WO2011148798A1

WO2011148798A1 - Communication system, mobile station device, base station device, measurement method and integrated circuit

Info

Publication number: WO2011148798A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/061085
Authority: WO
Inventors: 克成上村
Original assignee: シャープ株式会社
Priority date: 2010-05-25
Filing date: 2011-05-13
Publication date: 2011-12-01
Also published as: JP2011249964A

Abstract

In the disclosed communication system, a measurement gap is efficiently set between a mobile station device (1) and a base station device (2). The communication system comprises a base station device (2) which sends and receives in a multiple frequency bandwidth cells, and the mobile station device (1) which wirelessly connects with the base station device (2) simultaneously using cells of multiple set frequency bands. The base station device (2), for each frequency bandwidth, sets the information necessary for measurement of said frequency bandwidths to the mobile station device (1); the mobile station device (1) determines on the basis of the reception performance of the mobile station device (1) whether or not it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency bandwidth in order to measure the set frequency bandwidths, generates gap necessity information indicating the determination result and transmits said gap necessity information to the base station device (2).

Description

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

The present invention relates to a communication system, a mobile station device, a base station device, a measurement method, and an integrated circuit, and particularly when the mobile station device is wirelessly connected to the base station device using a plurality of set frequency bands simultaneously. The present invention relates to a frequency band measurement method.

3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 3GPP, which is a standardization project, has evolved to realize high-speed communication by adopting OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Frequency Division) Multiplexing (OFDM) communication method and flexible scheduling in predetermined frequency and time units called resource blocks Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (hereinafter referred to as EUTRA) is being studied, and further development of Advanced EUTRA (also referred to as LTE-Advanced) is underway.

Advanced EUTRA proposes Carrier Aggregation as a technology that enables higher-speed data transmission while maintaining compatibility with EUTRA. Carrier aggregation is a method of receiving data of a transmitting device transmitted in a plurality of different frequency bands (also referred to as carrier frequency and component carrier) by receiving devices corresponding to different frequency bands. It is a technology that improves the rate. In the following description, a receiving apparatus in downlink transmission is referred to as a mobile station apparatus, a transmitting apparatus in downlink transmission is referred to as a base station apparatus, and a receiving apparatus in uplink transmission is referred to as a base station apparatus or uplink transmission. Although the transmitting apparatus is described as a mobile station apparatus, the scope of application of the present invention is not necessarily limited to these apparatuses.

Since an Advanced 装置 EUTRA mobile station apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a mobile station apparatus) needs to receive and measure a plurality of component carriers, the mobile station apparatus may include a wider range of receiving devices or receiving devices than EUTRA. is assumed. For example, the maximum frequency bandwidth applied to EUTRA is 20 MHz. However, in Advanced EUTRA, the frequency bandwidth is expanded to a maximum of 100 MHz by carrier aggregation.

At this time, as a configuration of the receiving device of the mobile station apparatus, one 100 MHz receiving device may be provided, or five 20 MHz receiving devices may be provided. As described above, it is pointed out that when a configuration of a receiving device different for each mobile station apparatus is possible, measurement control different from the configuration of one conventional receiving device is required. The receiving device includes a receiving antenna and a wireless baseband processing unit.

In Non-Patent Document 1, there is no measurement gap (Measurement gap) based on the mobile station device capability (UE capability) and radio frequency chain (Radio Frequency Chain) settings for different frequency measurement of the mobile station device during carrier aggregation. It is shown that there are cases where different frequency measurement is possible and cases where a measurement gap is required. In particular, the mobile station apparatus capability takes into account reception capability (capability related to receivable frequency bands and measurable frequency bands).

The radio frequency chain indicates a combination of the maximum reception bandwidth of a certain frequency band and the configuration of the receiving device in the mobile station apparatus, and a plurality of radio frequency chains may be settable. The measurement gap is necessary for stopping reception processing of a cell in a certain frequency band and performing measurement in another frequency band, and guaranteeing that no data packet is allocated to the mobile station apparatus. It is a section.

For example, the mobile station apparatus includes two receiving devices, one (radio frequency chain_1) can receive a frequency bandwidth of 60 MHz in the 800 MHz band and the 2 GHz band, and the other (radio frequency chain_2) is 2 GHz. In the case where it is possible to receive a frequency bandwidth of 40 MHz in the band and it is desired to simultaneously receive three 20 MHz frequency bands in the 2 GHz band (that is, when a reception bandwidth of 60 MHz is required), the mobile station device It is also possible to select the radio frequency chain_1 and operate the receiving device of the radio frequency chain_1 to perform a reception process of 60 MHz. The receiving device of the radio frequency chain_1 receives 20 MHz, and the remaining 40 MHz is wirelessly transmitted. It can also be received by a receiving device of the frequency chain_2.

In Non-Patent Document 2, in order to notify the configuration of the receiving device of the mobile station apparatus, the mobile station apparatus capability (UE capability) is expanded, the number of radio frequency chains, the frequency bands that can be received in each radio frequency chain, It is shown that the number of component carriers that can be received in the radio frequency chain is newly transmitted to the base station apparatus, and notification is made as to whether or not a measurement gap is necessary in the different frequency measurement.

Non-Patent Document 1 does not describe how the base station apparatus should determine whether or not the mobile station apparatus needs a measurement gap for measuring different frequencies.

Non-Patent Document 2 can estimate whether or not a measurement gap is necessary based on the mobile station device capability of the mobile station device notified by the base station device, but the receiving device that is actually operated by the mobile station device I do n’t know until. Therefore, even when the mobile station apparatus needs a measurement gap for measuring different frequencies, there arises a problem that the base station apparatus does not allocate the measurement gap.

In view of the above problems, the present invention is effective between a mobile station apparatus and a base station apparatus when the mobile station apparatus is wirelessly connected to the base station apparatus using a plurality of set frequency bands at the same time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication system, a mobile station apparatus, a base station apparatus, a measurement method, and an integrated circuit that can set a measurement gap in an automatic manner.

(1) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has taken the following measures. That is, the communication system of the present invention includes a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells, and a mobile station apparatus that is wirelessly connected to the base station apparatus using the set frequency band cells simultaneously. In the communication system configured, the base station device sets a plurality of pieces of information necessary for measuring a frequency band for the mobile station device for each frequency band, and the mobile station device Based on the reception capability, it is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the plurality of set frequency bands, and gap necessity information indicating the determination result is generated And transmitting to the base station apparatus.

