Data transmission method and system

• US 9,736,751 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: He, Feng, Han, Lifeng, Wang, Xin
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hyun, Soon-Dong D
• Application Number:
  US14/779,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050611A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,418 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0205 at the air interface dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0864 of different hierarchy levels, e.g. Master Evolved Node B [MeNB] or Secondary Evolved node B [SeNB]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/04 based on wireless node resources

Abstract

Disclosed is a data transmission method. The method includes that: when downlink data is transmitted, a master node shunts, on a Radio Link Control (RLC) sublayer, the downlink data to obtain shunted data packets, and sends the shunted data packets to shunting nodes; the shunting nodes process the shunted data packets, and send the processed data packets to a User Equipment (UE); and when uplink data is transmitted, the master node converges data packets sent from the shunting nodes and data packets sent from the UE, and sends the converged data packets to a core network. Also disclosed is a data transmission system. With embodiments of the disclosure, mobile communications system is able to provide an optimized service, a higher bandwidth and better performance.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data, comprising:

when transmitting downlink data, shunting, by a master node, the downlink data at a Radio Link Control (RLC) sublayer to obtain shunted data packets, and sending the shunted data packets to shunting nodes;

processing, by the shunting nodes, the shunted data packets, and sending the processed data packets to a User Equipment (UE); and

when transmitting uplink data, converging, by the master node, data packets sent from a shunting node and data packets sent from a UE, and sending the converged data packets to a core network;

further comprising the step, preceding sending the shunted data packets to the shunting nodes, of;

selecting, by the master node, a shunting node for the UE according to quality of wireless signals transmitted between the UE and the shunting nodes, and sending control plane information of the UE to the selected shunting node.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the shunting the downlink data at the RLC sublayer to obtain shunted data packets and sending the shunted data packets to shunting nodes comprises:

shunting, by the master node, the downlink data at the RLC sublayer to obtain one or more group of shunted data packets;

sending the shunted data packets to each of the shunting nodes; and

sending remaining downlink data except the shunted data packets to the UE.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring, by the master node, quality of wireless signals transmitted between the UE and each of the shunting nodes in real-time;

when quality of wireless signals corresponding to a shunting node is lower than a preset threshold, notifying the corresponding shunting node and the UE corresponding to the shunting node to suspend the shunting or remove a shunting link.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing, by the shunting nodes, the shunted data packets comprises:

according to an indication from a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, sending, by the shunting nodes, the shunted data packets directly or sending the shunted data packets after performing segmenting and/or concatenating on the shunted data packets.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a step, after the step of sending the processed data packets to the UE, of:

receiving, by the master node, a status report returned by the UE, and determining whether to retransmit or delete the processed data packets according to the status report; and

/or

receiving, by the shunting nodes, a status report from the UE, and determining whether to retransmit or delete the processed data packets according to the status report.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step, after the step of sending the processed data packets to the UE, of:

receiving, by the master node, a status report returned by the UE, and determining whether to retransmit or delete the processed data packets according to the status report; and

/or

receiving, by the shunting nodes, a status report from the UE, and determining whether to retransmit or delete the processed data packets according to the status report.

7. A system for transmitting data, comprising:

a master node and a shunting node;

wherein,

the master node is configured to;

when downlink data is transmitted, shunt the downlink data at an Radio Link Control (RLC) sublayer to obtain shunted data packets, and send the shunted data packets to the shunting node;

when uplink data is transmitted, converge data packets sent from the shunting node and data packets sent from a User Equipment (UE), and send the converged data packets to a core network; and

the shunting node is configured to;

when downlink data is transmitted, process the shunted data packets sent from the master node, and send the processed data packets to a UE; and

when uplink data is transmitted, send the uplink data sent from the UE to the master node;

wherein the master node comprises a shunting management module configured to;

when downlink data is transmitted, shunt the downlink data at the RLC sublayer to obtain shunted data packets, and send the shunted data packets to the shunting node;

when uplink data is transmitted, converge data packets sent from the shunting node and data packets sent from the UE, and send the converged data packets to the core network;

wherein the shunting management module is further configured to;

select a shunting node for the UE according to quality of wireless signals transmitted between the UE and shunting nodes, and send control plane information of the UE to the selected shunting node.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the shunting management module is further configured to:

shunt the downlink data at the RLC sublayer to obtain one or more group of shunted data packets, send the shunted data packets to each shunting node, and send remaining downlink data except the shunted data packets to the UE.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the shunting node comprises an RLC protocol data unit (PDU) re-processing module configured to:

when downlink data is transmitted, process the shunted data packets sent from the master node, and send the processed data packets to a UE; and

when uplink data is transmitted, send the uplink data sent from the UE to the master node.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the RLC PDU re-processing module is further configured to:

according to an indication from a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of a same node, send the shunted data packets directly or send the shunted data packets after performing segmenting and/or concatenating on the shunted data packets.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the RLC PDU re-processing module is further configured to:

receive a status report returned by the UE; and

determine whether to retransmit or delete the processed data packets according to the status report.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the shunting management module is further configured to:

acquire quality of wireless signals transmitted between the UE and each shunting node in real-time;

when quality of wireless signals corresponding to a shunting node is lower than a preset threshold, notifying the corresponding shunting node and the UE corresponding to the shunting node to suspend the shunting or remove a shunting link.