WO2011077807A1 - 無線通信システム、基地局、および無線通信システム制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a wireless communication system including a base station and a relay station.
- Multi-hop wireless communication system There is a multi-hop wireless communication system as a kind of wireless communication system. Multi-hop communication is also referred to as relay communication.
- the multi-hop wireless communication system is one in which one or more relay stations are arranged between a base station and a mobile terminal of the wireless communication system for the purpose of coverage expansion, throughput improvement, and dead zone countermeasures.
- a packet from a base station to a mobile terminal is once transmitted from the base station to the relay station, and then transmitted from the relay station to the mobile terminal.
- a packet from the mobile terminal to the base station is once transmitted from the mobile terminal to the relay station, and then transmitted from the relay station to the base station.
- a method of time-dividing a radio frame into an access zone and a relay zone (relay area, relay area).
- the base station and the relay station each communicate with a mobile terminal under its control.
- the relay zone the base station communicates with subordinate relay stations and mobile terminals, and the relay station communicates with an upper base station or a relay station (upper station).
- the relay station also communicates with relay stations under the relay zone in the relay zone.
- An example of a multi-hop wireless communication system based on a WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) system is illustrated in Patent Document 1.
- a femto cell radio communication system provides a radio communication service by a femto base station to a range narrower than a cell (called a macro cell) provided by a general base station or relay station.
- the femto base station is mainly installed in a place such as a building where the radio wave of the macro cell is difficult to reach or outside the macro cell, and is used to supplement the radio communication service by the macro cell.
- IEEE Std 802.16m "Amendment to IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Part 16: Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems - Advanced Air Interface” (Draft 3 (D3)) 16.4.11 Interference Avoidance and Interference Mitigation, December 8, 2009
- the femto base station can be configured to provide a wireless communication service using the same radio frequency as the surrounding macro cell. In such a configuration, interference may occur between the macro cell and the femto cell, and service quality may be degraded.
- IEEE 802.16m TG which is being studied to increase the speed of WiMAX, it is in the stage of discussing reducing the interference of femtocells (see Non-Patent Document 1).
- the reason for the interference between the macro cell and the femto cell is that the macro base station and the femto base station are not aware of the radio resources used by the other, so they try to communicate differently using the same radio resources. is there. However, when the macro base station is a relay station, the relay station does not perform communication that causes large interference with the femto base station in the relay area.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a technique that enables a femto base station in a wireless communication system to consider a relay area used in a surrounding macro cell.
- the wireless communication system of the present invention includes: In an access area in the radio resource that is different from a relay area for connecting to an upper station or a lower station in a communication path of multihop radio communication and performing radio communication with the upper station or the lower station in a predetermined radio resource.
- a first communication station that wirelessly communicates with a mobile terminal;
- a communication path different from the communication path of the multi-hop wireless communication is configured, and it is possible to perform wireless communication with a mobile terminal using the wireless resource, and acquire information indicating the relay area in the wireless resource And a second communication station.
- the base station of the present invention is connected to an upper station or a lower station in a communication path of multi-hop wireless communication, and is different from a relay area for wireless communication with the upper station or the lower station in a predetermined radio resource,
- a base station that forms a cell in or near a cell of a communication station that wirelessly communicates with a mobile terminal in an access area within a radio resource, and configures a communication path different from the communication path of the multihop wireless communication,
- Wireless communication processing means for performing wireless communication with a mobile terminal using the wireless resource;
- Control means for acquiring information indicating the relay region in the radio resource.
- the wireless communication system control method of the present invention includes: A first communication station connected to an upper station or a lower station in a communication path of multi-hop wireless communication is different from a relay area for wireless communication with the upper station or the lower station in a predetermined radio resource, Wirelessly communicate with the mobile terminal in the access area within the resource, A second communication station that configures a communication path different from the communication path of the multi-hop wireless communication and is capable of performing wireless communication with a mobile terminal using the wireless resource, sets the relay area in the wireless resource to Information to be obtained is acquired.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base station 100.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of relay station 200.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a femto base station 300.
- 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a wireless NW management server 500.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the radio
- FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation of the wireless communication system when the wireless NW management server 500 creates a peripheral station list of the femto base station 300 in the wireless communication system according to the first, second, and third embodiments.
- FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation of the wireless communication system when a relay zone for the relay station 200 is determined by the base station 100 in the wireless communication system according to the first, second, and third embodiments.
- the operation of the wireless communication system when the wireless NW management server 500 notifies the femto base station 300 of information related to the relay zone of the relay station 200 of the femto base station 300. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of operation of the femto base station 300 when the femto base station 300 allocates radio resources for communication to the mobile terminal 400-3 in the wireless communication system according to the first and third embodiments. is there.
- wireless communications system by 2nd Embodiment an example of operation
- a WiMAX system based on the IEEE 802.16m standard in which a relay station is arranged between a base station and a mobile terminal and performs multi-hop communication is exemplified.
- a relay station based on the IEEE 802.16m standard is arranged between a base station based on the IEEE 802.16m standard and a mobile terminal based on the IEEE 802.16m standard to perform multi-hop communication, and IEEE802.
- a WiMAX system in which femto base stations based on the 16m standard are arranged in a relay station or an area of the base station is exemplified.
- the term “base station” refers to a base station that is not a femto base station forming a femto cell.
- a WiMAX system including a base station, a relay station, and a femto base station is basically a system based on the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the base station, the relay station, and the femto base station have functions for performing communication according to the embodiment of the present invention. In preparation.
- femto base stations acquire information about relay zones used by neighboring base stations and relay stations.
- the femto base station can recognize a relay area where interference is less likely to occur than the access areas of neighboring base stations and relay stations, and can operate in consideration thereof. For example, if the control is performed by distinguishing between the relay zone and the access zone having different levels of interference, the interference can be satisfactorily reduced and the system performance can be improved.
- a femto base station uses a radio resource area corresponding to a relay zone preferentially over a radio resource area corresponding to an access zone on the basis of the information, so that neighboring base stations and relay stations provide services.
- Preferential use of the radio resource area corresponding to the relay zone by the femto base station includes preferential scheduling and transmission power allocation to the area.
- the radio communication system assigns a radio resource preferentially to a radio resource area corresponding to a relay zone to a radio resource used by a femto base station for communication with a mobile terminal under its control. Reduce femtocell interference.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless communication system according to the first embodiment.
- the wireless communication system includes a base station 100, a relay station 200, and a femto base station 300.
- Base station 100, relay station 200, and femto base station 300 form macro cell 1, macro cell 2, and femto cell 3, respectively, and are respectively connected between mobile terminal 400-1, mobile terminal 400-2, and mobile terminal 400-3.
