JP2005303539A - Transmission power control apparatus and mobile station - Google Patents

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JP2005303539A
JP2005303539A JP2004114564A JP2004114564A JP2005303539A JP 2005303539 A JP2005303539 A JP 2005303539A JP 2004114564 A JP2004114564 A JP 2004114564A JP 2004114564 A JP2004114564 A JP 2004114564A JP 2005303539 A JP2005303539 A JP 2005303539A
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmission power control apparatus and a mobile station capable of preventing deterioration in communication quality in the case of soft handover and suppressing reduction in a communication capacity of a whole system. <P>SOLUTION: A quality measurement section 15 calculates the SIR of each of base stations 3-1 to 3-n as the communication quality, a transmission power control information extraction section 14 extracts transmission power control information of each of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n, a posterior probability calculation section 16 calculates a posterior probability for indicating a power increase as a whole of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n on the basis of the SIR of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n and the transmission power control information, a transmission power control section compares the posterior probability with a predetermined threshold value, increases the transmission power when the posterior probability is greater than the threshold value, and decreases the transmission power when the posterior probability is the threshold value or below. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

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本発明は、符号分割多元接続(CDMA:Code Division Multiple Access)方式が適用される移動体通信システムの移動局に関するものであり、特に、移動局と複数の基地局とが同時に接続されるソフトハンドオーバ時の移動局の送信電力を制御する送信電力制御装置に関するものである。   The present invention relates to a mobile station of a mobile communication system to which a code division multiple access (CDMA) system is applied, and in particular, a soft handover in which a mobile station and a plurality of base stations are connected simultaneously. The present invention relates to a transmission power control apparatus for controlling the transmission power of a mobile station at the time.

移動体通信システムにおいては、移動局が移動する過程で、自局と接続する基地局を変更するソフトハンドオーバが実行される。ソフトハンドオーバ時には、移動局は複数の基地局と通信を行う。各基地局は、移動局からの受信品質を測定し、測定した受信品質が過剰であれば電力低下を指示する送信電力制御情報を移動局に送信し、測定した受信品質が不足していれば電力上昇を指示する送信電力制御情報を移動局に送信する。   In a mobile communication system, soft handover for changing a base station connected to its own station is executed in the process of movement of a mobile station. During soft handover, the mobile station communicates with a plurality of base stations. Each base station measures the reception quality from the mobile station, and if the measured reception quality is excessive, transmits transmission power control information instructing power reduction to the mobile station, and if the measured reception quality is insufficient Transmit power control information for instructing power increase is transmitted to the mobile station.

移動局は、各基地局から送信される送信電力制御情報に基づいて送信電力を制御する。たとえば、通信を行っている複数の基地局からの送信電力制御情報の中で1つでも電力低下を指示するものがあれば送信電力を低下させ、全基地局からの送信電力制御情報が電力上昇を指示するものである場合のみ送信電力を上昇させるように送信電力を制御すれば、移動局の送信電力を最低にすることができる。しかしながら、全ての基地局からの送信電力制御情報が電力上昇の指示を行った場合でも、伝送路誤りなどによって基地局からの送信電力制御情報が1つでも電力上昇の指示を行っていないと移動局が判断した場合には、送信電力を上げることはできない。そのため、送信電力が減少して基地局受信品質が著しく損なわれることがある。   The mobile station controls transmission power based on transmission power control information transmitted from each base station. For example, if at least one of the transmission power control information from a plurality of communicating base stations instructs to reduce the power, the transmission power is reduced, and the transmission power control information from all the base stations increases the power. The transmission power of the mobile station can be minimized by controlling the transmission power so as to increase the transmission power only in the case of instructing the transmission. However, even if the transmission power control information from all base stations gives an instruction to increase the power, even if one of the transmission power control information from the base station does not give an instruction to increase the power due to a transmission path error, etc. If the station determines, the transmission power cannot be increased. As a result, the transmission power may be reduced and the base station reception quality may be significantly impaired.

このような問題を改善するために、第1の従来技術では、ソフトハンドオーバ時の移動局の送信電力の制御に各基地局から送信された送信電力制御情報の全てが電力上昇を要請している場合だけでなく、送信電力制御情報の軟判定値に基づいて各基地局から送信された送信電力制御情報の信頼度を求め、電力低下を要求する基地局から送信された送信電力制御情報の信頼度が低く、かつ電力上昇を要求する基地局から送信された送信電力制御情報の信頼度が高い場合にも、送信電力を上昇されるための制御を行うようにしている(特許文献1参照)。   In order to improve such a problem, in the first prior art, all of the transmission power control information transmitted from each base station requests a power increase for controlling the transmission power of the mobile station at the time of soft handover. In addition to the case, the reliability of the transmission power control information transmitted from each base station is obtained based on the soft decision value of the transmission power control information, and the reliability of the transmission power control information transmitted from the base station requesting the power reduction is determined. Even when the degree of transmission is low and the reliability of the transmission power control information transmitted from the base station requesting the power increase is high, control for increasing the transmission power is performed (see Patent Document 1). .

