Patent Application
20200162854
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a service data transmission method and an apparatus.
In an existing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service, when data of the V2X service needs to be forwarded by a base station for locally broadcasting, the data needs to be uploaded to a core network by the base station. After routing, addressing, and forwarding the data, the core network transmits the data to the base station in a downlink manner for broadcasting.
Broadcasting of the V2X service is mainly performed within a range near a terminal, that is, performed within coverage of a cell in which the terminal is located or a neighboring cell. It can be learned that, addressing and forwarding of the data of the V2X service by using the core network are unnecessary steps, and addressing and forwarding of the data of the V2X service by using the core network lead to an unnecessary potential latency. This does not meet a low latency requirement of the V2X service.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a service data transmission method and an apparatus, to reduce a data transmission latency.
According to a first aspect, a service data transmission method is provided. The method may be performed by a first network device, and the first network device is, for example, a base station. The method includes: obtaining, by the first network device, first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes a first identifier and a first transmission mode corresponding to the first identifier, and the first transmission mode corresponding to the first identifier is a mode in which transmission is performed by using an access network; receiving, by the first network device, first service data and a second identifier that are sent by a terminal; determining, by the first network device based on the first identifier and the second identifier, that a transmission mode of the first service data is the first transmission mode; and transmitting the first service data based on the first transmission mode.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the first network device may determine, based on the second identifier sent by the terminal and the first configuration information, the transmission mode of the first service data sent by the terminal. If the second identifier matches the first identifier, the transmission mode of the first service data is the mode in which transmission is performed by using the access network. In this case, the first network device may directly transmit the first service data locally without using a core network. Obviously, a redundant step in a data transmission process is removed, thereby shortening a data transmission path, and reducing a data transmission latency.
In a possible design, the obtaining, by the first network device, first configuration information includes: obtaining, by the first network device, preconfigured information, where the preconfigured information includes the first configuration information; or receiving, by the first network device, control signaling sent by a second network device, where the control signaling carries the first configuration information.
For example, the preconfigured information may be preconfigured on the first network device, for example, preconfigured on the first network device by a staff member, and the first network device may directly obtain the preconfigured information locally. If the first configuration information is obtained in this manner, no excessive signaling interaction needs to be performed between the first network device and another network device, so that a transmission resource can be saved. Alternatively, the preconfigured information may be preconfigured in the core network, for example, configured on an MME. The MME may send the preconfigured information to the first network device in advance, and the first network device stores the preconfigured information. In this case, the first network device may also directly obtain the preconfigured information locally. Alternatively, the first configuration information may be preconfigured on the second network device. For example, the first network device sends a request message to the second network device, to request to obtain the first configuration information. After receiving the request message, the second network device may send, to the first network device, the control signaling that carries the first configuration information. In this manner, the first network device may obtain the first configuration information when required, and may not obtain the first configuration information when not required. A storage resource of the first network device may also be saved provided that the first network device can normally obtain the first configuration information.
In a possible design, the first identifier is a data radio bearer identifier between the terminal and the first network device, a flow identifier of a service flow to which the service data belongs, or a specific field in the flow identifier or the data radio bearer identifier; and the second identifier is the data radio bearer identifier between the terminal and the first network device, the flow identifier of the service flow to which the first service data belongs, or the specific field in the flow identifier or the data radio bearer identifier. The first identifier and the second identifier are identifiers of a same type or of different types.
It may be learned that this embodiment of the present invention provides a plurality of optional first identifiers and second identifiers, and different first identifiers and second identifiers may be selected as required. In addition, the first identifier and the second identifier may have a same type. For example, both the first identifier and the second identifier are the flow identifiers of the service flow to which the service data belongs. Alternatively, the first identifier and the second identifier may have different types. For example, the first identifier is the specific field in the flow identifier of the service flow to which the service data belongs, and the second identifier is the flow identifier of the service flow to which the service data belongs or the bearer identifier. All cases fall within the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention.
In a possible design, the transmitting, by the first network device, the first service data based on the first transmission mode includes: determining, by the first network device, a downlink transmission mode of second service data based on a service type of the first service data, where the second service data is service data obtained by converting the first service data to downlink data when the first service data is transmitted by using the access network, and the downlink transmission mode is a downlink broadcast mode; and transmitting, by the first network device, the second service data based on the determined downlink transmission mode.