(2) In the communication system of the present invention, the mobile station apparatus sets information indicating that a measurement gap needs to be set as at least one frequency band for which reception processing is stopped as the gap necessity information. It is characterized by doing.

(3) In the communication system of the present invention, the gap necessity information is included in an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message.

(4) In the communication system of the present invention, the gap necessity information is included in a measurement setting completion message.

(5) In addition, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus using the base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in cells of a plurality of frequency bands and the set cells of the plurality of frequency bands at the same time. A mobile station apparatus in a communication system including mobile station apparatuses, wherein a plurality of pieces of information necessary for measurement of a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station apparatus are set for each frequency band, and the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus And determining whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the set frequency bands, and generating gap necessity information indicating the determination result, It transmits to the said base station apparatus, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

(6) The mobile station apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that information indicating that a measurement gap needs to be set for at least one frequency band for which reception processing is stopped is set as the gap necessity information. Yes.

(7) Moreover, the base station apparatus of the present invention wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus using the base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in cells of a plurality of frequency bands and the set cells of the plurality of frequency bands at the same time. A base station apparatus in a communication system composed of mobile station apparatuses, wherein a plurality of pieces of information necessary for frequency band measurement are set for each frequency band for the mobile station apparatus, and at least for the set frequency band Gap necessity information indicating whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of one frequency band is received from the mobile station apparatus, and a measurement gap is set for the frequency band indicated by the gap necessity information. It is said.

(8) Moreover, the measuring method of the mobile station apparatus of this invention is the base station apparatus which transmits / receives in the cell of a some frequency band, and the said base station apparatus using the set cell of the said some frequency band simultaneously. A method for measuring a mobile station apparatus to be wirelessly connected, wherein a plurality of pieces of information necessary for measurement of a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station apparatus are set for each frequency band, based on the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus, It is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure a plurality of set frequency bands, and the base station apparatus generates gap necessity information indicating the determination result It is characterized by transmitting to.

(9) Moreover, the integrated circuit mounted in the mobile station apparatus of the present invention uses the base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells and the base station apparatus using the set cells in the plurality of frequency bands at the same time. An integrated circuit that is implemented in a mobile station apparatus that is wirelessly connected to the station apparatus, and that allows the mobile station apparatus to perform a plurality of functions, and that is necessary for measuring a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station apparatus Whether or not it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the set frequency bands based on the function of setting a plurality of frequency bands for each frequency band and the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus A function of determining whether or not the mobile station apparatus exhibits a series of functions including a function of generating gap transmission necessity information indicating the determination result and transmitting the information to the base station apparatus. It is a symptom.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the mobile station apparatus is wirelessly connected to the base station apparatus using a plurality of set frequency bands at the same time, the measurement gap between the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus is It is possible to provide a communication system, a mobile station apparatus, a base station apparatus, a measurement method, and an integrated circuit capable of matching the determinations of the necessity.

It is the block diagram which showed an example of the mobile station apparatus 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed an example of the base station apparatus 2 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the sequence chart shown about the method with which the mobile station apparatus 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention notifies mobile station apparatus capability. 5 is a sequence chart illustrating a method for notifying the base station apparatus 2 of the necessity of a measurement gap when the mobile station apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention performs different frequency measurement. It is the sequence chart shown about the method of notifying the necessity of a measurement gap to the base station apparatus 2 when the mobile station apparatus 1 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention performs different frequency measurement. It is another sequence chart shown about the method of notifying the necessity of a measurement gap to the base station apparatus 2 when the mobile station apparatus 1 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention performs different frequency measurement. It is a figure which shows an example of the communication network structure which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Before describing the embodiments of the present invention, physical channels and carrier aggregation related to the present invention will be described.

[Physical channel]
A physical channel (or physical signal) used in EUTRA and Advanced EUTRA will be described. The physical channel includes a downlink channel in the downlink transmitted from the base station apparatus to the mobile station apparatus, and an uplink channel in the uplink transmitted from the mobile station apparatus to the base station apparatus. The physical channel may be added or changed in the future in EUTRA and Advanced EUTRA. However, even if the physical channel is changed, the description of each embodiment of the present invention is not affected.

The synchronization signal (Synchronization Signals) is composed of three types of primary synchronization signals and secondary synchronization signals composed of 31 types of codes arranged alternately in the frequency band. By the combination, 504 kinds of cell identifiers (cell ID, PCI; “Physical” Cell “Identifier”) for identifying the base station apparatus and frame timing for radio synchronization are shown. The mobile station device specifies the cell ID of the synchronization signal received by the cell search.

The physical broadcast information channel (PBCH) is transmitted for the purpose of reporting control parameters (broadcast information (system information); System information) that are commonly used by mobile station apparatuses in the cell. Broadcast information that is not notified on the physical broadcast information channel is transmitted as a layer 3 message (system information) using the downlink shared channel, with the radio resource being notified on the downlink control channel. As broadcast information, a cell global identifier (CGI; Cell Global Identifier) indicating a cell-specific identifier, a tracking area identifier (TAI; Tracking Area Identifier) for managing a paging standby area, a cell frequency bandwidth, downlink and uplink The correspondence relationship of the frequency band is notified.

The downlink reference signal is a pilot signal transmitted at a predetermined power for each cell. The downlink reference signal is a known signal that is periodically repeated at a frequency / time position based on a predetermined rule. The mobile station apparatus measures the reception quality for each cell by receiving the downlink reference signal. Also, the mobile station apparatus uses the downlink reference signal as a reference signal for demodulating the downlink control channel or the downlink shared channel transmitted simultaneously with the downlink reference signal. As a sequence used for the downlink reference signal, a sequence that can be identified for each cell is used. In addition, although a downlink reference signal may be described as cell specific RS (Cell-specific reference | standard signals), the use and the meaning are the same.

The downlink control channel (PDCCH: Physical Downlink Control Channel) is transmitted in several OFDM symbols from the beginning of each subframe, and is transmitted to the mobile station device by radio resource allocation information according to the scheduling of the base station device or transmission Used to indicate the amount of power increase / decrease adjustment. The mobile station apparatus monitors (monitors) the downlink control channel addressed to itself before transmitting / receiving the layer 3 message (paging, handover command, etc.) that is downlink data or downlink control data, and By receiving the downlink control channel, it is necessary to acquire radio resource allocation information called an uplink grant at the time of transmission and a downlink grant at the time of reception.

