CN103813422B

CN103813422B - A kind of control method of small base station, equipment and system

Info

Publication number: CN103813422B
Application number: CN201210443991.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 常俊仁; 冯淑兰
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2012-11-08
Filing date: 2012-11-08
Publication date: 2017-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2032-11-08
Also published as: CN103813422A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of control method of small base station, including：The control message of UE generation control small base stations, the control message carry the mark of command messages and the small base station, and the command messages are used for the business transfer function that order macro base station is turned on and off the small base station；The UE sends the control message to the macro base station, so that the macro base station is turned on and off the business transfer function between the user equipment according to the command information, the instruction small base station corresponding with the mark.The correspondingly control device and system for the small base station that the embodiment of the present invention also provides.The embodiment of the present invention can realize that the business transfer function of small base station is controlled by user, and such user can effectively control the radiation of the power consumption and small base station of small base station to human body.

Description

Control method, equipment and system for small base station

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a system for controlling a small base station.

Background

To meet The User requirements, The third generation partnership project (3 GPP) introduced Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology, which is mainly a technology in which a User Equipment (UE) can simultaneously use a plurality of Component Carriers (CCs) for uplink and downlink communication, thereby supporting high-rate data transmission.

CA technologies can be further divided into intra-site carrier aggregation technologies (e.g., intra-site CA), for which multiple aggregated CCs are located at the same site, and inter-site carrier aggregation technologies (e.g., inter-site CA), for which multiple aggregated CCs are located at different sites. In the inter-site carrier aggregation technology, a typical scenario is that a macro base station uses a low frequency CC, and further deploys a small base station, and the small base station mainly uses a high frequency CC.

The macro base station mainly uses a low frequency CC for wide coverage to perform connection control and mobility management well, while the small base station mainly uses a high frequency CC, which is characterized by rich resources and can allocate a large bandwidth for data transmission, but the coverage area of the high frequency CC is small, and the small range can cause the UE to perform frequent cell handover or cell reselection. Therefore, recently, in the fifth generation mobile communication technology, an idea of separating a control plane from a user plane has been proposed, which is mainly characterized in that a low-frequency CC of a macro base station is mainly responsible for control plane processing of a UE, for example, operations in mobility management such as cell handover and reselection of the UE, and also may be responsible for transmission of a certain low-rate data service, while a high-frequency CC of a small base station is completely used for transmission of user plane data.

Further, since most high-rate data services occur indoors, based on the above separation of the control plane and the user plane, a small base station is deployed indoors, and the small base station provides high-rate data services for the UE with the assistance of the macro base station. For indoor scenarios, especially for home environments, how to control the state (on or off) of the service transmission function of the small base station to reduce the power consumption of the small base station and reduce the radiation of the small base station to human body is an urgent problem to be solved.

In the above-mentioned technology, the state of the service transmission function of the small base station cannot be controlled by the user, and the user cannot effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to the human body.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method, equipment and a system of a small-sized base station, which can realize that the service transmission function of the small-sized base station is controlled by a user, so that the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small-sized base station and the radiation of the small-sized base station to a human body.

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling a small base station, including:

the method comprises the steps that UE generates a control message for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

and the UE sends the control message to the macro base station, so that the macro base station instructs the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the UE and the macro base station according to the command information.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for controlling a small base station, including:

a macro base station receives a control message which is sent by UE and used for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

the macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

and sending the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier so as to enable the small base station to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for controlling a small base station, including:

the method comprises the steps that a small base station receives an indication message sent by a macro base station, wherein the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by UE, and the indication message is used for indicating to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

and the small base station starts or closes a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the indication message.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a UE, including: a control message generating unit and a control message transmitting unit, wherein:

a control message generating unit, configured to generate a control message for controlling a small base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used to command a macro base station to turn on or turn off a service transmission function of the small base station;

and the control message sending unit is used for sending the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station instructs the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the command information.

A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a macro base station, including: a control message receiving unit, an indication message generating unit and an indication message sending unit, wherein:

a control message receiving unit, configured to receive a control message for controlling a small base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used to command a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

an indication message generating unit, configured to generate an indication message based on the control message, where the indication message is used to indicate to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment;

and the indication message sending unit is used for sending the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier so as to enable the small base station to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment.

A sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a small base station, including: an indication message receiving unit and a control unit, wherein:

an indication message receiving unit, configured to receive an indication message sent by a macro base station, where the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by a UE, and the indication message is used to indicate to turn on or turn off a service transmission function with the UE;

and the control unit is used for starting or closing the service transmission function between the UE and the control unit according to the indication message.

A seventh aspect of the present invention provides a control system for a small base station, including: the UE, the macro base station, and the small base station.

In the technical scheme, the UE generates a control message for controlling the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station; the UE sends the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station can instruct the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close the service transmission function between the UE and the macro base station according to the command information, and therefore the UE can control the start or the close of the service transmission function of the small base station, the UE is controlled by user operation, and therefore the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small bs according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small bs according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small bs according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small bs according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small bs according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small bs according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of another small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system of a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of another UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of another UE according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 22 is a schematic structural diagram of another small base station provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of another small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 24 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system of another small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for controlling a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, including:

101. the method comprises the steps that UE generates a control message for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

102. and the UE sends the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station indicates the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the UE and the macro base station according to the command information.

It should be noted that, when the control message indicates to start the service transmission function of the small base station, the macro base station transmits the control message to the small base station after receiving the control message, and the small base station starts the service transmission function after receiving the control message. Similarly, the service transmission function of the small base station can be closed.

When the small base station starts the service transmission function, the UE can perform service transmission with the small base station to receive or transmit data, and when the small base station closes the service transmission function, the UE cannot perform service transmission with the small base station.

In the technical scheme, the UE generates a control message for controlling the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station; and the UE sends the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station indicates the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the UE and the macro base station according to the command information. Therefore, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small-sized base station, and the UE is controlled by user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small-sized base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small-sized base station and the radiation of the small-sized base station to a human body.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of another method for controlling a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, including:

201. and the UE receives a request message which is sent by the macro base station and requests to open or close the small base station.

Optionally, when the request message requests to start the service transmission function of the small base station, before step 201 is executed, the UE may already establish a Radio resource control protocol (RRC) connection with the macro base station, and the service transmission function of the small base station is currently in a closed state, so that the macro base station may send the request message to the UE to request the UE to initiate a message for starting the service transmission function to the small base station.

Optionally, when the request message requests to start the service transmission function of the small base station, the request message sent by the macro base station to the UE may further carry an identifier of the small base station, so that the user knows which small base station the macro base station requests to start the service transmission function.

Optionally, when the request message requests to close the service transmission function of the small base station, before step 201 is executed, the UE may already establish an RRC connection with the macro base station, the small base station already opens the service transmission function, and the UE and the small base station may already establish a connection, perform data transmission, or not perform data transmission. When the UE triggers to perform RRC connection release with the macro base station, the macro base station may send the request message to the UE, request the UE to close a service transmission function of the small base station, or send a message to the UE inquiring whether to close the small base station. The UE may also maintain RRC connection with the macro base station, but the small base station is currently in an idle state, and at this time, the macro base station may also send the request message to the UE.

As an optional implementation manner, the request message received by the UE may also carry reason information for turning on or off the small cell base station.

For example, when the request message requests to turn on the service transmission function of the small base station, the request message may carry reason information indicating to turn on the service transmission function of the small base station, and the reason information may be reason information indicating that after turning on the service transmission function of the small base station, the small base station may provide a service with a better quality than the service currently enjoyed by the UE, or reason information indicating that the UE needs to turn on assistance of the small base station for the current service.

For example, when the request message is a request for turning off the service transmission function of the small base station, the request message may carry reason information indicating that the service transmission function of the small base station is turned off, and the reason information may be reason information indicating that the small base station is currently in an idle mode or is in an idle mode for a long time. The reason information in the present invention includes, but is not limited to, the reason information listed above.

202. And the UE generates a control message for controlling the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and the identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close the service transmission function of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, step 202 may specifically include:

and the UE acquires operation information which is input by a user and used for indicating and controlling the small-sized base station, and generates the control message according to the operation information.

In this embodiment, the control message may be generated according to the operation information input by the user, so that the user may operate to implement the on or state of the service transmission function of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, step 202 may specifically include:

and the UE generates the control message according to the state of the application program of the UE.

In this embodiment, the control information may be generated according to the state of the application program of the UE, so that the UE may automatically control the start or state of the service transmission function of the small base station. Of course, the above-mentioned application program is approved by the user, but the user does not need to perform any operation in the process of generating the control message, but the conditions for generating the control message are set or approved by the user. If the user presets the application program, when the user plane data transmission with the network side is needed, the application program triggers and generates the control message.

203. And the UE sends the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station indicates the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the UE and the macro base station according to the command information.

Optionally, the control message may be explicit information indicating to turn on or turn off the small base station, or may be acknowledgement information of a request message for starting or turning off the small base station, where the request message is sent by the macro base station.

