CN103748806A

CN103748806A - Antenna beam reciving processing method and device

Info

Publication number: CN103748806A
Application number: CN201380002048.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈斌; 靳建波
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2013-06-29
Filing date: 2013-06-29
Publication date: 2014-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 2033-06-29
Also published as: CN103748806B; WO2014205844A1

Abstract

The invention provides an antenna beam reciving processing method and device. The method comprises obtaining the downward inclination angle of an active antenna inner beam, the downward inclination angle of an active antenna outer beam, and the downward inclination angle of a passive antenna beam; determining when the the downward inclination angle of an active antenna inner beam, the downward inclination angle of an active antenna outer beam, and the downward inclination angle of a passive antenna beam meet preset conditions, the community covered by the active antenna outer beam uses the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam to receive four antennas; or the community covered by the active antenna inner beam uses the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam to receive four antennas. In the embodiment, the community covered by the active antenna inner beam or outer beam can receive four antennas, which enlarges upstream covering scope and raises upstream capacity.

Description

Antenna beam receiving processing method and device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to communications technologies, and in particular, to an antenna beam receiving processing method and apparatus.

Background

An Active Antenna System (AAS) is a new Antenna configuration formed by combining Radio Remote Unit (RRU) and Antenna functions, and can be applied to a base station. Specifically, the AAS flexibly controls the antenna vertical-direction array and the antenna horizontal-direction array by using a radio frequency multi-channel technology to form antenna beams required by corresponding characteristics, so as to achieve the purpose of improving coverage and network capacity, and can integrate antennas of different systems into the AAS system according to specific requirements, so as to reduce the occupation of the antenna on a sky space (for example, the top of a transmitting tower, the top of a building and other places where the antenna is deployed).

The vertical splitting is a characteristic of the AAS, and forms inner and outer beams with different downtilt angles in the vertical direction by performing beam forming on an active antenna column of the AAS, wherein the inner beam is formed with a larger downtilt angle, and the outer beam is formed with a smaller downtilt angle. The areas covered by the inner wave beam and the outer wave beam are independent cells respectively, and the Multiple-Input Multiple-output-Input (MIMO) mode of each cell adopts 2-transmission and 2-reception, namely 2 antennas for transmitting and receiving.

In the prior art, for an AAS integrating a single-column dual-polarized active antenna and a single-column dual-polarized passive antenna, the active antenna is used for a standard 1 cell, and an inner beam and an outer beam are split on a vertical plane to form two independent cells; the passive antenna is used for the system 2 cell to form a beam, and the beam forms a cell. The passive antenna is a broadband antenna, namely the frequency band of the passive antenna is larger than that of the active antenna, and the frequency band of the passive antenna comprises the frequency band of the active antenna. It should be noted that the above-mentioned system 1 or system 2 may refer to Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) system, and the like, and the above-mentioned system 1 and system 2 adopt different systems.

However, generally, the power allocated by the base station for receiving uplink data is small, and with the prior art, the cell of the system 1 can only adopt a 2-antenna receiving mode, so that uplink signals are weak, and some areas covered by the system 1 have a problem of uplink coverage limitation.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an antenna beam receiving processing method and device, which are used for solving the problem that uplink coverage of some areas in a cell covered by an antenna beam is limited.

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides an antenna beam receiving processing method, including:

acquiring a downtilt angle of an active antenna inner wave beam, a downtilt angle of an active antenna outer wave beam and a downtilt angle of a passive antenna wave beam, wherein the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer wave beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam;

when the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna wave beam are judged to meet preset conditions, a cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam uses the active antenna outer wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving; or,

and the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam uses the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam to carry out 4-antenna reception.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and a beam of the passive antenna in a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam includes:

and if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam uses the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and a beam of the passive antenna in a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam includes:

if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, determining that the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam perform a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of 4-antenna reception₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂；

If the SINR is₁Greater than the SINR₂And the SINR₁And the SINR₂If the difference is greater than the preset threshold, the cell covered by the active antenna external beam uses the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

With reference to the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and a beam of the passive antenna in a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam includes:

if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, judging whether the difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is less than the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam;

if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam, judging that a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception₁Whether or not greater than the external wave of the active antennaSecond signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR for beamforming 2 antenna reception₂；

With reference to the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam in a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam includes:

if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, determining whether a difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam;

if the difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, judging whether a first SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam is larger than a second SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam;

if the first SINR gain is greater than or equal to the second SINR gain, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

With reference to the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam in a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam includes:

if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, judging whether the difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is greater than the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam;

if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is larger than the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam, judging that a third signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄；

If the SINR is₃Greater than the SINR₄And the SINR₃And the SINR₄The difference value of the active antenna inner wave beam is larger than a preset threshold value, and the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam uses the active antenna inner wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving.