また、第2の従来技術では、移動局が各基地局からの受信SIR(信号対干渉比)を算出して、算出した受信SIRが所定の基準値以下の基地局からの送信電力制御情報を無視して現在の送信電力を維持し、通信品質の劣化を防止するようにしている(特許文献2参照)。   In the second prior art, the mobile station calculates the reception SIR (signal-to-interference ratio) from each base station, and transmits the transmission power control information from the base station where the calculated reception SIR is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value. It ignores the current transmission power and prevents the degradation of communication quality (see Patent Document 2).

特開2003−163630号公報JP 2003-163630 A 特開平09−312609号公報JP 09-312609 A

上記第1および第2の従来技術では、軟判定値やSIRなどによって基地局からの受信信号の受信品質を判定して、受信品質が低い基地局からの送信電力制御情報を無視して、受信品質が高い基地局からの送信電力制御情報に基づいて送信電力を制御するようにしている。   In the first and second prior arts described above, the reception quality of the received signal from the base station is determined based on the soft decision value, SIR, etc., and the transmission power control information from the base station with low reception quality is ignored, Transmission power is controlled based on transmission power control information from a base station with high quality.

しかしながら、移動体通信システムのスローフェージング環境においては基地局から移動局への下り回線の通信品質が悪い場合でも、移動局から基地局への上り回線の通信品質はよい場合があり、上記第1および第2の従来技術のように、通信品質の悪い基地局の送信電力制御情報を無視して移動局の送信電力を制御すると、移動局の送信電力は過剰に増大してしまうという問題があった。   However, in the slow fading environment of a mobile communication system, even when the downlink communication quality from the base station to the mobile station is poor, the uplink communication quality from the mobile station to the base station may be good, and the first And, as in the second prior art, if the transmission power control information of the base station with poor communication quality is ignored and the transmission power of the mobile station is controlled, the transmission power of the mobile station increases excessively. It was.

また、上記第1および第2の従来技術では、全基地局から送信された送信電力制御情報の中で電力上昇を指示した確率を正しく計算していないため、全基地局が電力上昇を指示した確率が0.5より高い場合でも移動局は送信電力を減少させる場合があり、全基地局が電力上昇を指示した確率が0.5以下の場合でも、移動局は送信電力を上昇させる場合がある。そのため、移動局の送信電力が過剰または不足して通信品質の低下や干渉の増大を招いてしまい、移動体通信システム全体の通信容量を減少させてしまうという問題があった。   In the first and second prior arts, since the probability of instructing power increase is not correctly calculated in the transmission power control information transmitted from all base stations, all base stations instructed power increase. Even if the probability is higher than 0.5, the mobile station may decrease the transmission power, and even if the probability that all base stations have instructed to increase the power is 0.5 or less, the mobile station may increase the transmission power. is there. For this reason, there is a problem that the transmission power of the mobile station is excessive or insufficient, leading to a decrease in communication quality and an increase in interference, thereby reducing the communication capacity of the entire mobile communication system.

この発明は上記に鑑みてなされたもので、ソフトハンドオーバ時の通信品質の劣化を防止するとともに、システム全体の通信容量の低下を抑制することができる送信電力制御装置および移動局を得ることを目的としている。   The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is an object of the present invention to obtain a transmission power control apparatus and a mobile station that can prevent deterioration in communication quality during soft handover and can suppress a decrease in communication capacity of the entire system. It is said.

上記目的を達成するため、この発明にかかる送信電力制御装置は、符号分割多次元接続方式の移動体通信システムの移動局に適用される送信電力制御装置において、ソフトハンドオーバ中の各基地局からの受信信号の通信品質を測定する品質測定部と、前記各基地局から送信された受信信号から電力上昇または電力降下を指示する送信電力制御情報を抽出する送信電力制御情報抽出部と、前記品質測定部によって測定された通信品質と前記送信電力制御情報抽出部によって抽出された送信電力制御情報に基づいて、前記各基地局すべてが電力上昇を指示した事後確率を算出する事後確率計算部と、この事後確率計算部によって算出された事後確率に基づいて送信電力を増加または減少させる送信電力制御部と、を備えることを特徴とする。   In order to achieve the above object, a transmission power control apparatus according to the present invention is a transmission power control apparatus applied to a mobile station of a mobile communication system using a code division multidimensional access method. A quality measuring unit for measuring communication quality of a received signal, a transmission power control information extracting unit for extracting transmission power control information for instructing power increase or power decrease from the received signal transmitted from each base station, and the quality measurement A posteriori probability calculation unit that calculates a posteriori probability that all the base stations instructed to increase power based on the communication quality measured by the unit and the transmission power control information extracted by the transmission power control information extraction unit; A transmission power control unit that increases or decreases transmission power based on the posterior probability calculated by the posterior probability calculation unit.

この発明によれば、ソフトハンドオーバ時に複数の基地局と通信する際に、各基地局からの受信信号の通信品質と、各基地局から受信した送信電力制御情報とに基づいて、基地局全体として送信電力制御情報によって電力上昇を指示した事後確率を算出して、この算出した事後確率に基づいて送信電力を制御するようにしている。   According to the present invention, when communicating with a plurality of base stations during soft handover, the base station as a whole is based on the communication quality of the received signals from each base station and the transmission power control information received from each base station. A posterior probability of instructing power increase is calculated based on the transmission power control information, and the transmission power is controlled based on the calculated posterior probability.

