Resource allocation method, apparatus, and system, including a channel proxy unit and plurality of UE proxy units

• US 9,794,953 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2016
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• 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: Chao, Zhijun
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US15/056,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20160183278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/121 for groups of terminals or users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/29 between an access point and the access point controlling device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria

Abstract

Embodiments provide a resource allocation method, apparatus, and system. The apparatus includes a channel proxy unit and multiple user equipment (UE) proxy units. The multiple user equipment (UE) proxy units are configured to determine separately, for multiple UEs, a resource set to be applied for, and separately apply to the channel proxy unit for grant of the determined resource set to be applied for. The channel proxy unit is configured to coordinate grant applications of the multiple UE proxy units, and transmit granted-resource information to each UE proxy unit according to a coordination result, where the granted-resource information indicates granted resources, of a UE proxy unit receiving the granted-resource information, in a resource set that is to be applied for and that is determined by the UE proxy unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a channel proxy unit tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

a plurality of user equipment (UE) proxy units tangibly embodied on the non-transitory computer readable medium, each of the plurality of UE proxy units being located on a network side of a communication system and configured to communicate with a UE, each of the plurality of UE proxy units being configured to separately determine, for a plurality of UEs, a resource set, and to separately send an application to the channel proxy unit to apply for grant of the determined resource set;

wherein the channel proxy unit is configured to;

coordinate the applications from the plurality of UE proxy units; and

transmit granted-resource information to a first UE proxy unit of the plurality of UE proxy units according to a coordination result, wherein the granted-resource information indicates resources granted to the first UE proxy unit in a resource set that is determined by the first UE proxy unit; and

wherein the first UE proxy unit is further configured to select a resource from the granted resources indicated by the granted-resource information and allocate the resource to corresponding UE.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a conflict resolving policy is preset in the channel proxy unit, and the channel proxy unit is further configured to:

in response to a conflicting resource existing in the resource sets that are determined by the plurality of UE proxy units, determine a grant of the conflicting resource according to the preset conflict resolving policy, wherein the conflicting resource is a resource existing in any two or more of the resource sets that are determined by the plurality of UE proxy units.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the conflict resolving policy comprises one or a combination of the following policies:

granting the conflicting resource to a UE having a highest priority; and

dividing the conflicting resource equally.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein each UE proxy unit is further configured to:

determine a priority of the corresponding UE on each resource in the resource set applied for; and

transmit information about the determined priority to the channel proxy unit.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a resource optimization unit, tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, and configured to;

in response to a new resource being allocated to none of the plurality of UEs and idle resources being beyond a first threshold, determine whether an unsatisfying UE proxy unit exists in the plurality of UE proxy units, and when an unsatisfying UE proxy unit exists, release a resource that has been allocated to the unsatisfying UE proxy unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the unsatisfying UE proxy unit comprises:

a UE proxy unit whose obtained granted resource does not satisfy a demand; and

/or

a UE proxy unit whose obtained granted resource is below a second threshold.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the granted-resource information is a granted-resource set, and the granted-resource set is a subset of the resource set that is determined by the first UE proxy unit receiving the granted-resource set;

and

wherein selecting the resource from the granted resources indicated by the granted-resource information comprises selecting a resource from the granted-resource set.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first UE proxy unit is further configured to feed back resource usage to the channel proxy unit.

9. A method, used by a resource allocation apparatus located on a network side of a communication system, wherein the resource allocation apparatus comprises a channel proxy unit and a plurality of user equipment (UE) proxy units, and wherein the method comprises:

separately determining, by the plurality of UE proxy units for a plurality of UEs, a resource set, and separately sending an application to the channel proxy unit to apply for grant of the determined resource set;

coordinating, by the channel proxy unit, the applications from the plurality of UE proxy units, and transmitting granted-resource information to a first UE proxy unit of the plurality of UE proxy units according to a coordination result, wherein the granted-resource information indicates resources granted to the first UE proxy unit in a resource set that is determined by the first UE proxy unit; and

selecting, by the first UE proxy unit, a resource from the granted resources indicated by the granted-resource information and allocating the resource to corresponding UE.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein coordinating the applications from the plurality of UE proxy units, and transmitting granted-resource information to the first UE proxy unit according to ft the coordination result, comprises:

in response to a conflicting resource existing in the resource sets that are determined by the plurality of UE proxy units, determining, by the channel proxy unit according to a preset conflict resolving policy, a grant of the conflicting resource, wherein the conflicting resource is a resource existing in any two or more of the resource sets that are determined by the plurality of UE proxy units.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the conflict resolving policy comprises one or a combination of the following policies:

granting the conflicting resource to UE having a highest priority; and

dividing the conflicting resource equally.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein before coordinating the grant applications from the plurality of UE proxy units, and transmitting granted-resource information to the first UE proxy unit according to the coordination result, the method further comprises:

determining, by each UE proxy unit, a priority of the corresponding UE on each resource in the resource set applied for, and transmitting information about the determined priority to the channel proxy unit.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

in response to a new resource being allocated to none of the plurality of UEs and idle resources being beyond a first threshold, determining whether an unsatisfying UE proxy unit exists in the plurality of UE proxy units, and when an unsatisfying UE proxy unit exists, releasing a resource that has been allocated to the unsatisfying UE proxy unit.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the unsatisfying UE proxy unit comprises:

a UE proxy unit whose obtained granted resource does not satisfy a demand; and

/or

a UE proxy unit whose obtained granted resource is below a second threshold.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the granted-resource information is a granted-resource set, and the granted-resource set is a subset of the resource set that is determined by the first UE proxy unit receiving the granted-resource set.

16. The method according to claim 9, wherein selecting, by the first UE proxy unit, a resource from the granted resources indicated by the granted-resource information and allocating the resource to a corresponding UE further comprises:

feeding back, by the first UE proxy unit, resource usage to the channel proxy unit.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising a program to be executed by a processor, the program including instructions for:

separately determining, by a plurality of UE proxy units for a plurality of UEs, a resource set, and separately sending an application to a channel proxy unit to apply for grant of the determined resource set;

coordinating, by the channel proxy unit, applications from the plurality of UE proxy units, and transmitting granted-resource information to a first UE proxy unit of the plurality of UE proxy units according to a coordination result, wherein the granted-resource information indicates resources, of ft the first UE proxy unit in a resource set that is determined by the first UE proxy unit; and

selecting, by the first UE proxy unit, a resource from the granted resources indicated by the granted-resource information and allocating the resource to corresponding UE.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein coordinating the applications from the plurality of UE proxy units, and transmitting granted-resource information to the first UE proxy unit according to the coordination result, comprises, in response to a conflicting resource existing in the resource sets that are determined by the plurality of UE proxy units, determining, by the channel proxy unit according to a preset conflict resolving policy, a grant of the conflicting resource, wherein the conflicting resource is a resource existing in any two or more of the resource sets that are determined by the plurality of UE proxy units.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the program further includes instructions for, in response to a new resource being allocated to none of the plurality of UEs and idle resources being beyond a first threshold, determining whether an unsatisfying UE proxy unit exists in the plurality of UE proxy units, and when an unsatisfying UE proxy unit exists, releasing a resource that has been allocated to the unsatisfying UE proxy unit.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the granted-resource information is a granted-resource set, and the granted-resource set is a subset of the resource set that is determined by the first UE proxy unit receiving the granted-resource set.