CN102984786A - Communication system - Google Patents
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Provided is a communication system. The communication system is accessed to a network through a group of first access routes and a group of second access routes. The first access routes and the second access routes have different access technologies. The communication system comprises an access route monitor, an access controller and a modifier, wherein the access route monitor is used for obtaining state information relative to the access routes through the monitoring process, and the access controller is used for selecting the access route for communication session according to the selection process and the state information. The modifier is used for modifying the monitoring or the selection process or the both.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to come for one group of second access path via one group of first access path of the first access technology and the second access technology the communication system of access network, described the second access technology is different from the first access technology.This application also relates to a kind of method of network insertion of the access path via different access technologies.
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In the communications field, providing setter wherein can obtain via the access path of different access technologies is known to the system of the access of network.Among Fig. 2 with schematic illustration this point.Communication system 10 (such as the radio communication device of mobile phone) can with provide the first access technology communication path 101,102 (such as GSM (global system for mobile communications) be connected, WCDMA (wideband CDMA) connects, WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access, WiMax) connects, WINNER (wireless world is initiated new radio) connects, WLAN (WLAN (wireless local area network)) connects etc.) station 11 communicate by letter with 12.Communication system 10 can also be communicated by letter with station 13,14 by belonging to from the communication path 103,104 of path 101,102 different access technologies.If work is come according to a kind of technology in the technology above-mentioned in path 101,102, then path 103,104 can be provided by any technology of all the other technology.Communication system 10 is via path 101-104 access network 15 (for example telephone network or such as the computer network of Intranet or internet).
If so that communication system 10 can arrange station 11-14 and communication system 10 from a position via the mode of access path 101,102 or 103,104 access networks 15 simultaneously, then this causes managing into selecting for the problem of enforcement with one or more paths of the communication session of network 15.
The basic condition that has multiple wireless technology for the communication of given position possesses some special knowledge, for example in said environment network (Ambient Networks) context (AN), referring to the document ISD-2002-507134-AN/WB2/D02 (MRAArchitecture that the people such as Rolf Sigle shows, the 1.0th edition, publish on February 2nd, 2005).The present inventor also is the author/editor of the document, and its content is incorporated into this paper by reference.
In the context of environment network, propose to use said multi radio resource management (MRRM) to manage different access technologies.The MRRM function is coordinated different radio access technologies by single-hop and multi-hop link are all shone upon to the service request of available radio resource.Can adopt different MRRM targets, radio resource efficiency, service covering or service quality are maximized or make otherwise and can't can realize by the service that the single radio access is delivered.Intelligent load Distribution Algorithm in the MRRM increases whole active block capacity.MRRM can comprise advertisement, discovery, selection, resource monitoring and frequency spectrum and congestion control.By monitoring access path and obtain the state information relevant with the access path of different access technologies, access controller can be selected access path for communication session according to selection course and according to state information.
Document EP 0 812 119A2 have discussed free time or the standby mode in the travelling carriage that improves cellular communication system.Mentioning IS-136 and GSM standard in the literary composition requires idle mobile stations (namely not being in the travelling carriage in the process of implementing communication session) to monitor the control channel of neighbor cell.EP0 812 119A2 propose a kind of different standby mode, according to this pattern, when the control channel of measuring current distribution and other control channels, become fixingly if detect travelling carriage, then can stop one of them a little measurement to other control channels.Rear a kind of received signal strength and the time in the signal strength signal intensity changed with predetermined threshold that can be by measuring the adjacent channel that monitors is relatively realized.If the variation of received signal strength drops under this threshold value, then definite this travelling carriage is fixed.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of improved communication system and method for a group of access path access network via different access technologies.Note, this purpose is not limited to have the system of wireless access technology, because if the one or more access paths in a group of access path are limited binding (wire-bound), then also will be created in the problem that makes one's options between the access path of different technologies.
System, the modifier with feature of claim 23, the control as claimed in claim 24 of the feature of purpose of the present invention by having claim 1 realize method and the computer program as claimed in claim 25 of the access of network.Favourable embodiment has been described in the dependent claims.
According to the present invention, a kind of communication system is provided, this communication system is arranged to come access network via one group of second access path of one group of first access path of the first access technology and the second access technology, and wherein the second access technology is different from the first access technology.This communication system can be terminal, for example can be according to the mobile phone of multiple wireless technical communication, or this communication system itself can be network, for example personal area network.One group of first access path can have one or more members, and one group of second access path can have one or more members.Naturally, communication system can be arranged to via coming access network more than two kinds of dissimilar access technologies.
