US20070291702A1 - Base Station Apparatus,Wireless Communication System,And Wireless Transmission Method - Google Patents

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Publication number: US20070291702A1
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Prior art keywords: station apparatus; transmission power; channel; base station; mobile station
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Hideo Nanba

Yasuhiro Hamaguchi

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the present invention relates to a base station apparatus, a wireless communication system, and a wireless transmission method, which carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting adjacent cells.
the standardization to realize a broad band wireless Internet access that targets a transmission rate of 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps is in progress and various techniques have been proposed.
the condition required to realize high transmission rate wireless communication is the improvement of frequency usage efficiency. Since the transmission rate and the used bandwidth are in a proportional relationship, a simple solution to increase the transmission rate is to widen the frequency bandwidth to be used. However, available frequency bands are in a tight situation and it is unlikely that a sufficient bandwidth is allocated when constructing a new wireless communication system. Consequently, it becomes necessary to improve the frequency usage efficiency.
Another required condition is to provide service in a private area (isolated cell), such as a wireless LAN, in a seamless manner while realizing service in a communication area constituted by cells, such as a mobile phone.
a private area isolated cell
a wireless LAN wireless local area network
Techniques having the possibility of solving these problems include a technique called one-cell reuse OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA) (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing/Time Division Multiple Access, Frequency Division Multiple Access).
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing/Time Division Multiple Access, Frequency Division Multiple Access
This is a technique in which communication is performed using the same frequency in all of the cells in a communication area constituted by cells, the modulation scheme when performing communication is the OFDM, and the access scheme uses the TDMA and FDMA.
This is a communication system, without doubt, capable of realizing higher-speed data communication in an isolated cell while maintaining a common wireless interface with a cell area.
the OFDM, TDMA, and FDMA which are constitutional techniques of the OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA), are explained briefly.
the OFDM is a technique used for IEEE802.11a, which is a wireless system of 5 GHz band, and a terrestrial digital broadcasting.
the OFDM is a system in which tens to thousands of carriers are arranged at intervals of a minimum frequency that does not cause interference theoretically and communication is performed simultaneously.
a carrier is called a sub-carrier and each sub-carrier is modulated when performing communication by a modulation scheme, such as the PSK, QAM, etc.
a modulation scheme such as the PSK, QAM, etc.
the number of sub-carriers used in the OFDM is assumed to be 768.
the TDMA is an access system in which time is divided when transmitting/receiving data.
a frame configuration is used in which there are a plurality of slots, which is a unit of communication time, and further, it is general to allocate a control slot necessary for receiving a frame at the front of the frame in the case of Down-link.
a frame is composed of nine slots and the front slot is allocated as a control slot.
the FDMA is an access system in which frequencies are divided when transmitting/receiving data.
frequencies are divided into several bands, which are frequency bands for performing communication, and thus terminals (mobile station apparatus) that access are classified.
a protective band called a guard band is prepared between divided frequency bands, however, in the OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA), no guard band is used because the frequency usage efficiency is decreased, or if used, its band is very narrow, just for accepting several sub-carries.
768 sub-carries used in the OFDM are divided into 12 groups, each group including 64 sub-carries, for performing the FDMA.
FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a two-dimensional frame configuration of the OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA).
the vertical axis represents the frequency and the horizontal axis represents the time.
One of a plurality of rectangles shown in FIG. 42 is the minimum unit used for data transmission, composed of a plurality of OFDM symbols, and is referred to as a slot in the present specification. Among the slots, those with diagonals are control slots.
the figure means that there are nine slots in the time direction and 12 slots in the frequency direction in one frame, that is, there exist a total of 108 slots (among then, 12 slots are control slots) in one frame.
a group of slots in the direction of the frequency axis at the same time is referred to as a time channel and a group of slots in the direction of the time axis at the same frequency (composed of nine slots in the case of FIG. 42 ) is referred to as a frequency channel.
a slot is denoted by (Tn, Fm)
a time channel is denoted by Tn (n is a natural number from 1 to 9)
a frequency channel is denoted by Fm (m is a natural number from 1 to 12).
the hatched slot in FIG. 42 is a slot denoted by (T 4 , F 7 ).
AP base station
MT mobile station apparatus
terminal communication from a base station (referred to as AP or base station apparatus) to a mobile station (referred to as MT, mobile station apparatus, or simply “terminal”) is considered.
AP base station
MT mobile station apparatus
terminal communication from a base station (referred to as AP or base station apparatus) to a mobile station (referred to as MT, mobile station apparatus, or simply “terminal”) is considered.
the data to be received by the MT is allocated to (T 2 to T 4 , F 1 ), (T 5 to T 8 , F 4 ), and (T 2 to T 9 , F 11 ).
T 1 , F 1 ), (T 1 , F 4 ), and (T 1 , F 11 ) correspond to the control slots.
the OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA) system is a system in which a plurality of mobile stations transmit and receive data to and from the base station by changing the frequency and time based on those described above.
FIG. 42 the figure is drawn such that there seems to be a gap between slots for convenience's sake, however, the presence or absence of a gap is of no importance.
FIG. 43 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of a transmission circuit used in the OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA).
the transmission circuit shown in FIG. 43 has a data multiplex part 431 .
the transmission circuit has 12 error correction encoding parts 432 - a to 432 - l and at the same time, has 12 serial/parallel conversion parts (S/P conversion parts) 433 - a to 433 - l .
a transmission power control part 435 exhibits a function of changing transmission power for each frequency channel.
the data multiplex part 431 information data is separated into 12 groups in units of packets for transmission.
the data multiplex part 431 physically specifies the ODFM/(TDMA, FDMA) slot to be specified by a module, such as a CPU etc., not shown schematically here.
error correction encoding is performed in the error correction encoding parts 432 - a to 432 - l
separation into 64 groups is performed in the S/P conversion parts 433 - a to 433 - l
each carrier is modulated in a mapping part 434 .
the transmission power control part 435 power control is performed into transmission power for each sub-channel specified by a module, such as a CPU etc., not shown schematically and IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) processing is performed in an IFFT part 436 .
IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
the number of points of the IFFT normally used is 1,024.
a guard interval is inserted in a guard interval insertion part 438 .
a guard interval is inserted in order to reduce interference between symbols when receiving an OFDM signal.
the data is transmitted from an antenna part 441 .
FIG. 44 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of a reception circuit used in the OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA).
the reception circuit shown in FIG. 44 has a data demultiplex part 461 and further, has 12 error correction decoding parts 460 - a to 460 - l .
the reception circuit has 12 parallel/serial conversion parts (P/S conversion parts) 459 - a to 459 - l.
the reception circuit an operation reverse to that of the transmission circuit is performed basically.
the frequency of the radio wave received by an antenna part 451 is converted into a frequency in a frequency band in which A/D conversion is possible by a radio reception part 452 .
the OFDM symbols are synchronized in a synchronization part 454 and the guard interval is removed in a guard interval removal part 455 .
the data is paralleled into 1,024 data in an S/P conversion part 456 .
the FFT of 1,024 points is performed in an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) part 457 and demodulation of the sub-carrier of 768 waves is performed in a propagation channel estimation and demapping part 458 .
propagation path is estimated by the receiver by sending a known signal from the transmitter to the receiver.
the necessary data is serialized in the P/S conversion parts 459 - a to 459 - l , error correction is performed in the error correction decoding parts 460 - a to 460 - l , and the data is input to the data demultiplex part 461 .
the data demultiplex part 461 the data is processed into information data and output.
FIG. 45 ( a ) is an example of the case where cells have a hexagonal shape and seven frequency bands are used.
a base station is arranged in the center of the cell and in cell B 0 , communication is performed using a frequency band Fc 0 , in B 1 , Fc 1 is used, and similar combinations follow in the rest of the cells.
Fc 0 frequency band
B 1 frequency band
Fc 1 frequency band
FIG. 45 ( b ) is an example of the case where one-cell reuse OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA) is used.
the configuration consists of hexagonal cells, however, the same frequency Fc 0 is used. Consequently, when the one-cell reuse OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA) operates ideally, it follows that a frequency usage efficiency seven times that compared to the case in FIG. 45 ( a ) can be attained. As a result, it can be said that realization of one-cell reuse is a indispensable technique in order to realize high speed communication.
the point that affects the ideal operation of the one-cell reuse is to prevent interference from other cells.
Two techniques can roughly be thought as a method for preventing interference from other cells.
One method is to establish a communication system in which each terminal removes radio waves from other cells (interference removal) and the other method is to prevent interference from affecting as much as possible.
interference removal the following two are explained with respect to a specific technique of the latter method.
FIG. 46 A cell configuration relating to the invention described in Patent document 1 is shown in FIG. 46 .
FIG. 46 a hexagon constructed by the dotted-line is shown in each cell in comparison with FIG. 45 ( a ). This means that one cell is divided into two areas, one being near the base station and the other, distant therefrom.
FIG. 47 A cell configuration relating to the invention disclosed in Patent document 2 is shown in FIG. 47 .
FIG. 47 two hexagons constructed by the dotted-line are shown in each cell in comparison with FIG. 45 ( a ).
Ts 1 the area most distant from the base station
Ts 2 the second most distant area
Ts 3 the nearest area
each cell performs communication by changing transmission power in accordance with the time, respectively.
