Methods and apparatus for forwarding packets between child nodes and parent nodes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11190979-B2
Application number	US-202016855342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2020
Priority date	Apr 23, 2018
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

This application provides a packet sending method, applied to a communications system including at least two nodes, the at least two nodes include at least one parent node having a child node, a packet sent by the child node is forwarded by the parent node, and the method includes: receiving, by a first node, first instruction information, where the first instruction information is used to instruct the first node to send a packet after a first moment, and the first node is a parent node; and sending, by the first node, a first packet according to the first instruction information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first node, first instruction information, wherein the first instruction information instructs the first node to send a packet after a first moment, and wherein a communications system comprises the first node and a second node, the first node is a parent node and the second node is a child node of the first node, and a packet sent by the child node is forwarded by the parent node;
receiving, by the first node before the first moment, a second packet sent by the second node;
generating, by the first node, a first packet based on the second packet; and
sending, by the first node, the first packet according to the first instruction information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending, by the first node, the first packet according to the first instruction information comprises:
sending, by the first node, the first packet after the first moment according to the first instruction information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending, by the first node, the first packet according to the first instruction information comprises:
sending, by the first node according to the first instruction information, the first packet before the first moment when a first parameter meets a preset condition, wherein the first parameter comprises: a child node of the first node from which the first packet is sent or a size of a current remaining buffer space of the first node.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before sending, by the first node, the first packet according to the first instruction information, the method further comprises:
generating, by the first node, a third packet based on to-be-sent data; and
wherein generating, by the first node, the first packet based on the second packet comprises:
aggregating, by the first node, the second packet and the third packet to generate the first packet.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein generating the first packet based on the second packet comprises:
generating, by the first node, the first packet based on to-be-sent data and the second packet.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first instruction information instructs the first node to send a packet after the first moment in a first sending period.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first instruction information is carried in synchronization clock signaling, and the synchronization clock signaling further comprises indication information of a start moment of the first sending period.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first node, second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates that the synchronization clock signaling carries the first instruction information.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the second indication information and the synchronization clock signaling are carried in a same message.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first instruction information comprises information about the first moment; and
the method further comprises:
determining, by the first node, the first moment based on the information about the first moment.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first instruction information further indicates a first quantity, and the first quantity is a quantity of times that the first instruction information is forwarded before reaching the first node; and
the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the first node, the first moment through calculation based on the first quantity and a preset first duration.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the preset first duration is determined based on a transmission delay between a corresponding parent node and child node.

13. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for:
sending first instruction information, wherein the first instruction information instructs a first node to send a packet after a first moment, and wherein a communication system comprises the apparatus and a first node, the apparatus is configured to implement a root node, the first node is a child node of the root node, and a packet sent by the child node is forwarded by a parent node; and
receiving a first packet, wherein the first packet is sent by the first node according to the first instruction information, the first packet comprises a second packet, and the second packet is received by the first node from a child node of the first node before the first moment.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first packet is sent by the first node after the first moment according to the first instruction information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:
the first packet is sent according to the first instruction information by the first node before the first moment when a first parameter meets a preset condition; and
the first parameter comprises: a child node of the first node from which the first packet is sent or a size of a current remaining buffer space of the first node.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first instruction information is carried in synchronization clock signaling, and the synchronization clock signaling further comprises indication information of a start moment of a first sending period.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the program further includes instructions for:
sending second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates that the synchronization clock signaling carries the first instruction information.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the second indication information and the synchronization clock signaling are carried in a same message.

19. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for:
receiving first instruction information, wherein the first instruction information instructs a first node to send a packet after a first moment, and wherein a communications system comprises the apparatus and a second node, the apparatus is configured to implement the first node, the first node is a parent node and the second node is a child node of the first node, and a packet sent by the child node is forwarded by the parent node;
receiving, before the first moment, a second packet sent by the second node;
generating a first packet based on the second packet; and
sending the first packet according to the first instruction information.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ren Shoushou
• Liu Bing
• Wang Chuang
• Yu Delei
• Jiang Sheng

Classifications

• H04W28/065 Primary

  using assembly or disassembly of packets · CPC title

• H04L45/48 Primary

  Routing tree calculation · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W40/10

  based on available power or energy · CPC title