Therefore, the macro base station can send the request message to the UE, and the UE generates the control message after receiving the request message so as to control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station. Of course, after receiving the request message sent by the macro base station, the UE may also reject the request according to the operation information or the application program input by the user, and send an indication message indicating not to turn on or turn off the small base station to the macro base station.

As an optional embodiment, when step 201 does not exist, the present invention may also be implemented, in which the UE actively sends the control message to the macro base station. Wherein, the UE actively sends the control message to the macro base station, as in step 202:

the UE acquires operation information which is input by a user and used for indicating and controlling the small-sized base station, and generates the control message according to the operation information; or,

In this embodiment, step 202 may be specifically executed during the RRC connection between the UE and the macro base station, or may be executed after the RRC connection between the UE and the macro base station is established. Certainly, in this embodiment, the control message sent to the macro base station in step 202 may carry an identifier of the small base station, so that the macro base station determines the small base station according to the identifier, and sends the control message to the determined small base station, thereby implementing control of the service transmission function of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, before performing step 201, the method may further include:

and the UE sends the relation information of the UE and the small base station, which is executed in the step to be implemented, to the macro base station, wherein the relation information indicates the subscription relation between the UE and the small base station.

Optionally, the legal UE may specifically mean that the UE may use the small cell, and the small cell may provide a service for the UE.

Optionally, the step of sending, by the UE, the relationship information between the UE and the small base station to the macro base station may be specifically executed when the UE uses the small base station for the first time.

After receiving the relationship information, the macro base station may store the relationship information or send the relationship information to core network equipment (e.g., a mobility management entity, a serving gateway, or other equipment), and after receiving the control message sent by the UE, the macro base station may determine whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station corresponding to the identifier, or the macro base station sends the control message to the core network equipment and the core network equipment determines whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station corresponding to the identifier. When the UE is judged to be a valid UE of the small base station corresponding to the identifier, the macro base station may send the control message to the small base station, so as to control the turning on or off of the service transmission function of the small base station.

In this embodiment, it can be realized that only the legitimate UE of the small cell can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small cell, so as to avoid the illegitimate UE from opening or closing the service transmission function of the small cell.

As an optional implementation manner, when the small cell base station fails to turn on or off the service transmission function, after step 203, the method may further include:

and the UE receives a message which is sent by the macro base station and indicates that the small base station starts or closes the service transmission function between the UE and fails.

Therefore, when the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, the UE can know that the UE can generate a prompt signal after receiving the message so as to inform a user that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, so that the user can take corresponding measures.

Optionally, the message carries reason information of failure of the small base station to start or close the service transmission function.

Optionally, the reason information may specifically be reason information indicating that a power supply is not turned on or indicating that a small base station has a certain fault, and the reason information may be displayed after the UE receives the reason information, so that a user may adopt a corresponding measure.

As an optional implementation manner, the service transmission function specifically refers to a function of the small base station receiving service or data sent by the UE, and/or a function of sending service or data to the UE. For example, the function of turning on the service transmission of the small base station may be a function of turning on the small base station to receive the service or data transmitted by the UE, and/or a function of turning on the small base station to receive the service or data transmitted by the UE.

In the above technical solution, a step of receiving, by the UE, a request sent by the macro base station to open or close the service transmission function of the small base station is added on the basis of the above embodiment, so that the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station is triggered by the macro base station. Meanwhile, the service transmission function of the small base station can be controlled by a user, so that the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another method for controlling a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, including:

301. a macro base station receives a control message which is sent by UE and used for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

302. the macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment;

303. and the macro base station sends the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier so as to enable the small base station to start or close the service transmission function between the macro base station and the UE.

And after receiving the indication message, the small base station starts or closes the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the indication message.

In the above technical solution, the macro base station receives a control message sent by the UE, generates an indication message based on the control message, and sends the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier, where the indication message is used to indicate to turn on or turn off the service transmission function of the small base station, so that the UE can control the turning on or off of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by a user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by the user, and thus the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small base station according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, including:

401. the method comprises the steps that a macro base station receives a control message which is sent by UE and used for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station.

402. The macro base station judges whether the UE is legal relative to the small base station or not according to the relationship information of the UE and the small base station acquired in advance; when the result of the determination is yes, step 403 is triggered.

Optionally, when the determination result is negative, the process is ended or a rejection indication is sent to the UE, indicating that the UE is an lawful user of the small cell.

Optionally, before performing step 402, the macro base station may acquire relationship information (subscription relationship or association relationship) between the UE and the small base station, such as relationship information sent by the small base station or relationship information sent by the UE, where the relationship information indicates whether the UE is a legitimate UE of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, before performing step 402, the method may further include:

a macro base station receives relationship information between the UE and the small base station, wherein the relationship information indicates the subscription relationship between the UE and the small base station; or,

the macro base station receives the relation information of the UE and the small base station, which is sent by the small base station, wherein the relation information indicates the subscription relation of the UE and the small base station, or,

the macro base station receives relationship information, which is sent by core network equipment (such as mobile management equipment or a serving gateway), of the UE and the small base station, wherein the relationship information indicates a subscription relationship between the UE and the small base station.

The foregoing steps may be specifically performed when the UE uses the small cell for the first time, and the foregoing legal UE may specifically mean that the UE can use the small cell, and the small cell can provide a service for the UE.

403. The macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

404. and the macro base station sends the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier so as to enable the small base station to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE.

The macro base station can send the indication message to the small base station only when receiving the control message sent by the legal UE of the small base station, so that the business transmission function of controlling the small base station by the legal UE is realized.

As an optional implementation manner, when the indication message indicates to turn on a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE, step 403 may include:

when the macro base station establishes Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the UE, generating an indication message based on the control message; or

After establishing Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the UE, the macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message;

when the indication message indicates to turn off the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE, step 403 may include:

and the macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message and releases RRC connection with the UE.

As an optional implementation manner, the determination of whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station may be specifically determined by a core network device (e.g., a mobility management entity or a serving gateway). In this embodiment, step 402 may specifically include:

a macro base station sends a judgment request message to core network equipment so that the core network equipment judges whether UE is legal relative to a small base station or not according to relationship information of the UE and the small base station, wherein the relationship information is acquired by the core network equipment in advance, and the judgment request message carries an identifier of the small base station;

the macro base station receives a message indicating that the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station, and triggers step 403.

Optionally, the message indicating that the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station received in the above step is specifically sent by the core network device when the core network device determines that the UE is a valid UE.

Optionally, the determination request message is specifically the same as the control message, or may be a determination request message generated by the macro base station according to the control message.

After receiving the judgment request message, the core network device may determine the small base station according to the identifier, and when receiving the judgment request message, the core network device may identify the UE corresponding to the judgment request message, that is, the core network device may determine which UE the UE corresponding to the judgment request message is without receiving the identifier of the UE. After the core network device determines the small-sized base station and the UE, it may determine whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small-sized base station according to the relationship information obtained in advance, and if the UE is determined to be a valid UE with respect to the small-sized base station, the core network device may send the indication message to the macro base station to inform the macro base station that the UE is a valid UE of the small-sized base station.

In this embodiment, the determination of whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station may be performed by the core network device, so that a large amount of information about the relationship between the UE and the small base station stored in the macro base station may be saved.

As an optional implementation manner, the service transmission function specifically refers to a function of the small base station receiving service or data sent by the UE, and/or a function of sending service or data to the UE. For example, the function of turning on the service transmission of the small base station may be a function of turning on the small base station to receive service or data transmitted by the UE, and/or a function of turning on the small base station to transmit service data to the UE.

In the above technical solution, on the basis of the above embodiment, a step of determining whether the UE is a valid UE is added, so that only the valid UE of the small base station can control the start of the service transmission function of the small base station. Meanwhile, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small base station according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, including:

501. and the macro base station sends a request message for requesting to turn on or turn off the small base station to the UE.

Optionally, when the request message requests to open the service transmission function of the small base station, before step 501 is executed, the UE may already establish an RRC connection with the macro base station, and the service transmission function of the small base station is currently in an off state, so that the macro base station may send the request message to the UE to request the UE to initiate a message to open the service transmission function to the small base station.

Optionally, when the request message requests to start the service transmission function of the small base station, the request message sent by the macro base station to the UE may further carry an identifier of the small base station, so that the user knows which small base station the macro base station requests to start the service transmission function. Of course, when only one small bs serving the UE is determined, the UE may not carry the indication of the small bs.

Optionally, when the request message requests to close the service transmission function of the small base station, before step 501 is executed, the UE may already establish an RRC connection with the macro base station, the small base station already opens the service transmission function, and the UE and the small base station may already establish a connection, perform data transmission, or not perform data transmission. When the UE triggers to perform RRC connection release with the macro base station, the macro base station may send the request message to the UE, requesting the UE to close the service transmission function of the small base station. The UE may also maintain RRC connection with the macro base station, but the small base station is currently in an idle state, and at this time, the macro base station may also send the request message to the UE to request to close the service transmission function of the small base station.

