COMMUNICATION METHOD AND NODE USED IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• US 20120020312A1
• Filed: 07/21/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tian, Jun, Wang, Hao, Li, Cheng, Lv, Chao
• Application Number:
  US13/187,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20120020312A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling

Abstract

A wireless communication network includes a plurality of peer nodes, the plurality of nodes communicating with each other through a control channel and a plurality of data channels, the communication method including: a source node in the plurality of nodes reserves a data channel used for transmitting data to a destination node in the plurality of nodes through the control channel; the source node and the destination node switch to the reserved data channel; the source node transmits the data to the destination node through the reserved data channel; and after the data transmission between the source node and the destination node is completed, the destination node sends a data transmitting success acknowledgement signal to the source node through the reserved data channel, and then both of the destination node and the source node switch to the control channel from the reserved data channel for operation.

Claims

1. A communication method used in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising a plurality of peer nodes, the plurality of nodes communicate with each other through a control channel and a plurality of data channels, the communication method comprising:

a source node in the plurality of nodes reserves a data channel used for transmitting data to a destination node in the plurality of nodes through the control channel;

the source node and the destination node switch to the reserved data channel;

the source node transmits the data to the destination node through the reserved data channel; and

after the data is completely transmitted to the destination node, the destination node sends a data transmitting success acknowledge signal to the source node through the reserved data channel, and then both of the destination node and the source node switch to the control channel.

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the reserving comprises:

the source node sends a request-to-send signal to the destination node, the request-to-send signal comprising a first indication information for indicating available data channel of the source node and information indicating the destination node; and

the destination node receives the request-to-send signal, determines the reserved data channel according to the first indicating information and information relating to available data channel of the destination node maintained by the destination node, and sends a clear-to-send signal to the source node, the clear-to-send signal comprising a second indication information for indicating the reserved data channel and information indicating the source node.

3. The communication method of claim 2, wherein the switching comprises:

the destination node switches to the reserved data channel within a predetermined guard period after sending the clear-to-send signal, and the source node switches to the reserved data channel within the predetermined guard period after receiving the clear-to-send signal.

4. The communication method of claim 2, wherein the first indication information comprises:

an identification of the available data channel in a priority order;

or

an identification of the available data channel and respective priority index value.

5. The communication of claim 2, wherein the information relating to available data channel of the destination node comprises an identification of the available data channel of the destination node and respective priority index value.

6. The communication method of claim 2, further comprising updating the information relating to available data channel of the destination node according to data channel quality of the destination node and data channel quality of a neighbor node of the destination node.

7. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the reserving comprises:

the source node sends a preamble queue to the destination node through the control channel, the preamble queue comprising information indicating a reserved data channel of the source node and information indicating the destination node.

8. The communication method of claim 7, wherein the switching comprises:

the source node switches from the control channel to the reserved data channel within a predetermined guard period after sending the preamble queue, and the destination node switches from the control channel to the reserved data channel within the predetermined guard period after receiving the preamble queue.

9. A node used in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising a plurality of peer nodes, the plurality of nodes communicate through a control channel and a plurality of data channel, the node comprising:

a reserving unit for reserving a data channel used for transmitting data through the control channel;

a switching unit for switching to the reserved data channel;

a transmitting unit for transmitting data through the reserved data channel; and

a transmission acknowledgement unit for sending a data transmitting success acknowledge signal through the reserved data channel after the data is completely transmitted if the present node serving as a destination node,

wherein, if the present node serving as a source node, the switching unit switches to the control channel after the transmission acknowledgement unit sends the data transmitting success acknowledge signal if the node serving as a destination node and switches to the control channel after receiving the data transmitting success acknowledge signal from a transmission acknowledgement unit of a destination node.

10. The node of claim 9, wherein the reserving unit comprising:

a request sending section for, if the present node serving as a source node, sending a request-to-send signal to a destination node, the request-to-send signal comprising a first indication information for indicating available data channel(s) of the source node and information indicating the destination node;

a request receiving section for, if the present node serving as a destination node, receiving a request-to-send signal sent by a request sending section of a source node, determining the reserved data channel according to first indicating information of the source node and information relating to available data channel(s) of the destination node maintained by the destination node, and sending a clear-to-send signal to the source node, the clear-to-send signal comprising a second indication information for indicating the reserved data channel and information indicating the source node; and

a reservation result receiving section for, if the present node serving as a source node, receiving a clear-to-send signal sent by the request receiving section of a destination node.

11. The node of claim 10, wherein the switching unit switches to the reserved data channel within a predetermined guard period after sending the clear-to-send signal or after receiving the clear-to-send signal.

12. The node of claim 10, wherein the first indication information comprises:

an identification of the available data channel in a priority order;

or

an identification of the available data channel and respective priority index value.

13. The communication of claim 10, wherein the information relating to available data channel of the destination node comprises an identification of the available data channel of the destination node and respective priority index value.

14. The node of claim 10, wherein the reserving unit further comprises an updating section for updating the information relating to available data channel of the present node according to data channel quality of the present node and data channel quality of a neighbor node of the present node.

15. The node of claim 9, wherein if the present node serves as a source node, the reserving unit sends a preamble queue to a destination node through the control channel, the preamble queue comprising information indicating a reserved data channel of the source node and information indicating the destination node.

16. The node of claim 15, wherein if the present node serves as a source node, the switching unit switches from the control channel to the reserved data channel within a predetermined guard period after the reserving unit sending the preamble queue and if the present node serves as a destination node, the switching node switches from the control channel to the reserved data channel within the predetermined guard period after receiving the preamble queue from a reserving unit of the source node.