WO2021056844A1 - 数据处理方法、主机单元、基站***和存储介质 - Google Patents
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- This application relates to the field of wireless communication, and in particular to a data processing method, a host unit, a base station system, and a storage medium.
- the distributed base station system is a small low-power base station that provides users with deep coverage of mobile communication signals.
- the existing indoor wireless distributed system it is generally composed of a host unit + an extension unit + a remote unit.
- the host unit is connected to multiple extension units, and the extension unit can be connected to multiple remote units to achieve the coverage effect of a common cell.
- Traditional indoor wireless distributed systems mostly use option 7 in Figure 1 to divide the functions of the host unit and the extension unit.
- the host unit implements the high-level protocol stack function, and the extension unit implements the physical layer and the IQ data combination function of each remote unit. Or combine the IQ data of the next-level expansion unit in the cascade; the host unit combines and demodulates all the received uplink combined signals.
- the prior art generally adopts a method of limiting the number of combined remote unit groups.
- a preset number of multiple remote units simultaneously receive uplink signals sent by user equipment and upload them to the host unit.
- the host unit processes the multiple uplink signals to obtain uplink data.
- a data processing method is applied to a base station system.
- the base station system includes: a host unit, a plurality of extension units, and a plurality of remote unit groups; the host unit is in communication connection with a plurality of extension units, and each extension unit is connected to at least one remote Unit group communication connection, multiple remote unit groups are used for communication connection with user equipment, the method includes:
- the host unit obtains the measurement data reported by the extension unit; the measurement data is obtained by the extension unit based on the uplink signal sent by the same user equipment, and is used to indicate the signal transmission quality between each remote unit group connected to the extension unit and the user equipment;
- the host unit determines whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered according to the measurement data
- the host unit determines at least two target remote unit groups from the multiple remote unit groups to receive the uplink signal sent by the user equipment.
- the base station system includes: a host unit, a plurality of extension units, and a plurality of remote unit groups; the host unit is communicatively connected with a plurality of extension units, and each extension unit is communicatively connected with at least one remote unit group; A remote unit group is used to communicate with the user equipment; the host unit implements the steps of the above-mentioned data processing method.
- the above-mentioned data processing method host unit, base station system, and storage medium.
- the host unit obtains the measurement data reported by the extension unit; the measurement data is obtained by the extension unit based on the uplink signal sent by the same user equipment, and is used to indicate each connection connected to the extension unit.
- the signal transmission quality between the remote unit group and the user equipment then, according to the measurement data, determine whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered; if the signal of the user equipment is interfered, determine at least two from the multiple remote unit groups A target remote unit group to receive the uplink signal sent by the user equipment.
- the host unit determines at least two target remote unit groups from multiple remote unit groups when the signal of the user equipment receives interference, so that when the signal of the user equipment is interfered, the host unit can communicate with multiple channels.
- the line signal is demodulated, which reduces the fronthaul bandwidth requirements of the host unit and the expansion unit, and at the same time improves the uplink signal quality of the user equipment.
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the functional division of the host unit and the expansion unit of a distributed system
- Figure 2 is an application environment diagram of a data processing method in an embodiment
- Figure 3 is a schematic flow chart of a data processing method in an embodiment
- Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a base station system in an embodiment
- FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a data processing method in another embodiment
- Fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a data processing method in another embodiment
- Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of a base station system in another embodiment
- FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a data processing method in another embodiment
- Figure 9 is a structural block diagram of a host unit in an embodiment
- Figure 10 is a structural block diagram of a host unit in an embodiment
- Figure 11 is a structural block diagram of a host unit in an embodiment
- Figure 12 is a structural block diagram of a host unit in an embodiment.
- Fig. 13 is a structural block diagram of a base station system in an embodiment.
- the data processing method provided in the present application can be applied to the base station system shown in FIG. 2.
- the base station system may include: a host unit (AU) 100, multiple extension units (CP) 200, and multiple remote unit groups ( DPG) 300 and other multiple network elements, the base station system can realize the connection between the network elements based on the topology shown in Figure 2; the host unit 100 is in communication connection with multiple extension units 200, among which, multiple extension units 200 can be staged Association relationship; each extension unit 200 can be connected to at least one remote unit group (DP Group) 300, and each remote unit group 300 can include multiple remote units.
- AU host unit
- CP multiple extension units
- DPG remote unit groups
- the host unit 100 mainly completes the modulation and demodulation of baseband signals
- the extension unit 200 mainly completes the forwarding and convergence of uplink/downlink signals
- the remote unit group 300 mainly completes the RF reception/radio transmission of uplink/downlink signals; generally, the host unit 100 is in communication connection with the core network, and the remote unit group 300 is in communication connection with the user equipment 400. Therefore, the aforementioned base station system can realize the communication between the host unit 100 and the user equipment 400, the communication between the core network and the user equipment 400, and the user equipment. Communication between 400 and user equipment 400, etc.
- the user equipment 400 may be, but is not limited to, devices with radio frequency receiving/transmitting functions, such as smart phones, computer equipment, portable wearable devices, Internet of Things equipment, vehicles, drones, and industrial equipment.
