JP2012257331A - Radio base station and radio communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the deterioration of communication quality when an area having deteriorated communication quality in a particular communication channel exists in a cell.SOLUTION: A radio base station includes: a communication quality detection unit 183 for detecting communication quality in a subcarrier; a location information acquisition unit 182 for acquiring location information indicative of the location of a radio communication terminal at a time point when the communication quality is detected in the communication quality detection unit; a subcarrier information table storage 185 for storing a subcarrier information table having associated subcarrier numbers, communication quality and location information; a present location information acquisition unit 180 for acquiring present location information indicative of the present location of the radio communication terminal; and based on the subcarrier information table and the present location information, an allocation unit 189 for allocating a communication channel to the radio communication terminal.

Description

  The present invention relates to a radio base station that communicates with a radio communication terminal and a radio communication method used for the radio base station.

  Conventionally, adaptive modulation is known as one of techniques for improving communication speed in a wireless communication system. In adaptive modulation, a modulation scheme with a high communication rate is applied when the channel condition is good, and a modulation scheme with a low communication rate is applied when the channel condition is bad.

  For this reason, in a wireless communication system using adaptive modulation, a wireless communication terminal measures the communication quality of wireless communication with a wireless base station, and notifies the wireless base station of the measured communication quality. The radio base station selects a modulation scheme according to the communication quality notified by the radio communication terminal.

  Further, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is known as one of multicarrier communication systems using a large number of subcarriers. In the OFDMA scheme, a subchannel composed of a plurality of subcarriers (hereinafter referred to as “communication channel”) is dynamically assigned to a wireless communication terminal.

  In a wireless communication system using the OFDMA method and adaptive modulation, a different modulation method can be applied to each communication channel. Therefore, it is desirable for the radio base station to assign a communication channel with good communication quality to the radio communication terminal from among the communication channels that can be assigned to the radio communication terminal.

  Further, the following technique has been proposed as a technique capable of assigning a communication channel with good communication quality to a wireless communication terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Specifically, the radio communication terminal measures the communication quality of the radio signal transmitted by the radio base station for each subcarrier, and notifies the measured communication quality to the radio base station. The radio base station allocates a communication channel including subchannels with good communication quality to the radio communication terminal.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-151567 (pages 18-19, FIG. 7)

  By the way, in a cell constituted by radio base stations, a specific communication channel is used in an area that receives interference from an interference source (for example, another radio base station) or an area where an obstacle exists between the radio base stations. Communication quality may deteriorate. In addition, a wireless communication terminal located around an area where the communication quality of a specific communication channel deteriorates may move into the area and the communication quality may deteriorate.

  In the channel allocation method described above, the radio base station may allocate the specific communication channel to a radio communication terminal located around an area where the communication quality of the specific communication channel deteriorates.

  For this reason, in the above-described channel assignment method, there is a problem that communication quality is likely to deteriorate after a communication channel is assigned to a wireless communication terminal when there is an area in the cell where the communication quality of a specific communication channel deteriorates. there were.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and in the case where an area where the communication quality of a specific communication channel deteriorates exists in the cell, the deterioration of the communication quality can be suppressed. It is an object to provide a radio base station and a radio communication method used for the radio base station.

  In order to solve the problems described above, the present invention has the following features. First, a first feature of the present invention is a radio base station (radio base station 10) that communicates with radio communication terminals (radio communication terminals 20A to 20D), and communication channels (sub-channels) that can be assigned to the radio communication terminals. A communication quality detection unit (communication quality detection unit 183) for detecting communication quality in a channel or subcarrier), and position information indicating the position of the wireless communication terminal at the time when the communication quality is detected by the communication quality detection unit. A position information acquisition unit (position information acquisition unit 182) to acquire, a communication channel identifier (subcarrier number) for identifying the communication channel, the communication quality detected by the communication quality detection unit, and the position information acquisition unit A channel information storage unit (subcarrier information table) that stores channel information (subcarrier information table) associated with the position information acquired by the Information table storage unit 185), a current position information acquisition unit (current position information acquisition unit 180) for acquiring current position information indicating the current position of the wireless communication terminal, and the channel stored by the channel information storage unit A communication channel allocation unit (allocation unit 189) that allocates the communication channel to the wireless communication terminal based on the information and the current location information acquired by the current location information acquisition unit, the communication channel allocation unit A difference calculating unit (difference calculating unit 186) that calculates a difference (adjacency ASCxx) between the position information corresponding to a predetermined communication quality in the channel information and the current position information, for each communication channel; According to the difference calculated by the difference calculation unit, the communication channel is allocated to the wireless communication terminal. Assignment control unit (sum calculating unit 186, the priority setting section 188, allocation section 189) to increase the and a.

