Scheduling-Free Data Transmission Resource Group Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current scheduling-free transmission schemes in massive connectivity scenarios, such as those in 5G networks, face limitations in adapting transmission formats to user equipment coverage levels, leading to inefficient data processing and reduced system performance due to the base station's inability to flexibly configure appropriate transmission formats based on user equipment coverage situations.

Innovation Solution

User equipment determines a target resource group from multiple transmission resource groups based on its coverage situation and sends data using that resource, allowing the base station to configure an appropriate transmission format corresponding to the selected resource group, thereby enhancing data processing flexibility and performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If a fixed transmission format is used for all users in scheduling-free transmission, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different coverage levels deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebase station detection complexityVSAvoidtransmission format adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The transmission resources are segmented into multiple resource groups (first resource group, second resource group, third resource group) corresponding to different coverage levels (edge coverage, medium coverage, central coverage). Each group has dedicated transmission formats optimized for its specific coverage scenario, allowing the base station to selectively apply appropriate formats without processing all possible formats, thus reducing complexity while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different transmission formats are assigned to different resource groups based on their specific coverage characteristics. The edge coverage group uses formats optimized for poor signal conditions, medium coverage uses moderate formats, and central coverage uses high-performance formats. This local differentiation ensures each group receives tailored treatment rather than uniform processing, improving adaptability without requiring the base station to handle all formats simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If transmission format is optimized for edge coverage users, then coverage capability is improved, but transmission performance for central coverage users deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveedge coverage capabilityVSAvoidcentral coverage transmission performance
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides transmission resources into distinct groups based on coverage levels. Edge coverage users are assigned to the first resource group with robust transmission formats, while central coverage users are assigned to the third resource group with high-efficiency formats. This segmentation allows each group to receive optimization tailored to their specific needs, preventing the edge-optimized format from degrading central coverage performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The transmission format is customized for each resource group according to its coverage characteristics. The edge coverage group receives formats designed for reliability in poor signal conditions, while the central coverage group receives formats optimized for high throughput in good signal conditions. This local quality differentiation ensures that the performance characteristics of each group remain optimal without compromising other groups.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If transmission format is optimized for central coverage users, then transmission performance is improved, but coverage capability for edge coverage users deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission performanceVSAvoidcoverage capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The transmission resources are divided into separate groups with dedicated formats. The third resource group (central coverage) uses high-performance formats for maximum throughput, while the first resource group (edge coverage) uses robust formats designed for reliability in difficult conditions. This segmentation prevents the central-optimized high-performance format from failing to decode edge coverage transmissions, thereby preserving edge coverage capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each resource group receives transmission formats locally optimized for its specific coverage scenario. The edge coverage group gets formats with lower modulation orders and more robust coding suitable for poor signal conditions, while the central coverage group gets high-modulation formats for maximum efficiency. This local optimization ensures that neither group suffers from using a format not suited to their coverage conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Device complexity

If scheduling-free transmission is implemented, then scheduling overhead is reduced, but adaptability to different coverage levels deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescheduling overheadVSAvoidcoverage level adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments transmission resources into multiple groups that are pre-configured with different transmission formats corresponding to different coverage levels. Users autonomously select their resource group based on their coverage conditions without requiring dynamic scheduling signals. This segmentation enables adaptability to different coverage levels while maintaining the low overhead benefits of scheduling-free transmission, as the format selection is predetermined rather than dynamically negotiated.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The transmission formats for different resource groups are pre-configured and made available to users before actual data transmission occurs. Users can determine their appropriate resource group and transmission format in advance based on their coverage conditions, eliminating the need for real-time scheduling negotiations. This preliminary configuration enables adaptability without the overhead of dynamic scheduling, as the adaptation decisions are made beforehand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10980038B2Data transmission method, user equipment, and base station
Publication Date: 2021.04.13 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides a data transmission method, user equipment, and a base station. The method is applied to a scheduling-free scenario of the base station for the user equipment UE, and the method includes: determining, by the UE, a target resource group from a plurality of transmission resource groups; and sending, by the UE, data to the base station by using a transmission resource in the target resource group, so that the base station performs data processing on the data by using a transmission format corresponding to the target resource group.