- Wireless communication is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless communication system according to the first embodiment.
- the wireless communication system includes a base station 100, a relay station 200, and a femto base station 300.
- Base station 100, relay station 200, and femto base station 300 form macro cell 1, macro cell 2, and femto cell 3, respectively, and are respectively connected between mobile terminal 400-1, mobile terminal 400-2, and mobile terminal 400-3.
- Wireless communication is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless communication system according to the first embodiment.
- the base station is also called a BS (Base Station) or an ABS (Advanced Base Station).
- the relay station is also called RS (Relay Station) or ARS (Advanced Relay Station).
- the mobile terminal is also referred to as MS (Mobile Station) or AMS (Advanced Mobile Station).
- a femto base station is also called a femto BS or a femto ABS.
- the core network 4 is a backbone network for a wireless communication system managed by a wireless communication carrier.
- the base station 100 is connected to and communicates with the core network 4 through the communication line 6.
- the relay station 200 establishes a wireless communication line 7 with the base station 100 and communicates with the core network 4 via the base station 100.
- the security gateway 5 is a network device for establishing a secure communication path between the core network 4 and the femto base station 300 on a general communication line.
- the security gateway 5 may be, for example, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) server.
- the femto base station 300 is connected to and communicates with the core network 4 via the communication line 8 and the security gateway 5.
- a wireless NW (network) management server 500 is connected to the core network 4 and maintains the operating state of devices in the wireless communication system including the base station 100, the relay station 200, and the femto base station 300, and determines operating parameters. This is a server for wireless communication system management that notifies each device.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the base station 100.
- the base station 100 includes an upper layer processing unit 101, a wireless MAC processing unit 102, a wireless IF unit 103, and a communication unit 104.
- the upper layer processing unit 101 performs protocol processing for upper layer communication using this wireless communication system.
- An example of the upper layer communication protocol is IP (Internet Protocol).
- IP Internet Protocol
- the upper layer processing unit 101 communicates with the wireless NW management server 500 to notify the wireless NW management server 500 of the operation state of the base station 100, and to set the operation parameters to be used by the base station 100 to the wireless NW management server Or receive from 500.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 102 performs processing of a MAC (Media Access Control) layer of a base station defined by the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the MAC processing performed by the wireless MAC processing unit 102 includes scheduling, conversion from upper layer packet to MAC PDU (Payload Data Unit) and its reverse conversion, connection management, QoS (Quality of Service) control, route control, network entry processing , Retransmission control, transmission queue management, data transfer processing with the relay station 200, determination of setting of a relay zone used for communication with the relay station 200, and the like.
- MAC PDU Payment Data Unit
- QoS Quality of Service
- the wireless IF (interface) unit 103 performs processing of a PHY (Physical) layer of a base station defined by the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the wireless IF unit 103 is connected to the relay station 200 via the wireless communication line 7 and performs wireless communication with the relay station 200.
- the wireless IF unit 103 is connected to the mobile terminal 400-1 in the macro cell 1 and performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal 400-1.
- the communication unit 104 is connected to the core network 4 via the communication line 6 and communicates with a device connected to the core network 4.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of relay station 200.
- the relay station 200 includes an upper layer processing unit 201, a wireless MAC processing unit 202, and a wireless IF unit 203.
- the upper layer processing unit 201 performs protocol processing for upper layer communication using this wireless communication system. Further, the upper layer processing unit 201 communicates with the wireless NW management server 500 to notify the wireless NW management server 500 of the operation state of the relay station 200 and to set the operation parameters to be used by the relay station 200. Or receive from.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 202 performs processing of the MAC layer of the relay station defined by the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the MAC processing performed by the wireless MAC processing unit 202 includes scheduling, conversion from upper layer packet to MAC PDU and its inverse conversion, connection management, QoS control, route control, network entry processing, retransmission control, transmission queue management, base station Data transfer processing with 100 is included.
- the wireless IF unit 203 performs processing of the PHY layer of the relay station specified by the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the wireless IF unit 203 is connected to the base station 100 via the wireless communication line 7 and performs wireless communication with the base station 100.
- the wireless IF unit 203 is connected to the mobile terminal 400-2 in the macro cell 2 and performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal 400-2.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the femto base station 300.
- the femto base station 300 includes an upper layer processing unit 301, a wireless MAC processing unit 302, a wireless IF unit 303, an interference reduction processing unit 304, and a communication unit 305.
- the upper layer processing unit 301 performs protocol processing for upper layer communication using this wireless communication system.
- the upper layer processing unit 301 connects to the security gateway 5 through the communication line 8 and establishes a safe communication path with the core network 4. Further, the upper layer processing unit 301 communicates with the wireless NW management server 500 to notify the operating state of the femto base station 300 and receive operating parameters to be used by the femto base station 300.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 performs processing on the MAC layer of the femto base station defined by the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the MAC processing performed by the wireless MAC processing unit 302 includes scheduling, conversion from upper layer packet to MAC PDU and vice versa, connection management, QoS control, route control, network entry processing, retransmission control, transmission queue management, etc. It is. Further, based on the information about the relay zone of the relay station 200 held by the interference mitigation processing unit 304, the wireless MAC processing unit 302 uses a radio resource for communication with the mobile terminal 400-3 in a radio resource area corresponding to the relay zone. Is preferentially assigned.
- the wireless IF unit 303 performs processing of the PHY layer of the femto base station defined by the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the wireless IF unit 303 is connected to the mobile terminal 400-3 in the femtocell 3 and performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal 400-3.
- the interference mitigation processing unit 304 acquires and stores information related to relay zones used by neighboring base stations and relay stations. Further, based on the information, the wireless MAC processing unit 302 is instructed to preferentially use the wireless resource area corresponding to the relay zone.
- the communication unit 305 is connected to the core network 4 via the communication line 8 and communicates with a device connected to the core network 4.
- the mobile terminals 400-1 to 400-3 are mobile terminals conforming to the IEEE 802.16m standard. Therefore, detailed description of the mobile terminals 400-1 to 400-3 is omitted.
- the mobile terminal 400-1 is connected to the base station 100 using radio resources in the access zone or the relay zone, and communicates with the counterpart device via the core network 4.
- the mobile terminal 400-2 is connected to the relay station 200 with the radio resource in the access zone.
- the mobile terminal 400-3 is connected to the femto base station 300.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the wireless NW management server 500.
- the wireless NW management server 500 includes a network management unit 501 and a communication unit 502.
