Cognitive radio system, resource allocation apparatus thereof and method therefor

• US 9,973,359 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Guo, Xin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mui, Gary
• Application Number:
  US15/235,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20160352547A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0006 Assessment of spectral gaps suitable for allocating digitally modulated signals, e.g. for carrier allocation in cognitive radio for spectrum sharing between different networks H04W16/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0219 where the power saving management affects multiple terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Disclosed is a cognitive radio system, resource allocation apparatus thereof and method therefor. A resource allocation apparatus comprises: a transmission opportunity assessment device which is used to assess availabilities of transmission opportunities in radio resources of a primary communication system; a vector production device which is used to set a transmission opportunity selection vector for each secondary user in the cognitive radio system based on assessment results of the availabilities of transmission opportunities, wherein the transmission opportunity selection vector includes information for identifying multiple transmission opportunities assessed available; and a sending device which is used to distribute the transmission opportunity selection vector to the secondary user.

Claims

1. An electronic device in a wireless communication system, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to;

evaluate an availability of transmission opportunities in wireless resources;

identify a plurality of available transmission opportunities according to a result of the evaluation;

rank the plurality of available transmission opportunities for at least one user terminal; and

transmit rankings of the plurality of available transmission opportunities to the at least one user terminal, so the at least one user terminal can select from the plurality of selection opportunities.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to rank the plurality of available transmission opportunities to identify a transmission priority of each of the plurality of available transmission opportunities for the at least one user terminal so that the higher the transmission priority is, the higher a rank of an available transmission opportunity corresponding to the transmission priority is, and the more likely the at least one user terminal selects the corresponding available transmission opportunity for transmission.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to rank the plurality of available transmission opportunities in a form of a transmission opportunities selection vector by arranging the plurality of available transmission opportunities in an order based on values of the plurality of available transmission opportunities.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to set a transmission opportunities selection vectors set for a plurality of user terminals,

the transmission opportunities selection vectors set comprises a plurality of transmission opportunities selection vectors,

each of the transmission opportunities selection vector is for each user terminal, and

the plurality of available transmission opportunities at the same corresponding positions of the plurality of transmission opportunities selection vectors set for different user terminals are different from each other.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to rank the plurality of available transmission opportunities for a plurality of user terminals, and

transmission priorities of each of the plurality of available transmission opportunities for different user terminals are different.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire usage information of the wireless resources to evaluate availability of the transmission opportunities.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein availability time of the wireless resources is acquired to evaluate availability of the transmission opportunities, and the availability time by calculating contiguous idle time duration statistic of a frequency band in which the transmission opportunity is located within a past predetermined time period, and

the contiguous idle time duration statistic comprises one or more of the following parameters:

an average time length of contiguous idle time durations of the frequency band in which the transmission opportunity is located within the time period;

a time length of a contiguous idle time duration which occurs most frequently of the frequency band in which the transmission opportunity is located within the time period;

a time length of a contiguous idle time duration in which a corresponding time point is located of the frequency band in which the transmission opportunity is located within the time period; and

number of accumulated contiguous idle time durations of the frequency band in which the transmission opportunity is located within the time period.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to evaluate, for each user terminal, availability of a transmission opportunity to be evaluated by calculating a transmission result estimator of the user terminal on a frequency band corresponding to the transmission opportunity, and

the processing circuitry is configured to calculate number of times of data transmission successes of the user terminal on the frequency band corresponding to the transmission opportunity within a predetermined time period prior to current time point or a ratio of the number of times of the data transmission successes to a total number of times that a secondary user terminal attempts to perform data transmission on the frequency band corresponding to the transmission opportunity, as the transmission result estimator of the transmission opportunity.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of available transmission opportunities comprises a plurality of ranks.

10. An electronic device in a wireless communication system, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to;

obtain rank information of a plurality of available transmission opportunities for wireless transmission by the electronic device, the rank information comprising wireless transmission priorities of the plurality of available transmission opportunities for the electronic device; and

sense at least one of the plurality of available transmission opportunities based on the rank information, to judge whether the at least one of the plurality of available transmission opportunities is currently available, and to determine that the at least one of the plurality of available transmission opportunities is available for wireless transmission if the sensed available transmission opportunity is currently available.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to:

sense a transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available corresponding to a largest availability value among the plurality of transmission opportunities that have been evaluated as available in a transmission opportunity selection vector to judge whether the transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available corresponding to the largest availability value is currently available, and if yes, to determine that the transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available corresponding to the largest availability value is currently available for wireless transmission, otherwise, to sequentially sense a next transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available in the transmission opportunity selection vector, until a currently available transmission opportunity is found or until there is no selectable transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available in the transmission opportunity selection vector.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

a transmitting device configured to feedback transmission result information regarding wireless transmission by using the transmission opportunity.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the transmission result information comprises a transmission result vector and/or a transmission result value, the transmission result vector comprises information indicating whether each of transmission opportunities in the transmission opportunity selection vector is available for a user terminal and/or whether wireless transmission is successful, and the transmission result value indicates a position of the transmission opportunity used by the user in the transmission opportunity selection vector.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the each of the plurality of available transmission opportunities comprises a plurality of priorities.

15. A wireless communication method comprising:

evaluating, an availability of transmission opportunities in wireless resources;

identifying a plurality of available transmission opportunities according to a result of the evaluation;

ranking the plurality of available transmission opportunities; and

transmitting a result of the ranking to at least one user terminal, and said transmitting including

transmitting rankings of the plurality of available transmission opportunities to the at least one user terminal, so the at least one user terminal can select from the plurality of selection opportunities.

16. A wireless communication method comprising:

obtaining rank information of a plurality available transmission opportunities for wireless transmission of an electronic device in a wireless communication system, the rank information comprising wireless transmission priorities of the plurality of available transmission opportunities for the electronic device;

selecting one or more of the plurality available transmission opportunities based on rank information; and

sensing the selected one or more of the plurality available transmission opportunities to judge whether the selected one or more of the plurality available transmission opportunities is currently available, and to determine that the selected one or more of the plurality available transmission opportunities is available for wireless transmission if the selected one or more of the plurality available transmission opportunities is currently available.

17. The wireless communication method of claim 16, further comprising:

sensing a transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available corresponding to a largest availability value among the plurality of transmission opportunities that have been evaluated as available based on the rank information to judge whether the transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available corresponding to the largest availability value is currently available, and if yes, selecting the transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available corresponding to the largest availability value for data transmission, otherwise, sequentially sensing a next transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available in a transmission opportunity selection vector, until an available transmission opportunity is found or until there is no selectable transmission opportunity that has been evaluated as available in the transmission opportunity selection vector.

18. The wireless communication method of claim 16, further comprising:

feeding back transmission result information regarding data transmission by using the transmission opportunity.

19. The wireless communication method of claim 18, wherein

the transmission result information comprises a transmission result vector and/or a transmission result value,

the transmission result vector comprises information indicating whether the transmission opportunities in the transmission opportunity selection vector are available for the user and/or whether data transmission is successful, and

the transmission result value indicates a position of the transmission opportunity used by the user in the transmission opportunity selection vector.