Patent document 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-18091
Patent document 2 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-46437
Patent document 1 and Patent document 2 are used in the one-cell reuse OFDM/(TDMA, FDMA), it is not possible to deal adaptively with the case of an isolated cell or the case where the number of adjacent cells is different, and further, the case where a base station is newly installed after the base station has once been installed and the service has been started. Further, in Patent document 2, that each base station is synchronized with another is a tacit assumption and there is no description on the solving means when not synchronized.
the present invention has been developed the above-described circumstances being taken into account and an object thereof is to provide a base station apparatus, a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method capable of carrying out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting adjacent cells.
a base station apparatus is a base station apparatus that uses a plurality of slots and performs wireless communication with a mobile station apparatus in a cell, characterized in that the base station apparatus receives information from the mobile station apparatus, determines transmission power to be allocated to a group of the slots as well as determining transmission power when transmitting a wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information, determines a group of slots or part of a group of slots for transmitting transmission data based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the group of slots, and transmits the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus using the determined group of slots or the determined part of the group of slots
the base station apparatus determines the transmission power to be allocated to the group of the slots as well as determining the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information and determines the group of slots or the part of the group of slots for transmitting the transmission data based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the group of slots, it is possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting the adjacent cells.
a base station apparatus is a base station apparatus that has a plurality of time channels and performs wireless communication with a mobile station apparatus in a cell using the time channel, characterized in that the base station apparatus receives information from the mobile station apparatus, determines transmission power to be allocated to the time channel as well as determining transmission power when transmitting a wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information, determines a time channel or part of time channel for transmitting transmission data based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the time channel, and transmits the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus using the determined time channel or the determined part of time channel.
the base station apparatus determines the transmission power to be allocated to the time channel as well as determining the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information and determines the time channel or the part of time channel for transmitting transmission data based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the time channel, for example, small transmission power is allocated to a time channel with large interference power, a time channel with small SINR, and a time channel with a large error rate because those time channels are used only on the central part of the cell as those not used on the peripheral part of the cell because of their large interference.
large transmission power is allocated to a time channel with small interference power, a time channel with large SINR, and a time channel with a small error rate as those used on the peripheral part of the cell because their interference is small even on the peripheral part of the cell. Due to this, it is made possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting the adjacent cells.
a base station apparatus is a base station apparatus that has a plurality of frequency channels and performs wireless communication with a mobile station apparatus in a cell using the frequency channel, characterized in that the base station apparatus receives information from the mobile station apparatus, determines transmission power to be allocated to the frequency channel as well as determining transmission power when transmitting a wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information, determines a frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting transmission data based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the frequency channel, and transmits the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus using a frequency channel corresponding to the determined frequency channel or the determined part of frequency channel.
the base station apparatus determines the transmission power to be allocated to the frequency channel as well as determining the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information and determines the frequency channel or the part of frequency channel for transmitting transmission data based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the frequency channel, for example, small transmission power is allocated to a frequency channel with large interference power, a frequency channel with small SINR, and a frequency channel with a large error rate because those frequency channels are used only on the central part of the cell as those not used on the peripheral part of the cell because of their large interference.
large transmission power is allocated to a frequency channel with small interference power, a frequency channel with large SINR, and a frequency channel with a small error rate as those used on the peripheral part of the cell because their interference is small also on the peripheral part of the cell. Due to this, it is made possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting the adjacent cells.
a base station apparatus is characterized in that the condition for determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data is any one of the following conditions that: the interference power at the mobile station apparatus is the smallest; the magnitude of transmission power and the magnitude of interference power at the mobile station are associated in advance in a relationship of inverse proportion and interference power corresponding to the determined transmission power is possessed; and the ratio between reception signal power and interference power at the mobile station apparatus is the maximum.
a base station apparatus is characterized in that when determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data, the base station apparatus divides the mobile station apparatus in the cells into a plurality of groups based on the information received from the mobile station apparatus and allocates slots for transmitting transmission data to the same time channel or the same frequency channel for a mobile station apparatus in the same group.
the allocation of transmission power can be carried out for each group, and therefore, it is made possible to perform the allocation processing efficiently.
the transmission power of each group may assume discrete values or may assume continuous values in the above-mentioned numerical value range.
a base station apparatus is characterized in that when determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data, the base station apparatus identifies the group to which the transmission power for transmitting a wireless signal to any one of the mobile station apparatus in the cell belongs, and allocates, when there exists a vacant time channel or a vacant frequency channel in all of the individual time channels or the individual frequency channels or in the part thereof to which transmission power corresponding to a group with transmission power larger than that of the identified group has been allocated, a slot for transmitting transmission data to the mobile station apparatus to the vacant time channel or the vacant frequency channel.
a base station apparatus is characterized in that when determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data, the base station apparatus identifies the group to which the transmission power for transmitting a wireless signal to any one of the mobile station apparatus in the cell belongs, and allocates, when transmission data is not allocated to the time channel or the frequency channel allocated to the identified group and when there exists a vacant time channel or a vacant frequency channel in all of the time channels or the frequency channels or in the part thereof to which transmission power corresponding to a group with transmission power smaller than that of the identified group has been allocated, a slot for transmitting transmission data to the mobile station apparatus to the vacant time channel or the vacant frequency channel.
the base station apparatus allocates, when there exists a vacant communication slot in the time channels or each of the frequency channels to which transmission power corresponding to the group with transmission power smaller than the group to which the transmission power for the mobile station apparatus belongs has been allocated, the transmission data to be transmitted to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power corresponding to the group with small transmission power to the vacant communication slot, it is made possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting the adjacent cells.
a base station apparatus is characterized by changing, after allocating a slot for transmitting the transmission data, the transmission power of the allocated slot based on the received information.
the base station apparatus changes, after allocating the slot for transmitting the transmission data, the transmission power of the allocated slot based on the received information, it is made possible to use a plurality of values as reception power on the mobile station apparatus side in accordance with the variation in the propagation path.
a base station apparatus is characterized by changing the modulation scheme when allocating transmission data to be transmitted to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power to the vacant time channel or each vacant frequency channel.
the base station apparatus changes the modulation scheme when allocating the transmission data to be transmitted to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power to the vacant communication slot, it is possible to avoid the influence on the adjacent cells while avoiding the occurrence of an error by changing the modulation scheme to a lower one, that is, to a modulation scheme for easier reception, as well as lowering the transmission power when, for example, transmitting a wireless signal to a mobile station apparatus that requires high transmission power, and if the communication slot of each time channel or each frequency channel to which low transmission power has been allocated is vacant.
a base station apparatus is characterized by updating the allocated transmission power at intervals of a certain period of time when determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data.
the base station apparatus since the base station apparatus updates the allocated transmission power at intervals of a certain period of time, it is made possible to allocate transmission power in accordance with the movement of the mobile station apparatus, the change in the situation of propagation path, etc.
a base station apparatus is characterized by updating the allocated transmission power when determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data, and if there exists a mobile station apparatus that newly makes a request for connection in the cell and if any one of the mobile station apparatus moves, or if the situation of propagation path changes in any one of the mobile station apparatus.
a base station apparatus is characterized by allocating transmission power so that, when updating the transmission power, the difference between the transmission power immediately before the update and the transmission power to be allocated at the time of update is equal to or less than a fixed value.
the base station apparatus allocates the transmission power so that the difference between the transmission power immediately before the update and the transmission power to be allocated at the time of update is equal to or less than a fixed value, it is made possible to keep the variation in interference with the adjacent cells to a minimum.
the difference shall be equal to or less than a fixed value because of an attempt to define a range in which the transmission power immediately before update does not change considerably after the update.
a specific numerical value range can be found from the technical common sense in the communication technique.
a base station apparatus is characterized by allocating, when determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data, transmission power with which a wireless signal can reach the entire range in the cell to at least one of the time channels or frequency channels and at the same time, transmission power the influence of which on the adjacent cells can be ignored to at least one of the time channels or frequency channels.
a base station apparatus is characterized by acquiring a level of interference received from the adjacent cells based on information received from the mobile station apparatus and determining the time channel or part thereof, or the frequency channel or part thereof to which the transmission power with which the wireless signal can reach the entire range in the cell is allocated in accordance with the measured interference level in order to transmit data other than the control data.
the base station apparatus determines the time channel or part thereof, or the frequency channel or part thereof to which the transmission power with which the wireless signal can reach the entire range in the cell is allocated in accordance with the measured interference level, it is possible to evaluate only the time channel or the part thereof, or the frequency channel or the part thereof that is actually affected by the interference from the adjacent cells and it is made possible to improve the usage efficiency of the time channel or the part thereof, or the frequency channel or the part thereof.
a base station apparatus is characterized by measuring the number of adjacent cells based on the information received from the mobile station apparatus and determining, when determining the allocation of time channel, frequency channel, or communication slot for transmitting the transmission data, a number L of the time channels or part thereof, or the frequency channels or part thereof to which the transmission power with which the wireless signal can reach the entire range in the cell is allocated in accordance with the measured interference level in order to transmit data other than the control data as such one that holds L ⁇ (total number of time channels, frequency channels, or communication slots)/ ⁇ (number of adjacent cells)+1 ⁇ .
the base station apparatus dynamically changes the number of time channels or the part thereof, or the number of frequency channels or the part thereof to which the transmission power with which the wireless signal can reach the entire range in the cell is allocated in accordance with the number of adjacent cells, it is made possible to improve the usage efficiency of the time channel or the part thereof, or the frequency channel or the part thereof.
a base station apparatus is characterized by allocating, when determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel, or frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting the transmission data and if on one hand, there exists a mobile station apparatus required to transmit a wireless signal with transmission power with which the wireless signal can reach the entire range in the cell and if, on the other hand, there exists no data to be transmitted to the mobile station apparatus, dummy data to be transmitted to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power with which the wireless signal can reach the entire range in the cell to the time channel or the part thereof, or the frequency channel or the part thereof.
a base station apparatus is characterized by adding a hysteresis characteristic to the condition for the change of groups when the group to which the transmission power allocated to the mobile station apparatus belongs is changed due to the information received from the mobile station apparatus.
a wireless communication system is characterized by being configured by the base station apparatus according to any one of claim 1 to claim 17 and at least one mobile station apparatus.
the wireless communication system it is made possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting the adjacent cells.
a mobile station apparatus is characterized by being applied to the wireless communication system according to claim 18 .