The first service data is transmitted in the first transmission mode. In the first transmission mode, the data sent by the terminal first arrives at the first network device, and then is broadcast on a first network device side. In other words, the first transmission mode includes an uplink transmission process and a downlink transmission process. Therefore, the first network device needs to determine the downlink transmission mode. The first service data is service data sent by the terminal to the first network device. To distinguish the uplink transmission process from the downlink transmission process, the service data obtained by converting the first service data to the downlink data when the first service data is transmitted by using the access network is referred to as the service data, in other words, the first network device needs to determine the downlink transmission mode of the second service data.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the first network device may determine the downlink transmission mode of the second service data based on the type of the first service data. Generally, a type of the service data may determine a transmission range of the service data and the like. In this way, a downlink transmission mode of the service data is determined based on the type of the service data, so that a determining result is relatively accurate.
In a possible design, the first service data further carries quality of service information. In this case, the first network device may further determine, base on the quality of service information and uplink overheads for transmitting the first service data, downlink quality of service information that needs to be satisfied for transmitting the second service data, and select a downlink bearer for the second service data based on the determined downlink quality of service information.
To transmit the second service data, the first network device further needs to determine the downlink bearer. In this embodiment of the present invention, the first network device may determine, based on the quality of service information carried in the first service data and the uplink overheads for transmitting the first service data, the downlink quality of service information that needs to be satisfied for transmitting the second service data, to select the downlink bearer for the second service data based on the determined downlink quality of service information. The downlink bearer determined in this manner is relatively compliant with an actual requirement of the second service data, and can not only be normally used to transmit the second service data, but also be used to avoid a resource waste.
In a possible design, if the first network device determines that the downlink transmission mode of the second service data is the downlink broadcast mode, the first configuration information further includes a first broadcast indication and a downlink broadcast mode corresponding to the first broadcast indication. In this case, the method further includes: receiving, by the first network device, a second broadcast indication sent by the terminal; and determining, by the first network device, a downlink broadcast mode of the second service data based on the first broadcast indication, the downlink broadcast mode, and the second broadcast indication, where the downlink broadcast mode includes broadcasting in a cell in which the first network device is located, or transmitting the second service data to a cell in which a neighboring first network device is located for broadcasting, or broadcasting in a cell in which the first network device is located and transmitting the second service data to a cell in which a neighboring first network device is located for broadcasting.
This embodiment of the present invention provides a plurality of downlink broadcast modes. Therefore, the first network device needs to select one from the plurality of downlink broadcast modes to transmit the second service data. The first network device may determine the downlink broadcast mode of the second service data based on the second broadcast indication sent by the terminal and the first configuration information. An appropriate downlink broadcast mode may be selected for the second service data in this manner, so that the second service data can be broadcast in an appropriate range, and better works.
According to a second aspect, a service data transmission method is provided. The method may be performed by a terminal. The method includes: sending, by the terminal, first service data and a second identifier to a first network device, where the second identifier is used by the first network device to determine a transmission mode of the first service data; and receiving, by the terminal, second service data transmitted by the first network device in a first transmission mode, where the first transmission mode is determined based on the second identifier and is a mode in which transmission is performed by using an access network, and the second service data is service data obtained by converting the first service data to downlink data when the first service data is transmitted by using the access network.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal sends not only the first service data to the first network device, but also the second identifier to the first network device. As can be learned from the description of the first aspect, the first network device may determine, based on the second identifier sent by the terminal and the first configuration information, the transmission mode of the first service data sent by the terminal. If the second identifier matches the first identifier, the transmission mode of the first service data is the mode in which transmission is performed by using the access network, and the first network device may directly transmit the first service data locally without using a core network. Obviously, a redundant step in a data transmission process is removed, thereby shortening a data transmission path, and reducing a data transmission latency.
In a possible design, the second identifier is a data radio bearer identifier between the terminal and the first network device, a flow identifier of a service flow to which the first service data belongs, or a specific field in the flow identifier or the data radio bearer identifier.
In a possible design, the method further includes: sending, by the terminal, a second broadcast indication to the first network device, where the second broadcast indication is used by the first network device to determine a downlink broadcast mode of the second service data, where the downlink broadcast mode includes broadcasting in a cell in which the first network device is located, or transmitting the second service data to a cell in which a neighboring first network device is located for broadcasting, or broadcasting in a cell in which the first network device is located and transmitting the second service data to a cell in which a neighboring first network device is located for broadcasting.