- the communication unit 502 is connected to the core network 4 and communicates with the base station 100, the relay station 200, and the femto base station 300 via the core network 4.
- the network management unit 501 acquires and holds the operation state of each station from the base station 100, the relay station 200, and the femto base station 300 through communication using the communication unit 502. In addition, the network management unit 501 determines operation parameters to be used by the base station 100, the relay station 200, or the femto base station 300 as necessary by communication using the communication unit 502, and notifies each station.
- the operation state held by the network management unit 501 includes information on relay zones used by the base station 100 and the relay station 200, and a list of base stations or relay stations (peripheral stations) around the femto base station 300 (peripheral stations). List).
- the network management unit 501 notifies the femto base station 300 of information on peripheral stations of the femto base station 300.
- the information includes information related to the relay zone used in the peripheral station.
- the femto base station 300 can know the relay zone used by the peripheral station from the information.
- the IEEE 802.16m standard uses OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) as a multiple access method.
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- FIG. 6 is an example of a configuration of a radio frame that is basic in the IEEE 802.16m standard.
- the frame structure shown in FIG. 6 is used by the base station and the femto base station.
- One radio frame has a length of 5 milliseconds and is composed of 8 subframes (Sub Frame, SF).
- FIG. 6 shows a case of TDD (Time Division Duplication), and a radio frame is composed of a DL (Down Link) subframe and a UL (Up Link) subframe.
- a preamble is arranged in the first DL subframe
- an SFH Super Frame Header
- system information such as a frame configuration
- an A-MAP Advanced MAP
- A-MAP includes radio resource allocation information in DL subframes and UL subframes.
- FIG. 7 is an example of a configuration of a radio frame for the relay station.
- a relay zone is set in the radio frame in order for the base station and the relay station to communicate.
- the last two DL subframes are used for the DL relay zone, and the last one UL subframe is used for the UL relay zone.
- the relay station behaves in the same way as a mobile terminal under the base station. That is, the relay station receives downlink data from the base station in the DL relay zone, and the relay station transmits uplink data to the base station in the UL relay zone.
- An area other than the relay zone is called an access zone, and the relay station moves in the access zone in the same manner as the base station with respect to the mobile terminals under the relay station.
- the size and position of the relay zone of the relay station are determined by the base station and notified to the relay station using a control message.
- the base station may communicate with the relay station in the relay zone and simultaneously with the mobile terminal under its control.
- the operation of the wireless communication system when the wireless NW management server 500 creates the peripheral station list of the femto base station 300 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. This operation is performed when the femto base station 300 starts operation, when the femto base station 300 registers itself in the wireless NW management server 500, or when the relay zone setting of the relay station 200 is changed. Or when the wireless NW management server 500 determines that the list needs to be updated.
- the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 transmits a scan request message to the femto base station 300 (step S111).
- the request may include all or part of the following information.
- ⁇ Frequency band and frequency to be scanned ⁇ Preamble index set to be scanned ⁇ Type of station to be scanned (all or part of the following) -Base station-Relay station-Femto base station-Parameters to be measured (all or part of the following) -RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indicator) -SINR (Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio) -CINR (Carrier-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio) Note that step S111 may be omitted, and the femto base station 300 may spontaneously start the processing after step S112.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 of the femto base station 300 performs a scan for peripheral stations based on the message received in step S111 (step S112). For scanning, a method defined in the IEEE 802.16m standard may be used, or a method other than that may be used.
- the upper layer processing unit 301 of the femto base station 300 receives the scan result from the wireless MAC processing unit 302, and transmits the scan result to the wireless NW management server 500 (step S113).
- the scan result may include all or part of the following information.
- the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 receives in step S113
- the scanned result of the femto base station 300 is stored as a peripheral station list of the femto base station 300 (step S114).
- the wireless MAC processing unit 102 of the base station 100 determines a relay zone for the relay station 200 (step S121). At that time, the wireless MAC processing unit 102 may determine the size of the relay zone in consideration of the number of users connected to the base station 100 and the relay station 200 and the load status of the base station 100 and the relay station 200. .
- the wireless MAC processing unit 102 of the base station 100 notifies the wireless MAC processing unit 202 of the relay station 200 of a new relay zone setting based on the IEEE 802.16m standard (step S122).
- the wireless MAC processing unit 202 of the relay station 200 starts to operate as a relay station of the IEEE 802.16m standard based on the relay zone setting received in step S122 (step S123). Specifically, the relay station 200 communicates with the upper base station 100 in the newly set relay zone, and communicates with the mobile terminal 400-2 in the newly set access zone.
- the upper layer processing unit 101 of the base station 100 transmits the relay zone setting for the relay station 200 determined in step S121 to the wireless NW management server 500 (step S124).
- the transmitted message may include all or part of the following information.
- -Relay station 200 identifier-Preamble index used by the relay station 200-DL access zone maximum transmission output of the relay station 200-DL access zone transmission output of the relay station 200-UL relay zone maximum transmission output of the relay station 200-Relay station 200 UL relay zone transmission output size and position of relay zone used by relay station 200 R-TTI (Relay Transmit to Receive Transition Interval) used by relay station 200 -R-RTI (Relay Receive to transmit Transition Interval) used by relay station 200
- the wireless NW management server 500 sends information related to the relay zone of the peripheral station of the femto base station 300 (in this embodiment, the relay station 200) to the femto base station 300.
- the operation of the wireless communication system when notifying will be described. This operation is performed when the relay zone for the relay station 200 is determined by the base station 100, when the wireless NW management server 500 creates a peripheral list of the femto base station 300, or when the wireless NW management server 500 is operated by the femto base. This is performed when it is determined that it is necessary to notify the station 300 of the information.
- the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 determines whether it is effective for the femto base station 300 to use the relay zone preferentially (step S131).
- the determination method when a relay station using a relay zone is included in the peripheral station list of the femto base station 300 (in this embodiment, the relay station 200 corresponds to this), the femto base station 300 It may be determined that the preferential use of the relay zone is effective.
- a relay station using a relay zone is included in the scan result of the femto base station 300, and either or both of RSSI and SINR of the relay station 200 in the femto base station 300 are When exceeding or falling below a preset threshold value, it may be determined that preferential use of the relay zone by the femto base station 300 is effective.
- the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 determines in step S131 that the preferential use of the relay zone by the femto base station 300 is valid, the network management unit 501 transmits parameters related to the relay zone of the peripheral station to the femto base station 300.
