WO2015196691A1

WO2015196691A1 - Method and device for processing resource of user equipment (ue), base station and terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2015196691A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/090395
Authority: WO
Inventors: 谢峰; 罗薇
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-06-27
Filing date: 2014-11-05
Publication date: 2015-12-30
Also published as: CN105228229A

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for processing a resource of a user equipment (UE), a base station and a terminal. The method comprises: acquiring an inactive time of a UE; according to the acquired inactive time, determining an accumulated inactive time; judging whether the accumulated inactive time reaches a predetermined threshold value; and in the case where the judgement result is yes, releasing resources of the UE. By means of the present invention, the problem existing in the related art that resources and power are wasted due to the fact that the inactive time when the UE does not conduct a service flow cannot be accurately learnt is solved, thereby achieving the effects of learning the inactive time when the UE does not conduct the service flow and avoiding the problem that resources and power are wasted.

Description

User equipment UE resource processing method, device, base station and terminal

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a user equipment UE resource processing method, apparatus, base station, and terminal.

Background technique

With the development of communication technologies, there are more and more types of existing communication systems. The Long Term Evolution (LTE) project is the evolution of the third generation of mobile communication technology (Third Generation, 3G for short). It also enhances the 3G (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) air access technology, which uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (Orthogonal Frequency). Division Multiplexing (referred to as OFDM) technology and Multiple Inputs and Multiple Outputs (MIMO) technology. In addition, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology and second generation mobile communication Technology (Second Generation, 2G for short) is also widely used in current communication systems.

In LTE, the UE can switch between the connected state and the idle state according to the change of the traffic. When the UE has the service transmission, the UE enters the connected state. When the UE has no service transmission, the network side collects the UE without the service transmission. Time, once the inactivity time exceeds the threshold set by the network side, the network side releases the resources of the UE. However, in the current wireless communication system, since there are various standards, including existing LTE, 3G (UMTS, HRPD), 2G, and WLAN, when the UE performs mobility operation between the above different wireless communication systems, Handover of a serving cell in a part of the scenario in the same system (for example, a change in a small cell in a serving base station of a UE in a dual connectivity scenario in LTE), handover/redirection between different cellular systems (for example, switching between LTE and 3G) And the flow migration between the 3GPP and the WLAN (for example, LTE or 3G traffic splitting to the WLAN), the network side cannot know the time when the UE is in an inactive state under the original serving base station, for example, if the UE is frequently in 3GPP and WLAN Flow migration occurs, and each time the UE stays at the 3GPP base station is less than the threshold of the inactive time, the 3GPP base station does not release the resources of the UE even if the UE has no traffic for a long time. , resulting in waste of resources and power consumption.

Therefore, in the related art, there is a problem that the base station cannot accurately know that the UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow, resulting in waste of resources and power consumption.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a user equipment UE resource processing method, apparatus, base station, and terminal, so as to solve at least the base station existing in the related art, and cannot accurately know that the UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow, resulting in waste of resources and power consumption. problem.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a user equipment UE resource processing method is provided, including: acquiring an inactivity time of the UE; determining an accumulated inactivity time according to the acquired inactivity time; and determining the accumulated inactivity time Whether the predetermined threshold is reached; if the result of the determination is yes, the resources of the UE are released.

Preferably, the inactive time of acquiring the UE includes at least one of: acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by a high-level network element; acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by using the UE; The neighboring communication node acquires the inactivity time of the UE.

Preferably, the high-level network element includes at least one of the following: a mobility management entity MME; a packet data network gateway P-GW; a serving gateway S-GW; and a central control node.

Preferably, the inactivity time of the UE includes at least one of: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; the UE does not send corresponding to one or more predetermined bearers, and The time at which any data is received; the time at which the UE did not send and receive any data.

Preferably, the obtaining, by the high-level network element, the inactive time of the UE includes: sending, to the high-level network element, a request for acquiring the inactivity time of the UE; receiving the sending by the high-level network element The request response carrying the inactivity time.

Preferably, the obtaining, by the UE, the inactivity time of the UE includes at least one of: acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by requesting the manner reported by the UE; Obtaining the inactivity time of the UE, and acquiring, by the UE, the inactive time in the sent random access message, acquiring the inactivity time of the UE.

Preferably, the requesting the UE to report the inactive time of the UE includes at least one of: instructing, by the radio resource to control the RRC dedicated signaling, the UE to report the inactivity time of the UE; The inactive time of the UE reported by the UE is indicated by the media access control MAC control header.

Preferably, the inactive time of the UE is obtained by the manner reported by the UE, and the inactive time of the UE is obtained by using the manner of reporting the UE periodically; When the inactive time reaches the predetermined threshold, the manner in which the UE reports is triggered, and the non-the UE is obtained. The activation time is obtained by the UE reporting the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactivity time counted by the UE reaches a predetermined threshold sent by the base station. .

Preferably, the obtaining, by the neighboring communication node, the inactivity time of the UE comprises: acquiring, by using a manner that the inactive time is carried in the context information acquired by the neighboring communication node, acquiring the location of the UE The inactivity time is obtained; the inactivity time of the UE is obtained by sending a request message for requesting an inactivity time to the neighboring communication node.

Preferably, before acquiring the inactivity time of the UE, the method further includes: sending an inactivity time reporting threshold to the UE; and sending an inactivity time reporting period and an offset to the UE.

Preferably, the foregoing method is applied to a process in which the UE is in a dual connection, and the primary base station performs a change/add/delete on the secondary base station; and/or is applied to the process in which the UE performs service flow migration in different standard networks. in.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a user equipment UE resource processing method is provided, including: counting an inactivity time of the UE; and reporting the inactive time of the statistics to a base station.

Preferably, reporting the inactive time of the statistics to the base station includes at least one of: reporting the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by sending a request response to the base station; The inactive time of the received random access message is reported to the base station.

Preferably, reporting the inactive time of the statistics to the base station includes at least one of: reporting the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by means of periodic reporting; and achieving the predetermined time by the inactive time And the threshold is used to report the inactive time, and the inactive time is reported to the base station; and the inactive time is reported to the base station by reporting the indication information, where the indication information is used by the threshold information. The inactive time indicated by the UE is up to a predetermined threshold delivered by the base station.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a user equipment (UE) resource processing apparatus includes: an obtaining module, configured to acquire an inactivity time of the UE; and a determining module, configured to determine an accumulated according to the acquired inactivity time The inactivation time is determined by the determining module, configured to determine whether the accumulated inactivity time reaches a predetermined threshold; and the releasing module is configured to release the resources of the UE if the determination result is yes.

