WO2016123945A1

WO2016123945A1 - Method and apparatus for data processing, user equipment, and base station

Info

Publication number: WO2016123945A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/086282
Authority: WO
Inventors: 谢峰; 肖华华; 戴博; 李儒岳; 陈琳; 郝鹏; 鲁照华
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-02-02
Filing date: 2015-08-06
Publication date: 2016-08-11
Also published as: CN105992279A

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for data processing, a User Equipment (UE), a base station, and a device having a UE pool management function. The method comprises: data being transmitted between the UE and the base station by means of a UE pool, wherein the number of the UE pool is one or more than one, and the UE pool comprises two or more than two UEs. The present invention solves the problem in related art that communications with the base station can not be realized by means of multi-UE cooperation, and thus achieves the effects of realizing the communications with the base station by means of multi-UE cooperation and improving communication efficiency between the UE and the base station.

Description

Data processing method, device, user equipment, base station

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a data processing method, apparatus, user equipment, base station, and user equipment pool management function device.

Background technique

In a wireless cellular communication system, a base station (BS, also referred to as an eNB) is a device that provides wireless access for a user equipment (User Equipment, also referred to as a UE, also referred to as a terminal terminal). The user equipment communicates wirelessly through electromagnetic waves. A base station can provide one or more serving cells, and the wireless communication system can provide wireless coverage for terminals in a certain geographical range through the serving cell.

In order to provide wireless communication to users in a wide range, wireless communication systems need to deploy base stations with large coverage. These base stations are usually called macro base stations (Macro eNB or Macro BS), and their serving cells are usually called macro cells. . In addition, considering the different needs of users and different usage environments, wireless communication systems need to provide users with coverage holes or provide higher quality wireless communication services in certain environments or scenarios, so some coverage is small and the transmission power is low. A small base station (or a transmission point (TP)) is employed. These small base stations include a micro base station (Pico eNB or Pico BS) and a child base station (Femto eNB or Femto BS), wherein the child base station may also be referred to as a home base station (HNB or HeNB), a femto base station or a femto base station, a micro base station and a home. The cells provided by the base station are called pico cells and femtocells. A node corresponding to a small base station is also referred to as a low power node (Low Power Node, LPN for short), and a cell corresponding to these nodes is also called a small cell.

The air interface communication protocol stack of the base station and the UE generally consists of a control plane protocol stack and a user plane protocol stack. The common protocol stack in the control plane protocol stack and the user plane protocol stack includes a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) from top to bottom. , referred to as PDCP sub-layer, Radio Link Control (RLC) sub-layer, Medium Access Control (MAC) sub-layer (PDCP/RLC/MAC sub-layer 2) The physical layer protocol (Physical Layer Protocol, PHY for short) (or layer 1), the control plane protocol stack also includes a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer on top of the PDCP sublayer. Up is the non-access stratum (NAS), and the user plane protocol stack is above the PDCP sublayer. Taking the sender as an example, each sublayer of layer 2 will receive service data from above the sublayer. A Service Data Unit (SDU) is processed by the sub-layer to generate a Protocol Data Unit (PDU). Finally, the data of the MAC sub-layer is transmitted by a Transport Block (TB). To the physical layer for processing.

Currently, the UE performs cellular data communication with the base station separately, and does not fully consider that multiple UEs cooperate to communicate with the base station.

An effective solution has not been proposed for the problem that the multiple user equipments cannot communicate with the base station in the related art.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention provide a data processing method, a device, a user equipment, a base station, and a user equipment pool management function device, so as to solve at least the problem that the multiple user equipments cannot communicate with the base station in the related art.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data processing method is provided, including: a user equipment performs data transmission with a base station through a user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or more, and the user equipment pool Includes two or more user devices.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station by using the user equipment pool, and the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data. The first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first communication data includes at least one of the following: a PDCP PDU, an RLC PDU, and an Internet Protocol (IP) packet; the second communication data includes at least one of the following: MAC PDU, PHY transport block, physical layer protocol PHY transport block segmentation.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the conversion between the first communication data and the second communication data is indicated by at least one of the following information: a PDU header, a control cell, RRC configuration information, and scheduling information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment supports transmission of communication data with the base station in a unicast mode and/or a user equipment pool mode, where the user equipment pool mode includes passing through the user equipment pool and the a mode in which the base station performs transmission of communication data, where the user equipment pool is indicated by at least one of: RRC signaling, control information, scheduling information, identification information, the unicast mode, and/or the user equipment pool. The mode is bound to the wireless resource.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment supports transmission of different types of communication data with the base station in a unicast mode and/or a user equipment pool mode, where the transmission mode of the transmission of the different types of communication data is At least one of the following information is instructed: RRC signaling, control information, scheduling information, and identification information, where the different types of communication data include at least one of the following types: uplink data, downlink data, control plane data, and user plane. Data, data of different quality of service types.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment is a user equipment that has the capability of performing function configuration in the user equipment pool, where the configured function includes at least one of the following: downlink synchronization, uplink synchronization, random access, Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement, Radio Link Monitoring (RLM) measurement, Channel Status Information (CSI) measurement, interference measurement, uplink reference signal transmission, System message receiving, paging message receiving, downlink data receiving, uplink data sending, data forwarding, system message forwarding, paging message forwarding, control message sending, control message forwarding, user equipment pool synchronization source, user equipment pool configuration, wherein The control message includes a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback message and/or CSI.

