WO2016107199A1

WO2016107199A1 - Method and device for processing resource state request in long term evolution system

Info

Publication number: WO2016107199A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/088181
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘隽
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-12-31
Filing date: 2015-08-26
Publication date: 2016-07-07
Also published as: CN105813207B; CN105813207A

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for processing a resource state request in a long term evolution system, the method comprising: a gateway receives a plurality of resource state requests sent by a plurality of home base stations (S302); the gateway combines the plurality of resource state requests into a specific resource state request according to a preset rule (S304); the gateway sends the specific resource state request to a macro base station; or the gateway does not send the specific resource state request to the macro base station, and directly sends a reply message for the specific resource state request to the home base stations (S306). The present invention solves the problem in the prior art that the introduction of a large number of HeNBs requires existing network eNBs to be upgraded and altered, and thereby achieves the effect of avoiding the need to upgrade and alter existing networks.

Description

Method and device for processing long-term evolution system resource status request

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method and apparatus for processing a resource status request of a long term evolution system.

Background technique

The Long Term Evolution (LTE) system is an evolution of the third generation mobile communication system. 1 is a block diagram of a network structure of an LTE system in the related art; as shown in FIG. 1 , an LTE system consists of an evolved base station (Evolved Node B for eNB) 11, an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) 12, and a user. The device (User Equipment is abbreviated as UE) 13 is composed of three parts. The EPC includes a Mobility Management Entity (MME) and a Serving Gateway (S-GW); wherein the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-URTAN) A plurality of eNBs 11 on the side access the MME 121/S-GW 122 through the S1 interface, and each eNB 11 is connected through an X2 interface.

As the size of the macro network continues to expand, the number of users continues to increase, and the data bandwidth requirements of users continue to increase. Due to the high frequency of use of the third-generation mobile communication technology (3rd-Generation for short 3G) network and LTE network, the signal penetration capability is poor compared with the Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM). Therefore, indoor coverage has become a difficult point in network optimization. Generally, indoor distribution systems are used to implement indoor coverage of 3G networks or LTE networks. However, under the existing conditions, indoor distribution systems can only be installed in some hotels, high-end residential areas or public hotspots. For a general residential area, it is not possible to set up an indoor sub-system due to various conditions. Therefore, the indoor 3G or LTE signal is weak or not at all, which has a great impact on the user experience.

To this end, a home base station Femto system is proposed in the related art, and the public broadband or carrier transmission access is accessed through the Internet to the security gateway and the operator's core network, thereby providing wireless signal coverage for the user. The home base station system is mainly composed of a home base station and a home base station gateway. The home base station is divided into a home base station HNB using a 3G system and a home base station HeNB using an LTE system according to different wireless technologies used by the home base station.

2 is a structural block diagram of a network element of a home base station system of the LTE system in the related art. As shown in FIG. 2, a home base station gateway HeNB GW21 is introduced in an LTE system, and a plurality of home base stations HeNB22 are linked. First, the HeNB GW 21 is connected to the at least one HeNB 22 through the S1 link. Secondly, the HeNB GW 21 also accesses the core network device 23 through the S1 link, and the core network device 23 may specifically be the MME. In addition, HeNB 22 can also pass S1. The link is directly connected to the core network device 23.

At the same time, the X2 interface between the eNB and the HeNB may be directly connected, or the GW may be used as a proxy to establish an indirect X2 interface. The GW here may be the HeNB GW mentioned above or an independent X2GW. The X2 interface is used for load balancing, switching optimization, and information interaction. The GW acts as a proxy to establish an indirect X2 interface, which can greatly reduce physical resources on the eNB side. For example, the eNB establishes an X2 interface with the HeNB directly, and the eNB needs to establish an underlying SCTP link with each HeNB. For an indirect X2 interface, the eNB needs to establish one or several SCTP links with the GW, and the GW establishes an SCTP link of the X2 interface with each HeNB. This effectively reduces the underlying resources on the eNB side.

Although the eNB establishes an indirect X2 interface with the HeNB through the GW, the underlying resources can be effectively reduced. However, for the eNB in the live network, the resource status supported by the X2 interface is also limited. When the current network accesses a large number of HeNBs, each HeNB that has a direct or indirect X2 interface with the macro station will be The macro station initiates resource status, and the total number may reach hundreds. To support so many X2 resource states, it is necessary to upgrade the eNB of the existing network, and the existing network upgrade may have various unknown effects on the network.