- a data processing method is provided. Taking the method applied to the host unit in FIG. 2 as an example for description, the method may include the following steps:
- a data processing method is applied to a base station system.
- the base station system includes: a host unit, a plurality of extension units, and a plurality of remote unit groups; the host unit is in communication connection with a plurality of extension units, and each extension unit is connected to at least one remote Unit group communication connection, multiple remote unit groups are used for communication connection with user equipment, the method includes:
- the host unit obtains the measurement data reported by the extension unit; the measurement data is obtained by the extension unit based on the uplink signal sent by the same user equipment, and is used to indicate signal transmission between each remote unit group connected to the extension unit and the user equipment quality.
- the above-mentioned host unit mainly completes the modulation and demodulation of baseband signals, including the User Equipment (UE) location management subsystem, the user uplink selection subsystem, and the enhanced Common Public Radio Interface (hereinafter referred to as eCPRI interface subsystem), Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) system, scheduler subsystem, and protocol stack (Radio Access Network, RAN for short) defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) ) Subsystem.
- UE position management subsystem implements the UE's positioning function and position information identification function.
- the UE Based on the data processing of the high-level physical layer (High-Physical, H-PHY) subsystem, the UE performs the remote unit (Distributed Part, DP for short) level or remote unit group (Distributed Part Group, DPG for short) level location identification.
- the above-mentioned user uplink selection subsystem updates the DPG available to the UE in real time, and selects the DPG for the UE in different locations to perform uplink joint demodulation and decoding.
- the above-mentioned eCPRI interface subsystem realizes the analysis and encapsulation of the eCPRI protocol package, and performs data transmission based on the eCPRI package with the expansion unit.
- the above-mentioned OAM subsystem implements software management, configuration management, fault management, and performance management functions.
- the above-mentioned scheduling subsystem implements air interface resource management and scheduling.
- the above-mentioned RAN protocol stack subsystem includes: H-PHY subsystem, media access control layer MAC (Media Access Control, MAC for short) subsystem, radio link control layer (Radio Link Control, RLC) subsystem, packet data convergence protocol layer (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP for short) subsystem, Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP for short) subsystem, scheduler subsystem, Layer 3 (L3) subsystem, S1/NG Interface subsystem.
- H-PHY subsystem media access control layer MAC (Media Access Control, MAC for short) subsystem
- radio link control layer Radio Link Control, RLC
- packet data convergence protocol layer Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP for short
- SDAP Service Data Adaptation Protocol
- the above-mentioned H-PHY subsystem, MAC layer subsystem, and RLC subsystem implement data processing strictly related to the RAN system and the TTI sequence of the transmission time interval.
- the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer subsystem implements data integrity protection, air interface encryption, and Internet Protocol Address (IP address) header compression.
- the above-mentioned L3 subsystem implements RRC protocol signaling processing and implements LTE system radio resource management.
- the S1/NG interface subsystem realizes core network S1-MME/NG-AMF control signaling processing and GTP-U tunnel data processing.
- the above-mentioned extension unit (Centralized Part, CP for short) mainly completes the forwarding and convergence of uplink/downlink signals, and is responsible for the H-PHY protocol function; including the DPG management subsystem, the low-layer physical layer (Low-PHY, subsystem, eCPRI interface subsystem, CPRI interface subsystem and OAM subsystem.
- the DPG management subsystem the low-layer physical layer (Low-PHY, subsystem, eCPRI interface subsystem, CPRI interface subsystem and OAM subsystem.
- the above-mentioned DPG management subsystem implements DPG management of uplink and downlink data based on the scheduling information on the host unit side;
- the above-mentioned L-PHY subsystem implements the underlying physical layer functions, including FFT/IFFT, cyclic shift Bit removal/addition, RE demapping/mapping function;
- the above-mentioned eCPRI interface subsystem realizes eCPRI-based data packet transmission with the host unit;
- the above-mentioned CPRI interface subsystem realizes the CPRI-based IQ data stream transmission with DP;
- the above-mentioned OAM sub-system implements software management, configuration management, fault management, and performance management functions.
- the above-mentioned remote unit mainly completes the radio frequency reception/ radio frequency transmission of uplink/downlink signals, including the CPRI interface subsystem, the radio frequency (RF) subsystem, and the OAM subsystem; the above RF subsystem provides radio frequency signal processing, which is completed through an antenna Signal transceiving; the above-mentioned CPRI interface subsystem realizes the CPRI-based IQ data stream transmission with the CP; the above-mentioned OAM subsystem realizes the functions of software management, configuration management, fault management, and performance management.
- the above uplink signal may be a preamble signal uploaded through a physical random access channel (PRACH, Physical Random Access Channel), or a sounding reference signal (SRS, Sounding Reference Signal), or data accessed through other physical channels; understandable Yes, different remote unit groups correspond to different uplink signals for different user equipment. Therefore, for a certain user equipment, the main unit can receive multiple uplink signals sent by all remote unit groups through the extension unit connected to the remote unit .
- PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
- SRS Sounding Reference Signal
- the extension unit After the extension unit receives the uplink signal of the user equipment through the remote unit group, it can evaluate the signal transmission quality of each remote unit group according to the uplink signal, and obtain the measurement data of the remote unit group; the above measurement data may be noise in the physical channel
- the power level can also refer to the signal strength, which is not limited here.
- the expansion unit After the expansion unit obtains the measurement data of each remote unit group connected to it, it can send the measurement data to the host unit.
- the extension unit can also send the identification code of the extension unit, so that the host unit can determine which extension unit reports the measurement data, and can also send the identification of the user equipment and the identification of the remote unit group.
- the host unit determines whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered according to the measurement data.
- the uplink signal of the user equipment may be interfered; after the host unit receives the measurement data uploaded by each extension unit, it can determine the user equipment’s performance based on the measurement data. Whether the signal is disturbed.
- the host unit can determine whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered by the uplink signal reported by the extension unit.
- the data reported by the extension unit contains the test result of the signal quality of the user equipment, so that the host unit can be based on the above signal.
- the quality test result directly determines whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered; in addition, the host unit can also process the above-mentioned uplink signal, for example, according to the demodulation of the uplink signal, and the bit error rate in the demodulation result. Determine whether the signal of the user equipment has been interfered. For example, after the uplink signal of the user equipment is demodulated, the bit error rate does not meet the preset condition, then the host unit can consider that the signal of the user equipment has been interfered; the determination of the aforementioned interference The method is not limited here.
- the host unit determines at least two target remote unit groups from the multiple remote unit groups to receive the uplink signal sent by the user equipment.
- the host unit After the host unit determines that the signal of the user equipment is interfered, the host unit can determine at least two target remote unit groups from the multiple remote unit groups, and simultaneously receive the uplink signals sent by the user equipment through the multiple target remote unit groups.
- the power of the uplink signal received by the host unit is relatively large; although combining the uplink signals sent by multiple target remote unit groups will cause an increase in the uplink noise floor, but by increasing The uplink receive diversity gain can make the difference between the useful signal power and the noise power in the uplink signal meet the demodulation requirements, thereby improving the signal quality of the uplink signal.
- the host unit determines at least two target remote unit groups, it can be determined according to the location of the target remote unit group. For example, the host unit can consider interference signals received by two remote unit groups that are farther apart. Different, you can select multiple target remote unit groups that are farther apart to determine the target remote unit group; in addition, the host unit can also determine the target remote unit group according to the expansion unit connected to the remote unit group, for example, the host The unit can select the remote unit group connected with different expansion units as the target remote unit group; the determination method of the above-mentioned target remote unit group is not limited here.
- the host unit can select a preset number of remote unit groups as the target remote unit group when the user equipment is interfered. For example, select 3 remote unit groups to increase the uplink Receive diversity gain; in addition, the host unit can also determine the number of target remote unit groups according to the interference situation of the user equipment; optionally, the host unit can also select as many as possible within the acceptable range of the baseband processing capacity
- the target remote unit group is used to improve the quality of the uplink signal; the method for determining the number of the above-mentioned target remote unit group is not limited here.
- the host unit may receive the uplink signal sent by the user equipment through the multiple target remote unit groups. Specifically, the host unit may receive the uplink signal sent by the target remote unit group according to the identifier of the target remote unit group carried in the uplink signal; optionally, the host unit may send the identification information of the target remote unit group to the The target extension unit connected to the target remote unit group, and then receives the uplink combined data sent by the target extension unit; where the uplink combined data is that the target extension unit receives the remote unit in the target remote unit group corresponding to the identification information The uplink signals are combined to obtain.
- the host unit can also send downlink signals to the user equipment through the target remote unit group.
- the host unit can deliver the downlink signal sent to the user equipment to the extension unit connected to the target remote unit group, and then the extension unit sends the downlink signal to each target remote unit group, and finally passes through each remote unit group.
- Each remote unit in the unit group sends a downlink signal to the user equipment.
- the host unit obtains the measurement data reported by the extension unit; the measurement data is obtained by the extension unit based on the uplink signal sent by the same user equipment, and is used to indicate the connection between each remote unit group connected to the extension unit and the user equipment Then, according to the measurement data, determine whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered; if the signal of the user equipment is interfered, determine at least two target remote unit groups from multiple remote unit groups to receive Uplink signal sent by user equipment. Since the host unit determines at least two target remote unit groups from multiple remote unit groups when the signal of the user equipment receives interference, so that when the signal of the user equipment is interfered, the host unit can communicate with multiple channels.
- the line signal is demodulated, which reduces the fronthaul bandwidth requirements of the host unit and the expansion unit, and at the same time improves the uplink signal quality of the user equipment.
- Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a data processing method in another embodiment. This embodiment relates to a specific method for a host unit to determine a target remote unit group. On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, as shown in Fig. 5, the foregoing S103 includes:
- the host unit determines the signal correlation of any two remote unit groups according to the measurement data of each remote unit group.
- the host unit determines the target remote unit group according to the measurement data reported by the expansion unit, it can determine the signal correlation of any two remote unit groups in each remote unit group according to the above-mentioned measurement data.
