Electronic apparatus, a central node apparatus and a network side apparatus, a transmission method and a configuration method

• US 10,075,378 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2015
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Bai, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Shivers, Ashley L
• Application Number:
  US14/718,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20150351110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/12 Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2408 for supporting different services, e.g. a differentiated services [DiffServ] type of service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/26 using explicit feedback to the source, e.g. choke packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/28 in relation to timing considerations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/283 in response to processing delays, e.g. caused by jitter or round trip time [RTT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/29 using a combination of thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/365 Dynamic adaptation of the packet size
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/41 by acting on aggregated flows or links
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0247 based on conditions of the access network or the infrastructure network central resource management H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus, a central node apparatus and a network side apparatus, a transmission method and a configuration method. The electronic apparatus for user equipment UE side includes: a transmission mode determining device configured for determining, based on service type of uplink transmission data that is to be transmitted to a network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side, whether to adopt a transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus such that the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus. The electronic apparatus, the central node apparatus and the network side apparatus, the transmission method and the configuration method according to the present disclosure can implement at least one of saving network resources, reducing signaling overhead, and reducing power loss.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side comprising:

circuitry configured to

determine, based on service type of uplink transmission data to be transmitted to a network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side, whether to adopt a first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus by the central node apparatus, or to adopt a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network, without transmission to the central node apparatus, and

transmit the uplink transmission data to the network side apparatus according to the determined first or second transmission mode,

wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and

wherein the circuitry determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied;

(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and

(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.

2. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 1,

wherein the circuitry is configured to determine whether to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus based on a network condition,

wherein, the network condition is obtained based on path loss from the electronic apparatus for UE side to the network side apparatus, and

wherein, the circuitry determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus when the path loss is larger than a fourth threshold.

3. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit, in a case that the circuitry determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus, a discovery signal for discovering the central node apparatus in a predetermined range of the electronic apparatus for UE side.

4. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 3, wherein the discovery signal includes information for indicating at least one of requirement of the electronic apparatus for UE side for delay of the uplink transmission data, typical packet size, and typical packet interval.

5. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry is configured to

monitor a feedback signal of the discovery signal, and transmit the uplink transmission data according to a time slot specified in the feedback signal.

6. A central node apparatus for performing aggregation transmission on uplink transmission data of at least one electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side, the central node apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive from the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side a discovery signal indicating a request for transmitting the uplink transmission data through the central node apparatus as well as the uplink transmission data,

aggregate the uplink transmission data of respective electronic apparatus for UE side, and

transmit the aggregated uplink transmission data to a network side apparatus,

wherein the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus on the basis of a determination, based on service type of the uplink transmission data to be transmitted to the network side apparatus by the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, of whether to adopt a first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus by the central node apparatus, or to adopt a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network, without transmission to the central node apparatus,

wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and

wherein the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus is determined to be adopted when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied;

(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and

(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.

7. The central node apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive information indicating the service type of the uplink transmission data of the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side.

8. The central node apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the discovery signal includes the information indicating the service type of the uplink transmission data of the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, the service type including at least one of requirement of the electronic apparatus for UE side for delay of the uplink transmission data, typical packet size, typical packet interval, and requirement for reliability of packet transmission.

9. The central node apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine, with respect to each said at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, a transmission time slot and a transmission resource for transmitting data to the central node apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side according to the information of the service type of the uplink transmission data of the electronic apparatus for UE side received by the circuitry.

10. The central node apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit a feedback signal to the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side in response to the received discovery signal, the feedback signal including the transmission time slot and the transmission resource determined by the circuitry with respect to the electronic apparatus for UE side.

11. The central node apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the circuitry is configured to

determine transmission time when the aggregated uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus according to the information of the service type of the uplink transmission data received by the circuitry and/or network configuration, and

transmit the aggregated uplink transmission data to the network side apparatus on the transmission time.

12. The central node apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the transmission time according to period of validity of the uplink transmission data received by the central node apparatus or current ratio of data load to signaling overhead.

13. The central node apparatus according to claim 6, wherein circuitry is configured to

add a user identifier to the uplink transmission data received by the circuitry from the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, and

aggregate the uplink transmission data with the user identifier added.

14. The central node apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the aggregation operation of the circuitry to aggregate the uplink transmission data is implemented in MAC layer, and is transparent to a higher layer.

15. A network side apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

determine whether to adopt a first transmission mode in which uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus based on information that is received from an electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side and that indicates service type of the uplink transmission data to be transmitted to the network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side, or to adopt a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network, without transmission to the central node apparatus,

configure the electronic apparatus for UE side using the determined transmission mode to adopt, and

receive the uplink transmission data based on the adopted first or second transmission mode,

wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and

wherein the circuitry determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied;

(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and

(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.

16. An uplink data transmission method for an electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side, the uplink data transmission method comprising:

determining, using circuitry, a transmission mode of uplink transmission data that is to be transmitted to a network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side according to service type of the uplink transmission data, the determined transmission mode being determined from a first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus by the central node apparatus and a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network without transmission to the central node apparatus; and

transmitting, using the circuitry, the uplink transmission data from the electronic apparatus for UE side to the network side apparatus according to the determined first or second transmission mode,

wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and

wherein said determining determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied;

(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and

(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.

17. A data transmission method for a central node apparatus, the data transmission method comprising:

receiving, using circuitry, from at least one electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side, a discovery signal indicating a request for transmitting uplink transmission data through the central node apparatus as well as the uplink transmission data;

aggregating, using the circuitry, the uplink transmission data of respective electronic apparatus for UE side; and

transmitting the aggregated uplink transmission data to the network side apparatus,

wherein the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus on the basis of a determination, based on service type of the uplink transmission data to be transmitted to the network side apparatus by the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, of whether to adopt a first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus by the central node apparatus, or to adopt a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network, without transmission to the central node apparatus,

wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and

wherein the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus is determined to be adopted when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied;

(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and

(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.

18. A transmission mode configuration method for a network side apparatus, the transmission mode configuration method comprising:

determining, using circuitry, whether to adopt a first transmission mode in which uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus based on information that is received from an electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side and that indicates service type of the uplink transmission data to be transmitted to the network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side, or to adopt a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network, without transmission to the central node apparatus;

configuring, using the circuitry, the electronic apparatus for UE side using the determined transmission mode; and

receiving, using the circuitry, the uplink transmission data based on the adopted first or second transmission mode,

wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and

wherein said determining determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied;

(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and

(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.