JP2005142808A - Wireless communication system, base station, and wireless communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless communication system, a base station, and a wireless communication terminal that can improve the throughput of the whole system and guarantee the quality of a real-time application and has high compatibility with an PF system. <P>SOLUTION: A wireless feedback information transmission part 25 generates feedback information based upon information which is outputted from a reception intensity monitor part 23 and concerned with rates R<SB>j</SB>(n) allocatable to a receiving station 2 and information which is outputted from a receiving buffer data amount monitor part 24 and concerned with receiving buffer data amounts b<SB>j</SB>(n), and transmits the feedback information to a transmitting station 1. A scheduler 10 acquires the feedback information through a wireless feedback information reception part 12 and determines a receiving station 2 which allocates time slots according to the R<SB>j</SB>(n) and b<SB>j</SB>(n) that the feedback information indicates. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless communication system in which downlink communication from a transmitting station (base station) to a receiving station (wireless communication terminal) is performed by a time division multiplexing method, and in particular, to improve the allocation of radio resources to the receiving station. The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, a base station, and a wireless communication terminal.

  In wireless communication, the state of a wireless channel has temporal variations. By using the adaptive modulation technique, it is possible to change the transmission rate according to the current state of the radio channel. When a method of assigning radio resources (time slots) to a plurality of receiving stations by time division multiplexing, the performance of the entire system changes depending on which receiving station a certain time slot is assigned.

