WO2010125954A1 - 移動通信システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a mobile communication system.
- a handover process of the mobile station UE from the radio base station eNB # 1 to the radio base station eNB # 2 is performed.
- handover processing is performed between the radio base station eNB # 1 and the radio base station eNB # 2 via the X2 bearer set between the radio base station eNB # 1 and the radio base station eNB # 2. It is comprised so that the control signal which concerns on may be transmitted / received.
- the radio base station eNB # 1 and the radio base station # 2 have a network layer 1 (NW L1) function and a network layer 2 (NW L2) as an X2 bearer function for setting up an X2 bearer. It has a function, an IP (Internet Protocol) layer function, and an SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) layer function.
- NW L1 network layer 1
- NW L2 network layer 2
- IP Internet Protocol
- SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
- a “relay node” having a function similar to that of the radio base station eNB is provided between the mobile station UE and the radio base station eNB.
- RN can be connected.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication system that can realize a handover process of a mobile station even when a relay node is connected.
- a first feature of the present invention is a mobile communication system, in which a relay node and a radio base station are connected via a radio bearer, and the mobile station sets a radio bearer with the relay node.
- a state in which communication is performed via the relay node and the radio base station and a state in which a radio bearer is set with the radio base station and communication is performed via the radio base station, It is configured to perform a handover process, and is configured to transmit and receive a control signal related to the handover process via a radio bearer between the relay node and the radio base station in the handover process. This is the gist.
- the relay node and the radio base station are configured to perform a keep alive process for the radio bearer as an upper layer function of the function for setting the radio bearer.
- a function may be provided.
- the relay node and the radio base station perform security processing between the relay node and the radio base station as an upper layer function of the function for setting the radio bearer.
- the first layer function configured as described above and the second layer function configured to perform keep alive processing on the radio bearer may be provided as an upper layer function of the first layer function.
- FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a mobile communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a protocol stack diagram in the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a protocol stack diagram in the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a protocol stack diagram in the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing operations of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a protocol stack diagram in the current mobile communication system.
- Mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention A mobile communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.
- the mobile communication system according to the present invention is an LTE-Advanced mobile communication system, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, to which an exchange MME, relay nodes RN1 to RN4, and a relay node RN1 are connected.
- a radio base station DeNB (Donor eNB) 1 a radio base station DeNB2 to which relay nodes RN2 and RN3 are connected, and a radio base station eNB1 are provided.
- the radio base station DeNB1 and the radio base station DeNB2 are connected via the X2-C interface
- the radio base station DeNB2 and the radio base station eNB1 are connected via the X2-C interface.
- each of the radio base station DeNB1, the radio base station DeNB2, and the radio base station eNB1 is connected to the switching center MME via the S1-MME interface.
- the mobile station UE is configured to perform radio communication by setting a radio bearer between the radio base station eNB (DeNB) and the relay node RN.
- DeNB radio base station eNB
- the mobile station UE sets up a radio bearer with the relay node RN2, and performs communication via the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2. And a state in which a radio bearer is set up with the radio base station DeNB2 and a communication is performed via the radio base station DeNB2.
- the control signal (X2AP signal) related to the handover process is transmitted and received via the X2-C radio bearer (radio bearer) between the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2. Yes.
- the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 have a physical (PHY) layer function and a physical (PHY) function as an X2-C radio bearer function for setting an X2-C radio bearer.
- PHY The MAC (Media Access Control) layer function provided as the upper layer function of the layer function, the RLC (Radio Link Control) layer function provided as the upper layer function of the MAC layer function, and the upper layer of the RLC layer function PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer function provided as a layer function.
- MAC Media Access Control
- RLC Radio Link Control
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 may have an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer function provided as an upper layer function of the PDCP layer function.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 are configured to perform security processing between the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 as an upper layer function of the X2-C radio bearer function.
- SCTP layer function (second layer function) configured to perform keep-alive processing for the X2-C radio bearer as an upper layer function of the IP layer function. ).
- the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 are configured to perform a keep-alive process for the X2-C radio bearer as an upper layer function of the X2-C radio bearer function.
- a function may be provided.
- the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 do not have an IP layer function configured to perform security processing between the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2.
- the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 are configured to perform a keep-alive process for the X2-C radio bearer as an upper layer function of the X2-C radio bearer function.
- the function and the IP layer function configured to perform the security process between the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 may not be provided.
- the mobile station UE sets up a radio bearer with the relay node RN2, and performs communication via the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2.