the mobile station apparatus According to the mobile station apparatus according to the present invention, it is made possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting the adjacent cells.
a wireless communication method is a wireless communication method of a base station apparatus having a plurality of time channels and transmitting a wireless signal to a mobile station apparatus using the time channel, characterized by comprising at least a step for receiving information from the mobile station apparatus, a step for determining transmission power when transmitting a wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information, a step for acquiring information about communication environment in each time channel from the received information, a step for determining the allocation of time channel or part of time channel and transmission power for transmission to the mobile station apparatus based on the determined transmission power and the information about communication environment, and a step for transmitting a wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus using the time channel or the part of time channel to which the transmission data and the determined transmission power have been allocated.
the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus is determined and at the same time, the transmission power to be allocated to the time channel is determined based on the information received from the mobile station apparatus, and the time channel or part of time channel for transmitting transmission data is determined based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the time channel, for example, small transmission power is allocated to a time channel with large interference power, a time channel with small SINR, and a time channel with a large error rate because those time channels are used only on the central part of the cell as those not used on the peripheral part of the cell because of their large interference.
large transmission power is allocated to a time channel with small interference power, a time channel with large SINR, and a time channel with a small error rate as those used on the peripheral part of the cell because their interference is small also on the peripheral part of the cell. Due to this, it is made possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting adjacent cells.
a wireless communication method is a wireless communication method of a base station apparatus having a plurality of frequency channels and transmitting a wireless signal to a mobile station apparatus in a cell using the frequency channel, characterized by comprising at least a step for receiving information from the mobile station apparatus, a step for determining transmission power when transmitting a wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus based on the received information, a step for acquiring information about communication environment in each frequency channel from the received information, a step for determining the allocation of frequency channel or part of frequency channel and transmission power for transmitting transmission data to the mobile station apparatus based on the determined transmission power and the information about communication environment, and a step for transmitting a wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus using the frequency channel or the part of time channel to which the transmission data and the determined transmission power have been allocated.
the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus is determined and at the same time, the transmission power to be allocated to the frequency channel is determined based on the information received from the mobile station apparatus, and a frequency channel or part of frequency channel for transmitting transmission data is determined based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the frequency channel, for example, small transmission power is allocated to a frequency channel with large interference power, a frequency channel with small SINR, and a frequency channel with a large error rate because those frequency channels are used only on the central part of the cell as those not used on the peripheral part of the cell because of their large interference.
large transmission power is allocated to a frequency channel with small interference power, a frequency channel with large SINR, and a frequency channel with a small error rate as those used on the peripheral part of the cell because their interference is small also on the peripheral part of the cell. Due to this, it is made possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting adjacent cells.
transmission power when transmitting a wireless signal to a mobile station apparatus is determined and at the same time, transmission power to be allocated to a group of slots is determined based on information received from the mobile station apparatus, and a group of slots or part of a group of slots for transmitting transmission data is determined based on the transmission power when transmitting the wireless signal to the mobile station apparatus and the transmission power allocated to the group of slots, it is possible to carry out the allocation of transmission power adaptively without affecting adjacent cells.
FIG. 1 ( a ) is a diagram showing an arrangement situation of a cell and mobile station terminals
FIG. 1 ( b ) is a diagram showing transmission power required for Down-link in the cell
FIG. 1 ( c ) is a diagram showing an example of the allocation of slots.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of slots.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of cell arrangement.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing transmission timing of a control slot group.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of a mobile station apparatus.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of a base station apparatus.
FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the allocation of slot at a base station apparatus.
FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation of the allocation of slot at a mobile station apparatus.
FIG. 9 ( a ) is a diagram showing an arrangement situation of mobile station apparatus in cell 1 and cell 2
FIG. 9 ( b ) is a diagram showing transmission power required for Down-link in the cell 2
FIG. 9 ( c ) is a diagram showing a situation of the allocation of slot in the cell 2 .
FIG. 10 ( a ) is a diagram showing transmission power required for Down-link in the cell 1 and FIG. 10 ( b ) shows a diagram showing transmission power required for Down-link in the cell 2 .
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a situation of the allocation of mobile station apparatus in the cell 2 and interference power affecting the cell 1 .
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which slots have been allocated to mobile station apparatus A to C in the cell 1 .
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing transmission power required for Down-link in the cell 1 and the cell 2 and a state in which slots have been allocated to mobile station apparatus D to H in the cell 1 .
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing how the transmission power level and the interference level are associated with each other.
FIG. 15 ( a ) is a diagram showing the case where the transmission timing of the control slot group is fixed and FIG. 15 ( b ) is a diagram showing the case where the transmission timing of the control slot group is variable.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example in which the transmission power required for Down-link and the allocation of slot in the same group are changed.
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the transmission power required for Down-link and an example in which the allocation to the time channel to which another group has been allocated is allowed.
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a general configuration of a mobile station apparatus.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a general configuration of a base station apparatus.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a sub-channel used in Down-link.
FIG. 21 is diagram showing a configuration example of a frame.
FIG. 22 ( a ) is a diagram showing the configuration of a slot and FIG. 22 ( b ) is a diagram showing the outline of the topology of a network.
FIG. 23 ( a ) is a diagram showing the outline of a cell arrangement and FIG. 23 ( b ) is a diagram showing a structure example of a control slot.
FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing the outline of the operation procedure of a mobile station apparatus.
FIG. 26 is a flow chart showing the outline of the operation procedure of a base station apparatus.
FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing the operation of the allocation of sub-channel that can be used.
FIG. 28 is a flow chart showing a connection process.
FIG. 29 is a flow chart of transmission power control.
FIG. 30 is a flow chart showing the determination of the allocation of sub-channel.
FIG. 31 is a flow chart showing the operation of the allocation of transmission data to slots.
FIG. 32 is a flow chart showing the operation of the allocation of transmission data to slots.
FIG. 33 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 34 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 35 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 36 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 37 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 38 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 39 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power group.
FIG. 40 is a flow chart showing the operation of the allocation of sub-channel that can be used.
FIG. 41 is a flow chart showing the operation of the allocation of sub-channel that can be used.
FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a frame.
FIG. 43 is a diagram showing a general configuration of a base station apparatus.
FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a general configuration of a mobile station apparatus.
FIG. 45 ( a ) is a diagram showing an example of a cell arrangement and FIG. 45 ( b ) is a diagram showing an example of a cell arrangement.
FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an example of a cell arrangement.
FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an example of a cell arrangement.
FIG. 48 is a diagram showing how to give hysteresis to grouping.
FIG. 49 is a diagram showing an example of a condition in grouping.
FIG. 50 is a flow chart showing the operation of a base station.
FIG. 51 is a flow chart showing the operation of a terminal.
a method of allocation of slot according to a first embodiment of the present invention is explained below.
a plurality of terminals that require a transmission power level of the same level in a base station are allocated adaptively to different frequency channels of the same time channel while taking into consideration the influence of interference that comes from adjacent cells.
An example of the result of the allocation when such adaptive allocation of slot is carried out is shown in FIG. 1 .
the “base station” has the same meaning as the control station, AP, or base station apparatus and the “mobile station” has the same meaning as the MT, mobile station apparatus, or terminal.
FIG. 1 ( a ) shows a cell and the arrangement of terminals in the cell and FIG. 1 ( b ) shows transmission power required for the Down-link communication for the respective terminals in the cell.
the transmission of transmission power is so performed that the reception power of all of the terminals in the cell is the same.
the terminals whose transmission power required for the Down-link is the same level are grouped.
grouping is such that terminal A, terminal B, and terminal C are put into group 1 , terminal D, terminal E, terminal F, and terminal G are put into group 2 , and terminal H and terminal I are put into group 3 .
the terminals belonging to the same group are allocated to different frequency channels of the same time channel.
the group 1 is allocated to time channel 3 , the group 2 , to time channel 2 , and the group 3 , to time channel 5 .
FIG. 1 ( c ) is carried out and the transmission power required for the Down-link communication to a terminal is maintained at the same level for each time channel and therefore it is possible to keep the average interference power affecting on adjacent cells substantially constant for each time channel.
a channel allocation procedure by such adaptive allocation of slot is explained below.
the slot configuration according to the first embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 2 .
the slot configuration according to the first embodiment of the present invention is assumed to be a configuration in which the number of frequency channels is 12, the number of time channels including control slots (hereinafter, a single time channel for transmission of control information in a single frequency channel is referred to as a control slot and the time channels for transmission of control information over a plurality of frequency channels are referred to as a control slot group) is 9, and the same frequency band is used in all of the cells.
the cell arrangement is a state as shown in FIG. 3 and that the transmission timing of the control slot group is one common to all of the cells as shown in FIG. 4 ( a ), and further that the configuration is such one in which timing is different for each cell as shown in FIG. 4 ( b ).
the configuration is such one in which timing is different for each cell as shown in FIG. 4 ( b ).
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a device configuration of terminals.
reference number 100 denotes an antenna part
101 denotes a radio reception part
102 and 111 denote an A/D conversion part
103 denotes a symbol synchronization part
104 denotes a guard interval removal part
105 denotes an S/P part
106 denotes an FET part
107 denotes a propagation channel estimation and demapping part
108 denotes a P/S part
109 denotes an error correction decoding part
110 denotes a demultiplex part
112 denotes an RSS (Received Signal Strength) measurement part
113 denotes an interference power measurement part
114 denotes a control part
115 denotes an Up-link transmission part.
a terminal that carried out the allocation of slot according to the first embodiment of the present invention has the RSS measurement part 112 , unlike the conventional example, and performs measurement of a reception power level at Down-link.
measurement of interference power is performed at the interference power measurement part 113 .
the interference power measurement part is at the post stage of the FFT part 106 and has a configuration in which the transmission power of an interference signal after FFT is measured, but, not limited to this, and a configuration may be possible in which the transmission power of an interference signal before FFT is measured.
the RSSI Receiveived Signal Strength Indicator
the information about the propagation loss and the interference power in each time channel is put together with other information data as a packet at the control part 114 and transmitted to the base station at the Up-link transmission part 15 .
