IP Library Granted Patent US 8,780,822
Granted Patent B2
US 8,780,822 · App. 12/769,809 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Method, apparatus and system for transmitting information

Inventors: Jie Ma (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Lin (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,780,822
App. No.
12/769,809
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting information includes: by a NodeB, receiving a message for setting up/reconfiguring a shared Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) transmission channel from a Radio Network Controller (RNC); and setting up the shared E-DCH transmission channel according to parameters in the message, and exchanging information with the RNC through an established shared E-DCH transmission bearer. A system and NodeB for transmitting information are also provided. With the present invention, the NodeB and the RNC can share the E-DCH transmission bearer, thus saving the channel resources between the NodeB and the RNC while speeding up the information transmission between the RNC and the NodeB.

Claims (70)

1. A method for transmitting information, comprising:

sending, by a radio network controller (RNC), a message for setting up or reconfiguring a shared enhanced dedicated channel (shared E-DCH) to a NodeB;

receiving, by the RNC, information from the NodeB about the shared E-DCH that the NodeB set up or reconfigured according to the message from the RNC to the NodeB;

exchanging, by the RNC, information with the NodeB through the shared E-DCH;

wherein the message from the RNC to the NodeB comprises the following parameters that are needed when a user equipment (UE) performs a random access procedure through the shared E-DCH: a signature list, a relevant physical layer parameter, and a transmission bearer parameter;

and wherein the signature list is sent from the RNC to the NodeB in a same manner as sending a preamble signature in a physical random access channel (PRACH);

and wherein the exchanging information with the NodeB through the shared E-DCH comprises:

receiving, by the RNC, E-DCH data including a UE identity (ID) from the NodeB, and

resolving, by the RNC, the E-DCH data received including the UE ID to obtain the UE ID; wherein the E-DCH data including the UE ID is obtained by adding, by the NodeB, the UE ID of a UE into information received from the UE and converting, by the NodeB, data and the UE ID in the information into the E-DCH data including the UE ID, wherein the information received from the UE does not include any UE ID.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information received from the NodeB comprises at least one of a transmission layer address and a binding identification (ID).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relevant physical layer parameter comprises:

E-DPCH (enhanced dedicated physical channel) information,

E-DCH FDD (enhanced dedicated channel frequency division duplex) Information, and

F-DPCH (fractional dedicated physical channel) Information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the E-DPCH information comprises the following items:

a maximum set of an E-DPDCH (enhanced dedicated physical data channel),

a puncture limit,

E-TFCS (enhanced transport format combination set) Information,

an E-TTI (enhanced transmission time interval),

an E-DPCCH (enhanced dedicated physical control channel) power offset, and

HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) information for the shared E-DCH.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission bearer parameter comprises the following items:

a binding identification (ID),

a transport layer address,

a common transport channel ID,

a transport format set, and

a TNL (transport network layer) QoS (quality of service).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameters further comprise a relevant physical layer channel parameter; and

the relevant physical layer channel parameter is:

a format indication added in Arrest Indication Channel (AICH) information sent by the RNC to the NodeB.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameters further comprise: a relevant physical layer channel parameter; and

the relevant physical layer channel parameter is:

at least one of these items: a physical layer parameter added in HS-SCCH information sent from the RNC to the NodeB, High Speed-DSCH-related Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) format number added in HS-SCCH information sent from the RNC to the NodeB, and HS-SCCH time sequence relation added in HS-SCCH information sent from the RNC to the NodeB.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameters further comprise: a relevant physical layer channel parameter; and

the relevant physical layer channel parameter is:

at least one of these items: a physical layer parameter added in HS-PDSCH information sent by the RNC to the NodeB, High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (HS-PDSCH) time sequence relation added in HS-PDSCH information sent by the RNC to the NodeB, and a transmission channel parameter added in HS-PDSCH information sent by the RNC to the NodeB.

9. A radio network controller (RNC), comprising:

a transmitter, configured to send a message for setting up or reconfiguring a shared enhanced dedicated channel (shared E-DCH) to a NodeB; and

a receiver, configured to receive information from the NodeB about the shared E-DCH that the NodeB set up or reconfigured according to the message from the RNC to the NodeB and receive E-DCH data including a UE identity (ID) from the NodeB;

a processor, configured to resolve the E-DCH data received including the UE ID to obtain the UE ID;

wherein the message from the RNC to the NodeB comprises the following parameters that are needed when a user equipment (UE) performs a random access procedure through the shared E-DCH: a signature list, a relevant physical layer parameter, and a transmission bearer parameter;

and wherein the signature list is sent from the RNC to the NodeB in a same manner as sending a preamble signature in a physical random access channel (PRACH);

and wherein the E-DCH data including the UE ID is obtained by adding, by the NodeB, the UE ID of a UE into information received from the UE and converting, by the NodeB, data and the UE ID in the information into the E-DCH data including the UE ID, wherein the information received from the UE does not include any UE ID.

10. The RNC of claim 9 , wherein the information received from the NodeB comprises at least one of a transmission layer address and a binding identification (ID).

11. The RNC of claim 9 , wherein the relevant physical layer parameter comprises:

E-DPCH (enhanced dedicated physical channel) information,

E-DCH FDD (enhanced dedicated channel frequency division duplex) Information, and

F-DPCH (fractional dedicated physical channel) Information.

12. The RNC of claim 11 , wherein the E-DPCH information comprises the following items:

a maximum set of an E-DPDCH (enhanced dedicated physical data channel),

a puncture limit,

E-TFCS (enhanced transport format combination set) Information,

an E-TTI (enhanced transmission time interval),

an E-DPCCH (enhanced dedicated physical control channel) power offset, and

HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) information for the shared E-DCH.

13. The RNC of claim 9 , wherein the transmission bearer parameter comprises the following items:

a binding identification (ID),

a transport layer address,

a common transport channel ID,

a transport format set, and

a TNL (transport network layer) QoS (quality of service).

14. The RNC of claim 9 , wherein the parameters further comprise: a relevant physical layer channel parameter; and

the relevant physical layer channel parameter is:

a format indication added in Arrest Indication Channel (AICH) information sent by the RNC to the NodeB.

15. The RNC of claim 9 , wherein the parameters further comprise: a relevant physical layer channel parameter; and

the relevant physical layer channel parameter is:

at least one of these items: a physical layer parameter added in HS-SCCH information sent from the RNC to the NodeB, High Speed-DSCH-related Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) format number added in HS-SCCH information sent from the RNC to the NodeB, and HS-SCCH time sequence relation added in HS-SCCH information sent from the RNC to the NodeB.

16. The RNC of claim 9 , wherein the parameters further comprise: a relevant physical layer channel parameter; and

the relevant physical layer channel parameter is:

at least one of these items: a physical layer parameter added in HS-PDSCH information sent by the RNC to the NodeB, High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (HS-PDSCH) time sequence relation added in HS-PDSCH information sent by the RNC to the NodeB, and a transmission channel parameter added in HS-PDSCH information sent by the RNC to the NodeB.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2010
From: MA, JIE; LIN, BO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024308/0451 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2007 1 0124236 · Oct 31, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
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