Background technology
E-UTRAN(evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network, the general continental rise wireless access network of evolution) the network architecture as shown in Figure 1, mainly by eNB(evolved NodeB, evolution base station) form.
MME(Mobility Management Entity, mobile management examination question) with between eNB adopt S1-MME interface to be connected; ENB completes Access Network function, with UE(User Equipment, subscriber equipment) pass through idle port communication.The UE that is attached to network for each, has a MME to provide service for it, and this MME is called the serving MME of UE.S1-MME interface, for UE provides chain of command service, comprises mobile management and bearer management function.
S-GW(Serving Gate Way, gateway) with between eNB adopt S1-U interface to be connected, the UE that is attached to network for each, has a S-GW to provide service for it, and this S-GW is called the service S-GW of UE.S1-U interface provides the service of user's face for UE, and the user face data of UE is by S1-U GTP(GPRS(General Packet Radio Service, general packet radio service technology) tunnel protocol) be carried between S-GW and eNB and transmit.
User's face between UE and network and chain of command protocol stack are respectively as shown in Figures 2 and 3.User plane protocol comprises PDCP(Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP), RLC(Radio Link Control, wireless connection control), MAC(Media Access Control, media access control) and PHY(Physical layer, physical layer) layer; Chain of command agreement comprises RRC(Radio Resource Control, and Radio Resource is controlled) and NAS(non-access) layer, wherein, rrc layer message need to be passed through the processing of user plane protocol layer, then transmits eating dishes without rice or wine; NAS layer message is transmitted in eating dishes without rice or wine to be encapsulated in RRC message.
In existing LTE/LTE-A network, the RRC/PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY peer layer of UE is all positioned at same eNB, and the NAS layer peer layer of UE is positioned at above-mentioned eNB has set up the MME that the S1 for this UE is connected.
Traditional macro base station (macro eNB) individual layer overlay network can not meet people to data service rate and the ever-increasing demand of capacity.Therefore, the mode of layering networking is introduced into this problem that solves: by little overlay environments such as hot spot region, family's indoor environment, working environments, lay some lower powered base stations (below with local eNB, represent, it is home base stations, comprise the forms such as Femto/Pico/Relay), obtain the effect of cell splitting, make operator to provide more high data rate, business more cheaply for user.
Layering networking is when increasing network capacity, also brought certain negative interaction: because the coverage of low power base station community (representing with home cell or local cell) is little below, the switching frequency of UE and number of times all increased greatly, increased the risk that communication disruption occurs UE when switching.
The frequency of switching between macrocell (macro cell) and home cell (local cell) in order to reduce UE, a kind of user's face network design mode separated with chain of command is introduced into.As shown in Figure 4, macro cell provides basis to cover, and local cell provides focus to cover, and has data/signaling interface (wire/wireless interface) between local cell and macro cell, and UE can be operated under macro eNB or local eNB.
The cell coverage area of controlling due to local eNB is little, and the UE of service is few, so be connected to the UE of local eNB, often can obtain better service quality, as: obtain higher service rate, higher-quality link.Therefore,, when being connected to the UE of macro eNB and approaching the community that local eNB controls, can be switched to the service that local eNB provides to obtain local eNB; When community that UE controls away from local eNB, need to be switched to the community that macro eNB controls, to keep wireless connections.
Under the separated network architecture of above carrying, when UE is in the region of only having macro cell to cover, the chain of command of UE connects and is connected (being DRB:Data Radio Bearer, Data Radio Bearer) with user's face all at macro eNB; When UE moves to macro cell and local cell when overlapping covered, all or part of user's face of UE connects (DRB) and is transferred to home base stations, to obtain higher service transmission rate, chain of command connection still remains on macro base station, to prevent that chain of command from connecting handoff failure and causing UE call drop.
Fig. 5 shows a kind of network architecture that adopts chain of command and user's face isolation technics, and UE is connected to two eNB simultaneously, and in figure, M-L interface represents the logic interfacing between macro eNB and local eNB.The SRB(Signalling Radio Bearer of UE, Signaling Radio Bearer) be retained on macro eNB, and all or part DRB(Data Radio Bearer Data Radio Bearer) PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY partly remain on local eNB.The upstream data of UE directly mails to SGW(gateway after arriving local eNB), the downlink data of UE directly mails to local eNB after arriving SGW, thereby has reduced the processing load of macro eNB to UE packet.Under this framework, be positioned at the protocol stack of local eNB carrying as shown in Figure 6.