Processes other than the above are performed in the same manner as that of the prior art.
the received signal is subjected to symbol-synchronization at the synchronization part 113 via the A/D conversion part 102 .
the guard interval is removed at the guard interval (GI) removal part 104 and after subjected to serial/parallel conversion at the S/P conversion part 105 , the received signal is transmitted to the FFT part 106 and converted from a signal in the time area into a signal in the frequency area.
GI guard interval
propagation channel estimation and demapping are performed at the propagation channel estimation and demapping part 107 , and after the parallel/serial conversion at the P/S conversion part 108 , the transmission data is decoded at the error correction decoding part 109 and transmitted to the demultiplex part, as a result.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a device configuration of a base station.
reference number 120 denotes a scheduling part
121 denotes a multiplex part
122 denotes an error correction encoding part
123 denotes an S/P part
124 denotes a mapping part
125 denotes a transmission power control part
126 denotes an IFFT part
127 denotes a P/S part
128 denotes a guard interval insertion part
129 denotes a D/A conversion part
130 denotes a radio transmission part
131 denotes an antenna part
132 denotes an Up-link reception part.
a base station when the allocation of slot according to the first embodiment of the present invention is carried out transmits the propagation loss information and interference information obtained from the Up-link reception part to the scheduling part 120 unlike the conventional example, and carries out the allocation of slot according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Then, at a slot allocated by the scheduling part 120 , transmission of information data of each terminal is performed as a result, and at the same time, the transmission power control information for each terminal is obtained from the scheduling part 120 and transmitted to the transmission power control part 125 .
FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 A control flow shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 is explained below, in which each terminal in cell 1 in FIG. 9 ( a ) is actually put into a group and channel allocation is carried out.
cell 2 adjacent cell of the cell 1 in FIG. 9 ( a )
the allocation of channel and slot has already been carried out and the situation of the channel allocation is such one as shown in FIG. 9 ( c ).
each of terminals I to T in the cell 2 is at each of positions shown in FIG. 9 ( a ), respectively, and the transmission power (transmission power required for Down-link) in the base station corresponding to the respective terminals is such one as shown in FIG. 9 ( b ).
the terminals A to C receive (step S 21 ) the control information of all of the frequency channels transmitted (step S 2 ) periodically in the control slot group from the base station in each cell, and measures the RSSI of the received signal at each terminal as shown in step S 22 .
the control slot group transmitted periodically from the base station in each cell is transmitted with transmission power that can be received by even a terminal situated at the edge of the cell and the contents of the control information include transmission power information (information indicative of the magnitude of transmission power used for the transmission) when the base station transmits control information, information about allocation of slot, etc.
the terminals A to C demodulate the received signal, as shown in step S 23 and obtain the transmission power information at the base station when the control information is transmitted.
step S 26 measurement of the interference power that comes from the adjacent cells is performed at each of the terminals (terminals A to C).
the terminals A to C notify the base station of the interference power thus obtained and the propagation loss information of Down-link between the base station and the terminal obtained in step S 26 via the Up-link (step S 27 ).
the base station By the procedure described above, it is possible for the base station to obtain the propagation loss information of the Down-link between the base station and the terminal and the information about interference power that comes from the adjacent cells necessary to carry out the adaptive allocation of slot according to the first embodiment of the present invention for each terminal.
the terminals are grouped based on the propagation loss information at each terminal obtained via the Up-link.
the grouping of terminals is a process, as shown in FIG. 10 ( a ), in which the transmission power required for performing Down-link transmission for each terminal is calculated from the propagation loss at each terminal (step S 6 ) and the terminals having the same transmission power as a result of the calculation are handled as a group (step S 7 ).
the transmission power of the Down-link for the terminal A is the same level as that of the transmission power of the Down-link for the terminal C, and as a result, they belong to the same group (here, the group 2 ).
the terminal B requires high transmission power and therefore it belongs to a group (here, the group 1 ) different from that of the terminals A and C.
the allocation of time channel to each group and the allocation of frequency channel to each terminal belonging to the group are carried out at the base station.
the allocation of time channel is carried out in the order from the group with higher transmission power of the Down-link (step S 8 ). Consequently, here, the allocation of time channel is carried out from the group 1 (to which only the terminal B belongs) and as shown in step S 9 , whether there exists a terminal to which a slot has already been allocated in the selected group (group 1 ) is determined.
the procedure moves to step S 10 and the time channel with the lowest interference power observed at the terminal B of the group 1 among the vacant time channels (here, all of the time channels) is allocated to the group 1 .
the interference power in the time channel 4 is the minimum among the interference power of each time channel observed in the cell 1 and the time channel 4 is allocated to the group 1 .
the interference power affecting the cell 1 is the minimum in the time channel 4 , and this is because the terminals I to K situated near the base station of the cell 2 and whose transmission power of the Down-link is set low are allocated to the time channel 4 .
step S 11 the allocation of time channel to the group 1 is carried out and next, the allocation of frequency channel to each terminal belonging to the relevant group is carried out (step S 11 to step S 13 ).
step S 11 the amount of data of Down-link for the terminal (terminal B) to which a slot has not been allocated yet in the relevant group (here, the group 1 ) is calculated, and as shown in step S 12 , the number of frequency channels necessary for one frame is calculated.
step S 13 the allocation of vacant frequency channel to the relevant terminal in accordance with the number of necessary frequency channels.
the number of necessary frequency channels of the terminal B is assumed to be three, it follows that three frequency channels of the time channel 4 are allocated to the terminal B, as shown in FIG. 12 .
the procedure returns to step 8 and the allocation of time channel to the relevant group (here, the group 2 ) is carried out. If the allocation of time channel to the group 2 is carried out in the same manner as the above, the time channel 7 whose interference power is the smallest of all but the time channel already allocated to the group 1 is allocated to the group 2 , as a result.
the allocation of slot in the first embodiment of the present invention is updated and the allocation to a certain time channel is changed to a terminal group different from the previous frame, it is desirable to operate the algorithm so as to allocate, if possible, a terminal group that requires transmission power close to that of the terminal group to which the relevant time channel has been allocated in the previous frame in order to keep the variation in the interference with the adjacent cells to a minimum.
the terminal B that requires high transmission power at the Down-link in the cell 1 is allocated to the same time channel as that of the terminals I to K at which the Down-link transmission is performed with the lowest transmission power in the cell 2 .
the terminals A and C having somewhat higher transmission power in the cell 1 are allocated to the same time channel as that of the terminal L at which the Down-link transmission is performed with low transmission power in the cell 2 .
each terminal having received control information from the base station notifies the base station of the propagation loss information of the Down-link and the information about the interference power via the Up-link.
the terminals D and F are added to the group 2 to which the terminal A and the terminal C belong.
the terminal E is added to the group 1 to which the terminal B belongs and it follows that the terminal G belongs to the group 3 and the terminal H belongs to the group 4 , respectively (step S 5 to step S 7 ).
step S 8 if it is assumed that the time channel is allocated in the order from the group having higher transmission power at the Down-link, it follows that the time channel is allocated to the group 1 to which the terminal E belongs. At this time, the terminal B belongs to the group 1 and the time channel 4 has already been allocated. Since the number of vacant frequency channels of the time channel 4 is greater than the number of necessary frequency channels of the terminal E, the number of necessary frequency channels is allocated to the terminal E among the vacant frequency channels of the time channel 4 as a result (step S 11 to step S 16 ).
the terminals D and F are allocated to the vacant frequency channel of the time channel 7 to which the group 2 has been allocated before, however, the number of vacant frequency channels in the time channel 7 is only three as shown in FIG. 12 . If the number of necessary frequency channels of the terminal D is assumed to be three, it is possible to allocate the terminal D to the time channel 7 , however, if the number of necessary frequency channels of the terminal F is assumed to be five, it is not possible to allocate the terminal F to the time channel 7 . In such a case, the terminal D is allocated to the remaining frequency channels of the time channel 7 and the terminal F is allocated to the time channel to which another group is not allocated. In this manner, control is so executed that the number of time channels to be allocated to the same group increases (steps S 14 and 15 ).
the time channel 3 having the lowest interference power notified from the terminal F is allocated to the terminal F (group 2 ) and the frequency channels corresponding to the number of necessary frequency channels (five frequency channels) of the terminal Fare allocated.
the time channel 8 having the lowest interference power notified from the terminal G among the remaining time channels is allocated to the group 3 to which the terminal G belongs and the frequency channels corresponding to the number of necessary frequency channels of the terminal G are allocated.
the time channel 6 is allocated to the group 4 to which the terminal H belongs and the frequency channels corresponding to the number of necessary frequency channels of the terminal H are allocated.
the terminals B and E that require high transmission power for the Down-link in the cell 1 are allocated to the same time channel as that of the terminals I to K in which Down-link transmission is performed with low transmission power in the cell 2 .
the terminals A, C, D, and F that require slightly higher transmission power for the Down link in the cell 1 are allocated to the same time channel as that of the terminals L to O in which Down-link transmission is performed with low transmission power in the cell 2 .
the terminal G and the terminal H that do not require high transmission power in the cell 1 are allocated to the same time channel as that of the terminal T and the terminal S that require high transmission power in the cell 2 .
a situation in which the terminals having high transmission power in the adjacent cells are allocate to the same time channel can be eased and also in a situation in which two or more adjacent cells exist, the same allocation is carried out by repeating the above-mentioned procedure.
