CN110769398A

CN110769398A - System message sending method and RAN (radio access network) equipment

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Publication number: CN110769398A
Application number: CN201810841217.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王浩娟
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-07-27
Filing date: 2018-07-27
Publication date: 2020-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-27
Also published as: CN110769398B

Abstract

The application discloses a method for sending a system message and RAN equipment, wherein when the RAN equipment which currently supports multiple communication technologies determines that the system message needs to be updated, the RAN equipment firstly determines the common starting time of the updating periods of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, takes effect when the time is reached, and sends the system message. Since the RAN device sends the system message at the common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of multiple communication technologies, by adopting the scheme, the RAN device and the terminal devices supporting multiple communication technologies in the cell managed by the RAN device can take effect of the new system message at the same time. In this way, the RAN device and the terminal device supporting various communication technologies can simultaneously adopt the same resource configuration for communication, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the terminal device supporting various communication technologies.

Description

System message sending method and RAN (radio access network) equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a system message sending method and RAN equipment.

Background

With the development of communication technology, in order to meet the requirement of expanding the functions of the communication system, the communication system may be compatible with other communication technologies (e.g., machine-type communication (MTC) technologies, etc.) on the basis of supporting the original mobile communication technology.

Accordingly, Radio Access Network (RAN) devices in a communication system need to have conventional mobile communication functions as well as other communication functions. Terminal devices supporting multiple communication technologies may coexist in a cell managed by the RAN device. Since the terminal device supporting any communication technology needs to configure resources in the same cell, the system message (e.g., System Information Block (SIB)) broadcasted by the RAN device is transmitted for the terminal device supporting each communication technology in the cell. However, the configuration of the system information (i.e., the scheduling period and the update period) of different communication technologies is generally different.

For example, in order to support a cost/coverage enhancement-oriented internet of things terminal, an enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) technology is introduced into a communication system using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. A cell managed by the RAN device needs to provide access services for a terminal device supporting an LTE technology (hereinafter, may be referred to as an LTE terminal device) and a terminal device supporting an eMTC technology (hereinafter, may be referred to as an eMTC terminal device) at the same time. Aiming at the eMTC technology, the communication system is additionally provided with a set of system information configuration mode which is configured independently from the traditional system information maintenance mode of the LTE technology. Generally, in order to ensure that the eMTC terminal device saves power, values of a scheduling period and an updating period of a system message of the eMTC technology are both large.

Based on the above situation, when the RAN device validates a new system message, both the LTE function and the eMTC function in the RAN device enable resource configuration of the system message, and the RAN device broadcasts the system message in the managed cell. If the RAN device takes effect of the new system message in the system message configuration mode of the first technology, the terminal device supporting the first technology may monitor the system message in the system message configuration mode of the first technology, but the terminal device supporting the second technology may not monitor the system message in the system message configuration mode of the second technology. This results in inconsistency between the time points at which the RAN apparatus side and the terminal apparatus side supporting the second technology take effect of the new system message, and the RAN apparatus and the terminal apparatus supporting the second technology use different resource configurations, which further affects the communication quality of the terminal apparatus supporting the second technology.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a system message sending method and RAN equipment, which are used for ensuring that the RAN equipment and terminal equipment supporting multiple communication technologies in a cell managed by the RAN equipment can take effect of new system messages at the same time, and further ensuring the communication quality of the terminal equipment supporting various communication technologies.

The embodiment of the application provides the following specific technical scheme:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for sending a system message, where the method may be applied to a communication system supporting multiple communication technologies, and the method specifically includes the following steps:

the RAN equipment of the radio access network acquires updated resource configuration information;

the RAN equipment determines a target time according to an update cycle of system messages of a plurality of communication technologies when the RAN equipment determines that the RAN equipment supports the plurality of communication technologies, wherein the target time is a common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of the plurality of communication technologies;

the RAN equipment determines the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time;

the RAN equipment sends the system message change notification at the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology;

and the RAN equipment performs resource configuration at the target moment according to the resource configuration information and sends a system message, wherein the system message comprises the updated resource configuration information.

In the method, since the RAN device transmits the system message at the common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, with the method, the RAN device and the terminal devices supporting the multiple communication technologies in the cell managed by the RAN device can simultaneously validate the new system message. In this way, the RAN device and the terminal device supporting various communication technologies can simultaneously adopt the same resource configuration for communication, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the terminal device supporting various communication technologies.