For example, when the request message requests to turn on the service transmission function of the small base station, the request message may carry reason information indicating to turn on the service transmission function of the small base station, and the reason information may be reason information indicating that after turning on the service transmission function of the small base station, the small base station may provide a service with a higher quality of service than the service currently enjoyed by the user equipment, or reason information indicating that the UE needs to turn on assistance of the small base station for the current service.

502. A macro base station receives a control message which is sent by UE and used for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

503. and the macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or turn off the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE.

504. And the macro base station sends the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier so as to enable the small base station to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE.

In this embodiment, the macro base station may send the request message to the UE to request the UE to start the service transmission function of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, before step 501, the method may further include:

the macro base station judges whether the UE is legal relative to the small base station or not according to the relationship information of the UE and the small base station acquired in advance; and triggering the macro base station to send a request message for requesting to turn on or turn off the small base station to the UE when the judgment result is yes.

Optionally, before performing the step, the macro base station may obtain relationship information (subscription relationship or association relationship) between the UE and the small base station, such as relationship information sent by the small base station or relationship information sent by the UE, where the relationship information indicates whether the UE is a legitimate UE of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, before performing the step of determining, by the macro base station, whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station according to the relationship information between the UE and the small base station, the method may further include:

and the macro base station receives the relation information between the UE and the small base station, which is sent by the core network equipment, wherein the relation information indicates the subscription relation between the UE and the small base station.

Therefore, the request message sent by the macro base station only to the legal UE of the small base station can be realized, and the service transmission function of controlling the small base station by the legal UE can be realized.

As an optional implementation manner, the determination of whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station may be specifically determined by a core network device (e.g., a mobility management entity or a serving gateway). In this embodiment, before performing step 501, the method may further include:

the macro base station receives a message indicating that the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station, and triggers step 501.

Optionally, the determination request message is specifically a determination request message generated by the macro base station according to the request message.

In this embodiment, the UE can be determined by the core network device with respect to whether the small base station is a valid UE, so that unnecessary storage overhead of the macro base station can be saved, and the request message sent by the macro base station only to the valid UE of the small base station can be realized, so as to control the service transmission function of the small base station by the valid UE.

As an optional implementation manner, step 501 may specifically include:

the macro base station sends a request message for requesting the legal UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message for requesting the legal UE to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the legal UE, and the current serving macro base station of the legal UE sends the request message for requesting the legal UE to close the small base station to the legal UE.

It should be noted that, if all the UEs are under the current macro base station, the macro base station may directly send a message requesting to close the small base station to all the UEs without sending a request to the mobility management entity.

As an optional implementation manner, step 502 may specifically include:

the method comprises the steps that a macro base station directly or indirectly receives a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by a legal UE current serving macro base station of the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent to the legal UE current serving macro base station by the legal UE.

Optionally, the above indirectly receiving the control message for controlling the small base station sent by the current serving macro base station of the valid UE means that the macro base station receives and receives the control message sent by the core network device, where the control message is sent to the core network device by the current serving macro base station of the valid UE.

Optionally, the step of sending, by the macro base station to the mobility management entity, the request message for requesting the valid UE to close the small base station may specifically include:

and when the time that the macro base station measures that the small base station is in the idle mode reaches a certain threshold value, the macro base station sends a request message for requesting the legal UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity.

Certainly, the present invention includes but is not limited to the condition that the time that the small base station is in the idle mode reaches a certain threshold, and for example, the present invention may further include that when the load of the macro base station is less than a certain threshold, that is, the macro base station may have an excess capacity to perform service transmission with the UE, a procedure for closing the small base station may be sent.

It should be noted that the macro base station receiving the control message for controlling the small base station sent by the current serving macro base station of the legitimate UE means that the macro base station receives the control message for controlling the small base station sent by all the macro base stations served by the legitimate UE of the small base stations. As for the above small base station having 5 legitimate UEs, the macro base station only receives the control message sent by the macro base station served by the 5 UEs, and the macro base station performs step 503 to send the indication message to the small base station, so as to control the service transmission function of the small base station to be turned off.

Optionally, after the current serving macro base station of the legitimate UE receives the request message, the request message may be specifically sent to the legitimate UE through a broadcast message. Such as by sending the request message via a paging message.

After receiving the request message, the legitimate UE may select whether to close the small base station according to a user operation or an application program, and if so, send the control message instructing to close the service transmission function of the small base station to the current serving macro base station.

In this embodiment, it may be implemented that the macro base station sends the control message to the small base station only if all UEs of the small base station send the control message instructing to close the service transmission function of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, when there is a master UE in the legal UEs corresponding to the small base station, step 501 may specifically include:

the macro base station sends a request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the main control UE, and the current serving macro base station of the main control UE sends the request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to the main control UE.

As an optional implementation manner, when there is a master UE in the legal UEs corresponding to the small base station, step 502 may specifically include:

and the macro base station directly or indirectly receives a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by the current serving macro base station of the main control UE, wherein the control message carries the identification of the small base station, indicates to close the service transmission function of the small base station, and is sent to the current serving macro base station of the main control UE by the main control UE.

It should be noted that, if the main control UE is under the current macro base station, that is, the macro base station is the serving empty base station of the main control UE, the macro base station may directly send a message requesting to close the small base station to the main control UE without sending a request to the mobility management entity.

Optionally, the step of sending the request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to the mobility management entity may specifically include:

and when the macro base station measures that the time of the small base station in the idle mode reaches a certain threshold value, the macro base station sends a request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity.

In this embodiment, the small base station has the master control UE, and certainly, the small base station may have a plurality of legal UEs besides the master control UE, but the macro base station sends the indication message to the small base station only after receiving the control message sent by the master control UE, so that the service transmission function of the small base station can be closed only by the master control UE.

Note that, when the control message instructs to turn off the traffic function of the small base station, the UE and the small base station are in a state of maintaining data plane connection before step 501 is executed.

As an optional implementation manner, when the small cell base station fails to turn on or off the service transmission function of the small cell base station after receiving the indication message, after performing step 503, the method further includes:

a macro base station receives a message which is sent by the small base station and indicates that the small base station fails to start or close a service transmission function, wherein the message carries reason information of the failure of the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

and the macro base station sends the message indicating that the small base station starts or stops the service transmission function failure with the UE to the UE.

Therefore, when the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function of the small base station, the macro base station can receive a message which is sent by the small base station and indicates that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, the macro base station can also send the message to the UE to inform the UE that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, and the UE can take corresponding measures after receiving the message.

In the above technical solution, a step is added on the basis of the above embodiment in which the macro base station sends a request message requesting to open or close the service transmission function of the small base station to the UE, so that the macro base station can trigger the UE to open or close the service transmission function of the small base station. Meanwhile, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for another small cell base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, including:

601. the method comprises the steps that a small base station receives an indication message sent by a macro base station, wherein the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by UE, and the indication message is used for indicating to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

602. and the small base station starts or closes a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the indication message.

In the technical scheme, a small base station receives an indication message sent by a macro base station, wherein the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by UE (user equipment), and the indication message is used for indicating to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE; and the small base station starts or closes a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the indication message. Therefore, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small-sized base station, and the UE is controlled by the operation of the user, so that the service transmission function of the small-sized base station is controlled by the user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small-sized base station and the radiation of the small-sized base station to a human body.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a small base station according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, including:

701. the method comprises the steps that a small base station receives an indication message sent by a macro base station, wherein the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by UE, and the indication message is used for indicating to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

702. and the small base station starts or closes a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the indication message.

703. And the small base station sends a confirmation message indicating that the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE is opened or closed to the macro base station.

Therefore, after the small base station starts or closes the service transmission function, the confirmation message indicating that the service transmission function of the small base station is started or closed can be sent to the macro base station, so that the macro base station sends the message to the UE, and the UE can know that the service transmission function of the small base station is started or closed.

As an optional implementation manner, before performing step 701, the method may further include:

the small base station periodically starts a signal detection function to acquire an indication message sent by the macro base station;

optionally, when the small base station activation signal detection function is activated, a simple pulse signal, a low layer signaling (for example, a physical layer signaling) or a high layer message (for example, an MAC layer or an RRC layer message) sent by the macro base station may be specifically detected to detect whether the macro base station requires to activate or deactivate the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE.

In this embodiment, the small base station does not need the detection function of the long-term on signal, and thus the effect of saving the power consumption of the small base station can be achieved.

As an optional implementation, the method may further include:

and when determining that the service transmission function is failed to be opened or the service transmission function is failed to be closed, the small base station sends a message indicating that the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE is failed to be opened or closed to the macro base station.

Optionally, the message carries the reason information of the opening failure.