- the parameter transmitted to the femto base station 300 may include all or part of the information stored in step S125 regarding the peripheral station. Note that when there are a plurality of base stations or relay stations using a relay zone in the peripheral station list of the femto base station 300, parameters related to the relay zone transmitted to the femto base station 300 are relays of those multiple stations. It may be a union of zones or a product set. Further, this parameter may be transmitted not only to the femto base station 300 but also to either or one of the base station 100 and the relay station 200.
- the interference reduction processing unit 304 of the femto base station 300 stores the parameter notified in step S132 (step S133). At that time, the interference mitigation processing unit 304 notifies the wireless MAC processing unit 302 that the relay zone of the peripheral station has been changed.
- the operation of the femto base station 300 when the femto base station 300 allocates radio resources for communication to the mobile terminal 400-3 will be described with reference to FIG.
- This operation is performed by the femto base station 300 for radio resource allocation (schedule) of each radio frame.
- the operation described here is applicable to both uplink and downlink.
- radio resource allocation for downlink communication will be described as an example.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 of the femto base station 300 confirms whether there is unscheduled data addressed to the mobile terminal 400-3, that is, data to which no wireless resource is allocated (step S141). If there is no such data, the wireless MAC processing unit 302 ends the process.
- the data is information that is delivered to the mobile terminal 400-3 by consuming radio resources, and includes a control MAC PDU including a control message, a data MAC PDU including user data, and control information.
- IE Information Element
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 selects data to be scheduled when there is unscheduled data in step S141 (step S142). Note that the data selected here is referred to as schedule target data.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 checks whether there is a free wireless resource that can be allocated to the schedule target data in the subframe corresponding to the DL relay zone of the relay station 200 (step S143). At this time, the wireless MAC processing unit 302 acquires the size and position of the relay zone of the relay station 200 from the interference mitigation processing unit 304, and identifies the subframe corresponding to the DL relay zone.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 allocates an empty resource in the subframe corresponding to the DL relay zone of the relay station 200 to the schedule target data (step S144).
- step S143 the wireless MAC processing unit 302 checks whether there is a free resource that can be allocated to the schedule target data in the subframe corresponding to the DL access zone of the relay station 200 (step S145). ).
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 allocates a free resource in a subframe corresponding to the DL access zone of the relay station 200 to the schedule target data (step S146).
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 determines that scheduling target data cannot be scheduled for the current wireless frame when there is no free resource in step S145 (step S147).
- step S144 After execution of step S144, step S146, and step S147, the wireless MAC processing unit 302 repeats the process of step S141.
- the femto base station 300 acquires the setting information of the relay zone used by the relay station 200 that is a peripheral station, and is indicated in the setting information.
- the radio resource of the subframe corresponding to the relay zone is preferentially used for communication with the mobile terminal 400-3. Therefore, it is possible to reduce interference between the macro cell 1 by the base station 100, the macro cell 2 by the relay station 200, and the femto cell 3 by the femto base station 300.
- the relay station 200 is not communicating with the mobile terminal 400-2 because the relay station 200 receives data from the base station 100 in the DL relay zone, and the communication between the femto base station 300 and the mobile terminal 400-3. This is because no interference occurs between the communication between the relay station 200 and the mobile terminal 400-2.
- relay station 200 is not communicating with mobile terminal 400-2 because it transmits data to base station 100, and communication between femto base station 300 and mobile terminal 400-3; This is because no interference occurs between the relay station 200 and the communication between the mobile terminal 400-2.
- the amount of radio resources used in the subframe corresponding to the access zone is Since the number of subframes is reduced compared with the case where the subframes are not used preferentially, it is possible to reduce interference in subframes corresponding to the access zone.
- the example which has one mobile terminal in each of the base station 100, the relay station, and the femto base station 300 was shown as a radio
- the number of mobile terminals connected to the base station 100, the relay station 200, and the femto base station 300 may be different, and the number may be zero or two or more.
- the number of relay stations 200 is one, that is, a wireless communication system in which the base station 100 to the mobile terminal are two hops is illustrated.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the femto base station 300 determines whether it is effective for the femto base station 300 to preferentially use the relay zones of the neighboring base station 100 and the relay station 200.
- geographical information of the base station 100, the relay station 200, and the femto base station 300 may be used.
- geographical information the latitude, longitude, altitude, etc. of each station may be used.
- information on whether it is installed outdoors or indoors, and information on attenuation by a building may be used when indoors.
- the wireless NW management server 500 calculates the distance between the base station 100 and the relay station 200 and the femto base station 300 based on the geographical information, and the femto base station gives priority to the relay zone by comparing the value with a threshold value. It may be determined whether or not it is effective to use for the above.
- the wireless NW management server 500 may calculate propagation loss and interference amount between the base station 100 and the relay station 200 and the femto base station 300 based on the geographical information, and compare the value with a threshold value. Good.
- the threshold value may be given to the wireless NW management server 500 in advance, or may be automatically calculated based on information collected from within the wireless communication system.
- the geographical information may be given to the wireless NW management server 500 by a system administrator or may be automatically acquired by the wireless NW management server 500.
- GPS Global Positioning System
- These pieces of information may be set in each station and notified to the wireless NW management server 500 via the core network 4 or may be set in the wireless NW management server 500 in advance.
- the femto base station 300 determines whether it is effective for the femto base station 300 to preferentially use the relay zones of the neighboring base station 100 and the relay station 200.
- An example using scan results was shown.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the determination criteria may include the type and performance of the antenna used by the neighboring relay station 200 in the relay zone. Examples of antenna types include an omni antenna, a directional antenna, and a sector antenna. Examples of antenna performance include gain and directivity.
- the wireless NW management server 500 sets the relay zone to the femto base station 300 only when the relay station 200 around the femto base station 300 uses a highly directional antenna for communication with the base station 100 in the relay zone. May be determined to be effective to use preferentially.
- Wireless NW management server 500 estimates the amount of interference in the relay zone between relay station 200 and femto base station 300 by combining the geographical information and information on the antenna used by relay station 200, and the estimation result It may be determined whether it is effective for the femto base station 300 to use the relay zone preferentially.
- the wireless NW management server 500 determines whether it is effective for the femto base station 300 to preferentially use the relay zones of the neighboring base stations 100 and the relay stations 200.
- An example to do is shown.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the determination may be performed by any of the base station 100, the relay station 200, and the femto base station 300, or may be performed by sharing the processing among a plurality of apparatuses. This can be realized by communicating information necessary for determination between the devices.
- the determination may be performed by a femto gateway (not shown) that is a device that manages the femto base station 300.
- a femto gateway (not shown) that is a device that manages the femto base station 300. This can be realized by providing the femto gateway with the function of the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 and communicating information necessary for determination between the femto gateway and each device.