- the above-mentioned signal correlation refers to the degree of correlation between the two remote unit groups respectively receiving the two sets of uplink signals sent by the user equipment. If the uplink signals received by the two remote unit groups are more similar, then the two remote unit groups are more similar. The signal correlation of the unit group is higher.
- the host unit can calculate the signal correlation of two remote unit groups that are adjacent in the above arrangement order according to the arrangement order of the remote unit groups corresponding to the user equipment, and can also calculate the signal correlation for each remote unit group of the user equipment.
- the unit group calculates the signal correlation with other remote unit groups. For example, if the remote unit group corresponding to the user equipment includes DGP1, DPG2, and DPG3, then the signal correlation obtained by the host unit can include the signal correlation between DPG1 and DPG2.
- the signal correlation degree with DPG2 and DPG3 can also include the signal correlation degree between DPG1 and DPG2, the signal correlation degree between DPG1 and DPG3, and the signal correlation degree between DPG2 and DPG3; here is how to select any two remote unit groups. Not limited.
- the host unit determines the signal correlation of any two remote unit groups according to the measurement data of each remote unit group, it can be determined according to one of the measurement data. For example, the noise of each remote unit group can be determined.
- the signal correlation of two remote unit groups with similar power levels can be the difference between the noise powers of the two remote unit groups; in addition, the host unit can also determine two remote unit groups in combination with multiple measurement data.
- the determination method of the above-mentioned signal correlation degree is not limited here.
- the aforementioned measurement data may include the signal received power of the remote unit group, and the host unit may calculate the difference between the signal received power of any two remote unit groups based on the signal received power of each remote unit group; The value is determined as the signal correlation of the two remote unit groups.
- the signal received power of the above remote unit group may be the signal power of the physical random access channel PRACH, the signal power of the sounding reference signal SRS, or the signal power of other channels, such as the physical uplink shared channel ( Signal power such as Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and Channel State Information (CSI);
- the above-mentioned signal reception power can also be the average value of the signal power of each channel, which can be an arithmetic average or It is a weighted average value, and there is no limitation on the form of the above-mentioned signal received power.
- the above-mentioned signal receiving power may be the carrier power of the signal in each channel, such as Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP), which characterizes the power value of each subcarrier, or it may be the carrier power and carrier power contained in each channel.
- RSRP Reference Signal Receiving Power
- the noise power received signal strength indication (Received Signal Strength Indication, RSSI for short), the type of the foregoing signal received power is not limited here.
- the host unit can calculate the difference of the signal receiving power of any two remote unit groups, and then determine the difference as the above two remote unit groups.
- the above difference can be the subtraction of the signal received power of the two remote unit groups, or the subtracted value can be an absolute value, or it can be a value that normalizes the above absolute value, for example, the above-mentioned absolute value is normalized.
- the ratio of the absolute value to the average value of the signal received power of the two remote unit groups is determined as the signal correlation, and the type of the above difference is not limited here.
- Far when the relative distance between the two remote unit groups is relatively far, the difference between the interference signals in the received data is also greater, that is to say, the correlation between the signals received by the two remote unit groups is lower .
- the host unit determines the remote unit group corresponding to the signal correlation that meets the preset judgment condition as the target remote unit group.
- the host unit may determine the two remote unit groups as the target remote unit group when the signal correlation of any two remote unit groups meets a preset judgment condition.
- the aforementioned preset judgment condition may be a signal correlation threshold. When the aforementioned signal correlation is less than the preset signal correlation threshold, the host unit determines the two remote unit groups as the target remote unit group; in addition, the aforementioned preset
- the decision condition can also be combined with the signal correlation of the remote unit group and other conditions, such as combining the received signal signal-to-noise ratio of each remote unit group, etc., to jointly determine the target remote unit group, which is not limited here.
- the host unit determines the target remote unit group according to the signal correlation of the two remote unit groups, so that the host unit can receive the uplink signals with relatively low signal correlation sent by multiple remote unit groups, thereby Make the demodulation of the uplink signal more accurate and improve the quality of the uplink signal.
- Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a data processing method in another embodiment. This embodiment relates to a specific manner in which a host unit determines a target remote unit group based on signal correlation.
- the foregoing S202 includes:
- the host unit compares each difference with a preset power difference threshold.
- the host unit determines the target remote unit group according to the remote unit group corresponding to the target difference value greater than the power difference threshold.
- the host unit can compare each difference with a preset power difference threshold, and then determine a target difference less than the power difference threshold Value, and determine the target remote unit group according to the remote unit group corresponding to the target difference.
- the host unit receives the signal power according to the three remote unit groups DPG1, DPG2, and DPG3, which are respectively A, B, and C; where the difference M1 between A and B is greater than the difference M2 between A and C.
- DPG1, DPG2, and DPG3 which are respectively A, B, and C; where the difference M1 between A and B is greater than the difference M2 between A and C.