  According to such a feature, the difference calculation unit calculates the difference between the position information corresponding to the predetermined communication quality and the current position information for each communication channel. Thereby, the distance between the position where the communication quality is the predetermined communication quality and the current position of the wireless communication terminal is specified for each communication channel.

  The assignment control unit assigns a communication channel suitable for the current position of the wireless communication terminal to the wireless communication terminal according to the difference (distance) calculated by the difference calculation unit. Therefore, since it is possible to assign a communication channel according to the distance between the position where the communication quality becomes the predetermined communication quality and the current position of the wireless communication terminal, there is an area where the communication quality of the specific communication channel deteriorates. In the case where it exists in a cell, it is possible to suppress deterioration in communication quality.

  A second feature of the present invention relates to the first feature of the present invention, wherein the difference calculation unit calculates the difference using a communication quality less than a threshold as the predetermined communication quality, and the allocation control unit includes: The gist is to assign a communication channel that maximizes the difference to the wireless communication terminal.

  A third feature of the present invention relates to the second feature of the present invention, wherein the communication channel assignment unit sets a priority order for assigning the communication channels to a plurality of the wireless communication terminals ( A priority order setting unit 188), wherein the difference calculation unit calculates a total value of the differences in the plurality of communication channels (total value APS01) for each wireless communication terminal, and the priority order setting unit includes the priority order setting unit The gist is to set the highest priority for the wireless communication terminal having the minimum total value.

  A fourth feature of the present invention relates to the second feature of the present invention, and is a wireless communication unit (receiving unit 13, demodulation / decoding unit 14, transmission) communicating with the wireless communication terminal according to a multicarrier communication method (OFDMA method). 15, a modulation / coding unit 16, and a transmission / reception control unit 17), wherein the communication channel allocation unit allocates a plurality of subcarriers as the communication channel to the wireless communication terminal, and the channel information storage unit The communication quality detected by the communication quality detection unit and the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit are stored for each subcarrier, and the difference calculation unit is configured to store the difference for each subcarrier. And the allocation control unit allocates subcarriers from the subcarrier having the maximum difference to a predetermined number to the radio communication terminal. And effect.

  A fifth feature of the present invention relates to the fourth feature of the present invention, and is summarized in that the communication channel assignment unit assigns a plurality of subcarriers having consecutive frequencies to the wireless communication terminal as the communication channel. .

  A sixth feature of the present invention relates to the first feature of the present invention, wherein a wireless communication unit (receiving unit 13, demodulation / decoding unit 14, transmitting unit 15, modulation unit for transmitting and receiving wireless signals to and from the wireless communication terminal is provided. A coding unit 16, a transmission / reception control unit 17), and a measuring unit (measuring unit 181) that measures a direction in which the wireless communication terminal is located and a distance between the wireless communication terminal based on the wireless signal The position information acquisition unit acquires the position information based on the direction and the distance measured by the measurement unit, and the current position information acquisition unit is the direction measured by the measurement unit Further, the gist is to acquire the current position information based on the distance.

  A seventh feature of the present invention relates to the sixth feature of the present invention, wherein the array antenna (array antenna ANT) having a plurality of antenna elements (antenna elements 11) and the array in the direction in which the wireless communication terminal is located. The gist further includes a directivity control unit (transmission / reception control unit 17) that directs the directivity of the antenna, and the measurement unit measures a direction in which the wireless communication terminal is located based on the directivity.

  An eighth feature of the present invention relates to the sixth feature of the present invention, wherein a transmission power control unit (transmission / reception control unit 17) for controlling transmission power of the radio signal transmitted by the radio communication unit, and the radio A timing adjustment unit (transmission / reception control unit 17) that adjusts a timing at which the wireless signal is transmitted by the communication unit and a timing at which the wireless signal is transmitted by the wireless communication terminal; The gist is to measure the distance to the wireless communication terminal based on the power or the timing adjustment amount.