The downlink shared channel (PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel) is used not only for downlink data but also for reporting paging and broadcast information as a layer 3 message that is downlink control data. The radio resource allocation information of the downlink shared channel is indicated by the downlink control channel.

The uplink shared channel (PUSCH) mainly transmits uplink data and uplink control data, and can also include control data such as downlink reception quality and ACK / NACK. Similarly to the downlink, the radio resource allocation information of the uplink shared channel is indicated by the downlink control channel.

The random access channel (PRACH; “Physical” Random “Access” Channel) is a channel used to notify the preamble sequence and has a guard time. The random access channel is used as a means for accessing the base station apparatus of the mobile station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus uses a random access channel for a request for scheduling transmission data when the uplink control channel is not set and a request for transmission timing adjustment information necessary for matching the uplink transmission timing with the reception timing window of the base station apparatus. . The mobile station apparatus that has received the transmission timing adjustment information sets an effective time of the transmission timing adjustment information, and manages the state as a transmission timing adjustment state during the effective time and as a transmission timing non-adjustment state outside the effective period. The base station apparatus can also start random access by assigning a dedicated preamble sequence (Dedicated に対して preamble) to the mobile station apparatus. Since other physical channels are not related to each embodiment of the present invention, detailed description thereof is omitted.

[Career aggregation]
Carrier aggregation is a technology that aggregates (aggregates) a plurality of different uplink or downlink frequency bands (component carriers) and treats them as one frequency band. For example, when five component carriers having a frequency bandwidth of 20 MHz are aggregated by carrier aggregation, the mobile station apparatus can access the mobile station apparatus by regarding it as a frequency bandwidth of 100 MHz. Note that the component carriers to be aggregated may be a continuous frequency band or a frequency band in which all or part of the component carriers are discontinuous. For example, when the usable frequency band is the 800 MHz band, the 2.4 GHz band, and the 3.4 GHz band, one component carrier is the 800 MHz band, another component carrier is the 2 GHz band, and another component carrier is 3.4 GHz. It may be transmitted in a band.

It is also possible to aggregate continuous or discontinuous component carriers in the same frequency band, for example, the 2.4 GHz band. The frequency bandwidth of each component carrier may be a frequency bandwidth narrower than 20 MHz, or may be different from each other.

Based on various factors such as the amount of transmission data buffer of the mobile station device, the reception quality of the mobile station device, the load in the cell and the QoS, the base station device determines the uplink or downlink component carrier to be assigned to the mobile station device. You can increase or decrease the number.

Also, the component carrier is identified as a primary component carrier (PCC; Primary Component Carrier) and a secondary component carrier (SCC; Secondary Component Carrier). The primary component carrier is typically composed of a pair of uplink component carrier and downlink component carrier indicated by the broadcast information, and the mobile station device performs measurement control and downlink radio link failure (RadioRadLink Faiure). This is a frequency band that serves as a reference for detection and transmission of the uplink control channel. The base station apparatus can also set the primary component carrier for each mobile station apparatus.

The secondary component carrier is a frequency band assigned to a mobile station device other than the primary component carrier. The mobile station device does not need to detect a radio link failure with the secondary component carrier. The base station apparatus can also instruct the mobile station apparatus to activate / deactivate (activate / deactivate) the secondary component carrier allocated for power saving. The mobile station apparatus monitors the downlink control channel only in the activated secondary component carrier cell and attempts to receive the downlink shared channel. In the deactivated secondary component carrier cell, the mobile station apparatus transmits the downlink control channel. Only the reception quality can be measured without monitoring.

That is, the mobile station apparatus categorizes and manages the component carrier states into (1) a set and activated state, (2) a set but inactive state, and (3) a non-set state. To do. Further, by omitting the state of activation / deactivation of the secondary component carrier, the mobile station apparatus is configured to manage only two states, simply whether or not the secondary component carrier is set. Also good.

[Example of communication network configuration of the present invention]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a communication network configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the mobile station apparatus 1 can be wirelessly connected to the base station apparatus 2 by simultaneously using cells of a plurality of frequency bands (component carriers, Band1 to Band3) by carrier aggregation, there is a certain communication network configuration. One base station apparatus 2 includes transmitting apparatuses 21-1 to 21-3 (and receiving apparatuses 23-1 to 23-3 not shown) for each of a plurality of frequency bands, and controls cells in each frequency band as one A configuration performed by the base station apparatus 2 is preferable from the viewpoint of simplification of control. However, the base station apparatus 2 may be configured to transmit a plurality of frequency bands with a single transmission apparatus, for example, because the plurality of frequency bands are continuous frequency bands. The communicable range of each frequency band controlled by the transmission apparatus of the base station apparatus 2 is regarded as a cell and exists in the same spatial area. At this time, the areas (cells) covered by each frequency band may have different sizes and shapes. Further, a communication network configuration in which a frequency band that is carrier-aggregated by a plurality of base station devices 2 is managed, and a higher-level control station device manages the plurality of base station devices 2 may be employed.

The cell of the primary component carrier set in the mobile station apparatus 1 is a primary serving cell (Primary Serving Cell or simply serving cell (Serving Cell)), and the secondary component carrier cell is a secondary serving cell (Secondary Serving Cell). . That is, the mobile station apparatus 1 that performs carrier aggregation is connected to the base station apparatus 2 via a primary serving cell and one or more secondary serving cells.

The third generation base station apparatus 2 defined by 3GPP is referred to as Node B (NodeB), and the base station apparatus 2 in EUTRA and AdvancedＡEUTRA is referred to as eNodeB (eNodeB). The base station device 2 manages a cell that is an area where the mobile station device 1 can communicate, and the cell is also referred to as a femto cell, a pico cell, or a nano cell depending on the size of the area that can communicate with the mobile station device 1. Further, when the mobile station device 1 can communicate with a certain base station device 2, the cell of the base station device 2 is a serving cell of the mobile station device 1, and the cells of the other base station devices 2 are neighboring cells. Called.

In the description to be described later, each area covered by the frequency of the component carrier formed by the base station apparatus 2 will be referred to as a cell, but this may be different from the definition of the cell in the actually operated communication system. Note that there is sex. For example, in some communication systems, some of the component carriers used by carrier aggregation may be defined simply as additional radio resources rather than cells. By referring to the component carrier as a cell in the present invention, even if a case different from the definition of the cell in the actually operated communication system occurs, the gist of the present invention is not affected. The mobile station device 1 may be wirelessly connected to the base station device 2 via a relay station device (or repeater).

