Method for performing communication by using spectrum resource and communications device

• US 10,506,615 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2014
• 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: Zeng, Kun, Chen, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): Phunkulh, Bob A
• Application Number:
  US15/610,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20170265208A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/08 Load shedding arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0231 based on communication conditions dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/566 of the information or information source or recipient
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0816 with collision avoidance

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for performing communication by using a spectrum resource, and a communications device. The method includes: determining, by a first communications device in a first communications system, a first sub-timeslot and a second sub-timeslot in a unit timeslot; and performing, by the first communications device, communication in the first sub-timeslot by using a spectrum resource at a priority higher than that of a second communications device in a second communications system, where a priority at which the first communications device uses the spectrum resource in the second sub-timeslot is lower than a priority at which the second communications device uses the spectrum resource in the second sub-timeslot. The embodiments of the present invention can improve utilization of spectrum resources.

Claims

1. A method for performing communication by using a spectrum resource, comprising:

determining, by a first communications device in a first communications system, a first sub-timeslot and a second sub-timeslot in a unit timeslot; and

performing, by the first communications device, communication in the first sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource, wherein the first communications device has a priority higher than that of a second communications device in a second communications system in the first sub-timeslot, and, wherein the first communications device has a priority lower than that of the second communications device in the second sub-timeslot;

wherein before determining the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot, the method further comprises;

determining, by the first communications device, a duration of the unit timeslot; and

dividing, by the first communications device, the spectrum resource into multiple unit timeslots in a time domain according to the determined duration of the unit timeslot, wherein the unit timeslot is one of the multiple unit timeslots; and

wherein determining the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot comprises;

determining, by the first communications device, percentages of the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot based on current traffic load information of the first communications device and/or current traffic load information of the second communications device; and

dividing, by the first communications device, each unit timeslot of the multiple unit timeslots into the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot according to the determined percentages of the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first communications device performing communication in the first sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource comprises:

performing, by the first communications device, communication in the first sub-timeslot by continuously using the spectrum resource such that the second communication device is not able to perform communication in the first sub-timeslot using the spectrum resource.

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

performing, by the first communications device, communication in the second sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource in the second sub-timeslot when the second communications device does not use the spectrum resource in the second sub-timeslot.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a duration for which the spectrum resource is idle when the first communications device performs communication in the first sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource is less than a duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource;

and/or

wherein a duration for which the spectrum resource is idle when the first communications device performs communication in the second sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource is greater than the duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the first communications device performs communication in the second sub-timeslot in a first listen before talk (LBT) manner by using the spectrum resource, and the second communications device performs communication in the second sub-timeslot in a second LBT manner by using the spectrum resource;

wherein;

a distributed inter-frame spacing (DIFS) duration in the first LBT manner is greater than a DIFS duration in the second LBT manner;

or

a duration between a start moment at which the spectrum resource is idle in the first LBT manner and a start moment of a contention window in the first LBT manner is greater than a duration between a start moment at which the spectrum resource is idle in the second LBT manner and the start moment of the contention window in the first LBT manner; and

wherein the duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource comprises a sum of the DIFS duration in the second LBT manner and a duration of a contention window in the second LBT manner.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the first communications device performs communication in the second sub-timeslot in a first listen before talk (LBT) manner by using the spectrum resource, and the second communications device performs communication in the second sub-timeslot in a second LBT manner by using the spectrum resource;

wherein;

a minimum value of a duration of a contention window in the first LBT manner is greater than a minimum value of a duration of a contention window in the second LBT manner;

or

a maximum value of the duration of the contention window in the first LBT manner is greater than a maximum value of the duration of the contention window in the second LBT manner; and

wherein the duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource comprises a sum of a distributed inter-frame spacing (DIFS) duration in the second LBT manner and the duration of the contention window in the second LBT manner.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein before performing communication in the first sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource, the method further comprises:

broadcasting, by the first communications device, network allocation vector information at a start moment of the first sub-timeslot, wherein the network allocation vector information indicates that the spectrum resource is in a busy state, and the network allocation vector information comprises a duration of the first sub-timeslot, so that the second communications device does not use the spectrum resource in the duration of the first sub-timeslot.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the spectrum resource is an unlicensed spectrum resource or a licensed spectrum resource shared by the first communications system and the second communications system, wherein the second communications device in the second communications system performs communication in a listen before talk (LBT) manner by using the unlicensed spectrum resource or the licensed spectrum resource, respectively.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first communications system is a cellular communications system, the second communications system is a wireless local area network communications system, the first communications device is a base station or a user equipment, and the second communications device is a wireless access point or a station;

or

wherein both the first communications system and the second communications system are cellular communications systems, and both the first communications device and the second communications device are base stations or user equipment.

