Base station and handover processing method for digital trunking communication

• US 9,344,926 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Caltta Technologies Co. Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Pei, Fan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamza, Faruk
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zaman, Shah R
• Application Number:
  US13/582,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20120327903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,043 Days
• Field of Search: 370/331
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0055 Transmission or use of information for re-establishing the radio link

Abstract

The present invention discloses a base station and a handover processing method for digital trunking communication. The handover processing method comprises: a base station transmitting a System Parameter and Neighbor Channel Assignment Message (SNCAM) to a terminal at a normal period; the base station receiving a handover request from the terminal; the base station transmitting the SNCAM to the terminal at a preset period; the preset period is set to be shorter than the normal period and ensures that the power consumption of the base station is lower than a threshold which leads to power overload. The present invention has increased the possibility that the terminal receives the SNCAM, and can also avoid the power overload of the system, thus not only the user experience is improved, but also the life of the base station is prolonged.

Claims

1. A handover processing method for digital trunking communication, the method comprising:

transmitting a System Parameter and Neighbor Channel Assignment Message (SNCAM) from a base station to a terminal at a normal period;

receiving at the base station a handover request from the terminal; and

adjusting the base station to transmit the SNCAM to the terminal at a preset period, wherein the preset period is set to be shorter than the normal period and ensures that power consumption of the base station is lower than a threshold which would lead to power overload;

wherein adjusting the base station comprises;

determining at the base station an adjustment period according to the normal period and a period shortening step size;

judging at the base station whether the adjustment period is shorter than a minimum transmission period, and if so, then the minimum transmission period is taken as the preset period, otherwise the adjustment period is taken as the preset period; and

transmitting the SNCAM from the base station to the terminal at the preset period.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, prior to said adjusting of the base station, the method further comprises:

determining at the base station a handover initiated by the handover request to be a handover initiated by the terminal independently according to service type indication information carried by the handover request.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining of the adjustment period comprises:

determining the adjustment period as a difference of the normal period and the period shortening step size.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining of the adjustment period comprises:

determining the adjustment period as a product of the normal period and the period shortening step size.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the period shortening step size is 70%.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the minimum transmission period is set to be corresponding to the threshold.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving at the base station a handover completion request from the terminal; and

adjusting the base station to transmit the SNCAM to the terminal at the normal period.

8. A base station, comprising:

a normal transmission module, configured to transmit a System Parameter and Neighbor Channel Assignment Message (SNCAM) to a terminal at a normal period;

a receiving module, configured to receive a handover request from the terminal and trigger an adjustment module when receiving the handover request from the terminal; and

the adjustment module, configured to adjust the base station to transmit the SNCAM to the terminal at a preset period, wherein the preset period is set to be shorter than the normal period and ensures that power consumption of the base station is lower than a threshold which would lead to power overload;

wherein the adjustment module comprises;

a determination module, configured to determine an adjustment period according to the normal period and a period shortening step size;

a setting module, configured to judge whether the adjustment period is shorter than a minimum transmission period, if so, then to set the preset period at the minimum transmission period, otherwise to set the preset period at the adjustment period; and

a transmission module, configured to transmit the SNCAM to the terminal at the preset period.