In consideration of the above matters, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of known functions and configurations related to the present invention will be omitted if it is determined that the gist of the present invention will be obscured.

<First Embodiment>
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The present embodiment relates to a method in which the mobile station apparatus 1 during carrier aggregation notifies the base station apparatus 2 of a frequency band that requires a measurement gap after component carrier allocation.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a mobile station apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The mobile station apparatus 1 includes a reception unit 101, a demodulation unit 102, a decoding unit 103, a measurement processing unit 104, a control unit 105, a random access processing unit 106, a coding unit 107, a modulation unit 108, a transmission unit 109, and an upper layer 110. Composed. Prior to reception, mobile station apparatus control information is input from the upper layer 110 to the control unit 105, and the mobile station apparatus control information related to reception is received as reception control information, including a reception unit 101, a demodulation unit 102, a decoding unit 103, and a measurement processing unit 104. Is entered appropriately. The reception control information includes information such as demodulation information, decoding information, reception frequency band information, reception timing for each channel, multiplexing method, and radio resource arrangement information as reception schedule information.

The received signal is received by the receiving unit 101 via one or more antennas (not shown). The receiving unit 101 receives a signal in the frequency band notified by the reception control information. The receiving unit 101 includes a baseband processing unit for received signals. The received signal is input to demodulator 102. Demodulation section 102 demodulates the received signal and inputs the received signal to decoding section 103. The decoding unit 103 correctly decodes the received signal based on the reception control information. Decoding section 103 appropriately separates the received signal into downlink traffic data and downlink control data, and inputs the separated signals to higher layer 110, respectively.

Also, the decoding unit 103 inputs a decoded received signal related to measurement to the measurement processing unit 104. The measurement processing unit 104 performs reception quality measurement processing of the downlink reference signal for each cell and reception error rate measurement processing of the downlink control channel or the downlink shared channel, and averages the measured reception quality for each sample. (Filtered) downlink measurement information is generated, and the downlink measurement information is output to the upper layer 110. In addition, the measurement processing unit 104 compares the obtained reception quality with a threshold value (also referred to as Qout) used for detecting a downlink synchronization error, and outputs a downlink synchronization error to the upper layer 110 as necessary.

Prior to transmission, mobile station apparatus control information is input from the upper layer 110 to the control section 105, and the mobile station apparatus control information related to transmission is transmitted as control information, a random access processing section 106, an encoding section 107, a modulation section 108, An appropriate input is made to the transmission unit 109. The transmission control information includes information such as encoding information, modulation information, transmission frequency band information, transmission timing for each channel, multiplexing method, and radio resource arrangement information as uplink scheduling information of the transmission signal. Random access processing unit 106 receives random access information necessary for transmission of a random access channel such as radio resource information necessary for random access and the maximum number of transmissions from upper layer 110. Further, when the random access processing unit 106 detects the random access problem by counting the number of transmissions of the random access channel, the random access processing unit 106 notifies the upper layer 110 of random access problem information indicating that the random access problem has occurred.

In the encoding unit 107, uplink traffic data and uplink control data are appropriately input from the upper layer 110, and random access data is input appropriately from the random access processing unit 106 according to the uplink channel. The encoding unit 107 appropriately encodes each data according to the transmission control information and outputs the data to the modulation unit 108. The modulation unit 108 modulates the input from the coding unit 107.

The transmission unit 109 maps the output of the modulation unit 108 to a frequency band, converts the frequency band signal into a time domain signal, performs power amplification on a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency, and transmits the signal. An uplink shared channel in which uplink control data is arranged typically constitutes a layer 3 message (radio resource control message; RRC message). The RRC of the mobile station device 1 exists as part of the upper layer 110. Further, the random access processing unit 106 exists as part of a MAC (Medium Access Control) that manages the data link layer of the mobile station apparatus 1. In FIG. 1, the other components of the mobile station apparatus 1 are omitted because they are not related to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the base station apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The base station apparatus 2 includes a reception unit 201, a demodulation unit 202, a decoding unit 203, a control unit 204, a coding unit 205, a modulation unit 206, a transmission unit 207, a network signal transmission / reception unit 208, a peripheral information management unit 209, and an upper layer 210. Consists of

The higher layer 210 inputs downlink traffic data and downlink control data to the encoding unit 205. The encoding unit 205 encodes each input data and inputs the data to the modulation unit 206. Modulation section 206 modulates the encoded signal. Also, in the modulation unit 206, the downlink reference signal is multiplexed with the modulated signal and mapped to the frequency band. The transmission unit 207 converts the frequency band signal output from the modulation unit 206 into a time domain signal, places the converted signal on a carrier having a predetermined frequency, performs power amplification and transmits the signal. A downlink shared channel in which downlink control data is arranged typically constitutes a layer 3 message (RRC message).

Also, the receiving unit 201 converts the received signal from the mobile station apparatus 1 into a baseband digital signal. The digital signal is input to the demodulation unit 202 and demodulated. The signal demodulated by the demodulator 202 is subsequently input to the decoder 203 and decoded. The decoding unit 203 appropriately separates the received signal into uplink traffic data and uplink control data, and inputs each to the higher layer 210.

Base station apparatus control information necessary for the control of each block is input from the upper layer 210 to the control unit 204, and the base station apparatus control information related to transmission is transmitted from the control unit 204 as transmission control information as a coding unit 205, modulation. Base station apparatus control information related to reception is appropriately input to each block of the reception unit 201, demodulation unit 202, and decoding unit 203 as reception control information in each block of the unit 206 and transmission unit 207.

On the other hand, the network signal transmitting / receiving unit 208 transmits or receives control messages between the base station devices 2 (or between the control station device (MME), the gateway device (Gateway), and between the relay station device and the base station device 2). . Control messages are transmitted and received via a network line. The peripheral information management unit 209 manages network information for specifying the transmission destination or transmission source base station device 2 (or control station device, gateway device, relay station device). Network information can specify the address of each device on the network such as tracking area identifier (TAI), cell global identifier (CGI), cell identifier (PCI), network color code, Internet protocol address (IP address), etc. Consists of information. Control messages are exchanged on a logical interface called an X2 interface. The network line is typically a wired line, but may be a wireless line when communicating with a relay station device, for example.

The peripheral information management unit 209 provides network information to the network signal transmission / reception unit 208 as necessary. The network signal transmission / reception unit 208 and the peripheral information management unit 209 are managed by an upper layer. The RRC of the base station device 2 exists as a part of the upper layer 210. In FIG. 2, the other components of the base station apparatus 2 are omitted because they are not related to the present embodiment.