This embodiment of the present invention provides a plurality of downlink broadcast modes. Therefore, the first network device needs to select one from the plurality of downlink broadcast modes to transmit the second service data. The first network device may determine the downlink broadcast mode of the second service data based on the second broadcast indication sent by the terminal and the first configuration information. Therefore, the terminal may send the second broadcast indication to the first network device. An appropriate downlink broadcast mode may be selected for the second service data in this manner, so that the second service data can be broadcast in an appropriate range, and better works.
According to a third aspect, a network device is provided. The network device has functions for implementing the network device in the foregoing method design. These functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or the software includes one or more units corresponding to the functions.
In a possible design, a specific structure of the network device may include a processing unit and a receiving unit. The processing unit and the receiving unit may perform corresponding functions in the method provided in any one of the first aspect or the possible designs of the first aspect.
According to a fourth aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminal has functions for implementing the terminal in the foregoing method design. These functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or the software includes one or more units corresponding to the functions.
In a possible design, a specific structure of the terminal may include a sending unit and a receiving unit. The sending unit and the receiving unit may perform corresponding functions in the method provided in any one of the second aspect or the possible designs of the second aspect.
According to a fifth aspect, a network device is provided. The network device includes a receiver and a processor. The processor is coupled with the receiver, for example, connected by using a bus, or connected by using a dedicated connection cable. The processor and the receiver can cooperate to perform the method performed by the network device in any one of the first aspect or the possible designs of the first aspect.
According to a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminal includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is coupled with the receiver, for example, connected by using a bus, or connected by using a dedicated connection cable, or the transmitter and the receiver may be independent of each other. The transmitter and the receiver can cooperate to perform the method performed by the terminal in any one of the second aspect or the possible designs of the second aspect.
According to a seventh aspect, a communications system is provided. The communications system includes a first network device and a terminal. The first network device is configured to obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes a first identifier and a first transmission mode corresponding to the first identifier, and the first transmission mode corresponding to the first identifier is a mode in which transmission is performed by using an access network. The terminal is configured to send first service data and a second identifier to the first network device, where the second identifier is used by the first network device to determine a transmission mode of the first service data, and the first network device is configured to receive the first service data and the second identifier that are sent by the terminal. The first network device is configured to: determine, based on the first identifier and the second identifier, that a transmission mode of the first service data is the first transmission mode; and transmit the first service data based on the first transmission mode. The terminal is configured to receive second service data transmitted by the first network device in the first transmission mode, where the second service data is service data obtained by converting the first service data to downlink data when the first service data is transmitted by using the access network.
According to an eighth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided. The computer storage medium is configured to store a computer software instruction used by the network device described in the third aspect or the network device described in the fifth aspect, and includes a program designed for performing any one of the first aspect or the possible designs of the first aspect for the network device.
According to a ninth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided. The computer storage medium is configured to store a computer software instruction used by the terminal described in the fourth aspect or the terminal described in the sixth aspect, and includes a program designed for performing any one of the second aspect or the possible designs of the second aspect for the terminal.
According to a tenth aspect, a computer program product including an instruction is provided. When the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform the method in any one of the first aspect or the possible designs of the first aspect.
According to an eleventh aspect, a computer program product including an instruction is provided. When the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform the method in any one of the second aspect or the possible designs of the second aspect.
In the embodiments of the present invention, the first network device may directly transmit the first service data locally without using the core network. Obviously, the redundant step in the data transmission process is removed, thereby shortening the data transmission path, and reducing the data transmission latency.
To make objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention are described below in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.
A technology described in this specification may be applied to various communications systems, such as a long term evolution (LTE) system, a fifth-generation mobile communications system (5G), and another such communications system.
In the following, some terms of the embodiments of the present invention are described, to help a person skilled in the art have a better understanding.
(1) A terminal refers to a device that provides a user with voice and/or data connectivity, for example, includes a handheld device with a wireless connection function, or a processing device connected to a wireless modem. The terminal may communicate with a core network by using a radio access network (RAN), and exchange voice and/or data with the RAN. The terminal may include a vehicle, user equipment (UE), a wireless terminal device, a mobile terminal device, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station , a mobile station, a mobile console (Mobile), a remote station, an access point (AP), a remote terminal device, an access terminal device, a user terminal device, a user agent, a user device, or the like. For example, the terminal may include a mobile phone (or referred to as a “cellular” phone), a computer having a mobile terminal device, a dedicated terminal device in a narrow band Internet of Things (NB-IoT), and a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-embedded, or vehicle-mounted mobile apparatus. For example, the terminal may be a device such as a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a cordless telephone set, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, or a personal digital assistant (PDA).
