JP2011101438A - Mobile communication system, and base station device and mobile station device used in the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile communication system capable of ensuring stable reception quality, both in a transmitting station and in a receiving station, even under a high-speed moving environment. <P>SOLUTION: A phase error detecting section 506 of a base station device 100 detects a phase error caused by Doppler shift in a received wave from a mobile station device 200. A phase rotating section 1 rotates a phase of a transmission symbol in a baseband region to cancel Doppler shift generated on downlink from the base station 100 to the mobile station device 200, based on the phase error detected by the phase error detecting section 506. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication system, and particularly relates to a mobile communication system, a base station apparatus, and a mobile station apparatus having a function of compensating for Doppler shift.

  In a mobile communication system, as is well known, a Doppler shift occurs due to the Doppler effect. That is, when the mobile station moves in a direction in which the distance between the mobile station and the base station decreases, the receiving station (mobile station or mobile station The frequency of the signal received by the other of the base stations is higher. Conversely, when the mobile station moves in a direction in which the distance between the mobile station and the base station increases, the frequency of the signal received by the receiving station becomes lower than the frequency of the signal transmitted from the transmitting station. . Therefore, the receiving station needs to absorb or compensate for the Doppler shift and reproduce the signal.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile communication system. Here, the configuration and operation related to the Doppler shift will be described.
The base station device 500 includes an antenna element 501, a duplexer (circulator) 502, a quadrature demodulator 503, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 504, an uplink frequency synthesizer 505, a phase error detector 506, a synchronous detector. 507, decoding section 508, encoding section 509, frame generation section 510, multiplexing section 511, downlink frequency synthesizer 512, and orthogonal modulation section 513. Base station apparatus 500 uses VCO 504 and downlink frequency synthesizer 512 to transmit data to mobile station 600 at a predetermined specific radio frequency. Also, base station apparatus 500 detects a frequency error (frequency offset) of a received wave from mobile station apparatus 600 using phase error detection section 506, and reproduces data while compensating for the error.

  The mobile station device 600 includes an antenna element 601, a circulator 602, an orthogonal modulation unit 603, a synchronous detection unit 604, a decoding unit 605, a handover control unit 606, a phase error detection unit 607, an automatic frequency control (AFC) unit 608. , A VCO 609, a downlink frequency synthesizer 610, an encoding unit 611, a frame generation unit 612, an uplink frequency synthesizer 613, and an orthogonal demodulation unit 614. The AFC unit 608 controls the input voltage of the VCO 609 so that the frequency error (frequency offset) of the received wave from the base station apparatus 500 converges to zero. Then, the mobile station device 600 uses the clock generated by the VCO 609 to reproduce the received data and transmit the transmission data.

  Here, the mobile station moves at a high speed together with a train (especially a train that travels at a high speed such as the Shinkansen) or an automobile, and the propagation path between the mobile station and the base station along the travel route of the train or the automobile. Assume an environment in which a base station is installed in a place where is in line of sight (a place where a direct wave is transmitted and received between the mobile station and the base station). Under such an environment, the frequency control in the conventional mobile communication system is as shown in FIG. In FIG. 22, in order to simplify the explanation, the uplink / downlink frequency is not distinguished and described as “fc”, but the same problem exists even when the uplink / downlink frequency is different.

  In the line-of-sight propagation path, since the mobile station and the base station each receive a direct wave, the Doppler shift is equivalent to a frequency offset. Therefore, the mobile station performs AFC control that follows the radio frequency including the Doppler shift.

  In FIG. 22, when the mobile station (MS) approaches the base station (BTS1), the frequency of the received wave at the antenna end of the mobile station is a frequency that is higher by the Doppler shift. For this reason, as a result of the AFC control for the received wave, the frequency (downlink frequency) of the periodic wave used by the mobile station to receive the signal is controlled to “fc + fd”. Here, “fc” is the reference frequency of the carrier wave, and “fd” is the Doppler shift frequency. When ideal AFC control is executed, the frequency offset received by the mobile station after quadrature demodulation is zero.

  Here, in the conventional mobile communication system, as described with reference to FIG. 21, the same frequency as the downlink frequency obtained by AFC control is used as the frequency of the carrier wave for transmitting data (uplink frequency). used. For this reason, the uplink frequency is also controlled to “fc + fd”. When a radio wave having the frequency “fc + fd” is transmitted from the mobile station, the same Doppler shift is applied in the uplink, so the frequency of the received wave at the base station (BTS1) is “fc + 2fd”. That is, the frequency offset after quadrature demodulation in the base station is twice the Doppler shift.

  When the mobile station (MS) passes near the base station (BTS1), the mobile station changes from the state approaching the base station to the state where the mobile station moves away from the base station. Will be reversed. The fluctuation of the Doppler shift fd at this time can be expressed by the following equation. “V” is the moving speed of the mobile station, “c” is the speed of light, “x” is the vertical distance from the base station (BTS1) to the moving path of the mobile station, and “t” is the base station ( Elapsed time based on the time passing through the vicinity of BTS1), “θ (t)” means an elevation angle when the base station (BTS1) is viewed from the moving direction of the mobile station.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the variation of the Doppler shift obtained by the above calculation formula. As the moving speed of the mobile station increases, the fluctuation range of the Doppler shift increases. Also, the smaller the vertical distance from the base station to the mobile station travel path, the more the Doppler shift will change in a shorter time.

  For example, when fc = 2 GHz, v = 300 km / h, and x = 50 m, the reception frequency at the mobile station rapidly changes from “2G + 600” Hz to “2G−600” Hz in about several seconds. In order to minimize the frequency offset in the station, it is necessary to increase the time constant of AFC control. However, increasing the time constant of AFC control corresponds to shortening the average time for phase error detection noise and roughening the control step of frequency control. There is a problem that there is a trade-off relationship with the accuracy of.

  In order to solve this problem, for example, Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for changing the AFC band and the tracking speed according to the communication status. However, when this configuration is introduced, there is a problem that the AFC control circuit of the mobile station becomes complicated.

  Further, even if AFC control is ideally performed in the mobile station, the base station receives a frequency offset corresponding to twice the Doppler shift. For this reason, in the case described above, the reception frequency at the base station fluctuates by 2400 Hz from “2G + 1200” Hz to “2G-1200” Hz in about several seconds. Therefore, the demand for higher speed in the frequency compensation of the base station (frequency compensation processing at the time of synchronous detection based on the result of phase error detection) becomes more severe than the conditions in the mobile station.

  However, the base station is usually only designed to compensate for a frequency error of about 0.1 ppm due to the frequency stability of the mobile station. Here, when fc = 2 GHz, the frequency error that can be compensated is about ± 200 Hz. Therefore, in order to ensure the reception quality under the special condition of the high-speed moving environment in the line-of-sight propagation path, the base station must implement a frequency compensation circuit having a compensation range six times that of a normal design. . Furthermore, in order to realize high-speed tracking, frequency compensation accuracy must be sacrificed.

  Next, in FIG. 22, a handover that occurs when the mobile station (MS) moves from the communication area of the base station (BTS1) to the communication area of the base station (BTS2) is assumed. Here, a soft handover (SHO) in the CDMA system adopted in the second generation and third generation mobile phone systems is assumed. In CDMA, the same frequency can be used in cells adjacent to each other. For this reason, the mobile station can switch the reference cell (that is, soft handover) while combining the signals from a plurality of base stations with the maximum ratio.

  However, a conventional mobile station (MS) can perform AFC control only for a certain reception frequency. For this reason, the mobile station normally performs AFC control only on the reception frequency of the reference cell. Then, as shown in FIG. 22, during the period in which the base station (BTS1) is the reference cell, the uplink / downlink frequency is controlled to “fc−fd”, and the reference cell is changed from the base station (BTS1) to the base station (BTS2). After switching to, the up / down frequency is controlled to “fc + fd”. That is, the mobile station performs maximum ratio combining for a set of received waves having a frequency difference corresponding to twice the Doppler shift in the handover interval. As a result, diversity gain by soft handover cannot be obtained, and reception quality may be deteriorated as compared with the case of not combining.

