VDC Resource Request Method, User Equipment, and Base Station

• US 20170188355A1
• Filed: 03/16/2017
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2014
• 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: Ma, Jie
• Application Number:
  US15/460,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20170188355A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A VDC resource request method, user equipment, and a base station, where the VDC resource request method includes sending, by user equipment, a VDC resource request message to a base station when the user equipment needs to request a VDC resource for sending vehicle service information, where the VDC resource request message includes at least one piece of the following information: a VDC resource status list, or travel information of the user equipment, and an available VDC resource is indicated in the VDC resource status list, receiving a VDC resource allocation indication message from the base station, and sending the vehicle service information by using the VDC resource indicated by the VDC resource allocation indication message.

Claims

1. A vehicle direct communication (VDC) resource request method, comprising:

sending, by user equipment, a VDC resource request message to a base station when the user equipment needs to request a VDC resource for sending vehicle service information, wherein the VDC resource request message comprises at least one of a VDC resource status list, or travel information of the user equipment, and wherein an available VDC resource is indicated in the VDC resource status list;

receiving, by the user equipment, a VDC resource allocation indication message from the base station, wherein the VDC resource allocation indication message indicates a VDC resource allocated to the user equipment by the base station according to the VDC resource request message; and

sending, by the user equipment, the vehicle service information by using the VDC resource indicated by the VDC resource allocation indication message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the VDC resource request message comprises the VDC resource status list;

and

wherein the method further comprises;

monitoring, by the user equipment, a VDC resource use status; and

updating, by the user equipment, a locally stored VDC resource status list in response to detecting a change of the VDC resource use status.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the monitoring, by the user equipment, the VDC resource use status comprises:

obtaining VDC resource parameter information that is broadcast by the base station, wherein the VDC resource parameter information comprises VDC resource bandwidth, VDC resource channel division, and a channel parameter; and

monitoring the VDC resource use status according to the obtained VDC resource parameter information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises performing, before the sending, by the user equipment, the VDC resource request message to the base station:

sending, by the user equipment, a predetermined access preamble sequence to the base station, so that the base station learns, according to the predetermined access preamble sequence, that the user equipment currently needs to apply for a VDC resource, and allocates an uplink grant value to the user equipment; and

receiving an access acknowledgment message from the base station, wherein the access acknowledgment message comprises the uplink grant value allocated to the user equipment by the base station; and

wherein the sending, by the user equipment, the VDC resource request message to a base station comprises sending, by the user equipment, the VDC resource request message to the base station according to the uplink grant value in the access acknowledgment message.

5. A user equipment, comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to;

control the transmitter to send a vehicle direct communication (VDC) resource request message to a base station when the user equipment needs to request a VDC resource for sending vehicle service information, wherein the VDC resource request message comprises at least one of;

a VDC resource status list, or travel information of the user equipment, and wherein an available VDC resource is indicated in the VDC resource status list, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a VDC resource allocation indication message from the base station, wherein the VDC resource allocation indication message indicates a VDC resource allocated to the user equipment by the base station according to the VDC resource request message; and

control the transmitter to send the vehicle service information by using the VDC resource indicated by the VDC resource allocation indication message.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5, wherein the VDC resource request message comprises the VDC resource status list;

and

wherein the program further includes instructions to monitor a VDC resource use status, and update a locally stored VDC resource status list when monitoring a change of the VDC resource use status.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6, wherein the program further includes instructions to:

obtain VDC resource parameter information that is broadcast by the base station, wherein the VDC resource parameter information comprises VDC resource bandwidth, VDC resource channel division, and a channel parameter; and

monitor the VDC resource use status according to the VDC resource parameter information.

8. The user equipment according to claim 5, wherein the program further includes instructions to control the transmitter to send a predetermined access preamble sequence to the base station before sending the VDC resource request message to the base station, so that the base station learns, according to the predetermined access preamble sequence, that the user equipment currently needs to apply for a VDC resource, and allocates an uplink grant value to the user equipment;

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive an access acknowledgment message from the base station, and the access acknowledgment message comprises the uplink grant value allocated to the user equipment by the base station; and

wherein the program further includes instructions to control the transmitter to send the VDC resource request message to the base station according to the uplink grant value in the access acknowledgment message.

9. A base station, comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver, configured to receive a vehicle direct communication (VDC) resource request message from user equipment, wherein the VDC resource request message comprises at least one of a VDC resource status list, or travel information of the user equipment, and wherein an available VDC resource is indicated in the VDC resource status list;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions to;

allocate a currently available VDC resource to the user equipment according to the VDC resource request message of the user equipment received by the receiver; and

control the transmitter to send a VDC resource allocation indication message to the user equipment, wherein the VDC resource allocation indication message indicates the VDC resource allocated to the user equipment by the base station, so that the user equipment sends vehicle service information by using the VDC resource indicated by the VDC resource allocation indication message.

10. The base station according to claim 9, wherein the VDC resource request message comprises the VDC resource status list;

and

wherein the program further includes instructions to broadcast VDC resource parameter information to user equipment within a coverage area of the base station, wherein the VDC resource parameter information comprises VDC resource bandwidth, VDC resource channel division, and a channel parameter.

11. The base station according to claim 9, wherein the VDC resource request message comprises the travel information of the user equipment, and the travel information comprises vehicle speed information of a vehicle on which the user equipment is located;

and

wherein the program further includes instructions to determine a VDC resource range according to a vehicle speed interval of the vehicle speed information of the vehicle on which the user equipment is located, and allocate the currently available VDC resource in the determined VDC resource range to the user equipment, wherein there is a correspondence between the vehicle speed interval and the VDC resource range.

12. The base station according to claim 9, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive VDC resource occupation indication information from a neighboring base station, wherein the VDC resource occupation indication information of the neighboring base station indicates an occupied VDC resource within a coverage area of the neighboring base station;

and

wherein the program further includes instructions to allocate the currently available VDC resource to the user equipment according to the VDC resource request message of the user equipment and the VDC resource occupation indication information of the neighboring base station.

13. The base station according to claim 9, wherein

the receiver is further configured to receive an access preamble sequence of the user equipment;

and

wherein the program further includes instructions to

allocate an uplink grant value to the user equipment when it is determined that the access preamble sequence is a predetermined access preamble sequence, determine a time advance of the user equipment; and

control the transmitter to send an access acknowledgment message to the user equipment, wherein the access acknowledgment message comprises the time advance of the user equipment and the uplink grant value allocated to the user equipment by the base station.

14. The base station according to claim 13, wherein the access preamble sequence of the user equipment is further indicates a quantity of bytes that are sent at the request of the user equipment;

and

wherein the program further includes instructions to allocate, to the user equipment according to the access preamble sequence of the user equipment, an uplink grant greater than or equal to the quantity of bytes that are sent at the request of the user equipment.