Data transmission method, device, and system

• US 9,913,288 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2016
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2013
• 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: Nie, Guangcai, Yang, Anquan
• Primary Examiner(s): Towfighi, Afshawn
• Application Number:
  US15/191,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20160345350A1
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/00 Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1273 of downlink data flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, device, and system. A first device is configured to serve a primary carrier, and the first device includes: a first unit configured to process an RLC layer, a second unit configured to process a MAC layer, a third unit configured to process a PDCP layer, and a first scheduling unit. The first unit includes a first control module and a first transition module. The second transition module is configured to: receive the N data packets and scheduling information sent by all scheduling units in the system, acquire, according to all or a part of the received scheduling information and from the N data packets a data packet that needs to be transmitted on the secondary carrier, and send the data packet acquired by the second transition module to the fifth unit.

Claims

1. A data transmission system, comprising:

a first device configured to serve a primary carrier of user equipment, and the first device comprises;

a first unit configured to process a radio link control (RLC) layer, the first unit comprising a first control module and a first transition module,

a second unit configured to process a Media Access Control (MAC) layer,

a third unit configured to process a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, and

a first scheduling unit;

a second device configured to serve a secondary carrier of the user equipment, and the second device comprises;

a fourth unit configured to process the RLC layer, the fourth unit comprising a second transition module,

a fifth unit configured to process the MAC layer, and

a second scheduling unit; and

wherein;

the first scheduling unit is configured to send first scheduling information to all transition modules in the system, and the first scheduling information comprises scheduling information of the primary carrier,

the second scheduling unit is configured to send second scheduling information to all the transition modules in the system, and the second scheduling information comprises scheduling information of the secondary carrier,

the first control module is configured to;

receive data from the third unit, group the data into N data packets, and send the N data packets to all the transition modules in the system,

the first transition module is configured to;

receive the N data packets and scheduling information sent by all scheduling units in the system, acquire, according to all or a part of the received scheduling information and from the N data packets, a data packet that needs to be transmitted on the primary carrier, and send the data packet acquired by the first transition module to the second unit, and

the second transition module is configured to;

receive the N data packets and the scheduling information sent by all the scheduling units in the system, acquire, according to all or a part of the received scheduling information and from the N data packets, a data packet that needs to be transmitted on the secondary carrier, and send the data packet acquired by the second transition module to the fifth unit.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first control module is further configured to:

after sending the N data packets, request all the transition modules in the system for synchronization with the first control module, and send a data caching queue status to all the transition modules in the system, wherein the data caching queue status is used to indicate that a quantity of the data packet sent by the first control module is N.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein:

the first scheduling information comprises information used to indicate a quantity M1 of data packets that need to be transmitted on the primary carrier;

the first transition module is configured to acquire the M1 data packets from the N data packets;

the second scheduling information comprises information used to indicate a quantity M2 of data packets that need to be transmitted on the secondary carrier; and

the second transition module is configured to acquire the M2 data packets from the N data packets.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein:

the first scheduling information further comprises a first location or information used to calculate the first location, wherein the first location is a location of the data packet that needs to be transmitted on the primary carrier in the N data packets;

the first transition module is configured to acquire, from the N data packets, the M1 data packets indicated by the first location;

the second scheduling information further comprises a second location or information used to calculate the second location, wherein the second location is a location of the data packet that needs to be transmitted on the secondary carrier in the N data packets; and

the second transition module is configured to acquire, from the N data packets, the M2 data packets indicated by the second location.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein:

the first location comprises an initial location of the M1 data packets in the N data packets;

the information used to calculate the first location comprises a quantity of data packets that precede the M1 data packets in the N data packets;

the second location comprises an initial location of the M2 data packets in N data packets; and

the information used to calculate the second location comprises a quantity of data packets that precede the M2 data packets in the N data packets.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein:

the first transition module is further configured to determine the first location according to the information used to calculate the first location; and

the second transition module is further configured to determine the second location according to the information used to calculate the second location.

