于接收所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关通过切换后的用户面 S1隧道向所述目标基站发送的下行数据包。
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所述源基站设置成按照以下方式转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下 行数据包包括:
为尚未收到从所述中继节点发来的表示该数据包已收到的确认的下行数 据包开始的后续数据包、 以及从所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发 送的下行数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并将所述用户承载信息映射到 对应用户承载的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述后续数据包及所述服务网 关发送的下行数据包通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站。
可选地 ,
所述源基站还设置成: 在接收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网 关发送的结束标识数据包后, 通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道将所述结束标识 数据包转发到目标基站; 或者,
在接收到收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识 数据包后, 在判断出已经接收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发的 承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 再将所述结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基 站。
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所述源基站还设置成: 在收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发 的承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 并将结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基站 后, 释放该中继节点以及该中继节点所服务的用户的上下文信息以及 X2用 户面隧道。 可选地 ,
所述目标基站设置成按照以下方式对所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所 服务用户对应的下行数据包以及从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送 的下行数据包进行保序处理:
收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包后, 查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述目标基站将所述下行数据包通 过所述对应的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则所述目标基站暂时緩存所述下行 数据包, 直到对应的用户面 S1 隧道建立后, 再将所述下行数据包通过所述 新建立的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点。
可选地 ,
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关 发送的下行数据包后, 查找所述下行数据包对应的中继节点所服务用户对应 的承载, 判断是否需要 Χ2转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的中继 节点所服务用户对应承载的结束标识数据包;
如果需要 Χ2转发,所述目标基站已经从所述 Χ2用户面隧道收到对应承 载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的 Χ2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到中继节点,则所述目标基站查找对 应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包 通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
如果需要 Χ2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 Χ2用户面隧道收到对应承载 的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关发送的下行数据包, 直到目标基站接收到从所述 X 2用户面隧道收到对 应承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用 户对应的下行数据包转发到中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的 所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通 过所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点; 如果不需要 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所 述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过所述目标基站和 所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点还用于在收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所 述数据包转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
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所述目标基站还设置成: 收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发 送的下行数据包后,查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载,判断是否需要 X2 转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标 识数据包;
如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继 节点所服务用户对应于该中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据 包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中 继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点 之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到从所述 X2 用户面隧道收到对应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基 站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用 户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点还设置成: 收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将 所述数据包转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。 可选地 ,
所述源基站还设置成: 向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中携带所 述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载 的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所 对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到所述切换请求消息后, 判断各所述中继 节点对应的承载是否需要上下行转发; 为需要上下行转发的中继节点对应的 承载分配 Χ2用户面隧道标识符,并将分配的所述 Χ2用户面隧道标识符通过 切换请求确认消息返回给所述源基站。
可选地,
所述目标基站还设置成: 收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发 送的下行数据包后,查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载,判断是否需要 Χ2 转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标 识数据包;
如果需要进行 Χ2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 Χ2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的对应于该 中继节点承载的 Χ2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转 发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 Χ2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 Χ2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到对应中继节 点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服 务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用 户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行 数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到所述 中继节点;
如果不需要进行 Χ2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
可选地 ,
所述源基站设置成按照以下方式转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上 行数据包:
将保证顺序的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包转发到所述中 继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关;
所述源基站还设置成: 对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行 数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应的用户承载的上行 X2用 户面隧道, 然后将所述上行数据包通过所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述 目标基站; 或者,对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 找 到对应的中继节点承载的上行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述上行数据包通过 所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站。
可选地 ,
所述中继节点设置成按照以下方式转发所服务用户的上行数据包: 在接收到来自用户的上行数据包后, 判断是否有对应用户承载的目标基 站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述中继节点将所述上行数据包通 过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述目标基站;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则緩存所述上行数据包, 直到对应 的用户面 S1隧道建立后, 再通过该建立的用户面 S1隧道将所述上行数据包 转发到所述目标基站。
可选地,
所述目标基站设置成按照以下方式对所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务 用户对应的上行数据包以及从所述中继节点转发的所服务用户的上行数据包 进行保序处理: 根据所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包的序列号
求所述中继节点进行重传。
下面用本发明的几个实施例对本发明进行进一步说明。
实施例一
实施例一给出了中继节点和目标基站之间用户面 S1 隧道在目标 DeNB 收到源 DeNB转发的数据包时就已经建立的实施方案。 如图 5所示, 相应的 实例一在下行数据包处理中源基站以 RN的 ERAB (演进通用陆地无线接入 网络无线接入承载, E-UTRAN radio access bearer )为单位发送结束标识数据 包( end marker ),而相应的实例二在下行数据包处理中源基站以 UE的 ERAB 为单位转发 end makrer数据包。 相应的实例三则给出了上行数据包的处理过 程, 如图 6所示。 相应的实例四给出了在下行数据包处理中源基站和目标基 站之间以 RN承载为单位建立 X2用户面转发隧道。
实例一
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系, 其中, ERAB的信息 包括但不限于承载标识,服务质量信息,以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息进行接纳控制。 对 于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB, 如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发, 则为对应 UE 的 ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID, 然后将 X2用 户面隧道地址以及 TEID 信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB , 源 DeNB将切换命令返回给 RN。
源 DeNB收到包含为 UE的 ERAB分配的下行 X2用户面隧道信息后 , 对于下行数据, 源 DeNB将尚未收到确认的下行数据包以及之后的数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应 UE ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站; 对于源 DeNB从中 继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关(S-GW, Serving gateway )发送的下行数 据包, 源 DeNB同样的找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应 UE ERAB 的下行 X2用户面隧道,然后将数据包通过该下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标 基站。 目标 DeNB收到从源 DeNB经过 UE的 X2用户面隧道转发的数据包 后, 暂时緩存这些数据包。
RN完成到目标 DeNB的随机接入以及连接重配后, 可由 RN或是目标 DeNB为 RN所服务的 UE发送路径切换请求( path switch request ) 消息给 UE的移动管理实体, 请求 RN所服务的用户对应的 S-GW将用户面 S1隧道 从源 DeNB切换到目标 DeNB, 并且告知 UE的移动管理实体进行承载修改 更新。 与此同时, 如果目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 S1用户面隧道已经建立, 目 标 DeNB可开始将收到的从源 DeNB经过 UE的 X2用户面隧道转发到本地 的下行数据包按序转发给 RN。 目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 S1用户面隧道可在 切换准备阶段和或切换执行阶段通过 RRC连接重配过程交互或是当 RN接入 DeNB后通过 S1建立过程建立。
用户的移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过修改承载请求 (modify bearer request ) /修改承载响应 ( modify bearer response )流程协商承载信息的修改。 用户的 S-GW完成承载修改后, 向源 DeNB 通过用户面 S1 隧道发送 end marker数据包,从而结束向源 DeNB发送下行数据包,之后转而向目标 DeNB 通过用户面 S1隧道发送下行数据包。
源 DeNB监控 RN所服务的所有 UE的 ERAB以及对应的 RN ERAB ,只 有当收到该 RN ERAB对应的所有 UE ERAB从 S-GW发来的 end marker之 后 , 源 DeNB才转发一次 end marker数据包。 如果源 DeNB收到 RN所服务 用户需要进行下行转发的所有 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB可 释放相应 RN以及 RN所服务用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道。
目标 DeNB收到从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW发送的下行数据包后, 查找 下行数据包对应的 RN ERAB ,判断是否需要进行 X2转发以及是否已经收到 标识数据包。
如果需要进行 X2转发、 目标 DeNB已经从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包、 且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户 对应于该 RN ERAB的用户面 X2隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到 RN, 则目 标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将 该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。
如果需要进行 X2转发, 但目标 DeNB尚未从用户面 X2隧道收到对应
RN ERAB的 end marker数据包,则目标 DeNB緩存从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW 发送的下行数据包, 直到目标 DeNB接收到从用户面 X2隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对 应的下行数据包转发到 RN,则目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 SI隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。 RN收到从目标 DeNB转发的下行数据包后, 将 数据包转发到 RN所服务的 UE。
实例二
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系, 其中, ERAB的信息 包括但不限于承载标识,服务质量信息,以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息进行接纳控制。 对 于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB, 如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发, 则为对应 UE 的 ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID, 然后将 X2用 户面隧道地址以及 TEID 信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB , 源 DeNB将切换命令返回给 RN。