The introduction of a large number of HeNBs in the related art requires an upgrade of the existing network eNB, and no effective solution has been proposed yet.

Summary of the invention

The main purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method and a device for processing a resource status request of a long term evolution system, so as to at least solve the problem that the introduction of a large number of HeNBs in the related art needs to upgrade the existing network eNB.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for processing a LTE resource status request of a long term evolution system includes: receiving, by a gateway, multiple resource status requests sent by multiple home base stations; The resource status request is merged into a specified resource status request; the gateway sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station; or the gateway does not send the specified resource status request to the macro base station, and directly sends the specified resource status request to the home base station. The response message of the resource status request.

Optionally, the specified resource status request carries the request information of the home base station, where the request information includes: a measurement identifier, a registration request type, a reported feature value, a reporting cell, a reporting period, and a partial success indication.

Optionally, when the type of the resource status request is indicated as being started, the gateway, by combining the multiple resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule, includes: the gateway, the request information The plurality of resource status requests with different measurement identification information and the same request information are merged into one designation a resource status request, wherein the other request information is information other than the measurement identification information in the request information; or the gateway belongs to the same macro in the cell information in the reporting cell in the request information. And the plurality of resource status requests that are identical to the request information except the measurement identifier are merged into one specified resource status request; or the gateway differentiates the measurement type indicated by the reported feature value in the request information, and A plurality of resource status requests identical to the request information other than the measurement identifier merge a specified resource status request.

Optionally, after the gateway merges the multiple resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule, the method includes: determining, by the gateway, whether the resource status request previously sent to the macro base station includes the Specifying the content of the request information of the resource status request; when the determination result is yes, the gateway does not need to notify the macro base station.

Optionally, the method further includes: when the specified resource status request includes a first resource status request indicating that the type is stopped, the gateway according to the first resource status request in the specified resource status request Determining whether to notify the macro base station to stop related feature value measurement of the relevant cell, where the related cell is a subset or a complete set of the cell in which the first resource state request is to be stopped, in a case of being merged with other resource status requests, The related feature value is a subset or a complete set of the feature values that the first resource status request requires to stop.

Optionally, the determining, by the gateway, that the first resource status request is combined with another resource status request in the specified resource status request, determining whether to notify the macro base station to stop related feature value measurement of the related cell includes: Determining, by the gateway, whether the resource status request indicating that the type is started in the specified resource status request requires related feature value measurement of the related cell, where the related feature value of the related cell is measured as the first resource status request is required to be stopped. Content: When the determination result is yes, the gateway does not need to notify the macro base station to stop the related feature value measurement of the relevant cell, and directly reply the response message to the home base station.

Optionally, the method further includes: the gateway receiving, by the base station, a resource status update corresponding to the specified resource status request; the gateway sending the resource status update to one or more of the home base stations The message, or the tailored resource status update message.

Optionally, the gateway sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station by using one of: the gateway first stops sending the previous resource status request, and then sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station; Or the gateway directly sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a processing apparatus for a LTE resource status request of a long term evolution system is provided, which is applied to a gateway side, and includes: a first receiving module, configured to receive multiple resource states sent by multiple home base stations a requesting module, configured to merge the plurality of resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule; the first sending module is configured to send the specified resource status request to the macro base station; or, not to the macro base station Sending the specified resource status request, and directly sending the resource status to the home base station The requested reply message.

Optionally, when the type of the resource status request is indicated as being started, the merging module is further configured to: the plurality of the resource status requests that are different in the request information and the other request information are the same. Merging into a specified resource status request, wherein the other request information is information other than the measurement identification information in the request information; or, the cell information in the reporting cell in the request information belongs to the same And the plurality of resource status requests that are identical to the request information except the measurement identifier are merged into one specified resource status request; or the measurement type indicated by the reported feature value in the request information is different, and A plurality of resource status requests that are identical to other request information other than the measurement identifier merge a specified resource status request.

Optionally, the device further includes: a determining module, configured to determine whether the resource information request sent to the macro base station previously includes the request information content of the specified resource status request; when the determination result is yes, The macro base station is notified again.

