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CN100359989C
CN100359989C CNB200410069784XA CN200410069784A CN100359989C CN 100359989 C CN100359989 C CN 100359989C CN B200410069784X A CNB200410069784X A CN B200410069784XA CN 200410069784 A CN200410069784 A CN 200410069784A CN 100359989 C CN100359989 C CN 100359989C
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The present invention discloses a method for activating time offset with user equipment, which is applied to a wireless communication system for determining the activation time of user equipment. The present invention comprises the procedures: a value which influences the reference index of oral signaling transmission efficiency is obtained; the current oral signaling transmission efficiency of a wireless communication system is determined according to the reference index, and activation time offset is selected according to the current oral signaling transmission efficiency. The method of the present invention can dynamically set the activation time offset according to the specific condition of network environments.

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一种设定用户设备激活时间偏移的方法A method for setting user equipment activation time offset

技术领域technical field

本发明涉及无线通信领域,尤其是涉及一种通过空口信令设定用户设备激活时间偏移的方法。The invention relates to the field of wireless communication, in particular to a method for setting user equipment activation time offset through air interface signaling.

背景技术Background technique

宽带码分多址(WCDMA)系统的通用移动电信系统空中接口(Uu,UMTSAir Interface)信令过程要求用户设备(UE,User Equipment)在特定的时刻切换到特定的配置,所述特定时刻被称作“激活时刻”,该“激活时刻”由通用移动电信系统地面无线接入网(UTRAN,UMTS Terrestrial Radio AccessNetwork)通过Uu接口信令配置给UE(由于Uu接口信令传输需要一定的时间,因此通常由UTRAN选择激活时间偏移,发送携带激活时间偏移相关信息的Uu接口信令,UE接收到Uu接口信令后在激活时刻才切换配置)。所述Uu接口信令可以是无线承载(RB,Radio Bearer)建立信令、RB重配信令、传输信道重配信令、物理信道重配信令等。按照协议3GPP TS25.33 1的规定,该激活时间的取值可以为“立即激活”(“Now”),也可以由取值范围为(0~255)的连接帧号(CFN,Connection Frame Number)表示。The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Air Interface (Uu, UMTSAir Interface) signaling process of the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system requires the user equipment (UE, User Equipment) to switch to a specific configuration at a specific time, and the specific time is called As the "activation moment", the "activation moment" is configured to the UE by the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN, UMTS Terrestrial Radio AccessNetwork) through the Uu interface signaling (because the Uu interface signaling transmission requires a certain amount of time, so Usually, the UTRAN selects the activation time offset and sends the Uu interface signaling carrying information related to the activation time offset, and the UE switches the configuration at the activation time after receiving the Uu interface signaling). The Uu interface signaling may be radio bearer (RB, Radio Bearer) establishment signaling, RB reconfiguration signaling, transport channel reconfiguration signaling, physical channel reconfiguration signaling, and the like. According to the provisions of the protocol 3GPP TS25.33 1, the value of the activation time can be "immediate activation" ("Now"), or it can be determined by the connection frame number (CFN, Connection Frame Number) with a value range of (0-255). )express.

一种选择用户设备激活时刻的现有技术是:将某一特定的WCDMA无线网络的传输质量分为3个级别,3个级别分别要求不相同的激活时间偏移ΔT,即ΔT1、ΔT2、ΔT3。对于相同的网络设置,ΔT1、ΔT2、ΔT3的值是固定的,在实际取值过程中,为了兼顾多数信令传输质量下的信令过程的成功率,网络只有从ΔT1、ΔT2、ΔT3三者之中选取一个最大的作为每次分配的激活时间偏移ΔT。一般网络条件下ΔT的取值在1秒和2秒之间。协议规定ΔT的最大值为2.56秒。An existing technology for selecting the activation time of the user equipment is: divide the transmission quality of a specific WCDMA wireless network into three levels, and the three levels require different activation time offsets ΔT, namely ΔT1, ΔT2, ΔT3 . For the same network setting, the values of ΔT1, ΔT2, and ΔT3 are fixed. In the actual value selection process, in order to take into account the success rate of the signaling process under the quality of most signaling transmissions, the network only needs to use the values from ΔT1, ΔT2, and ΔT3. Among them, the largest one is selected as the activation time offset ΔT for each allocation. Under normal network conditions, the value of ΔT is between 1 second and 2 seconds. The protocol specifies a maximum value of 2.56 seconds for ΔT.

