Base Station Resource Configuration for MTC Coverage Enhancement
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing communication networks, enhancing coverage area for Machine-Type Communication (MTC) user equipment often results in unnecessary resource use and power expenditure, as the same level of enhancement is applied universally, leading to resource wastage for equipment that requires only a low extent of enhancement.
Innovation Solution
An information transmission method that determines specific resource configurations based on characteristic parameters of user equipment, such as path loss and channel quality, to optimize resource usage, including spreading resource configurations, random access preamble formats, and frequency hopping patterns, thereby tailoring resource allocation to the specific needs of each device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the same extent of enhancement is performed in the coverage area of the entire network, then the coverage area is enhanced, but unnecessary resource use and power expenditure arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by determining different resource configurations based on the coverage enhancement requirement of each user equipment. Instead of applying uniform enhancement across the entire network, the system tailors the enhancement level to local needs - extreme scenario user equipment receives maximum enhancement while other user equipment receives only the necessary enhancement, thereby eliminating unnecessary resource consumption in areas where full enhancement is not required
2Area of stationary object
If the same extent of enhancement is performed in the coverage area of the entire network, then the coverage area is enhanced, but resource waste occurs for user equipment that needs only low enhancement
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines characteristic parameters for each user equipment and selects appropriate resource configurations based on their specific enhancement needs. This ensures that user equipment in extreme scenarios receives the necessary enhancement while user equipment with lower requirements does not waste resources on unnecessary enhancement levels
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of enhancement extent from a fixed uniform value to a variable value that depends on user equipment characteristics. By dynamically adjusting the enhancement parameter based on determined characteristic parameters, the system optimizes resource allocation and eliminates waste
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AI summary
Embodiments provide an information transmission method, a base station, user equipment, and a system, which relate to the field of information transmission. The method includes: determining, by a network device, according to a correspondence between a characteristic parameter and a resource configuration, a first resource configuration corresponding to a characteristic parameter of the user equipment, wherein the characteristic parameter of the user equipment comprises a reference signal received power range, and the first resource configuration comprises one or more types of the following sub-configurations: a random access preamble format configuration, and a narrowband resource configuration; and determining, by the network device, a resource according to the first resource configuration, and performing, information sending or receiving with the user equipment by using the resource.