Method, system and device for transmitting data

• US 9,801,029 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2013
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company Limited (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Academy of Telecom Technology (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Jianhua, Chen, Dong
• Primary Examiner(s): ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID
• Application Number:
  US14/439,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20150304821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,546 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

The embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a method, system and device for transmitting data, so as to solve the problems existing in the prior art that a multicast message cannot be sent due to FACH limitation in a UMTS system, and a relatively large influence will be brought to the current system information scheduling mechanism if multicast data is issued through system information in an LTE system. The method of the embodiments of the present application comprises: a wireless access network receiving data of at least one group of user equipment from a core network, and the wireless access network transmitting data of a corresponding group to the user equipment in the group through user plane shared resource transmission. Due to this mode of adopting a shared channel to bear multicast data, the current relatively limited FACH resource in a UMTS system is thereby released, and the adoption of a shared channel can enable transfer of multicast data more rapidly and promptly. An LTE adopts a user plane to transmit multicast data, avoiding influence on the system information.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data, comprising:

receiving, by a radio access network, data of at least one group of User Equipments, UEs, from a core network; and

transmitting, by the radio access network, data of a group to UEs in a corresponding group over a user plane shared resource;

wherein in an LTE system, the data of the group to which the UE belongs, is received by the UE over the user plane shared resource as follows;

receiving, by the UE, scheduling information over a PDSCH resource scheduled by a PDCCH channel; and

detecting, by the UE, a PDCCH scrambled by a G-RNTI in a specific sub-frame in a length of time specified by the scheduling information, and receiving the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH;

or detecting, by the UE, the PDCCH scrambled by the G-RNTI continuously for the length of time specified by the scheduling information and receiving the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in a Long Term Evolution, LTE, system, the radio access network includes a Mobility Management Entity, MME, and a Node B (NB);

and

after receiving, by the radio access network, the data of the at least one group of UEs from the core network, and before transmitting, by the radio access network, the data of the group to the UEs in the corresponding group over the user plane shared resource, the method further comprises;

transmitting, by the MME, the received data of the at least one group of UEs from the core network to the NB; and

transmitting, by the radio access network, the data of the group to the UEs in the corresponding group over the user plane shared resource comprises;

transmitting, by the NB, the data of the at least one group of UEs and corresponding scheduling information to the UE over a Group Traffic Channel, GTCH.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein after receiving, by the radio access network, the data of the at least one group of UEs from the core network, and before transmitting, by the radio access network, the data of the group to the UEs in the corresponding group over the user plane shared resource, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the NB, a message forwarded by the MME from the core network to request for initiating group-cast, wherein the message comprises information to instruct the data to be transmitted over the shared resource, information to identify the group, and the data of the at least one group of UEs.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting, by the NB, the data of the at least one group of UEs and the corresponding scheduling information to the UE over the GTCH comprises:

for data of one group of UEs, mapping, by the NB, the GTCH onto a Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, transmitting a PDSCH channel resource corresponding to the data of the group of UEs over a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, scrambled by a Group-Radio Network Temporary Identity, G-RNTI, and transmitting the scheduling information over the PDSCH, at a Group Traffic Channel, GTCH, occasion corresponding to the group of UEs, and transmitting resource information of the PDSCH over the PDCCH scrambled by the G-RNTI, and transmitting the data of the group of UEs over the PDSCH corresponding to the resource information, on a GTCH occasion indicated by the scheduling information.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting, by the NB, the data of the at least one group of UEs and the corresponding scheduling information to the UE over the GTCH comprises:

for data of one group of UEs, mapping, by the NB, the GTCH to a Group Channel (GCH), mapping the GCH to a Physical Group Channel, PGCH, according to a moment when the GCH is transmitted, and transmitting the data of the at least one group of UEs and the corresponding scheduling information to the UEs over the PGCH.