上述设置时间偏移的方法的缺点是:对于相同网络而言,设置的激活时间偏移ΔT是固定的,其不会随网络质量的不同而进行实时动态调整,从而造成实际应用过程中,相对于不同的网络质量出现激活时间偏移量设置过大或过小的情况,带来一些缺陷。这是由于Uu接口信令传输需要一定的时间,且在一定误码率的情况下,Uu接口信令还有可能发生误码导致接收方无法解析,从而要求无线网络控制器(RNC,Radio Network Control)重传相应的信令单元,信令的Uu接口传输时延将随着信令单元重传率的增加而增加。网络发送给UE的包含激活时间偏移的接口信令通过Uu接口传输时同样受到上述误码率的影响。在Uu接口误码率一定的情况下,激活时刻与当前时刻(UTRAN通知UE激活时刻信令的时刻)的时间偏移量过大或过小都不合适。The disadvantage of the above method of setting the time offset is: for the same network, the set activation time offset ΔT is fixed, and it will not be dynamically adjusted in real time with different network quality, resulting in relatively Due to different network qualities, the activation time offset is set too large or too small, which brings some defects. This is because the transmission of Uu interface signaling requires a certain amount of time, and in the case of a certain bit error rate, Uu interface signaling may also have bit errors that cause the receiver to fail to parse, thus requiring the radio network controller (RNC, Radio Network Control) retransmits the corresponding signaling unit, and the Uu interface transmission delay of the signaling will increase with the increase of the retransmission rate of the signaling unit. The interface signaling including the activation time offset sent by the network to the UE is also affected by the above bit error rate when transmitted through the Uu interface. When the bit error rate of the Uu interface is constant, it is inappropriate for the time offset between the activation time and the current time (the time when the UTRAN notifies the UE of the activation time signaling) to be too large or too small.

对于激活时间偏移量过大的情况,会造成用户设备等待配置生效的时间过长,导致业务建立、业务修改、切换等所有包含激活时刻的信令过程时延增加。If the activation time offset is too large, it will cause the user equipment to wait too long for the configuration to take effect, which will increase the delay of all signaling processes including the activation time, such as service establishment, service modification, and handover.

请参阅图1,以RB建立过程为例,说明激活时间偏移量过大对信令过程的影响。RNC侧将RB建立消息(RB Setup)分为若干个数据包依次发送给UE侧,T1表示RNC发送RB Setup消息的第一个数据包的时刻,T2表示RBSetup消息的最后一个数据包到达UE的时刻,RB Setup消息指示的激活时刻为(T1+ΔT),其中ΔT为激活时间偏移量。Please refer to FIG. 1 , taking the RB establishment process as an example to illustrate the impact of an excessively large activation time offset on the signaling process. The RNC side divides the RB Setup message (RB Setup) into several data packets and sends them to the UE side in turn. T1 represents the moment when the RNC sends the first data packet of the RB Setup message, and T2 represents the time when the last data packet of the RBSetup message arrives at the UE. time, the activation time indicated by the RB Setup message is (T1+ΔT), where ΔT is the activation time offset.

如果(T1+ΔT)大于T2,则UE收到RB Setup消息之后要等待(T1+ΔT-T2)时刻才能应用RB Setup消息指定的配置信息,然后向RNC响应无线承载建立完成消息(RB Setup Complete)。ΔT越大,则UE在应用新配置前等待的时间越长,RNC收到RB Setup Complete消息的时间也就越晚。If (T1+ΔT) is greater than T2, after receiving the RB Setup message, the UE must wait for (T1+ΔT-T2) time to apply the configuration information specified by the RB Setup message, and then respond to the RNC with a radio bearer establishment complete message (RB Setup Complete ). The larger ΔT is, the longer the UE waits before applying the new configuration, and the later the RNC receives the RB Setup Complete message.

而对于激活时间偏移量过小的情况,当网络配置的激活时刻已经到达时,包含激活时刻信息的Uu接口信令可能尚在Uu接口下行数传通道的某个中间环节,还未完全到达UE。由于一般网络和UE在激活时刻前后的配置不相同,因此到达激活时刻后网络将切换到激活时刻后的配置;但是,UE由于没有收到通知其改变状态的完整的信令(即包含激活时刻信息的信令)而仍处于激活时刻以前的配置,因而此时网络和UE的配置出现不一致,进而导致UE无法继续接收任何下行信令,从而死锁在激活时刻以前的配置,网络也可能无法接收UE发出的任何上行信令,最终导致网络与UE之间的上下行数传完全中断。For the case where the activation time offset is too small, when the activation time configured by the network has arrived, the Uu interface signaling containing the activation time information may still be in an intermediate link of the Uu interface downlink data transmission channel and has not yet fully arrived. UE. Since the configurations of the general network and the UE before and after the activation time are different, the network will switch to the configuration after the activation time when the activation time is reached; however, the UE has not received the complete Information signaling) and still in the configuration before the activation time, so the configurations of the network and the UE are inconsistent at this time, and the UE cannot continue to receive any downlink signaling, so the configuration before the activation time is deadlocked, and the network may not be able to Receiving any uplink signaling sent by the UE will eventually lead to a complete interruption of the uplink and downlink data transmission between the network and the UE.

请参阅图2,以RB建立过程为例,说明激活时间偏移量过小对信令过程的影响。如果(T1+ΔT)小于T2,则RNC在(T1+ΔT)时刻切换到新的配置并按照新的配置继续发送RB Setup消息剩余的数据包,而UE只有完全收到RB Setup消息才能根据RB Setup消息的内容获得激活时刻之后的配置信息,因此UE将无法解析(T1+ΔT)时刻之后收到的RB Setup消息的数据包,从而也不能重组出RB Setup消息,导致后续的过程也无法进行,网络也无法收到UE的RB Setup Complete消息。因此,此次RB Setup过程失败。Please refer to FIG. 2 , taking the RB establishment process as an example to illustrate the influence of too small activation time offset on the signaling process. If (T1+ΔT) is less than T2, the RNC switches to the new configuration at (T1+ΔT) and continues to send the remaining data packets of the RB Setup message according to the new configuration, and the UE can only complete the RB Setup message according to the RB Setup message. The content of the Setup message obtains the configuration information after the activation time, so the UE will not be able to parse the data packets of the RB Setup message received after the (T1+ΔT) time, and thus cannot reassemble the RB Setup message, resulting in the failure of subsequent processes , and the network cannot receive the UE's RB Setup Complete message. Therefore, the RB Setup process failed this time.

