Reserved resource pool assisted access resource selection for small data transmission

• US 10,285,180 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Zeng, Wei, Soriaga, Joseph Binamira, Ji, Tingfang, Smee, John Edward, Bhushan, Naga
• Primary Examiner(s): Sefcheck, Gregory B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Esmaeilian, Majid
• Application Number:
  US14/926,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20160270053A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• Field of Search: 370252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/26 Resource reservation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0212 managed by the network, e.g. network or access point is master and terminal is slave
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0219 where the power saving management affects multiple terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/028 switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/004 in the uplink, i.e. towards network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Wireless communications systems and methods related to the reduction in a probability of collision for grant-less transmissions from internet of everything (IOE) devices while not increasing search complexity at a base station are disclosed. An IOE device randomly selects a first access resource from a common pool that the base station searches to initiate a transmission. If a metric associated with the data transmission is predicted to exceed a threshold, the IOE device also requests a second access resource from a reserved access pool from the base station, that the base station does not search. The IOE includes the request in the data transmission. The base station and the IOE device switch to the second access resource after the base station identifies an available resource from the reserved access pool and the IOE device completes the data transmission using the second access resource.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

capturing, by an internet of everything (IOE) device, information data;

transmitting, from the IOE device to a wireless communications device, a first set of data of the captured information data using a first access resource selected from a common pool of access resources as part of a grant-less transmission;

determining, by the IOE device, to switch from the common pool of access resources to a reserved access pool for transmitting a second set of data of the captured information data based on a metric associated with a channel condition, the second set of data including remaining information data to the first set of data of the captured information data;

requesting, by the IOE device, the wireless communications device to provide a second access resource from the reserved access pool for transmitting the second set of data of the captured information data based on the determining; and

transmitting, by the IOE device, the second set of data of the captured information data to the wireless communications device using the second access resource from the reserved access pool after switching from the common pool of access resources to the second access resource,

wherein the common pool of access resources includes a smaller amount of access resources than the reserved access pool.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an acknowledgement from the wireless communications device comprising an identification of the second access resource.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the IOE device, the first access resource before the transmitting the first set of data,

wherein the first access resource is selected randomly from the common pool.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

copies of the common pool and the reserved access pool are stored in a memory of the IOE device, and

the common pool of access resources and the reserved access pool each comprises at least one of scrambling code/access time pairs or interleaver/access time pairs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting further comprises:

setting a flag in a header of the first set of data to identify the request for the second access resource.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metric comprises a transmission metric, the method further comprising:

analyzing, by the IOE device, a downlink message from the wireless communications device prior to initiating the transmission of the first set of data;

predicting, by the IOE device, the transmission metric for the transmission of data based at least in part of the analysis of the downlink message; and

comparing, by the IOE device, the predicted transmission metric with a threshold to determine if the predicted transmission metric exceeds the threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the metric comprises a transmission metric, the method further comprising:

determining, by the IOE device, the transmission metric during the transmitting of the first set of data;

comparing, by the IOE device, the determined transmission metric with a threshold during the transmitting of the first set of data to determine if the determined transmission metric exceeds the threshold; and

including, as part of the first set of data, the request for the wireless communication device to provide the second access resource in response to the comparing.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications device is a base station.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the metric comprises a transmission metric, the method further comprising:

analyzing, by the IOE device, the transmission metric between the IOE device and the wireless communication device; and

comparing, by the IOE device, the transmission metric to a threshold determined based on a collision probability in the common pool,

wherein the determining is further based on the comparing.

9. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

searching, by a first wireless communications device, a common pool of access resources to recover a first set of data of information data captured by and received from an internet of everything (IOE) device using a first access resource selected from the common pool of access resources as part of a grant-less transmission;

receiving, at the first wireless communications device using the first access resource, a request from the IOE device to provide a second access resource selected from a reserved access pool to the IOE device after receiving the first set of data based on a metric associated with a channel condition;

transmitting an identification of the second access resource selected from the reserved access pool to the IOE device; and

switching from the common pool of access resources to the second access resource of the reserved access pool to recover a second set of data of the captured information data from the IOE device without searching the reserved access pool, the second set of data including remaining information data to the first set of data of the captured information data,

wherein the common pool of access resources includes a smaller amount of access resources than the reserved access pool.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

maintaining the reserved access pool comprising a first subset of access resources of the reserved access pool that are available and a second subset of access resources that are not available;

selecting the second access resource from among the first subset of access resources in response to receiving the request from the IOE device; and

transmitting the identification of the second access resource as part of an acknowledgement of the request.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving the request further comprises:

receiving the request as part of the first set of data from the IOE device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the common pool of access resources and the reserved access pool each comprises at least one of scrambling code/access time pairs or interleaver/access time pairs.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a range of access resources to include in the common pool of access resources and in the reserved access pool; and

transmitting, from the first wireless communications device, copies of the determined common pool of access resources and the reserved access pool to the IOE device.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first wireless communications device is a base station and the IOE device is a user equipment.