  A ninth feature of the present invention is a wireless communication method used in a wireless base station that communicates with a wireless communication terminal, the step of detecting communication quality in a communication channel that can be assigned to the wireless communication terminal (step S12); Obtaining position information indicating the position of the wireless communication terminal at the time when the communication quality is detected by the detecting step (step S13), a communication channel identifier for identifying the communication channel, and the communication quality detection Storing channel information in which the communication quality detected by the unit is associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit (step S14), and a current position indicating the current position of the wireless communication terminal A step of acquiring information (step S101), the stored channel information, and the acquired Allocating the communication channel to the wireless communication terminal based on the location information (step S103), the allocating step including the location information corresponding to a predetermined communication quality in the channel information, and the current Calculating a difference from position information for each communication channel (step S103), assigning the communication channel to the radio communication terminal according to the difference calculated in the calculating step (step S103), It is a summary to provide.

  According to the present invention, when there is an area in the cell where the communication quality of a specific communication channel deteriorates, the radio base station that can suppress the deterioration of the communication quality, and the radio communication used for the radio base station Can provide a method.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the communication frame in the case of using AMC in WiMAX. It is a schematic block diagram of the radio base station which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a detailed block diagram of the radio base station which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the subcarrier information table which the wireless base station which concerns on embodiment of this invention memorize | stores. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an overall schematic operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure example of the subchannel allocation operation | movement performed by the wireless base station which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other structural example of the subcarrier information table which the wireless base station which concerns on embodiment of this invention memorize | stores.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Specifically, (1) overall schematic configuration, (2) configuration of the radio base station, (3) operation of the radio base station, and (4) operation / effect will be described. In the description of the drawings in the following embodiments, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals.

(1) Overall Schematic Configuration First, the schematic configuration of the wireless communication system according to the present embodiment will be described using FIG. 1 and FIG.

(1.1) Configuration of Radio Communication System FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the wireless communication system 1 includes a wireless base station 10 and wireless communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  In the present embodiment, the radio base station 10 and the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D have a configuration based on IEEE 802.16e (WiMAX; registered trademark). Specifically, the radio base station 10 and the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D support the OFDMA scheme and adaptive modulation / coding (AMC).

  The radio base station 10 includes an array antenna ANT (see FIG. 3), and performs adaptive array control using the array antenna ANT. Specifically, the radio base station 10 communicates with the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D with the directivity of the array antenna ANT directed toward the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  The radio communication terminals 20A to 20D measure the quality of the radio signal transmitted by the radio base station 10 for each subchannel. For example, the radio communication terminals 20 </ b> A to 20 </ b> D measure CNR, SNR, or FER of a radio signal transmitted by the radio base station 10.

  The radio base station 10 selects a modulation scheme and a coding scheme according to the communication quality notified from the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  When the communication quality of the subchannel used for communication with the radio base station 10 is reduced to a value at which communication with the radio base station 10 cannot be continued, the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D indicate deterioration of the subchannel. The error information is notified to the radio base station 10.

  When the error information is notified, the radio base station 10 detects a subcarrier constituting a subchannel to which the error information is notified and a position of the radio communication terminal that has notified the error information.

  The radio base station 10 stores a subcarrier information table T1 (see FIG. 5) in which position information indicating the detected position is associated with a subcarrier number of a subcarrier constituting a subchannel for which error information is notified. .

  In the example of FIG. 1, in a cell (service area) C1 configured by the radio base station 10, there are areas A1 and A2 in which the communication quality of a specific subcarrier deteriorates.

  As an example, in area A1, there is an obstacle between the radio base station 10 and the communication quality of subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 1 to 300 out of the total number of subcarriers 1024 deteriorates. In area A2, the communication quality of subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 200 to 500 deteriorates due to interference from the adjacent cell of cell C1.

(1.2) Configuration of Communication Frame FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication frame when AMC is used in WiMAX.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the communication frame F includes a DL subframe used for downlink (DL) communication and a UL subframe used for uplink (UL) communication.