After receiving the message, the macro base station may send the message to the UE, so that the UE knows that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, and the UE may adopt a corresponding measure.

and the small base station sends the relation information of the UE and the small base station to a macro base station, wherein the relation information indicates the subscription relation of the UE and the small base station.

After receiving the relationship information, the macro base station may store the relationship information, or send the relationship information to core network equipment (for example, a mobile management entity, a serving gateway, or other equipment) for storage, and after receiving the control message sent by the UE, the macro base station may determine whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station corresponding to the identifier, or send the control message to the core network equipment, and the core network equipment determines whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station corresponding to the identifier. When the UE is judged to be a valid UE of the small base station corresponding to the identifier, the macro base station may send the control message to the small base station, so as to control the turning on or off of the service transmission function of the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, the service transmission function specifically refers to a function of the small base station receiving service or data sent by the UE, and/or a function of sending service or data to the UE. For example, the function of turning on the service transmission of the small base station may be a function of turning on the small base station to receive service or data transmitted by the UE, and/or a function of turning on the small base station to transmit the service or data to the UE.

In the foregoing technical solution, it may be implemented on the basis of the above embodiment that, after the small base station turns on or turns off the service transmission function, a message indicating that the service transmission function with the UE is turned on or off may be sent to the macro base station. Meanwhile, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

For convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiments of the present invention are shown, and specific technical details are not disclosed, please refer to first embodiment, second embodiment, third embodiment, fourth embodiment, fifth embodiment, sixth embodiment and seventh embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, including: a control message generating unit 81 and a control message transmitting unit 82, wherein:

a control message generating unit 81, configured to generate a control message for controlling a small base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used to command a macro base station to turn on or turn off a service transmission function of the small base station;

a control message sending unit 82, configured to send the control message to the macro base station, so that the macro base station instructs, according to the command information, the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function with the UE.

In the technical scheme, the UE generates a control message for controlling the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station; the UE sends the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station can instruct the small base station corresponding to the identifier to open or close the service transmission function between the UE and the macro base station according to the command information, and therefore the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, the UE is controlled by user operation, and therefore the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and therefore the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, including: a request message receiving unit 91, a control message generating unit 92, and a control message transmitting unit 93, wherein:

a request message receiving unit 91, configured to receive a request message that requests to turn on or turn off the small base station and is sent by the macro base station.

Optionally, when the request message requests to start the service transmission function of the small base station, before the request message receiving unit 91 receives the request message, the UE may already establish an RRC connection with the macro base station, and the service transmission function of the small base station is currently in a closed state, so that the macro base station may send the request message to the UE to request the UE to initiate a message for starting the service transmission function to the small base station.

Optionally, when the request message requests to close the service transmission function of the small base station, before the request message receiving unit 91 receives the request message, the UE may already establish an RRC connection with the macro base station, the small base station already opens the service transmission function, and the UE and the small base station may already establish a connection, and perform data transmission or not perform data transmission. When the UE triggers to perform RRC connection release with the macro base station, the macro base station may send the request message to the UE, request the UE to close a service transmission function of the small base station, or send a message to the UE inquiring whether to close the small base station. The UE may also maintain RRC connection with the macro base station, but the small base station is currently in an idle state, and at this time, the macro base station may also send the request message to the UE.

For example, when the request message requests to turn on the service transmission function of the small base station, the request message may carry reason information indicating to turn on the service transmission function of the small base station, and the reason information may be reason information indicating that after turning on the service transmission function of the small base station, the small base station may provide a service with better quality than the service currently enjoyed by the user equipment, or reason information indicating that the UE needs to turn on assistance of the small base station for the current service.

A control message generating unit 92, configured to generate a control message for controlling the small base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used to command the macro base station to turn on or turn off a service transmission function of the small base station.

As an alternative embodiment, the control message generating unit 92 may be further configured to acquire operation information, which is input by a user and used for instructing to control the small base station, and generate the control message according to the operation information.

As an optional implementation manner, the control message generating unit 92 may be further configured to generate the control message according to a state of an application program of the UE.

And a control message sending unit 93, configured to send the control message to the macro base station, so that the macro base station instructs, according to the command information, the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function with the UE.

The control message may be explicit information indicating to turn on or turn off the small base station, or may be acknowledgement information of a request message for starting or turning off the small base station, which is sent by the macro base station.

As an alternative embodiment, the present invention may also be implemented when the request message receiving unit 91 does not exist, in this embodiment, the UE actively sends the control message to the macro base station. Of course, in this embodiment, the control message sent by the control message sending unit 93 may carry an identifier of the small base station, so as to determine the small base station according to the identifier by using the macro base station, and send the control message to the determined small base station, thereby implementing control of the service transmission function of the small base station.

As an optional implementation, the UE may further include:

a relation information sending unit (not shown in the drawing) configured to send, to a macro base station, relation information between the UE and the small base station, where the relation information indicates a subscription relation between the UE and the small base station.

Optionally, the sending of the relationship information between the UE and the small base station to the macro base station by the relationship information sending unit may be specifically performed when the UE uses the small base station for the first time.

As an optional implementation, the UE may further include:

a failure message receiving unit (not shown in the drawing) configured to receive, when the small base station fails to turn on or turn off the service transmission function, a message that indicates that the small base station fails to turn on or turn off the service transmission function and is sent by the macro base station.

In the foregoing technical solution, on the basis of the above embodiment, the UE may receive the request sent by the macro base station to open or close the service transmission function of the small base station, so that the macro base station may trigger the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station. Meanwhile, the service transmission function of the small base station can be controlled by a user, so that the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 10, the macro base station includes: a control message receiving unit 101, an indication message generating unit 102 and an indication message transmitting unit 103, wherein:

a control message receiving unit 101, configured to receive a control message for controlling a small base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used to command a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

an indication message generating unit 102, configured to generate an indication message based on the control message, where the indication message is used to instruct to turn on or off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE,

an indication message sending unit 103, configured to send the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier, so that the small base station turns on or off a service transmission function with the UE.

And after receiving the indication message, the small base station starts or closes the service transmission function of the small base station according to the indication message.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 11, the macro base station includes: a control message receiving unit 111, an indication message generating unit 112, and an indication message transmitting unit 113, the indication message generating unit 112 including: a first judging unit 1121 and a first indication message generating sub-unit 1122, wherein:

a control message receiving unit 111, configured to receive a control message for controlling a small base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used to command a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

a first determining unit 1121, configured to determine, according to relationship information between a UE and a small base station acquired in advance, whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station;

a first indication message generating subunit 1122, configured to generate, when the first determining unit 1121 determines that the result is yes, an indication message based on the control message, where the indication message is used to indicate to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

an indication message sending unit 113, configured to send the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier, so that the small base station turns on or off a service transmission function with the UE.

Optionally, before the first determining unit 1121 performs the determination, the macro base station may acquire relationship information (subscription relationship or association relationship) between the UE and the small base station, such as relationship information sent by the small base station or relationship information sent by the UE, where the relationship information indicates whether the UE is a legitimate UE of the small base station.

As an optional implementation, the macro base station may further include:

a first relation information receiving unit (not shown in the drawings) configured to receive relation information between the UE and the small cell base station, where the relation information indicates a subscription relation between the UE and the small cell base station; or,

a second relation information receiving unit (not shown in the drawings) configured to receive relation information between the UE and the small cell base station, where the relation information indicates a subscription relation between the UE and the small cell base station, and the relation information is sent by the small cell base station; or,

a third relation information receiving unit (not shown in the drawings) for receiving relation information between the UE and the small cell sent by a core network device (e.g., a mobility management device or a serving gateway), where the relation information indicates a subscription relation between the UE and the small cell

The first relation information receiving unit or the second relation information receiving unit may receive the relation information sent by the UE or the small cell, specifically, the relation information may be received when the UE uses the small cell for the first time, and the legitimate UE may specifically mean that the UE may use the small cell, and the small cell may provide a service for the UE.

As an optional implementation manner, the determination of whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station may be specifically determined by a core network device (e.g., a mobility management entity or a serving gateway). As shown in fig. 12, the indication message generating unit 112 may further include:

a judgment request unit 1123, configured to send a judgment request message to a core network device, so that the core network device judges whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to a small base station according to relationship information between the UE and the small base station, where the relationship information is acquired by the core network device in advance, and the judgment request message carries an identifier of the small base station;

a first indication message receiving unit 1124, configured to receive a message indicating that the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station;

a second indication message generating subunit 1125, configured to generate an indication message based on the control message when the first indication message receiving unit 1124 receives a message indicating that the UE is a legal UE with respect to the small base station, where the indication message is used to indicate to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE.

Optionally, the received message indicating that the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station is specifically sent by the core network device when the core network device determines that the UE is a valid UE.

In the foregoing technical solution, on the basis of the above embodiment, it can be achieved that only the valid UE of the small bs can control the start of the service transmission function of the small bs. Meanwhile, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13, including: a request message transmitting unit 121, a control message receiving unit 122, an indication message generating unit 123, and an indication message transmitting unit 124, wherein:

a request message sending unit 121, configured to send a request message requesting to turn on or turn off the small cell base station to the UE.

