Disclosure of Invention
The application aims to provide a communication method and equipment based on 5G and distributed deployment, which can improve the problems.
Embodiments of the present application are implemented as follows:
In a first aspect, the present application provides a 5G and distributed deployment based communication method, comprising:
s11: after receiving the first configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, performing wireless blocking signal interaction with other nearby distributed unit entities;
S12: performing or stopping MDT measurement based on the first configuration information according to the wireless obstruction signal interaction result;
S13: and feeding back a first measurement result of the MDT measurement to the centralized unit entity.
The steps S11, S12, etc. are only step identifiers, and the execution sequence of the method is not necessarily performed in the order from small to large, for example, the step S12 may be executed first and then the step S11 may be executed, which is not limited by the present application.
It can be appreciated that the present application discloses a communication method based on 5G and distributed deployment, and for a distributed communication system based on 5G, MDT measurement and feedback are performed by a distributed unit entity, so that a centralized unit entity can perform processing such as data analysis, optimization, or network performance monitoring on measurement results. After receiving the first configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, the distributed unit entity performs wireless interference signal interaction with other nearby distributed unit entities in time, so that a plurality of distributed unit entities in close range can be prevented from repeatedly uploading the drive test result, and the working efficiency of MDT is reduced.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the wireless blocking signal interaction with other nearby distributed unit entities includes at least one of the following:
transmitting a wireless blocking signal to other nearby distributed unit entities through a wireless transceiver module;
receiving wireless blocking signals sent by other nearby distributed unit entities through a wireless transceiver module;
transmitting a wireless blocking signal to other nearby distributed unit entities through a network transceiver module;
The wireless obstruction signals transmitted by other distributed unit entities in the vicinity are received by the wireless transceiver module of the network transceiver module.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the step S12 includes at least one of:
after receiving the wireless obstruction signal, stopping MDT measurement;
And if the wireless obstruction signal is not received, transmitting the wireless obstruction signal to the other distribution unit entities, and performing MDT measurement based on the first configuration information.
It can be appreciated that the distribution unit entity, after receiving the first configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, performs wireless blocking signal interaction with other nearby distribution unit entities in time. If wireless blocking signals sent by other nearby distribution unit entities are received, MDT measurement is not performed any more, and repeated measurement is avoided; and if the wireless obstruction signal is not received, transmitting the wireless obstruction signal to the other distribution unit entities, and avoiding the other nearby distribution unit entities from repeating the measurement.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes a first measurement object, where the first measurement object includes a received interference power, a power headroom, a scheduling delay, a traffic of a service, an IP throughput of the service, a packet loss rate of the service, and a service processing delay.
In addition, the first configuration information may further include granularity of the first measurement object, such as QoS flow granularity, 5QI granularity, or DRB granularity; the first configuration information may further include a statistical period of the first measurement object, that is, a period during which the distribution unit entity performs MDT measurement on the first measurement object.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the method further includes:
S21: after receiving second configuration information sent by a centralized unit entity, performing MDT measurement based on the second configuration information to obtain a second measurement result;
s22: interacting the second measurement result with other terminal devices in the vicinity;
s23: carrying out statistical processing on the second measurement results of the other terminal equipment;
S24: and feeding the statistical processing result back to the centralized unit entity as a final measurement result.
It can be understood that in the communication method based on 5G and distributed deployment disclosed in the present application, for the distributed communication system based on 5G, MDT measurement and feedback can be performed through the terminal device, so that the central unit entity can perform processing such as data analysis, optimization, or network performance monitoring on the measurement result. After MDT measurement is carried out and before measurement results are fed back, the terminal equipment can interact with measurement results of other nearby terminal equipment, and finally, the statistical processing results are fed back to the centralized unit entity, so that the situation that individual measurement in a network cell deviates can be avoided, and the accuracy of MDT measurement is improved.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the step S22 includes at least one of:
transmitting the second measurement result measured by the local device to other nearby terminal devices through a wireless transceiver module;
receiving the second measurement result sent by other nearby terminal equipment through a wireless transceiver module;
the second measurement result measured by the local transmitting and receiving module is transmitted to other nearby terminal equipment through the network transmitting and receiving module;
And receiving the second measurement result sent by other nearby terminal equipment through a wireless transceiver module of the network transceiver module.