この発明にかかる送信電力制御装置によれば、ソフトハンドオーバ時に複数の基地局と通信する際に、各基地局からの受信信号の通信品質と、各基地局から受信した送信電力制御情報とに基づいて、基地局全体として送信電力制御情報によって電力上昇を指示した事後確率を算出して、この算出した事後確率に基づいて送信電力を制御するようにしているので、通信品質を劣化させることなくソフトハンドオーバ時における送信電力の制御を行うことができ、移動体通信システム全体の通信容量の低下を抑制することができる。   According to the transmission power control apparatus according to the present invention, when communicating with a plurality of base stations at the time of soft handover, based on the communication quality of the received signal from each base station and the transmission power control information received from each base station. The base station as a whole calculates the posterior probability of instructing the power increase by the transmission power control information, and controls the transmission power based on the calculated posterior probability. Transmission power at the time of handover can be controlled, and a reduction in communication capacity of the entire mobile communication system can be suppressed.

以下に、この発明にかかる送信電力制御装置および移動局の実施の形態を図面に基づいて詳細に説明する。なお、この実施の形態によりこの発明が限定されるものではない。   Hereinafter, embodiments of a transmission power control apparatus and a mobile station according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

図1〜図5を用いてこの発明の本実施の形態を説明する。図1は、この発明における実施の形態の送信電力制御装置を備える移動局が適用されるCDMA方式によるセルラーシステム(移動体通信システム)においてソフトハンドオーバを行っている状態を示すブロック図である。図1においては、移動局1がn(1<n,nは自然数)台の基地局3−1〜3−nとソフトハンドオーバを行っており、基地局3−1〜3−nからそれぞれ送信電力制御情報#1〜#nが移動局1に送信され、移動局1は送信電力制御情報#1〜#nに基づいて基地局3−1〜3−nへの送信電力を制御する。   The present embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a state in which soft handover is performed in a CDMA cellular system (mobile communication system) to which a mobile station including a transmission power control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, the mobile station 1 performs soft handover with n (1 <n, n is a natural number) base stations 3-1 to 3-n, and transmits from the base stations 3-1 to 3-n, respectively. The power control information # 1 to #n is transmitted to the mobile station 1, and the mobile station 1 controls the transmission power to the base stations 3-1 to 3-n based on the transmission power control information # 1 to #n.

図2は、図1に示したこの発明における電力制御装置を備えた移動局1の構成を示すブロック図である。移動局1は、アンテナ10、送受信分離部11、受信無線部12、逆拡散部13−1〜13−n、送信無線部18、および、品質測定部15と送信電力制御情報抽出部14と事後確率計算部16と送信電力制御部17とを有する送信電力制御装置19を備えている。   FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile station 1 provided with the power control apparatus according to the present invention shown in FIG. The mobile station 1 includes an antenna 10, a transmission / reception separation unit 11, a reception radio unit 12, a despreading unit 13-1 to 13-n, a transmission radio unit 18, a quality measurement unit 15, a transmission power control information extraction unit 14, and a posterior A transmission power control device 19 having a probability calculation unit 16 and a transmission power control unit 17 is provided.

アンテナ10は、ソフトハンドオーバ中の基地局3−1〜3−nからの信号を受信して送受信分離部11に出力するとともに、送受信分離部11からの信号を送信する。送受信分離部11は、アンテナ10によって受信された各基地局3−1〜3−nの信号を逆拡散部13−1〜13−nに出力する。   The antenna 10 receives signals from the base stations 3-1 to 3-n during soft handover and outputs the signals to the transmission / reception separation unit 11 and transmits the signals from the transmission / reception separation unit 11. The transmission / reception separating unit 11 outputs the signals of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n received by the antenna 10 to the despreading units 13-1 to 13-n.

逆拡散部13−1〜13−nは、基地局毎に予め割り当てられたコードに基づいて基地局毎の信号を復調する。ここでは、逆拡散部13−1が基地局3−1の信号を復調し、逆拡散部13−2が基地局3−2の信号を復調し、・・・、逆拡散部13−nが基地局3−nの信号を復調する。逆拡散部13−1〜13−nは、それぞれ復調した基地局3−1〜3−nの復調信号を品質測定部15と送信電力制御情報抽出部14とに出力する。   The despreading units 13-1 to 13-n demodulate the signal for each base station based on the code assigned in advance for each base station. Here, the despreading unit 13-1 demodulates the signal of the base station 3-1, the despreading unit 13-2 demodulates the signal of the base station 3-2, ..., the despreading unit 13-n Demodulate the signal of the base station 3-n. Despreading sections 13-1 to 13-n output demodulated demodulated signals of base stations 3-1 to 3-n to quality measuring section 15 and transmission power control information extracting section 14, respectively.

