IP Library Granted Patent US 10,194,377
Granted Patent B2
US 10,194,377 · App. 15/245,599 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Network device and data backhaul implementation system and method

Inventors: Chunchang Tian (Beijing, CN); Yong Wu (Beijing, CN); Xinrui Feng (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W48/10H04B7/0626H04L5/0048H04W8/22H04W40/00H04W72/04H04B7/0632H04B7/0639
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Patent No.
US 10,194,377
App. No.
15/245,599
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a network device and a data backhaul implementation system and method, which can implement centralized and dynamic allocation of backhaul resources in a network and improve a data backhaul capacity of the entire network. The method includes: obtaining, according to channel state information, a backhaul request of a second network device, and residual backhaul capability information of a third network device, backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, where the backhaul control information includes backhaul network topology control information and physical resource allocation information; and sending the backhaul control information to the second network device and the third network device, so that the second network device and the third network device backhaul data according to the backhaul control information.

Claims (45)

1. A network device, comprising a memory, and a processor, wherein the memory stores a group of program code, and the processor is configured to call the program code stored in the memory, to execute the following operations:

obtaining, according to channel state information, a backhaul request of a second network device, residual backhaul capability information of a third network device, and backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, wherein the backhaul control information comprises backhaul network topology control information and physical resource allocation information;

broadcasting the backhaul control information to the second network device and the third network device, so that the second network device and the third network device backhaul data according to the backhaul control information; and

broadcasting a reference signal instruction message to the second network device and the third network device, wherein the reference signal instruction message is used to instruct one or more network devices of the second network device or the third network device to send a reference signal and another network device to measure the channel state information.

2. The network device according to claim 1 , wherein the network device further comprises:

receiving the channel state information from the second network device and the third network device, wherein the channel state information is obtained by the second network device and the third network device by performing measurement according to the reference signal instruction message, and the channel state information comprises a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a channel quality indicator (CQI), and a rank.

3. The network device according to claim 1 , wherein the network device further comprises:

obtaining the channel state information by using a third-party database.

4. The network device according to claim 1 , wherein the network device further comprises:

receiving the channel state information from the second network device and the third network device, wherein the channel state information is obtained by the second network device and the third network device by performing measurement according to a reference signal.

5. The network device according to claim 1 , wherein the network device further comprises:

receiving the backhaul request from the second network device, wherein the backhaul request comprises at least one of the following: a total data volume of a service that needs to be backhauled, an allowed transmission delay, a priority of a to-be-backhauled service, a minimum rate that needs to be supported by the to-be-backhauled service, or source/destination network information of the to-be-backhauled service.

6. The network device according to claim 1 , wherein the network device further comprises:

receiving the residual backhaul capability information from the third network device, wherein the residual backhaul capability information comprises at least one of the following: a backhaul capability margin, a delay experienced during backhaul, a buffer area size, a backhaul charging method, a type of a network in which backhaul arrives, or a backhaul link reliability index.

7. The network device according to claim 1 , wherein the backhaul network topology control information in the backhaul control information comprises at least one backhaul path, and the backhaul path is allocated to the second network device that sends the backhaul request; the physical resource allocation information in the backhaul control information comprises a corresponding physical resource that can be used in the backhaul path when the backhaul path comprised in the backhaul network topology control information is used; and

further, sending the backhaul control information to the second network device and the third network device, so that the second network device backhauls, by using the physical resource indicated by the physical resource allocation information, data in the backhaul path comprised in the backhaul network topology control information, and after receiving the backhaul control information, the third network device backhauls data according to the backhaul control information by using a backhaul capability of the third network device.

8. A data backhaul implementation system, comprising: a first network device, a second network device, and a third network device, wherein:

the first network device is configured to:

obtain, according to channel state information, a backhaul request of the second network device, residual backhaul capability information of the third network device, and backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data;

broadcast the backhaul control information to the second network device and the third network device, so that the second network device and the third network device backhaul data according to the backhaul control information; and

broadcast a reference signal instruction message to the second network device and the third network device, wherein the reference signal instruction message is used to instruct one or more network devices of the second network device or the third network device to send a reference signal and another network device to measure the channel state information;

the second network device is configured to:

send the backhaul request to the first network device, wherein the backhaul request is used to request the backhaul control information from the first network device; and

receive the backhaul control information broadcasted by the first network device, and backhaul data according to the backhaul control information; and

the third network device is configured to:

send the residual backhaul capability information to the first network device, wherein the residual backhaul capability information comprises information about a backhaul capability that is left after data is backhauled according to a backhaul capability of the third network device; and

receive the backhaul control information sent by the first network device, and backhaul data according to the backhaul control information; wherein

the backhaul control information comprises backhaul network topology control information and physical resource allocation information.

9. A data backhaul implementation method, comprising:

broadcasting a reference signal instruction message to a second network device and a third network device, wherein the reference signal instruction message is used to instruct one or more network devices of the second network device or the third network device to send a reference signal and another network device to measure channel state information;

obtaining, according to the channel state information, a backhaul request of the second network device, residual backhaul capability information of the third network device, and backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, wherein the backhaul control information comprises backhaul network topology control information and physical resource allocation information; and

sending the backhaul control information to the second network device and the third network device, so that the second network device and the third network device backhaul data according to the backhaul control information.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein after the broadcasting a reference signal instruction message to the second network device and the third network device, the method comprises the following step:

receiving the channel state information sent by the second network device and the third network device, wherein the channel state information is obtained by the second network device and the third network device by performing measurement according to the reference signal instruction message, and the channel state information comprises a precoding matrix indicator PMI, a channel quality indicator CQI, and a rank.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein before the obtaining backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, the method comprises the following step:

obtaining the channel state information by using a third-party database.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein before the obtaining backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, the method comprises the following step:

receiving the channel state information from the second network device and the third network device, wherein the channel state information is obtained by the second network device and the third network device by performing measurement according to a reference signal resource, and the reference signal resource comprises a common reference signal CRS and a demodulation reference signal DMRS.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein before the obtaining backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, the method comprises the following step:

receiving the backhaul request from the second network device, wherein the backhaul request comprises at least one of the following: a total data volume of a service that needs to be backhauled, an allowed transmission delay, a priority of a to-be-backhauled service, a minimum rate that needs to be supported by the to-be-backhauled service, or source/destination network information of the to-be-backhauled service.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein before the obtaining backhaul control information used for controlling the second network device and the third network device to backhaul data, the method comprises the following step:

receiving the residual backhaul capability information from the third network device, wherein the residual backhaul capability information comprises at least one of the following: a backhaul capability margin, a delay experienced during backhaul, a buffer area size, a backhaul charging method, a type of a network in which backhaul arrives, or a backhaul link reliability index.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the backhaul network topology control information in the backhaul control information comprises at least one backhaul path, and the backhaul path is allocated to the second network device that sends the backhaul request; the physical resource allocation information in the backhaul control information comprises a corresponding physical resource that can be used in the backhaul path when the backhaul path comprised in the backhaul network topology control information is used; and

further, that the second network device and the third network device backhaul data according to the backhaul control information comprises:

the second network device backhauls, by using the physical resource indicated by the physical resource allocation information, data in the backhaul path comprised in the backhaul network topology control information, and the third network device backhauls data according to the backhaul control information by using a backhaul capability of the third network device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2017
From: TIAN, CHUNCHANG; WU, YONG; FENG, XINRUI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043268/0512 →
Continuity (2)
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