In Non-Patent Document 1, Proportional Fair (PF) that can improve the throughput of the entire system by allowing some unfairness among users when targeting a best effort service without quality assurance. A scheme has been proposed. In this method, throughput is improved by selecting a moment when the channel state of a certain receiving station is relatively good and assigning it to that receiving station. This method is also adopted in an actual system and is widespread. Patent Document 1 describes that the PF method is improved so that the degree of unfairness between users can be adjusted by a parameter. Non-Patent Document 2 proposes a method of guaranteeing quality by focusing on the data amount in the transmission buffer on the transmission station side for applications requiring real-time properties such as moving image distribution.
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  In order to use a real-time application such as moving picture distribution, a certain level of quality is required for the communication system. However, in the methods described in Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1, the throughput of the entire system is improved, but absolute quality is not guaranteed for individual communications. In the method described in Non-Patent Document 2, coexistence with the currently popular PF method described in Non-Patent Document 1 is not considered, and allocation is performed based on the data amount in the transmission buffer. For this reason, it interferes with an upper layer protocol with source rate control like TCP, which is widely used at present, and it is difficult to introduce it into an actual system.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and can improve the throughput of the entire system, guarantee the quality of real-time applications, and have high compatibility with the PF system. An object of the present invention is to provide a base station and a wireless communication terminal.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the base station transmitting information and the information from the base station in a time slot determined by the base station. In a wireless communication system including M (M is a natural number) wireless communication terminals to receive, the wireless communication terminal can assign a rate R _j (n that the terminal can allocate in the nth (n is a natural number) time slot. ) (J is a natural number equal to or less than M, and is a number used to distinguish between wireless communication terminals) and a data amount b _j (n) in the reception buffer of the terminal itself is detected. Information for notifying the base station of second detection means, R _j (n) detected by the first detection means, and b _j (n) detected by the second detection means The And transmitting means for transmitting to the serial base station, the base station, the R _{j (n} that the receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by said wireless communication terminal, it said information received by said receiving means indicates ) And b _j (n), and a scheduling means for determining allocation of the n-th time slot to the M radio communication terminals.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the wireless communication system according to the first aspect, when the M wireless communication terminals are wireless communication terminals compatible with a real-time application, the scheduling means is Δb _j (n _{) = max {0, min {} B j, b j (n) + R j (n) Δt} -y j * Δt} -b j (n), however, [Delta] b _j (n) is the j-th wireless communication terminal B _j (n), B _j represents the reception buffer capacity of the j-th radio communication terminal, Δt represents the length of one time slot, and y _j ^* represents the j-th radio The Δb _j (n) is calculated based on the following equation indicating the required throughput of the application operating on the communication terminal. If 0 ≦ b _j (n) <b _j ^min , U _j ((b _j (N)) = L, b _j ^min ≦ b _j When (n) ≦ B _j , U _j ((b _j (n)) = 1 / x _j (n), where U _j ((b _j (n)) is a function and L is a constant X _j (n) is a value indicating the priority of the j-th wireless communication terminal, and the above-mentioned U _j ((b _j (n)) is based on the formula b _j ^min = y _j ^* Δt. ), And when b _j (n + 1) <b _j ^L , x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Cx _j (n), b _j ^L ≦ b _j (n + 1) ≦ b _j ^H X _j (n + 1) = x _j (n), and b _j ^H <b _j (n + 1), x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) + C (R _j (n) Δt−x _j (n)), however, _{C, b} ^{j L} and _b ^{j H} is a _{constant, x} j (1) is an arbitrary number, made based on the formula, the at n-th time slot End _x j ( n + 1), Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated for the M wireless communication terminals, and Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) The nth time slot is assigned to the wireless communication terminal having the largest number.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the wireless communication system according to the second aspect, among the M wireless communication terminals, there are N (N is a natural number equal to or less than M) best effort class wireless communication terminals. In this case, the scheduling means further provides Δb _j (n) = max {0, min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} for the N best effort class wireless communication terminals. ^{_{-y j * Δt} -b j (}} n), calculates the [Delta] b _j (n) based on the composed _equations, based on the expression that _{U j ((b j (n} )) = 1 / x j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated and x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Dx _j if the n th time slot is not assigned to the j th wireless communication terminal. (N) The nth time slot is assigned to the jth wireless communication terminal If _{was, x j (n + 1)} = x j (n) + D (R j (n) Δt-x j (n)), however, D is a _{constant, x} j (1) is an arbitrary number Based on a certain formula, x _j (n + 1) is calculated at the end of the nth time slot, and Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated for the M wireless communication terminals. Is calculated, and the time slot is allocated to the wireless communication terminal of the number having the maximum Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a base station that determines assignment of time slots to M (M is a natural number) wireless communication terminals and transmits information to the wireless communication terminals to which the time slots are assigned, the wireless communication Information on the rate R _j (n) that can be allocated to the wireless communication terminal in the nth (n is a natural number) time slot and the amount of data b _j (n) in the reception buffer of the wireless communication terminal transmitted by the terminal A receiving means for receiving, and allocation of the nth time slot to the M wireless communication terminals based on the R _j (n) and the b _j (n) indicated by the information received by the receiving means And a scheduling means for determining the base station.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the base station according to the fourth aspect, when the M number of wireless communication terminals are wireless communication terminals compatible with a real-time application, the scheduling means is Δb _j (n) _{= max {0, min {B} j, b j (n) + R j (n) Δt} -y j * Δt} -b j (n), however, [Delta] b _j (n) is the j-th (j is the M B _j (n) of the wireless communication terminal of the following natural number), B _j indicates the reception buffer capacity of the j-th wireless communication terminal, Δt indicates the length of one time slot, and y _j ^* is the shows the j-th required throughput of the application running on the wireless communication terminal, calculates the [Delta] b _j (n) based on the composed expression, for ^{_{0 ≦ b j (n) <}} b j min U _j ((b _j (n)) = L, b _{When j} ^min ≦ b _j (n) ≦ B _j , U _j ((b _j (n)) = 1 / x _j (n), where U _j ((b _j (n)) is a function , L is a constant, x _j (n) is a value indicating the priority of the j-th wireless communication terminal, and b _j ^min = y _j ^* Δt based on the equation U _j (( b _j (n)) is calculated, and when b _j (n + 1) <b _j ^L , x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Cx _j (n), b _j ^L ≦ b _j (n + 1) In the case of ≦ b _j ^H , x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n), and in the case of b _j ^H <b _j (n + 1), x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) + C (R _j (n _{) Δt-x j (n)} ), however, _{C, b} ^{j L} and _b ^{j H} is a _{constant, x} j (1) is an arbitrary number, based on the made wherein, n-th time slot end Sometimes calculates the _x j (n + 1), calculates the [Delta] b _j for the M radio communication terminal _{(n) U j ((b} j (n)), said _{Δb j (n) U j (} ( The n-th time slot is assigned to the wireless communication terminal having the largest b _j (n)).