综上所述,当(T1+ΔT)等于T2时,能够在保证信令过程成功的前提下获得最小的时延。但是这只是一种理想的情况,实际网络中由于网络条件千差万别,RNC与UE之间的信令传输质量也是千差万别,RNC发送的消息到达UE的时刻T2难以确定。RNC与UE之间的信令传输质量越差,T2显然也越大,反之越小。因此,现有技术采用固定的激活时间偏移显然存在不足之处。To sum up, when (T1+ΔT) is equal to T2, the minimum time delay can be obtained on the premise of ensuring the success of the signaling process. However, this is only an ideal situation. Due to the wide variety of network conditions in the actual network, the signaling transmission quality between the RNC and the UE also varies widely, and it is difficult to determine the time T2 when the message sent by the RNC reaches the UE. The worse the signaling transmission quality between the RNC and the UE is, the larger the T2 is obviously, and vice versa. Therefore, it is obvious that there are deficiencies in the prior art using a fixed activation time offset.

发明内容Contents of the invention

为了克服现有技术采用固定的激活时间偏移带来的缺陷,本发明解决的技术问题在于提供一种设定用户设备激活时间偏移的方法,可以根据网络环境的具体情况动态设定激活时间偏移。In order to overcome the defects caused by the fixed activation time offset in the prior art, the technical problem solved by the present invention is to provide a method for setting the activation time offset of the user equipment, which can dynamically set the activation time according to the specific conditions of the network environment offset.

本发明用以解决技术问题的技术方案是:提供一种选择用户设备激活时间偏移的方法,应用于无线通信系统以确定用户设备的激活时间;包括步骤:The technical solution used by the present invention to solve the technical problem is to provide a method for selecting the activation time offset of the user equipment, which is applied to a wireless communication system to determine the activation time of the user equipment; including steps:

1)获取传输信道误块率;1) Obtain the block error rate of the transmission channel;

2)根据所述传输信道误块率,确定无线链路控制重传次数;2) According to the block error rate of the transmission channel, determine the number of wireless link control retransmissions;

3)根据无线链路控制重传次数估计当前空口信令传输效率;3) Estimating the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency according to the number of wireless link control retransmissions;

4)根据当前空口信令传输效率,估算当前信令在空口成功传输时间开销;4) According to the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency, estimate the time overhead of the successful transmission of the current signaling on the air interface;

5)根据所述传输时间开销选择激活时间偏移。5) Select an activation time offset according to the transmission time overhead.

本发明还提供另外一种选择用户设备激活时间偏移的方法,应用于无线通信系统以确定用户设备的激活时间;包括步骤:The present invention also provides another method for selecting the activation time offset of the user equipment, which is applied to a wireless communication system to determine the activation time of the user equipment; including steps:

a)获取信道的流量占总流量百分比的值;a) Obtain the value of the flow rate of the channel as a percentage of the total flow rate;

b)根据所述百分比值,确定无线通信系统的当前可用剩余带宽百分比;b) determining the currently available remaining bandwidth percentage of the wireless communication system according to the percentage value;

c)根据当前可用剩余带宽百分比,获得激活时间偏移。c) Obtain the activation time offset according to the current available remaining bandwidth percentage.

与现有技术相比,本发明的有益效果是:由于本发明首先获取影响空口信令传输效率的参考指标的值,并据此估算无线通信系统的当前空口信令传输效率,然后依据空口信令传输效率选择激活时间偏移,可以最大限度的克服现有技术采用固定的激活时间偏移设置,造成激活时间过大或过小所带来的弊端,从而减小信令过程的时延、提高信令过程成功率。Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: because the present invention first obtains the value of the reference index that affects the transmission efficiency of air interface signaling, and estimates the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency of the wireless communication system accordingly, and then based on the air interface signaling Selecting the activation time offset for the transmission efficiency can overcome to the greatest extent the disadvantages caused by the fixed activation time offset setting in the existing technology, which causes the activation time to be too large or too small, thereby reducing the delay of the signaling process, Improve the success rate of the signaling process.

