LINK FAILURE RECOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20150140999A1
• Filed: 01/30/2015
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honor Device Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Tao, Lin, Bo
• Granted Patent: US 9,313,820 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/424
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/00 Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received correcting synchronisation H04L7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0093 Point-to-multipoint
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0069 in case of dual connectivity, e.g. decoupled uplink/downlink
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00692 using simultaneous multiple data streams, e.g. cooperative multipoint [CoMP], carrier aggregation [CA] or multiple input multiple output [MIMO] allocation of physical resources in CoMP or in CA H04L5/0035
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/305 Handover due to radio link failure control signalling for hand-off failure H04W36/0079
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a link failure recovery method and apparatus. The method includes: first receiving, by a primary base station, failure report information sent by a user equipment, acquiring, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a DRB that needs to be reconfigured, and reconfiguring a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured; and then sending, by the primary base station, a first reconfiguration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment reconfigures a failed DRB according to the first reconfiguration message. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications systems.

Claims

1. A link failure recovery method, comprising:

receiving, by a primary base station, failure report information sent by a user equipment, wherein the failure report information is an identifier of a failed secondary serving cell or an identifier of a failed data radio bearer (DRB), wherein the failed secondary serving cell is controlled by a secondary base station, and the failed DRB is carried on a radio link between the failed secondary serving cell and the user equipment;

acquiring, by the primary base station according to the failure report information, an identifier of a DRB that needs to be reconfigured, and reconfiguring a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured; and

sending, by the primary base station, a first reconfiguration message to the user equipment, wherein the first reconfiguration message comprises the identifier of the DRB that needs to be reconfigured and the parameter reconfigured for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured.

2. The link failure recovery method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the primary base station, failure cause information sent by the user equipment, wherein the failure cause information is that the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions is reached, or that the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions is reached, or that a timer expires; and

reconfiguring, by the primary base station, a parameter for the DRB comprises;

when the failure cause information is that the maximum number of RLC uplink retransmissions is reached, reconfiguring, by the primary base station, the maximum number of RLC uplink retransmissions for the DRB,

when the failure cause information is that the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions is reached, reconfiguring, by the primary base station, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions for the DRB, and

when the failure cause information is that a timer expires, reconfiguring, by the primary base station, timing duration of the timer for the DRB.

3. The link failure recovery method according to claim 1, wherein before the primary base station receives the failure report information sent by the user equipment, the method further comprises:

sending, by the primary base station, a failure detection configuration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment determines, according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure report information and/or the failure cause information; and

wherein the failure detection configuration message comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of RLC uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and the timing duration of the timer.

4. The link failure recovery method according to claim 2, wherein before the primary base station receives the failure cause information sent by the user equipment, the method further comprises:

sending, by the primary base station, a failure detection configuration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment determines, according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure report information and/or the failure cause information; and

wherein the failure detection configuration message comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of RLC uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and the timing duration of the timer.

5. The link failure recovery method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring, by the primary base station according to the failure report information, an identifier of a secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted; and

wherein the first reconfiguration message further comprises the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, so that the user equipment releases, according to the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted.

6. The link failure recovery method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the primary base station, a second reconfiguration message to the secondary base station, wherein the second reconfiguration message comprises an identifier of the user equipment, so that the secondary base station releases, according to the identifier of the user equipment, a resource serving the user equipment.

7. The link failure recovery method according to claim 6, further comprising:

acquiring, by the primary base station according to the failure report information, an identifier of a secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted or an identifier of a radio access bearer (E-RAB) that needs to be deleted, wherein the E-RAB corresponds, on a one-to-one basis, to the DRB; and

wherein the second reconfiguration message further comprises the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted or the identifier of the E-RAB that needs to be deleted, so that the secondary base station releases, according to the second reconfiguration message, the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted or the E-RAB that needs to be deleted.

8. A link failure recovery method, comprising:

sending, by a user equipment, failure report information to a primary base station, wherein the failure report information is an identifier of a failed secondary serving cell or an identifier of a failed data radio bearer (DRB), wherein the failed secondary serving cell is controlled by a secondary base station, and the failed DRB is carried on a radio link between the failed secondary serving cell and the user equipment, so that the primary base station acquires, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a DRB that needs to be reconfigured and reconfigures a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured;

receiving, by the user equipment, a reconfiguration message sent by the primary base station, wherein the reconfiguration message comprises the identifier of the DRB that needs to be reconfigured and the parameter reconfigured for the DRB; and

reconfiguring, by the user equipment according to the reconfiguration message, the DRB that needs to be reconfigured.

9. The link failure recovery method according to claim 8, further comprising:

sending, by the user equipment, failure cause information to the primary base station, wherein the failure cause information is that the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions is reached, or that the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions is reached, or that a timer expires, so that the primary base station reconfigures, according to the failure cause information, a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured.

10. The link failure recovery method according to claim 8, wherein before the user equipment sends the failure report information to the primary base station, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user equipment, a failure detection configuration message sent by the primary base station, wherein the failure detection configuration message specifically comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and timing duration of the timer; and

determining, by the user equipment according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure report information and/or the failure cause information.

11. The link failure recovery method according to claim 9, wherein before the user equipment sends the failure cause information to the primary base station, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user equipment, a failure detection configuration message sent by the primary base station, wherein the failure detection configuration message specifically comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of Radio Link Control RLC uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and timing duration of the timer; and

determining, by the user equipment according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure report information and/or the failure cause information.

