CN103262633B - The communication between subscriber equipment (UE) and stand-alone service sector in wireless communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

Wireless communication system distributes a part for data by making radio network controller (RNC) to first service community and second service community, in order to be sent to subscriber equipment, carrys out downlink packet at high speeds and accesses transmission signal in (HSDPA).First service community sends data to subscriber equipment on the first downlink carrier.Second service community, it is independent of first service community, sends data to subscriber equipment on the second downlink carrier.In in one optional, RNC, by least one in first service community and second service community, receives the measurement report from described subscriber equipment on the first uplink carrier.

Description

The communication between subscriber equipment (UE) and stand-alone service sector in wireless communication system

Priority is required based on 35U.S.C. § 119

It is the provisional application No.61/392 of " COMMUNICATINGBETWEENAUSEREQUIPMENT (UE) ANDAPLURALITYOFINDEPENDENTSERVINGSECTORSINAWIRELESSCOMMU NICATIONSSYSTEM " that patent application claims enjoys that on October 13rd, 2010 submits to, exercise question, the priority of 915, this provisional application is assigned to present assignee, therefore is clearly expressly incorporated herein with way of reference.

Background technology

The application relates in wireless communication system, the communication between subscriber equipment (UE) and multiple stand-alone service sector.

Dispose cordless communication network widely, in order to provide various communication service, for instance the transmission of phone, video, data, message, broadcast etc..This network (it is usually multi-access network) by share can Internet resources support the communication of multiple user.One example of this network is UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network network (UTRAN).The radio access network (RAN) of a part for the third generation (3G) mobile phone telephony that UTRAN is defined as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), third generation partner program (3GPP) is supported.As the UMTS of the successor of global system for mobile communications (GSM) technology, the various air-interface standards of current support, for instance WCDMA (W-CDMA), TD-CDMA Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access (TD-CDMA) and TD SDMA (TD-SCDMA).UMTS also supports the 3G data communication protocol strengthened, for instance high-speed packet accesses (HSDPA), and HSDPA can provide higher data transmission bauds and capacity to the UMTS network being associated.

In the design of these communication systems, it is desirable to when given available resources, the quantity of capacity that this system can reliably support or user is made to maximize.

Summary of the invention

In order to one or more aspects there being a basic comprehension, shown below is the simplified summary to these aspects.This summary is not the exhaustive overview to all contemplated aspects, and neither be intended to the crucial or important element identifying all aspects, neither be intended to the scope describing any or all of aspect.Its unique purpose is to be presented some designs of one or more aspect by simple form, as preamble in greater detail given later.

In an aspect, this application provides a kind of reception method from the data in high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) of two individual cell or sector.Subscriber equipment (UE) receives the data from first service community on the first downlink carrier.This UE, on the second downlink carrier, receives the data from the second service community independent of first service community.In an illustrative aspects, this UE, on the first uplink carrier, sends channel feedback at least one in first service community and second service community.

In one aspect of the method, this application provides for receiving at least one processor from the data in the HSDPA of two individual cell or sector.First module, on the first downlink carrier, receives the data from first service community.Second module, on the second downlink carrier, receives data from the second service community independent of first service community.In an illustrative aspects, three module, on the first uplink carrier, sends channel feedback at least one in first service community and second service community.

In a further aspect, this application provides a kind of reception computer program from the data in the HSDPA of two individual cell or sector.Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium includes stored code collection.First code set makes computer be on the first downlink carrier from first service community reception data at subscriber equipment.Second code set makes described computer be on the second downlink carrier at described subscriber equipment and receives data from the second service community independent of first service community.In an illustrative aspects, third generation code set makes described computer make described subscriber equipment send channel feedback at least one in first service community and second service community on the first uplink carrier.

In another one, this application provides a kind of reception device from the data in the HSDPA of two individual cell or sector.This device includes: for being on the first downlink carrier from the module of first service community reception data at subscriber equipment.This device includes: for being on the second downlink carrier from the module of the second service community reception data independent of first service community at described subscriber equipment.In an illustrative aspects, device includes: for being sent the module of channel feedback on the first uplink carrier at least one in first service community and second service community by described subscriber equipment.

In another aspect, this application provides a kind of reception device from the data in the HSDPA of two individual cell or sector.First receiver, at subscriber equipment place, receives data on the first downlink carrier from first service community.Second receiver is at described subscriber equipment place, on the second downlink carrier, receives data from the second service community independent of first service community.In an illustrative aspects, the first transmitter on the first uplink carrier, sends channel feedback at least one in first service community and second service community by described subscriber equipment.

Also have in an aspect, this application provides a kind of method sending data in the HSDPA from two individual cell or sector.Radio access network (RAN) distributes a part for data by radio network controller (RNC) to first service community and second service community, in order to be sent to subscriber equipment.RAN sends data to subscriber equipment by first service community on the first downlink carrier.RAN, by the second service community independent of first service community, sends data to described subscriber equipment on the second downlink carrier.In in one optional, RAN passes through described RNC, via at least one in first service community and second service community, receives channel feedback from described subscriber equipment on the first uplink carrier.

In one aspect of the method, this application provides at least one processor for sending data in the HSDPA from two individual cell or sector.First module distributes a part for data by RNC to first service community and second service community, in order to send to subscriber equipment.Second module passes through first service community, sends data to described subscriber equipment on the first downlink carrier.Three module, by the second service community independent of first service community, sends data to subscriber equipment on the second downlink carrier.In in one optional, the 4th module, via at least one in first service community and second service community, receives channel feedback from subscriber equipment on the first uplink carrier.

In one aspect of the method, this application provides a kind of computer program sending data in the HSDPA from two individual cell or sector.Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium includes stored code collection.First code set makes computer pass through a RNC part to first service community and second service community distribution data, in order to send to subscriber equipment.Second code set makes described computer by first service community, sends data to described subscriber equipment on the first downlink carrier.Third generation code set makes described computer by the second service community independent of first service community, sends data to described subscriber equipment on the second downlink carrier.Alternatively, forth generation code set makes described computer via at least one in first service community and second service community, receives channel feedback from described subscriber equipment on the first uplink carrier.

In a further aspect, this application provides a kind of device sending data in the HSDPA from two individual cell or sector.This device includes: for being distributed a part for data to first service community and second service community by RNC, in order to be sent to the module of subscriber equipment.This device includes: for by first service community, sending the module of data on the first downlink carrier to described subscriber equipment.This device includes: for by the second service community independent of first service community, sending the module of data on the second downlink carrier to described subscriber equipment.In in one optional, this device includes: for by least one in first service community and second service community, receiving the module of channel feedback on the first uplink carrier from described subscriber equipment.

In one aspect of the method, this application provides a kind of device sending data in the HSDPA from two individual cell or sector.RNC distributes a part for data to first service community and second service community, in order to send to subscriber equipment.First service community sends data to described subscriber equipment on the first downlink carrier.Second service community, it is independent of first service community, sends data to described subscriber equipment on the second downlink carrier.In one optional, RNC, via at least one in first service community and second service community, receives channel feedback from described subscriber equipment on the first uplink carrier.

In order to realize aforementioned and relevant purpose, one or more aspects include feature that is that be described in detail below and that specifically note in claim.It is described below and describes some example feature of one or more aspect in detail with accompanying drawing.But, these features only illustrate the certain methods that can adopt in the various methods of the ultimate principle of various aspects, and this description is intended to include all these aspects and equivalent thereof.

Accompanying drawing explanation

By the detailed description provided below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the feature of the application, nature and advantages will become apparent from, and wherein run through the parts that the same reference numerals of all accompanying drawings represents identical, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the sequential chart of an aspect of the user's set in wireless communication system and network equipment；

Fig. 2 A performs by user's set, use the flow chart of an aspect of the method that the data received from stand-alone service community communicate；

Fig. 2 B performs by network equipment, use the flow chart of an aspect of the method that the data sent from stand-alone service community communicate；

Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the example of the aspect conceptually describing a kind of telecommunication system；

Fig. 4 is the concept map of the example describing a kind of aspect accessing network.

Fig. 5 is the block diagram of the example conceptually describing the aspect communicated of node B and the UE in communication system.

Fig. 6 is the figure of the example describing the hard-wired aspect for the device using process system.

Fig. 7 depicts in single sector, sends an aspect of the method for data over a number of carriers to tradition UE.

Fig. 8 depicts during the method for Fig. 7, in of the connection set up between given subscriber equipment (UE) and serving sector.

Fig. 9 A according to an aspect of the present invention, depict by multiple serving sectors to UE send data method.

Fig. 9 B according to another aspect of the present invention, depict by multiple serving sectors to UE send data method.

Figure 10 A-10G method according to Fig. 9 A-9B, respectively depict the block diagram in of the connection set up between given UE and multiple serving sector.

Figure 11 A performs by user's set, use the block diagram of an aspect of the system of the logical groups of the electronic building brick that double; two up-link transmission time interval communicates；And

Figure 11 B performs by network equipment, use the block diagram of an aspect of the system of the logical groups of the electronic building brick that double; two up-link transmission time interval communicates.

Detailed description of the invention

Subscriber equipment (UE) sets up first service sector and second service sector simultaneously.First service sector is configured to: sending to UE at least one downlink carrier of first group of carrier wave；Second service sector is configured to: send to UE at least one downlink carrier of second group of carrier wave.Distributing a uplink carrier to this UE, by this uplink carrier, this UE can send feedback to the first and second serving sectors, and wherein this uplink carrier is included in first group of carrier wave and second group of carrier wave.UE, on the respective downlink carrier in first service sector and second service sector, receives data transmission from the first and second serving sectors.The UE pilot signal measurement to local sector, and channel feedback is provided on uplink carrier.Access network based on measurement report, maintain the active set of this UE.

The detailed description of the invention described below in conjunction with accompanying drawing is intended to as the description to various configurations, rather than is intended to indicate that and only can realize design described herein by these configurations.In order to various designs have a thorough understanding, detailed description includes specific details.But, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that and can realize these designs when there is no these specific detail.In some instances, in order to avoid these designs fog, it is possible to illustrated known structure and assembly by block diagram format.

Referring to Fig. 1, in wireless communication system 100, the network equipment being described as radio access network (RAN) 102 includes stand-alone service cell transmission controller 101, and stand-alone service community is sent signal to user's set (it is described as subscriber equipment (UE) 114) and is managed by described stand-alone service cell transmission controller 101 over a number of carriers.In an aspect, RAN102, accessing in (HSDPA) from the high-speed downlink packet of two individual cell (it is described as the first service community 106 provided by the first fundamental node 108 and the second service community 110 provided by the second fundamental node 112), sends data 104 to UE114.In one aspect, scheduler (it is described as the radio network controller (RNC) 116 of RAN102) runs stand-alone service cell transmission controller 101, cause the part distributing data 104 to first service community 106 and second service community 110, in order to be sent to UE114.Specifically, first service community 106 sends data 104 to UE114 on the first downlink carrier 118.Second service community 110(its independent of first service community 106) on the second downlink carrier 120 to UE114 send data 104.RNC116 and/or stand-alone service cell transmission controller 101, by least one in first service community 106 and second service community 110, receive channel feedback 122 from UE114 on the first uplink carrier 124.First fundamental node and the second fundamental node all include: use transmitter 126 and receiver 128 that at least one antenna 130 sends and receive.