In the embodiment of the present invention, before the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station by using the user equipment pool, the method further includes: sending, by the user equipment, at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: Wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment; the user equipment receives the user equipment pool management function device to configure the user equipment pool And the configuration message of the user equipment pool that is sent, where the user equipment pool management function device is used to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message includes identifier information of one or more user equipment pools.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment pool management function device includes at least one of the following: a base station, a user equipment, a gateway, and a management entity.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment pool includes at least one of the following: a user equipment and/or a user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station, and a user equipment and/or user that performs uplink communication with the base station. And a device set, where the user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station is different from the user equipment and/or user equipment set that performs uplink communication with the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station, and the user equipment and/or user equipment set that performs uplink communication with the base station are configured by at least one of the following manners. The user equipment pool management function device, the base station, wherein the user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station, and the user equipment and/or user equipment that performs uplink communication with the base station The configuration of the set includes: performing overall configuration for the user equipment pool and/or performing separate configuration for each user equipment in the user equipment pool.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment pool includes at least one of the following: a user equipment or a user equipment set that uses the first radio resource group in the radio resource group to communicate with the base station, and uses the radio resource group. a set of user equipments or user equipments in which the second radio resource group communicates with the base station, wherein the user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station using the first radio resource group is different from using the second A set of user equipment or user equipment in which the radio resource group communicates with the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first radio resource group includes at least one of the following: a cell, a carrier, a standard, a subframe pattern, and a power configuration, where the carrier included in the first radio resource group includes an authorized carrier, At least one of an unlicensed carrier, a shared carrier, a carrier below 6 GHz, and a carrier above 6 GHz, the system included in the first radio resource group includes Long Term Evolution (LTE) and/or Wireless LAN (Wireless LAN) a local area network (referred to as a WLAN); the second radio resource group includes at least one of the following: a cell, a carrier, a standard, a subframe pattern, and a power configuration, where the carrier included in the second radio resource group includes an authorization. At least one of a carrier, an unlicensed carrier, a shared carrier, a carrier below 6 GHz, and a carrier above 6 GHz, the system included in the second radio resource group includes Long Term Evolution (LTE) and/or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment or user equipment set that uses the first radio resource group to communicate with the base station, and the user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station by using the second radio resource group are all passed the following. At least one of the modes is configured: the user equipment pool management function device, the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the radio resource group includes a radio resource group for carrying control signaling and/or a radio resource group for carrying a service, where the radio resource group for carrying control signaling and The radio resource group for carrying services is different, and the radio resource groups carrying different types of services are different.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a communication resource used when data transmission between the base station and the user equipment pool is performed, and a data transmission between the user equipment and other user equipments in the user equipment pool is used for data transmission. The multiplexing of communication resources includes at least one of: time division multiplexing, carrier-based multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, wherein the time division multiplexing includes subframe-based, subframe-based content, and orthogonal frequency-based multiplexing. Time division multiplexing using at least one of (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM for short) symbols, wherein the other user equipment is a user equipment other than the user equipment in the user equipment pool.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment includes at least one of the following: an ordinary user equipment, a relay device, a user equipment module in a base station having an air interface forwarding function, an Internet of Things user equipment, a vehicle network user equipment, and a neighboring communication user. Equipment, public safety equipment, cluster communication equipment.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a data processing method is provided, including: performing, by a base station, data transmission with the user equipment by using a user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or more, The user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment by using the user equipment pool, and the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data. The first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first communication data includes at least one of the following: a PDCP PDU, an RLC PDU, The IP packet includes the at least one of the following: a MAC PDU, a PHY transport block, and a PHY transport block segment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, before the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment by using the user equipment pool, the method further includes: sending, by the base station, at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: Wireless channel information between the device and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment; the base station receiving the user equipment pool management function device is configured to send the user equipment pool The configuration message of the user equipment pool, wherein the user equipment pool management function device is configured to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message includes identifier information of one or more user equipment pools.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the base station includes at least one of the following: a macro base station, a micro base station, a small base station, a home base station, a relay station, and an access node.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a data processing method is provided, including: a user equipment pool management function device configures a user equipment pool; and the user equipment pool management function device configures a user equipment pool. The message is sent to the user equipment and/or the base station, where the configuration message is used for indirect data transmission between the user equipment and the base station by using the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or Multiple, the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment pool management function device is configured to: the user equipment pool management function device receives at least one of the following information sent by the user equipment and/or the base station: the user equipment Wireless channel information between the base station and the base station, channel information between the user equipments, distance information between the user equipments, and status information of the user equipment; the user equipment pool management function device according to the received information and/or user information The user equipment pool is configured, wherein the user information includes at least one of the following: user subscription information, user association information, user interest information, and application information used by the user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the user equipment pool management function device is a base station, the user equipment pool management function device configuring the user equipment pool includes: the base station performs radio resource control RRC on the user equipment pool. The RRC configuration of the radio resource control by the base station to the user equipment pool includes: performing, by the base station, the RRC configuration on the user equipment pool as a whole and/or the base station to the user equipment pool Each of the user equipments performs the RRC configuration.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the RRC configuration performed by the base station to the user equipment pool and/or the base station to each user equipment in the user equipment pool includes at least one of the following: user equipment pool configuration. User equipment function configuration, carrier aggregation configuration across user equipment, dual-connection configuration across user equipment, multi-connection configuration across user equipment, communication resource configuration of the base station and the user equipment pool, and communication in the user equipment pool The configuration of the resource, where the configuration of the user equipment pool includes configuring at least one of the user equipment pool and/or each user equipment in the user equipment pool: authorization, registration, cancellation, joining, leaving, activating, go activate.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus, the apparatus being applied to a user equipment side, comprising: a first transmission module, configured to perform data transmission with a base station through a user equipment pool, wherein the user The number of device pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user devices.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first transmission module includes: a first transmission unit configured to perform data transmission with the base station by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data, where the first communication The data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the data processing apparatus further includes: a first sending module, configured to send at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, and user equipment The channel information, the distance information between the user equipments, and the status information of the user equipment; the first receiving module is configured to receive the user equipment pool that is sent by the user equipment pool management function device to configure the user equipment pool The configuration message, wherein the user equipment pool management function device is configured to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message includes identifier information of one or more user equipment pools.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a user equipment comprising the apparatus of any of the above.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a data processing apparatus is provided, where the apparatus is applied to a base station side, and includes: a second transmission module, configured to perform data transmission with the user equipment by using a user equipment pool, where The number of user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second transmission module includes: a second transmission unit configured to perform data transmission with the user equipment by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data, where the first Communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication data is the user equipment Data transmitted between the pool and the base station.

Further, the data processing apparatus further includes: a second sending module, configured to send at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, and channel information between the user equipments a distance information between the user equipment and status information of the user equipment; the second receiving module is configured to receive, by the user equipment pool management function, a configuration message of the user equipment pool sent by configuring the user equipment pool, where The user equipment pool management function device is configured to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message includes identifier information of one or more user equipment pools.

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

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a data processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is applied to a user equipment pool management function device, and includes: a configuration module configured to configure a user equipment pool; and a third sending module, setting The configuration message is sent to the user equipment and/or the base station, where the configuration message is used for indirect data transmission between the user equipment and the base station through the user equipment pool. The number of user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive at least one of the following information sent by the user equipment and/or the base station: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, and channel information between the user equipment, The distance information between the user equipments, the status information of the user equipment, and the configuration unit, configured to configure the user equipment pool according to the received information and/or user information, where the user information includes at least one of the following: User subscription information, user association information, user interest information, and application information used by the user.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a user equipment pool management function device, comprising the apparatus of any of the above.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment is used to perform data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments. The invention solves the problem that the cooperation between multiple user equipments and the base station cannot be realized in the related art, thereby achieving the effect of realizing communication between multiple user equipments and the base station, and improving communication efficiency between the user equipment and the base station.

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 flow chart of a first data processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of a second method of data processing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of a third method of data processing in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram showing the structure of a first data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a first transmission module 42 in a first data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a first data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a second data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a second transmission module 82 in a second data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a second data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

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

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the structure of a third data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of a configuration module 122 in a third data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 14 is a user equipment pool management function device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a wireless network architecture including a pool of UEs according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

16 is a schematic diagram of a wireless network topology including a pool of UEs according to an embodiment of the present invention;

17 is a schematic flowchart of UE pool configuration and communication according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a protocol stack of mapping upper layer communication data of multiple UEs of a base station to lower layer communication data of a base station and a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

19 is a schematic diagram of a protocol stack of mapping upper layer communication data of multiple UEs of another base station to lower layer communication data of a base station and a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing mapping of upper layer communication data of a plurality of UEs of a base station to a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention; Schematic diagram of a protocol stack of lower layer communication data of a UE pool;

FIG. 21 is a structural diagram of RRC configuration of a UE pool as a whole by a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 22 is a structural diagram of a base station performing RRC configuration on each UE in a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 23 is a structural diagram of a RRC configuration performed by a base station by a UE representative (or a primary UE) for each UE (or a secondary UE) in a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram of communication between a single base station and a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

25 is a schematic diagram of another single base station communicating with a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram of still another single base station communicating with a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram of two base stations communicating with a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

28 is a schematic diagram of a wireless network architecture including a UE pool and a relay pool according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram of still another wireless network architecture including a UE and a relay hybrid pool according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of a simplified wireless network architecture including a UE and a relay hybrid pool according to an embodiment 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 data processing method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a first data processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the process includes the following steps:

Step S102: The user equipment performs data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

Through the above steps, when the user equipment communicates with the base station, the manner of communicating with the base station indirectly through the user equipment pool may be adopted, thereby realizing that when the communication quality of the direct communication between the user equipment and the base station is poor and the efficiency is low, the other device may pass other The path with good communication quality is indirectly communicated with the base station, thereby solving the problem that the cooperation between the plurality of user equipments and the base station cannot be realized in the related art, thereby achieving cooperation between the plurality of user equipments and the base station, and improving the user equipment. The effect of communication efficiency with the base station.