With reference to the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam in a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam includes:

if the first SINR gain is smaller than the second SINR gain, the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna uses the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna to perform 4-antenna reception.

With reference to the first aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam in a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam, includes:

if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is larger than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, judging that the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam receive a third signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of 4-antenna reception₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄；

With reference to the first aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, when it is determined that a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam in a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam, includes:

and if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam uses the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

With reference to any one of the first to fourth possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and a beam of the passive antenna, the method further includes:

and counting the total time of the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam for carrying out 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

With reference to any one of the fifth possible implementation manner to the eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the cell covered by the active intra-antenna beam performs 4-antenna reception by using the active intra-antenna beam and the passive antenna beam, the method further includes:

and counting the total time of the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam for carrying out 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides an antenna beam receiving and processing apparatus, including:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain a downtilt angle of an active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of an active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of a passive antenna beam, where the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam;

a processing module, configured to determine that a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam when a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions; or,

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing module is specifically configured to, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, perform 4-antenna reception on a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam using the active antenna outer beam and a beam of the passive antenna.

With reference to the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing module is specifically configured to determine, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, a first signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR, obtained when the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam perform 4-antenna reception, of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam₁Second signal and trunk whether being larger than the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna receptionInterference plus noise ratio SINR₂；

With reference to the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing module is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam;

if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam, judging that a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂；

With reference to the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing module is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam;

With reference to the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the method is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is greater than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam;

With reference to the second aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing module is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam;

With reference to the second aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing module is specifically configured to determine, if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna beam, a third signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR, where 4 antenna reception is performed on the active antenna beam and the passive antenna beam, where the third signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR is obtained by using the passive antenna beam and the active antenna beam₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄；

With reference to the second aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing module is specifically configured to, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, perform 4-antenna reception on a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam.

With reference to any one of the first possible implementation manner to the fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the apparatus further includes: a first statistical module, configured to count total time for performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam in the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam after performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam in the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam.

With reference to any one of the fifth possible implementation manner to the eighth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the apparatus further includes: and a second counting module, configured to count total time for the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna to perform 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna after the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna performs 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna.

In the embodiment of the invention, by acquiring the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna wave beam, and judging whether the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna wave beam meet preset conditions or not, the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam and the cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam are determined to carry out 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam, or the cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam and the cell covered by the passive antenna wave beam are determined to carry out 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer wave beam, so that the combination use of the passive antenna and the active antenna is realized, the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam or the cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam can be received by using the 4-antenna, the receiving and transmitting signals of the antenna are enhanced, and the uplink coverage range, the uplink capacity is improved, and the demodulation performance of the base station can be improved by adopting 4-antenna receiving and transmitting, so that the power consumption of the UE is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of an antenna beam receiving processing method according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an antenna beam according to a second embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided in the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an antenna beam according to a third embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided in the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an antenna beam according to a fourth embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided by the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an antenna beam according to a fifth embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided by the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an antenna beam according to a sixth embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided in the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a seventh embodiment of an antenna beam receiving processing method according to the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first antenna beam receiving and processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a second antenna beam receiving and processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The antennas shown in the embodiments of the present invention may be antennas of a base station.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a first embodiment of an antenna beam receiving processing method according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the method includes:

s101, acquiring a downtilt angle of an active antenna inner wave beam, a downtilt angle of an active antenna outer wave beam and a downtilt angle of a passive antenna wave beam, wherein the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer wave beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam. By Tilt_A1Shows the downtilt, Tilt, of the active antenna outer beam_A2Indicating the downtilt, Tilt, of the beam in the active antenna_BDenotes the downtilt of the passive antenna beam, where Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2。

In the concrete implementation process, Tilt_A1、Tilt_A2、Tilt_BMay be manually entered.

