JP2012054632A - Femto base station movement detection method and femto base station movement detection system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To locate an installation site of a femto base station without using an IP address acquired thereby.SOLUTION: First neighboring macro cell information about macro base stations in macro cells identified by a simulator is stored in a femto base station operation section 22 in association with a femto base station ID of a femto base station 13. When the femto base station 13 is powered up, the femto base station 13 collects radio conditions to generate second neighboring macro cell information about surrounding macro base stations 10-12. The femto base station operation section 22 acquires the second neighboring macro cell information from the femto base station 13 powered up and compares it with the first neighboring macro cell information to determine whether or not the femto base station 13 is installed in a scheduled installation site at least according to whether macro base station identification information is matched.

Description

  The present invention relates to a femto base station movement detection method and a femto base station movement detection system in a mobile communication network.

  In recent years, in mobile communication networks, it has been studied to actively move mobile devices from macro cells to small Femto cells for the purpose of "providing individual services for users" and "eliminating tight communication bandwidth". . The coverage area of a macro cell formed by a macro base station is set to a radius of about 1 km to several kilometers, but the coverage area of a femto cell formed by a femto base station is a radius of several tens of meters such as a home, a small office, or an underground shopping center. The coverage area is extremely small. The femto base station is connected to a broadband line such as an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), an optical fiber, or a coaxial cable, and provides a mobile phone communication service via the broadband line (see Patent Document 1). By installing a femtocell base station in a user's building and connecting to a broadband line that has already been laid, various parameters can be obtained from the mobile communication network, making it easy for home use without complicated work. It can be installed in Such a femto base station can increase the number of base stations easily and at a lower cost than the installation of a large macro base station, and can further improve the service of the mobile communication network.

JP 2010-16602 A JP 2010-118752 A

The femto base station is portable because it is light and small. However, since the connection destination of the emergency number corresponding to the installation location is set, it causes trouble if moved. Moreover, in principle, the movement of base stations including femto base stations in mobile communication networks is prohibited by law (Radio Law) and guidelines. In addition, it is necessary for the mobile communication network to accurately grasp which base station is located including the femto base station.
Therefore, there is a method in which the femto base station is installed in the home after the one-to-one correspondence between the IP address acquired when the femto base station is connected to the broadband line and the identification number of the femto base station (patent) Reference 2). However, obtaining an IP address requires adjustment with many Internet service providers (ISPs), and there is a problem that it takes a lot of time to install a femto base station.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a femto base station movement detection method and a femto base station movement detection system that can specify an installation position without using an IP address acquired by a femto base station.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a simulator step for confirming a macro cell covering a planned installation location of a femto base station by a simulator, and a macro base station for identifying a macro base station in the macro cell confirmed in the simulator step. The first adjacent macro cell information including at least the identification information and the latitude / longitude information of the installation location of the macro base station is associated with the femto base station identification information for identifying the femto base station assigned to the femto base station. A first neighboring macro cell information storing step stored in the station operation unit, and when the femto base station is activated, notifying the femto base station operation unit of activation and collecting surrounding radio wave conditions Second including at least macro base station identification information from surrounding macro base stations When the femto base station operating unit receives a second neighboring macro cell information generating step for generating contact macro cell information and a notification that the femto base station has been activated, the femto base station operating unit receives the femto base station A request transmission step of transmitting the request to acquire the second adjacent macrocell information generated by the femto base station, and when the femto base station receives the request to acquire the second adjacent macrocell information, the femto base The station transmits the second neighboring macro cell information to the femto base station operating unit as a response to the request, and the received second neighboring macro cell information and the first neighboring macro cell information stored in the femto base station operating unit. By comparing the macro base station identification information with at least the macro base station identification information by comparing with the neighboring macro cell information. Femto base station is the most major; and a determination step of determining whether it is installed in the planned installation place.

