Method and apparatus compatible with multi-version for storing wireless resource

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9531845-B2
Application number	US-201214394174-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2012
Priority date	Apr 16, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

This disclosure discloses a multi-version compatible method for storing radio resources. The method includes: receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message sent by a network side; converting the protocol version of the RRC message by using a conversion function to make the converted protocol version of the RRC message consistent with that of a preservation function, when the protocol version of the RRC message is inconsistent with that of the preservation function; storing radio resources in the RRC message by using the preservation function, wherein the protocol version of the RRC message is consistent with that of the preservation function. This disclosure also discloses a multi-version compatible apparatus for storing radio resources. The present disclosure can effectively reduce the amount of codes and complexity of storage resources, reduce the cost for maintaining codes, and be compatible with multiple versions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-version compatible method for storing radio resources, comprising:
receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message sent by a network side;
converting a protocol version of the RRC message by using at least one conversion function to make the converted protocol version of the RRC message consistent with that of a preservation function, when the protocol version of the RRC message is inconsistent with that of the preservation function, wherein converting the protocol version of the RRC message by using the at least one conversion function comprises:
converting the protocol version of the RRC message into a protocol version of a higher level than the protocol version of the RRC message by using a conversion function corresponding to the protocol version of the higher level until the converted protocol version of the RRC message is consistent with that of the preservation function;

storing radio resources in the RRC message by using the preservation function, wherein the protocol version of the RRC message is consistent with that of the preservation function.

2. The multi-version compatible method for storing radio resources according to claim 1 , wherein the preservation function is a preservation function of a highest protocol version supported by a terminal.

3. The multi-version compatible method for storing radio resources according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one conversion function is in one-to-one correspondence to one or more protocol versions supported by the terminal.

4. The multi-version compatible method for storing radio resources according to claim 3 , further comprising:
after receiving the RRC message sent by the network side,
decoding the RRC message;
when a decoding failure occurs, replying a state message indicative of the decoding failure of the RRC message to the network side, and waiting for the network side to send the RRC message again.

5. The multi-version compatible method for storing radio resources according to claim 2 , further comprising:
after receiving the RRC message sent by the network side,
decoding the RRC message;
when a decoding failure occurs, replying a state message indicative of the decoding failure of the RRC message to the network side, and waiting for the network side to send the RRC message again.

6. The multi-version compatible method for storing radio resources according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after receiving the RRC message sent by the network side,
decoding the RRC message;
when a decoding failure occurs, replying a state message indicative of the decoding failure of the RRC message to the network side, and waiting for the network side to send the RRC message again.

7. A multi-version compatible apparatus for storing radio resources, comprising a receiver, a storage and a converter, wherein
the receiver receives an Radio Resource Control (RRC) message sent by a network side and sends the RRC message to the converter;
the converter converts, when a protocol version of the RRC message sent by the receiver is inconsistent with that of a preservation function, the protocol version of the RRC message by using at least one conversion function to make the converted protocol version of the RRC message consistent with that of the preservation function, and sends the converted RRC message to the storage,
wherein the converter converts, when the protocol version of the RRC message is inconsistent with that of the preservation function, the protocol version of the RRC message into a protocol version of a higher level than the protocol version of the RRC message by using a conversion function corresponding to the protocol version of the higher level until the converted protocol version of the RRC message is consistent with that of the preservation function;

the storage receives the converted RRC message sent by the converter ( 20 ), stores radio resources in the RRC message by using the preservation function, wherein the protocol version of the RRC message is consistent with that of the preservation function.

8. The multi-version compatible apparatus for storing radio resources according to claim 7 , wherein the storage uses a preservation function of a highest protocol version supported by a terminal as the preservation function.

9. The multi-version compatible apparatus for storing radio resources according to claim 8 , wherein the converter stores the at least one conversion function which is in one-to-one correspondence to one or more protocol versions supported by the terminal.

10. The multi-version compatible apparatus for storing radio resources according to claim 9 , wherein the apparatus further comprises a decoder which decodes the RRC message, and when a decoding failure occurs, replies a state message indicative of the decoding failure of the RRC message to the network side, and waits for the network side to send the RRC message again.

11. The multi-version compatible apparatus for storing radio resources according to claim 8 , wherein the apparatus further comprises a decoder which decodes the RRC message, and when a decoding failure occurs, replies a state message indicative of the decoding failure of the RRC message to the network side, and waits for the network side to send the RRC message again.

Assignees

• Huang Jun
• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Huang Jun

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04L69/08 Primary

  Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion · CPC title

• H04W72/042

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L69/321

  Interlayer communication protocols or service data unit [SDU] definitions; Interfaces between layers · CPC title

• H04W72/00

  Local resource management · CPC title