The manner in which the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool may be multiple, in one In an optional embodiment, the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data, where the first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication data is Data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.

The foregoing first communication data may include at least one of the following: a PDCP PDU, an RLC PDU, and an IP packet; the foregoing second communication data may include at least one of the following: a medium access control protocol data unit MAC PDU, a PHY transport block, and a physical layer protocol. PHY transport block segmentation.

In an optional embodiment, the conversion between the first communication data and the second communication data is indicated by at least one of the following information: a PDU header, a control cell, RRC configuration information, and scheduling information.

The foregoing user equipment supports the transmission of communication data with the base station in a unicast mode and/or a user equipment pool mode, where the user equipment pool mode includes a mode for transmitting communication data with the base station through the user equipment pool, and the user equipment pool may Indicated by at least one of the following: radio resource control RRC signaling, control information, scheduling information, identification information, unicast mode, and/or user equipment pool mode and radio resource binding.

When the user equipment supports transmission of different types of communication data with the base station in the unicast mode and/or the user equipment pool mode, the transmission mode of the transmission of the different types of communication data may be indicated by at least one of the following information: wireless The resource control RRC signaling, control information, scheduling information, and identification information, where the different types of communication data may include at least one of the following types: uplink data, downlink data, control plane data, user plane data, and different quality of service. Type of data.

The foregoing user equipment may be a user equipment that has the capability of performing function configuration in a user equipment pool, where the foregoing configurable functions include at least one of the following: downlink synchronization, uplink synchronization, random access, RRM measurement, RLM measurement, CSI measurement, interference measurement, transmission uplink reference signal, system message reception, paging message reception, downlink data reception, uplink data transmission, data forwarding, system message forwarding, paging message forwarding, control message transmission, control message forwarding, user equipment The intra-pool synchronization source and the user equipment pool configuration, wherein the foregoing control message includes a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ feedback message and/or channel state information CSI.

Before the user equipment communicates with the base station, the user equipment may first obtain the configuration function of the user equipment pool. In an optional embodiment, before the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool, the user equipment further includes: The device sends at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment; the user equipment receives the user The device pool management function device is a configuration message of the user equipment pool sent by configuring the user equipment pool, where the user equipment pool management function device is used to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message includes one or more user equipments. Identification information of the pool.

The user equipment pool management function device may be in any one of the following types: a base station, a user equipment, a gateway, and a management entity.

The foregoing user equipment pool may include multiple types of user equipments. In an optional embodiment, the user equipment pool may include at least one of the following: a user equipment and/or a user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station, A set of user equipment and/or user equipment for performing uplink communication with the base station, wherein the set of user equipment and/or user equipment for performing downlink communication with the base station is different from the user equipment and/or user equipment set for uplink communication with the base station.

The user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station, and the user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs uplink communication with the base station are configured by at least one of the following methods: a user equipment pool management function device, The base station, wherein the configuration of the user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station, and the user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs uplink communication with the base station include: performing overall configuration for the user equipment pool and/or targeting the user Each user device in the device pool is configured separately.

In an optional embodiment, the foregoing user equipment pool also includes at least one of the following: a user equipment or a user equipment set that uses the first radio resource group in the radio resource group to communicate with the base station, and uses the radio resource group. a set of user equipments or user equipments in which the second radio resource group communicates with the base station, where the user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station using the first radio resource group is different from the second radio resource group and the base station. User device or user device set.

The first radio resource group may include at least one of the following: a cell, a carrier, a standard, a subframe pattern, and a power configuration, where the carriers included in the first radio resource group include an authorized carrier, an unlicensed carrier, a shared carrier, and a carrier below 6 GHz. At least one of the carriers above 6 GHz, the system included in the first radio resource group includes a long term evolution LTE and/or a wireless local area network WLAN; and the second radio resource group includes at least one of the following: a cell, a carrier, a standard, and a subframe pattern. And a power configuration, where the carrier included in the second radio resource group includes at least one of an authorized carrier, an unlicensed carrier, a shared carrier, a carrier below 6 GHz, and a carrier above 6 GHz, and a format included in the second radio resource group includes a long-term Evolved LTE and/or wireless local area network WLAN.

The user equipment or user equipment set that uses the first radio resource group to communicate with the base station, and the user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station by using the second radio resource group are configured by at least one of the following methods: Device pool management function device, base station.

The foregoing radio resource group may include a radio resource group for carrying control signaling and/or a radio resource group for carrying services, where the radio resource group for carrying control signaling and the radio resource group for carrying traffic Different, the radio resource groups carrying different types of services are different.

The communication resources used in the data transmission between the base station and the user equipment pool and the communication resources used in the user equipment pool (including between the user equipment and other user equipments in the user equipment pool) The usage may include at least one of: time division multiplexing, carrier-based multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, where the time division multiplexing includes subframe-based, subframe-based content, and OFDM-based OFDM symbols. Time division multiplexing of at least one of the other user equipments in addition to the user equipment in the pool of user equipment External user equipment.

The user equipment can be of various types. In an optional embodiment, the user equipment can include at least one of the following: a common user equipment, a relay device, a user equipment module in a base station with air interface forwarding function, and an Internet of Things user. Equipment, vehicle networking user equipment, proximity communication user equipment, public safety equipment, cluster communication equipment.

A data processing method is also provided in this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a second data processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the process includes the following steps:

Step S202: The base station performs data transmission with the user equipment through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

Through the foregoing steps, when the base station communicates with the user equipment, the manner of communicating with the user equipment indirectly through the user equipment pool may be adopted, thereby realizing that when the communication quality of the direct communication path between the base station and the user equipment is poor and the efficiency is low, The indirect communication with the user equipment is performed through other paths with good communication quality, thereby solving the problem that the cooperation between the plurality of user equipments and the base station cannot be realized in the related art, thereby achieving cooperation between the plurality of user equipments and the base station. The effect of improving the communication efficiency between the user equipment and the base station.

The base station may perform multiple types of data transmission between the user equipment pool and the user equipment. In an optional embodiment, the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data. The first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station. The processing manner may be multiple, for example, it may be processed by mapping.

The foregoing first communication data may include at least one of the following: a PDCP PDU, an RLC PDU, and an IP packet; and the second communication data may include at least one of the following: a MAC PDU, a PHY transport block, and a PHY transport block segment.

The conversion between the first communication data and the second communication data may be indicated by at least one of the following information: a PDU header, a control cell, RRC configuration information, and scheduling information.

Before the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment through the user equipment pool, the base station may first obtain configuration information about the user equipment pool. In an optional embodiment, before the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment through the user equipment pool, The base station sends at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: the wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, the channel information between the user equipment, the distance information between the user equipment, and the status information of the user equipment; the base station receives the user equipment pool. The management function device is a configuration message of the user equipment pool sent by configuring the user equipment pool, where the user equipment pool management function device is used to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message may include one or more user equipment pools. Identification information.

The user equipment pool management function device may include at least one of the following: a base station, a user equipment, a gateway, Manage entities.

The foregoing base station includes at least one of the following: a macro base station, a micro base station, a small base station, a home base station, a relay station, and an access node.

A data processing method is also provided in this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a third data processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the process includes the following steps:

Step S302: The user equipment pool management function device configures the user equipment pool.

Step S304: The user equipment pool management function device sends a configuration message to the user equipment and/or the base station, where the configuration message is used for indirect data between the user equipment and the base station through the user equipment pool. The number of the user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

Through the above steps, the user equipment pool management function device configures the user equipment pool, so that the user equipment and the base station can communicate through the user equipment pool, thereby achieving poor communication quality and efficiency when the base station and the user equipment directly communicate with each other. When the device is low, the device communicates with the user device indirectly through the path with good communication quality in the user equipment pool, thereby solving the problem in the related art that the cooperation between multiple user devices and the base station cannot be realized, thereby achieving multiple users. The device cooperates with the base station to improve the communication efficiency between the user equipment and the base station.

