METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION

• US 20110222497A1
• Filed: 05/24/2011
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• 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: MA, Jie, LIN, Bo
• Granted Patent: US 8,730,887 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/004 in the uplink, i.e. towards network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0841 with collision treatment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/12 between access points and access point controllers

Abstract

A method for transmitting information includes: by a NodeB, receiving information reported by a User Equipment (UE) through an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) transmission channel, and determining the UE corresponding to the received information according to UE ID information carried in the received information. A system and NodeB for transmitting information are also provided. Therefore, when random access data is transmitted between the UE and the NodeB, the NodeB can determine the UE from which the data is received, thus ensuring practicability of the transmission solution that uses High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) to implement random access.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information, comprising:

receiving, by a base station, information sent by a User Equipment (UE) through an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH);

determining, by the base station, the UE corresponding to the received information according to a UE ID carried in the received information;

converting, by the base station, the received information into a Frame Protocol (FP) frame with the UE ID of the UE; and

sending, by the base station, the FP frame to a RNC through a transmission channel between the base station and the RNC, wherein the transmission channel is an E-DCH.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information is protocol layer packet and the determining the UE corresponding to the received information according to a UE ID carried in the received information comprises:

determining the UE corresponding to each received protocol layer packet according to a UE ID carried in the each received protocol layer packet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE ID is carried in the first information sent by the UE;

and

the determining the UE corresponding to the received information according to a UE ID carried in the received information comprises;

determining the UE corresponding to the received first information and a channel resource used by the UE according to the UE ID carried in the received first information; and

determining that other information received through the channel resource is sent by the UE.

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

receiving, by the base station, a request, which is any one of an E-DCH setup request and an E-DCH reconfiguration request, sent by the RNC;

setting up, by the base station, the E-DCH between the base station and the RNC according to parameters in the received request; and

sending, by the base station, a response to the RNC to indicate information of the E-DCH between the base station and the RNC, wherein the response is any one of a channel setup response and a channel reconfiguration response depending on the request received.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the parameters in the received request comprises at least one of:

a signature list used when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, relevant physical-layer channel parameters required when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, and other parameters required when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, wherein the other parameters comprise at least one of relevant physical-layer parameters, transmission channel parameters and transmission bearer parameters.

6. A system for transmitting information, comprising a base station and a RNC, wherein

the base station is configured to receive information sent by a User Equipment (UE) through an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH), to determine the UE corresponding to the received information according to a UE ID carried in the received information, to convert the received information into a Frame Protocol (FP) frame with the UE ID information of the UE, and to send the FP frame to the RNC through an E-DCH between the base station and the RNC;

and

the RNC is configured to obtain the FP frame with the UE ID of the UE.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein

the RNC is further configured to send a request, which is any one of an E-DCH setup request and an E-DCH reconfiguration request, to the base station;

and

the base station is further configured to set up the E-DCH between the base station and the RNC according to parameters in the request, and to send a response to the RNC to indicate information of the E-DCH between the base station and the RNC, wherein the response is any one of a channel setup response and a channel reconfiguration response depending on the request received.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the parameters in the received request comprises at least one of:

a signature list used when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, relevant physical-layer channel parameters required when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, and other parameters required when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, wherein the other parameters comprise at least one of relevant physical-layer parameters, transmission channel parameters and transmission bearer parameters.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the received information sent by the UE is protocol layer packet and the base station is configured to determine the UE corresponding to each received protocol layer packet according to the UE ID carried in the each received protocol layer packet.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the base station is configured to determine the UE corresponding to the received first information and a channel resource used by the UE according to the UE ID carried in the received first information, and to determine that other information received through the channel resource is sent by the UE.

11. A base station, comprising:

a transceiver module, configured to receive information sent by a User Equipment (UE) through an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH);

a determining module, configured to determine the UE corresponding to the received information according to a UE ID carried in the information received by the transceiver module;

a converting module, configured to convert the received information into a Frame Protocol (FP) frame with the UE ID; and

the transceiver module, further configured to send the FP frame to a RNC through an E-DCH between the base station and the RNC.

12. The base station of claim 11, wherein the determining module is configured to determine the UE corresponding to each received information according to the UE ID carried in the each received information.

13. The base station of claim 11, wherein

the determining module is configured to determine the UE corresponding to the received first information and a channel resource used by the UE according to the UE ID carried in the received first information sent by the UE, and to determine that other information received on the channel resource is sent by the UE.

14. The base station of claim 11, wherein

the transceiver module is further configured to receive a request, which is any one of an E-DCH setup request and an E-DCH reconfiguration request, from the RNC;

and

the base station further comprises a bearer channel setup module, configured to set up the E-DCH between the base station and the RNC according to parameters in the request received by the transceiver module, and to send a response to the RNC through the transceiver module to indicate information of the established E-DCH, wherein the response is any one of a channel setup response and a channel reconfiguration response depending on the request received.

15. The base station of claim 14, wherein the parameters in the received request comprises at least one of:

a signature list used when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, relevant physical-layer channel parameters required when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, and other parameters required when the UE performs random access through an E-DCH, wherein the other parameters comprise at least one of relevant physical-layer parameters, transmission channel parameters and transmission bearer parameters.