3. A method for transmitting data, comprising:

determining, by a UE, a group to which the UE belongs; and

receiving, by the UE, data of the group, to which the UE belongs, from the network side over a user plane shared resource;

wherein in an LTE system, receiving, by the UE, the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, from the network side over the user plane shared resource comprises;

receiving, by the UE, scheduling information over a PDSCH resource scheduled by a PDCCH channel; and

detecting, by the UE, a PDCCH scrambled by a Group Radio Network Temporary Identity (G-RNTI) in a specific sub-frame in a length of time specified by the scheduling information, and receiving the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH;

or detecting, by the UE, the PDCCH scrambled by the G-RNTI continuously for the length of time specified by the scheduling information and receiving the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the UE determines the specific sub-frame in the equation of:

SystemFrameNumber (SFN)=(K+m*N) or SFN=m*N+(Group_ID mod N),

wherein K represents an offset of a Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) frame, N represents a periodicity, of a PDCCH occasion, in a unit of radio frame, m represents zero or a positive integer satisfying M*N+(Group_ID mod N)≦

MaxSFN, and the Group_ID represents the identifier of the group.

5. A radio access network device for transmitting data, comprising:

a first receiving module configured to receive data of at least one group of UEs from a core network; and

a transmitting module configured to transmit data of a group to UEs in a corresponding group over a user plane shared resource;

wherein in an LTE system, the data of the group to which the UE belongs, is received by the UE over the user plane shared resource as follows;

receiving, by the UE, scheduling information over a PDSCH resource scheduled by a PDCCH channel; and

detecting, by the UE, a PDCCH scrambled by a G-RNTI in a specific sub-frame in a length of time specified by the scheduling information, and receiving the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH;

or detecting, by the UE, the PDCCH scrambled by the G-RNTI continuously for the length of time specified by the scheduling information and receiving the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH.

6. The radio access network device of claim 5, wherein in an LTE system, the radio access network device is a Node B (NB);

the first receiving module is configured;

to receive and transmit to the NB the data of the at least one group of UEs, from the core network, transmitted by an MME; and

the transmitting module is configured;

to transmit the data of the at least one group of UEs and corresponding scheduling information to the UEs over a GTCH.

12. The radio access network device of claim 6, wherein the first receiving module is configured:

to receive a message forwarded by the MME from the core network to request for initiating group-cast, wherein the message comprises information to instruct the data to be transmitted over the shared resource, information to identify the group, and the data of the at least one group of UEs.

13. The radio access network device of claim 6, wherein the transmitting module is configured:

for data of one group of UEs, to map the GTCH onto a PDSCH, to transmit a PDSCH channel resource corresponding to the data of the group of UEs over a PDCCH scrambled by a G-RNTI, and transmit the scheduling information over the PDSCH, at a GTCH occasion corresponding to the group of UEs, and to transmit resource information of the PDSCH over the PDCCH scrambled by the G-RNTI, and transmit the data of the group of UEs over the PDSCH corresponding to the resource information, on a GTCH occasion indicated by the scheduling information.

14. The radio access network device of claim 6, wherein the transmitting module is configured:

for data of one group of UEs, to map the GTCH to a GCH, to map the GCH to a PGCH according to a moment when the GCH is transmitted, and to transmit the data of the at least one group of UEs and the corresponding scheduling information to the UEs over the PGCH.

7. A UE for transmitting data, comprising:

a determining module configured to determine a group to which the UE belongs; and

a second receiving module configured to receive data of the group, to which the UE belongs, from the network side over a user plane shared resource;

wherein in an LTE system, the second receiving module is configured;

to receive scheduling information over a PDSCH resource scheduled by a PDCCH channel, to detect a PDCCH scrambled by a Group Radio Network Temporary Identity (G-RNTI) in a specific sub-frame in a length of time specified by the scheduling information, and to receive the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH;

or to detect the PDCCH scrambled by the G-RNTI continuously for the length of time specified by the scheduling information and to receive the data of the group, to which the UE belongs, over the PDSCH.

8. The UE of claim 7,

wherein the UE determines the specific sub-frame in the equation of:

SystemFrameNumber (SFN)=(K+m*N) or SFN=m*N+(Group_ID mod N),

wherein K represents an offset of a Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) frame, N represents a periodicity, of a PDCCH occasion, in a unit of radio frame, m represents zero or a positive integer satisfying M*N+(Group_ID mod N)≦

MaxSFN, and the Group_ID represents the identifier of the group.