Scheduling request method, apparatus and system

1. A device communication scheduling request method, comprising:

determining, by a network side device, terminal devices to share a resource to schedule requests (SRs) for resources, according to at least one communication factor and/or index numbers for the terminal devices;

configuring, by the network side device, a shared SR resource for the determined terminal devices to send SRs to the network side device using the shared SR resource;

notifying, by the network side device, the determined terminal devices of the configured shared SR resource to receive the SRs sent to the network side device using the shared SR resource;

receiving, by the network side device, the SRs of the determined terminal devices from the notified configured shared SR resource;

allocating, by the network side device, a shared uplink data resource used for uplink data to the determined terminal devices for which the shared SR resource is configured, or allocating, by the network device, a dedicated data resource used for uplink data to at least one determined terminal device of the determined terminal devices for which the shared SR resource is configured, responsive to the received SRs of the determined terminal devices by the network side device from the notified configured shared SR resource;

allocating a scheduling request radio network temporary identifier (SR-RNTI) to the shared SR resource,

wherein, the notifying, by the network side device, sends the SR-RNTI to the determined terminal devices, and

wherein the allocating, by the network side device, the shared uplink data resource, or the allocating, by the network side device, the dedicated data resource used for uplink data, allocates the shared uplink data resource used for the uplink data according to the allocated SR-RNTI, or allocates the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data according to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI); and

setting a new data indicator (NDI) to be a new data transmission, according to the allocating, by the network side device, the shared uplink data resource or the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:

allocating index numbers respectively corresponding to the determined terminal devices,

wherein, the notifying, by the network side device, comprises sending, to a determined terminal device, from among the determined terminal devices, the SR-RNTI and an index number corresponding to the determined terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the allocating, by the network side device, the shared uplink data resource used, or allocating the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data, comprises:

if a received SR is sent by one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices, allocating the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to the one determined terminal device, according to the index number carried in the SR which corresponds to the one determined terminal device; and

if the received SR is sent by at least two determined terminal devices from among the determined terminal devices, allocating the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to at least one of the two determined terminal devices from among the determined terminal devices according to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), or allocating the shared uplink data resource used for the uplink data to the at least two determined terminal devices according to a scheduling request radio network temporary identifier (SR-RNTI).

4. The method according to claim 3 , after the allocating, by the network side device, the shared uplink data resource according the SR-RNTI, the method further comprising:

receiving the uplink data from the shared uplink data resource; and

if the uplink data is not decoded successfully, allocating the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to the at least one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices according to the C-RNTI.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

when the uplink data is not decoded successfully, and the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data is allocated to the at least one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices, setting an NDI to be retransmission.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the allocating, by the network side device, the shared uplink data resource, or allocating the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to the at least one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices, comprises:

if the SR-RNTI is not allocated to the shared SR resource, allocating the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to the at least one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices according to the C-RNTI.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the shared SR resource is a resource corresponding to a sub-frame, or a resource corresponding to different slots in the sub-frame.

8. A network side device, comprising:

non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores program(s); and

computer hardware configured to implement, including configured by the program(s) to implement:

a configuration module to:

determine terminal devices to share a resource to schedule requests (SRs) for resources, according to at least one communication factor and/or index numbers for the terminal devices,

configure a shared SR resource for the determined terminal devices to send SRs to the network side device using the shared SR resource,

allocate a scheduling request radio network temporary identifier (SR-RNTI) to the shared SR resource, and

notify the determined terminal devices of the configured shared SR resource to receive the SRs sent to the network side device using the shared SR resource, the notifying sends the SR-RNTI to the determined terminal devices;

a receiving module to receive the SRs of the determined terminal devices from the notified configured shared SR resource; and

an allocation module to allocate a shared uplink data resource used for uplink data to the determined terminal devices for which the shared SR resource is configured, or to allocate a dedicated data resource used for uplink data to at least one determined terminal device of the determined terminal devices for which the first shared SR resource is configured, responsive to the received SRs of the determined terminal devices by the network side device from the notified configured shared SR resource,

the allocation module is further configured to:

allocate the shared uplink data resource used for the uplink data according to the allocated SR-RNTI, or allocate the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data according to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), and

set a new data indicator (NDI) to be a new data transmission, according to the allocated shared uplink data resource or the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data.

