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US 11,330,588 · App. 16/776,082 · Granted May 10, 2022

Method for selecting carrier and communication device

Inventor: Hai Tang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/0453H04W24/08H04W28/08H04W72/0486H04W72/085
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Patent No.
US 11,330,588
App. No.
16/776,082
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a carrier selection method and a communications device. The method includes: obtaining channel busy ratios (CBRs) of a plurality of candidate carriers and selecting, when a value of a resource reselection counter C_resel is equal to 0, a carrier from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers. Therefore, the carrier is selected from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers, thereby reducing carrier switching frequency and ensuring system stability while the carrier is selected.

Claims (42)

1. A carrier selection method comprising:

obtaining channel busy ratios (CBRs) of a plurality of candidate carriers; and

decreasing by one value of a resource reselection counter each time data is transmitted over a time frequency resource; and

when a value of the resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers, and resetting the resource reselection counter,

wherein the selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

selecting one or more carriers having a smallest CBR as to-be-used carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of candidate carriers is configured with a corresponding resource reselection counter, and wherein when a value of the resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

when a value of any resource reselection counter in a plurality of resource reselection counters configured for the plurality of candidate carriers is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of candidate carriers are configured with a same resource reselection counter, and wherein when a value of the resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

when a value of the same resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is performed by a terminal device, and wherein obtaining CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

measuring, by the terminal device, the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers, to obtain the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is performed by a network device, and wherein obtaining CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises receiving, by the network device, the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers that are reported by a terminal device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers is irrelevant to a probability resource keep parameter.

7. A communications device comprising:

a processor;

a memory configured to store an instruction,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instruction to:

obtain channel busy ratios (CBRs) of a plurality of candidate carriers; and

decrease by one value of a resource reselection counter each time data is transmitted over a time frequency resource; and

when a value of the resource reselection counter is equal to 0, select one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers and reset the resource reselection counter,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instruction to select one or more carriers having a smallest CBR as to-be-used carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

8. The communications device of claim 7 wherein a corresponding resource reselection counter is configured for each of the plurality of candidate carriers, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the instruction to:

when a value of any resource reselection counter in a plurality of resource reselection counters configured for the plurality of candidate carriers is equal to 0, select one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

9. The communications device of claim 7 wherein a same resource reselection counter is configured for the plurality of candidate carriers, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the instruction to:

when a value of the same resource reselection counter is equal to 0, select one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

10. The communications device of claim 7 wherein the communications device is a terminal device, and the processor is configured to execute the instruction to measure the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers, to obtain the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

11. The communications device of claim 7 wherein the communications device is a network device, and the network device comprises a transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instruction to control the transceiver to receive the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers reported by a terminal device.

12. The communications device of claim 7 wherein selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers is irrelevant to a probability resource keep parameter.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-storage media storing instructions that, upon execution on a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations including:

obtaining channel busy ratios (CBRs) of a plurality of candidate carriers;

decreasing by one value of a resource reselection counter each time data is transmitted over a time frequency resource; and

when a value of the resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers, and resetting the resource reselection counter,

wherein the operation of selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

selecting one or more carriers having a smallest CBR as to-be-used carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-storage media of claim 13 wherein each of the plurality of candidate carriers is configured with a corresponding resource reselection counter, and wherein when a value of the resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

when a value of any resource reselection counter in a plurality of resource reselection counters configured for the plurality of candidate carriers is equal to 0, selecting a carrier from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-storage media of claim 13 wherein the plurality of candidate carriers are configured with a same resource reselection counter, and wherein when a value of the resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

when a value of the same resource reselection counter is equal to 0, selecting a-one or more carriers from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-storage media of claim 13 wherein the operations are performed by a terminal device, and the obtaining CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises:

measuring, by the terminal device, the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers, to obtain the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-storage media of claim 13 wherein the operations are performed by a network device, and wherein obtaining CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers comprises receiving, by the network device, the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers that are reported by a terminal device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2020
From: TANG, HAI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051745/0398 →
Continuity (2)
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