METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS

• US 20140133494A1
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: ZHAO, Quanbo, LIANG, Haixiang, PAN, Dao, ZHANG, Xiaofeng, SUN, Fanglin
• Application Number:
  US14/078,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20140133494A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/432
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2646 using feedback from receiver for adjusting OFDM transmission parameters, e.g. transmission timing or guard interval length
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0046 Determination of how many bits are transmitted on different sub-channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for multiple access. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, a data packet, where the data packet includes identifier information about a terminal; querying, according to the identifier information about the terminal, a correspondence table between identifier information about a terminal and a broadcast channel, and determining a broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information about the terminal, where the determined broadcast channel is a broadcast channel among a plurality of preset broadcast channels, and the terminal is any terminal in a terminal group corresponding to the determined broadcast channel; and sending, according to the identifier information about the terminal, through the determined broadcast channel, the data packet to the terminal.

Claims

1. A multi-carrier transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a network device, a data packet, wherein the data packet comprises identifier information about a terminal;

querying a correspondence table between the identifier information and a broadcast channel;

determining a broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information, wherein the determined broadcast channel is a broadcast channel among a plurality of preset broadcast channels, and the terminal is any terminal in a terminal group corresponding to the determined broadcast channel; and

sending through the determined broadcast channel, the data packet to the terminal, so that the terminal demodulates the data packet by using modulation parameters of the determined broadcast channel.

2. The method according to claim 1, before the querying, according to the identifier information, the correspondence table between the identifier information about the terminal and the broadcast channel, and the determining the broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information about the terminal, comprising:

receiving characteristic information about the terminal sent by the terminal;

according to the characteristic information about the terminal, determining a broadcast channel corresponding to the characteristic information about the terminal; and

establishing the correspondence table between the identifier information about the terminal and the broadcast channel.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the establishing the correspondence table between the identifier information about the terminal and the broadcast channel, further comprising:

receiving a characteristic information change message sent by the terminal, wherein the characteristic information change message comprises current characteristic information about the terminal;

determining, according to the current characteristic information about the terminal, a broadcast channel corresponding to the current characteristic information about the terminal, and implement one of the following;

(a) adjusting, according to the broadcast channel corresponding to the current characteristic information about the terminal, a correspondence between the identifier information and the broadcast channel in the correspondence table; and

(b) adjusting, according to the current characteristic information about the terminal, modulation parameters of a broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information in the correspondence table.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic information about the terminal comprises one or more of a signal-to-noise ratio, a service class, and a bandwidth requirement.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast channel comprises one of the group consisting of (a), (b) and (c):

(a) at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in different time domains, (b) at least one carrier in different frequency domains, and (c) at least one OFDM channel in a frequency domain.

6. A multi-carrier transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a data packet which is sent by a network device through a broadcast channel, wherein the data packet contains identifier information about the terminal, and the broadcast channel is determined by the network device according to a correspondence between the identifier information about the terminal and the broadcast channel saved in a correspondence table between the identifier information about the terminal and the broadcast channel, and corresponds to the identifier information about the terminal, the determined broadcast channel is a broadcast channel among a plurality of preset broadcast channels, and the terminal is any terminal in a terminal group corresponding to the determined broadcast channel; and

demodulating, by the terminal, the data packet of the broadcast channel by using modulation parameters of the broadcast channel.

7. The method according to claim 6, before the receiving, by the terminal, the data packet which is sent by the network device through the broadcast channel, comprising:

sending, by the terminal, characteristic information about the terminal to the network device, so that the network device determines, according to the characteristic information about the terminal, a broadcast channel corresponding to the characteristic information about the terminal and establishes the correspondence table between the identifier information about the terminal and the broadcast channel.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the characteristic information about the terminal comprises one or more of a signal-to-noise ratio, a service class, and a bandwidth requirement.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the broadcast channel comprises one of the group consisting of (a), (b) and (c), where (a) is at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in different time domains, (b) is at least one carrier in different frequency domains, and (c) is at least one OFDM channel in a frequency domain.

10. A network device, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a data packet, wherein the data packet comprises identifier information about a terminal;

a first determining module, configured to query, a correspondence table between the identifier information and a broadcast channel, and determine a broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information, wherein the determined broadcast channel is a broadcast channel among a plurality of preset broadcast channels, and the terminal is any terminal in a terminal group corresponding to the determined broadcast channel; and

a sending module, configured to send through the determined broadcast channel, the data packet to the terminal so that the terminal demodulates the data packet by using modulation parameters of the determined broadcast channel.