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图1是激活时间偏移量设置过大时的示意图;Figure 1 is a schematic diagram when the activation time offset is set too large;

图2是激活时间偏移量设置过小时的示意图;Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of setting the activation time offset too small;

图3是本发明设定用户设备激活时间偏移的方法的流程图;FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for setting user equipment activation time offsets according to the present invention;

图4是空口信令传输过程的层间关系示意图;FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the inter-layer relationship of the air interface signaling transmission process;

图5是本发明实施例使用上行传输信道的误块率设定激活时间偏移的流程图。Fig. 5 is a flow chart of setting an activation time offset by using a block error rate of an uplink transmission channel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

具体实施方式Detailed ways

本发明的设定用户设备激活时间偏移的方法动态调整网络每次配置给UE的激活时刻与当前时刻的时间偏移,依据当前网络环境确定当前空口信令传输效率,并在此基础上实时动态调整激活时间偏移,从而最大限度克服激活时间偏移过大或过小所带来的弊端。The method for setting the user equipment activation time offset of the present invention dynamically adjusts the time offset between the activation time configured by the network to the UE each time and the current time, determines the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency according to the current network environment, and real-time Dynamically adjust the activation time offset, so as to overcome the disadvantages caused by too large or too small activation time offset to the greatest extent.

请参阅图3,本发明的设定用户设备激活时间偏移的方法包括:Referring to FIG. 3, the method for setting the user equipment activation time offset of the present invention includes:

步骤S1,获取影响空口信令传输效率的参考指标的值。Step S1, acquiring the value of a reference index that affects air interface signaling transmission efficiency.

在实际网络中,影响空口信令传输效率的参考指标主要包括:传输信道误块率、物理信道误比特率、传输信道带宽、物理信道带宽、基站与手机之间的距离等。其中物理信道误比特率与传输信道误块率含义相似,虽然前者是物理信道的指标,后者是传输信道的指标,但是采用物理信道误比特率估算空口信令传输效率的方法与采用传输信道误块率估算空口信令传输效率的方法相似。信道带宽包括传输信道带宽与物理信道带宽,因为传输信道映射在物理信道之上,因此二者在变化趋势上是基本一致的。In actual networks, the reference indicators that affect the transmission efficiency of air interface signaling mainly include: transmission channel block error rate, physical channel bit error rate, transmission channel bandwidth, physical channel bandwidth, distance between base station and mobile phone, etc. Among them, the bit error rate of the physical channel and the block error rate of the transmission channel have similar meanings. Although the former is an index of the physical channel and the latter is the index of the transmission channel, the method of estimating the transmission efficiency of air interface signaling by using the bit error rate of the physical channel is the same as that of using the transmission channel The method of estimating air interface signaling transmission efficiency by block error rate is similar. The channel bandwidth includes transmission channel bandwidth and physical channel bandwidth, because the transmission channel is mapped on the physical channel, so the two are basically consistent in change trend.

步骤S2,根据前述参考指标,确定无线通信系统的当前空口信令传输效率。Step S2, according to the aforementioned reference index, determine the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency of the wireless communication system.

请参阅图4,是空口信令传输过程的层间关系示意图。Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of the relationship between layers of the air interface signaling transmission process.

其中,无线资源控制层消息(RRC,Radio Resource Control)是指RNC与UE之间的空口信令。RRC信令在发送的时候,首先被分割成一个或多个无线链路控制层传输块(RLC PDU,Radio Link Control Protocol Data Unit),通过RLC PDU进行RNC与UE之间的RLC层通信;每个RLC PDU又会被分割为一个或多个媒介访问控制层协议数据单元(MAC PDU,Medium AccessControl Protocol Data Unit),经过多个发送时间间隔(TTI)发送,进行RNC与UE之间的MAC层通信。Wherein, the radio resource control layer message (RRC, Radio Resource Control) refers to the air interface signaling between the RNC and the UE. When the RRC signaling is sent, it is first divided into one or more radio link control layer transmission blocks (RLC PDU, Radio Link Control Protocol Data Unit), and the RLC layer communication between the RNC and the UE is performed through the RLC PDU; each Each RLC PDU will be divided into one or more medium access control layer protocol data units (MAC PDU, Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit), which are sent after multiple transmission time intervals (TTI) for the MAC layer between RNC and UE communication.

MAC根据每个MAC PDU的CRC(Cyclic Redundancy Code,循环冗余编码)校验标志位判断该PDU是否出现CRC校验错,CRC校验错的MAC PDU(尤其是RRC信令的数据块)被认为是无效的PDU,并将被丢弃。MAC PDU的错误将导致无法重组恢复出对应的RLC PDU,继而RLC也无法重组恢复出RRC信令。因此RLC需要对由于误块导致MAC无法重组恢复的RLC PDU进行重传。当RLC工作在确认模式时,RLC对每个PDU进行顺序编号,MAC的错误PDU将导致RLC收到的PDU序号不能连续,RLC的重传机制将对缺失的PDU的进行重传。According to the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Code) check flag of each MAC PDU, the MAC judges whether the PDU has a CRC check error, and the MAC PDU (especially the data block of the RRC signaling) with a CRC check error is discarded. PDUs are considered invalid and will be discarded. An error in the MAC PDU will result in the inability to reassemble and restore the corresponding RLC PDU, and then the RLC cannot reassemble and restore the RRC signaling. Therefore, RLC needs to retransmit RLC PDUs that MAC cannot reassemble and recover due to block errors. When the RLC works in the confirmation mode, the RLC numbers each PDU sequentially, and the wrong PDU of the MAC will cause the sequence numbers of the PDUs received by the RLC to be inconsistent, and the retransmission mechanism of the RLC will retransmit the missing PDUs.