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the base station according to the fifth aspect, there are N (N is a natural number equal to or less than M) best effort class wireless communication terminals among the M wireless communication terminals. The scheduling means further provides Δb _j (n) = max {0, min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} − for the N best effort class wireless communication terminals. y _j ^* Δt} −b _j (n) is calculated based on the following formula, and Δ _j (n) is calculated based on the formula U _j ((b _j (n)) = 1 / x _j (n). When U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated and the n th time slot is not assigned to the j th wireless communication terminal, x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Dx _j ( n) If the nth time slot is assigned to the jth wireless communication terminal _{Is, x j (n + 1)} = x j (n) + D (R j (n) Δt-x j (n)), however, D is a _{constant, x} j (1) is an arbitrary number, comprising Based on the equation, x _j (n + 1) is calculated at the end of the nth time slot, and Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated for the M wireless communication terminals. , And the time slot is allocated to the wireless communication terminal of the number with the maximum Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)).

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in a radio communication terminal that receives information transmitted by a base station in a time slot determined by the base station, the terminal is allocated in the nth (n is a natural number) time slot. The first detection means for detecting the possible rate R _j (n), the second detection means for detecting the data amount b _j (n) in the reception buffer of the terminal, and the first detection means And transmitting means for transmitting to the base station information for notifying the base station of R _j (n) and b _j (n) detected by the second detecting means. Is a wireless communication terminal.

  According to the present invention, since the base station determines the radio communication terminal to which time slots are allocated according to the state of the radio channel and the amount of data in the reception buffer in the radio communication terminal, the throughput of the entire radio communication system And the quality of real-time applications is guaranteed. In addition, there is an effect that the compatibility with the PF system is high and the application to an existing wireless communication system is easy.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Real-time applications typically buffer on the receiving side to absorb delay and throughput variations. If the application extracts data from the reception buffer at a constant rate and the reception buffer is empty when data is to be read out, application quality deterioration such as image distortion occurs. If the reception buffer is full, the receiving side cannot receive any more data.

  In order to improve the throughput of the entire wireless communication system, the transmitting station needs to select a moment when the channel state of the receiving station is relatively good and perform transmission. On the contrary, while the channel state is relatively deteriorated, slot allocation cannot be received. For this reason, the greater the amount of data in the reception buffer, the greater the resistance to temporary degradation of the radio channel. In this embodiment, time slots (hereinafter referred to as slots) are assigned to receiving stations in consideration of both the state of the radio channel and the amount of data in the reception buffer.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The wireless communication system includes a transmission station 1 (base station) and M reception stations 2 (M is a natural number), and each reception station 2 communicates with the transmission station 1 via a wireless channel. The receiving station 2 is a wireless communication terminal having a wireless communication function such as a mobile phone, PHS (registered trademark), and PDA (Personal Digital Assistance).

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the transmitting station 1 and the receiving station 2. In the transmitting station 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a scheduler, which determines a slot to be allocated to the receiving station 2. A wireless data transmission unit 11 transmits data to the receiving station 2 to which the slot is assigned by the scheduler 10. The wireless data transmission unit 11 includes a transmission buffer (not shown). Reference numeral 12 denotes a wireless feedback information receiving unit that receives feedback information transmitted by the receiving station 2 and outputs the feedback information to the scheduler 10.