- the corresponding 10 bits of the uplink signal sent by DPG2 may be The first 8 bits are correct, and the last 2 bits are wrong; and because the difference between A and C is small, that is, the distance between DPG1 and DPG3 is relatively close, among the 10 bits of the corresponding uplink signal sent by DPG3, It may also be that the first 5 bits are correct and the last 5 bits are wrong; from the above, it can be seen that the uplink signal received by the host unit through DPG1 and DPG2 has lower correlation, which can make the host unit demodulate the quality of the uplink signal higher.
- the above difference M1 may be greater than the preset power difference threshold, and the difference M2 may be smaller than the preset power difference threshold, then the DPG1 corresponding to the difference M1 DPG2 to determine the target difference threshold.
- the host unit may determine all remote unit groups corresponding to the target difference value as the target remote unit group, and may also perform further screening on all remote unit groups corresponding to the above-mentioned target difference value.
- the host unit determines whether the number of remote unit groups corresponding to the target difference is greater than the preset system maximum unit group value; if so, the host unit determines that each target difference corresponds to the remote according to the order of the target difference The priority order of the unit group; the host unit selects the corresponding number of remote unit groups with the highest priority in the priority order according to the maximum unit group value of the system, and determines the target remote unit group of the user equipment.
- the host unit can obtain the number of remote unit groups corresponding to the target difference, and then compare the number of remote unit groups corresponding to the target difference with the system maximum The unit group values are compared.
- the maximum unit group value of the above system is determined by the maximum number of remote unit groups supported by the baseband processing capability of the host unit, and the relationship between the receive diversity gain and the noise floor boost gain when the remote unit is combined; the baseband processing of the host unit
- the maximum number of remote unit groups supported by the capability is determined by the baseband processing capability of the host unit, and can be a preset value determined empirically.
- the increase of the receive diversity gain caused by the multiple remote unit combined path needs to be greater than the noise floor boost caused by the multiple remote unit combined path
- the maximum number of combined circuits can be determined according to the above relationship. For example, when 4 remote units are combined, the receive diversity gain is increased by 6dB, and the noise floor boosting gain caused by the combining is less than 6dB, then the host unit can combine the 4 remote units; when continuing to add a remote unit When combining 5 remote unit groups, although the receive diversity gain increases by 8dB, the noise floor boost gain caused by the combining is 9dB, then the host unit will not be able to combine the 5 remote unit groups.
- the maximum The number of combined roads is 4.
- the above-mentioned system maximum unit group value is the maximum number of remote unit groups supported by the above-mentioned baseband processing capacity, and the minimum value of the above-mentioned maximum number of combined channels, that is, when the maximum number of remote unit groups supported by the baseband processing capacity is 3, When the maximum number of combined circuits is 4, the maximum unit group value of the above system is taken as 3.
- the host unit needs to further filter the remote unit groups corresponding to the target difference value.
- the host unit can determine the priority order of each target difference corresponding to the remote unit group according to the order of the size of the target difference; the host unit selects the corresponding number with the highest priority in the priority order according to the maximum unit group value of the system
- the remote unit group is determined as the target remote unit group of the user equipment.
- the above difference M1 and difference M2 are both greater than the preset power difference threshold
- the remote unit group corresponding to the target difference of the user equipment includes DPG1, DPG2, and DPG3, according to the difference M1 and The size of the difference M2, set the priority of the DPG1 and DPG2 corresponding to the difference M1 to be high, and this arrangement is ⁇ DPG1, DPG2, DPG3 ⁇ , if the maximum unit group value of the above system is 2, select the priority from the above arrangement
- the first DPG1 and DPG2 are the target remote unit groups.
- the host unit determines the target remote unit group based on the difference in the signal received power of each remote unit group and compares it with a preset power difference threshold, so that the host unit can be directly based on the obtained signal
- the correlation determines the target remote unit group, which saves the computing resources of the host unit; further, the host unit determines the number of target remote unit groups according to the maximum unit group value of the system, which can make the host unit within the processing capacity range,
- the uplink signals of multiple remote unit groups are received as much as possible to improve the quality of the uplink signals.
- the host unit may also determine whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered according to the received signal signal noise contained in the measurement data of each remote unit group. Ratio, each remote unit group whose received signal signal-to-noise ratio is greater than the preset signal-to-noise ratio threshold is determined as the candidate remote unit group of the user equipment.
- the above-mentioned received signal signal-to-noise ratio may be the ratio of the average power of the received signal to the noise power, or the ratio of the energy of the received signal to the sum of interference energy and additive noise energy, that is, the signal-to-interference and noise ratio of the received signal.
- the host unit screens the remote unit groups according to the received signal-to-noise ratio of each remote unit group, so that the host unit only processes the uplink signals of the remote unit group with high received signal-to-noise ratio, and improves the quality of the uplink signal ; At the same time, it further narrows the selection range of the target remote unit group.
- the host unit may determine the candidate remote unit group when determining the target remote unit group of the user equipment. For example, the host unit can calculate the difference between the signal received power of any two candidate remote unit groups in the candidate remote unit group according to the signal received power of each remote unit group; and then further determine the target remote unit based on the above difference Unit group.