Preferably, the acquiring module includes at least one of the following: a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire the inactive time of the UE by a high-level network element, and a second acquiring unit, configured to acquire the UE by using the UE The inactive time; the third obtaining unit is configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using a neighboring communication node.

Preferably, the first obtaining unit includes: a first sending subunit, configured to send, to the high-level network element, a request for acquiring the inactivity time of the UE; and the first receiving subunit is configured to receive the The request response sent by the high-level network element carrying the inactivity time.

Preferably, the second obtaining unit includes at least one of the following: a first acquiring subunit, configured to acquire the inactive time of the UE by requesting reporting by the UE; and acquiring a second subunit, setting Obtaining, by the UE, the inactive time of the UE, where the third acquiring sub-unit is configured to acquire, by using, the inactive time in the random access message sent by the UE. The inactivity time of the UE.

Preferably, the first obtaining sub-unit is further configured to: acquire the inactive time of the UE by requesting reporting by the UE, and include at least one of: instructing a UE by using RRC dedicated signaling by radio resource control And reporting the inactivity time of the UE by using a media access control MAC control header to instruct the UE to report the inactivity time of the UE.

Preferably, the second obtaining sub-unit is further configured to acquire, by using the manner reported by the UE, the inactive time of the UE, where the at least one time is obtained by: reporting, by using, reporting, The inactive time of the UE is obtained by triggering the manner of reporting by the UE when the inactive time reaches a predetermined threshold, and acquiring the inactive time of the UE; And obtaining the inactivity time of the UE, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactivity time counted by the UE reaches a predetermined threshold that is sent by the base station.

Preferably, the third obtaining unit includes: a fourth acquiring subunit, configured to acquire the inactive of the UE by carrying the inactive time in context information acquired from the neighboring communications node a fifth acquisition subunit, configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by sending a request message for requesting an inactivity time to the neighboring communication node.

Preferably, the apparatus further includes: a first sending module, configured to send an inactive time reporting threshold to the UE; and a second sending module, configured to send an inactive time reporting period and an offset to the UE .

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a base station is provided, comprising the apparatus of any of the above.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, a user equipment (UE) resource processing apparatus is provided, and a statistic module is configured to count the inactivity time of the UE. The reporting module is configured to report the statistic of the inactivity time to the base station.

Preferably, the reporting module includes at least one of the following: a first reporting unit configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by sending a request response to the base station; The inactive time of the statistics is reported to the base station by means of carrying the inactive time in the random access message sent to the base station.

Preferably, the reporting module includes at least one of the following: a third reporting unit configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by means of periodic reporting; and the fourth reporting unit is configured to pass the The inactive time reaches a predetermined threshold to trigger the reporting, and the inactive time is reported to the base station; the fifth reporting unit is configured to report the inactive time of the statistics by reporting the indication information. And the indication information is used to indicate that the inactivity time counted by the UE reaches a predetermined threshold that is sent by the base station.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a terminal is provided, comprising the apparatus of any of the above.

According to the present invention, the inactivity time of the UE is obtained; the accumulated inactivity time is determined according to the acquired inactivity time; whether the accumulated inactivity time reaches a predetermined threshold; and if the judgment result is yes, the release is performed. The resource of the UE solves the problem that the base station does not accurately know that the UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow, which causes waste of resources and power consumption, and thus accurately obtains that the UE does not perform service flow. Activate time to avoid the waste of resources and power consumption.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a first method for processing user equipment UE resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a second method for processing user equipment UE resources according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a user equipment UE resource processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of the acquiring module 32 in the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of the first obtaining unit 42 in the acquiring module 32 in the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of the second obtaining unit 44 in the acquiring module 32 in the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a third obtaining unit 46 in the acquiring module 32 in the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

9 is a structural block diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of a user equipment UE resource processing apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a first block diagram of a preferred structure of the reporting module 104 in the UE resource processing apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a second block diagram of a preferred structure of the reporting module 104 in the UE resource processing apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a UE resource processing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

15 is a schematic diagram of a dual connectivity architecture in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 16 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

Figure 17 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

Figure 18 is a flow chart 1 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

Figure 19 is a second flowchart of Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

Figure 20 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

Figure 21 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention;

Figure 22 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention;

Figure 23 is a flow chart showing Embodiment 7 of the present invention;

Figure 24 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention;

Figure 25 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention;

Figure 26 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention;

Figure 27 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 11 of the present invention;

Figure 28 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 17 of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

A user equipment UE resource processing method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a user equipment UE resource processing method 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the process includes the following steps:

Step S102: Acquire an inactivity time of the UE.

Step S104, determining an accumulated inactivity time according to the acquired inactivity time;

Step S106, determining whether the accumulated inactivity time reaches a predetermined threshold;

In step S108, if the determination result is yes, the resources of the UE are released.

Through the foregoing steps, determining the inactive time of the UE according to the inactive time of the UE (that is, the UE does not actually perform the inactivity time of the service flow), which not only solves the related art, but the base station cannot accurately know that the UE does not perform the service flow. The inactivity time leads to the problem of waste of resources and power consumption, and thus achieves the effect of accurately knowing that the UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow and avoids the problem of waste of resources and power consumption.

The inactive time of the UE may be obtained in multiple manners. For example, at least one of the following manners may be adopted: the inactive time of the UE is obtained by the high-level network element; the inactivity time of the UE is obtained by the UE; and the inactive time is obtained by the neighboring communication node. The inactivity time of the UE. The high-level network element may include at least one of the following: a mobility management entity MME; a packet data network gateway P-GW; a serving gateway S-GW; and a central control node.

The inactivity time of the UE may be in multiple forms, for example, may include at least one of the following: the time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; the UE does not send corresponding to one or more predetermined bearers; The time at which any data is received; the time at which the UE did not send and receive any data.

The following describes different ways of obtaining the inactivity time of the UE.