In the receiving station 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a wireless data receiving unit that receives data transmitted by the transmitting station 1 and outputs the data to the receiving buffer 21. The reception buffer 21 temporarily accumulates data output from the wireless data reception unit 20. The application unit 22 extracts necessary data from the reception buffer 21 and performs processing related to moving image reproduction and the like. The reception strength monitoring unit 23 detects the reception strength when the wireless data reception unit 20 receives a radio signal from the transmission station 1, and estimates the rate R _j (n) that can be allocated in the reception station 2 from the detected reception strength. , Information on the estimated R _j (n) is output to the wireless feedback information transmitting unit 25. Here, n represents a slot number, and n = 1, 2, 3,.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a reception buffer data amount monitor, which detects the amount of data in the reception buffer 21. Then, the reception buffer data amount monitoring unit 24 outputs information related to the reception buffer data amount b _j (n), which is the data amount in the reception buffer 21, to the wireless feedback information transmission unit 25. Based on the information output from the reception intensity monitoring unit 23 and the reception buffer data amount monitoring unit 24, the radio feedback information transmission unit 25 assigns an assignable rate R _j (n) and a reception buffer data amount b _j (n). Feedback information is generated, and the feedback information is transmitted to the transmitting station 1 before the start of the nth slot.

Next, the operation of the wireless communication system in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wireless communication system in the present embodiment. In the transmitting station 1, the scheduler 10 uses the feedback information output from the radio feedback information receiving unit 12 at the start of the n-th slot, and determines the rate R _j (n) that can be allocated to the receiving station 2 and the amount of data b _j in the reception buffer. (N) is acquired. Then, based on R _j (n), b _j (n) and the value x _j (n) related to the priority of the receiving station 2, the receiving station 2 to which the nth slot is assigned is determined (step S301). Here, it is assumed that a slot is allocated to the mth receiving station 2.

Subsequently, the scheduler 10 outputs data to be transmitted to the receiving station 2 to which the slot is assigned to the wireless data transmission unit 11. The wireless data transmitter 11 transmits the data to the receiving station 2 at the rate R _m (n) for the time of the length Δt of one slot (step S302). The wireless data receiving unit 20 receives this data and outputs it to the receiving buffer 21. Then, at the end of the nth slot, the application unit 22 takes out data used in the next slot from the reception buffer 21 (step S303).

When the n-th slot ends, the reception intensity monitoring unit 23 of each receiving station 2 estimates an assignable rate R _j (n + 1) and outputs information on R _j (n + 1) to the wireless feedback information transmission unit 25. The reception buffer data amount monitoring unit 24 detects the reception buffer data amount b _j (n + 1), and outputs information on b _j (n + 1) to the wireless feedback information transmission unit 25. Then, the wireless feedback information transmission unit 25 creates feedback information and transmits the feedback information to the transmission station 1 (step S304). Subsequently, the processing of the (n + 1) th slot starts (step S305), and the processing of steps S301 to S305 is repeated.

  Next, in the present embodiment, an operation in which the scheduler 10 determines allocation of slots to the receiving station 2 will be described. The M receiving stations 2 are divided into two classes: a best effort class that is a communication mode without quality assurance and a real-time class that is a communication mode that requires real-time application and requires quality assurance. The receiving station 2 is classified into the above-described two classes depending on the activated application, and the class is changed by activation / termination of the application. In this case, for example, the receiving station 2 notifies the transmitting station 1 of the class change.

First, consider the case where all the receiving stations 2 are in the real-time class. As shown in FIG. 1, the wireless communication system includes M receiving stations 2 from a first receiving station 2 to an Mth receiving station 2. The length of one slot is Δt, the reception buffer capacity of the j-th reception station 2 at the start time of the n-th slot (j is an integer not less than 1 and not more than M) is B _j , and buffered by the reception buffer 21. Let the data amount be b _j (n). However, 0 ≦ b _j (n) ≦ B _j . The required throughput of the application of the j-th receiving station 2 is y _j ^* . Each receiving station 2 takes out data having a size of y _j ^* Δt from the receiving buffer 21 at the end of each slot.

