Carrier Aggregation Serving Cell Set Independence for RRC Re-establishment
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Solution Overview
Problem
In carrier aggregation technologies, data transmission is heavily dependent on serving cells, leading to interruptions when a radio link failure occurs, even if other cells with good signal quality are available, resulting in unreliable data transmission.
Innovation Solution
The method involves using a serving cell set with at least two core serving cells that can independently serve the user equipment, and initiating a radio resource control connection re-establishment process only when all core serving cells in the set are unavailable, allowing data transmission to continue using available cells.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data transmission is heavily dependent on serving cells in carrier aggregation, then the system can maintain long-term competitive advantages and improve spectral efficiency, but data transmission interruption occurs when radio link failure happens even if other cells with good signal quality are available
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the serving cell set into multiple independent core serving cells (at least two), where each core serving cell can independently serve the UE for data transmission. This segmentation allows the system to continue data transmission through available core serving cells even when one experiences radio link failure, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining high spectral efficiency through carrier aggregation and ensuring data transmission reliability when failures occur.
2Reliability
If RRC connection re-establishment process is initiated when radio link failure occurs in master cell, then the system can recover from failure, but data transmission of all services is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by initiating RRC connection re-establishment process only when all core serving cells are unavailable, rather than when any single cell fails. This selective approach allows data transmission to continue through remaining available core serving cells during partial failures, minimizing data transmission interruption time while still ensuring connection recovery when truly necessary.
3Productivity
If all serving cells are used for data transmission, then the system can maximize data transmission capacity, but data transmission of all services is interrupted when one cell fails
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns different roles to different serving cells by designating at least two as core serving cells with independent data transmission capability. This local quality differentiation ensures that not all cells are equally critical - if one core serving cell fails, data transmission can continue through other core serving cells, thus maintaining data transmission continuity while still maximizing overall data transmission capacity through the use of multiple cells.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, user equipment, and an access network device. UE transmits air interface data to an access network device by using a serving cell set including at least two core serving cells that can independently serve the UE to transmit data, and initiates an RRC connection re-establishment process to the access network device only when detecting that all core serving cells in the serving cell set are unavailable. Data transmission is performed by using an available serving cell to the greatest extent. In other words, data transmission can be performed by using any available core serving cell, to reduce the dependence of data transmission between serving cells and minimize possibility of data transmission interruption, thereby improving data transmission robustness.