And S102, when the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna wave beam meet preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam uses the active antenna outer wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving. Note that the Cell covered by the outer beam of the active antenna is Cell _ 1.

And S103, when the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna wave beam meet preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam uses the active antenna inner wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to perform 4-antenna receiving. Note that the Cell covered by the beam in the active antenna is Cell _ 2.

S102 and S103 are not both executed, i.e. after S101, Tilt is processed_A1、Tilt_A2、Tilt_BThe magnitude of the passive antenna is compared and judged, whether the beam of the passive antenna is transmitted and received by 4 antennas by using the active antenna outer beam combination by Cell _1 or 4 antennas by using the active antenna inner beam combination by Cell _2 is determined according to the judgment result, and in the specific implementation process, the signal received by the beam of the passive antenna and the signal received by the active antenna outer beam can be combined at a baseband, or the signal received by the beam of the passive antenna and the signal received by the active antenna inner beam can be combined at the baseband. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention mainly aim at antenna reception, that is, uplink transmission, where for example, a base station receives information sent by User Equipment (UE) through an antenna.

In this embodiment, by obtaining the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, and determining whether the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, it is determined that the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, or the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, so that the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam or the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam can be received by 4-antenna, so that the transmission and reception signals of the antenna are enhanced, the uplink coverage range is larger, and the uplink capacity is improved, the adoption of 4-antenna transceiving can also improve the demodulation performance of the base station, thereby reducing the power consumption of the UE.

In the specific implementation process, the active antenna is used in the cell adopting the system 1, and the passive antenna is used in the cell adopting the system 2, so that the beam angle of the passive antenna may be different from that of the active antenna, and because Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2，Tilt_BAnd Tilt_A1、Tilt_A2There may be five size relationships, namely (1) Tilt_B=Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2；（2）Tilt_B<Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2；（3）Tilt_A1<Tilt_B<Tilt_A2；（4）Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2<Tilt_B；（5）Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2=Tilt_B. And further judging the specific antenna combination use scheme according to different conditions.

Fig. 2 is an antenna beam schematic diagram of a second embodiment of an antenna beam receiving processing method according to the present invention, where, corresponding to the possibility in (1), when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, specifically: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt of the active antenna outer beamInclination, i.e. Tilt as shown in FIG. 2_B=Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2In this case, the Cell _1 covered by the active antenna external beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam.

Fig. 3 is an antenna beam schematic diagram of a third embodiment of an antenna beam receiving processing method according to the present invention, where, corresponding to the possibility in (2), when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, specifically: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt of the active antenna outer beam, i.e. Tilt as shown in FIG. 3_B<Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2Then, the first Signal to interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) SINR of the 4-antenna reception performed by the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam is determined₁Second signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of 2 antenna reception for the active antenna outer beam or not₂If SINR₁Greater than SINR₂And SINR₁And SINR₂Is greater than a predetermined threshold value, i.e. (SINR)₁-SINR₂) And if the number of the active antenna outer beams is larger than the preset threshold value, the Cell _1 covered by the active antenna outer beams uses the active antenna outer beams and the passive antenna beams to perform 4-antenna reception.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an antenna beam according to a fourth embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided by the present invention, which corresponds to the above possibility in (3), and in this possibility, there are various embodiments according to further calculation or judgment.

When the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna wave beam are judged to meet the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam uses the active antenna outer waveThe beam and the beam of the passive antenna are received by 4 antennas, specifically: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt of the active antenna inner beam, as shown in fig. 4, Tilt_A1<Tilt_B<Tilt_A2Then, it is determined whether the difference between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the difference between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, that is, it is determined (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1) Whether or not less than (Tilt)_A2-Tilt_B). If (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1)<(Tilt_A2-Tilt_B) Then, the first signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception is judged₁Second signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of 2 antenna reception for the active antenna outer beam or not₂If SINR₁Greater than SINR₂And SINR₁And SINR₂Is greater than a predetermined threshold value, i.e. (SINR)₁-SINR₂) And if the number of the active antenna outer beams is larger than the preset threshold value, the Cell _1 covered by the active antenna outer beams uses the active antenna outer beams and the passive antenna beams to perform 4-antenna reception.