Fig. 7 shows the another kind of network architecture that adopts chain of command and user's face isolation technics.Under this framework, be positioned at the protocol stack of local eNB carrying as shown in Figure 8.
At HetNet(Heterogeneous Network, heterogeneous network, by different sizes, type community, formed, as comprise: macro cell, local cell) under scene, because local cell coverage is little, UE slightly movement will trigger switching, therefore, can only user's face of UE be switched to local eNB.In order to support this characteristic, need to solve how to manage and distribute the problem of local cell resource, but not yet have at present corresponding solution.
Embodiment
In order to realize in carrying separated network, carry out local bearing resource management, the embodiment of the present invention provides following solution: the public resource of local cell is managed and configured by macro eNB, and by local eNB, carry out local management and configuration for the private resource of UE, when macro eNB determines to carry out chain of command and user's face lock out operation, local eNB is responsible for distributing proprietary random access resource, and for proprietary configuration informations such as RLC, the MAC of separated DRB and physical layers and notify macro eNB.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail.
As shown in Figure 9, when macro eNB determines to carry out chain of command and user's face lock out operation for UE, carry out following flow process:
Step 1:macro eNB sends carrying foundation request (Bear Setup Request) message and, to local eNB, includes the information of UE and the bearer related information of UE in this request message.
Concrete, carrying is set up in request message can be including but not limited to following information:
The AP ID(access point identity of interface), for this UE of unique identification on macro eNB, by macro eNB, distributed.Optionally, the unique identification of the UE that AP ID also can be distributed by macro eNB, as C-RNTI(Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier, Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier/Identity, Cell-RNTI) replace, or both comprise;
E-RAB ID, for E-RAB(Enhanced-Radio Access Bear of unique identification, the RAB of enhancing);
Macro eNB is for the transport layer address of each E-RAB;
The QoS(Quality of Service of separated DRB, service quality) parameter, as QCI(QoS Class Identifier, QoS classification logotype) or/and ARP(Allocation and Retention Priorit, distribute and keep priority) etc. parameter;
The PCell(main carrier of local eNB of expectation) and/or the auxiliary carrier wave of SCell() configuration, further can also comprise corresponding measurement result and cell type indication;
The part ability of UE, specifically comprises: UE Category(classification) and physical layer parameter, optional, also can comprise feature group sign.PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY for UE all or part DRB need remain on the framework on local eNB, and the part ability of UE also comprises PDCP parameter.Wherein, described physical layer parameter can comprise one of following parameter or combination: TxAntennaSelectionSupported(represents transmitting antenna selective power), SpecificRefSigsSupported(expresses support for specific reference signals ability), strengthen double-deck TDD(Time Division Duplexing, time division duplex), for PUCCH(Physical Uplink Control Channel, physical uplink control channel) two antenna ports, tm9-With-8Tx-FDD(expresses support for FDD 8 antennas), pmi-Disabling(represents to forbid PMI), across carrier frequency scheduling, parallel PUCCH-PUSCH(Physical Uplink Shared Channel, physical uplink link sharing channel) etc.
Step 2:local eNB receives after request message is set up in carrying and receives control, and in the situation that agreeing to receive, according to this carrying, setting up request message is that corresponding UE(sets up the AP ID that carries in request message or UE corresponding to C-RNTI with carrying) distribute private resource, and reply carrying and set up response (Bear Setup Response) message to macro eNB, in this response message, include the identification information of this UE and the dedicated resource information that local eNB distributes for this UE.
Concrete, concrete, carrying is set up in response message including but not limited to following information:
The AP ID of interface, for this UE of unique identification on local eNB, is distributed by local eNB;
E-RAB ID, for E-RAB of unique identification;
Local eNB is for the transport layer address of each E-RAB;
Local eNB is the dedicated resource information that UE distributes.
