INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20190320436A1
• Filed: 06/28/2019
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2016
• 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: HAN, Lifeng, HUANG, Yada
• Granted Patent: US 11,191,072 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/803 Application aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/12 Fixed resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0861 between base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/53 based on regulatory allocation policies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

Example information transmission methods are described, One example method includes that a first base station receives resource status information from a second base station. The resource status information includes a service classification identifier and a resource status corresponding to the service classification identifier. The service classification identifier is a service type identifier or slice identification information.

Claims

1. A resource status information transmission method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first base station, resource status information from a second base station, wherein the resource status information comprises a service classification identifier and a resource status corresponding to the service classification identifier, and wherein the service classification identifier is a service type identifier or slice identification information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the receiving, by a first base station, resource status information from a second base station, the method further comprises:

determining, by the first base station and based on the resource status corresponding to the service classification identifier, a radio resource management (RRM) policy of a service corresponding to the service classification identifier.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the receiving, by a first base station, resource status information from a second base station, the method further comprises:

sending, by the first base station, a first message to the second base station, wherein the first message is used to request the second base station to report a resource status;

wherein the first message comprises indication information, a first cell identifier list, and a first resource type set;

or

wherein the first message comprises the service classification identifier, a first cell identifier list, and a first resource type set; and

wherein the indication information is used to instruct the second base station to separately report resource statuses based on different service classifications, wherein the first cell identifier list comprises an identifier of a cell whose resource status needs to be reported, and wherein the first resource type set comprises a type of a resource whose resource status needs to be reported.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein after the sending, by the first base station, a first message to the second base station, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first base station, a second message from the second base station, wherein the second message comprises at least one of the following;

a second cell identifier list or a second resource type set, wherein the second cell identifier list comprises an identifier that is of a cell whose resource status can be reported and that is in the first cell identifier list, and wherein the second resource type set comprises a type that is of a resource whose resource status can be reported and that is in the first resource type set.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

the second message further comprises at least one of the following;

a service classification identifier set, a failed cell identifier list, a type that is of a resource whose resource status cannot be reported and that is corresponding to a cell identifier comprised in the failed cell identifier list, or a cause that leads to a failure in reporting a resource status and that is corresponding to the cell identifier comprised in the failed cell identifier list;

wherein the service classification identifier set comprises a service classification identifier of a service whose resource status cannot be reported, and wherein the failed cell identifier list comprises an identifier that is of a cell whose resource status cannot be reported and that is in the first cell identifier list.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the first message comprises the service classification identifier, the first cell identifier list, and the first resource type set, the method further comprises:

generating, by the first base station, the first message, wherein different service classification identifiers in the first message are corresponding to at least one of different resource type sets, different cell identifier lists, different reporting periods, different reporting start indications, or different reporting end indications.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the first message comprises the service classification identifier, the first cell identifier list, and the first resource type set, before the sending, by the first base station, a first message to the second base station, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the first base station, the service classification identifier of a service provided by the second base station.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service type comprises at least one of the following:

an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service,

a massive machine type communications (mMTC) service, or

an ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) service.

9. An apparatus for a first base station, the apparatus comprising:

a first non-transitory memory storage comprising first instructions; and

at least one hardware processor in communication with the first non-transitory memory storage, wherein the at least one hardware processor executes the first instructions to;

receive resource status information from a second base station, wherein the resource status information comprises a service classification identifier and a resource status corresponding to the service classification identifier, and wherein the service classification identifier is a service type identifier or slice identification information.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one hardware processor executes the first instructions to:

after receiving resource status information from a second base station, determine based on the resource status corresponding to the service classification identifier, a radio resource management (RRM) policy of a service corresponding to the service classification identifier.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one hardware processor executes the first instructions to:

before receiving resource status information from a second base station, send a first message to the second base station, wherein the first message is used to request the second base station to report a resource status;

wherein the first message comprises indication information, a first cell identifier list, and a first resource type set;

or

wherein the first message comprises the service classification identifier, a first cell identifier list, and a first resource type set; and

wherein the indication information is used to instruct the second base station to separately report resource statuses based on different service classifications, wherein the first cell identifier list comprises an identifier of a cell whose resource status needs to be reported, and wherein the first resource type set comprises a type of a resource whose resource status needs to be reported.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the at least one hardware processor executes the first instructions to:

after sending a first message to the second base station, receive a second message from the second base station, wherein the second message comprises at least one of the following;

a second cell identifier list or a second resource type set, wherein the second cell identifier list comprises an identifier that is of a cell whose resource status can be reported and that is in the first cell identifier list, and wherein the second resource type set comprises a type that is of a resource whose resource status can be reported and that is in the first resource type set.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the second message further comprises at least one of the following:

a service classification identifier set, a failed cell identifier list, a type that is of a resource whose resource status cannot be reported and that is corresponding to a cell identifier comprised in the failed cell identifier list, or a cause that leads to a failure in reporting a resource status and that is corresponding to the cell identifier comprised in the failed cell identifier list; and

wherein the service classification identifier set comprises a service classification identifier of a service whose resource status cannot be reported, and wherein the failed cell identifier list comprises an identifier that is of a cell whose resource status cannot be reported and that is in the first cell identifier list.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when the first message comprises the service classification identifier, the first cell identifier list, and the first resource type set, the at least one hardware processor executes the first instructions to:

generate the first message, wherein different service classification identifiers in the first message are corresponding to at least one of different resource type sets, different cell identifier lists, different reporting periods, different reporting start indications, or different reporting end indications.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when the first message comprises the service classification identifier, the first cell identifier list, and the first resource type set, before the sending, by the first base station, a first message to the second base station, the at least one hardware processor executes the first instructions to:

obtain the service classification identifier of a service provided by the second base station.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the service type comprises at least one of the following:

an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) service, a massive machine type communications (mMTC) service, or an ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) service.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores an instruction, and wherein the instruction, when executed by at least one processor, causes the following operations to be performed:

receiving, resource status information from a second base station, wherein the resource status information comprises a service classification identifier and a resource status corresponding to the service classification identifier, and wherein the service classification identifier is a service type identifier or slice identification information.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the following operation to be performed:

after receiving resource status information from a second base station, determining, based on the resource status corresponding to the service classification identifier, a radio resource management (RRM) policy of a service corresponding to the service classification identifier.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the following operations to be performed:

before receiving resource status information from a second base station, sending, a first message to the second base station, wherein the first message is used to request the second base station to report a resource status;

wherein the first message comprises indication information, a first cell identifier list, and a first resource type set;

or

wherein the first message comprises the service classification identifier, a first cell identifier list, and a first resource type set; and

wherein the indication information is used to instruct the second base station to separately report resource statuses based on different service classifications, wherein the first cell identifier list comprises an identifier of a cell whose resource status needs to be reported, and wherein the first resource type set comprises a type of a resource whose resource status needs to be reported.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the following operations to be performed:

after sending a first message to the second base station, receiving, a second message from the second base station, wherein the second message comprises at least one of the following;

a second cell identifier list or a second resource type set, wherein the second cell identifier list comprises an identifier that is of a cell whose resource status can be reported and that is in the first cell identifier list, and

wherein the second resource type set comprises a type that is of a resource whose resource status can be reported and that is in the first resource type set.