In the embodiments of the present invention, the terminal may further include a V2X device, for example, an on-board unit (OBU) in a vehicle. In addition, an example in which the terminal is the V2X device is mainly used below.
(2) A network device includes, for example, an access network device and a core network device. The access network device includes, for example, a base station (for example, an access point), and may be a device that communicates with a wireless terminal over an air interface in an access network by using one or more sectors. The base station may be configured to mutually convert a received over-the-air frame and an internet protocol (IP) packet, and serve as a router between the terminal and a remaining portion of the access network, where the remaining portion of the access network may include an IP network. The base station may coordinate attribute management of the air interface. For example, the base station may include an evolved NodeB (eNB or e-NodeB) in the LTE system or an evolved LTE system (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A), a small cell (micro/pico eNB) in the LTE system or the LTE-A system, a next generation nodeB (gNB) in an NR system, a transmission point (TP), or a transmission/reception point (TRP). This is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.
The core network device includes, for example, a mobility management entity (MME), or may include a corresponding functional entity in the NR system.
(3) For V2X, currently a vehicle may obtain road condition information or receive information in a timely manner through vehicle to vehicle communication (V2V), vehicle to infrastructure communication (V2I), vehicle to pedestrian communication (V2P), vehicle to network communication (V2N), or the like. These communication modes may be collectively referred to as V2X communication. Most common V2V and V2I are used as examples: A vehicle may broadcast information such as a speed, a driving direction, a specific location, and whether an emergency brake is stepped on to a surrounding vehicle through V2V communication, and the surrounding vehicle obtains the information, so that a driver can better perceive a traffic condition beyond a line-of-sight distance, to make an advance prediction on a danger condition, and make a timely concession. For V2I communication, in addition to interaction of the foregoing safety information, a roadside infrastructure may further provide various service information, data network accesses, and the like for the vehicle, and functions such as electronic toll collection and intra-vehicle entertainment can greatly improve traffic intelligence. A network used by V2X communication is usually referred to as Internet of Vehicles (IOV).
(4) A device-to-device (D2D) technology may support direct data communication between terminals by using a dedicated air interface technology, and is an end-to-end direct communications technology. A biggest difference between a conventional cellular communications technology and the D2D technology lies in that, with support of the D2D technology, the terminals may directly communicate without relaying by a base station, and the base station may perform resource configuration, scheduling, coordination, and the like, to assist the terminals in directly communicating with each other. The D2D technology can be applied to an Internet of Vehicles (IOV) service.
(5) A PC5 interface is a direct communications interface between terminal devices introduced in a D2D project of the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) release 12 (Rel-12). Data transmission may be performed between neighboring terminals within an effective communication range of the PC5 by using a direct link, and forwarding does not need to be performed by using a central node (for example, a base station), and information transmission does not need to be performed by using a conventional cellular link. Therefore, communication is relatively fast and convenient.
(6) In this specification, service data mainly includes data of a V2X service, for example, data of a local broadcast service of a non-IP service of V2X, that is, the service data in the embodiments of the present invention may include local broadcast data of the non-IP service of V2X.
(7) The terms “system” and “network” may be interchangeably used in the embodiments of the present invention. “A plurality of” refers to two or more than two. The term “and/or” describes an association relationship for describing associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent the following three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists. In addition, the character “/” generally indicates an “or” relationship between the associated objects.
To better understand the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, the technical background of the embodiments of the present invention is first described below.
LTE is a mainstream wireless communications technology at present. The D2D technology is used as an important feature and has been standardized, and supports direct communication between terminals. Considering that some communication scenarios of a V2X service (for example, V2V/V2I) also belong to terminal direct communication, data of the V2X service may be transmitted by using the D2D technology. Referring to
However, in an existing V2X service, when data of the V2X service needs to be forwarded by the base station for locally broadcasting, the data of the V2X service needs to be uploaded to a core network by the base station. After routing, addressing, and forwarding the data of the V2X service, the core network transmits the data of the V2X service to the base station in a downlink manner for broadcasting.