Optionally, when the request message is a request to start a service transmission function of the small base station, before the request message sending unit 121 sends the request message to the UE, the UE may already establish an RRC connection with the macro base station, and the service transmission function of the small base station is currently in a closed state, so that the macro base station may send the request message to the UE to request the UE to initiate a message to start the service transmission function to the small base station.

Optionally, when the request message requests to close the service transmission function of the small base station, before the request message sending unit 121 sends the request message to the UE, the UE may already establish an RRC connection with the macro base station, the small base station already opens the service transmission function, and the UE and the small base station may already establish a connection, perform data transmission, or not perform data transmission. When the UE triggers to perform RRC connection release with the macro base station, the macro base station may send the request message to the UE, requesting the UE to close the service transmission function of the small base station. The UE may also maintain RRC connection with the macro base station, but the small base station is currently in an idle state, and at this time, the macro base station may also send the request message to the UE to request to close the service transmission function of the small base station.

A control message receiving unit 122, configured to receive a control message for controlling a small base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used to command a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

an indication message generating unit 123, configured to generate an indication message based on the control message, where the indication message is used to indicate to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

an indication message sending unit 124, configured to send the indication message to the small cell base station corresponding to the identifier, so that the small cell base station turns on or off a service transmission function with the UE.

As an alternative embodiment; the macro base station may further include:

a second determining unit (not shown in the drawings) configured to determine whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small cell according to relationship information between the UE and the small cell, which is acquired in advance;

the request message sending unit 121 may be further configured to send a request message requesting to turn on the small base station to the UE when the result of the determination by the second determining unit is yes.

Optionally, before the second determining unit (not shown in the drawings) performs the above determination, the macro base station may obtain relationship information (subscription relationship or association relationship) between the UE and the small base station, such as relationship information sent by the small base station or relationship information sent by the UE, where the relationship information indicates whether the UE is a legitimate UE of the small base station.

As an alternative embodiment; the macro base station may further include:

a second control information forwarding unit (not shown in the drawings), configured to send a determination request message to a core network device, so that the core network device determines, according to relationship information between the UE and the small base station, which is obtained by the core network device in advance, whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station, where the determination request message carries an identifier of the small base station;

a second indication message receiving unit (not shown in the figure) for receiving a message indicating that the UE is a legal UE with respect to the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, the request message sending unit 121 may be further configured to send a request message requesting the valid UE to close the small cell to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message requesting the valid UE to close the small cell to a current serving macro base station of the valid UE, so that the current serving macro base station of the valid UE sends the request message requesting the valid UE to close the small cell to the valid UE.

As an optional implementation manner, the control message receiving unit 122 may be further configured to directly or indirectly receive a control message for controlling the small cell sent by the current serving macro base station of the legitimate UE, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small cell, the command message is used to command the macro base station to open or close a service transmission function of the small cell, and the control message is sent by the legitimate UE to the current serving macro base station of the legitimate UE.

Optionally, the above indirectly receiving the control message for controlling the small base station, sent by the current serving macro base station of the valid UE, means that the macro receives the control message sent by the core network device, where the control message is sent to the core network device by the current serving macro base station of the valid UE.

It should be noted that the macro base station receiving the control message for controlling the small base station sent by the current serving macro base station of the legitimate UE means that the macro base station receives the control message for controlling the small base station sent by all the macro base stations served by the legitimate UE of the small base stations. As for the above small base station, there are 5 legitimate UEs, and the macro base station only receives the control message sent by the macro base station served by the 5 UEs, and the instruction message generating unit 123 sends the instruction message to the small base station, so as to control the closing of the service transmission function of the small base station.

Optionally, the request message sending unit 121 may be further configured to send, when the time that the macro base station measures that the small base station is in the idle mode reaches a certain threshold, a request message requesting the valid UE to close the small base station to a mobility management entity, so that the mobility management entity sends, to a current serving macro base station of the valid UE, the request message requesting the closing of the small base station, so that the current serving macro base station of the valid UE sends, to the valid UE, the request message requesting the closing of the small base station.

And after receiving the request message, the legal UE can select whether to close the small base station according to the operation or application program of the user, and if so, the legal UE sends the control message indicating to close the service transmission function of the small base station to the current serving macro base station of the legal UE.

As an optional implementation manner, when there is a main control UE in a legal UE corresponding to the small base station, the request message sending unit 121 may be further configured to send a request message requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message requesting the current serving macro base station of the main control UE to close the small base station, so that the current serving macro base station of the main control UE sends the request message requesting the main control UE to close the small base station;

as an optional implementation manner, when a master control UE exists in a valid UE corresponding to the small base station, the control message receiving unit 122 may be further configured to directly or indirectly receive a control message for controlling the small base station, where the control message is sent by a current serving macro base station of the master control UE, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used to command the macro base station to turn on or turn off a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent by the master control UE to the current serving macro base station of the master control UE.

When the control message instructs to turn off the traffic function of the small coverage base station, the UE and the small coverage base station are in a state of maintaining data plane connection before the request message transmitting unit 121 transmits the request message to the UE.

Optionally, the request message sending unit 121 may be further configured to send, to a mobility management entity, a request message requesting the main control UE to close the small base station when the time that the macro base station measures that the small base station is in the idle mode reaches a certain threshold, so that the mobility management entity sends, to a current serving macro base station of the main control UE, the request message requesting the closing of the small base station, so that the current serving macro base station of the main control UE sends, to the main control UE, the request message requesting the closing of the small base station.

As an optional implementation, the macro base station may further include:

a failure message receiving unit (not shown in the drawings), configured to receive, when the small cell base station fails to start or close the service transmission function of the small cell base station, a message that indicates that the small cell base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, where the message carries reason information of the failure of the small cell base station to start or close the service transmission function;

a failure message sending unit (not shown in the drawing) configured to send the message indicating that the small cell base station fails to turn on or off the service transmission function to the UE.

In the above technical solution, on the basis of the above embodiment, the macro base station may send a request message requesting to open or close the service transmission function of the small base station to the UE, so that the macro base station may trigger the UE to open or close the service transmission function of the small base station. Meanwhile, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14, including: an instruction message receiving unit 131 and a control unit 132, wherein:

an indication message receiving unit 131, configured to receive an indication message sent by a macro base station, where the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by a UE, and the indication message is used to instruct to turn on or turn off a service transmission function with the UE;

a control unit 132, configured to turn on or turn off a service transmission function with the UE according to the indication message.

It should be noted that the small base station in the present invention includes a small base station deployed indoors and a small base station deployed outdoors.

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of another small-scale base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 15, including: an indication message receiving unit 141, a control unit 142, and a first indication message transmitting unit 143, wherein:

an indication message receiving unit 141, configured to receive an indication message sent by a macro base station, where the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by a UE, and the indication message is used to instruct to turn on or turn off a service transmission function with the UE;

a control unit 142, configured to turn on or turn off a service transmission function with the UE according to the indication message.

A first indication message sending unit 143, configured to send, to the macro base station, a confirmation message indicating that a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE is turned on or turned off.

As an optional implementation manner, the small cell base station may further include:

a signal detection function starting unit (not shown in the drawings) for periodically starting a signal detection function to acquire an indication message sent by the macro base station;

optionally, when the small base station turn-on signal detection function is turned on, the small base station may specifically detect a simple pulse signal, a low layer signaling (for example, a physical layer signaling) or a high layer message (for example, an MAC layer or an RRC layer message) sent by the macro base station, to detect whether the macro base station requires to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE.

As an optional implementation manner, the control unit 142 may be further configured to turn on a service transmission function of the failed small base station or turn off the failed small base station according to the control message;

optionally, in this embodiment, the small cell base station may further include:

a second indication message sending unit (not shown in the drawing), configured to send, to the macro base station, a message indicating that the service transmission function between the macro base station and the UE fails to be opened or closed when the service transmission function fails to be opened or closed.

Optionally, the message carries the reason information of the opening failure.

In the foregoing technical solution, it may be implemented on the basis of the above embodiment that, after the small base station turns on or turns off the service transmission function, a message indicating to turn on or turn off the service transmission function may be sent to the macro base station. Meanwhile, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by user operation, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by a user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to a human body.

Fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system of a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 16, including: UE151, and macro base station 152 and small base station 153, wherein:

the UE151 may specifically be a UE of any one of the embodiments provided in the embodiments shown in fig. 8 or fig. 9;

the macro base station 152 may specifically be a macro base station of any of the embodiments provided in the embodiments shown in fig. 10-13;

the small base station 153 may specifically be the small base station of any one of the implementations provided in the embodiments shown in fig. 14 or fig. 15.

Fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of another UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 17, including: an input device 161, a processor 162, and an output device 163, wherein:

the processor 162 is specifically configured to perform the following steps:

generating a control message for controlling the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

and sending the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station instructs the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the command information.