  Note that another mobile communication system in consideration of the Doppler shift is described in Patent Document 2, for example. A technique related to AFC control at the time of handover is described in Patent Document 3, for example.

JP 2002-101012 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-200471 JP-A-11-355826

  An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication system capable of ensuring stable reception quality in both a transmitting station and a receiving station even in a high-speed moving environment.

  A base station apparatus according to the present invention is an apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a mobile station, the detecting means for detecting a frequency offset of a received wave from the mobile station, and the frequency offset detected by the detecting means And a frequency control means for controlling a transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the mobile station so as to cancel a Doppler shift occurring in a radio link to the mobile station.

  Since the Doppler shift accompanying the mobile station moving at a high speed occurs in both the uplink and the downlink, a frequency offset twice as large as the Doppler shift has occurred in the conventional mobile communication system. On the other hand, if the base station apparatus of the present invention is introduced, the downlink Doppler shift is canceled. Therefore, the frequency offset is suppressed to be equivalent to a Doppler shift.

  The mobile station apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a base station, and receiving means for receiving frequency control information created based on a frequency offset of a received wave in the base station, Frequency control means for controlling the transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the base station so as to cancel the frequency offset of the received wave at the base station based on the frequency control information.

  If the mobile station apparatus of the present invention is introduced, the uplink Doppler shift is canceled, and the frequency offset in the base station apparatus becomes zero. On the other hand, if the mobile station apparatus is configured to perform AFC control following the Doppler shift, no frequency offset is generated. Therefore, in this case, the frequency offset can be zero at both the base station and the mobile station.

According to the base station apparatus or mobile station apparatus having the above configuration, the influence of Doppler shift can be avoided or suppressed, so that stable communication quality can be ensured even in a high-speed moving environment.
The mobile communication system of the present invention includes a mobile station and a plurality of base stations, each provided in each base station, and creating means for creating frequency control information based on a frequency offset of a received wave from the mobile station, Frequency control means provided in the mobile station for controlling the transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the base station based on the frequency control information created in one or a plurality of base stations. When the mobile station is in the handover state, the frequency control means may control the transmission frequency based on frequency control information from the base station with the best reception quality, or each base station The transmission frequency may be controlled based on the result of weighted synthesis of frequency control information from those base stations in accordance with the reception quality of signals from the stations.

  According to the mobile communication system, it is possible to realize more suitable frequency control even during handover in a high-speed moving environment.

  According to the present invention, the transmission frequency of the transmitting station is controlled so as to cancel the Doppler shift that occurs in the radio link or cancel the frequency offset in the receiving station. The reception quality of both stations can be improved. This makes it possible to realize stable communication quality for both uplink and downlink.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile communication system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a phase error detection part. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of a phase rotation part. It is a figure explaining the frequency control in the mobile communication system of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of a phase rotation part. It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile communication system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the format of the slot which transmits a frequency control command. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of a flame | frame production | generation part. It is a figure explaining the sequence of frequency control. It is FIG. (1) explaining the frequency control in the mobile communication system of 2nd Embodiment. It is FIG. (2) explaining the frequency control in the mobile communication system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile communication system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the frequency control part of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile communication system of 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile communication system of 5th-7th embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the synchronous detection part of 5th Embodiment. It is an Example of the propagation path estimation part used in 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the synchronous detection part of 6th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the synchronous detection part of 7th Embodiment. It is an Example of the propagation path estimation part used in 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the conventional mobile communication system. It is a figure which shows the frequency control in the conventional mobile communication system. Diagram showing fluctuation of Doppler shift

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a path for transmitting a signal from the mobile station to the base station is referred to as “uplink”, and a path for transmitting a signal from the base station to the mobile station is referred to as “downlink”.
<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, the base station apparatus 100 includes an antenna element 501, a duplexer (circulator) 502, a quadrature demodulator 503, a voltage control oscillator (VCO) 504, and an uplink frequency synthesizer 505 shown in FIG. 21. In addition to the phase error detection unit 506, the synchronous detection unit 507, the decoding unit 508, the encoding unit 509, the frame generation unit 510, the multiplexing unit 511, the downlink frequency synthesizer 512, and the quadrature modulation unit 513, the phase rotation unit 1 Prepare.

  The reception signal input from the antenna element 501 is demultiplexed from the transmission signal by the circulator 502 and then down-converted to a baseband signal by the orthogonal demodulation unit 503. Here, the VCO 504 generates a reference clock, and the uplink frequency synthesizer 505 generates a periodic wave (for example, a sine wave) having a system-specific frequency from the reference clock under PLL control. Then, the orthogonal demodulation unit 503 obtains a baseband signal by multiplying the received signal by the periodic wave.

  The phase error detection unit 506 performs time correlation on a known signal (pilot signal) multiplexed in advance on the baseband signal, thereby obtaining a frequency offset (that is, the reference frequency in the base station apparatus 100 and the mobile station apparatus 200). Error with the received wave frequency). The frequency offset can be detected for each mobile station.

  The synchronous detection unit 507 calculates an estimated value of propagation path fluctuation by performing in-phase addition of pilot signals while compensating for the above-described frequency offset. Then, the baseband signal is multiplied by the complex conjugate resulting from adding the phase rotation corresponding to the frequency offset to the estimated value. Thereby, the phase rotation caused by the propagation path and the phase rotation caused by the frequency offset are compensated.

Decoding section 508 performs decoding processing such as deinterleaving and error correction decoding on the received symbols after synchronous detection, and outputs a final received data sequence.
On the other hand, the modulation processing for transmitting data is as follows. That is, encoding section 509 performs encoding processing such as error correction encoding and interleaving on the transmission data sequence of each mobile station. The frame generation unit 510 time-multiplexes the encoded data within a predetermined frame format. The phase rotation unit 1 rotates the phase of the baseband signal output from the frame generation unit 510 in accordance with an instruction from the phase error detection unit 506 for each transmission destination mobile station. Multiplexer 512 totalizes the output signals of phase rotation unit 1. The multiplexed baseband signal is up-converted to an RF band by the orthogonal modulation unit 513, demultiplexed from the received signal by the circulator 502, and then transmitted to the space from the antenna element 501. Here, the carrier wave used for up-conversion is generated by the VCO 504 and the downlink frequency synthesizer 512. In a TDD (Time Division Duplex) system, the uplink / downlink radio frequencies are the same, and in an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) system, the uplink / downlink radio frequencies are separated from each other by a predetermined band.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the phase error detection unit 506. A pilot signal is input to the phase error detector 506. First, the correlation between adjacent symbols (ie, time correlation) is calculated. Subsequently, an average value of correlation values for N symbols is calculated. Then, by performing arctangent calculation on this average value, a phase error θ per symbol is obtained.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the phase rotation unit 1. Here, it is assumed that data is transmitted by BPSK modulation. Each symbol (1 or 0) is assigned “0” or “π” as shown in FIG. Then, it is assumed that the modulated data is transmitted using a carrier wave having a frequency fo.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the phase θ1 (θ1> 0) is added to the phase of the transmission symbol in the baseband region, the carrier spectrum is shifted by the frequency f1 corresponding to the phase θ1. That is, the frequency of the carrier wave is substantially “fo + f1”. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the phase θ2 (θ2 <0) is added to the phase of the transmission symbol in the baseband region, the spectrum of the carrier wave is shifted by the frequency f2 corresponding to the phase θ2. That is, the frequency of the carrier wave is substantially “fo−f 2”. Thus, rotating the phase of the transmission symbol in the baseband region is equivalent to shifting the frequency of the carrier wave.