Further, with reference to fig. 4, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, specifically: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt of the active antenna inner beam, as shown in fig. 4, Tilt_A1<Tilt_B<Tilt_A2Then, it is determined whether the difference between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, that is, the difference isJudgment (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1) Whether or not to equal (Tilt)_A2-Tilt_B) (ii) a If the difference between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, that is, (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1)=(Tilt_A2-Tilt_B) Then, it is determined that the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam uses the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam to perform a first SINR Gain (denoted as SINR _ Gain) increased by 4-antenna reception₁) Whether the Gain is larger than a second SINR Gain (denoted as SINR _ Gain) improved by 4-antenna reception by the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam₂) In particular, the SINR _ Gain may be calculated using existing techniques₁And SINR _ Gain₂. If the first SINR Gain is greater than or equal to the second SINR Gain, that is, SINR _ Gain₁≥SINR_Gain₂Then, the Cell _1 covered by the active antenna external beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam.

Further, with reference to fig. 4, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, specifically: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt of the active antenna inner beam, as shown in fig. 4, Tilt_A1<Tilt_B<Tilt_A2Then, it is determined whether the difference between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is greater than the difference between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, that is, it is determined (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1) Whether or not greater than (Tilt)_A2-Tilt_B) (ii) a If the difference between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is larger than the predetermined valueGreater than the difference between the downtilt angle of the beam in the active antenna and the downtilt angle of the beam in the passive antenna, i.e. (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1)>(Tilt_A2-Tilt_B) Judging the third signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the beam in the active antenna and the beam of the passive antenna for 4-antenna reception₃SINR greater than a fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio for 2-antenna reception of a beam in an active antenna₄. If the SINR is₃Greater than SINR₄And SINR₃And SINR₄Is greater than a predetermined threshold value, i.e. (SINR)₃-SINR₄) And if the number of the active antenna beams is larger than the preset threshold value, the Cell Cell _2 covered by the active antenna beams uses the active antenna beams and the passive antenna beams to perform 4-antenna reception.

Further, in the case shown in fig. 4, in addition to the above-mentioned embodiment, when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, specifically: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt of the active antenna inner beam, as shown in fig. 4, Tilt_A1<Tilt_B<Tilt_A2Then, it is determined whether the difference between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, i.e. it is determined (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1) Whether or not to equal (Tilt)_A2-Tilt_B) (ii) a If the difference between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, that is, (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1)=(Tilt_A2-Tilt_B) Judging the cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam to carry out the 4 th antenna receiving improvement by using the active antenna outer wave beam and the passive antenna wave beamAn SINR Gain (denoted as SINR _ Gain)₁) Whether the Gain is larger than a second SINR Gain (denoted as SINR _ Gain) improved by 4-antenna reception by the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam₂). If SINR _ Gain₁<SINR_Gain₂Then, Cell _2 covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam.

Fig. 5 is an antenna beam schematic diagram of a fifth embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided by the present invention, where, corresponding to the possibility in (4), when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, specifically: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the beam in the active antenna, i.e., Tilt as shown in FIG. 5_A1<Tilt_A2<Tilt_BJudging the third signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the beam in the active antenna and the beam of the passive antenna for 4-antenna reception₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄If SINR₃Greater than SINR₄And SINR₃And SINR₄Is greater than a predetermined threshold value, i.e. (SINR)₃-SINR₄) And if the number of the active antenna beams is larger than the preset threshold value, the Cell Cell _2 covered by the active antenna beams uses the active antenna beams and the passive antenna beams to perform 4-antenna reception.

Fig. 6 is an antenna beam schematic diagram of a sixth embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method according to the present invention, corresponding to the possibility in (5), where when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna receiving using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beamThe method specifically comprises the following steps: if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt of the active antenna beam, i.e. Tilt as shown in FIG. 6_A1<Tilt_A2=Tilt_BThen, Cell _2 covered by the active antenna internal beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna internal beam and the passive antenna beam.