品質測定部15は、逆拡散部13−1〜13−nから入力される各基地局3−1〜3−nの復調信号のパイロット信号やデータ信号を用いてSIRや誤り率などによって通信品質を求める。   The quality measuring unit 15 uses the pilot signals and data signals of the demodulated signals of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n input from the despreading units 13-1 to 13-n to determine the communication quality based on the SIR and error rate. Ask for.

図3は、図2に示した品質測定部15の構成の一例を示すブロック図である。図3に示した品質測定部15は、通信品質としてSIRを用いている。品質測定部15は、基地局3−1〜3−nに対応した干渉電力測定部151−1〜151−nと、信号電力測定部152−1〜152−nと、SIR算出部153−1〜153−nとを備えている。   FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the quality measurement unit 15 shown in FIG. The quality measuring unit 15 shown in FIG. 3 uses SIR as communication quality. The quality measurement unit 15 includes interference power measurement units 151-1 to 151-n corresponding to the base stations 3-1 to 3-n, signal power measurement units 152-1 to 152-n, and an SIR calculation unit 153-1. ~ 153-n.

干渉電力測定部151−1〜151−nは、逆拡散部13−1〜13−nから入力される復調信号から干渉電力を測定して、測定した干渉電力をSIR算出部153−1〜153−nに出力する。信号電力測定部152−1〜152−nは逆拡散部13−1〜13−nから入力される復調信号から信号電力を測定して、測定した信号電力をSIR算出部153−1〜153−nに出力する。   Interference power measuring sections 151-1 to 151-n measure the interference power from the demodulated signals input from despreading sections 13-1 to 13-n, and use the measured interference power as SIR calculating sections 153-1 to 153. Output to -n. The signal power measuring units 152-1 to 152-n measure the signal power from the demodulated signals input from the despreading units 13-1 to 13-n, and use the measured signal powers as SIR calculating units 153-1 to 153- output to n.

SIR算出部153−1〜153−nは、干渉電力測定部151−1〜151−nによって測定された基地局3−1〜3−nの干渉電力と、信号電力測定部152−1〜152−nによって測定された基地局3−1〜3−nの信号電力とに基づいて、基地局3−1〜3−nのSIRを算出する。SIR算出部153−1〜153−nは、算出したSIRを事後確率計算部16に出力する。   The SIR calculation units 153-1 to 153-n are the interference powers of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n measured by the interference power measurement units 151-1 to 151-n and the signal power measurement units 152-1 to 152. The SIR of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n is calculated based on the signal power of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n measured by −n. The SIR calculation units 153-1 to 153-n output the calculated SIR to the posterior probability calculation unit 16.

先の図2に戻って、送信電力制御情報抽出部14は、逆拡散部13−1〜13−nから入力される各基地局3−1〜3−nの復調信号から送信電力制御情報を抽出する。図4は、基地局3−1〜3−nから移動局1に向けて送信されるフレームフォーマットの一例を示している。フレームは、15個のスロット#0〜#14で構成される。スロットi(0≦i≦14,iは自然数)は、Data1、TCP(Transmit Power Control:送信電力制御)ビット、TFCI(Transport Format Combination Indicator:送信フレーム情報)ビット、Data2およびPilotで構成される。TPCビットは、2、4または8ビットの多値のデータからなり、送信電力の上昇または低下の指示を示している。   Returning to FIG. 2, the transmission power control information extraction unit 14 obtains transmission power control information from the demodulated signals of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n input from the despreading units 13-1 to 13-n. Extract. FIG. 4 shows an example of a frame format transmitted from the base stations 3-1 to 3-n to the mobile station 1. The frame is composed of 15 slots # 0 to # 14. The slot i (0 ≦ i ≦ 14, i is a natural number) is composed of Data1, TCP (Transmit Power Control) bit, TFCI (Transport Format Combination Indicator) bit, Data2 and Pilot. The TPC bit is composed of multi-value data of 2, 4 or 8 bits, and indicates an instruction to increase or decrease the transmission power.

送信電力制御情報抽出部14は、図4に示したフレームのTPCビットから各基地局3−1〜3−nが送信した送信電力制御情報を抽出して、抽出した送信電力制御情報を事後確率計算部16に出力する。   The transmission power control information extraction unit 14 extracts the transmission power control information transmitted from each of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n from the TPC bits of the frame shown in FIG. 4, and uses the extracted transmission power control information as the posterior probability. The result is output to the calculation unit 16.

事後確率計算部16は、品質測定部15によって測定された基地局3−1〜3−nの通信品質と、送信電力制御情報抽出部14によって抽出された基地局3−1〜3−nの送信電力制御情報とに基づいて、基地局3−1〜3−n全体として送信電力制御情報が上昇を指示する事後確率を算出する。事後確率計算部16は、算出した事後確率を送信電力制御部17に出力する。   The posterior probability calculation unit 16 includes the communication quality of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n measured by the quality measurement unit 15 and the base stations 3-1 to 3-n extracted by the transmission power control information extraction unit 14. Based on the transmission power control information, the posterior probability that the transmission power control information instructs the base station 3-1 to 3-n as a whole to increase is calculated. The posterior probability calculation unit 16 outputs the calculated posterior probability to the transmission power control unit 17.