  The phase rotation unit 1 rotates the phase of the transmission symbol in the burst band region in accordance with an instruction from the phase error detection unit 506. As a result, the transmission frequency of the carrier wave is controlled according to the frequency offset. Here, the phase error detection unit 506 can detect the frequency offset for each mobile station, and the phase rotation unit 1 can control the transmission frequency of the carrier wave for each mobile station.

  Returning to FIG. The mobile station apparatus 200 is basically the same as the mobile station 600 shown in FIG. 21, and includes an antenna element 601, a circulator 602, an orthogonal modulation unit 603, a synchronous detection unit 604, a decoding unit 605, a handover control unit 606, a phase error. A detection unit 607, an automatic frequency control (AFC) unit 608, a VCO 609, a downlink frequency synthesizer 610, an encoding unit 611, a frame generation unit 612, an uplink frequency synthesizer 613, and an orthogonal demodulation unit 614 are provided. Here, operations other than the AFC unit 608, the synchronous detection unit 604, and the handover control unit 606 are basically the same as those of the base station apparatus 100, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  The AFC unit 608 controls the input voltage of the VCO 609 so that the frequency offset detected by the phase error detection unit 607 converges to zero. That is, the frequency pull-in operation so that the downlink frequency of mobile station apparatus 200 (the frequency of the periodic wave given from downlink frequency synthesizer 610 to orthogonal demodulation section 603) matches the frequency of the received wave from base station apparatus 100. Is done. As a result of the AFC control, the frequency offset of the baseband signal is ideally zero. For this reason, the synchronous detection unit 604 performs only phase rotation compensation of the propagation path based on the propagation path estimation value.

  In either TDD or FDD system, the uplink / downlink frequency difference has a fixed relationship. For this reason, in the above-described AFC control, generally, a reference clock generated by one VCO (in the embodiment, VCO 609) is supplied to both uplink / downlink frequency synthesizers (610, 613). That is, AFC control for uplink / downlink frequencies is performed simultaneously.

  The handover control unit 606 uses the orthogonal demodulation data of the control signal transmitted from the base station connected to the mobile station and the surrounding base stations, and receives the reception quality (reception power, reception SIR, etc.) for each base station. ). Then, following the movement of the mobile station, switching (handover) of the base station (reference cell) that maximizes the reception quality is performed at any time. During handover, signals from a plurality of base stations are received simultaneously. At this time, the phase error detection unit 607 detects the frequency offset with respect to the received wave of the reference cell by receiving the ID of the reference cell from the handover control unit 606. Therefore, at the time of handover, AFC control is performed on the received wave of the reference cell.

  In the mobile communication system configured as described above, the phase rotation unit 1 of the base station apparatus 100 is configured to transmit the downlink from the base station apparatus 100 to the mobile station apparatus 200 based on the frequency offset detected by the phase error detection unit 506 as described above. The phase rotation of the downlink baseband signal is performed so as to cancel the Doppler shift that occurs in the link. That is, phase rotation is performed by complexly multiplying each downlink symbol by an antiphase of a phase corresponding to the detected frequency offset. For example, if the frequency offset detected by the phase error detection unit 506 is “θ1”, the phase of each downlink symbol is rotated by “−θ1”.

  The phase rotation described above is performed for each transmission destination (that is, mobile station). For this reason, the process of canceling the frequency offset is performed on the individual channel. That is, the implementation of downlink frequency control in the base station apparatus 100 is started after the communication on the dedicated channel is started due to the call of the mobile station.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating frequency control in the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment. Here, it is assumed that the mobile station (MS) moves along the path 301 at the speed v and passes near the base station (BTS1) and the base station (BTS2). Further, the vertical distance from the base station (BTS1) and the base station (BTS2) to the path 301 is x. Furthermore, the carrier frequency unique to the system is assumed to be fo.

  In the system of the first embodiment, each base station detects a frequency offset due to a Doppler shift, and controls a downlink transmission frequency based on the frequency offset. Note that the mobile station does not need to have a special function for the frequency control of the present invention.

  In FIG. 4, each base station always broadcasts a control signal using a common channel. That is, the mobile station performs AFC control on the reception wave of the common channel from the base station (BTS1) prior to the start of the outgoing call of the dedicated channel. At this time, the frequency of the received wave detected by the mobile station is “fc + fd”. Note that “fd” is a frequency resulting from the Doppler shift. Then, by this AFC control, the transmission frequency for returning the response signal from the mobile station to the base station (BTS1) is also “fc + fd”. The frequency of the received wave detected by the base station (BTS1) is “fc + 2fd”. That is, the frequency offset Δfo in the base station (BTS1) is “2fd”. Therefore, when the base station (BTS1) detects a call from the mobile station, first, the base station (BTS1) starts frequency control by adding a phase rotation corresponding to “−Δfo / 2” to the downlink baseband signal. That is, the base station (BTS1) transmits a downlink signal at a frequency corresponding to “fc−fd”.

  Then, since the Doppler shift frequency is added on the downlink, the frequency of the received wave at the mobile station becomes “fc”. That is, the Doppler shift fd is cancelled. After starting communication on the dedicated channel, the mobile station performs AFC control on the received wave on the dedicated channel. Therefore, the uplink frequency and the downlink frequency in the mobile station converge to “fc” within a time corresponding to the time constant of AFC control. As a result, the frequency offset received by the mobile station is zero, and an ideal reception environment is realized.

  Note that a one-way Doppler shift (that is, fd) remains in the received wave of the base station, but the frequency offset is suppressed by half compared to the case where frequency control is not performed.

  Assuming that the convergence time of the above-described AFC control is “τ (seconds)”, the base station performs “−” with respect to the carrier frequency fc during the period from when the frequency control is started until “τ” elapses. The frequency control for adding “Δfo / 2” is continued. Then, after “τ” has elapsed, switching to dynamic frequency control is performed in which “−Δf (t)” is added to the carrier frequency fc. Here, “−Δf (t)” is a frequency corresponding to the phase error detected by the phase error detection unit 506 at a predetermined period. That is, the base station adds a phase rotation corresponding to “−Δf (t)” that dynamically changes as the mobile station moves to the transmission symbol. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, even if the polarity of the Doppler shift changes when the mobile station passes in the vicinity of the base station (BTS1), the base station transmission frequency can follow the fluctuation. The frequency offset at the mobile station can be maintained at zero.

  In a section where the mobile station (MS) moves away from the base station (BTS1) and approaches the base station (BTS2), the base station (BTS1) and the base station (BTS2) are in the soft handover state. Then, the base station (BTS2) starts frequency control using “−Δf (t)”. At this time, since the frequency control by the base station (BTS1) is performed, the transmission frequency of the mobile station is maintained at “fc”. For this reason, the frequency offset in the base station (BTS2) corresponds to a one-way Doppler shift (ie, fd). Therefore, the base station (BTS2) adds a phase rotation that cancels this Doppler shift to the downlink baseband signal, so that the received wave from the base station (BTS2) in the mobile station is also received from the base station (BTS1). As with, the frequency offset is controlled to zero.

  Thus, in the first embodiment, the frequency control of the downlink signal is performed in the mobile station so that the frequency offset of the received wave from any base station becomes zero. Therefore, the mobile station can synthesize a plurality of received waves, each of which has a substantially zero Doppler shift, during soft handover, thereby avoiding deterioration in reception quality. In the prior art, as described with reference to FIG. 22, since the received wave whose frequency is shifted to the positive side and the received wave whose frequency is shifted to the negative side are combined at the time of handover, the reception quality is deteriorated. It was.