7. A data transmission device configured to serve a primary carrier of user equipment, the data transmission device comprising:

a first unit configured to process a radio link control (RLC) layer, the first unit comprising a first control module and a first transition module;

a second unit configured to process a Media Access Control (MAC) layer;

a third unit configured to process a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer;

a first scheduling unit; and

wherein;

the first scheduling unit is configured to send first scheduling information to all transition modules in the data transmission device, wherein the first scheduling information comprises scheduling information of the primary carrier,

the first control module is configured to;

receive data from the third unit, group the data into N data packets, and send the N data packets to the first transition module and the second transition module, wherein the second transition module is comprised in the first unit or comprised in another unit outside the transmission device, and

the first transition module is configured to;

receive the N data packets and scheduling information sent by the first scheduling unit, acquire, according to the received scheduling information and from the N data packets, a data packet that needs to be transmitted on the primary carrier, and send the data packet acquired by the first transition module to the second unit.

8. The data transmission device according to claim 7, wherein the first control module is further configured to:

after sending the N data packets, request the first transition module and the second transition module for synchronization with the first control module, and send a data caching queue status to the first transition module and the second transition module, wherein the data caching queue status is used to indicate that a quantity of the data packets sent by the first control module is N.

9. The data transmission device according to claim 8, wherein:

the first scheduling information comprises information used to indicate a quantity M1 of data packets that need to be transmitted on the primary carrier; and

the first transition module is configured to acquire the M1 data packets from the N data packets.

10. The data transmission device according to claim 9, wherein:

the first scheduling information further comprises a first location or information used to calculate the first location, wherein the first location is a location of the data packet that needs to be transmitted on the primary carrier in the N data packets; and

the first transition module is configured to acquire, from the N data packets, the M1 data packets indicated by the first location.

11. The data transmission device according to claim 10, wherein:

the first location comprises an initial location of the M1 data packets in the N data packets; and

the information used to calculate the first location comprises a quantity of data packets that precede the M1 data packets in the N data packets.

12. A data transmission method for use with a data transmission device configured to serve a primary carrier of user equipment, and wherein the data transmission device comprises:

a first unit configured to process a radio link control (RLC) layer and comprising a first control module and a first transition module, a second unit configured to process a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, a third unit configured to process a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, and a first scheduling unit, the method comprising;

sending, by the first scheduling unit, first scheduling information to the first transition module and a second transition module, wherein the first scheduling information comprises scheduling information of the primary carrier, the second transition module is comprised in the first unit or comprised in another unit outside the transmission device;

receiving, by the first control module, data from the third unit, grouping the data into N data packets, and sending the N data packets to the first transition module and the second transition module; and

receiving, by the first transition module, the N data packets and scheduling information sent by the first scheduling unit, acquiring, according to the received scheduling information and from the N data packets, a data packet that needs to be transmitted on the primary carrier, and sending the data packet acquired by the first transition module to the second unit.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

after sending the N data packets, requesting, by the first control module, the first transition module and the second transition module for synchronization with the first control module, and sending a data caching queue status to the first transition module and the second transition module, wherein the data caching queue status is used to indicate that a quantity of the data packets sent by the first control module is N.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein:

the first scheduling information comprises information used to indicate a quantity M1 of data packets that need to be transmitted on the primary carrier; and

the first transition module is configured to acquire the M1 data packets from the N data packets.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein:

the first scheduling information further comprises a first location or information used to calculate the first location, wherein the first location is a location of the data packet that needs to be transmitted on the primary carrier in the N data packets; and

the first transition module is configured to acquire, from the N data packets, the M1 data packets indicated by the first location.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein:

the first location comprises an initial location of the M1 data packets in the N data packets; and

the information used to calculate the first location comprises a quantity of data packets that precede the M1 data packets in the N data packets.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

determining, by the first transition module, the first location according to the information used to calculate the first location.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein:

receiving, by the first control module, a completion message from all the transition modules in the data transmission device, and sending a synchronization message as a response to the received completion message; and

wherein the completion message is used to indicate that a transition module that sends the completion message has completed receiving of the N data packets of the data, and the synchronization message is used to instruct all the transition modules in the system to complete receiving of the N data packets of the data.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

after learning that the first control module requests for synchronization and receiving the data caching queue status, determining, by the first transition module, whether acquiring of a data packet is completed; and

if the acquiring of the data packets is completed, sending the completion message to the first control module, and receiving the synchronization message.

20. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

after receiving the data, determining, by the first control module, whether the data is the same as data sent to all transition modules in the method, and when a result of the determining is yes, grouping the data into N data packets;

or

after receiving the data, receiving, by the first control module, new data from the third unit and determining whether the new data is the same as data sent to all transition modules in the method, and when a result of the determining is no, waiting until data sent next time is received.