Optionally, the device further includes: a determining module, configured to: when the specified resource status request includes a first resource status request indicating that the type is stopped, according to the first resource in the specified resource status request Determining whether to notify the macro base station to stop related feature value measurement of the relevant cell, where the status request is combined with other resource status requests, wherein the related cell is a subset or a complete set of cells in which the first resource status request is required to stop The correlation feature value is a subset or a complete set of the feature values that the first resource status request requires to stop.

Optionally, the determining module includes: a determining unit, configured to determine whether a resource status request indicating that the type indication is started in the specified resource status request requires correlation feature value measurement of the relevant cell, where the related cell is related The feature value is measured as the content that the first resource status request requires to stop; and the stopping unit is configured to: when the determination result is yes, the gateway does not need to notify the macro base station to stop the related feature value measurement of the relevant cell, directly Replying to the home base station with a reply message.

Optionally, the device further includes: a second receiving module, configured to receive a resource status update that is sent by the base station and corresponding to the specified resource status request; and a second sending module that is configured to send one or more The home base station sends the resource status update message or the tailored resource status update message.

Optionally, the first sending module sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station by one of: the sending module stops sending the previous resource status request first, and then sends the designation to the macro base station. a resource status request; or, transmitting the specified resource status request directly to the macro base station.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, multiple resource status requests are sent by the gateway to multiple home base stations to the gateway. And sending a specified resource status request, and then sending the specified resource status request to the macro station or the gateway does not send the specified resource status request to the macro base station, and directly sending the response of the specified resource status request to the home base station. The method of the message solves the problem that the introduction of a large number of HeNBs in the related art needs to upgrade and upgrade the existing network eNB, thereby achieving the effect of avoiding the need to upgrade the existing network.

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:

1 is a block diagram of a network structure of an LTE system in the related art;

2 is a structural block diagram of a network element of a home base station system of the LTE system in the related art;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for processing a Long Term Evolution System LTE Resource Status Request according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

4 is a structural block diagram of a processing apparatus for a long term evolution system LTE resource status request according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram 1 of an optional structure of a processing device for a long term evolution system LTE resource status request according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a block diagram 2 of an optional structure of a processing device for a long term evolution system LTE resource status request according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart 1 of an implementation method of resource status request combining according to an optional embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a second flowchart of a method for implementing resource status request combining according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

9 is a third flowchart of a method for implementing resource status request combining according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a flowchart 4 of an implementation method of resource status request combining according to an optional embodiment of the present invention;

11 is a flowchart 5 of an implementation method of resource status request combining according to an optional embodiment of the present invention;

12 is a flowchart 1 of an implementation method for stopping a resource status request merge according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a second flowchart of an implementation method for stopping a resource status request merge according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be Mutual combination. The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

The steps illustrated in the flowchart of the figures may be performed in a computer system such as a set of computer executable instructions, and although the logical order is shown in the flowchart, in some cases, may differ from this The steps shown are performed in the order shown or described.

The present embodiment provides a method for processing a LTE resource status request of a long term evolution system, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for processing a LTE resource status request of a long term evolution system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the process includes the following steps. step:

Step S302: The gateway receives multiple resource status requests sent by multiple home base stations.

Step S304: The gateway combines multiple resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule.

Step S306: The gateway sends a specified resource status request to the macro base station; or the gateway does not send the specified resource status request to the macro base station, and directly sends a response message specifying the resource status request to the home base station.

In this embodiment, the gateway is used to combine multiple resource status requests sent by multiple home base stations to the gateway into one specified resource status request, and then send the specified resource status request to the macro station or the gateway does not send the specified resource status to the macro base station. The method of sending the response message of the specified resource status request to the home base station directly, and solving the problem that the introduction of a large number of HeNBs in the related art needs to upgrade the existing network eNB, thereby avoiding the need to upgrade the existing network. Effect.

In an optional implementation manner of the optional embodiment, the resource status request carries the source information of the home base station, where the source information includes: a resource status identifier used to indicate the home base station, and is used to indicate the resource. The type of status request.

It should be noted that the source information may further include: a measurement identifier (Measurement ID), a registration request type (Reporting Request) reporting feature value (Report Characteristics), a reporting cell (Cell To Report), and a reporting period (Reporting Periodicity). Partial Success Indicator.

