SERVICE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20180343325A1
• Filed: 08/03/2018
• Published: 11/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2016
• 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: PANG, Lingli, HUANG, Min, ZHENG, Xiaoxiao, BI, Hao
• Granted Patent: US 10,771,596 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/00 Traffic control in data switching networks arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received H04L1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/193 at the transport layer, e.g. TCP related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2425 for supporting services specification, e.g. SLA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/163 In-band adaptation of TCP data exchange; In-band control procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/10 Flow control between communication endpoints
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

A service data transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by an information control center, first information from a service server, where the first information includes service information and/or application information; obtaining, by the information control center, second information from user equipment, where the second information includes at least one of service information, mobility information, behavior information, and status information of the user equipment; and controlling, by the information control center, transmission of service data of the user equipment based on the first information and/or the second information. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, transmission of the service data can be controlled based on specific information that is about the service data and that is obtained by the information control center, and different transmission quality is provided for different types of service data.

Claims

1. A service data transmission method, comprising:

obtaining, by an information control center, first information from a service server, wherein the first information comprises at least one of service information or application information;

obtaining, by the information control center, second information from user equipment, wherein the second information comprises at least one of the service information, mobility information, behavior information, or status information of the user equipment; and

controlling, by the information control center, transmission of service data of the user equipment based on at least one of the first information or the second information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the first information is obtained by the service server from the user equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service information comprises at least one of service flow information, a service volume, a service scheduling level indication, and service status information of a service flow in which the service data is located;

and the service flow information comprises at least one of the following information;

a service flow identifier, a service flow class, a mobility requirement of the service flow, a delay requirement of the service flow, transport layer information of the service flow, routing information of the service flow, and server information of the service flow.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobility information comprises at least one of the following information of the user equipment:

a moving rate, a moving direction, current location information, predicted location information, signal quality information, and a handover preparation indication.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the behavior information comprises information that is entered by a user into the user equipment, and the entered information is used to control a working status of software, an operating system, or a bottom-layer module in the user equipment.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the status information comprises at least one of the following information of the user equipment:

a quantity of electricity, a screen resolution, a screen size, sensor information, a type of an operating system, and central processing unit usage.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the transmission of the service data comprises:

performing, by the information control center, at least one of the following operations based on at least one of the first information or the second information, the operations including;

(a) establishing a plurality of bearers or a plurality of flows for the service data;

(b) determining a scheduling priority of the service data;

(c) determining a transmission delay of the service data;

(d) determining a bit rate of the service data;

(e) establishing a transport layer proxy for the service data on a network side;

(f) selecting a service server for a service corresponding to the service data;

(g) determining a decoding manner of the service data;

(h) determining whether the service data can be transmitted by occupying a resource on the network side;

(i) determining a type of a resource used for data transmission of the service data; and

(j) performing a local exchange for the service corresponding to the service data.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the transmission of the service data comprises:

sending, by the information control center, third information to the service server or the user equipment, wherein the third information is used to control transmission of the service data of the user equipment, wherein

the third information comprises at least one of the following information;

load information of a cell, cell edge indication information, handover indication information, transport layer proxy information of the cell, information about available bandwidth of the user equipment, and bit rate switching indication information.

9. A service data transmission apparatus, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive first information from a service server, wherein the first information comprises at least one of service information or application information; and

receive second information from user equipment, wherein the second information comprises at least one of the service information, mobility information, behavior information, or status information of the user equipment; and

a processor coupled with the receiver, configured to control transmission of service data of the user equipment based on at least one of the first information or the second information.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein at least part of the first information is obtained by the service server from the user equipment.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the service information comprises at least one of service flow information, a service volume, a service scheduling level indication, and service status information of a service flow in which the service data is located, and the service flow information comprises at least one of the following information:

a service flow identifier, a service flow class, a mobility requirement of the service flow, a delay requirement of the service flow, transport layer information of the service flow, routing information of the service flow, and server information of the service flow.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the mobility information comprises at least one of the following information of the user equipment:

a moving rate, a moving direction, current location information, signal quality information, predicted location information, and handover preparation indication.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the behavior information comprises information that is entered by a user into the user equipment, and the entered information is used to control a working status of software in the user equipment.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the status information comprises at least one of the following information of the user equipment:

a quantity of electricity, a screen resolution, a screen size, sensor information, a type of an operating system, and central processing unit usage.

15. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to:

perform at least one of the following operations based on at least one of the first information or the second information, the operations including;

(a) establishing a plurality of bearers or a plurality of flows for the service data;

(b) determining a scheduling priority of the service data;

(c) determining a transmission delay of the service data;

(d) determining a bit rate of the service data;

(e) establishing a transport layer proxy for the service data on a network side;

(f) in selecting a service server for a service corresponding to the service data;

(g) determining a decoding manner of the service data;

(h) determining whether the service data can be transmitted by occupying a resource on the network side;

(i) determining a type of a resource used for data transmission of the service data; and

(j) performing a local exchange for the service corresponding to the service data.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a transmitter coupled with the processor, configured to send third information to the service server or the user equipment, wherein the third information is used to control transmission of the service data of the user equipment, wherein

the third information comprises at least one of the following information;

load information of a cell, cell edge indication information, handover indication information, transport layer proxy information of the cell, information about available bandwidth of the user equipment, and bit rate switching indication information.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program comprising at least one code section for distributing data, the at least one code section being executable by one or more processors, and when executed, causes the one or more processors to:

obtain first information from a service server, wherein the first information comprises at least one of service information or application information;

obtain second information from user equipment, wherein the second information comprises at least one of service information, mobility information, behavior information, and status information of the user equipment; and

control transmission of service data of the user equipment based on at least one of the first information or the second information.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein at least part of the first information is obtained by the service server from the user equipment.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the service information comprises at least one of service flow information, a service volume, a service scheduling level indication, and service status information of a service flow in which the service data is located;

and the service flow information comprises at least one of the following information;

a service flow identifier, a service flow class, a mobility requirement of the service flow, a delay requirement of the service flow, transport layer information of the service flow, routing information of the service flow, and server information of the service flow.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the mobility information comprises at least one of the following information of the user equipment:

a moving rate, a moving direction, current location information, predicted location information, signal quality information, and a handover preparation indication.