  As one configuration example in the mobile communication system, it is assumed that the local station A corresponds to a base station and the counterpart station B corresponds to a mobile station. According to the above configuration, even during soft handover in a high-speed mobile environment, each base station in handover controls the transmission frequency so as to cancel the Doppler shift for the mobile station of interest. Thus, it is no longer necessary to synthesize received waves having different Doppler shift polarities, and it is possible to avoid degradation of reception quality.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the phase rotation unit 1. The process of this flowchart is repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle, for example.
In step S1, it is checked whether or not communication is being performed on an individual channel. If it is not an individual channel, the process is terminated without performing frequency control. In step S2, it is checked whether or not it is in a handover state. If not in the handover state, in step S3, it is checked whether or not “τ” has elapsed since the start of the frequency control. Here, the frequency control is started, for example, when a call is made from a mobile station. As described above, “τ” corresponds to the convergence time of AFC control of the mobile station. When “τ” has not elapsed since the start of frequency control, in step S4, a phase rotation corresponding to “−Δfo / 2” is added to the downlink signal in the baseband region. Here, “Δfo” is a frequency offset detected without performing frequency control, and corresponds to twice the Doppler shift. On the other hand, after “τ” has elapsed from the start of frequency control, in step S5, a phase rotation corresponding to “−Δf (t)” is applied to the downlink signal in the baseband region. Here, “Δf (t)” is a frequency offset detected after the AFC control converges in the mobile station, and is a value that dynamically changes. When the target mobile station is in the handover state, step S5 is executed.

  Thus, in the first embodiment, the frequency offset in the mobile station can be made zero. Also, the frequency offset at the base station is halved compared to the conventional system. Furthermore, a plurality of received waves without frequency offset can be synthesized at the time of handover. Therefore, reception quality is improved in both the mobile station and the base station (particularly, the mobile station).

In the system described above, the base station apparatus 100 may apply a phase rotation equivalent to twice the Doppler shift to the transmission symbol. In this case, for example, during the period in which the mobile station approaches the base station, the transmission frequency of the base station is “fc−2fd”, and the reception frequency of the mobile station is “fc−fd”. Then, the transmission frequency of the mobile station becomes “fc−fd” by AFC control. Therefore, the reception frequency of the base station is “fc”. If such phase rotation (that is, frequency control) is performed in the base station apparatus, the frequency offset corresponding to the Doppler shift remains in the mobile station, but the frequency offset in the base station can be made zero.
<Second Embodiment>
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment. Compared with the conventional base station apparatus 500 shown in FIG. 21, the base station apparatus 110 shown in FIG. 6 has a frequency control (FC) command generator 11 added thereto. Further, the frame generation unit 12 has a function of writing the frequency control command generated by the FC command generation unit 11 in a predetermined area in the frame in addition to the function of the frame generation unit 510 shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, in addition to the conventional configuration shown in FIG. 21, the mobile station apparatus 210 controls a downlink VCO 21, an uplink VCO 22, and a frequency control unit that controls the uplink VCO 22 according to a frequency command transmitted from the base station. 23. During the period in which the frequency command is received, the frequency of the uplink VCO 22 is controlled independently of the downlink VCO 21. The downlink VCO 21 is basically the same as the VCO 609 shown in FIG.

First, frequency control commands (hereinafter referred to as FC commands) will be described. Based on the frequency offset for each mobile station detected by the phase error detector 506, the frequency control command generator 11 provided in the base station apparatus 110 generates an FC command to be transmitted to the corresponding mobile station. The FC command is a control signal for canceling the frequency offset included in the received wave at the base station, and is generated as follows.
1. Binary signal (1 bit information) indicating only frequency increase / decrease
Based on the sign of the frequency offset Δf detected by the phase error detector 506, an FC command is generated as follows.
(1) When Δf <0: FC command = 0 (the mobile station increases the transmission frequency by “a (Hz)” (2) When Δf ≧ 0: FC command = 1 (the mobile station sets the transmission frequency The frequency control step a is decreased by “a (Hz)”, and is a predetermined fixed value.
2. Multi-level signal including a code for instructing frequency increase / decrease and a frequency control step A magnitude of Δf detected by the phase error detector 506 is determined using a threshold value prepared in advance, and the determination result An FC command representing is generated.
(1) When Δf ≦ −f3: FC command = + 3 (the mobile station increases the transmission frequency by “3b (Hz)”)
(2) When −f3 <Δf ≦ −f2: FC command = + 2 (the mobile station increases the transmission frequency by “2b (Hz)”)
(3) When −f2 <Δf ≦ −f1: FC command = + 1 (the mobile station increases the transmission frequency by “b (Hz)”)
(4) When -f1 <Δf <f1: FC command = 0 (the mobile station does not change the transmission frequency)
(5) When f1 ≦ Δf <f2: FC command = −1 (the mobile station lowers the transmission frequency by “b (Hz)”)
(6) When f2 ≦ Δf <f3: FC command = −2 (the mobile station lowers the transmission frequency by “2b (Hz)”)
(7) When f3 ≦ Δf: FC command = −3 (the mobile station lowers the transmission frequency by “3b (Hz)”)
Note that the threshold f1 to the threshold f3 and the frequency control step b are predetermined fixed values.
3. When the value obtained by quantizing the frequency offset detected by the phase error detection unit 506 and the multilevel signal (1) Δf <0 including the sign: The mobile station increases the transmission frequency by “Δf (Hz)” (2 ) When Δf ≧ 0: The mobile station lowers the transmission frequency by “Δf (Hz)”. In addition, when the above three command formats are compared, the convergence time of frequency control in the mobile station is the longest in format 1. Format 3 is the shortest. On the other hand, the overhead of the FC command for the downlink is the smallest in format 1 and the largest in format 3. That is, the convergence time and the overhead are in a trade-off relationship with each other. Therefore, it is desirable that the FC command format is appropriately selected in accordance with the upper limit value of the moving speed assumed by the system, the size of the carrier frequency band for transmitting the signal, and the like.

The FC command generated as described above is time-multiplexed in a predetermined area in the format A slot shown in FIG. 7 in the frame generation unit 12 and transmitted to the corresponding mobile station. A slot is a minimum unit of a transmission format, and this slot time corresponds to a repetition period of frequency control. In FIG. 7, “N _PILOT ” is the number of bits of the pilot signal. “N _FC ” is the number of bits of the FC command. “N _DATA ” is the number of bits of encoded data. This format is the same in the third to seventh embodiments described later.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the frame generation unit 13. This process is repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle. In step S11, it is checked whether or not the detected absolute value of the frequency offset is greater than or equal to the threshold value α. If the absolute value of the frequency offset is greater than or equal to the threshold value α, the protection stage counter is incremented in step S12. If not, the protection stage counter is reset in step S13. In step S14, it is checked whether or not the count value of the protection stage counter is equal to or greater than the threshold value β. If the count value of the protection stage counter is equal to or greater than the threshold value β, the format A shown in FIG. 7 is selected in step S15. Otherwise, in step S16, format B shown in FIG. 7 is selected. The process of this flowchart is also implemented in third to seventh embodiments described later.

  As described above, when the state in which the frequency offset is larger than the predetermined threshold continues for a predetermined time or longer, the format A including the FC command is selected, and the frequency control is enabled. On the other hand, during the other period, the format B that does not include the FC command is selected, and the frequency control becomes invalid. The selected format type is, for example, multiplexed with the control signal and notified to the mobile station. Thereby, the mobile station can recognize the validity / invalidity of the frequency control.

  According to the above method, frequency control can be made effective only in an environment where frequency compensation for Doppler shift is required. Therefore, as a whole system, it is possible to minimize power consumption and interference noise to other stations associated with feedback transmission of frequency control signals in a statistically multiplexed manner.

  Note that the same function can be realized by using only the format A shown in FIG. 7 instead of using the two formats together as described above. For example, when the absolute value of the frequency offset continues to exceed the threshold value α, the FC command is transmitted with a predetermined power. In other cases, the DTX transmission (transmission power is reduced at the timing at which the FC command is transmitted). Set to zero (= -∞ [dBm]). In this case, since the mobile station can recognize the validity / invalidity of the frequency control by monitoring the reception level of the FC command, control information for format identification becomes unnecessary.

