Data transmission method and device
阅读说明：本技术 数据传输方法及装置 (Data transmission method and device ) 是由 白伟 高雪娟 周雷 于 2020-04-10 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请公开了数据传输方法及装置,用以实现NR系统中数据的低时延高可靠传输。该方法包括：根据网络侧的通知,在传输周期中确定实际传输机会,并基于实际传输机会确定第一传输机会；第一传输机会之后到第一时刻之间有T个有效传输机会,有效传输机会包括RV为零的实际传输机会,第一时刻位于传输周期结束之前或者第二配置授权配置周期开始之前；当数据在第一传输机会之前、第二传输机会之后准备好时,在第一传输机会开始传输数据,第二传输机会是第一传输机会之前的实际传输机会；当数据在第一传输机会之后准备好时,在下一个周期开始传输数据。从而,可以根据接收到的信令指示,确定出有效的起始位置。(The application discloses a data transmission method and a data transmission device, which are used for realizing low-delay and high-reliability transmission of data in an NR system. The method comprises the following steps: determining an actual transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the actual transmission opportunity; t effective transmission opportunities exist between the first transmission opportunity and a first time, the effective transmission opportunities include an actual transmission opportunity with RV of zero, and the first time is located before the end of a transmission cycle or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration cycle; starting transmission of data at a first transmission opportunity when the data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an actual transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, the data is transmitted beginning at the next cycle. Therefore, the effective initial position can be determined according to the received signaling indication.)
1. A method of data transmission, the method comprising:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
starting transmission of data at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an active transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
according to the notification from the network side, the determining an effective transmission opportunity in the transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically include:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in the K nominal transmission opportunities according to the notification of the network side;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing the actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the notification of the network side comprises radio resource control, RRC, signaling and downlink control information, DCI, signaling.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the DCI signaling comprises dynamic scheduling signaling and Slot Format Indication (SFI) signaling.
5. A method of data transmission, the method comprising:
determining a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
detecting whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity and a previous transmission opportunity, or starting to send data at the first transmission opportunity.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
the determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically includes:
determining an effective transmission opportunity among the K nominal transmission opportunities;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with redundancy version RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
a notification is sent to the terminal instructing the terminal to determine the first transmission opportunity in the transmission period.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the notification comprises Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the DCI signaling comprises dynamic scheduling signaling and Slot Format Indication (SFI) signaling.
10. A data transmission apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:
a memory for storing program instructions;
a processor for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing according to the obtained program:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
starting transmission of data at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an active transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the transmission period comprises K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
according to the notification from the network side, the determining an effective transmission opportunity in the transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically include:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in the K nominal transmission opportunities according to the notification of the network side;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing the actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the notification of the network side comprises Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the DCI signaling comprises dynamic scheduling signaling and Slot Format Indication (SFI) signaling.
14. A data transmission apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:
a memory for storing program instructions;
a processor for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing according to the obtained program:
determining a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
detecting whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity and a previous transmission opportunity, or starting to send data at the first transmission opportunity.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the transmission period comprises K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
the determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically includes:
determining an effective transmission opportunity among the K nominal transmission opportunities;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with redundancy version RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:
a notification is sent to the terminal instructing the terminal to determine the first transmission opportunity in the transmission period.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the notification comprises radio resource control, RRC, signaling and downlink control information, DCI, signaling.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the DCI signaling comprises dynamic scheduling signaling and Slot Format Indication (SFI) signaling.
19. A data transmission apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:
a first transmission opportunity determining unit, configured to determine an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to a notification from a network side, and determine a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
a transmission unit configured to start transmitting data at a first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an effective transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
20. A data transmission apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:
a first unit configured to determine a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determine a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
a second unit, configured to detect whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity or a transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity, or start sending data at the first transmission opportunity.
21. A computer storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
Technical Field
The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a data transmission method and apparatus.
Background
In a New wireless (NR) Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) scheme, a base station (gNB) configures transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) by using signaling, including information such as a period P of resource allocation, a repetition frequency K, a Redundancy Version (RV) sequence, and positions of K resources within the period P, and the K resource positions become K transmission opportunities TO.
The following table is a starting transmission position corresponding to different RV configurations when configuring different repetition times K in a URLLC uplink configuration grant (UL configured grant) transmission scheme.
