Radio Resource Request Bundling for Power-Saving 5G Stations
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Solution Overview
Problem
The frequent allocation of radio resources by terminal devices in 5G networks leads to increased signaling and power consumption, especially when devices are in power-saving states, due to the repetitive requests and allocations required for data transmission.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a bundled channel approach where multiple channels are grouped together, allowing for the generation of transmission opportunities based on the amount of data in the bundled channel, reducing the need for individual requests and allocations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If terminal devices frequently request radio resource allocation in 5G networks, then data transmission capability is improved, but signaling overhead and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual channel requests into a single bundled channel request. Instead of requesting radio resources separately for each channel when data is available, the terminal device bundles multiple channels together and sends a single request for the bundled channel, reducing the number of signaling messages and power consumption while maintaining data transmission capability.
2Productivity
If terminal devices frequently request radio resource allocation, then data transmission capability is improved, but signaling overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual channel requests into a single bundled channel request. The terminal device aggregates the request signals for multiple channels into one unified signaling message, reducing the total quantity of signaling overhead while preserving the ability to transmit data across multiple channels.
3Ease of operation
If terminal devices in power-saving states repeatedly cancel sleep state to transmit data, then data transmission is enabled, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by allowing terminal devices to remain in power-saving state while pre-configuring the bundled channel mechanism. When data needs transmission, the device can quickly bundle channels and send a single request without repeatedly waking from sleep state, reducing power consumption while maintaining ease of data transmission.
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AI summary
A radio station includes: a controller configured to control to generate a transmission opportunity for a first signal that requests a radio resource; and a communicator configured to: transmit the first signal to another radio station according to the transmission opportunity, and receive information on the radio resource from the another radio station, the radio resource being allocated to data in the bundled channel and is not allocated to data in a channel not included in the bundled channel, wherein the controller is further configured to: control to generate, according to an amount of data in a bundled channel and the first information related to the bundled channel, the transmission opportunity, or control to generate, when a timer corresponding to the bundled channel expires, the transmission opportunity.