It should be noted that the input device 161 may be specifically configured to receive messages or services sent by a macro base station or a small scale, and the input device 161 may further send the received messages or services to the processor 162.

The output device 163 may be specifically configured to send messages or services executed by the processor 162 to other devices. Such as sending the control message to the macro base station.

Fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of another UE provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 18, including: an input device 171, a processor 172, and an output device 173, wherein:

the processor 172 is specifically configured to perform the following steps:

receiving a request message which is sent by the macro base station and requests to open or close the small base station;

As an optional implementation manner, the received request message may also carry reason information for turning on or off the small base station.

As an alternative implementation, the step performed by the processor 172 to generate a control message for controlling a small base station may specifically include:

and acquiring operation information which is input by a user and used for indicating and controlling the small-sized base station, and generating the control message according to the operation information.

and generating the control message according to the state of the application program of the UE.

As an optional embodiment, the present invention may also be implemented when the processor 172 does not perform the step of receiving the request message sent by the macro base station for requesting to turn on or turn off the small base station, where in this embodiment, the UE actively sends the control message to the macro base station.

As an optional implementation manner, before performing the step of receiving the request message requesting to turn on or off the small base station sent by the macro base station, the processor 172 may further perform the following steps:

and sending relationship information of the UE and the small base station to a macro base station, wherein the relationship information indicates the subscription relationship of the UE and the small base station.

As an optional implementation manner, when the small base station fails to turn on or off the service transmission function, after the processor 172 sends the control message to the macro base station, the following steps may be further performed:

and receiving a message which is sent by the macro base station and indicates that the small base station starts or closes the service transmission function failure between the small base station and the UE.

When the small base station starts the service transmission function, the UE can perform service transmission with the small base station, and when the small base station closes the service transmission function, the UE ends the service transmission with the small base station.

It should be noted that the input device 171 may be specifically configured to receive messages or services sent by a macro base station or a small scale, and the input device 171 may also send the received messages or services to the processor 172.

The output device 173 may be specifically configured to send messages or services executed by the processor 172 to other devices that need to be sent out. Such as sending the control message to the macro base station.

As an optional implementation, the UE may further include:

memory 174 is used to store programs that are executed by processor 172.

Fig. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 19, including: an input device 181, a processor 182, and an output device 183, wherein:

receiving a control message which is sent by UE and used for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

generating an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or off a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment;

It should be noted that, the control message and the indication message may be specifically the same message, that is, the macro base station may generate, according to the received control message, an indication message indicating to turn on or turn off the service transmission function of the small base station.

It should be noted that the input device 181 may be specifically configured to receive messages or services sent by the UE or small-scale reception, and the input device 181 may also send the received messages or services to the processor 182.

The output device 183 may be specifically configured to transmit messages or services executed by the processor 182 to other devices, which need to be transmitted to the outside. Such as sending the control messages described above to the small cell sites.

Fig. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 20, the macro base station includes: an input device 191, a processor 192, and an output device 193, wherein:

processor 192 is configured to perform the following steps:

receiving a control message for controlling the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to open or close a service transmission function of the small base station.

Judging whether the UE is legal relative to the small base station or not according to relationship information between the UE and the small base station acquired in advance; when the judgment result is yes, generating an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

As an optional implementation manner, before performing the step of determining whether the UE is a legitimate UE relative to the small cell base station according to the relationship information between the UE and the small cell base station acquired in advance, the processor 192 may be further configured to perform the following steps:

receiving relationship information of the UE and the small base station, which is sent by the UE, wherein the relationship information indicates a subscription relationship between the UE and the small base station; or,

receiving relation information of the UE and the small-sized base station sent by the small-sized base station, wherein the relation information indicates the subscription relation of the UE and the small-sized base station, or,

receiving relationship information of the UE and the small-sized base station, which is sent by a core network device (such as a mobile management device or a serving gateway), wherein the relationship information indicates a subscription relationship between the UE and the small-sized base station.

As an optional implementation manner, the determination of whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station may be specifically determined by a core network device (e.g., a mobility management entity or a serving gateway). In this embodiment, the step executed by the processor 192 of determining whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station according to the relationship information between the UE and the small base station, which is acquired in advance, may specifically include:

sending a judgment request message to core network equipment so that the core network equipment judges whether the UE is legal relative to the small base station or not according to relationship information, acquired by the core network equipment in advance, of the UE and the small base station, wherein the judgment request message carries an identifier of the small base station;

receiving a message indicating that the UE is legal relative to the small base station, and triggering to send an indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier.

As an optional implementation, the macro base station may further include:

memory 194 is used for storing programs executed by processor 192.

It should be noted that the input device 191 may be specifically configured to receive messages or services sent by the UE or small-scale reception, and the input device 191 may also send the received messages or services to the processor 192.

The output device 193 can be specifically used for sending messages or services executed by the processor 192 to other devices, which need to be sent out. Such as sending the control messages described above to the small cell sites.

Fig. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of another macro base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 21, including: an input device 201, a processor 202, and an output device 203, wherein:

processor 202 is configured to perform the following steps:

sending a request message for requesting to turn on or turn off the small base station to the UE;

generating an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or off a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE;

Optionally, when the request message requests to start the service transmission function of the small base station, the request message sent to the UE may further carry an identifier of the small base station, so that the user knows which small base station the macro base station requests to start the service transmission function. Of course, when only one small bs serving the UE is determined, the UE may not carry the indication of the small bs.

As an optional implementation manner, before performing the step of generating an indication message based on the control message and sending the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier, the processor 202 is further configured to perform the following steps:

judging whether the UE is legal relative to the small base station or not according to relationship information between the UE and the small base station acquired in advance; and triggering to generate an indication message based on the control message and send the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier when the judgment result is yes.

As an optional implementation manner, before executing the step of determining, by the macro base station, whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small base station according to the relationship information between the UE and the small base station, the processor 202 is further configured to execute the following steps:

and receiving relationship information of the UE and the small base station, which is sent by core network equipment, wherein the relationship information indicates the subscription relationship of the UE and the small base station.

receiving a message indicating that the UE is legal relative to the small base station, and triggering a step of sending a request message requesting to turn on or off the small base station to the UE.

After the core network device receives the judgment request message, the small base station may be determined according to the identifier, and when the core network device receives the judgment request message, the core network device may determine the UE corresponding to the judgment request message without receiving the identifier of the UE, that is, the core network device may determine which UE sends the control message without receiving the identifier of the UE.

After the core network device determines the small-sized base station and the UE, it may determine whether the UE is a valid UE with respect to the small-sized base station according to the relationship information obtained in advance, and if the UE is determined to be a valid UE with respect to the small-sized base station, the core network device may send the indication message to the macro base station to inform the macro base station that the UE is a valid UE of the small-sized base station.

As an optional implementation manner, the step of the processor 202, when executing the step of generating the indication message based on the control message, and sending the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier may specifically include:

sending a request message for requesting the legal UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message for requesting the legal UE to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the legal UE, and the current serving macro base station of the legal UE sends the request message for requesting the legal UE to close the small base station to the legal UE.

As an optional implementation manner, the step performed by the processor 202 of receiving a control message sent by the UE and controlling the small base station may specifically include:

and directly or indirectly receiving a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by the current serving macro base station of the legal UE, wherein the control message carries a command message and the identifier of the small base station, the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to open or close the service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent by the legal UE to the current serving macro base station of the legal UE.

Receiving a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by the current serving macro base station of the legal UE, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to open or close a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent to the current serving macro base station of the legal UE by the legal UE.

As an optional implementation manner, when there is a master UE in the legal UE corresponding to the small base station, the step of the processor 202, when executing sending the request message requesting to turn on or turn off the small base station to the UE, may specifically include:

sending a request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the main control UE, and the current serving macro base station of the main control UE sends the request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to the main control UE.

As an optional implementation manner, when there is a master UE in the legal UE corresponding to the small base station, the step, executed by the processor 202, of receiving a control message for controlling the small base station, sent by the UE may specifically include:

and directly or indirectly receiving a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by the current serving macro base station of the main control UE, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to open or close a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent by the main control UE to the current serving macro base station of the main control UE.

Optionally, the step, executed by the processor 202, of sending a request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a mobility management entity may specifically include:

and when the time that the macro base station measures that the small base station is in the idle mode reaches a certain threshold value, the macro base station sends a request message for requesting the main control UE to close the small base station to a mobile management entity.

As an optional implementation manner, when the small cell base station fails to turn on or off the service transmission function of the small cell base station after receiving the indication message, the processor 202 is further configured to, after performing the step of sending the control message to the small cell base station, perform the following steps:

receiving a message which is sent by the small base station and indicates that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, wherein the message carries reason information of the failure of the small base station to start or close the service transmission function;

and sending the message indicating that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function to the UE.