For example, when K is 2 and RV is { 0000 }, the corresponding { 00 } if start from 1st TO indicates that the base station configures 2 transmission opportunities, and when data arrives before the first transmission opportunity, the terminal will use two transmission opportunities, transmit 2 times, and RV for two transmissions is 0 and 0.
When K is 2 and RV is { 0303 }, the corresponding { 03 } always start from 1st TO indicates that the base station configures 2 transmission opportunities, and when data arrives before the first transmission opportunity, the terminal will use two transmission opportunities, transmit 2 times, and RV for two transmissions is 0 and 3.
When K is 8 and RV is 0231, the corresponding { 02310231 } always start from 1st TO indicates that the base station has configured 8 transmission opportunities, and when data arrives before the first transmission opportunity, the terminal will use 8 transmission opportunities TO transmit 8 times, and RV of 8 transmissions is 0, 2, 3, 1, 0, 2, 3, 1.
However, in the conventional UL configured grant transmission, the method for determining the starting position is determined only by K, and does not consider the influence of RRC signaling and Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling. When the base station notifies the User Equipment (UE) through RRC signaling or DCI signaling that the last n TOs cannot be used for PUSCH transmission, then, according TO the prior art scheme, when the last n +1 TOs start transmission as the starting position, there will be only one transmission, which may bring a relatively large influence on the detection and decoding performance of the PUSCH.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application provides a data transmission method and a data transmission device, which are used for realizing low-delay and high-reliability transmission of data in an NR system.
On a terminal side, the data transmission method provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
starting transmission of data at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an active transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
According to the method, the effective transmission opportunity is determined in the transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and the first transmission opportunity is determined based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to; starting transmission of data at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an active transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, the data is transmitted at the next period, and low-delay and high-reliability transmission of the data in the NR system is realized.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
according to the notification from the network side, the determining an effective transmission opportunity in the transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically include:
determining an actual transmission opportunity in the K nominal transmission opportunities according to the notification of the network side;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing the actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the notification of the network side includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
Correspondingly, on the network side, a data transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:
determining a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
detecting whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity and a previous transmission opportunity, or starting to send data at the first transmission opportunity.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
the determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically includes:
determining an effective transmission opportunity among the K nominal transmission opportunities;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with redundancy version RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
a notification is sent to the terminal instructing the terminal to determine the first transmission opportunity in the transmission period.
Optionally, the notification includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
On a terminal side, a data transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:
a memory for storing program instructions;
a processor for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing according to the obtained program:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
starting transmission of data at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an active transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
according to the notification from the network side, the determining an effective transmission opportunity in the transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically include:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in the K nominal transmission opportunities according to the notification of the network side;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing the actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the notification of the network side includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
Correspondingly, on the network side, a data transmission device provided in the embodiments of the present application includes:
a memory for storing program instructions;
a processor for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing according to the obtained program:
determining a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
detecting whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity and a previous transmission opportunity, or starting to send data at the first transmission opportunity.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
the determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically includes:
determining an effective transmission opportunity among the K nominal transmission opportunities;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with redundancy version RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the processor is further configured to:
a notification is sent to the terminal instructing the terminal to determine the first transmission opportunity in the transmission period.
Optionally, the notification includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
At a terminal side, another data transmission apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:
a first transmission opportunity determining unit, configured to determine an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to a notification from a network side, and determine a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
a transmission unit configured to start transmitting data at a first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an effective transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
On the network side, another data transmission apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application includes:
a first unit configured to determine a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determine a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
a second unit, configured to detect whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity or a transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity, or start sending data at the first transmission opportunity.
Another embodiment of the present application provides a computing device, which includes a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is used for storing program instructions, and the processor is used for calling the program instructions stored in the memory and executing any one of the above methods according to the obtained program.
Another embodiment of the present application provides a computer storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform any one of the methods described above.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a resource conflict existing in a data transmission period according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a data transmission method at a terminal side according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a data transmission method on a network side according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal-side data transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a data transmission apparatus on a network side according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another data transmission apparatus at a terminal side according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another data transmission apparatus on a network side according to an embodiment of the present application.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
The embodiment of the application provides a data transmission method and a data transmission device, which are used for realizing low-delay and high-reliability transmission of data in an NR system.