図5は、図2に示した事後確率計算部16の構成を示すブロック図である。事後確率計算部16は、確率算出部160−1〜160−nと、乗算器161とを備えている。確率算出部160−1〜160−nは、SIR算出部153−1〜153−nによって算出されたSIRと、送信電力制御情報抽出部14によって抽出された基地局3−1〜3−nの送信電力制御情報に基づいて送信電力制御情報が上昇を示す確率を算出する。確率算出部160−1〜160−nは、算出した送信電力情報が上昇を示す確率を乗算器161に出力する。   FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the posterior probability calculation unit 16 shown in FIG. The posterior probability calculation unit 16 includes probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n and a multiplier 161. The probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n are the SIRs calculated by the SIR calculation units 153-1 to 153-n and the base stations 3-1 to 3-n extracted by the transmission power control information extraction unit 14. A probability that the transmission power control information indicates an increase is calculated based on the transmission power control information. The probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n output to the multiplier 161 the probability that the calculated transmission power information indicates an increase.

乗算器161は、確率算出部160−1〜160−nが算出した送信電力情報が上昇を示す確率を乗算して、基地局3−1〜3−n全体として送信電力制御情報が上昇を示す事後確率を算出する。乗算器161は、算出した事後確率を送信電力制御部17に出力する。   Multiplier 161 multiplies the transmission power information calculated by probability calculation sections 160-1 to 160-n by a probability that the transmission power information is increased, and the transmission power control information indicates an increase as a whole of base stations 3-1 to 3-n. Calculate the posterior probability. Multiplier 161 outputs the calculated posterior probability to transmission power control unit 17.

送信電力制御部17は、事後確率計算部16によって算出された事後確率と予め定められた閾値とを比較して、確率が閾値より大きい場合には送信電力を上昇(増加)させるように送信無線部18を制御し、確率が閾値以下の場合には送信電力を降下(減少)させるように送信無線部18を制御する。   The transmission power control unit 17 compares the posterior probability calculated by the posterior probability calculation unit 16 with a predetermined threshold, and when the probability is larger than the threshold, the transmission wireless control unit 17 increases (increases) the transmission power. The unit 18 is controlled, and when the probability is equal to or less than the threshold, the transmission radio unit 18 is controlled so as to decrease (decrease) the transmission power.

送信無線部18は、図示していない拡散部によって拡散された送信信号を送信電力制御部17の制御に基づいて送信電力を増加または減少させて、送受信分離部11、アンテナ10を介して基地局3−1〜3−nに送信する。   The transmission radio unit 18 increases or decreases the transmission power of the transmission signal spread by the spreading unit (not shown) based on the control of the transmission power control unit 17, and the base station via the transmission / reception separation unit 11 and the antenna 10 Send to 3-1 to 3-n.

つぎに、この発明における送信電力制御装置19の動作を説明する。干渉電力測定部151−1〜151−nは、逆拡散部13−1〜13−nから入力される基地局3−1〜3−nの復調信号から干渉電力を測定して、測定した干渉電力をSIR算出部153−1〜153−nに出力する。信号電力測定部152−1〜152−nは逆拡散部13−1〜13−nから入力される基地局3−1〜3−nの復調信号から信号電力を測定して、測定した信号電力をSIR算出部153−1〜153−nに出力する。   Next, the operation of the transmission power control device 19 in the present invention will be described. Interference power measuring sections 151-1 to 151-n measure the interference power from the demodulated signals of base stations 3-1 to 3-n input from despreading sections 13-1 to 13-n, and measure the measured interference. The power is output to the SIR calculation units 153-1 to 153-n. The signal power measuring units 152-1 to 152-n measure the signal power from the demodulated signals of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n input from the despreading units 13-1 to 13-n, and measure the measured signal power. Are output to the SIR calculation units 153-1 to 153-n.

SIR算出部153−1〜153−nは、干渉電力測定部151−1〜151−nによって測定された基地局3−1〜3−nの干渉電力と、信号電力測定部152−1〜152−nによって測定された基地局3−1〜3−nの信号電力とに基づいて、基地局3−1〜3−nのSIRを算出する。SIR算出部153−1〜153−nは、算出したSIRを確率算出部160−1〜160−nに出力する。   The SIR calculation units 153-1 to 153-n are the interference powers of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n measured by the interference power measurement units 151-1 to 151-n and the signal power measurement units 152-1 to 152. The SIR of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n is calculated based on the signal power of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n measured by −n. The SIR calculation units 153-1 to 153-n output the calculated SIRs to the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n.