the time channels that can be used are not limited in advance and the allocation of time channel is carried out dynamically in accordance with the required transmission power and the interference power that comes from the adjacent cells, and therefore, it is possible to flexibly deal with an increase or decrease in the number of terminals and the addition of cells by such a control executed autonomously and dispersedly by the base station in each cell and thereby communication of high efficiency can be realized while reducing the interference between cells.
the modulation scheme etc. of signals when user data is transmitted is not referred to, when multi-carrier transmission such as OFDM etc. is used, it may also be possible to employ the same modulation scheme in all of the sub-carriers, or a form may be possible in which a different modulation scheme is employed for each sub-carrier, or a form may be possible in which a modulation scheme different in terms of time is used in accordance with the variation of the propagation channel instead of using the same modulation scheme at all times.
the allocation of time channel is carried out in the order from the terminal group that requires the highest transmission power among the terminal groups having made a request for communication, however, on the contrary, a procedure is possible in which the allocation of time channel is carried out in the order from the terminal group capable of communication with the lowest transmission power among the terminals having made a request of communication.
the time channels having high interference power are allocated among the remaining time channels for which allocation has not been carried out yet in the order from the terminal group having the lowest transmission power in the Down-link.
the time channels with the minimum interference power measured at the terminal of the group are allocated among the remaining time channels for which allocation has not been carried out yet in the order from the terminal group that requires the highest transmission power among the terminal groups having made a request for communication.
the transmission power required by the group having made a request for communication is not so high, the time channel with the minimum interference power is allocated to the group as a result, and after that, even if a request for communication is made at a terminal situated near the cell edge and a group that requires very high transmission power is formed, it is not possible to allocate the time channel with the minimum interference power to a new group that requires high transmission power.
the interference level of each time channel is associated with one of the transmission power levels in several steps set in advance and on the supposition of a situation in which a group that requires a transmission power level higher (lower) than that of the group of its own is formed, the allocation of time channel based on the association between the transmission power level and the interference power level is carried out.
the time channels with an interference level in accordance with the transmission power level shown in FIG. 14 are targeted for allocation, but also the time channels not in accordance with the transmission power level are also targeted for allocation in the case of the situation in which the number of terminals with the same transmission power level is large and the allocation to the targeted time channels is not possible.
a procedure may be used, separately from the first embodiment of the present invention, in which arbitrary time channels among the time channels with interference power equal to or less than a threshold value which satisfies a predetermined reception quality determined in advance are allocated among the remaining time channels for which allocation has not been carried out yet in the order from the terminal group that requires the highest (lowest) transmission power among the terminal groups having made a request for communication.
the contents of the control information in the Down-link the contents of the information to be reported from each terminal to the base station via the Up-link, and another form relating to a method of the allocation of frequency channel are shown.
such a form is employed, in which the control slot group in the Down link is used for transmitting the transmission power information of the base station when the control information is transmitted, and at the terminal, the propagation loss and the interference power found from the RSSI are estimated and are reported to the base station by the Up-link.
a form may be possible, in which the control slot group in the Down-link is used for transmitting the transmission power information of the base station as in the first embodiment of the present invention, however, each terminal reports the measured RSSI and interference power to the base station.
the transmission power required for the Down-link transmission to each terminal is calculated from the propagation loss as in the first embodiment of the present invention and grouping based on the transmission power of each terminal is performed.
the same information as that in the first embodiment of the present invention is transmitted in the control slot group in the Down link, however, after measuring the RSSI and calculating the propagation loss, each terminal finds the transmission power control information and reports to the base station the transmission power control information and interference power.
the transmission power control information indicates the transmission power obtained by subtracting the transmission power when the control slot group is transmitted from the transmission power required for performing the Down-link transmission found from the propagation loss of each terminal and indicates how much the power should be raised or reduced from the transmission power of the control slot group.
each terminal measures and averages the reception signal power of each frequency channel instead of the RSSI indicative of the reception power of the whole of the frequency channels and reports to the base station this together with the interference power.
the transmission power required for the Down-link transmission to each terminal is calculated from the propagation loss, as in the first embodiment of the present invention, and grouping based on the transmission power of each terminal is performed.
each terminal measures the reception signal power of each frequency channel instead of the RSSI and reports to the base station this together with the interference power.
the reception signal power of each frequency channel is averaged at each base station and after the propagation loss in the propagation channel is calculated at the base station from the difference between the transmission power of the control information transmitted from the base station and the average of the reception power found before, the transmission power required for the Down-link transmission to each terminal is calculated from the propagation loss, as in the first embodiment of the present invention, and grouping based on the transmission power of each terminal is performed.
the frequency channel to be allocated to the terminal is determined first at the base station, and after the propagation loss (the propagation loss that has taken into consideration the fading of the channel to be allocated) is calculated from the difference between the transmission power of the control information transmitted from the base station and the reception power of the frequency channel to be allocated to the terminal, the transmission power required for the Down-link transmission to the terminal is calculated based on the propagation loss and grouping is performed based on the result.
the propagation loss the propagation loss that has taken into consideration the fading of the channel to be allocated
the base station grasps the reception signal power for each frequency channel at each terminal, and thereby, it is made possible to carry out the allocation of frequency channel capable of obtaining the most excellent reception power for each terminal among the frequency channels that produce a difference in the reception power due to the influence of fading when the frequency channel is allocated to the terminal of each group after the allocation of time channel to the group, and the efficiency in the Down-link increases.
a form may be possible, in which information indicative of the transmission power of the control information is not included in the control slot group of the Down-link.
the RSSI of the received control information or the reception signal power of each frequency channel is measured at the terminal and this is reported to the base station together with the interference power via the Up-link.
the reception signal power of each frequency channel is may be averaged or a form may also be possible in which it is not averaged and the information corresponding to the number of frequency channels is reported.
the period of report of the measurement result of the reception signal power and the interference power at the terminal to the base station by the Up-link may be for each frame or may be at arbitrarily fixed intervals.
the transmission timing of the control slot group in the Down-link may be common to all of the cells or may be different from cell to cell ( FIG. 4 ).
the transmission timing of the control slot group in the Down-link is made common to all of the cells as shown in the first embodiment of the present invention, the Down-link control slot group is transmitted with the transmission power that can be received even by a terminal situated at the cell edge, and therefore, there may the case where the control information of the adjacent cells interferes with each other at the terminal situated near the cell edge.
the transmission timing of the control slot group in the Down-link differ from cell to cell, it is possible to avoid the situation in which the control information transmitted with the transmission power that reaches the cell edge interferes with each other and by allocating the terminal with low transmission power to the time channel to which the control information is transmitted in the adjacent cell, it is also possible to avoid the interference between the control information and the user data, however, there may be the case where trouble occurs at the base station in the adjacent cell for some cause and a signal having very high transmission power is transmitted in the adjacent cell in the time channel for transmitting the control information in the Down-link. In such a case, because the control information is affected by the interference having high transmission power, many terminals in the cell are disabled from communication. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 15 ( b ) a form ( FIG. 15 ( b )) may be employed, in which flexibility is given so that the transmission timing is changed adaptively in accordance with the interference of the adjacent cell, instead of a form ( FIG. 15 ( a )) in which the control slot group in the Down-link is transmitted with a predetermined timing at all times.
the communication with the terminal allocated to the time channel with the lowest interference power is disconnected (aborted) and the control slot group is moved to the vacant time channel.
each terminal performs communication by occupying the allocated slot for an arbitrarily fixed period of time and when the allocation to a certain time channel is changed to a terminal group different from the previous frame, a terminal group that requires the transmission power close to that of the terminal group to which the time channel has been allocated in the previous frame is allocated if possible.
the allocation is not changed if possible, or even when changed, the allocation is carried out to the terminal group that requires nearly the same transmission power. This is because a situation can be thought in which when the terminal group to be allocated to the time channel is changed frequently, the interference observed in the adjacent cell changes frequently and therefore interference between adjacent cells occurs and the receive performance are deteriorated.
the allocation of slot is updated when the transmission power required for the Down-link has changed accompanying the movement of the terminal, that is, the group configuration has changed from the previous one.
a form may also be possible, in which the slot allocation is updated when a situation has been encountered etc., in which interference having high transmission power is observed at the terminal (or when the reception SINR is deteriorated, or when data is erroneous successively) during the communication in the allocated slot.
a review of the allocation of slot may be done for all of the terminals in all of the groups or a form may be possible, in which a review of the allocation of slot only to the terminal encountered with a situation in which the transmission power required for the Down-link changes etc. is done.
the number of necessary frequency channels per frame for the Down-link transmission is calculated for each terminal in the group to which the time channel has been allocated and the vacant frequency channels are allocated to the terminals in accordance with the number of necessary frequency channels required of each terminal. Then, when the number of vacant frequency channels of the time channel is less than the number of necessary frequency channels, allocation is carried out to another time channel and allocation is carried out so that a plurality of terminals that require the same transmission power are accommodated in one time channel if possible.
the maximum number of time channels that can be allocated to the terminal group that requires transmission power of certain level in the Down-link is determined in advance and thereby it is possible for the base station to carry out allocation freely in a range that does not exceed the maximum number of time channels.
the base station instead of determining in advance the maximum number of time channels that can be allocated to the terminal group that requires transmission power of certain level, it may also be possible to cause the base station to have a mechanism for adjusting the maximum number of time channels in accordance with the number of adjacent cells by measuring the interference that comes from the adjacent cells and estimating the number of adjacent cells.
a form may also be possible, in which when a plurality of time channels are allocated to one group, the terminal belonging to the group may use any time channel among the plurality of the allocated time channels and the change of the allocation to a vacant frequency channel of a different time channel is allowed during communication.