The user equipment pool management function device can configure the user equipment pool in a plurality of configurations. In an optional embodiment, the user equipment pool management function device receives at least one of the following information sent by the user equipment and/or the base station: Wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment; the user equipment pool management function device performs the user equipment pool according to the received information and/or user information. The user information includes at least one of the following: user subscription information, user association information, user interest information, and application information used by the user.

The foregoing user equipment pool management function device may include at least one of the following: a base station, a user equipment, a gateway, and a management entity.

In an optional embodiment, when the user equipment pool management function device is a base station, the user equipment pool management function device configuring the user equipment pool may include: performing, by the base station, RRC configuration on the user equipment pool, where the base station is to the user RRC configuration of the device pool for radio resource control includes: the eNB performs RRC configuration on the entire user equipment pool and/or performs RRC configuration on each user equipment in the user equipment pool by the base station.

In an optional embodiment, the foregoing base station performs RRC configuration on the user equipment pool as a whole and/or the base station on each user equipment in the user equipment pool, including at least one of the following: user equipment pool configuration, user equipment function configuration, cross Carrier aggregation configuration of user equipment, dual connectivity configuration across user equipment, multi-connection configuration across user equipment, The configuration of the communication resource between the base station and the user equipment pool and the configuration of the communication resources in the user equipment pool, wherein the configuration of the user equipment pool includes configuring at least one of the following in the user equipment pool and/or each user equipment in the user equipment pool: authorization, registration , logout, join, leave, activate, deactivate.

In the embodiment, a data processing device is also provided, which is used to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and preferred embodiments, and will not be described again. 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 first data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus is applied to a user equipment side. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus includes a first transmission module 42, which is described below:

The first transmission module 42 is configured to perform data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a first transmission module 42 in a first data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the first transmission module 42 includes a first transmission unit 52, and the first The transmission module 42 will be described.

The first transmission unit 52 is configured to perform data transmission with the base station by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data, where the first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication data is Data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.

6 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a first data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus includes a first transmitting module 62 and a first receiving, in addition to all the modules shown in FIG. Module 64, the device will be described below.

The first sending module 62 is configured to send at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status of the user equipment. The first receiving module 64 is connected to the first sending module 62 and the first transmitting module 42 and configured to receive a configuration message of the user equipment pool sent by the user equipment pool management function device to configure the user equipment pool, where The user equipment pool management function device is used to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message includes identifier information of one or more user equipment pools.

FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the user equipment 72 includes the first data processing apparatus 74 of any of the above.

The user equipment may include at least one of the following: a common user equipment, a relay device, a user equipment module in a base station with an air interface forwarding function, an Internet of Things user equipment, a vehicle network user equipment, a proximity communication user equipment, and a public safety equipment. , cluster communication equipment.

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a second data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus is applied to a base station side, as shown in FIG. 8, and includes a second transmission module 82, which will be described below.

The second transmission module 82 is configured to perform data transmission with the user equipment through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pool is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a second transmission module 82 in a second data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the second transmission module 82 includes a second transmission unit 92, and the second transmission unit The transmission module 82 will be described.

The second transmission unit 92 is configured to perform data transmission with the user equipment by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data, wherein the first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, and the second communication is The data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a second data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the apparatus includes a second transmitting module 102 and a second receiving, in addition to all the modules shown in FIG. Module 104, the device will be described below.

The second sending module 102 is configured to send at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status of the user equipment. The second receiving module 104 is connected to the second sending module 102 and the second transmitting module 82, and is configured to receive a configuration message of the user equipment pool sent by the user equipment pool management function device to configure the user equipment pool, where The user equipment pool management function device is configured to manage the user equipment pool, and the configuration message includes identifier information of one or more user equipment pools.

11 is a block diagram showing the structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the base station 112 includes the second data processing device 114 of any of the above.

The foregoing base station may include at least one of the following: a macro base station, a micro base station, a small base station, a home base station, a relay station, and an access node.

FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of a third data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus is applied to a user equipment pool management function device. As shown in FIG. 12, the apparatus includes a configuration module 122 and a third sending module 124. The device will be described below.

The configuration module 122 is configured to configure the user equipment pool; the third sending module 124 is connected to the configuration module 122, and is configured to send the configuration message after configuring the user equipment pool to the user equipment and/or the base station, where The configuration message is used for indirect data transmission between the user equipment and the base station through the user equipment pool. The number of the user equipment pool is one or more, and each user equipment pool may include two or more users. device.

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of a configuration module 122 in a third data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 13, the configuration module 122 includes a receiving unit 132 and a configuration unit 134, and the configuration module 122 is performed below. Description.

The receiving unit 132 is configured to receive at least one of the following information sent by the user equipment and/or the base station: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment. The configuration unit 134 is connected to the receiving unit 132, and configured to configure the user equipment pool according to the received information and/or the user information, where the user information includes at least one of the following: user subscription information, user association information, User interest information, application information used by the user.

FIG. 14 is a user equipment pool management function device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the user equipment pool management function device 142 includes a third data processing device 144 of any of the above.

The user equipment pool management function device includes at least one of the following: a base station, a user equipment, a gateway, and a management entity.

It can be seen from the foregoing embodiments that the present invention provides a more flexible access network communication architecture, which enables cooperative communication through a UE pool (ie, a terminal device pool) to improve transmission and reception flexibility and expand performance space (eg, spectrum efficiency, User rate, power saving, overhead).

The invention will now be described in connection with specific embodiments.

Example 1

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a wireless network architecture including a pool of UEs according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 15, where H0 is the core network and the upper layer, the core network element (such as the Mobile Management Entity (MME), the Serving Gateway (SGW), the packet data network gateway (Packet Data Network gateway, PDN-GW for short), service server, proximity service ProSe server, etc.) and/or management plane network element (for example, self-optimizing network (SON) network element, network management operation management and (Operation/Administration and Maintenance, OAM for short), H1 is a base station layer or a radio access network layer, and is a base station or a transport node (Transport Point, TP for short)/access point (Access Point, referred to as It is composed of a base station pool composed of multiple base stations/TP/APs, and H2 is a terminal layer, which is composed of a UE pool composed of UEs or UEs. The communication between the base station layer and the terminal layer is implemented by communication between the base station/TP/AP and the UE and/or communication between the base station/TP/AP and the UE pool. The communication between the base station and the UE pool can be achieved by communication of a single TP/AP with a single UE. One UE can join one or more UE pools.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a wireless network topology including a pool of UEs according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 16, there are two UE pools under the macro station, which are UE pool A and UE pool B, each with multiple UEs. In each UE pool, the UEs are interconnected through the Device to Device (D2D) mode. They can be directly connected to each other or through intermediate nodes. Communication standards can use long-term evolution LTE, WLAN, Bluetooth, ZIGBEE, Wireless or wired direct connection technologies such as USB, Ethernet, cable, and optical fiber. The frequency band used may be a licensed frequency band (for example, shared with LTE uplink carrier resources) or an unlicensed frequency band, which may be a low frequency band below 6 GHz. It can be a high frequency band above 6 GHz. The communication in the UE pool can be either broadcast, multicast, or unicast. Considering that the communication distance in the UE pool is close, the channel is good, the spectrum resources are abundant, and the spectrum reutilization is high due to the low transmission power (in the case of wireless, only a relatively close distance, for example, about 10 meters of spectrum resources can be reused). It can be considered that the communication capacity in the UE pool is much higher than the communication capacity between the base station and the UE or between the base station and the UE pool. That is to say, the main bottleneck of the access network is on the cellular or access link (ie, between the base station layer and the UE layer).