由于RLC的重传过程也是会出现MAC PDU错误的,因此只能说RLC的重传能够提高收到缺失RLC PDU的概率,重传次数越多,则成功收到缺失RLC PDU的概率越大。由于数据通过空口发送接受需要一定的时间,因此重传将会导致RLC最终成功重组恢复空口信令的时延成倍增加,降低空口信令传输效率。因此,上行BLER(Block Error Rate)越大,RLC PDU重传次数越多;BLER越大,RLC PDU重传成功概率越低,空口信令传输效率越低。Since MAC PDU errors may also occur during RLC retransmission, it can only be said that RLC retransmission can increase the probability of receiving missing RLC PDUs. The more retransmissions, the greater the probability of successfully receiving missing RLC PDUs. Since it takes a certain amount of time for data to be sent and received through the air interface, the retransmission will double the time delay for the RLC to successfully recombine and recover the air interface signaling, reducing the transmission efficiency of the air interface signaling. Therefore, the larger the uplink BLER (Block Error Rate), the more RLC PDU retransmission times; the larger the BLER, the lower the success probability of RLC PDU retransmission, and the lower the air interface signaling transmission efficiency.

在目前业界普遍配置的1%的传输信道误块率(对应的物理信道误比特率小于1%)的情况下,由于无线通讯系统误码随机发生的特点,这些传输块中的部分或全部可能由于误码而无法解析。RLC可靠性保证机制可以对这些无法解析的数据块进行重传,从而能够最终提高空口信令的传输成功率。In the case of the transmission channel block error rate of 1% generally configured in the industry (the corresponding physical channel bit error rate is less than 1%), due to the random occurrence of bit errors in the wireless communication system, some or all of these transmission blocks may Unable to parse due to bit errors. The RLC reliability guarantee mechanism can retransmit these unparsable data blocks, so as to finally improve the transmission success rate of air interface signaling.

在保证空口信令传输成功的前提下,传输信道误块率或者物理信道误比特率越高,则要求RLC的平均重传次数越高。RLC重传所导致的时间开销与RLC重传次数成正比,因此传输信道误块率或者物理信道误比特率越高,空口信令成功传输要求的平均时间开销也越大。On the premise of ensuring successful air interface signaling transmission, the higher the block error rate of the transmission channel or the bit error rate of the physical channel, the higher the average number of retransmissions of the RLC is required. The time overhead caused by RLC retransmission is proportional to the number of RLC retransmissions. Therefore, the higher the block error rate of the transmission channel or the bit error rate of the physical channel, the greater the average time overhead required for successful air interface signaling transmission.

物理信道误比特率与传输信道误块率含义相似,采用物理信道误比特率估算空口信令传输效率的方法与采用传输信道误块率估计信令传输效率的方法相似。The meaning of the bit error rate of the physical channel is similar to that of the block error rate of the transmission channel. The method of estimating the signaling transmission efficiency of the air interface by using the bit error rate of the physical channel is similar to the method of estimating the signaling transmission efficiency by using the block error rate of the transmission channel.

信道带宽包括传输信道带宽与物理信道带宽,信道带宽决定了单位时间内传递空口数据的最大能力,与信令在空口的传输时延成正比。The channel bandwidth includes the transmission channel bandwidth and the physical channel bandwidth. The channel bandwidth determines the maximum capability of transmitting air interface data per unit time, and is proportional to the transmission delay of signaling on the air interface.

基站与手机之间的距离对空口信令的传输效率也有影响,基站与手机之间的距离决定了空口无线电波的传播时间,因此空口信令的传输时延也要随着基站与手机之间的距离的增减而增减。The distance between the base station and the mobile phone also affects the transmission efficiency of the air interface signaling. The distance between the base station and the mobile phone determines the propagation time of the air interface radio wave, so the transmission delay of the air interface signaling also depends on the distance between the base station and the mobile phone. increase or decrease with the increase or decrease of the distance.

步骤S3,根据当前空口信令传输效率,选择激活时间偏移。In step S3, an activation time offset is selected according to the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency.

首先,依据所述当前空口的传输效率估计信令通过空口成功传输需要的时间开销;其次,在保证信令过程成功的前提下,根据所述的时间开销,采用信令过程的时延最小的原则设置激活时间偏移量ΔT。Firstly, according to the transmission efficiency of the current air interface, the time overhead required for the successful transmission of signaling through the air interface is estimated; secondly, under the premise of ensuring the success of the signaling process, according to the time overhead, the time delay of the signaling process is the smallest Set the activation time offset ΔT in principle.

可以理解,激活时间偏移量动态的调整是否有效关键在于能否准确的估算当前空口信令传输效率,进而估算出当前信令在空口成功传输需要的时间开销。对于长度一定的信令,空口传输效率越高,则该信令通过空口成功传输所花费的时间就越少;反之,就越多。It can be understood that whether the dynamic adjustment of the activation time offset is effective depends on whether the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency can be accurately estimated, and then the time overhead required for the current signaling to be successfully transmitted on the air interface can be estimated. For signaling with a certain length, the higher the transmission efficiency of the air interface, the less time it takes for the signaling to be successfully transmitted through the air interface; otherwise, the more time it takes.