In one possible implementation, the plurality of communication technologies includes: long term evolution, LTE, technology and enhanced machine type communication, eMTC, technology.

In this way, the method can be applied to a 4G communication system supporting LTE technology and eMTC technology.

In a possible implementation manner, a difference between the target time and the current time is greater than or equal to a time threshold, and a value of the time threshold is a maximum update period among update periods of the system messages of the plurality of communication technologies.

In this way, it can be ensured that for each communication technology, the RAN device can reserve an update period to send a system message change notification before the target time.

In one possible implementation, the determining, by the RAN device, the target time according to an update cycle of the system messages of the plurality of communication technologies includes:

when the RAN equipment determines that the update cycle of the system message of the first communication technology is integral multiple of the update cycle of the system message of the second communication technology, determining the starting time of the update cycle of the first communication technology as the target time;

wherein the first communication technology is any one of the plurality of communication technologies, and the second communication technology is another one of the plurality of communication technologies other than the first communication technology.

In this way, when the update period of the system message of the first communication technology is an integer multiple of the update period of the system message of the second communication technology, the efficiency of the RAN device in determining the target time may be improved.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining, by the RAN device, a sending time of a system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to an update cycle of a system message of each communication technology and the target time respectively includes:

and the RAN equipment subtracts the update period of the system message of each communication technology from the target time to obtain the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology.

In this way, the RAN device can quickly determine the transmission time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a radio access network RAN device, where the RAN device may be applied in a communication system supporting multiple communication technologies, where the RAN device includes:

a processing unit to:

acquiring updated resource configuration information;

determining a target time according to the update cycle of the system messages of the plurality of communication technologies when a plurality of communication technologies are supported currently, wherein the target time is a common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of the plurality of communication technologies;

determining the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time;

controlling the communication unit to transmit the system message change notification at the transmission time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology;

performing resource allocation according to the resource allocation information at the target moment, and controlling the communication unit to send a system message, wherein the system message comprises the updated resource allocation information;

the communication unit is configured to: and sending the system message change notification and the system message.

In a possible implementation manner, when determining the target time according to the update cycle of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, the processing unit is specifically configured to:

determining the starting time of the update cycle of the first communication technology as the target time when determining that the update cycle of the system message of the first communication technology is integral multiple of the update cycle of the system message of the second communication technology;

In one possible implementation manner, when determining the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time, the processing unit is specifically configured to:

and respectively subtracting the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology from the target time to obtain the sending time of the system message change notice corresponding to each communication technology.

In the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, when determining that a system message needs to be updated, a RAN device currently supporting multiple communication technologies first determines a common starting time of update cycles of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, and takes effect and sends the system message when the time arrives. Since the RAN device sends the system message at the common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of multiple communication technologies, by adopting the scheme, the RAN device and the terminal devices supporting multiple communication technologies in the cell managed by the RAN device can take effect of the new system message at the same time. In this way, the RAN device and the terminal device supporting various communication technologies can simultaneously adopt the same resource configuration for communication, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the terminal device supporting various communication technologies.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram of an example of a system message configuration manner of an LTE technology according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a diagram of a communication system architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for sending a system message according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of system message transmission according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a RAN device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of another RAN device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application provides a system message sending method and RAN equipment, which are used for ensuring that the RAN equipment and terminal equipment supporting multiple communication technologies in a cell managed by the RAN equipment can take effect of new system messages at the same time, and further ensuring the communication quality of the terminal equipment supporting various communication technologies. The method and the device are based on the same inventive concept, and because the principles of solving the problems of the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred, and repeated parts are not repeated.

Some terms in the embodiments of the present application will be explained below to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.

1. A communication system is a system capable of realizing communication between a terminal device and a data network. In the embodiment of the present application, the communication system not only supports the basic mobile communication technology, but also is compatible with multiple communication technologies, that is, the communication function can be realized by using multiple communication technologies.

Optionally, The communication system may be a communication system of various systems at present, such as a fourth Generation (4G) communication system, a fifth Generation (5G) communication system, and other communication systems evolved based on The above communication system, which is not limited in The embodiment of The present application.