A kind of access path monitor is provided, is used for obtaining the state information relevant with the state of the state of one or more access paths of the first access path and the one or more access paths in the second access path according to monitoring process.Obtaining information can be realized by interested access path is carried out to measure, or (for example from the network reception) obtains by other means.Notice that term " access path " is described any suitable access and connected, for example single link, a plurality of continuous link or whole subnet.
And, access controller also is provided, be used for according to selection course and select to be used for the access path of communication session according to the state information that the access path monitor obtains from the first and second access paths.Select preferably not only to comprise that initial selection is for one or more paths of the given session that will set up, and comprise subsequently when communication session is in active state, the session of setting up is switched to the access path of the second technology or vice versa from the access path of the first access technology.
And, according to the present invention, provide a kind of modifier, be used for according to modification process and according to decision information revise monitoring process and selection course one of them or the two.Modification can for example realize in any mode that is fit to or expects by the employed parameter of change procedure (for example obtaining the frequency of state information).Modification can also comprise change procedure or routine itself, for example by switching to another subroutine or pattern from a subroutine or pattern.
According to the present invention, can adjust flexibly and dynamically monitoring process and/or selection course by modification process.This provides the optimum management to the access path of different technologies.The mode of the balance between the benefit that more specifically, is provided with the optimization cost (such as with regard to regard to signaling consumption, the energy consumption etc.) that monitoring process was caused and selection course (for example with regard to the service quality of improving) is controlled and revised is possible.Can not practically in the situation of the value of assessing the cost or benefit values, for example realize the balance of cost and benefit by analyzing simply the preassigned that is used for before having set up cost and benefited balance.An example of this mode is, if the signal quality that the power supply of communication system is lower than on predetermined threshold and the movable access path is higher than predetermined threshold, then stop to measure the state information about observed access path, because in this case, think any benefit of cost priority in improving communication quality of energy aspect.On the other hand, for example based on mathematical function and the question blank that is fit to the clearly value of assessing the cost and/or benefit values, then revise supervision according to the relation between value at cost, benefit values or value at cost and the benefit values and/or selection course also is possible.
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From hereinafter with reference accompanying drawing description of preferred embodiments, these and other advantages of the present invention will become more obvious, wherein:
The schematic diagram that Fig. 1 illustrates embodiments of the invention represents;
Fig. 2 illustrates can be via the setting of the communication system of a plurality of access paths and network service; And
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Fig. 1 illustrates embodiments of the invention, and wherein concept of the present invention is applied to the environment network scheme.Reference signs 10 is described communication system, and this communication system can be a unit, for example portable telephone device, maybe can be system, for example personal area network of distributed entities.Communication system 10 is described as comprising a plurality of connection entity 25-28 in schematic form, and wherein each connects entity for setting up one or more communication links according to different radio access technologies.For example, connect entity 25 and can be arranged to set up the WLAN link, connect entity 26 and can be arranged to set up the WCDMA link, connection entity 27 can be arranged to set up the WiMAX link and connect entity 28 and can be arranged to set up the WINNER link.Nature, these only are examples, and more or less different wireless access technologys can also be provided, and can substitute those technology that propose as example with other wireless access technologys.
Already mentioned as mentioned, communication system 10 can be the system of unit or distributed entities.Similarly, access path monitor 21, access controller 22 and modifier 23 can provide in a unit, for example provide in a programmable processor, maybe can be the independent entities that is distributed on the diverse location.According to preferred embodiment, communication system 10 is to use at least two kinds of different radio access technologies to realize unit, for example portable terminal of a plurality of radio accesses, and monitor 21, controller 22 and modifier 23 all provide as the function in the programmable processor.
Represent as method, the present invention can implement as shown in Figure 3, wherein this flow chart illustrates the monitoring process S31 that access path monitor 21 is carried out, and then is the selection course S32 that is carried out by access controller 22, then is the modification process S33 that modifier 23 is carried out.Nature, Fig. 3 only is an example, and this three processes also can be provided concurrently.
From above seeing, the present invention can be used as any suitable combination of hardware, software or hardware and software and implements.
In Fig. 1, communication system 10 can be regarded as environment network.Fig. 1 illustrates second environment network 80, and it comprises for setting up communication entity 31-34 and the 41-43 of link with communication system 10.For example, entity 31 can be related with the WINNER access technology, and entity 32 can be related with the WLAN access technology, entity 33 can be related with the WCDMA access technology and entity 34 can be related with the WiMAX technology.Similarly, communication entity 41 can be related with the WCDMA access technology, entity 42 can be related with the WiMAX access technology and entity 43 can be related with the WINNER access technology.Communication entity 31-34 is related with GLL entity 35, and communication entity 41-43 is related with GLL entity 44.In the example of Fig. 1, two GLL entities 35 are related with shared MRRM entity 50 with 44.Environment network 80 also comprises to connection or the gateway entity 60 of communication network (not shown, for example telephone network, Intranet or internet).