  The nth slot is assigned to the receiving station m (n) determined by the following algorithm.

In [Equation 1], Δb _j (n) is a change in the data amount in the reception buffer of the j-th receiving station 2 when the n-th slot is assigned to the j-th receiving station 2.
Δb _j (n) = max {0, min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} −y _j ^* Δt} −b _j (n)
It becomes. However, max {A, B} = B (A ≦ B), min {A, B} = A (A ≦ B). In the right side of the above equation defining Δb _j (n), min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} defines that the upper limit of the data amount in the reception buffer does not exceed B _j , In the entire right side, it is specified that the lower limit of the data amount in the reception buffer is 0 or more.

The algorithm according to [Equation 1] calculates Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) for each receiving station 2 and assigns the nth slot to the largest receiving station 2 among them. The utility function U _j ((b _j (n)) is defined by the following equation.

In [Expression 2], L is a very large positive constant. b _j ^min is the amount of data in the reception buffer such that when the nth slot is not assigned to the jth receiving station 2, the reception buffer 21 is just empty at the end of the slot, and b _j ^min = y _j ^* Δt. x _j (n) is a value for determining the priority of the j-th receiving station 2 when there is a certain amount or more of data in the receiving buffer 21. According to [Equation 2], the slot allocation priority for the receiving station 2 whose data amount in the receiving buffer is less than b _j ^min is high. x _j (n) is updated as shown in the following equation at the end of each slot.

In [Equation 3], C is a very small positive constant (for example, 1/1000), and b _j ^L and b _j ^H are parameters representing a desirable range of data amount in the reception buffer. According to [Equation 3], when the amount of data in the reception buffer is less than b _j ^L, x _j (n) is decreased, thereby increasing the slot allocation priority for the j-th reception station 2 and the reception buffer. When the amount of internal data is greater than or equal to b _j ^{H, the} slot allocation priority for the jth receiving station 2 decreases by increasing x _j (n). Note that the initial value x _j (1) of x _j (n) is arbitrary.

Next, a case where a real-time class receiving station 2 and a best-effort class receiving station 2 coexist will be described. The best effort class receiving station 2 is as follows. In the best-effort class receiving station 2, if the receiving buffer capacity is infinite (B _j → ∞) and the data extraction rate from the receiving buffer 21 by the application unit 22 is proportional to the current data amount in the receiving buffer, b _{Since j} ^min ≦ b _j (n) ≦ B _j always holds,
U _j ((b _j (n)) = 1 / x _j (n)
It becomes. If b _j ^L = b _j ^H = b _j (n), x _j (n + 1) is expressed by the following equation.

In [Equation 4], m (n) ≠ j indicates a case where the nth slot is not assigned to the jth receiving station 2, and m (n) = j is that the nth slot is the jth slot. The case where it is assigned to the receiving station 2 is shown. By assigning parameters in this way, the slot assignment rule for the best-effort class receiving station 2 becomes equal to the conventional PF system. Thus, even when the best-effort class receiving station 2 and the real-time class receiving station 2 coexist, they can be handled in a unified manner. Note that, by setting the constant C in [Equation 3] and the constant C in [Equation 4] to the same value, application to an existing system becomes easier, but different values may be used. As described above, in this embodiment, the scheduler 10 assigns slots in consideration of the state of the radio channel (R _j (n)) and the amount of data in the reception buffer of the receiving station 2 (b _j (n)). ing.

  Next, an example according to the present embodiment will be described. Here, as a comparison between the conventional method and the method according to the present embodiment, a result of a computer simulation including a radio wave propagation model assuming mobile communication is shown. Since the conventional method (PF method) does not support the real-time class as it is, it is as follows. In other words, the scheduler uses the PF method, but in order to prevent the reception buffer from overflowing, the data transmission source (for example, a streaming distribution server or the like) performs transmission at a constant rate by limiting the required rate in advance. Therefore, the data arrives at the transmission buffer on the transmission station side at regular intervals.