Wherein, local eNB is that the dedicated resource information that UE distributes can comprise one of following information or combination:
The PDCP configuration information (need to comprise this configuration information when the PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY of UE all or part DRB need remain on local eNB) of each separated carrying;
RLC configuration information of each separated carrying, wherein comprises up-downgoing AM(affirmation mode) or UM(Unacknowledged Mode) parameter etc.;
Logic Channel Identifier, the logic channel for unique identification local eNB for this UE;
Logic channel configuration, specifically comprises priority, PBR(Prioritized Bit Rate, priority speed) or BSD(Bucket Size Duration) etc. parameter;
MAC configuration information, specifically comprise one of following information or combination: BSR(Buffer Status Report, Buffer Status Report), PHR(physical layer frame head), DRX(discontinuous reception), SPS(semi-continuous scheduling) isoparametric configuration;
PCell under local eNB and SCell configuration information, optional, can also carry cell type (it is different that permission and macro eNB indicate);
Proprietary physical layer configurations information, specifically comprise one of following information or combination: PDSCH(Physical Downlink Shared Channel, physical down link sharing channel) proprietary configuration, the proprietary configuration of PUCCH, the proprietary configuration of PUSCH, the proprietary configuration of uplink power control, SoundingRS(is for the RS(Reference Signal of channel measurement, reference signal), also referred to as SRS) up proprietary configuration, CQI(Channel Quality Indicator, CQI) report configuration, the through-put power of TPC-PDCCH(PDCCH, wherein PDCCH is the english abbreviation of Physical Downlink Control Channel, Chinese is expressed as Physical Downlink Control Channel) configuration etc.,
RACH(Random Access Channel, Random Access Channel) proprietary configuration information, specifically comprise random access Preamble(pilot tone) index, and or/and Random Access Channel Mask(mask) index.
Step 3:macro eNB receives this carrying and sets up after response message, organizes and sends RRC connection and reshuffle (RRC Connection Reconfiguration) message, to notify corresponding UE to carry out chain of command and user's face lock out operation.In this message, include local eNB for the private resource of this UE configuration, and the information such as public resource configuration of local cell.Wherein, the private resource of this UE is set up response message from the carrying of step 3, and public resource configuration and the measurement configuration of local cell are configured by macro eNB.
Concrete, the public resource of the local cell that macro eNB configures can be including but not limited to following part or full detail:
RACH is or/and PRACH(Physical Random Access Channel, Physical Random Access Channel) common configuration information;
PDSCH common configuration information;
PUSCH common configuration information;
PHICH(Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel, physics HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, mixed automatic retransfer request) indicating channel) configuration information;
PUCCH common configuration information;
SoundingRS common configuration information;
Antenna configuration information;
P-Max(maximum transmission power);
TDD physical channel configuration information;
The information such as uplink cycle prefix length.
Step 4:local eNB receives after the synchronization message from separate users equipment, to macro eNB, sends bearing activation indication (Bear Active Indication) message.This step is optional.
Step 5: corresponding UE completes RRC and connects after reconfiguration operation, returns to RRC connection to macro eNB and has reshuffled (RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete) message.
UE receives to control and also can be realized by macro eNB, and in such cases, macro eNB, in the situation that judgement local cell can receive UE, sends carrying to this local cell and sets up request message, and other processing procedure and above-mentioned flow process are similar.
As shown in figure 10, if macro eNB determines to revise the carrying of having set up, carry out following flow process:
Step 1:macro eNB sends bearing modification request (Bear Modify Request) message to local eNB, in this request message, carry the Context identifier information of UE, as AP ID, in bearing modification request message, also include one of following information or combination:
The E-RAB information group increasing;
Need the E-RAB information group of deleting;
Need the E-RAB information group of revising.
Wherein, in the E-RAB information group increasing, include the E-RAB ID sign newly increasing, also can comprise macro eNB for the transport layer address of this E-RAB or/and corresponding qos parameter (as parameters such as QCI or ARP) etc.; The E-RAB ID that includes the user's carrying that will revise in the E-RAB information group that needs to revise, the qos parameter of renewal (as parameters such as QCI or ARP) etc.; The E-RAB ID that includes the user's carrying that will delete in the E-RAB information group that needs to delete.