For example, communication entity 31-34 can be related with a wireless base station, and communication entity 41-43 can be related with another wireless base station.Similar to the description of communication system 10, environment network 80 can also be that a unit maybe can be dispersed on a plurality of positions.Therefore, entity 31-35, the 41-44,50 and 60 that just now described can be located at together or be dispersed on a plurality of positions and each network.Therefore the expression that is noted that Fig. 1 is schematically, and the logic of the entity in the hierarchical structure of communication layers arranges directed.
In the example of Fig. 1, link 201 is WLAN links, and link 202 and 204 is WCDMA links, and link 203 and 205 is that WiMAX link and link 205 are WINNER links.For example, access path monitor 21 can obtain the state information relevant with the state of the state of WLAN link 201 and WCDMA link 202 and 204.In this case, WLAN link 201 can be considered as the example of one group of first access path, and WCDMA link 202,204 can be considered as being different from one group of second access path of first group access technology.
In the example of Fig. 1, monitor 21, access controller 22 and modifier 23 are illustrated as the part of system 10.But, should note entity 21,22 and 23 one of them, two or all entity also can in environment network 80, provide.In this case, entity 10 and 80 consists of enforcement communication system of the present invention together.For example, monitor 21 and modifier 23 can be in MRRM entities 50 or are provided in one of them of GLL entity 35 and 44.Similarly, entity 21,22 and 23 can be dispersed on entity 10 and 80.For example, monitor 21 can have the part and a part that has in the MRRM entity 50 in the MRRM entity 200, and/or has the part in the GLL entity 24,35 and 44.This is equally applicable to access controller 22 and modifier 23, and namely these entities can scatter in the same manner.
Obtaining of information can realize in any mode that is fit to or expects, for example carry out by the parameter of just expecting in communication system 10 and measure, signal quality on all in this way links of parameter of expectation (is measured in any mode that is fit to or expects, such as measuring as the error rate, signal strength values, interference level etc.), load value (be fit to or the mode of expectation is measured with any, such as the quantity of the different terminals device of sharing given link, measure as utilance etc.) etc.On the other hand, can also otherwise obtain this information, for example receive this message from environment network 80, environment network 80 can be carried out measurement and transmit the information that records and maybe can receive this type of information from overlapping communication network.
State information can be fit to or the mode of expectation represent with any, and for example it can be that for example to indicate the qualitative information of message of " link is unavailable " or it can be the quantitative information of the numerical value of given parameters for example.
Can be fit to or the mode of expectation selects to be used for the selection course of the access path of communication session from the first and second access paths with any.Selection course the invention is not restricted to any specific selection course, because can be selected according to a large amount of preferences and strategy.
For example, selection course can be to select to have the link of first water, or it can be to select to have the link of minimum load, or it can be link of selecting the consumes least amount energy etc.Notice that in the present invention, the selection of access path can be to select an access path for a communication session of carrying maybe can be to select a plurality of access paths for a communication session of carrying.For example, in Fig. 1, any one link that can be by link 201-206 or by described link carry session more than a link, for example can carry the part of session and carry another part by WCDMA link 204 by WLAN link 201.
Selection course can comprise that initial selection is used for the access path of new session, and preferably also is included in and switches the communication session that will set up between the access path of different access technologies and this communication session still is in the possibility of active state.
For example, in Fig. 1, access controller 22 can be arranged to carry out selection course, in order to can the session of activity be switched to WLAN link 201 from for example WCDMA link 204 based on the state information of obtaining, but carry out above-mentioned switching when for example the signal quality on link 204 drops under the threshold value, when the load on link 201 drops under the predetermined threshold or in link-quality and 201 times spent of link that the link-quality on the link 201 surpasses on the link 204.
Can select modification process according to the strategy of expectation and the target of expectation in any mode that is fit to or expects.Modifier 23 employed decision informations in the modification process will depend on strategy or the target of expectation equally.This easily understands the example from hereinafter describe.
In general sense, the modification of process (one of them of selection course and monitoring process or the two have concurrently) can comprise the employed parameter of change procedure (for example change frequency, change access path monitor that monitoring process obtains state information will obtain status message be forwarded to the make one's options frequency of decision-making of the frequency of access controller or change selection course), or revises the step that can also be adjustment process itself.Latter event can be by for example comprising a plurality of subroutines or pattern process and modification process chooser routine or pattern are realized.As the example of latter event, monitoring process it is contemplated that measures a large amount of access paths in first mode with high-frequency, so that this pattern is energy-intensive, and in the second pattern, measure less access path with lower frequency, namely the second pattern is that energy is more not intensive.Like this, according to the decision information of association, the energy state of for example communication system (for example battery status), can select corresponding monitoring mode.In other words, if the energy state of communication system low (namely being lower than predetermined threshold), the pattern that then select to consume less energy is and if the energy state of communication system high (namely being higher than predetermined threshold) then selects to have the pattern of greater energy consumption.
