Resource allocation method, transmission method, and apparatuses

• US 10,448,255 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zhigu Tech Company, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Zhigu Tech Company, Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Phuc H
• Application Number:
  US15/234,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a resource allocation method, a transmission method, and apparatuses. The resource allocation method comprises: sending a scheduling instruction, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to prepare for transmission; determining an available carrier in an unlicensed spectrum; and sending a resource allocation message in response to that an available carrier exists, wherein the resource allocation message is used to instruct to allocate the available carrier to the transmission of the user equipment. According to the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention, after an available carrier is determined, a resource allocation message is sent again to explicitly inform a user equipment of the available transmission resource, thereby avoiding the problem of resource unavailability and/or resource waste caused by the unpredictability of whether an unlicensed spectrum is available.

Claims

1. A resource allocation method, comprising:

sending a scheduling instruction, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to prepare for transmission at a scheduled transmission moment;

determining an available carrier in an unlicensed spectrum; and

sending a resource allocation message to the user equipment, wherein the resource allocation message includes information for allocating the available carrier to the transmission of the user equipment at the scheduled transmission moment,

wherein the scheduling instruction comprises information that is associated with a logical carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment, and

the resource allocation message comprises information that is associated with a correspondence between the available carrier and the logical carrier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the resource allocation message comprises information that is associated with the available carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

allocating the logical carrier to the user equipment according to at least a transmission requirement.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending a resource allocation message comprises:

sending the resource allocation message before a preset subframe after the scheduling instruction is sent.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

sending a physical indication signal on the available carrier, wherein the physical indication signal is used to occupy the available carrier; and

adding the resource allocation message to the physical indication signal for sending the resource allocation message.

6. A transmission method, comprising:

acquiring a scheduling instruction, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to prepare for transmission at a scheduled transmission moment;

acquiring a resource allocation message by the user equipment, wherein the resource allocation message includes information indicating an available carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment; and

performing the transmission on the available carrier at the scheduled transmission moment according to at least the scheduling instruction,

wherein the scheduling instruction comprises information that is associated with a logical carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment, and

the resource allocation message comprises information that is associated with a correspondence between the available carrier and the logical carrier.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein

the resource allocation message comprises information that is associated with the available carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the acquiring a resource allocation message comprises:

receiving a physical indication signal associated with an unlicensed spectrum, wherein the physical indication signal is used to occupy the available carrier; and

parsing the physical indication signal to obtain the resource allocation message.

9. A resource allocation apparatus, comprising:

a first sending module configured to send a scheduling instruction, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to prepare for transmission at a scheduled transmission moment;

a first determining module configured to determine an available carrier in an unlicensed spectrum; and

a first allocation module configured to send a resource allocation message to the user equipment, wherein the resource allocation message includes information for allocating the available carrier to the transmission of the user equipment at the scheduled transmission moment,

wherein the scheduling instruction sent by the first sending module comprises information that is associated with a logical carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment, and

the resource allocation message sent by the first allocation module comprises information that is associated with a correspondence between the available carrier and the logical carrier.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the resource allocation message sent by the first allocation module comprises information that is associated with the available carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a second allocation module configured to allocate the logical carrier to the user equipment according to at least a transmission requirement.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first allocation module is configured to send the resource allocation message before a preset subframe after the scheduling instruction is sent.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a second sending module configured to send a physical indication signal on the available carrier, wherein the physical indication signal is used to occupy the available carrier,

wherein the first allocation module is configured to add the resource allocation message to the physical indication signal for sending the resource allocation message.

14. A transmission apparatus, comprising:

a first acquiring module configured to acquire a scheduling instruction, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to prepare for transmission at a scheduled transmission moment;

a second acquiring module configured to acquire a resource allocation message by the user equipment, wherein the resource allocation message includes information indicating an available carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment; and

a transmission module configured to perform the transmission on the available carrier at the scheduled transmission moment according to at least the scheduling instruction,

wherein the scheduling instruction acquired by the first acquiring module comprises information that is associated with a logical carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment, and

the resource allocation message acquired by the second acquiring module comprises information that is associated with a correspondence between the available carrier and the logical carrier.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein

the resource allocation message acquired by the second acquiring module comprises information that is associated with the available carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second acquiring module comprises:

a receiving unit configured to receive a physical indication signal associated with an unlicensed spectrum, wherein the physical indication signal is used to occupy the available carrier; and

an acquiring unit configured to parse the physical indication signal to obtain the resource allocation message.

17. A resource allocation apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store an instruction; and

a processor configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory, wherein the instruction causes the processor to execute operations including;

sending a scheduling instruction by using the transceiver, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to prepare for transmission at a scheduled transmission moment;

determining an available carrier in an unlicensed spectrum; and

sending a resource allocation message to the user equipment by using the transceiver, wherein the resource allocation message includes information for allocating the available carrier to the transmission of the user equipment at the scheduled transmission moment,

wherein the scheduling instruction comprises information that is associated with a logical carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment, and

the resource allocation message comprises information that is associated with a correspondence between the available carrier and the logical carrier.

18. A transmission apparatus, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory configured to store an instruction; and

a processor configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory, wherein the instruction causes the processor to execute operations including;

acquiring a scheduling instruction by using the transceiver, wherein the scheduling instruction is used to instruct a user equipment to prepare for transmission at a scheduled transmission moment;

acquiring a resource allocation message by using the transceiver, wherein the resource allocation message includes information indicating an available carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment; and

performing the transmission on the available carrier at the scheduled transmission moment by using the transceiver according to at least the scheduling instruction,

wherein the scheduling instruction comprises information that is associated with a logical carrier allocated to the transmission of the user equipment, and

the resource allocation message comprises information that is associated with a correspondence between the available carrier and the logical carrier.