10. A communications device, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine a first sub-timeslot and a second sub-timeslot in a unit timeslot; and

a transceiver, configured to perform communication in the first sub-timeslot by using a spectrum resource, wherein the communications device has a priority higher than that of a second communications device in a second communications system in the first sub-timeslot, and wherein the communications device has a priority lower than that of the second communications device in the second sub-timeslot;

wherein;

a duration for which the spectrum resource is idle when the transceiver performs communication in the first sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource is less than a duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource; and

/or

a duration for which the spectrum resource is idle when the transceiver performs communication in the second sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource is greater than the duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to perform communication in the second sub-timeslot in a first listen before talk (LBT) manner by using the spectrum resource, and the second communications device is configured to perform communication in the second sub-timeslot in a second LBT manner by using the spectrum resource;

wherein;

a distributed inter-frame spacing (DIFS) duration in the first LBT manner is greater than a DIFS duration in the second LBT manner;

or

a duration between a start moment at which the spectrum resource is idle in the first LBT manner and a start moment of a contention window in the first LBT manner is greater than a duration between a start moment at which the spectrum resource is idle in the second LBT manner and the start moment of the contention window in the first LBT manner; and

wherein the duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource comprises a sum of the DIFS duration in the second LBT manner and a duration of a contention window in the second LBT manner.

11. The communications device according to claim 10, wherein the transceiver is configured to perform communication in the first sub-timeslot by continuously using the spectrum resource such that the second communication device is not able to perform communication in the first sub-timeslot using the spectrum resource.

12. The communications device according to claim 10, wherein the transceiver is further configured to perform communication in the second sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource in the second sub-timeslot when the second communications device does not use the spectrum resource in the second sub-timeslot.

13. The communications device according to claim 10, wherein the transceiver is further configured to broadcast network allocation vector information at a start moment of the first sub-timeslot before performing communication in the first sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource at the priority higher than that of the second communications device, wherein the network allocation vector information indicates that the spectrum resource is in a busy state, and the network allocation vector information comprises a duration of the first sub-timeslot, so that the second communications device does not use the spectrum resource in the duration of the first sub-timeslot.

14. The communications device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to, before determining the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot:

determine a duration of the unit timeslot;

determine percentages of the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot, wherein the unit timeslot is one of multiple unit timeslots;

divide the spectrum resource into the multiple unit timeslots in a time domain according to the determined duration of the unit timeslot; and

divide each unit timeslot of the multiple unit timeslots into the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot according to the determined percentages of the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot.

15. The communications device according to claim 14, wherein the transceiver is further configured to obtain current load information of the second communications device before determining the percentages of the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the percentages of the first sub-timeslot and the second sub-timeslot in the unit timeslot according to the current load information of the second communications device.

16. The communications device according to claim 14, wherein the transceiver is further configured to obtain a real-time requirement of the second communications device before the processor determines the duration of the unit timeslot, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the duration of the unit timeslot according to the real-time requirement of the second communications device.

17. A communications device, comprising:

a processor, configured to determine a first sub-timeslot and a second sub-timeslot in a unit timeslot; and

a transceiver, configured to perform communication in the first sub-timeslot by using a spectrum resource, wherein the communications device has a priority higher than that of a second communications device in a second communications system in the first sub-timeslot, and wherein the communications device has a priority lower than that of the second communications device in the second sub-timeslot;

wherein;

a duration for which the spectrum resource is idle when the transceiver performs communication in the first sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource is less than a duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource; and

/or

a duration for which the spectrum resource is idle when the transceiver performs communication in the second sub-timeslot by using the spectrum resource is greater than a duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to perform communication in the second sub-timeslot in a first listen before talk (LBT) manner by using the spectrum resource, and the second communications device is configured to perform communication in the second sub-timeslot in a second LBT manner by using the spectrum resource;

wherein;

a minimum value of a duration of a contention window in the first LBT manner is greater than a minimum value of a duration of a contention window in the second LBT manner;

or

a maximum value of the duration of the contention window in the first LBT manner is greater than a maximum value of the duration of the contention window in the second LBT manner; and

wherein the duration for which the second communications device waits to preempt the spectrum resource comprises a sum of a distributed inter-frame spacing (DIFS) duration in the second LBT manner and the duration of the contention window in the second LBT manner.