As an optional implementation, the macro base station may further include:

the memory 204 is used for storing programs executed by the processor 202.

It should be noted that the input device 201 may be specifically configured to receive messages or services sent by the UE or small-scale reception, and the input device 201 may also send the received messages or services to the processor 202.

The output device 203 may be specifically configured to send messages or services executed by the processor 202 to other devices. Such as sending the control messages described above to the small cell sites.

Fig. 22 is a schematic structural diagram of another small-scale base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 22, including: an input device 211, a processor 212, and an output device 213, wherein:

the processor 212 is configured to perform the following steps:

receiving an indication message sent by a macro base station, wherein the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by UE, and the indication message is used for indicating to start or close a service transmission function between the macro base station and the UE;

and opening or closing a service transmission function between the UE and the UE according to the indication message.

It should be noted that the input device 211 may be specifically configured to receive messages or services sent by a macro base station or a small scale, and the input device 211 may also send the received messages or services to the processor 212.

The output means 213 may be specifically configured to send messages or services executed by the processor 212 to other devices, which need to be sent out. Such as sending traffic to the UE.

In the technical scheme, a small base station receives an indication message sent by a macro base station, wherein the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by UE (user equipment), and the indication message is used for indicating to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE; and the small base station starts or closes a service transmission function between the small base station and the UE according to the indication message. Therefore, the UE can control the opening or closing of the service transmission function of the small base station, and the UE is controlled by the operation of the user, so that the service transmission function of the small base station is controlled by the user, and the user can effectively control the power consumption of the small base station and the radiation of the small base station to the human body

Fig. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of another small-sized base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 23, including: an input device 221, a processor 222, and an output device 223, wherein:

processor 222 is configured to perform the following steps:

according to the indication message, a service transmission function between the UE and the UE is started or closed;

and sending a confirmation message indicating that the service transmission function between the small base station and the UE is opened or closed to the macro base station.

As an optional implementation manner, before performing the step of receiving the indication message sent by the macro base station, the processor 222 may be further configured to perform the following steps:

and periodically starting a signal detection function to acquire the indication message sent by the macro base station.

Optionally, when the small base station turn-on signal detection function is turned on, the small base station may specifically detect a simple pulse signal, a low layer signaling (for example, a physical layer signaling) or a high layer message (for example, an MAC layer or an RRC layer message) sent by the macro base station to detect whether the macro base station requires turning on or off the service transmission function of the small base station

As an optional implementation manner, when the small base station determines that the service transmission function fails to be turned on or turned off, the processor 222 may further perform the following steps:

and sending a message indicating that the service transmission function between the macro base station and the UE fails to be opened or closed to the macro base station.

Optionally, the message carries the reason information of the opening failure.

As an optional implementation, the macro base station may further include:

the memory 224 is used to store programs executed by the processor 222.

It should be noted that the input device 221 may be specifically configured to receive messages or services sent by a macro base station or a small scale, and the input device 221 may further send the received messages or services to the processor 212.

The output device 223 may be specifically configured to send the message or service executed by the processor 222 to other devices. Such as sending traffic to the UE.

Fig. 24 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system of a small base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 24, including: UE231, and macro base station 232 and small base station 233, wherein:

the UE231 may specifically be a UE of any of the embodiments provided by the embodiments shown in fig. 17 or fig. 18;

the macro base station 232 may specifically be a macro base station of any of the embodiments provided by the embodiments shown in fig. 19, 20 or 21;

the small base station 233 may specifically be the small base station of any of the implementations provided by the embodiments shown in fig. 22 or fig. 23.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like.

The above disclosure is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and it is therefore to be understood that the invention is not limited by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a small base station, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that user equipment generates a control message for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding a macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

and the user equipment sends the control message to the macro base station, so that the macro base station instructs the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the user equipment and the small base station according to the command information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the user device sends the control message to the macro base station, the method further comprises:

and the user equipment receives a request message which is sent by the macro base station and requests to open or close the small base station.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving, by the user equipment, the request message sent by the macro base station requesting to turn on or off the small base station comprises:

and the user equipment receives a request message which is sent by the macro base station and requests to open or close the small base station, wherein the request message carries reason information for opening or closing the small base station.

4. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the user equipment generating a control message to control a small base station comprises:

the user equipment acquires operation information which is input by a user and used for indicating and controlling the small base station, and generates the control message according to the operation information.

5. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the user equipment generating a control message to control a small base station comprises:

and the user equipment generates the control message according to the state of the application program.

6. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein after the UE sends the control message to the macro base station when the small base station fails to turn on or off the traffic transmission function, the method further comprises:

and the user equipment receives a message which is sent by the macro base station and indicates that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving, by the UE, the message sent by the macro base station indicating a failure of the small base station to turn on or off a service transmission function comprises:

and the user equipment receives a message which is sent by the macro base station and indicates that the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, wherein the message carries reason information of the failure of the small base station to start or close the service transmission function.

8. A method for controlling a small base station, comprising:

a macro base station receives a control message which is sent by user equipment and used for controlling a small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, and the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station;

the macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message, wherein the indication message is used for indicating to turn on or turn off a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment;

and the macro base station sends the indication message to the small base station corresponding to the identifier so as to enable the small base station to start or close a service transmission function between the macro base station and the user equipment.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein when the indication message indicates to turn on a traffic transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment, the macro base station generating an indication message based on the control message comprises:

when the macro base station establishes Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the user equipment, generating an indication message based on the control message; or

The macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message after establishing RRC connection with the user equipment;

when the indication message indicates to close the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment, the macro base station generating an indication message based on the control message includes:

and the macro base station generates an indication message based on the control message and releases RRC connection with the user equipment.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the macro base station generating an indication message based on the control message comprises:

the macro base station judges whether the user equipment is legal or not relative to the small base station according to relationship information between the user equipment and the small base station acquired in advance; when the judgment result is yes, generating an indication message based on the control message; or

The macro base station sends a judgment request message to core network equipment so that the core network equipment judges whether the user equipment is legal or not relative to the small base station according to relationship information, acquired in advance by the core network equipment, of the user equipment and the small base station, wherein the judgment request message carries an identifier of the small base station;

and the macro base station receives a message indicating that the user equipment is legal user equipment relative to the small base station, and generates an indication message based on the control message.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

the macro base station receives relationship information, sent by the user equipment, of the user equipment and the small base station, wherein the relationship information indicates a subscription relationship between the user equipment and the small base station; or,

the macro base station receives relationship information, sent by the small base station, of the user equipment and the small base station, wherein the relationship information indicates a subscription relationship between the user equipment and the small base station; or,

and the macro base station receives relationship information between the user equipment and the small base station, which is sent by core network equipment, wherein the relationship information indicates the subscription relationship between the user equipment and the small base station.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein prior to the macro base station receiving a control message sent by the user equipment to control the small base station, the method further comprises:

and the macro base station sends a request message for requesting to turn on or turn off the small base station to the user equipment.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the macro base station sending a request message to the user device requesting to turn on or off the small base station comprises:

and the macro base station sends a request message for requesting to open or close the small base station to the user equipment, wherein the request message carries reason information for opening or closing the small base station.

14. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein prior to the macro base station sending a request message to the user equipment requesting to turn on or off the small base station, the method further comprises:

the macro base station judges whether the user equipment is legal or not relative to the small base station according to relationship information between the user equipment and the small base station acquired in advance; and triggering the step of sending a request message for requesting to turn on or turn off the small-sized base station to the user equipment when the judgment result is yes.

15. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein prior to the macro base station sending a request message to the user equipment requesting to turn on or off the small base station, the method further comprises:

the macro base station receives a message indicating that the user equipment is legal user equipment relative to the small base station.

16. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein the macro base station sending a request message to the user equipment requesting to turn on or off the small base station comprises:

the macro base station sends a request message for requesting legal user equipment to close the small base station to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message for requesting the legal user equipment to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the legal user equipment, and the current serving macro base station of the legal user equipment sends the request message for requesting the legal user equipment to close the small base station to the legal user equipment.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the macro base station receiving a control message sent by the user equipment to control the small base station comprises:

the macro base station directly or indirectly receives a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by a legal user equipment current serving macro base station of the small base station, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent to the legal user equipment current serving macro base station by the legal user equipment.

18. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein when a master user equipment exists in a legal user equipment corresponding to the small base station, the macro base station sending a request message to the user equipment to request to turn on or turn off the small base station comprises:

the macro base station sends a request message for requesting the main control user equipment to close the small base station to a mobile management entity, so that the mobile management entity sends the request message for requesting the main control user equipment to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the main control user equipment, and the current serving macro base station of the main control user equipment sends the request message for requesting the main control user equipment to close the small base station to the main control user equipment.