Subsequently, a measurement method in which the mobile station device 1 of the present embodiment notifies the base station device 2 of the necessity of the measurement gap will be described. The measurement method shown below is performed by the measurement processing unit 104 of the mobile station apparatus 1.

FIG. 3 is a sequence chart showing that the mobile station apparatus 1 notifies the base station apparatus 2 of the mobile station apparatus capability of the mobile station apparatus 1. FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing a method for notifying the base station apparatus 2 of the necessity of a measurement gap when the mobile station apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention performs different frequency measurement.

The mobile station device 1 is connected to the base station device 2 before a cell of a plurality of frequency bands (component carriers) is allocated as carrier aggregation (allocate, configure), that is, a cell of a certain frequency band up to a maximum of 20 MHz. In this state, the center frequency of the radio frequency chain of the receiving device is tuned so that any receiving device included in the mobile station device 1 can receive the allocated frequency band. Then, in a state where the mobile station device 1 and the base station device 2 start communication (step S1), preferably at the stage of establishing the RRC connection, the reception capability of the mobile station device 1 uses the mobile station device capability notification message. To the base station apparatus 2. Further, the mobile station apparatus 1 may notify the mobile station apparatus capability notification message not to the base station apparatus 2 but to a higher-order control station apparatus.

When the mobile station apparatus 1 can perform carrier aggregation, the mobile station apparatus capability (UE Capability) of the notified mobile station apparatus 1 includes the number of radio frequency chains as the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus 1, Information on the frequency band receivable in the radio frequency chain, the number of component carriers receivable in each radio frequency chain, or the maximum reception bandwidth of each radio frequency chain can be included.

Subsequently, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the base station apparatus 2 performs carrier aggregation setting based on the reception capability included in the mobile station apparatus capability of the mobile station apparatus 1 notified by the mobile station apparatus capability notification message. (Step S10). Then, if carrier aggregation is required, the base station apparatus 2 instructs the mobile station apparatus 1 to add a downlink component carrier (DL_CC2 in the example of FIG. 4) using an RRC connection reconfiguration message (step) S11). Note that a cell operated by downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is actually designated as a target cell for carrier aggregation, and mobile station apparatus 1 performs communication in the cell.

Here, the base station apparatus 2 of FIG. 4 shows an example in which two downlink component carriers (DL_CC1 and DL_CC2) are managed as downlink component carriers capable of carrier aggregation. The link component carrier may be managed.

Note that, by adding a downlink component carrier, an uplink component carrier corresponding to the downlink component carrier is naturally added, and a cell (secondary serving cell) in which a pair of the downlink component carrier and the uplink component carrier is set. ) Will be assigned to the mobile station apparatus 1, and description of these settings will be omitted.

Subsequently, the mobile station device 1 adds the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 instructed in the radio frequency setting, and updates the reception setting of the receiving device provided. (Step S12). Specifically, the mobile station apparatus 1 retunes the center frequency of the receiving apparatus in use according to the mobile station apparatus capability, or activates a new unused receiving apparatus. The mobile station apparatus 1 may receive the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 by setting a new radio frequency chain, or may receive it using an existing radio frequency chain. The mobile station apparatus 1 performs the setting for receiving the instructed downlink component carrier DL_CC2, but has not received the measurement setting (measurement configuration) for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2, so at this time, the downlink component carrier Note that neither DL_CC2 measurement nor reception has started. That is, the state of the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is a set but inactive state.

In Step S12, the mobile station apparatus 1 determines whether or not a measurement gap is necessary to receive the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 added after performing the radio frequency setting. Then, the mobile station apparatus 1 includes, in the RRC connection reconfiguration complete message, information indicating whether a measurement gap is necessary for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 and transmits the information to the base station apparatus 2 (step) S13).

Typically, it is a frequency band adjacent to the downlink component carrier that is being received when the receiving device is newly activated or the assigned downlink component carrier is received, and can be received only by adjusting the center frequency of the radio frequency chain In this case, a measurement gap is not necessary. Also, typically there is no receiving equipment to be newly activated, and a measurement gap is necessary when it is necessary to suspend reception of other downlink component carriers in order to receive assigned downlink component carriers. It is.

The gap necessity information may be a 1-bit on / off flag or a Boolean flag set only when a gap is necessary (or unnecessary). When a plurality of downlink component carriers are set at the same time, the mobile station apparatus 1 can set gap necessity information for each downlink component carrier and transmit an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message.

The base station apparatus 2 that has received the RRC connection reconfiguration completion message transmits a measurement setting message to the mobile station apparatus 1 based on the gap necessity information regarding the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 (step S14). That is, when the measurement gap is necessary, the base station apparatus 2 transmits a measurement setting message including information (measurement gap setting) indicating that the measurement gap is necessary to the mobile station apparatus 1. On the other hand, when the measurement gap is not required, the base station apparatus 2 transmits the measurement setting message to the mobile station apparatus 1 without including the measurement gap setting. Alternatively, when the measurement gap is not necessary, the base station apparatus 2 sets information indicating that the measurement gap information is unnecessary in the measurement setting message and transmits the information to the mobile station apparatus 1.

When the base station apparatus 2 causes the mobile station apparatus 1 to start the different frequency measurement using the measurement gap, as the measurement gap setting, the pattern setting indicating the period of the measurement gap and the offset information indicating the start position of the measurement gap are used. Send at least including.

The mobile station apparatus 1 that has received the measurement setting message starts measurement control based on the measurement setting included in the message, and transmits a measurement setting completion message to the base station apparatus 2 (step S15). When the measurement gap setting is included in the measurement setting completion message, the mobile station apparatus 1 starts measurement of the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 using the measurement gap. On the other hand, when the measurement gap setting is not included in the measurement setting completion message, or when information indicating that the measurement gap is unnecessary is set, the mobile station device 1 is the mobile station device of the mobile station device 1. The measurement of the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is started without setting the measurement gap using the receiving device adjusted based on the reception capability included in the capability.

3 and 4 may reuse an existing control message in EUTRA. For example, the mobile station apparatus capability notification message is an RRCConnectionSetupComplete message or a UL Information Transfer message including a NAS message, an RRC connection reconfiguration message and a measurement setting message are RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message, and a measurement setting completion message are RRC Connection. It can be reused simply by adding the necessary parameters to the Reconfiguration Complete message.