  In addition, the environment where frequency control is required can be specified to some extent by the installation conditions of the base station (along the high-speed trunk line, presence of obstacles, etc.) For this reason, it is also possible to perform format selection or frequency control valid / invalid control by DTX transmission according to the installation conditions of the base station without dynamically determining whether frequency control is necessary. Specifically, for example, a method of setting in advance whether frequency control is enabled / disabled as a control parameter unique to a base station is conceivable.

  Next, the operation of mobile station apparatus 210 will be described. The mobile station 210 device acquires the above-described FC command by decoding the received signal in the decoding unit 605. The FC command is sent to the frequency control unit 23. The frequency control unit 23 calculates the frequency to be generated by adding the frequency indicated by the FC command to the current uplink frequency. For example, when the current uplink frequency is “fcc (Hz)” and the FC command received from the base station indicates “+ a (Hz)”, “fcc + a (Hz)” is obtained. Similarly, if the FC command indicates “-a (Hz)”, “fcc-a (Hz)” is obtained. Then, the frequency control unit 23 generates a control voltage corresponding to the calculated frequency and inputs the control voltage to the uplink VCO 22.

  In the configuration of the second embodiment, the control method for the downlink frequency is the same as in the conventional example, and the FC command is used only for the control of the uplink frequency. However, the control voltage from the AFC control unit 608 is also input to the frequency control unit 23. When the frequency control by the FC command is invalidated, the frequency control unit 23 controls the uplink VCO 22 using the control voltage from the AFC control unit 608. In this case, the uplink frequency and the downlink frequency are the same as in the prior art.

When the mobile station apparatus 210 is in a handover state and receives FC commands from a plurality of base stations, a control voltage to be input to the uplink VCO 22 is generated by any of the following methods. Note that it is assumed that the handover control unit 606 monitors the quality of the received signal from each neighboring base station.
1. Only the FC command of the base station with the best reception quality is selected, and the control voltage is generated according to only the FC command.
2. A control voltage is generated according to a calculation result obtained by weighting and combining FC commands received from a plurality of base stations with reception quality. For example, when performing weighted combining with the received SIR, if the received SIR of the signal from the base station i is “SIR _i ” and the frequency control amount by the FC command is “FC _i ”, the combined frequency control amount FC _comb is It is calculated by the following formula.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a frequency control sequence. This sequence is also executed in third to seventh embodiments described later.
First, downlink data of slot #N is transmitted from the base station to the mobile station. This downlink data is received by the mobile station at a timing delayed by the propagation delay (= T _p ) of the downlink propagation path from the transmission timing of the base station. The mobile station transmits the uplink data of slot #N at a timing delayed by a predetermined time (= T _UL-DL ) specific to the system from the reception timing of the downlink data. The base station receives #N uplink data at a timing delayed by a propagation delay (= T _p ) of the uplink propagation path from the transmission timing of the mobile station. Then, phase error detection section 506 of the base station calculates the frequency offset of the received wave based on the time correlation of the pilot signal included in the uplink data of slot #N. Then, the FC command generation unit 11 generates an FC command by any of the methods described above based on the calculated frequency offset. At this time, a processing time T _d1 occurs from when the pilot signal is received until the FC command is generated. Then, the generated FC command is inserted into a predetermined position of the downlink data of slot # N + 1 by the frame generation unit 12 and transmitted to the mobile station.

Subsequently, the mobile station receives the downlink data of slot # N + 1 at a timing delayed by a propagation delay (= T _p ). The decoding unit 605 decodes the FC command from the received slot. Processing time T _d2 occurs during this decoding process. The decoded FC command is converted into a control voltage for controlling the oscillation frequency of the uplink VCO 22 in the frequency control unit 23. Therefore, the mobile station transmits the (N + 1) th slot at a frequency controlled according to the FC command. Thereafter, by repeating the above-described frequency control at the slot period, the mobile station can draw the uplink frequency to a desired frequency independently of the downlink frequency.

  10 and 11 are diagrams illustrating frequency control in the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment. Note that the controls shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 are different from each other in the handover interval.

  Assume that the relative positions of the mobile station (MS) and the base stations (BTS1, BTS2) and the propagation environment between the mobile station and the base station are the same as those described with reference to FIG. The mobile station performs AFC control on the reception wave of the common channel from the base station (BTS1) prior to the start of the outgoing call of the dedicated channel. When the mobile station makes a call, the frequency of the received wave of the base station (BTS1) is “fc + 2fd”. That is, the frequency offset Δfo detected by the base station (BTS1) corresponds to twice the Doppler shift.

  When the base station apparatus (BTS1) detects a call from the mobile station, the base station apparatus (BTS1) starts control of the uplink frequency using the FC command. At this time, the FC command instructs the mobile station to control the transmission frequency so that the frequency offset in the base station (BTS1) becomes zero. With this FC command, the transmission frequency of the mobile station converges to “fc−fd”. As a result, the frequency of the received wave of the base station apparatus (BTS1) becomes “fc”. That is, the frequency offset in the base station apparatus (BTS1) becomes zero. However, frequency control is not performed for the downlink. Therefore, the frequency of the received wave of the mobile station is “fc + fd”. That is, the frequency offset to be compensated for in the mobile station is “fd” as in the conventional technique shown in FIG.

  When the mobile station passes near the base station apparatus (BTS1), feedback control is performed on the uplink frequency so that the frequency offset in the base station apparatus (BTS1) is locked to zero. Therefore, the transmission frequency of the mobile station shifts from “fc−fd” to “fc + fd” following the change in polarity of the Doppler shift.

  Further, when the mobile station moves away from the base station apparatus (BTS1) and approaches the base station apparatus (BTS2), both base stations enter a soft handover state. The control of the handover state is different between FIGS.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, the mobile station follows the FC command from the base station apparatus (BTS1) during the period when the reference cell is the base station apparatus (BTS1). Therefore, the transmission frequency of the mobile station is maintained at “fc + fd”, and the frequency offset in the base station apparatus (BTS1) remains zero. However, during this period, the frequency offset in the base station apparatus (BTS2) is “2fd”. At this time, the quality of the received signal from the base station apparatus (BTS1) is good, whereas the quality of the received signal from the base station apparatus (BTS2) is low. Therefore, in this embodiment, the mobile station does not synthesize signals from the base station apparatus (BTS1) and the base station apparatus (BTS2), but reproduces signals from only the base station apparatus (BTS1). Also good.

  When the reference cell is switched from the base station apparatus (BTS1) to the base station apparatus (BTS2), the mobile station follows the FC command from the base station apparatus (BTS2). Therefore, the transmission frequency of the mobile station shifts from “fc + fd” to “fc−fd” at a speed corresponding to the time constant of feedback control. As a result, the frequency offset in the base station apparatus (BTS2) becomes zero, but the frequency offset in the base station apparatus (BTS1) becomes “2fd”.

  In the example shown in FIG. 11, in the handover section, FC commands from the base station apparatus (BTS1) and the base station apparatus (BTS2) are weighted and synthesized according to the reception quality. Therefore, the transmission frequency of the mobile station is gradually shifted from “fc + fd” to “fc−fd”. As a result, the frequency offset for the base station apparatus (BTS2) approaching the mobile station is reduced by reducing the frequency offset for the base station apparatus (BTS1) moving away from the mobile station early before the reference cell is switched. It can be kept smaller than “2fd”. Therefore, it is possible to optimize frequency offset allocation between base stations where handover occurs.