源 DeNB收到包含为 UE的 ERAB分配的下行 X2用户面隧道信息后 , 对于下行数据, 源 DeNB将尚未收到确认的下行数据包以及之后的数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应 UE ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站; 对于源 DeNB从中 继节点所服务用户对应的 S-GW发送的下行数据包, 源 DeNB同样的找到对 应的用户承载信息,并映射到对应 UE ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将 数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站。目标 DeNB收到从源 DeNB 经过 UE的 X2用户面隧道转发的数据包后, 目标 DeNB暂时緩存这些数据 包。
RN完成到目标 DeNB的随机接入以及连接重配后, 可由 RN或是目标 DeNB为 RN所服务的 UE发送 path switch request消息给 UE的移动管理实 体, 请求 RN所服务的用户对应的 S-GW将用户面 S1隧道从源 DeNB切换 到目标 DeNB ,并且告知 UE的移动管理实体进行承载修改更新。与此同时, 如果目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 S1用户面隧道已经建立 , 目标 DeNB可开始 将收到的从源 DeNB经过 UE的 X2用户面隧道转发的下行数据包按序转发 给 RN。
用户的移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过 modify bearer request/modify bearer response流程协商承载信息的修改。 用户的 S-GW完成承载修改后, 向源 DeNB通过用户面 S1隧道发送 end marker数据包,从而结束向源 DeNB 发送下行数据包, 之后转而向目标 DeNB通过用户面 S1 隧道发送下行数据 包。
源 DeNB监控 RN所服务的所有 UE的 ERAB, 对于从 RN所服务用户 对应的 S-GW发来的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB通过下行用户面 X2隧道 转发到目标 DeNB。 如果源 DeNB收到 RN所服务用户需要进行下行转发的 所有数据承载的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB可释放相应 RN以及 RN所服 务用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道。
目标 DeNB收到从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW发送的下行数据包后, 查找 下行数据包对应的 UE ERAB,判断是否需要进行 X2转发以及是否已经收到 从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对应的 UE ERAB承载的 endmarker数据包。
如果需要进行 X2转发、 目标 DeNB 已经从 X2用户面隧道收到对应的 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包、且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用 户对应的 UE ERAB的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到 RN, 则目 标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 SI隧道,将 该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。
如果需要进行 X2转发, 但目标 DeNB尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包,则目标 DeNB緩存从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW 发送的下行数据包, 直到目标 DeNB接收到从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对 应的下行数据包转发到 RN,则目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。 RN收到从目标 DeNB转发的下行数据包后, 将 数据包转发到 RN所服务的 UE。
实例三
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系, 其中, ERAB的信息 包括但不限于承载标识,服务质量信息,以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息进行接纳控制。 对 于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB, 如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发, 则为对应 UE 的 ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID, 然后将 X2 用户面隧道地址以及 TEID信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB , 源 DeNB将切换命令返回给 RN。
RN完成到目标 DeNB的随机接入后, 在连接重配完成消息中携带为目 标 DeNB分配的下行数据用户面转发 S1隧道地址以及 TEID信息。 RN完成 连接重配后, 可由 RN或是目标 DeNB为 RN所服务的 UE发送 path switch request消息给 UE的移动管理实体, 请求 RN所服务的用户对应的 S-GW将 用户面 S1隧道从源 DeNB切换到目标 DeNB,并且告知 UE的移动管理实体 进行 载爹改更新。与此同时,如果目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 S1用户面隧道
S 1隧道转发到目标 DeNB , 目标 DeNB暂时緩存该数据包。
移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过 modify bearer request/modify bearer response流程协商承载信息的修改。
移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW完成承载修改后, 如果目标 DeNB和 RN 之间的 S1隧道已经建立好, 此后, 目标 DeNB可对源 DeNB转发的 RN所 据包的序列号进行排序,将保证顺序的上行数据包发送给用户对应的 S-GW, 对于缺失的数据包, 可要求 RN进行重传。
实例四
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系, 其中, ERAB的信息 包括但不限于承载标识,服务质量信息,以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息进行接纳控制。 对 于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB,如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发,则为对应的 RN ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID, 然后将 X2用户 面隧道地址以及 TEID信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB,源 DeNB 将切换命令返回给 RN。
源 DeNB收到包含为 RN的 ERAB分配的下行 X2用户面隧道信息后, 对于下行数据, 源 DeNB将尚未收到确认的下行数据包以及之后的数据包, 映射到对应 RN ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道,然后将数据包通过下行 X2用 户面隧道转发到目标基站; 对于源 DeNB从中继节点所服务用户对应的服务 网关(S-GW, Serving gateway )发送的下行数据包, 源 DeNB同样的找到对 应 RN ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道,然后将数据包通过该下行 X2用户面隧 道转发到目标基站。 目标 DeNB收到从源 DeNB经过 RN的 X2用户面隧道 转发的数据包后, 暂时緩存这些数据包。
RN完成到目标 DeNB的随机接入以及连接重配后, 可由 RN或是目标 DeNB为 RN所服务的 UE发送路径切换请求( path switch request ) 消息给 UE的移动管理实体, 请求 RN所服务的用户对应的 S-GW将用户面 S1隧道 从源 DeNB切换到目标 DeNB, 并且告知 UE的移动管理实体进行承载修改 更新。 与此同时, 如果目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 S1用户面隧道已经建立, 目 标 DeNB可开始将收到的从源 DeNB经过 RN的 X2用户面隧道转发到本地 的下行数据包按序转发给 RN。 目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 S1用户面隧道可在 切换准备阶段和或切换执行阶段通过 RRC连接重配过程交互或是当 RN接入 DeNB后通过 S1建立过程建立。
用户的移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过修改承载请求 (modify bearer request ) /修改承载响应( modify bearer response )流程协商承载信息的修改。 用户的 S-GW完成承载修改后, 向源 DeNB 通过用户面 S1 隧道发送 end marker数据包,从而结束向源 DeNB发送下行数据包,之后转而向目标 DeNB 通过用户面 S1隧道发送下行数据包。