For example, when the inactive time of the UE is obtained by the high-level network element, multiple methods may be used. For example, the following method may be adopted: sending a request for acquiring the inactivity time of the UE to the high-level network element; and receiving the packet sent by the high-level network element. Request response for inactivity time.

For example, the UE may obtain the inactive time of the UE by using the UE. For example, the UE may obtain the inactive time of the UE by requesting the UE to report the UE. Inactive time; the inactive time of the UE is obtained by the UE carrying the inactive time in the random access message sent. The following are explained separately.

For example, when the UE is requested to report the inactive time of the UE, the following implementation manner may also be adopted: the RRC dedicated signaling is controlled by the radio resource to indicate that the UE reports the inactivity time of the UE; and the MAC control header is controlled by the media access. Instructing the UE to report the inactivity time of the UE.

For example, when the inactive time of the UE is obtained by the manner of the UE reporting, at least one of the following may be adopted: the UE is inactively reported by the UE periodically, and the inactive time is reached when the inactive time reaches the predetermined threshold. The method of triggering the reporting of the UE, the inactive time of the UE is obtained, and the inactive time of the UE is obtained by reporting the indication information by the UE, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactive time of the UE is up to a predetermined threshold sent by the base station.

For example, when the inactive time of the UE is obtained by the neighboring communication node, the method may also adopt multiple manners. For example, the inactive time of the UE may be acquired by carrying the inactive time in the context information acquired by the neighboring communication node. The inactivity time of the UE may also be acquired by transmitting a request message for requesting the inactivity time to the neighboring communication node.

It should be noted that the foregoing method may be applied to a process in which a UE is in a process in which multiple service flows are changed. For example, the method may be applied to a process in which the UE is in dual connectivity, and the primary base station performs a change/add/delete process on the secondary base station; It is applied to the process of UE migration in different standard networks.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a second method for processing user equipment UE resources according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the process includes the following steps:

Step S202, counting the inactivity time of the UE;

Step S204, reporting the statistical inactivity time to the base station.

Through the above steps, the inactive time of the UE that is counted (that is, the inactive time when the UE does not actually perform the service flow) not only solves the related art, but the base station does not accurately know that the UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow. The problem that causes waste of resources and power consumption, and thus achieves the effect of accurately knowing that the UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow, and avoids the problem of waste of resources and power consumption.

The method of reporting the inactive time to the base station may be performed in multiple manners. For example, at least one of the following may be adopted: the statistical inactivity time is reported to the base station by sending a request response to the base station; and the random connection is sent to the base station. The inactive time is sent to the base station.

Preferably, when the statistical inactivity time is reported to the base station for specific implementation, the following processing manner may also be adopted. For example, at least one of the following manners may be used to report the statistical inactivity time to the base station by using the periodic reporting manner; The activation time reaches a predetermined threshold to trigger the reporting, and the statistical inactivity time is reported to the base station. The reported inactive time is reported to the base station by reporting the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate the non-active statistics of the UE. The activation time reaches a predetermined threshold delivered by the base station.

A user equipment (UE) resource processing apparatus is also provided in this embodiment, and the apparatus is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and details are not described herein. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a user equipment UE resource processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the apparatus includes an obtaining module 32, a determining module 34, a determining module 36, and a releasing module 38. Description.

The obtaining module 32 is configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE, and the determining module 34 is connected to the obtaining module 32, and is configured to determine the cumulative inactivity time according to the acquired inactivity time; the determining module 36 is connected to the determining module 34, and is configured to To determine whether the accumulated inactivity time reaches a predetermined threshold; the release module 38 is connected to the determining module 36, and is configured to release the resources of the UE if the determination result of the determining module 36 is YES.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the acquiring module 32 in the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the obtaining module 32 includes at least one of the following: a first obtaining unit 42 and a second acquiring unit 44. The third obtaining unit 46 describes the acquiring module 32 below.

The first obtaining unit 42 is configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using the high-level network element; the second acquiring unit 44 is configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using the UE; and the third acquiring unit 46 is configured to obtain the information by using the neighboring communication node. The inactivity time of the UE.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the first obtaining unit 42 in the acquiring module 32 of the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the first obtaining unit 42 includes: a first sending subunit 52 and The first receiving subunit 54 will be described below for the first obtaining unit 42.

The first sending sub-unit 52 is configured to send a request for acquiring the inactive time of the UE to the high-level network element. The first receiving sub-unit 54 is connected to the first sending sub-unit 52, and is configured to receive the carrying of the high-level network element. Request response for inactivity time.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the second obtaining unit 44 in the acquiring module 32 of the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the second obtaining unit 44 includes at least one of the following: The sub-unit 62, the second acquisition sub-unit 64, and the third acquisition sub-unit 66, the second acquisition unit 44 will be described below.

The first obtaining sub-unit 62 is configured to acquire the inactive time of the UE by requesting the UE to report the manner; the second obtaining sub-unit 64 is configured to acquire the inactive time of the UE by using the manner reported by the UE, and the third acquiring sub-unit 66. Set, to obtain an inactivity time of the UE, by using a manner that the UE carries the inactive time in the sent random access message.

Preferably, the first obtaining sub-unit 62 is further configured to obtain the inactive time of the UE by requesting the UE to report, including at least one of the following: instructing the UE to report the inactive time of the UE by using the RRC dedicated signaling by the radio resource control Passing the media access control MAC control header to instruct the UE to report the inactivity time of the UE.

Preferably, the second obtaining sub-unit 64 is further configured to acquire, by means of the UE, the inactive time of the UE, including at least one of the following: obtaining the inactive time of the UE by reporting the period of the UE; When the predetermined threshold is reached, the UE is triggered to report the inactive time of the UE, and the inactive time of the UE is obtained by reporting the indication information by the UE, where the indication information is used to indicate that the UE inactive time reaches the base station. The predetermined threshold that is issued.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the third obtaining unit 46 in the acquiring module 32 of the UE resource processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the third obtaining unit 46 includes at least one of the following: The sub-unit 72 and the fifth acquisition sub-unit 74, the third acquisition unit 46 will be described below.

The fourth obtaining sub-unit 72 is configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by carrying the inactive time in the context information acquired from the neighboring communication node, and the fifth acquiring sub-unit 74 is configured to send the message to the neighboring communication node. The manner in which the request message of the inactivity time is requested is obtained, and the inactivity time of the UE is acquired.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a UE resource processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the apparatus includes at least one of the following: in addition to all the modules shown in FIG. 82. The second delivery module 84 is described below.