Similarly, in an aspect, stand-alone service community receives controller 103(, and it is managed for the operation that UE114 place receives stand-alone service community over a number of carriers) can operate, so that UE114 can be made to receive from the data in the HSDPA of two individual cell or sector.First receiver 132 receives data 104 from first service community 106 on the first downlink carrier 118.Second receiver 134, on the second downlink carrier 120, receives data 104 from the second service community 110 independent of first service community 106.First transmitter 136, on the first uplink carrier 124, sends channel feedback 122 at least one in first service community 106 and second service community 110.

In an illustrative aspects, UE114 has for sending the second uplink carrier 140(that it can be anchor carrier) the second transmitter 138.First and second receiver the 132,134 and first and second transmitters 136,138 use one or more antennas 142.

One carrier wave is considered anchor carrier, and wherein, this anchor carrier carries the control channel for non-anchor carrier.Altematively or additionally, the measurement of anchor carrier could be for making the basis that mobility determines.Altematively or additionally, single up-link also means that: UE(and network) only in anchor carrier maintains single-unit activity collection.

In current multicarrier HSPA, in W-CDMA version 8,9 and 10, all downlink carriers all have identical Serving cell.Although this implementation simplifies some operation that media interviews control (MAC) and radio link control (RLC) layer, but in many situations, which also restricts UE data rate.The present invention realizes the wireless communication system with more than one independent sector or community, wherein it is possible to select the Serving cell of each carrier wave independently.Solve the channel feedback from UE on one or more uplink carriers.Specifically, it is possible to these carrier wave set are synthesized carrier wave set.Each carrier wave set has a uplink carrier, thus having an active set.In member community from the active set of this carrier wave set, the Serving cell for each downlink carrier can be selected.Mobility can be based on anchor carrier, or each carrier wave set can be independent.HS-DPCCH can be encoded in a code word, and be transmitted by grappling uplink carrier, or according to each carrier wave set, HS-DPCCH is encoded, and be transmitted by being linked to the uplink carrier of this carrier wave set.

Therefore, in an aspect, it is possible to such as run stand-alone service cell transmission controller 101 by RNC116, based on measurement report 143, from active set, select first service community and second service community.

In one aspect of the method, first service community 106 sends the first High-Speed Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) for the first downlink carrier 118.Second service community 110 sends the 2nd HS-SCCH for the second downlink carrier 120.In an aspect, the operation of controller 103 is received in response to stand-alone service community, channel feedback 122 is encoded in a code word on the first uplink carrier 124 by the encoder 144 at UE114 place, and described channel feedback 122 includes being at least partially based on the High Speed Downlink Physical of HS-SCCH and the two HS-SCCH and controls channel (HS-DPCCH) information.By the decoder 146 of RAN102, one code word can be decoded.

Relying on foregoing teachings, in fig. 2, such as, it is performed method 200(by the subscriber equipment 114 of Fig. 1) access the data in (HSDPA) for the high-speed downlink packet received from two individual cell or sector.Subscriber equipment receives data (square frame 202) on the first downlink carrier from first service community.Subscriber equipment, on the second downlink carrier, receives data (square frame 204) from the second service community independent of first service community.In one optional, subscriber equipment, on the first uplink carrier, sends channel feedback (square frame 206) at least one in first service community and second service community.

In an illustrative aspects, by radio network controller (RNC) based on this measurement report, from active set, select first service community and second service community.

In another illustrative aspects, the method also includes: the first downlink carrier in the first High-Speed Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) send first service community is monitored；The second downlink carrier in the 2nd HS-SCCH send second service community is monitored.Channel feedback is encoded in a code word on the first uplink carrier by subscriber equipment, and described channel feedback includes being at least partially based on the High Speed Downlink Physical of HS-SCCH and the two HS-SCCH and controls channel (HS-DPCCH) information.In in one specific, subscriber equipment, on the second uplink carrier, sends data at least one in first service community and second service community, and wherein the first uplink carrier includes anchor carrier.

In other illustrative aspects, subscriber equipment receives the first distribution of the first downlink carrier for first carrier group and the first uplink carrier, and receives the second distribution of the second downlink carrier for the second carrier wave set and the second uplink carrier.Subscriber equipment sends channel feedback on the first uplink carrier to first service community, sends channel feedback on the second uplink carrier to second service community.In in one specific, subscriber equipment, by each downlink carrier distributing to selected carrier wave set in HS-SCCH is detected, determines the channel feedback for selected carrier wave set.One particularly in, in response to channel quality lower than the thresholding of any one in the first downlink carrier and the second downlink carrier, subscriber equipment triggers the mobility between for the Serving cell of selected carrier wave set.

In other illustrative aspects, in response to the channel quality thresholding lower than the chosen carrier wave being designated as anchor carrier in the first downlink carrier and the second downlink carrier, the mobility between subscriber equipment Trigger services community.In in one specific, subscriber equipment uses the compact model of the 3rd downlink carrier of a Ge Xin community transmission to measure channel quality, to update the active set of adjacent cell and sector.

In one aspect of the method, in response to channel quality lower than the thresholding of any one in the first downlink carrier and the second downlink carrier, the mobility between subscriber equipment Trigger services community.

In in also having one, first service community can include first service sector, and second service community can include second service sector.

In fig. 2b, such as method performed by network equipment (such as, the RAN102 of Fig. 1) 250 for sending data in the HSDPA from two individual cell or sector.RAN distributes a part for data by RNC to first service community and second service community, in order to send (square frame 252) to subscriber equipment.RAN passes through first service community, sends data (square frame 254) to subscriber equipment on the first downlink carrier.RAN, by the second service community independent of first service community, sends data (square frame 256) to subscriber equipment on the second downlink carrier.In an illustrative aspects, RAN passes through RNC, via at least one in first service community and second service community, receives channel feedback (square frame 258) from subscriber equipment on the first uplink carrier.

In an aspect, by RNC based on measurement report, selecting first service community and second service community from active set, they can support tradition UE.

In one aspect of the method, RAN sends the HS-SCCH for the first downlink carrier by first service community, sends the 2nd HS-SCCH for the second downlink carrier by second service community.The channel feedback received in a code word on first uplink carrier is decoded by RAN, and wherein said channel feedback includes being at least partially based on the High Speed Downlink Physical of HS-SCCH and the two HS-SCCH and controls channel (HS-DPCCH) information.In an illustrative aspects, RAN, by least one in first service community and second service community, receives data from subscriber equipment on the second uplink carrier, and wherein the first uplink carrier includes anchor carrier.

Another aspect, RAN joins the first downlink carrier and the first uplink carrier to first carrier component, distributes the second downlink carrier and the second uplink carrier to the second carrier wave set.RAN passes through first service community, receives channel feedback from subscriber equipment on the first uplink carrier.RAN passes through second service community, receives channel feedback from subscriber equipment on the second uplink carrier.In an illustrative aspects, HS-SCCH, RAN based on each downlink carrier distributing to selected carrier wave set receive the channel feedback for this carrier wave set selected.In in one specific, in response to channel quality lower than the thresholding of any one in the first downlink carrier and the second downlink carrier, RAN triggers the mobility between the Serving cell of selected carrier wave set.

In another aspect, RAN passes through first service community, uses the second downlink carrier to send data to other subscriber equipment.The RAN operation by RNC, selects first service community to send the first downlink carrier to subscriber equipment, selects second service community to send the second downlink carrier to this subscriber equipment, in order to improve handling capacity.

In another aspect, RAN passes through first service community, uses the second downlink carrier to send data.RAN passes through second service community, uses the first downlink carrier to send data to other subscriber equipment.The RAN operation by RNC, selects first service community to send the first downlink carrier to described subscriber equipment, selects second service community to send the second downlink carrier to described subscriber equipment, to realize load balance.

In another aspect, in response to the channel quality thresholding lower than the selected downlink carrier being designated as anchor carrier in the first downlink carrier and the second downlink carrier, the mobility between RAN Trigger services community.

Also have in an aspect, in response to channel quality lower than the thresholding of any one in the first downlink carrier and the second downlink carrier, the mobility between RAN Trigger services community.

In an aspect, first service community includes first service sector, and second service community includes second service sector.

Run through the various designs that the application provides to realize in diversified telecommunication system, the network architecture and communication standard.For example, and unrestricted, and the UMTS system 300 consulting and using W-CDMA air interface gives present aspects depicted in figure 3.UMTS network includes three interaction area: core network (CN) 304, UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network network (UTRAN) 302 and subscriber equipment (UE) 310.In this example, UTRAN302 provides multiple wireless service, and it includes phone, video, data, message transmission, broadcast and/or other service.UTRAN302 can include multiple radio network sub-system (RNS) (such as, RNS303), and each RNS is subject to the control of the such as corresponding RNC of radio network controller (RNC) 306 etc.In this article, service radio network subsystem (SRNS) can also be used for RNS interchangeably.Here, except RNC306 and RNS303, UTRAN302 shown in this article can also include any number of RNC306 and RNS303.RNC306 is for responsible distribution, reconfigures and the radio resource that discharges in RNS303 and other device.Can using any suitable transmission network, by various types of interfaces such as the connection of such as direct physical, virtual networks, other RNC(being interconnected to by RNC306 in UTRAN302 is shown without).

Communication between UE310 and node B308 can be considered to include physics (PHY) layer and media interviews control (MAC) layer.Additionally, by the communication between UE310 and RNC306 of the mode of respective nodes B308, it is possible to it is considered to include radio resource control (RRC) layer.In Current specifications (instantspecification), it is possible to PHY layer is considered as layer 1；MAC layer can be considered as layer 2；Rrc layer can be considered as layer 3.Information below the application uses the radio resource being incorporated herein by reference to control the term introduced in (RRC) protocol specification 3GPPTS25.331v.9.1.0.

The geographic area that SRNS303 covers can be divided into multiple community, and wherein each community is serviced by radio transceiver device.In UMTS applies, radio transceiver device is commonly called node B, but it can also be called base station (BS), base station transceiver (BTS), radio base station, wireless set, transceiver function, Basic Service Set (BSS), extended service set (ESS), access point (AP) or certain other suitable term by those of ordinary skill in the art.For the sake of clarity, each SRNS303 has illustrated three node B308；But, SRNS303 can include any number of radio node B.Any number of mobile device is provided the WAP going to core network (CN) 304 by node B308.The example of mobile device includes cell phone, smart phone, Session Initiation Protocol phone, laptop computer, notebook, net book, smartbook, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), satellite radio devices, global positioning system (GPS) equipment, multimedia equipment, video equipment, digital audio-frequency player (MP3 player), photographing unit, game console or any other like function device.In UMTS applies, mobile device is commonly called subscriber equipment (UE), but it can also be called movement station (MS), subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, radio-cell, remote unit, mobile equipment, wireless device, Wireless Telecom Equipment, remote equipment, mobile subscriber station, access terminal (AT), mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, hand-held device, terminal, user agent, mobile client, client or certain other suitable term by those of ordinary skill in the art.In the umts system, UE310 can also include USIM (USIM) 311, and this USIM311 comprises user's subscription information to network.For illustrative purposes, a UE310 is shown as communicating with multiple node B308.Downlink (DL) (it is also known as forward link) refers to the communication link from node B308 to UE310, and up-link (UL) (it is also known as reverse link) refers to from UE310 to the communication link of node B308.