The method and the device are based on the same application concept, and because the principles of solving the problems of the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred, and repeated parts are not repeated.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can be suitable for various systems, particularly 5G systems. For example, the applicable system may be a global system for mobile communication (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a universal microwave Access (WiMAX) system, a 5G NR system, and the like. These various systems include terminal devices and network devices.
The terminal device referred to in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a device providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. The names of the terminal devices may also be different in different systems, for example, in a 5G system, the terminal devices may be referred to as User Equipments (UEs). Wireless terminal devices, which may be mobile terminal devices such as mobile telephones (or "cellular" telephones) and computers with mobile terminal devices, e.g., mobile devices that may be portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted, communicate with one or more core networks via the RAN. Examples of such devices include Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and the like. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber station (subscriber station), a mobile station (mobile), a remote station (remote station), an access point (access point), a remote terminal device (remote terminal), an access terminal device (access terminal), a user terminal device (user terminal), a user agent (user agent), and a user device (user device), which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
The network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a base station, and the base station may include a plurality of cells. A base station may also be referred to as an access point, or a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminal devices, or by other names, depending on the particular application. The network device may be configured to interconvert received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate attribute management for the air interface. For example, the network device according to the embodiment of the present application may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in a global system for mobile communications (GSM) or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), may also be a network device (NodeB) in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), may also be an evolved network device (eNB or e-NodeB) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station in a 5G network architecture (next generation system), and may also be a home evolved node B (HeNB), a relay node (relay node), a home base station (femto), a pico base station (pico), and the like, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.
Various embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the display sequence of the embodiment of the present application only represents the sequence of the embodiment, and does not represent the merits of the technical solutions provided by the embodiments.
The technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application provides a scheme for determining a transmission start position by an uplink configuration grant (UL configured grant) in an NR system, and particularly provides a scheme how to determine an effective transmission start position under a signaling instruction.
With the development of mobile communication service demand, many organizations such as 3GPP are beginning to research New wireless communication systems (i.e. 5G NR, 5Generation New Radio) for future mobile communication systems. In the 5G NR system, an important requirement is low-delay and high-reliability communication, and a transmission scheme such as URLLC is presented. The simple low-delay requirement or the simple high-reliability requirement is easy to implement, but the low-delay requirement and the high-reliability requirement are difficult to implement at the same time, and are usually implemented at the cost of high complexity.
For the URLLC service, in the NR standard, an uplink configuration grant (configured grant) scheme, abbreviated as a CG scheme, is supported to reduce air interface transmission delay, and a repeat transmission scheme is supported to increase reliability.
UL configured grant transmission: dynamic scheduling requires a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) to dynamically indicate a transmission mode, and overhead of the Control Channel exists; there is a class of services in which the size of packets is relatively fixed and the time interval between packets also satisfies a certain regularity, and for this reason, NR supports UL configured grant transmission. In the UL configured grant transmission, the resources of the system only need to be activated once through the PDCCH, and then the same time-frequency resources can be periodically reused, and after the transmission is completed, the resources of the system only need to be released through the PDCCH.
Because the arrival of user data at the UE side is random, but a configuration period is defined in the current uplink scheduling-free retransmission scheme, and meanwhile, after the UE starts transmission in a period, the UE must end in the period and cannot span the period, which causes that the actual number of retransmission times is less than the configured number of retransmission times, which also affects the reliability. On the premise of ensuring early transmission after data arrival, in order to improve reliability, the situation of only once transmission needs to be avoided.
When Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling or Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling indicates which resources are available or unavailable for target transmission within a period of time, an effective starting position needs to be further determined according to the signaling to start the repeated transmission of the UL configured grant in the NR system.
The following provides a detailed description of the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application.
One transport block TB may be transmitted from any one of the transmission opportunities TO with RV ═ 0, except for the last T (T > ═ 1) transmission opportunities TO with RV ═ 0, where the transmission opportunities TO refer TO valid TO where no symbol in the TO is changed in the transmission direction by RRC signaling or DCI signaling.