- the host unit may determine the priority order of each candidate remote unit group according to the order of signal reception power from large to small, and obtain a linked list of candidate remote unit groups of the user equipment. For example, the host unit screens the candidate remote unit groups according to the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signals of each remote unit group, including DPG1, DPG2, and DPG3, and determines that the signal received power of the three candidate remote unit groups are A and B, respectively. And C. At the same time, it is determined that A is greater than B and B is greater than C, then the candidate remote unit group linked list of the user equipment is ⁇ DPG1, DPG2, DPG3 ⁇ .
- the host unit After determining the linked list of candidate remote unit groups of the user equipment, the host unit can determine the target remote unit group based on the above-mentioned linked list of candidate remote unit groups when the user equipment is determined to be interfered; When the device is not disturbed, the host unit determines the candidate remote unit group with the highest priority in the linked list of candidate remote unit groups as the target remote unit group of the user equipment. For example, the aforementioned linked list ⁇ DPG1, DPG2, DPG3 ⁇ DPG1 in is directly determined as the target remote unit group of the user equipment that is not interfered with.
- the AU generates the sequence of the remote unit groups corresponding to the target difference of each UE according to the measurement data reported by the CP. ,As follows:
- the list of candidate remote unit groups for UE0 is ⁇ DPG1, DPG4, DPG2 ⁇ ;
- the list of candidate remote unit groups for UE1 is ⁇ DPG3, DPG5, DPG6 ⁇ ;
- the list of candidate remote unit groups for UE2 is ⁇ DPG2, DPG4, DPG3 ⁇ ;
- the list of candidate remote unit groups for UE3 is ⁇ DPG3, DPG4, DPG6 ⁇ ;
- the AU learns that the signals of UE0 and UE2 are not interfered, the signals of UE1 and UE3 are interfered, and the maximum unit group value of the system is 2, then:
- AU directly selects the remote unit group with the highest priority in the linked list of respective candidate remote unit groups as its target remote unit group, that is, the target remote unit group of UE0 is DPG1, and the target remote unit group of UE2 is the target remote unit group. It is DPG2. Since there is no uplink interference between UE0 and UE2, diversity reception does not greatly improve the uplink performance of this type of user. Therefore, multi-line combination is not performed for these two users.
- AU completes the uplink signal reception and downlink signal reception of UE0 through DPG1. Send; AU completes uplink signal reception and downlink signal transmission to UE2 through DPG2.
- AU For UE1, AU from its candidate remote unit group linked list ⁇ DPG3, DPG5, DPG6 ⁇ according to the remote end that satisfies the RSRP difference of the PRACH corresponding to any two remote unit groups and is greater than the preset power difference threshold (for example, 5dB)
- the unit group determines the target remote unit group of the UE. For example, the RSRP difference between DPG3 and DPG5 is greater than the preset power difference threshold, and DPG3 and DPG5 are determined as the target remote unit group of UE1.
- the AU communicates with UE1 through DPG3 and DPG5.
- the uplink signal receives diversity to improve the uplink signal quality of UE1, and the downlink signal transmission to UE1 is completed through DPG3 and DPG5.
- the AU selects the remote end from its list of candidate remote unit groups ⁇ DPG3, DPG4, DPG6 ⁇ according to which the RSRP difference of the PRACH corresponding to any two remote unit groups is greater than the preset power difference threshold (for example, 5dB)
- the unit group determines the target remote unit group of the UE, for example, the difference between DPG3 and DPG6, DPG4 and DPG6 is greater than a preset power difference threshold; further, the remote unit groups are sorted according to the magnitude of the difference as ⁇ DPG3, DPG6, DPG4 ⁇ , and select the first two remote unit groups DPG4 and DPG6 as the target remote unit groups of UE3 according to the maximum unit group value of the system, and use DPG4 and DPG6 to perform diversity reception on the uplink signal of UE3 to improve UE3 Uplink performance, and complete the downlink signal transmission to UE3 through DPG4 and DPG6.
- the host unit determines the candidate remote unit group of the user equipment by measuring the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal in the data, and then further determines the target remote unit group of the user equipment in the candidate remote unit group, so that the host unit The determined signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal of the target remote unit group can meet the data processing requirements of the host unit, and the screening range of the target remote unit group is further reduced, and the efficiency of the host unit in determining the target remote unit group is improved.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a data processing method in another embodiment. This embodiment relates to a specific manner for a host unit to determine whether a signal of a user equipment is interfered.
- the foregoing S102 includes :
- the host unit determines the quality of the transmitted signal of the user equipment according to the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal of each remote unit group.
- the host unit determines the transmitted signal quality of the user equipment, it can be determined according to the received signal-to-noise ratio of each remote unit group reported by the extension unit; the host unit determines the signal-to-noise ratio of one of the remote unit groups Is the transmitted signal quality of the user equipment; the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal of all remote unit groups connected to the user equipment can also be analyzed to determine the transmitted signal quality of the user equipment, for example, the received signal signal of each remote unit group The noise ratio is summed, and the result of the summation is determined as the transmitted signal quality of the user equipment, or the received signal-to-noise ratio of each remote unit group can be averaged, and the average value is determined as the transmitted signal quality of the user equipment , It is not limited here.