Broadcasting of the V2X service is mainly performed within a range near the terminal, that is, performed within coverage of a cell in which the terminal is located or a neighboring cell. It can be learned that, addressing and forwarding of the V2X data by using the core network are unnecessary steps. In addition, addressing and forwarding of the data of the V2X service by using the core network bring an unnecessary potential latency. This does not meet a low latency requirement of the V2X service.
In view of this, an embodiment of the present invention provides a new service data transmission method. In this embodiment of the present invention, a first network device may determine, based on a second identifier sent by a terminal and first configuration information, a transmission mode of first service data sent by the terminal. If the second identifier matches a first identifier, the transmission mode of the first service data is a mode in which transmission is performed by using an access network. In this case, the first network device may directly transmit the first service data locally without using a core network. Obviously, a redundant step in a data transmission process is removed, thereby shortening a data transmission path, and reducing a data transmission latency.
Before the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present invention is described, application scenarios of the embodiments of the present invention are first described.
An example in which all the terminals in
A technical solution provided in an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a service data transmission method. The method may be performed by a first network device, and the first network device is, for example, a base station. In the following description process, an example in which the method is applied to the application scenario shown in
S51. The first network device obtains first configuration information.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the first configuration information includes a first identifier and a first transmission mode corresponding to the first identifier, in other words, it may be considered that the first configuration information includes a correspondence between the first identifier and the first transmission mode. The first transmission mode is an end-to-end transmission mode, and is specifically a mode in which transmission is performed by using an access network. The mode in which transmission is performed by using the access network means that service data sent by a terminal is directly forwarded on a base station side without using a core network. For example, the base station may broadcast the service data by using a Uu interface, or forward the service data to a neighboring base station by using an X2 interface.
The first network device may obtain the first configuration information in different manners.
In an example, the first network device may obtain preconfigured information, and the preconfigured information includes the first configuration information.
For example, the preconfigured information may be preconfigured on the first network device, for example, preconfigured on the first network device by a staff member, and the first network device may directly obtain the preconfigured information locally when implementing S51. Alternatively, the preconfigured information may be preconfigured in the core network, for example, configured on an MME. The MME may send the preconfigured information to the first network device in advance, and the first network device stores the preconfigured information. In this case, when implementing S51, the first network device may also directly obtain the preconfigured information locally.
In another example, the first network device receives control signaling sent by a second network device, and the control signaling carries the first configuration information. The second network device is a device in the core network, for example, the MME.
In this case, the first configuration information may be preconfigured on the second network device. When implementing S51, the first network device may send a request message to the second network device, to request to obtain the first configuration information. After receiving the request message, the second network device may send the control signaling that carries the first configuration information to the first network device.
Certainly, the foregoing several manners are merely examples. This embodiment of the present invention does not limit a manner in which the first network device obtains the first configuration information.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the first identifier may be a bearer identifier of an uplink bearer between the terminal and the access network. For example, if the first network device is a base station, the first identifier may be a data radio bearer (DRB) identifier, where the DRB is a bearer between the terminal and an air interface of the base station, and is used to carry user plane data. Alternatively, the first identifier may be a specific field in the data radio bearer identifier, a flow identifier of a service flow to which the service data belongs, a specific field in the flow identifier, or a temporarily defined identifier. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
The first identifier may include an identifier corresponding to a non-IP service of V2X, for example, include a bearer identifier of an uplink bearer between the terminal and the core network when the non-IP service of V2X is processed, or include a flow identifier of a service flow to which service data of the non-IP service of V2X belongs. Broadcasting of a V2X service is mainly performed in a range near the terminal, that is, performed within coverage of a cell in which the terminal is located or a neighboring cell, and the non-IP service of V2X does not require addressing. Therefore, addressing and forwarding of the non-IP service data of V2X by using the core network are unnecessary steps. Therefore, in this embodiment of the present invention, the mode in which transmission is performed by using the access network without using the core network may be set for the non-IP service of V2X, thereby reducing the redundant steps and reducing a latency.
S52. The terminal sends service data and a second identifier to the first network device, and the first network device receives the service data and the second identifier that are sent by the terminal. For example, the service data is referred to as first service data.