送信電力制御情報抽出部14は、逆拡散部13−1〜13−nから入力される基地局3−1〜3−nの復調信号のフレームのTPCビット(図4参照)から各基地局3−1〜3−nが送信した送信電力制御情報を抽出して、抽出した送信電力制御情報を確率算出部160−1〜160−nに出力する。なお、送信電力制御情報は、硬判定値によって抽出してもよいし軟判定値によって抽出してもよく、硬判定値によって抽出するのか、軟判定値によって抽出するのかは、予め設定しておいてもよいし、外部からの選択信号によって選択するようにしてもよい。   The transmission power control information extraction unit 14 determines each base station 3 from the TPC bits (see FIG. 4) of the demodulated signal frame of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n input from the despreading units 13-1 to 13-n. The transmission power control information transmitted by -1 to 3-n is extracted, and the extracted transmission power control information is output to the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n. The transmission power control information may be extracted using a hard decision value or a soft decision value. Whether the transmission power control information is extracted using a hard decision value or a soft decision value is set in advance. Alternatively, the selection may be made by an external selection signal.

確率算出部160−1〜160−nは、基地局3−1〜3−nから送信された送信電力制御情報が上昇の指示である確率を算出する。具体的には、基地局3−1〜3−nから送信される送信電力制御情報が送信電力を上昇の指示である確率は、基地局3−1〜3−nから受信した信号品質であるSIRと送信電力制御情報との関数で表すことができる。ここで、基地局3−1〜3−nのなかでi番目の基地局が送信した送信電力情報をaiとし、移動局1が受信したi番目の基地局の送信電力情報をbiとし、i番目の基地局が送信した送信電力情報aiと移動局1が受信したi番目の基地局の送信電力情報biとがともに{UP(上昇)、DPUW(降下)}の2値を取るとする。また、移動局1で受信したi番目の基地局の受信品質をSIRiとし、基地局からの送信におけるUPの確率pが、全ての基地局で全て同等で定常状態とすると、基地局からの送信におけるUPの確率pは、「p=0.5^(1/n)」となる。 The probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n calculate the probability that the transmission power control information transmitted from the base stations 3-1 to 3-n is an instruction to increase. Specifically, the probability that the transmission power control information transmitted from the base stations 3-1 to 3-n is an instruction to increase the transmission power is the signal quality received from the base stations 3-1 to 3-n. It can be expressed as a function of SIR and transmission power control information. Here, the transmission power information transmitted from the i-th base station among the base stations 3-1 to 3-n is a i, and the transmission power information of the i-th base station received by the mobile station 1 is b i. , The transmission power information a i transmitted by the i-th base station and the transmission power information b i of the i-th base station received by the mobile station 1 are both expressed as {UP (up), DPUW (down)}. Take it. Further, if the reception quality of the i-th base station received by the mobile station 1 is SIR i and the UP probability p in transmission from the base station is the same for all base stations and is in a steady state, The probability of UP in transmission is “p = 0.5 ^ (1 / n)”.

(送信電力制御情報抽出部14が硬判定値を出力する場合)
移動局1が受信したi番目の基地局の送信電力情報biがUPの場合、i番目の基地局が送信した送信電力情報aiがUPを指示する確率P(ai=UP)は、

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によって算出される。 (When transmission power control information extraction unit 14 outputs a hard decision value)
When the transmission power information bi of the i-th base station received by the mobile station 1 is UP, the probability P (a i = UP) that the transmission power information a i transmitted by the i-th base station indicates UP is
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Is calculated by

また、移動局1が受信したi番目の基地局の送信電力情報biがDOWNの場合、i番目の基地局が送信した送信電力情報aiがUPを指示する確率P(ai=UP)は、

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によって算出される。 When the transmission power information bi of the i-th base station received by the mobile station 1 is DOWN, the probability P (a i = UP) that the transmission power information ai transmitted by the i-th base station indicates UP is
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Is calculated by

数1および数2において、
er(x)=0.5+0.5×erf(Sqrt(x))
erc(x)=0.5−0.5×erf(sqrt(x))
であり、誤差関数erf(x)は、

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で表すことができる。 In Equation 1 and Equation 2,
er (x) = 0.5 + 0.5 × erf (Sqrt (x))
erc (x) = 0.5−0.5 × erf (sqrt (x))
And the error function erf (x) is
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It can be expressed as

(送信電力制御情報抽出部14が軟判定値を出力する場合)
i番目の基地局が送信した送信電力情報aiがUPを指示する確率P(ai=UP)は、
P(a1=UP,a2=UP,・・・,an-1=UP,an=UP)
=P(a1=UP)P(a2=UP)・・・P(an-1=UP)P(an=UP)・・・(式1)
で算出することができる。
(When transmission power control information extraction unit 14 outputs a soft decision value)
The probability P (a i = UP) that the transmission power information a i transmitted by the i-th base station indicates UP is:
P (a 1 = UP, a 2 = UP, ..., a n-1 = UP, a n = UP)
= P (a 1 = UP) P (a 2 = UP) P (a n-1 = UP) P (a n = UP) (Equation 1)
Can be calculated.

送信電力制御情報抽出部14の出力が硬判定値の場合、確率算出部160−1〜160−nは、数1〜数3を用いて基地局3−1〜3−nの送信電力制御情報が上昇である確率を算出し、送信電力制御情報抽出部14の出力が軟判定値の場合、確率算出部160−1〜160−nは、式1を用いて基地局3−1〜3−nの送信電力制御情報が上昇である確率を算出する。確率算出部160−1〜160−nは、算出した確率を乗算器161に出力する。   When the output of the transmission power control information extraction unit 14 is a hard decision value, the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n use the equations 1 to 3 to transmit the transmission power control information of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n. When the output of the transmission power control information extraction unit 14 is a soft decision value, the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n use the equation 1 to calculate the base stations 3-1 to 3- The probability that the transmission power control information of n is an increase is calculated. The probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n output the calculated probabilities to the multiplier 161.

