Method, device and system for wireless broadband communications

• US 9,386,572 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• 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: Xiong, Xin, Yu, Yinghui
• Primary Examiner(s): Masur, Paul H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jahangir, Kabir
• Application Number:
  US14/155,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20140126527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels

Abstract

A small cell receives a dedicated synchronization signal Preamble sent through a first message by a user equipment UE in an idle state. The dedicated Preamble is allocated when the UE accesses a network for the first time. The small cell according to the dedicated Preamble queries whether a first signaling radio bearer SRB 1 and/or a second signaling radio bearer SRB2 of the UE are/is stored. If stored, the small cell replies in a second message to the UE that indication information that the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 between the small cell and the UE do/does not need to be re-established or modified. An uplink radio resource control RRC message sent through a dedicated control channel DCCH by the UE is received.

Claims

1. A method for wireless broadband communications, the method comprising:

receiving, by a small cell, a dedicated synchronization signal Preamble sent through a first message by a user equipment UE in an idle state, wherein the dedicated Preamble is allocated when the UE accesses a network for the first time;

querying, by the small cell according to the dedicated Preamble, whether a first signaling radio bearer SRB 1 and/or a second signaling radio bearer SRB2 of the UE are/is stored;

if stored, replying, by the small cell in a second message to the UE, indication information that the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 between the small cell and the UE do/does not need to be re-established or modified;

receiving an uplink radio resource control RRC message sent through a dedicated control channel by the UE; and

before the receiving, by a small cell, a dedicated synchronization signal Preamble sent through a first message by a UE in an idle state, sending, by the small cell to the UE, the dedicated Preamble, an SRB, logical channel resource configuration, transmission channel resource configuration and physical channel resource configuration allocated by the network when the UE accesses the network through the small cell for the first time, and storing the dedicated Preamble, the SRB, the logical channel resource configuration, the transmission channel resource configuration and the physical channel resource configuration that are sent.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after the receiving an uplink radio resource control RRC message, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the small cell, user plane data of the UE; and

sending, by the small cell, the user plane data of the UE to the macro base station, so that the macro base station forwards the user plane data of the UE to a network element of a core network.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after the receiving an uplink radio resource control RRC message sent through a dedicated control channel DCH by the UE, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the small cell, user plane data of the UE; and

sending, by the small cell, the user plane data of the UE to the network element of the core network.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, if the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 of the UE are/is not stored, replying, by the small cell in the second message to the UE, indication information that the first signaling radio bearer SRB 1 and/or the second signaling radio bearer SRB2 between the small cell and the UE need/needs to be re-established or modified.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein, a handover between a small cell and another small cell, a handover in a direction from a small cell to a macro base station, or handover in a direction from a macro base station to a small cell needs to be executed, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the small cell, measurement control information sent by the macro base station, and forwarding the measurement control information to the UE;

receiving a measurement report fed back by the UE, and forwarding the measurement report to the macro base station; and

receiving a handover notification sent by the macro base station when the macro base station determines that handover needs to be performed.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the small cell comprises any one of the following a small base station Pico, an indoor base station Femto, a low mobility base station LoMo, and a local wireless access point AP.

7. A method for wireless broadband communications, the method comprising:

sending, by a UE, a dedicated Preamble through a first message when the UE is in an idle state, wherein the dedicated Preamble is allocated when the UE accesses a network for the first time;

receiving, by the UE, indication information, sent by a small cell in a second message, that a first signaling radio bearer SRB 1 and/or a second signaling radio bearer SRB2 of the UE do/does not need to be re-established or modified, and sending, by the UE, an uplink RRC message through a dedicated control channel;

receiving, by the UE, the dedicated Preamble, an SRB, logical channel resource configuration, transmission channel resource configuration and physical channel resource configuration allocated by the network and sent by the small cell when the UE accesses the network through the small cell for the first time and

storing the dedicated Preamble, the SRB, the logical channel resource configuration, the transmission channel resource configuration and the physical channel resource configuration that are received.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising receiving, by the UE, indication information, sent by the small cell in the second message, that the first signaling radio bearer SRB 1 and/or the second signaling radio bearer SRB2 need/needs to be re-established or modified, and accessing, by the UE, randomly the network in a competitive mode.

9. The method according to claim 7, if handover between a small cell and another small cell, handover in a direction from a small cell to a macro base station, or handover in a direction from a macro base station to a small cell needs to be executed, further comprising:

receiving, by the UE, measurement control information forwarded by the small cell; and

performing, by the UE, measurement according to the measurement control information, and feeding back a measurement report.

10. A small cell for wireless broadband communications, comprising:

a transceiver module, configured to receive a dedicated Preamble sent through a first message by a UE in an idle state, wherein the dedicated Preamble is allocated when the UE accesses a network for the first time, configured to send a second message to the UE after a processing module determines that a first signaling radio bearer SRB 1 and/or a second signaling radio bearer SRB2 of the UE are/is stored, and configured to receive an uplink radio resource control RRC message sent through a dedicated control channel by the UE after the second message is sent; and

the processing module, configured to query whether the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 of the UE are/is stored according to the dedicated Preamble received by the transceiver module, and configured to carry indication information, in the second message sent by the transceiver module, that the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 between the small cell and the UE do/does not need to be re-established or modified after it is determined that the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 of the UE are/is stored,

wherein the transceiver module is further configured to send, to the UE, the dedicated Preamble, an SRB, logical channel resource configuration, transmission channel resource configuration and physical channel resource configuration allocated by the network when the UE accesses the network through the small cell for the first time, and

wherein the small cell further comprises a mapping table storing module, configured to store the dedicated Preamble, the SRB, the logical channel resource configuration, the transmission channel resource configuration and the physical channel resource configuration sent by the transceiver module.

11. The small cell according to claim 10, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to receive user plane data of the UE after the RRC message is received, and to send the user plane data of the UE to the macro base station, so that the macro base station forwards the user plane data of the UE to a network element of a core network, or configured to send the user plane data of the UE to the network element of the core network.

12. The small cell according to claim 10, wherein the processing module is further configured to, if the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 of the UE are/is not stored, carry, in the second message sent by the transceiver module, indication information that the SRB 1 and/or the SRB2 between the small cell and the UE need/needs to be re-established or modified.

13. The small cell according to claim 10, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to receive measurement control information sent by the macro base station, and forward the measurement control information to the UE, to receive a measurement report fed back by the UE, and forward the measurement report to the macro base station, and to receive a handover notification sent after the macro base station determines that handover needs to be performed.

14. The small cell according to claim 10, comprising any one of the following:

a small base station Pico, an indoor base station Femto, a low mobility base station LoMo, a local wireless access point AP, and a low power node low power node.