源 DeNB监控 RN所服务的所有 UE的 ERAB以及对应的 RN ERAB,只 有当收到该 RN ERAB对应的所有 UE ERAB从 S-GW发来的 end marker之 后 , 源 DeNB才转发一次 end marker数据包。 如果源 DeNB收到 RN所服务 用户需要进行下行转发的所有 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB可 释放相应 RN以及 RN所服务用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道。
目标 DeNB收到从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW发送的下行数据包后, 查找 下行数据包对应的 RN ERAB,判断是否需要进行 X2转发以及是否已经收到 从源 DeNB转发的对应于 RN ERAB的结束标识数据包。
如果需要进行 X2转发、 目标 DeNB已经从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包、 且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户 对应于该 RN ERAB的用户面 X2隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到 RN, 则目 标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将 该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。
如果需要进行 X2转发, 但目标 DeNB尚未从用户面 X2隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包,则目标 DeNB緩存从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW 发送的下行数据包, 直到目标 DeNB接收到从用户面 X2隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对 应的下行数据包转发到 RN,则目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。 RN收到从目标 DeNB转发的下行数据包后, 将 数据包转发到 RN所服务的 UE。
方法实施例二
下述几个实例给出了中继节点和目标基站之间用户面 S1 隧道在目标 DeNB收到源 DeNB转发的数据包时尚未建立的实施方案。 相应的实例一在 下行数据包处理中源基站以 RN的 ERAB为单位发送 end marker, 而相应的 实例二在下行数据包处理中源基站以 UE的 ERAB为单位转发 endmakrer数 据包。 相应的实例三给出了上行数据包的处理过程。 实例四给出了在下行数 据包处理中源基站和目标基站之间以 RN承载为单位建立 X2用户面转发隧 道。
实例一
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系, 其中, ERAB的信息 包括但不限于承载标识,服务质量信息,以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息进行接纳控制。 对 于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB, 如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发, 则为对应 UE 的 ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID , 然后将 X2用 户面隧道地址以及 TEID信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB。
源 DeNB收到包含为 UE的 ERAB分配的下行 X2用户面隧道信息后 , 对于下行数据, 源 DeNB将尚未收到确认的下行数据包以及之后的数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应 UE ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站; 对于源 DeNB从中 继节点所服务用户对应的 S-GW发送的下行数据包, 源 DeNB同样的找到对 应的用户承载信息,并映射到对应 UE ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将 数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站。目标 DeNB收到从源 DeNB 经过 UE的 X2用户面隧道转发的数据包后, 目标 DeNB暂时緩存这些数据 包。
RN完成到目标 DeNB 的随机接入以及连接重配后, 为其所服务的 UE 发送 path switch request消息给 UE的移动管理实体, 请求 RN所服务的用户 对应的 S-GW将用户面 S1隧道从源 DeNB切换到目标 DeNB, 并且告知 UE 的移动管理实体进行承载修改更新。 在此过程中 RN与目标 DeNB之间建立 S1隧道。
用户的移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过 modify bearer request/modify bearer response流程协商承载信息的修改。 用户的 S-GW完成承载修改后, 向源 DeNB通过用户面 S1隧道发送 end marker数据包,从而结束向源 DeNB 发送下行数据包, 之后转而向目标 DeNB通过用户面 S1 隧道发送下行数据 包。
源 DeNB监控 RN所服务的所有 UE的 ERAB以及对应的 RN ERAB,只 有当收到从 S-GW发来的 RN ERAB对应的所有 UE ERAB 的 end marker之 后 , 源 DeNB才转发一次 end marker数据包。 如果源 DeNB收到 RN所服务 用户需要进行下行转发的所有 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB可 释放相应 RN以及 RN所服务用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道;
目标 DeNB收到从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW发送的下行数据包后, 查找 下行数据包对应的 RN ERAB ,判断是否需要进行 X2转发以及是否已经收到 标识数据包。
如果需要进行 X2转发、 目标 DeNB 已经从 X2用户面隧道收到对应的 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用 户对应于该 RN ERAB的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到 RN, 则 目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道, 将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。 如果需要进行 X2转发, 但目标 DeNB尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包,则目标 DeNB緩存从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW 发送的下行数据包, 直到目标 DeNB接收到从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对 应的下行数据包转发到 RN,则目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 SI隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。 RN收到从目标 DeNB转发的下行数据包后, 将 数据包转发到 RN所服务的 UE。
实例二
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系,其中 , ERAB的信息包 括但不限于承载标识, 服务质量信息, 以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息进行接纳控制。 对 于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB, 如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发, 则为对应 UE 的 ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行用户 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID, 并将 X2 用户面隧道 IP地址以及 TEID信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB。
源 DeNB收到包含为 UE的 ERAB分配的下行 X2用户面隧道信息后 , 对于下行数据, 源 DeNB将尚未收到确认的下行数据包以及之后的数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应 UE ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站; 对于源 DeNB接收 到的从中继节点所服务用户对应的 S-GW发送的下行数据包, 源 DeNB同样 的找到对应的用户承载信息,并映射到对应 UE ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站。 目标 DeNB收到从 源 DeNB经过 UE的用户面 X2隧道转发的数据包后, 目标 DeNB暂时緩存 这些数据包。
RN完成到目标 DeNB 的随机接入以及连接重配后, 为其所服务的 UE 发送 path switch request消息给 UE的移动管理实体, 请求 RN所服务的用户 对应的 S-GW将用户面 S1隧道从源 DeNB切换到目标 DeNB, 并且告知 UE 的移动管理实体进行承载修改更新。 在此过程中 RN与目标 DeNB之间建立 S1隧道。