確率算出部160−1〜160−nが算出した基地局3−1〜3−nのそれぞれの送信電力情報が上昇を示す確率を乗算して、基地局3−1〜3−n全体として送信電力制御情報が上昇を示す確率を算出する。乗算器161は、算出した確率を送信電力制御部17に出力する。   Multiply by the probability that each of the transmission power information of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n calculated by the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n is increased, and transmitted as a whole of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n. A probability that the power control information indicates an increase is calculated. Multiplier 161 outputs the calculated probability to transmission power control unit 17.

送信電力制御部17は、乗算器161によって算出された基地局3−1〜3−n全体として送信電力制御情報が送信電力を上昇させる指示である確率と予め定められた閾値とを比較して、確率が閾値より大きい場合には送信電力を上昇させるように送信無線部18を制御し、確率が閾値以下の場合には送信電力を降下させるように送信無線部18を制御する。たとえば、送信電力の制御は、1db単位で上昇または降下させる。また、閾値は、0.5とすることが望ましい。   The transmission power control unit 17 compares the probability that the transmission power control information is an instruction to increase the transmission power as a whole for the base stations 3-1 to 3-n calculated by the multiplier 161 with a predetermined threshold value. When the probability is greater than the threshold, the transmission radio unit 18 is controlled to increase the transmission power, and when the probability is less than the threshold, the transmission radio unit 18 is controlled to decrease the transmission power. For example, the transmission power is controlled to increase or decrease by 1 db unit. The threshold is preferably set to 0.5.

このようにこの実施の形態では、品質測定部15がソフトハンドオーバ中の基地局3−1〜3ーnのそれぞれの通信品質としてSIRを算出し、送信電力制御情報抽出部14が基地局3−1〜3−nのそれぞれの送信電力制御情報を抽出し、事後確率計算部16が各基地局3−1〜3−nのSIRと送信電力制御情報に基づいて各基地局3−1〜3−nの送信電力制御情報が電力上昇を指示する確率を算出した後に、これら各基地局3−1〜3−nの送信電力制御部17が電力上昇を指示する確率に基づいて基地局3−1〜3−n全体として電力上昇を指示する事後確率を算出し、送信電力制御部が、事後確率と予め定められた閾値とを比較して、事後確率が閾値よりも大きい場合には送信電力を増加させ、事後確率が閾値以下の場合には送信電力を減少させるようにしているので、通信品質を劣化させることなくソフトハンドオーバ時における送信電力の制御を行うことができ、移動体通信システム全体の通信容量の低下を抑制することができる。   Thus, in this embodiment, the quality measurement unit 15 calculates the SIR as the communication quality of each of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n in soft handover, and the transmission power control information extraction unit 14 uses the base station 3- Each of the transmission power control information 1 to 3 -n is extracted, and the posterior probability calculation unit 16 determines each base station 3-1 to 3-1 based on the SIR and the transmission power control information of each base station 3-1 to 3 -n. After calculating the probability that the transmission power control information of -n instructs the power increase, the base station 3-3 based on the probability that the transmission power control unit 17 of each of the base stations 3-1 to 3-n instructs the power increase. 1 to 3-n as a whole calculates the posterior probability of instructing power increase, and the transmission power control unit compares the posterior probability with a predetermined threshold, and if the posterior probability is larger than the threshold, the transmission power If the posterior probability is below the threshold, Since so as to reduce the power, it is possible to control the transmission power in soft handover without degrading the communication quality, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the communication capacity of the entire mobile communication system.

なお、確率算出部160−1〜160−nにおいて基地局3−1〜3−nが送信した送信電力情報aiがUPを指示する確率P(ai=UP)をログ値log(P(ai=UP))で出力するようにしてもよい。確率算出部160−1〜160−nがログ値で産出地を出力することで、乗算器161の代わりに加算器によって確率算出部160−1〜160−nの出力を加算すれば基地局3−1〜3−n全体としての事後確率を算出することができるようになる。一般的に、乗算器と加算器とを比較すると、加算器のほうが、ハード構成は小さいので回路規模を小さくすることができる。また、ソフトウエアによって演算処理を行う場合でも、乗算と比較して加算のほうが演算処理時間は短いので演算処理時間を短縮することができる。 Note that the probability P (a i = UP) that the transmission power information a i transmitted by the base stations 3-1 to 3 -n in the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160 -n indicates UP is the log value log (P ( a i = UP)). If the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n output the production place as log values, the outputs of the probability calculation units 160-1 to 160-n are added by an adder instead of the multiplier 161, so that the base station 3 It becomes possible to calculate the posterior probability as a whole of −1 to 3-n. In general, when the multiplier and the adder are compared, the circuit scale can be reduced because the adder has a smaller hardware configuration. Further, even when the arithmetic processing is performed by software, the arithmetic processing time can be shortened because addition has a shorter arithmetic processing time than multiplication.

