EP2982160A2 - Method and apparatus for supporting dual connectivity - Google Patents
Method and apparatus for supporting dual connectivityInfo
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- the present disclosure relates generally to the wireless communication field, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for supporting dual connectivity.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a wireless communication network 100 in prior art.
- the wireless communication network 100 includes a macro base station 110, which provides basic network coverage 120, and one or more small cell base stations 132, 134, 136, and 138 with lower power, which provide relatively small network coverage 142, 144, 146, and 148 (signed by backlash in the figure) respectively.
- a User Equipment (UE) 150 located in the common coverage of the macro base station and the small cell base station will be able to establish communication connections with both the macro base station 110 and the corresponding small cell base station (e.g., the small cell base station 134) simultaneously.
- UE User Equipment
- C-plane Control plane
- U-plane User plane
- CA Aggregation
- Pcell Primary Cell
- Scell Secondary Cell
- the most important benefit of this concept is no Pcell change situation will occur and hence no handover procedure will be triggered during a UE staying in macro cell coverage. And when the UE moves into small cell coverage, the small cell can be added as Scell.
- eNB_M Macro Base Station
- eNB_S Small Cell Base Station
- this invention provides several specific solutions that guarantee the data of one service/RB/LCH to only be sent through one cell/node, and also provides how to handle the impact of a secondary cell behavior in the case that the data of one service/RB/LCH is only sent through one cell/node.
- a method for supporting dual connectivity in a wireless communication network including one macro base station and one or more small cell base stations comprises: an initialization step for, when a User Equipment (UE) initially accesses the macro base station, connecting the UE to a Primary Cell (Pcell) or the macro base station such that a current Logical Channel (LCH) is handled by the Pcell or the macro base station, wherein the Pcell is associated with the macro base station and operates on a primary component carrier; and an indication step for, indicating to the UE through a dedicated Radio Resource Control (RRC) message that the LCH is to be handled by the macro base station or one of the small cell base station, or is to be handled by the Pcell or a Secondary Cell (Scell), wherein the Scell operates on a secondary component carrier.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- a method for supporting dual connectivity in a wireless communication network including one macro base station and one or more small cell base stations comprises: having data of a Logical Channel (LCH) to only be handled by a Primary Cell (Pcell) or a Secondary Cell (Scell), or to only be handled by the macro base station or one of the small cell base station; when the LCH mapped Scell of the small cell base station is de-activated or released, and when there is at least another one active Scell of the small cell base station in the wireless communication network, sending data of the LCH through the active small cell base station; and when all the Scells of small cell base stations are de-activated or released, sending data of the LCH through the macro base station.
- LCH Logical Channel
- Pcell Primary Cell
- Scell Secondary Cell
- a method for supporting dual connectivity in a wireless communication network including one macro base station and one or more small cell base stations comprises: having data of a Logical Channel (LCH) to only be handled by a Primary Cell (Pcell) or a Secondary Cell (Scell), or to only be handled by the macro base station or one of the small cell base stations; and when the LCH mapped Scell of the small cell base station is de-activated, pending transmission of the LCH until the Scell is re-activated.
- LCH Logical Channel
- Pcell Primary Cell
- Scell Secondary Cell
- a method for supporting dual connectivity in a wireless communication network including one macro base station and one or more small cell base stations comprises: having data of a Logical Channel (LCH) to only be handled by a Primary Cell (Pcell) or a Secondary Cell (Scell), or to only be handled by the macro base station or one of the small cell base stations; when the Scell of the small cell base station is de-activated, the macro base station indicating a UE behavior by setting "R" bit in the Scell activation/de-activation MAC CE.