  The DL subframe and the UL subframe are provided by time division within one frame period. That is, a TDD (Time Division Duplex) method is applied, and DL and UL communications are performed in different time zones.

  Furthermore, each of the DL subframe and the UL subframe has a period in which AMC is used (hereinafter, “AMC period”). In the example of FIG. 2, the AMC period has 12 subchannels divided for each fixed frequency band.

  That is, when AMC is used in WiMAX, a subchannel is composed of a plurality of subcarriers having continuous frequencies. A subchannel to which AMC is applied in WiMAX is called a “band”.

  The subchannel 1 of the DL subframe and the subchannel 1 of the UL subframe are paired and assigned to one radio communication terminal. The same applies to subchannel 2 to subchannel 12.

  Note that the DL subframe includes DL-MAP that is broadcast information broadcast to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D. The DL-MAP includes subchannel allocation information.

(2) Configuration of Radio Base Station Next, the configuration of the radio base station 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.

(2.1) Schematic Configuration of Radio Base Station FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the radio base station 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the radio base station 10 includes an array antenna ANT, a transmission / reception switching unit 12, a reception unit 13, a demodulation / decoding unit 14, a transmission unit 15, a modulation / coding unit 16, a transmission / reception control unit 17, and a control. Part 18 is included.

  The array antenna ANT includes a plurality of antenna elements 11. The transmission / reception switching unit 12 switches between transmission timing and reception timing in the radio base station 10. That is, the transmission / reception switching unit 12 transmits the radio signal from the transmission unit 15 to the array antenna ANT at the transmission timing. On the other hand, at the reception timing, the transmission / reception switching unit 12 transmits the radio signal from the array antenna ANT to the reception unit 13.

  The reception unit 13 performs reception processing of the radio signal transmitted by the transmission / reception switching unit 12 and outputs a reception signal. Specifically, the receiving unit 13 includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) that amplifies a radio signal and a down converter that reduces the frequency of the radio signal.

  The demodulation / decoding unit 14 performs OFDMA demodulation and decoding on the reception signal output from the reception unit 13. The received signal after demodulation and decoding is input to the control unit 18.

  On the other hand, the modulation / coding unit 16 performs coding and OFDMA modulation on the transmission signal from the control unit 18.

  The transmission unit 15 performs transmission processing of the transmission signal after encoding and modulation, and outputs a radio signal. Specifically, the transmission unit 15 includes an up converter that increases the frequency of the transmission signal and a power amplifier that amplifies the radio signal.

  The transmission / reception control unit 17 controls the reception unit 13 and the transmission unit 15. In the present embodiment, the transmission / reception control unit 17 configures a directivity control unit that directs the directivity of the array antenna ANT in the direction in which the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D are located. That is, the transmission / reception control unit 17 controls the phase and amplitude of the radio signal by multiplying the radio signal transmitted or received by each antenna element 11 by the weight.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the transmission / reception control part 17 comprises the transmission power control part which controls the transmission power of a radio signal. That is, the transmission / reception control unit 17 performs transmission power control in order to maintain the reception level in the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D at a predetermined value.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the transmission / reception control unit 17 configures a timing adjustment unit that adjusts the timing at which the radio signal is transmitted by the transmission unit 15 and the timing at which the radio signal is transmitted by the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D. .

  The transmission delay of a radio signal changes according to the distance between the radio base station 10 and the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D. For this reason, the transmission / reception control unit 17 performs a timing adjustment process (ranging process) to correct a timing error due to a transmission delay.

  The control unit 18 controls the demodulation / decoding unit 14, the modulation / coding unit 16, and the transmission / reception control unit 17. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of the control unit 18 will be described.

(2.2) Detailed Configuration of Radio Base Station FIG. 4 is a detailed configuration of the radio base station 10, specifically, a functional block configuration diagram of the control unit 18. In the following, points related to the present invention will be mainly described.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 18 includes a current position information acquisition unit 180, a measurement unit 181, a position information acquisition unit 182, a communication quality detection unit 183, a subcarrier information management unit 184, a subcarrier information table storage unit 185, A difference calculation unit 186, a total value calculation unit 187, a priority order setting unit 188, and an allocation unit 189 are included.