用户的移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过 modify bearer request/modify bearer response流程协商承载信息的修改。 用户的 S-GW完成承载修改后, 向源 DeNB通过用户面 S 1隧道发送 end marker数据包,从而结束向源 DeNB 发送下行数据包, 之后转而向目标 DeNB通过用户面 S1 隧道发送下行数据 包。
源 DeNB监控 RN所服务的所有 UE的 ERAB, 对于从 RN所服务用户 对应的 S-GW发送的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB通过下行用户面 X2隧道 转发到目标 DeNB。 如果源 DeNB收到 RN所服务用户需要进行下行转发的 所有数据承载的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB可释放相应 RN以及 RN所服 务用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道。
目标 DeNB收到从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW发送的下行数据包后, 查找 下行数据包对应的 UE ERAB,判断是否需要进行 X2转发以及是否已经收到 从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对应 UE ERAB承载的 endmarker数据包。
如果需要进行 X2转发、 目标 DeNB已经从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包、 且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户 对应 UE ERAB的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到 RN, 则目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道, 将该 下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S 1隧道转发到 RN。
如果需要进行 X2转发, 但目标 DeNB尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包,则目标 DeNB緩存从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW 发送的下行数据包, 直到目标 DeNB接收到从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对 应的下行数据包转发到 RN,则目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。 RN收到从目标 DeNB转发的下行数据包后, 将 数据包转发到 RN所服务的 UE。
实例三
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系, 其中, ERAB的信息 包括但不限于承载标识,服务质量信息,以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息, 进行接纳控制。 对于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB ,如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发,则为对应 UE 的 ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID, 并将 X2用户 面隧道的 IP地址以及 TEID信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB。
源 DeNB收到包含为 UE的 ERAB分配的上行 X2用户面隧道信息后 , 对于上行数据, 源 DeNB将保证顺序的 RN所服务用户对应的上行数据包转 发到 RN所服务用户对应的 S-GW, 对于出现乱序的 RN所服务用户对应的 上行数据包, 源基站找到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应用户承载的上 行 X2用户面隧道,然后将数据包通过上行用户面 X2隧道转发到目标 DeNB, 目标 DeNB暂时緩存这些数据包。
RN完成到目标 DeNB 的随机接入以及连接重配后, 为其所服务的 UE 发送 path switch request消息给 UE的移动管理实体, 请求 RN所服务的用户 对应的 S-GW将用户面 S1隧道从源 DeNB切换到目标 DeNB, 并且告知 UE 的移动管理实体进行承载修改更新。 在此过程中 RN与目标 DeNB之间建立 S1隧道。
移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过 modify bearer request/modify bearer response流程协商承载信息的修改。
在 RN完成路径切换流程之前, 如果 RN接收到来自用户的上行数据包 后, RN緩存上行数据包。 当 RN获得与目标 DeNB之间的上行数据转发用 户面 S1隧道的 IP地址以及 TEID标识符信息后, RN将上行数据包通过 RN 和目标 DeNB之间的用户面 S 1隧道转发到目标 DeNB。
目标 DeNB对源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对应的上行数据包的序列 序的上行数据包发送用户对应的 S-GW, 对于缺失的数据包, 可要求 RN进 行重传。
实例四
在 RN的切换准备阶段, 源 DeNB在向目标 DeNB发送的 RN切换请求 消息中不仅包括 RN的每个 ERAB的信息, 还要包括 UE的每一个 ERAB的 信息, 以及 RN的 ERAB和 UE的 ERAB的映射关系, 其中, ERAB的信息 包括但不限于承载标识,服务质量信息,以及上下行隧道标识符。 目标 DeNB 收到该消息后, 根据切换请求中包含的 RN的 ERAB信息进行接纳控制。 对 于同意接纳的 RN的 ERAB, 如果该 ERAB支持上下行转发, 则为对应 RN 的 ERAB分配必要的下行以及上行 X2用户面隧道标识 TEID, 然后将 X2用 户面隧道地址以及 TEID信息通过切换请求确认消息返回给源 DeNB。
源 DeNB收到包含为 RN的 ERAB分配的下行 X2用户面隧道信息后, 对于下行数据, 源 DeNB将尚未收到确认的下行数据包以及之后的数据包, 找到对应的用户 载信息 ,并映射到对应 RN ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将数据包通过下行 X2用户面隧道转发到目标基站; 对于源 DeNB从中 继节点所服务用户对应的 S-GW发送的下行数据包, 源 DeNB同样的找到对 应的用户承载信息 , 并映射到对应 RN ERAB的下行 X2用户面隧道 , 然后 将数据包通过下行 X2 用户面隧道转发到目标基站。 目标 DeNB 收到从源 DeNB经过 X2用户面隧道转发的数据包后, 目标 DeNB暂时緩存这些数据 包。
RN完成到目标 DeNB 的随机接入以及连接重配后, 为其所服务的 UE 发送 path switch request消息给 UE的移动管理实体, 请求 RN所服务的用户 对应的 S-GW将用户面 SI隧道从源 DeNB切换到目标 DeNB, 并且告知 UE 的移动管理实体进行承载修改更新。 在此过程中 RN与目标 DeNB之间建立 S1隧道。
用户的移动管理实体与用户的 S-GW通过 modify bearer request/modify bearer response流程协商承载信息的修改。 用户的 S-GW完成承载修改后, 向源 DeNB通过用户面 S1隧道发送 end marker数据包,从而结束向源 DeNB 发送下行数据包, 之后转而向目标 DeNB通过用户面 S1 隧道发送下行数据 包。
源 DeNB监控 RN所服务的所有 UE的 ERAB以及对应的 RN ERAB,只 有当收到从 S-GW发来的 RN ERAB对应的所有 UE ERAB 的 end marker之 后 , 源 DeNB才转发一次 end marker数据包。 如果源 DeNB收到 RN所服务 用户需要进行下行转发的所有 UE ERAB的 end marker数据包, 源 DeNB可 释放相应 RN以及 RN所服务用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道;
目标 DeNB收到从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW发送的下行数据包后, 查找 下行数据包对应的 RN ERAB,判断是否需要进行 X2转发以及是否已经收到 从源 DeNB转发的对应于 RN ERAB的结束标识数据包。
如果需要进行 X2转发、 目标 DeNB 已经从 X2用户面隧道收到对应的 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的对应于该 RN ERAB的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到 RN,则目标 DeNB查找 对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包 通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。
如果需要进行 X2转发, 但目标 DeNB尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包,则目标 DeNB緩存从 RN所服务用户的 S-GW 发送的下行数据包, 直到目标 DeNB接收到从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 RN ERAB的 end marker数据包且已完成将从源 DeNB转发的 RN所服务用户对 应的下行数据包转发到 RN,则目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 S1隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 目标 DeNB查找对应 UE ERAB的目标 DeNB 和 RN之间的用户面 SI隧道,将该下行数据包通过目标 DeNB和 RN之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到 RN。 RN收到从目标 DeNB转发的下行数据包后, 将 数据包转发到 RN所服务的 UE。