- LCH Logical Channel
- Pcell Primary Cell
- Scell Secondary Cell
- an apparatus for supporting dual connectivity in a wireless communication network including one macro base station and one or more small cell base stations comprises: an initialization unit, which is configured to, when a User Equipment (UE) initially accesses to the macro base station, connect the UE to a Primary Cell (Pcell) or the macro base station such that a current Logical Channel (LCH) is handled by the Pcell or the macro base station, wherein the Pcell is associated with the macro base station and operates on a primary component carrier; and an indication unit, which is configured to indicate to the UE through a dedicated Radio Resource Control (RRC) message that the LCH is to be handled by the macro base station or one of the small cell base stations, or is to be handled by the Pcell or a Secondary Cell (Scell), wherein the Scell operates on a secondary component carrier.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- an apparatus for supporting dual connectivity in a wireless communication network including one macro base station and one or more small cell base stations comprises: a dual connectivity enabling unit, which is configured to have data of a Logical Channel (LCH) to only be handled by a Primary Cell (Pcell) or a Secondary Cell (Scell), or to only be handled by the macro base station or one of the small cell base stations; and a cell change processing unit, which is configured to, when the LCH mapped Scell of the small cell base station is de-activated or released, and when there is at least one Scell of another active small cell base station in the wireless communication network, send data of the LCH through the active small cell base station; and wherein the processing unit is further configured to, when all Scells of small cell base stations are de-activated or released, send data of the LCH through the macro base station.
- LCH Logical Channel
- Pcell Primary Cell
- Scell Secondary Cell
- Figure 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a network architecture in prior art.
- Figure 2 illustrates a flow chart of a method for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 3 illustrates a flow chart of another method for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 4 illustrates a block diagram of an apparatus for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 5 illustrates a block diagram of another apparatus for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of the Scell activation/de-activation MAC CE in prior art.
- Figure 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of the Scell activation/de-activation MAC CE reconfigured according to the embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 2 illustrates a flow chart of a method 200 for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- the method 200 includes an initialization step 210, wherein when a UE initially accesses a macro base station eNB_M, connecting the UE to a Pcell or the eNB_M such that a current LCH is handled by the Pcell or the eNB_M, wherein the Pcell is associated with the eNB_M and operates on a primary component carrier.
- the UE is indicated through a dedicated RRC message whether the LCH will be handled by the eNB_M or the eNB_S, or whether the LCH will be handled by the Pcell or a Scell.
- Option Al indicating to the UE through which cell (Pcell or Scell) or through which node (eNB_M or eNB_S) the RB/LCH will be sent through a RB configuration/reconfiguration RRC message;
- Option A2 indicating to the UE which service/RB/LCH the Scell will handle through a Scell configuration/reconfiguration RRC message;
- Option A3 defining a new RRC message to configure each service/RB/LCH to indicate to the UE the Pcell or Scell for handling each service/RB/LCH.
- the target cell e.g., Pcell or
- this new information element indicates that the configured/reconfigured RB is handled by a Pcell or a Scell.
- the new information element includes index of the Pcell or Scell.
- the length of the new information element depends upon the number of all supported Pcells and Scells. For instance, when the network 100 supports one Pcell and seven Scells, the length of the information element is 3 bits. In this case, for example, the index 000 refers to the Pcell, and indexes 001-111 refer to the supported seven Scells respectively. Further, the new information element being empty indicates that the configured/reconfigured RB is handed by the Pcell.
- Sub-option A1.2 this new information element indicates that the configured/reconfigured RB is handled by the eNB_M or the eNB_S .
- the new information element includes the index of the eNB_M or eNB_S.
- the length of the new information element depends upon the number of eNB_Ss that a UE can simultaneously connect with. For instance, when only one eNB_M and one eNB_S can be supported to be connected to one UE simultaneously, 1 bit is needed for this information element. If one eNB_M and up to three eNB_Ss can be connected to one UE simultaneously, 2 bits are needed for this information element.
- the index 00 refers to the eNB_M
- the indexes 01-11 respectively refer to the three eNB_Ss.
- the new information element being empty indicates that the configured/reconfigured RB is handed by the eNB_M.
- sub-option A 1.1 and sub-option A 1.2 lies in the different granularities of the RB/ LCH processing unit indicated by the information element.
- Sub-option A 1.1 indicates explicitly the specific cell (e.g., Pcell or Scell) for handling the RB/LCH, while the information about the Pcell or Scell further implicitly indicates which base station (e.g., eNB_M or eNB_S) will handle this RB/LCH.
