Method, device and system for device to device (D2D) resource acquisition

• US 9,706,588 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2013
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company Limited (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Academy of Telecom Technology (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jiao, Bin, Xu, Fangli, Liu, Jiamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thai
• Application Number:
  US14/415,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20150223279A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,461 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, system and device for data transmission in the access point handover process, which is used to solve the problem existing in the prior art that interrupt delay of data plane will be increased when the access point handover is carried out in the case of heterogeneous network. The method of the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a user equipment determines that in the case that Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection remains the same, all or part of the Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) reconfigured from one cell to another cell is needed; the user equipment, in the access point handover process, transmits data through the original DRB, and the original DRB is the last used DRB before the data plane access point handover. The user equipment, during the access point handover process, transmits data through the original DRB, thereby reducing the interrupt delay of the data plane when the access point handover is carried out in the case of heterogeneous network, and further improving the handover efficiency and shortening the data transmission time.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining a Device to Device (D2D) communication resource, the method comprising:

receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a system broadcast message; and

obtaining and storing, by the UE, D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message, the D2D communication resource configuration information comprising channel configuration information and a list of identifiers of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) sharing the D2D communication resource configuration information, so that the UE communicates with another UE based on the stored D2D communication resource configuration information,

wherein in a case that the D2D communication resource configuration information is D2D communication public resource configuration information, obtaining by the UE the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message comprises;

obtaining, by the UE, D2D communication public resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message, comprising D2D communication public channel configuration information and the list of identifiers of PLMNs sharing the D2D communication public resource configuration information, by reading the system broadcast message when the UE initially accesses a network which is one of the PLMNs;

wherein a pre-condition for storing by the UE the D2D communication public resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message is that;

after the D2D communication public resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message received by the UE during initially accessing the network which is one of the PLMNs, is obtained, it is determined that an identifier of a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered belongs to the list of identifiers of PLMNs in the D2D communication public resource configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in a case that D2D communication resource configuration information is D2D communication private resource configuration information, obtaining by the UE the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message comprises:

obtaining, by the UE, D2D communication private resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message, wherein the D2D private resource configuration information comprising D2D communication private channel configuration information and the list of identifiers of PLMNs sharing the D2D communication private resource configuration information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining by the UE the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message comprises:

obtaining, by the UE, the D2D communication private resource configuration information by reading the system broadcast message when the UE initially accesses a network which is one of the PLMNs.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein obtaining and storing by the UE the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message comprises:

after the D2D communication resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message received by the UE during initially accessing the network, which is one of the PLMNs, is obtained, if it is determined that an identifier of a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered belongs to the list of identifiers of PLMNs in the D2D communication resource configuration information, then determining by the UE that the D2D communication resource configuration information is valid and storing the D2D communication resource configuration information determined to be valid.

5. The method of any one of claim 1, wherein:

if the D2D communication resource configuration information is validated per PLMN identifier, then maintaining by the UE the stored D2D communication resource configuration information valid when the UE is switched between respective cells managed by a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered;

or

if the D2D communication resource configuration information is validated per cell, when the UE is switched between respective cells managed by a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered, reading, by the UE, D2D communication resource configuration information carried in a system broadcast message of a cell after the switching and updating the locally stored D2D communication resource configuration information;

or

wherein the system broadcast message further comprises a D2D communication area identifier to notify of a D2D communication area, where the UE is currently located, covering at least one cell; and

obtaining and storing, by the UE, the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message comprises;

obtaining, by the UE, the D2D communication area identifier by reading the system broadcast message, and storing, by the UE, the D2D communication area identifier;

wherein the D2D communication resource configuration information is validated per D2D communication area; and

reading the system broadcast message and obtaining and storing the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message, by the UE, comprises;

after the D2D communication resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message received by the UE initially accessing a network, is obtained, if it is determined that an identifier of a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered belongs to the list of identifiers of PLMNs in the currently received D2D communication resource configuration information, then determining by the UE that the currently received D2D resource configuration information is valid and storing the D2D communication resource configuration information determined to be valid; and

the method further comprises;

when the UE is switched between respective cells managed by the PLMN with which the UE is currently registered, obtaining a D2D communication area identifier carried in a system broadcast message of a cell after the switching, and if it is determined that the D2D communication area identifier carried in the system broadcast message of the cell after the switching is not the same as the locally stored D2D communication area identifier, then obtaining D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message of the cell after the switching and updating the locally stored D2D communication resource configuration information and D2D communication area identifier.