- the femto base station 300 may acquire information regarding the relay zones of the surrounding base station 100 and the relay station 200 from the femto gateway.
- the radio communication system exemplified in the first embodiment has a special condition for selecting the schedule target data in step S142. I have not let it.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- a priority may be given to each type of data, and schedule target data may be selected according to the priority.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 of the femto base station 300 may preferentially select the control MAC PDU or IE.
- the femto base station 300 allocates radio resources for communication to the mobile terminal 400-3, if it is not allocated to a subframe corresponding to a relay zone.
- An example of assigning to corresponding subframes is shown.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the radio resource of the subframe corresponding to the relay zone cannot be allocated to the mobile terminal 400-3, the processing target schedule data cannot be scheduled in the radio frame currently being processed. You may judge.
- communication between the femto base station 300 and the wireless NW management server 500 is performed using the communication line 8 connected to the core network 4 via the security gateway 5. Is not limited to this.
- the femto base station 300 may establish a wireless communication link with the base station 100 or the relay station 200 and communicate with the wireless NW management server 500 via the wireless communication link. This can be realized by the femto base station 300 temporarily stopping communication with the mobile terminal 400-3 and communicating with the base station 100 or the relay station 200 during that time. At that time, the femto base station 300 may directly acquire information regarding the base station 100 and the relay station 200 from the base station 100 and the relay station 200 instead of from the wireless NW management server 500. The information includes relay zone information for the relay station 200.
- the peripheral station 300 determines whether the peripheral station is a base station or a relay station in order to determine whether the information should be acquired from the peripheral station, the peripheral station is a relay station.
- the relay zone information may be acquired from the relay station.
- the base station 100 and the relay station 200 may notify which type the own station is.
- the femto base station 300 may determine the type of the peripheral station based on the identifier of the peripheral station or the preamble index used.
- a femto base station 300 is a station that reduces interference by preferentially using subframes corresponding to relay zones of neighboring base stations and relay stations.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- a base station 100-2 (not shown) that forms another macro cell in the vicinity of the macro cell 1 or the macro cell 2 and does not have a relay station under its control performs the operation for reducing interference according to the present invention. May be. This is because the base station 100-2 has a function corresponding to the interference mitigation processing unit 304 of the femto base station 300, and the base station 100-2 performs the operation of the femto base station 300 described with reference to FIGS. This can be achieved.
- the base station 100 determines the size of the relay zone of the relay station 200.
- the wireless NW management server 500 may determine. This is because the base station 100 and the relay station 200 notify the wireless NW management server 500 of the number of users and the load status, and the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 sets the relay zone for the relay station 200 based on such information. This can be realized by determining the size and notifying the base station 100 of the size.
- the femto base station 300 acquires information related to the relay zone of the relay station 200, and is used for communication with the mobile terminal 400-3 preferentially in a subframe corresponding to the relay zone.
- An example of allocating resources was given.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the femto base station 300 may preferentially allocate radio resources used for communication with the mobile terminal 400-3 from a later subframe.
- the start time of the radio frame used by the femto base station 300 is synchronized with the start time of the radio frame used by the base station 100 and the relay station.
- the femto base station 300 may set the start position of the relay zone of the relay station 200 as the start position of its own radio frame.
- the femto base station 300 may use the radio frame start position as the DL relay zone start time or DL access zone end time of the relay station 200.
- interference between the downlink control signal (preamble, SFH, etc.) transmitted by the femto base station 300 at the beginning of the radio frame and the macro cell 2 can be reduced, and the reception quality of the downlink control signal at the mobile terminal 400-3 can be reduced. Can be improved.
- the femto base station performs different power control in a subframe corresponding to the access zone and a subframe corresponding to the relay zone. I do.
- the configuration of the wireless communication system according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- the configurations of the base station 100, the relay station 200, the femto base station 300, and the wireless NW management server 500 in the wireless communication system according to the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. Is the same.
- the operation when the wireless NW management server 500 creates the peripheral station list of the femto base station 300 in the wireless communication system according to the second embodiment is the same as the operation of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. The same.
- the operation when the relay zone for the relay station 200 is determined by the base station 100 in the wireless communication system according to the second embodiment is the same as the operation of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. .
- the wireless network management server 500 when the wireless network management server 500 notifies the femto base station 300 of information related to the relay zone of the peripheral station of the femto base station 300 (in this embodiment, the relay station 200). As shown in FIG. 12, the operation is partially different from the operation of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 selects the following values (A) and (B) to be used by the femto base station 300 (step S134). These values may be given to the network management unit 501 in advance, or may be calculated based on the information collected from the base station 100 and the relay station 200 obtained in step S124.
- (A) and (B) may be determined so as to suppress interference with the signal to be transmitted. Generally, (B) is set to a value larger than (A).
- step S135 the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 is the transmission power to be used by the femto base station 300 selected in step S134 in addition to the parameter notified in step S132 of the first embodiment.
- (A) and (B) are also transmitted as parameters to the femto base station 300 (step S135).
- step S136 the interference reduction processing unit 304 of the femto base station 300 is the transmission power to be used by the femto base station 300 notified in step S135 in addition to the operation in step S133 of the first embodiment (A). And (B) are set in the wireless MAC processing unit 302. Thereafter, the wireless MAC processing unit 302 of the femto base station 300 notifies the transmission output in the subframe corresponding to the DL access zone of the relay station 200 and the transmission output in the subframe corresponding to the DL relay zone of the relay station 200 in step 132.
- the wireless IF unit 303 is controlled so as to have the values (A) and (B).
- the femto base station 300 acquires the setting of the relay zone used by the relay station 200 that is a peripheral station, and the sub-corresponding to the access zone.
- the relay zone used by the relay station 200 that is a peripheral station
- the sub-corresponding to the access zone By changing the transmission power between the frame and the subframe corresponding to the relay zone, it is possible to reduce interference between the macro cell 1 and the macro cell 2 and the femto cell 3 and to improve the system performance.
- the transmission power of the femto base station 300 can be increased in consideration of the relatively small influence on the transmission.
- a higher efficiency MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
- System performance can be improved.
- the femto base station 300 uses different transmission powers in the subframe corresponding to the DL access zone and the subframe corresponding to the DL relay zone.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the femto base station 300 performs transmission power control of the mobile terminal 400-3 using different estimated interference amounts in a subframe corresponding to the UL access zone and a subframe corresponding to the UL relay zone. Also good. This is because the femto base station 300 calculates the estimated interference amount for each of the subframe corresponding to the UL access zone and the subframe corresponding to the UL relay zone, or uses each preset value. realizable.