本领域普通技术人员可以理解上述方法中的全部或部分步骤可通过程序 来指令相关硬件完成, 所述程序可以存储于计算机可读存储介质中, 如只读 存储器、 磁盘或光盘等。 可选地, 上述实施例的全部或部分步骤也可以使用 一个或多个集成电路来实现。 相应地, 上述实施例中的各模块 /单元可以釆用 硬件的形式实现, 也可以釆用软件功能模块的形式实现。 本发明不限制于任 何特定形式的硬件和软件的结合。
以上所述仅为本发明的优选实施例而已, 并非用于限定本发明的保护范 围。 根据本发明的发明内容, 还可有其他多种实施例, 在不背离本发明精神 改变和变形, 凡在本发明的精神和原则之内, 所作的任何修改、 等同替换、 改进等, 均应包含在本发明的保护范围之内。
工业实用性 釆用本发明后, 由目标基站负责中继节点所服务用户上下行数据包的保 序处理, 通过在源基站和目标基站之间为中继节点所服务的用户建立相应承 载的 X2用户面隧道, 目标基站可以对中继节点所服务的用户的上下行数据 包根据其对应的承载逐个进行保序处理, 从而保证中继节点所服务的用户的 数据包无损有序的转发。 因此本发明具有很强的工业实用性。

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权 利 要 求 书
1、一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理的方法,应用于中继节点的切换过 程中, 包括:
分别进行保序处理。
2、 如权利要求 1所述的方法, 其中:
目标基站对所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包进行保序处理的 步骤包括: 所述目标基站对源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下 行数据包以及从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包进行 保序处理;
目标基站对所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包进行保序处理的 步骤包括: 所述目标基站对所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应 的上行数据包以及从所述中继节点转发的所服务用户的上行数据包进行保序 处理。
3、 如权利要求 1或 2所述的方法, 该方法还包括:
在进行保序处理之前, 源基站向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中 携带所述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应 的承载的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个 用户所对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站在收到所述切换请求消息后, 对于所述中继节点所服务的 各用户, 分别判断各所述用户对应的承载是否需要上下行转发;
所述目标基站为需要上下行转发的中继节点所服务的用户对应的承载分 配 X2用户面隧道标识符 ,并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过切换请 求确认消息返回给所述源基站。
4、 如权利要求 2所述的方法, 所述方法还包括:
所述目标基站在接收从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行 数据包之前, 所述中继节点或所述目标基站为所述中继节点所服务的用户发 起路径切换请求, 请求所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关将用户面 SI隧道从所述源基站切换到所述目标基站;
所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关收到所述路径切换请求后, 通过用户面 S1隧道向所述源基站发送结束标识数据包;
所述目标基站接收从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包的步骤包括: 所述目标基站接收所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关通 过切换后的用户面 S1隧道向所述目标基站发送的下行数据包。
5、如权利要求 3所述的方法, 其中, 所述源基站转发所述中继节点所服 务用户对应的下行数据包的步骤包括:
所述源基站为尚未收到从所述中继节点发来的表示该数据包已收到的确 认的下行数据包开始的后续数据包、 以及从所述中继节点所服务用户对应的 服务网关发送的下行数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并将所述用户承载 信息映射到对应用户承载的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述后续数据包及 所述服务网关发送的下行数据包通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目 标基站。
6、 如权利要求 3所述的方法, 该方法还包括:
在接收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识数据 包后, 所述源基站通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道将所述结束标识数据包转发 到目标基站; 或者,
在接收到收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识 数据包后, 所述源基站在判断出已经接收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户 需要转发的承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 再将所述结束标识数据包转发到 所述目标基站。
7、 如权利要求 6所述的方法, 该方法还包括:
所述源基站在收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发的承载对应 的结束标识数据包, 并将结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基站后, 释放该中 继节点以及该中继节点所服务的用户的上下文信息以及 X2用户面隧道。
8、如权利要求 2所述的方法, 其中, 所述目标基站对所述源基站转发的 所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包以及从所述中继节点所服务用户 的服务网关发送的下行数据包进行保序处理的步骤包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的 下行数据包后, 查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面
S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述目标基站将所述下行数据包通 过所述对应的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则所述目标基站暂时緩存所述下行 数据包, 直到对应的用户面 S1 隧道建立后, 再将所述下行数据包通过所述 建立的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点。
9、 如权利要求 4或 8所述的方法, 该方法还包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包后, 查找所述下行数据包对应的中继节点所服务用户对应的承载, 判断 是否需要 X2转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用 户对应承载的结束标识数据包;
如果需要 X2转发,所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对应承 载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到中继节点,则所述目标基站查找对 应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包 通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
如果需要 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应承载 的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关发送的下行数据包, 直到目标基站接收到从所述 X 2用户面隧道收到对 应承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用 户对应的下行数据包转发到中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的 所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通 过所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点; 如果不需要 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所 述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过所述目标基站和 所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
