Method for preforming communications in wireless software defined network and apparatus thereof

• US 10,278,159 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2015
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• 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: Chen, Xueliang, Li, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Moutaouakil, Mounir
• Application Number:
  US14/755,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312894A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 Access point controller devices

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for performing communications in a wireless software defined network SDN and an apparatus thereof. The method includes: generating a message in a first format; and transmitting the message to a wireless network control device of a control plane, so that the wireless network control device obtains content in the message according to the first format. According to the method for performing communications in the wireless software defined network SDN and the apparatus thereof in embodiments of the present invention, the wireless network control device in the wireless SDN may perform communications with a base station and a user equipment by defining the message content and the message format for performing communications between the wireless network control device of the control plane and the base station as well as the user equipment of a data plane, thereby enhancing feasibility of a wireless SDN architecture.

Claims

1. A method for performing communications in a wireless software defined network (SDN), comprising:

determining, by pre-negotiation between a base station of a data plane or a user equipment (UE) of the data plane and a wireless network control device of a control plane, a first format for messages;

generating, by the base station of the data plane or the UE of the data plane, a message in the first format, wherein, the message comprises a head node and a body node;

the head node comprises a version element and a message type element, wherein the version element indicates a protocol version of the message, and the message type element indicates a type of the message;

the body node comprises the content corresponding to the type of the message; and

transmitting, by the base station or the UE, the message to a wireless network control device of the control plane via a wireless air interface between the base station or the UE and the wireless network control device, so that the wireless network control device obtains content in the message according to the first format.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the first format is an extensible markup language (XML) format.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the content comprises information reported by the UE or the base station to the wireless network control device, or an operation that the UE requests the wireless network control device to perform.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, the information reported by the base station to the wireless network control device comprises at least one of the following:

cell establishment information, cell delete information, cell activation information, cell deactivation information, cell load information, cell serving UE list information, base station surrounding wireless environment information and cell traffic information.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein, the information reported by the UE to the wireless network control device comprises at least one of the following:

access information of the UE, delete bearer information of the UE, channel quality information of the UE, capability information of the UE, location information of the UE and quality of service Qos information of the UE;

the operation that the UE requests the wireless network control device to perform comprises at least one of the following operations;

modifying a service bandwidth of the UE and modifying a service delay of the UE.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the body node comprises an uplink node, and the uplink node indicates that the message is a message transmitted by the UE or the base station to the wireless network control device.

7. A method for performing communications in a wireless software defined network (SDN), comprising:

determining, by pre-negotiation between a base station of a data plane or a user equipment (UE) of the data plane and a wireless network control device of a control plane, a first format for messages;

generating, by the wireless network control device of the control plane, a message in the first format, wherein, the message comprises a head node and a body node;

the head node comprises a version element and a message type element, wherein the version element indicates a protocol version of the message, and the message type element indicates a type of the message;

the body node comprises the content corresponding to the type of the message; and

transmitting, by the wireless network control device, the message to the UE of the data plane or the base station of the data plane via a wireless air interface between the base station or the UE and the wireless network control device, so that the UE or the base station obtains content in the message according to the first format.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the first format is an extensible markup language (XML) format.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the content comprises an operation that the wireless network control device instructs the UE or instructs the base station to perform, or comprises information issued by the wireless network control device to the UE or the base station.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein, the operation that the wireless network control device instructs the base station to perform comprises at least one of the following operations:

quality of service Qos priority control, service bandwidth control, service delay control, access control, mobility control, multi-standard offload control, cell handover control, scheduling priority control, UE service charging control, use spectral control by the base station and virtualization;

the operation that the wireless network control device instructs the UE to perform comprises at least one of the following operations;

multi-standard access control, handover control, offload control and virtualization.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein, the information issued by the wireless network control device to the base station comprises at least one of the following:

location information of other base station or radio access point AP surrounding the base station, load information of other base station or radio AP surrounding the base station, wireless environment available white spectrum resource information and load information of the wireless network control device;

the information issued by the wireless network control device to the UE comprises at least one of the following;

distribution information of a radio AP surrounding the UE, load information of the radio AP surrounding the UE, wireless interference information surrounding the UE, distribution information of other UEs surrounding the UE, status information of other UEs surrounding the UE and adjacent cell information.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the body node comprises a downlink node, and the downlink node indicates that the message is a message transmitted by the wireless network control device to the UE or the base station.

13. A method for performing communications in a wireless software defined network (SDN), comprising:

determining, by pre-negotiation between a wireless network control device of a control plane and a base station of a data plane or a user equipment (UE) of the data plane, an extensible markup language (XML) message format supported by the wireless network control device, wherein, the XML message format comprises a root node, a head node and a body node;

the head node comprises a version element and a message type element, wherein the version element indicates a protocol version of the message, and the message type element indicates a type of the message;

the body node comprises content corresponding to the type of the message; and

generating, by the wireless network control device or the base station or the UE, an XML message according to the XML message format.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein, the body node comprises an uplink node and a downlink node, the uplink node indicates that the XML message is a message transmitted by the UE or the base station to the wireless network control device, and the downlink node indicates that the XML message is a message transmitted by the wireless network control device to the UE or the base station.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, the uplink node comprises information reported by the UE to the wireless network control device, information reported by the base station to the wireless network control device, and control information performed by the UE to the wireless network control device;

the downlink node comprises control information performed by the wireless network control device to the base station, control information performed by the wireless network control device to the UE, information issued by the wireless network control device to the base station and information issued by the wireless network control device to the UE.