The first sending module 82 is connected to the obtaining module 32, and is configured to send an inactive time reporting threshold to the UE. The second sending module 84 is connected to the obtaining module 32, and is configured to send an inactive time report to the UE. Cycle and offset.

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the base station 90 includes the UE resource processing apparatus 92 of any of the above.

FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of a user equipment UE resource processing apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the apparatus includes: a statistics module 102 and a reporting module 104, which are described below.

The statistics module 102 is configured to count the inactive time of the UE. The reporting module 104 is connected to the statistics module 102 and is configured to report the inactive time to the base station.

11 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the reporting module 104 in the UE resource processing apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the reporting module 104 includes at least one of the following: a first reporting unit 112 and a second reporting unit. 114. The reporting module 104 is described below.

The first reporting unit 112 is configured to report the statistical inactivity time to the base station by sending a request response to the base station, and the second reporting unit 114 is configured to carry the inactive time in the random access message sent to the base station. The method reports the inactive time of the statistics to the base station.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the reporting module 104 in the UE resource processing apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the reporting module 104 includes at least one of the following: a third reporting unit 122 and a fourth reporting unit. 124. The fifth reporting unit 126, the reporting module 104 is described below.

The third reporting unit 122 is configured to report the statistical inactivity time to the base station by means of periodic reporting, and the fourth reporting unit 124 is configured to trigger the reporting by the inactive time to reach a predetermined threshold, and the statistical non-statistical The activation time is reported to the base station, and the fifth reporting unit 126 is configured to report the inactive time to the base station by reporting the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactive time of the UE statistics reaches the reservation delivered by the base station. Threshold.

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 13, the terminal 130 includes the UE resource processing device 132 of any of the above.

In view of the above problems in the related art, in the present embodiment, a method, a transmission node, and a system for mobility optimization are provided. The base station obtains the inactivity time of the access terminal, and calculates the inactive time of the terminal. When the inactive time of the terminal reaches the inactive time threshold, the resource of the terminal is released. Waste of resources and power, thereby improving system efficiency and improving user experience.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a UE resource processing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the process includes the following steps:

Step 1: The base station requests the communication node to acquire the inactivity time of the UE.

Step 2: The communication node sends an inactivity time to the base station, and then the base station determines whether to release the resource of the UE according to the inactive time information of the UE and the inactive time threshold information.

The base station can obtain the inactive time information of the UE by using multiple processing modes. For example, the base station can obtain the inactive time information of the UE by using the high-level network element. The base station acquires the inactive time information of the UE by using the UE. The neighboring communication node acquires the inactive time of the UE.

The high-level network element includes, but is not limited to, a mobility management entity (Mobile Management Entity, MME for short), a packet data network gateway (P-GW), and a service gateway (Serving-Gateway, referred to as S-GW); central control node. The adjacent communication nodes include, but are not limited to, a macro base station, a small base station, and a wireless local area network (WLAN) node. The inactive time of the UE may also be in multiple forms, for example, may include at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; and the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to one or more specified bearers. Time; the time when the UE did not send and receive any data.

The base station can obtain the inactive time information of the UE by using the high-level network element. For example, the base station can send the inactive time information request of the UE to the high-level network element, and the high-level network element sends the inactive information of the UE to the base station. Time information.

When the base station acquires the inactive time information of the UE by using the UE, for example, the base station may request to acquire the inactive time of the UE; the UE reports the inactive time to the base station. The base station may also use the following methods in the inactive time of the UE. For example, the base station may instruct the UE to report the inactive time through the radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC for short). The base station instructs the UE to report the inactive time through the Media Access Control (MAC) control header.

For example, the UE may obtain the inactive time information of the UE by using the UE in the following manner: the inactive time information is reported in the UE period; when the inactive time of the UE reaches the threshold, the reporting indication information is triggered to the base station, where the threshold is determined by The protocol is agreed to be delivered by the base station.

For example, the base station obtains the inactive time information of the UE by using the UE, and may also adopt the following manner: Step 1: The UE sends a random access message msg1; Step 2: After receiving the msg1, the base station sends a response message msg2, where the msg2 includes: requesting the UE to report the inactive The indication of time. Step 3: The UE sends a random access message msg3; wherein msg3 includes: an inactive time of the UE.

The base station may obtain the inactive time of the UE by using the neighboring communication node. The method may be as follows: Step 1: The first base station sends a context request message of the UE to the first communication node, where the context information of the UE (UE) The Context Information includes the inactive time information of the UE; Step 2: The first communication node sends the context information of the UE to the first base station. The UE information of the UE includes the inactive time information of the UE, where the first communication node includes, but is not limited to, a second base station, a WLAN node.

For another example, the base station may obtain the inactive time of the UE by using the neighboring communication node. Step 1: The first base station sends an inactive time request message of the UE to the first communication node. Step 2: The first communication node sends the first base station to the first base station. Sending an inactive time response message of the UE; where the first communication node includes but is not limited to: a second base station, a WLAN node.

For example, the base station may obtain the inactive time of the UE by using the neighboring communication node, and may also adopt the following manner: Step 1: The MeNB sends an SeNB release request message to the SeNB-1; the SeNB release request message is sent through the X2 interface or the Xn interface; Step 2: SeNB -1 sends release response information to the MeNB. The release response message includes context information of the UE, where the UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the UE's inactive time information.

For example, the base station may acquire the inactive time of the UE by using the neighboring communication node, and may also adopt the following manner: Step 1: The MeNB sends an add request to the SeNB-2, where the request includes the context information of the UE, where the context information of the UE (UE Context Information) Including the inactive time information of the UE; Step 2: The SeNB-2 receives the inactive time information, and sends the response information to the MeNB.

When the base station obtains the inactive time information of the UE by using the UE, the following processing may be performed: Step 1: The base station sends an inactive time report threshold; for example, the base station sends an inactive time threshold by using a broadcast message; or, the base station sends the inactive time threshold through the RRC proprietary message. Inactive time threshold; in step 2, the base station sends an indication information resource that is allocated to the UE for reporting the inactive time timeout; in step 3, the UE counts the inactive time, when inactive time When the threshold is reached, the indication information is reported to the base station; in step 4, after receiving the indication information, the base station releases the resources of the UE.