  The measuring unit 181 measures the direction in which the wireless communication terminals 20A to 20D are located and the distance between the wireless communication terminals 20A to 20D based on the information acquired from the transmission / reception control unit 17. Specifically, the measurement unit 181 measures the direction in which the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D are located based on the directivity (for example, phase synthesis pattern) of the array antenna ANT.

  Moreover, the measurement part 181 measures the distance between radio | wireless communication terminal 20A-20D based on a transmission power value or timing adjustment amount. That is, the greater the transmission power value or timing adjustment amount, the greater the distance between the radio base station 10 and the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  The communication quality detection unit 183 detects deterioration of communication quality in the subchannel allocated to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D based on the error information received from the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  The position information acquisition unit 182 acquires position information indicating the position of the wireless communication terminal at the time when communication quality deterioration is detected by the communication quality detection unit 183. Specifically, the position information acquisition unit 182 acquires position information based on the direction data and distance data measured by the measurement unit 181.

  The subcarrier information table storage unit 185 includes a subcarrier number of each subcarrier constituting a subchannel where communication quality deterioration is detected, and a position where communication quality deterioration is detected (hereinafter referred to as “quality deterioration position” as appropriate). The subcarrier information table T1 in which the position information is associated is stored.

  The subcarrier information management unit 184 stores the subcarrier information table T1 based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 182 and the communication quality deterioration information for each subcarrier detected by the communication quality detection unit 183. Update.

  The allocating unit 189 instructs the current position information acquiring unit 180 to acquire current position information indicating the current position of the radio communication terminal to which the subchannel is allocated when subchannel is allocated to at least one of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D. To do.

  Note that subchannel assignment is not limited to a case where a wireless communication terminal that newly starts communication requests subchannel assignment, and reassignment may be performed to a wireless communication terminal that has already been assigned a subchannel. .

  When receiving the current position information acquisition instruction from the assignment unit 189, the current position information acquisition unit 180 receives the current position information of the wireless communication terminal to which the subchannel is assigned based on the direction data and the distance data measured by the measurement unit 181. To get.

Here, an xy plane with the radio base station 10 as the origin is defined. If the direction of the wireless communication terminal to which the subchannel is assigned is φPS1, and the distance between the wireless communication terminal and the wireless base station 10 is LPS1, the position (current position) of the wireless communication terminal is expressed as follows: be able to.
(LPS1cosφPS1, LPS1sinφPS1) (1)
In addition, the subcarrier information management unit 184 reads the subcarrier information table T1 from the subcarrier information table storage unit 185, and transmits the read subcarrier information table T1 to the difference calculation unit 186.

  The difference calculation unit 186 calculates the difference between each position information included in the subcarrier information table T1 and the current position information for each subcarrier.

Here, when the direction of the wireless communication terminal at the time when the deterioration of communication quality is detected in the past is φNG1, and the distance between the wireless communication terminal and the wireless base station 10 is LNG1, the quality deterioration position is Can be expressed as:
(LNG1cosφNG1, LNG1sinφNG1) (2)
Then, the difference calculation unit 186 calculates the degree of adjacency A between the current position of the wireless communication terminal to which the subchannel is assigned and the quality deterioration position. The degree of adjacency ASCxx for a certain subcarrier is calculated according to the following equation.

隣接度合いＡＳＣｘｘが小さいほど、サブチャネルが割り当てられる無線通信端末の現在位置と、品質劣化位置とが近いことになる。

The smaller the degree of adjacency ASCxx is, the closer the current position of the wireless communication terminal to which the subchannel is assigned and the quality deterioration position.

  Note that the difference calculation unit 186 assigns a predetermined maximum value (for example, the square value of the cell diameter) for subcarriers for which no deterioration in communication quality has been detected. Further, when a plurality of quality degradation positions exist in one subcarrier, the difference calculation unit 186 calculates the degree of adjacentness and selects the minimum value of the calculated degrees of adjacentity.

  Total value calculation section 187 obtains adjacency degree A calculated for each subcarrier by difference calculation section 186, and calculates adjacency degree total value APS01 for all subcarriers according to the following equation.