- the transmission power to be used by the femto base station 300 in the subframe corresponding to the DL access zone and the subframe corresponding to the DL relay zone is used as the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500.
- An example of selecting is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. As another example, the femto base station 300, the base station 100, or the relay station 200 may perform the selection. This can be realized by communicating information necessary for selection between apparatuses.
- the femto base station when the femto base station operates in the area of the relay station as shown in FIG. 1, the femto base station gives priority to the subframe corresponding to the relay zone for communication with the mobile terminal. Use it to reduce interference.
- the femto base station when the femto base station operates in the area of the base station as shown in FIG. 13, the femto base station corresponds to a relay zone for communication with the mobile terminal. Interference is reduced by preferentially using the subframe to be used.
- communication between the femto base station 300 and the mobile terminal 400-3 and communication between the base station 100 and the relay station 200 may interfere with each other in a subframe corresponding to the DL relay zone. Further, there is a possibility that the communication between the femto base station 300 and the mobile terminal 400-3 and the communication between the base station 100 and the mobile terminal 400-1 interfere with each other. Therefore, in the third embodiment, in order to determine whether it is effective for the femto base station to preferentially use the subframe corresponding to the relay zone, in addition to the information used in the determination in the first embodiment, Additional information is needed.
- the radio communication system according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 13 is different from the radio communication system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that the femto base station 300 is in the macro cell 1 served by the base station 100. It is a point that is arranged. Since the configuration of the wireless communication system according to the third embodiment other than that point is the same as that of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
- the configurations of the base station 100, the relay station 200, the femto base station 300, and the wireless NW management server 500 of the wireless communication system according to the third embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. It is.
- the operation when the wireless NW management server 500 creates the peripheral station list of the femto base station 300 in the wireless communication system according to the third embodiment is the same as the operation of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. The same.
- the operation when the relay zone for the relay station 200 is determined by the base station 100 in the wireless communication system according to the third embodiment is the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Is the same as the operation.
- the upper layer processing unit 101 of the base station 100 further includes both or one of the following information in the message transmitted to the wireless NW management server 500. Whether the base station 100 also uses the relay zone for communication with the mobile terminal 400-1 or not. Whether the base station 100 uses interference avoidance technology for communication with the relay station 200 in the relay zone Interference avoidance technology An example of this is beam forming.
- the wireless NW management server 500 when the wireless NW management server 500 notifies the femto base station 300 of information related to the relay zone of the peripheral station of the femto base station 300 (in this embodiment, the relay station 200).
- the operation is the same as that of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- step S131 the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 determines whether or not preferential use of the relay zone by the femto base station 300 is valid (step S131).
- the femto base station 300 it may be determined that the preferential use of the relay zone is effective.
- the base station using the relay zone is included in the result of scanning the peripheral stations of the femto base station 300, and the RSSI (Received Signal Strength of the base station 100 in the femto base station 300 is included.
- Preferential use of the relay zone by the femto base station 300 is effective depending on the result of comparison between one or both of an indicator (Indicator) and SINR (Signal-to-Interference and Noise power Ratio) and a predetermined threshold. It may be determined whether or not there is.
- the RSSI or SINR exceeds the threshold, it is determined that the preferential use of the relay zone by the femto base station 300 is effective, and the RSSI or SINR. If it is below the threshold value, it may be determined that the preferential use of the relay zone by the femto base station 300 is effective.
- the network management unit 501 may use as an additional determination condition that the base station 100 does not use the relay zone for communication with the mobile terminal 400-1. For example, if the base station 100 does not use the relay zone for communication with the mobile terminal 400-1, it is considered that interference in the relay zone is unlikely to occur, and therefore the femto base station 300 preferentially uses the relay zone. You may judge that it is effective.
- the network management unit 501 may use as an additional determination condition that the base station 100 uses an interference avoidance technique such as beamforming for communication with the relay station 200 in the relay zone. For example, if the base station 100 uses an interference avoidance technique such as beamforming for communication with the relay station 200 in the relay zone, it is considered that interference in the relay zone is unlikely to occur, so the relay zone by the femto base station 300 It may be determined that the preferential use of is effective.
- an interference avoidance technique such as beamforming for communication with the relay station 200 in the relay zone.
- the wireless MAC processing unit 302 of the femto base station 300 determines channel quality in each of the subframe corresponding to the access zone and the subframe corresponding to the relay zone based on the notified relay zone information. By measuring and comparing the two, it may be confirmed whether the preferential use of the relay zone area is effective. Then, the wireless MAC processing unit 302 of the femto base station 300 determines the wireless resource for the mobile terminal 400-3 described with reference to FIG. 11 only when it is determined that the preferential use of the relay zone area is valid. Allocation processing may be executed.
- the channel quality measurement may be performed by the radio IF unit 303 of the femto base station 300 or the radio IF unit of the mobile terminal 400-3.
- the radio IF unit of the mobile terminal 400-3 measures the channel quality
- the radio MAC processing unit 302 of the femto base station 300 transmits a measurement instruction message specifying the measurement target area to the mobile terminal 400-3, and the result is displayed. By receiving it, the channel quality can be known.
- the operation of the femto base station 300 when the femto base station 300 allocates radio resources for communication to the mobile terminal 400-3 in the radio communication system according to the third embodiment is as shown in FIG.
- the operation is the same as that of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment.
- the femto base station 300 even when the femto base station 300 exists in the area of the base station 100, the femto base station 300 has subframes corresponding to the relay zone.
- the femto base station 300 By preferentially using radio resources for communication with the mobile terminal 400-3, it is possible to reduce interference between the macro cell 1, the macro cell 2, and the femto cell 3.
- the femto base station 300 preferentially uses the radio resource of the subframe corresponding to the relay zone for communication with the mobile terminal 400-3.
- the invention is not limited to this.
- the femto base station 300 may perform different transmission power control in a subframe corresponding to the access zone and a subframe corresponding to the relay zone.
- the relay station 200 exists and the relay zone is set and used between the base station 100 and the relay station 200 as a radio
- the base station 100 may virtually set a relay zone. According to this, even when the relay station 200 does not exist under the control of the base station 100, the femtocell 3 preferentially uses the relay zone as shown in each embodiment of the present invention, so that the macrocell 1 and the femto Interference between the cells 3 can be reduced.
- the base station 100 to which the relay station 200 is not connected constitutes a virtual relay zone and notifies the wireless NW management server 500 (step S124).
- the base station 100 may additionally notify information indicating that the relay zone is virtual.