Core network 304 engages with one or more access networks of such as UTRAN302 etc.As it can be seen, core network 304 is GSM core net.But, as those of ordinary skill in the art will be appreciated that, it is possible to network realizes run through the various designs that the application provides at RAN or other suitable access, in order to provide the access of other the type core net different from GSM network to UE.

Core network 304 includes circuit switching (CS) territory and packet switch (PS) territory.Some in circuit switching element are Information Mobile Service switching centre (MSC), visitor location register (VLR) and gateway MSC.Packet switch element includes Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN).In the example described, core network 304 supports the circuit switched service with MSC312 and GMSC314.In some applications, GMSC314 is properly termed as WMG (MGW).One or more RNC of such as RNC306 etc may be coupled to MSC312.MSC312 is the device that call setup, call routing and UE locomotive function are controlled.MSC312 also includes visitor location register (VLR), and this VLR comprises the information relevant with user being in one period of persistent period among the overlay area of MSC312 as UE.GMSC314 provides the gateway by MSC312 to UE, in order to be linked into circuit-switched network 316.GMSC314 includes attaching position register (HLR) 315, and this HLR315 includes user data, for instance reflect the data of the details of the service that specific user subscribed.HLR is also associated with authentication center (AuC), and wherein AuC includes user's specific authentication data.When receiving the calling for particular UE, GMSC314 inquires about HLR315, to determine the position of this UE, and forwards calls to the specific MSC that this position is serviced.It is similar to some network elements of EIR, HLR, VLR and AuC etc, it is possible to shared by circuit commutative field and packet-switched domain.

Core network 304 also supports the packet data service with Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) 318 and Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) 320.GPRS(its represent General Packet Radio Service) be designed to, according to speed higher compared with the speed that the Circuit Switched Data service of standard be can use, provide packet data service.GGSN320 provides the connection of packet-based network 322 for UTRAN302.Packet-based network 322 can be the Internet, private data network or certain other suitable packet-based network.The major function of GGSN320 is to provide packet-based network to connect to UE310.SGSN318 can be passed through between GGSN320 and UE310, transmit packet, wherein SGSN318 perform in packet-based territory substantially with MSC312 in the circuit switched domain performed by identical function.

UMTS air interface is a kind of spread spectrum direct sequence CDMA (DS-CDMA) system.User data, by being multiplied with the PRBS pseudo-random bit sequence being called chip by user data, is carried out spread spectrum by spread spectrum DS-CDMA.W-CDMA air interface for UMTS is based on this direct sequence spread spectrum skill, it is also required that FDD (FDD).For the up-link (UL) between node B308 and UE310 and downlink (DL), FDD uses different carrier frequencies.Another kind of use DS-CDMA and use time division duplex, be TD-SCDMA air interface for the air interface of UMTS.Those of ordinary skill in the art will be appreciated that, although each example described herein may refer to W-CDMA air interface, but basic principle is similarly applied to TD-SCDMA air interface.

HSPA air interface includes a series of enhancings to 3G/W-CDMA air interface, and it contributes to realizing bigger handling capacity and reducing time delay.Among other amendment on existing version, HSPA uses hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ), the transmission shared and adaptive modulation and coding.Standard for defining HSPA includes HSDPA(high-speed downlink packet and accesses) and the access of HSUPA(High Speed Uplink Packet, it is also referred to as enhanced uplink or EUL).

HSDPA by high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) as its transmission channel.HS-DSCH is realized by following three kinds of physical channels: High-Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (HS-PDSCH), High-Speed Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) and High-Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH).

Among these physical channels, HS-DPCCH carries HARQACK/NACK signaling on uplink, to indicate whether corresponding packet transmission has been correctly decoded.It is to say, for downlink, UE310 provides feedback by HS-DPCCH to node B308, to indicate whether it has been correctly decoded the packet on downlink.

HS-DPCCH also includes the feedback signaling from UE310, and to help node B308 to make correct decision and carry out precoding weight selection in modulation and encoding scheme, wherein this feedback signaling includes CQI and PCI.

" HSPA evolution " or HSPA+ are the evolution of the HSPA standard including MIMO and 64-QAM, and it is capable of the performance of handling capacity and the Geng Gao increased.It is to say, in of the application, node B308 and/or UE310 can have the multiple antennas supporting MIMO technology.MIMO technology is used to enable node B308 to use spatial domain to support spatial reuse, beam shaping and transmitting diversity.

Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) is typically used for referring to the term of multi-antenna technology, it is, multiple transmitting antenna (the multiple inputs for channel) and multiple reception antenna (carrying out multiple outputs of self-channel).Mimo system generally enhances data transmission performance, it is possible to realize diversity gain to reduce multipath fading and to improve transmission quality, it is thus achieved that spatial multiplex gains is to increase data throughout.On the other hand, single input and multi-output (SIMO) generally refers to the system that uses single transmitting antenna (the single input for channel) and multiple reception antenna (carrying out multiple outputs of self-channel).Therefore, in SIMO system, corresponding carriers sends single transmission block.

UE310(its can with subscriber equipment 114(Fig. 1) same or like) and can merge stand-alone service community receive controller (ISCRC) 103(Fig. 1), to perform method 200 and other side described herein.UTRAN302(its can with RAN102(Fig. 1) same or like) stand-alone service cell transmission controller (ISCTC) 101(Fig. 1 can be merged similarly), to perform method 250 and other side as described herein.

Referring to Fig. 4, this diagram depicts the access network 400 in UTRAN framework.This multi-address radio communication system includes multiple cellular zone (community), and it includes community 402,404 and 406, and each community in these communities includes one or more sector.The plurality of sector can be formed by some antenna sets, and wherein each antenna is responsible for communicating with the UE in a part for community.Such as, in community 402, antenna sets 412,414 and 416 can be corresponding from different sectors respectively.In community 404, antenna sets 418,420 and 422 can be corresponding from different sectors respectively.In community 406, antenna sets 424,426 and 428 can be corresponding from different sectors respectively.Community 402,404 and 406 can include some Wireless Telecom Equipments (such as, subscriber equipment or UE), and described Wireless Telecom Equipment can communicate with the one or more sectors in each community 402,404 or 406.Such as, UE430 and 432 can communicate with node B442, and UE434 and 436 can communicate with node B444, and UE438 and 440 can communicate with node B446.Here, each node B442,444,446 are configured to provide, to all UE430,432,434,436,438,440 in each community 402,404 and 406, the access point going to core network.

Along with the UE434 shown position from community 404 moves in community 406, Serving cell change (SCC) or switching it may happen that, in this case, from community 404(, it is properly termed as cell-of-origin with the communication of UE434) it is properly termed as Target cell to be transformed into community 406().The management of handoff procedure can be occurred at UE434 place, occurs at the node B place corresponding with each community, occurs in the generation of radio network controller (RNC) 405 place or another suitable node place in the wireless network.Such as, with the calling of cell-of-origin 404 during, or in office what At All Other Times, UE434 can monitor the various parameters of cell-of-origin 404 and the various parameters of the such as adjacent cell of community 406 and 402 etc.Additionally, according to the quality of these parameters, UE434 can maintain and the one or more communication in adjacent cell.During this time, UE434 can maintain active set, say, that the list of the community that UE434 is simultaneously connected to.Such as, UTRA community (it works as forward direction UE434 allocation of downlink DPCH DPCH or part downlink dedicated physical channels F-DPCH) constitutes this active set.

The modulation and the Multiple Access scheme that access network 400 employing can change according to deployed concrete telecommunication standard.For example, these standards can include Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) or Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB).EV-DO and UMB is third generation partner program 2(3GPP2) air-interface standard of the part as CDMA2000 family of standards issued, EV-DO and UMB uses CDMA to provide broadband internet to access for movement station.Or, the universal terrestrial radio that described standard can be other modification (such as, TD-SCDMA) using wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) and CDMA accesses (UTRA)；Use the global system for mobile communications (GSM) of TDMA；Use OFDMA evolution UTRA(E-UTRA), Ultra-Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE802.11(Wi-Fi), IEEE802.16(WiMAX), IEEE802.20 and Flash-OFDM.From UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, enhancement mode LTE and GSM described in the 3GPP document organized.From CDMA2000 and UMB described in the 3GPP2 document organized.The actual wireless communication standard adopted and multiple access technology will depend upon which concrete application and the overall design constraints that system is applied.

UE432(its can with subscriber equipment 114(Fig. 1) same or like) and can merge stand-alone service community receive controller (ISCRC) 103(Fig. 1), to perform method 200 and other side as described herein.Node B442(its can with fundamental node 108,112(Fig. 1) same or like) stand-alone service cell transmission controller (ISCTC) 101(Fig. 1 can be merged similarly), to perform method 250 and other side as described herein.

Fig. 5 is node B510 and the UE550 block diagram communicated, and its interior joint B510 can be RAN102(Fig. 1), UE550 can be subscriber equipment 114(Fig. 1).In downlink communication, launching processor 520 can receive data from data source 512, receives control signal from controller/processor 540.Launching processor 520 is that data and control signal and reference signal (such as, pilot signal) provide various signal processing function.Such as, launch processor 520 and can provide Cyclic Redundancy Check code to carry out error detection, be encoded and interweave, to contribute to realizing forward error correction (FEC), based on various modulation schemes (such as, binary phase shift keying (BPSK), orthogonal PSK (QPSK), M phase phase-shift keying (M-PSK), M rank quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) etc.) it is mapped to signal constellation (in digital modulation), use Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor OVSF (OVSF) to carry out spread spectrum, and carry out being multiplied to produce series of sign with scrambled code.Controller/processor 540 can use the channel estimating amount from channel processor 544, determines for launching the coding of processor 520, modulation, spread spectrum and/or scrambling scheme.According to the UE550 reference signal sent or the feedback from UE550, these channel estimating amounts can be derived.The symbol that transmitting processor 520 generates is supplied to frame emission processor 530, to create frame structure.Frame emission processor 530 creates this frame structure by these symbols and the information carrying out self-controller/processor 540 carry out multiplexing, forms series of frames.Subsequently, these frames being supplied to transmitter 532, transmitter 532 provides various signal conditioning functions, and it includes these frames are amplified, filter and are modulated on carrier wave, in order to carried out downlink transmission on the radio medium by antenna 534.Antenna 534 can include one or more antenna, for instance, it includes wave beam and controls bidirectional self-adaptive aerial array or other similar beam technique.

At UE550 place, receiver 554 receives downlink transmission by antenna 552, and processes this transmission, in order to recover the modulation information to this carrier wave.The information that receiver 554 recovers is supplied to reception Frame Handler 560, receives Frame Handler 560 and each frame is resolved, and provide the information from these frames to channel processor 594, provide data, control and reference signal to receiving processor 570.Subsequently, reception processor 570 performs the inverse operation of the processing procedure performed by processor 520 of the transmitting in node B510.More specifically, receive processor 570 and these symbols are unscrambled and de-spreads, be subsequently based on modulation scheme and determine the most possible signal constellation point sent by node B510.These soft-decisions can based on by the calculated channel estimation value of channel processor 594.Subsequently, soft-decision is decoded and deinterleaves, to recover these data, control and reference signal.Subsequently, CRC code is verified, to judge whether these frames have been successfully decoded.Subsequently, the data entrained by the frame being successfully decoded being supplied to data sink 572, data sink 572 represents the application run in UE550 and/or various user interface (such as, display).Control signal entrained by the frame being successfully decoded is supplied to controller/processor 590.When frame is not successfully decoded by receiver processor 570, controller/processor 590 can also use confirmation (ACK) and/or Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) agreement to support the repeat requests to those frames.

