Data transmission method, terminal, and base station

• US 10,813,147 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2017
• Issued: 10/20/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2015
• 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: Xu, Xiaoying, Zheng, Xiaoxiao, Pang, Lingli, Yang, Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Xavier S
• Application Number:
  US15/795,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20180049254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/00 Access restriction access security to prevent unauthorised access H04W12/08; Network selection; Access point selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1268 of uplink data flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method, terminal, and base station, relate to the communications field, and can improve data packet transmission efficiency. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal in an idle state, first resource sent from a base station, where the first resource is used by the terminal to send an uplink application layer data packet to the base station; and sending, by the terminal, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet to the base station. The data transmission method is applied to the data transmission system.

Claims

1. An apparatus for transmitting data, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter, configured to;

in a case that the apparatus does not have a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a base station, send an access sequence representing of a request for a first resource in response to determining that an amount of a to-be-sent data of the apparatus is less than or equal to a first threshold, wherein the first resource is used by the apparatus to send an uplink application layer data packet to the base station; and

a receiver, configured to receive an indication from the base station, wherein the indication instructs the apparatus to obtain a resource for transmission of the uplink application layer data packet via an RRC connection setup procedure.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to:

receive a downlink application layer data packet, a downlink signaling data packet, a downlink MAC layer control packet, or downlink control information that is sent from the base station, after the transmitter sends, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet to the base station, wherein the downlink application layer data packet, the downlink signaling data packet, the downlink MAC layer control packet, or the downlink control information comprises an identifier of the apparatus for indicating that the base station successfully receives the uplink application layer data packet.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the transmitter is configured to, when the amount of a to-be-sent data of the apparatus is less than or equal to the first threshold, send, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet to the base station.

4. The apparatus according to of claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a duration of the first resource that can be used by the apparatus from the base station.

5. The apparatus according to of claim 1, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a system broadcast message comprising the first resource or a dedicated message comprising the first resource sent from the base station.

6. A terminal, comprising:

a transmitter, configured to;

in a case that the terminal does not have a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a base station, send an access sequence representing of a request for a first resource in response to determining that an amount of a to-be-sent data of the terminal is less than or equal to a first threshold, wherein the first resource is used by the terminal to send an uplink application layer data packet to the base station; and

a receiver, configured to receive an indication from the base station, wherein the indication instructs the terminal to obtain a resource for transmission of the uplink application layer data packet via an RRC connection setup procedure.

7. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein:

the receiver is further configured to;

after the transmitter sends, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet the base station, receive a downlink application layer data packet, a downlink signaling data packet, a downlink MAC layer control packet, or downlink control information that is sent from the base station, wherein the downlink application layer data packet, the downlink signaling data packet, the downlink MAC layer control packet, or the downlink control information comprises an identifier of the terminal; and

the terminal further comprises a processor configured to determine, according to the identifier of the terminal, that the base station successfully receives the uplink application layer data packet.

8. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the transmitter is configured to:

when the amount of a to-be-sent data of the terminal is less than or equal to the first threshold, send, on the first resource, the uplink application layer data packet to the base station.

9. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a duration of the first resource from the base station.

10. The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a system broadcast message comprising the first resource or a dedicated message comprising the first resource sent from the base station.

11. A base station, comprising:

a transmitter, configured to send a first resource to a terminal, while the terminal does not have a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the base station; and

a receiver, configured to receive, on the first resource sent from the transmitter, an uplink application layer data packet, an uplink signaling data packet, an uplink media access control (MAC) layer control packet, or an uplink physical layer sequence that is sent from the terminal, wherein the amount of the uplink application layer data packet, the uplink signaling data packet, the uplink media access control (MAC) layer control packet, or the uplink physical layer sequence is less than or equal to a first threshold, while the terminal does not have the RRC connection with the base station.

12. The base station according to claim 11, wherein:

the receiver is further configured to;

before the transmitter sends the first resource, receive, on access resource, an access sequence sent from the terminal for requesting the base station to allocate the first resource to the terminal; and

the base station further comprises a processor configured to allocate the first resource to the terminal according to the access sequence.

13. The base station according to claim 11, wherein the transmitter is further configured to:

send a downlink application layer data packet, a downlink signaling data packet, a downlink MAC layer control packet, or downlink control information to the terminal, after the receiver receives the uplink application layer data packet, the uplink signaling data packet, the uplink MAC layer control packet, or the uplink physical layer sequence that is sent from the terminal on the first resource, wherein the downlink application layer data packet, the downlink signaling data packet, the downlink MAC layer control packet, or the downlink control information comprises an identifier of the terminal for indicating that the base station successfully receives the uplink application layer data packet, the uplink signaling data packet, the uplink MAC layer control packet, or the uplink physical layer sequence that is sent from the terminal.

14. The base station according to claim 11, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a duration of the first resource that can be used by the terminal to the terminal.

15. The base station according to claim 11, wherein the transmitter is configured to send a system broadcast message comprising the first resource or a dedicated message comprising the first resource to the terminal.