Electronic apparatus, a central node apparatus and a network side apparatus, a transmission method and a configuration method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10075378-B2
Application number	US-201514718523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus, a central node apparatus and a network side apparatus, a transmission method and a configuration method. The electronic apparatus for user equipment UE side includes: a transmission mode determining device configured for determining, based on service type of uplink transmission data that is to be transmitted to a network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side, whether to adopt a transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus such that the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus. The electronic apparatus, the central node apparatus and the network side apparatus, the transmission method and the configuration method according to the present disclosure can implement at least one of saving network resources, reducing signaling overhead, and reducing power loss.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side comprising:
circuitry configured to
determine, based on service type of uplink transmission data to be transmitted to a network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side, whether to adopt a first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus by the central node apparatus, or to adopt a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network, without transmission to the central node apparatus, and
transmit the uplink transmission data to the network side apparatus according to the determined first or second transmission mode,
wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and
wherein the circuitry determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and
(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.

2. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to determine whether to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus based on a network condition,
wherein, the network condition is obtained based on path loss from the electronic apparatus for UE side to the network side apparatus, and
wherein, the circuitry determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus when the path loss is larger than a fourth threshold.

3. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit, in a case that the circuitry determines to adopt the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus, a discovery signal for discovering the central node apparatus in a predetermined range of the electronic apparatus for UE side.

4. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 3 , wherein the discovery signal includes information for indicating at least one of requirement of the electronic apparatus for UE side for delay of the uplink transmission data, typical packet size, and typical packet interval.

5. The electronic apparatus for UE side according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
monitor a feedback signal of the discovery signal, and transmit the uplink transmission data according to a time slot specified in the feedback signal.

6. A central node apparatus for performing aggregation transmission on uplink transmission data of at least one electronic apparatus for user equipment (UE) side, the central node apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to
receive from the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side a discovery signal indicating a request for transmitting the uplink transmission data through the central node apparatus as well as the uplink transmission data,
aggregate the uplink transmission data of respective electronic apparatus for UE side, and
transmit the aggregated uplink transmission data to a network side apparatus,
wherein the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus on the basis of a determination, based on service type of the uplink transmission data to be transmitted to the network side apparatus by the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, of whether to adopt a first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then transmitted to the network side apparatus by the central node apparatus, or to adopt a second transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus over a cellular network, without transmission to the central node apparatus,
wherein the service type comprises at least one of tolerance to transmission delay of the service, packet size of the service, packet generation interval of the service, and requirement of the service for reliability of packet transmission, and
wherein the first transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the central node apparatus and then to the network side apparatus is determined to be adopted when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) the tolerance to transmission delay of the service type is higher than a first threshold and the packet size of the service is smaller than a second threshold; and
(b) the packet size of the service is smaller than the second threshold and the packet generation interval is fixed and shorter than a third threshold.

7. The central node apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive information indicating the service type of the uplink transmission data of the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side.

8. The central node apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the discovery signal includes the information indicating the service type of the uplink transmission data of the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, the service type including at least one of requirement of the electronic apparatus for UE side for delay of the uplink transmission data, typical packet size, typical packet interval, and requirement for reliability of packet transmission.

9. The central node apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is configured to determine, with respect to each said at least one electronic apparatus for UE side, a transmission time slot and a transmission resource for transmitting data to the central node apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side according to the information of the service type of the uplink transmission data of the electronic apparatus for UE side received by the circuitry.

10. The central node apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit a feedback signal to the at least one electronic apparatus for UE side in response to the received discovery signal, the feedback signal including the transmission time slot and the transmission resource determined by the circuitry with respect to the electronic apparatus for UE side.

11. The central node apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to
determine transmission time when the aggregated uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus according to the information of the service type of the uplink transmission data received by the circuitry and/or network configuration, and
transmit the aggregated uplink transmission data to the network side apparatus on the transmission time.

12. The central node apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the transmission time according to period of validity of the uplink transmission data received by the central node apparatus or current ratio of data load to

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Bai Wei

Classifications

• H04W28/0215

  based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices (services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51) · CPC title

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04L47/365

  Dynamic adaptation of the packet size · CPC title

• H04L47/29

  using a combination of thresholds · CPC title

• H04L47/24

  Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS · CPC title