In the uplink, the data from data source 578 are supplied to transmitting processor 580 with the control signal carrying out self-controller/processor 590.Data source 578 can represent the application run in UE550 and various user interface (such as, keyboard).It is similar in conjunction with the function described by the downlink transmission of node B510, launching processor 580 and provide various signal processing function, it includes CRC code, coding and intertexture to contribute to realizing FEC, is mapped to signal constellation (in digital modulation), use OVSF to carry out spread spectrum, and carry out scrambling to generate series of sign.Channel processor 594 is according to the reference signal sent by node B510 or the channel estimation value derived according to the feedback comprised in the middle leading code (midamble) sent by node B510, it is possible to for selecting suitable coding, modulation, spread spectrum and/or scrambling scheme.The symbol that transmitting processor 580 produces is supplied to frame emission processor 582, to create frame structure.Frame emission processor 582 creates this frame structure by these symbols and the information carrying out self-controller/processor 590 carry out multiplexing, forms series of frames.Subsequently, these frames being supplied to transmitter 556, transmitter 556 provides various signal conditioning functions, and it includes these frames are amplified, filter and are modulated on carrier wave, in order to carried out ul transmissions on the radio medium by antenna 552.

At node B510 place by being similar to the receiver function manner described in conjunction with UE550 place, ul transmissions is processed.Receiver 535 receives ul transmissions by antenna 534, and processes this transmission, to recover the information modulated to this carrier wave.The information that receiver 535 recovers is supplied to reception Frame Handler 536, receives Frame Handler 536 and each frame is resolved, and provide the information from these frames to channel processor 544, provide data, control and reference signal to receiving processor 538.Receive processor 538 and perform the inverse operation of the processing procedure performed by transmitting processor 580 in UE550.Data entrained by the frame being successfully decoded and control signal can be respectively supplied to data sink 539 and controller/processor.If receiving processor some frames in these frames not to be successfully decoded, then controller/processor 540 can also use confirmation (ACK) and/or Negative Acknowledgement (NAK) agreement, supports the repeat requests to these frames.

Controller/processor 540 and 590 may be respectively used for instructing node B510 and the UE550 operation located.Such as, controller/processor 540 and 590 can provide various function, and it includes timing, peripheral interface, Voltage Cortrol, power management and other control function.The computer-readable medium of memorizer 542 and 592 can be separately stored for data and the software of node B510 and UE550.Scheduler/the processor 546 at node B510 place may be used for UE Resources allocation, and dispatches the downlink for UE and/or ul transmissions.

UE550(its can with subscriber equipment 114(Fig. 1) same or like) and can be associated with stand-alone service community receive controller (ISCRC) 103(Fig. 1), to perform method 200 and other side as described herein.Node B510(its can with fundamental node 108,112(Fig. 1) same or like) stand-alone service cell transmission controller (ISCTC) 101(Fig. 1 can be associated with similarly), to perform method 250 and other side as described herein.

Fig. 6 describes use to process the device 600(of system 602 such as, for RAN102(Fig. 1) or subscriber equipment 114(Fig. 1)) the concept map of hard-wired example.In this example, it is possible to realize process system 602 with bus architecture (it represents typically by bus 604).According to the concrete application and the overall design constraints that process system 602, bus 604 can include any number of interconnective bus and bridge joint.The various electrical chains including one or more processor (it represents) and computer-readable medium (it represents typically by computer-readable medium 608) typically by processor 606 are connected together by bus 604.Bus 604 can also link other circuit various such as such as timing source, ancillary equipment, voltage adjuster and management circuit, owing to these circuit are to it is known in the art, so not making any further description.EBI 610 provides the interface between bus 604 and transceiver 612.Transceiver 612 provides a mean for the module that transmission medium communicates with other devices various.Essence according to device, it is also possible to provide user interface 614(such as, keyboard, display, speaker, mike, stick).

Processor 606 is responsible for bus 604 and generally processes, and it includes performing the software of storage on computer-readable medium 608.When software is performed by processor 606 so that process system 602 performs below for the various functions described by any specific device.Computer-readable medium 608 can be also used for storing when processor 606 operated data when performing software.

Computer-readable medium 608 can include stand-alone service community receive controller (ISCRC) 103(Fig. 1), to perform method 200 and the application for subscriber equipment 114(Fig. 1) described by other side.Or, computer-readable medium 608 can include stand-alone service cell transmission controller (ISCTC) 101(Fig. 1), to perform method 250 and the application other side described by RAN102.

The single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) using single-carrier modulated and frequency domain equalization is a kind of technology being based upon on OFDMA.SC-FDMA has the performance similar to OFDMA system and essentially identical overall complexity.But, the advantage that SC-FDMA signal has relatively low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) due to its intrinsic single carrier structure.SC-FDMA causes great concern, and particularly in uplink communication, wherein relatively low PAPR makes mobile terminal benefit a great deal in transmitting power efficiency.This is at present the work of the uplink multiple access scheme in 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) or evolved UTRA to be imagined.

Fig. 7 depicts over a number of carriers, and the single Serving cell from single sector sends the method 700 of data to given traditional UE702, and wherein radio access network (RAN) 704 can to send data to tradition UE702 independent of multiple communities or sector.Determine that tradition UE702 is confined to from single cell receiver data (square frame 710) referring to Fig. 7, RAN704.The sector 1 of RAN704 is created as its serving sector (square frame 712) by tradition UE702.Such as, set up serving sector and may include that UE monitoring and measure the pilot signal of sector 1, successfully reside in subsequently on sector 1.After sector 1 is created as the serving sector for tradition UE702, assuming that sector 1 is by uplink carrier F1(UL_F1) distribute to tradition UE702, and also instruction tradition UE702 monitors downlink carrier (or frequency) F1(DL_F1) and downlink carrier F2(DL_F2), on the two downlink carrier, Mobile Termination data (square frame 714) are wherein received from sector 1.For example, tradition UE702 can use uplink carrier UL_F1 to report feedback, and wherein this feedback may be used for adjusting from sector 1 to the down-link transmitting power of tradition UE702 and data rate.In other example, downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 can be corresponding from different frequencies, wherein according to the DC-HSDPA in the MIMO physical layer in version 7 and version 8 and/or 9 or dual carrier DC-HSDPA, these different frequencies are used to communicate with tradition UE702.Downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 can each include the corresponding HS-DSCH that sector 1 sends on different carrier according to different frequency.Additionally, uplink carrier UL_F1 can include high-speed dedicated physical controls carrier wave (HS-DPCCH), tradition UE702 can pass through HS-DPCCH provides feedback to sector 1.

The sector 1 of RAN704 begin on downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 to tradition UE702 send signal, it can be assumed that tradition UE702 be tuned to and receive these downlink transmission (square frame 716).At square frame 718, the downlink pilot signal of each sector in its active set is monitored by tradition UE702, and/or the downlink pilot signal from home cell or sector is monitored, in order to identify but without the community in the active set being in tradition UE702.Although Fig. 7 is not explicitly illustrated, but tradition UE702 can also monitor on DL_F1 and DL_F2 and measure downlink transmission, to provide physical layer (CQI (CQI) and/or H-ARQ information), wherein it is possible in reverse link physical layer channel (HS-DPCCH) the described physical layer of upper transmission.It should be appreciated that the measurement that tradition UE702 carries out can form mobility event, this mobility event can result in the change of the active set to tradition UE702.

After downlink pilot signal having been monitored a period of time in square frame 718, tradition UE702 sends channel feedback (square frame 720) on uplink carrier UL_F1 to sector 1.Such as, what this channel feedback can include in the following is one or more: the average signal strength of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored and/or the average pilot signal of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored and interference ratio (SIR).This channel feedback can be transmitted to the Serving RNC at RAN704 place, and this Serving RNC uses this channel feedback to perform mobile management, and it includes active set is changed.Can sending described channel feedback in wireless heterogeneous networks (RRC) message, this RRC information is considered as data by physical layer.The sector 1 of RAN704 receives HS-DPCCH feedback from tradition UE702 on uplink carrier UL_F1, this channel feedback is transmitted to Serving RNC, and if necessary, Serving RNC is based on the active set (square frame 722) of this feedback updated tradition UE702.

Fig. 8 depicts a kind of wireless communication system 800, and this system 800 describes the connection set up between the sector 1 of traditional UE702 and RAN704 of Fig. 7.Correspondingly, Fig. 8 depicts and further depict the uplink carrier UL_F1 of sector 1 from tradition UE702 to RAN704 from sector 1 to two (2) downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2, Fig. 8 of tradition UE702.

Although with on the single frequency band of single serving sector and compared with target UE communicates, communicate with same UE in single serving sector, on multiple frequency band and can improve handling capacity, but the aspect of the present invention relates to improving handling capacity further by the communication between multiple serving sectors and at least one target UE.Aspect described below, single uplink carrier (UL_F1 or UL_F2) can be distributed to target UE, wherein on this single uplink carrier, multiple serving sectors send the physical layer feedback (the HS-DPCCH feedback of such as CQI and H-ARQ information etc) (as in figure 9 a) for each of which carrier wave (it is monolithically formed single " carrier wave set "), or multiple uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2) can be distributed to target UE, wherein on the plurality of uplink carrier, send the physical layer feedback for its different carrier wave " group ", these carrier waves can be distributed among different sectors, as in figures 9 b and 9.In addition, channel feedback can be sent (such as in RRC information, from the average signal strength measured by the local downlink pilot signal of the sector near UE902 and average pilot SIR), wherein RRC information can be transmitted in any one in available uplink carrier wave.

Fig. 9 A according to an aspect of the present invention, depicts the method 900 being sent data by multiple serving sectors to given UE.Referring to Fig. 9 A, RNC903 and UE902, the sector 1906 of RAN904 is created as serving sector (square frame 950).Such as, set up sector 1906 and may include that UE902 monitoring and measure the pilot signal of sector 1906, successfully reside in subsequently on sector 1906.After sector 1906 is created as the serving sector of this UE, assuming that uplink carrier (UL_F1) is distributed to UE902 by sector 1906, additionally one or more downlink carriers (or frequency) DL_F1 and DL_F2 is monitored by instruction UE902, wherein, in these lower on downlink carrier, receive Mobile Termination data (square frame 916) from sector 1906.As described in more detail in realized example below with reference to Figure 10 A-10G exemplary, sector 1906 can at single downlink carrier (DL_F1 or DL_F2, but it is not both) above communicate with UE902, or can above communicate with UE902 two carrier waves (DL_F1 and DL_F2) concomitantly.