  In the real-time class receiving station of this embodiment, initial buffering is performed. In other words, the scheduling is performed in the same manner as in the PF method without first extracting from the reception buffer, and when the amount of data in the reception buffer reaches half of the buffer capacity, the application retrieves data from the reception buffer (video , Etc.).

4 to 7 show simulation results. 4 and 5 are graphs showing the operation of the wireless communication system according to the conventional method and the present embodiment, respectively. Here, four receiving stations are assumed, of which two are the best effort class and the remaining two are the real-time class, and simulations were performed using the conventional method and the method according to this embodiment. In this simulation, Δt = 1/600 sec, the required rate of the real-time class _y ^j * = 64 kbps, buffer capacity ^{_{B j = 32KB, b j L}} = 0.1B j, b j H = 0.9B j, L = 100000, C = 0.001, and x _j (1) = 0. Further, the required throughput y _j ^* in the best effort class is proportional to the amount of data in the reception buffer.

In the figure, the horizontal axis indicates time, the left vertical axis indicates throughput, and the right vertical axis indicates data capacity in the reception buffer. y ₁ and y ₂ are the average throughput of receiving stations in the best effort class, and y ₃ and y ₄ are the average throughputs of receiving stations in the real-time class. B ₃ and b ₄ are data amounts in the reception buffer of the reception station of the real-time class.

In the conventional method, the amount of data in the reception buffer of the real-time class remains unchanged at the initial buffering capacity (see b ₃ and b ₄ in FIG. 4). This is because the transmission buffer of the transmitting station is almost empty, and a slot is allocated at the moment when data arrives in the transmission buffer, and the conventional method is not scheduled in consideration of the channel state. On the other hand, in the method according to the present embodiment, the amount of data in the reception buffer of the real-time class is a high value and changes while moving up and down within a certain range (see b ₃ and b ₄ in FIG. 5). Scheduling considering the state is performed.

  Therefore, compared to the conventional method, the required rate of the real-time class is achieved with a smaller number of slots. As a result, the number of slots allocated to the best effort class is increased, and the throughput of the best effort class is higher than that of the conventional method. It has been improved. In addition, since the amount of data in the reception buffer of the real-time class is higher than that of the conventional method, the quality assurance degree of the real-time application is increased.

  6 and 7 show the entire radio communication system when there are eight receiving stations, and the number of receiving stations in the real-time class is changed from 0 (that is, all best effort class) to 8 (that is, all real-time class). And total throughput for each class. The horizontal axis represents the number of real-time class receiving stations among all eight receiving stations, and the vertical axis represents the throughput. The parameter values related to the calculation are the same as those described above. As shown in FIG. 6, when the number of real-time class receiving stations is increased in the conventional method, the throughput of the best effort class is reduced in proportion thereto, and as a result, the throughput of the entire wireless communication system is also reduced. . This result indicates that the conventional method cannot perform scheduling in consideration of the channel state for the real-time class.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, in the system according to the present embodiment, if the number of receiving stations in the real-time class is 6 or less, the throughput of the entire wireless system is only slightly reduced. This indicates that when the system according to the present embodiment allocates slots to the real-time class, the PF system can allocate with the same efficiency as the allocation to the best effort class. .

As described above, in the radio communication system according to the present embodiment, as indicated by [Equation 3] and [Equation 4], the transmitting station depends on the radio channel state R _j and the data amount b _j in the reception buffer. Thus, by changing the priority of the receiving station to which the slot is allocated, the throughput of the entire wireless communication system is improved. Also, the quality of the real-time application can be guaranteed by the transmission station assigning slots in consideration of the data amount b _j in the reception buffer of the reception station.

  In addition, since the method according to the present embodiment updates variables with an algorithm compatible with the conventional PF method, when this method is applied to an existing system, the influence on the existing system can be minimized. it can. Furthermore, since the transmission station performs allocation independent of the amount of data in the transmission buffer, it can prevent interference with higher layer protocols with rate control such as TCP.