FIG. 16 An example of such a case is shown in FIG. 16 .
the terminals A, C, and D are allocated to the time channel 7 and the terminal F is allocated to the time channel 3 , however, these terminals belong to the same group and therefore it may be allowed to reallocate the terminal D to the time channel 3 to which the terminal F is allocated. This is because the transmission power required for the Down-link to the terminal D and the terminal F is the same level and even if the time channel to which the terminal D is allocated is changed, the influence imposed on the adjacent cells does not change.
a form may also be possible, in which it is allowed that one terminal is allocated to another time channel to which another terminal belonging to the same group is allocated, in addition to the time channel to which it has been allocated up to now (that is, a plurality of time channels are allocated to one terminal).
a form may also be possible, in which when there is a vacant frequency channel in the time channel to which the terminal group that require high transmission power is allocated, it is allowed that the terminal that requires low transmission power is allocated to the vacant frequency channel of the time channel to which the terminal group that requires high transmission power is allocated ( FIG. 7 ).
a form may also be possible, in which instead of allocating a terminal that requires high transmission power to the vacant frequency channel in the time channel to which a terminal group that requires low transmission power is allocated as it is, after the modulation scheme of the terminal that requires high transmission power is changed to a lower one and at the same time, the transmission power is also set to a lower value, the allocation to the vacant frequency channel of the time channel to which the terminal group that requires low transmission power is allocated is allowed.
a vacant time channel is reserved for a terminal that requires high transmission power.
the time channel of which the interference power measured at the terminal of the group is the smallest is allocated among the remaining time channels not allocated in the order from the terminal group that requires the highest transmission power in the terminal groups having made a request for communication.
the time channel the interference power of which is the smallest is allocated to the group and after that, even if a request for communication is made at a terminal situated near the cell edge and a group that requires very high transmission power is formed, it is not possible to allocate the time channel the interference power of which is the smallest to a new group that requires high transmission power.
a form may also be possible, in which at least one vacant time channel is reserved for a terminal group that requires high transmission power.
a form may also be possible, in which at least one vacant time channel is reserved for a terminal group that requires low transmission power.
a form may also be possible, in which the number of time channels in which interference equal to or greater than a certain value is observed (interfered time channels) is counted and the resultant number of time channels, which is obtained by subtracting the number of interfered time channels from the total number of time channels, is reserved for a terminal group that requires high transmission power.
a form may also be possible, in which a time channel for a terminal group that requires high transmission power is reserved by transmitting dummy data with the same transmission power as that when the control information is transmitted in the time channel the interference power of which has been determined to be the minimum by another terminal even when there exists no terminal group that requires high transmission power.
it may also be possible to determine in advance a time channel to be reserved to which dummy data is thus transmitted so as to differ from cell to cell.
a form may also be possible, in which dummy data is transmitted in a vacant frequency channel of the time channel in question.
Such a form has the advantage that it is made easier to detect a time channel with high interference power at each terminal in the adjacent cells.
dummy data is transmitted in order to reserve a time channel for a terminal group that requires high transmission power
transmission and reception of control information is performed generally between a base station and a terminal even for a terminal that has not made a request for communication and the base station has a grasp as to which terminal exists in the cell of its own and the terminal has a grasp as to which cell the terminal belongs to.
base station ID and terminal ID transmission and reception of control information
dummy data is transmitted for the purpose of reserving a time channel
FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of a terminal device (mobile station apparatus).
Reference number 181 denotes a reception antenna part
182 denotes a radio reception part
183 denotes an analog/digital conversion part (A/D conversion part)
184 denotes a synchronization part for synchronization of the OFDM symbols
185 denotes a guard interval (GI) removal part
186 denotes a serial/parallel (S/P) conversion part
187 denotes an FFT part
188 denotes a propagation channel estimation and demapping part
189 - a to 189 - l denotes parallel/serial conversion parts (P/S conversion parts)
190 - a to 190 - l denote error correction decoding parts
191 denotes a demultiplex part
192 denotes an SINR measurement part
193 denotes an RSS measurement part
194 denotes
the frequency of the radio wave received by the antenna part 181 is converted into a frequency band in which A/D conversion is possible in the radio reception part 182 .
the data converted into a digital signal in the A/D conversion part 183 is synchronized with the OFDM symbols in the synchronization part 184 and the guard interval is removed in the guard interval removal part 185 .
the data is paralleled into 1,024 data in the S/P conversion part 186 .
the FFT part 187 the FFT of 1,024 points is performed and the demodulation of the sub-carrier of the 768 waves is performed in the propagation channel estimation and demapping part 188 .
the necessary data is serialized in the P/S conversion parts 189 - a to 189 - l , error correction is performed in the error correction decoding parts 190 - a to 190 - l , and it is divided into the data of each channel in the demultiplex part 191 .
the SINR measurement part 192 is a block that measures the SINR for each sub-channel, which will be described below, using the output of the FFT part 187 , the output of the propagation channel estimation and demapping part 188 , and the output of the error correction decoding parts 190 - a to 190 - l .
the RSS measurement part 193 is a block that measures the RSSI for each sub-channel from the output of the radio reception part 182 and the output of the FFT part 187 .
the control part 194 takes out necessary information from the reception data output from the RSS measurement part 193 , the SINR measurement part 192 , and the demultiplex part 191 and sends the Up-link data to the Up-link transmission part 195 in accordance with the procedure explained below.
the Up-link transmission part 195 transmits the Up-link data sent from the control part 194 to the base station.
FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of the base station (base station apparatus).
Reference number 260 denotes a scheduling part
261 denotes a multiplex part
262 - a to 262 - l denote error correction encoding parts
263 - a to 263 - l denote serial/parallel conversion parts (S/P conversion parts)
264 denotes a mapping part
265 denotes a transmission power control part
266 denotes an IFFT part
267 denotes a parallel/serial (P/S) conversion part
268 denotes a guard interval insertion part
269 denotes a digital/analog conversion part (D/A conversion part)
270 denotes a radio reception part
271 denotes an antenna
272 denotes an Up-link reception part.
Which sub-carrier and which time slot are used to transmit the information data is determined in the scheduling part 260 and the data is converted into a data stream in accordance with the result thereof.
the converted data is subjected to error correction encoding in the error correction encoding parts 262 - a to 262 - l .
the data is converted into the data in 768 lines in units of two bits.
the data corresponding to the amount required for the modulation of each carrier is converted in the S/P conversion parts 263 - a to 263 - l and each carrier is subjected to modulation in the mapping part 264 .
the amplitude of each carrier is adjusted in the transmission power control part 265 .
the IFFT is performed in the IFFT part 266 .
the number of points of the IFFT is assumed to be 1,024 in order to generate the OFDM signal of 768 waves.
a guard interval is inserted in the guard interval insertion part 268 . The guard interval is inserted in order to reduce interference between symbols when the OFDM signal is received.
the scheduling part 260 executes the control properly. The method of the control is explained below in detail.
the radio wave form used in the second embodiment is the OFDM. It is assumed that the number of sub-carriers used in the Down-link is 768 and 64 of sub-carriers are integrated into a sub-channel. Consequently, it follows that the Down-link consists of 12 sub-channels. This is shown in FIG. 20 . In the second embodiment, it is supposed that the number of sub-channels that can be used is greater than the total number of adjacent cells.
the MAC has a fixed length frame configuration. In the frame, nine slots are accommodated. This is shown in FIG. 21 . Among these slots, the front slot of the frame in each sub-channel is a control slot, in which information about the control slot itself and the following slots is stored. The control slots of all of the sub-channels are together referred to as a control slot group.
each slot To the front of each slot, a preamble is added and it is possible for the reception terminal to perform demodulation of the following data blocks by receiving the preamble and adjusting the demodulation timing.
the structure of the slot is shown in FIG. 22 ( a ).
the Up-link is not referred to in particular in the second embodiment.
Various techniques can be utilized. Irrespective whether single carrier or multi carrier, and whether or not a frame configuration is employed, various techniques can be utilized.
the topology of the network is a star type with the base station as its center.
the communication data of all of the Down-links are transmitted directly from the base station to the terminal.
the outline of the topology is shown in FIG. 22 ( b ).
the base station is situated in the center and the base stations are arranged equidistantly. It is assumed that the total number of adjacent cells is six at the maximum.
the outline of the cell arrangement is shown in FIG. 23 ( a ). The base station always transmits the control slot to all of the sub-channels.
the following information is stored in the control slot. That is, the network ID, the transmission power information of the control slot of the sub-channel, and the terminal ID allocated to each of the following slots.
An example of the structure of the control slot is shown in FIG. 23 ( b ).
control slot is sent by a modulation scheme with higher reliability than that by which the data slot is sent. This is because information of highly great importance is transmitted by the control slot although the amount of information is small.
modulation scheme is not specified in particular, in the second embodiment, it is assumed that the BPSK is used for the control slot and the QPSK is used for the data slot.
the mobile terminal demodulates the control slot transmitted by the base station and makes a request for connection by sending the terminal ID of its own to the base station of the obtained network ID using the Up-link.
the base station having received the request for connection transmits the terminal ID in the slot allocation information in the control slot and orders the terminal to use the slot in the Down-link.
the base station executes transmission power control in order to keep the transmission power of the radio wave to be transmitted to the mobile terminal to a minimum. Because of this, the mobile terminal receives and demodulates the control slot group of all of the sub-channels once in at least n (n: natural number) frames and calculates the propagation loss of the sub-channel from the information of the transmission power of each channel shown in each control slot. At the same time, the mobile terminal calculates the SINR of each sub-channel. The mobile terminal transmits the calculated propagation loss and the SINR of each sub-channel to the base station via the Up-link.
the base station obtains the propagation loss and the SINR from all of the connected mobile terminals via the Up-link. After that, the base station calculates transmission power required for the transmission of the Down-link to each terminal from the propagation loss of each terminal and classifies the terminals connected to the base station into four levels (just an example, not limited to four levels).