12. The link failure recovery method according to claim 8, wherein:

the reconfiguration message further comprises an identifier of a secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, and the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted is acquired by the primary base station according to the failure report information; and

the user equipment releases, according to the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted.

13. A base station, comprising:

a processor, an input device, an output device, and a memory, wherein the input device, the output device, and the memory are connected to the processor; and

the processor comprises;

a receiving unit, an acquiring unit, a configuring unit, and a sending unit, wherein;

the receiving unit is configured to receive failure report information sent by a user equipment, wherein the failure report information is an identifier of a failed secondary serving cell or an identifier of a failed data radio bearer (DRB), wherein the failed secondary serving cell is controlled by a secondary base station, and the failed DRB is carried on a radio link between the failed secondary serving cell and the user equipment,

the acquiring unit is configured to acquire, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a DRB that needs to be reconfigured,

the configuring unit is configured to reconfigure a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured, and

the sending unit is configured to send a first reconfiguration message to the user equipment, wherein the first reconfiguration message comprises the identifier of the DRB that needs to be reconfigured and the parameter reconfigured for the DRB.

14. The base station according to claim 13, wherein:

the receiving unit is further configured to receive failure cause information sent by the user equipment, wherein the failure cause information is that the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions is reached, or that the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions is reached, or that a timer expires.

15. The base station according to claim 13, wherein:

the sending unit is further configured to send a failure detection configuration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment determines, according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure report information and/or the failure cause information; and

wherein the failure detection configuration message comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of Radio Link Control RLC uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and timing duration of the timer.

16. The base station according to claim 14, wherein:

the sending unit is further configured to send a failure detection configuration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment determines, according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure report information and/or the failure cause information; and

wherein the failure detection configuration message comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and timing duration of the timer.

17. The base station according to claim 14, wherein the configuring unit is configured to:

when the failure cause information is that the maximum number of RLC uplink retransmissions is reached, reconfigure the maximum the maximum number of RLC uplink retransmissions for the DRB;

when the failure cause information is that the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions is reached, reconfigure the maximum number of preamble transmissions for the DRB; and

when the failure cause information is that a timer expires, reconfigure timing duration of the timer for the DRB.

18. The base station according to claim 13, wherein:

the acquiring unit is further configured to acquire, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted; and

the first reconfiguration message further comprises the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, so that the user equipment releases, according to the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted.

19. The base station according to claim 13, wherein:

the sending unit is further configured to send a second reconfiguration message to the secondary base station, wherein the second reconfiguration message comprises an identifier of the user equipment, so that the secondary base station releases, according to the identifier of the user equipment, a resource serving the user equipment.

20. The base station according to claim 19, wherein:

the acquiring unit is further configured to acquire, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted or an identifier of a radio access bearer (E-RAB) that needs to be deleted, wherein the E-RAB corresponds, on a one-to-one basis, to the DRB; and

the second reconfiguration message further comprises the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted or the identifier of the E-RAB that needs to be deleted, so that the secondary base station releases, according to the second reconfiguration message, the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted or the E-RAB that needs to be deleted.

21. A user equipment, comprising:

a processor, an input device, an output device, and a memory, wherein the input device, the output device, and the memory are connected to the processor; and

the processor comprises;

a sending unit, a receiving unit, and a configuring unit, wherein;

the sending unit is configured to send failure report information to a primary base station, wherein the failure report information is an identifier of a failed secondary serving cell or an identifier of a failed data radio bearer DRB, wherein the failed secondary serving cell is controlled by a secondary base station, and the failed DRB is carried on a radio link between the failed secondary serving cell and a user equipment, so that the primary base station acquires, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a DRB that needs to be reconfigured and reconfigures a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured,

the receiving unit is configured to receive a reconfiguration message sent by the primary base station, wherein the reconfiguration message comprises the identifier of the DRB that needs to be reconfigured and the parameter reconfigured for the DRB, and

the configuring unit is configured to reconfigure, according to the reconfiguration message, the DRB that needs to be reconfigured.

22. The user equipment according to claim 21, wherein:

the sending unit is further configured to send failure cause information to the primary base station, wherein the failure cause information is that the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions is reached, or that the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions is reached, or that a timer expires, so that the primary base station reconfigures, according to the failure cause information, a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured.

23. The user equipment according to claim 21, wherein:

the receiving unit is further configured to receive a failure detection configuration message sent by the primary base station, wherein the failure detection configuration message comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and timing duration of the timer; and

the sending unit is further configured to determine, according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure report information.

24. The user equipment according to claim 22, wherein:

the receiving unit is further configured to receive a failure detection configuration message sent by the primary base station, wherein the failure detection configuration message comprises at least one of the following;

the maximum number of Radio Link Control (RLC) uplink retransmissions, the maximum number of random access preamble retransmissions, and timing duration of the timer; and

the sending unit is further configured to determine, according to the failure detection configuration message, a specific value of the failure cause information.

25. The user equipment according to claim 21, wherein:

the reconfiguration message further comprises an identifier of a secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, and the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted is acquired by the primary base station according to the failure report information; and

the user equipment further comprises a releasing unit configured to release, according to the identifier of the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted, the secondary serving cell that needs to be deleted.