  As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and includes design changes and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. It is.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the radio | wireless communications system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the transmission station 1 and the receiving station 2 by the embodiment. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment. It is a graph which shows operation | movement of the radio | wireless communications system by a conventional system. 5 is a graph illustrating an operation of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a graph which shows the throughput of the radio | wireless communications system by a conventional system. 4 is a graph illustrating throughput of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transmitting station, 2 ... Receiving station, 10 ... Scheduler, 11 ... Wireless data transmission part, 12 ... Wireless feedback information receiving part, 20 ... Wireless data receiving part, 21. ..Reception buffer, 22... Application section, 23... Reception intensity monitoring section, 24... Reception buffer data amount monitoring section, 25.

Claims (7)

In a wireless communication system comprising: a base station that transmits information; and M (M is a natural number) wireless communication terminals that receive the information from the base station in a time slot determined by the base station;
The wireless communication terminal is
A rate R _j (n) (j is a natural number equal to or less than M and is a number used for distinguishing wireless communication terminals) that can be allocated by the own terminal in an n-th (n is a natural number) time slot. 1 detection means;
Second detection means for detecting the amount of data b _j (n) in the reception buffer of the own terminal;
Information for notifying the base station of the R _j (n) detected by the first detection means and the b _j (n) detected by the second detection means is transmitted to the base station. A transmission means,
The base station
Receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by the wireless communication terminal;
Scheduling means for determining allocation of the nth time slot to the M wireless communication terminals based on the R _j (n) and the b _j (n) indicated by the information received by the receiving means; A wireless communication system characterized by comprising: When the M wireless communication terminals are wireless communication terminals that support real-time applications,
Δb _j (n) = max {0, min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} −y _j ^* Δt} −b _j (n),
However, Δb _j (n) indicates the fluctuation amount of the b _j (n) of the j-th wireless communication terminal, B _j indicates the reception buffer capacity of the j-th wireless communication terminal, and Δt indicates one time slot. Indicates the length, y _j ^* indicates the required throughput of the application operating on the j th wireless communication terminal,
Δb _j (n) is calculated based on the following formula:
If 0 ≦ b _j (n) <b _j ^min , U _j ((b _j (n)) = L,
If b _j ^min ≦ b _j (n) ≦ B _j , then U _j ((b _j (n)) = 1 / x _j (n),
However, U _j ((b _j (n)) is a function, L is a constant, x _j (n) is a value indicating the priority of the j-th wireless communication terminal, and b _j ^min = y _j ^* Δt,
U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated based on the following formula:
If b _j (n + 1) <b _j ^L , then x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Cx _j (n),
If b _j ^L ≦ b _j (n + 1) ≦ b _j ^H , then x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n),
If b _j ^H <b _j (n + 1), then x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) + C (R _j (n) Δt−x _j (n)),
However, C, b _j ^L and b _j ^H are constants, and x _j (1) is an arbitrary number.
Based on the following formula, x _j (n + 1) is calculated at the end of the nth time slot,
Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated for the M wireless communication terminals, and Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is a maximum number. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the nth time slot is allocated to the radio communication terminal. When there are N (N is a natural number equal to or less than M) best effort class wireless communication terminals among the M wireless communication terminals, the scheduling means further includes the N best effort class wireless communication terminals. for,
Δb _j (n) = max {0, min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} −y _j ^* Δt} −b _j (n),
Δb _j (n) is calculated based on the following formula:
Calculates the _{U j ((b j (n} )) = 1 / x j (n) becomes on the basis of the formula _{U j ((b j (n} )),
If the n th time slot is not assigned to the j th wireless communication terminal, x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Dx _j (n),
If the n th time slot is assigned to the j th wireless communication terminal, x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) + D (R _j (n) Δt−x _j (n)),