Based on the above embodiment, after the 4-antenna reception is adopted, the time for using the 4-antenna reception can be counted to determine a fixed scheme. Specifically, after 4-antenna reception is performed using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam in Cell _1 covered by the active antenna outer beam, the total time for 4-antenna reception by Cell _1 using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam may be counted. Accordingly, after 4-antenna reception is performed in Cell _2 covered by the active antenna beam using the active antenna beam and the passive antenna beam, the total time for Cell _2 to perform 4-antenna reception using the active antenna beam and the passive antenna beam is counted. If the preset condition is not met, the prior art is continuously adopted for 2-antenna reception, the total Time of 2-antenna reception is also counted, and for a specific Cell, Cell _1 or Cell _2, if the ratio of the total Time of 4-antenna reception to the Time of 2-antenna reception (marked as Time _4R/Time _ 2R) is greater than or equal to a preset threshold value, the corresponding Cell fixedly uses 4-antenna reception, so that the reception mode can be prevented from being always changed.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart of a seventh embodiment of the antenna beam receiving processing method provided by the present invention, and based on the foregoing embodiment, the overall flow of the method implementation may be as follows:

s701, acquiring a downward inclination angle of an active antenna inner wave beam, a downward inclination angle of an active antenna outer wave beam and a downward inclination angle of a passive antenna wave beam, wherein the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer wave beam is smaller than the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner wave beam. Tilt_A1、Tilt_A2、Tilt_BMay be manually entered.

S702, judging the magnitude relation among the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna wave beam, if Tilt_B=Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2Then S708 is executed; if Tilt_B<Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2Executing S703; if Tilt_A1<Tilt_B<Tilt_A2Then, go to S704; if Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2<Tilt_BIf yes, go to step S706; if Tilt_A1<Tilt_A2=Tilt_BThen S709 is executed.

S703, judging whether SINR is satisfied₁Greater than SINR₂And (SINR)₁-SINR₂) If the threshold value is greater than the preset threshold value, executing S708; if not, S710 is executed.

S704, judging whether the Tilt is satisfied or not_B-Tilt_A1) Is less than (Tilt)_A2-Tilt_B) If yes, executing S703; if not, go to S705.

S705, judging whether the requirement is met or not (Tilt)_B-Tilt_A1) Greater than (Tilt)_A2-Tilt_B) If yes, executing S706; if not, then on the basis of S704 and S705 only (Tilt) may be satisfied_B-Tilt_A1)=(Tilt_A2-Tilt_B) At this time, S707 is executed.

S706, judging whether SINR is satisfied₃Greater than SINR₄And (SINR)₃-SINR₄) If the threshold is greater than the preset threshold, executing S709; if not, S710 is performed.

S707, judging whether SINR _ Gain is satisfied₁≥SINR_Gain₂If yes, S708 is executed, and if not, S709 is executed.

S708, the cell covered by the outer beam of the active antenna performs 4-antenna reception using the outer beam of the active antenna and the beam of the passive antenna, and counts a total Time _4R for performing 4-antenna reception, where the cell covered by the inner beam of the active antenna still uses 2-antenna reception according to the prior art. This step is followed by S711.

S709, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, and counts a total Time _4R for performing 4-antenna reception, at this Time, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam still uses 2-antenna reception according to the prior art. This step is followed by S711.

S710, the cell covered by the outer wave beam of the active antenna and the cell covered by the inner wave beam of the active antenna are received by the 2 antennas according to the condition that the two cells still use the 2 antennas, and the total time of the two cells for receiving the 2 antennas is respectively counted. This step is followed by S711.

S711, determining whether Time _4R/Time _2R is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, and if yes, performing S712, where the step is performed for Cell _1 or Cell _ 2; if not, the process returns to the step S702.

S712, using 4 antennas to receive in the corresponding Cell, that is, if Time _4R/Time _2R in Cell _1 is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, Cell _1 uses the beam in the active antenna and the beam of the passive antenna to receive 4 antennas; and if the Time _4R/Time _2R in the Cell _2 is larger than or equal to a preset threshold value, the Cell _2 uses the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna receiving.

