Resource allocation method, apparatus, and system, and base station

• US 10,701,706 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2017
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2015
• 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: Shi, Zhenyu, Wang, Yi, Huang, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeong, Moo
• Application Number:
  US15/821,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/20 Negotiating bandwidth
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

Embodiments provide a resource allocation method. The method includes: obtaining, by a first base station, an access transmission rate of at least one second base station, where the access transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput to a total bandwidth occupied by all the user equipments. The throughput being of all user equipments for which the at least one second base station performs scheduling, The method further includes determining, by the first base station, resource allocation information of an access link and a backhaul link of the at least one second base station according to the access transmission rate and a backhaul transmission rate of the at least one second base station, and sending the resource allocation information. The backhaul transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput of the backhaul link of the at least one second base station to a total bandwidth of the backhaul link.

Claims

1. A resource allocation method, comprising:

obtaining, by a first base station, an access transmission rate of at least one second base station, wherein

the access transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput, to a total bandwidth occupied by all user equipments, the throughput being of all user equipments for which the at least one second base station performs scheduling, and

the at least one second base station accesses the first base station by using a backhaul link;

determining, by the first base station, resource allocation information of an access link and the backhaul link of the at least one second base station according to the access transmission rate of the at least one second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of the at least one second base station, wherein the backhaul transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput of the backhaul link of the at least one second base station to a total bandwidth of the backhaul link; and

sending, by the first base station, the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link to the at least one second base station; and

sending, by the first base station, the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link to at least one user equipment, so that the at least one user equipment performs communication according to the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link.

2. The resource allocation method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second base station is specifically at least two second base stations, and the determining, by the first base station, resource allocation information of an access link and the backhaul link of the at least one second base station according to the access transmission rate of the at least one second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of the at least one second base station comprises:

determining a first ratio of a minimum access transmission rate to a minimum backhaul transmission rate according to access transmission rates of the at least two second base stations and backhaul transmission rates of the at least two second base stations; and

determining resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two base stations according to the first ratio.

3. The resource allocation method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second base station is specifically at least two second base stations, and the determining, by the first base station, resource allocation information of an access link and the backhaul link of the at least one second base station according to the access transmission rate of the at least one second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of the at least one second base station comprises:

determining a first ratio of a maximum access transmission rate to a maximum backhaul transmission rate according to access transmission rates of the at least two second base stations and backhaul transmission rates of the at least two second base stations; and

determining resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two base stations according to the first ratio.

4. The resource allocation method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second base station is specifically at least two second base stations, and the determining, by the first base station, resource allocation information of an access link and the backhaul link of the at least one second base station according to the access transmission rate of the at least one second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of the at least one second base station comprises:

determining a first ratio of an average access transmission rate to an average backhaul transmission rate according to access transmission rates of the at least two second base stations and backhaul transmission rates of the at least two second base stations; and

determining resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two base stations according to the first ratio.

5. The resource allocation method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second base station is specifically at least two second base stations, and the determining, by the first base station, resource allocation information of an access link and the backhaul link of the at least one second base station according to the access transmission rate of the at least one second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of the at least one second base station comprises:

obtaining, according to an access transmission rate of each second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of each second base station, a maximum throughput of each second base station and a backhaul bandwidth corresponding to the maximum throughput;

obtaining, according to the backhaul bandwidth corresponding to the maximum throughputs of the at least two second base stations, a backhaul bandwidth that maximizes a sum of overall throughputs of the at least two second base stations;

determining a second base station corresponding to the backhaul bandwidth that maximizes the sum of the overall throughputs of the at least two second base stations; and

determining a first ratio of an access transmission rate of the corresponding second base station to a backhaul transmission rate of the corresponding second base station; and

determining resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two base stations according to the first ratio.

6. A resource allocation apparatus, comprising:

a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to;

obtain an access transmission rate of at least one second base station, wherein the access transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput to a total bandwidth occupied by all user equipments, the throughput being of all user equipments for which the at least one second base station performs scheduling, and the at least one second base station accesses the resource allocation apparatus by using a backhaul link;

determine resource allocation information of an access link and the backhaul link of the at least one second base station according to the access transmission rate of the at least one second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of the at least one second base station, wherein the backhaul transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput of the backhaul link of the at least one second base station to a total bandwidth of the backhaul link; and

send the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link to the at least one second base station; and

send the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link to at least one user equipment, so that the at least one user equipment performs communication according to the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link.

