Remote interference management method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12101269-B2
Application number	US-202117473849-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2021
Priority date	Mar 12, 2019
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A remote interference management method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A first network device receives a reference signal (RS) sent by a second network device, where the RS is used to indicate that the second network device is subject to remote interference. The first network device determines first auxiliary information, and sends the first auxiliary information to the second network device. The first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following information: frequency domain information of a downlink transmission resource of the first network device, time domain information of the downlink transmission resource of the first network device, or beam information of downlink transmission of the first network device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A remote interference management method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a first distributed unit (DU), a reference signal (RS) sent by a second DU, wherein the RS indicates that the second DU is subject to remote interference, the RS comprises a second distributed unit set identifier of the second DU, and the second distributed unit set identifier identifies a distributed unit set to which the second DU belongs; and
sending, by the first DU, a first message to a first centralized unit (CU) or a first centralized unit-control plane (CU-CP), wherein the first message comprises the second distributed unit set identifier, and wherein the first DU and the first CU are radio access network devices, and the first CU includes the first CU-CP.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises at least one of the following: a notification message that the first DU receives the RS sent by the second DU, a notification message that the first DU detects that the RS disappears, or a first auxiliary information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first auxiliary information comprises at least one of the following information: frequency domain information of a downlink transmission resource of the first DU, time domain information of the downlink transmission resource of the first DU, or beam information of downlink transmission of the first DU.

4. A remote interference management method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a first network node, a first message sent by a first distributed unit (DU), wherein the first message comprises a second distributed unit set identifier, the second distributed unit set identifier is carried in a reference signal (RS) that is sent by a second DU and received by the first DU, and the second distributed unit set identifier identifies a distributed unit set to which the second DU belongs;
identifying, by the first network node based on the second distributed unit set identifier, a second centralized unit (CU) or a second centralized unit-control plane (CU-CP) coupled to the second DU;
obtaining, by the first network node, a second message based at least in part on the first message; and
sending, by the first network node, the second message to the second CU or the second CU-CP, wherein the first DU and the first network node are radio access network devices.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the second message comprises the second distributed unit set identifier.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first message or the second message further comprises a first distributed unit set identifier, and the first distributed unit set identifier identifies a distributed unit set to which the first DU belongs.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first message or the second message further comprises at least one of the following: a notification message that the first DU receives the RS sent by the second DU, a notification message that the first DU detects that the RS disappears, or first auxiliary information.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first auxiliary information comprises at least one of the following information: frequency domain information of a downlink transmission resource of the first DU, time domain information of the downlink transmission resource of the first DU, or beam information of downlink transmission of the first DU.

9. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the determining, by the first network node based on the second distributed unit set identifier, a second CU or a second CU-CP connected to the second DU comprises:
determining, by the first network node based on the second distributed unit set identifier, an identifier or an address of the second CU or the second CU-CP connected to the second DU.

10. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first network node is a first CU or a first CU-CP connected to the first DU.

11. A first distributed unit (DU), comprising:
at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving a reference signal (RS) sent by a second distributed unit, wherein the RS indicates that the second DU is subject to remote interference, the RS comprises a second DU set identifier of the second DU, and the second DU set identifier identifies a DU set to which the second DU belongs; and
sending a first message to a first centralized unit (CU) or a first centralized unit-control plane (CU-CP) connected to the communications apparatus, wherein the first message comprises the second DU set identifier, and wherein the first DU and the first CU are radio access network devices, and the first CU includes the first CU-CP.

12. The first DU according to claim 11 , wherein the first message further comprises at least one of the following: a notification message that the communications apparatus receives the RS sent by the second DU, a notification message that the communications apparatus detects that the RS disappears, or first auxiliary information.

13. The first DU according to claim 12 , wherein the first auxiliary information comprises at least one of the following information: frequency domain information of a downlink transmission resource of the communications apparatus, time domain information of the downlink transmission resource of the communications apparatus, or beam information of downlink transmission of the communications apparatus.

14. A first network node, comprising:
at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first message sent by a first distributed unit (DU), wherein the first message comprises a second DU set identifier, the second DU set identifier is carried in a reference signal (RS) that is sent by a second DU and that is received by the first DU, and the second distributed unit set identifier identifies a DU set to which the second DU belongs;
determining, based on the second distributed unit set identifier, a second centralized unit (CU) or a second centralized unit-control plane (CU-CP) coupled to the second DU;
obtaining a second message based at least in part on the first message; and
sending the second message to the second CU or the second CU-CP, wherein the first DU and the first network node are radio access network devices.

15. The first network node according to claim 14 , wherein the second message comprises the second DU set identifier.

16. The first network node according to claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first message or the second message further comprises a first DU set identifier, and the first DU set identifier identifies a DU set to which the first DU belongs.

17. The first network node according to claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first message or the second message further comprises at least one of the following: a notification message that the first DU receives the RS sent by the second DU, a notification message that the first DU detects that the RS disappears, or first auxiliary information.

18. The first network node according to claim 17 , wherein the first auxiliary information comprises at least one of the following information: frequency domain information of a downlink transmission resource of the first DU, time domain information of the downlink transmission resource of the first DU, or beam information of downlink transmission of the first DU.

19. The first network node according to claim 14 , wherein the p

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hao Jinping
• Jin Yinghao
• Yang Shuigen
• Zhang Hongzhuo

Classifications

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W72/27

  between access points · CPC title

• H04W72/29

  between an access point and the access point controlling device · CPC title

• H04W52/143

  Downlink power control · CPC title

• H04B17/345

  Interference values ({signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]} H04B17/336) · CPC title