As already mentioned, the modification of monitoring process and/or selection course can comprise that revising frequency and/or the modification of obtaining state information is forwarded to status message the frequency of access controller and/or revises the frequency that selection course makes one's options and makes a strategic decision from the access path monitor.The frequency (frequency that for example execution is measured to the access path under observing and the frequency of forwarding status information) of obtaining state information is the measurement that monitors and select the value of energy, disposal ability and the signaling consumption of input in the operation.Therefore, if expectation reduces the impact of this input in some cases, then decision information is elected as and can be judged that whether certain situation (for example exists, certain situation may be low power state or the high processor load of communication system, then correspondingly trade-off decision information, the for example power rating of communication system or processor state), and if have certain situation, then can reduce one of them of frequency mentioned above or reduce simultaneously by two kinds of frequencies.On the other hand, if will monitor or selection course is adjusted into and pays little workload, then can be really tailor-made for by increasing one of them of frequency mentioned above or increasing simultaneously one of them or the two the basis that two kinds of frequencies are revised monitoring process and selection course with no longer existing about certain situation mentioned above.
As alternate ways or append mode, revise the state information that monitoring process can also comprise that modification is obtained one or more access paths.For example, this can mean the type of changed information, information the replenishing as old type that for example transfers the information of another kind of type to or add newtype from one type information.For example, if the access path monitor 21 among Fig. 1 just at the signal quality information of acquisition approach 201, is then revised monitoring process and can be to switch to the supervision load information, maybe can be additionally to monitor load information.
As alternate ways or append mode, revise monitoring process and can also comprise that modification need to obtain the quantity of the access path of its state information.For example, monitor the workload of paying on the access path if expectation reduces, then can reduce the quantity of the access path of observation.Modification process can also be arranged to revise selection course by revising from the quantity of the access path of the access path of wherein selecting to be used for communication session.In other words, selection course can be all available access paths not to be carried out to select but only execution selection from limited set.For example, in Fig. 1, the selection course that access controller 22 is carried out can only consider to select link 201,202 and 204, although other links also are available.According to the present invention, modification process can comprise increases or reduces the selective access path of consideration.Continue to discuss the example of just now mentioning, if expectation reduces the workload of paying in the selection operation, can revise selection course by from the set of considering selective link, removing link 202, only between link 201 and link 204, select thus.Notice that select the modification of operation even the set of the access path considered can be reduced to a path, in fact forbidding is selected operation thus.Similarly, the quantity of revising the access path of monitoring process supervision also can reduce to this quantity one or zero access path, in fact forbids thus monitoring process.
Revise monitoring process or selection course referring now to mentioned above the explanation by the respective amount of revising the access path of considering about known example among the document IST-2002-507134-AN/WP2/D02 of environment network.Combining environmental network and a plurality of radio access link, a plurality of set of well-known definitions:
-the set (DS) that detected, it is available and environment network can be in the set of all access link that connect potentially.Some access link are measured detecting not yet definitely, but because contextual information may be known, namely may be known to certain position from the MRRM entity, certain radio access is available (for example being positioned at the WLAN focus on airport).This type of radio access can access advertisement information by radio and announce.
-candidate collection (CS), it is the subset of the set that detected, and can be used for being connected to one or more other networks by environment network.The set that has detected may comprise the radio access that does not belong to candidate collection.For given environment network, the access of these radio may use the technical limitations of certain radio access to be rejected because of policy reason or Access Network.
-MRRM active set (AS), it is the subset of candidate collection.The MRRM active set is included as certain communication session and all radio accesses of active management.For different sessions, different MRRM active sets may be arranged.The MRRM active set only comprises in the candidate collection and for example also to satisfy in the predetermined minimum requirements aspect radio link quality or the relevant system load and satisfy the element of the service-specific requirement of communication session.Rear a kind of requirement can be quality of service requirement (such as data rate, delay, shake etc.), but also can be security requirement (such as transmission of encrypted transmission, authentication etc.).
-GLL active set, it is the subset of MRRM active set.The GLL active set comprises a plurality of radio accesses that can dynamically be distributed to by one or more GLL entities communication session.
In the example of Fig. 1, the set that has detected can be whole link 201-207 for example, and but its link 207 is indicated as that communication system 10 is not used available link.Candidate collection can be link 202-206 for example, and the MRRM active set can be link 203-206 for example.At last, the GLL active set can be whole link 204-206 related with GLL entity 44 for example.