The base station apparatus 2 uses the same method as that of the present embodiment in order to cause the mobile station apparatus 1 to newly measure an arbitrary frequency band, in addition to assigning a downlink component carrier to the mobile station apparatus 1. It is also possible to use it. In this case, the base station apparatus 2 notifies only the frequency information (center frequency band, bandwidth, etc.) of a new arbitrary frequency band to the mobile station apparatus 1 and whether or not a measurement gap is necessary based on the frequency information. The mobile station apparatus 1 makes the determination and notifies the base station apparatus 2 of the determination result. Then, the base station apparatus 2 transmits a measurement setting message including or not including the measurement gap setting based on the determination result.

As described above, in the first embodiment, when the downlink component carrier (and the corresponding uplink component carrier) is set, the mobile station apparatus 1 measures the set downlink component carrier. The necessity of the measurement gap is determined. In addition, the mobile station apparatus 1 notifies the base station apparatus 2 of the determination result of the necessity of the measurement gap. The base station apparatus 2 determines whether or not to set the measurement gap when measuring the downlink component carrier based on the notified necessity of the measurement gap. When the measurement gap is necessary, the base station device 2 transmits a measurement setting message including the measurement gap setting to the mobile station device 1.

As described above, when a plurality of downlink component carriers are set by carrier aggregation, the mobile station device 1 can be configured to have a different receiving device configuration for each mobile station device 1. 2 can accurately determine whether or not a measurement gap is necessary to perform measurement of the set downlink component carrier. Therefore, the communication station is not interrupted by the base station apparatus 2 assigning a useless measurement gap to the mobile station apparatus 1, and the throughput is improved. Further, even when the mobile station device 1 requires a measurement gap, the base station device 2 eliminates the state mismatch that the measurement gap is not set, and can efficiently set the measurement gap.

<Second Embodiment>
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In the first embodiment, the base station apparatus 2 sets the measurement gap based on the information from the mobile station apparatus 1, but in this embodiment, the measurement gap is set (or not set) in advance by a measurement setting message. ), And a method in which the mobile station apparatus 1 appropriately corrects information with respect to the measurement setting will be described. The configurations of the mobile station device 1 and the base station device 2 used in the present embodiment may be the same as those shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a sequence chart showing a method for notifying the base station apparatus 2 of the necessity of a measurement gap when the mobile station apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention performs different frequency measurement. Before the sequence chart of this embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is started, the mobile station apparatus 1 is notified of the mobile station apparatus capability from the mobile station apparatus 1 to the base station apparatus 2 as shown in FIG. The

The base station device 2 determines whether or not a measurement gap is necessary when performing different frequency measurement based on the reception capability included in the mobile station device capability of the mobile station device 1 notified by the mobile station device capability notification message. to decide. When it is determined that a measurement gap is necessary, the frequency band (DL_CC2 in the example of FIG. 5) to be measured by the mobile station apparatus 1 when the measurement setting for the assignable downlink component carrier is notified, and the measurement gap A measurement setting message including the setting is transmitted (step S20). Note that a cell operated by the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is actually designated as a measurement target cell, and the mobile station apparatus 1 measures the cell.

Here, the base station apparatus 2 in FIG. 5 shows an example in which two downlink component carriers (DL_CC1 and DL_CC2) are managed as downlink component carriers that can be carrier-aggregated. The link component carrier may be managed.

Subsequently, the mobile station apparatus 1 updates the reception setting of the receiving device provided in order to start measurement on the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 instructed in the radio frequency setting. (Step S21). Specifically, the mobile station apparatus 1 retunes the center frequency of the receiving apparatus in use according to the mobile station apparatus capability, or activates a new unused receiving apparatus. The mobile station apparatus 1 may measure the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 by setting a new radio frequency chain or may measure the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 using an existing radio frequency chain. The mobile station apparatus 1 performs measurement setting for starting the measurement of the instructed downlink component carrier DL_CC2, but at this point, the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is not a target of carrier aggregation. That is, the state of the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is not set.

In Step S21, the mobile station apparatus 1 determines whether or not a measurement gap is necessary for measuring the downlink component carrier DL_CC2. Then, the mobile station apparatus 1 includes information on whether or not a measurement gap is necessary for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 (gap necessity information) in a measurement setting completion message and transmits the information to the base station apparatus 2 (step S22). .

For example, as shown in step S20 of FIG. 5, when the mobile station apparatus 1 receives the measurement gap setting for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 from the base station apparatus 2, the measurement is performed to measure the downlink component carrier DL_CC2. When determining that the gap is necessary, the mobile station apparatus 1 transmits the measurement setting completion message including information indicating that the measurement gap is necessary to the base station apparatus 2. On the other hand, when the mobile station device 1 receives the measurement gap setting for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 from the base station device 2, and determines that the measurement gap is not necessary for measuring the downlink component carrier DL_CC2, The station apparatus 1 transmits to the base station apparatus 2 including information indicating that the measurement gap is not necessary in the measurement setting completion message.

FIG. 6 is a sequence chart showing another method for notifying the base station apparatus 2 of the necessity of a measurement gap when the mobile station apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention performs different frequency measurement. Before the sequence chart of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is started, the mobile station apparatus 1 is notified of the mobile station apparatus capability from the mobile station apparatus 1 to the base station apparatus 2 as shown in FIG. The

The base station device 2 determines whether or not a measurement gap is necessary when performing different frequency measurement based on the reception capability included in the mobile station device capability of the mobile station device 1 notified by the mobile station device capability notification message. to decide. If it is determined that the measurement gap is unnecessary, the measurement including the frequency band (DL_CC2 in the example of FIG. 6) to be measured by the mobile station apparatus 1 when the measurement setting for the assignable downlink component carrier is notified. A setting message is transmitted (step S30). At this time, the measurement gap setting is not included in the measurement setting message. Note that a cell operated by the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is actually designated as a measurement target cell, and the mobile station apparatus 1 measures the cell.

Here, the base station apparatus 2 of FIG. 6 shows an example in which two downlink component carriers (DL_CC1 and DL_CC2) are managed as downlink component carriers that can be carrier-aggregated. The link component carrier may be managed.