9. The network side device according to claim 8 , wherein, the configuration module is further configured to:

allocate index numbers respectively corresponding to the determined terminal devices,

wherein, the notifying comprises sending, to a determined terminal device, from among the determined terminal devices, the SR-RNTI and an index number corresponding to the determined terminal device.

10. The network side device according to claim 9 , wherein, the allocation module is further configured to:

if a received SR is sent by one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices, allocate the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to the one determined terminal device, according to the index number carried in the SR which corresponds to the one determined terminal device,

if the received SR received is sent by at least two determined terminal devices from among the determined terminal devices, allocate the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to at least one of the two determined terminal devices from among the determined terminal devices according to the C-RNTI, or allocate the shared uplink data resource used for the uplink data to the at least two determined terminal devices according to the SR-RNTI.

11. The network side device according to claim 8 , wherein the allocation module is further configured to:

if the SR-RNTI is not allocated to the shared SR resource, allocate the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data to the at least one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices according to the C-RNTI.

12. A terminal device capable of communication with a network side device, comprising:

non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores program(s); and

computer hardware configured to implement, including configured by the program(s) to implement:

a receiving module to receive information sent by the network side device, the first information notifying a shared schedule request (SR) resource to schedule requests (SRs) for resources and a scheduling request radio network temporary identifier (SR RNTI) allocated to the shared SR resource, the shared (SR) resource configured by the network side device for the terminal device and at least another terminal device by determining terminal devices to use the shared SR resource according to at least one communication factor and/or index numbers for multiple terminal devices;

a request module, configured to send an SR to the network side device on the notified configured shared SR resource; and

a sending module, configured to, after the network side device allocates, responsive to the sent SR and the allocated SR-RNTI, a shared uplink data resource used for uplink data to the determined terminal devices for which the shared SR resource is configured, or allocates responsive, to the sent SR and an allocated cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a dedicated data resource used for uplink data to at least one determined terminal device from among the determined terminal devices for which the shared SR resource is configured, the network side device having set a new data indicator (NDI) to be a new data transmission, according to the allocated shared uplink data resource or the dedicated data resource used for the uplink data,

send, to the network side device, the uplink data on the allocated shared uplink data resource or the dedicated data resource.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein, the sending module is further configured to:

after the network side device allocates the shared uplink data resource or the dedicated data resource,

determine whether a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) command that is scrambled by the C-RNTI and is from the network side device is intercepted, and if yes, send the uplink data to the network side device on the dedicated data resource allocated by the network side device;

determine whether a PDCCH command that is scrambled by the SR-RNTI and is from the network side device is intercepted, and if yes, send the uplink data to the network side device on the shared uplink data resource allocated by the network side device.

14. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein, the sending module is further configured to:

after the network side device allocates the shared uplink data resource or the dedicated data resource,

determine whether the PDCCH command that is scrambled by the C-RNTI and is from the network side device is intercepted, and if yes, send the uplink data to the network side device on the dedicated data resource allocated by the network side device;

judge whether a negative acknowledge (NACK) message which is returned by the network side device for the uplink data that is sent by the terminal device before a current transmission time interval (TTI) is received, and if yes, not intercept, in a current TTI, the PDCCH command that is scrambled by the SR-RNTI and is from the network side device, and start or continue to determine, from a next TTI on, whether the PDCCH command that is scrambled by the SR-RNTI and is from the network side device is intercepted, and if yes, send the uplink data to the network side device on the shared uplink data resource allocated by the network side device.