Data transmission method and device
View Patent ↗The present invention discloses a data transmission method and device configured to address the problems in LTE-U employing the existing channel access mechanism, in which poor channel access capacity is caused, and congestion between UEs in the same cell is likely to occur if multiple UEs cannot access at the same time. The method comprises: sending, by a communication device, a signal during a GP between a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe to occupy a current channel; and transmitting, by the communication device, data via the current channel. The solution provided in embodiments of the present invention has low implementation complexity, and can address the problem of UL having a poorer opportunity to access than WIFI, thus facilitating the implementation of MU-FDM and MU-SDM to prevent significant degradation of LAA performance and a waste of radio resources.
1. A method for transmitting data, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a communication device, a signal in a switching duration between a downlink sub-frame and an uplink sub-frame to occupy a current channel; and
transmitting, by the communication device, data over the current channel;
when the communication device is a network device, then a sum of a second interval and a first interval is less than or equal to that of a preset interval of time, and the length of the first interval is more than or equal to a smallest length of guard; or when the communication device is a User Equipment, UE, then the sum of the length of the second interval and the first interval is less than or equal to that of the preset interval of time, and the length of the second interval is more than or equal to the smallest length of guard;
wherein the length of the first interval is a length of interval between end time of the signal transmitted in the switching duration and end time of the switching duration, and the length of the second interval is a length of interval between start time of the signal transmitted in the switching duration and start time of the switching duration.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the communication device is a User Equipment, UE;
before the communication device transmits the signal in the switching duration, the method further comprises: performing, by the communication device, Clear Channel Assessment, CCA, detection on the current channel in a timeslot for channel detection in the switching duration; and
transmitting, by the communication device, the signal in the switching duration comprises: transmitting, by the communication device, the signal in the switching duration if the current channel being idle is detected.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises a reservation signal indicating that the current channel is occupied;
wherein if the communication device is a network device, then the signal further comprises a downlink signal transmitted from the network device to a User Equipment, UE; and
if the communication device is a UE, the signal further comprises an uplink signal transmitted from the UE to a network device.
4. A communication device, comprising:
a memory and a processor;
wherein the processor is configured to read and execute program in the memory, to transmit a signal in a switching duration between a downlink sub-frame and an uplink sub-frame to occupy a current channel; and to transmit data over the current channel;
when the communication device is a network device, then a sum of a second interval and a first interval is less than or equal to that of a preset interval of time, and the length of the first interval is more than or equal to a smallest length of guard; or when the communication device is a User Equipment, UE, then the sum of the length of the second interval and the first interval is less than or equal to that of the preset interval of time, and the length of the second interval is more than or equal to the smallest length of guard;
wherein the length of the first interval is a length of interval between end time of the signal transmitted in the switching duration and end time of the switching duration, and the length of the second interval is a length of interval between start time of the signal transmitted in the switching duration and start time of the switching duration.
5. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the communication device is a User Equipment, UE, and the processor is further configured to perform CCA detection on the current channel in a timeslot for channel detection in the switching duration; and to transmit the signal in the switching duration if the processor detects the current channel being idle.
6. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the signal comprises a reservation signal indicating that the current channel is occupied;
wherein if the communication device is a network device, then the signal further comprises a downlink signal transmitted from the network device to a User Equipment, UE; and
if the communication device is a UE, the signal further comprises an uplink signal transmitted from the UE to a network device.