16. A base station of a data plane or a user equipment (UE) of the data plane, comprising:

a processor and a memory having program instructions stored therein, the program instructions configuring the processor to comprise;

a generating module, configured to determine, by pre-negotiation between the base station or the UE and a wireless network control device of a control plane, a first format for messages, and to generate a message in the first format, wherein, the message comprises a head node and a body node;

the head node comprises a version element and a message type element, wherein the version element indicates a protocol version of the message, and the message type element indicates a type of the message;

the body node comprises the content corresponding to the type of the message; and

a transmitting module, configured to transmit the message generated by the generating module to the wireless network control device of the control plane via a wireless air interface between the base station or the UE and the wireless network control device, so that the wireless network control device obtains content in the message according to the first format.

17. The base station or the UE according to claim 16, wherein, the first format is an extensible markup language (XML) format.

18. The base station or the UE according to claim 16, wherein, the content comprises information reported by the UE or the base station to the wireless network control device, or an operation that the UE requests the wireless network control device to perform.

19. The base station or the UE according to claim 18, wherein, the information reported by the base station to the wireless network control device comprises at least one of the following:

cell establishment information, cell delete information, cell activation information, cell deactivation information, cell load information, cell serving UE list information, base station surrounding wireless environment information and cell traffic information.

20. The base station or the UE according to claim 18, wherein, the information reported by the UE to the wireless network control device comprises at least one of the following:

access information of the UE, delete bearer information of the UE, channel quality information of the UE, capability information of the UE, location information of the UE and quality of service Qos information of the UE;

the operation that the UE requests the wireless network control device to perform comprises at least one of the following operations;

modifying a service bandwidth of the UE and modifying a service delay of the UE.

21. The base station or the UE according to claim 16, wherein, the body node comprises an uplink node, and the uplink node indicates that the message is a message transmitted by the UE or the base station to the wireless network control device.

22. A wireless network control device of a control plane, comprising:

a processor and a memory having program instructions stored therein, the program instructions configuring the processor to comprise;

a generating module, configured to determine, by pre-negotiation between a base station of a data plane or a user equipment (UE) of the data plane and the wireless network control device, a first format for messages, and to generate a message in the first format, wherein, the message comprises a head node and a body node;

the head node comprises a version element and a message type element, wherein the version element indicates a protocol version of the message, and the message type element indicates a type of the message;

the body node comprises the content corresponding to the type of the message; and

a transmitting module, configured to transmit the message generated by the generating module to the UE of the data plane or the base station of the data plane via a wireless air interface between the base station or the UE and the wireless network control device, so that the UE or the base station obtains content in the message according to the first format.

23. The wireless network control device according to claim 22, wherein, the first format is an extensible markup language (XML) format.

24. The wireless network control device according to claim 22, wherein, the content comprises an operation that the wireless network control device instructs the UE or instructs the base station to perform, or comprises information issued by the wireless network control device to the UE or the base station.

25. The wireless network control device according to claim 24, wherein, the operation that the wireless network control device instructs the base station to perform comprises at least one of the following operations:

quality of service Qos priority control, service bandwidth control, service delay control, access control, mobility control, multi-standard offload control, cell handover control, scheduling priority control, UE service charging control, use spectral control by the base station and virtualization;

the operation that the wireless network control device instructs the UE to perform comprises at least one of the following operations;

multi-standard access control, handover control, offload control and virtualization.

26. The wireless network control device according to claim 24, wherein, the information issued by the wireless network control device to the base station comprises at least one of the following:

location information of other base station or radio access point AP surrounding the base station, load information of other base station or radio AP surrounding the base station, wireless environment available white spectrum resource information and load information of the wireless network control device;

the information issued by the wireless network control device to the UE comprises at least one of the following;

distribution information of a radio AP surrounding the UE, load information of the radio AP surrounding the UE, wireless interference information surrounding the UE, distribution information of other UEs surrounding the UE, status information of other UEs surrounding the UE and adjacent cell information.

27. The wireless network control device according to claim 22, wherein, the body node comprises a downlink node, and the downlink node indicates that the message is a message transmitted by the wireless network control device to the UE or the base station.

28. A wireless network control device of a control plane or a base station of a data plane or a user equipment (UE) of the data plane, comprising:

a processor and a memory having program instructions stored therein, the program instructions configuring the processor to comprise;

a determining module, configured to determine, by pre-negotiation between the base station or the UE and the wireless network control device, an extensible markup language (XML) message format supported by a wireless network control device of a control plane, wherein, the XML message format comprises a root node, a head node and a body node;

the head node comprises a version element and a message type element, wherein the version element indicates a protocol version of the message, and the message type element indicates a type of the message;

the body node comprises content corresponding to the type of the message; and

a generating module, configured to generate an XML message according to the XML message format determined by the determining module.

29. The wireless network control device or the base station or the UE according to claim 28, wherein, the body node comprises an uplink node and a downlink node, the uplink node indicates that the XML message is a message transmitted by the UE or the base station to the wireless network control device, and the downlink node indicates that the XML message is a message transmitted by the wireless network control device to the UE or the base station.

30. The wireless network control device or the base station or the UE according to claim 29, wherein, the uplink node comprises information reported by the UE to the wireless network control device, information reported by the base station to the wireless network control device, and control information performed by the UE to the wireless network control device;

the downlink node comprises control information performed by the wireless network control device to the base station, control information performed by the wireless network control device to the UE, information issued by the wireless network control device to the base station and information issued by the wireless network control device to the UE.