2. Communication technology, technology for implementing communication functions of a communication system. For example, the communication technology includes a mobile communication technology, an MTC technology, and the like. The communication technologies supported by the communication systems are different according to the different standards of the communication systems. For example, when the communication system is a 4G communication system, the mobile communication technology may be an LTE technology, and the MTC technology may be an eMTC technology. For another example, when the communication system is a 5G communication system, the mobile communication technology may be a New Radio (NR) technology.

3. The RAN device is a device for accessing a terminal device to a wireless network in a communication system. The RAN network device is a node in a radio access network, which may also be referred to as a base station, and may also be referred to as a RAN node. Currently, some examples of RAN equipment are: a gbb, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), a Node B (Node B, NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), a general Node B (gNB), a Radio Network Controller (RNC), a Base Station Controller (BSC), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved Node B, or home Node B, HNB), a Base Band Unit (BBU), and the like.

It should be noted that, according to the above description, the communication system can support multiple communication technologies, and accordingly, in the embodiment of the present application, the RAN device also supports multiple communication technologies, and can access the terminal device supporting the communication technology to the wireless network through each communication technology.

4. A terminal device, also referred to as a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Terminal (MT), etc., is a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. Such as a handheld device, a vehicle-mounted device, etc., having a wireless connection function. Currently, some examples of terminal devices are: a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a wearable device, a Virtual Reality (VR) device, an Augmented Reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in unmanned driving (self), a wireless terminal in remote surgery (remote medical supply), a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in city (smart city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), and the like.

It is noted that the terminal devices supporting different communication technologies are embodied differently. For example, the terminal device supporting the mobile communication technology is generally a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like; terminal equipment supporting the eMTC technology is generally various internet of things terminal equipment, such as a smart electric meter, a smart water meter, a wireless terminal in a smart city and a smart home.

5. The resource configuration information is configuration information of radio resources common to all terminal devices (including terminal devices supporting different communication technologies) in a cell managed by the RAN device. The RAN device may generally broadcast the resource configuration information to the terminal devices within the cell via system messages. Optionally, in the 4G communication system, the system message carrying the resource configuration information may be SIB 2.

6. Multiple kinds, at least two kinds.

A plurality of, at least two.

In addition, it is to be understood that the terms first, second, etc. in the description of the present application are used for distinguishing between the descriptions and not necessarily for describing a sequential or chronological order.

In order to better understand the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, a system message configuration manner is described below by taking an LTE technology as an example.

After acquiring the updated resource configuration information and determining that the system message carrying the updated resource configuration information needs to be broadcasted, the RAN device sends a system message change notification and the system message according to a set update period of the system message of the LTE technology. For example, as shown in fig. 1, after acquiring updated resource configuration information, a base station determines an nth update period closest to the current time, and then starts to send a system message at the start time of the nth update period to notify a terminal device supporting LTE technology (hereinafter, referred to as LTE terminal device) in a cell to monitor a new system message in a next update period (i.e., an n +1 th update period). And the RAN takes effect on the configuration of the new system message at the starting moment of the (n + 1) th updating period, namely, performs resource configuration according to the resource configuration information and simultaneously sends the new system message.

Wherein, the sending mode of the system message is broadcast.

It should be further noted that each update period may include m scheduling periods, where m is a preset integer greater than 2. In the nth update period, the RAN device may transmit a system message change notification multiple times according to the scheduling period. During the (n + 1) th update period, the RAN device may transmit a new system message multiple times according to the scheduling period.

And after receiving the system message change notification in the nth update period, the LTE terminal device monitors a new system message in the (n + 1) th update period, and performs resource configuration according to the resource configuration information in the system message after monitoring the new system message. In this way, the RAN device and the LTE terminal device can validate the new system message at the same time, so that the same resource configuration can be used for communication.

In addition, it should be understood that the system message configuration manner of other communication technologies is similar to the system message configuration manner of the LTE technology, and is not described in detail in this embodiment. The only difference is that the size of the update period is different and the number of scheduling periods contained in each update period is different.

In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following describes the solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of a communication system to which the system message sending method provided in the embodiment of the present application is applied, where the communication system supports multiple communication technologies. As shown in fig. 2, the communication system includes a RAN apparatus 201 and a terminal apparatus 202.