以上のように、この発明にかかる電力制御装置は、CDMA方式の移動体通信システムに有用であり、特に、ソフトハンドオーバ時の移動局の送信電力制御に適している。   As described above, the power control apparatus according to the present invention is useful for a CDMA mobile communication system and is particularly suitable for mobile station transmission power control during soft handover.

この発明における実施の形態の送信電力制御装置を備える移動局が適用される移動体通信システムの構成の一例を示す概略図である。It is the schematic which shows an example of a structure of the mobile communication system with which a mobile station provided with the transmission power control apparatus of embodiment in this invention is applied. 図1に示した移動局の構成を示すブロック図である。FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station shown in FIG. 1. 図2に示した品質測定部の構成の一例を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the quality measurement part shown in FIG. 図2に示した基地局から移動局に向けて送信されるフレームフォーマットの一例を示す図である。FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a frame format transmitted from a base station illustrated in FIG. 2 toward a mobile station. 図2に示した事後確率計算部の構成の一例を示すブロック図である。It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the posterior probability calculation part shown in FIG.

符号の説明Explanation of symbols

1 移動局
3−1,3−2,3−n 基地局
10 アンテナ
11 送受信分離部
12 受信無線部
13−1,13−2,13−n 逆拡散部
14 送信電力制御情報抽出部
15 品質測定部
16 事後確率計算部
17 送信電力制御部
18 送信無線部
151−1、151−2,151−n 干渉電力測定部
152−1、152−2,152−n 信号電力測定部
153−1、153−2,153−n SIR算出部
160−1、160−2,160−n 確率算出部
161 乗算器
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile station 3-1, 3-2, 3-n Base station 10 Antenna 11 Transmission / reception separation part 12 Reception radio | wireless part 13-1, 13-2, 13-n Despreading part 14 Transmission power control information extraction part 15 Quality measurement Unit 16 a posteriori probability calculation unit 17 transmission power control unit 18 transmission radio unit 151-1, 151-2, 151-n interference power measurement unit 152-1, 152-2, 152-n signal power measurement unit 153-1, 153 -2,153-n SIR calculation unit 160-1, 160-2, 160-n probability calculation unit 161 multiplier

Claims (5)

符号分割多次元接続方式の移動体通信システムの移動局に適用される送信電力制御装置において、
ソフトハンドオーバ中の各基地局からの受信信号の通信品質を測定する品質測定部と、
前記各基地局から送信された受信信号から電力上昇または電力降下を指示する送信電力制御情報を抽出する送信電力制御情報抽出部と、
前記品質測定部によって測定された通信品質と前記送信電力制御情報抽出部によって抽出された送信電力制御情報に基づいて、前記各基地局すべてが電力上昇を指示した事後確率を算出する事後確率計算部と、
この事後確率計算部によって算出された事後確率に基づいて送信電力を増加または減少させる送信電力制御部と、
を備えることを特徴とする送信電力制御装置。
In a transmission power control apparatus applied to a mobile station of a mobile communication system of a code division multidimensional connection method,
A quality measurement unit for measuring communication quality of received signals from each base station during soft handover;
A transmission power control information extraction unit that extracts transmission power control information instructing power increase or power decrease from the received signal transmitted from each of the base stations;
A posteriori probability calculation unit that calculates a posteriori probability that all the base stations have instructed power increase based on communication quality measured by the quality measurement unit and transmission power control information extracted by the transmission power control information extraction unit When,
A transmission power control unit that increases or decreases transmission power based on the posterior probability calculated by the posterior probability calculation unit;
A transmission power control apparatus comprising:
前記品質測定部は、
前記通信品質として、前記受信信号に復調処理を施した復調信号のパイロット信号またはデータ信号を用いてSIRまたは誤り率を測定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の送信電力制御装置。
The quality measuring unit
The transmission power control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an SIR or an error rate is measured using a pilot signal or a data signal of a demodulated signal obtained by demodulating the received signal as the communication quality.
前記送信電力制御情報抽出部は、
送信電力制御情報を硬判定値または軟判定値として出力することを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の送信電力制御装置。
The transmission power control information extraction unit includes:
The transmission power control apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmission power control information is output as a hard decision value or a soft decision value.
前記送信電力制御部は、
前記事後確率と所定の閾値とを比較して、前記事後確率が前記閾値より大きい場合には送信電力を増加させ、前記事後確率が前記閾値以下の場合には送信電力を減少させることを特徴とする請求項1〜3の何れか一つに記載の送信電力制御装置。
The transmission power control unit
Comparing the posterior probability with a predetermined threshold, increasing the transmission power if the posterior probability is greater than the threshold, and decreasing the transmission power if the posterior probability is less than or equal to the threshold The transmission power control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
請求項1〜4の何れか一つに記載の送信電力制御装置を備えることを特徴とする移動局。

A mobile station comprising the transmission power control apparatus according to claim 1.

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