DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON NETWORKS OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION STANDARDS

• US 20150249993A1
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ji, Jiagang, Dai, Weihua, Jiang, Dan
• Granted Patent: US 9,867,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0865 of different Radio Access Technologies [RATs], e.g. LTE or WiFi
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The present invention provides a data transmission method and apparatus based on networks of multiple communications standards. According to the method of the present invention, an air interface state of a first communications standard network and an air interface state of a second communications standard network are detected, a data packet sending rate suitable for the air interface status of the first communications standard network and a data packet sending rate suitable for the air interface state of the second communications standard network are determined, and a data packet is allocated to the first communications standard network and the second communications standard network according to the determined data packet sending rates, so that the data packet may be simultaneously delivered to a user by using the networks of the two communications standards together.

Claims

1. A data transmission method based on networks of multiple communications standards, the method comprising:

detecting an air interface status parameter of a first communications standard network and an air interface status parameter of a second communications standard network;

decreasing a data packet sending rate of a communications standard network with an air interface status parameter less than a preset threshold in a case in which such a communications standard network exists; and

allocating, according to a data packet sending rate of the first communications standard network and a data packet sending rate of the second communications standard network, a data packet to the first communications standard network and the second communications standard network for sending.

2. The data transmission method according to claim 1, further comprising:

increasing a data packet sending rate of a communications standard network with a decreased data packet sending rate in a case in which an air interface status parameter of the communications standard network is not less than the preset threshold.

3. The data transmission method according to claim 2, wherein increasing a data packet sending rate of a communications standard network with a decreased data packet sending rate in a case in which an air interface status parameter of the communications standard network is not less than the preset threshold comprises:

detecting the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate; and

in a case in which the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate is not less than the preset threshold, increasing the data packet sending rate of the communications standard network to a rate before the decrease.

4. The data transmission method according to claim 2, wherein the preset threshold comprises multiple threshold values, and each threshold value is corresponding to one data packet sending rate.

5. The data transmission method according to claim 4, wherein decreasing a data packet sending rate of a communications standard network with an air interface status parameter less than a preset threshold if such a communications standard network exists, comprises:

if there is a communications standard network with an air interface status parameter less than at least one threshold value of the preset threshold, decreasing a data packet sending rate of the communications standard network to a data packet sending rate corresponding to a smallest threshold value among the at least one threshold value.

6. The data transmission method according to claim 4, wherein increasing a data packet sending rate of a communications standard network with a decreased data packet sending rate in a case in which an air interface status parameter of the communications standard network is not less than the preset threshold comprises:

detecting the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate; and

in a case in which the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate is not less than any threshold value of the preset threshold, increasing the data packet sending rate of the communications standard network to a rate before the decrease.

7. A data transmission apparatus based on networks of multiple communications standards, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program comprising instructions for configuring the processor to;

detect an air interface status parameter of a first communications standard network and an air interface status parameter of a second communications standard network,

according to the detecting result, decrease a data packet sending rate of a communications standard network with an air interface status parameter less than a preset threshold in a case in which such a communications standard network exists, and send a determined data packet sending rate of the first communications standard network and a determined data packet sending rate of the second communications standard network to an allocating module, and

allocate, according to the data packet sending rate of the first communications standard network and the data packet sending rate of the second communications standard network that are determined by the rate adjusting module, a data packet to the first communications standard network and the second communications standard network for sending.

8. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case in which an air interface status parameter of a communications standard network with a decreased data packet sending rate is not less than the preset threshold, increase the data packet sending rate of the communications standard network.

9. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate; and

according to the detecting result and in a case in which the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate is not less than the preset threshold, increase the data packet sending rate of the communications standard network to a rate before the decrease.

10. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the preset threshold comprises multiple threshold values, and each threshold value is corresponding to one data packet sending rate.

11. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to:

according to the detecting result and in a case in which there is a communications standard network with an air interface status parameter less than at least one threshold value of the preset threshold, decrease a data packet sending rate of the communications standard network to a data packet sending rate corresponding to a smallest threshold value among the at least one threshold value.

12. The data transmission apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to:

detect the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate, and send a detecting result to a second rate restoring submodule; and

according to the detecting result and in a case in which the air interface status parameter of the communications standard network with the decreased data packet sending rate is not less than any threshold value of the preset threshold, increase the data packet sending rate of the communications standard network to a rate before the decrease.