Network side device, user equipment, and spectrum sharing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9820161-B2
Application number	US-201614996721-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Priority date	Jul 18, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses a network side device, user equipment, and a spectrum sharing method thereof. The method includes: acquiring load information of a first and a second systems; acquiring a cycle period of a shared frequency of the first and the second systems; obtaining time slice allocation information according to the load information of the first and the second system, and the cycle period, where the time slice allocation information includes a first and a second time slice; and sending the time slice allocation information to user equipment, so that the user equipment performs data transmission at the first time slice by using the first system and performs data transmission at the second time slice by using the second system and by using the shared frequency. By means of the foregoing manner, a shared frequency can be allocated, so that efficiency of transmitting system data can be effectively improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spectrum sharing method, comprising:
acquiring load information of a first system and load information of a second system;
acquiring a cycle period of a shared frequency of the first system and the second system;
obtaining time slice allocation information according to the load information of the first system, the load information of the second system, and the cycle period, wherein the time slice allocation information comprises a first time slice and a second time slice;
sending the time slice allocation information to user equipment, so that the user equipment performs data transmission at the first time slice by using the first system and by using the shared frequency and performs data transmission at the second time slice by using the second system and by using the shared frequency; and
receiving channel quality indication (CQI) information or precoding control indication (PCI) information that is generated according to the time slice allocation information and is sent by the user equipment, and monitoring, by using the CQI information or the PCI information, channel quality of data transmission performed by using the shared frequency.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the time slice allocation information comprises at least one of a valid time, a valid range, and time slicing information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the valid range is a valid range of a set of cells in which time slices are allocated to be valid.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), and the second system is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

5. A network side device, comprising:
a receiver, configured to acquire load information of a first system and load information of a second system, to acquire a cycle period of a shared frequency of the first system and the second system;
a processor, configured to obtain time slice allocation information according to the load information of the first system, the load information of the second system, and the cycle period, wherein the time slice allocation information comprises a first time slice and a second time slice;
a sender, configured to send the time slice allocation information to user equipment for performing data transmission at the first time slice by using the first system and by using the shared frequency and performing data transmission at the second time slice by using the second system and by using the shared frequency;
wherein the receiver is configured to receive channel quality indication (CQI) information or precoding control indication (PCI) information that is generated according to the time slice allocation information and is sent by the user equipment, and
wherein the processor is configured to monitor, by using the CQI information or the PCI information, channel quality of data transmission performed by using the shared frequency.

6. The network side device according to claim 5 , wherein the time slice allocation information comprises at least one of a valid time, a valid range, and time slicing information.

7. The network side device according to claim 6 , wherein the valid range is a valid range of a set of cells in which time slices are allocated to be valid.

8. The network side device according to claim 5 , wherein the first system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), and the second system is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

9. A spectrum sharing method, comprising:
receiving time slice allocation information comprising a first time slice and a second time slice, wherein the time slice allocation information is generated according to load information of a first system, load information of a second system, and a cycle period of a shared frequency of the first system and the second system;
performing data transmission at the first time slice by using the first system and by using the shared frequency;
performing data transmission at the second time slice by using the second system and by using the shared frequency;
generating channel quality indication (CQI) information or precoding control indication (PCI) information according to the time slice allocation information; and
sending the CQI information or the PCI information to a first network device or a second network device.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein:
the first network device is one of a wireless network controller, a base station controller, and an evolved base station;
the second network device is one of an evolved base station, a wireless network controller, a base station controller, and an independent controller.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the time slice allocation information comprises at least one of a valid time, a valid range, and time slicing information.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the valid range is a valid range of a set of cells in which time slices are allocated to be valid.

13. A user equipment, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive time slice allocation information comprising a first time slice and a second time slice, wherein the time slice allocation information is generated according to load information of a first system, load information of a second system, and a cycle period of a shared frequency of the first system and the second system;
a sender configured to send data at the first time slice by using the first system and by using the shared frequency, and to send data at the second time slice by using the second system and by using the shared frequency;
a processor, configured to generate channel quality indication (CQI) information or precoding control indication (PCI) information according to the time slice allocation information; and
wherein the sender is configured to send the CQI information or the PCI information to a first network device or a second network device.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein:
the first network device is one of a wireless network controller, a base station controller, and an evolved base station; and
the second network device is one of an evolved base station, a wireless network controller, a base station controller, and an independent controller.

15. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the time slice allocation information comprises at least one of a valid time, a valid range, and time slicing information.

16. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the valid range is a valid range of a set of cells in which time slices are allocated to be valid.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Zongjie
• Li Bingzhao
• Chen Yanyan
• He Chuanfeng

Classifications

• H04W16/14 Primary

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04L5/0005

  Time-frequency · CPC title

• H04L5/0057

  Physical resource allocation for CQI · CPC title

• H04L1/0026

  Transmission of channel quality indication · CPC title