- the host unit may jointly determine the transmitted signal quality of the user equipment according to the signal received power of each remote unit group and the received signal signal-to-noise ratio of each remote unit group.
- the host unit can calculate the average value of the signal received power of each remote unit group; then, the ratio of the signal received power of each remote unit group to the average value is determined as the weighting coefficient of each remote unit group;
- the weighting coefficient of the remote unit group performs a weighted summation on the received signal-to-noise ratio of each remote unit group to obtain the transmitted signal quality of the user equipment.
- the host unit can compare the above-mentioned transmitted signal quality with a preset signal quality threshold. When the transmitted signal quality is greater than the preset signal quality threshold, the host unit considers the user received by the remote unit group In the uplink signal of the device, the noise power is small, and the signal of the user equipment may not be interfered; when the transmitted signal quality is less than or equal to the preset signal quality threshold, the host unit considers that in the uplink signal of the user equipment received by the remote unit group, The noise power is large, and the signal of the user equipment may be interfered.
- the host unit determines whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered according to the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal of the remote unit group, and can directly determine the interference state of the user equipment from the measurement data reported by the extension unit, thereby improving the data processing efficiency .
- a host unit which is applied to a base station system.
- the base station system includes: a host unit, a plurality of expansion units, and a plurality of remote unit groups; a host unit and a plurality of expansion units Communication connection, each expansion unit is in communication connection with at least one remote unit group, and multiple remote unit groups are used for communication connection with user equipment; the host unit includes:
- the acquisition module 10 is used to acquire the measurement data reported by the extension unit; the measurement data is obtained by the extension unit based on the uplink signal sent by the same user equipment, and is used to indicate the communication between each remote unit group connected to the extension unit and the user equipment Signal transmission quality;
- the determining module 20 is used to determine whether the signal of the user equipment is interfered according to the measurement data
- the receiving module 30 is configured to, when the user equipment is interfered, the host unit determines at least two target remote unit groups from the multiple remote unit groups to receive the uplink signal sent by the user equipment.
- the host unit provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement the foregoing method embodiment, and its implementation principles and technical effects are similar, and details are not described herein again.
- the determining unit 301 is configured to determine the signal correlation of any two remote unit groups according to the measurement data of each remote unit group;
- the measurement data includes the signal received power of the remote unit group
- the above-mentioned determining unit 301 is specifically configured to: the host unit calculates any two signals according to the signal received power of each remote unit group. The difference between the signal received power of the two remote unit groups; the difference is determined as the signal correlation of the two remote unit groups.
- the foregoing determination unit 302 includes:
- the comparison subunit 3021 is configured to compare each difference with a preset power difference threshold
- the determining subunit 3022 is configured to determine the target remote unit group according to the remote unit group corresponding to the target difference value greater than the power difference threshold.
- the determining subunit 3022 is specifically configured to: determine whether the number of remote unit groups corresponding to the target difference is greater than the preset system maximum unit group value; if so, according to each target The order of the difference value determines the priority order of each target difference value corresponding to the remote unit group; according to the maximum unit group value of the system, select the corresponding number of remote unit groups with the highest priority in the priority order, and determine it as the user The target remote unit group of the device.
- the measurement data further includes the received signal-to-noise ratio of the remote unit group
- the above-mentioned host unit further includes a candidate module 40 for making the received signal-to-noise ratio greater than the preset signal.
- Each remote unit group of the noise ratio threshold is determined as a candidate remote unit group of the user equipment.
- the above-mentioned determining unit 301 is specifically configured to: the host unit calculates any two candidate remote unit groups in the candidate remote unit group according to the signal receiving power of each remote unit group The difference in the received signal power of the group.
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- 一种数据处理方法,应用于基站***,所述基站***包括:主机单元、多个扩展单元和多个远端单元组;所述主机单元与多个所述扩展单元通信连接,每个扩展单元均与至少一个所述远端单元组通信连接,多个所述远端单元组用于与用户设备通信连接,所述方法包括:所述主机单元获取所述扩展单元上报的测量数据;所述测量数据为所述扩展单元基于同一个用户设备发送的上行信号获得的,用于指示与所述扩展单元连接的各远端单元组与所述用户设备之间的信号传输质量;所述主机单元根据所述测量数据,确定所述用户设备的信号是否受到了干扰;若所述用户设备的信号受到干扰,所述主机单元从所述多个远端单元组中确定至少两个目标远端单元组,以接收所述用户设备发送的上行信号。
- 根据权利要求1所述的数据处理方法,所述主机单元从所述多个远端单元组中确定至少两个目标远端单元组,包括:所述主机单元根据各所述远端单元组的测量数据,确定任意两个远端单元组的信号相关度;所述主机单元将满足预设判决条件的信号相关度对应的远端单元组确定为所述目标远端单元组。
- 根据权利要求2所述的数据处理方法,所述测量数据包括所述远端单元组的信号接收功率;所述主机单元根据各所述远端单元组的测量数据,确定任意两个远端单元组的信号相关度,包括:所述主机单元根据各远端单元组的信号接收功率,计算任意两个所述远端单元组的信号接收功率的差值;将所述差值确定为所述两个远端单元组的信号相关度。
- 根据权利要求3所述的数据处理方法,所述主机单元将满足预设判决条件的信号相关度对应的远端单元组确定为所述目标远端单元组,包括:所述主机单元分别将各所述差值与预设的功率差值门限进行比较;所述主机单元根据大于所述功率差值门限的目标差值对应的远端单元组,确定所述目标远端单元组。
- 根据权利要求4所述的数据处理方法,所述主机单元根据大于所述功率差值门 限的目标差值对应的远端单元组,确定所述目标远端单元组,包括:所述主机单元确定所述目标差值对应的远端单元组的数量是否大于预设的***最大单元组数值;若是,所述主机单元根据各所述目标差值的大小顺序,确定各所述目标差值对应远端单元组的优先级顺序;所述主机单元根据所述***最大单元组数值,在所述优先级顺序中选择优先级靠前的相应数量的远端单元组,确定为所述用户设备的目标远端单元组。
- 根据权利要求3-5任一项所述的数据处理方法,所述测量数据还包括所述远端单元组的接收信号信噪比,所述主机单元根据所述测量数据,确定所述用户设备的信号是否受到了干扰之后,还包括:所述主机单元将所述接收信号信噪比大于预设信噪比门限的各所述远端单元组,确定为所述用户设备的候选远端单元组。
- 根据权利要求6所述的数据处理方法,所述主机单元根据各远端单元组的信号接收功率,计算任意两个所述远端单元组的信号接收功率的差值,包括:所述主机单元根据各远端单元组的信号接收功率,计算所述候选远端单元组中,任意两个候选远端单元组的信号接收功率的差值。
- 根据权利要求6所述的数据处理方法,所述主机单元将所述接收信号信噪比大于预设信噪比门限的各所述远端单元组,确定为所述用户设备的候选远端单元组之后,还包括:所述主机单元按照信号接收功率从大到小的顺序,确定各所述候选远端单元组的优先级顺序,获得所述用户设备的候选远端单元组链表;在所述用户设备未受到干扰时,所述主机单元将所述候选远端单元组链表中,优先级最高的候选远端单元组确定为所述用户设备的目标远端单元组。
- 根据权利要求6所述的数据处理方法,所述主机单元根据所述测量数据,确定所述用户设备的信号是否受到了干扰,包括:所述主机单元根据各远端单元组的接收信号信噪比,确定所述用户设备的发送信号质量;当所述用户设备的发送信号质量大于预设信号质量门限时,所述主机单元确定所述用户设备的信号没有受到干扰;当所述用户设备的发送信号质量小于等于预设信号质量门限时,所述主机单元确定所述用户设备的信号受到干扰。
- 根据权利要求9所述的数据处理方法,所述主机单元根据各远端单元组的接收信号信噪比,确定所述用户设备的发送信号质量,包括:所述主机单元计算各远端单元组的信号接收功率的平均值;所述主机单元分别将各远端单元组的信号接收功率与所述平均值的比值,确定为各所述远端单元组的加权系数;所述主机单元根据各所述远端单元组的加权系数,对各所述远端单元组的接收信号信噪比进行加权求和,获得所述用户设备的发送信号质量。
- 根据权利要求1-5任一项所述的数据处理方法,所述接收所述用户设备发送的上行信号,包括:所述主机单元将所述目标远端单元组的标识信息发送给与所述目标远端单元组连接的目标扩展单元;所述主机单元接收所述目标扩展单元发送的上行合路数据;所述上行合路数据为所述目标扩展单元将所述标识信息对应的目标远端单元组中各远端单元接收到的上行信号合路获得。
- 根据权利要求1-5任一项所述的数据处理方法,所述方法还包括:所述主机单元通过所述目标远端单元组向所述用户设备发送下行信号。
- 一种主机单元,应用于基站***,所述基站***包括:主机单元、多个扩展单元和多个远端单元组;所述主机单元与多个所述扩展单元通信连接,每个扩展单元均与至少一个所述远端单元组通信连接,多个所述远端单元组用于与用户设备通信连接;所述主机单元包括:获取模块,用于获取所述扩展单元上报的测量数据;所述测量数据为所述扩展单元基于同一个用户设备发送的上行信号获得的,用于指示与所述扩展单元连接的各远端单元组与用户设备之间的信号传输质量;确定模块,用于根据所述测量数据,确定所述用户设备的信号是否受到了干扰;接收模块,用于在所述用户设备受到干扰时,所述主机单元从所述多个远端单元组中确定至少两个目标远端单元组,以接收所述用户设备发送的上行信号。
- 一种基站***,所述基站***包括:主机单元、多个扩展单元和多个远端单 元组;所述主机单元与多个所述扩展单元通信连接,每个扩展单元均与至少一个所述远端单元组通信连接,多个所述远端单元组用于与用户设备通信连接;所述主机单元实现权利要求1至12中任一项所述方法的步骤。
- 一种计算机可读存储介质,其上存储有计算机程序,所述计算机程序被处理器执行时实现权利要求1至12中任一项所述的方法的步骤。
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