When the control shown in FIG. 10 is adopted, the load on the frequency control unit 23 of the mobile station is reduced. On the other hand, when the control shown in FIG. 11 is adopted, the uplink frequency shift is smooth before and after the reference cell switching, so that the reception quality at each base station and mobile station during the handover period becomes high.
<Third Embodiment>
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile communication system according to the third embodiment. A base station apparatus 120 and a mobile station apparatus 220 shown in FIG. 12 are basically the same as the base station apparatus 110 and the mobile station apparatus 210 of the second embodiment. However, in the base station device 120 of the third embodiment, it is not necessary to send the detection result by the phase error detection unit 506 to the frame generation unit 12. In the mobile station apparatus 220 of the third embodiment, the VCO 609 that generates a periodic wave for down-converting a downlink signal is controlled by a control voltage generated by the frequency control unit 23.

  In the system configured as described above, the FC command generation unit 11 adds the frequency control ON / OFF bit (for example, 0: OFF, 1: ON) to the most significant bit of the command generated in the second embodiment. Is generated. Here, as the “command generated in the second embodiment”, any of the above-described three types of commands can be used. In addition, the frequency control ON / OFF bit is a comparison between the frequency offset detected by the phase error detection unit 506 and a threshold value, or the installation of a base station, in the same way as the frequency control validity / invalidity determination in the second embodiment. Generated based on conditions. The frame generation unit 12 always inserts the FC command described above into the format A shown in FIG. 7 and transmits it with a predetermined power regardless of whether the frequency control is valid / invalid.

When receiving the FC command, the frequency control unit 23 of the mobile station apparatus 220 generates a control voltage to be applied to the VCOs 21 and 22 according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
In FIG. 13, in step S21, it is checked whether or not communication is being performed on an individual channel. If communication is being performed on the dedicated channel, the process proceeds to step S31. If not, the process proceeds to step S22. It is assumed that the mobile station receives a control signal from the base station via the common channel when not communicating on the dedicated channel.
1. When communicating on a common channel (steps S22 to S23)
During a period when the control signal is received from the base station via the common channel, the mobile station basically does not receive the FC command. Therefore, in this case, the frequency control unit 23 inputs the control voltage generated by the AFC unit 608 to the downlink VCO 21 and the uplink VCO 22 as they are.
2. When communicating on an individual channel (steps S31 to S37)
Since the mobile station originates a call and the communication of the individual channel is started, the frequency control function by the AFC control can be substituted by the control using the FC command, so that the phase error detection unit 607 and the AFC unit 608 are connected. Stop clock supply. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the power consumption of the redundant block.

The frequency control ON / OFF is identified by the most significant bit of the received FC command. When performing frequency control, different uplink frequencies and downlink frequencies are generated. On the other hand, when the frequency control is not executed, the uplink frequency and the downlink frequency are the same.
2a. Frequency control is ON (steps S33 to S36)
When performing frequency control, a control voltage for the uplink VCO 22 is generated according to the frequency control information in the FC command. The generation of the control voltage is the same as in the second embodiment. That is, when the mobile station approaches the base station, the uplink VCO 22 is controlled so that the transmission frequency becomes “fc−fd”. Further, when the mobile station moves away from the base station, the uplink VCO 22 is controlled so that the transmission frequency becomes “fc + fd”. At this time, the reception frequency is obtained by adding a Doppler shift frequency fd having a polarity opposite to the transmission frequency to the reference frequency fc. That is, when the mobile station approaches the base station, the downlink VCO 21 is controlled so that the reception frequency becomes “fc + fd”. When the mobile station moves away from the base station, the downlink VCO 21 is controlled so that the reception frequency becomes “fc−fd”.

  According to the above frequency control, the uplink frequency and the downlink frequency shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 11 are obtained, and therefore the frequency offset of both the base station and the mobile station becomes zero in a high-speed moving environment within the line of sight. Further, according to this configuration, since it is not necessary to perform AFC control, high-speed and wide-band frequency control is possible not only for the uplink frequency but also for the downlink frequency. Furthermore, a complicated variable control circuit as described in Patent Document 1 is unnecessary.

  In addition, downlink frequency control is not performed during a period from when the base station frequency control is started due to a mobile station call until the uplink frequency converges to an appropriate value. Therefore, the frequency control unit 23 updates only the control voltage of the uplink VCO 22 according to the FC command during the period from when the frequency control is started until the predetermined time γ elapses, and the control voltage of the downlink VCO 21 is Do not update.

Also, when receiving an FC command from the handover destination base station at the time of handover, monitoring of the predetermined time γ is unnecessary, and the control voltages of both the downlink VCO 21 and the uplink VCO 22 are updated as described above. .
2b. Frequency control is OFF (step S37)
The frequency control unit 23 outputs the same control voltage value to the downlink VCO 21 and the uplink VCO 22 according to the frequency control information in the FC command. In this case, the same operation as the AFC control of the conventional system shown in FIG. 21 is realized.
<Fourth Embodiment>
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system according to the fourth embodiment. The base station apparatus 130 and the mobile station apparatus 230 shown in FIG. 14 are basically the same as the base station apparatus 110 and the mobile station apparatus 210 of the second embodiment. However, in the mobile station apparatus 230 of the fourth embodiment, one VCO 609 controlled by the AFC unit 608 is provided. Further, a phase rotation unit 31 that rotates the phase of the transmission symbol in the baseband region in accordance with an instruction from the frequency control unit 23 is provided.

  In the mobile station device 230 configured as described above, the frequency control unit 23 converts the frequency updated using the increase / decrease amount of the uplink frequency indicated by the FC command into the phase rotation amount θ, and converts the phase rotation amount θ to the phase rotation amount θ. The rotation part 31 is given. The phase rotation unit 31 performs complex multiplication of “exp (jθ)” on the uplink signal in the baseband region. As a result, the phase of the uplink signal in the baseband region rotates by “θ”.

  The phase rotation provides an effect equivalent to shifting the frequency spectrum of the uplink signal by a frequency corresponding to “θ”. That is, the frequency of the transmission wave output from the antenna element 601 of the mobile station is controlled similarly to the operation example shown in FIG. 10 or FIG.

As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the same control as in the second embodiment is realized without individually providing a VCO for each of the uplink and the downlink.
<Fifth Embodiment>
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system according to the fifth embodiment. The base station apparatus 140 and the mobile station apparatus 240 shown in FIG. 15 are basically the same as the base station apparatus 110 and the mobile station apparatus 210 of the second embodiment. However, in the mobile station apparatus 240 of the fifth embodiment, the synchronous detection unit 41 provided in place of the synchronous detection unit 604 performs a detection operation in consideration of instructions from the handover control unit 606 and the frequency control unit 23. I do.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a synchronous detection unit according to the fifth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 16, the synchronous detection unit 41 includes a propagation path estimation unit 42, a complex multiplier 43, a maximum ratio synthesis unit 44, and an average interval control unit 45.

  The propagation path estimation unit 42 calculates a propagation path estimated value (estimated propagation path fluctuation value) by performing in-phase addition averaging of pilot signals included in downlink orthogonal demodulated data. Further, the propagation path estimation unit 42 calculates propagation path estimated values for propagation paths between a plurality of base stations involved in handover during soft handover. The complex multiplier 43 multiplies one or a plurality of orthogonal demodulated data by the complex conjugate of the corresponding channel estimation value. Thereby, synchronous detection is performed for each of one or a plurality of received signals. Then, the maximum ratio combining unit 44 executes maximum ratio combining for a plurality of synchronous detection results, and outputs final synchronous detection data.

  FIG. 17 is an example of the propagation path estimation unit 42 used in the fifth embodiment. A pilot signal stored at the head of each slot is successively input to the propagation path estimation unit 42 at a predetermined cycle. And the propagation path estimation part 42 calculates an addition average about N continuous pilot signals. The result of the addition averaging is a propagation path estimated value (estimated value of phase fluctuation in the propagation path).