In this embodiment, a base station is further provided, where the base station performs the following operations: the base station sends an inactive time request indication information, and includes an inactive time of multiple bearers or an inactive time of the specified bearer; the base station acquires inactive time information. The base station determines whether to release the UE resource according to the obtained inactive time information.

In this embodiment, a UE is further provided, where the UE includes: the UE receives the inactive time request indication information; the UE reports the inactive time information on the uplink data channel; and the UE reports the inactive in the random access information. Time information. The inactive time information includes at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to the one or more specified bearers; the UE does not send and receive any data. The time of the data.

Through the foregoing embodiments and the preferred embodiments, the base station obtains the inactivity time of the communication node (including other systems) before the access terminal bears, and cumulatively calculates the inactivity time of the terminal, and the terminal inactivity time is reached. When the inactive time threshold is used, the resources of the terminal are released. This method can avoid waste of resources and power, thereby improving system efficiency and improving user experience.

In the actual process, regarding the inactive time timer, the inactive time timer has two design methods depending on the UE capability:

Manner 1: There is an inactive time timer on the UE side. The base station side also has a UE-specific inactive time timer. When the UE has uplink or downlink data to be transmitted, the inactive time timers on the base station side and the UE side are cleared. When the UE does not have uplink or downlink data to be transmitted, the inactive time timers on the base station side and the UE side start timing. When the UE has uplink or downlink data to be transmitted, the inactive time timers on the base station side and the UE side are restarted. If the inactive time corresponding to the UE exceeds the threshold set by the network side, the network side releases the resources allocated by the UE side, and the UE changes from the connected state to the idle state.

Manner 2: There are multiple inactive time timers on the UE side. The base station side also has a dedicated inactive time timer for each bearer corresponding to multiple UEs. When the UE has uplink or downlink data to be transmitted on a certain bearer, the base station side and The inactive time timer corresponding to the bearer on the UE side is cleared. When the UE does not have uplink or downlink data to be transmitted, the inactive time timer corresponding to the bearer on the base station side and the UE side starts timing until the UE has uplink or downlink data. When the transmission needs to be transmitted, the inactive time timer corresponding to the bearer on the base station side and the UE side is reset to zero. If the inactive time of the UE bearer exceeds the threshold set by the network side, the network side releases the corresponding bearer of the UE. The allocated resources, if all the bearers of the UE are released, the UE transitions from the connected state to the idle state.

After the working mode of the inactive time is determined, the following describes the manner in which the inactive time of the UE is obtained by the network side after the serving system of the serving base station changes.

scene 1:

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a dual-connection architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, in a dual-connection 1A architecture, the MeNB may not know the inactive time of the UE at the SeNB, and the SeNB may not be deleted in time (if the UE is in The inactive time of a single SeNB is long enough to be initiated by the SeNB. If the MeNB does not change the SeNB's inactive time, the SeNB cannot be released for a long time. Or, in the MeNB handover, the inactive time cannot be accurately provided to the target MeNB (the minimum value of the inactive time of the UE at the MeNB and the inactive time of the SeNB should be actually provided); in particular, if the MeNB only provides the SRB, all DRBs pass through the SeNB. In the case of transmission, the MeNB's inactive time does not actually make sense.

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Example 1:

It is assumed that the UE has dual-connection capability, that is, it can be connected to the primary base station (Master eNB) and the secondary base station (Secondary eNB) at the same time. The current primary serving base station of the UE is the MeNB, and the secondary base station can be added in the following manner. FIG. 16 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 16, the flow includes the following steps:

Step 1: The MeNB sends an add request to the SeNB-2, where the add request includes the context information of the UE. The UE context information includes the inactive time information of the UE.

The inactive time of the UE includes: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; or a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to one or more specified bearers; the UE does not send and receive any data. time.

Step 2: SeNB-2 receives the addition request information and determines whether to agree to the addition.

Step 3: SeNB-2 sends the addition confirmation information to the MeNB.

Step 4: After acquiring the inactive time of the UE, the SeNB-2 continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 2:

It is assumed that the UE has the dual connectivity capability, that is, it can be connected to the primary eNB and the secondary eNB at the same time. The current serving base station of the UE is the MeNB and the SeNB-1. FIG. 17 is a flowchart according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Figure 17, as shown in Figure 17, the process includes the following steps:

Step 1: The MeNB sends an SeNB release request message to the SeNB-1.

The SeNB release request message is sent through the X2 interface or the Xn interface.

Step 2: SeNB-1 receives the release request message and agrees to release.

Step 3: SeNB-1 sends release response information to the MeNB. The release response message includes context information of the UE, where the UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the inactive time information of the UE.

The inactive time of the UE includes at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to the one or more specified bearers; the UE does not send and receive. The time of any data.

Step 4: After obtaining the inactive time of the UE, the MeNB continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 3

In a dual-connection scenario, the UE can be connected to one MeNB and one SeNB at the same time. It is assumed that the UE is connected to the MeNB and the SeNB-1 at the same time. At a certain moment, the UE triggers the change of the SeNB-1 to the SeNB-2. 18 is a flowchart 1 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 18, the process includes the following steps:

Step 1: The MeNB sends an SeNB release request message to the SeNB-1.

Step 2: SeNB-1 receives the release request message and decides to release the message.

Step 3: SeNB-1 sends release response information to the MeNB. The release response message includes context information of the UE, where the UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the UE's inactive time information.

Step 4: The MeNB sends an add request to the SeNB-2, where the request includes the context information of the UE. The context information of the UE includes the inactive time information of the UE obtained in step 3.

Step 5: The SeNB-2 receives the inactive time information of the UE, and determines whether to agree to the addition.

Step 6: SeNB-2 sends an acknowledgement message to the MeNB.

Step 7: After acquiring the inactive time of the UE, the SeNB-2 continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Figure 19 is a flow chart 2 of Embodiment 3 of the present invention. As shown in Figure 19, the execution sequence is

steps

1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

Example 4

It is assumed that the UE has the dual connectivity capability, that is, it can be connected to the primary eNB and the secondary eNB at the same time. The current primary serving base station of the UE is the MeNB. If the secondary base station needs to be added, the following steps are required: According to the flowchart of Embodiment 4 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 20, the process includes the following steps:

Step 1: The MeNB sends an add request to the SeNB-2.