In the use in the communication system of the set of the access link mentioned of literary composition or access path, modification process can comprise link or the path in any one or a plurality of set of change set mentioned above.For example, the modification of monitoring process can comprise link in the change MRRM candidate collection or the quantity in path, and the modification of selection course can comprise link in the change GLL active set or the quantity in path.
Already mentioned such as preamble, can be fit to or decision information that the mode of expectation selects modifier to make to revise one of them of monitoring process and selection course or revise the two with any, specifically decide on target and the strategy of expectation.
According to an example, decision information can derive from the state information that monitoring process is obtaining at least in part.For example, this state information can comprise the measurement to the signal quality of the current access path that is being used for the carrying communication session, and to the measurement of the signal quality of other accessible links.This signal quality information can be modified process as follows as decision information.If the signal quality on the access path of current use surpasses predetermined threshold, then can forbid monitoring process and selection, if opposite signal quality is lower than threshold value, then monitoring process and selection course are activated.
Decision information can be identical with state information, perhaps can process state information to be used for deriving decision information.For example, if state information is parameter, then can also use the time rate of change (time diffusion) of described parameter as decision information.
The same with state information, decision information can also be any desired type, that is, it can be qualitatively, the message of indication " link is unavailable " for example, or it can be quantitative, for example numerical value.According to preferred embodiment, decision information comprises numerical value.More preferably, these numerical value comprise the value of one or more decision parameters.The example of these type of decision parameters can be the state parameter that preamble is mentioned, for example the signal quality on the access path or load.Modification process then can comprise with one of them related parameter values of decision parameters and corresponding threshold ratio.For example, if the load that the signal quality value on the access path of current use is higher than on the access path of predetermined quality threshold value and/or current use is lower than the predetermined load threshold value, then modification process can correspondingly be revised monitoring process and/or selection course, for example obtains about the frequency (until forbidding monitoring process) of the information of the access path that monitors with by reducing the quantity (until forbidding selection course) of considering selective access path by minimizing and makes amendment.
Another example of the numerical value that comprises in the decision information is the rate of change value of the one or more parameters in the decision parameters of mentioning.Can be used as these rate of change value that the part of modification process will derive from given decision parameters and corresponding threshold ratio.For example, if the time diffusion of the signal quality on the access path of current use is lower than quality change rate threshold, and/or the time diffusion of the load on the access path of current use is lower than predetermined load rate of change threshold value, then revise and can comprise and reduce the workload that execution monitoring process and/or selection course are paid, the speed of state information of for example obtaining the access path of different access technologies by minimizing is made amendment.
Can see that from example above decision information can comprise the business load indication.This indication can be quantitatively or qualitative information, and it can indicate business load on the respective paths or the business load in the larger context, the business load in the whole environment network of for example considering.Decision information can also comprise the information that derives from the business load indication, for example time diffusion of traffic load values.
Decision information can also comprise the signal quality indication, and this signal quality indication can be quantitative information or qualitative information.Signal quality indication can be indicated for the signal quality on the signal quality on one or more access paths of the current use of communication session or the access path that monitoring.Decision information can also comprise the information that derives from the signal quality indication, for example time-derivative of signal quality value.For example, if the rate of change of the signal quality on the access path of determining monitoring drops under the predetermined threshold, then modification process can reduce the frequency of obtaining state information, because high-frequency is unnecessary.
As append mode or alternate ways, if communication system is mobile device, then decision information can comprise the indication of the speed of communication system.If the speed of communication system drops under the predetermined threshold, then modification process can be adjusted monitoring process and/or selection course by the mode that reduces the workload that monitors and select that access path is paid.That is, if communication system is only very slowly mobile or fully mobile, then supervision and selection course do not have the benefit of too many expection, may expect thus to reduce the workload of paying.
As alternate ways or append mode, modification process can make decision information comprise the indication of the resource that can use for communicator.This type of resource can be power resource (for example battery power level) or process resource (for example processor be utilized degree) for example.Point out such as preamble, if available resources low (for example low the or idle disposal ability of power is few), then modification process can be revised monitoring process and/or selection course by the mode that reduces the workload pay, and the mode of for example obtaining the frequency of state information by minimizing is made amendment.