Scheme treated as per nominal transmission opportunity:
determining a valid transmission opportunity in the time from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2 nominal transmission opportunity (including the S-th and K-2 nominal transmission opportunities) in K nominal transmission opportunities in a configuration period, wherein S > is 1, and the first transmission opportunity is characterized by: there are T and only T valid transmission opportunities after the first transmission opportunity to the first time, where T > is 1, and the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, for example: after the first transmission opportunity, there are only T (T > ═ 1) valid transmission opportunities, which are either the actual transmission opportunities with RV equal to 0 or the nominal transmission opportunities that contain the actual transmission opportunities with RV equal to 0, until the end of the current transmission period. The first time is located before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is different from the configuration grant configuration to which the first transmission opportunity belongs, and the valid transmission opportunity includes an actual transmission opportunity with a redundancy version of zero. The configuration authorization configuration, namely configured grant configuration, is periodically allocated, has K transmission opportunities in a period, and repeats according to the period; for a configuration authorization configuration, the resource allocation is performed periodically, and the period is a configuration authorization configuration period; such a configuration authorization configuration may be multiple, with the cycle boundaries between them being time-misaligned with respect to each other, i.e., not aligned with the cycle boundaries. The data transmission is started on the first transmission opportunity when the data is ready before the start position of the first transmission opportunity and after the start position of the second transmission opportunity which is one actual transmission opportunity ahead of the first transmission opportunity.
In the method for determining the first transmission opportunity, the base station notifies the UE through RRC signaling or DCI signaling, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling, and from the (K + 1) th nominal transmission opportunity to the (K) th nominal transmission opportunity, there are only T actual transmission opportunities that may perform uplink (or downlink) data transmission with RV equal to 0, or there are only T nominal transmission opportunities that include uplink (or downlink) data transmission with RV equal to 0, then the (K) th nominal transmission opportunity is the first transmission opportunity. Wherein, T may be a value defined in a protocol, or may be a value indicated in RRC signaling or DCI signaling; t may have the same value for all possible K values, or may be a value determined by the value of K, where K is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to K.
The above method applies to the actual transmission opportunity:
determining a valid transmission opportunity from an S-th actual transmission opportunity to an N-2 th actual transmission opportunity in K nominal transmission opportunities within a configuration period, wherein S > -1, and N is an actual number of repeated transmissions within a period, wherein there are only T valid transmission opportunities after the first transmission opportunity to a first time, wherein T > -1, the valid transmission opportunities include an actual transmission opportunity with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is located before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, wherein the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to, and wherein data transmission starts at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the start position of the first transmission opportunity and after the start position of the second transmission opportunity, when data is ready after the start of the first transmission opportunity, transmission of data begins in the next cycle, the second transmission opportunity being one actual transmission opportunity ahead of the first transmission opportunity.
In the method for determining the first transmission opportunity, the base station notifies the UE through RRC signaling or DCI signaling, where the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and Slot Format Indication (SFI) signaling, and among the (K + 1) th actual transmission opportunity to the last configured actual transmission opportunity, there are and only T actual transmission opportunities that can perform uplink (or downlink) data transmission with RV ═ 0, then, the kth actual transmission opportunity is the first transmission opportunity, where K is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to K.
In the embodiment of the present application, the nominal transmission opportunity, that is, the transmission opportunity configured by the base station, may not transmit data due to resource collision when the terminal actually transmits, and may be divided into small transmission opportunities to transmit for multiple times. The actual transmission opportunity is the resource position occupied by the terminal for actually transmitting data.
Base station side behavior:
transmitting an RRC signaling or a DCI signaling indicating which resources are available or unavailable for a target transmission for a period of time;
determining a first transmission opportunity according to the method for determining the first transmission opportunity;
detecting whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity and the previous transmission opportunity, or starting to transmit data at the first transmission opportunity.
The UE side acts as follows:
receiving RRC signaling and DCI signaling, and finding out available transmission opportunities, namely actual transmission opportunities, in the time from the S nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2 nominal transmission opportunity;
determining a first transmission opportunity according to the method for determining the first transmission opportunity;
the data transmission is started at the first transmission opportunity when the data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after the second transmission opportunity, and the data transmission is started at the next cycle when the data is ready after the first transmission opportunity.
The first embodiment is as follows:
referring to fig. 1, the base station informs the UE of the number of repeated transmissions K equal to 16 through RRC signaling and/or DCI signaling, and the base station informs the UE of unavailability of 14 th, 15 th and 16 th nominal transmission opportunities (i.e., resource collision shown in the figure) through RRC signaling or DCI signaling, when the UE starts to find a first transmission opportunity from the 1st nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2 th or 14 th nominal transmission opportunity, finds that the 12 th nominal transmission opportunity is followed by the end of a period, and there is and only one nominal transmission opportunity (i.e., the 13 th nominal transmission opportunity) that includes data transmission with RV equal to 0, the 13 th nominal transmission opportunity is a valid transmission opportunity, so that it is known that the 12 th nominal transmission opportunity is the first transmission opportunity, when data arrives after the 11 th nominal transmission opportunity to the 12 th nominal transmission start point, will begin data transmission at the 12 th nominal transmission opportunity; when data arrives after the 12 th nominal transmission opportunity start point, data transmission will begin in the next cycle.