For the type involved in this embodiment, in an optional implementation manner of this embodiment, when the type of the resource status request is indicated as starting, the gateway combines multiple resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule. There are several ways, the following examples are given by the following methods:

Manner 1: The gateway combines multiple resource status requests with different resource status identification information and other source information in the source information into one specified resource status request report, where other source information is the resource status identifier except the resource status identifier. Information other than information.

Manner 2: The gateway belongs to the same macro station and reports the cell information in the reporting cell in the request information. The other multiple resource status requests for the same request information are merged into one specified resource status request.

Manner 3: The gateway sets the measurement type indicated by the reported feature value in the request information to be different, and the multiple resource status requests with the same request information except the measurement identifier merges one specified resource status request.

After the foregoing gateway merges the multiple resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to the predetermined rule, in this embodiment, the gateway may also determine whether the resource status request previously sent to the macro base station includes the specified resource status request. The information content is requested; when the judgment result is YES, the gateway does not notify the macro base station.

In another optional implementation manner of this embodiment, the resource status request type may also be indicated as stopping; that is, when the specified resource status request includes the first resource status request indicating that the type is stopped, the gateway is configured according to the specified resource. If the first resource status request in the status request is combined with other resource status requests, determining whether to notify the macro base station to stop the correlation feature value measurement of the relevant cell, where the relevant cell is a subset or a complete set of the cell in which the first resource status request is requested to stop. The correlation feature value is a subset or a complete set of feature values that the first resource state request requires to stop.

For the case that the foregoing gateway combines the first resource status request with the other resource status request in the specified resource status request, determining whether to notify the macro base station to stop the relevant feature value measurement of the relevant cell may be implemented as follows:

Step S11: The gateway determines, in the specified resource status request, whether the resource status request indicating that the type is the start requires the correlation feature value measurement of the related cell, where the related feature value of the related cell is measured as the content requested by the first resource status request to stop;

Step S12: When the determination result is yes, the gateway does not need to notify the macro base station to stop the relevant feature value measurement of the relevant cell, and directly reply the response message to the home base station.

In the foregoing manner, in an application scenario of the embodiment, the gateway may comprehensively consider whether to notify the macro base station to stop the related feature value measurement of the related cell.

The manner in which the above-mentioned gateway comprehensively considers whether to notify the macro base station to stop the relevant measurement is: the gateway determines that the resource status request (type is started) corresponding to the resource status request (type is stopped) is merged, and the resource status request of the merged other home base station (Type is Start) The resource status request (type is stop) still needs to be stopped. The content gateway does not notify the macro base station to stop the relevant feature value measurement of the relevant cell, and directly reply the response message to the home base station.

After the macro base station receives the resource status request, the gateway receives the resource status update corresponding to the specified resource status request sent by the base station; and the gateway sends the resource status update message to the one or more home base stations, or the tailored resource. Status update message.

In an optional implementation manner of this embodiment, the gateway sends the designation to the macro base station by using one of the following manners: Resource status request:

Manner 1: The gateway stops the transmission of the previous resource status request, and then sends a specified resource status request to the macro base station;

Manner 2: The gateway directly sends a specified resource status request to the macro base station.

In this embodiment, a processing device for the LTE resource status request of the LTE system is further provided, and the device is used to implement the foregoing embodiment and the optional implementation manner, 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.

4 is a structural block diagram of a processing device for a LTE resource status request of a long term evolution system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device is applied to a gateway side, and includes: a first receiving module 42 configured to receive multiple resource states sent by multiple home base stations. The requesting module 44 is coupled to the first receiving module 42 and configured to combine the plurality of resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule. The first sending module 46 is coupled to the combining module 44 and configured to be configured to the macro base station. Sending a specified resource status request; or, instead of transmitting a specified resource status request to the macro base station, directly transmitting a response message of the resource status request to the home base station.

