Method and apparatus for controlling radio resource control RRC state and base station

1. A method of controlling a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state, comprising:

when user equipment (UE) is in an RRC inactive state and has to-be-transmitted uplink service data, determining, by a fifth-generation base station, UE information of the UE and data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE, wherein the UE information of the UE comprises a UE type and a UE capability; and

when the determined UE information of the UE and/or the determined data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfy a preset condition, controlling, by the fifth-generation base station, the UE to switch to an RRC connected state;

the method further comprising:

calculating a fourth switching index associated with the UE information and a fifth switching index associated with the to-be-transmitted uplink service data;

performing weight sum of the fourth switching index and the fifth switching index to obtain a sixth switching index; and

when the sixth switching index is greater than a fourth switching threshold, determining that the UE information of the UE and the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfy the preset condition.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the determining the UE information of the UE comprises:

determining the UE type and the UE capability according to context information of the UE stored locally, or

acquiring the UE type and the UE capability from signaling associated with applying for radio resource configuration information sent by the UE.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

calculating a first switching index associated with the UE information according to the UE type and the UE capability of the UE; and

when the first switching index is greater than a first switching threshold, determining that the UE information of the UE satisfies the preset condition.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE comprises: a service type, a Quality of Service (QoS) configuration parameter and a buffered uplink data amount of to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE; and

the determining the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE comprises:

acquiring the service type and the QoS configuration parameter of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data from signaling associated with applying for radio resource configuration information sent by the UE; and

receiving the buffered uplink data amount reported by the UE in a preset reporting manner.

5. A method of controlling a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state, comprising:

when user equipment (UE) is in an RRC inactive state and has to-be-transmitted uplink service data, determining, by a fifth-generation base station, UE information of the UE and data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE, wherein the UE information of the UE comprises a UE type and a UE capability; and

when the determined UE information of the UE and/or the determined data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfy a preset condition, controlling, by the fifth-generation base station, the UE to switch to an RRC connected state;

wherein the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE comprises: a service type, a Quality of Service (QoS) configuration parameter and a buffered uplink data amount of to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE; and

the determining the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE comprises:

acquiring the service type and the QoS configuration parameter of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data from signaling associated with applying for radio resource configuration information sent by the UE; and

receiving the buffered uplink data amount reported by the UE in a preset reporting manner;

the method further comprising:

calculating a second switching index associated with the to-be-transmitted uplink service data according to the service type, the QoS configuration parameter and the buffered uplink data amount of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE; and

when the second switching index is greater than a second switching threshold, determining that the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfies the preset condition.

6. An apparatus employing the method of controlling a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state according to claim 1 , the apparatus comprising:

an information determining module, configured to determine user equipment (UE) information of UE and data information of to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE when the UE is in an RRC inactive state and has the to-be-transmitted uplink service data;

a switching module, configured to control the UE to switch to an RRC connected state when the information determining module determines that the UE information of the UE and/or the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfy a preset condition; and

a wireless transmitting/receiving portion and an antenna configured to transmit signals containing the service data;

wherein:

the UE information of the UE comprises a UE type and a UE capability; and

the information determining module comprises:

a determining sub-module, configured to determine the UE type and the UE capability according to context information of the UE stored locally, or

a first analyzing sub-module, configured to acquire the UE type and the UE capability from signaling associated with applying for radio resource configuration information sent by the UE;

the apparatus further comprising:

a first calculating module, configured to calculate a first switching index associated with the UE information according to the UE type and the UE capability of the UE; and

a first determining module, configured to determine that the UE information of the UE satisfies the preset condition when the first switching index calculated by the first calculating module is greater than a first switching threshold.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE comprises: a service type, a Quality of Service (QoS) configuration parameter and a buffered uplink data amount of to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE; and

the information determining module comprises:

a second analyzing sub-module, configured to acquire the service type and the QoS configuration parameter of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data from signaling associated with applying for radio resource configuration information sent by the UE; and

a first receiving sub-module, configured to receive the buffered uplink data amount reported by the UE in a preset reporting manner.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:

a second calculating module, configured to calculate a second switching index associated with the to-be-transmitted uplink service data according to the service type, the QoS configuration parameter and the buffered uplink data amount of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE; and

a second determining module, configured to determine that the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfies the preset condition when the second switching index calculated by the second calculating module is greater than a second switching threshold.

9. A fifth-generation base station, comprising:

a processor; and

a storage configured to store processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

when user equipment (UE) is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state and has to-be-transmitted uplink service data, determine UE information of the UE and data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE, wherein the UE information of the UE comprises: a UE type and a UE capability; and

when the determined UE information of the UE and/or the determined data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfy a preset condition, control the UE to switch to an RRC connected state;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate a fourth switching index associated with the UE information and a fifth switching index associated with the to-be-transmitted uplink service data;

perform weight sum of the fourth switching index and the fifth switching index to obtain a sixth switching index; and

when the sixth switching index is greater than a fourth switching threshold, determine that the UE information of the UE and the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfy the preset condition.

10. The base station of claim 9 , wherein

the processor is configured to determine the UE information of the UE by:

determining the UE type and the UE capability according to context information of the UE stored locally, or

acquiring the UE type and the UE capability from signaling associated with applying for radio resource configuration information sent by the UE.

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate a first switching index associated with the UE information according to the UE type and the UE capability of the UE; and

when the first switching index is greater than a first switching threshold, determine that the UE information of the UE satisfies the preset condition.

12. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE comprises: a service type, a Quality of Service (QoS) configuration parameter and a buffered uplink data amount of to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE; and

the processor is configured to determine the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE by:

acquiring the service type and the QoS configuration parameter of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data from signaling associated with applying for radio resource configuration information sent by the UE; and

receiving the buffered uplink data amount reported by the UE in a preset reporting manner.

13. The base station of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate a second switching index associated with the to-be-transmitted uplink service data according to the service type, the QoS configuration parameter and the buffered uplink data amount of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE; and

when the second switching index is greater than a second switching threshold, determine that the data information of the to-be-transmitted uplink service data for the UE satisfies the preset condition.