As already mentioned in the summary of the invention, can realize according to the balance of the implicit analysis of cost and/or benefit or implicit costs and benefit the selection of modification process and related decision information.But decision information can also comprise uses clear and definite cost and/or benefit values.That is, decision information can comprise a plurality of different estimation benefit values that arrange of monitoring process and estimated cost value one of them or the two have concurrently.Similarly, decision information can comprise a plurality of different estimation benefit values that arrange of selection course and estimated cost value one of them or the two have concurrently.Following is example be used to the cost function that monitors a plurality of access paths:
C wherein
MonitorTo monitor cost, f
Monitor, iThe frequency that monitors access path i, C
Monitor, iIt is the cost that monitors access path i.To all access path i summations that monitoring.Cost C
Monitor, iCan be fit to or the mode of expectation represent with any, namely can be dimensionless variable or can represent according to parameter (for example according to consumed energy).Similar to formula (1), the cost that the state information of access path monitor is sent to access controller can be expressed as:
F wherein
Forward, iThe frequency of transmitting the state information of access path i, c
Forward, iIt is the cost of transmitting the state information of access path i.
For cost that carry out to select operation or for the benefit of execution monitoring process and/or selection course, can design similar function.
For example, modification process can be for calculating the supervision cost according to formula (1), and if total cost C
MonnitorSurpass predetermined threshold, then with monitoring frequency f
Monitor, iBe modified to and make C
MonitorAgain fall under the threshold value.
Note, can determine cost and/or benefit according to the mathematical function that provides in above formula example (1) and (2), but also can for example determine cost and/or benefit based on multidimensional table or mapping, wherein value at cost and/or benefit values are distributed to the vector of input parameter value, such as the quantity of the vector of the frequency values that monitors, the access path that monitoring etc.
As another alternate ways or append mode, the employed decision information of modifier can comprise one of them or the two preference information of all arranging of the operator of the user of communication system and network.For example, the user of communication system can have the preference to certain access technology, and modifier can be arranged to can with situation under always monitor that the mode of access path of the access technology of described preference revises monitoring process.
As another alternate ways or append mode, modifier can be arranged to make decision information to comprise that selection course is to the indication of the momentary sensitivity of the promptness of state information.When monitoring access path and carrying out selection course, there is collection status information and in selection course, uses the problem that generation postpones between the described state information.This delay is to cause by obtaining the required time of state information and state information being forwarded to the required time of access controller from the access path monitor.And the frequency of obtaining state information and the frequency that state information is forwarded to access controller from the access monitor are depended in this delay.That is, if the state information of the given access path that is monitoring arrives access controller at each Δ t, then when the end of cycle Δ t, momentary status may have sizable change.Therefore the momentary sensitivity of selection course may be the important parameter when revising one of them of monitoring process and selection course or revising the two.For example, be higher than predetermined threshold if determine momentary sensitivity, then modification process can be revised monitoring process by the frequency that state information is obtained in increase, otherwise and still, if momentary sensitivity is lower than predetermined threshold, then modification process can reduce the frequency of obtaining state information.This sensitivity can be for example indicated according to the differential of the mathematics choice function of input state parameter value.
As another alternate ways or append mode, modifier can be arranged to make described modification process to comprise whether definite one or more service requests satisfy communication session.Can select service request in any mode that is fit to or expects, for example it can be data-rate value or certain other qos measurements.Threshold value by correspondingly definition association arranges satisfied standard.For example, if the user's of communication system communication session is voice communication, can think that then for example the data rate threshold value of 50 kbps is enough, thus, if one or more moment, access path provided this data rate, even then new access path can with and have higher data rate, what benefit switches to new access path does not still have.Therefore, if satisfy service request, then modifier can be revised monitoring process and/or selection course by the mode that the workload paid is reduced, if for example moment access path surpass threshold data rate, then make amendment by forbidding monitoring process and selection course.
The present invention relates generally to allow to can be with dynamical fashion adjustment or modification via the monitoring process of the communication system of the access path access network of different access technologies and/or selection course, in order to can dynamically adjust workload that execution monitoring and selection pay with respect to the balance between the consequent benefit.In general, the balance between cost and the benefit is: when the benefit of expectation reduces, can reduce the workload that monitors and select to pay, and vice versa.For example, if the operation monitoring process is not obtained state information (for example do not carry out continually and measure) continually, then this has reduced the quantity of signaling consumption and has reduced energy consumption.Simultaneously, selection course must based on not timely state information make decisions, this may reduce the benefit of carrying out selection course.
Some examples have been pointed out as mentioned, and access path supervision (monitoring process) and access controller (selection course) can be revised according to following one or more input parameters:
The rate of change that experiences in-business load and the business load.If business load is lower than the rate of change of predetermined threshold and/or business load and is lower than threshold value, then can reduce monitoring frequency.
The rate of change that experiences in-access path quality and the access path quality.If the access path quality is higher than predetermined threshold and/or access path qualitative change rate is lower than threshold value, then can reduce monitoring frequency.