Optionally, when the type of the resource status request is indicated as being started, the merging module 44 is further configured to merge the multiple resource status requests in the request information that are different in measurement identification information and the other request information are the same into one specified resource status request, where The other request information is information other than the measurement identification information in the request information; or the plurality of resource status requests in which the cell information in the reporting cell belongs to the same macro station and the request information other than the measurement identifier is the same For a specified resource status request; or, the measurement type indicated by the reported feature value in the request information is different, and the plurality of resource status requests having the same request information except the measurement identifier merges one specified resource status request.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an optional structure of a processing device for a LTE resource status request of a long term evolution system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the device further includes: the determining module 52 is coupled with the merging module 44, and is configured to determine the previous direction. Whether the content information request of the specified resource status request has been included in the resource status request sent by the macro base station; when the determination result is yes, the macro base station does not need to be notified. The determining module 54 is coupled to the first receiving module 42 and configured to: when the specified resource status request includes the first resource status request indicating that the type is stopped, according to the first resource status request and the other resource status request in the specified resource status request. In the case of merging, determining whether to notify the macro base station to stop the correlation eigenvalue measurement of the relevant cell, where the relevant cell is a subset or a complete set of cells that the first resource state request requires to stop, and the related feature value is that the first resource state request is required to stop. Eigenvalue Subset or complete set.

Optionally, the determining module 54 includes: a determining unit, configured to determine whether a resource status request indicating that the type indication is started in the specified resource status request requires related feature value measurement of the related cell, where the relevant feature value of the relevant cell is measured as A resource status request requesting to stop the content; the stopping unit is configured to not notify the macro base station to stop the relevant feature value measurement of the relevant cell when the determination result is yes, and directly reply the response message to the home base station.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an optional structure of a processing device for a long term evolution system LTE resource status request according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the device further includes: a second receiving module 62 configured to receive, by the receiving base station, corresponding to The resource status update of the resource status request is specified; the second sending module 64 is coupled to the second receiving module 62 and configured to send a resource status update message or a trimmed resource status update message to one or more home base stations.

Optionally, the first sending module sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station by using one of the following manners: the first sending module 42 stops the sending of the previous resource status request, and then sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station; or directly A specified resource status request is sent to the macro base station.

The invention is exemplified below in conjunction with an alternative embodiment of the invention;

The present invention provides an implementation method for avoiding the upgrade of the existing network upgrade resource state in the LTE home base station system. This method can avoid the problem of upgrading the existing network eNB by introducing a large number of HeNBs.

To achieve the above objective, the steps of the method of the alternative embodiment include:

Step S402: The HeNB initiates a resource status request RESOURCE STATUS REQUEST to the macro station through the HeNB GW (or X2GW);

Step S404: The HeNB GW receives the resource status request of the HeNB, and combines the resource status requests of the multiple HeNBs into one resource status request according to a certain combining rule and sends the request to the macro station.

Optionally, the certain merging rule may determine whether to merge the resource status request according to the information of the Report Characteristics, the Cell To Report, the Reporting Periodicity, and the Partial Success Indicator in the resource status request message.

Step S406: The HeNB GW receives the RESOURCE STATUS UPDATE of the macro station resource status report, and distributes the resource status report to all relevant HeNBs;

Optionally, all related HeNBs refer to all or part of HeNBs whose resource status requests are combined by the HeNB GW into one resource status request;

Optionally, after receiving the resource status report of the macro station, the HeNB GW may directly distribute the resource status report to the related HeNB, or may perform the cutting of the resource status report according to the resource status request of the HeNB. Send to the corresponding HeNB;

In the resource state merging method of the present embodiment, the home base station gateway combines the resource status request messages of the multiple HeNBs into one resource status request according to a certain merge rule and sends the request to the macro station; the home base station gateway receives the macro station. After the resource status is reported, it is distributed to all relevant HeNBs, thereby reducing the X2 resource status of the HeNB to the macro station, and avoiding the problem that a large number of HeNBs are introduced to cause the existing network to require eNB upgrade.

Alternative embodiment 1

FIG. 7 is a first flowchart of a method for implementing resource state request merging according to an optional embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the steps of the method include:

Step S702: The home base station initiates a first resource status request of the X2 interface to the macro station by using the home base station gateway (or X2GW).

The resource status request of the X2 interface refers to RESOURCE STATUS REQUEST, and the request type is start.

Step S704: The home base station gateway (or the X2GW) receives the first resource status request of the X2 interface sent by the home base station, and reports the resources of multiple HeNBs whose cells belong to the same macro station and have the same source content except the resource status identifier. The status request is merged into a second resource status request sent to the macro station.

The resource status request of the X2 interface includes, but is not limited to, the following information: a registration request, a report feature value, a report to report, a report to the cell, a report to the report, and a report,

The reporting cell refers to the cell information carried by the cell reporting Cell To Report, and the other sources are the registration request type Registration Request, the report feature value Report Characteristics, the reporting period Reporting Periodicity, and the partial success indicator Partial Success Indicator.