19. The method of claim 8, wherein when a master control user equipment exists in a legal user equipment corresponding to the small base station, the receiving, by the macro base station, a control message for controlling the small base station, the control message being sent by the user equipment, includes:

the macro base station directly or indirectly receives a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by the current serving macro base station of the main control user equipment, wherein the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used for commanding the macro base station to start or close a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent to the current serving macro base station of the main control user equipment by the main control user equipment.

20. The method of any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein when the small base station fails to turn on or off the service transmission function of the small base station, after the macro base station sends a control message indicating to turn on or off the service transmission function of the small base station to the small base station corresponding to the identifier, the method further comprises:

the macro base station receives a message which is sent by the small base station and indicates that the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment fails to be started or closed, wherein the message carries reason information of the failure of the small base station in starting or closing the service transmission function;

and the macro base station sends the message indicating that the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment fails to be opened or closed to the user equipment.

21. A method for controlling a small base station, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a small base station receives an indication message sent by a macro base station, wherein the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by user equipment, and the indication message is used for indicating to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment;

and the small base station starts or closes a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment according to the indication message.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises:

and the small base station periodically starts a signal detection function to acquire the indication message sent by the macro base station.

23. The method of claim 21 or 22, wherein the method further comprises:

and the small base station sends a confirmation message indicating that the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment is opened or closed to the macro base station.

24. The method of claim 21 or 22, wherein the method further comprises:

and when the small base station determines that the service transmission function is failed to be opened or the service transmission function is failed to be closed, the small base station sends a message indicating that the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment is failed to be opened or closed to the macro base station.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the small base station sending a message to the macro base station indicating a failure to turn on a traffic transmission function comprises:

and the small base station sends a message indicating the failed opening of the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment to the macro base station, wherein the message carries the reason information of the failed opening.

26. A user device, comprising: a control message generating unit and a control message transmitting unit, wherein:

and the control message sending unit is used for sending the control message to the macro base station so that the macro base station instructs the small base station corresponding to the identifier to start or close a service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment according to the command information.

27. The user device of claim 26, wherein the user device further comprises:

a request message receiving unit, configured to receive a request message that requests to turn on or turn off the small base station and is sent by the macro base station.

28. The ue of claim 27, wherein the request message receiving unit is further configured to receive a request message sent by the macro base station to request to turn on or turn off the small base station, where the request message carries reason information for turning on or turning off the small base station.

29. The user equipment according to any of claims 26-28, wherein the control message generating unit is further configured to obtain operation information, which is input by a user and indicates to control a small base station, and generate the control message according to the operation information; or

The control message generating unit is further configured to generate the control message according to a state of an application program of the user equipment.

30. The user equipment of any one of claims 26-28, wherein the user equipment further comprises:

a failure message receiving unit, configured to receive, when the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function, a message that indicates that the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment fails to be started or closed and is sent by the macro base station.

31. The ue of claim 30, wherein the failure message receiving unit is further configured to receive a message sent by the macro base station and indicating that the operation of the small base station on or off fails with the ue, where the message carries information of a reason for the failure of the operation of the small base station on or off with the ue.

32. A macro base station, comprising: a control message receiving unit, an indication message generating unit and an indication message sending unit, wherein:

33. The macro base station of claim 32, wherein, when the indication message indicates to turn on a traffic transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment, the indication message generating unit is further configured to generate an indication message based on the control message when establishing an RRC connection with the user equipment; or

The indication message generating unit is further configured to generate an indication message based on the control message after establishing an RRC connection with the user equipment;

when the indication message indicates to close the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment, the indication message generating unit is further configured to generate an indication message based on the control message, and release the RRC connection with the user equipment.

34. The macro base station of claim 32, wherein the indication message generating unit comprises:

the first judging unit is used for judging whether the user equipment is legal user equipment relative to the small base station or not according to relationship information of the user equipment and the small base station acquired in advance;

the first indication message generation subunit is further configured to generate an indication message based on the control message when the first judgment unit judges that the result is yes; or

The indication message generation unit includes:

a judging request unit, configured to send a judging request message to a core network device, so that the core network device judges, according to relationship information between a user equipment and a small base station, which is obtained by the core network device in advance, whether the user equipment is a legal user equipment with respect to the small base station, where the judging request message carries an identifier of the small base station;

a first indication message receiving unit, configured to receive a message indicating that the ue is a valid ue with respect to the small bs;

and the second indication message generating subunit is configured to generate, when the first indication message receiving unit receives a message indicating that the user equipment is a valid user equipment with respect to the small base station, an indication message based on the control message.

35. The macro base station of claim 34, wherein the macro base station further comprises:

a first relationship information receiving unit, configured to receive relationship information between the user equipment and the small base station, where the relationship information indicates a subscription relationship between the user equipment and the small base station, and is sent by the user equipment; or,

a second relation information receiving unit, configured to receive relation information between the ue and the small cell base station, where the relation information indicates a subscription relation between the ue and the small cell base station, and is sent by the small cell base station; or,

a second relation information receiving unit, configured to receive relation information between the ue and the small base station, where the relation information indicates a subscription relation between the ue and the small base station, and is sent by a core network device.

36. The macro base station of claim 32, wherein the macro base station further comprises:

a request message sending unit, configured to send a request message requesting to turn on or turn off the small cell base station to the ue.

37. The macro base station of claim 36, wherein the macro base station further comprises:

a second judging unit, configured to judge whether the ue is a valid ue with respect to the small base station according to relationship information between the ue and the small base station, which is obtained in advance;

the request message sending unit is further configured to send a request message requesting to start the small base station to the user equipment when the result of the judgment of the second judging unit is yes; or

A second control information forwarding unit, configured to send a determination request message to a core network device, so that the core network device determines, according to relationship information between a user equipment and a small base station, which is obtained in advance by the core network device, whether the user equipment is a valid user equipment with respect to the small base station, where the determination request message carries an identifier of the small base station;

and a second indication message receiving unit, configured to receive a message indicating that the ue is a valid ue with respect to the small bs.

38. The macro base station of claim 36, wherein the request message sending unit is further configured to send a request message requesting a legitimate user equipment to close the small base station to a mobility management entity, so that the mobility management entity sends the request message requesting the legitimate user equipment to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the legitimate user equipment, so that the current serving macro base station of the legitimate user equipment sends the request message requesting the legitimate user equipment to close the small base station to the legitimate user equipment.

39. The macro base station according to claim 32 or 38, wherein the control message receiving unit is further configured to directly or indirectly receive a control message for controlling the small base station, sent by a valid user equipment of the small base station currently serving the macro base station, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used to command the macro base station to turn on or turn off a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent by the valid user equipment to the valid user equipment currently serving the macro base station.

40. The macro base station according to claim 36, wherein when there is a master user equipment in the legal user equipment corresponding to the small base station, the request message sending unit is further configured to send a request message requesting the master user equipment to close the small base station to a mobility management entity, so that the mobility management entity sends the request message requesting to close the small base station to a current serving macro base station of the master user equipment, so that the current serving macro base station of the master user equipment sends the request message requesting to close the small base station to the master user equipment.

41. The macro base station according to claim 32 or 40, wherein, when there is a master user equipment in the legal user equipment corresponding to the small base station, the control message receiving unit is further configured to directly or indirectly receive a control message for controlling the small base station, which is sent by the current serving macro base station of the master user equipment, where the control message carries a command message and an identifier of the small base station, the command message is used to command the macro base station to turn on or turn off a service transmission function of the small base station, and the control message is sent by the master user equipment to the current serving macro base station of the master user equipment.

42. A macro base station according to any of claims 32 to 38, wherein the macro base station further comprises:

a failure message receiving unit, configured to receive, when the small base station fails to start or close the service transmission function of the small base station, a message that indicates that the service transmission function between the small base station and the user equipment fails to be started or closed and is sent by the small base station, where the message carries reason information of the failure of the small base station to start or close the service transmission function;

a failure message sending unit, configured to send, to the ue, the message indicating that the service transmission function between the small base station and the ue fails to be turned on or turned off.

43. A small base station, comprising: an indication message receiving unit and a control unit, wherein:

an indication message receiving unit, configured to receive an indication message sent by a macro base station, where the indication message is generated by the macro base station based on a control message sent by a user equipment, and the indication message is used to indicate to turn on or turn off a service transmission function with the user equipment;

and the control unit is used for starting or closing the service transmission function between the user equipment and the control unit according to the indication message.

44. The small cell base station of claim 43, wherein the small cell base station further comprises:

and the signal detection function starting unit is used for periodically starting the signal detection function so as to acquire the indication message sent by the macro base station.

45. The small cell base station of any one of claims 43 or 44, wherein the small cell base station further comprises:

a second indication message sending unit, configured to send, to the macro base station, a message indicating that the service transmission function between the macro base station and the user equipment fails to be opened or closed when the service transmission function fails to be opened or closed.

46. A control system for a small base station, comprising: the user equipment of any one of claims 26 to 31, the macro base station of any one of claims 32 to 42 and the small scale base station of any one of claims 43 to 45.