Through the pooling of the UE, the communication between the base station and the UE is converted into communication between the base station and the UE pool, so that the degree of freedom of the access link is greatly improved, for example, by selecting the best UE or UE set for communication with the base station. Communication can greatly improve the spectrum efficiency of the access link, thereby increasing system capacity. Alternatively, the joint reception of the data sent by the base station by the multiple UEs forming the joint reception set can further improve the spectrum efficiency of the access link and improve the system capacity. For example, in consideration of differences in UE capabilities and complementarity, a stronger transceiver capability can be formed by the UE pool. For example, a UE that transmits and receives multiple single carriers can form a UE pool capable of simultaneous transmission and reception of multiple carriers, and can form a UE with 2 antennas. UE pool for 2X antenna transceiving capability. For example, some UEs are in the coverage of the base station, and some UEs are outside the coverage of the base station. By forming the UE pool, all UEs in the pool can obtain access services or even fair access services. For example, the large-traffic data of a single UE can be transmitted and received through data transmission of multiple UEs and base stations in the UE pool, thereby improving the UE rate. For example, considering a difference in the amount of data of the UE service, a small amount of data of a plurality of UEs is merged into big data, or a small amount of data of a plurality of UEs and a large amount of data of one data are combined and transmitted, and the connection can be greatly reduced. The overhead of the ingress control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)), and the coding gain obtained by combining the data (the coding efficiency of the longer data is higher than the coding efficiency of the short data), and Reduce the energy consumption per bit (that is, the energy consumption per bit of data, in bits per joule, or energy per bps), thereby ultimately improving the energy efficiency of the base station and the UE. In summary, through the UE pool cooperative communication, the transmission and reception flexibility can be improved, and the performance space (spectral efficiency, user rate, power saving, and overhead) can be extended, that is, at least the performance of one indicator can be improved, and the performance of other indicators does not decrease.

The base station may be any type of base station, such as a macro base station, a micro base station, a small base station, a home base station, a relay station, an access node, and/or a base station pool composed of the above various types of base stations; the UE may also be any type of UE. For example, a normal UE, a UE module (for example, a relay station) of a base station having an air interface forwarding function, an Internet of Things UE, a car network UE, a proximity communication (UE), and the like.

FIG. 17 is a schematic flowchart of UE pool configuration and communication according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 17, the method includes the following steps:

Step S1702: The UE and/or the base station send information for configuring the UE pool to the UE pool management function.

Step S1704: The UE pool management function configures the UE pool.

In step S1706, the base station and the UE pool perform data communication.

The embodiment is explained in detail below:

Regarding the configuration of the UE pool: the UE and/or the base station transmits a radio channel between the UE and the base station to the UE pool management function (the UE pool management function may be implemented by the base station, or the UE, or the gateway, or the core network and the upper layer entity) Connection information, channel and/or connection information between UEs, distance information between UEs, status information of the UE (eg, mobile status, power status, service status, connection status). The UE pool management function performs UE pool configuration according to information reported by the UE and/or the base station, and/or user information, and the user information includes user subscription information (for example, Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN), Such as HPLMN (EHPLMN), subscription type, whether VIP user, etc.), user-related information (such as friend circle information), user interest information (such as whether it is interested in video), APP information used by the user (such as whether to use a specific video APP) ). The UE and/or the base station receive the configuration message of the UE pool management function, and the configuration message includes the UE pool identifier. The UE pool identifier may be an independent identifier, or may be multiplexed with an identifier of an existing function, such as a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), including a C-RNTI for multicast, or used for Unicast C-RNTI, or C-RNTI for D2D. The UE pool configuration includes configuring the authorization, registration, deregistration, joining, leaving, activating, deactivating, and the like of the UE pool and/or each UE in the UE.

Configurable for UE function: The function of the UE in the UE pool is also configurable, wherein the configurable functions include at least one of the following, downlink synchronization, uplink synchronization, random access, radio resource management RRM measurement, and radio link Monitor RLM measurement, CSI measurement, interference measurement, transmit uplink reference signal, system message reception, paging message reception, downlink data reception, uplink data transmission, data forwarding, system message forwarding, paging message forwarding, control information (eg hybrid automatic Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback information, CSI information) transmission, control information forwarding, UE pool synchronization source, UE pool configuration function, and the like. The function configuration of the UE in the UE pool may be implemented by the UE pool management function or by the base station.

Regarding multi-mode reception: the UE can support data communication with the base station in the unicast mode as well as data communication with the base station in the UE pool mode. The two modes can be converted to each other or simultaneously to the same UE. Specifically, the unicast mode or the UE pool mode may be indicated by RRC signaling, or control information, or scheduling information, or identification information; or, the unicast mode or the UE pool mode may be bound to the radio resource, and Information about which mode is used for data communication is indicated by related information of the radio resources (eg, carrier configuration information, subframe pattern configuration information, scheduling information).

Different types of communication data may be transmitted through unicast mode or UE pool mode, respectively, and/or, which mode of communication data is used for transmission by RRC signaling, or control cells, or scheduling information, or identification information; different types The communication data includes downlink data, uplink data, control plane data, user plane data, data of different quality of service types, broadcast multicast data, and unicast data.

Regarding the inter-UE uplink and downlink separation: the UE pool includes a UE that performs downlink communication with the base station, and a UE that performs uplink communication with the base station. The UE or UE set for downlink communication with the base station may be different from the UE or UE set for uplink communication with the base station. The UE or UE set for downlink communication or uplink communication with the base station may also be configured by the UE pool management function and/or the base station.

Regarding cell/carrier separation, inter-UE multi-connection: the UE pool includes a UE or a UE set that communicates with the base station using the first radio resource group, and a UE or UE set that communicates with the base station using the second radio resource group; The set of UEs or UEs in which the radio resource group communicates with the base station may be different from the set of UEs or UEs that communicate with the base station using the second radio resource group, and/or the set of UEs or UEs that communicate with the base station using the first radio resource group. The set of UEs or UEs that communicate with the base station using the second set of radio resources may be configured by the UE pool management function and/or the base station. The radio resource group includes a cell, a carrier, a standard, a subframe pattern, and a power configuration. The carrier includes at least an authorized carrier, an unlicensed carrier, a shared carrier, a carrier below 6 GHz, and a carrier above 6 GHz, and the system includes at least LTE and WLAN. That is to say that the UE pool can remain connected to multiple cells (eg by means of cross-UE carrier aggregation), even multiple base stations remain connected (eg by means of dual connectivity/multiple connectivity across UEs).

The multiplexing of the communication resources between the base station and the UE pool and the communication resources in the UE pool: the multiplexing of the communication resources between the base station and the UE pool and the communication resources in the UE pool includes at least one of the following: time division multiplexing, carrier-based or frequency division multiplexing; Time division multiplexing includes based on subframe or subframe content, and based on OFDM symbol multiplexing (similar to unicast and multicast in MBSFN, for example, the first n symbols are used for base station and UE pool communication, and the last few symbols are used in UE pool. Communication).

Regarding control signaling/service and resource mapping: the set of UEs used by the base station and the UE pool to carry control signaling and/or the set of UEs for transmission control signaling may be different from the radio resource group and/or UE used for bearer services. And/or, the set of UEs used by the base station and the UE pool to carry different service types and/or the set of UEs transmitting different service types may also be different.

