Data Transmission Method and Device

• US 20150195780A1
• Filed: 03/20/2015
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2012
• 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: Liu, Pei
• Application Number:
  US14/663,955
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195780A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0203 in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0219 where the power saving management affects multiple terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A data transmission method and device are provided. The data transmission method includes determining, by a network node, that a destination sensor node of to-be-transmitted data is in an inactive period; sending, by the network node, a wake-up message to the destination sensor node, where the wake-up message is used to trigger the destination sensor node to enter a woken-up state from a dormant state of the inactive period; receiving, by the network node, a response message that is from the destination sensor node and for the wake-up message; and performing, by the network node, data transmission with the destination sensor node according to the response message. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a data transmission delay is reduced, and data transmission synchronization is ensured.

Claims

1. A data transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a network node, that a destination sensor node of to-be-transmitted data is in an inactive period;

sending, by the network node, a wake-up message to the destination sensor node, wherein the wake-up message is used to trigger the destination sensor node to enter a woken-up state from a dormant state of the inactive period;

receiving, by the network node, a response message that is from the destination sensor node and for the wake-up message; and

performing, by the network node, data transmission with the destination sensor node according to the response message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wake-up message is a preset quantity of wake-up pulses, and sending, by the network node, the wake-up message to the destination sensor node comprises broadcasting, by the network node, the wake-up pulses to each sensor node on a personal area network (PAN) that the network node belongs to, such that the destination sensor node determines, according to the wake-up pulses and a preset wake-up factor, whether to enter the woken-up state from the dormant state, wherein sensor nodes on different PANs are corresponding to different wake-up factors.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after sending, by the network node, the wake-up message to the destination sensor node, and before receiving, by the network node, the response message that is from the destination sensor node and for the wake-up message, the method further comprises broadcasting, by the network node, a wake-up frame to each sensor node on the PAN, wherein the wake-up frame carries identifier information of the destination sensor node such that the destination sensor node determines, according to the identifier information, to send the response message to the network node.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the response message is a data request frame, wherein the data request frame is used to request to receive data, and wherein performing, by the network node, the data transmission with the destination sensor node according to the response message comprises sending, by the network node, data to the destination sensor node according to the data request frame.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the response message is an acknowledgement (ACK) frame, wherein the ACK frame is used to indicate that the destination sensor node enters the woken-up state from the dormant state, and wherein performing, by the network node, the data transmission with the destination sensor node according to the response message comprises receiving, by the network node, data sent by the destination sensor node.

6. A data transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a sensor node, a wake-up message sent by a network node, wherein the wake-up message is used to trigger the sensor node to enter a woken-up state from a dormant state of an inactive period;

sending, by the sensor node, a response message that is for the wake-up message to the network node; and

performing, by the sensor node, data transmission with the network node.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the wake-up message is a preset quantity of wake-up pulses, and wherein receiving, by the sensor node, the wake-up message sent by the network node comprises:

receiving, by the sensor node, the wake-up pulses broadcasted by the network node; and

determining, by the sensor node according to the wake-up pulses and a preset wake-up factor, whether to enter the woken-up state from the dormant state, wherein sensor nodes on different personal area networks (PANs) are corresponding to different wake-up factors.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein after receiving, by the sensor node, the wake-up message sent by the network node, and before sending, by the sensor node, the response message that is for the wake-up message to the network node, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the sensor node, a wake-up frame broadcasted by the network node, wherein the wake-up frame carries identifier information of a destination sensor node; and

determining, by the sensor node according to the identifier information of the destination sensor node, whether to send the response message to the network node when the sensor node enters the woken-up state from the dormant state.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the response message is a data request frame, wherein the data request frame is used to request to receive data, and wherein performing, by the sensor node, the data transmission with the network node comprises receiving, by the sensor node, data sent by the network node according to the data request frame.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the response message is an acknowledgement (ACK) frame, wherein the ACK frame is used to indicate that the destination sensor node enters the woken-up state from the dormant state, and wherein performing, by the sensor node, the data transmission with the network node comprises sending, by the sensor node, data to the network node.

11. A network node, comprising:

a determining module configured to determine that a destination sensor node of to-be-transmitted data is in an inactive period;

a sending module configured to send a wake-up message to the destination sensor node, wherein the wake-up message is used to trigger the destination sensor node to enter a woken-up state from a dormant state of the inactive period;

a receiving module configured to receive a response message that is from the destination sensor node and for the wake-up message; and

a transmitting module configured to perform data transmission with the destination sensor node according to the response message.

12. The network node according to claim 11, wherein the sending module is configured to, when the wake-up message is a preset quantity of wake-up pulses, broadcast the wake-up pulses to each sensor node on a personal area network (PAN) that the network node belongs to, such that the destination sensor node determines, according to the wake-up pulses and a preset wake-up factor, whether to enter the woken-up state from the dormant state, wherein sensor nodes on different PANs are corresponding to different wake-up factors.

13. The network node according to claim 12, wherein the sending module is further configured to broadcast a wake-up frame to each sensor node on the PAN, wherein the wake-up frame carries identifier information of the destination sensor node such that the destination sensor node determines, according to the identifier information, to send the response message to the network node.

14. The network node according to claim 11, wherein the transmitting module is configured to, when the response message is a data request frame, and the data request frame is used to request to receive data, send data to the destination sensor node according to the data request frame.

15. The network node according to claim 11, wherein the transmitting module is configured to, when the response message is an acknowledgement (ACK) frame, and the ACK frame is used to indicate that the destination sensor node enters the woken-up state from the dormant state, receive data sent by the destination sensor node.

16. A sensor node, comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a wake-up message sent by a network node, wherein the wake-up message is used to trigger the sensor node to enter a woken-up state from a dormant state of an inactive period;

a sending module configured to send a response message that is for the wake-up message to the network node; and

a transmitting module configured to perform data transmission with the network node.

17. The sensor node according to claim 16, wherein the receiving module is configured to, when the wake-up message is a preset quantity of wake-up pulses, receive the wake-up pulses broadcasted by the network node, and determine, according to the wake-up pulses and a preset wake-up factor, whether to enter the woken-up state from the dormant state, wherein sensor nodes on different personal area networks (PANs) are corresponding to different wake-up factors.

18. The sensor node according to claim 17, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a wake-up frame broadcasted by the network node, wherein the wake-up frame carries identifier information of a destination sensor node, and when the sensor node enters the woken-up state from the dormant state, determine, according to the identifier information of the destination sensor node, whether to enable the sending module.

19. The sensor node according to claim 16, wherein the transmitting module is configured to, when the response message is a data request frame, and the data request frame is used to request to receive data, receive data sent by the network node according to the data request frame.

20. The sensor node according to claim 16, wherein the transmitting module is configure to, when the response message is an acknowledgement (ACK) frame, and the ACK frame is used to indicate that the destination sensor node enters the woken-up state from the dormant state, send data to the network node.