The RAN device 201 is responsible for providing a Service related to radio access for the terminal device 202, and implements functions such as a radio physical layer function, resource scheduling and radio resource management, Quality of Service (QoS) management, radio access control, and mobility management. Since the communication system supports multiple communication technologies, accordingly, the RAN device can also support multiple communication technologies.

Alternatively, the RAN device may set a supported communication technology in addition to the basic mobile communication technology. For example, the RAN device may set that the RAN device currently supports or does not support eMTC technology by turning on or off some eMTC function.

The terminal device 202 is a device that accesses a network through the RAN device 201. Terminal devices 202 may be divided into various types depending on the communication technology supported. For example, as shown in fig. 2, the communication system includes a terminal device 202 supporting a first communication technology and a terminal device 202 supporting a second communication technology.

In the communication system, the RAN device 201 and each terminal device 202 are connected by a Uu interface, thereby realizing communication between the terminal device 202 and the RAN device 201.

The embodiment of the application provides a system message sending method. The method may be applied to a communication system as shown in fig. 2. Referring to fig. 3, the specific process of the method includes:

s301: the RAN device obtains the updated resource configuration information.

Optionally, the RAN device may obtain updated resource configuration information input by a user, or obtain the pre-stored resource configuration information.

Note that the resource configuration information is configuration information of radio resources common to all terminal devices (terminal devices supporting all communication technologies) in a cell managed by the RAN device, and examples of the configuration information include: resource allocation and scheduling of an Uplink Random Access Channel (RACH), a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), a Channel Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and Uplink Channel power control information; and resource allocation of a Downlink Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH), a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), and a Paging Control Channel (PCCH).

S302: the RAN equipment determines a target time according to the update cycle of the system messages of the plurality of communication technologies when the RAN equipment determines that the plurality of communication technologies support currently, wherein the target time is a common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of the plurality of communication technologies.

When the RAN device only supports one communication technology (generally, a mobile communication technology), the RAN device may process according to a conventional system message configuration manner, which may specifically refer to fig. 1, and is not described herein again.

Optionally, the plurality of communication technologies may include a mobile communication technology and at least one other communication technology (e.g., MTC technology). For example, when the communication system is a 4G communication system, the mobile communication technology may be an LTE technology, and the MTC technology may be an eMTC technology.

In addition, in order to ensure that the RAN device can reserve an update cycle to send a system message change notification before the target time for each communication technology, the target time further needs to satisfy the following conditions:

and the difference between the target time and the current time is greater than or equal to a set time threshold, and the value of the time threshold is the maximum update period in the update periods of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies.

Optionally, based on the above-mentioned limiting condition, the RAN device may determine a plurality of candidate time instants satisfying the above-mentioned condition. At this time, in order to improve the efficiency of resource configuration performed by the RAN device and the terminal device in the cell managed by the RAN device, the RAN device may select the candidate time closest to the current time as the target time.

Optionally, the RAN device may perform S302 by:

By the above method, in the case that the update cycle of the system message of the first communication technology is an integer multiple of the update cycle of the system message of the second communication technology, the efficiency of the RAN device in determining the target time may be improved.

S303: and the RAN equipment determines the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time.

The RAN device may perform S303 by:

S304: and the RAN equipment sends the system message change notification at the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology.

Optionally, when the system message configuration mode corresponding to any one of the communication technologies includes a scheduling period, the RAN device repeatedly transmits a plurality of system message change notifications according to the frequency of the scheduling period between the transmission time of the system message change notification and the target time.

S305: and the RAN equipment performs resource configuration at the target moment according to the resource configuration information and sends a system message, wherein the system message comprises the updated resource configuration information.

Wherein the RAN device transmits the system message in a broadcast manner.

In S305, the RAN device performs resource configuration at the target time, that is, the RAN device validates the system message. In addition, after the RAN device broadcasts the system message at the target time, the terminal device supporting each communication technology in the managed cell may receive the system message, and perform resource configuration according to the resource configuration information carried in the system message.

Optionally, the system message may be generated at any time after S301 and before S305, which is not limited in this embodiment of the application.

