IP Library Granted Patent US 11,678,366
Granted Patent B2
US 11,678,366 · App. 17/385,618 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Method and apparatus for resource scheduling using an access identifier

Inventors: Baokun Shan (Shenzhen, CN); Yinghui Yu (Beijing, CN); Li Chen (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W74/004H04W48/08H04W72/1268H04W72/23H04W52/0212H04W74/006H04W74/0833Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 11,678,366
App. No.
17/385,618
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a resource scheduling method, an access network device, and user equipment, to reduce a quantity of times of applying for an uplink resource by using a random access process, reduce additional signaling overheads brought to the user equipment, and reduce power consumption of the user equipment. The method part in the embodiments of this application includes: determining, by an access network device, a target time interval in which user equipment monitors a downlink control channel; and sending, by the access network device, uplink resource scheduling information to the user equipment by using the downlink control channel in the target time interval.

Claims (62)

1. A method performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:

sending an access request to an access network device using an access channel resource;

determining an access identifier based on floor(SFN/Period), wherein floor( ) represents rounding down, SFN is a system frame number, and Period is a minimum access channel resource period; and

receiving, based on the access identifier, scheduling information of an access response from the access network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access identifier is further determined based on a narrowband identifier.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+a coefficient 1*a resource parameter 1+a coefficient 2*a resource parameter 2++a coefficient n *a resource parameter n , wherein the coefficient 1, coefficient 2, . . . ,and coefficient n are positive integers, and floor(SFN/Period) is any one of the resource parameter 1,resource parameter 2, . . . ,and resource parameter n.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period).

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*band_id, wherein band_id is a narrowband identifier.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*(HSFN mod z ), wherein HSFN is a system hyper frame number, z is a quantity of system hyper frames that are covered by a maximum access response receiving window length.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access identifier is used to scramble the scheduling information of the access response.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing program instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein when executed by the processor, the program instructions cause the apparatus to:

send an access request to an access network device by using an access channel resource;

determine an access identifier based on floor(SFN/Period), wherein floor( ) represents rounding down, SFN is a system frame number, and Period is a minimum access channel resource period; and

receive, based on the access identifier, scheduling information of an access response from the access network device.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the access identifier is further determined based on a narrowband identifier.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+a coefficient 1*a resource parameter 1+a coefficient 2*a resource parameter 2+ . . . +a coefficient n *a resource parameter n , wherein the coefficient 1, coefficient 2, . . . , and coefficient n are positive integers, and floor(SFN/Period) is any one of the resource parameter 1, resource parameter 2, . . . , and resource parameter n.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period).

12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*band_id, wherein band_id is a narrowband identifier.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*(HSFN mod z ), wherein HSFN is a system hyper frame number, z is a quantity of system hyper frames that are covered by a maximum access response receiving window length.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the access identifier is used to scramble the scheduling information of the access response.

15. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is a user equipment.

16. A method performed by an access network device, the method comprising:

receiving an access request from a user equipment by using an access channel resource;

determining an access identifier based on floor(SFN/Period), wherein floor( ) represents rounding down, SFN is a system frame number, and Period is a minimum access channel resource period; and

sending scheduling information of an access response to the user equipment based on the access identifier.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the access identifier is further determined based on a narrowband identifier.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+a coefficient 1*a resource parameter 1+a coefficient 2*a resource parameter 2++a coefficient n *a resource parameter n , wherein the coefficient 1, coefficient 2, . . . , and coefficient n are positive integers, and floor(SFN/Period) is any one of the resource parameter 1, resource parameter 2, . . . , and resource parameter n.

19. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period).

20. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*band_id, wherein band_id is a narrowband identifier.

21. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*(HSFN mod z ), wherein HSFN is a system hyper frame number, z is a quantity of system hyper frames that are covered by a maximum access response receiving window length.

22. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the access identifier is used to scramble the scheduling information of the access response.

23. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing program instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein when executed by the processor, the program instructions cause the apparatus to:

receive an access request from a user equipment by using an access channel resource;

determine an access identifier based on floor(SFN/Period), wherein floor( ) represents rounding down, SFN is a system frame number, and Period is a minimum access channel resource period; and

send scheduling information of an access response to the user equipment based on the access identifier.

24. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the access identifier is further determined based on a narrowband identifier.

25. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+a coefficient 1*a resource parameter 1+a coefficient 2*a resource parameter 2++a coefficient n *a resource parameter n , wherein the coefficient 1, coefficient 2, . . . , and coefficient n are positive integers, and floor(SFN/Period) is any one of the resource parameter 1, resource parameter 2, . . . , and resource parameter n.

26. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period).

27. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*band_id, wherein band_id is a narrowband identifier.

28. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the access identifier (RA-RNTI) satisfies:

RA-RNTI=1+floor(SFN/Period)+(a maximum value of floor(SFN/Period)+1)*(HSFN mod z ), wherein HSFN is a system hyper frame number, z is a quantity of system hyper frames that are covered by a maximum access response receiving window length.

29. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the access identifier is used to scramble the scheduling information of the access response.

30. The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the apparatus is an access network device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: SHAN, BAOKUN; YU, YINGHUI; CHEN, LI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
WO PCT/CN2016/078381 · Apr 1, 2016 · international
WO PCT/CN2016/085614 · Jun 13, 2016 · international
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16148818 · Oct 1, 2018
Continuation PCTCN2016104527 · Nov 4, 2016
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