- Pcell or Scell the specific cell
- base station e.g., eNB_M or eNB_S
- the eNB_M when configuring/reconfiguring the Scell, indicates to the UE the RB/LCH to be handled by the configured/reconfigured Scell by adding a new information element to the Scell configuration/reconfiguration RRC message. For example, it may indicate to the UE which LCH the configured/reconfigured Scell can handle. If the configured/reconfigured Scell belongs to a certain eNB_S, the UE is clear which logical channel will be handed by the eNB_S. This effect is similar to above proposed sub-option A 1.1. For example, when a first Scell is setup after the initialization step (step 210), the eNB_M can indicate to the UE whether some current LCHs will be handled by this Scell. If yes, the related LCH(s) will not be handled by the Pcell once more.
- Sub-option A2.1 updating the RB/LCH configuration/reconfiguration message to add a new information element to indicate whether the configured/reconfigured RB/LCH is handled by the Pcell or the Scell.
- the specific indicating method is similar to the aforementioned sub-option ALL
- Sub-option A2.2 using the Scell configuration/reconfiguration RRC message to indicate to the UE whether the reconfigured/reconfigured RB/LCH is handled by the eNB_M or the eNB_S. Before the UE receiving this Scell configuration/reconfiguration RRC message, the configured/reconfigured RB/LCH will be handed by the Pcell by default, as stated in step 210.
- sub-option A2.2 Compared with sub-option A2.1, sub-option A2.2 will not impact the RB configuration RRC procedure.
- a new dedicated RRC message is defined in R12 to indicate the Pcell or the Scell for handling each RB/LCH, or indicate the eNB_M or the eNB_S for handling each RB/LCH.
- the UE Before receiving this new RRC message, for this new configured/reconfigured RB, the UE knows that it will be handled by the Pcell by default.
- option A3 has the same effect as option Al and option A2, with the cost of defining a new dedicated RRC message. Hence below we mainly focus on option Al and option A2.
- the data of one LCH is guaranteed to be sent through one cell (e.g., Pcell or Scell) only, or be sent by one node (e.g., eNB_M or eNB_S) only, so that the separation of C-plane and U-plane can be realized.
- one cell e.g., Pcell or Scell
- one node e.g., eNB_M or eNB_S
- these procedures may also realize that some LCH/RB is handled by multiple cells or multiple nodes.
- option Al and option A2 can be simplified as below to support the C-plane and U-plane separation according to current SI proposal.
- the UE only needs to know whether there is a Scell of the eNB_S is active or not. If yes, then the UE will conduct the specified behavior so that the DRB will be only handled by the eNB_S. If not, all current configured SRBs/DRBs will be handled by the eNB_M.
- Option 3' inserting one new information element in the Scell configuration/reconfiguration RRC message to identify whether this configured/reconfigured Scell belongs to the eNB_S or not.
- options A1/A2/A3 can realize the target that one service/RB/LCH will be handled by only one cell/node to improve scheduling efficiency when supporting dual connectivity in R12. And also the C-plane and U-plane separation can be easily supported based on these options.
- Figure 3 illustrates a flow chart of another method 300 for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- the method 300 is directed to how to deal with the impact of Scell operation (e.g., Scell activation/de-activation/release) after guaranteeing that the data of a LCH is only handled by one cell/node,
- Scell operation e.g., Scell activation/de-activation/release
- the data of a LCH being handled only by one cell/node can be realized by any one of above options Al, A2, and A3.
- the invention is not limited to this, and any solution that can guarantee that the data of one LCH is only handled by one cell/node falls within the scope of the invention.
- the method 300 includes step 310, which achieves that the data of a LCH is only handled by a Pcell or a Scell, or is only handled by the eNB_M or the eNB_S.
- step 310 achieves that the data of a LCH is only handled by a Pcell or a Scell, or is only handled by the eNB_M or the eNB_S.
- the Pcell will always keep active, which will not impact those LCHs handled by the Pcell or by the eNB_M.
- Scell may be de-activated/activated/released dynamically for different situations, these Scell operations will impact the LCH handled by it.
- the key impact to UE behavior is in the Uplink (UL) LCP procedure.
- handle can also be called as "map” or "link,” which means whether the processing unit of a LCH is a cell (e.g., a Pcell or a Scell) or a node (e.g., an eNB_M or an eNB_S).
- map or “link” which means whether the processing unit of a LCH is a cell (e.g., a Pcell or a Scell) or a node (e.g., an eNB_M or an eNB_S).
