Communications system and networking method of application driven network, and controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10616792-B2
Application number	US-201815976033-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2018
Priority date	Nov 13, 2015
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of the present Application provide a communications system of an application driven network. The communications system includes: a core controller, a network controller cluster, and an access point cluster. The core controller is configured to allocate at least one network controller in the network controller cluster and at least one access point in the access point cluster to form an application driven network, where the core controller is configured to: form an application control channel and manage the at least one access point, and the at least one access point is configured to form an application data channel. An access point in the access point cluster is configured to establish a communication channel with a terminal device, so that the terminal device accesses the control channel and the application data channel in the application driven network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communications system of an application driven network (ADN), wherein the communications system comprises:
a core controller, a network controller cluster, and an access point cluster; wherein
the core controller is configured to determine an application type of an application according to a time-dependent distribution of a quantity of connected users, and allocate a network controller in the network controller cluster and an access point in the access point cluster according to the application type, to form an application driven network, wherein the application driven network provides a service for the application;
the network controller in the network controller cluster is configured to provide an application control channel in the application driven network; and
the access point in the access point cluster is configured to: provide an application data channel in the application driven network, and establish a communication channel with a terminal device for the terminal device to access the application driven network.

2. The communications system according to claim 1 , wherein the core controller is further configured to:
allocate at least one network controller in the network controller cluster and at least one access point in the access point cluster to form a voice communications network as the application driven network when the application type is determined as a voice application type, wherein the at least one network controller establishes a voice signaling channel in the voice communications network, and the at least one access point forms a voice transmission channel in the voice communications network.

3. The communications system according to claim 2 , wherein the application type is determined as the voice application type when the time-dependent distribution is a Poisson distribution.

4. The communications system according to claim 1 , wherein the core controller is further configured to:
allocate at least one network controller in the network controller cluster and at least one access point in the access point cluster to form a data communication network as the application driven network when the application type is determined as a data application type, wherein the at least one network controller forms a data signaling control channel in the data communications network, and the at least one access point forms a data transmission channel in the data communications network.

5. The communications system according to claim 4 , wherein the application type is determined as the data application type when the time-dependent distribution is a power-law distribution.

6. The communications system according to claim 1 , wherein the core controller is further configured to:
allocate at least one network controller in the network controller cluster and at least one access point in the access point cluster to form a machine-to-machine network as the application driven network when the application type is determined as a machine-to-machine application type, wherein the at least one network controller forms a machine-to-machine signaling control channel in the machine-to-machine network, and the at least one access point forms a data transmission channel in the machine-to-machine network.

7. The communications system according to claim 6 , wherein the application type is determined as the machine application type when the time-dependent distribution is a Markov distribution.

8. The communications system according to claim 1 , wherein the core controller is further configured to:
allocate at least one network controller in the network controller cluster and at least one access point in the access point cluster to form an instant messaging network as the application driven network when the application type is determined as an instant messaging (IM) application type, wherein the at least one network controller forms an 1 M signaling channel in the instant messaging network, and the at least one access point forms an 1 M data channel in the instant messaging network.

9. A networking method of an application driven communications network, wherein the method comprises:
determining an application type of an application according to a time-dependent distribution of a quantity of connected users; and
allocating, by a core controller, at least one network controller in a network controller cluster according to the application type to form an application control channel of an application driven network; and
allocating, by the core controller, at least one access point in an access point cluster according to the application type to form an application data channel of the application driven network; wherein
the at least one network controller, the application control channel, the at least one access point, and the application data channel form the application driven network, and the application driven network provides a service for the application.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
establishing, by an access point in the access point cluster, a communication channel with a terminal device for the terminal device to access the control channel and the application data channel in the application driven network.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
when the time-dependent distribution is detected as a Poisson distribution, determining, by a core controller, that the application type is a voice application type, wherein the application driven network is a voice communications network, the application control channel is a voice signaling channel, and the application data channel is a voice transmission channel; and
allocating, by the core controller, the at least one network controller to establish the voice signaling channel and the at least one access point to establish the voice transmission channel.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
when the time-dependent distribution is detected as a power-law distribution, determining, by a core controller, that the application type is a data application, wherein the application driven network is a data communications network, the application control channel is a data signaling control channel, and the application data channel is a data transmission channel; and
allocating, by the core controller, the at least one network controller to establish the data signaling control channel and the at least one access point to establish the data transmission channel.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
when the distribution is detected as a Markov distribution, determining, by a core controller, that the application type is a machine-to-machine application, wherein the application driven network is a machine-to-machine network, the application control channel is a machine-to-machine signaling control channel, and the application data channel is a data transmission channel; and
allocating, by the core controller, the at least one network controller to establish the machine-to-machine signaling control channel and the at least one access point to establish the data transmission channel.

14. A core controller, wherein the core controller comprises:
a processor, configured to determine an application type of an application according to a time-dependent distribution of a quantity of connected users, determine at least one network controller in a network controller cluster and at least one access point in an access point cluster according to the application type to form an application driven network, wherein the network control

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd
• Huawei Tech Co Inc

Inventors

• Li Yingtao
• Huo Dawei
• Li Shanfu
• Zhang Gong
• Jia Rusong

Classifications

• H04W88/10

  adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points · CPC title

• H04L45/306

  Route determination based on the nature of the carried application · CPC title

• H04W28/0268 Primary

  using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24) · CPC title

• H04W88/12

  Access point controller devices · CPC title

• 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