Patent Grant
11252744
This is a National Stage Application, filed under 35 U.S.C. 371, of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2017/114474, filed on Dec. 4, 2017, which claims priority to a Chinese patent application No. 201611127911.6 filed on Dec. 8, 2016, disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the data transmission techniques in the field of wireless communications and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for determining a data transmission mode, and a computer storage medium.
Currently, there are three modes for a terminal to transmit uplink data. In a first mode, the terminal in an inactive state needs to migrate to a full connection state to transmit the data. The migration from the inactive state to the full connection state requires the terminal (a user equipment (UE)) and a base station (an eNB) to execute a series of signaling procedures shown in
Currently, a Narrow Band-Internet of Thing (NB-IOT) function is introduced into the R13 version. The main service models of this function are shown in Table 1.
As shown in Table 1, the data in the service models varies in length, and the data transmission mode may be a sudden abnormal transmission mode, or may be a periodical transmission mode. The keep-alive message is a small amount of data periodically transmitted and received by the terminal. The keep-alive message is used for maintaining a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between the terminal and the base station, or to maintain the presence of a downlink authentication UE. The service model of the keep-alive message highly depends on the server and the application user.
In the view of the small data service described above, it is impossible for the terminal in the inactive state to complete the transmission of all types of data by selecting one mode. An appropriate data transmission mode should be selected according to a certain principle, such as for the small data service. On this basis, it is unknown how to determine a small data transmission mode.
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for determining a data transmission mode, and a computer storage medium.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for determining a data transmission mode. The method includes:
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for determining a data transmission mode. The apparatus includes:
Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for determining a data transmission mode. The apparatus includes:
The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer storage medium storing computer programs which are configured to execute the method for determining a data transmission mode described above.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal determine a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value, and notifies a base station of the small data transmission mode through an uplink message; or the base station determines a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value, and notifies a terminal of the small data transmission mode through a downlink message. As such, an appropriate small data transmission mode may be selected through the preset policy, thereby ensuring reduction of signaling load caused by the small data transmission and reducing the power consumption of the terminal.
The drawings generally illustrate various embodiments discussed in the present disclosure by way of examples rather than limitations.
To provide a more detailed understanding of features and content of embodiments of the present disclosure, implementation of the embodiments of the present disclosure is described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings are provided for reference only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure.
In step 401, a terminal determines a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value.
In this embodiment, the terminal may be any type of terminal, such as a massive machine type communication (mMTC) terminal.
In this embodiment, the small data transmission mode includes at least one of:
In this embodiment, the step in which a terminal determines a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy includes at least one of:
In an embodiment, the step in which the terminal determines the small data transmission mode corresponding to the service data according to the service model includes at least one of:
In step 402, the terminal notifies a base station of the small data transmission mode through an uplink message and/or transmits the service data through the small data transmission mode. In this embodiment, before the terminal notifies the base station of the small data transmission mode through the uplink message, the method further includes:
In this embodiment, the terminal notifies the base station of the small data transmission mode through an uplink message in an explicit manner, or notifies the base station of the small data transmission mode in an implicit manner. For example, the terminal notifies the base station in the implicit manner through three procedures for small data transmission.
In step 501, a base station determines a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value.
In this embodiment, the terminal may be any type of terminal, such as an mMTC terminal.
In this embodiment, the small data transmission mode includes at least one of:
In this embodiment, the step in which a base station determines a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy includes at least one of:
In an embodiment, the step in which the base station determines the small data transmission mode corresponding to the service data according to the service model includes at least one of:
In step 502, the base station notifies a terminal of the small data transmission mode through a downlink message.
In this embodiment, before the base station notifies a terminal of the small data transmission mode through a downlink message, the method further includes:
In this embodiment, the content carried in the downlink message includes at least one of:
The embodiments in the present disclosure are described below in detail in conjunction with specific application scenarios.
Referring to
In step 600, a user equipment (UE) acquires a small data transmission mode supported by an eNB through a system message.
The eNB supports three small data transmission modes, which are respectively described below.
1. The terminal in the inactive state needs to migrate to the full connection state to transmit the data.
2. The terminal transmits the data together with an initial RRC message.
3. The terminal supports data transmission in the inactive state.
The data transmission modes 2 and 3 are broadcasted to the UE through the system message.
In step 605, the UE determines the small data transmission mode.
The small data transmission mode is determined based on at least one of:
1. the determination of the small data transmission mode is implemented inside the terminal;
2. the terminal determines the small data transmission mode according to various service models;
3. the terminal determines the small data transmission mode according to the logical channel; or
4. the terminal determines the small data transmission mode according to a battery level of a local battery.
In an embodiment, the determination of the small data transmission mode according to various service models may include at least one of:
In an embodiment, the determination of the small data transmission mode according to the logical channel may include at least one of:
In this embodiment, the small data transmission mode is selected in a logical channel mapping manner, the UE needs to report a keep-alive message, and select a CCCH channel to transmit the data, and knows that the small data transmission mode is the mode 3 through the CCCH channel. In other words, the UE transmits the data in the inactive state.