Regarding the inter-layer data mapping: the upper layer communication data of the base station and the UE_i in the UE pool is mapped to the lower layer communication data of the base station and the UE pool or the lower layer communication data of the base station and the UE_j (UE_k or even more UEs) in the UE pool. The upper layer communication data may be a PDCP PDU, a Radio Link Control-Protocol Data Unit (RLC PDU for short), an IP packet, or a General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol (General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol). /Generic Routing Encapsulation, abbreviated as GTP/GRE) packet, the lower layer communication data of the lower layer communication data or the base station and the UE_j (UE_k or even more UEs) in the UE pool may be a MAC PDU or a PHY transport block or a PHY transport block segment or the like. The mapping of the downlink communication data is implemented by a base station or a gateway function, and the mapping of the uplink communication data is implemented by the UE. The specific mapping relationship may be sent by the UE pool management function to the base station and/or the UE.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a protocol stack for mapping upper layer communication data of multiple UEs of a base station to lower layer communication data of a base station and a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 18, in the following behavior example, the base station multiplexes RLC PDUs of different bearers of multiple UEs into one according to the mapping relationship and the scheduling policy provided by the UE pool management function. Among the MAC PDUs, the mapping/conversion relationship between the lower layer communication data and the upper layer communication data is composed of a MAC PDU header (specifically, a MAC subheader), a MAC control cell, RRC configuration information, or scheduling information (for example, downlink control information (Downlink Control) Information, referred to as DCI)). In this way, the reliability of the Automatic Repeat ReQuest (ARQ) of the RLC is implemented between the base station and each UE (the transmitting and receiving peers of the upper layer communication data are the base station and the UE processing the service data), and the reliability of the MAC HARQ. It is implemented between the base station and the UE pool (the transmitting and receiving peers of the lower layer communication data are the base station and the UE pool).

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a protocol stack for mapping upper layer communication data of multiple UEs of another base station to lower layer communication data of a base station and a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. The difference from FIG. 18 is that FIG. 18 is a one-time multiplexing of multiple bearer RLC PDUs (ie, MAC SDUs) of multiple UEs into one MAC PDU. If it is embodied in the MAC subheader, each subheader will Directly corresponding to each bearer or logical channel identifier (LCID) of each UE, and the scheme of FIG. 19 is to first multiplex multiple bearers of each UE into multiple MAC PDU segments (each The sub-headers of the MAC PDU segments may be used to indicate the bearer or logical channel identifier LCID), and then the multiple MAC PDU segments are multiplexed into one MAC PDU (the sub-head of each MAC PDU may be used to indicate the UE identity, to Realize mapping/conversion of lower layer communication data and upper layer communication data). Of course, the bearers of multiple UEs of the same QoS class QCI may be first multiplexed into the same MAC PDU segment (the subheader of each MAC PDU segment may be used to indicate the UE identity), and then multiple MAC PDUs are used. The segment is multiplexed into one MAC PDU (the subhead of each MAC PDU can be used to indicate the bearer or logical channel identification LCID).

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of a protocol stack of mapping upper layer communication data of multiple UEs of a base station to lower layer communication data of a base station and a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. The difference from FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 is that FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are maps completed at the MAC layer, and FIG. 20 is a map map processed at the RLC layer. In the following behavior example, the base station multiplexes bearers of multiple UEs of the same QoS class QCI of multiple UEs into the same RLC PDU, and the header of each RLC PDU may be used to indicate the UE identity. For example, UE1 has the bearer of QCI 1, 3, 4, UE2 has the bearer of QCI3, 4, and UE3 has the bearer of QCI 3, 5. The bearer mapping of QCI 1 of UE1 is the bearer of QCI1 of UE pool, UE1/2/3 The three bearers of the QCI 3 are mapped to one bearer of the QCI3 of the UE pool, and the two bearers of the QCI4 of the UE1 and the UE2 are mapped to one bearer of the QCI4 of the UE pool. In the MAC layer multiplexing, multiple bearer UE pool data may be multiplexed into a MAC PDU (which may be one), and the MAC PDU subheader may be used to indicate a bearer or a logical channel identifier. In this way, the ARQ reliability of the RLC is implemented between the base station and the UE pool, and the reliability of the MAC HARQ is also implemented between the base station and the UE pool.

Regarding the RRC architecture: the base station to the UE pool radio resource control RRC is implemented by the base station to the RRC configuration information of the UE pool as a whole or by the base station to the RRC configuration information of each UE in the UE pool. FIG. 21 is a structural diagram of RRC configuration of a UE pool as a whole by a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 21, the base station treats the UE pool as a whole, and the base station performs RRC configuration on it. Specifically, how to coordinate the RRC configuration of each UE in the UE pool is implemented by the intra-cell interaction, and the base station is invisible or cannot be directly managed. FIG. 22 is a structural diagram of a base station performing RRC configuration on each UE in a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 22, the base station and the UE Each UE in the pool performs RRC configuration, and the RRC configuration process of each UE is independent of each other. The coordination and consistency of RRC configuration between UEs in the UE pool are implemented by configuration management of the base station. FIG. 23 is a structural diagram of a RRC configuration performed by a base station to a UE (or a UE) in a UE pool by a UE representative (or a primary UE) according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 23, the base station directly configures the UE representative (primary UE), and configures other UEs (from the UE) in the UE pool by the UE representative (primary UE), and the RRC configuration procedure of the base station and the UE representative (primary UE) It is associated with the configuration flow of the base station to other UEs (from the UE) in the UE pool. The RRC configuration for the UE pool includes at least one of the following: UE pool configuration, UE function configuration, multi-mode reception configuration, control signaling/service and resource mapping uplink and downlink transmission configuration, carrier aggregation/dual connection/multi-connection across UEs , base station and UE pool communication resource configuration, UE pool communication resource configuration, and the like.

Example 2

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram of a single base station communicating with a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 24, the base station sends downlink data to the UE pool, and multiple UEs in the UE pool participate in the reception. Then, the plurality of UEs participate in the received control information or data, and determine whether to finally send an acknowledgement character (Acknowledgement, abbreviated as ACK) or a non-acknowledgement (Non-Acknowledgement, NACK for short) to the base station. Finally, the data transmitted by the base station is successfully solved (for example, by joint reception and processing), and then one or more of the UEs are according to the final destination of the downlink data (or the target UE of the downlink data) to other UEs that are not participating in the reception or The UE that has not successfully received forwards the data in D2D mode. Finally, at least one UE sends an ACK/NACK to the base station. The base station then determines whether to transmit new data or retransmit the data based on the ACK/NACK. In this way, as long as one UE participating in the reception has correctly solved the data, or the UE set participating in the reception correctly solves the data through the joint processing, the UE pool successfully receives the data. In this way, the quality of the communication link between the base station and the UE pool can be greatly improved relative to the quality of the communication link between the base station and each UE, thereby improving the efficiency of the air interface spectrum and ultimately increasing the system capacity.

Example 3

FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram of another single base station communicating with a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 25, the communication between the base station and the UE pool may be performed by the base station and a part of the UE in the UE pool (for example, a UE with a better channel), and the UE participating in the communication is configurable, for example, configured by the UE pool function. In this way, when some UEs are not good in channel due to obstacle blocking or the like, the base station can avoid direct communication with these UEs, but indirectly communicate with the blocked UEs by communicating with other UEs in the UE pool. Therefore, the radio link failure or coverage hole of these UEs is avoided, the service experience of the user is ensured, and the efficiency of the air interface spectrum is also avoided.

Suppose there are 4 users in a cell, they are fixed after a user is sprinkled in a simulation sprinkle. Fake The ratio of the received power to the noise interference of the UE at the large-scale level of the UE closest to the base station is the Signal Noise Ratio (SNR) 0, and the other three UEs are farther away from the base station than the SNR1 and SNR2. SNR3 is smaller than SNR0 by a value of K1, K2, K3, and a number is randomly selected from 2 to 10 db. The simulation evaluation shows that the semi-static selection of the best channel quality of the UE represents the UE pool and the base station communication to the air interface spectral efficiency relative to the round. A UE that queries or randomly schedules can obtain a gain of 12% to 37%, while a UE that dynamically selects the best channel quality can achieve a gain of 38% to 111% with respect to a UE pool and base station communication with respect to a polling or random scheduling UE.