It should be noted that the reporting cell belongs to the same macro station, and the cell may be the same or not in the same macro station;

Step 706: The home base station gateway stops the previously initiated resource status request before sending the merged resource status request, and then initiates the merged second resource status request.

The resource status request that has been previously initiated refers to a resource status request that has been previously sent to the macro station, and the resource status request is not met and the information of the current home base station resource status request is to be merged;

Step S708: After receiving the second resource status update sent by the macro station for the second resource status request, the home base station gateway distributes the second resource status update (or the third resource status update) to the related home base station;

The related home base station refers to all or part of the home base station in which the resource status request is merged into the second resource status request;

It should be noted that the third resource status update is a resource status update message that is clipped by the home base station gateway, and the home base station gateway may send only the resource status related to the home base station to the base station according to the resource status request of the home base station.

Optional implementation method 2

FIG. 8 is a second flowchart of a method for implementing resource state request merging according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 8, the method includes:

Step S802: The home base station initiates a first resource status request of the X2 interface to the macro station by using the home base station gateway (or X2GW);

Step S804: The home base station gateway (or the X2GW) receives the first resource status request of the X2 interface sent by the home base station, and reports the resources of multiple HeNBs whose cells belong to the same macro station and have the same source content except the resource status identifier. The status request is merged into a second resource status request sent to the macro station.

Step S806: The home base station gateway sends the merged second resource status request to the macro station.

The resource status identifier (eNB1 Measurement ID) of the second resource status request is the same as the resource status identifier of the resource status request that has been previously sent to the macro station.

The resource status request that has been previously initiated refers to a resource status request that has been previously sent to the macro station, the request is not met and the information of the current home station resource status request is to be merged.

It should be noted that after receiving the second resource status request, the macro station overwrites the same resource status request with the same resource status identifier on the X2 link saved locally; the macro station may delete the local previously saved status after receiving the second resource status request. The resource status identifies the same resource status request, and then establishes and saves the information of the second resource status request.

Step S808: After receiving the second resource status update sent by the macro station for the second resource status request, the home base station gateway distributes the second resource status update (or the third resource status update 3) to the related home base station;

Alternative embodiment three

FIG. 9 is a third flowchart of a method for implementing resource state request merging according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 9, the steps of the method include:

Step S902: The home base station initiates a first resource status request of the X2 interface to the macro station through the home base station gateway (or X2GW).

Step S904: The home base station gateway (or X2GW) receives the first resource of the X2 interface sent by the home base station. The status request, the resource status types are different, and the resource status requests of the plurality of HeNBs having the same source content except the resource status identifier are merged into one second resource status request.

The resource status request of the X2 interface includes but is not limited to the following information: Registration Request, Report Characteristics, Cell To Report, Reporting Periodicity, and Partial Success Indicator;

The resource status type refers to the information described by the source report characteristics. Other sources refer to Cell To Report, Registration Request, Report Characteristics, Reporting Periodicity, and Partial Success Indicator.

Step S906: The home base station gateway stops the previously initiated resource status request before sending the merged resource status request, and then initiates the merged second resource status request.

Step S908: After receiving the second resource status update sent by the macro station for the second resource status request, the home base station gateway distributes the second resource status update (or the third resource status update) to the related home base station;

Optional implementation four

10 is a flowchart 4 of an implementation method of resource status request merging according to an optional embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the method includes:

Step S1002: The home base station initiates a first resource status request of the X2 interface to the macro station through the home base station gateway (or X2GW).

Step S1004: The home base station gateway (or the X2GW) receives the resource status request 1 of the X2 interface sent by the home base station, and sets the resource status of the plurality of HeNBs with different resource status types and other source contents except the resource status identifier. Merged into a second resource status request.

Step S1006: The home base station gateway sends the merged second resource status request to the macro station.

Step S1008: After receiving the second resource status update sent by the macro station for the second resource status request, the home base station gateway distributes the second resource status update (or the third resource status update) to the related home base station;

Alternative embodiment five

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a method for implementing resource state request merging according to an optional embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the steps of the method include:

Step S1102: The home base station initiates a first resource status request of the X2 interface to the macro station through the home base station gateway (or X2GW).