サブチャネルが割り当てられる無線通信端末が複数存在する場合、合計値算出部１８７は、各無線通信端末について隣接度合いの合計値を算出する。算出された合計値が小さい無線通信端末ほど多くの品質劣化位置が周辺に存在することになる。

When there are a plurality of wireless communication terminals to which subchannels are assigned, total value calculation section 187 calculates the total value of the degree of adjacency for each wireless communication terminal. A wireless communication terminal having a smaller calculated total value has more quality degradation positions in the vicinity.

  The priority order setting unit 188 sets a higher priority order for allocating subchannels to wireless communication terminals having a small total value calculated by the total value calculation unit 187.

  The assigning unit 189 configures a subchannel based on the degree of adjacency calculated by the difference calculating unit 186 and the priority set by the priority setting unit 188. Specifically, allocating section 189 compares the degree of adjacency calculated for each subcarrier, and configures a subchannel with subcarriers from the subcarrier having the maximum degree of adjacency to a predetermined number.

  The assigning unit 189 assigns the configured subchannel to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D. Thereby, a subcarrier in which no quality degradation position exists in the cell C1 or a subcarrier whose quality degradation position is far from the radio communication terminal is assigned to the radio communication terminal.

(2.3) Table Configuration Example FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the subcarrier information table T1 stored in the subcarrier information table storage unit 185.

  Here, an example is shown in which the direction data and distance data of the wireless communication terminal are stored as position information in the subcarrier information table T1. As the direction data, the phase synthesis pattern of the array antenna ANT is stored. As the distance data, a transmission power value (a power amplifier gain control value) or a timing adjustment value (ranging value) is stored.

(3) Operation of Radio Base Station Next, the operation of the radio base station 10 will be described using FIG. 6 and FIG.

(3.1) Schematic Operation of Radio Communication System FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an overall schematic operation example of the radio communication system 1 including the radio base station 10. Here, an operation when the radio communication terminal 20A transmits a subchannel assignment request to the radio base station 10 after the radio communication terminal 20B transmits error information to the radio base station 10 will be described.

  In step S <b> 11, the radio communication terminal 20 </ b> B moves to area A <b> 1 (an area where the communication quality of subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 1 to 300 is degraded) and transmits error information to the radio base station 10.

  In step S12, the radio base station 10 detects the communication quality deterioration of each subcarrier constituting the subchannel allocated to the radio communication terminal 20B.

  In step S13, the radio base station 10 acquires the position information of the radio communication terminal 20B.

  In step S14, the radio base station 10 updates the subcarrier information table T1 using the subcarrier number of each subcarrier in which communication quality degradation is detected in step S12 and the position information acquired in step S13. .

  In step S15, the radio communication terminal 20A transmits a subchannel allocation request to the radio base station 10.

  In step S16, the radio base station 10 assigns subchannels to the radio communication terminals 20A and 20B. Specifically, the radio base station 10 transmits a radio communication terminal 20B located in the area A1 and a radio communication terminal 20A located in the vicinity of the area A1 except for subcarriers having subcarrier numbers 1 to 300. Allocate subchannels consisting of subcarriers.

  In step S17, the radio base station 10 notifies the radio communication terminals 20A and 20B of the subchannel allocated in step S16.

(3.2) Subchannel Assignment Operation FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation procedure of the subchannel assignment operation executed by the radio base station 10, specifically, details of step S16 in FIG.

  Here, the operation when the radio base station 10 assigns (or reassigns) subchannels to each of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D will be described.

  In step S101, the current position information acquisition unit 180 acquires current position information of the wireless communication terminals 20A to 20D. The difference calculation unit 186 and the total value calculation unit 187, for each of the wireless communication terminals 20A to 20D, according to the equations (3) and (4), the total value APS01, APS02, APS03, and APS04 of the adjacency degree ASCxx for each subcarrier. Is calculated.

  In step S102, the priority order setting unit 188 sets priorities for assigning subchannels to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D based on the total values APS01, APS02, APS03, and APS04 calculated in step S101.

  In FIG. 1, for example, the priority of the radio communication terminal 20A located in the area A1 is set highest, and then the priority of the radio communication terminal 20B located around the areas A1 and A2 is set high. . The priority order of the wireless communication terminal 20C located in the periphery of the area A2 is set next to the wireless communication terminal 20B. As a result, the priority of the radio communication terminal 20D is set to the lowest.