In summary, in the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application, in the K nominal transmission opportunities in one configuration period, a valid transmission opportunity is determined from the time of the S nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2 nominal transmission opportunity, the first transmission opportunity is characterized by T (T > -1) valid transmission opportunities following it until the end of the period, the valid transmission opportunities being the actual transmission opportunities with RV-0, or a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV of 0, when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity start position and after the second transmission opportunity start position, starting transmission of data on the first transmission opportunity, when the data is ready after the start position of the first transmission opportunity, the data is transmitted beginning in the next period, the second transmission opportunity being the actual transmission opportunity prior to the first transmission opportunity.
In the method for determining the first transmission opportunity, the base station notifies the UE through RRC signaling or DCI signaling, where the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling, and from a (K + 1) th nominal transmission opportunity to a (K) th nominal transmission opportunity, there are only T actual transmission opportunities that may perform uplink (or downlink) data transmission with RV equal to 0, or there are only T nominal transmission opportunities that include uplink (or downlink) data transmission with RV equal to 0, then the (K) th nominal transmission opportunity is the first transmission opportunity, where K is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to K.
Therefore, the embodiment of the present application provides a scheme for determining an initial transmission position, which can determine an effective initial position according to a received signaling indication, so as to implement low-latency high-reliability transmission in an NR system.
In summary, referring to fig. 2, at the terminal side, the data transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:
s101, according to the notification of a network side, determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
wherein the effective transmission opportunity comprises an actual transmission opportunity with a redundancy version RV of zero, for example, the effective transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with RV-0 or a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV-0.
S102, when data is prepared before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, starting to transmit the data at the first transmission opportunity, wherein the second transmission opportunity is an effective transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
According to the method, the effective transmission opportunity is determined in the transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and the first transmission opportunity is determined based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to; starting transmission of data at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an active transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, the data is transmitted at the next period, and low-delay and high-reliability transmission of the data in the NR system is realized.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
according to the notification from the network side, the determining an effective transmission opportunity in the transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically include:
determining an actual transmission opportunity in the K nominal transmission opportunities according to the notification of the network side;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing the actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the notification of the network side includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
Correspondingly, referring to fig. 3, on the network side, a data transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:
s201, determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
s202, detecting whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity and the previous transmission opportunity, or starting to send the data at the first transmission opportunity.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
the determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically includes:
determining an actual transmission opportunity among the K nominal transmission opportunities;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with redundancy version RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
a notification is sent to the terminal instructing the terminal to determine the first transmission opportunity in the transmission period.
Optionally, the notification includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
Referring to fig. 4, at a terminal side, a data transmission apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:
a memory 620 for storing program instructions;
a processor 600, configured to call the program instructions stored in the memory, and execute, according to the obtained program:
determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period according to the notification of the network side, and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
starting transmission of data at the first transmission opportunity when data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, the second transmission opportunity being an active transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
according to the notification from the network side, the determining an effective transmission opportunity in the transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically include:
determining an actual transmission opportunity in the K nominal transmission opportunities according to the notification of the network side;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing the actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the notification of the network side includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
A transceiver 610 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 600.
Where in fig. 4, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with various circuits being linked together, particularly one or more processors represented by processor 600 and memory represented by memory 620. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 610 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. For different user devices, the user interface 630 may also be an interface capable of interfacing with a desired device externally, including but not limited to a keypad, display, speaker, microphone, joystick, etc.
The processor 600 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 620 may store data used by the processor 600 in performing operations.
Alternatively, the processor 600 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).
Correspondingly, referring to fig. 5, on the network side, the data transmission apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:
a memory 520 for storing program instructions;
a processor 500 for calling the program instructions stored in the memory, and executing, according to the obtained program:
determining a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
detecting whether data arrives at the first transmission opportunity and a previous transmission opportunity, or starting to send data at the first transmission opportunity.