In this embodiment, by obtaining the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, comparing the magnitude relationship between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, and according to the difference between the magnitude relationship between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the magnitude relationship between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, and further determining the results of parameters such as SINR, SINR gain, and the like, different schemes are selected to be used in combination with the passive antenna and the active antenna, so that the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam or the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam can be received by 4 antennas under the condition of satisfying the preset condition, so that the received and transmitted signals of the antennas in the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam or the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam are enhanced, therefore, the uplink coverage is larger, the uplink capacity is improved, and the power consumption of the UE can be reduced.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of an antenna beam receiving and processing apparatus provided in the present invention, which may be integrated in a base station, as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus includes: an obtaining module 801 and a processing module 802, wherein:

an obtaining module 801, configured to obtain a downtilt angle of an active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of an active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of a passive antenna beam, where the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam. A processing module 802, configured to determine that a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam when a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions; or, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam uses the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

Further, the processing module 802 is specifically configured to, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, perform 4-antenna reception on the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

A processing module 802, specifically configured to determine, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, a first signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR for 4-antenna reception of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂(ii) a If the SINR is₁Greater than the SINR₂And the SINR₁And the SINR₂If the difference is greater than the preset threshold, the cell covered by the active antenna external beam uses the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

A processing module 802, configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is larger than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam; if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam, judging that a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂(ii) a If the SINR is₁Greater than the SINR₂And the SINR₁And the SINR₂If the difference is greater than the preset threshold, the cell covered by the active antenna external beam uses the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

A processing module 802, configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam; if the difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, judging whether a first SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam is larger than a second SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam; if the first SINR gain is greater than or equal to the second SINR gain, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

A processing module 802, configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is greater than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam; if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is larger than the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam, judging that a third signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄(ii) a If the SINR is₃Greater than the SINR₄And the SINR₃And the SINR₄The difference value of the active antenna inner wave beam is larger than a preset threshold value, and the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam uses the active antenna inner wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving.

A processing module 802, configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam; if the difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, judging whether a first SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam is larger than a second SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam; if the first SINR gain is smaller than the second SINR gain, the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna uses the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna to perform 4-antenna reception.

A processing module 802, specifically configured to determine, if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna inner beam, a third signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR for 4-antenna reception of the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄(ii) a If the SINR is₃Greater than the SINR₄And the SINR₃And the SINR₄The difference value of the active antenna inner wave beam is larger than a preset threshold value, and the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam uses the active antenna inner wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving.

The processing module 802 is specifically configured to, if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt of the active antenna inner beam, perform 4-antenna reception on the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam.

The modules are used for executing the foregoing method embodiments, and the implementation principle and technical effect are similar, which are not described herein again.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of an antenna beam receiving and processing apparatus according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, on the basis of fig. 8, the apparatus further includes: a first statistical module 803, configured to count total time for the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam to perform 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam after the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

Referring to fig. 9, the apparatus further includes: a second counting module 804, configured to count total time for the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna to perform 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna after the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna performs 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna.

Another embodiment of the present invention further provides an antenna beam receiving and processing apparatus, which includes a processor, configured to obtain a downtilt angle of an active antenna inner beam, a downtilt angle of an active antenna outer beam, and a downtilt angle of a passive antenna beam, where the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam; when the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer wave beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna wave beam are judged to meet preset conditions, a cell covered by the active antenna outer wave beam uses the active antenna outer wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving; or, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam uses the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

Further, the processor is specifically configured to, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, perform 4-antenna reception on the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

The processor is specifically configured to determine, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, a first signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR for 4-antenna reception of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂(ii) a If the SINR is₁Greater than the SINR₂And the SINR₁And the SINR₂If the difference is greater than the preset threshold, the cell covered by the active antenna external beam uses the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

The processor is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is larger than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam; if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam, judging that a first signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂(ii) a If the SINR is₁Greater than the SINR₂And the SINR₁And the SINR₂If the difference is greater than the preset threshold, the cell covered by the active antenna external beam uses the active antenna external beam and the passive antenna beam to perform 4-antenna reception.

The processor is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam; if the difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, judging whether a first SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam is larger than a second SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam; if the first SINR gain is greater than or equal to the second SINR gain, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

The processor is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is greater than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam; if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is larger than the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam, judging that a third signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam for 4-antenna reception₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄(ii) a If the SINR is₃Greater than the SINR₄And the SINR₃And the SINR₄The difference value of the active antenna inner wave beam is larger than a preset threshold value, and the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam uses the active antenna inner wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving.