- Level 1 specifying the specific cell for handling the LCH, such as the Pcell, the Scell of the eNB_M, or the Scell of the eNB_S. This can be done by option A1+ sub-option A 1.1 or option A2 or option A3 as proposed above.
- Level 2 specifying the specific node for handling the LCH, such as the eNB_M or the eNB_S. This can be done by option A1+ sub-option A 1.2 or option A2 or option A3 as proposed above.
- Case 1 a UE conducts the R10 defined LCP procedure among LCHs handled by the eNB_M.
- Case 2 a UE conducts the R10 defined LCP procedure among LCHs handled by the eNB_S.
- the UE behavior is discussed as follows according to these two levels.
- Level 1 LCH is mapped to one specific cell explicitly
- the UE is very clear that one LCH will be handled by which cell (Pcell or eNB_M Scell or eNB_S Scell).
- Pcell Pcell or eNB_M Scell or eNB_S Scell.
- case 1 will not be impacted, because at least the Pcell can be used. This is also inline with above proposal that does not need to assign LCHs to the Scell of the eNB_M.
- Option B l in one embodiment, when an Scell of the eNB_S to which an LCH is mapped is de-activated or released, transmission of the LCH mapped to the Scell will be pended until the Scell is activated once again.
- Option B2 in another embodiment, when an Scell of the eNB_S to which an LCH is mapped is de-activated or released, and when there is at least another active Scell of the eNB_S, the UE continues to send the data of the LCH through the active Scell, as depicted in step 320 of the method 300. And when all Scells of eNB_Ss are de-activated or released, the UE sends the data of the LCH through the eNB_M, as depicted in step 330 of the method 300. In this manner, the data of the LCH is guaranteed to have the chance to be transmitted even if its mapped Scell was de-activated.
- Scheme 1 the method 300 is automatically implemented by the UE according to predetermined rules
- Scheme 2 the method 300 is implemented by the UE explicitly commanded by the eNB_M.
- Scheme 1 the UE automatically operates according to predetermined rules
- R12 needs to define new rules to guide UE behaviors as below:
- Rule 2.1 when the LCH mapped Scell of the eNB_S is de-activated/released, and there is at least one active Scell of the eNB_S, the UE continues to send the data of the LCH through the active eNB_S .
- Rule 2.2 when all Scells of eNB_Ss are de-activated, the UE continues to send the data of the LCH through the eNB_M.
- Rule 2.3 may be defined as follows:
- Rule 2.3 when the LCH mapped Scell of the eNB_S is released, a new information element is added to the RRC message for releasing the Scell to indicate by which cell (e.g., Pcell or Scell)/node (e.g., eNB_M or eNB_S) the LCH will be handled so as to avoid the UE confusion.
- cell e.g., Pcell or Scell
- node e.g., eNB_M or eNB_S
- the UE knows that the LCH will be handled by the eNB_M.
- scheme 1 can be further simplified by the following rules to realize the C-plane and U-plane separation in R12:
- Rule 2.1 given that there is at least one Scell of an eNB_S keeping active, the UE will send all DRBs through the eNB_S and will not be impacted by eNB_S Scell de-activation operation;
- Rule 2.2 if all Scells of eNB_Ss are de-activated/released, the UE will start to send all DRBs through the eNB_M or pends all LCH transmissions handled by eNB_Ss.
- Scheme 2 the method 300 is implemented by the UE explicitly commanded by the eNB_M
- the eNB_M can explicitly indicate the UE behavior by the Scell active/de-active Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE).
- MAC Media Access Control
- Figure 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of the existing Scell activation/de-activation MAC CE.
- FIG 6 in the existing Scell activation/de-activation MAC CE according to 3GPP TS 36.321, there is a "R" bit which is reserved for later use. This "R" bit can be re-defined to indicate the UE behavior explicitly.
- Figure 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of the reconfigured Scell activation/de-activation MAC CE according to the embodiments of the invention.
- R indicates that the UE may send the data of impacted LCHs through the eNB_M. For this case, regardless whether or not there is active Scell on the eNB _S, the UE will start to send data of those impacted LCHs through the eNB_M.