For example, UE902 can use uplink carrier UL_F1 to carry out reporting channel feedback, and wherein Serving RNC can use this channel feedback to maintain the active set of this UE.For example, it is possible to the signal intensity measured by being associated with home cell or sector and/or SIR are updated, wherein active set is controlled by UL_F1 by described home cell or sector.In another example, downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 can be corresponding with different frequency, wherein according to the DC-HSDPA in the MIMO physical layer in version 7 and version 8 and/or 9 or dual carrier DC-HSDPA, described different frequency and UE902 is used to communicate.Downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 can include two HS-DSCH sent by sector 1906 according to different frequency.Additionally, uplink carrier UL_F1 can include high-speed dedicated physical controls carrier wave (HS-DPCCH).

Referring to Fig. 9 A, sector 1906 begins at and sends signal (square frame 914) to this UE on downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2.The downlink pilot signal of each sector in its active set is monitored by UE902, and/or the downlink pilot signal from home cell or sector is monitored, in order to identify but without the community (square frame 916) in the active set being in this UE.It should be appreciated that the measurement that UE902 carries out can cause mobility event, wherein when to this mobility event of network-reporting, it is possible to make Serving RNC 903 change the active set of UE902.For example, it is possible to by the mode identical with version 8, version 9 and version 10, be arranged in the measurement (it has and do not have compact model (CM) operation) that in square frame 916, UE902 carries out.After downlink pilot signal being monitored a period of time in square frame 916, UE902 sends channel feedback (square frame 918) on uplink carrier UL_F1 to sector 1906.Such as, this channel feedback may include that based in the square frame 916 place UE902 measurement carried out, the average signal strength of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored and/or the average pilot SIR of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored.The sector 1906 of RAN904 receives channel feedback from UE902 on uplink carrier UL_F1, this mobility is transmitted to Serving RNC, and if necessary, Serving RNC 903 updates the active set of UE902 (square frame 920) based on channel feedback.

Although Fig. 9 A is not explicitly illustrated, but UE902 can also monitor on DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 and measure the downlink transmission from sector 1906, to provide physical layer feedback (CQI (CQI) and/or H-ARQ information), physical layer feedback can send to sector 1906 on the reverse link physical layer channel (HS-DPCCH) of UL_F1, subsequently sector 1906(its be in the active set of this UE) use this physical layer feedback to adjust the sector 1906 data rate on DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 and/or transmitted power level.

In certain later point, it is assumed that UE902 enters into Zone switched (square frame 922) between its current service sector 1906 and another sector (" sector 2908 ").As those of ordinary skill in the art it should be appreciated that HSDPA supports such as " soft handover " that use in other wireless protocols traditionally, this is because HSDPA is introduced in version 5.More precisely, HSDPA in version 5+ holds " direct-cut operation " form downlink is collateral so that at any given time, only one Serving cell sends signal to target UE902, even if when target UE902 is among the method being switched to new Serving cell.In other words, traditionally, for the target UE902 of HSDPA version 5+, it is absent from being carried out, by multiple communities, the overlapping period that covers.

Return to the aspect of Fig. 9 A, after both sector 1906 and sector 2908 are added to the serving sector of UE902 by square frame 924 place, different Mobile Termination data can be provided, in order to transmit to UE902 from the Serving RNC 903 of RAN904 to sector 1906 with each sector 2908.From the angle of up-link, other sector any in the active set of sector 1906 and sector 2908(and UE902) on the carrier wave (UL_F1 and/or UL_F2) of each of which, UE transmission will be monitored.In an exemplary version, it is based partially in the active set of UE902, there is sector 2908, sector 2908 is chosen to be the Serving cell for UE902 or sector.It should be appreciated that in one example, described active set controls with up-link power and scheduling authorization calculating tight association, and the quantity of active set is necessarily equal to or less than the quantity of the uplink carrier distributing to UE.Therefore, for example, the maximum quantity of the Serving cell on all downlink carriers is equal to or less than the quantity of uplink carrier.

Correspondingly, after sector 2908 is created as the second service sector of UE, assuming that sector 2908 indicates UE902 to monitor one or more downlink carriers (or frequency) DL_F1 and DL_F2, downlink carrier wherein receives from sector 2908 Mobile Termination data (square frame 926) in these lower.As described in more detail in realized example referring to Figure 10 A-10G exemplary, sector 2908 can at single downlink carrier (DL_F1 or DL_F2, but it is not both) above communicate with UE902, or above communicate with UE902 two carrier waves (DL_F1 and DL_F2) concomitantly.It should be appreciated that forwarded so that the Mobile Termination data transmitted need not be identical by sector 1906 and sector 2908, data volume is also without being identical.Or rather, the Serving RNC that sector 1906 and sector 2908 are controlled can participate in load balance, by will pass through suitable in the way of, by be used for UE902 transmission data be distributed between sector 1906 and sector 2908 and also be distributed between DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 in sector 1906 and sector 2908.This can relate to Serving RNC 903 and the present load on different sectors and different carrier is accounted for, it is also contemplated that other factors, for instance, for concrete carrier wave, which sector is " host sectors ", and which sector is " auxiliary sector ", will be discussed in greater detail as following.

Referring to Fig. 9 A, sector 2908 begins at and sends signal (square frame 928) to UE on downlink carrier DL_F1 and/or DL_F2, and sector 1906 continues to send signal (square frame 930) to UE on downlink carrier DL_F1 and/or DL_F2.In square frame 928 and 930, it can be assumed that UE902 be tuned to these downlink transmission, and receive these downlink transmission.

In square frame 932, the downlink pilot signal of each sector in its active set is monitored by UE902, and/or the downlink pilot signal from home cell or sector is monitored, in order to identify but without the community in the active set being in this UE.It should be appreciated that the measurement that UE902 carries out can cause mobility event, wherein when forwarding this mobility event to Serving RNC, it is possible to make Serving RNC change the active set of this UE.For example, it is possible to by the mode identical with version 8, version 9 and version 10, be arranged in square frame 932 measurement (it has and does not have compact model (CM)) undertaken by UE902.After downlink pilot signal being monitored a period of time in square frame 932, UE902 sends channel feedback (square frame 934) on uplink carrier UL_F1.Such as, this channel feedback may include that based on the measurement undertaken by UE902 in square frame 932, the average signal strength of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored and/or the average pilot SIR of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored.In Fig. 9 A, it can be assumed that the sector 1906 of RAN904 and sector 2908 receive channel feedback from UE902 on uplink carrier UL_F1.Such as, sector 1906 and sector 2908 can be among the active set of UL_F1, it means that the ul transmissions from UE902, on UL_F1, is monitored by sector 1906 and sector 2908 actively.Therefore, when, in square frame 934, when UE902 sends signal on UL_F1, sector 1906 and sector 2908 all receive transmission.Now, channel feedback is transmitted to Serving RNC 903 by sector 1906 and each in sector 2908, and if necessary, Serving RNC 903 updates the active set of UE902 (square frame 936,938) based on this channel feedback.

Although Fig. 9 A is not explicitly illustrated, but UE902 can also monitor on DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 and measure the downlink transmission from sector 1906 and sector 2908, to provide physical layer feedback (CQI (CQI) and/or H-ARQ information), described physical layer feedback can at the reverse link physical layer channel of UL_F1 (such as, HS-DPCCH) send to sector 1906 and sector 2908 on, sector 1906 and sector 2908 use the data rate from each sector and/or transmitted power level that this physical layer feedback adjusts on DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 subsequently.

The aspect of Fig. 9 A discussed above, distributes single uplink carrier UL_F1 to UE902, sends physical layer feedback to serving sector 1906 and serving sector 2908 on this uplink carrier UL_F1.Therefore, based on from single uplink carrier UL_F1(namely, " grappling " carrier wave) physical layer feedback, in the meaning that each carrier wave from each sector is controlled, for power control aspect, downlink carrier DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 from sector 1906 and sector 2908 is the part of same " carrier wave set ".In each side of Fig. 9 B next described, distribute multiple uplink carriers to UE902, described uplink carrier provides feedback.In this version, each uplink carrier distributing to UE can be associated with different carrier group.

Fig. 9 B according to an aspect of the present invention, depicts the another kind of method being sent data by multiple serving sectors to UE902.Referring to Fig. 9 B, square frame 910-924 as described by Fig. 9 A, therefore for brevity, will not be described further.

Referring to Fig. 9 B, square frame 924 adds sector 2908 as after other serving sector, sector 2908 indicates UE902 that one or more downlink carriers (or frequency) DL_F1 and DL_F2 is monitored, receive Mobile Termination data (square frame 940) on the one or more downlink carrier (or frequency) DL_F1 and DL_F2 from sector 2908, it is similar to the square frame 926 in Fig. 9 A.But, different from Fig. 9 A, in square frame 940, the second uplink carrier (UL_F2) is also distributed to UE902 in sector 2908.

Referring to Fig. 9 B, sector 2908 begins at and sends signal (square frame 942) to UE on downlink carrier DL_F1 and/or DL_F2, and sector 1906 continues to send signal (square frame 944) to UE on downlink carrier DL_F1 and/or DL_F2.In square frame 942,944, UE902 be tuned to these downlink transmission, and receive these downlink transmission.In square frame 946, the downlink pilot signal of each sector in its active set is monitored and/or the downlink pilot signal from home cell or sector is monitored by UE902, in order to identify but without the community in the active set being in this UE902.It should be appreciated that the measurement that UE902 carries out can cause mobility event, wherein when forwarding this mobility event to Serving RNC 903, Serving RNC 903 is made to change the active set of UE902.For example, it is possible to by the mode identical with version 8, version 9 and version 10, be arranged in square frame 946 measurement (it has and does not have compact model (CM)) undertaken by UE902.

As discussed briefly above, each in uplink carrier UL_F1 and UL_F2 can be associated with the carrier wave set of the active set of their own and their own, wherein each carrier wave set is corresponding with one group of sector, wherein being based in part on from uplink carrier UL_F1 or UL_F2 physical layer feedback provided, down-link transmitting power and/or data rate to this group sector are controlled.When there are two or more uplink carriers, as in figures 9 b and 9, each carrier wave set is configured (that is, by the Serving RNC 903 to the network that sector 1906 and sector 2908 are controlled) by network so that is positioned at the carrier wave among same carrier wave set and has similar overlay area.Such as, the carrier wave that identical serving sector is supported can collectively constitute a part for a carrier wave set.In figures 9 b and 9, owing to two uplink carrier UL_F1 and UL_F2 in DCHSUPA are respectively provided with the active set of themselves, therefore there are two carrier wave set (unless using anchor carrier on uplink).

In one example, each in two uplink carrier UL_F1 and UL_F2 can the carrier wave set (data rate and/or transmitting power are modified) of independently controlled each of which.Or, in uplink carrier can include " grappling " carrier wave, and another uplink carrier at least includes the carrier wave matched with auxiliary uplink carrier.Can the downlink carrier of another " pairing " be put in any one in the two carrier wave set.Can have the mode of similar handoff boundary by the carrier wave in same carrier wave set and realize packet.

The measurement to downlink pilot signal undertaken by UE902 in square frame 946 can trigger " mobility event ".For mobility, in anchor carrier version, each mobility event (or for each triggering that potential active set changes, for instance, soft handover, to the conversion of new or different Serving cell, the going offline of old Serving cell) this anchor carrier (UL_F1) can be based on.In this case, auxiliary uplink carrier (UL_F2) being considered as " not using ", event 2x measures for these.The ability that auxiliary uplink carrier is measured by UE902 when not using compact model (CM), it is possible to be conducive to this frequency Shang Xin community is identified.For example, it is assumed that UL_F1 is uplink anchor carrier, along with UE902 moves to sector 2908 from sector 1906, only when the DL_F2 of sector 1906 adds in the active set of UL_F2, just can increase the service from the DL_F1 on sector 1906.When UL_F1 is anchor carrier, new mobility event can also promote UE902 to report DL_F2 intensity.