In an alternative embodiment of the application, the statistical processing includes at least one of: summation treatment; averaging; taking the median for treatment; maximum value treatment is carried out; and (5) taking a minimum value for processing.
It will be appreciated that corresponding statistical treatments may be employed for different measurement objects and different detection environments.
In an optional embodiment of the present application, the second configuration information includes a second measurement object, where the second measurement object includes cell signal quality, power headroom, traffic, IP throughput of the traffic, packet loss rate of the traffic, processing delay of the traffic, or round trip delay of transmitting data packets between the network device and the terminal device.
In addition, the second configuration information may further include granularity of a second measurement object, such as QoS flow granularity, 5QI granularity, DRB granularity, or the like; the second configuration information may further include a statistical period of the second measurement object, that is, a period during which the distribution unit entity performs MDT measurement on the second measurement object.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a 5G and distributed deployment based communication device comprising a processor, a wireless transceiver module, a network transceiver module and a memory, the processor, the wireless transceiver module, the network transceiver module and the memory being interconnected, wherein the memory is adapted to store a computer program comprising program instructions, the processor being configured to invoke the program instructions to perform the method according to any of the first aspects.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the communication device may be a distributed unit entity or a terminal device in a 5G based distributed communication system.
In a third aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising program instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of any of the first aspects.
The beneficial effects are that:
The application discloses a communication method based on 5G and distributed deployment, which is characterized in that for a distributed communication system based on 5G, MDT measurement and feedback can be carried out through a distributed unit entity, so that a centralized unit entity can carry out processing such as data analysis, optimization, or network performance monitoring and the like on measurement results. After receiving the first configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, the distributed unit entity performs wireless interference signal interaction with other nearby distributed unit entities in time, so that a plurality of distributed unit entities in close range can be prevented from repeatedly uploading the drive test result, and the working efficiency of MDT is reduced.
In the communication method based on 5G and distributed deployment, for the distributed communication system based on 5G, MDT measurement and feedback can be performed through the terminal equipment, so that the centralized unit entity can perform data analysis, optimization, network performance monitoring and other processes on the measurement result. After MDT measurement is carried out and before measurement results are fed back, the terminal equipment can interact with measurement results of other nearby terminal equipment, and finally, the statistical processing results are fed back to the centralized unit entity, so that the situation that individual measurement in a network cell deviates can be avoided, and the accuracy of MDT measurement is improved.
In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, alternative embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.
In the base station of the 5G-based distributed communication system, a plurality of distributed unit entities may share one centralized unit entity, and the centralized unit entity and the distributed unit entity may be connected through an interface.
The first distribution unit entity 11, the second distribution unit entity 12 and the third distribution unit entity 13 in the base station 100 as shown in fig. 1 share one central unit entity 20. Wherein the second distribution unit entity 12 is connected to the respective terminal devices on behalf of the base station 100, a first terminal device 201, a second terminal device 202 and a third terminal device 203 are shown. The connection between the entity of the distribution unit and the terminal device may be wireless communication, which is not limited in particular in the embodiment of the present application.
The terminal device may be a device for implementing a wireless communication function, such as a terminal or a chip usable in the terminal, etc., which is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present application. The terminal may be a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a terminal unit, a terminal station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a wireless communication device, a terminal agent, a terminal apparatus, or the like in a 5G network or a future evolved PLMN. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (session initiation protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wirelesslocal loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (personal DIGITAL ASSISTANT, PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, an in-vehicle device or a wearable device, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in unmanned (SELF DRIVING), a wireless terminal in telemedicine (remote medical), a wireless terminal in smart grid (SMART GRID), a wireless terminal in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in smart city (SMART CITY), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), etc. The terminal may be mobile or stationary.