Step 2: The SeNB-2 receives the Add Request message and determines whether to agree to the addition.

Step 3: SeNB-2 sends the addition confirmation information to the MeNB.

Step 4: SeNB-2 sends a context request message of the UE to the MeNB. The UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the inactive time information of the UE.

Step 5: The MeNB sends the context information of the UE to the SeNB-2. The UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the inactive time information of the UE.

Step 6: After acquiring the inactive time of the UE, the SeNB-2 continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 5

21 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 21, the difference between this embodiment and Embodiment 4 is that only steps 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 do not have step 4.

Example 6

It is assumed that the UE is dual-connected, that is, it can be connected to the primary eNB and the secondary eNB at the same time. The current serving base station of the UE is the MeNB and the SeNB-1. If the secondary base station needs to be deleted, the following steps are required. FIG. 22 is a flowchart of Embodiment 6 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 22, the flow includes the following steps:

Step 1: The MeNB sends a context request message of the UE to the SeNB-1. The UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the inactive time information of the UE.

Step 2: SeNB-1 sends the context information of the UE to the MeNB. The UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the inactive time information of the UE.

Step 3: The MeNB sends an SeNB release request message to the SeNB-1.

Step 4: SeNB-1 receives a release request message.

Step 5: SeNB-1 sends release response information to the MeNB.

Step 6: After the MeNB obtains the inactive time of the UE, the MeNB continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 7

Figure 23 is a flow chart according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention. As shown in Figure 23, the difference between this embodiment and Embodiment 6 is that only steps 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 have no step 1. And the execution order is steps 3, 4, 5, 2, 6.

Example 8

In a dual-connection scenario, the UE can be connected to one MeNB and one SeNB at the same time. It is assumed that the UE is connected to the MeNB and the SeNB-1 at the same time. At a certain moment, the MeNB triggers the change of the secondary base station SeNB-1 of the UE to the SeNB. -2, FIG. 24 is a flowchart of Embodiment 8 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 24, the flow includes the following steps:

Step 1: The MeNB sends an adjustment request to the SeNB-1.

The adjustment request instructs the UE to release SeNB-1 and add SeNB-2.

Step 2: The MeNB sends an adjustment request to the SeNB-2.

The adjustment request instructs the UE to release SeNB-1 and add SeNB-2.

Step 3: SeNB-2 sends a context request message of the UE to SeNB-1. The UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the inactive time information of the UE.

Step 4: SeNB-1 sends the context information of the UE to SeNB-2. The UE's context information (UE Context Information) includes the inactive time information of the UE.

Step 5: After acquiring the inactive time of the UE, the SeNB-2 continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

It should be noted that the above steps 3 and 4 can also adopt the following processing methods:

Step 3: SeNB-2 sends an inactive time request message of the UE to SeNB-1.

Step 4: SeNB-1 sends an inactive time response message of the UE to SeNB-2.

Example 9

In this embodiment, the cell may require the terminal to report the inactive time of the terminal. FIG. 25 is a flowchart according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 25, the process includes the following steps:

Step 1: The UE accesses the 3GPP serving cell; the 3GPP serving cell includes the MeNB or the SeNB.

Step 2: The 3GPP serving cell requests to acquire the inactive time of the UE. The following manners are adopted: the 3GPP serving cell indicates that the UE reports the inactive time through the RRC dedicated signaling, or the 3GPP serving cell instructs the UE to report the inactive time through the MAC control header. The inactive time of the UE includes at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to the one or more specified bearers; the UE does not send and receive. The time of any data.

Step 3: The UE reports the inactive time to the 3GPP serving cell, and the UE reports the inactive time information on the allocated uplink channel resource.

Step 4: After obtaining the inactive time of the UE, the 3GPP serving cell continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 10:

In this embodiment, the terminal can report the inactive time of the terminal through the random access process. FIG. 26 is a flowchart according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 26, the process includes the following steps: the specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: The UE sends a random access message msg1;

Step 2: The 3GPP cell sends a response message msg2 after receiving the msg1, where the msg2 includes: indication information requesting the UE to report the inactive time.

Step 3: The UE sends a random access message msg3; wherein msg3 includes: an inactive time of the UE.

The inactive time of the UE includes: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to one or more specified bearers; and the time when the UE does not send and receive any data.

Step 4: After acquiring the inactive time of the UE, the 3GPP cell continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Scene 2:

After the UE is switched from the 3GPP to the WLAN, the inactive time of the UE is no longer calculated. When the UE returns to the 3GPP from the WLAN, the inactive time of the UE is actually calculated from 0; this may result in the inactive time of the UE not being continuously calculated. The inactive time of the UE is calculated, and even if the switchover occurs frequently, the inactive time does not expire even if there is no service for a long time, so the 3GPP cell needs to know the inactive time of the UE in the WLAN;

On the other hand, after the UE migrates part of the service from the 3GPP to the WLAN, the UE should actually calculate the minimum inactive time of the DRB that has not been migrated at the inactive time of the 3GPP; but in the reverse direction, after the UE migrates some services from the WLAN to the LTE, In the inactive time of the 3GPP, the UE should actually calculate the minimum value of the inactive time of the UE in the inactive time of the WLAN and the inactive time of the UE before the reverse migration of the UE. Similarly, the 3GPP cell needs to know the inactive time of the UE in the WLAN.

Example 11

Assume that the UE performs the flow migration between the 3GPP and the WLAN, and the 3GPP cell network side needs to count the inactive time of the UE. FIG. 27 is a flowchart according to Embodiment 11 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 27, the process includes the following steps:

Step 1: The inactive time of the UE is calculated by the 3GPP serving cell. The inactive time of the UE includes at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send any data corresponding to each bearer, and no corresponding one of the specified bearers of the UE is sent. And the time at which any data is received; the time when the UE did not send and receive any data.

Step 2: The 3GPP serving cell migrates the service flow of the UE to the WLAN node.

Step 3: The 3GPP serving cell sends the inactive time information element of the UE to the WLAN node, and may adopt at least one of the following methods: the 3GPP serving cell sends the inactive time information element of the UE to the WLAN node through the wireless air interface; the 3GPP serving cell passes the wired interface. Send the inactive time information element of the UE to the WLAN node.