- a description will be given of an operation for performing a handover from a state in which communication is performed to a state in which a radio bearer is set with the radio base station DeNB2 and communication is performed via the radio base station DeNB2.
- the relay node RN2 manages the “UE Context” of the mobile station UE in step S1000, and in step S1001, the radio base station DeNB2 via the X2-C radio bearer. Then, the mobile station UE transmits a “HO Request (handover request signal)” requesting handover from the relay node RN2 of the mobile station UE to the radio base station DeNB2.
- HO Request handover request signal
- the radio base station DeNB2 When receiving the “HO Request”, the radio base station DeNB2 stores “UE Context” of the mobile station UE in step S1002, and in step S1003, the relay node RN2 is connected to the relay node RN2 via the X2-C radio bearer. “HO Request Ack (handover request confirmation signal)” is transmitted.
- step S1004 the relay node RN2 transmits “HO Command (handover instruction signal)” instructing the mobile station UE to perform handover to the radio base station DeNB2 by the RRC layer function.
- HO Command handover instruction signal
- step S1005 the mobile station UE transmits “HO Complete (handover completion signal)” to the radio base station DeNB2 by the RRC layer function.
- step S1006 the radio base station DeNB2 transmits a “Path Switch Request (path switching request signal)” to the switching center MME via the S1-MME interface.
- step S1007 the mobile switching center MME transmits a “Path Switch Request Ack (path switching request confirmation signal)” to the radio base station DeNB2 via the S1-MME interface, and also transmits a signal addressed to the mobile station UE.
- the transfer destination is switched from the relay node RN2 to the radio base station DeNB2.
- step S1008 the radio base station DeNB2 transmits “UE Context Release” to the relay node RN2 via the X2-C radio bearer, and the relay node RN2 moves according to the “UE Context Release”. The management of the “UE Context” of the station UE is terminated.
- the relay node RN2 and the radio base station DeNB2 may be interchanged.
- the handover process related to the relay node RN is realized without significantly modifying the protocol stack of each device used in the LTE mobile communication system. be able to.
- the mobile communication system it is not necessary to set up an X2-C radio bearer between the radio base station DeNB2 and the relay node RN2 during the handover process of the mobile station UE.
- the handover process can be performed quickly.
- the operations of the mobile station UE, the relay node RN, the radio base station eNB, and the switching center MME described above may be performed by hardware, may be performed by a software module executed by a processor, or both. It may be implemented by a combination of
- Software modules include RAM (Random Access Memory), flash memory, ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable, Removable ROM, and Hard Disk). Alternatively, it may be provided in an arbitrary format storage medium such as a CD-ROM.
- the storage medium is connected to the processor so that the processor can read and write information from and to the storage medium. Further, such a storage medium may be integrated in the processor. Further, such a storage medium and a processor may be provided in the ASIC. Such an ASIC may be provided in the mobile station UE, the relay node RN, the radio base station eNB, or the exchange MME. Further, the storage medium and the processor may be provided as a discrete component in the mobile station UE, the relay node RN, the radio base station eNB, or the exchange MME.
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図1乃至図5を参照して、本発明の第1の実施形態に係る移動通信システムについて説明する。
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- リレーノードと無線基地局とが無線ベアラを介して接続されており、
移動局が、前記リレーノードとの間で無線ベアラを設定し該リレーノード及び前記無線基地局を介して通信を行っている状態と、該無線基地局との間で無線ベアラを設定し該無線基地局を介して通信を行っている状態との間で、ハンドオーバ処理を行うように構成されており、
前記ハンドオーバ処理において、前記リレーノードと前記無線基地局との間の無線ベアラを介して、前記ハンドオーバ処理に係る制御信号を送受信するように構成されていることを特徴とする移動通信システム。 - 前記リレーノード及び前記無線基地局は、前記無線ベアラを設定するための機能の上位レイヤ機能として、該無線ベアラに対するキープアライブ処理を行うように構成されているレイヤ機能を具備することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の移動通信システム。
- 前記リレーノード及び前記無線基地局は、
前記無線ベアラを設定するための機能の上位レイヤ機能として、前記リレーノードと前記無線基地局との間のセキュリティ処理を行うように構成されている第1レイヤ機能と、
前記第1レイヤ機能の上位レイヤ機能として、前記無線ベアラに対するキープアライブ処理を行うように構成されている第2レイヤ機能とを具備することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の移動通信システム。
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