Step S1104: The home base station gateway (or X2GW) receives the first resource status request of the X2 interface sent by the home base station, and does not notify the macro station;

The home base station gateway (or the X2GW) receives the resource status request 1 of the X2 interface sent by the home base station, and finds that the resource status initiated by the other home base station to the macro station already includes the resource status requested by the first resource status request, The gateway does not need to notify the macro station;

Alternative Embodiment 6

FIG. 12 is a flowchart 1 of an implementation method for stopping a resource status request merge according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 12, the steps of the method include:

Step S1202: The home base station initiates a third resource status request of the X2 interface to the macro station through the home base station gateway (or X2GW), and the request type is stopped.

Step S1204: The home base station gateway (or the X2GW) receives the third resource status request sent by the home base station, and decides not to notify the macro station according to the specific content of the previous resource status request merge.

The third resource status request sent by the home base station is required to stop the resource status of some cells of the macro station. If the resource status is previously combined and sent to the macro station, and other home base stations still need the resource status of the cells, then The home base station gateway does not need to inform the macro station to stop the resource status of the relevant cell.

The third resource status request sent by the home base station requests to stop the resource status of some cells of the macro station. If the resource status is previously combined and sent to the macro station, and the merged resource status is removed from the resource status to be stopped, there are still other resources. If the status needs to be performed, the content home base station gateway of the third resource status request may not notify the macro station.

Alternative Embodiment 7

FIG. 13 is a second flowchart of an implementation method for stopping resource state request merging according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 13, the steps of the method include:

Step S1302: The home base station initiates a resource status request 3 of the X2 interface to the macro station through the home base station gateway (or X2GW), and the request type is stopped.

Step S1304: The home base station gateway (or X2GW) receives the resource status request 3 sent by the home base station, and determines to notify the macro station according to the specific content of the previous resource status request merge.

Here, the third resource status request sent by the home base station is required to stop the resource status of some cells of the macro station, and if the resource status is previously combined and sent to the macro station, and the subset of the cells or the other family base stations of the complete set have not been started yet. The resource status, the home base station gateway informs the macro station to stop these cells without resource status.

Step S1306: The home base station gateway sends a fourth resource status request to the macro station to notify the macro station to stop the resource status of the related cell.

If the resource status of the previous resource state is combined with the third resource status request received in the current state, and there is no cell that needs the resource status, the fourth resource status request is stopped.

If the previously initiated resource state is combined with the third resource state request received this time, and finally there is still a cell requiring a resource state, the fourth resource state request, the type is startup, and contains the content of the remaining required resource state.

The home base station gateway sends a fourth resource status request to the macro station. If the type is activated, the home base station gateway may stop the resource state that has been started before, and then send the current fourth resource status request.

The resource status that has been previously started refers to the resource status request that has been sent to the macro station before, and the resource status request is not met and the information of the current home station resource status request is to be merged.

The above is only an alternative 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

According to the present invention, a plurality of resource status requests sent by a plurality of home base stations to a gateway are combined by the gateway into one specified resource status request, and the specified resource status request is sent to the macro station or the gateway does not send the macro base station Specifying a resource status request, and directly transmitting the response message of the specified resource status request to the home base station, which solves the problem that the introduction of a large number of HeNBs in the related art needs to upgrade the existing network eNB, thereby avoiding the need The effect of upgrading the existing network.

Claims

A method for processing a resource status request of a long term evolution system includes:

The gateway receives multiple resource status requests sent by multiple home base stations;

The gateway merges the plurality of resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule;

The gateway sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station; or the gateway does not send the specified resource status request to the macro base station, and directly sends the response message of the resource status request to the home base station.
The method of claim 1, wherein the specified resource status request carries request information of the home base station, where the request information includes: a measurement identifier, a registration request type, a reported feature value, a reporting cell, Reporting cycle, partial success indication.
The method according to claim 2, wherein, when the type of the resource status request is indicated as being started, the gateway to merge the plurality of resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule comprises:

The gateway merges the plurality of resource status requests that are different in the request information and the other request information are the same into a specified resource status request, where the other request information is in the request information. The measurement information other than the identification information; or,

The gateway merges the plurality of resource status requests in which the cell information in the reporting cell belongs to the same macro station and the other request information except the measurement identifier is the same as a specified resource status request; or