Step 4: The WLAN node receives the inactive time of the UE and sends a response message.

On the basis of this, the WLAN node continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and compares it with the inactive time threshold to determine whether the resource allocated by the UE needs to be released.

Example 12

The difference between this embodiment and the embodiment 11 is that:

Step 3: The 3GPP serving cell sends the context information of the UE to the WLAN node. The context information of the UE includes an inactive time information element of the UE.

Example 13

It is assumed that part of the bearer of the UE is in the flow migration between the 3GPP and the WLAN. The network side of the 3GPP cell needs to collect the inactive time of the UE. The specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: The 3GPP serving cell counts the inactive time of the UE;

The inactive time of the UE includes at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to the one or more specified bearers; the UE does not send and receive any data. The time of the data.

Step 2: The 3GPP serving cell migrates part of the bearer service flow of the UE to the WLAN node.

Step 3: The 3GPP serving cell sends the inactive time information element corresponding to the migrated bearer of the UE to the WLAN node. At least one of the following manners may be adopted: the 3GPP serving cell sends the inactive time information element corresponding to the migrated bearer of the UE to the WLAN node through the wireless air interface; the 3GPP serving cell sends the inactive time information unit corresponding to the migrated bearer of the UE through the wired interface. Give the WLAN node.

Step 4: The WLAN node receives the inactive time of the migrated bearer of the UE, and sends a response message.

Example 14

In this embodiment, a partial bearer of the UE is in a flow migration between the 3GPP and the WLAN. After the UE migrates from the WLAN to the 3GPP cell, the 3GPP cell may directly send a request for obtaining an inactive time to the UE according to the requirement, specifically:

Step 1: The 3GPP serving cell requests to acquire the inactive time of the UE. For example, at least one of the following processing modes may be adopted: the 3GPP serving cell indicates that the UE reports the inactive time through the RRC dedicated signaling; or: the 3GPP serving cell indicates the UE through the MAC control header. In the inactive time, the inactive time of the UE includes at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer, and a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to the one or more specified bearers; There is no time to send and receive any data.

Step 2: The UE reports the inactive time to the 3GPP serving cell. The following processing may be adopted: the UE reports the inactive time information on the allocated uplink channel resource.

Step 3: After acquiring the inactive time of the UE, the 3GPP cell continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 15

In this embodiment, the UE is handed over from the WLAN node to the 3GPP serving cell, and the UE can directly report the inactive time information when accessing the 3GPP cell.

Step 1: The UE sends a random access message.

Step 2: The 3GPP cell sends a response message after receiving the random access message, where the response message includes: indication information for requesting the UE to report the inactive time; and or resource allocation indication information.

Step 3: The UE sends a random access message msg3 on the uplink resource, where msg3 includes: the inactive time of the UE. The inactive time of the UE includes at least one of the following: a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer; a time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to the one or more specified bearers; the UE does not send and receive. The time of any data.

Example 16

In this embodiment, after the UE accesses the communication node, the communication node may obtain the inactive time information of the UE by using the high-level network element, including the following steps:

Step 1: The communication node sends a request for acquiring an inactive time information of the UE to the high-level network element.

Step 2: The high-level network element sends the inactive time information of the UE to the communication node.

The high-level network element includes but is not limited to: MME; P-GW; S-GW; central control node.

The communication node includes but is not limited to: a macro base station, a small base station, and a WLAN node.

Step 3: After obtaining the inactive time of the UE, the communication node continues to accumulate the inactiv e time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 16

In this embodiment, after the UE leaves a communication node, the high-level network element can obtain the inactive time information of the UE through the communication node, and the specific steps include:

Step 1: The high-level network element sends a request for obtaining an inactive time information of the UE to the communication node.

Step 2: The communication node sends the inactive time information of the UE to the high-level network element.

After the high-level network element acquires the inactive time of the UE, it is used to send the communication node to the UE for new access.

Example 17

In this embodiment, after the UE leaves the first communication node and accesses the second communication node, the high-level network element can obtain the inactive time of the UE from the first communication node, and the inactive time of the UE is combined with the embodiment 15 and the embodiment 16. The time is sent to the second communication node. FIG. 28 is a flowchart according to Embodiment 17 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 28, the flow includes the following steps:

Step 1: The high-level network element sends a request for acquiring the inactive time information of the UE to the first communication node.

Step 2: The first communication node sends the inactive time information of the UE to the high-level network element.

Step 3: The second communication node sends a request for acquiring an inactive time information of the UE to the high-level network element.

Step 4: The high-level network element sends the inactive time information of the UE to the second communication node.

Step 5: After obtaining the inactive time of the UE, the second communication node continues to accumulate the inactive time of the UE, and combines the inactive time threshold to determine whether to release the resource of one or more specified bearers of the UE.

Example 18

In this embodiment, the UE triggers reporting the inactive time information according to the period or the threshold.

Step 1: The base station sends an inactive time report threshold.

The base station sends an inactive time threshold by using a broadcast message; or:

The base station sends an inactive time threshold through an RRC proprietary message.

Step 2: The UE counts the inactive time. When the inactive time reaches the threshold, the indication information is reported to the base station.

The method includes: the UE reporting the indication information to the base station by using a random access message; or:

The UE reports the indication information to the base station by using the allocated uplink channel resource.

Step 3: After receiving the indication information, the base station releases the resources of the UE.

Example 19

Step 1: The base station sends an inactive time threshold to the inactive time. The base station can send the inactive time threshold by using the broadcast message.

Step 2: The base station sends an indication information resource that is allocated to the UE for reporting the inactive time timeout.

Step 3: The UE counts the inactive time. When the inactive time reaches the threshold, the indication information is reported to the base station.

The method includes: the UE reporting the indication information to the base station by using the allocated uplink channel resource.

Step 4: After receiving the indication information, the base station releases the resources of the UE.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

As described above, the foregoing embodiments and the preferred embodiments solve the problem that the base station does not accurately know that the UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow, which causes waste of resources and power consumption, and thus achieves accurate knowledge. The UE does not perform the inactivity time of the service flow, and avoids the waste of resources and power consumption.