The following describes an example of system message transmission provided in the embodiment of the present application, by taking an example that RAN equipment in a communication system supports simultaneous support of an LTE technology and an eMTC technology. The system message configuration method of the LTE technology and the system message configuration method of the eMTC technology are respectively shown in fig. 4 (a) and (b).

Currently, in any system message configuration mode of communication technology, the definition of the update period is a default paging period (default paging cycle) and an update period coefficient (modification period coefficient). The default paging cycle may be represented by the number of radio frames (rf).

The system message update cycle of the LTE technology is as follows: t is_lte＝{rf32,rf64,rf128,rf256}*(2,4,8,16)；

The system message update cycle of the eMTC technology is as follows: t is_eMTC＝{rf32,rf64,rf128,rf256}*(2,4,8,16,64)。

In the calculation of the system message update periods of the two systems, the default paging period is the same, and the difference is the update period system. In general, the update cycle coefficient of the eMTC technique is an integer multiple of the update cycle coefficient of the LTE technique, and therefore the update cycle of the eMTC technique is an integer multiple of the update cycle of the LTE technique. As can be seen from fig. (a) and (b), the update period of the eMTC technology is 2 times that of the LTE technology.

In addition, conventionally, the RAN device may calculate the starting time of the update period of the LTE technology by formula one:

system Frame Number (SFN) mod T_lte0 formula one

The RAN device may also calculate the start time of the update period of the eMTC technique by the following equation two:

[ (hyper frame number (HFN) × 1024+ SFN [ ]]mod T_eMTC0 formula two

Due to T_eMTCIs T_lteThe integer multiple of the system information, therefore, after the RAN device acquires the updated resource configuration information, the RAN device may directly determine the target time for sending the system information by formula two. The target time can be ensured to be the update period of the LTE technology and the update period of the ETMC technologyThe common starting instant of the new cycle. Wherein the difference between the target time and the current time is greater than or equal to T_eMTC。

After the target time is determined, the RAN equipment pushes an updating period of an LTE technology forward from the target time, and the determined first time is used as the sending time of a system message change notification corresponding to the LTE technology; and pushing forward an updating period of the eMTC technology from the target time, and taking the determined second time as the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to the eMTC technology.

The RAN equipment sends a system message change notification when reaching the second moment; when the first time is reached, sending a system message change notice; and when the target time is reached, performing resource allocation according to the new resource allocation information, and simultaneously sending a new system message carrying the resource allocation information, as shown in fig. (c).

Further, as shown in fig. 4, since the update cycle of the LTE technology includes 6 scheduling cycles, the RAN device may repeatedly transmit the system message change notification 6 times at the frequency of the scheduling cycle between the first time and the target time. Similarly, the update cycle of the eMTC technique includes 4 scheduling cycles, and therefore, the RAN device may repeatedly transmit the system message change notification 4 times between the second time and the target time according to the frequency of the scheduling cycles.

It should be further noted that, the RAN device may repeatedly send new system messages for multiple times in corresponding update periods according to the two scheduling periods, which may specifically refer to the above description, and details are not described here again.

By the above example, when determining that the system message needs to be updated, the RAN device supporting the LTE technology and the eMTC technology first determines a start time common to update periods of the LTE technology and the eMTC technology, and validates and transmits the system message when the time is reached. Since the RAN device transmits the system message at the common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, by adopting the scheme, the RAN device, the LTE terminal device and the eMTC terminal device in the cell managed by the RAN device can take effect of the new system message at the same time. Thus, the RAN equipment, the LTE terminal equipment and the eMTC terminal equipment can simultaneously adopt the same resource configuration for communication, and further the communication quality of the LTE terminal equipment and the eMTC terminal equipment can be ensured.

Based on the foregoing embodiments, an embodiment of the present application further provides RAN equipment, where the RAN equipment may be applied to a communication system as shown in fig. 2, and the RAN equipment can implement the system message sending method as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4. Referring to fig. 5, the RAN apparatus 500 includes: a processing unit 501 and a communication unit 502, wherein:

a processing unit 501, configured to:

acquiring updated resource configuration information;

control the communication unit 502 to transmit the system message change notification at the transmission timing of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology, respectively;

performing resource allocation according to the resource allocation information at the target time, and controlling the communication unit 502 to send a system message, where the system message includes the updated resource allocation information;

the communication unit 502 is configured to: and sending the system message change notification and the system message.