15. An internet of everything (IOE) device, comprising:

a sensor configured to capture information data;

a processor configured to;

select a first access resource from a common pool of access resources for transmitting a first set of data of the captured information data to a wireless communication device as part of a grant-less transmission to the wireless communications device; and

determine to switch from the common pool of access resources to a reserved access pool for transmitting a second set of data of the captured information data based on a metric associated with a channel condition, the second set of data including remaining information data to the first set of data of the captured information data;

request the wireless communications device to provide a second access resource from a reserved access pool based on the determination; and

a transceiver configured to;

transmit the first set of data of the captured information data to the wireless communications device using the first access resource, wherein the first set of data includes the request for the second access resource in response to the determination; and

transmit the second set of data of the captured information data to the wireless communications device using the second access resource from the reserved access pool after switching from the common pool of access resources to the second access resource,

wherein the common pool of access resources includes a smaller amount of access resources than the reserved access pool.

16. The IOE device of claim 15, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive an acknowledgement from the wireless communications device comprising an identification of the second access resource.

17. The IOE device of claim 15, further comprising:

a memory configured to store the common pool of access resources and the reserved access pool,

wherein the common pool of access resources and the reserved access pool each comprises at least one of scrambling code/access time pairs or interleaver/access time pairs.

18. The IOE device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to select the first access resource randomly from the common pool.

19. The IOE device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to set a flag in a header of the first set of data to identify the request for the second access resource.

20. The IOE device of claim 15, wherein the metric comprises a transmission metric and the processor is further configured to:

analyze a downlink message from the wireless communications device prior to initiating the transmission of the first set of data;

predict the transmission metric for the transmission of data based at least in part of the analysis of the downlink message; and

compare the predicted transmission metric with a threshold to determine if the predicted transmission metric exceeds the threshold.

21. The IOE device of claim 15, wherein the metric comprises a transmission metric and the processor is further configured to:

determine the transmission metric during the transmission of the first set of data;

compare the determined transmission metric with a threshold during the transmission of the first set of data to determine if the determined transmission metric exceeds the threshold; and

include, as part of the first set of data, the request for the wireless communications device to provide to the second access resource in response to the comparing.

22. The IOE device of claim 15, wherein the wireless communications device comprises a base station.

30. The IOE device of claim 15, wherein the metric comprises a transmission metric, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

analyze the transmission metric between the IOE device and the wireless communication device;

determine an expected duration to complete transmission of the information data based on the transmission metric; and

compare the expected duration to a time threshold, and wherein the determination to switch from the common pool of access resources to the reserved access pool is based on the expected duration exceeds the time threshold.

23. A first wireless communications device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a first set of data of information data captured by and received from an internet of everything (IOE) device, wherein the first set of data of the captured information data is transmitted using a first access resource selected from a common pool of access resources as part of a grant-less transmission from the IOE device;

a resource coordinator configured to search the common pool of access resources to recover the first set of data received from the IOE device,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a request from the IOE device to provide a second access resource selected from a reserved access pool after receiving the first set of data based on a metric associated with a channel condition and transmit an identification of the second access resource selected from the reserved access pool to the IOE device; and

a processor configured to switch the transceiver from the common pool of access resources to the second access resource of the reserved access pool to recover a second set of data of the captured information data from the IOE device without searching the reserved access pool, the second set of data including remaining information data to the first set of data of the captured information data,

wherein the common pool of access resources includes a smaller amount of access resources than the reserved access pool.

24. The first wireless communications device of claim 23, wherein:

the resource coordinator is further configured to;

maintain the reserved access pool comprising a first subset of access resources of the reserved access pool that are available and a second subset of access resources that are not available; and

select the second access resource from among the first subset of access resources in response to receiving the request from the IOE device; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit the identification of the second access resource as part of an acknowledgement of the request.

25. The first wireless communications device of claim 23, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the request as part of the first set of data from the IOE device.

26. The first wireless communications device of claim 23, wherein the common pool of access resources and the reserved access pool each comprises at least one of scrambling code/access time pairs or interleaver/access time pairs.

27. The first wireless communications device of claim 23, wherein:

the processor is further configured to determine a range of access resources to include in the common pool of access resources and in the reserved access pool; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit the determined common pool of access resources and the reserved access pool to the IOE device.

28. The first wireless communications device of claim 23, wherein the first wireless communications device comprises a base station.