Where D is a constant and x _j (1) is an arbitrary number.
Based on the following formula, x _j (n + 1) is calculated at the end of the nth time slot,
Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated for the M wireless communication terminals, and Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is a maximum number. The wireless communication system according to claim 2, wherein the time slot is assigned to the wireless communication terminal. In a base station that determines assignment of time slots to M (M is a natural number) wireless communication terminals and transmits information to the wireless communication terminals to which the time slots are assigned.
The rate R _j (n) that can be allocated to the wireless communication terminal in the nth (n is a natural number) time slot transmitted by the wireless communication terminal and the data amount b _j (n) in the reception buffer of the wireless communication terminal Receiving means for receiving information about;
Scheduling means for determining allocation of the nth time slot to the M wireless communication terminals based on the R _j (n) and the b _j (n) indicated by the information received by the receiving means; ,
A base station comprising: When the M wireless communication terminals are wireless communication terminals that support real-time applications,
Δb _j (n) = max {0, min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} −y _j ^* Δt} −b _j (n),
Here, Δb _j (n) represents the amount of fluctuation of b _j (n) of the j th (j is a natural number less than or equal to M) wireless communication terminal, and B _j is the reception buffer capacity of the j th wireless communication terminal. , Δt indicates the length of one time slot, y _j ^* indicates the required throughput of the application operating on the j th wireless communication terminal,
Δb _j (n) is calculated based on the following formula:
If 0 ≦ b _j (n) <b _j ^min , U _j ((b _j (n)) = L,
If b _j ^min ≦ b _j (n) ≦ B _j , then U _j ((b _j (n)) = 1 / x _j (n),
However, U _j ((b _j (n)) is a function, L is a constant, x _j (n) is a value indicating the priority of the j-th wireless communication terminal, and b _j ^min = y _j ^* Δt,
U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated based on the following formula:
If b _j (n + 1) <b _j ^L , then x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Cx _j (n),
If b _j ^L ≦ b _j (n + 1) ≦ b _j ^H , then x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n),
If b _j ^H <b _j (n + 1), then x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) + C (R _j (n) Δt−x _j (n)),
However, C, b _j ^L and b _j ^H are constants, and x _j (1) is an arbitrary number.
Based on the following formula, x _j (n + 1) is calculated at the end of the nth time slot,
Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated for the M wireless communication terminals, and Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is a maximum number. The base station according to claim 4, wherein the n-th time slot is allocated to the wireless communication terminal. When there are N (N is a natural number equal to or less than M) best effort class wireless communication terminals among the M wireless communication terminals, the scheduling means further includes the N best effort class wireless communication terminals. for,
Δb _j (n) = max {0, min {B _j , b _j (n) + R _j (n) Δt} −y _j ^* Δt} −b _j (n),
Δb _j (n) is calculated based on the following formula:
Calculates the _{U j ((b j (n} )) = 1 / x j (n) becomes on the basis of the formula _{U j ((b j (n} )),
If the n th time slot is not assigned to the j th wireless communication terminal, x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) −Dx _j (n),
If the n th time slot is assigned to the j th wireless communication terminal, x _j (n + 1) = x _j (n) + D (R _j (n) Δt−x _j (n)),
Where D is a constant and x _j (1) is an arbitrary number.
Based on the following formula, x _j (n + 1) is calculated at the end of the nth time slot,
Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is calculated for the M wireless communication terminals, and Δb _j (n) U _j ((b _j (n)) is a maximum number. The base station according to claim 5, wherein the time slot is allocated to the wireless communication terminal. In a wireless communication terminal that receives information transmitted by the base station in a time slot determined by the base station,
first detection means for detecting an assignable rate R _j (n) of the terminal in an nth (n is a natural number) time slot;
Second detection means for detecting the amount of data b _j (n) in the reception buffer of the own terminal;
Information for notifying the base station of the R _j (n) detected by the first detection means and the b _j (n) detected by the second detection means is transmitted to the base station. A transmission means;
A wireless communication terminal comprising:

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