IP Library Granted Patent US 9,173,219
Granted Patent B2
US 9,173,219 · App. 13/918,582 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Method, apparatus and system for improving data transmission performance

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Patent No.
US 9,173,219
App. No.
13/918,582
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, an apparatus and a system can be used for improving data transmission performance. Specific steps may include determining whether a transmission rate for transmitting data is lower than a reference transmission rate that the data is actually required. If it is lower than the reference transmission rate, a reference working frequency is obtained by querying part of or an entire working frequency band. The reference working frequency corresponds to a transmission rate that is higher than or equal to the reference transmission rate from the working frequency band. Frequency modification indication information is sent to a network access device and a working frequency for communication is modified to the reference working frequency.

Claims (27)

1. A communication method comprising:

determining whether a transmission rate for transmitting data is lower than a reference transmission rate that the data is actually required;

if the transmission rate for transmitting data is lower than the reference transmission rate, obtaining a reference working frequency by querying part of or an entire working frequency band, the reference working frequency corresponding to a transmission rate that is higher than or equal to the reference transmission rate from the working frequency band;

sending frequency modification indication information to a network access device so that the network access device modifies a working frequency for communication between the network access device and a terminal that sends the frequency modification indication information to the reference working frequency according to the frequency modification indication information, wherein the frequency modification indication information comprises the reference working frequency; and

modifying the working frequency for communication to the reference working frequency.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the reference working frequency comprises:

obtaining working frequencies from the working frequency band and transmission rates corresponding to the obtained working frequencies, wherein, if the number of the obtained working frequencies is greater than or equal to 3 frequencies, a difference value between each two value-adjacent working frequencies among the obtained working frequencies is the same; and

obtaining a reference working frequency corresponding to the transmission rate that is higher than or equal to the reference transmission rate from the obtained working frequencies.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the transmission rate corresponding to the reference working frequency is higher than or equal to transmission rates corresponding to all the obtained working frequencies.

4. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a network access device, frequency modification indication information sent by a terminal, wherein, the frequency modification indication information comprises a reference working frequency obtained by querying part of or an entire working frequency band from the working frequency band after the terminal determines that a transmission rate for transmitting data is lower than a reference transmission rate that the data is actually required, wherein the reference working frequency corresponds to a transmission frequency that is higher than or equal to the reference transmission rate; and

modifying a working frequency for communication between the network access device and the terminal to the reference working frequency according to the frequency modification indication information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the transmission rate corresponding to the reference working frequency is higher than or equal to transmission rates corresponding to all the obtained working frequencies.

6. A terminal, comprising:

a comparator;

a processor; and

a transmitter;

wherein the comparator is configured to determine whether a transmission rate for transmitting data is lower than a reference transmission rate that the data is actually required, wherein the comparator is configured to send a notification message to the processor when the comparator determines that the transmission rate for transmitting data is lower than the reference transmission rate;

wherein the processor is configured to obtain, by querying part of or an entire working frequency band, a reference working frequency from the working frequency band according to the notification message sent by the comparator, wherein the reference working frequency corresponds to a transmission frequency that is higher than or equal to the reference transmission rate, the processor further configured to send the reference working frequency to a transmitter and to modify a working frequency for communication between a network access device and the terminal to the reference working frequency; and

wherein the transmitter is configured to receive the reference working frequency sent by the processor and to transmit frequency modification indication information to the network access device so that the network access device modifies the working frequency for communication to the reference working frequency according to the frequency modification indication information, wherein the frequency modification indication information comprises the reference working frequency obtained by the processor.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to obtain working frequencies and transmission rates corresponding to the obtained working frequencies from the working frequency band, wherein a difference value between each two value-adjacent working frequencies among the obtained working frequencies is the same, if the number of the obtained working frequencies is greater than or equal to 3 frequencies, and to obtain a reference working frequency corresponding to a transmission rate that is higher than or equal to the reference transmission rate from the obtained working frequencies.

8. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain a reference working frequency corresponding to the maximum transmission rate among transmission rates corresponding to the obtained working frequencies.

9. A network access device, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive frequency modification indication information sent by a terminal, wherein the frequency modification indication information comprises a reference working frequency obtained by querying part of or an entire working frequency band from the working frequency band after the terminal determines that a transmission rate for transmitting data is lower than a reference transmission rate that the data is actually required and wherein the reference working frequency corresponds to a transmission frequency that is higher than or equal to the reference transmission rate; and

a processor, configured to modify a working frequency for communication between the network access device and the terminal to the reference working frequency according to the frequency modification indication information received by the receiver.

10. A system, comprising the terminal according to claim 6 and the network access device, wherein the network access device is configured to receive the frequency modification indication information sent by the terminal and to modify the working frequency for communication to the reference working frequency according to the frequency modification indication information.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal is configured to obtain a reference working frequency corresponding to the maximum transmission rate among transmission rates corresponding to the obtained working frequencies.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 048555/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0393 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2015
From: YAO, WENFENG
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034762/0800 →