Example 4

FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram of still another single base station communicating with a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 26, the communication between the base station and the UE pool is implemented by using communication between the base station and different UEs in the UE pool using different time domain resources. For example, each UE participating in the transmission and reception is configured with a different subframe pattern, and the base station 0 and the left UE transmit and receive, and the subframe 1 base station and the lower UE transmit and receive, and the subframe 2 base station and the right side The UE performs transceiving, transmits and receives in the subframe 3 base station and the upper UE, and so on. In this way, each UE only needs to transmit and receive in a small number of subframes on the access link, and the data is transmitted by other UEs through the D2D link, and the actual UE can perform data transmission in each subframe, thereby The smaller energy consumption enables data transmission per sub-frame, reducing latency and reducing energy consumption.

Example 5

FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram of two base stations communicating with a UE pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 27, the UE pool is communicating with both TP0 and TP1. In order to avoid interference to the UE reception, the communication between the UE pool and TP0 and TP1 is staggered in the time domain. For example, communication between the UE pool and TP0 is performed in even-numbered subframes such as subframe 0 and subframe 2, and communication between the UE pool and TP1 is performed in odd-numbered subframes such as subframe 1 and subframe 3. After a period of time, due to the change of the respective loads of TP0 and TP1, the load of TP0 becomes very high, and then through reconfiguration, the communication subframe of the UE pool and TP0 becomes less, and the communication subframe of the UE pool and TP1 becomes more, thereby The implementation transfers part of the load from TP0 to TP1 for transmission. It can be seen from this example that even if the connection relationship between the UE or the UE pool and the base station or the TP does not change, more flexible and dynamic load balancing can be achieved by reconfiguration or scheduling of the communication resources of the base station and the UE pool.

Example 6

FIG. 28 is a schematic diagram of a wireless network architecture including a UE pool and a relay pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. versus The difference in the wireless network architecture shown in FIG. 15 is mainly due to the addition of the H1' layer. The main function of this layer is to perform data relay between the base station layer and the UE layer of H1, and thus may also be called a relay layer. The relay layer has the functions of performing air interface communication with the base station layer like the UE, and also has the function of performing air interface communication with the UE layer like the base station. Moreover, the UEs like the H2 layer can cooperate to form a UE pool, and the relay layer can also cooperate with its UE function (corresponding to the backhaul function of the backhaul line) to cooperate with each other (similar to the manner of Embodiment 1 to form a UE pool) and the base station layer. Communication can be called a relay pool. In this way, on the one hand, the spectrum efficiency of communication between the relay layer and the base station layer can be improved, the system capacity can be improved, and the robustness of the backhaul can also be improved.

Example 7

FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram of a wireless network architecture including a UE and a relay hybrid pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. The main difference from FIG. 28 is that the UE having the UE pool function and the relay together constitute a UE and a relay hybrid pool, and cooperate with each other to communicate with the base station layer. In this way, compared with a simple relay pool or UE pool, it is easier to find more cooperative members within a certain range, improve communication efficiency with the base station, further improve system capacity, and also enhance cooperation by cooperation with the UE. Following the capacity and robustness of the backhaul of the backhaul line, it also brings benefits to UEs in the H2 layer that do not have the UE pool function. And if all UEs have the UE pool function, the architecture can be simplified to the architecture shown in FIG. 30, which is a simplified wireless network architecture including a UE and a relay hybrid pool according to an embodiment of the present invention. schematic diagram.

The UE in the foregoing embodiments of the present invention may include a terminal device with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a terminal device without a SIM card.

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

Through the foregoing technical solution provided by the present invention, the user equipment is used to perform data with the base station through the user equipment pool. The transmission, where the number of the user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments, which solves the problem that the related technologies cannot implement multiple user equipment cooperation and the base station The problem of communication, in turn, achieves the cooperation of multiple user equipments to communicate with the base station.

Claims

A data processing method comprising:

The user equipment performs data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool, including:

The user equipment performs data transmission with the base station by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data, where the first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, The second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.
The method of claim 2, wherein

The first communication data includes at least one of the following: a packet data convergence protocol layer protocol data unit PDCP PDU, a radio link control RLC PDU, and an internet protocol IP packet;

The second communication data includes at least one of the following: a medium access control protocol data unit MAC PDU, a physical layer protocol PHY transport block, and a physical layer protocol PHY transport block segment.
The method of claim 2, wherein the transition between the first communication data and the second communication data is indicated by at least one of:

PDU header, control cell, radio resource control RRC configuration information, scheduling information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the user equipment supports transmission of communication data with the base station in a unicast mode and/or a user equipment pool mode, wherein the user equipment pool mode includes passing the user a mode in which the device pool and the base station transmit communication data, where the user equipment pool mode is indicated by at least one of: RRC signaling, control information, scheduling information, identification information, the unicast mode, and/or The user equipment pool mode is bound to a wireless resource.
The method of claim 5, wherein the user equipment supports transmission of different types of communication data with the base station in a unicast mode and/or a user equipment pool mode, wherein the different types of communication data are The transmission mode of the transmission is indicated by at least one of the following information: RRC signaling, control information, scheduling information, and identification information, where the different types of communication data include at least one of the following types: uplink data, downlink data, and control. Face data, user face data, data of different quality of service types.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the user equipment is a user equipment having the capability of performing function configuration in the user equipment pool, wherein the configured function comprises at least one of the following:

Downlink synchronization, uplink synchronization, random access, radio resource management RRM measurement, wireless link monitoring RLM measurement, channel state information CSI measurement, interference measurement, transmission uplink reference signal, system message reception, paging message reception, downlink data reception, uplink data transmission, data forwarding, system message forwarding, paging message forwarding, control message transmission, The message forwarding, the user equipment pool synchronization source, and the user equipment pool configuration are controlled, wherein the control message includes a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ feedback message and/or CSI.
The method of claim 1, wherein before the user equipment performs data transmission with the base station by using the user equipment pool, the method further includes:

The user equipment sends at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment;

The user equipment receives a configuration message of the user equipment pool that is sent by the user equipment pool management function device, where the user equipment pool management function device is set to the user equipment pool. Management, the configuration message includes identification information of one or more user equipment pools.
The method of claim 8, wherein the user equipment pool management function device comprises at least one of the following:

Base station, user equipment, gateway, and management entity.
The method of claim 8, wherein the user equipment pool comprises at least one of the following:

a user equipment and/or a user equipment set for performing downlink communication with the base station, a user equipment and/or a user equipment set for performing uplink communication with the base station, where the user equipment and/or user performing downlink communication with the base station The set of devices is different from the set of user equipment and/or user equipment that is in upstream communication with the base station.
The method according to claim 10, wherein the set of user equipment and/or user equipment for performing downlink communication with the base station, and the user equipment and/or user equipment set for uplink communication with the base station are at least The user equipment pool management function device, the base station, wherein the user equipment and/or the user equipment set that performs downlink communication with the base station, and the user equipment that performs uplink communication with the base station are The configuration of the user equipment set includes an overall configuration for the user equipment pool and/or a separate configuration for each of the user equipment pools.
The method of claim 9, wherein the user equipment pool comprises at least one of the following:

a user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station using a first radio resource group in a radio resource group, a user equipment or user equipment that communicates with the base station using a second radio resource group in the radio resource group The set, wherein the user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station by using the first radio resource group is different from the user equipment that communicates with the base station by using the second radio resource group Or a set of user devices.
The method of claim 12, wherein

The first radio resource group includes at least one of the following: a cell, a carrier, a standard, a subframe pattern, and a power configuration, where the carrier included in the first radio resource group includes an authorized carrier, an unlicensed carrier, a shared carrier, At least one of a carrier below 6 GHz and a carrier above 6 GHz, the system included in the first radio resource group includes Long Term Evolution (LTE) and/or WLAN (WLAN);