Optionally, the transmission period includes K nominal transmission opportunities, where K > -1;
the determining an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determining a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity specifically includes:
determining an actual transmission opportunity among the K nominal transmission opportunities;
determining a valid transmission opportunity from the S-th nominal transmission opportunity to the K-2-th nominal transmission opportunity, wherein S > is 1, the valid transmission opportunity is an actual transmission opportunity with redundancy version RV being 0, or the valid transmission opportunity is a nominal transmission opportunity containing an actual transmission opportunity with RV being 0.
Optionally, the processor 500 is further configured to:
a notification is sent to the terminal instructing the terminal to determine the first transmission opportunity in the transmission period.
Optionally, the notification includes radio resource control RRC signaling and downlink control information DCI signaling.
Optionally, the DCI signaling includes dynamic scheduling signaling and slot format indication SFI signaling.
A transceiver 510 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 500.
Wherein in fig. 5, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 500, and various circuits, represented by memory 520, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 510 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 500 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 520 may store data used by the processor 500 in performing operations.
The processor 500 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD).
Referring to fig. 6, on the terminal side, another data transmission apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:
a first transmission opportunity determining unit 11, configured to determine, according to a notification from a network side, an effective transmission opportunity in a transmission period, and determine a first transmission opportunity based on the effective transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
a transmission unit 12 configured to start transmitting data at the first transmission opportunity when the data is ready before the first transmission opportunity and after a second transmission opportunity, which is an effective transmission opportunity before the first transmission opportunity; when data is ready after the first transmission opportunity, data transmission begins in the next cycle.
Referring to fig. 7, on the network side, another data transmission apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application includes:
a first unit 21 configured to determine a valid transmission opportunity in a transmission period and determine a first transmission opportunity based on the valid transmission opportunity; wherein there are T valid transmission opportunities between a first time after the first transmission opportunity, where T > is 1, the valid transmission opportunities include actual transmission opportunities with a redundancy version RV of zero, the first time is before the end of the transmission period or before the start of a second configuration grant configuration period, the second configuration grant configuration is a different configuration grant configuration than the first transmission opportunity belongs to;
a second unit 22, configured to detect whether data arrives at a transmission opportunity that is before the first transmission opportunity, or start sending data at the first transmission opportunity.
It should be noted that the division of the unit in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation. In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.
The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or contributed by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
The embodiment of the present application provides a computing device, which may specifically be a desktop computer, a portable computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like. The computing device may include a Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory, input/output devices, etc., the input devices may include a keyboard, mouse, touch screen, etc., and the output devices may include a Display device, such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), etc.
The memory may include Read Only Memory (ROM) and Random Access Memory (RAM), and provides the processor with program instructions and data stored in the memory. In the embodiments of the present application, the memory may be used for storing a program of any one of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application.
The processor is used for executing any one of the methods provided by the embodiment of the application according to the obtained program instructions by calling the program instructions stored in the memory.
Embodiments of the present application provide a computer storage medium for storing computer program instructions for an apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application, which includes a program for executing any one of the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application.
The computer storage media may be any available media or data storage device that can be accessed by a computer, including, but not limited to, magnetic memory (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disks (MOs), etc.), optical memory (e.g., CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc.), and semiconductor memory (e.g., ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), Solid State Disks (SSDs)), etc.
The method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to terminal equipment and also can be applied to network equipment.
The Terminal device may also be referred to as a User Equipment (User Equipment, abbreviated as "UE"), a Mobile Station (Mobile Station, abbreviated as "MS"), a Mobile Terminal (Mobile Terminal), or the like, and optionally, the Terminal may have a capability of communicating with one or more core networks through a Radio Access Network (RAN), for example, the Terminal may be a Mobile phone (or referred to as a "cellular" phone), a computer with Mobile property, or the like, and for example, the Terminal may also be a portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-built-in, or vehicle-mounted Mobile device.
A network device may be a base station (e.g., access point) that refers to a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminals. The base station may be configured to interconvert received air frames and IP packets as a router between the wireless terminal and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The base station may also coordinate management of attributes for the air interface. For example, the Base Station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base Station (NodeB) in WCDMA, an evolved Node B (NodeB or eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE, or a gNB in 5G system. The embodiments of the present application are not limited.
The above method process flow may be implemented by a software program, which may be stored in a storage medium, and when the stored software program is called, the above method steps are performed.
As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.