User's quantity in the-environment.If the user is few in the environment, then the benefit of multi-user diversity is low.In this case, diversity gain can be by selecting access path to realize based on instantaneous access path quality.If there are many users, then can realize little diversity gain.Diversity gain is one type benefit.Therefore, according to the quantity of the user in the communication system environment, can revise selection course, if increasing, the quantity of the user for example in the environment surpasses predetermined threshold, then reduce the quantity of the access path of considering in the selection course, and correspondingly revise monitoring process so that suitable state information to be provided.
If-a plurality of access paths can be used, then they are categorized in the different sets, explain for the set that has detected, candidate collection, MRRM active set and GLL active set such as preamble.According to the set under the access path, can adjust the frequency of obtaining state information.
The performance of-user expectation.The example of user preference is the indication of the performance (for example data rate of the service quality (QoS) of expectation or expectation) of expectation.If the user reaches the performance of expectation, then can reduce the workload that monitoring process and selection course are paid.
The performance that-network allows.If the user reaches the performance that network allows him to reach, for example with regard to service quality or data rate, then can reduce the workload that monitoring process or selection course are paid.
The power of battery of-communication system.If the electric weight of communication system is low, then can reduce the frequency of obtaining state information in the access path monitor, the frequency of access controller repeating state information can be reduced, and the work for the treatment of that selection course is paid can be reduced.For example, if the power of battery drops under the predetermined threshold, then actually can forbid monitoring process and selection course.
-system resource.The enforcement of selection course generally can improve effective utilization of the system resource in communication system and the network simultaneously.But, if there has been enough system resource then can reduce the workload of paying in monitoring process and the selection course with (being that the value that corresponding system resource is measured is higher than predetermined threshold), for example reduce the frequency of obtaining state information.
-user behavior.If communication system is travelling carriage, and the user of communication system is more mobile faster than predetermined threshold speed, and then state parameter may change fast.Therefore, the frequency of state information is obtained in the expectation increase in this case, in order to have timely state information.
When the frequency of the frequency of state information and forwarding status information was obtained in modification, the target of strategy and expectation may be diversified.Thus, can for example consider service standard, resource criterion or MRRM performance standard.The degree of service and/or user's requirement is satisfied in the service standard definition.Being exemplified as of service standard: reach the minimum quality of service threshold value? is another example: require or expect to reach higher service quality level? for example, the access path with high-resolution or higher rate can be used for flow transmission? perhaps another example be worthwhile for the lifting of service performance and produce additional cost (for example with regard to finance with regard to cost)?
The significance level of resource criterion definition transfer resource.Is example is: system resource highly utilized (for example high capacity) and also remaining how many resources to use? whether the power of battery low?
What estimation benefit or gain that the MRRM performance standard relates to the multi radio resource management be.In multiple research, studied many MRRM algorithms and selected the radio link that connects for the user.Input parameter can be link-quality, service request, system load etc.Having shown that these algorithms can provide from the substance of performance gains to every kind of situation of only very little gain.Gain or benefit to depend on many aspects: use what radio access technologies, use what deployment mode, how what distribution service demand, service request be, use what input parameter and use what selection algorithm, how many users arranged in system, (for example because the variation of link-quality, so selection course can provide the multiple access diversity gain for selection course with regard to coverage (for example radio plot).Situation for a large number of users has multi-user diversity gain, and it utilizes channel variation.If reach a large amount of multi-user diversity gain, then still having a little additional gain for the access selection diversity) the execution monitoring process relates to what cost (with regard to the measurement of any expectation) and this and uses up and reach or what the degree of accessible benefit/gain, the position of MRRM input parameter be.In this regard, the precision of estimating in the system, the delay of distribution measuring and variable degree (for example load that causes of user mobility and the variation of link-quality) play effect.
Explain such as the combining environmental network, can define a plurality of set in order to different MRRM functions is carried out in these set.These functions of great majority need to be obtained the monitoring process of state information.In the set that has detected and candidate collection, monitor the sporadic information that relevant information element such as link-quality, load etc. is provided.Monitor input based on this, access path can be moved on in the MRRM/GLL active set.In active set, MRRM carries out the selection of access path and is user conversation distribution access path.In order to realize this purpose, expectation has more accurate monitoring process, for example obtains more continually state information and/or obtains how dissimilar state informations.Hereinafter example is an alternative embodiment of the invention in this context:
-based on service standard, resource criterion and/or MRRM performance standard, can determine the selection course among the MRRM is feasible to what degree.If benefit no problem or expectation is little, then the workload of paying can be remained on low-level.For example, the size of moving set and candidate collection can be remained predetermined smallest number.If active set size is limited to 1, then reality is not carried out selection course.And, can limit in a similar manner the quantity of the alternative access path in the candidate collection.