In step 610, the UE directly transmits the keep-alive message to the base station through scheduling-free resources.
In step 615, the UE receives an acknowledgement message indicating that the base station has received the keep-alive message (the acknowledgement message is not necessary).
Referring to
In step 700, the UE in a connection state transmits the small data transmission mode, which has been determined by the UE, to the base station through an uplink message.
In this embodiment, the terminal determines that the transmission mode is the data transmission mode 2, that is, the data transmission is accompanied by the initial RRC connection process. The terminal stores the selected small data transmission mode.
In step 705, the base station sends a response message to the terminal. The response message carries configuration related to the resources for corresponding data transmission and includes the size of a grant, the size of a data packet, etc.
In step 710, the terminal stores the related configuration and enters the inactive state.
In step 715, when uplink data arrives at the terminal, the terminal directly initiates a random access process to transmit the small data if the service model does not change.
In conjunction with
In step 800, the base station determines a small data transmission mode.
For the small data transmission mode, reference may be made to the description of the embodiment 1.
The small data transmission mode is determined through various combinations of following conditions:
In an embodiment, for the determination of the small data transmission mode according to various service models, reference may be made to the description of the embodiment 1.
In an embodiment, before the base station sends the small data transmission mode which has been determined by the base station, the base station acquires the service model of the terminal through an uplink message or an S1 interface message.
In step 805, the base station notifies the terminal of the small data transmission mode through a downlink message.
The downlink message is a system broadcast message or a dedicated resource message.
The content carried in the downlink message includes one or more of:
The first determination unit 901 is configured to determine a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value.
The uplink notification unit 902 is configured to notify a base station of the small data transmission mode through an uplink message and/or transmit the service data through the small data transmission mode.
In this embodiment, the small data transmission mode includes at least one of:
In this embodiment, the first determination unit 901 is configured to determine the small data transmission mode corresponding to the service data through at least one of following manners:
In this embodiment, the first determination unit 901 is further configured to determine the small data transmission mode corresponding to the service data through at least one of following manners:
In this embodiment, the apparatus further includes a first acquisition unit 903.
The first acquisition unit 903 is configured to acquire a small data transmission mode supported by the base station through a system message.
In this embodiment, the uplink notification unit 902 is configured to notify the base station of the small data transmission mode through an uplink message in an explicit manner, or notify the base station of the small data transmission mode in an implicit manner.
In practical, the functions of various units of the apparatus for determining a small data transmission may be implemented by a central processing unit (CPU) or a micro processor unit (MPU) or a digital signal processor (DSP) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or the like located in the apparatus for determining a small data transmission.
The second determination unit 1001 is configured to determine a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value.
The downlink notification unit 1002 is configured to notify a terminal of the small data transmission mode through a downlink message.
In this embodiment, the small data transmission mode includes at least one of:
In this embodiment, the second determination unit 1001 is configured to determine the small data transmission mode corresponding to the service data through at least one of following manners:
In this embodiment, the second determination unit 1001 is further configured to determine the small data transmission mode corresponding to the service data through at least one of following manners:
In this embodiment, the apparatus further includes a second acquisition unit 1003.
The second acquisition unit 1003 is configured to acquire a service model of the terminal through an uplink message or an S1 interface message.
In this embodiment, the content carried in the downlink message includes at least one of:
In practical applications, the functions of various units of the apparatus for determining a small data transmission mode may be implemented by a CPU, or an MPU, or a DSP, or an FPGA, or the like located in the apparatus for determining a small data transmission mode.
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present disclosure may adopt a form of a hardware embodiment, a software embodiment, or a combination of hardware and software embodiments. In addition, the present disclosure may adopt a form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, a disk memory, an optical memory and the like) which include computer-usable program codes.
The present disclosure is described with reference to flowcharts and/or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems) and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that computer program instructions implement each flow and/or block in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams and a combination of flows and/or blocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams. These computer program instructions may be provided to a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor or a processor of another programmable data processing device to produce a machine so that instructions executed by a computer or the processor of another programmable data processing device produce a means for implementing functions specified in one or more flows in the flowcharts and/or one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory which may direct the computer or another programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce a manufactured product including an instructing means. The instructing means implements the functions specified in one or more flows in the flowcharts and/or one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto the computer or another programmable data processing device so that a series of operation steps are performed on the computer or another programmable device to produce processing implemented by the computer. Therefore, instructions executed on the computer or another programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows in the flowcharts and/or one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
Accordingly, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer storage medium storing computer programs which are configured to execute the method for determining a data transmission mode described in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
The above are only some embodiments of the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
In the present disclosure, the terminal determine a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value, and notifies the base station of the small data transmission mode through an uplink message; or the base station determines a small data transmission mode corresponding to service data based on a preset policy, where small data refer to data of which data amount is less than or equal to a preset value, and notifies the terminal of the small data transmission mode through a downlink message. Therefore, an appropriate small data transmission mode may be selected through the presser policy, thereby ensuring reduction of signaling load caused by the small data transmission and reducing the power consumption of the terminal.
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