Message processing method, in-vehicle terminal, and base station

• US 9,812,012 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2016
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2014
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yu, Royit
• Application Number:
  US15/356,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20170069207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a message processing method, an in-vehicle terminal, and a base station. The method executed by a first in-vehicle terminal includes: first, generating a safety message, where the safety message includes message content and a message type; then, determining, according to the message content and the message type, a priority value corresponding to the safety message; finally, sending, according to the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using a vehicle direct communication physical VDC PHY layer or separately by using a cellular physical cellular PHY layer and a VDC PHY layer, so that a base station and/or a second in-vehicle terminal receive/receives the safety message, and the first in-vehicle terminal can send, under a preset delay requirement, the safety message to another in-vehicle terminal in a distance range that needs to be covered by the safety message.

Claims

1. A message processing method, the method comprising:

generating, by a first in-vehicle terminal, a safety message, wherein the safety message comprises message content and a message type;

determining, by the first in-vehicle terminal according to the message content and the message type, a priority value corresponding to the safety message;

sending, by the first in-vehicle terminal according to the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using a vehicle direct communication physical (VDC PHY) layer or separately by using a cellular physical (cellular PHY) layer and the VDC PHY layer, so that a base station and/or a second in-vehicle terminal receive/receives the safety message;

wherein the base station and the first in-vehicle terminal each pre-establish a vehicle direct communication-radio bearer (VDC-RB);

wherein after generating, by the first in-vehicle terminal, the safety message, and before sending, by the first in-vehicle terminal according to the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using the VDC PHY layer or separately by using the cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer, the method further comprises;

adding, by the first in-vehicle terminal, obtained location information and speed information to the safety message by using an Intelligent Transportation System Protocol (ITSP) layer; and

transparently transmitting, by the first in-vehicle terminal, the safety message from the ITSP layer to a Media Access Control (MAC) layer by using a Packet Data Convergence Protocol layer (PDCP) layer and a Radio Link Control layer (RLC) layer; and

sending, by the first in-vehicle terminal according to the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using a vehicle direct communication physical VDC PHY layer or separately by using a cellular physical cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer comprises;

triggering, by the first in-vehicle terminal, the MAC layer to send, according to the location information, the speed information, and the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using the VDC PHY layer or separately by using the cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending, by the first in-vehicle terminal according to the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using the VDC PHY layer or separately by using the cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer comprises:

if the first in-vehicle terminal determines that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is less than a preset threshold, applying, by the first in-vehicle terminal, to the base station for a vehicle direct communication (VDC) dedicated resource, and sending the safety message by using the VDC PHY layer and by using the obtained vehicle direct communication VDC dedicated resource;

or

if the first in-vehicle terminal determines that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, sending, by the first in-vehicle terminal, the safety message by using the VDC PHY layer and by using a VDC resource in a contention manner.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

when the first in-vehicle terminal determines that the message content is message content transmitted in a wide range, further sending, by the first in-vehicle terminal, the safety message by using the cellular PHY layer.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining, by the first in-vehicle terminal according to the message content and the message type, the priority value corresponding to the safety message comprises:

if a delay requirement corresponding to the message content and the message type is less than a preset delay requirement and/or a corresponding distance requirement is less than a preset distance requirement, determining, by the first in-vehicle terminal, that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is less than the preset threshold;

or

if the delay requirement corresponding to the message content and the message type is greater than or equal to the preset delay requirement and/or the corresponding distance requirement is greater than or equal to the preset distance requirement, determining, by the first in-vehicle terminal, that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is greater than or equal to the preset threshold.

5. A message processing method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a base station, a safety message by using a cellular physical (cellular PHY) layer and/or a vehicle direct communication physical (VDC PHY) layer;

triggering, by the base station, a Media Access Control (MAC) layer to identify the safety message and send the safety message to an Intelligent Transportation System Protocol (ITSP) layer;

triggering, by the base station, the ITSP layer to determine, according to a message type in the safety message and location information in the safety message, whether to forward the safety message, and determine a forwarding area or a forwarding server address corresponding to a case in which the safety message needs to be forwarded;

wherein when the base station receives the safety message by using the cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer, the method further comprises;

triggering, by the base station, the MAC layer to perform combination processing on the safety messages with a same sequence number that are separately received by using the cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer; and

triggering, by the base station, the MAC layer to identify the safety message and send the safety message to an ITSP layer comprises;

triggering, by the base station, the MAC layer to identify a safety message obtained after the combination processing and sending the safety message obtained after the combination processing to the ITSP layer.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein triggering, by the base station, the ITSP layer to determine, according to the message type in the safety message and location information in the safety message, whether to forward the safety message, and determine the forwarding area or the forwarding server address corresponding to the case in which the safety message needs to be forwarded comprises:

triggering, by the base station, the ITSP layer to query, according to the message type in the safety message, a preconfigured mapping relationship between a message type and a message priority, so as to determine a priority value corresponding to the safety message; and

querying a preconfigured mapping relationship table between a priority value and forwarding, so as to determine whether to forward the safety message, and determining the corresponding forwarding area or the corresponding forwarding server address when the safety message needs to be forwarded.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the forwarding area corresponding to the case in which the safety message needs to be forwarded comprises a coverage area of the base station or further comprises a coverage area of another base station adjacent to the base station.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein when the forwarding area is the coverage area of the base station, the base station forwards the safety message by using a broadcast transmission channel (BCH) of the base station or a safety message broadcast channel of the base station.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein triggering, by the base station, the MAC layer to identify the safety message and send the safety message to the ITSP layer comprises:

when the base station identifies, by using the MAC layer, that the safety message is from the ITSP layer of the in-vehicle terminal, transparently sending, by the base station, the safety message to the ITSP layer separately by using a Radio Link Control layer (RLC) layer and a Packet Data Convergence Protocol layer (PDCP) layer.

10. An in-vehicle terminal, comprising:

a memory storing a program; and

a processor, configured to execute the program, the program comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the in-vehicle terminal to;

generate a safety message, wherein the safety message comprises message content and a message type;

determine, according to the message content and the message type, a priority value corresponding to the safety message; and

send, according to the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using a vehicle direct communication physical (VDC PHY) layer or separately by using a cellular physical (cellular PHY) layer and the VDC PHY layer, so that a base station and/or a second in-vehicle terminal receive/receives the safety message;

wherein the base station and the in-vehicle terminal each pre-establish a vehicle direct communication-radio bearer (VDC-RB), wherein the VDC-RB comprises;

a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) layer, used to run the TCP/IP,

an Intelligent Transportation System Protocol (ITSP) layer, used to run the Intelligent Transportation System Protocol (ITSP),

a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, used to configure an Intelligent Transportation System Protocol-common transport channel (ITS-CCH), wherein the ITS-CCH is used to;

receive the safety message sent by the VDC PHY layer of the in-vehicle terminal,

delete a transmitter identifier of the safety message, and send the safety message to the Radio Link Control layer (RLC) layer, and

receive the safety message transmitted by the RLC layer and select, according to the location information, the speed information, and the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the VDC PHY layer to send the safety message, or the cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer to send the safety message;

the RLC layer, used to send the safety message to a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer in a transparent transmission mode,

the PDCP layer, used to send the safety message to the ITSP layer in the transparent transmission mode,

the cellular PHY layer, used to perform cellular communication with the base station, and

the VDC PHY layer, used to perform direct communication with the base station or another in-vehicle terminal.

11. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 10, wherein the program further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the in-vehicle terminal to:

determine whether the priority value corresponding to the safety message is less than a preset threshold; and

if it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is less than the preset threshold, apply to the base station for a vehicle direct communication VDC dedicated resource, and send the safety message by using the DVC PHY layer and by using the obtained vehicle direct communication VDC dedicated resource;

or

if it is determined that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, send the safety message by using the VDC PHY layer and by using a VDC resource in a contention manner.

12. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 11, wherein the program further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the in-vehicle terminal to:

when it is determined that the message content is message content transmitted in a wide range, send the safety message by using the cellular PHY layer.

13. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 11, wherein when the instructions executed by the processor cause the in-vehicle terminal to determine the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the instructions executed by the processor further cause the in-vehicle terminal to:

if a delay requirement corresponding to the message content and the message type is less than a preset delay requirement and/or a corresponding distance requirement is less than a preset distance requirement, determine that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is less than the preset threshold;

or

if the delay requirement corresponding to the message content and the message type is greater than or equal to the preset delay requirement and/or the corresponding distance requirement is greater than or equal to the preset distance requirement, determine that the priority value corresponding to the safety message is greater than or equal to the preset threshold.

14. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 10, the program further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the in-vehicle terminal to:

add obtained location information and speed information to the safety message by using an Intelligent Transportation System Protocol ITSP layer; and

transparently transmit the safety message from the ITSP layer to a Media Access Control (MAC) layer by using a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer and a Radio Link Control layer (RLC) layer; and

trigger the MAC layer to send, according to the location information, the speed information, and the priority value corresponding to the safety message, the safety message by using the VDC PHY layer or separately by using the cellular PHY layer and the VDC PHY layer.