Method and system for delay scheduling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9609662-B2
Application number	US-201214002737-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2012
Priority date	Mar 2, 2011
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for delay scheduling, comprising: sending, by a base station, delay scheduling information to a terminal for performing delay scheduling on the terminal; receiving, by the terminal, the delay scheduling information, and stopping monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel PDCCH and entering a delay scheduling state according to the received delay scheduling information; and restarting monitoring the PDCCH and terminating the delay scheduling state according to the delay scheduling information. The present disclosure also discloses a delay scheduling system, which enhances an overload processing ability of network. Meanwhile, a mass of radio resources required to access to the network may be saved, and thereby the radio resources can be saved effectively, the load at the network side is relieved.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for delay scheduling, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal, delay scheduling information from a base station for performing delay scheduling on the terminal;
entering, by the terminal, a delay scheduling state according to the received delay scheduling information and stopping, monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel PDCCH; and
restarting, by the terminal, monitoring the PDCCH and terminating the delay scheduling state according to the delay scheduling information;
wherein the delay scheduling information comprises: a delay scheduling starting time for instructing the terminal to enter the delay scheduling state and a delay scheduling terminating time for instructing the terminal to terminate the delay scheduling state; or the delay scheduling information comprises: the delay scheduling starting time and a delay scheduling duration for instructing a duration within which the terminal maintains the delay scheduling state; or the delay scheduling information comprises: the delay scheduling terminating time; and
wherein after the terminal enters the delay scheduling state and stops monitoring the PDCCH, the method further comprises:
stopping, by the terminal, sending a scheduling request or data on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH.

2. The method for delay scheduling according to claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving, by a terminal, delay scheduling information from a base station for performing delay scheduling on the terminal comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, the delay scheduling information from the base station via a Radio Resource Control RRC signaling or a Medium Access Control MAC signaling or a PDCCH signaling.

3. The method for delay scheduling according to claim 1 , wherein after the terminal stops monitoring the PDCCH and enters the delay scheduling state, the method further comprises:
saving, by the terminal, communication context information, and/or data radio bearer information, and/or a radio network temporary identifier allocated by the base station, and/or current transmission state information of the terminal, and/or current transmission state information of radio link control layer of the terminal.

4. The method for delay scheduling according to claim 1 , wherein after the terminal stops monitoring the PDCCH and enters the delay scheduling state, the method further comprises:
when a service request is required to be initiated, stopping, by the terminal, the delay scheduling state and initiating the service request when a priority of the service to be initiated is higher than a preset priority threshold.

5. The method for delay scheduling according to claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving, by the terminal, delay scheduling information from the base station for performing delay scheduling on the terminal comprises:
receiving, by the terminal, the delay scheduling information from the base station after the base station verifies that an established service is a delay tolerant service or a low priority service.

6. A terminal, comprising one or more processors configured to receive delay scheduling information from a base station for performing delay scheduling on the terminal, and enter a delay scheduling state according to the received delay scheduling information and stop monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel PDCCH, and restart monitoring the PDCCH and terminate the delay scheduling state according to the delay scheduling information;
wherein the delay scheduling information comprises: a delay scheduling starting time for instructing the terminal to enter the delay scheduling state and a delay scheduling terminating time for instructing the terminal to terminate the delay scheduling state; or the delay scheduling information comprises: the delay scheduling starting time and a delay scheduling duration for instructing a duration within which the terminal maintains the delay scheduling state; or the delay scheduling information comprises: the delay scheduling terminating time; and
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, after entering the delay scheduling state, stop sending a scheduling request or data on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the terminal is a Machine Type Communication MTC device and/or a Human-to-Human H2H device.

8. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, after the terminal enters the delay scheduling state, save communication context information, and/or data radio bearer information, and/or a radio network temporary identifier allocated by the base station, and/or current transmission state information of the terminal, and/or current transmission state information of radio link control layer of the terminal.

9. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, when a service request is required to be initiated, stop the delay scheduling state and initiate the service request when a priority of the service to be initiated is higher than a preset priority threshold.

10. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive the delay scheduling information from the base station after the base station verifies that an established service is a delay tolerant service or a low priority service.

11. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive the delay scheduling information from the base station via a Radio Resource Control RRC signaling, or a Medium Access Control MAC signaling, or a PDCCH signaling.

12. A method for delay scheduling, comprising:
sending, by a base station, delay scheduling information to a terminal for performing delay scheduling on the terminal;
wherein the delay scheduling information is configured to enable the terminal to enter a delay scheduling state and stop monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel PDCCH, stop sending a scheduling request or data on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel PUSCH and restart monitoring the PDCCH and terminate the delay scheduling state; and
wherein the delay scheduling information comprises: a delay scheduling starting time for instructing the terminal to enter the delay scheduling state and a delay scheduling terminating time for instructing the terminal to terminate the delay scheduling state; or the delay scheduling information comprises: the delay scheduling starting time and a delay scheduling duration for instructing a duration within which the terminal maintains the delay scheduling state; or the delay scheduling information comprises: the delay scheduling terminating time.

13. The method for delay scheduling according to claim 12 , wherein the step of sending, by a base station, delay scheduling information to a terminal for performing delay scheduling on the terminal comprises:
sending, by the base station, the delay scheduling information to the terminal via a Radio Resource Control RRC signaling or a Medium Access Control MAC signaling or a PDCCH signaling.

14. The method for delay scheduling according to claim 12 , wherein the step of sending, by a base station, a delay scheduling information to a terminal for performing delay scheduling on the terminal comprises:
sending, by the base station, the delay scheduling information to the terminal after the base station verifies that an established service is a delay tolerant service or a low priority service.

15. A base station, comprising one or more processors configured to send delay scheduling information to the t

Assignees

• Deng Yun
• Dai Qian
• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Deng Yun
• Dai Qian

Classifications

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04W48/06

  based on traffic conditions · CPC title

• H04W72/1289 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic