Scheduling method and base station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10743225-B2
Application number	US-201816228149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Priority date	Jun 24, 2016
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a scheduling method and a base station. In a cell handover process, a target base station serving a target cell receives a random access request from a terminal, sends a random access response to the terminal according to the random access request, and proactively sends an uplink grant to the terminal after sending the random access response and prior to receiving a handover complete command from the terminal. By proactively sending the uplink grant, the target base station can perform uplink scheduling for UE before cell handover is completed, so as to reduce an uplink transmission latency caused by the cell handover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A scheduling method of handing a terminal over to a target cell, comprising:
receiving, by a target base station serving the target cell, a random access request from the terminal;
sending, by the target base station, a random access response to the terminal according to the random access request; and
after sending the random access response and prior to receiving a handover complete command from the terminal, proactively sending, by the target base station, an uplink grant to the terminal, wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal comprises:
after sending the random access response, increasing, by the target base station, a size of a buffer status report (BSR) of the terminal; and
allocating, by the target base station, an uplink resource to the terminal based on the increase size of the BSR.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when receiving the handover complete command from the terminal, stopping, by the target base station, the proactive sending of the uplink grant to the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal further comprises: sending, by the target base station, a plurality of uplink grants to the terminal in a preset time period; and
further comprising: after the preset time period expires, stopping, by the target base station, the proactive sending of the uplink grants to the terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the target base station, the BSR or a scheduling request (SR) from the terminal; and
stopping, by the target base station based on the BSR or the SR, the proactive sending of the uplink grant to the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
before proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal, determining, by the target base station, whether the terminal currently has a voice service; and
in response to determining that the terminal currently has the voice service, proactively sending, by the target base station, the uplink grant to the terminal after sending the random access response and prior to receiving the handover complete command.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal further comprises:
proactively sending, by the target base station to the terminal, an uplink grant that is used to indicate the uplink resource.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal comprises:
periodically and proactively sending, by the target base station, an uplink grant of a preset size to the terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal after sending the random access response and prior to receiving the handover complete command comprises:
sending, by the target base station, the uplink grant to the terminal from an N th transmission time interval (TTI) that is after the random access response is sent, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 10.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein sending the uplink grant to the terminal from the N th TTI that is after the random access response is sent comprises:
sending, by the target base station, a plurality of uplink grants to the terminal from the N th TTI that is after the random access response is sent.

10. A base station for serving as a target base station to a target cell to which a terminal is handed over, the base station comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a program, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a random access request from the terminal;
sending a random access response to the terminal according to the random access request; and
after sending the random access response and prior to receiving a handover complete command from the terminal, proactively sending an uplink grant to the terminal, wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal comprise:
after sending the random access response, increasing a size of a buffer status report (BSR) of the terminal; and
allocating an uplink resource to the terminal based on the increased size of the BSR.

11. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
when receiving the handover complete command from the terminal, stopping the proactive sending of the uplink grant to the terminal.

12. The base station according to claim 10 ,
wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal further comprises: sending a plurality of uplink grants to the terminal in a preset time period; and
wherein the operations further comprise: after the preset time period expires, stopping the proactive sending of the uplink grants to the terminal.

13. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving the BSR or a scheduling request (SR) from the terminal; and
stopping, based on the BSR or the SR, the proactive sending of the uplink grant to the terminal.

14. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining whether the terminal currently has a voice service; and
in response to determining that the terminal currently has the voice service, proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal after sending the random access response and prior to receiving the handover complete command.

15. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal further comprises:
proactively sending an uplink grant that is used to indicate the uplink resource to the terminal.

16. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal comprises:
periodically and proactively sending an uplink grant of a preset size to the terminal.

17. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal comprises:
sending the uplink grant to the terminal from an N th transmission time interval (TTI) that is after the random access response is sent, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 10.

18. The base station according to claim 17 , wherein sending the uplink grant to the terminal from the N th TI that is after the random access response is sent comprises:
sending a plurality of uplink grants to the terminal from the N th TI that is after the random access response is sent.

19. The base station according to claim 17 , wherein a value of N is 3.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store a program, which when being executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a random access request from a terminal;
sending a random access response to the terminal according to the random access request; and
after sending the random access response and prior to receiving a handover complete command from the terminal, proactively sending an uplink grant to the terminal, wherein proactively sending the uplink grant to the terminal comprises:
after sending the random access response, increasing a size of a buffer status report (BSR) of the terminal; and
allocating an uplink resource to the terminal based on the increased size of the BSR.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kong Xiangzhen
• Li Lian
• Qin Chao
• Wang Meiling
• Zheng Jiao

Classifications

• H04W72/21

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W36/02 Primary

  Buffering or recovering information during reselection {; Modification of the traffic flow during hand-off} · CPC title

• H04W28/0278

  using buffer status reports (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition H04W72/12) · CPC title