The hub entity and the distribution unit entity may be divided according to a protocol layer of the wireless network. For example, functions of a radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) protocol layer, a service data adaptation protocol stack (SERVICEDATA ADAPTATION PROTOCOL, SDAP) protocol layer, and a packet data convergence layer protocol (packet dataconvergence protocol, PDCP) protocol layer are provided in a centralized unit entity, while functions of a radio link control (radiolink control, RLC) protocol layer, a medium access control (MEDIA ACCESS control, MAC) protocol layer, a Physical (PHY) protocol layer, and the like are provided in a distributed unit entity. It will be appreciated that the partitioning of the hub entity and the distribution entity processing functions in accordance with such a protocol layer is merely an example, and may be partitioned in other ways. For example, the hub unit entity or the distribution unit entity may be divided into functions with more protocol layers. For example, the hub entity or the distribution entity may also be divided into parts of the processing functions with protocol layers. In one possible design, part of the functions of the RLC protocol layer and the functions of the protocol layers above the RLC protocol layer are provided in a centralized unit entity, and the remaining functions of the RLC protocol layer and the functions of the protocol layers below the RLC protocol layer are provided in a distributed unit entity.
In a first aspect, as shown in fig. 2, the present application provides a communication method based on 5G and distributed deployment, which includes:
S11: and after receiving the first configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, performing wireless blocking signal interaction with other nearby distributed unit entities.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the first configuration information includes a first measurement object, where the first measurement object includes a received interference power, a power headroom, a scheduling delay, a traffic volume of the service, an IP throughput of the service, a packet loss rate of the service, and a service processing delay. In addition, the first configuration information may further include granularity of the first measurement object, such as QoS flow granularity, 5QI granularity, or DRB granularity; the first configuration information may further include a statistical period of the first measurement object, that is, a period during which the distribution unit entity performs MDT measurement on the first measurement object.
In the embodiment of the present application, other distribution unit entities in the vicinity refer to other distribution unit entities within a preset distance range from the target distribution unit entity.
Step S11 refers to performing wireless blocking signal interaction with other nearby distributed unit entities within a preset time period after receiving the first configuration information. Thus, the obtained result of the wireless obstruction signal interaction is also a result obtained within the preset time period.
S12: and according to the result of wireless blocking signal interaction, MDT measurement is conducted or stopped based on the first configuration information.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, step S12 includes at least one of:
after receiving the wireless obstruction signal, stopping MDT measurement;
And if the wireless obstruction signal is not received, transmitting the wireless obstruction signal to other distribution unit entities, and performing MDT measurement based on the first configuration information.
It can be appreciated that the distribution unit entity, after receiving the first configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, performs wireless blocking signal interaction with other nearby distribution unit entities in time. If wireless blocking signals sent by other nearby distribution unit entities are received, MDT measurement is not performed any more, and repeated measurement is avoided; and if the wireless obstruction signal is not received, the wireless obstruction signal is sent to other distribution unit entities, so that the other nearby distribution unit entities are prevented from repeating the measurement.
S13: and feeding back a first measurement result of the MDT measurement to the centralized unit entity.
The steps S11, S12, etc. are only step identifiers, and the execution sequence of the method is not necessarily performed in the order from small to large, for example, the step S12 may be executed first and then the step S11 may be executed, which is not limited by the present application.
It can be appreciated that the present application discloses a communication method based on 5G and distributed deployment, and for a distributed communication system based on 5G, MDT measurement and feedback are performed by a distributed unit entity, so that a centralized unit entity can perform processing such as data analysis, optimization, or network performance monitoring on measurement results. After receiving the first configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, the distributed unit entity performs wireless interference signal interaction with other nearby distributed unit entities in time, so that a plurality of distributed unit entities in close range can be prevented from repeatedly uploading the drive test result, and the working efficiency of MDT is reduced.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the wireless blocking signal interaction with other distributed unit entities in the vicinity includes at least one of: transmitting a wireless blocking signal to other nearby distributed unit entities through a wireless transceiver module; receiving wireless blocking signals sent by other nearby distributed unit entities through a wireless transceiver module; transmitting a wireless blocking signal to other nearby distributed unit entities through a network transceiver module; the wireless obstruction signals transmitted by other distributed unit entities in the vicinity are received by the wireless transceiver module of the network transceiver module.