  The above operation belongs to the prior art. On the other hand, in the synchronous detection unit 41 in the fifth embodiment, the propagation path estimation unit 42 performs propagation path estimation in accordance with an instruction from the average interval control unit 45.

  When the mobile station is in the handover state and the frequency control is in the effective state in one or a plurality of base stations involved in the handover, the average interval control unit 45 shortens the addition average time as compared with the normal time. An instruction to that effect is given to the propagation path estimation unit 42. Receiving this instruction, the propagation path estimation unit 42 reduces the number of pilot signals to be added and averaged. Thereby, the time constant of propagation path estimation becomes high speed, and the followability of the phase compensation operation becomes high. Note that whether or not the mobile station is in the handover state is determined by the handover control unit 606. Whether the frequency control is valid or invalid is determined by information identifying the format A / B shown in FIG. 7 or whether the reception level of the FC command area exceeds a threshold value or DTX.

  At the time of handover, as shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 11, downlink data is received from both the base station (BTS1) moving away from the mobile station and the base station (BTS2) approaching the mobile station. At this time, the reception frequencies of a set of downlink signals received from these base stations (BTS1, BTS2) differ from each other by “2fd”. Therefore, for example, when the frequency control based on the second embodiment described above is performed, a set of downlink received data whose frequencies are shifted by “2fd” is combined at the maximum ratio. There is a concern that the reception quality deteriorates.

On the other hand, according to the fifth embodiment, at the time of soft handover in a high-speed moving environment, the time constant for propagation path estimation is increased, so that phase compensation can be performed following phase rotation caused by frequency offset. it can. Therefore, it is possible to suppress quality degradation during the maximum ratio composition.
<Sixth Embodiment>
The configuration of the mobile communication system of the sixth embodiment is basically the same as the fifth configuration shown in FIG. However, in the fifth and sixth embodiments, the operation of the synchronous detector 41 is different from each other.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a synchronous detection unit according to the sixth embodiment. The configuration of the synchronous detection unit of the sixth embodiment is basically the same as that of the fifth embodiment. However, the synchronous detection unit of the sixth embodiment includes a base station selection unit 46 instead of the average interval control unit 45 of the fifth embodiment.

  The base station selection unit 46 selects only the base station corresponding to the reference cell when the mobile station is in the handover state and the frequency control is valid in one or more base stations involved in the handover. On the other hand, during a period in which the above condition is not satisfied, the base station selection unit 46 selects all (or a part of) base stations related to the handover. The reference cell is detected by the handover control unit 606.

  The propagation path estimation unit 42 performs propagation path estimation and maximum ratio combining only on the signal received from the base station selected by the base station selection unit 46. That is, in the above-described handover environment, synchronous detection is performed using only signals received from the base station of the reference cell.

In the conventional system, at the time of soft handover in a high-speed moving environment, downlink received data whose frequencies are shifted from each other by “2fd” are combined at the maximum ratio. For this reason, in such an environment, there is a concern that the reception quality deteriorates by performing the maximum ratio combining. On the other hand, in the sixth embodiment, at the time of soft handover in a high-speed mobile environment, detection is performed using only the signal from the base station of the reference cell with the highest reception quality. It becomes possible to avoid degradation of the.
<Seventh Embodiment>
The configuration of the mobile communication system of the seventh embodiment is basically the same as the fifth configuration shown in FIG. However, in the fifth and seventh embodiments, the operation of the synchronous detector 41 is different from each other.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the synchronous detection unit according to the seventh embodiment. The synchronous detection unit 41 according to the seventh embodiment includes a frequency compensation control unit 52 and a propagation path estimation unit 53 instead of the average interval control unit 45 and the propagation path estimation unit 42 illustrated in FIG.

  The frequency compensation control unit 52 performs frequency offset compensation when the mobile station is in a handover state and frequency control is in an effective state in one or more base stations involved in the handover, and the above condition is not satisfied. In some cases, frequency offset compensation is not performed.

  When the frequency offset compensation is valid, the frequency compensation control unit 52 notifies the propagation path estimation unit 53 of the frequency offset to be compensated for the received wave from each base station involved in the handover. The “frequency offset to be compensated” is calculated in the frequency control unit 23 based on the FC command sent from each base station. And the propagation path estimation part 53 estimates the propagation path between each base station, compensating the frequency offset notified from the frequency compensation control part 52. FIG.

  FIG. 20 is an example of a propagation path estimation unit used in the seventh embodiment. The propagation path estimation unit 53 calculates an in-phase addition average of pilot signals, similarly to the propagation path estimation unit 42 illustrated in FIG. However, in the propagation path estimation unit 53, in order to compensate for the frequency offset, the input signal to the averaging circuit is multiplied by “exp (−jnθ)”, and the output signal from the adding average circuit is “ exp (jmθ) "is multiplied. Here, “θ” is the phase rotation per symbol, and “n” is the symbol position of the added pilot signal where the first symbol of the slot of interest is zero (n is the future direction from the beginning of the slot of interest) “M” is the symbol position of the detected signal in the slot of interest (m = 0 to M−1: M is the number of symbols in one slot).

  As described above, in the seventh embodiment, since propagation path estimation is performed while compensating for the frequency offset, the estimation accuracy by in-phase addition is increased. In addition, since synchronous detection is performed using the result of adding the phase rotation for the frequency offset to the calculated propagation path estimated value, it is possible to simultaneously compensate for the phase fluctuation in the propagation path and the phase fluctuation caused by the frequency offset. it can.

  Further, in the seventh embodiment, during soft handover in a high-speed mobile environment, synchronous detection is performed while compensating for the remaining frequency offset in each base station, so that it is possible to completely avoid reception quality degradation during maximum ratio combining. It becomes possible.

  As described above, in the fifth to seventh embodiments, since the synchronous detection method is changed in the mobile station at the time of handover, it is preferable even if the Doppler shift polarities for the received waves from the plurality of base stations are different. Demodulation processing can be performed. Therefore, it is possible to improve the reception quality at the time of handover.

  The fifth to seventh embodiments all improve reception quality degradation during soft handover in a high-speed moving environment. The effect of improving the reception quality is the highest in the seventh embodiment, followed by the fifth embodiment and the sixth embodiment. However, the higher the reception quality improvement effect, the more complicated the processing of the synchronous detection unit. Therefore, which embodiment is to be introduced should be determined based on the required level of reception quality and the impact (cost, etc.) on the implementation.

(Appendix 1)
A base station device that transmits and receives radio waves to and from a mobile station,
Detecting means for detecting a frequency offset of a received wave from the mobile station;
Frequency control for controlling the transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the mobile station so as to cancel the Doppler shift occurring in the radio link to the mobile station based on the frequency offset detected by the detection means means,
A base station apparatus.

(Appendix 2)
The base station apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the frequency control means controls the transmission frequency independently of frequency control of a periodic wave for down-converting a received signal from the mobile station.

(Appendix 3)
The frequency control means controls the transmission frequency by giving a phase rotation corresponding to the frequency offset detected by the detection means to a transmission symbol to the mobile station in a baseband region. The base station apparatus as described in.

(Appendix 4)
The detection means detects frequency offsets of received waves from a plurality of mobile stations,
The base station apparatus according to appendix 3, wherein the frequency control means controls the transmission frequency for each mobile station according to each detected frequency offset.

(Appendix 5)
A mobile station device that transmits and receives radio waves to and from a base station,
Receiving means for receiving frequency control information created based on a frequency offset of a received wave in the base station;
Frequency control means for controlling a transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the base station so as to cancel a frequency offset of a received wave in the base station based on the frequency control information;
A mobile station apparatus.

(Appendix 6)
The mobile station apparatus according to appendix 5, wherein the frequency control means controls the transmission frequency independently of frequency control of a periodic wave for down-converting a received signal from the base station.