10、 如权利要求 4或 8所述的方法, 该方法还包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包后, 查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及 是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标识数据包; 如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继 节点所服务用户对应于该中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据 包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中 继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点 之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到从所述 X2 用户面隧道收到对应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基 站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用 户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
11、 如权利要求 1或 2所述的方法, 该方法还包括:
在进行保序处理之前, 源基站向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中 携带所述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应 的承载的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个 用户所对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站在收到所述切换请求消息后, 判断各所述中继节点对应的 承载是否需要上下行转发;
所述目标基站为需要上下行转发的中继节点对应的承载分配 X2用户面 隧道标识符, 并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过切换请求确认消息 返回给所述源基站。
12、 如权利要求 11所述的方法, 该方法还包括:
所述目标基站收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数 据包后, 查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及 是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标识数据包; 如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的对应于该 中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转 发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到对应中继节 点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服 务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用 户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行 数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到所述 中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点; 所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
13、 如权利要求 2所述的方法, 其中, 所述源基站转发所述中继节点所 服务用户对应的上行数据包的步骤包括:
所述源基站将保证顺序的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包转 发到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关;
对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 所述源基站找 到对应的用户承载信息, 并映射到对应的用户承载的上行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述上行数据包通过所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站; 或者,对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包,所述源基站找 到对应的中继节点承载的上行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述上行数据包通过 所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站。
14、 如权利要求 2所述的方法, 其中, 所述中继节点转发所服务用户的 上行数据包的步骤包括:
所述中继节点接收到来自用户的上行数据包后, 判断是否有对应用户承 载的目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述中继节点将所述上行数据包通 过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述目标基站;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则緩存所述上行数据包, 直到对应 的用户面 S1隧道建立后, 再通过该建立的用户面 S1隧道将所述上行数据包 转发到所述目标基站。
15、 如权利要求 2、 13或 14所述的方法, 其中, 所述目标基站对所述源 基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包以及从所述中继节点转发 的所服务用户的上行数据包进行保序处理的步骤包括:
所述目标基站根据所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数
的数据包, 要求所述中继节点进行重传。
16、 一种中继节点用户面无损切换处理的系统, 应用于中继节点切换过 程中, 该系统包括源基站、 目标基站、 中继节点及所述中继节点所服务用户 的服务网关, 其中:
所述源基站设置成: 向所述目标基站转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应 的下行数据包及上行数据包;
所述中继节点设置成:向所述目标基站转发其所服务用户的上行数据包; 所述服务网关设置成: 向所述目标基站发送对应用户的下行数据包; 所述目标基站设置成: 对接收到的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行 数据包以及上行数据包分别进行保序处理。
17、 如权利要求 16所述的系统, 其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中携带所 述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载 的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所 对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到所述切换请求消息后, 对于所述中继节 点所服务的各用户, 分别判断该用户对应的承载是否需要上下行转发; 为需 要上下行转发的中继节点所服务的用户对应的承载分配 X2用户面隧道标识 符, 并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过切换请求确认消息返回给所 述源基站。
18、 如权利要求 16所述的系统, 其中:
所述中继节点或所述目标基站还设置成: 为所述中继节点所服务的用户 发起路径切换请求, 请求所述中继节点所服务的用户对应的服务网关将用户 面 S1隧道从所述源基站切换到所述目标基站;
所述服务网关还设置成: 收到所述路径切换请求后, 通过用户面 S1 隧 道向源基站发送结束标识数据包;
所述目标基站设置成按照以下方式接收所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关发送的下行数据包: 所述目标基站用于接收所述中继节点所服务用户的 服务网关通过切换后的用户面 S1隧道向所述目标基站发送的下行数据包。
19、如权利要求 17所述的系统, 其中, 所述源基站设置成按照以下方式 转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包:
为尚未收到从所述中继节点发来的表示该数据包已收到的确认的下行数 据包开始的后续数据包、 以及从所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发 送的下行数据包, 找到对应的用户承载信息, 并将所述用户承载信息映射到 对应用户承载的下行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述后续数据包及所述服务网
20、 如权利要求 17所述的系统, 其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 在接收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网 关发送的结束标识数据包后, 通过所述下行 X2用户面隧道将所述结束标识 数据包转发到目标基站; 或者,
在接收到收到所述中继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关发送的结束标识 数据包后, 在判断出已经接收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发的 承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 再将所述结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基 站。