- scheme 2 can be further defined as below:
- Level 2 LCH is mapped to one node
- the UE only knows by which node (e.g., eNB_M or eNB_S) one
- Scheme the method 300 is automatically implemented by the UE according to predetermined rules, wherein the following new rules are defined: Rule : if there is at least one eNB_S Scell being active, all LCHs mapped to eNB_S are sent through eNB_S and will not be impacted by the eNB_S Scell de-activation/release operation;
- Rule 2' when all eNB_S Scells are de-activated or released, the UE continues to send all LCHs mapped to eNB_S through the eNB_M temporarily so that there is no pending for the eNB S handled LCH transmission.
- Scheme 2' the method 300 is implemented by the UE explicitly commanded by eNB_M.
- the UE pends all LCHs mapped to eNB_S since the eNB_S is not permitted to send its handled LCHs through the eNB_M.
- Level 2 is very easy to realize the C-plane and U-plane separation.
- the UE will continue to send all DRBs through the eNB_S.
- the UE When all eNB_S Scells are de-activated, the UE continues to send all DRBs through the eNB_M.
- the "R" bit is ignored and the UE continues to send all DRBs through the eNB_S.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of an apparatus 400 for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- the apparatus 400 can be implemented in the eNB_M or can be implemented by the eNB_M.
- the apparatus 400 includes an initialization unit 410, which is configured to, when a UE initially access to the eNB_M, connect the UE to a Pcell or the eNB_M such that current LCH is handled by the Pcell or the eNB_M.
- the apparatus 400 also includes an indication unit 420, which is configured to indicate to the UE through a dedicated RRC message that the LCH is to be handled by the eNB_M or an eNB_S, or is to be handled by the Pcell or a Scell.
- an indication unit 420 which is configured to indicate to the UE through a dedicated RRC message that the LCH is to be handled by the eNB_M or an eNB_S, or is to be handled by the Pcell or a Scell.
- Figure 5 illustrates a block diagram of another apparatus 500 for supporting dual connectivity according to the embodiments of the invention.
- the apparatus 500 for example, can be implemented in the eNB_M or can be implemented by the eNB_M.
- the apparatus 500 includes a dual connectivity enabling unit 510, which is configured to make the data of a LCH only be handled by a Pcell or a Scell, or only be handled by an eNB_M or an eNB_S.
- the apparatus 500 also includes a cell change processing unit 520, which is configured to, when the LCH mapped Scell of the eNB_S is de-activated or released, and when there is at least another one active Scell of the eNB_S, send the data of the LCH through the active eNB_S, and the cell change processing unit 520 is further configured to, when all Scells of eNB_Ss are de-activated or released, send the data of the LCH through the eNB_M.
- a cell change processing unit 520 which is configured to, when the LCH mapped Scell of the eNB_S is de-activated or released, and when there is at least another one active Scell of the eNB_S, send the data of the LCH through the active eNB_S
- the cell change processing unit 520 is further configured to, when all Scells of eNB_Ss are de-activated or released, send the data of the LCH through the eNB_M.
- the term “base station” can refers to the coverage of a base station and/or a base station or a base station subsystem serving the coverage.
- the small cell scheduling efficiency can be improved and the separation of C-plane and U-plane can be achieved.
- the functions of the present application may be implemented using hardware, software, firmware, or any combinations thereof.
- the functions may be stored on a computer readable medium as one or more instructions or codes, or transmitted as one or more instructions or codes on the computer readable medium.
- the computer readable medium comprises a computer storage medium and a communication medium.
- the communication medium includes any medium that facilitates transmission of the computer program from one place to another.
- the storage medium may be any available medium accessible to a general or specific computer.
- the computer-readable medium may include, for example, but not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disc storage devices, magnetic disk storage devices, or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that carries or stores desired program code means in a manner of instructions or data structures accessible by a general or specific computer or a general or specific processor. Furthermore, any connection may also be considered as a computer-readable medium.
- co-axial cable an optical cable, a twisted pair wire, a digital subscriber line (DSL), or radio technologies such as infrared, radio or microwave
- co-axial cable, optical cable, twisted pair wire, digital subscriber line (DSL), or radio technologies such as infrared, radio or microwave are also covered by the definition of medium.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any normal processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
- a processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
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