BASE STATION, CORE SERVER AND UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR USING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20130225219A1
• Filed: 04/10/2012
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: HSU, Heng-Iang, SHEU, Shiann-Tsong, CHIU, Chun-Hsiang, LAI, Hsien-Hao, KAO, Shu-Hua
• Application Number:
  US13/443,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20130225219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/509
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/16 Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A base station, a core server and an uplink transmission method thereof for using in a wireless network communication system are provided. The core server creates a time assignment instruction according to a first uplink transmission status of a first machine to machine wireless apparatus group. The core server further transmits the time assignment instruction to the base station. The base station transmits a time assignment signal to the machine to machine wireless apparatus group according to the time assignment instruction so that the machine to machine wireless apparatus group transmits at least one first uplink transmission request to the base station in a time interval according to the time assignment signal.

Claims

1. A base station for using in a wireless network communication system, the wireless network communication system comprising a first machine to machine (M2M) wireless apparatus group, a core server and the base station, the core server being configured to create a time assignment instruction according to a first uplink transmission status of the first M2M wireless apparatus group, the base station comprising:

a transceiver, being configured to receive the time assignment instruction from the core server; and

a timing controller, being electronically connected to the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver to transmit a first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the time assignment instruction so that at least one M2M wireless apparatus of the first M2M wireless apparatus group transmits at least one first uplink transmission request to the transceiver in a first time interval according to the first time assignment signal.

2. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless network communication system further comprises a human to human (H2H) wireless apparatus group, the transceiver further receives a plurality of H2H uplink transmission requests of a plurality of H2H wireless apparatuses of the H2H wireless apparatus group in an H2H time interval, and the first time interval does not overlap with the H2H time interval.

3. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time assignment instruction includes a first time cycle, and the timing controller periodically controls the transceiver to transmit the first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the first time cycle.

4. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless network communication system further comprises a second M2M wireless apparatus group, the core server creates the time assignment instruction according to the first uplink transmission status of the first M2M wireless apparatus group and a second uplink transmission status of the second M2M wireless apparatus group, the timing controller further controls the transceiver to transmit a second time assignment signal to the second M2M wireless apparatus group according to the time assignment instruction so that at least one M2M wireless apparatus of the second M2M wireless apparatus group transmits at least one second uplink transmission request to the transceiver in a second time interval according to the second time assignment signal, and the second time interval does not overlap with the first time interval.

5. The base station as claimed in claim 4, wherein the time assignment instruction includes a first time cycle and a second time cycle, the timing controller periodically controls the transceiver to transmit the first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the first time cycle, the timing controller periodically controls the transceiver to transmit the second time assignment signal to the second M2M wireless apparatus group according to the second time cycle, and the first time cycle and the second time cycle are different.

6. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless network communication system conforms to one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) standard.

7. A core server for using in a wireless network communication system, the wireless network communication system comprising a first M2M wireless apparatus group, a base station and the core server, the core server comprising:

a transceiver; and

a timing generator, being electrically connected to the transceiver and configured to execute the following operations;

creating a time assignment instruction according to a first uplink transmission status of the first M2M wireless apparatus group; and

controlling the transceiver to transmit the time assignment instruction to the base station so that the base station transmits a first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the time assignment instruction, and at least one M2M wireless apparatus of the first M2M wireless apparatus group transmits at least one first uplink transmission request to the base station in a first time interval according to the first time assignment signal.

8. The core server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the wireless network communication system further comprises an H2H wireless apparatus group, the base station further receives a plurality of H2H uplink transmission requests of a plurality of H2H wireless apparatuses of the H2H wireless apparatus group in an H2H time interval, and the first time interval does not overlap with the H2H time interval.

9. The core server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the time assignment instruction includes a first time cycle so that the base station periodically transmits the first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the first time cycle.

10. The core server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the wireless network communication system further comprises a second M2M wireless apparatus group, the timing generator creates the time assignment instruction according to the first uplink transmission status of the first M2M wireless apparatus group and a second uplink transmission status of the second M2M wireless apparatus group so that the base station further transmits a second time assignment signal to the second M2M wireless apparatus group according to the time assignment instruction, and at least one M2M wireless apparatus of the second M2M wireless apparatus group transmits at least one second uplink transmission request to the base station in a second time interval according to the second time assignment signal, and the second time interval does not overlap with the first time interval.

11. The core server as claimed in claim 10, wherein the time assignment instruction includes a first time cycle and a second time cycle, the base station periodically transmits the first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the first time cycle, the base station periodically transmits the second time assignment signal to the second M2M wireless apparatus group according to the second time cycle, and the first time cycle and the second time cycle are different.

12. The core server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the wireless network communication system conforms to one of an LTE standard of a 3GPP and a WiMAX standard.

13. An uplink transmission method for using in a wireless network communication system, the wireless network communication system comprising a first M2M wireless apparatus group, a core server and a base station, the uplink transmission method comprising the steps of:

(a) creating a time assignment instruction by the core server according to a first uplink transmission status of the first M2M wireless apparatus group;

(b) transmitting the time assignment instruction to the base station by the core server; and

(c) transmitting a first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group by the base station according to the time assignment instruction so that at least one M2M wireless apparatus of the first M2M wireless apparatus group transmits at least one first uplink transmission request to the base station in a first time interval according to the first time assignment signal.

14. The uplink transmission method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the wireless network communication system further comprises an H2H wireless apparatus group, the base station further receives a plurality of H2H uplink transmission requests of a plurality of H2H wireless apparatuses of the H2H wireless apparatus group in an H2H time interval, and the first time interval does not overlap with the H2H time interval.

15. The uplink transmission method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the time assignment instruction includes a first time cycle, and the base station periodically transmits the first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the first time cycle.

16. The uplink transmission method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the wireless network communication system further comprises a second M2M wireless apparatus group, and the core server creates the time assignment instruction according to the first uplink transmission status of the first M2M wireless apparatus group and a second uplink transmission status of the second M2M wireless apparatus group.

17. The uplink transmission method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step (c) further comprises the step of:

transmitting a second time assignment signal to the second M2M wireless apparatus group by the base station according to the time assignment instruction so that at least one M2M wireless apparatus of the second M2M wireless apparatus group transmits at least one second uplink transmission request to the base station in a second time interval according to the second time assignment signal, and the second time interval does not overlap with the first time interval.

18. The uplink transmission method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the time assignment instruction includes a first time cycle and a second time cycle, the base station periodically transmits the first time assignment signal to the first M2M wireless apparatus group according to the first time cycle, the base station periodically transmits the second time assignment signal to the second M2M wireless apparatus group according to the second time cycle, and the first time cycle and the second time cycle are different.

19. The uplink transmission method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the wireless network communication system conforms to one of an LTE standard of a 3GPP and a WiMAX standard.