Method and device for transmitting data

• US 10,440,732 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2018
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Chaolong, Wang, Jian, Qiao, Yunfei
• Primary Examiner(s): Ambaye, Mewale A
• Application Number:
  US15/914,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20180199361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0033 each allocating device acting autonomously, i.e. without negotiation with other allocating devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1268 of uplink data flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/00 Wireless channel access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0825 with collision detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

The invention discloses a data transmission method and apparatus. The method determines a target CTU from multiple candidate CTUs according to a first partial identifier in a terminal device identifier, where the terminal device identifier includes the first partial identifier and a second partial identifier. The method sends an uplink data packet to a network device by using the target CTU, where the uplink data packet carries the second partial identifier. According to the data transmission method and apparatus disclosed, the first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier can be implicitly indicated to reduce signaling overheads of a system.

Claims

1. A data transmission method, comprising:

determining by a terminal device a target contention transmission unit (CTU) from a plurality of candidate CTUs according to a first partial identifier in a terminal device identifier, wherein the terminal device identifier comprises the first partial identifier and a second partial identifier; and

sending by the terminal device an uplink data packet to a network device by using the target CTU, wherein the uplink data packet carries the second partial identifier;

wherein determining the target CTU from the plurality of candidate CTUs according to the first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier comprises;

determining by the terminal device a target CTU group from a plurality of candidate CTU groups according to the first partial identifier, wherein each of the plurality of candidate CTU groups comprises at least one of the plurality of candidate CTUs,

wherein determining the target CTU group from the plurality of candidate CTU groups comprises;

generating by the terminal device a binary pseudo-random sequence according to a number of contention access period in which the plurality of candidate CTU groups belong, wherein a length of the binary pseudo-random sequence is the same as a length of the first partial identifier,

performing by the terminal device a reversible operation on the binary pseudo-random sequence and the first partial identifier to obtain a first binary sequence, and

determining by the terminal device the target CTU group from the plurality of candidate CTU groups according to the first binary sequence.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the target CTU from the plurality of candidate CTUs according to the first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier further comprises:

determining by the terminal device the target CTU from at least one candidate CTU comprised in the target CTU group.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

prior to determining the target CTU from the plurality of candidate CTUs,

dividing by the terminal device the terminal device identifier into the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier according to a number of contention access period in which the plurality of candidate CTUs belong.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein dividing the terminal device identifier into the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier according to the number of contention access period in which the plurality of candidate CTUs belong comprises:

generating by the terminal device a second binary sequence with a length of M according to the number of contention access period, wherein the second binary sequence comprises N reference bits with a value of 1, wherein M is a length of the terminal device identifier, N is the length of the first partial identifier, and 1≤

N<

M,

sequentially arranging by the terminal device N bits in the terminal device identifier whose positions are respectively corresponding to the N reference bits to form the first partial identifier, and

sequentially arranging by the terminal device (M−

N) bits in the terminal device identifier other than the N bits to form the second partial identifier.

5. A data transmission method, comprising:

receiving by a network device an uplink data packet transmitted by a terminal device by using a target contention transmission unit (CTU), wherein the uplink data packet carries a second partial identifier in a terminal device identifier of the terminal device;

determining by the network device a first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier according to the target CTU, wherein the terminal device identifier comprises the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier; and

determining by the network device the terminal device identifier of the terminal device according to the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier by;

generating by the network device a binary random sequence with a length of M according to a number of contention access period in which the target CTU belongs, wherein the binary random sequence comprises N reference bits with a value of 1, and

inserting by the network device the first partial identifier into the second partial identifier to obtain the terminal device identifier, so that positions of N bits in the first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier are in a one-to-one correspondence with positions of the N reference bits in the binary random sequence.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein determining the first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier according to the target CTU comprises:

determining by the network device, according to CTU group information, a target CTU group in which the target CTU belongs, and

determining by the network device the first partial identifier according to the target CTU group.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein determining the first partial identifier according to the target CTU group is further according to the number of contention access period in which the target CTU belongs.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein a length of the terminal device identifier is M, and a length of the first partial identifier is N, wherein 1≤

N<

M.

9. A data transmission apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to determine a target contention transmission unit (CTU) from a plurality of candidate CTUs according to a first partial identifier in a terminal device identifier, wherein the terminal device identifier comprises the first partial identifier and a second partial identifier, and to determine a target CTU group from a plurality of candidate CTU groups according to the first partial identifier, wherein each of the plurality of candidate CTU groups comprises at least one of the plurality of candidate CTUs; and

a transmitter configured to send an uplink data packet to a network device by using the target CTU determined by the determining unit, wherein the uplink data packet carries the second partial identifier;

wherein to determine the target CTU group from the plurality of candidate CTU groups, the processor is further configured to;

generate a binary pseudo-random sequence according to a number of contention access period in which the plurality of candidate CTU groups belong, wherein a length of the binary pseudo-random sequence is the same as a length of the first partial identifier,

perform a reversible operation on the binary pseudo-random sequence and the first partial identifier to obtain a first binary sequence, and

determine the target CTU group from the plurality of candidate CTU groups according to the first binary sequence.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine the target CTU from at least one candidate CTU comprised in the target CTU group determined by a first determining subunit.

11. The apparatus according to claims 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

prior to determining the target CTU from the plurality of candidate CTUs, divide the terminal device identifier into the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier according to a number of contention access period in which the plurality of candidate CTUs belong.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate a second binary sequence with a length of M according to the number of contention access period, wherein the second binary sequence comprises N reference bits with a value of 1, wherein M is a length of the terminal device identifier, N is the length of the first partial identifier, and 1≤

N<

M,

sequentially arrange N bits in the terminal device identifier whose positions are respectively corresponding to the N reference bits to form the first partial identifier, and

sequentially arrange (M−

N) bits in the terminal device identifier other than the N bits to form the second partial identifier.

13. A data transmission apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an uplink data packet transmitted by a terminal device by using a target contention transmission unit (CTU), wherein the uplink data packet carries a second partial identifier in a terminal device identifier of the terminal device; and

a processor configured to;

determine a first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier according to the target CTU, wherein the terminal device identifier comprises the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier, and

determine the terminal device identifier of the terminal device according to the first partial identifier determined by the first determining unit and the second partial identifier by;

generating a binary random sequence with a length of M according to a number of contention access period in which the target CTU belongs, wherein the binary random sequence comprises N reference bits with a value of 1, and

inserting the first partial identifier into the second partial identifier to obtain the terminal device identifier, so that positions of N bits in the first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier are in a one-to-one correspondence with positions of the N reference bits in the binary random sequence.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine, according to CTU group information, a target CTU group in which the target CTU belongs, and

determine the first partial identifier according to the target CTU group determined by a first determining subunit.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first partial identifier according to the target CTU group and the number of contention access period in which the target CTU belongs.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein a length of the terminal device identifier is M, and a length of the first partial identifier is N, wherein 1≤

N<

M,

the processor is further configured to;

generate a binary random sequence with a length of M according to the number of contention access period in which the target CTU belongs, wherein the binary random sequence comprises N reference bits with a value of 1, and

insert the first partial identifier into the second partial identifier to obtain the terminal device identifier, so that positions of N bits in the first partial identifier in the terminal device identifier are in a one-to-one correspondence with positions of the N reference bits in the binary random sequence.