In the embodiment of the application, the wireless transceiver module can be an electronic module which is connected with an antenna and transmits/receives information through infinite electromagnetic waves; the network transceiver module may be an electronic module that transmits and receives information via a network such as 5G.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, the method further includes:
s21: and after receiving the second configuration information sent by the centralized unit entity, performing MDT measurement based on the second configuration information to obtain a second measurement result.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the second configuration information includes a second measurement object, where the second measurement object includes cell signal quality, power headroom, traffic flow, IP throughput of the traffic, packet loss rate of the traffic, processing delay of the traffic, or round trip delay of a data packet sent between the network device and the terminal device. In addition, the second configuration information may further include granularity of a second measurement object, such as QoS flow granularity, 5QI granularity, DRB granularity, or the like; the second configuration information may further include a statistical period of the second measurement object, that is, a period during which the distribution unit entity performs MDT measurement on the second measurement object.
S22: and interacting the second measurement result with other terminal equipment nearby.
It will be appreciated that after the terminal device performs MDT measurement and obtains the measurement result, the terminal device needs to interact with other nearby terminal devices in a wireless/network manner.
In the embodiment of the present application, other terminal devices in the vicinity refer to other terminal devices within a preset distance range from the target terminal device.
S23: and carrying out statistical processing on the second measurement results of other terminal equipment.
In an alternative embodiment of the application, the statistical processing comprises at least one of: summation treatment; averaging; taking the median for treatment; maximum value treatment is carried out; and (5) taking a minimum value for processing.
It will be appreciated that corresponding statistical treatments may be employed for different measurement objects and different detection environments.
S24: and feeding the statistical processing result back to the centralized unit entity as a final measurement result.
The steps S21, S22, etc. are only step identifiers, and the execution sequence of the method is not necessarily performed in the order from small to large, for example, the step S22 may be performed first and then the step S21 may be performed, which is not limited by the present application.
It can be understood that in the communication method based on 5G and distributed deployment disclosed in the present application, for the distributed communication system based on 5G, MDT measurement and feedback can be performed through the terminal device, so that the central unit entity can perform processing such as data analysis, optimization, or network performance monitoring on the measurement result. After MDT measurement is carried out and before measurement results are fed back, the terminal equipment can interact with measurement results of other nearby terminal equipment, and finally, the statistical processing results are fed back to the centralized unit entity, so that the situation that individual measurement in a network cell deviates can be avoided, and the accuracy of MDT measurement is improved.
In an alternative embodiment of the present application, step S22 includes at least one of: transmitting a second measurement result measured by the local device to other nearby terminal devices through the wireless transceiver module; receiving a second measurement result sent by other nearby terminal equipment through the wireless transceiver module; the network transceiver module is used for sending and transmitting the second measurement result measured by the local machine to other nearby terminal equipment; and receiving second measurement results sent by other nearby terminal equipment through a wireless transceiver module of the network transceiver module.
In the embodiment of the application, the wireless transceiver module can be an electronic module which is connected with an antenna and transmits/receives information through infinite electromagnetic waves; the network transceiver module may be an electronic module that transmits and receives information via a network such as 5G.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a 5G and distributed deployment based communication device. The device for checking the marine original data observation system comprises one or more processors; one or more wireless transceiver modules, one or more network transceiver modules, and memory. The processor, the wireless transceiver module, the network transceiver module and the memory are connected through a bus. The memory is for storing a computer program comprising program instructions and the processor is for executing the program instructions stored by the memory. Wherein the processor is configured to invoke the program instructions to perform the operations of any of the methods of the first aspect:
It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present invention, the Processor may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), which may also be other general purpose Processor, digital signal Processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL Processor, DSP), application SPECIFIC INTEGRATED Circuit (ASIC), off-the-shelf Programmable gate array (Field-Programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, or the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
The wireless transceiver module can be an electronic module connected with the antenna and used for transmitting/receiving information through infinite electromagnetic waves; the network transceiver module may be an electronic module that transmits and receives information via a network such as 5G.