- the network management unit 501 of the wireless NW management server 500 may use, as an additional determination condition, the base station 100 that the relay zone is virtual.
- the base station 100 preferentially allocates radio resources used for communication with the mobile terminal 400-1 within an area (virtual access zone) other than the virtual relay zone.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a wireless communication system based on other standards.
- the present invention may be applied to a wireless communication system standardized by 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project).
- the wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment has the following correspondence relationship with the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- NodeB 1 is an NB (NodeB), an eNodeB (eNB), a macro NB, or a macro eNB in FIG.
- the relay station 200 in FIG. 1 is an RN (Relay Node) in this embodiment.
- the femto base station 300 in FIG. 1 is a home NB or a home eNB in this embodiment.
- the mobile terminals 400-1 to 3 in FIG. 1 are UE (User Equipment) in this embodiment.
- the security gateway 5 in FIG. 1 is a femto gateway in this embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 14 shows an example in which the technology applied to the first embodiment is applied to 3GPP LTE.
- the wireless communication system according to the present embodiment includes an NB 100, an RN 200, and a home NB 300.
- the NB 100, the RN 200, and the home NB 300 form a macro cell 1, a macro cell 2, and a femto cell 3, respectively, and perform bidirectional wireless communication between the mobile terminal 400-1, the mobile terminal 400-2, and the mobile terminal 400-3, respectively. .
- the relay zone for the relay station 200 in the first embodiment is a subframe used by the RN 200 to communicate with the NB 100 in the wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment.
- the subframe may be, for example, an MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service) Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe of the base station 100.
- MBMS Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service
- MMSFN Single Frequency Network
- the operation of the wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment is the same as the operation of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS.
- the correspondence between each device is as described above.
- the wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment may perform the following.
- the wireless communication system uses RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) and RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality) as measurement parameters used when the wireless NW management server 500 creates a peripheral station list of the home NB 300. May be used.
- RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
- RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
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マルチホップ無線通信の通信路において上位局あるいは下位局と接続し、所定の無線リソース内の前記上位局あるいは前記下位局と無線通信するためのリレー領域とは異なる、該無線リソース内のアクセス領域で移動端末と無線通信する第1の通信局と、
前記マルチホップ無線通信の通信路とは異なる通信路を構成し、前記無線リソースを使って移動端末と無線通信を行うことが可能であり、該無線リソース内の前記リレー領域を示す情報を取得する第2の通信局と、を有している。
前記無線リソースを使って移動端末と無線通信を行う無線通信処理手段と、
前記無線リソース内の前記リレー領域を示す情報を取得する制御手段と、を有している。
マルチホップ無線通信の通信路において上位局あるいは下位局と接続する第1の通信局が、所定の無線リソース内の前記上位局あるいは前記下位局と無線通信するためのリレー領域とは異なる、該無線リソース内のアクセス領域で移動端末と無線通信し、
前記マルチホップ無線通信の通信路とは異なる通信路を構成し、前記無線リソースを使って移動端末と無線通信を行うことが可能な第2の通信局が、該無線リソース内の前記リレー領域を示す情報を取得するものである。
第1の実施形態による無線通信システムは、フェムト基地局が配下の移動端末との通信に使用する無線リソースの割り当てをリレーゾーンに相当する無線リソース領域に対して優先的に行うことで、マクロセルとフェムトセルの干渉を軽減する。
・スキャンすべき周波数帯および周波数
・スキャンすべきプリアンブルインデックスの集合
・スキャンすべき局の種別(以下の全てもしくは一部)
-基地局
-中継局
-フェムト基地局
・測定すべきパラメータ(以下の全てもしくは一部)
-RSSI(Receive Signal Strength Indicator)
-SINR(Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio)
-CINR(Carrier-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio)
なお、ステップS111が省略され、フェムト基地局300が自発的にステップS112以降の処理を開始してもよい。
・周辺局の識別子
・周辺局が使用するプリアンブルインデックス
・周辺局が使用する周波数
・周辺局の種別
・周辺局を対象とした測定結果
無線NW管理サーバ500のネットワーク管理部501は、ステップS113で受信したフェムト基地局300のスキャン結果をフェムト基地局300の周辺局リストとして記憶する(ステップS114)。
・中継局200の識別子
・中継局200が使用するプリアンブルインデックス
・中継局200のDLアクセスゾーン最大送信出力
・中継局200のDLアクセスゾーン送信出力
・中継局200のULリレーゾーン最大送信出力
・中継局200のULリレーゾーン送信出力
・中継局200が使用するリレーゾーンの大きさおよび位置
・中継局200が使用するR-TTI(Relay Transmit to receive Transition Interval)
・中継局200が使用するR-RTI(Relay Receive to transmit Transition Interval)