  In step S103, the assigning unit 189 assigns subchannels to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D according to the priority order set in step S102. The assigning unit 189 assigns subchannels in order of increasing distance between the current position of each of the wireless communication terminals 20A to 20D and the quality degradation position of each subchannel.

  Specifically, allocating section 189 gives subcarrier numbers 1 to 300 to subcarrier numbers 1 to 300 for radio communication terminal 20A located in area A1 (an area where the communication quality of subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 100 to 300 deteriorates). A subchannel consisting of subcarriers other than carriers is preferentially assigned.

  Allocation unit 189 is located in the vicinity of area A1 and area A2 where the communication quality of subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 200 to 500 deteriorates (area where the communication quality of subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 200 to 500 deteriorates). A subchannel consisting of subcarriers other than the subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 1 to 500 is preferentially assigned to the wireless communication terminal 20B.

  Allocation section 189 preferentially allocates subchannels composed of subcarriers other than the subcarriers with subcarrier numbers 200 to 500 to radio communication terminal 20C located around area A2.

  In step S104, the assignment unit 189 determines whether assignment has been completed for all users (wireless communication terminals). If assignment has not been completed for all wireless communication terminals, the process returns to step S103. On the other hand, if the assignment has been completed for all the wireless communication terminals, the process proceeds to step S105.

  In step S105, the assignment unit 189 determines whether or not the number of subcarriers assigned to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D is insufficient. When the number of subcarriers to be allocated to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D is insufficient, the allocation unit 189 decreases the number of subcarriers in each subchannel in step S106.

  If the number of subcarriers assigned to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D is not insufficient, the process proceeds to step S107. In step S107, the assignment unit 189 determines whether there are unassigned subcarriers. If there are unassigned subcarriers, the process proceeds to step S108.

  In step S108, allocation section 189 increases the number of subcarriers in each subchannel.

(4) Operation / Effect As described above, according to the present embodiment, the difference calculation unit 186 calculates the distance between the quality degradation position and the current position of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D for each subcarrier. calculate. The assigning unit 189 gives priority to subcarriers with a long calculated distance and assigns them to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  Therefore, when the areas A1 and A2 where the communication quality of a specific subcarrier (or subchannel) deteriorates exist in the cell C1, the deterioration of the communication quality can be suppressed.

  According to the present embodiment, the allocating unit 189 assigns subchannels including subcarriers having a maximum distance from the quality degradation position and the current positions of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D to a predetermined number of subcarriers. Assign to a wireless communication terminal.

  Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the possibility that the communication quality of the subchannel deteriorates after the allocation of the subchannel.

  According to the present embodiment, the total value calculation unit 187 sums the distance between the quality degradation position and the current positions of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D for all subcarriers. The priority order setting unit 188 sets the highest assignment priority order for the wireless communication terminal having the minimum total value.

  Therefore, subchannels can be preferentially allocated to wireless communication terminals in which many quality degradation positions exist in the vicinity. In particular, when subchannels composed of subcarriers having continuous frequencies are allocated, even if the radio communication terminal has a small number of subcarriers that can be allocated, subcarriers having continuous frequencies can be easily secured.

  According to the present embodiment, the measuring unit 181 includes the direction in which the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D are located based on the radio signal received by the reception unit 13 and the radio signal transmitted by the transmission unit 15, and the radio communication terminal. Measure the distance between 20A-20D.

  Therefore, the wireless base station 10 can acquire position information without providing a position detection device such as GPS in the wireless communication terminal.

  According to the present embodiment, the measurement unit 181 measures the direction in which the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D are located based on the directivity of the array antenna ANT. Therefore, the directions of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D can be detected with high accuracy.

  According to the present embodiment, the measurement unit 181 measures the distance between the wireless communication terminals 20A to 20D based on the transmission power value (power amplifier gain control value) or the timing adjustment amount (ranging value). To do. Therefore, the distance between the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D can be detected with high accuracy.