请参阅图5,本发明的一个具体实施例中,使用上行传输信道的误块率作为估算当前空口信令传输效率的依据,并根据当前空口信令传输效率确定用户设备激活时间偏移。Please refer to FIG. 5 , in a specific embodiment of the present invention, the block error rate of the uplink transmission channel is used as the basis for estimating the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency, and the user equipment activation time offset is determined according to the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency.

所述实施例的流程是:首先执行步骤S11,由RNC的MAC统计上行BLER,所述BLER表示上行传输信道的误块率,即上行错误的传输块的数目占上行传输信道总块数的比例。The flow process of the described embodiment is: first execute step S11, count the uplink BLER by the MAC of the RNC, and the BLER represents the block error rate of the uplink transmission channel, that is, the ratio of the number of uplink wrong transmission blocks to the total number of blocks of the uplink transmission channel .

步骤S11具体包括:MAC根据每个MAC PDU的CRC校验标志位判断该PDU是否出现CRC校验错;如果CRC标志位指示CRC校验错,MAC则认为该PDU是误块,统计误块数;将所述MAC统计的上行传输误块数比上上行传输信道的总块数得出上行传输信道的误块率BLER。Step S11 specifically includes: MAC judges whether CRC verification error occurs in the PDU according to the CRC check flag of each MAC PDU; if the CRC flag indicates that the CRC check is wrong, MAC then thinks that the PDU is an error block, and counts the number of error blocks ; The block error rate BLER of the uplink transmission channel is obtained by comparing the number of uplink transmission error blocks counted by the MAC with the total number of blocks of the uplink transmission channel.

步骤S12,根据上行BLER计算无线链路控制重传次数。Step S12, calculating the number of radio link control retransmissions according to the uplink BLER.

步骤S12中,BLER、RLC PDU重传次数、RLC PDU重传成功概率三者之间的关系如公式(1)所示:In step S12, the relationship between BLER, RLC PDU retransmission times, and RLC PDU retransmission success probability is as shown in formula (1):

PP == ΣΣ nno == 00 NN xx nno (( 11 -- xx )) == 11 -- xx NN ++ 11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (( 11 ))

其中P表示RLC PDU重传成功概率,x表示BLER,N表示RLC PDU重传次数。由公式(1)得出,BLER越高则RLC PDU重传成功概率越低,反之则RLC PDU重传成功概率越高。Where P represents the success probability of RLC PDU retransmission, x represents BLER, and N represents the number of RLC PDU retransmissions. According to formula (1), the higher the BLER, the lower the probability of successful RLC PDU retransmission, and vice versa, the higher the probability of successful RLC PDU retransmission.

BLER一定时,当RLC PDU重传次数N满足公式(2)的要求时,能够保证空口信令的可靠传输:When the BLER is constant, when the number of RLC PDU retransmissions N meets the requirements of formula (2), the reliable transmission of air interface signaling can be guaranteed:

MxN<1...................(2)Mx N <1...................(2)

其中M表示空口信令被分割成MAC PDU的个数,x表示BLER,N表示RLC重传次数。Among them, M represents the number of MAC PDUs divided into air interface signaling, x represents BLER, and N represents the number of RLC retransmissions.

下面举例说明公式(2)的应用:The following example illustrates the application of formula (2):

如果空口信令包括10个MAC PDU,BLER为10%,满足上面的公式则要求N>1,从减小空口信令传输时延,提高空口信令传输效率角度,N越小越好,因此,此处N取值为2。If air interface signaling includes 10 MAC PDUs and BLER is 10%, satisfying the above formula requires N>1. From the perspective of reducing air interface signaling transmission delay and improving air interface signaling transmission efficiency, the smaller N is, the better. Therefore , where N takes the value of 2.

步骤S13,根据所述RLC重传次数估计当前空口信令传输效率,RLC重传次数越多,空口信令传输时延越大,空口信令传输效率越低,反之,越高;Step S13, estimating the current air interface signaling transmission efficiency according to the RLC retransmission times, the more RLC retransmission times, the greater the air interface signaling transmission delay, the lower the air interface signaling transmission efficiency, and vice versa;

步骤S14,根据空口信令传输效率估算当前信令在空口成功传输的时间开销。Step S14, estimating the time cost of successful transmission of the current signaling on the air interface according to the transmission efficiency of the air interface signaling.

若理想情况下RLC PDU在空口发送接受一次需要的时间为Tu,则重传N次后共需要的时间为N×Tu。If the time required for an RLC PDU to be sent and received on the air interface under ideal conditions is Tu, then the total time required after retransmitting N times is N×Tu.