The processor is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam; if the difference value between the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam, judging whether a first SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam is larger than a second SINR gain improved by a cell covered by the active antenna inner beam through 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam; if the first SINR gain is smaller than the second SINR gain, the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna uses the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna to perform 4-antenna reception.

The processor is specifically configured to determine, if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna beam, a third signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR for 4-antenna reception of the active antenna beam and the passive antenna beam₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄(ii) a If the SINR is₃Greater than the SINR₄And the SINR₃And the SINR₄The difference value of the active antenna inner wave beam is larger than a preset threshold value, and the cell covered by the active antenna inner wave beam uses the active antenna inner wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam to carry out 4-antenna receiving.

The processor is specifically configured to perform 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam in a cell covered by the active antenna outer beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam.

Furthermore, the processor is further configured to count a total time for the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam to perform 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam after the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

The processor is further configured to count total time for the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna to perform 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna after the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna performs 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna.

The device is used for executing the method embodiments, and the implementation principle and the technical effect are similar, and are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.

The integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a processor (processor) to execute some steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

It is obvious to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing division of the functional modules is merely used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be performed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules to perform all or part of the above described functions. For the specific working process of the device described above, reference may be made to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described herein again.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. An antenna beam reception processing method, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the determining that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, the method includes:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the determining that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, the method includes:

If the SINR is₁Greater than the SINR₂And the SINR₁And the SINR₂If the difference is greater than the preset threshold, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam uses the active antenna outer beamAnd the beam of the passive antenna performs 4-antenna reception.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when the determining that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, the method includes:

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the determining that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, including:

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the determining that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, including:

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the determining that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy the preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, including:

8. The method of claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, and the method includes:

9. The method of claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam satisfy preset conditions, the cell covered by the active antenna inner beam performs 4-antenna reception using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam, and the method includes:

10. The method according to any of claims 2-5, wherein after 4-antenna reception by the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam, further comprising:

11. The method according to any of claims 6-9, wherein after 4-antenna reception by the cell covered by the active intra-antenna beam using the active intra-antenna beam and the passive intra-antenna beam, further comprising:

12. An antenna beam reception processing apparatus, comprising:

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam, perform 4-antenna reception on the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to determine a first signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR for 4-antenna reception of the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂；

15. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna inner beam is smaller than the downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam;

if the difference value between the downward inclination angle of the passive antenna beam and the downward inclination angle of the active antenna outer beam is smaller than that of the passive antenna beamAnd if the difference value between the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner wave beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna wave beam is smaller than the threshold value, judging that the first signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR (signal to interference plus noise ratio) of the active antenna outer wave beam and the passive antenna wave beam for 4-antenna receiving₁Whether the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is larger than the second signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the active antenna external beam for 2-antenna reception₂；

16. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna inner beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam;

17. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is greater than a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam;

18. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to determine whether a difference between a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam and a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam is equal to a difference between a downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam and a downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is greater than a downtilt angle of the active antenna outer beam and the downtilt angle of the passive antenna inner beam is less than the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam;

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to determine, if the downtilt of the passive antenna beam is greater than the downtilt of the active antenna beam, a SINR (signal to interference plus noise ratio) of a third signal received by 4 antennas of the active antenna beam and the passive antenna beam₃A fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of whether the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio is larger than the fourth signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR of the 2-antenna receiving of the beam in the active antenna₄；

20. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to, if the downtilt angle of the passive antenna beam is equal to the downtilt angle of the active antenna inner beam, perform 4-antenna reception on the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam using the active antenna inner beam and the passive antenna beam.

21. The apparatus of claims 13-16, further comprising:

a first statistical module, configured to count total time for performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam in the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam after performing 4-antenna reception by using the active antenna outer beam and the passive antenna beam in the cell covered by the active antenna outer beam.

22. The apparatus of claims 17-20, further comprising:

and a second counting module, configured to count total time for the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna to perform 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna after the cell covered by the beam in the active antenna performs 4-antenna reception using the beam in the active antenna and the beam in the passive antenna.