If-carry out selection course (for example active set comprises a plurality of elements) at a plurality of access paths, then can be according to the access selection algorithm of selecting such as the system parameters of access path quality, service, load or its combination etc. to be fit to.Can adjust access selection frequency according to the sensitivity of the input parameter that accesses selection function and the dynamic change of system parameters.For example, if use out-of-date input parameter (load or the link quality values for example measured), the gain of MRRM or benefit will reduce.Simultaneously, the resource that consumes of monitoring process reduces.If the variability of system increases, then expectation also increases the frequency of obtaining state information and/or the frequency of selecting access path.
That can notice that above a plurality of examples relate to is embodiment shown in Figure 1.Although Fig. 1 consists of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the present invention never is confined to this.For example, the invention is not restricted to be applied to come via one group of second radio access link of one group of first radio access link of the first technology and the second access technology different from the first access technology the communication system of access network.Be that the present invention also is applicable to be the more general access path situation of multi-hop relay link.And it is the radio access path that access path need not, because the present invention is equally applicable to the situation in the access in radio path of different access technologies.
Because the present invention is not limited to wireless communication field, so it can also be applied to medium Route Selection field.Can send data to receiver via heterogeneous networks with overlapping network.Medium port makes one's options and is fit to the Route Selection decision-making of network.For this reason, medium port obtains the state (for example load) of relevant heterogeneous networks and the monitor message of ability.This also can be considered as the monitoring process in the meaning of the present invention.Monitoring process is assessed complete subnet in this case.It can be comprised of the feedback information of measuring process (link ping station work), terminal use's service quality report or subnet specific management function.
Although the present invention describes with reference to preferred embodiment, these embodiment only are used for explanation the present invention, and never are restrictions.The present invention is defined by the following claims.Quotation mark is used for making claim to be easier to read, and does not have any limitations affect.
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1. a communication system (10), described communication system is arranged to come access network via one group of second access path of one group of first access path of the first access technology and the second access technology, described the second access technology is different from described the first access technology, and described communication system comprises:
Access path monitor (21) is used for obtaining the state information relevant with the state of one or more access paths of described the first access path and the one or more access paths in described the second access path according to monitoring process,
Access controller (22) is used for selecting to be used for the access path of communication session according to selection course and according to described state information from described the first and second access paths, and
Modifier (23), be used for according to modification process and according to decision information revise described monitoring process and described selection course one of them or the two, wherein said modifier is arranged to make described modification process to comprise to determine whether one or more service requests satisfy described communication session.
2. when being arranged in described communication session and being in active state, communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said access controller between described the first and second access paths, switch described communication session.
3. such as each described communication system in claim 1 or 2, wherein revise described monitoring process and comprise revising and obtain the used frequency of described state information.
4. such as each described communication system in the claims 1 to 3, wherein revise described monitoring process and comprise that modification is forwarded to the used frequency of described access controller with described state information from described access path monitor.
5. such as each described communication system in the claim 1 to 4, wherein revise described monitoring process and comprise and be revised as the state information that the one or more access paths in the described access path obtain.
6. such as each described communication system in the claim 1 to 5, wherein revise described monitoring process and comprise that modification need to obtain the quantity of the access path of its state information.
7. such as each described communication system in the claim 1 to 6, wherein revise described selection course and comprise the quantity of revising from the access path of the access path of wherein selecting to be used for communication session.
8. such as each described communication system in the claim 1 to 7, wherein said decision information is at least part of to be derived from described state information.
9. such as each described communication system in the claim 1 to 8, wherein said decision information comprises numerical value.
10. communication system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said numerical value comprises the value of one or more decision parameters.
11. communication system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said modification process comprise with one of them related parameter values of described decision parameters and corresponding threshold ratio.
12. communication system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said numerical value comprises the rate of change value of one or more decision parameters.
13. communication system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said modification process comprise with one of them related rate of change value of described decision parameters and corresponding threshold ratio.
14. a modifier (23) that is arranged in such as work in each described communication system (10) in the claim 1 to 13, described modifier be used for revising the monitoring process of access path monitor (21) and access controller (22) selection course one of them or the two.
15. a control is via the communication system (10) of one group of second access path of one group of first access path of the first access technology and the second access technology method to the access of network, described the second access technology is different from described the first access technology, and described method comprises
According to monitoring process obtain with described the first access path in one or more access paths state information relevant with the state of the one or more access paths in described the second access path,
From described the first and second access paths, selects access path for communication session according to selection course and according to described state information, and
According to modification process and according to decision information revise described monitoring process and described selection course one of them or the two, wherein said modification process comprises determines whether one or more service requests satisfy described communication session.
16. a computer program, described computer program comprise the computer program of being arranged to carry out when being carried out by communication system (10) method as claimed in claim 15.
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