因此,空口消息包含的RLC PDU中,需要重传的传输块的数目与传输总块数之比,以及每个RLC PDU被重传的次数决定空口信令传输效率,也就是决定该空口消息通过空口传输所需要的总时间,公式(3)给出简化的空口消息传输时间的估计方法:Therefore, in the RLC PDU contained in the air interface message, the ratio of the number of transmission blocks that need to be retransmitted to the total number of transmission blocks, and the number of retransmissions of each RLC PDU determine the air interface signaling transmission efficiency, that is, determine the transmission efficiency of the air interface message. The total time required for air interface transmission, formula (3) gives a simplified estimation method of air interface message transmission time:

T2-T1=(M+N)Tu...................(3)T2-T1=(M+N)Tu...................(3)

其中T1表示RNC发送的第一个数据包的时刻,T2表示消息的最后一个数据包到达UE的时刻,(T2-T1)表示消息通过空口传输需要的时间,M与N的含义参见公式(2)的说明。Where T1 represents the moment when the first data packet sent by the RNC, T2 represents the moment when the last data packet of the message arrives at the UE, (T2-T1) represents the time required for the message to be transmitted through the air interface, and the meanings of M and N refer to formula (2 )instruction of.

步骤S15、根据空口成功传输的时间开销设定激活偏移时间,将激活时间偏移配置给UE。Step S15 , setting the activation offset time according to the time overhead of successful air interface transmission, and configuring the activation time offset to the UE.

对于前文所述的包含激活时间偏移量ΔT的RB setup消息,RNC在准备发送该消息时,首先需要根据公式(2)和公式(3)计算出(T2-T1),然后根据公式(4)设定ΔT:For the aforementioned RB setup message containing the activation time offset ΔT, when the RNC is preparing to send the message, it first needs to calculate (T2-T1) according to formula (2) and formula (3), and then according to formula (4 ) to set ΔT:

ΔT≥T2-T1...................(4)ΔT≥T2-T1...................(4)

ΔT应该在满足公式4的情况下取尽量小的值,以达到保证信令过程成功以及减小系统时延的目的。ΔT should be as small as possible while satisfying Formula 4, so as to ensure the success of the signaling process and reduce the system delay.

以上介绍了用BLER衡量空口信令传输效率、确定激活时间偏移量的方法。The above describes the method of using BLER to measure the transmission efficiency of air interface signaling and determine the activation time offset.

下面结合依据信道带宽选择激活时间偏移的实施例对本发明进一步说明。The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the embodiment of selecting the activation time offset according to the channel bandwidth.

信道带宽决定了单位时间内传递空口数据的最大能力,传输信道带宽、物理信道带宽与信令在空口的传输时延成正比。信道带宽由RNC控制,信道带宽越大则信令传输效率越高。承载信令的信道带宽可以分为3个级别,级别1对应下行使用前向接入信道(FACH)承载信令;级别2对应使用带宽为3.4Kbps专用信道(DCH)承载信令;级别3对应使用13.6Kbps DCH承载信令。The channel bandwidth determines the maximum capability of transmitting air interface data per unit time. The transmission channel bandwidth and physical channel bandwidth are proportional to the transmission delay of signaling on the air interface. The channel bandwidth is controlled by the RNC, and the larger the channel bandwidth, the higher the signaling transmission efficiency. The channel bandwidth for carrying signaling can be divided into three levels. Level 1 corresponds to the downlink forward access channel (FACH) to carry signaling; level 2 corresponds to a dedicated channel (DCH) with a bandwidth of 3.4Kbps to carry signaling; level 3 corresponds to Use 13.6Kbps DCH to carry signaling.

应用这三个级别的信道带宽承载信令时选择激活时间偏移量的过程有所不同。The process of selecting the activation time offset is different when applying the three levels of channel bandwidth to carry signaling.

FACH承载信令时设定激活时间偏移量的过程是:RNC侧统计当前时间内的FACH流量;如果FACH的流量统计为总流量的n%,则当前可用剩余带宽百分比为(1-n%);设置激活时间偏移为ΔT/(1-n%),ΔT为在一定传输信道误码率的情况下且FACH的流量统计为0时对应的激活时间偏移。The process of setting the activation time offset when the FACH bears signaling is: the RNC side counts the FACH traffic in the current time; if the traffic statistics of the FACH is n% of the total traffic, the current available remaining bandwidth percentage is (1-n% ); set the activation time offset as ΔT/(1-n%), where ΔT is the corresponding activation time offset when the FACH traffic statistics is 0 under a certain transmission channel bit error rate.

FACH信道的总带宽虽然较高,但是作为公共传输信道,可能同时为小区内多个用户设备使用,每用户设备实际得到的带宽便会比总带宽小很多,具体由FACH的负载决定。FACH负载越高,对于单个用户设备而言,FACH的信令传输效率越低;反之FACH的信令传输效率越高。RNC可以实时获得一段时间内的FACH流量统计,作为衡量FACH负载的依据。Although the total bandwidth of the FACH channel is high, as a common transmission channel, it may be used by multiple user equipments in the cell at the same time, and the actual bandwidth obtained by each user equipment will be much smaller than the total bandwidth, which is determined by the load of the FACH. The higher the FACH load is, the lower the signaling transmission efficiency of the FACH is for a single user equipment; otherwise, the higher the signaling transmission efficiency of the FACH is. The RNC can obtain the FACH traffic statistics within a period of time in real time as a basis for measuring the FACH load.