Step 2:local eNB revises the i.e. UE corresponding with the AP ID carrying in bearing modification request message of corresponding UE(according to the bearing modification request message that receives) private resource, and organize and send bearing modification response (Bear Modify Response) message to macro eNB, wherein carry the identification information of UE, as the AP ID of interface.
If comprise the E-RAB information group increasing to some extent in bearing modification request message, local eNB, according to this information group, for respective carrier is distributed UE private resource, and returns to the bearing modification response message that carries corresponding E-RAB information group.In E-RAB information group in this response message, corresponding to each E-RAB newly increasing wherein, include but be not limited to following information: E-RAB ID, and local eNB is for the transport layer address of each E-RAB, dedicated resource information, wherein said dedicated resource information includes one of following information or combination: PDCP configuration information (PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY of UE all or part DRB need comprise this configuration information in the time of need remaining on local eNB), RLC configuration information, Logic Channel Identifier, logic channel configuration etc., can also comprise MAC configuration information and proprietary physical layer configurations information etc.
If include the E-RAB information group that needs are revised in bearing modification request message, local eNB, according to this information group, for the respective carrier of corresponding UE is revised UE private resource, and returns to the bearing modification response message that carries corresponding E-RAB information group.In E-RAB information group in this response message, corresponding to each amended E-RAB wherein, include following information: E-RAB ID and amended dedicated resource information, described amended dedicated resource information includes one of following information or combination: PDCP configuration information (PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY of UE all or part DRB need comprise this configuration information in the time of need remaining on local eNB), RLC configuration information, Logic Channel Identifier, logic channel configuration etc., can also comprise MAC configuration information and proprietary physical layer configurations information etc.
If include the E-RAB information group that needs are deleted in bearing modification request message, local eNB, according to this information group, deletes the private resource of the respective carrier of corresponding UE, and returns to the bearing modification response message that carries corresponding E-RAB information group.In E-RAB information group in this response message, each the deleted E-RAB corresponding to wherein, includes E-RAB ID.
Step 3:macro eNB receives this carrying and sets up after response message, organizes and sends RRC connection and reshuffle (RRC Connection Reconfiguration) message, to notify corresponding UE to carry out DRB reconfiguration operation.In this message, can contain the DRB private resource that UE reshuffles on local eNB, optional, also can comprise the information such as resource of reshuffling on macro eNB.Wherein, the DRB dedicated resource information that this UE reshuffles on local eNB is from the bearing modification response message of step 2.
Step 4: corresponding UE completes RRC and connects after reconfiguration operation, returns to RRC connection to macro eNB and has reshuffled (RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete) message.
As shown in figure 11, if local determines to revise MAC or the proprietary configuration information of physical layer of UE, carry out following flow process:
Step 1:local eNB sends bearer update request (Bear Modify Request) message and, to macro eNB, carries the Context identifier information of UE, as AP ID in this request message.Optionally, in this request message, go back the MAC configuration of portability suggestion and proprietary physical layer configurations changed information etc.
Step 2:macro eNB tissue and transmission bearer update response (Bear Modify Response) message are to local eNB.This step is optional.
Step 3:macro eNB organizes and sends RRC and reshuffles (RRC Connection Reconfiguration) message, to notify the i.e. UE corresponding with the AP ID carrying in bearer update request message of corresponding UE() carry out reconfiguration operation.In this message, can include MAC layer or physical layer Proprietary Information that UE reshuffles on local eNB, optional, also can comprise the information such as resource of reshuffling on macro eNB.
Step 4: corresponding UE completes RRC and connects after reconfiguration operation, returns to RRC connection to macro eNB and has reshuffled (RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete) message.
As shown in figure 12, if macro eNB determines to delete UE at the context of local eNB, carry out following flow process:
Step 1:macro eNB sends deleting load-bearing (Bear Delete Request) message and, to local eNB, carries the Context identifier information of UE, as AP ID in this message.
Step 2:local eNB tissue and transmission deleting load-bearing response (Bear Delete Response) message are to macro eNB.This step is optional.
