Method, apparatus and system for transmitting information

• US 9,282,545 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• 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: Ma, Jie, Lin, Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): LAM, YEE F
• Application Number:
  US14/192,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20140177571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/004 in the uplink, i.e. towards network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0841 with collision treatment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/12 between access points and access point controllers

Abstract

A method for transmitting information includes: by a NodeB, receiving information reported by a User Equipment (UE) through an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) transmission channel, and determining the UE corresponding to the received information according to UE ID information carried in the received information. A system and NodeB for transmitting information are also provided. Therefore, when random access data is transmitted between the UE and the NodeB, the NodeB can determine the UE from which the data is received, thus ensuring practicability of the transmission solution that uses High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) to implement random access.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information, comprising:

converting, by a base station, a protocol layer data packet received from a user equipment (UE) into a Frame Protocol (FP) frame with a UE identity (ID) of the UE; and

sending, by the base station, the FP frame with the UE ID of the UE to a radio network control device through an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource, wherein the UE ID is for informing the radio network control device which UE the FP frame belongs to, wherein the E-DCH resource comprises a resource for transmission between the base station and the radio network control device;

wherein the method further comprises;

receiving, by the base station, a request for configuring or reconfiguring an E-DCH related resource, sent by the radio network control device, wherein the E-DCH related resource comprises the E-DCH resource and an E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, and the E-DCH related resource corresponds to an E-DCH as a common transmission channel; and

configuring or reconfiguring, depending on the request received, by the base station, the E-DCH related resources in accordance with a parameter in the received request;

wherein the parameter in the received request comprises at least one of;

a signature list used when the UE performs a random access procedure through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, and other parameter required when the UE performs the random access procedure through the E-DCH related resource, wherein the other parameter comprises at least one of a relevant physical-layer parameter, a transmission channel parameter and a transmission bearer parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the base station, the protocol layer data packet from the UE through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, wherein the protocol layer data packet includes data and the UE ID of the UE; and

determining, by the base station, which UE the protocol layer data packet belongs to according to the UE ID included in the protocol layer data packet.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the protocol layer data packet is every protocol layer data packet sent by the UE to the base station through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the protocol layer data packet is a protocol layer data packet firstly sent by the UE to the base station through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the base station, the protocol layer data packet from the UE through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, wherein the protocol layer data packet includes data; and

determining, by the base station, which UE the protocol layer data packet belongs to according to the UE ID included in a protocol layer data packet other than the protocol layer data packet.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the base station, a response to the radio network control device to indicate information of the E-DCH related resource being configured or reconfigured.

7. A system for transmitting information, comprising a base station and a radio network control device, wherein

the base station is configured to configure or reconfigure, depending on a request received from the radio network control device, an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) related resource in accordance with a parameter in the request, wherein the E-DCH related resource comprises an E-DCH resource for transmission between the base station and the radio network control device and an E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, and the E-DCH related resource corresponds to an E-DCH as a common transmission channel;

to convert a protocol layer data packet received from a user equipment (UE) into a Frame Protocol (FP) frame with a UE identity (ID) of the UE, and to send the FP frame with the UE ID of the UE to the radio network control device through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the base station and the radio network control device, wherein the UE ID is for informing the radio network control device which UE the FP frame belongs to; and

the radio network control device is configured to send the request, which is for-configuring or reconfiguring the E-DCH related resource to the base station, to obtain the FP frame with the UE ID and to determine which UE the FP frame belongs to by the UE ID;

wherein the parameter in the received request comprises at least one of;

a signature list used when the UE performs a random access procedure through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, and other parameter required when the UE performs the random access procedure through the E-DCH related resource, wherein the other parameter comprises at least one of a relevant physical-layer parameter, a transmission channel parameter and a transmission bearer parameter.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the base station is further configured to receive the protocol layer data packet from the UE through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, wherein the protocol layer data packet includes data and the UE ID of the UE, to determine which UE the protocol layer data packet belongs to according to the UE ID included in the protocol layer data packet.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the protocol layer data packet is every protocol layer data packet sent by the UE to the base station through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the protocol layer data packet is a protocol layer data packet firstly sent by the UE to the base station through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the base station is further configured to receive the protocol layer data packet from the UE through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, wherein the protocol layer data packet includes data, to determine which UE the protocol layer data packet belongs to according to the UE ID included in a protocol layer data packet other than the protocol layer data packet.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the base station is further configured to send a response to the radio network control device to indicate information of the E-DCH related resource being configured or reconfigured.

13. A base station, comprising:

a transceiver for communicating with a radio network control device, configured to receive a request, which is for configuring or reconfiguring an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) related resource, from the radio network control device, wherein the E-DCH related resource comprises an E-DCH resource for transmission between the base station and the radio network control device and an E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, and the E-DCH related resource corresponds to an E-DCH as a common transmission channel;

a processor, configured to configure or reconfigure, depending on the request received, the E-DCH related resource according to a parameter in the request received by the transceiver; and

to convert a protocol layer data packet received from a user equipment (UE) into a Frame Protocol (FP) frame with a UE identity (ID) of the UE; and

the transceiver for communicating with the radio network control device, further configured to send the FP frame with the UE ID to the radio network control device through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the base station and the radio network control device, wherein the UE ID is for informing the radio network control device which UE the FP frame belongs to;

wherein the parameter in the received request comprises at least one of;

a signature list used when the UE performs a random access procedure through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, and other parameter required when the UE performs the random access procedure through the E-DCH related resource, wherein the other parameter comprises at least one of a relevant physical-layer parameter, a transmission channel parameter and a transmission bearer parameter.

14. The base station of claim 13, wherein the base station further comprises a transceiver for communicating with the UE, wherein the transceiver for communicating with the UE is configured to receive the protocol layer data packet from the UE through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, wherein the protocol layer data packet includes data and the UE ID of the UE;

and

the processor is further configured to determine which UE the protocol layer data packet belongs to according to the UE ID included in the protocol layer data packet received by the transceiver for communicating with the UE.

15. The base station of claim 14, wherein the protocol layer data packet comprises each protocol layer data packet sent by the UE to the base station through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station.

16. The base station of claim 14, wherein the protocol layer data packet is a protocol layer data packet firstly sent by the UE to the base station through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station.

17. The base station of claim 13, wherein the base station further comprises a transceiver for communicating with the UE, wherein the transceiver for communicating with the UE is configured to receive the protocol layer data packet from the UE through the E-DCH resource for transmission between the UE and the base station, wherein the protocol layer data packet includes data;

and

the processor is further configured to determine which UE the protocol layer data packet belongs to according to the UE ID included in a protocol layer data packet which is other than the protocol layer data packet and received by the transceiver for communicating with the UE.

18. The base station of claim 13, wherein the transceiver for communicating with the radio network control device is further configured to send a response to the radio network control device to indicate information of the E-DCH related resource being configured or reconfigured.