若FACH的带宽为单个用户设备独享时,即到当前为止一段时间内FACH的流量统计为0,且在一定传输信道误码率的情况下,对激活时间偏移的要求为ΔT,则当FACH的流量统计为总流量的n%时,对激活时间偏移的要求为ΔT/(1-n%)。即当前可用带宽相对总带宽减小多少倍,则要求的激活时间偏移量就相应的增加多少倍。If the bandwidth of FACH is exclusively shared by a single user equipment, that is, the traffic statistics of FACH for a period of time so far is 0, and in the case of a certain transmission channel bit error rate, the requirement for activation time offset is ΔT, then when When the flow statistics of the FACH are n% of the total flow, the requirement for the activation time offset is ΔT/(1-n%). That is, how many times the current available bandwidth is reduced relative to the total bandwidth, the required activation time offset is correspondingly increased by how many times.

带宽为3.4Kbps DCH承载信令时和带宽为13.6Kbps DCH承载信令时估计信令传输效率方法:DCH信道的带宽为单个用户设备独享,其信令传输效率估算方法相当于“FACH的带宽为单个用户设备独享时”的“FACH承载信令时设定激活时间偏移量的过程”,差别仅在于信道带宽不同以及传输信道误码率设置不会完全相同,估算方法的具体描述参见前文,这里不再赘述。Estimate the signaling transmission efficiency method when the bandwidth is 3.4Kbps DCH bears signaling and when the bandwidth is 13.6Kbps DCH bears signaling: the bandwidth of the DCH channel is exclusively shared by a single user equipment, and the signaling transmission efficiency estimation method is equivalent to "FACH bandwidth "The process of setting the activation time offset when FACH bears signaling" in "Exclusively for a single user equipment". The only difference is that the channel bandwidth is different and the bit error rate setting of the transmission channel will not be exactly the same. For the specific description of the estimation method, see The previous article will not be repeated here.

基站与手机之间的距离对空口信令的传输效率也有影响,基站与手机之间的距离决定了空口无线电波的传播时间,因此空口信令的传输时延也要随着基站与手机之间的距离的增减而增减。当小区半径不太大的时候,无线电波的传播时间对空口信令的传输时延的影响相对较小。The distance between the base station and the mobile phone also affects the transmission efficiency of the air interface signaling. The distance between the base station and the mobile phone determines the propagation time of the air interface radio wave, so the transmission delay of the air interface signaling also depends on the distance between the base station and the mobile phone. increase or decrease with the increase or decrease of the distance. When the cell radius is not too large, the influence of the propagation time of radio waves on the transmission delay of air interface signaling is relatively small.

以上所述仅为本发明的优选实施方式,并不构成对本发明保护范围的限定。任何在本发明的精神和原则之内所作的任何修改、等同替换和改进等,均应包含在本发明的权利要求保护范围之内。The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not constitute a limitation to the protection scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

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1, a kind of method of selecting active time displacement of user equipment is applied to wireless communication system to determine the activationary time of subscriber equipment; It is characterized in that, comprise step:
1) obtains the transmission channel Block Error Rate;
2), determine Radio Link control number of retransmissions according to described transmission channel Block Error Rate;
3) estimate current space interface signaling efficiency of transmission according to Radio Link control number of retransmissions;
4), estimate that current signaling is in the success transmission time expense of eating dishes without rice or wine according to current space interface signaling efficiency of transmission;
5) select active time displacement according to described transmission time expense.
2, the method for selection active time displacement of user equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described step 2), adopt formula
Mx N<1
Select the space interface signaling number of retransmissions; Wherein, M represents the divided number of space interface signaling, and x represents the transmission channel Block Error Rate, and N represents number of retransmissions.
3, the method for selection active time displacement of user equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: in the described step 4), adopt formula
T2-T1=(M+N)Tu
The decision time overhead; Wherein, T1 represents to send the moment of first packet of space interface signaling, T2 represents that last packet of space interface signaling arrives the moment of subscriber equipment, T2-T1 express time expense, M represents the divided number of space interface signaling, N represents number of retransmissions, and Tu representation unit transmission block is in the time of eating dishes without rice or wine transmission primaries.
4, a kind of method of selecting active time displacement of user equipment is applied to wireless communication system to determine the activationary time of subscriber equipment; It is characterized in that, comprise step:
A) flow that obtains channel accounts for the value of total flow percentage;
B), determine the current available remaining bandwidth percentage of wireless communication system according to described percent value;
C), obtain active time displacement according to current available remaining bandwidth percentage.
5, the method for selection active time displacement of user equipment according to claim 4 is characterized in that: described channel is descending use forward access channel.
6, the method for selection active time displacement of user equipment according to claim 4 is characterized in that: it is the dedicated channel of 3.4Kbps and 13.6Kbps that described channel is to use bandwidth.
7, according to the method for claim 4,5 or 6 described selection active time displacement of user equipment, it is characterized in that: in the described step b), adopt formula
1-n%
Determine the current available remaining bandwidth percentage of wireless communication system, wherein, n% represents that the flow of channel accounts for the value of total flow percentage.
8, according to the method for claim 4,5 or 6 described selection active time displacement of user equipment, it is characterized in that: in the described step c), adopt formula
ΔT/(1-n%)
Obtain active time displacement, wherein, Δ T is illustrated under the situation of certain transmission channel bit error rate and traffic statistics are the active time displacement of 0 o'clock correspondence.
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