・中継局200が接続している上位局(本実施形態においては基地局100)の識別子
・中継局200が接続している上位局(本実施形態においては基地局100)が使用するプリアンブルインデックス
・中継局200が接続している上位局(本実施形態においては基地局100)のDLアクセスゾーン最大送信出力
・中継局200が接続している上位局(本実施形態においては基地局100)のDLアクセスゾーン送信出力
・中継局200が接続している上位局(本実施形態においては基地局100)のDLリレーゾーン最大送信出力
・中継局200が接続している上位局(本実施形態においては基地局100)のDLリレーゾーン送信出力
無線NW管理サーバ500のネットワーク管理部501は、ステップS124において通知された情報を記憶する(ステップS125)。
第2の実施形態では、上述した第1の実施形態の変形例について説明する。
(B) 中継局200のDLリレーゾーンに相当するサブフレームにおける送信出力
具体的には、ステップS124で送信されるメッセージに、上述したような、中継局200およびその上位局である基地局100のアクセスゾーンあるいはリレーゾーンでの送信出力が含まれていれば、それらの値を用いて、中継局200または基地局100が送信する信号との干渉を抑えるように(A)と(B)を決定すればよい。一般的に(B)は(A)より大きい値に設定される。
第3の実施形態では、上述した第1の実施形態の変形例について説明する。
・基地局100はリレーゾーンを移動端末400-1との通信にも利用するか否か
・基地局100はリレーゾーンにおける中継局200との通信に干渉回避技術を使用するか否か
干渉回避技術の例としてはビームフォーミングがある。
第1から第3の実施形態では、IEEE802.16m規格に基づくWiMAXシステムに対し本発明を適用する例を示した。しかし、本発明はこれに限定されるものではなく、他の規格に基づく無線通信システムに適用されてもよい。例えば、3GPP(Third Generation Partnership Project)が標準化している無線通信システムに本発明を適用してもよい。
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- マルチホップ無線通信の通信路において上位局あるいは下位局と接続し、所定の無線リソース内の前記上位局あるいは前記下位局と無線通信するためのリレー領域とは異なる、該無線リソース内のアクセス領域で移動端末と無線通信する第1の通信局と、
前記マルチホップ無線通信の通信路とは異なる通信路を構成し、前記無線リソースを使って移動端末と無線通信を行うことが可能であり、該無線リソース内の前記リレー領域を示す情報を取得する第2の通信局と、
を有する無線通信システム。 - 前記第2の通信局は前記アクセス領域よりも前記リレー領域を優先的に使用する、
請求項1に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第2の通信局は前記アクセス領域よりも前記リレー領域を優先的に使って移動端末と無線通信する、
請求項2に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第2の通信局は前記アクセス領域よりも前記リレー領域が優先的に使用されるような電力制御を行う、
請求項2または3に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第2の通信局は前記第1の通信局の周辺に配置された通信局である、
請求項1から4のいずれか1項に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第1の通信局と前記第2の通信局を管理する管理サーバを更に有し、
前記管理サーバが、前記第2の通信局に、前記リレー領域を示す情報を通知する、
請求項1から5のいずれか1項に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第2の通信局が、自局の周辺に存在する第1の通信局を検知して前記管理サーバに通知し、
前記第1の通信局または該第1の通信局の上位局が、該第1の通信局におけるリレー領域を示す情報を前記管理サーバに通知し、
前記管理サーバが、周辺に第1の通信局が存在する第2の通信局に、該第1の通信局におけるリレー領域を示す情報を通知する、
請求項6に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第1の通信局であるかまたは該第1の通信局の上位局である基地局が、該第1の通信局におけるリレー領域とアクセス領域と決定し、該リレー領域を示す情報を前記管理サーバに通知する、
請求項7に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記管理サーバが、前記第2の通信局が前記リレー領域に用いる送信電力の値と前記アクセス領域に用いる送信電力の値とを該第2の通信局に更に通知し、
前記第2の通信局は、前記リレー領域および前記アクセス領域の送信電力を前記管理サーバから通知された前記値に制御する、
請求項6から8のいずれか1項に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第2の通信局は、スケジュール対象のデータがあるとき、フレームにおけるリレー領域に空きがあれば該リレー領域に該データを配し、該リレー領域に空きがなくかつ前記フレームのアクセス領域に空きがあれば該データを該アクセス領域に配し、該リレー領域および該アクセス領域のいずれにも空きがなければ該データを前記フレームに配しない、
請求項3に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第1の通信局は、第1のセルを形成して移動端末と無線通信する基地局、または基地局とリレー領域で無線接続し、第2のセルを形成して移動端末と無線接続する中継局であり、
前記第2の通信局は、前記第1のセルまたは前記第2のセルの内部もしくは近隣に第3のセルを形成するフェムト基地局である、
請求項1から10のいずれか1項に記載の無線通信システム。 - マルチホップ無線通信の通信路において上位局あるいは下位局と接続し、所定の無線リソース内の前記上位局あるいは前記下位局と無線通信するためのリレー領域とは異なる、該無線リソース内のアクセス領域で移動端末と無線通信する通信局のセル内または近隣にセルを形成し、前記マルチホップ無線通信の通信路とは異なる通信路を構成する基地局であって、
前記無線リソースを使って移動端末と無線通信を行う無線通信処理手段と、
前記無線リソース内の前記リレー領域を示す情報を取得する制御手段と、
を有する基地局。 - 前記制御手段は、前記無線通信処理手段に前記アクセス領域よりも前記リレー領域を優先的に使用させる、
請求項12に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御手段は、前記無線通信処理手段に、前記アクセス領域よりも前記リレー領域を優先的に使って移動端末と無線通信を行わせる、
請求項13に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御手段は、前記アクセス領域よりも前記リレー領域が優先的に使用されるような電力制御を行う、
請求項13または14に記載の基地局。 - 前記通信局の周辺に配置されている、
請求項12から15のいずれか1項に記載の基地局。 - 前記通信局と前記基地局を管理する管理サーバが存在し、
前記管理サーバから、前記基地局に、前記リレー領域を示す情報が通知される、
請求項12から16のいずれか1項に記載の基地局。 - 前記基地局の前記無線通信処理手段が、自局の周辺に存在する通信局を検知して前記管理サーバに通知し、
前記通信局または該通信局の上位局が、該通信局におけるリレー領域を示す情報を前記管理サーバに通知し、
前記管理サーバが、周辺に通信局が存在する基地局に、該通信局におけるリレー領域を示す情報を通知する、
請求項17に記載の基地局。 - 前記通信局であるかまたは該通信局の上位局である非フェムト基地局が、該通信局におけるリレー領域とアクセス領域とを決定し、該リレー領域を示す情報を前記管理サーバに通知する、
請求項18に記載の基地局。 - 前記管理サーバが、前記基地局が前記リレー領域に用いる送信電力の値と前記アクセス領域に用いる送信電力の値とを該基地局に更に通知し、
前記基地局の制御手段は、前記リレー領域および前記アクセス領域の送信電力を前記管理サーバから通知された前記値に制御する、
請求項17から19のいずれか1項に記載の基地局。 - 前記制御手段は、スケジュール対象のデータがあるとき、フレームにおけるリレー領域に空きがあれば該リレー領域に該データを配し、該リレー領域に空きがなくかつ前記フレームのアクセス領域に空きがあれば該データを該アクセス領域に配し、該リレー領域および該アクセス領域のいずれにも空きがなければ該データを前記フレームに配しないように前記無線通信処理手段を制御する、
請求項13に記載の基地局。 - 前記通信局は、第1のセルを形成して移動端末と無線通信する非フェムト基地局、または非フェムト基地局とリレー領域で無線接続し、第2のセルを形成して移動端末と無線接続する中継局であり、
前記基地局は、前記第1のセルまたは前記第2のセルの内部もしくは近隣に第3のセルを形成するフェムト基地局である、
請求項12から21のいずれか1項に記載の基地局。 - マルチホップ無線通信の通信路において上位局あるいは下位局と接続する第1の通信局が、所定の無線リソース内の前記上位局あるいは前記下位局と無線通信するためのリレー領域とは異なる、該無線リソース内のアクセス領域で移動端末と無線通信し、
前記マルチホップ無線通信の通信路とは異なる通信路を構成し、前記無線リソースを使って移動端末と無線通信を行うことが可能な第2の通信局が、該無線リソース内の前記リレー領域を示す情報を取得する、
無線通信システム制御方法。
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