  According to the present invention, the first neighboring macro cell information in the macro cell confirmed by the simulator is compared with the second neighboring macro cell information in the surrounding macro base station generated when the femto base station is activated, and at least Since it is determined whether or not the femto base station is installed at the planned installation location by checking the match of the macro base station identification information, the installation position of the femto base station is specified without using the IP address. Will be able to.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the femto base station movement detection system of the Example of this invention which actualized the femto base station movement detection method concerning this invention. It is a sequence diagram of the femto base station movement detection process performed when the power of the femto base station is turned on for the first time in the femto base station movement detection system according to the present invention. It is a sequence diagram of the femto base station movement detection process performed when the femto base station movement detection system according to the present invention is turned on for the second time and thereafter.

  A mobile communication network connects a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a radio access network (RAN: Radio Access Network) that controls a radio line, and the mobile communication terminal to another mobile communication terminal, a public telephone network, the Internet, etc. It is composed of a core network (CN) that is a trunk line to be controlled. The RAN includes a plurality of base stations each forming a cell, and a radio network controller (RNC: Radio Network Controller) that manages the plurality of base stations. The CN includes at least a circuit switch, a packet switch, and an HLR (Home Location Register). The RAN controls the radio line and terminates the radio line, and the RNC transfers a call from a mobile communication terminal transferred from a plurality of base stations to a packet switch in the CN in the case of a packet communication call. In the case of distribution and voice communication calls, they are distributed and transferred to a circuit switch. The HLR stores an in-network database that manages profiles of all mobile communication terminals in a mobile phone network and manages location information. The HLR is shared by circuit switching in a circuit switch and packet switching in a packet switch. .

Such a mobile communication network is provided with the femto base station movement detection system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and its configuration is shown in FIG. In addition, the femto base station movement detection system of the Example of this invention is corresponded to what embodied the femto base station movement detection method concerning this invention.
A femto base station movement detection system 1 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is a femto base station movement detection system in a cellular communication network having a plurality of cells. A large number of macro base stations are installed in the RAN, and three macro base stations of the macro base station 10, the macro base station 11, and the macro base station 12 are illustrated. Macro base stations 10 to 12 each form a macro cell, and the coverage area of each macro cell has a radius of about 1 km to several km. In the illustrated example, a femto base station 13 is installed adjacent to a macro cell formed by the macro base stations 10 to 12. The cover area of the femtocell formed by the femto base station 13 is an extremely small range having a radius of about several tens of meters.

The femto base station 13 can be installed in a dead zone such as a home, a small office, a building, or a tunnel, and is portable because it is a small base station. The femto base station 13 is connected to a broadband line such as an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), an optical fiber, or a coaxial cable, and provides a communication service to the mobile communication terminal via the broadband line. By installing the femtocell base station 13 in the user's building and connecting it to a broadband line that has already been laid, various parameters can be acquired from the CN side, making it easy for home use without complicated work. It can be installed in
Each of the macro base stations 10 to 12 and the femto base station 13 is assigned a unique Cell ID that can be uniquely identified from the mobile communication network. That is, a unique Cell ID is assigned to each macro base station, and a unique Cell ID (hereinafter referred to as “femto base station ID”) is also assigned to the femto base station 13.

  The macro base stations 10 to 12 are connected to the RNC via a dedicated line, and provide mobile phone communication services via the dedicated line. A macro base station operation unit 20 that operates a macro base station of a mobile communication network, and a cell information management unit 21 that collects and manages cell information of the macro base station and latitude / longitude information where the macro base station is installed It is defined for each function on the core network side. The cell information management unit 21 acquires and stores the Cell ID and the latitude / longitude information of each macro base station in the cell information of the macro base station collected by the macro base station operation unit 20. The femto base station operation unit 22 is also defined by function on the core network side, and acquires the cell ID of the macro base station and the latitude / longitude information of each macro base station once a day from the cell information management unit 21. That database has been updated. In this case, the femto base station operation unit 22 checks the number of cases for the acquired information so that the table is not updated when the number of cases decreases or when it is determined that the file is abnormal such as empty. Yes.

  When a new femto base station 13 is installed, the simulator confirms the macro cell that covers the installation location of the femto base station 13, and the cell ID of the macro base station and the frequency band of the macro base station ( fr), the latitude / longitude information of the installation location of the macro base station, and the first neighboring Macro cell information composed of the received electric field strength from the macro base station predicted by the simulator are used as the femto base station ID assigned to the femto base station 13 The data are stored in the femto base station operation unit 22 in association with each other. Then, after the installation of the femto base station 13, the femto base station movement detection process is triggered by the fact that the femto base station operation unit 22 is notified that the femto base station 13 is powered on. Thereby, in the femto base station 13, when the power is turned on for the first time, the radio wave conditions of the surrounding macro base stations are collected. In this collection of radio wave conditions, by receiving radio waves from surrounding macro base stations, the Cell IDs of the macro base stations 10 to 12 around the femto base station 13 and the frequency bands of the macro base stations 10 to 12 ( fr) is collected, and the received electric field strength (RSCP) of each of the surrounding macro base stations 10 to 12 is measured. Then, the second neighboring Macro cell information including the cell ID, the frequency band (fr) and the measured received electric field strength (RSCP) information of each of the macro base stations 10 to 12 generated by the collection is transmitted to the femto via the broadband line. It is transmitted to the base station operation unit 22.

In the femto base station operation unit 22, the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station corresponding to each cell ID is obtained from the femto based on each cell ID raised in the second adjacent macro cell information transmitted from the femto base station 13. Read out from the database of the base station operation unit 22 and add latitude / longitude information corresponding to each Cell ID to the second adjacent Macro cell information. Then, in the femto base station operation unit 22, the first adjacent macro cell information in the femto base station 13 predicted by the simulator read by using the femto base station ID of the femto base station 13 as a key is used for comparison. It is obtained when the power is turned on and compared with the second adjacent Macro cell information to which the latitude / longitude information is added. Here, when the Cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide with each other exceeding the threshold cell number, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is installed at the planned installation location, and the femto base station 13 is operated normally, and the first neighboring Macro cell information (Cell ID, latitude / longitude information, frequency band (fr), RSCP) for comparison is acquired when the femto base station 13 is turned on for the first time. It is updated with the second adjacent Macro cell information to which the information is added. In this case, the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station raised in the second neighboring Macro cell information and the latitude / longitude information in the first neighboring Macro cell information for comparison are checked, and the latitude / longitude information of both is checked. Are treated as being matched even if the Cell IDs do not match.
By the way, when the Cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide only with the threshold cell number or less, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is not installed at the planned installation location, and the femto base station 13 Stop function. In this case, the comparison storage data (Cell ID, frequency band (fr), RSCP) is not updated. Note that a predetermined number of cells can be designated as the threshold cell number. Further, when the function of the femto base station 13 is stopped, at least the function of the transmission unit is stopped.

  When the user does not use the femto base station 13 for a long time, it is possible to turn off the power. Further, when the installation location is not a preset location, the power supply is considered to be turned off because the function is stopped. Therefore, it is assumed that the femto base station 13 is turned on for the second time and after, and even when the femto base station 13 is turned on for the second time and later, the femto base station 13 is turned on. The base station operation unit 22 is notified and the femto base station movement detection process is started. Thereby, the femto base station 13 collects surrounding radio wave conditions. In this collection of radio wave conditions, the above-described second adjacent Macro cell information is collected by receiving radio waves from neighboring macro base stations. Then, the second neighboring Macro cell information generated by the collection is transmitted to the femto base station operation unit 22 via the broadband line.

  In the femto base station operation unit 22, the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station corresponding to each cell ID is obtained from the femto based on each cell ID raised in the second adjacent macro cell information transmitted from the femto base station 13. Read out from the database of the base station operation unit 22 and add latitude / longitude information corresponding to each Cell ID to the second adjacent Macro cell information. Then, the femto base station operation unit 22 reads out the first neighboring Macro cell information stored using the femto base station ID of the femto base station 13 as a key, and the femto base station 13 acquires the latitude / longitude information. Is compared with the second neighboring Macro cell information to which is added. If the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide with each other exceeding the specified threshold cell number, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is installed at the planned installation location, and the femto base The station 13 is normally operated and the first neighboring Macro cell information (Cell ID, latitude / longitude information, frequency band (fr), RSCP) for comparison is transmitted from the femto base station 13 and the latitude / longitude information is added. The updated second adjacent Macro cell information is updated. In this case, the check of the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station raised in the second adjacent Macro cell information is not performed.

Here, if the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide only with the threshold cell number or less, the cell ID of the macro base station may have been changed, so the second adjacent macro cell information The macro base station that checks the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station that has been raised to the latitude / longitude information in the first neighboring Macro cell information for comparison, and the latitude / longitude information of both is within a predetermined range Is handled as a match even if the Cell IDs do not match. As a result, when the Cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide with each other exceeding the threshold cell number, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is installed at the planned installation location, and the above In this way, the femto base station 13 is normally operated. However, if the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both still match only the threshold cell number or less, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is not installed at the installation location, and the femto base station 13 Stop the function. In this case, the first adjacent macro cell information for comparison (Cell ID, latitude / longitude information, frequency band (fr), RSCP) is not updated. Further, when the function of the femto base station 13 is stopped, at least the function of the transmission unit is stopped.
Thus, the femto base station movement detection system 1 according to the present invention can specify the installation position of the femto base station 13 without using an IP address. Thereby, when the femto base station 13 is moved from the original installation location and installed, the function of the femto base station 13 can be stopped.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a sequence of femto base station movement detection processing executed when power is first turned on in the femto base station 13.
In the femto base station movement detection processing sequence shown in FIG. 2, when power is first turned on in the femto base station 13, boot trap information notifying that the power has been turned on is sent from the femto base station 13 to the femto base station operation unit. 22 is transmitted. The femto base station operation unit 22 that has received the boot trap information from the femto base station 13 waits for a certain period of time, and starts a data acquisition operation after a certain period of time, and sends a KPI (Key Performance Indicator) acquisition request to the femto base station 13. Send. The KPI is performance information managed by the base station, and includes information such as the success rate of the call of the mobile communication terminal and radio wave information around the femto base station 13. The femto base station 13 collects the radio wave conditions of the surrounding macro base stations for a fixed time until the KPI acquisition request is received. In this collection of radio wave conditions, Cell IDs of the macro base stations 10 to 12 around the femto base station 13 and frequency band (fr) information of the macro base stations 10 to 12 are collected from the macro base stations 10 to 12. At the same time, the reception field strength (RSCP) of each of the surrounding macro base stations 10 to 12 is measured.

When the femto base station 13 receives the KPI acquisition request from the femto base station operation unit 22, the femto base station 13 collects the cell IDs of the macro base stations 10 to 12 and the frequency bands ( fr) and the measured second received macro cell information including the received field strength (RSCP) are transmitted to the femto base station operation unit 22. In the femto base station operation unit 22 that has received the second neighboring Macro cell information from the femto base station 13, each Cell is based on each Cell ID that is raised in the second neighboring Macro cell information transmitted from the femto base station 13. The latitude / longitude information of the macro base station corresponding to the ID is read from the database of the femto base station operation unit 22, and the latitude / longitude information corresponding to each Cell ID is added to the second adjacent Macro cell information, as described above. A femto base station movement detection process is performed. That is, the first adjacent Macro cell information predicted by the simulator read using the femto base station ID of the femto base station 13 as a key is compared with the second adjacent Macro cell information acquired from the femto base station 13. When the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide with each other exceeding the threshold cell number, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is installed at the planned installation location, and the femto base station 13 is normally set. First neighbor Macro cell information (Cell ID, latitude / longitude information, frequency band (fr), RSCP) for comparison is acquired from the femto base station 13 and the second neighbor with latitude / longitude information added is operated. Update with Macro cell information. In this case, the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station raised in the second adjacent Macro cell information is checked as described above, and the latitude / longitude information is the latitude / longitude in the first adjacent Macro cell information for comparison. Macro base stations that fall within a predetermined range of information are treated as being matched even if the Cell IDs are not matched.
Here, if the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide only with the threshold cell number or less, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is not installed at the planned installation location, and the femto base station 13 Stop the function. In this case, the first adjacent macro cell information for comparison (Cell ID, latitude / longitude information, frequency band (fr), RSCP) is not updated.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a sequence of femto base station movement detection processing executed when power is turned on for the second and subsequent times in the femto base station 13.
In the femto base station movement detection processing sequence shown in FIG. 3, even when the femto base station 13 is turned on for the second time or later, the boot trap information for notifying that the power is turned on is sent from the femto base station 13 to the femto base. It is transmitted to the station operation unit 22. The femto base station operation unit 22 that has received the Boot Trap information from the femto base station 13 transmits a KPI acquisition request to the femto base station 13 after a predetermined time in order to start the information acquisition operation after a predetermined time. The femto base station 13 collects the radio wave conditions of the surrounding macro base stations for a fixed time until the KPI acquisition request is received. By collecting the radio wave conditions, second neighboring Macro cell information in the femto base station 13 is generated.

  When the femto base station 13 receives the KPI acquisition request from the femto base station operation unit 22, the femto base station 13 transmits the second neighboring Macro cell information generated by collection to the femto base station operation unit 22 as a response. In the femto base station operation unit 22 that has received the neighboring Macro cell information from the femto base station 13, each cell ID is assigned to each Cell ID based on each Cell ID that is raised in the second neighboring Macro cell information transmitted from the femto base station 13. The latitude / longitude information of the corresponding macro base station is read from the database of the femto base station operation unit 22 and the latitude / longitude information corresponding to each Cell ID is added to the second adjacent Macro cell information, and the above-described femto base station A movement detection process is performed. That is, the first neighboring Macro cell information stored using the femto base station ID of the femto base station 13 as a key is read for comparison, and the second neighboring Macro obtained by the femto base station 13 and added with latitude / longitude information is used. Compare with cell information. If the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide with each other exceeding the specified threshold cell number, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is installed at the planned installation location, and the femto base The station 13 is normally operated, and the first neighboring Macro cell information (Cell ID, latitude / longitude information, frequency band (fr), RSCP) for comparison is acquired from the femto base station 13 and the latitude / longitude information is added. The second neighbor Macro cell information is updated. In this case, the check of the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station raised in the second adjacent Macro cell information is not performed.

Here, if the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide only with the threshold cell number or less, the cell ID of the macro base station may have been changed, so the second adjacent macro cell information The macro and the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station raised in the above are checked as described above, and the latitude / longitude information falls within the predetermined range of the latitude / longitude information in the first adjacent Macro cell information for comparison. The base station is handled as having the same Cell ID. As a result, when the Cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both coincide with each other exceeding the threshold cell number, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is installed at the planned installation location, and the above In this way, the femto base station 13 is normally operated. However, if the cell IDs of the macro base stations in the adjacent macro cell information of both still match only the threshold cell number or less, it is determined that the femto base station 13 is not installed at the installation location, and the femto base station 13 Stop the function. In this case, the first adjacent macro cell information for comparison (Cell ID, latitude / longitude information, frequency band (fr), RSCP) is not updated.
Thus, the femto base station movement detection system 1 according to the present invention can specify the installation position of the femto base station 13 without using an IP address. Thereby, when the femto base station 13 is moved from the original installation location and installed, the function of the femto base station 13 can be stopped.