For example, the second identifier may be added to the first service data and sent together with the first service data, or the second identifier and the first service data may be sent as two independent parts. In addition, if the second identifier and the first service data are used as two independent parts, the terminal may send the first service data and the second identifier together, or may first send the first service data and then send the second identifier, or may first send the second identifier and then send the first service data. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the second identifier may be the bearer identifier of the uplink bearer between the terminal and the access network, for example, the DRB identifier, or the second identifier may be a specific field in the bearer identifier, for example, the specific field in the DRB identifier, or the second identifier may be the flow identifier of the service flow to which the first service data belongs, the specific field in the flow identifier, or the temporarily defined identifier. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
The first identifier and the second identifier may be identifiers of a same type. For example, both the first identifier and the second identifier are bearer identifiers, or both the first identifier and the second identifier are flow identifiers. Alternatively, the first identifier and the second identifier may be identifiers of different types. For example, the first identifier is the bearer identifier, and the second identifier is the flow identifier, or the first identifier is the bearer identifier, and the second identifier is the specific field in the bearer identifier.
S53. The first network device determines, based on the first identifier and the second identifier, that a transmission mode of the first service data is the first transmission mode. It may be understood that the first network device determines the transmission mode of the first service data based on the second identifier and the first configuration information.
After receiving the second identifier, the first network device matches the second identifier with the first identifier. If the second identifier successfully matches the first identifier, the first network device may consider the first service data as service data of the non-IP service of V2X, and determine the transmission mode of the first service data to be the first transmission mode. However, if the second identifier fails to match the first identifier, the first service data may not be the service data of the non-IP service of V2X. For such first service data, the first network device may transmit the first service data according to a specification in the prior art, for example, transmit the first service data by using the mode in which transmission is performed by using the core network. To be specific, the service data sent by the terminal is forwarded by the base station and the core network, and then transmitted to a peer terminal by the base station. Alternatively, the first network device may still transmit the first service data based on the first transmission mode. This is specifically set by a system or specified in a protocol.
If the first identifier and the second identifier are identifiers of a same type, and if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier, the first network device determines that the first identifier successfully matches the second identifier; otherwise, the first network device determines that the first identifier fails to match the second identifier.
If the first identifier and the second identifier are identifiers of different types, a correspondence exists between the first identifier and the second identifier. For example, the first network device may store the correspondence between the first identifier and the second identifier in advance. In this case, if the first network device determines that a correspondence exists between the received second identifier and any first identifier in the first configuration information, the first network device determines that the first identifier successfully matches the second identifier; and if the first network device determines that no correspondence exists between the received second identifier and any first identifier in the first configuration information, the first network device determines that the first identifier fails to match the second identifier. The correspondence between the first identifier and the second identifier may also be included, for example, in the preconfigured information, or the second network device may send the first configuration information and the correspondence between the first identifier and the second identifier to the first network device by using the control signaling, or the first network device may obtain the correspondence between the first identifier and the second identifier in another manner. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
S54. The first network device transmits the first service data based on the determined first transmission mode, and the terminal receives the first service data transmitted by the first network device in the first transmission mode. To be specific, if the first identifier successfully matches the second identifier, the first network device transmits the first service data based on the first transmission mode.
The first service data is transmitted in the first transmission mode. In the first transmission mode, data sent by the terminal first arrives at the base station, and then is broadcast on the base station side. That is, the first transmission mode includes an uplink transmission process and a downlink transmission process, and the uplink transmission process is actually completed in S52. Therefore, in this case, the downlink transmission process remains to be completed.
Although both the uplink transmission process and the downlink transmission process are included in the first transmission mode, the first transmission mode may also include different downlink transmission modes. Therefore, the first network device needs to determine a downlink transmission mode of the first service data. The first service data is the service data sent by the terminal to the first network device. To distinguish the uplink transmission process from the downlink transmission process, service data obtained by converting the first service data to downlink data when the first service data is transmitted by using the access network is referred to as second service data, in other words, the first network device needs to determine the downlink transmission mode of the second service data. It should be understood that the first service data and the second service data are same data, and different names are given to distinguish the uplink transmission process from the downlink transmission process.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the first network device may determine the downlink transmission mode of the second service data based on a type of the first service data. As described above, the first service data may be broadcast service data of the non-IP service of V2X. Therefore, the type of the first service data may be a “broadcast type”, and the first network device may determine a downlink transmission mode corresponding to the service data of the “broadcast type”. For example, the first network device determines that the downlink transmission mode corresponding to the service data of the “broadcast type” is the downlink broadcast mode, that is, determines that the downlink transmission mode of the first service data is the downlink broadcast mode.