21、 如权利要求 20所述的系统, 其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 在收到所述中继节点所服务的所有用户需要转发 的承载对应的结束标识数据包后, 并将结束标识数据包转发到所述目标基站 后, 释放该中继节点以及该中继节点所服务的用户的上下文信息以及 X2用 户面隧道。
22、如权利要求 16所述的系统, 其中, 所述目标基站设置成按照以下方 式对所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包以及从所 述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包进行保序处理:
收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包后, 查找对应用户 载的目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述目标基站将所述下行数据包通 过所述对应的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则所述目标基站暂时緩存所述下行 数据包, 直到对应的用户面 S1 隧道建立后, 再将所述下行数据包通过所述 新建立的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点。
23、 如权利要求 18或 22所述的系统, 其中:
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关 发送的下行数据包后, 查找所述下行数据包对应的中继节点所服务用户对应 的承载, 判断是否需要 X2转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的中继 节点所服务用户对应承载的结束标识数据包;
如果需要 X2转发,所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对应承 载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到中继节点,则所述目标基站查找对 应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将该下行数据包 通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到中继节点;
如果需要 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应承载 的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务 网关发送的下行数据包, 直到目标基站接收到从所述 X 2用户面隧道收到对 应承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用 户对应的下行数据包转发到中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的 所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通 过所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点; 如果不需要 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和所 述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过所述目标基站和 所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点还设置成: 在收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
24、 如权利要求 18或 22所述的系统, 其中:
所述目标基站还设置成: 收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发 送的下行数据包后,查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载,判断是否需要 X2 转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标 识数据包;
如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继 节点所服务用户对应于该中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据 包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中 继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点 之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到从所述 X2 用户面隧道收到对应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基 站转发的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用 户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的 用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点还设置成: 收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将 所述数据包转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
25、 如权利要求 16所述的系统, 其中:
所述源基站还设置成: 向所述目标基站发送切换请求消息, 其中携带所 述中继节点的承载的信息、 所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所对应的承载 的信息及所述中继节点的承载的信息与所述中继节点所服务的每一个用户所 对应的承载的信息的映射关系;
所述目标基站还设置成: 在收到所述切换请求消息后, 判断各所述中继 节点对应的承载是否需要上下行转发; 为需要上下行转发的中继节点对应的 承载分配 X2用户面隧道标识符,并将分配的所述 X2用户面隧道标识符通过 切换请求确认消息返回给所述源基站。
26、 如权利要求 25所述的系统, 其中:
所述目标基站还设置成: 收到从所述中继节点所服务用户的服务网关发 送的下行数据包后,查找下行数据包对应的中继节点承载,判断是否需要 X2 转发以及是否已经收到从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点对应承载的结束标 识数据包;
如果需要进行 X2转发、所述目标基站已经从所述 X2用户面隧道收到对 应中继节点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的对应于该 中继节点承载的 X2用户面隧道接收到的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转 发到所述中继节点;
如果需要进行 X2转发,但所述目标基站尚未从 X2用户面隧道收到对应 中继节点承载的结束标识数据包, 则所述目标基站緩存从所述中继节点所服 务用户的服务网关发送的下行数据包, 直到所述目标基站接收到对应中继节 点承载的结束标识数据包且已完成将从所述源基站转发的所述中继节点所服 务用户对应的下行数据包转发到所述中继节点, 则所述目标基站查找对应用 户承载的所述目标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行 数据包通过目所述标基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道转发到所述 中继节点;
如果不需要进行 X2转发, 所述目标基站查找对应用户承载的所述目标 基站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1 隧道, 将所述下行数据包通过目标基 站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述中继节点;
所述中继节点收到从所述目标基站转发的下行数据包后, 将所述数据包 转发到所述中继节点所服务的用户。
27、如权利要求 16所述的系统, 其中, 所述源基站设置成按照以下方式 转发所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包:
将保证顺序的所述中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包转发到所述中 继节点所服务用户对应的服务网关; 对于出现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 找到对应的用 户承载信息, 并映射到对应的用户承载的上行 X2用户面隧道, 然后将所述 上行数据包通过所述上行 X2用户面隧道转发到所述目标基站; 或者,对于出 现乱序的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包, 找到对应的中继节点承载 转发到所述目标基站。
28、如权利要求 16所述的系统, 其中, 所述中继节点设置成按照以下方 式转发所服务用户的上行数据包:
在接收到来自用户的上行数据包后, 判断是否有对应用户承载的目标基 站和所述中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道存在, 则所述中继节点将所述上行数据包通 过目标基站和中继节点之间的用户面 S1隧道转发到所述目标基站;
如果对应的用户面 S1 隧道不存在, 则緩存所述上行数据包, 直到对应 的用户面 S1隧道建立后, 再通过该建立的用户面 S1隧道将所述上行数据包 转发到所述目标基站。
29、 如权利要求 16、 27或 28所述的系统, 其中, 所述目标基站设置成 按照以下方式对所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包以
根据所述源基站转发的中继节点所服务用户对应的上行数据包的序列号
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