In one implementation, the plurality of communication techniques includes: long term evolution, LTE, technology and enhanced machine type communication, eMTC, technology.

In one implementation, a difference between the target time and the current time is greater than or equal to a time threshold, and a value of the time threshold is a maximum update period among update periods of system messages of the plurality of communication technologies.

In one implementation, when determining the target time according to the update cycle of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, the processing unit 501 is specifically configured to:

In one implementation, when determining the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time, the processing unit 501 is specifically configured to:

The embodiment of the application provides RAN equipment. When determining that the system message needs to be updated, the RAN device currently supporting multiple communication technologies first determines a starting time common to update periods of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, and validates and transmits the system message when the starting time is reached. Since the RAN device sends the system message at the common starting time of the update cycle of the system messages of multiple communication technologies, by adopting the scheme, the RAN device and the terminal devices supporting multiple communication technologies in the cell managed by the RAN device can take effect of the new system message at the same time. In this way, the RAN device and the terminal device supporting various communication technologies can simultaneously adopt the same resource configuration for communication, thereby ensuring the communication quality of the terminal device supporting various communication technologies.

It should be noted that the division of the unit in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation. The functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or contributed by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

Based on the foregoing embodiments, the present application further provides a RAN device, where the RAN device may be applied to the communication system shown in fig. 2, and can implement the system message sending method shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, and has the function of the RAN device 500 shown in fig. 5. Referring to fig. 6, the RAN apparatus 600 includes: a processor 601, a transceiver 602, a bus 603, and a memory 604, wherein:

the transceiver 602 is configured to implement communication between the RAN device and a terminal device.

The processor 601 is configured to read the program in the memory 604, and execute the following processes:

acquiring updated resource configuration information;

controlling the transceiver 602 to transmit a system message change notification at the time of transmission of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology;

and performing resource allocation according to the resource allocation information at the target moment, and controlling the transceiver 602 to transmit a system message, where the system message includes the updated resource allocation information.

In one implementation, when determining the target time according to the update cycle of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, the processor 601 is specifically configured to:

In one implementation, when determining the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time, the processor 601 is specifically configured to:

In fig. 6, the bus architecture may comprise any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors represented by the processor 601 and various circuits of the memory represented by the memory 604 being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 602 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a transceiver providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 601 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 8604 may store programs and data used by the processor 601 when performing operations.

Based on the above embodiments, the present application provides a computer program, which, when running on a computer, causes the computer to execute the system message sending method provided by the above embodiments.

Based on the foregoing embodiments, the present application provides a computer storage medium, in which computer instructions are stored, and when the computer instructions are executed by a computer, the computer causes the computer to execute the system message sending method provided by the foregoing embodiments.

Based on the above embodiments, the present application provides a chip, where the chip is configured to read and execute a computer program stored in the memory, so as to implement the system message sending method in the above embodiments.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While the preferred embodiments of the present application have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the application.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the embodiments of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the embodiments of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is also intended to encompass such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for sending a system message, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of communication technologies comprises: long term evolution, LTE, technology and enhanced machine type communication, eMTC, technology.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a difference between the target time and the current time is greater than or equal to a time threshold, and the time threshold is a maximum update period among update periods of system messages of the plurality of communication technologies.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the RAN device determining the target time based on an update period of system messages for the plurality of communication technologies comprises:

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the determining, by the RAN device, the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time, respectively, includes:

6. A radio access network, RAN, device, comprising:

a processing unit to:

acquiring updated resource configuration information;

7. The RAN apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of communication technologies comprises: long term evolution, LTE, technology and enhanced machine type communication, eMTC, technology.

8. The RAN device of claim 6, wherein a difference between the target time and the current time is greater than or equal to a time threshold, and wherein the time threshold is a maximum update period of update periods of system messages of the plurality of communication technologies.

9. The RAN apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processing unit, when determining the target time according to the update cycle of the system messages of the multiple communication technologies, is specifically configured to:

10. The RAN apparatus according to any of claims 6 to 9, wherein the processing unit, when determining the sending time of the system message change notification corresponding to each communication technology according to the update cycle of the system message of each communication technology and the target time, is specifically configured to: