KR20040081545A - Apparatus for handover of base station in broadband wireless access communication system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A hand-over apparatus in a base station of a broadband wireless access communication system, and a method thereof are provided to execute hand-over to a new base station by making a base station request hand-over to a user terminal. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal(611) requests hand-over to at least one neighbor base station(640) having a CINR(Carrier to Interference and Noise Ratio) satisfying hand-over judgement standard by a hand-over measurement request message. The user terminal(611) executes the hand-over to the specific neighbor base station(640) reported in response to the hand-over request. A serving base station(610) communicates with the user terminal(611), transmits the hand-over measurement request message to the user terminal(611). The serving base station(610) requests a possibility of hand-over to the neighbor base station(640) in order of size of the CINR reported from the user terminal(611). If the specific neighbor base station(640) reports that the hand-over is possible, the serving base station(610) reports the specific base station(640) to the user terminal(611). The specific neighbor base station(640) judges and reports the possibility of hand-over of the user terminal(611).

Description

Handover apparatus and method in base station of broadband wireless access communication system {APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER OF BASE STATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a broadband wireless access communication system, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for determining a handover at a base station at the request of a serving base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme.

In the 4th generation (4G), a next generation communication system, a variety of quality of service (QoS: hereinafter referred to as "QoS") having a transmission rate of about 100 Mbps is used. Active research is being conducted to provide services to users. Currently, 3G (3G) communication systems generally support a transmission rate of about 384 Kbps in an outdoor channel environment having a relatively poor channel environment, and an indoor channel having a relatively good channel environment. It supports up to 2Mbps transmission speed even in the environment. On the other hand, a wireless local area network (LAN) system and a wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) system are generally 20 Mbps to It supports a transfer rate of 50Mbps. Therefore, 4G communication system currently supports a high-speed service to be provided in the 4G communication system by developing a new communication system in the form of guaranteeing mobility and QoS in a wireless LAN system and a wireless MAN system that guarantee a relatively high transmission speed. There is a lot of research going on.

However, the wireless MAN system is suitable for high-speed communication service support because of its wide coverage and high transmission speed, but does not consider mobility of a user, that is, a subscriber station (SS) at all. Because of the system, handover due to the fast movement of the subscriber station is not considered at all. In addition, the communication system under consideration by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16a is a system for performing a ranging operation between a subscriber station and a base station (BS). Next, a communication system structure considered in the IEEE 802.16a according to the prior art will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a structure of a broadband wireless access communication system using orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM) / orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), in particular an IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system Figure schematically shows the structure of the.

Before explaining FIG. 1, the wireless MAN system is a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system, and its service area is wider than that of the wireless LAN system and supports a higher transmission speed. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDM) scheme to support a broadband transmission network in a physical channel of the wireless MAN system A system employing the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA) scheme (hereinafter referred to as " OFDMA ") is the IEEE 802.16a communication system. That is, the IEEE 802.16a communication system is a broadband wireless access communication system using the OFDM / OFDMA scheme. Since the IEEE 802.16a communication system applies the OFDM / OFDMA scheme to the wireless MAN system, high-speed data transmission is possible by transmitting a physical channel signal using a plurality of sub-carriers. In addition, the IEEE 802.16e communication system is a system that considers the mobility of a subscriber station in the IEEE 802.16a communication system. Currently, the IEEE 802.16e communication system is not specifically defined. As a result, both the IEEE 802.16a communication system and the IEEE 802.16e communication system are broadband wireless access communication systems using an OFDM / OFDMA scheme. For convenience of description, the IEEE 802.16a communication system and the IEEE 802.16e communication system will be described as an example. Shall be.

Referring to FIG. 1, the IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system has a single cell structure, and a plurality of subscriber stations 110 managed by the base station 100 and the base station 100, It consists of 120, 130. Signal transmission and reception between the base station 100 and the subscriber stations (110, 120, 130) is performed using the OFDM / OFDMA method. Next, a downlink frame structure of the IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a downlink frame structure of a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDM / OFDMA scheme. In particular, FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a downlink frame structure of an IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system. to be.

Referring to FIG. 2, the downlink frame includes a preamble region 200, a broadcast control region 210, and a time division multiple (TDM). And regions) 220 and 230. Through the preamble area 200, a synchronization signal for obtaining mutual synchronization between the base station and the subscriber station, that is, a preamble sequence, is transmitted. The broadcast control region 210 includes a DL (DownLink) _MAP region 211 and a UL (UpLink) _MAP region 212. The DL_MAP area 211 is an area in which the DL_MAP message is transmitted, and information elements (IE) included in the DL_MAP message (hereinafter, referred to as "IE") are shown in Table 1 below.

As shown in Table 1, the DL_MAP message is configured to correspond to a plurality of IEs, that is, a management message type indicating a type of a transmitted message, and a modulation scheme and a demodulation scheme applied to a physical channel to acquire synchronization. PHY (PHYsical) Synchronization and Downlink Channel Descriptor (DCD: Downlink Channel Descriptor) (DCD) message that includes a downlink burst profile DCD count indicating a count, a base station ID indicating a base station identifier, and a Number of DL_MAP Elements n indicating the number of elements existing after the base station ID. In particular, although not shown in Table 1, the DL_MAP message includes information on ranging codes allocated to each of the rangings described below.

In addition, the UL_MAP area 213 is an area in which the UL_MAP message is transmitted, and IEs included in the UL_MAP message are shown in Table 2 below.

As shown in Table 2, the UL_MAP message includes a plurality of IEs, that is, a management message type indicating a type of a transmitted message, an uplink channel ID indicating an uplink channel ID to be used, and an uplink channel ID. A UCD count indicating a count corresponding to a configuration change of an Uplink Channel Descript (UCD) message including a link burst profile, and an element present after the UCD count. Number of UL_MAP Elements n indicating the number of pieces of information is included. Here, the uplink channel identifier is uniquely assigned in a media access control (MAC) hereinafter referred to as "MAC" -sublayer.

The uplink interval usage code (UIUC) area is recorded with information designating the purpose of the offset recorded in the offset area. For example, if 2 is recorded in the UIUC region, it means that a starting offset used for initial ranging is recorded in the offset region. In addition, when 3 is recorded in the UIUC region, it means that a starting offset used for band request ranging or maintenance ranging is recorded in the offset region. In the offset region, a start offset value used for initial ranging, band request ranging, or maintenance ranging is recorded corresponding to the information recorded in the UIUC region as described above. In addition, information on the characteristics of the physical channel to be transmitted in the UIUC region is stored in the UCD.

If the terminal does not successfully perform the ranging, a random backoff value is set to increase the probability of success in the next attempt, and the ranging attempt is performed again after delaying the backoff time. In this case, information necessary for determining the backoff value is also included in the UCD message. The structure of the UCD message will be described in more detail with reference to Table 3 below.

As shown in Table 3, the UCD message includes a plurality of IEs, that is, a management message type indicating a type of a transmitted message, an uplink channel ID indicating an uplink channel identifier used, and a configuration change counted by a base station. Count, a Mini-slot Size that represents the number of mini-slots of the uplink physical channel, and an initial backoff window for initial ranging, i.e. the initial backoff for initial ranging. window) Ranging Backoff Start, which indicates the size, Ranging Backoff End, which indicates the end of the backoff for the initial ranging, that is, final backoff window size, and backoff for the contention data and requests. Request Backoff Start, which indicates the starting point, that is, the size of the initial backoff window, and the end point of the backoff for contention data and requests. Shown, and that is comprises a Request Backoff End indicating a final backoff window size. Here, the backoff value represents a kind of waiting time value to wait for the next ranging when the rangings to be described below fail, and the base station waits for the next ranging when the subscriber station fails to ranging. The backoff value, which is information, must be transmitted to the subscriber station. As an example, when the values of the Ranging Backoff Start and Ranging Backoff End are determined to be “10”, the subscriber station has an opportunity to perform 210 times (ie, 1024 times) ranging by a truncated binary exponential backoff algorithm. After passing, the next ranging must be performed.

In addition, the TDM regions 220 and 230 are time slots allocated in a TDM / Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) scheme for each subscriber station. Are the areas corresponding to The base station transmits broadcast information to be broadcasted to subscriber stations managed by the base station through a preset center carrier through the DL_MAP region 211 of the downlink frame. The subscriber stations monitor all frequency bands preset in each of the subscriber stations as they are powered on, so that they have the highest size, that is, the highest pilot carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR). A pilot channel signal having a noise ratio (hereinafter referred to as " CINR "). The base station having transmitted the pilot channel signal having the strongest pilot CINR is determined as a base station to which the subscriber station itself belongs. By identifying the DL_MAP region 211 and the UL_MAP region 231 of the downlink frame transmitted from the base station, it is known that control information for controlling its uplink and downlink and information indicating the actual data transmission / reception position.

In FIG. 2, the downlink frame structure of the IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system has been described. Next, the uplink frame structure of the IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an uplink frame structure of a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDM / OFDMA scheme. In particular, FIG. 3 schematically illustrates an uplink frame structure of an IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system. .

Prior to the description of FIG. 3, rangings used in the IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system, that is, initial ranging and maintenance ranging, that is, periodic ranging The term "Periodic Ranging" and "Bandwidth Request Ranging" will be described.

First, initial ranging will be described.

The initial ranging is performed when the base station requests from the base station to acquire synchronization with the subscriber station, and the initial ranging sets a correct time offset between the subscriber station and the base station and transmit power. Range is performed to adjust power). That is, the subscriber station receives the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message / UCD message after power-on, acquires synchronization with the base station, and then performs the initial ranging to adjust the time offset and the transmission power with the base station. Here, since the IEEE 802.16a / IEEE 802.16e communication system uses the OFDM / OFDMA scheme, the ranging procedure requires ranging sub-channels and ranging codes. Allocates available ranging codes according to ranging purposes, ie type. This will be described in detail as follows.

The ranging code is first generated by segmenting a pseudo random noise (PN) sequence having a predetermined length, for example, 215-1 bits in a predetermined unit. do. In general, two ranging subchannels having a 53-bit length form one ranging channel, and a ranging code is formed by segmenting a PN code through a 106-bit ranging channel. The ranging codes configured as described above may be allocated to up to 48 subscriber stations (RC # 1 to RC # 48), and as a default value, at least two ranging codes per subscriber terminal are ranging for the three purposes. In other words, it applies to initial ranging, periodic ranging, and band request ranging. Thus, different ranging codes are assigned to each of the three purpose rangings, for example, N ranging codes are allocated for initial ranging (N ranging codes (N RCs) for initial ranging), and M ranging The ranging codes are allocated for periodic ranging (M RCs for maintenance ranging) and the L ranging codes are allocated to band request ranging (L RCs for BW-request ranging). The allocated ranging codes are transmitted to the subscriber stations through the DL_MAP message as described above, and the subscriber stations perform the ranging procedure using the ranging codes included in the DL_MAP message according to the purpose. .

Second, periodic ranging will be described.

The periodic ranging refers to ranging periodically performed by a subscriber station that adjusts a time offset and a transmission power with a base station through the initial ranging to adjust a channel state with the base station. The subscriber station performs the periodic ranging by using ranging codes allocated for the periodic ranging.

Third, the band request ranging will be described.

The band request ranging is a ranging in which a subscriber station having adjusted a time offset and a transmission power with a base station through the initial ranging requests a bandwidth allocation in order to perform actual communication with the base station. The bandwidth request ranging may be performed by selecting one of three methods, a grants method, a contention-based focused bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDM method, and a contention-based CDMA bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDMA method. have. Now, the Grants scheme, the Contention-based Focused bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDM scheme, and the Contention-based CDMA bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDMA scheme will be described.

(1) Grants method

The Grants method is a method for requesting bandwidth allocation when the communication system to which the current subscriber station belongs is a communication system using a single carrier, and the subscriber station has its own connection identifier (CID: Connection ID). The band request ranging is performed using a default CID that is not. If the band request ranging fails, the subscriber station retries the band request ranging after a backoff value preset in correspondence with the most recently received information from the base station and the request state of the base station; or The discard of the received service data unit (SDU) is determined. Here, the subscriber station has already detected the backoff value through a UCD message.

(2) Contention-based Focused bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDM scheme

The Contention-based Focused bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDM scheme is a scheme for requesting bandwidth allocation when the communication system to which the subscriber station belongs is a communication system using the OFDM scheme. The Contention-based Focused Bandwidth Requests for Wireless MAN-OFDM scheme is classified into two schemes. In the first scheme, as described in the Grants scheme, the subscriber station uses a default CID and simultaneously sends a Focused Contention Transmission message to request a bandwidth. In the second method, the broadcast CID is transmitted together with the OFDM Focused Contention ID to perform band request ranging without using the default CID. When the broadcast CID is transmitted together with the OFDM Focused Contention ID to perform the bandwidth request ranging, the base station determines a specific connection channel and a transmission probability to the subscriber station.

(3) Contention-based CDMA bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDMA scheme

The Contention-based CDMA bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDMA scheme is a scheme for requesting bandwidth allocation when the system to which the current subscriber station belongs uses the OFDMA scheme. The Contention-based CDMA bandwidth requests for Wireless MAN-OFDMA scheme is also classified into two schemes. The first scheme is a scheme for performing bandwidth request ranging as described in the Grants scheme, and the second scheme is code division multiple access. A band request ranging is performed using a mechanism based on (CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access,) scheme, that is, a CDMA based mechanism. Here, since the communication system uses a plurality of tones, i.e., a plurality of subchannels, formed of OFDM symbols, the BS uses the CDMA based mechanism. A mechanism such as a CDMA scheme is applied to each of the plurality of subchannels. Thus, when the base station successfully receives the band request ranging, the base station allocates a frequency band through the band request ranging through a MAC protocol data unit (PDU). On the other hand, when using the REQ (REQuest) region-focused scheme, if a plurality of subscriber stations attempt to request bandwidth request using the same contention code through the same subchannel, a possibility of collision may increase.

Referring to FIG. 3, the uplink frame includes an Initial Maintenance Opportunities area 300 for initial ranging and maintenance ranging, that is, a periodic ranging, and a Request Contention Opportunities area 310 for band request ranging. SS scheduled data areas 320 including uplink data of subscriber stations. The Initial Maintenance Opportunities area 300 includes a plurality of access burst sections including actual initial ranging and periodic ranging, and a collision section when a collision occurs between the plurality of access burst sections. do. The Request Contention Opportunities area 310 includes a plurality of bandwidth request intervals including actual bandwidth request ranging and a collision interval when collisions between the plurality of bandwidth request intervals occur. The SS scheduled data areas 320 include a plurality of SS scheduled data areas (SS 1 scheduled data areas to SS N scheduled data areas), and the SS scheduled data areas (SS 1 scheduled data areas to SS). SS transition gaps exist between each of the SS N scheduled data areas.

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a communication procedure of a broadband wireless access communication system through the messages described above with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the subscriber station 400 monitors all frequency bands preset in the subscriber station 400 as it is powered on, and thus, has the highest size, that is, the strongest pilot. A pilot channel signal having a carrier to interference noise ratio (CNIR) is detected. In addition, the subscriber station 400 determines that the base station 420 transmitting the pilot channel signal having the strongest pilot CINR is the base station 420 to which the subscriber station 400 currently belongs, and the base station 420. Receive a preamble of a downlink frame transmitted by the to obtain a system synchronization with the base station 420.

As described above, when system synchronization is acquired between the subscriber station 400 and the base station 420, the base station 420 transmits a DL_MAP message and an UL_MAP message to the subscriber station 400 (steps 411 and 413). step). Here, the DL_MAP message includes information necessary for the subscriber station 400 to acquire synchronization with respect to the base station 420 in the forward link as described above in Table 1, and through the subscriber in the forward link. It performs a function of notifying the subscriber station 400 of information such as a structure of a physical channel capable of receiving messages transmitted to the terminals 400. In addition, as described above in Table 2, the UL_MAP message performs a function of informing the terminal of information such as a scheduling period of the terminal and a structure of a physical channel in the reverse link.

Meanwhile, the DL_MAP message is periodically broadcasted to all subscriber stations at the base station, and the case in which the subscriber station can continue to receive it is referred to as synchronization with the base station. That is, the terminals receiving the DL_MAP message can receive all messages transmitted on the forward link.

As described above in Table 3, when the subscriber station fails to access, the base station transmits the UCD message including information indicating the available backoff value to the subscriber station.

On the other hand, when performing the ranging, the subscriber station transmits an RNG_REQ message to the base station (step 415), and the base station that has received the RNG_REQ message transmits the frequency, time and the above-mentioned to the subscriber station. In step 417, an RNG_RSP message including information for power correction is transmitted.

The structure of the RNG_REQ message is as shown in Table 4 below.

In Table 4, the downlink channel ID means a forward channel ID included in the ranging request message received by the subscriber station through the UCD, and the Pending Until Complete indicates a priority of the ranging response transmitted. That is, if the Pending Until Complete is "0", the previous ranging response is given priority. If the Pending Until Complete is not "0", the currently transmitted response is given priority.

In addition, the structure of the RNG_RSP message corresponding to the RNG_REQ message shown in Table 4 is shown in Table 5 below.

In Table 5, the uplink channel ID means the ID of the uplink channel in which the base station was in the RNG_REQ message.

On the other hand, in the 802.16a system using OFDMA, in order to perform the ranging more efficiently, the RNG_REQ may be substituted by using a method of transmitting a ranging code here with a dedicated section for ranging. . The communication procedure of the broadband wireless access communication system in the OFDMA scheme as described above may be represented as shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5, the base station 520 transmits a DL_MAP message and a UL_MAP message to the subscriber station 500 (steps 511 and 513), and details are the same as those of FIG. 4. Meanwhile, in the system using the OFDMA, a ranging code is transmitted instead of the RNG_REQ message used in FIG. 4 as described above (step 515), and the base station receiving the ranging code transmits an RNG_RSP message to the subscriber station (500). (Step 517).

Meanwhile, new information should be added to include information corresponding to a ranging code transmitted to the base station in an RNG_RSP message. New information to be added to the RNG_RSP message is as follows.

1. Ranging Code: Received ranging CDMA code.

2. Ranging Symbol: OFDM symbol in the received ranging CDMA code.

3. Ranging subchannel: A ranging subchannel in the received ranging CDMA code.

4. Ranging frame number: Frame number in the received ranging CDMA code.

As described above, the IEEE 802.16a communication system currently considers only a fixed state of a subscriber station, that is, a state in which the mobility of the subscriber station is not considered at all and a single cell structure. However, as described above, the IEEE 802.16e communication system is defined as a system that considers the mobility of a subscriber station in the IEEE 802.16a communication system. Therefore, the IEEE 802.16e system is a subscriber in a multi-cell environment. The mobility of the terminal must be taken into account. In order to provide subscriber station mobility in a multi-cell environment, a change in the operations of the subscriber station and the base station is required. However, the IEEE 802.16e communication system does not propose a specific method for the mobility of multiple cells and subscriber stations. Accordingly, there is a need for a handover considering the state of performing a communication service as well as an idle state for mobility support of the subscriber station in the IEEE 802.16e communication system.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is to provide an apparatus and method for smoothly performing data communication while ensuring mobility of a user terminal included in a wireless broadband wireless communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for performing handover between base stations in a broadband wireless communication system to ensure mobility of a user terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to receive a handover request message including handover related information from a user terminal by a handover request of a serving base station and determine a base station to be handed over by a serving base station performing data communication. To propose an apparatus and method for delivery to.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a data communication apparatus and method for performing an initial ranging process repeatedly by performing a handover between base stations.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a data communication apparatus and method for transmitting a handover permission to a serving base station by a user terminal by a handover request of a serving base station.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadband wireless access communication system including a serving base station, neighboring base stations surrounding the serving base station, and at least one user terminal that currently performs communication with the serving base station. A method for performing a handover by a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving a handover measurement request message including a maximum frame time to be handed over from the serving base station; and when the handover measurement request message is received, the neighbor Measuring a carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) from each of the base stations, and at least one carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) of the measured carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) is added to the handover decision criterion information. Carrier-to-Interference that satisfies the conditions presented by Negative ratio is characterized in that it comprises the step of (CINR) requests a handover to the neighbor base stations measured by the serving base station.

The present invention for achieving the above object, in a broadband wireless access communication system having a serving base station, neighboring base stations surrounding the serving base station, and at least one user terminal to perform current communication with the serving base station A method for performing a handover by the serving base station, the method comprising: transmitting a handover measurement request message to the user terminal when a handover is requested for the user terminal, and in response to the handover measurement request message; Receiving carrier-to-interference noise ratios (CINRs) of each of the neighbor base stations from the terminal, and sorting the carrier-to-interference noise ratios (CINRs) in order of magnitude, and the aligned carriers until the handover is accepted Corresponding to the largest carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) of the Requesting whether handover is possible in the order of the neighboring base stations corresponding to the smallest carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) from the neighboring base station; and when an accept message is received from a specific neighboring base station in response to the handover availability request. And transmitting the information about the specific neighboring base station to the user terminal.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a broadband wireless access communication system includes at least one neighboring base station having a carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) that satisfies a handover decision criterion by a handover measurement request message. A user terminal requesting a handover of the user terminal and performing a handover to a specific neighboring base station notified in response to the handover request, and performing a current communication with the user terminal, After the handover measurement request message is transmitted to the user terminal, it is requested whether handover to the neighboring base station is possible according to the order of the carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) reported from the user terminal. The specific base station when the over is reported as possible And a serving base station for notifying its own terminal, and the specific neighboring base station for determining whether the user terminal can be handed over by the handover availability request, and reporting the handover to the serving base station when the handover is possible. It features.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a broadband wireless access communication system using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing / orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM / OFDMA) scheme.

2 schematically illustrates a downlink frame structure of a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDM / OFDMA scheme.

3 schematically illustrates an uplink frame structure of a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDM / OFDMA scheme.

4 is a diagram illustrating a ranging process between a user terminal and a base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using the OFDM scheme.

5 is a diagram illustrating a ranging process between a user terminal and a base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDMA scheme.

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a handover process in a broadband wireless access communication system using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing / orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM / OFDMA) scheme according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a process of determining handover at a serving base station by a handover request of a serving base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDM scheme according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating a process of determining handover at a serving base station by a handover request of a serving base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDMA scheme according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a subscriber station according to the present invention;

10 is a diagram illustrating a process of processing handover of a subscriber station that has received a handover request from a serving base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a diagram illustrating a process of performing a handover by a serving base station receiving a handover request from a subscriber station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a diagram illustrating a process of determining handover at a serving base station by a handover request of a serving base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDM scheme according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a process of determining handover at a serving base station by a handover request of a serving base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using an OFDMA scheme according to another embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a diagram illustrating a process of processing handover of a subscriber station that is requested to handover from a serving base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a diagram illustrating a process of performing a handover by a serving base station receiving a handover request from a subscriber station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a structure of a broadband wireless access communication system using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing orthogonal frequency division multiple access scheme according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16e communication system, as described in the prior art section, includes the mobility of a subscriber station (SS) in the IEEE 802.16a communication system. As a communication system considering the above, there is no specific proposal at present. However, considering the mobility of the subscriber station in the IEEE 802.16a communication system, a multi-cell structure and a handover of the subscriber station between the multicells can be considered. Thus, in the present invention, the IEEE 802.16e communication is considered. The system structure will be proposed as shown in FIG. In addition, the IEEE 802.16e communication system includes Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDMA). Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system using the above-described method, and for convenience of description, the IEEE 802.16e communication system will be described as an example.

Referring to FIG. 6, the IEEE 802.16e communication system has a multi-cell structure, that is, a base station (BS) 610 having a cell 600 and a cell 650 and managing the cell 600. ), A base station 640 that manages the cell 650, and a plurality of subscriber stations 611, 613, 630, 651, and 653. Further, signal transmission and reception between the base stations 610 and 640 and the subscriber stations 611, 613, 630, 651, and 653 are performed using the OFDM / OFDMA scheme. However, among the subscriber stations 611, 613, 630, 651, and 653, the subscriber station 630 is a border area, that is, handover, between the cell 600 and the cell 650. It exists in the area, and therefore, it is possible to support mobility for the subscriber station 630 only by supporting handover for the subscriber station 630.

In a broadband wireless mobile communication system, a subscriber station receives pilot channels transmitted from a plurality of base stations. The subscriber station measures a carrier to interference and noise ratio (hereinafter referred to as CINR) of received pilot channels. The subscriber station selects a base station having the highest CINR among the measured plurality of CINRs. That is, by selecting a base station having the best reception state among the plurality of base stations transmitting a pilot channel, the mobile station recognizes the base station to which it belongs. Hereinafter, the base station having the best reception state in the subscriber station is referred to as an active base station (Active BS) or a serving base station (Serving BS).

The subscriber station selecting the active base station receives a downlink frame and an uplink frame transmitted from the active base station. The downlink frame structure and the uplink frame structure transmitted from the active base station have a structure similar to that described above in the prior art. Table 6 shows the messages to be added for the present invention in addition to the DL_MAP messages described in Table 1 above.

MAC management message Parameter Multi Content DL_MAP Neighbor list BS Num common Neighbor list BS Neighbor list Info 1 to Neighbor list BS Num Neighbor list BS ID ID of neighbor list BSs Neighbor frequency Frequency of neighbor BSs Neighbor Frequency offset Frequency offset of neighbor BSs Neighbor Frame offset Frame Offsets of Neighbor BSs Measurement info common Pilot min CINR Minimum value that can belong to neighbor list MAX_T Maximum time that BSs in neighbor list stay below pilot min CINR MIN_T Minimum time that the largest pilot CINR among neighbor list BSs stays larger than the pilot of the active BS Measurement mode common How to measure pilot CINR (periodic or event-driven) Periodic report report period Periodic time to report measured pilot CINR to active BS Event trigger report event a Event a: The UE sends a handover request message to the active BS when the BS in the neighbor list has a pilot CINR greater than the active BS. event b Event b: When the active BS sends a message to the terminal requesting a handover, the terminal sends a handover request message to the active BS. Measurement command common Whether to set, reset or terminate the method of measuring pilot CINR Measurement configuration common measurement start frame Frame to start pilot CINR measurement measurement periodic Period to measure pilot CINR

In Table 6, it can be seen that the active base station transmits information on neighbor BSs in the DL_MAP message. The neighbor base station refers to a base station to which the subscriber station can handover from the active base station. The MAX_T refers to a maximum time at which the subscriber station receives a CINR measured using a pilot channel received from the neighbor base stations lower than the subscriber set threshold. The reason why the MAX_T is set is that the subscriber station measures CINR received from the neighbor base stations to determine whether there are neighbor base stations received below the set threshold for the set time. As a result of the determination, the neighbor base stations receiving the CINR lower than the set threshold are included in the neighbor base station list but stop measuring the CINR. The measurement of the CINRs of the neighboring base stations for which the CINR lower than the set threshold is received is an unnecessary operation, and thus is excluded. However, the neighbor base stations whose measurement of the CINR is stopped may be newly included in the neighbor base station list by the subscriber's selection. That is, when the time set by the subscriber has elapsed, the neighboring base station which has received the CINR lower than the set threshold is re-performed by the subscriber station.

The MIN_T refers to a minimum time when the subscriber station requests a handover to the neighbor base station, when the CINR received by the neighbor base station requesting the handover is higher than the CINR of the active base station. The reason why the MAX_T is set is to prevent the ping-pong phenomenon from requesting the base station handover whenever the subscriber station receives a CINR higher than the CINR of the active base station. In addition, the times may change according to the situation of each base station and the situation of a channel.

The measurement mode refers to a method of measuring a pilot CINR of the neighboring base station and reporting it to the active base station, and may report periodically or event occurrence. When reporting periodically, specify the report period value, which is the time to report periodically. When reporting an event occurrence, it is designated as an event in which the subscriber station requests handover and a case in which the active base station requests handover. When the subscriber station requests a handover in the event reporting mode, the measured pilot CINR of the neighboring base station is higher than the CINR of the active base station and the active base station requests the handover. This handover request message is transmitted to the subscriber station.

The measurement command refers to information for newly setting, resetting, or canceling information on how the subscriber station measures the pilot CINR of the neighboring base station. The active base station may instruct the subscriber station to set, reset, or terminate a new measurement method through a DL_MAP message every frame.

The measurement configuration refers to information on how the subscriber station measures the pilot CINR of the neighboring base station. The subscriber station includes information on a frame start time and a measurement period at which the pilot CINR of the neighboring base station should be measured. Through this information, the subscriber station must measure a pilot CINR of the neighboring base station at regular intervals.

The process of requesting ranging by the subscriber station receiving the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message to the active base station and transmitting the ranging response message to the subscriber station requesting the ranging are as described above. The subscriber station receiving the ranging response message performs wireless access communication with the active base station.

1. First embodiment

Hereinafter, when the active base station requests handover to the subscriber station using FIG. 7, the handover process during the wireless access communication between the subscriber station and the active base station will be described.

FIG. 7 illustrates a handover request including a pilot CINR measured by a subscriber station by the active base station requesting handover to the subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system using the OFDMA scheme according to the present invention. The process of transmitting and determining the handover is shown in the active base station. Hereinafter, a handover process in the base station to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7. 7 includes a subscriber station 701, a serving base station 702, and target base stations 703, 704. Hereinafter, the subscriber station 701 measures pilot signals of the neighbor base stations, and the serving base station 702 requests the subscriber station 701 for a handover request from the serving terminal 701. Requesting a handover to the step 702, determining a base station to perform a handover at the serving base station 702 according to the handover request of the subscriber station 701, and determining to perform the handover. A description is made of the base station, the subscriber station 701 and the ranging setup process. Hereinafter, a process of measuring pilot signals of the neighbor base stations by the subscriber station 701 will be described.

The subscriber station 701 receives the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message received from the serving base station 702 in steps 711 and 712. Detailed configurations of the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message are as described in Table 6 and Table 2 above. That is, the DL_MAP message is transmitted to the subscriber station 701 including the information shown in Table 4 above. The subscriber station 701 manages the neighbor base station list transmitted by the serving base station 702 by receiving the DL_MAP message. In addition, the subscriber station 701 measures the CINR received from the neighbor base stations in step 731 by using the neighbor base station list transmitted from the serving base station 702.

Measuring the CINR received from the neighbor base stations in the subscriber station 701 is performed by the subscriber station 701 stops receiving data transmitted from the serving base station 702. That is, the reception of data transmitted from the serving base station 702 is stopped, and the CINR received from the neighboring base station is measured during the interrupted time. However, instead of measuring CINRs received from all neighbor base stations included in the neighbor base station list, CINRs received from neighbor base stations not excluded by the MIN_T are measured.

When the serving base station 702 requests that the neighbor terminal station handles the call processing of the subscriber station 701, the serving base station 702 sends a handover measurement request message (Handoff) to the subscriber station 701 in step 724. send scan request Message). Table 7 shows a handover measurement request message transmitted from the serving base station 702 to the subscriber station 701.

MAC management message Parameter Multi content HO_SCAN_REQ Measurement IE common Measurement method required by active BS Activation time common Maximum frame time that the active BS wants to handover

According to Table 7, the serving base station 702 includes information on the activation time, which is the maximum frame time that the measurement base station and the serving base station 702 intend to handover to the subscriber station 701. Measurement IE is information on how to measure and report as shown in Table 6. When the serving base station 702 requests the handover request to the subscriber station 701, it sets to event b as shown in Table 6.

In step 713, the subscriber station 701 transmits a handover request message to the serving base station 702. Table 8 shows a handover request message transmitted from the subscriber station 701 to the serving base station 702.

MAC management message Parameter Multi Content HO_REQ Uplink Channel ID common Uplink channel ID included in the message Neighbor list BS carrier frequency 1 to Neighbor list BS Num Carrier frequency of neighboring base stations CINR of neighbor list BS Pilot CINR of neighbor list BSs QoS common What kind of service does Microsoft want to receive? BW request common BW that MS wants to be allocated

According to Table 8, the subscriber station 701 transmits the carrier frequencies of the neighbor base stations included in the neighbor base station list and the measured CINRs to the serving base station 702. The subscriber station 701 informs the channel of the subscriber station 701 in the handover area by transmitting a channel identifier of an uplink for transmitting and receiving data with the serving base station 702. The subscriber station 701 requests and specifies a quality of service and bandwidth (BW) to be serviced. The quality of service includes Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS), Real-Time Polling Service (rtPS), Non-Real-Time Polling Service (nrtPS), Best Effort Service (BE), and the like.

Hereinafter, a process of determining, by the subscriber station 701, a base station to perform handover by the subscriber terminal 701 will be described. The serving base station 702 receiving the handover request message from the subscriber station 701 sorts the neighbor base stations included in the handover request message in step 732. There are several ways to align the neighbor base stations, but in the present invention, the CINRs are arranged in size order. However, it is apparent that the surrounding base stations may be arranged in a method other than the order of the size of the CINR. In addition, as described above, the CINR of the neighboring base station from which the measurement of the CINR is stopped by the subscriber station 701 has a value of zero. The serving base station 702 may store information about the sorted neighbor base stations as a list.

The serving base station 702 sorting the neighbor base stations using the CINR information included in the handover request message transmits a handover connection request message sequentially in the sorted order. . In FIG. 7, the serving base station 702 transmits the handover connection request message to the target base station 1 703 having the highest CINR value in step 714. Table 9 shows the handover connection request message.

MAC management message Parameter Multi Content HO_CONNECTION_REQ Target BS ID common Target BS ID CID common CID of UE in serving BS QoS common What kind of service does Microsoft want to receive? BW request common BW that MS wants to be allocated

As shown in Table 9, the handover connection request message is transmitted by including the quality of service and bandwidth to be allocated by the subscriber station 701. That is, the serving base station 702 must determine whether the target base station 1 703 that has decided to perform the handover can satisfy the quality of service and bandwidth requested by the subscriber station 701. To this end, the serving base station 702 includes the information about the quality of service and bandwidth in the handover connection request message and transmits the information, and receives a response message, thereby allowing the target base station 1 703 to perform handover. It will determine whether or not.

Upon receiving the handover connection request message, the target base station1 703 transmits a handover connection response message to the serving base station 702 in response to the handover connection request message. Table 10 shows an example of the handover connection response message.

MAC management message Parameter Multi Content HO_CONNECTION_REQ Target BS ID common Target BS ID CID common CID of UE in serving BS ACK / NACK common HO Accepted

As shown in Table 10, the target base station1 703 determines whether the subscriber station 701 can support the requested quality of service and service bandwidth included in the received handover connection request message. As a result of the determination, when the subscriber station 701 can support the requested quality of service and the service bandwidth, the subscriber station 701 includes the ACK information in the handover connection response message and transmits it. If it is determined that the service quality and the service bandwidth cannot be supported, the NACK is transmitted by including information in the handover connection response message. In step 715, the target base station1 703 includes the NACK information to the serving base station 702 and transmits the handover connection response message. That is, the target base station 1 703 may know that the subscriber station 701 cannot support the service quality and bandwidth requested.

The serving base station 702 receiving the handover connection response message from the target base station 1 703 sends a handover connection request message to the target base station 2 704 having the second largest CINR value in step 732. Send it. The handover connection request message transmitted in step 716 differs only from the handover connection request message transmitted in step 714 and the target BS ID. Upon receiving the handover connection request message, the target base station 2 704 transmits a response message to the serving base station 702 to the handover connection request message. That is, the target base station 2 704 transmits the handover connection response message to the serving base station 702 in step 717. As described above, the target base station 2 704 determines whether the subscriber station 701 can support the requested quality of service and bandwidth, and transmits the determined value in the handover connection response message. In FIG. 7, the target base station 2 (704) can support the quality of service and bandwidth requested by the subscriber station 701.

The serving base station 702 which receives the handover connection response message from the target base station 2 704 transmits a handover response message to the subscriber station 301 in step 718. The handover response message includes information about a neighbor base station from which handover is determined and a frequency band used by the neighbor base station. Table 11 shows an example of the handover response message.

MAC management message Parameter Multi Content HO_RSP Target BS ID common Target BS ID Target BS carrier frequency common Carrier Frequency of Target BS

The serving base station 702 transmitting the handover response message in step 718 transmits a handover connection confirmation message to the target base station 2 704 in which the handover is determined in step 719. Table 12 shows an example of the handover connection confirmation message.

MAC management message Parameter Multi Content HO_CONNECTION_CFM Target BS ID common Target BS ID CID common CID of UE in serving BS

The serving base station 702 transmitting the handover connection confirmation message to the target base station 2 704 releases the call connected to the subscriber station 301 in step 733.

In step 720 and 721, the target base station 2 704 transmits DL-MAP and UL_MAP to the user terminal 701. The DL-MAP and UL_MAP are updated with the information of the user terminal 701 and transmitted. After receiving the DL-MAP and the UL_MAP, the user terminal 701 transmits a ranging request message to the target base station 2 704 in step 722. Upon receiving the ranging request message, the target base station 2 704 transmits a ranging response message to the user terminal 701 in step 723. Detailed processes performed in steps 720 to 723 are the same as those performed in steps 411 to 417.

8 illustrates a process of determining a handover at a base station by a handover request of a subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system using the OFDMA scheme according to the present invention. 8 is composed of the same devices as in FIG. 7. In addition, steps 811 to 833 of FIG. 8 are performed by the same process as steps 711 to 734 of FIG. 7. In addition, steps 820 to 823 of FIG. 8 are performed by the same process as that performed in steps 511 to 517 of FIG. 5. Therefore, the detailed description of FIG. 8 will be briefly made.

9 shows the structure of a subscriber station according to the present invention. 9 includes a matched filter 900, a reception power measurement unit 910, a reception power comparison unit 920, a control unit 930, and a transmission unit 940. The PN code for synchronization detection received at the receiver outputs a predetermined energy value depending on whether the synchronization is matched through a matched filter 900. On the other hand, the use of a correlation detector (correlator) instead of the matching filter 900 has the same effect. The matched filter 900 compares the values of the received PN code for synchronization detection with the unique PN code stored for each receiver and outputs a value for the same code. That is, the matched filter 900 sequentially inputs the received signal into a predetermined window, and adds the calculated value by performing bit operation in parallel with the value of the unique PN code as described above. Therefore, when the value of the received signal and the unique PN code stored in the receiver match, the maximum value is output as a state in which synchronization is autocorrelation. If the received signal does not coincide with the inherent PN value, a relatively low value is output since the synchronization is not matched. In general, the output values are compared with a predetermined threshold to determine whether or not a synchronization match. As a result, it is possible to determine whether to match the synchronization through the output value of the matched filter (900).

The reception power measuring unit 910 measures the reception power of the received pilot channel when the synchronization with the pilot channel transmitted from the neighboring base station is matched by the matching filter 900. That is, the reception power measurement unit 910 measures the CINR of the received pilot channel, and transmits information on the measured CINR for the pilot channel to the reception power comparison unit 920. The reception power comparison unit 920 compares the CINRs of the neighbor base stations received from the reception power measurement unit 910 with a threshold stored in advance. As a result of the comparison, when the CINRs measured from one or more neighbor base stations of the neighbor base stations are larger than the threshold, the reception power comparison unit 920 proceeds to the next process. That is, it is compared whether the CINRs of one or more neighboring base stations among the CINRs of neighboring base stations exceeding the threshold have a value greater than the CINR of the serving base station. As a result of the comparison, it is determined whether the CINR of the neighboring base station is greater than the CINR of the serving base station. The reception power controller 920 transmits the determined result to the controller 930. The controller 930 determines whether to request a handover to the serving base station based on the information transmitted from the reception power comparator 920.

That is, when the CINR of the pilot channel transmitted and measured from the neighbor base stations is greater than the measured CINR from the serving base station, the controller 930 determines to request a handover to the neighbor base station. The controller 930 that determines to request the handover generates a handover request message to the transmitter 940 and controls to transmit the generated handover request message to the serving base station. The transmitter 940 generates the handover request message by the control command of the controller 930 and transmits the generated handover request message to the serving base station.

10 is a diagram illustrating an operation in a user terminal according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the user terminal to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10. The user terminal reads the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message received from the serving base station in steps 1000 and 1002. In step 1004, the user terminal reads a list of neighbor base stations included in the DL_MAP message. The neighbor base station list includes information on neighbor base stations received from the serving base station.

The user terminal measures the CINR for the pilot channel transmitted from the neighbor base stations in step 1006. The number of neighbor base stations delivered from the serving base station is BS_1 to BS_MUX. Therefore, in step 1006, the user terminal measures the CINR for the BS_1 and moves to step 1008. In step 1008, the user terminal determines whether the number of the neighbor base station whose CINR is measured is smaller than BS_MUX. If the determined number of the neighboring base stations is equal to or greater than the BS_MUX, the procedure moves to step 1010. If the determined number of the neighboring base stations is smaller than the BS_MUX, the procedure goes to step 1006. The subscriber station moving to step 1006 increments the number of the neighbor base station by one and measures the CINR of the neighbor base station having the increased number.

In step 1010, the user terminal compares the CINR for the neighbor base stations with the CINR for the serving (active) base station. Of course, before comparing the CINRs of the neighbor base stations and the CINRs of the serving base station, as described above, the comparison of the CINRs and thresholds of the neighbor base stations is performed. As a result of the comparison, if the maximum CINR among the CINRs of the neighboring base stations is smaller than the CINR of the serving base station, the subscriber station moves to step 1000 and receives the DL_MAP message. If the maximum CINR among the CINRs of the neighboring base stations is equal to or greater than the CINR of the serving base station, the subscriber station determines to request a handover and moves to step 1012.

In step 1010, if the maximum CINR among the CINRs of the neighbor base stations is smaller than that of the serving base station, the user terminal determines whether the handover measurement request message is received from the serving base station in step 1026. When the serving base station requests handover, the user terminal receives the handover measurement request message. If the handover measurement request message has not been received, the process moves to step 1000 and receives a DL_MAP message transmitted by the serving base station.

When the subscriber station receives the handover measurement message from the serving base station, the subscriber station transmits a handover request message to the serving base station in step 1012. The detailed structure of the handover request message is described in Table 6. The subscriber station that has transmitted the handover request message receives the handover response message in step 1014. The detailed structure of the handover response message is described in Table 11. In relation to FIG. 10, the handover response message includes information indicating that the subscriber station accepts the handover requested. In step 1016, the subscriber station reads an identifier of a target base station included in the handover response message and a carrier frequency used by the target base station.

In step 1018, the subscriber station changes the frequency of the subscriber station to the frequency of the target base station. By performing such a process, the subscriber station stops data transmission and reception with the serving base station and performs a process for performing data transmission and reception with the target base station. To this end, the subscriber station reads the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message transmitted from the target base station in steps 1020 and 1022 and performs data transmission and reception with the target base station in step 1024.

11 is a diagram illustrating an operation in a serving base station according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the serving base station to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 11. The serving base station transmits a DL_MAP message and a UL_MAP message to the user terminal in steps 1100 and 1102.

When the serving base station transmits a handover measurement message to the subscriber station in step 1122, the subscriber station transmits a handover request message, and the serving base station receives a handover request message in step 1104 from the subscriber station. The structure of the handover request message is described in detail in Table 8. In step 1106, the serving base station sorts the CINRs of neighbor base stations included in the handover request message in order of size. As shown in FIG. 9, the number of neighbor base stations is BS_1 to BS_MAX. When the alignment process for the neighbor base stations is completed, the serving base station transmits a handover connection request message to the neighbor base station having the largest CINR among the aligned neighbor base stations in step 1108. The structure of the handover connection request message is described in detail in Table 9.

The serving base station which has transmitted the handover connection request message receives a handover connection response message from a neighbor base station which has transmitted the handover connection request message in step 1110. The structure of the handover connection response message is described in detail in Table 8. The serving base station receiving the handover connection response message determines in step 1112 whether the neighboring base station that has requested the handover can support the handover. If it is determined that the handover can be supported, the method proceeds to step 1116. The serving base station moved to step 1114 selects a neighbor base station having the second largest CINR and transmits the handover connection request message to the selected neighbor base station.

In step 1116, the serving base station transmits a handover connection confirmation message to a neighbor base station capable of supporting the handover. The structure of the handover connection confirmation message is described in detail in Table 11. The serving base station which has transmitted the handover connection confirmation message transmits a handover response message to the subscriber station in step 1118. The structure of the handover response message is described in detail in Table 11. In addition, the order of performing steps 1116 and 1118 may be changed by a subscriber's selection. The serving base station performing steps 1116 and 1118 releases a link (call) connected to the subscriber station in step 1120.

2. Second embodiment

Hereinafter, another example of a handover process during wireless access communication between the subscriber station and the active base station when the active base station requests handover to the subscriber station will be described with reference to FIG. 12.

FIG. 12 is a view illustrating a pilot CINR measured by a subscriber station by requesting handover to a specific neighboring base station by the active base station from a subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system using the OFDMA scheme according to the present invention. A process of determining the handover in the active base station by transmitting a handover request to the active base station is illustrated. Hereinafter, a handover process in the base station to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 12. 12 is composed of subscriber station 1201, serving base station 1202, and target base stations 1203, 1204. Hereinafter, the subscriber station 1201 measures the pilot signals of the neighbor base stations, and the serving base station 1202 requests the subscriber station 1201 to perform a handover request. Requesting a handover to the terminal 1202, determining a base station to perform a handover at the serving base station 1202 according to the handover request of the subscriber station 1201, and determining to perform the handover. A description is made of the base station, the subscriber station 1201, and the ranging setup process. First, a process of measuring pilot signals of the neighbor base stations in the subscriber station 1201 will be described.

The subscriber station 1201 receives the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message received from the serving base station 1202 in steps 1211 and 1212. Detailed configurations of the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message are as described in Table 6 and Table 2 above. That is, the DL_MAP message is transmitted to the subscriber station 1201 including the information shown in Table 4 above. The subscriber station 1201 manages the list of neighbor base stations transmitted by the serving base station 1202 by receiving the DL_MAP message. In addition, the subscriber station 1201 measures the CINR received from the neighbor base stations in step 1231 using the neighbor base station list transmitted from the serving base station 1202.

Measuring the CINR received from the neighbor base stations in the subscriber station 1201 is performed by the subscriber station 1201 stopping the reception of data transmitted from the serving base station 1202. That is, the reception of data transmitted from the serving base station 1202 is stopped, and the CINR received from the neighboring base station is measured during the interrupted time. However, instead of measuring CINRs received from all neighbor base stations included in the neighbor base station list, CINRs received from neighbor base stations not excluded by the MIN_T are measured.

When the serving base station 1202 requests to process the call processing of the subscriber station 1201 in another neighboring base station, in step 1224, the serving base station 1202 is the neighbor base station to which the subscriber station 1201 wants to hand over Send a Handoff request message including the ID of the. Table 13 below shows a handover request message transmitted from the serving base station 1202 to the subscriber station 1201.

According to Table 13, the serving base station 1202 relates to the ID of the neighboring base station to handover to the subscriber station 1201, and the measurement IE and the activation time which is the maximum frame time to be handed over by the serving base station 1202. Contains information. The Measurement IE is information on how to measure and report as shown in Table 6. When the serving base station 1202 requests the subscriber station 1201 to request a handover, the serving base station 1202 sets an event b as shown in Table 6.

In step 1213, the subscriber station 1201 transmits a handover response message to the serving base station 1202. Table 14 shows a handover response message transmitted from the subscriber station 1201 to the serving base station 1202.

According to Table 14, the subscriber station 1201 determines the carrier frequency of the neighbor base stations included in the neighbor base station list to the serving base station 1202, including whether the neighbor base station that the base station has requested a handover has been accepted, and measured. Send CINRs. If the neighbor base station to be handed over presented by the serving base station 1202 is included in the neighbor base station of the DL_MAP 1211 received by the subscriber station 1201, the neighbor base station is sent with an NACK response if not included. The measured pilot CINR is transmitted to the serving base station in step 1213 through HO_RSP. The subscriber station 1201 informs the channel of the subscriber station 1201 in the handover area by transmitting a channel identifier of an uplink that transmits and receives data with the serving base station 1202. The subscriber station 1201 requests and specifies a quality of service and bandwidth (BW) to be serviced. The quality of service includes Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS), Real-Time Polling Service (rtPS), Non-Real-Time Polling Service (nrtPS), Best Effort Service (BE), and the like.

Hereinafter, when the subscriber station 1201 sends a NACK to a HO_RSP message by the handover request of the serving base station 1202, the subscriber station 1201 determines a process of determining a base station to perform a handover. . The serving base station 1202 receiving the handover response message from the subscriber station 1201 arranges the neighbor base stations included in the handover response message in step 1232. There are several ways to align the neighbor base stations, but in the present invention, the CINRs are arranged in size order. However, it is apparent that the neighbor base stations may be arranged in a manner other than the order of the size of the CINR. In addition, as described above, the CINR of the neighboring base station from which the measurement of the CINR is stopped by the subscriber station 1201 has a value of zero. The serving base station 1202 may store information on the sorted neighbor base stations as a list.

The serving base station 1202 sorting the neighbor base stations by using the CINR information included in the handover request message transmits a handover connection request message sequentially in the sorted order. . In FIG. 12, the serving base station 1202 transmits the handover connection request message to the target base station 1 1203 having the highest CINR value in step 1214. The handover connection request message is already shown in Table 9.

As shown in Table 9, the handover connection request message includes the quality of service to be serviced and the bandwidth to be allocated by the subscriber station 1201. That is, the serving base station 1202 must determine whether the target base station 1 1203 that has decided to perform the handover can satisfy the service quality and bandwidth requested by the subscriber station 1201. To this end, the serving base station 1202 includes the information on the quality of service and bandwidth in the handover connection request message and transmits the information, and receives a response message, thereby receiving the response message. It will determine whether or not.

Upon receiving the handover connection request message, the target base station1 1203 transmits a handover connection response message to the serving base station 1202 in response to the handover connection request message. An example of the handover connection response message is already shown in Table 10.

As shown in Table 10, the target base station 1 1203 determines whether the subscriber station 1201 requested service quality and service bandwidth included in the received handover connection request message can be supported. As a result of the determination, when the subscriber station 1201 can support the requested quality of service and the service bandwidth, ACK information is included in the handover connection response message and transmitted. If it is determined that the service quality and the service bandwidth cannot be supported, the NACK is transmitted by including information in the handover connection response message. In step 1215, the target base station 1 1203 includes the NACK information to the serving base station 1202 and transmits the handover connection response message. That is, the target base station 1 1203 can know that the subscriber station 1201 cannot support the service quality and bandwidth requested.

The serving base station 1202 which has received the handover connection response message from the target base station 1 1203 is the target base station 2 1204 having the second largest CINR value in step 1232. Send it. The handover connection request message transmitted in step 1216 differs only from the handover connection request message transmitted in step 1214 and the target BS ID. Upon receiving the handover connection request message, the target base station 2 1204 transmits a response message for the handover connection request message to the serving base station 1202. That is, the target base station 2 1204 transmits the handover connection response message to the serving base station 1202 in step 1217. As described above, the target base station 2 1204 determines whether the subscriber station 1201 can support the requested quality of service and bandwidth, and transmits the determined value in the handover connection response message. In FIG. 12, the target base station 2 1204 can support the quality of service and bandwidth requested by the subscriber station 1201.

The serving base station 1202 which has received the handover connection response message from the target base station 2 1204 transmits a handover response message to the subscriber station 301 in step 1218. The handover response message includes information about a neighbor base station from which handover is determined and a frequency band used by the neighbor base station. The handover response message uses a message sent from the serving base station to the subscriber station in Table 8.

The serving base station 1202 which has transmitted the handover response message in step 1218 transmits a handoff connection confirmation message to the target base station 2 1204 in which the handover is determined in step 1219. An example of the handover connection confirmation message is shown in Table 11.

The serving base station 1202 that has transmitted the handover connection confirmation message to the target base station 2 1204 releases the call connected to the subscriber station 301 in step 1233.

In steps 1220 and 1221, the target base station 2 1204 transmits DL-MAP and UL_MAP to the user terminal 1201. The DL-MAP and UL_MAP are updated with the information of the user terminal 1201 and transmitted. The user terminal 1201 receiving the DL-MAP and the UL_MAP transmits a ranging request message to the target base station 2 1204 in step 1222. Upon receiving the ranging request message, the target base station 2 1204 transmits a ranging response message to the user terminal 1201 in step 1223. The detailed process performed in steps 1220 through 1223 is the same as the process performed in steps 411 through 417.

FIG. 13 illustrates a process of determining a handover at a base station by a handover request of a serving base station in a broadband wireless access communication system using the OFDMA scheme according to the present invention. 13 is composed of the same devices as in FIG. 12. In addition, steps 1311 to 1333 of FIG. 13 are performed by the same process as steps 1211 to 1234 of FIG. 12. In addition, steps 1320 to 1323 of FIG. 13 are performed by the same process as that performed in steps 511 to 517 of FIG. 5. Therefore, the detailed description of FIG. 13 will be briefly made.

14 is a diagram illustrating an operation in a user terminal according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the user terminal to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 14. The user terminal reads the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message received from the serving base station in steps 1400 and 1402. In step 1404, the user terminal reads a list of neighbor base stations included in the DL_MAP message. The neighbor base station list includes information on neighbor base stations received from the serving base station.

The user terminal measures the CINR for the pilot channel transmitted from the neighbor base stations in step 1406. The number of neighbor base stations delivered from the serving base station is BS_1 to BS_MUX. Therefore, in step 1406, the user terminal measures the CINR for the BS_1 and moves to step 1408. In step 1408, the user terminal determines whether the number of the neighbor base station whose CINR is measured is smaller than BS_MUX. If the determined number of the neighboring base station is equal to or greater than the BS_MUX, the procedure moves to step 1410. If the number of the measured neighboring base station is less than the BS_MUX, the procedure goes to step 1406. In step 1406, the subscriber station increments the number of the neighbor base station by one and measures the CINR of the neighbor base station having the increased number.

In step 1410, the user terminal compares the CINR for the neighbor base stations with the CINR for the serving (active) base station. Of course, before comparing the CINRs of the neighbor base stations and the CINRs of the serving base station, as described above, the comparison of the CINRs and thresholds of the neighbor base stations is performed. If the maximum CINR among the CINRs of the neighboring base stations is smaller than the CINR of the serving base station, the subscriber station moves to step 1400 to receive the DL_MAP message. If the maximum CINR among the CINRs of the neighboring base stations is equal to or greater than the CINR of the serving base station, the subscriber station determines to request a handover and moves to step 1412.

In step 1410, if the maximum CINR among the CINRs of the neighbor base stations is smaller than the CINR of the serving base station, the user terminal determines whether the handover request message is received from the serving base station in step 1426. When requesting this handover, the user terminal receives the handover request message. If the handover measurement request message has not been received, the process moves to step 1400 to receive and perform the DL_MAP message transmitted from the serving base station.

When the subscriber station receives the handover request message from the serving base station, the subscriber station checks whether the ID of the neighboring base station included in the handover request message is included in the neighboring base station of DL_MAP. In step 1428, the HO_RSP message transmission is performed. In step 1412, the handover response message is transmitted to the serving base station. The detailed structure of the handover response message is described in Table 14. The subscriber station transmitting the handover response message receives a handover response message from the serving base station in step 1414. The detailed structure of the handover response message is described in Table 14. Referring to FIG. 14, the handover response message includes information indicating that the subscriber station accepts the handover requested. In step 1416, the subscriber station reads the identifier of the target base station included in the handover response message and the carrier frequency used by the target base station.

In step 1418, the subscriber station changes the frequency of the subscriber station to the frequency of the target base station. By performing such a process, the subscriber station stops data transmission and reception with the serving base station and performs a process for performing data transmission and reception with the target base station. To this end, the subscriber station reads the DL_MAP message and the UL_MAP message transmitted from the target base station in steps 1420 and 1422 and performs data transmission and reception with the target base station in step 1424.

15 is a diagram illustrating an operation in a serving base station according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the serving base station to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 15. The serving base station transmits a DL_MAP message and a UL_MAP message to the user terminal in steps 1500 and 1502.

When the serving base station transmits a handover request message to the subscriber station in step 1522, the subscriber station transmits a handover response message and the serving base station receives a handover response message in step 1504 from the subscriber station. The structure of the handover request message is described in detail in Table 7. If the ACK is included in the handover response message, the subscriber station indicates that handover to the base station to which the serving base station has requested handover is possible. The serving base station receiving the handover response including the ACK transmits a handover response message to the subscriber station in step 1518. The structure of the handover response message is described in detail in Table 8. In addition, the order of performing steps 1516 and 1518 may be changed by a subscriber's selection. The serving base station performing steps 1516 and 1518 releases the link (call) associated with the subscriber station in step 1520.

On the other hand, when receiving the handover response message including the NACK in step 1524, the serving base station arranges the CINRs for the neighbor base stations included in the handover response message in size order. As shown in FIG. 9, the number of neighbor base stations is BS_1 to BS_MAX. When the alignment process for the neighbor base stations is completed, the serving base station transmits a handover connection request message to the neighbor base station having the largest CINR among the aligned neighbor base stations in step 1508. The structure of the handover connection request message is described in detail in Table 9.

The serving base station which has transmitted the handover connection request message receives a handover connection response message from a neighbor base station which has transmitted the handover connection request message in step 1510. The structure of the handover connection response message is described in detail in Table 10. Upon receiving the handover connection response message, the serving base station determines whether the neighboring base station that has requested the handover can support the handover in step 1512. If it is determined that the handover can be supported, the procedure proceeds to step 1516. The serving base station moved to step 1514 selects a neighbor base station having the second largest CINR and transmits the handover connection request message to the selected neighbor base station.

In step 1516, the serving base station transmits a handover connection confirmation message to a neighbor base station capable of supporting the handover. The structure of the handover connection confirmation message is described in detail in Table 11. The serving base station which has transmitted the handover connection confirmation message transmits a handover response message to the subscriber station in step 1518. The structure of the handover response message is described in detail in Table 8. In addition, the order of performing steps 1516 and 1518 may be changed by a subscriber's selection. The serving base station performing steps 1516 and 1518 releases the link (call) associated with the subscriber station in step 1520.

As described above, the present invention provides a handover to a new base station by requesting a handover from a subscriber station to distribute the call processing of the subscriber station of an overloaded cell in a multi-cell structure to support mobility of the subscriber station. Will be able to perform In the existing single cell structure, it is not possible to distribute terminal call processing to other cells and thus cannot accommodate subscriber terminals when overloaded. According to the present invention, when the cell is overloaded, the base station may request a handover to the new base station to distribute the call processing of the terminal to accommodate more subscriber stations.

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A method for handing over to a serving base station by a mobile terminal in a broadband wireless access communication system having a serving base station, neighboring base stations surrounding the serving base station, and a user terminal that currently communicates with the serving base station, Receiving information about the neighbor base stations and handover determination reference information of the user terminal from the serving base station; Measuring a carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR) from each of the neighbor base stations obtained by the information about the neighbor base stations; The serving base station requests a handover to the terminal, and conditions for which at least one of the measured carrier to interference noise ratios (CINRs) is presented by the handover decision criterion information And if satisfied, responding to the serving base station with a handover to a neighboring base station from which a carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) that satisfies the conditions is measured. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the neighbor base stations includes a number of neighbor base stations, base station identifiers identifying the neighbor base stations, and carrier frequencies of the respective neighbor base stations. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the handover decision criterion information is a minimum carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR), a maximum holding time and a minimum holding time. 4. The carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR) measured from the serving base station and the first condition that the condition is less than the minimum carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR) should not last for the maximum hold time. A second condition that a greater state should persist for the minimum hold time, wherein a carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR) that satisfies the second condition among carrier to interference noise ratios (CINRs) measured from the neighbor base stations Is present, handover to neighbor base stations corresponding to a carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) that satisfies the first condition. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein carriers are no longer carriers for neighbor base stations corresponding to a carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR) that does not satisfy the first condition among carrier to interference noise ratios (CINRs) measured from the neighbor base stations. Said method characterized in that it does not measure the CINR. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the handover at the serving base station transmits carrier-to-interference noise ratios (CINRs) of the neighbor base stations together with a quality of service and an allocated bandwidth. 7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR) of the neighbor base stations except for the neighbor base station that has requested the handover among the neighbor base stations is set to zero.