Claims

A user equipment UE resource processing method includes:

Obtaining an inactivity time of the UE;

Determining the cumulative inactivity time according to the acquired inactivity time;

Determining whether the accumulated inactivity time reaches a predetermined threshold;

In the case where the determination result is yes, the resources of the UE are released.
The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the inactivity time of the UE comprises at least one of the following:

Obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by using a high-level network element;

Obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by using the UE;

The inactivity time of the UE is obtained by an adjacent communication node.
The method of claim 1, wherein the high-level network element comprises at least one of the following:

Mobility Management Entity MME; Packet Data Network Gateway P-GW; Serving Gateway S-GW; Central Control Node.
The method of claim 1, wherein the inactivity time of the UE comprises at least one of:

The time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to each bearer;

The time when the UE does not send and receive any data corresponding to one or more predetermined bearers;

The UE does not send and receive any data at the time.
The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by using the high-level network element comprises:

Sending, to the high-level network element, a request for acquiring the inactivity time of the UE;

Receiving a request response that is sent by the high-level network element and carrying the inactivity time.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by the UE comprises at least one of the following:

Acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by requesting the manner reported by the UE;

Obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by using the manner reported by the UE;

The inactivity time of the UE is obtained by the manner in which the UE carries the inactive time in the sent random access message.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by requesting the manner reported by the UE comprises at least one of the following:

Controlling the RRC dedicated signaling by the radio resource to instruct the UE to report the inactivity time of the UE;

The inactive time of the UE reported by the UE is indicated by the media access control MAC control header.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by using the manner reported by the UE comprises at least one of the following:

Acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by using the manner in which the UE periodically reports;

Obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by triggering the manner of reporting by the UE when the inactive time reaches a predetermined threshold;

The inactive time of the UE is obtained by the manner in which the UE reports the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactivity time counted by the UE reaches a predetermined threshold sent by the base station.
The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by the neighboring communication node comprises:

Acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by using the inactive time in the context information acquired by the neighboring communication node;

The inactivity time of the UE is obtained by transmitting a request message for requesting an inactivity time to the neighboring communication node.
The method of claim 1, wherein before acquiring the inactivity time of the UE, the method further comprises:

Sending an inactivity time reporting threshold to the UE;

The inactive time reporting period and the offset are sent to the UE.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the application is performed in a process in which the UE is in dual connectivity, the primary base station performs a change/add/delete on the secondary base station; and/or is applied to the The UE is in the process of traffic flow migration in different standard networks.
A user equipment UE resource processing method includes:

Counting the inactivity time of the UE;

The inactive time of the statistics is reported to the base station.
The method of claim 12, wherein reporting the statistical inactivity time to the base station comprises at least one of the following:

And reporting the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by sending a request response to the base station;

The inactive time of the statistics is reported to the base station by the manner in which the inactive time is carried in the random access message sent to the base station.
The method according to any one of claims 12 or 13, wherein reporting the statistical inactivity time to the base station comprises at least one of the following:

Reporting the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by means of periodic reporting;

Obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by triggering the manner of reporting by the UE when the inactive time reaches a predetermined threshold;

The inactive time is reported to the base station by reporting the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactivity time counted by the UE reaches a predetermined threshold sent by the base station.
A user equipment UE resource processing apparatus includes:

Obtaining a module, configured to acquire an inactivity time of the UE;

Determining a module, configured to determine a cumulative inactivity time according to the acquired inactivity time;

a determining module, configured to determine whether the accumulated inactivity time reaches a predetermined threshold;

The release module is configured to release the resources of the UE if the determination result is yes.
The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the acquisition module comprises at least one of:

The first obtaining unit is configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using a high-level network element;

a second acquiring unit, configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using the UE;

And a third acquiring unit, configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using a neighboring communication node.
The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first obtaining unit comprises:

a first sending subunit, configured to send, to the high-level network element, a request for acquiring the inactivity time of the UE;

The first receiving subunit is configured to receive a request response that is sent by the high-level network element and that carries the inactivity time.
The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the second acquisition unit comprises at least one of:

a first acquiring sub-unit, configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by requesting reporting by the UE;

a second obtaining sub-unit, configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using the manner reported by the UE;

The third obtaining sub-unit is configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using the manner in which the UE carries the inactive time in the sent random access message.
The device according to claim 18, wherein the first obtaining sub-unit is further configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by requesting the manner of reporting by the UE, including at least one of the following:

Controlling the RRC dedicated signaling by the radio resource to instruct the UE to report the inactivity time of the UE;

The inactive time of the UE reported by the UE is indicated by the media access control MAC control header.
The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the second obtaining subunit is further configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by using the manner reported by the UE, including at least one of the following:

Acquiring the inactivity time of the UE by using the manner in which the UE periodically reports;

Obtaining the inactivity time of the UE by triggering the manner of reporting by the UE when the inactive time reaches a predetermined threshold;

The inactive time of the UE is obtained by the manner in which the UE reports the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactivity time counted by the UE reaches a predetermined threshold sent by the base station.
The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the third obtaining unit comprises:

a fourth obtaining sub-unit, configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by carrying the inactive time in the context information acquired by the neighboring communication node;

And a fifth obtaining subunit, configured to acquire the inactivity time of the UE by sending a request message for requesting an inactivity time to the neighboring communication node.
The device according to claim 15, further comprising:

a first sending module, configured to send an inactive time reporting threshold to the UE;

The second sending module is configured to send an inactivity time reporting period and an offset to the UE.
A base station comprising the apparatus of any one of claims 15 to 22.
User equipment UE resource processing device,

a statistics module, configured to count the inactivity time of the UE;

The reporting module is configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station.
The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the reporting module comprises at least one of the following:

The first reporting unit is configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by sending a request response to the base station;

The second reporting unit is configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by using the inactive time in the random access message sent to the base station.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 24 or 25, wherein the reporting module comprises at least one of the following:

The third reporting unit is configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by means of periodic reporting;

The fourth reporting unit is configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by using the manner that the inactivity time reaches a predetermined threshold value and triggers reporting;

The fifth reporting unit is configured to report the inactive time of the statistics to the base station by reporting the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the inactivity time counted by the UE reaches the base station The predetermined threshold for sending.
A terminal comprising the apparatus of any one of claims 24 to 26.