6. A system for obtaining a Device to Device (D2D) communication resource, the system comprising a network-side device and User Equipments (UEs);

wherein the network-side device is configured to transmit to the UEs a predefined system broadcast message, carrying D2D communication resource configuration information comprising channel configuration information and a list of identifiers of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) sharing the D2D communication resource configuration information; and

the UEs are configured to receive the system broadcast message and to obtain and store the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message, so that a first UE of the UEs communicates with another UE of the UEs based on the stored D2D communication resource configuration information,

wherein in a case that the D2D communication resource configuration information is D2D communication public resource configuration information, the network-side device is configured to transmit to the UEs the predefined system broadcast message, carrying D2D communication public channel configuration information and the list of identifiers of PLMNs sharing the D2D communication public resource configuration information, and the first UE is configured to obtain the D2D communication public resource configuration information by reading the system broadcast message when the first UE initially accesses a network which is one of the PLMNs;

wherein a pre-condition for storing by the first UE the D2D communication public resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message is that;

after the D2D communication public resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message read by the first UE during initially accessing the network which is one of the PLMNs, is obtained, it is determined that an identifier of a PLMN with which the first UE is currently registered belongs to the list of identifiers of PLMNs in the D2D communication public resource configuration information.

7. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a system broadcast message;

a processor configured to obtain and store D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message received by the transceiver, the D2D resource configuration information comprising channel configuration information and a list of identifiers of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) sharing the D2D communication resource configuration information; and

a memory configured to store the D2D communication resource configuration information obtained by the processor, so that the UE communicates with another UE based on the stored D2D communication resource configuration information,

wherein in a case that the D2D communication resource configuration information is D2D communication public resource configuration information, the processor is configured to obtain the D2D communication public resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message, comprising D2D communication public channel configuration information and the list of identifiers of PLMNs sharing the D2D communication public resource configuration information, by reading the system broadcast message when the UE initially accesses a network which is one of the PLMNs;

wherein a pre-condition for storing the D2D communication public resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message is that;

after the D2D communication public resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message received by the transceiver when the UE initially accesses the network which is one of the PLMNs, is obtained, it is determined that an identifier of a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered belongs to the list of identifiers of PLMNs in the D2D communication public resource configuration information.

8. The UE of claim 7, wherein in a case that the D2D communication resource configuration information is D2D communication private resource configuration information,

the processor is configured to obtain D2D communication private resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message received by the transceiver, wherein the D2D private resource configuration information comprising D2D communication private channel configuration information and the list of identifiers of PLMNs sharing the D2D private resource configuration information.

9. The UE of claim 8, wherein the processor can obtain the D2D communication private resource configuration information by reading the system broadcast message received by the transceiver when the UE initially accesses a network which is one of the PLMNs.

10. The UE of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured, after

the D2D communication resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message received by the transceiver when the UE initially accesses the network which is one of the PLMNs, is obtained, if it is determined that an identifier of a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered belongs to the list of identifiers of PLMNs in the D2D communication resource configuration information, to determine that the D2D communication resource configuration information is valid and to store the D2D communication resource configuration information determined to be valid.

11. The UE of any one of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured:

if the D2D communication resource configuration information is validated per PLMN identifier, to maintain the stored D2D communication resource configuration information valid when the UE is switched between respective cells managed by a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered;

or

if the D2D communication resource configuration information is validated per cell, when the UE is switched between respective cells managed by a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered, to read D2D communication resource configuration information carried in a system broadcast message of a cell after the switching and to update the locally stored D2D communication resource configuration information;

or

the system broadcast message received by the transceiver further comprises a D2D communication area identifier to notify of a D2D communication area, where the UE is currently located, covering at least one cell; and

the processor is further configured to obtain the D2D communication area identifier by reading the system broadcast message when the D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message is obtained, and store the D2D communication area identifier;

wherein the D2D communication resource configuration information is validated per D2D communication area; and

the processor is further configured, after the D2D communication resource configuration information, carried in the system broadcast message received by the transceiver when the UE initially accesses a network, is obtained, if it is determined that an identifier of a PLMN with which the UE is currently registered belongs to the list of identifiers of PLMNs in the currently received D2D communication resource configuration information, to determine that the currently received D2D communication resource configuration information is valid and to store the D2D communication resource configuration information determined to be valid; and

when the UE is switched between respective cells managed by the PLMN with which the UE is currently registered, to obtain a D2D communication area identifier carried in a system broadcast message of a cell after the switching, and if it is determined that the D2D communication area identifier carried in the system broadcast message of the cell after the switching is not the same as the locally stored D2D communication area identifier, to obtain D2D communication resource configuration information carried in the system broadcast message of the cell after the switching and to update the locally stored D2D communication resource configuration information and D2D communication area identifier.