The second radio resource group includes at least one of the following: a cell, a carrier, a standard, a subframe pattern, and a power configuration, where the carrier included in the second radio resource group includes an authorized carrier, an unlicensed carrier, a shared carrier, At least one of a carrier below 6 GHz and a carrier above 6 GHz, the system included in the second radio resource group includes Long Term Evolution (LTE) and/or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
The method of claim 12, wherein the user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station using the first radio resource group, the user equipment or user equipment set that communicates with the base station using the second radio resource group They are all configured by at least one of the following methods:

The user equipment pool manages the functional device and the base station.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the radio resource group comprises a radio resource group for carrying control signaling and/or a radio resource group for carrying traffic, wherein the bearer for controlling signaling The radio resource group is different from the radio resource group for carrying services, and the radio resource groups carrying different types of services are different.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the communication resource used in the data transmission between the base station and the user equipment pool and the data transmission between the user equipment and other user equipment in the user equipment pool are performed. The multiplexing of the communication resources used at the time includes at least one of: time division multiplexing, carrier-based multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, wherein the time division multiplexing includes subframe-based, subframe-based content, and based on positive Time division multiplexing of at least one of the frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbols, wherein the other user equipment is a user equipment other than the user equipment in the user equipment pool.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein

The user equipment includes at least one of the following: a common user equipment, a relay device, a user equipment module in a base station having an air interface forwarding function, an Internet of Things user equipment, a vehicle network user equipment, a proximity communication user equipment, a public security device, and a cluster. communication device.
A data processing method comprising:

The base station performs data transmission with the user equipment through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pools The quantity is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.
The method according to claim 18, wherein the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment through the user equipment pool, including:

The base station performs data transmission with the user equipment by converting between the first communication data and the second communication data, where the first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station, The second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.
The method of claim 19, wherein

The first communication data includes at least one of: a packet data convergence protocol layer protocol data unit PDCP PDU, a radio link control protocol data unit RLC PDU, and an internet protocol IP packet;

The second communication data includes at least one of the following: a medium access control protocol data unit MAC PDU, a physical layer protocol PHY transport block, and a physical layer protocol PHY transport block segment.
The method of claim 19, wherein the transition between the first communication data and the second communication data is indicated by at least one of:

PDU header, control cell, radio resource control RRC configuration information, scheduling information.
The method of claim 18, wherein before the base station performs data transmission with the user equipment by using the user equipment pool, the method further includes:

The base station sends at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment;

The base station receives a configuration message of the user equipment pool that is sent by the user equipment pool management function device to configure the user equipment pool, where the user equipment pool management function device is used to perform the user equipment pool Management, the configuration message includes identification information of one or more user equipment pools.
The method of claim 22, wherein the user equipment pool management function device comprises at least one of the following:

Base station, user equipment, gateway, and management entity.
The method according to any one of claims 18 to 23, wherein

The base station includes at least one of the following: a macro base station, a micro base station, a small base station, a home base station, a relay station, and an access node.
A data processing method comprising:

The user equipment pool management function device configures the user equipment pool;

The user equipment pool management function device sends a configuration message to the user equipment and/or the base station, where the configuration message is used by the user equipment and the base station to pass the user. The device pool performs data transmission. The number of the user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.
The method of claim 25, wherein configuring the user equipment pool by the user equipment pool management function device comprises:

The user equipment pool management function device receives at least one of the following information sent by the user equipment and/or the base station: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and user equipment status information;

The user equipment pool management function device configures the user equipment pool according to the received information and/or user information, where the user information includes at least one of the following: user subscription information, user association information, and user interest. Information, application information used by the user.
The method of claim 25, wherein the user equipment pool management function device comprises at least one of the following:

Base station, user equipment, gateway, and management entity.
The method of claim 27, wherein when the user equipment pool management function device is a base station, the user equipment pool management function device configuring the user equipment pool comprises: the base station performing the user equipment pool RRC configuration, wherein the RRC configuration of the radio resource control by the base station to the user equipment pool includes:

The base station performs the RRC configuration on the entire user equipment pool and/or the base station performs the RRC configuration on each user equipment in the user equipment pool.
The method according to claim 28, wherein the performing, by the base station, the RRC configuration on the user equipment pool as a whole and/or the base station to each user equipment in the user equipment pool comprises at least one of the following: User equipment pool configuration, user equipment function configuration, carrier aggregation configuration across user equipment, dual connectivity configuration across user equipment, multi-connection configuration across user equipment, configuration of communication resources between the base station and the user equipment pool, and the user The configuration of the communication resource in the device pool, where the configuration of the user equipment pool includes configuring at least one of the user equipment pool and/or each user equipment in the user equipment pool: authorization, registration, cancellation, joining, Leave, activate, deactivate.
A data processing device is applied to a user equipment side, including:

The first transmission module is configured to perform data transmission with the base station through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.
The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the first transmission module comprises:

a first transmission unit configured to perform data transmission with the base station by conversion between the first communication data and the second communication data, wherein the first communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station The second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.
The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising:

The first sending module is configured to send at least one of the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and user equipment status information;

a first receiving module, configured to receive, by the user equipment pool management function, a configuration message of the user equipment pool that is sent by configuring the user equipment pool, where the user equipment pool management function device is used to The user equipment pool is managed, and the configuration message includes identification information of one or more user equipment pools.
A user equipment comprising the apparatus of any one of claims 30 to 32.
The user equipment of claim 33, wherein the user equipment comprises at least one of:

Ordinary user equipment, relay equipment, user equipment modules in the base station with air interface forwarding function, Internet of Things user equipment, vehicle network user equipment, neighboring communication user equipment, public safety equipment, and cluster communication equipment.
A data processing device is applied to a base station side, including:

The second transmission module is configured to perform data transmission with the user equipment through the user equipment pool, where the number of the user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.
The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the second transmission module comprises:

a second transmission unit configured to perform data transmission with the user equipment by conversion between the first communication data and the second communication data, wherein the first communication data is transmitted between the user equipment and the base station Data, the second communication data is data transmitted between the user equipment pool and the base station.
The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising:

a second sending module, configured to send the following information to the user equipment pool management function device: A: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment;

a second receiving module, configured to receive, by the user equipment pool management function, a configuration message of the user equipment pool that is sent by configuring the user equipment pool, where the user equipment pool management function device is used to The user equipment pool is managed, and the configuration message includes identification information of one or more user equipment pools.
A base station comprising the apparatus of any one of claims 35 to 37.
The base station according to claim 38, wherein said base station comprises at least one of the following:

A macro base station, a micro base station, a small base station, a home base station, a relay station, and an access node.
A data processing device is applied to a user equipment pool management function device, including:

Configure the module to be configured to configure the user equipment pool.

a third sending module, configured to send a configuration message that is configured to the user equipment pool to the user equipment and/or the base station, where the configuration message is used by the user equipment and the base station to pass the user equipment The pool performs data transmission, and the number of the user equipment pools is one or more, and the user equipment pool includes two or more user equipments.
The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the configuration module comprises:

The receiving unit is configured to receive at least one of the following information sent by the user equipment and/or the base station: wireless channel information between the user equipment and the base station, channel information between the user equipment, distance information between the user equipment, and status information of the user equipment;

The configuration unit is configured to configure the user equipment pool according to the received information and/or user information, where the user information includes at least one of the following: user subscription information, user association information, user interest information, and user Application information used.
A user equipment pool management function device comprising the apparatus of any one of claims 40 to 41.
The user equipment pool management function device according to claim 42, wherein the user equipment pool management function device comprises at least one of the following:

Base station, user equipment, gateway, and management entity.