Subsequently, the mobile station apparatus 1 updates the reception setting of the receiving device provided in order to start measurement on the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 instructed in the radio frequency setting. (Step S31). Specifically, the mobile station apparatus 1 retunes the center frequency of the receiving apparatus in use according to the mobile station apparatus capability, or activates a new unused receiving apparatus. The mobile station apparatus 1 may measure the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 by setting a new radio frequency chain or may measure the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 using an existing radio frequency chain. The mobile station apparatus 1 performs measurement setting for starting the measurement of the instructed downlink component carrier DL_CC2, but at this point, the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is not a target of carrier aggregation. That is, the state of the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 is not set.

In step S31, the mobile station apparatus 1 determines whether a measurement gap is necessary for measuring the downlink component carrier DL_CC2. Then, the mobile station apparatus 1 includes information on whether or not a measurement gap is necessary for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 (gap necessity information) in a measurement setting completion message and transmits the information to the base station apparatus 2 (step S32). .

For example, as shown in step S30 of FIG. 6, when the mobile station device 1 has not received the measurement gap setting for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 from the base station device 2, the measurement is performed to measure the downlink component carrier DL_CC2. When determining that the gap is necessary, the mobile station apparatus 1 transmits the measurement setting completion message including information indicating that the measurement gap is necessary to the base station apparatus 2. On the other hand, when the mobile station apparatus 1 has not received the measurement gap setting for the downlink component carrier DL_CC2 from the base station apparatus 2, and determines that the measurement gap is not necessary for measuring the downlink component carrier DL_CC2, The station apparatus 1 transmits to the base station apparatus 2 including information indicating that the measurement gap is not necessary in the measurement setting completion message.

The mobile station apparatus 1 in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 determines whether the gap is necessary or not when the setting regarding the measurement gap notified from the base station apparatus 2 is different from the configuration of the receiving device actually provided. Information may be notified. In other words, when the measurement gap setting is not notified when the measurement gap is required for different frequency measurement, or when the measurement gap setting is notified when the measurement gap is not required for different frequency measurement In addition, the mobile station apparatus 1 transmits a measurement setting completion message including information for notifying the base station apparatus 2 that the determination of the necessity of the measurement gap is inconsistent.

The gap necessity information may be a 1-bit on / off flag or a Boolean flag set only when a gap is necessary (or unnecessary). When a plurality of downlink component carriers are set simultaneously, the mobile station apparatus 1 can also set a gap necessity information for each downlink component carrier and transmit a measurement setting completion message.

For each control message in FIGS. 5 and 6, an existing control message may be reused in EUTRA. For example, the measurement setting message can be reused only by adding the necessary parameters to the RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, and the measurement setting completion message by adding the necessary parameters to the RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete message.

In addition, the base station apparatus 2 that has received the gap necessity information can also perform update processing on the measurement gap setting designated for the mobile station apparatus 1 if necessary. For example, if the measurement gap is not set in the mobile station apparatus 1 that requires the measurement gap, the measurement gap is set by transmitting the message again. If a measurement gap is set for the mobile station apparatus 1 that does not require a measurement gap, the measurement gap setting is released by transmitting a message again.

In addition, although the measurement gap is unnecessary, the mobile station apparatus 1 to which the measurement gap is assigned notifies the base station apparatus 2 of information indicating that the measurement gap is unnecessary, and then disables the measurement gap. You may judge that there exists and may start reception of the said frequency band in the area of a measurement gap. That is, after the mobile station apparatus 1 notifies the base station apparatus 2 of information indicating that the measurement gap is not required, the downlink of the frequency band in which the measurement gap is indicated, even in the measurement gap section Start monitoring the control channel.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the mobile station apparatus 1 sets the downlink when the measurement setting for measuring the downlink component carrier (and the corresponding uplink component carrier) is instructed. Determine the need for a measurement gap to measure the component carrier. In addition, the mobile station apparatus 1 notifies the base station apparatus 2 of the determination result of the necessity of the measurement gap. The base station apparatus 2 determines whether or not to update the measurement gap setting when measuring the downlink component carrier based on the notified necessity of the measurement gap.

As described above, the mobile station apparatus 1 updates the measurement gap setting to the base station apparatus 2 when the measurement gap setting for measuring the downlink component carrier is different from the configuration of the receiving device actually provided. Whether it is necessary can be notified. And the base station apparatus 2 can judge correctly whether the measurement gap is required in order to measure the set downlink component carrier. Therefore, the communication station is not interrupted by the base station apparatus 2 assigning a useless measurement gap to the mobile station apparatus 1, and the throughput is improved. In addition, even when the mobile station device 1 requires a measurement gap, the base station device 2 eliminates the state mismatch that the measurement gap is not set, and can set an efficient measurement gap.

Note that the embodiment described above is merely an example, and can be realized by using various modifications and replacement examples.

The present invention can also take the following aspects. That is, the communication system of the present invention includes a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells, and a mobile station apparatus that is wirelessly connected to the base station apparatus using the set frequency band cells simultaneously. In the communication system configured, the base station device sets a plurality of pieces of information necessary for measuring a frequency band for the mobile station device for each frequency band, and the mobile station device Based on the reception capability, it is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the plurality of set frequency bands, and gap necessity information indicating the determination result is generated And transmitting to the base station apparatus.

Further, in the communication system of the present invention, the mobile station apparatus determines that it is not necessary to stop frequency band reception processing when the set frequency bands can be received in one radio frequency chain. It is characterized by doing.

In the communication system of the present invention, the mobile station apparatus determines that it is not necessary to stop the frequency band reception process when the set plurality of frequency bands can be received by a plurality of radio frequency chains. It is characterized by doing.

In the communication system of the present invention, the mobile station device stops reception processing of at least one frequency band when the set frequency bands are not receivable by one or a plurality of radio frequency chains. It is characterized by judging that it is necessary.

In the communication system of the present invention, the mobile station apparatus sets information indicating that a measurement gap needs to be set as at least one frequency band for which reception processing is stopped as the gap necessity information. It is a feature.

In the communication system of the present invention, the gap necessity information is included in an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message.

In the communication system of the present invention, the gap necessity information is included in a measurement setting completion message.

The mobile station apparatus of the present invention includes a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in cells of a plurality of frequency bands, and a mobile station apparatus that wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus using the set cells of the plurality of frequency bands simultaneously A plurality of pieces of information necessary for measurement of a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station apparatus for each frequency band, based on the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus, It is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the plurality of set frequency bands, and the base station generates gap necessity information indicating the determination result It transmits to the apparatus.

The mobile station apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that when the set plurality of frequency bands can be received by one radio frequency chain, the mobile station apparatus determines that it is not necessary to stop the frequency band reception process. Yes.

