Method and system for handover based on radio resource allocation database

• US 20120322499A1
• Filed: 10/22/2010
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wei, Min, Zhao, Nan, Li, Feng, Peng, Aihua, Guo, Senbao
• Granted Patent: US 8,862,130 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/525
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0007 for multicast or broadcast services, e.g. MBMS multicast or broadcast application services H04W4/06; resource management for broadcast services H04W72/30; connection management for selective distribution or broadcast H04W76/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0009 for a plurality of users or terminals, e.g. group communication or moving wireless networks user group management H04W4/08; processing of subscriber group data H04W8/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0016 Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0044 of quality context information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00837 Determination of triggering parameters for hand-off
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0085 Hand-off measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0088 Scheduling hand-off measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0094 Definition of hand-off measurement parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/24 Reselection being triggered by specific parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/365 by manual user interaction
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method for handover based on a radio resource allocation database. The method includes that the radio resource allocation database is constructed and dynamically maintained; after receiving a handover request from a User Equipment (UE), a Base Station (BS) determines in the database a Radio Access Technology (RAT) and the corresponding carrier frequency resources suitable for a current communication condition of the UE for the UE according to a handover reason in the handover request, and notifies the UE of information regarding the determined RAT and information regarding the corresponding carrier frequency resource; and the UE performs QoS verification on the RAT and the corresponding carrier frequency resources notified by the BS, and switches to the corresponding carrier frequency with the RAT notified by the BS when the QoS on the RAT and the corresponding carrier frequency resources is superior to that of current communication. Meanwhile, the disclosure further discloses a system for handover based on a radio resource allocation database. The disclosure improves a resource usage rate and the QoS of a current communication system. The disclosure enables the UE to complete the handover quickly, such that user experience is improved.

Claims

1. A method for handover based on a radio resource allocation database, wherein the radio resource allocation database is constructed and dynamically maintained, and the method comprises:

after receiving a handover request from a User Equipment (UE), determining in the database, by a Base Station (BS), a Radio Access Technology (RAT) and corresponding carrier frequency resources suitable for a current communication condition of the UE for the UE according to a handover reason in the handover request, and notifying the UE of information regarding the determined RAT and information regarding the corresponding carrier frequency resources; and

performing, by the UE, Quality of Service (QoS) verification on the RAT and the corresponding carrier frequency resources notified by the BS, and switching to the corresponding carrier frequency with the RAT notified by the BS when the QoS on the RAT and the corresponding carrier frequency resources is superior to that of current communication.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the database comprises at least UE information, spectrum information, spectrum idle time information, a spectrum affiliated BS and a communication strategy associated with a spectrum;

the UE information comprises service grade information of the UE, and information regarding RATs supported by the UE;

the spectrum information comprises available spectrum resources of the BS and available spectrum resources of an adjacent BS; and

the communication strategy associated with the spectrum comprises communication fee requirements.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the dynamically maintaining of the radio resource allocation database by the BS comprises:

reporting, by a UE in a communication state, a QoS parameter of current service to a BS by utilizing a preset uplink channel, and updating, by the BS, current spectrum resource information, selecting from the updated spectrum, by the BS, spectrum resources applicable for the QoS parameter of the UE according to the QoS parameter reported by the UE, and sorting the selected spectrum resources according to an applicability priority.

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

receiving from the UE after power on and storing, by the BS, information describing an attribute of the UE.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

when determining that the UE does not include the determined RAT, transmitting, by the BS, communication software for the determined RAT to the UE in notifying the UE of the selected RAT.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the UE pre-stores communication software for each RAT;

and the method further comprises;

when determining that the UE does not include the selected RAT, transmitting, by the BS, identification information of the determined RAT to the UE in notifying the UE of the determined RAT.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein both the UE and the BS support a Cognitive Radio (CR) technology;

the UE reports the QoS parameter and the information describing the attribute of the UE to the BS through a CR channel; and

the BS notifies the UE of the information regarding the determined RAT and the information regarding the corresponding carrier frequency resources through a CR channel, and transmits the communication software for the RAT or the identification information of the RAT to the UE through the CR channel.

15. The method according to claim 6, wherein both the UE and the BS support a Cognitive Radio (CR) technology;

the UE reports the QoS parameter and the information describing the attribute of the UE to the BS through a CR channel; and

the BS notifies the UE of the information regarding the determined RAT and the information regarding the corresponding carrier frequency resources through a CR channel, and transmits the communication software for the RAT or the identification information of the RAT to the UE through the CR channel.

8. A system for handover based on a radio resource allocation database, comprising a UE and a BS, wherein the system further comprises a constructing and maintaining unit, a determining unit, a notifying unit and a switching unit;

wherein

the constructing and maintaining unit is configured to construct and maintaining the radio resource allocation database for each UE;

the determining unit is configured to, after receiving a handover request from the UE, determine in the database a RAT and corresponding carrier frequency resources suitable for a current communication condition of the UE for the UE according to a handover reason in the handover request;

the notifying unit is configured to notify the UE of information regarding the determined RAT and information regarding the corresponding carrier frequency resources; and

the switching unit is configured to perform QoS verification on the RAT and the corresponding carrier frequency resource notified by the notifying unit, and switch to the corresponding carrier frequency according to the RAT notified by the BS when the QoS on the RAT and the corresponding carrier frequency resources is superior to that of current communication.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the database comprises at least UE information, spectrum information, spectrum idle time information, a spectrum affiliated BS and a communication strategy associated with a spectrum;

the UE information comprises service grade information of the UE and information regarding RATs supported by the UE;

the spectrum information comprises available spectrum resources of the BS and available spectrum resources of an adjacent BS; and

the communication strategy associated with the spectrum comprises communication fee requirement.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein after further receiving a QoS parameter of current service that a UE in a communication state reports to a BS by utilizing a preset uplink channel, the constructing and maintaining unit updates current spectrum resource information, selects spectrum resources available for the QoS parameter of the UE from the updated spectrum according to the QoS parameter reported by the UE, and sorts the selected spectrum resources according to an applicability priority.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the system further comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive from the UE after power on and store information describing an attribute of the UE.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein when the determining unit further determines that the UE does not include the determined RAT, the notifying unit further transmit the communication software for the determined RAT to the UE in notifying the UE of the selected RAT.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the UE pre-stores the communication software for each RAT;

and when the determining unit further determines that the UE does not include the determined RAT, the notifying unit transmits identification information of the determined RAT to the UE in notifying the UE of the selected RAT.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein both the UE and the BS both support the CR technology;

the UE reports the QoS parameter of the current service and the information describing the attribute of the UE to the BS through a CR channel; and

the notifying unit notifies the UE of the information regarding the determined RAT and the information regarding the corresponding carrier frequency resource through a CR channel and transmits the communication software for the RAT or the identification information of the RAT to the UE through the CR channel.

16. The system according to claim 13, wherein both the UE and the BS both support the CR technology;

the UE reports the QoS parameter of the current service and the information describing the attribute of the UE to the BS through a CR channel; and

the notifying unit notifies the UE of the information regarding the determined RAT and the information regarding the corresponding carrier frequency resource through a CR channel and transmits the communication software for the RAT or the identification information of the RAT to the UE through the CR channel.