One group is defined as a group in which data is transmitted from the base station with transmission power with which demodulation is possible even at the cell boundary and two groups are defined as a group in which data is transmitted from the base station with transmission power that sufficiently attenuates at the cell boundary and that does not affects the adjacent cells.
the other group is defined as a group in which data is transmitted from the base station with transmission power with which demodulation may not be possible at the cell boundary, however, which may affect the adjacent cells. It is not required for each group to include a terminal as a result of classification.
the relationship between the cell boundary and the transmission power groups is shown in FIG. 24 .
the area in which demodulation is possible even at the cell boundary is denoted by 2061 and the area that does not affect the adjacent cells is denoted by 2062 .
step S 2101 the terminal receives the signals of the Down-link and searches for a base station that transmits the control slot group. After a base station that transmits the control slot group is found, the terminal demodulates the control slot group in step S 2102 and analyzes the contents of the control slot group. In this step, the terminal acquires the base station ID of the base station.
step S 2103 the terminal transmits the acquired base station ID to the base station via an Up-link means and makes a request for connection.
step S 2104 the terminal receives the control slot group several times and determines whether or not the connection is successful depending whether or not the ID of the terminal of its own is transmitted in the control slot. If the connection has failed, the procedure returns to step S 2101 for searching for a base station and when it has succeeded, the procedure proceeds to step S 2105 for measurement of the propagation loss and the SINR.
step S 2105 for measurement of the propagation loss and the SINR the terminal receives the Down-link signals from the base station and measures the propagation loss from the base station to the terminal for each sub-channel and the SINR (Signal to Interference and Noise power of Ratio) at the position of the terminal.
SINR Signal to Interference and Noise power of Ratio
the methods includes a method in which the propagation loss is found from the RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indicator) of the control slot and the transmission power in the control slot and the SINR is found from the difference between the received waveform of the control slot and the ideal waveform estimated from the demodulated data by demodulating the control slot etc.
RSSI Receiveive Signal Strength Indicator
step S 2106 which is step for transmitting the propagation loss and the SINR
the propagation loss and the SINR found in the previous step S 2105 are transmitted to the base station via the Up-link means.
the Down-link data for the terminal of its own is received in accordance with the contents of the received control slot.
the terminal determines whether or not the reception of signals from base station is possible depending on whether the next control slot can be received and when reception is possible, the procedure returns to step S 2105 , which is step for analyzing the propagation loss and the RSSI and when reception is not possible, the procedure returns to step S 2101 , which is step for searching for a base station. By repeating these steps, the communication of the Down-link can be maintained.
step S 2001 the base station performs a process to allocate a sub-channel that can be used to each transmission power group.
step S 2002 the base station checks whether or not there exists a terminal that has newly made a request for connection and performs the connection process in step S 2003 when there exists any. Irrespective of the execution in step S 2003 , the base station performs the transmission power control in step S 2004 . Then, the base station performs the determination of a transmission sub-channel in step S 2005 and the procedure returns to step S 2001 when the result is NG and the base station allocates a sub-channel that can be used. When the result is OK, the procedure proceeds to step S 2007 for the allocation of transmission data slot.
the base station After the step for the allocation of transmission data slot, the base station performs Down-link transmission in accordance with the allocation in step S 2008 and the procedure returns to step S 2002 in which whether or not there exists a terminal that has newly made a request for connection is checked.
the transmission power for each sub-channel is controlled in accordance with the transmission power of the transmission power group allocated to the sub-channel.
the control slot is also transmitted in accordance with this control by displaying the transmission power in the transmission power information in the control slot.
the data of a terminal of another transmission power group is allocated to the data slot part. In this case, only the slot shall be transmitted with the transmission power defined by the transmission power group.
step S 2201 the most recent propagation losses sent from all of the terminals via the Up-link means are totalized.
step S 2202 the transmission power for each terminal is classified into four levels according to the totalized propagation loss and all of the terminals are classified into groups of transmission power.
step S 2203 the most recent SINR for each sub-channel sent from all of the terminals via the Up-link means is totalized.
step S 2204 the minimum value of the SINR is found for each sub-channel.
the allocation of sub-channel that can be used is carried out actually for each transmission power group.
step S 2205 first, the group with the largest transmission power is focused on and allocation is carried out for the group focused on in step S 2206 .
the predetermined number of sub-channels is allocated in the order from the sub-channels with the largest minimum SINR among the sub-channels, that is, in the order from the sub-channels with the smallest interference.
step S 2207 whether or not there remains a group to which a sub-channel that can be used has not been allocated yet is checked and if there remains any, a group with the second strongest transmission power is focused on in step S 2208 and step S 2206 , which is step for the allocation of sub-channel, is repeated and when there remains no group to which the sub-channel that can be used has not been allocated yet, the allocation of sub-channel that can be used is terminated.
step S 2301 the terminal ID sent by a terminal via the Up-link means is registered as one that can be used at the base station. At this time, only once, the slot for the terminal is allocated for the sub-channel allocated to the group with the maximum transmission power. Due to this, the terminal knows that the request for connection has been accepted. In addition, during the allocation of the slot, the slot may be embedded with dummy data.
step S 2303 the base station waits until the terminal sends the propagation loss and the procedure proceeds to the next step.
step S 2304 to which transmission power group this terminal should belong is calculated from the sent propagation loss.
this terminal is added to the group, as a result of the calculation, and the step of connection process is terminated.
step S 2401 the most recent propagation losses sent from all of the terminals are totalized.
step S 2402 the transmission power to each terminal is set to a four-level transmission power based on the propagation loss obtained in the previous step and in the next step S 2403 , grouping is performed according to the set transmission power. Then, the transmission power control step is terminated.
step S 2501 the most recent SINR for each sub-channel sent from all of the terminals is totalized.
step S 2502 whether or not the SINR of the sub-channel allocated to the terminal satisfies a predetermined value is checked for each terminal.
step S 2503 Determination is made in step S 2503 and when the SINR satisfies the predetermined value at all of the terminals, OK is issued as the result of determination in step S 2504 and when any one of the SINRs does not satisfy the predetermined value, NG is issued as the result of determination in step S 2505 , and then the step of the determination of the allocation of sub-channel is terminated.
step S 2601 the group with the largest transmission power is focused on.
step S 2602 the total amount of data to be transmitted to the terminals included in the focused-on group is checked and how many slots are required for the data is calculated.
step S 2603 when there is not data to be transmitted and the number of necessary slots is zero, the procedure proceeds to the determination as to whether or not there is an unevaluated transmission power group in step S 2613 and when the number of necessary slots is one or more, the procedure proceeds to the calculation of the number of unused slots in step S 2604 .
step S 2604 of the calculation of the number of unused slots the total number of vacant slots of the focused-on group and the group to which transmission power larger than that of the focused-on group is allocated is calculated.
step S 2605 the number of slots required for transmission is compared with the calculated number of vacant slots and whether or not the number of vacant slots is sufficient is determined.
step S 2606 all of the data for which a request for transmission has been made as transmission data is regarded as transmission data in step S 2606 , and when the number of vacant slots is not sufficient, data corresponding to the number of vacant slots is cut out from the data for which a request for transmission has been made and regarded as transmission data in step S 2607 .
the data is cut out by the round robin method for all of the terminals in the group. Due to this, the throughput of a specific terminal is prevented from reducing.
next step S 2608 the prepared transmission data is divided for each terminal.
the priority of the terminals is determined.
the initial value of the process method of the priority shall be the order of the terminal ID and the terminal processed once with the highest priority will be processed with the lowest priority next time, that is, the round robin method shall be used.
step S 2610 data is allocated to the vacant slots of the sub-channel allocated to the focused-on group in the order of the priority set to the terminals. At this time, when there are two or more sub-channels that can be used, allocation is carried out in the order from the sub-channel with the lowest SINR.
the data is allocated also to the vacant slots of the sub-channel allocated to a group with transmission power larger than that of the focused-on group until all of the transmission data is allocated in step S 2612 .
step S 2613 whether or not there remains a group with transmission power smaller than that of the transmission power group currently focused on is checked, that is, whether or not there remains an unprocessed group is checked, and when there remains any, a group with transmission power second in magnitude to that of the group currently focused on is focused on in step S 2614 and then the procedure returns to step S 2602 in which the number of slots for the data to be transmitted to the terminals in the group is calculated, and when there remains none, the step of the allocation of transmission data slot is terminated.
the SINR of a sub-channel ( 1 ) to be allocated newly to the terminal that has moved will deteriorate.
the terminal having moved demodulates the control slot and reports the SINR and the propagation loss of all of the sub-channels at the position to which it has moved to the base station via the Up-link.
the base station learns that the classification of the transmission power groups is correct no longer by the fact that the propagation loss sent by the terminal that has moved becomes large.
the base station newly reconfigures the transmission power groups and determines, by referring to the SINR sent from the terminals to be added newly to the respective transmission power groups, whether or not the sub-channel that can be used allocated to the transmission power group to which the terminal is newly added can be used without problem.
the allocated sub-channel ( 1 ) is affected by the adjacent cell, the SINR is below that which can be used and it is determined that the sub-channel cannot be used.
the reallocation of sub-channel that can be use is carried out. At this time, evaluation is made in the order from the group with the largest transmission power. Since the allocation is carried out based on the SINR evaluated by the terminal b belonging to the group, the sub-channel is selected from among (10, 11, 12) with excellent SINR. Here, (12) is selected. After that, sub-channels with excellent SINR are selected in the descending order of the transmission power of the group and as a result, a sub-channel with poor SINR is allocated to the group with the smallest transmission power. The situation after the allocation is shown in FIG. 35 .
the distance of the terminal in the group with small transmission power from the other cell is sufficiently large and in actuality, communication is possible without problem although the evaluation of the SINR is poor more or less.
the transmission power is also small and therefore the signals of the sub-channel used in this group hardly affects the other cell. As a result, wireless interference does not occur between the two cells and therefore the communication between the base station and the terminals is enabled.
the operation is the same also when there are a plurality of cells. Since up to one (total number of sub-channels that can be used/(number of adjacent cells+1)) sub-channel that can be used is allocated to the group with transmission power that can reach the adjacent cell, even if most of sub-channels are affected by all of the adjacent cells, it is unlikely that the system fails because it is no longer possible to allocate transmission power that can reach the adjacent cell in the cell.
the adjacent cell is in a state in which it is possible to prepare one or more sub-channels ((total number of sub-channels ⁇ number of adjacent cells ⁇ 1) ⁇ 1) that does not affect the cell boundary, and therefore, it is made possible to attain a sub-channel arrangement without interference in the cell even when affected by all of the adjacent cells.
the ratio of the number of sub-channels that can reach the adjacent cells is set equal to or less than a certain value, and therefore, the sub-channels that reach the adjacent cells become dispersed gradually in the entire cell and the operation without interference is enabled in the entire system.