In the femto base station movement detection method and the femto base station movement detection system according to the present invention, when the femto base station is detected to have moved and the function of the femto base station is stopped, the femto base station is installed at the planned installation location. When the power is turned on again, the Cell ID of the macro base station in the first neighboring Macro cell information for comparison and the second neighboring Macro cell information collected at the time of powering on matches the threshold cell count. Therefore, the femto base station starts normal operation. However, even when the power is turned on again, if the installation location has moved from the planned installation location, the Cell ID of the macro base station does not match the threshold cell number when compared. In this case, the operation of the femto base station is completely stopped so that the operation of the femto base station is not started even when power is turned on again at a place where the installation is planned.
Further, when the cell IDs of the macro base stations do not coincide with each other when exceeding the threshold cell number, the received electric field strength (RSCP) may be compared. However, the received field strength (RSCP) changes due to weather and fading.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Femto base station movement detection system 10 Macro base station 11 Macro base station 12 Macro base station 13 Femto cell base station 13 Femto base station 20 Macro base station operation part 21 Cell information management part 22 Femto base station operation part

Claims (5)

A simulator step for confirming a macro cell that covers the planned installation location of the femto base station with a simulator,
Macro base station identification information for identifying a macro base station in the macro cell confirmed in the simulator step and first neighboring macro cell information including at least latitude / longitude information of the installation location of the macro base station are allocated to the femto base station. A first adjacent macrocell information storage step of storing in the femto base station operation unit in association with femto base station identification information for identifying the femto base station;
When the femto base station is activated, the femto base station operation unit is notified that the femto base station has been activated, and at least includes macro base station identification information from surrounding macro base stations by collecting surrounding radio wave conditions. A second neighboring macrocell information generating step for generating two neighboring macrocell information;
When the femto base station operating unit receives a notification that the femto base station has been activated, the femto base station operating unit requests the second adjacent macro cell information generated by the femto base station to be acquired. A request transmission step of transmitting to the femto base station;
When the femto base station receives the request to acquire the second adjacent macro cell information, the femto base station transmits the second adjacent macro cell information to the femto base station operation unit as a response to the request; ,
By comparing the first neighboring macro cell information stored in the femto base station operation unit with the received second neighboring macro cell information and seeing at least the match of the macro base station identification information, the femto base station Determining whether or not is installed at the planned installation location;
A femto base station movement detection method comprising:   In the determining step, when the macro base station identification information in the first adjacent macro cell information and the second adjacent macro cell information is more than a predetermined number, the femto base station is installed at the planned installation location. The femto base station movement detection method according to claim 1, wherein the femto base station movement detection method is determined.   In the determining step, the latitude / longitude information of the macro base station corresponding to the macro base station identification information in the second adjacent macro cell information is read from the database of the femto base station operation unit, and the Compared with the latitude and longitude information of the macro base station, when both latitude and longitude information are within a predetermined range, even if the macro base station identification information of the macro base station does not match, The femto base station movement detection method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the macro base station identification information of the macro base station is handled as a match.   The said adjacent macrocell information is updated by the said 2nd adjacent macrocell information, when it is determined in the said determination step that the said femto base station is installed in the said installation planned place. The femto base station movement detection method according to any one of 1 to 3. Simulator means for confirming a macro cell that covers the planned installation location of the femto base station;
The femto base station assigned to the femto base station includes the macro base station identification information for identifying the macro base station in the macro cell confirmed by the simulator means and the first adjacent macro cell information including at least the latitude / longitude information of the installation location. A femto base station operation unit that stores the femto base station identification information to be associated with each other;
When activated, the second adjacent macrocell information including at least macro base station identification information from surrounding macro base stations by notifying the femto base station operation unit of activation and collecting surrounding radio wave conditions And a femto base station for generating
The femto base station operation unit, when the femto base station operation unit receives a notification of activation from the femto base station, sends a request to acquire the second neighboring macro cell information generated by the femto base station. Transmitting to the femto base station, receiving the second adjacent macrocell information from the femto base station, comparing the received second adjacent macrocell information with the stored first adjacent macrocell information, and at least A femto base station movement detection system characterized in that it is determined whether or not the femto base station is installed at the planned installation location by checking the match of the macro base station identification information.

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