In the version substituted, it not that the channel quality of the community being solely based in grappling frequency triggers the report from UE902, the channel quality being also based on recording in other an active non-anchor frequency triggers the report from UE902, thus existing when lack of balance load helpful in a network.

In the version of another replacement, replace via single anchor carrier, it is possible to via realizing mobility event management on the basis of each carrier wave set.As it has been described above, each carrier wave set maintains active set.In one example, it is assumed that UE maintains two independent active sets (a corresponding respective carrier wave set of active set), it is possible to implement the search to two carrier wave set when not using CM.In this case, when UE902 is moving away sector 2908 and is going to sector 1906, (replace when the DL_F2 on sector 1906 adds the active set of UL_F2 to) when the DL_F1 on sector 1906 adds the active set on UL_F1 to, it is possible to increase from the service on the DL_F1 of sector 1906.This causes the bigger extension serviced of the DL_F1 from sector 1906.This option is likely to need DC-HSUPA to support.In addition, can pass through to allow each uplink carrier in the uplink carrier (UL_F1, UL_F2) of pairing individually carries the HS-DPCCH of each downlink carrier (DL_F1, DL_F2), the problem alleviating physical layer feedback channel in up-link.

As described in more detail in realized example referring to Figure 10 A-10G exemplary, sector 2908 can at single downlink carrier (DL_F1 or DL_F2, but it not being both) upper and given UE902 communicates, or UE902 that can be upper and given two carrier waves (DL_F1 and DL_F2) concomitantly communicates.Can by downlink carrier DL_F1 and the DL_F2(in sector 2908 if present) be considered as basic with downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2(in sector 1906 if present) similar mode configures, except except the different serving sectors transmission of given UE.

Return to Fig. 9 B, after downlink pilot signal is monitored a period of time by square frame 946, given UE902 sends channel feedback (square frame 948) on uplink carrier UL_F1 to sector 1906, also sends channel feedback (square frame 950) individually on uplink carrier UL_F2 to sector 2908.Therefore, the version shown in Fig. 9 B is corresponding with non-anchor carrier version, thus individually the carrier wave set of UL_F1 and UL_F2 being controlled.Although Fig. 9 B is shown without, but a kind of alternative method of the method is anchor carrier version (below it being described more fully), pass through the method, single uplink carrier (UL_F1 or UL_F2) can be used to provide channel feedback (i.e., it is possible to sending the measured pilot tone of two carrier wave set in anchor carrier) for two carrier wave set.In one example, the first carrier group of uplink carrier UL_F1 and downlink carrier DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 at least included in sector 1906 is associated, and second carrier wave set of uplink carrier UL_F2 and downlink carrier DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 at least included in sector 2908 is associated.In addition, the channel feedback sent in square frame 948 and 950 may include that based on the measurement undertaken by the UE902 given in square frame 946, the average signal strength of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored and/or the average pilot SIR of each in the downlink pilot signal monitored.

Although Fig. 9 B is not explicitly illustrated, but this given UE902 can also monitor on DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 and measure the downlink transmission from sector 1906 and sector 2908, to provide physical layer feedback (such as, CQI (CQI) and/or H-ARQ information), this physical layer feedback can be sent to sector 1906 and sector 2908 on the reverse link physical layer channel (HS-DPCCH) of UL_F1 and/or UL_F2, sector 1906 and sector 2908 use this physical layer feedback to the data rate from each sector adjusting on DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 and/or transmitted power level subsequently.Multiple uplink carrier UL_F1 and UL_F2 can allow this given UE902 that the HS-DPCCH information of the carrier wave in same carrier wave group is encoded, and these information is encoded together, and sends on the uplink carrier corresponding with this carrier wave set.Such as, if UE902 has two downlink carriers (DL_F1 and DL_F2) and two uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2)；HS-DPCCH for the two downlink carrier (DL_F1 and the DL_F2 in sector 1 and/or 2) is encoded on the two uplink carrier by this option.

Return to Fig. 9 B, the sector 1906 of RAN904, on uplink carrier UL_F1, receives channel feedback from given UE902, and this channel feedback is transmitted to Serving RNC, and if necessary, Serving RNC adjusts the active set (square frame 952) of this given UE902 based on this channel feedback.Equally, the sector 2908 of RAN904 is on uplink carrier UL_F2, feedback is received from given UE902, and this channel feedback is transmitted to Serving RNC, and words if necessary, then Serving RNC is based on this channel feedback, adjusts the active set (square frame 954) of this given UE902 for UL_F2.

In addition, each in Fig. 9 A and Fig. 9 B depicts following scene: given UE902 sets up sector 1906 as initial service sector, when entering into the switching area between sector 1906 and sector 2908 or region at this given UE902 after a while, add sector 2908 as another serving sector.One substitute version in, this given UE902 can between sector 1906 and sector 2908 switching area or region in power up simply, in this case, set up both sector 1906 and sector 2908 concurrently, as the serving sector of UE902.

Additionally, the node B being associated with the sector 1906 in Fig. 9 A and Fig. 9 B and sector 2908, it is possible to there is different transmission power capabilities.Such as, supporting that macrocell, Microcell or picocell can be supported in sector 1906 by the node B of sector 1906, it is compared with the node B supporting sector 2908, it is possible to cause different transmitting power capacity.This transmission power capabilities difference can cause following scene: in this scenario, it is allowed to different service cells operates on different carrier can improve handling capacity.

In the version substituted, as mentioned above, it is substituted in upper transmission of uplink carrier UL_F1 and UL_F2 and feeds back (channel feedback or physical layer feedback) for the independent of two carrier wave set, it is possible in the plurality of uplink carrier is appointed as " grappling " uplink carrier.In this case, for physical layer feedback, can the HS-DPCCH information consolidation that be used for each downlink carrier (DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 from sector 1906, DL_F1 and/or DL_F2 etc. from sector 2908) be encoded in a code word (as in for the version 8 of DCHSDPA or for DCHSDPA together with the version 9 of MIMO and DBDCHSDPA in or in the version 10 of 4CHSDPA), send on grappling uplink carrier subsequently.Should be understood that, if representing multiple carrier wave set to use single anchor carrier, the serving sector being then associated with this anchor carrier can forward this UE to feed back (to other serving sector), or anchor carrier is monitored by each (such as, each carrier wave in the active set of at least this anchor carrier) that can pass through in these carrier waves simultaneously.

Below, the multiple of process providing Fig. 9 A and Fig. 9 B with reference to Figure 10 A-10G realize example.More specifically, each width figure in Figure 10 A-10G depicts the different articulation set can set up between the UE902 of Fig. 9 A-9B from serving sector 1906 and sector 2908.

In Figure 10 A, method according to Fig. 9 A realize example, depict communication system 1000a, wherein, serving sector 1906 is communicated with UE902 by downlink carrier (that is, DL_F1) identical, single with each in serving sector 2908, distributes single uplink carrier (namely to UE902, UL_F1), this single uplink carrier provides the feedback for carrier wave set.Therefore, in the example of Figure 10 A, it does not have use the second downlink carrier DL_F2.Should be understood that, the omission of downlink carrier DL_F2 can fail to support that downlink carrier DL_F2(sector 1906 and sector 2908 are disposed by single carrier frequency rate based on serving sector 1 and/or 2 and realize), or, alternatively, can determine that the load level of downlink carrier DL_F2 is higher than thresholding based on Serving RNC so that be currently disabled for supporting the resource of UE902 on downlink carrier DL_F2.

Referring to Figure 10 A, it is assumed that sector 1906 is corresponding with " master " sector of downlink carrier DL_F1, sector 2908 is corresponding with " auxiliary " serving sector of downlink carrier DL_F1.In aspects of the present invention, each specific downlink carrier can obtain single main serving sector and the support of at least one assistant service sector.Generally, with compared with the assistant service sector of specific downlink carrier, main serving sector is more lasting.Additionally, contrary with assistant service sector, more downlink Mobile Termination data can be directed to main serving sector by RNC.In other example, compared with assistant service sector, main serving sector can associate with the relatively low-load of associated carrier, and/or can have and being more preferably connected of UE902.Downlink carrier DL_F1 in sector 1906 and sector 2908 all carries the unique HS-DSCH that can be monitored by UE902.In this case, by two HS-DSCH on same carrier wave or frequency (that is, DL_F1), it is possible to transmit two unique transmission blocks from sector 1906 and sector 2908 to UE902.In other words, different sectors sends different data (that is, being contrasted, wherein in non-HSDPA agreement, send identical data redundantly in Zone switched) with the soft handover in non-HSDPA agreement in identical carrier wave.Such transmission plan is properly termed as unifrequency double small district HSDPA(SF-DC-HSDPA).It should be appreciated that in the reality infrequently fully using this system is disposed, SF-DC-HSDPA can provide balancing dynamic load.As shown in FIG. 10A, each in main serving sector 1906 and assistant service sector 2908 can to from UE902, the signal that sends on uplink carrier UL_F1 is monitored and receives.

In fig. 1 ob, method according to Fig. 9 A realize example, depict communication system 1000b, wherein, each in serving sector 1906 and serving sector 2908 is communicated with UE902 by single downlink carrier (that is, respectively through DL_F1 and DL_F2), distributes single uplink carrier (namely to UE902, UL_F1), this single uplink carrier provides the feedback for carrier wave set.Therefore, in the example of Figure 10 B, downlink carrier frequency DL_F1 and the DL_F2 that sector 1906 and sector 2908 use respectively can be mutually orthogonal, in order to reduces the interference at UE902 place.Referring to Figure 10 B, it is assumed that the downlink carrier DL_F1 in the sector 1906 and downlink carrier DL_F2 in sector 2908 all carries the unique HS-DSCH that can be monitored by UE902.In this case, by two HS-DSCH on different carrier waves or frequency (that is, DL_F1 and DL_F2), it is possible to transmit two unique transmission blocks from sector 1906 and sector 2908 to UE902.In the exemplary version of Figure 10 B, because serving sector 1906 communicates via DL_F1 and UE902, and serving sector 2908 communicates via DL_F2 and UE902, so both serving sector 1906 and serving sector 2908 are all " host sectors " for their concrete downlink carrier, this is owing to not having subcarrier in Figure 10 B.As shown in Figure 10 B, serving sector 1906 and in serving sector 2908 each can to from UE902, the signal that sends on uplink carrier UL_F1 be monitored and receive, even if serving sector 2908 is not just sending signal on DL_F1.In one example, serving sector 2908 can be overload, and it causes that serving sector 2908 fails to provide downlink support on DL_F1, although remaining able to the feedback as the UE902 sent on the UL_F1 of anchor carrier is decoded.