7. The resource allocation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one second base station is at least two second base stations, and the determining module is configured to:

determine a first ratio of a minimum access transmission rate to a minimum backhaul transmission rate according to access transmission rates of the at least two second base stations and backhaul transmission rates of the at least two second base stations; and

determine resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two second base stations according to the first ratio.

8. The resource allocation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one second base station is at least two second base stations, and the determining module is configured to:

determine a first ratio of a maximum access transmission rate to a maximum backhaul transmission rate according to access transmission rates of the at least two second base stations and backhaul transmission rates of the at least two second base stations; and

determine resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two second base stations according to the first ratio.

9. The resource allocation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one second base station is at least two second base stations, and the determining module is configured to:

determine a first ratio of an average access transmission rate to an average backhaul transmission rate according to access transmission rates of the at least two second base stations and backhaul transmission rates of the at least two second base stations; and

determine resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two second base stations according to the first ratio.

10. The resource allocation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one second base station is at least two second base stations, and the determining module is configured to:

obtain, according to an access transmission rate of each second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of each second base station, a maximum throughput of each second base station and a backhaul bandwidth corresponding to the maximum throughput;

obtain, according to the backhaul bandwidth corresponding to the maximum throughputs of the at least two second base stations, a backhaul bandwidth that maximizes a sum of overall throughputs of the at least two second base stations;

determine a second base station corresponding to the backhaul bandwidth that maximizes the sum of the overall throughputs of the at least two second base stations; and

determine a first ratio of an access transmission rate of the corresponding second base station to a backhaul transmission rate of the corresponding second base station; and

determine resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two second base stations according to the first ratio.

11. The resource allocation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one second base station is at least two second base stations, and the determining module is configured to:

collect statistics about throughputs of each second base station per historical unit time, and obtain a historical throughput and a maximum throughput per unit time according to the throughputs of each second base station per historical unit time;

determine a maximum throughput per current unit time according to an access transmission rate of each second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of each second base station;

determine, as a satisfaction factor, a second ratio of the maximum throughput of each second base station per current unit time to the historical throughput;

compare satisfaction factors of the at least two second base stations, determine a maximum satisfaction factor and a corresponding second base station, and determine a first ratio of an access transmission rate of the corresponding second base station to a backhaul transmission rate of the corresponding second base station; and

determine resource allocation information of access links and backhaul links of the at least two second base stations according to the first ratio.

12. The resource allocation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a setting module, configured to set one or more preset resource allocation values and one or more ratio ranges, wherein each preset resource allocation value is corresponding to one ratio range; and

the determining module is configured to;

determine a corresponding ratio range according to a first ratio; and

match a corresponding preset resource allocation value according to the corresponding ratio range, and determine the matched preset resource allocation value as the resource allocation information of the access links and the backhaul links of the at least two base stations.

13. The resource allocation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second base station is a high-frequency base station.

14. A second base station, comprising:

a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to;

obtain an access transmission rate of the second base station, wherein the access transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput to a total bandwidth occupied by all user equipments, the throughput being of all user equipments for which the second base station performs scheduling, and the second base station accesses a first base station by using a wireless backhaul link;

send the access transmission rate obtained by the second obtaining module to the first base station;

receive resource allocation information of an access link and the backhaul link from the first base station, wherein the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link is determined by the first base station according to the access transmission rate of the second base station and a backhaul transmission rate of the second base station, and the backhaul transmission rate is a ratio of a total throughput of the backhaul link of the second base station to a total bandwidth of the backhaul link; and

allocate a transmission resource to the access link and the backhaul link of the second base station according to the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link; and

send the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link to at least one user equipment, so that the at least one user equipment performs communication according to the resource allocation information of the access link and the backhaul link.

15. The second base station according to claim 14, wherein the second base station is a high-frequency base station.