11. The network device according to claim 10, wherein the first receiving module is further configured to receive characteristic information about the terminal sent by the terminal;

and

the network device further comprises;

a second determining module, configured to determine, according to the characteristic information about the terminal, a broadcast channel corresponding to the characteristic information about the terminal; and

an establishing module, configured to establish the correspondence table between the identifier information and the broadcast channel.

12. The network device according to claim 10, wherein the first receiving module is further configured to receive a characteristic information change message sent by the terminal, the characteristic information change message comprises current characteristic information about the terminal;

the second determining module is further configured to determine, according to the current characteristic information about the terminal, a broadcast channel corresponding to the current characteristic information about the terminal; and

the establishing module is further configured to adjust, according to the broadcast channel corresponding to the current characteristic information about the terminal determined by the second determining module, a correspondence between the identifier information and the broadcast channel saved in the correspondence table.

13. The network device according to claim 10, further comprising:

an adjustment module, configured to adjust, according to the current characteristic information about the terminal, modulation parameters of a broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information saved in the correspondence table.

14. The network device according to claim 10, wherein the characteristic information about the terminal comprises one or more of a signal-to-noise ratio, a service class, and a bandwidth requirement;

and

the broadcast channel comprises one of the group consisting of (a), (b) and (c), where (a) is at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in different time domains, (b) is at least one carrier in different frequency domains, and (c) is at least one OFDM channel in a frequency domain.

15. A terminal, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a data packet which is sent by a network device through a broadcast channel,

wherein the data packet comprises identifier information about the terminal, and

the broadcast channel is determined by the network device according to a correspondence between the identifier information and the broadcast channel saved in a correspondence table between the identifier information and a broadcast channel, where the determined broadcast channel is a broadcast channel among a plurality of preset broadcast channels, and the terminal is any terminal in a terminal group corresponding to the determined broadcast channel; and

a demodulation module, configured to demodulate the data packet by using modulation parameters of the broadcast channel.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, further comprising:

a sending module, configured to send characteristic information about the terminal to the network device, so that the network device determines, according to the characteristic information, a broadcast channel corresponding to the characteristic information and establishes a correspondence table between the characteristic information and the broadcast channel.

17. The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the sending module is further configured to send a characteristic information change message to the network device, wherein the characteristic information change message comprises current characteristic information about the terminal, so that the network device determines, according to the current characteristic information about the terminal, a broadcast channel corresponding to the current characteristic information, and adjusts, according to the broadcast channel corresponding to the current characteristic information, correspondence between the identifier information and the broadcast channel saved in the correspondence table.

18. The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the sending module is further configured to send the characteristic information change message to the network device, wherein the characteristic information change message comprises the current characteristic information, so that the network device adjusts, according to the current characteristic information, the modulation parameters of a broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information about the terminal saved in the correspondence table.

19. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the demodulation module is configured to demodulate a data flow at the broadcast channel by using the modulation parameters of the broadcast channel;

wherein the data flow comprises an additional data packet obtained after the network device encapsulates the data packet according to a preset data frame format and modulates the data packet to the broadcast channel, and obtain, from the demodulated data flow, according to the preset data frame format and identifier information about the terminal in the data frame format, the data packet of the terminal.

20. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the characteristic information about the terminal comprises one or more of a signal-to-noise ratio, a service class, and a bandwidth requirement;

and the broadcast channel comprises one of the group consisting of (a), (b) and (c);

(a) at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in different time domains, (b) at least one carrier in different frequency domains, and (c) at least one OFDM channel in a frequency domain.

21. A multi-carrier transmission system, comprising a network device and a terminal,

the network device comprising (a) a first receiving module, configured to receive a data packet, wherein the data packet comprises identifier information about the terminal;

(b) a first determining module, configured to query, a correspondence table between the identifier information and a broadcast channel, and determine a broadcast channel corresponding to the identifier information, wherein the determined broadcast channel is a broadcast channel among a plurality of preset broadcast channels, and the terminal is any terminal in a terminal group corresponding to the determined broadcast channel; and

(c) a sending module, configured to send through the determined broadcast channel, the data packet to the terminal so that the terminal demodulates the data packet by using modulation parameters of the determined broadcast channel; and

the terminal comprising (a) a second receiving module configured to receive the data packet sent by the network device through the broadcast channel and (b) a demodulation module, configured to demodulate the data packet by using modulation parameters of the broadcast channel.