Additionally, referring to Figure 10 B, in another example, it is assumed that both downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 are both supported in sector 1906 and sector 2908.But, as an example embodiment that the DL_F2 on the sector 1906 and DL_F1 on sector 2908 is heavy duty, and the DL_F1 on the sector 1906 and DL_F2 on sector 2908 is light load.In this case, from sector 1906, UE902 being serviced on DL_F1, UE902 services from sector 2908 (as shown in Figure 10 B) on DL_F2 will cause that handling capacity increases.It should be appreciated that there is much different scenes, in these scenes, UE902 is carried out service from different sectors by different carrier and can improve the service to UE902.

In fig 1 oc, method according to Fig. 9 B realize example, depict communication system 1000c, wherein, each in serving sector 1906 and serving sector 2908 is by single (and different) downlink carrier (namely, respectively DL_F1 and DL_F2) communicate with UE902, two uplink carriers are distributed (namely to UE902, UL_F1 and UL_F2), the two uplink carrier provide for each carrier wave set (namely, at least include the first carrier group of the DL_F2 of sector 2908, and at least include second carrier wave set of the DL_F1 of sector 1906) feedback.The example of Figure 10 C is similar to above with reference to the example described by Figure 10 B, except Figure 10 C provides two uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2) to UE902, outside replacing the single uplink carrier (UL_F1) in Figure 10 B, it forms two unique carrier wave set for UE902 and active set.Correspondingly, two uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2) allow UE902 respectively through UL_F1 and UL_F2, two unique carrier wave set to be individually controlled, described by Fig. 9 B.Such as, uplink carrier UL_F1 can provide the feedback being associated with first carrier group (it at least includes the downlink carrier DL_F1 on sector 1906), and uplink carrier UL_F2 can provide the feedback being associated with the second carrier wave set (it at least includes the downlink carrier DL_F2 on sector 2908).

Or, referring to Figure 10 C, even if providing two uplink carrier UL_F1 and UL_F2 to UE902, still the feedback for two carrier wave set can be provided by single anchor carrier (UL_F1 or UL_F2).In this case, sector 1906 and sector 2908 are both in the active set of this anchor carrier so that the feedback in this anchor carrier all will be carried out suitable decoding by two sectors.Due to itself and the similarity of Figure 10 B, therefore for brevity, further describing Figure 10 C will be omitted.

Referring to Figure 10 C, in one example, it is assumed that sector 1906 is corresponding with the hot spot region supporting downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2, and downlink carrier DL_F2 is supported in 2908, sector.In this case, when Zone switched between sector 1906 and sector 2908 of UE902, and time compared with sector 1906 closer to sector 2908, by UE902 being serviced on DL_F2 from sector 1906 on DL_F1 and from sector 2908, it is possible to obtain higher handling capacity.Therefore, in non-universal deployment scenario (that is, not all sector is all supported in the scene of both DL_F1 and DL_F2), it is possible to achieve the range expansion to the service of UE902.

Should be understood that, Figure 10 A-10C relates to the UE902 being configured as follows: carry out on the downlink carrier of different sectors (in Figure 10 A, on DL_F1 on DL_F1 on sector 1906 and sector 2908, or in Figure 10 B and Figure 10 C, on DL_F2 on DL_F1 on sector 1906 and sector 2908), receive the operation of two unique transmission blocks.The characteristic of this UE902 can be depicted as the UE of the UE and/or compatible SF-DC-HSDPA of compatible DC-HSDPA.Below, with reference to Figure 10 D-10G, UE902 is described, this UE902 can concomitantly be tuned to three (3) or more transmission block on multiple downlink carriers.Can concomitantly be tuned to the UE of the characteristic of UE902 of three or more transmission blocks on the multiple downlink carriers compatible 4C-HSDPA that can be depicted as in version 10.

In figure 10d, method according to Fig. 9 A realize example, depict communication system 1000d, wherein, serving sector 1906 is by single downlink carrier (namely, DL_F1) communicate with UE902, serving sector 2908 is by multiple downlink carriers (namely, DL_F1 and DL_F2) communicate with UE902, single uplink carrier is distributed (namely to UE902, UL_F1 or anchor carrier), this single uplink carrier provide for each carrier wave set (namely, at least include the first carrier group of DL_F1 and the DL_F2 of sector 2908, at least include second carrier wave set of the DL_F1 of sector 1906) feedback.Therefore, in the example of Figure 10 D, UE902 is supported by both non-overlapping carrier (that is, DL_F1) and non-overlapping carrier (that is, DL_F2) in sector 1906 and sector 2908.In the exemplary version of Figure 10 D, serving sector 1906 is the host sectors for supporting DL_F1, and serving sector 2908 is the auxiliary sector for supporting DL_F1.Additionally, in figure 10d, because sector 2908 is the unique sector supporting DL_F2, so being absent from supporting the auxiliary sector meaning of DL_F2, sector 2908 is for DL_F2 " host sectors ".Referring to Figure 10 D, it is assumed that the downlink carrier DL_F1 in sector 1906 and downlink carrier DL_F1 and the DL_F2 in sector 2908 all carries the unique HS-DSCH that can be monitored by UE902.In this case, by three HS-DSCH on different carrier waves or frequency (that is, the DL_F1 in sector 1906 and DL_F1 and DL_F2 in sector 2908), it is possible to transmit, to UE902, the transmission block that three (3) are unique from sector 1906 and sector 2908.As shown in fig. 10d, owing to each in main serving sector 1906 and assistant service sector 2908 supports F1, and owing to sector 1906 and sector 2908 are in the active set of anchor carrier UL_F1, thus each in sector 1906 and sector 2908 can to from UE902, be monitored as the signal sent on the uplink carrier UL_F1 of anchor carrier and receiving.

In Figure 10 E, method according to Fig. 9 B realize example, depicting communication system 1000e, wherein, serving sector 1906 is by single downlink carrier (namely, DL_F1) communicate with UE902, serving sector 2908 is communicated with UE902 by multiple downlink carriers (that is, DL_F1 and DL_F2), distributes two uplink carriers (namely to UE902, UL_F1 or UL_F2), the two uplink carrier provides the feedback for carrier wave set.The example of Figure 10 E is similar to above with reference to the example described by Figure 10 D, except Figure 10 E provides two uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2) to UE902, outside replacing the single uplink carrier (UL_F1) in Figure 10 D, thus forming two unique carrier wave set for UE902 and active set.Correspondingly, two uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2) allow UE902 that two unique carrier wave set are individually controlled, or by the given anchor carrier selected from UL_F1 and UL_F2, two unique carrier wave set are controlled, described by Fig. 9 B.Such as, uplink carrier UL_F1 can provide the feedback being associated with first carrier group (it at least includes the downlink carrier DL_F1 on sector 1906), and uplink carrier UL_F2 can provide the feedback being associated with the second carrier wave set (it at least includes downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 on sector 2908).Or, even if distributing two independent uplink carriers to UE, still the feedback for the two carrier wave set can be provided by single anchor carrier (UL_F1 or UL_F2), as mentioned above.Due to the similarity with Figure 10 D, therefore for brevity, further describing Figure 10 E will be omitted.

In figure 10f, method according to Fig. 9 A realize example, depicting communication system 1000f, wherein, serving sector 1906 is by multiple downlink carriers (namely, DL_F1 and DL_F2) communicate with UE902, serving sector 2908 communicates with UE902 also by identical multiple downlink carriers (that is, DL_F1 and DL_F2), distributes single uplink carrier (namely to UE902, UL_F1), this single uplink carrier provides the feedback for carrier wave set.Therefore, in the example of Figure 10 F, sector 1906 supports UE902 with sector 2908 by identical non-overlapping carrier (that is, DL_F1 and DL_F2).In the exemplary version of Figure 10 F, serving sector 1906 is the host sectors for DL_F1, be pin in the auxiliary sector of DL_F2, and serving sector 2908 be pin in the host sectors of DL_F2, be that pin is in the auxiliary sector of DL_F1.Referring to Figure 10 F, it is assumed that downlink carrier DL_F1 and the DL_F2 in sector 1906 and downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 in sector 2908 all carries the unique HS-DSCH that can be monitored by UE902.In this case, by different carrier waves or frequency (namely, DL_F1 and DL_F2 in sector 1906, also has DL_F1 and the DL_F2 in sector 2908) on four HS-DSCH, it is possible to transmit, to UE902, the transmission block that four (4) are unique from sector 1906 and sector 2908.As seen in fig. 10f, owing to each in sector 1906 and sector 2908 supports F1, and owing to sector 1906 and sector 2908 are in the active set of anchor carrier UL_F1, therefore each in sector 1906 and sector 2908 can to from UE902, be monitored at the upper signal sent of uplink anchor carrier (it can be UL_F1 or UL_F2) and receive.

In Figure 10 G, method according to Fig. 9 B realize example, depicting communication system 1000g, wherein, serving sector 1906 is by multiple downlink carriers (namely, DL_F1 and DL_F2) communicate with UE902, serving sector 2908 communicates with UE902 also by multiple downlink carriers (that is, F1 and DL_F2), distributes two uplink carriers (namely to UE902, UL_F1 and UL_F2), the two uplink carrier provides the feedback for carrier wave set.The example of Figure 10 G is similar to above with reference to the example described by Figure 10 F, except Figure 10 G provides two uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2) to UE902, outside replacing the single uplink carrier (UL_F1) in Figure 10 F, thus forming two unique carrier groups for UE902 and active set.Correspondingly, two uplink carriers (UL_F1 and UL_F2) allow UE902 that two unique carrier wave set are individually controlled, described by Fig. 9 B.Such as, uplink carrier UL_F1 can provide the feedback being associated with first carrier group (it at least includes downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 on sector 1906), and uplink carrier UL_F2 can provide the feedback being associated with the second carrier wave set (it at least includes downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2 on sector 2908).Or, it is possible to provide the feedback for the two carrier wave set by single anchor carrier (UL_F1 or UL_F2), as mentioned above.Due to itself and the similarity of Figure 10 F, therefore for brevity, further describing Figure 10 G will be omitted.

Although the aspect described above of the present invention relates to obtain two unique carrier waves that two sectors are supported, but it is to be understood that, the other side of the present invention relates to: (i) plural carrier frequency (F3, F4 etc.) and/or (ii) support the two or more sector of UE902 concomitantly.Such as, if UE902 enters into can provide the Zone switched of service from three different sectors, then this UE902 can potentially be tuned to the carrier wave set that is associated with the downlink carrier in each sector in these three sector.In addition, distribute to the downlink carrier (DL_F1, DL_F2 etc.) of UE902 can be the non-adjacent carrier wave in adjacent carrier wave, same frequency band (such as, in Figure 10 A, DL_F1 is supported by sector 1906 and sector 2908, etc.) and/or different frequency bands in non-adjacent carrier wave.

For example it is assumed that there are two (2) downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2, each downlink carrier in the two downlink carrier is supported in two serving sectors 1906 and 2908.In this case, sector 1906 may be for " master " Serving cell of DL_F1, is the assistant service community for DL_F2, and sector 2908 may be for " master " Serving cell of DL_F2, is the assistant service community for DL_F1.In another example, it is assumed that among sector 1 to 4, distribution has two (2) downlink carrier DL_F1 and DL_F2.In this case, sector 1906 may be for the main Serving cell of DL_F1, and sector 2908 may be for the assistant service community of DL_F1, and sector 3 may be for the main Serving cell of DL_F2, and sector 4 may be for the assistant service community of DL_F2.