(Appendix 7)
Further comprising a voltage controlled oscillator used to generate the carrier;
The mobile station apparatus according to appendix 5, wherein the frequency control unit controls the transmission frequency by controlling an input voltage of the voltage controlled oscillator based on the frequency control information.

(Appendix 8)
The movement according to appendix 5, wherein the frequency control means controls the transmission frequency by giving a phase rotation indicated by the frequency control information to a transmission symbol to the base station in a baseband region. Station equipment.

(Appendix 9)
A mobile communication system comprising a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device that transmit and receive radio waves to and from each other,
Detecting means provided in the first wireless communication device for detecting a frequency offset of a received wave from the second wireless communication device;
The second radio communication device is arranged so as to cancel a Doppler shift occurring in a radio link to the second radio communication device based on the frequency offset provided in the first radio communication device and detected by the detection means. Frequency control means for controlling the transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to a wireless communication device;
A mobile communication system.

(Appendix 10)
A mobile communication system comprising a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device that transmit and receive radio waves to and from each other,
Detecting means provided in the first wireless communication device for detecting a frequency offset of a received wave from the second wireless communication device;
Creating means for creating frequency control information provided in the first wireless communication apparatus and including an instruction for canceling the frequency offset detected by the detecting means;
A frequency control means provided in the second wireless communication device for controlling a transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the first wireless communication device based on the frequency control information;
A mobile communication system.

(Appendix 11)
The frequency control means adds one of a Doppler shift frequency to a reference frequency, and receives one of the transmission frequency or a reception frequency that is a frequency of a periodic wave for down-converting a reception signal from the first wireless communication device. 11. The mobile communication system according to appendix 10, wherein the other of the transmission frequency and the reception frequency is generated by subtracting the Doppler shift frequency from the reference frequency.

(Appendix 12)
The mobile communication system according to appendix 10, wherein the frequency control information is binary information that indicates whether to increase or decrease the transmission frequency.

(Appendix 13)
11. The mobile communication system according to appendix 10, wherein the frequency control information includes binary information that indicates whether to increase or decrease the transmission frequency, and information that indicates an update step.

(Appendix 14)
11. The mobile communication system according to appendix 10, wherein the frequency control information is information that represents a frequency offset detected by the detection unit with a predetermined number of bits.

(Appendix 15)
The frequency control means controls the transmission frequency of the carrier wave only when the frequency offset detected by the detection means continues for a predetermined time or longer and exceeds the offset threshold value. A mobile communication system according to any one of the supplementary notes.

(Appendix 16)
When the first wireless communication device is a base station arranged in an area where a Doppler shift is expected to occur and the second wireless communication device is a mobile station, the frequency control information is multiplexed. Slots with areas are used,
When the first wireless communication apparatus is a base station arranged in an area where the occurrence of Doppler shift is not predicted, and the second wireless communication apparatus is a mobile station, an area for multiplexing the frequency control information The mobile communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 10 to 14, wherein a slot that does not have a slot is used.

(Appendix 17)
When the frequency offset detected by the detection means continues for a predetermined time or more and exceeds the offset threshold, a slot having an area for multiplexing the frequency control information is used,
The mobile communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 10 to 14, wherein a slot that does not have an area for multiplexing the frequency control information is used during a period in which the condition is not satisfied.

(Appendix 18)
When the frequency offset detected by the detection means continues for a predetermined time or more and exceeds the offset threshold, the frequency control information is transmitted using a predetermined area in the slot,
The mobile communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 10 to 14, wherein the region is set to a no-signal state during a period in which the condition is not satisfied.

(Appendix 19)
A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station and a plurality of base stations,
A creation unit that is provided in each base station and creates frequency control information based on a frequency offset of a received wave from the mobile station,
A frequency control means provided in the mobile station for controlling a transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the base station based on the frequency control information created in one or a plurality of base stations;
A mobile communication system.

(Appendix 20)
The mobile according to claim 19, wherein when the mobile station is in a handover state, the frequency control means controls the transmission frequency based on frequency control information from a base station having the best reception quality. Communications system.

(Appendix 21)
When the mobile station is in a handover state, the frequency control means sets the transmission frequency based on the result of weighted synthesis of frequency control information from those base stations according to the reception quality of signals from each base station. 20. The mobile communication system according to appendix 19, wherein the mobile communication system is controlled.

(Appendix 22)
When the mobile station is in a handover state and uses the frequency control information from one or more base stations to control the transmission frequency, the mobile station uses a fast time constant for propagation path estimation that is performed when demodulating the received signal. The mobile communication system according to appendix 19, characterized in that:

(Appendix 23)
When the mobile station is in a handover state and uses the frequency control information from one or more base stations to control the transmission frequency, the mobile station demodulates only the received signal from the base station with the best reception quality. The mobile communication system according to supplementary note 19, characterized by that.

(Appendix 24)
When the mobile station is in a handover state and controls the transmission frequency using frequency control information from one or more base stations, the base station compensates the frequency offset according to the frequency control information for each base station. The mobile communication system according to appendix 19, wherein propagation path estimation is performed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Phase rotation part 11 FC command generation part 12 Frame generation part 21 Downlink VCO
22 Uplink VCO
23 Frequency control unit 31 Phase rotation unit 41 Synchronous detection unit 42, 53 Propagation path estimation unit 45 Average interval control unit 46 Base station selection unit 52 Frequency compensation control unit 506 Phase error detection unit 507 Synchronous detection unit 606 Handover control unit 607 Phase error Detection unit 608 AFC unit

Claims (7)

A mobile station device that transmits and receives radio waves to and from a base station,
Receiving means for receiving frequency control information created based on a frequency offset that is an error between a reference frequency in the base station and a frequency of a received wave from the mobile station device;
Frequency control means for controlling to set a transmission frequency of a carrier wave for transmitting a signal to the base station to a frequency that reduces the frequency offset in the base station, based on the frequency control information;
A mobile station apparatus. Further comprising a voltage controlled oscillator used to generate the carrier;
The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the frequency control means controls the transmission frequency by controlling an input voltage of the voltage controlled oscillator based on the frequency control information. The said frequency control means controls the said transmission frequency by giving the phase rotation instruct | indicated by the said frequency control information to the transmission symbol to the said base station in a baseband area | region. Mobile station device. A mobile communication system comprising a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device that transmit and receive radio waves to and from each other,
Detecting means provided in the first wireless communication device for detecting a frequency offset that is an error between a reference frequency in the first wireless communication device and a frequency of a received wave from the second wireless communication device;
Creating means for creating frequency control information provided in the first wireless communication apparatus and including an instruction for canceling the frequency offset detected by the detecting means;
A signal is provided to the second wireless communication device, and a signal is transmitted to the first wireless communication device by setting the frequency to reduce the frequency offset in the second wireless communication device based on the frequency control information. Frequency control means for controlling the transmission frequency of the carrier wave to
A mobile communication system. The frequency control means adds one of a Doppler shift frequency to a reference frequency, and receives one of the transmission frequency or a reception frequency that is a frequency of a periodic wave for down-converting a reception signal from the first wireless communication device. The mobile communication system according to claim 4, wherein the other of the transmission frequency and the reception frequency is generated by subtracting the Doppler shift frequency from the reference frequency. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station and a plurality of base stations,
Creating means for creating frequency control information based on a frequency offset that is an error between a reference frequency in each base station and a frequency of a received wave from the mobile station, provided in each base station;
Based on the frequency control information provided in the mobile station and created in one or more base stations, for transmitting a signal to the base station by setting the frequency to reduce the frequency offset in the base station Frequency control means for controlling the transmission frequency of the carrier wave,
A mobile communication system. When the mobile station is in a handover state, the frequency control means sets the transmission frequency based on the result of weighted synthesis of frequency control information from those base stations according to the reception quality of signals from each base station. It controls. The mobile communication system of Claim 6 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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