As described above, the technical solution provided in this embodiment of the present invention may be applied to the application scenario shown in
In an example, the first network device may determine the downlink broadcast mode of the second service data based on a second broadcast indication, a first broadcast indication, and a downlink broadcast mode. It may be understood as that the first network device may determine the downlink broadcast mode of the second service data based on the second broadcast indication and a correspondence between a broadcast indication and a broadcast mode.
Specifically, the first configuration information may further include the first broadcast indication and a downlink broadcast mode corresponding to the first broadcast indication, that is, include a correspondence between the first broadcast indication and the downlink broadcast mode. In S52 in this embodiment of the present invention, in addition to sending the first service data and the second identifier to the first network device, the terminal may further send the second broadcast indication to the first network device, and the first network device receives the second broadcast indication. For example, the second broadcast indication may be added to the first service data and sent with the first service data together, or the second broadcast indication and the first service data may be sent as two independent parts. In addition, if the second broadcast indication and the first service data are used as two independent parts, the terminal may send the first service data and the second broadcast indication together, or may first send the first service data and then send the second broadcast indication, or may first send the second broadcast indication and then send the first service data. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
In this case, the first network device may match the first broadcast indication with the second broadcast indication, and if the second broadcast indication successfully matches any first broadcast indication included in the first configuration information, the first network device determines that a downlink broadcast mode corresponding to the successfully matched first broadcast indication in the first configuration information is the downlink broadcast mode of the second service data. If the second broadcast indication fails to match all first broadcast indications included in the first configuration information, the first network device may select any downlink broadcast mode for the second service data, or the first network device may use another transmission mode to transmit the second service data. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
The first broadcast indication is, for example, a temporarily specified identifier, and the second broadcast indication is also, for example, a temporarily specified identifier. In addition, the first broadcast indication and the second broadcast indication may be set in a same manner or different manners. If the first broadcast indication and the second broadcast indication are set in the same manner, that is, if the first broadcast indication is the same as the second broadcast indication, the first network device determines that the first broadcast indication successfully matches the second broadcast indication; otherwise, the first network device determines that the first broadcast indication fails to match the second broadcast indication. If the first broadcast indication and the second broadcast indication are set in different manners, a correspondence may exist between the first broadcast indication and the second broadcast indication. In this case, if a correspondence exists between the second broadcast indication and any first broadcast indication included in the first configuration information, the first network device determines that the second broadcast indication successfully matches the first broadcast indication in the first configuration information; and if no correspondence exists between the second broadcast indication and any first broadcast indication included in the first configuration information, the first network device determines that the second broadcast indication fails to match the first broadcast indication.
Furthermore, in addition to determining the downlink transmission mode of the second service data, the first network device may further determine a downlink bearer of the second service data. In an example, the first network device may determine the downlink bearer of the second service data based on quality of service (QoS) information sent by the terminal and uplink overheads for transmitting the first service data.
Specifically, in S52 in this embodiment of the present invention, in addition to sending the first service data and the second identifier to the first network device, the terminal may further send the QoS information to the first network device, and the first network device receives the QoS information. For example, the QoS information may be added to the first service data and sent together with the first service data, or the QoS information and the first service data may be sent as two independent parts. In addition, if the QoS information and the first service data are used as two independent parts, the terminal may send the first service data and the QoS information together, or may first send the first service data and then send the QoS information, or may first send the QoS information and then send the first service data. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. The first network device may learn the uplink overheads for transmitting the first service data. Therefore, the first network device may correspondingly deduce, based on the received QoS information and the uplink overheads for transmitting the first service data, downlink QoS information that needs to be satisfied for transmitting the second service data. For example, the first network device may deduce, based on the received QoS information and the uplink overheads for transmitting the first service data, a latency that needs to be satisfied by the downlink bearer for transmitting the second service data. Alternatively, for example, if the first network device determines, based on the received QoS information, an uplink packet loss rate for transmitting the first service data, a packet loss rate that the downlink bearer for transmitting the second service data needs to satisfy may be deduced based on the uplink packet loss rate and the uplink overheads for transmitting the first service data. Certainly, the foregoing is only an example. A manner in which the first network device determines the downlink QoS information is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. After determining the downlink QoS information, the first network device may select the downlink bearer for the second service data based on the downlink QoS information, and determine the downlink bearer for transmitting the second service data.