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As mentioned above, although this invention was described by embodiment, it should not be understood that the description and drawing which form a part of this indication limit this invention. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples and operational techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  In the embodiment described above, the difference calculation unit 186 calculates the distance between the quality degradation position and the current position of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D for each subcarrier, and the allocation unit 189 calculates the calculated distance. The far subcarriers are preferentially assigned to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  However, the difference calculation unit 186 calculates the distance between the position with good quality and the current position of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D for each subcarrier, and the allocation unit 189 has a short calculated distance. The subcarriers may be preferentially assigned to the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D.

  In the embodiment described above, the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D notify the radio base station 10 of error information. However, the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D may notify the radio base station 10 of the communication quality, and the radio base station 10 may generate error information by comparing the communication quality with a threshold value.

  In the above-described embodiment, the quality deterioration position is registered in the subcarrier information table T1, but as shown in FIG. 8, the position information and communication quality of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D are registered. There may be.

  Furthermore, not only the configuration in which the communication quality and the position information are managed for each subcarrier, but the configuration in which the communication quality and the position information are managed for each subchannel may be used. In this case, each information amount of the communication quality and the position information stored in the radio base station 10 can be reduced.

  In the embodiment described above, the positions of the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D are detected in the radio base station 10, but when the radio communication terminals 20A to 20D are equipped with GPS, the position information detected using the GPS is used. You may notify to the wireless base station 10 from radio | wireless communication terminal 20A-20D.

  In the above-described embodiment, the radio communication system 1 to which the OFDMA scheme is applied has been described.

  Thus, it should be understood that the present invention includes various embodiments and the like not described herein. Therefore, the present invention is limited only by the invention specifying matters in the scope of claims reasonable from this disclosure.

ANT ... array antenna, C1 ... cell, F ... communication frame, T1, T2 ... subcarrier information table, 1 ... wireless communication system, 10 ... wireless base station, 11 ... antenna element, 12 ... transmission / reception switching unit, 13 ... receiving unit , 14 ... Demodulation / decoding unit, 15 ... Transmission unit, 16 ... Modulation / coding unit, 17 ... Transmission / reception control unit, 18 ... Control unit, 20A to 20D ... Wireless communication terminal, 180 ... Current position information acquisition unit, 181 ... Measurement unit, 182 ... position information acquisition unit, 183 ... communication quality detection unit, 184 ... subcarrier information management unit, 185 ... subcarrier information table storage unit, 186 ... difference calculation unit, 187 ... total value calculation unit, 188 ... priority Order setting section, 189 ... allocation section

Claims (2)

A wireless base station that communicates with a wireless communication terminal,
A communication quality detection unit for detecting communication quality in a communication channel assignable to the wireless communication terminal;
A position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating a position of the wireless communication terminal at the time when the communication quality is detected by the communication quality detection unit;
Channel information storage for storing channel information in which a communication channel identifier for identifying the communication channel, the communication quality detected by the communication quality detection unit, and the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit are associated with each other And
A current position information acquisition unit for acquiring current position information indicating a current position of the wireless communication terminal;
A communication channel allocating unit that allocates the communication channel to the wireless communication terminal based on the channel information stored by the channel information storage unit and the current position information acquired by the current position information acquiring unit. ,
The communication channel allocation unit
A difference calculation unit that calculates a difference between the position information corresponding to predetermined communication quality in the channel information and the current position information for each communication channel;
A radio base station comprising: an allocation control unit that allocates the communication channel to the radio communication terminal according to the difference calculated by the difference calculation unit. A wireless communication method used in a wireless base station that communicates with a wireless communication terminal,
Detecting communication quality in a communication channel assignable to the wireless communication terminal;
Obtaining position information indicating the position of the wireless communication terminal at the time when the communication quality is detected by the detecting step;
Storing channel information in which a communication channel identifier for identifying the communication channel, the communication quality detected by the communication quality detection unit, and the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit are associated with each other;
Obtaining current position information indicating a current position of the wireless communication terminal;
Allocating the communication channel to the wireless communication terminal based on the stored channel information and the acquired current position information,
The assigning step comprises:
Calculating a difference between the position information corresponding to a predetermined communication quality in the channel information and the current position information for each communication channel;
Assigning the communication channel to the wireless communication terminal according to the difference calculated in the calculating step.

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