The memory may include read only memory and random access memory and provide instructions and data to the processor. A portion of the memory may also include non-volatile random access memory. For example, the memory may also store information of the device type.
In a specific implementation, the processor, the wireless transceiver module, and the network transceiver module described in the embodiments of the present invention may perform an implementation manner described in any of the methods of the first aspect, or may perform an implementation manner of the terminal device described in the embodiments of the present invention, which is not described herein again.
In a third aspect, the present invention provides a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising program instructions which when executed by a processor implement the steps of any of the methods of the first aspect.
The computer readable storage medium may be an internal storage unit of the terminal device of any of the foregoing embodiments, for example, a hard disk or a memory of the terminal device. The computer-readable storage medium may be an external storage device of the terminal device, for example, a plug-in hard disk, a smart memory card (SMART MEDIA CARD, SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) card, a flash memory card (FLASH CARD), or the like, which are provided in the terminal device. Further, the computer-readable storage medium may further include both an internal storage unit and an external storage device of the terminal device. The computer-readable storage medium is used for storing the computer program and other programs and data required by the terminal device. The above-described computer-readable storage medium may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied in electronic hardware, in computer software, or in a combination of the two, and that the elements and steps of the examples have been generally described in terms of function in the foregoing description to clearly illustrate the interchangeability of hardware and software. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.
In several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed terminal device and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the above-described division of units is merely a logical function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. In addition, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices, or elements, or may be an electrical, mechanical, or other form of connection.
The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and components shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiment of the present invention.
In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.
The integrated units described above, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention is essentially or a part contributing to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method in the various embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.
The terms "first," "second," "the first," or "the second," as used in various embodiments of the present disclosure, may modify various components without regard to order and/or importance, but these terms do not limit the corresponding components. The above description is only configured for the purpose of distinguishing an element from other elements. For example, the first user device and the second user device represent different user devices, although both are user devices. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and, similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
When an element (e.g., a first element) is referred to as being "coupled" (operatively or communicatively) to "another element (e.g., a second element) or" connected "to another element (e.g., a second element), it is understood that the one element is directly connected to the other element or the one element is indirectly connected to the other element via yet another element (e.g., a third element). In contrast, it will be understood that when an element (e.g., a first element) is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly coupled" to another element (a second element), then no element (e.g., a third element) is interposed therebetween.
It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, the element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element, and furthermore, elements having the same name in different embodiments of the application may have the same meaning or may have different meanings, the particular meaning of which is to be determined by its interpretation in this particular embodiment or by further combining the context of this particular embodiment.
The above description is only of alternative embodiments of the application and of illustrations of the technical principles applied. It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the scope of the application referred to in the present application is not limited to the specific combinations of the technical features described above, but also covers other technical features formed by any combination of the technical features described above or their equivalents without departing from the inventive concept described above. Such as the above-mentioned features and the technical features disclosed in the present application (but not limited to) having similar functions are replaced with each other.
The words "if", as used herein, may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination" or "in response to a detection", depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase "if determined" or "if detected (stated condition or event)" may be interpreted as "when determined" or "in response to determination" or "when detected (stated condition or event)" or "in response to detection (stated condition or event), depending on the context.
The above description is only of alternative embodiments of the application and of illustrations of the technical principles applied. It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the scope of the application referred to in the present application is not limited to the specific combinations of the technical features described above, but also covers other technical features formed by any combination of the technical features described above or their equivalents without departing from the inventive concept described above. Such as the above-mentioned features and the technical features disclosed in the present application (but not limited to) having similar functions are replaced with each other.
The above description is only of alternative embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.