Subsequently, the first network device transmits the second service data, based on the determined downlink transmission mode, that is, the selected downlink broadcast mode, by using the selected downlink bearer. To be specific, the terminal receives the first service data transmitted by the first network device in the first transmission mode. Actually, the terminal receives the second service data transmitted by the first network device in the first transmission mode.
According to the technical solution provided in this embodiment of the present invention, the first service data is directly transmitted in a loopback manner by using the base station without using the core network, and the redundant step in the data transmission process is removed, thereby shortening the data transmission path and reducing the data transmission latency.
Devices provided in the embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to
The processor 602 may include a central processing unit (CPU) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), one or more integrated circuits configured to control program execution, a hardware circuit developed by using a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a baseband chip.
The receiver 601 is, for example, an antenna or a communications interface, and is configured to communicate with an external device.
In a possible implementation, the network device may further include a memory 603, which is shown in
The receiver 601 and the memory 603 may be connected to the processor 602 by using a system bus, or may be each connected to the processor 602 by using a dedicated connection cable (this is used as an example in
The receiver 601 is configured to receive first service data and a second identifier that are sent by a terminal. The processor 602 is configured to: obtain first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes a first identifier and a first transmission mode corresponding to the first identifier, and the first transmission mode corresponding to the first identifier is a mode in which transmission is performed by using an access network; determine a transmission mode of the first service data based on the first identifier, the second identifier, and the first transmission mode; and transmit the first service data based on the determined transmission mode.
Specifically, the receiver 601 may be configured to perform S52 in the embodiment shown in
The network device may be the first network device in the embodiment shown in
Referring to
The receiver 701 is, for example, an antenna or a communications interface, and is configured to communicate with an external device.
The transmitter 702 is, for example, an antenna or a communications interface, and is configured to communicate with the external device.
In a possible implementation, the terminal may further include a processor 703, which is shown in
In a possible implementation, the terminal may further include a memory 704, which is shown in
The receiver 701, the transmitter 702, and the memory 704 may be connected to the processor 703 by using a system bus, or may be each connected to the processor 703 by using a dedicated connection cable (this is used as an example in
The transmitter 702 is configured to send first service data and a second identifier to a first network device, where the second identifier is used by the first network device to determine a transmission mode of the first service data. The receiver 701 is configured to receive second service data transmitted by the first network device in a first transmission mode. The first transmission mode is determined based on the second identifier and is a mode in which transmission is performed by using an access network, and the second service data is service data obtained by converting the first service data to downlink data when the first service data is transmitted by using the access network. For how the first network device determines the transmission mode of the first service data, refer to the related description in the embodiment shown in
Specifically, the transmitter 702 may be configured to perform S52 in the embodiment shown in
The terminal may be the terminal in the embodiment shown in
In addition, the network device provided in the embodiment shown in
In addition, the terminal provided in the embodiment shown in
Because the network device and the terminal provided in this embodiment of the present invention may be configured to perform the service data transmission method, for technical effects that can be achieved by the network device and the terminal, refer to the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
The embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the flowcharts and/or block diagrams of the method, the device (system), and the computer program product according to the embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that computer program instructions may be used to implement each process and/or each block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams and a combination of a process and/or a block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams. These computer program instructions may be provided for a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or a processor of any other programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by a computer or a processor of any other programmable data processing device generate an apparatus for implementing a specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
All or some of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented by using software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When software is used to implement the embodiments, the embodiments may be implemented completely or partially in a form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on the computer, the procedure or functions according to the embodiments of the present invention are all or partially generated. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or another programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or may be transmitted from a computer-readable storage medium to another readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from a website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center in a wired (for example, a coaxial cable, an optical fiber, or a digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (for example, infrared, radio, and microwave, or the like) manner. The computer-readable storage medium may be any usable medium accessible by a computer, or a data storage device, such as a server or a data center, integrating one or more usable media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a DVD), a semiconductor medium (for example, a solid-state drive (SSD)), or the like.
Obviously, a person skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of this application. This application is intended to cover these modifications and variations provided that they fall within the scope of protection defined by the following claims and their equivalent technologies.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 201710434630.3 | Jun 2017 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/087159, filed on May 16, 2018, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201710434630.3, filed on Jun. 9, 2017. The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | PCT/CN2018/087159 | May 2018 | US |
| Child | 16693696 | US |