Further, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that when the set plurality of frequency bands can be received by a plurality of radio frequency chains, it is determined that there is no need to stop the frequency band reception processing. Yes.

Further, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention determines that it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band when the set plurality of frequency bands are not receivable by one or a plurality of radio frequency chains. It is characterized by doing.

The mobile station apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that information indicating that a measurement gap needs to be set for at least one frequency band for which reception processing is stopped is set as the gap necessity information.

Further, the base station apparatus of the present invention includes a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells, and a mobile station apparatus that wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus using the set cells of the plurality of frequency bands at the same time. A base station apparatus in a communication system comprising: a plurality of pieces of information necessary for frequency band measurement for the mobile station apparatus for each frequency band; and at least one frequency for the set frequency band Gap necessity information indicating whether or not it is necessary to stop band reception processing is received from the mobile station apparatus, and a measurement gap is set for the frequency band indicated by the gap necessity information.

In the mobile station apparatus measurement method of the present invention, a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells and a wireless connection to the base station apparatus using the set multiple frequency band cells simultaneously. A method for measuring a mobile station apparatus, wherein a plurality of pieces of information necessary for measurement of a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station apparatus are set for each frequency band, and the set based on the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus It is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure a plurality of frequency bands, and gap necessity information indicating the determination result is generated to the base station apparatus It is characterized by transmitting.

Further, an integrated circuit implemented in the mobile station apparatus of the present invention includes: a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells; and the base station apparatus that simultaneously uses the set plurality of frequency band cells. An integrated circuit that is implemented in a mobile station device that is wirelessly connected to cause the mobile station device to perform a plurality of functions, and that receives information necessary for measuring a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station device. Based on the function of setting a plurality of frequency bands each time and the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus, it is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the set frequency bands And a function of generating a gap necessity information indicating the determination result and a function of transmitting the information to the base station apparatus and causing the mobile station apparatus to exhibit a series of functions. To have.

Further, for convenience of explanation, the mobile station device 1 and the base station device 2 of each embodiment have been described using functional block diagrams, but the functions of the respective units of the mobile station device 1 and the base station device 2 or of these functions A program for realizing a part is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to control the mobile station apparatus 1 and the base station apparatus 2 May be performed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a semiconductor medium (eg, RAM, nonvolatile memory card, etc.), an optical recording medium (eg, DVD, MO, MD, CD, BD, etc.), a magnetic recording medium (eg, , A magnetic tape, a flexible disk, etc.) and a storage device such as a disk unit built in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” is a program that dynamically holds a program for a short time, such as communication when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system. .

In addition, each functional block or various features of the mobile station device 1 and the base station device 2 used in the above embodiments may be configured in a circuit including an LSI that is typically an IC (integrated circuit). . In that case, the integration density of the LSI may be realized at any density. Each functional block and various features may be individually chipped, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a chip. Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. In addition, when an integrated circuit technology that replaces LSI appears due to progress in semiconductor technology, an integrated circuit based on the technology can also be used.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail based on specific specific examples. However, it is obvious that the gist of the present invention and the scope of the claims are not limited to these specific specific examples. In other words, the description in the present specification is for illustrative purposes and does not limit the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile station apparatus 2 Base station apparatus 21-1 to 21-3 Transmission apparatus 23-1 to 23-3

Reception apparatus

101, 201

Reception section

102, 202

Demodulation section

103, 203 Decoding section 104

Measurement processing section

105, 204 Control section 106 Random

access processing unit

107, 205

Encoding unit

108, 206

Modulating unit

109, 207

Transmitting unit

110, 210 Upper layer 208 Network signal transmitting / receiving unit 209 Peripheral information management unit

Claims

A communication system comprising a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells, and a mobile station apparatus that wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus by using the set multiple frequency band cells simultaneously,
The base station device sets a plurality of information necessary for frequency band measurement for the mobile station device for each frequency band,
The mobile station apparatus determines whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the plurality of set frequency bands based on the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus, A communication system, wherein gap necessity information indicating the determination result is generated and transmitted to the base station apparatus.
The communication according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station apparatus sets information indicating that a measurement gap needs to be set for at least one frequency band for which reception processing is stopped as the gap necessity information. system.
The communication system according to claim 2, wherein the gap necessity information is included in an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message.
The communication system according to claim 2, wherein the gap necessity information is included in a measurement setting completion message.
Mobile station apparatus in a communication system comprising a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells and a mobile station apparatus that wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus using the set cells of the plurality of frequency bands simultaneously Because
A plurality of information necessary for measurement of a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station device is set for each frequency band,
Based on the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus, it is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the set frequency bands, and a gap indicating the determination result A mobile station apparatus characterized by generating necessity information and transmitting it to the base station apparatus.
6. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 5, wherein information indicating that a measurement gap needs to be set for at least one frequency band for which reception processing is stopped is set as the gap necessity information.
Base station apparatus in a communication system comprising a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells and a mobile station apparatus that wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus by using the set plurality of frequency band cells simultaneously Because
A plurality of pieces of information necessary for frequency band measurement are set for each frequency band for the mobile station apparatus, and indicates whether it is necessary to stop reception processing for at least one frequency band for the set frequency band. Gap necessity information is received from the mobile station device,
A base station apparatus, wherein a measurement gap is set for a frequency band indicated by the gap necessity information.
A base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells, and a measurement method for a mobile station apparatus that wirelessly connects to the base station apparatus using the set cells of the plurality of frequency bands simultaneously,
A plurality of information necessary for measurement of a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station device is set for each frequency band,
Based on the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus, it is determined whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the set frequency bands, and a gap indicating the determination result A measurement method characterized by generating necessity information and transmitting it to the base station apparatus.
The mobile station is installed in a base station apparatus that performs transmission / reception in a plurality of frequency band cells and a mobile station apparatus that is wirelessly connected to the base station apparatus using the set cells in the plurality of frequency bands simultaneously. An integrated circuit that allows a device to perform multiple functions,
A function of setting a plurality of information necessary for measurement of a plurality of frequency bands received from the base station device for each frequency band;
A function for determining whether it is necessary to stop reception processing of at least one frequency band in order to measure the plurality of set frequency bands based on the reception capability of the mobile station apparatus; and An integrated circuit characterized by causing the mobile station apparatus to exhibit a series of functions including a function of generating gap transmission necessity information to be transmitted and transmitting the gap necessity information to the base station apparatus.