FIG. 36 a situation is supposed, in which three cells (cell A, cell B, cell C) are arranged and arrangement of sub-channels has already been carried out properly between the cells.
FIG. 37 a situation is supposed, in which a cell D is arranged in such a manner as to be adjacent to the cell B and cell C.
FIG. 37 a situation is supposed, in which the cell C and the cell D have carried out the same sub-channel arrangement due to the influence of the arrangement of terminals after the arrangement.
FIG. 37 it can be thought that such a situation occurs when the arrangement state of terminals in the cell D is a state in which a terminal, such as a terminal f, is not affected by the cell C and only the influence from the cell B can be detected.
a means for checking the number of current adjacent cells is added to the base station in addition to the case of the above-described second embodiment.
the means for checking the number of adjacent cells may use any method. For example, such a method suggests itself, in which a high-gain antenna is added in addition to the antenna the gain of which has adapted to the cell radius normally used by the Up-link, and thereby the Up-link communication of a terminal situated beyond the cell radius is received, and the number of adjacent cells is checked by checking which base station ID is used.
the operation of the terminal may be quite the same as that in the second embodiment described above.
the operation of the base station is also the same basically. However, part of the contents of the step of the allocation of sub-carrier that can be used ( FIG. 26 , S 2001 ) is changed.
the number of sub-channels allocated in step S 2001 for the allocation of sub-channel that can be used is set fixedly to one, four, four, and three in the descending order of transmission power. This step is changed as follows. A flow chart is shown in FIG. 40 .
the number of adjacent cells is checked.
the number of sub-channels allocated to a group with transmission power that reaches the cell edge is calculated. This number is assumed to be (total number of sub-channels/(number of current adjacent cells+1)) (decimal fraction is rounded down).
a group with transmission power that reaches the cell edge is focused on.
a sub-channel is allocated to the focused-on group with transmission power that reaches the cell edge. At this time, the most recent minimum SINR for each sub-channel collected by the base station is checked and allocation is carried out in the descending order of the minimum SINR.
step S 2705 whether or not there is a transmission power group to which a sub-channel has not been allocated yet is determined and when there is any unallocated group, the procedure proceeds to step S 2706 and when there is no unallocated group, the step of the allocation of sub-channel that can be used is terminated.
step S 2706 a group with transmission power second in magnitude to that of the transmission power group currently focused on is focused on.
step S 2707 the number of sub-channels allocated to the focused-on group is calculated.
the number of groups to which a sub-channel is not allocated is one, that is, when the unallocated group is only the group currently focused on, the number shall be the total number of remaining sub-channels, and when the number of groups to which a sub-channel has not been allocated yet is more than one, the number shall be ((number of unallocated sub-channels)/(number of groups to which the number of sub-channels is not allocated) (decimal fraction is rounded up).
step S 2708 the number of sub-channels calculated in step S 2707 is allocated to the focused-on group. After that, the procedure returns to step S 2705 , in which evaluation of the remaining groups is continued.
the operation of the terminal may also be quite the same as that in the above-described second embodiment.
the operation of the base station is also the same basically. However, part of the contents of the step of the allocation of sub-channel that can be used ( FIG. 26 , S 2001 ) is changed as in the third embodiment described immediately above. A flow chart is shown in FIG. 41 .
the number of interfered sub-channels is checked.
a means for checking the number of interfered sub-channels is not specified in particular. For example, a method suggests itself, in which the SINR of each sub-channel obtained from all of the terminals is checked and a sub-channel in which the SINR is below a predetermined value at any one of terminals is handled as an interfered sub-channel.
the number of sub-channels to be allocated to a group with transmission power that reaches the cell edge is calculated.
this number is (total number of sub-channels that can be used ⁇ currently interfered sub-channels), however, when this number exceeds half the total number of sub-channels that can be used (here, half is used, however, not limited to half), this number is half the total number of sub-channels that can be used. This is in order to cope with a case where the number of interfered sub-channels is calculated as a number less than the correct number and to leave the margin to allocate a sub-channel to a group that does not affect the adjacent cells in the cell of its own.
a group with transmission power that reaches the cell edge is focused on.
a sub-channel is allocated to the focused-on group with transmission power that reaches the cell edge.
step S 2805 whether or not there is a transmission power group to which a sub-channel has not been allocated yet is determined and when there is an unallocated group, the procedure proceeds to S 2806 and when there is no unallocated group, the step of the allocation of sub-channel that can be used is terminated.
step S 2806 a group with transmission power second in magnitude to that of the transmission power currently focused on is focused on.
step S 2807 step the number of sub-channels to be allocated to the focused-on group is calculated.
step S 2808 the number of sub-channels calculated in step S 2807 is allocated to the focused-on group. After that, the procedure returns to step S 2805 , in which evaluation of the remaining groups is continued.
control is performed in units of sub-channels, a collection of sub-carriers, however, control can be performed similarly in units of sub-carriers.
FIG. 48 a method for giving the nature of hysteresis to grouping is explained.
the horizontal axis in FIG. 48 represents the transmission power level supposed to be required by the respective terminals for reception (referred to a supposed reception power) and the vertical axis represents the destination of grouping according to the individual supposed reception power.
the fifth embodiment it follows that all of the terminals are grouped into four groups.
the solid line in FIG. 48 indicates the reference value of grouping in the case of movement in the increasing direction of the supposed reception power (in the rightward direction in the graph) and the dotted line indicates the reference value of grouping in the case of movement in the decreasing direction thereof (in the leftward direction in the graph).
the grouping in the first to fifth embodiments premise that the transmission power of the base station is controlled so that the reception power is approximately constant irrespective of the distance from the base station to the terminal.
the transmission power control of the base station as described above it follows that the largest transmission power is allocated to the terminal near the cell boundary. If it is assumed that the terminals are distributed uniformly in the cell, the ratio of the terminals near the cell boundary is large and therefore large transmission power is allocated to many terminals and the interference power affecting the adjacent cells increases as a result.
the reception power at the terminal it is not required necessarily for the reception power at the terminal to be constant.
a sixth embodiment a case is shown, where a plurality of values are used as reception power at a terminal at the time of grouping according to the propagation loss.
FIG. 49 shows an example of the grouping condition.
the whole is divided into five groups using the propagation loss including the influence of the variation in the propagation channel, such as fading, and three kinds of reception target SNR are set for the respective groups.
a control flow of a base station is shown in FIG. 50 and a control flow of a terminal is shown in FIG. 51 when grouping is performed in the above-described manner.
step S 501 a signal for measuring SNR and information of transmission power of the current control slot are transmitted using the control slot.
Any signal for measuring SNR may be used.
a known signal may be used, in which part of the OFDM sub-carrier is null carrier. In this case, it is possible to find the SNR by comparing the strength of the transmitted carrier and the null carrier on the reception side.
step S 502 the propagation loss and information of SNR of the control signal are acquired from each terminal via the Up-link.
step S 503 the respective terminals are grouped according to the propagation loss notified from each terminal. At this time, it is assumed that the grouping in FIG. 49 is obeyed.
step S 504 transmission power to be allocated to each of the grouped terminals is determined. It is assumed that the transmission power is a value determined in advance based on the worst SNR in its group.
step S 505 Down-link data is transmitted to each terminal using the slot for which allocation has been determined in the previous frame.
step S 506 the allocation of the slot to be used in the next frame is determined as well as that of the transmission power found in step S 504 and the setting is so made that the contents are transmitted using the next control slot.
the adaptive modulation it is possible to set a modulation parameter by referring to the SNR information obtained from the terminal when the allocation is determined.
step S 501 the flow returns to step S 501 , where the above procedure from the transmission of the control slot is repeated.
step S 511 the control slot transmitted from the base station is received.
step S 512 the propagation loss from the base station to the terminal and the SNR of the received control slot are measured. Any method for finding the propagation loss and SNR may be used. For example, it is possible to use a value as the propagation loss, which is the transmission power of the control slot at the base station included in the control slot minus RSSI. To be precise, this value is not the propagation loss, however, since the relative value between terminals can be known if the same measurement is performed at all of the terminals, it is possible to use this value as the propagation loss. In addition, it is possible to measure the SNR by transmitting a known signal in which part of sub-carrier is null carrier to the base station and by finding the transmission power ratio between a certain carrier and the null carrier of the signal.
step S 513 the information of the propagation loss and SNR measured in step S 513 is transmitted to the base station via the Up-link.
step S 514 the data is received based on the allocated information included in the control slot. After that, the flow returns to step S 511 and the procedure from the reception of the control slot is repeated.
the allocation of slot in accordance with the parameters determined as shown in FIG. 49 and the transmission power control are performed.
the allocation of slot may be carried out in the direction of time channel or in the direction of frequency channel and it is possible to carry out by combining each of the above-mentioned embodiments.
a configuration based on the OFDM is employed.
the present invention can be applied to other than the OFDM.
SS Semand Spectrum
group control it is not possible to perform group control by the frequency channel, however, group control can be performed by the time channel and it is made possible to perform the present invention.

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