Additionally, although the description of exemplary version above is not discussed clearly, but it is to be understood that, it may be necessary to promote HS-DPCCH power offset, in order to can be decoded at multiple community place.Equally, it is also desirable to uplink pilot SINR set-point is promoted.If properly selecting carrier wave set, then this lifting capacity can be relatively appropriate.

Furthermore, it is possible to realize some to strengthen function on upper strata, to improve performance.Such as, UE902 can set up multiple MAC-ehs entity, and a MAC-ehs entity is corresponding to respective HS Serving cell.The plurality of MAC-ehs can be in the same place or not in the same place, and is positioned in one or more frequency.In this case, it should be appreciated that it may happen that out of order transmission between MAC-ehs flows.Revised by rlc layer and/or by the method based on PDCP, it is possible to reduce the out of order transmission problem between MAC-ehs stream.

Referring to Figure 11 A, this diagram depicts system for wireless communication 1100, more specifically, this system 1100 is for receiving from the data in the HSDPA of two individual cell or sector.Such as, system 1100 can reside at least partially within and can carry out the subscriber equipment (such as, subscriber equipment 114(Fig. 1) that aerial (OTA) communicates) in.It should be appreciated that system 1100 is expressed as including some functional modules, these functional modules can indicate that by the functional device calculating the function that platform, processor, software or its combination (such as, firmware) realize.System 1100 includes pulling together the logical groups 1102 of electronic building brick of operation.Such as, logical groups 1102 may include that for being on the first downlink carrier from the electronic building brick 1104 of first service community reception data at subscriber equipment.Additionally, logical groups 1102 may include that for being on the second downlink carrier from the electronic building brick 1106 of the second service community reception data independent of first service community at described subscriber equipment.Additionally, an illustrative aspects, logical groups 1102 may include that the electronic building brick 1108 for being sent channel feedback on the first uplink carrier at least one in first service community and second service community by described subscriber equipment.It addition, system 1100 can include memorizer 1120, this memorizer 1120 preserves for performing and the instruction of the electronic building brick 1104-1108 function being associated.Although outside electronic building brick 1104-1108 is shown located at memorizer 1120, but it is to be understood that, one or more in electronic building brick 1104-1108 can also be positioned within memorizer 1120.

Referring to Figure 11 B, this diagram depicts system for wireless communication 1150, more specifically, this system 1150 is for the HSDPA from two individual cell or sector.Such as, system 1150 can reside at least partially within the network equipment (such as, RAN102(Fig. 1) for wireless access) in.It should be appreciated that system 1150 is expressed as including some functional modules, these functional modules can indicate that by the functional device calculating the function that platform, processor, software or its combination (such as, firmware) realize.System 1150 includes pulling together the logical groups 1152 of electronic building brick of operation.Such as, logical groups 1152 may include that the part for being distributed data to first service community and second service community by RNC, in order to the electronic building brick 1154 that subscriber equipment sends.Additionally, logical groups 1152 may include that the electronic building brick 1156 for being sent data on the first downlink carrier to subscriber equipment by first service community.Additionally, logical groups 1152 may include that for by the second service community independent of first service community, sending the electronic building brick 1158 of data on the second downlink carrier to subscriber equipment.It addition, an illustrative aspects, logical groups 1152 also includes: for being passed through at least one in first service community and second service community by RNC, the first uplink carrier receives from described subscriber equipment the electronic building brick 1160 of channel feedback.It addition, system 1150 can include memorizer 1170, memorizer 1170 preserves for performing and the instruction of the electronic building brick 1154-1160 function being associated.Although outside electronic building brick 1154-1160 is shown located at memorizer 1170, but it is to be understood that, one or more in electronic building brick 1154-1160 can also be positioned within memorizer 1170.

Various aspects according to the application, it is possible to realize any part of an element or an element or the combination in any of multiple element with " the process system " that include one or more processor.The example of processor includes being configured to perform to run through the microprocessor of various function described herein, microcontroller, digital signal processor (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA), PLD (PLD), state machine, gate logic, discrete hardware circuit and other suitable hardware.One or more processors in process system can perform software.Software should be construed broadly as and means instruction, instruction set, code, code segment, program code, program, subprogram, software module, application, software application, software kit, routine, subroutine, object, executable file, the thread of execution, process, function etc., and no matter it is referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or other term.Software may reside within computer-readable medium.Computer-readable medium can be non-temporary computer readable medium.Non-transitory computer-readable medium includes: such as, magnetic storage apparatus is (such as, hard disk, floppy disk, tape), laser disc is (such as, compression laser disc (CD), digital versatile disc (DVD)), smart card, flash memory device is (such as, card, rod, cipher key drivers), random-access memory (ram), read only memory (ROM), programming ROM (PROM), erasable PROM(EPROM), electric erasable PROM(EEPROM), depositor, removable dish, and for storing other suitable medium any of the software that can be accessed by computer and read and/or instruction.Computer-readable medium can also include: such as, carrier waveform, transmission line and for sending other suitable medium any of the software that can be accessed by computer and read and/or instruction.Computer-readable medium may reside within process system, outside process system or is distributed in and includes among multiple entities of process system.Computer-readable medium can implement with computer program.For example, computer program can include the computer-readable medium with encapsulating material.How those of ordinary skill in the art are it should be appreciated that according to the specific design constraint applied and whole system is applied, to be best accomplished by running through the described function that the application provides.

It should be appreciated that the particular order of step in disclosed method or level are the examples of example process.It should be appreciated that according to design preference, it is possible to rearrange particular order or the level of step in these methods.Appended claim to a method provides the element of various step with example sequence, but is not intended to be limited to given particular order or level, unless the application clearly states.

Provide described above, so that any those of ordinary skill in this area is capable of various aspects described herein.To those skilled in the art, the various amendments of these aspects be will be apparent from, and general principles defined herein goes for other side.Therefore, claim is not intended to be limited to aspect shown herein as, but consistent with the four corner of the language of claim, wherein, unless stated otherwise, the parts otherwise mentioning singulative are not intended as meaning " one and only one ", but " one or more ".Unless stated otherwise, otherwise term " some " refers to one or more.The phrase mentioning string entry " at least one " refers to the combination in any of these entries, and it includes single member.For example, " at least one in a, b or c " is intended to cover: a；B；C；A and b；A and c；B and c；And a, b and c.Known to those skilled in the art or all 26S Proteasome Structure and Functions becoming key element equivalent that is known and that run through various aspects described herein are clearly incorporated herein with incorporation way, and be intended to be covered by claim later.Additionally, disclosure herein is not intended to offer to the public, no matter whether these disclosures are expressly recited in the claims.The key element of claim should not make an explanation according to the clause of 35U.S.C. § 112 the 6th section, unless use phrase " be used for ... module " clearly state this key element, or when claim to a method, use phrase " being used for ... step " to state key element.

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1. receiving the device from the data in high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) of two individual cell or sector, described device includes:

First receiver, receives the first data for being on the first downlink carrier at subscriber equipment from first service community, and wherein, described first downlink carrier originates from first group of carrier wave；

Second receiver, the second data are received from the second service community independent of described first service community for being on the second downlink carrier at described subscriber equipment, wherein, described second downlink carrier originates from second group of carrier wave, while described second receiver receives described second data, described first receiver receives described first data；And

First transmitter, channel feedback is sent to described first service community and described second service community for being on single uplink carrier at described subscriber equipment, wherein, described single uplink carrier is included in described first group of carrier wave and described second group of carrier wave.

2. device according to claim 1, wherein, by the radio network controller (RNC) measurement report based on described subscriber equipment, selects described first service community and described second service community from active set.

3. device according to claim 1, wherein, described first receiver is additionally operable to: described first downlink carrier in the first High-Speed Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) that described first service community is sent is monitored,

Wherein, described second receiver is additionally operable to: described second downlink carrier in the 2nd HS-SCCH send described second service community is monitored, and

Described device also includes encoder, this encoder is for being encoded to channel feedback in a code word on described single uplink carrier, and described channel feedback includes being at least partially based on the High Speed Downlink Physical of a described HS-SCCH and described 2nd HS-SCCH and controls channel (HS-DPCCH) information.

4. device according to claim 3, also includes:

Second transmitter, it sends data at least one being on the second uplink carrier in described first service community and described second service community at described subscriber equipment, and wherein, described single uplink carrier includes anchor carrier.

5. device according to claim 1, wherein, at least one receiver in described first receiver and described second receiver is additionally operable to: receive the first distribution of described first downlink carrier for first carrier group and the first uplink carrier, and receive the second distribution of described second downlink carrier for the second carrier wave set and the second uplink carrier

Wherein, described first transmitter is additionally operable to send channel feedback on described first uplink carrier to described first service community by described subscriber equipment, and

Wherein, described device also includes the second transmitter, and this second transmitter for sending channel feedback by described subscriber equipment on the second uplink carrier to described second service community.

6. device according to claim 5, wherein, at least one receiver in described first receiver and described second receiver is additionally operable to: by each in High-Speed Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH), to distribute to selected carrier wave set downlink carrier is monitored, determine the channel feedback for selected carrier wave set.

7. device according to claim 6, wherein, at least one receiver in described first receiver and described second receiver is additionally operable to: in response to channel quality lower than the thresholding of any one in described first downlink carrier and described second downlink carrier, receives for the ambulant triggering between the Serving cell of selected carrier wave set.

8. device according to claim 1, wherein, at least one receiver in described first receiver and described second receiver is additionally operable to: in response to the channel quality thresholding lower than the selected downlink carrier being designated as anchor carrier in described first downlink carrier and described second downlink carrier, receive the ambulant triggering between Serving cell.

9. device according to claim 8, wherein, at least one receiver in described first receiver and described second receiver is additionally operable to: use the compact model of the 3rd downlink carrier sent by new community to measure channel quality, to promote the active set of adjacent cell and sector is updated.

10. device according to claim 1, wherein, at least one receiver in described first receiver and described second receiver is additionally operable to: in response to channel quality lower than the thresholding of any one in described first downlink carrier and described second downlink carrier, receive the ambulant triggering between Serving cell.

11. device according to claim 1, wherein, described first service community includes first service sector, and described second service community includes second service sector.

12. access, in the high-speed downlink packet from two individual cell or sector, the device sending data in (HSDPA), described device includes:

For being distributed a part for data to be sent to the module of subscriber equipment by radio network controller (RNC) to first service community and second service community；

For being sent the module of the first data on the first downlink carrier to described subscriber equipment by described first service community, wherein, described first downlink carrier originates from first group of carrier wave, and the first receiver receives described first data at described subscriber equipment place；

For being sent the module of the second data on the second downlink carrier to described subscriber equipment by the described second service community independent of described first service community, wherein, described second downlink carrier originates from second group of carrier wave, second receiver receives described second data at described subscriber equipment place, while described second receiver receives described second data, described first receiver receives described first data；And

For being in, in described first service community and described second service community, the module receiving channel feedback on single uplink carrier, wherein, described single uplink carrier is included in described first group of carrier wave and described second group of carrier wave.

13. device according to claim 12, also include:

Described RNC, it for distributing a part for data to described first service community and described second service community, in order to is sent to described subscriber equipment；

Described first service community, it for sending data to described subscriber equipment on described first downlink carrier；And

Described second service community, it is independent of described first service community, for sending data to described subscriber equipment on described second downlink carrier.