Method and apparatus for triggering uplink data transmission enhancement procedure, and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023354317-A1
Application number	US-202318220326-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 11, 2023
Priority date	Jan 12, 2021
Publication date	Nov 2, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for triggering an uplink data transmission enhancement procedure and a terminal are provided. The method includes: generating, by an application layer of a terminal, original service data; estimating data transmission coordination control information corresponding to the original service data based on a pre-configured data processing procedure and a pre-configured transmission parameter, where the data transmission coordination control information includes an amount of data after the original service data is processed or time information for the processed original service data to arrive at a wireless protocol layer; and transmitting the data transmission coordination control information to the wireless protocol layer, to trigger the wireless protocol layer to initiate an uplink transmission procedure for transmitting the processed original service data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for triggering an uplink data transmission enhancement procedure, comprising:
generating, by an application layer of a terminal, original service data; estimating data transmission coordination control information corresponding to the original service data based on a pre-configured data processing procedure and a pre-configured transmission parameter, wherein the data transmission coordination control information comprises an amount of data after the original service data is processed or time information for the processed original service data to arrive at a wireless protocol layer; and transmitting the data transmission coordination control information to the wireless protocol layer, to trigger the wireless protocol layer to initiate an uplink transmission procedure for transmitting the processed original service data.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time information is used to indicate:
a time length between an arrival moment of the processed original service data and a current moment; time in a time system of the wireless protocol layer; or time in a time system of a wireless communications system,
wherein the time indicated by the time information is time obtained by a pre-specified delay variation based on time estimated based on the transmission parameter.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the time in the time system of the wireless protocol layer is identified by one of the following:
a system frame number (SFN); a slot identifier of a primary cell; a slot identifier of a primary secondary cell; or an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing OFDM symbol identifier.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data transmission coordination control information further comprises a quality of service (QoS) flow identifier.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein estimating the data transmission coordination control information corresponding to the original service data based on the pre-configured data processing procedure and the pre-configured transmission parameter comprises:
when the original service data corresponds to a plurality of QoS flows, for each of the QoS flows, estimating the data transmission coordination control information corresponding to the QoS flow.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when a service corresponding to the original service data is a periodical service, notifying the wireless protocol layer of a data transmission periodicity.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein transmitting the data transmission coordination control information to the wireless protocol layer comprises:
transmitting the data transmission coordination control information to the wireless protocol layer by using a data control module in the application layer.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before estimating the data transmission coordination control information corresponding to the original service data based on the pre-configured data processing procedure and the pre-configured transmission parameter, the method further comprises one of the following:
transmitting registration information to a core network of the wireless communications system, wherein the registration information comprises capability information, and the capability information indicates that an application corresponding to the application layer supports the uplink data transmission enhancement procedure; reading wireless device configuration information of the terminal, and determining, based on the configuration information, that the terminal supports the uplink data transmission enhancement procedure; or receiving a function indication transmitted from the core network of the wireless communications system, wherein the function indication indicates that the terminal supports the uplink data transmission enhancement procedure.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein before estimating the data transmission coordination control information corresponding to the original service data based on the pre-configured data processing procedure and the pre-configured transmission parameter, the method further comprises:
transmitting a start request to the wireless protocol layer to request the wireless protocol layer to start the uplink data transmission enhancement procedure.

10 . A method for triggering an uplink data transmission enhancement procedure, comprising:
receiving, by a wireless protocol layer of a terminal, data transmission coordination control information transmitted from an application layer, wherein the data transmission coordination control information comprises an amount of data after the original service data is processed or time information for the processed original service data to arrive at a wireless protocol layer; and starting, by the wireless protocol layer based on the data transmission coordination control information, an uplink transmission procedure for transmitting the processed original service data.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the time information is used to indicate:
a time length between an arrival moment of the processed original service data and a current moment; time in a time system of the wireless protocol layer; or time in a time system of a wireless communications system.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein after receiving, by the wireless protocol layer of the terminal, the data transmission coordination control information transmitted from the application layer, the method further comprises:
converting the time information into time in a time system of the wireless protocol layer, or converting the time information into time in a time system of a wireless communications system.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the time in the time system of the wireless protocol layer is identified by one of the following:
a system frame number (SFN); a slot identifier of a primary cell; a slot identifier of a primary secondary cell; or an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing OFDM symbol identifier.

14 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein starting, by the wireless protocol layer based on the data transmission coordination control information, the uplink transmission procedure for transmitting the processed original service data comprises:
transmitting, to a network side device based on the data transmission coordination control information, a scheduling request (SR) before the processed original service data arrives; and after an initial uplink transmission license transmitted by the network side device is received, transmitting a buffer status report (BSR) to the network side device by using the initial uplink transmission license, wherein the BSR is used for notifying the network side device that an amount of data to be transmitted is an amount of data after the original service data is processed.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein after receiving, by the wireless protocol layer of the terminal, the data transmission coordination control information transmitted from the application layer, the method further comprises:
receiving the processed original service data transmitted from the application layer; and transmitting the processed original service data to the network side device after the BSR is transmitted to the network side device.

16 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein before receiving, by the wireless protocol layer of the terminal, the data transmission coordination control information transmitted from the applica

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Jinhua
• Pan Xueming

Classifications

• H04W72/1268 Primary

  of uplink data flows · CPC title

• H04W72/543

  based on requested quality, e.g. QoS · CPC title

• H04W72/21 Primary

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

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title