Wireless communications system and method for performing wireless communication in wireless communications system
A wireless communications system and a method for performing wireless communication in a wireless communications system. The wireless communications system includes: a first base station node; a second base station node; and a wireless communications apparatus, performing communication with the first base station node and the second base station node. The first base station node and the second base station node perform scheduling coordination, to reduce a probability that the wireless communications apparatus sends an uplink signal to the first base station node and the second base station node simultaneously. The system and method can reduce a probability that a wireless communications apparatus sends an uplink signal to a first base station node and a second base station node simultaneously, thereby effectively ensuring uplink/downlink transmission performance.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
circuitry, configured to:
determine whether a first uplink transmission in a first subframe of a first base station overlaps in time with a second uplink transmission in a second subframe of a second base station during dual connectivity with the first base station and the second base station; and
if yes, allocate transmission power to the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission according to a priority order of the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission based on uplink control information,
wherein more transmission power is allocated to an uplink transmission with a higher priority while a total transmission power allocated to the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission does not exceed a maximum transmission power of the electronic device.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the priority order is further based on types of base station corresponding to the first base station and the second base station.
3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein an uplink transmission of a macro base station has a higher priority than an uplink transmission of a low power node.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device connects with the first base station via a first primary component carrier while connecting with the second base station via a second primary component carrier.
5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission correspond to Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmissions.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the priority order based on types of uplink transmission corresponding to the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission, the types including at least one of Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), PUCCH, Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and Sounding Reference Signal (SRS).
7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein PRACH transmission is of the highest priority.
8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device corresponds to a user equipment.
9. An electronic device, comprising:
circuitry, configured to:
determine whether a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission in a first subframe of a first base station overlaps in time with a second PRACH transmission in a second subframe of a second base station during dual connectivity with the first base station and the second base station; and
if yes, allocate transmission power to the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission according to a priority order of the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission based on types of the first base station and the second base station,
wherein more transmission power is allocated to a PRACH transmission with a higher priority while a total transmission power allocated to the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission does not exceed a maximum transmission power of the electronic device.
10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein a PRACH transmission of a macro base station has a higher priority than a PRACH transmission of a low power node.
11. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to drop a PRACH transmission with a lower priority.
12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the electronic device corresponds to a user equipment.
13. A communication method, comprising:
determining whether a first uplink transmission in a first subframe of a first base station overlaps in time with a second uplink transmission in a second subframe of a second base station during dual connectivity with the first base station and the second base station; and
if yes, allocating transmission power to the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission according to a priority order of the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission based on uplink control information,
wherein more transmission power is allocated to an uplink transmission with a higher priority while a total transmission power allocated to the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission does not exceed a maximum transmission power of an electronic device.
14. A communication method, comprising:
determining whether a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission in a first subframe of a first base station overlaps in time with a second PRACH transmission in a second subframe of a second base station during dual connectivity with the first base station and the second base station; and
if yes, allocating transmission power to the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission according to a priority order of the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission based on types of the first base station and the second base station,
wherein more transmission power is allocated to a PRACH transmission with a higher priority while a total transmission power allocated to the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission does not exceed a maximum transmission power of an electronic device.
15. A non-transient computer readable storage medium, comprising machine readable program codes which when being executed on an information processing machine, allow the information processing machine to execute a communication method comprising:
determining whether a first uplink transmission in a first subframe of a first base station overlaps in time with a second uplink transmission in a second subframe of a second base station during dual connectivity with the first base station and the second base station; and
if yes, allocating transmission power to the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission according to a priority order of the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission based on uplink control information,
wherein more transmission power is allocated to an uplink transmission with a higher priority while a total transmission power allocated to the first uplink transmission and the second uplink transmission does not exceed a maximum transmission power of an electronic device.
16. A non-transient computer readable storage medium, comprising machine readable program codes which when being executed on an information processing machine, allow the information processing machine to execute a communication method comprising:
determining whether a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) transmission in a first subframe of a first base station overlaps in time with a second PRACH transmission in a second subframe of a second base station during dual connectivity with the first base station and the second base station; and
if yes, allocating transmission power to the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission according to a priority order of the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission based on types of the first base station and the second base station,
wherein more transmission power is allocated to a MACH transmission with a higher priority while a total transmission power allocated to the first PRACH transmission and the second PRACH transmission does not exceed a maximum transmission power of an electronic device.
17. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a first base station node;
a second base station node; and
a wireless communication device communicating with the first and second base station nodes under dual connectivity,
wherein the first and second base station nodes perform scheduling coordination via an interface, to reduce a probability that transmission overlap of symbols between subframes occurs when the wireless communication device transmits uplink signals to the first and second base station nodes.
18. The wireless communication system according to claim 17 , wherein the scheduling coordination comprises any one of:
negotiating occupation of uplink subframes in a radio frame; and
staggering starting frames of the first base station node and the second base station node.
19. The wireless communication system according to claim 18 , wherein negotiating occupation of uplink subframes in the radio frame comprises grouping the uplink subframes into a plurality of subframes and assigning the uplink subframes to respective base station node on a group basis.
20. A method for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system,
wherein the wireless communication system comprises a first base station node, a second base station node, and a wireless communication device communicating with the first and second base station nodes under dual connectivity, and the method comprises:
performing via an interface, by the first and second base station nodes, scheduling coordination, to reduce a probability that transmission overlap of symbols between subframes occurs when the wireless communication device transmits uplink signals to the first and second base station nodes.