The gateway differentiates the measurement type indicated by the reported feature value in the request information, and the plurality of resource status requests that are identical to the request information except the measurement identifier merges a specified resource status request.
The method of claim 3, wherein after the gateway merges the plurality of resource status requests into a specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule, the method comprises:

The gateway determines whether the resource status request sent to the macro base station previously includes the request information content of the specified resource status request; when the determination result is yes, the gateway does not need to notify the macro base station.
The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

When the specified resource status request includes a first resource status request indicating that the type is stopped, Determining, by the gateway, that the macro base station stops the correlation feature value measurement of the relevant cell according to the situation that the first resource status request is merged with the other resource status request in the specified resource status request, where the related cell is The first resource status request requires a subset or a complete set of cells to be stopped, and the correlation feature value is a subset or a complete set of the feature values that the first resource status request requires to stop.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the gateway determines whether to notify the macro base station to stop correlation of related cells according to a situation in which the first resource status request is merged with other resource status requests in the specified resource status request. The eigenvalue measurement includes:

Determining, by the gateway, whether the resource status request indicating that the type is started in the specified resource status request requires related feature value measurement of the related cell, where the related feature value of the related cell is measured as the first resource status request request Stopped content;

When the determination result is yes, the gateway does not need to notify the macro base station to stop the related feature value measurement of the relevant cell, and directly reply the response message to the home base station.
The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the gateway, a resource status update corresponding to the specified resource status request sent by the base station;

The gateway sends the resource status update message or the trimmed resource status update message to one or more of the home base stations.
The method of claim 1, wherein the gateway transmits the specified resource status request to a macro base station by one of:

The gateway first stops sending the previous resource status request, and then sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station; or the gateway directly sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station.
A processing device for requesting a resource status request of a long term evolution system, which is applied to a gateway side, and includes:

The first receiving module is configured to receive multiple resource status requests sent by multiple home base stations;

a merging module, configured to merge a plurality of the resource status requests into one specified resource status request according to a predetermined rule;

The first sending module is configured to send the specified resource status request to the macro base station; or, if the specified resource status request is not sent to the macro base station, directly send the response message of the resource status request to the home base station.
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the specified resource status request carries the home base The request information of the station, where the request information includes: a measurement identifier, a registration request type, a reported feature value, a reporting cell, a reporting period, and a partial success indication.
The apparatus of claim 10, wherein when the type of the resource status request is indicated as starting,

The merging module is further configured to merge the plurality of resource status requests that are different in the request information and the other request information are the same into a specified resource status request, where the other request information is Information other than the measurement identification information in the request information; or

And the plurality of resource status requests in the request information that belong to the same macro station and the other request information except the measurement identifier are the same, and the multiple resource status requests are merged into one specified resource status request; or

The measurement types indicated by the reported feature value in the request information are different, and the plurality of resource status requests that are identical to the request information except the measurement identifier merge a specified resource status request.
The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said apparatus further comprises:

The determining module is configured to determine whether the request information content of the specified resource status request has been included in the resource status request previously sent to the macro base station; when the determination result is yes, the macro base station does not need to be notified.
The device of claim 10, wherein the device further comprises:

a determining module, configured to: when the specified resource status request includes a first resource status request indicating that the type is stopped, according to the case where the first resource status request is merged with other resource status requests in the specified resource status request Determining whether to notify the macro base station to stop the correlation feature value measurement of the relevant cell, where the related cell is a subset or a complete set of the cell in which the first resource state request is requested to stop, and the related feature value is the first A subset or full set of the feature values that a resource status request requires to stop.
The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said determining module comprises:

a determining unit, configured to determine whether a resource status request indicating that the type indication is started in the specified resource status request requires correlation feature value measurement of the related cell, where the relevant feature value of the related cell is measured as the first resource status Requesting content that is requested to be stopped;

The stopping unit is configured to, when the determination result is yes, the gateway does not need to notify the macro base station to stop the related feature value measurement of the relevant cell, and directly reply the response message to the home base station.
The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said apparatus further comprises:

a second receiving module, configured to receive, by the base station, a resource status update corresponding to the specified resource status request;

The second sending module is configured to send the resource status update message or the trimmed resource status update message to one or more of the home base stations.
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first transmitting module sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station by one of:

The sending module first stops sending the previous resource status request, and then sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station; or directly sends the specified resource status request to the macro base station.