Step 3:macro eNB organizes and sends RRC connection and reshuffles (RRC Connection Reconfiguration) message, to notify the i.e. UE corresponding with the AP ID carrying in deleting load-bearing message of corresponding UE() carry out DRB deletion action, in message, can indicate the information such as resource of reshuffling on all resources of UE on local eNB and macro eNB of deleting.
Step 4: corresponding UE completes after corresponding deletion action, returns to RRC connection to macro eNB and has reshuffled (RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete) message.
By above description, can find out, the embodiment of the present invention is carried out the configuration of UE private resource and management by local eNB, makes user's face of UE can be separated to local eNB, has reduced the number of times that UE carries out chain of command switching, has reduced UE call drop probability.
Technical conceive based on identical, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of macro base station equipment (macro eNB described above).
Referring to Figure 13, the structural representation of the base station equipment providing for the embodiment of the present invention, this equipment can comprise receiver module 1301, resource distribution indicating module 1302, also can further comprise sending module 1303, wherein:
Receiver module 1301, for receiving user's dedicated resource information of home base stations configuration;
Resource distribution indicating module 1302, for user's dedicated resource information that described home base stations is configured, and the local public resource information of described macro base station configuration, send to respective user equipment, to indicate described respective user equipment to carry out resource distribution.
At this equipment, determine subscriber equipment to carry out chain of command when separated with user's face, sending module 1303 sends to target local base station to carry sets up request message.Accordingly, receiver module 1301 receives the carrying of returning described target local base station and sets up response message, wherein carries user's dedicated resource information that described target local base station is described user equipment allocation; Resource distribution indicating module 1302 sends RRC to the subscriber equipment that carries out chain of command and the separation of user's face and is connected reconfiguration message, wherein carry user's dedicated resource information that described target local base station is configured to described user device configuration, and the local public resource information of described macro base station configuration.Wherein, the local public resource information of described macro base station configuration, the content of request message is set up in described carrying, and carries the content of setting up response message, as previously mentioned.
When this equipment determines that the built user who stands on home base stations of modification is carried, sending module 1303 sends bearing modification request message to described home base stations.Accordingly, the bearing modification response message that receiver module 1301 also returns for receiving described home base stations, wherein carries user's dedicated resource information that described home base stations distributes according to described bearing modification request message; Resource distribution indicating module 1302 also sends RRC for the subscriber equipment being modified to user's carrying and connects reconfiguration message, wherein carries user's dedicated resource information of described home base stations configuration.Wherein, the content of described bearing modification request message, and the content of described bearing modification response message, ditto described in.
Home base stations is revised after the MAC layer or the proprietary configuration information of physical layer of subscriber equipment, sends bearer update request message.Accordingly, receiver module 1301 also, for receiving the described bearer update request message of home base stations transmission, wherein carries the Context identifier of described subscriber equipment, and the configuration of the MAC layer of suggestion and proprietary physical layer configurations changed information.Accordingly, resource distribution indicating module 1302 also sends RRC for the subscriber equipment to being modified MAC layer or the proprietary configuration information of physical layer and connects reconfiguration message, wherein carries the configuration of MAC layer and the proprietary physical layer configurations changed information of described home base stations suggestion.
When this equipment determines that the user of deletion subscriber equipment on home base stations carried, sending module 1303 also, for sending deleting load-bearing message to described home base stations, wherein carries the Context identifier information of described subscriber equipment.Accordingly, resource distribution indicating module 1302 also sends RRC for the subscriber equipment to deleted user's carrying and connects reconfiguration message, wherein carries the information of deleting all resources of described subscriber equipment on home base stations of indicating.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can be well understood to the mode that the present invention can add essential general hardware platform by software and realize, and can certainly pass through hardware, but in a lot of situation, the former is better execution mode.Understanding based on such, the part that technical scheme of the present invention contributes to prior art in essence in other words can embody with the form of software product, this computer software product is stored in a storage medium, comprise that some instructions are with so that a station terminal equipment (can be mobile phone, personal computer, server, or the network equipment etc.) carry out the method described in each embodiment of the present invention.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention; it should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the premise without departing from the principles of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be looked protection scope of the present invention.