Communications method, device, and system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communications method, device, and system. The method includes: monitoring whether a terminal on a macro network has a service requirement on a micro network, where the micro network is in the coverage area of the macro network, and all common physical channels or some common physical channels except a pilot channel on the micro network are in a disabled state; and if the terminal has a service requirement on the micro network, sending a network handover instruction that includes configuration information of the micro network to the terminal, where the network handover instruction is used to instruct the terminal to hand over from the macro network to the micro network. In the embodiments of the present invention, power consumption of a capacity station is reduced, and unnecessary power waste is reduced.
1. A communications device, comprising:
a processor, configured to monitor whether a terminal on a macro network has a service requirement on a micro network controlled by the macro network, wherein the micro network is in the coverage area of the macro network, and the micro network is in a channel tailor mode whereby all common physical channels on the micro network or some common physical channels on the micro network except a pilot channel on the micro network are in a disabled state so that the micro network is disabled from supporting initial access of the terminal and enabled to accept access of the terminal by handover from the macro network which controls the micro network; and
a transmitter, configured to: when the terminal has a service requirement on the micro network, send a first network handover instruction that comprises configuration information of the micro network controlled by the macro network to the terminal, wherein the first network handover instruction is used to instruct the terminal to hand over from the macro network to the micro network, wherein:
the processor is further configured to monitor whether a data service volume of the terminal reaches a service volume threshold, and confirm the service requirement on the micro network when the data service volume reaches the service volume threshold; and
the transmitter is further configured to: when the data service volume of the terminal reaches the service volume threshold, send the first network handover instruction that comprises the configuration information of the micro network to the terminal.
2. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a first service volume notification message from the terminal, wherein the first service volume notification message is used to notify that a data service volume of the terminal reaches a service volume threshold, and thereby indicate that the terminal has a service requirement on the micro network, wherein:
the processor is further configured to monitor whether the first service volume notification message is received; and
the transmitter is further configured to: when the first service volume notification message is received, send the first network handover instruction that comprises the configuration information of the micro network to the terminal.
3. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a first service request from the terminal, wherein:
the processor is further configured to monitor whether a first network handover request exists in the first service request, wherein the first network handover request is used to request a handover to the micro network; and
the transmitter is further configured to: when the first service request comprises the first network handover request, send the first network handover instruction that comprises the configuration information of the micro network to the terminal.
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to enable some or all of disabled common physical channels on the micro network, wherein the disabled common physical channels are in the disabled state.
5. A communications device, comprising:
a processor, configured to monitor whether a terminal on a micro network has a service requirement on the micro network controlled by a macro network, wherein the micro network is in the coverage area of the macro network, and all common physical channels or some common physical channels except a pilot channel on the micro network are in a disabled state so that the micro network is in a channel tailor mode whereby the micro network is disabled from supporting initial access of the terminal and enabled to accept access of the terminal by handover from the macro network which controls the micro network; and
a transmitter, configured to: when the terminal has no service requirement on the micro network, send a second network handover instruction to the terminal or send a state transition instruction to the terminal, wherein the second network handover instruction is used to instruct the terminal to hand over to the macro network, and the state transition instruction is used to instruct the terminal to transit to a state of occupying no dedicated channel, wherein:
the processor is further configured to monitor whether a data service volume of the terminal is less than a service volume threshold, and confirm the service requirement on the micro network when the data service volume reaches the service volume threshold; and
the transmitter is further configured to: when the data service volume of the terminal is less than the service volume threshold, send the second network handover instruction to the terminal or send the state transition instruction to the terminal.
6. The device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a second service volume notification message from the terminal, wherein the second service volume notification message is used to notify that a data service volume of the terminal is less than a service volume threshold, and thereby indicate that the terminal has a service requirement on the micro network, wherein:
the processor is further configured to monitor whether the second service volume notification message is received, and
the transmitter is further configured to: when the second service volume notification message of the terminal is received, send the second network handover instruction to the terminal or send the state transition instruction to the terminal.
7. The device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a second service request from the terminal, wherein:
the processor is further configured to monitor whether the second service request carries a second network handover request, wherein the second network handover request is used to request a handover to the macro network, and
the transmitter is further configured to: when the second service request carries the second network handover request, send the second network handover instruction to the terminal or send the state transition instruction to the terminal.
8. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to disable some or all of enabled common physical channels on the micro network, wherein the enabled common physical channels are in the enabled state.
9. A terminal, comprising:
a transmitter, configured to
send a first service request to a communications device on the macro network, wherein the terminal is camping on a macro network, and a micro network controlled by the macro network is in the coverage area of the macro network, and all common physical channels or some common physical channels except a pilot channel on the micro network are in a disabled state so that the micro network is in a channel tailor mode whereby the micro network is disabled from supporting initial access of the terminal and enabled to accept access of the terminal by handover from the macro network which controls the micro network; and
send a message related to a data service volume of the terminal to the communications device; and
a receiver, configured to: when the communications device detects that the terminal has a service requirement on the micro network by monitoring and confirming that the data service volume reaches a service volume threshold, receive a first network handover instruction sent by the communications device in response to the detecting the terminal has the service requirement on the micro network, the first network handover instruction comprising configuration information of the micro network and is sent by the communications device, wherein the first network handover instruction is used to instruct the terminal to hand over from the macro network to the micro network.
10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein:
the first service request comprises a first network handover request, and the first network handover request is used to request a handover to the micro network.
11. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein:
the transmitter is further configured to send a first service volume notification message to the communications device, and
the first service volume notification message is used to notify that a data service volume of the terminal reaches a service volume threshold.
12. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein:
the receiver is further configured to: when the terminal has a service requirement on the micro network and the terminal is in a state of occupying no dedicated channel, receive a first state transition instruction from the communications device, wherein the first state transition instruction is used to instruct the terminal to transit to a state of occupying a dedicated channel; and
the receiver is further configured to: when the terminal is in the state of occupying a dedicated channel, receive a measurement instruction from the communications device, wherein the measurement instruction is used to instruct the terminal to measure signal quality of the micro network; and
the transmitter is further configured to send a measurement report to the communications device when signal quality of the micro network reaches a quality threshold, wherein the measurement report is used to notify the communications device that the signal quality of the micro network reaches the quality threshold; and
the receiver is further configured to: when the signal quality of the micro network reaches the quality threshold, receive the first network handover instruction from the communications device.
13. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein:
the receiver is configured to: after the terminal handing over to the micro network, and the communications device detects that the terminal has no service requirement on the micro network, receive a second network handover instruction from the communications device or receive a second state transition instruction from the communications device, and
the second network handover instruction is used to instruct the terminal to hand over to the macro network for camping, and the second state transition instruction is used to instruct the terminal to transit from a state of occupying a dedicated channel to a state of occupying no dedicated channel.