NB-IoT Base Station Interface for 5G Control Signaling Forwarding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions lack effective methods for transmitting control signaling to NB-IOT devices in 5G systems, which are essential for managing and controlling these devices, leading to inefficiencies in device management and system performance.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for signaling transmission in NB-IOT base stations and 5G base stations that involve receiving control signaling from a target 5G base station and forwarding it to the corresponding NB-IOT device, using base station interfaces and network-side forwarding to ensure accurate device management and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If NB-IOT devices are deployed in 5G systems to reduce deployment costs and achieve smooth upgrades, then deployment efficiency and cost-effectiveness are improved, but the capability to transmit control signaling to NB-IOT devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a base station interface as an intermediary component that enables control signaling transmission from 5G base stations to NB-IOT devices. This interface acts as a mediator that bridges the 5G network infrastructure and NB-IOT devices, allowing control signals to be transmitted without requiring direct integration between the two systems. The intermediary resolves the contradiction by maintaining the cost-effective NB-IOT deployment while adding the necessary control capability through a dedicated communication interface.
2Device complexity
If NB-IOT devices use only 180 KHz bandwidth in existing cellular networks, then deployment complexity is reduced and upgrade smoothness is improved, but control and management functionality is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control signaling transmission function into a separate base station interface component, distinct from the main NB-IOT device communication pathway. This segmentation allows the NB-IOT devices to continue operating with simple 180 KHz bandwidth configurations while the added interface handles the complex control signaling functions separately, thus maintaining low deployment complexity while improving management capability.
3Device complexity
If no control signaling transmission solution is provided for NB-IOT devices, then system simplicity is maintained, but device management and control efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The base station interface serves as an intermediary that adds control signaling capability without fundamentally complicating the existing NB-IOT system architecture. By introducing this dedicated interface component, the system gains improved device management efficiency while maintaining relative simplicity through modular addition rather than systemic redesign.
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AI summary
A method for signaling transmission includes: receiving a control signaling transmitted by a target 5G base station, where the target 5G base station is a 5G base station being accessed by a target terminal, the target terminal is a terminal used for managing and controlling a target NB-IoT device, and the target NB-IoT device is an NB-IoT device having accessed the NB-IoT base station; and transmitting the control signaling to the target NB-IoT device so as to allow the target NB-IoT device to execute a corresponding operation on the basis of the control signaling.