JP2016129335A - Receiver, transmitter and radio communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a receiver, a transmitter and a radio communication method capable of using a non-orthogonal multiple access with the suppression of a cost increase and a processing delay.SOLUTION: A physical channel separation unit 210 in a mobile station 200A receives a radio signal which includes a plurality of orthogonal signals which are orthogonal with each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals which are not orthogonal with each other, to output to a data demodulation/decoding unit 220, a target user control signal detection unit 230 and an interference user control signal detection unit 240. By use of the orthogonal signal included in the received radio signal, the data demodulation/decoding part 220 demodulates and cancels a radio signal destined to another mobile station, from among a plurality of non-orthogonal signals, to extract a non-orthogonal signal destined to the mobile station 200A. Further, from the signal included in the orthogonal signal and destined to the mobile station 200A, the data demodulation/decoding part 220 demodulates the extracted non-orthogonal signal destined to the mobile station 200A.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus, a transmitting apparatus, and a wireless communication method adapted to non-orthogonal multiple access.

  In a mobile communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) standardized in 3GPP, orthogonal multi-access using orthogonal signals in which a plurality of signals do not interfere with each other is performed between a base station and a user terminal (mobile station). Widely used. On the other hand, non-orthogonal multiple access using non-orthogonal signals has been proposed in order to increase the capacity of a mobile communication system (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

  Non-orthogonal multi-access is premised on signal separation (interference canceller) by nonlinear signal processing. For example, in the case of downlink, the base station transmits non-orthogonal signals simultaneously to a plurality of user terminals. Each user terminal demodulates the received non-orthogonal signal after removing a signal to a user terminal (at the cell edge) having a path loss larger than that of the user terminal by signal processing.

D. Tse and P. Viswanath, “Fundamentals of Wireless Communication”, Cambridge University Press, 2005, Internet <http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dtse/book.html>

  As described above, in the case of non-orthogonal multi-access, each user terminal, that is, a mobile station, needs to demodulate after removing a signal to a mobile station having a path loss larger than that of its own device by signal processing. For this reason, the processing load on the mobile station is high, and the problem of an increase in cost and processing delay of the mobile station may occur.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a receiving device, a transmitting device, and a wireless communication method that can use non-orthogonal multi-access while suppressing cost increase and processing delay. And

  A first feature of the present invention is that a radio signal receiving unit (physical channel demultiplexing unit 210) that receives a radio signal including a plurality of orthogonal signals orthogonal to each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals not orthogonal to each other; By using a quadrature signal included in a radio signal received by the radio signal receiver, a radio signal destined for another receiving device is demodulated and canceled from among a plurality of non-orthogonal signals. An interference cancellation unit (data demodulation / decoding unit 220) that extracts a signal, a signal destined for the receiving device included in the orthogonal signal, and a non-orthogonal signal destined for the receiving device extracted by the interference cancellation unit The gist of the present invention is a receiving device (for example, mobile station 200A) including a demodulating unit (data demodulating / decoding unit 220).

  A second feature of the present invention is that a radio including a plurality of non-orthogonal signals that are not orthogonal to each other and transmitted using a part or all of the orthogonal resources among orthogonal resources that are a plurality of radio resources orthogonal to each other. A radio signal receiving unit that receives signals, and a radio signal received by the radio signal receiving unit extracts an orthogonal resource including a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device, and a plurality of the orthogonal resources included in the extracted orthogonal resource An interference cancellation unit that extracts a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device by demodulating and canceling a radio signal addressed to another receiving device, and the reception extracted by the interference canceling unit The gist of the present invention is a receiving device including a demodulator that demodulates a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the device.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a radio signal including a plurality of orthogonal signals orthogonal to each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals in which the plurality of signals are not orthogonal to each other is directed to a plurality of receiving apparatuses located in the cell. Wireless path transmitters (hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130 and physical channel multiplexing unit 160) for transmitting the signals and the path loss of the signals multiplexed as the non-orthogonal signals to each of the receiving devices. The gist of the present invention is a transmission apparatus (base station 100) including a scheduling unit (base station scheduler 120) for scheduling a signal multiplexed as the non-orthogonal signal so that the difference becomes large.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the communication device receives a radio signal including a plurality of orthogonal signals orthogonal to each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals in which the plurality of signals are not orthogonal to each other, and the communication The apparatus demodulates and cancels a radio signal addressed to another receiving apparatus from among a plurality of non-orthogonal signals, using the orthogonal signal included in the radio signal received by the radio signal receiving unit. Extracting a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the communication device, and demodulating the signal addressed to the receiving device included in the orthogonal signal and the non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device extracted in the extracting step. A radio communication method including a step of demodulating a signal destined for the own apparatus extracted by the interference cancellation unit and a signal destined for the own apparatus included in the orthogonal signal. The the gist.

  A fifth feature of the present invention is that a communication device includes a plurality of non-orthogonal signals that are not orthogonal to each other and transmitted using a part or all of the orthogonal resources among orthogonal resources that are a plurality of radio resources orthogonal to each other. A step of receiving the included radio signal; and the communication device extracts, from the received radio signal, an orthogonal resource including a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device, and a plurality of included in the extracted orthogonal resource A step of extracting a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device by demodulating and canceling a radio signal addressed to another receiving device from the non-orthogonal signals, and the communication device addressed to the extracted receiving device And a step of demodulating the non-orthogonal signal.

  According to the characteristics of the present invention, it is possible to provide a receiving device, a transmitting device, and a wireless communication method that can use non-orthogonal multi-access while suppressing cost increase and processing delay.

1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the radio resource allocation image of orthogonal multi-access, non-orthogonal multi-access, and hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multi-access. It is a figure which shows the specific radio | wireless resource allocation image of hybrid orthogonality / non-orthogonal multiple access. FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram of a transmission unit of the base station 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram of a receiving unit of a mobile station 200A according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of scheduling of a mobile station to a non-orthogonal signal in the base station 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example (RBG unit) of the allocation map of orthogonal multi-access and non-orthogonal multi-access which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example (REG unit) of the allocation map of orthogonal multi-access and non-orthogonal multi-access which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and ratios of dimensions and the like are different from actual ones.

  Accordingly, specific dimensions and the like should be determined in consideration of the following description. Moreover, it is a matter of course that portions having different dimensional relationships and ratios are included between the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(1) Overall Schematic Configuration of Mobile Communication System FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication system 1 includes a base station 100 and mobile stations 200A and 200B.

  Base station 100 transmits a radio signal to mobile stations 200A and 200B, specifically, into cell C1. The base station 100 receives radio signals from the mobile stations 200A and 200B. In the present embodiment, the base station 100 constitutes a transmission device, and the mobile stations 200A and 200B constitute a reception device.

  The mobile station 200A is located in the cell edge of the cell C1 that is located in the cell C1 but has a large path loss of the radio signal from the base station 100. Mobile station 200B is located in the center of cell C1. For this reason, the path loss of the radio signal from the base station 100 is smaller than the path loss in the mobile station 200A.

  In the present embodiment, the base station 100 and the mobile stations 200A and 200B are configured such that the mobile station 200A is located in the cell C1 with a radio signal including a plurality of orthogonal signals orthogonal to each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals not orthogonal to each other. , Send to 200B. That is, in the mobile communication system 1, the orthogonal multi-access that realizes simultaneous communication with a plurality of mobile stations using orthogonal signals and the non-orthogonal multi-access that realizes simultaneous communication with a plurality of mobile stations using non-orthogonal signals. Access is used together (hereinafter referred to as hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiple access).

  FIGS. 2A to 2C show radio resource allocation images of orthogonal multi-access, non-orthogonal multi-access, and hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multi-access. As shown in FIG. 2A, in orthogonal multi-access, radio resources allocated to each mobile station (user) do not overlap in the frequency domain / time domain / space domain. For this reason, in the orthogonal multi-access, in principle, it is not necessary to remove interference caused by radio resources allocated to other mobile stations. Orthogonal multiple access is also used in Long Term Evolution (LTE) standardized by 3GPP.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, in non-orthogonal multiple access, radio resources allocated to each mobile station overlap in the band. For this reason, the mobile station needs to remove all multi-access interference by signal processing. For specific signal processing, the technique described in Non-Patent Document 1 described above can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2 (c), in hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiple access, radio resources allocated to each mobile station partially overlap in the band. For this reason, the mobile station only needs to remove multi-access interference equal to or less than the specified number in accordance with the number of multiplexed radio resources.

  FIGS. 3A and 3B show more specific assignment images of hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiple access. In the example shown in FIG. 3A, orthogonal signals and non-orthogonal signals are transmitted to each user (user 1 to user 3). In the case of the example illustrated in FIG. 3A, the mobile station can extract a non-orthogonal signal using the orthogonal signal.

  In this embodiment, by introducing hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multi-access as described above, the signal processing load associated with the removal of multi-access interference is reduced, and the number of multi-access interference to be removed by the mobile station is recognized. A wireless interface that can be used is defined. Hereinafter, in the first embodiment, the assignment image illustrated in FIG. 3A will be mainly described as an example.

(2) Functional Block Configuration Next, a functional block configuration of the mobile communication system 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram of the transmission unit of the base station 100. FIG. 5 is a functional block configuration diagram of the receiving unit of the mobile station 200A.

(2.1) Base station 100
As shown in FIG. 4, the transmission unit of the base station 100 includes an encoding / data modulation unit 110, a base station scheduler 120, a hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130, a control signal generation unit 140, a control signal resource allocation unit 150, A physical channel multiplexing unit 160 is provided.

  The encoding / data modulation unit 110 executes transmission data division, channel coding / data modulation, transmission power setting, and resource block allocation for each predetermined user (user k).

  The base station scheduler 120 is based on the feedback of Circuit State Information (CSI) from the mobile stations 200A and 200B and the path loss between the base station 100 and the mobile stations 200A and 200B. Control the non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130 and the control signal generation unit 140.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the base station scheduler 120 increases the difference in path loss based on the path loss to each of a plurality of mobile stations (for example, mobile stations 200A and 200B) of signals multiplexed as non-orthogonal signals. Thus, a signal multiplexed as a non-orthogonal signal is scheduled to the plurality of mobile stations.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of scheduling of mobile stations to non-orthogonal signals in base station 100. In the example shown in FIG. 6, a non-orthogonal signal in which a maximum of four users (mobile stations) are multiplexed is used. As shown in FIG. 6, in the non-orthogonal signal, a plurality of signals are not orthogonal, that is, the same radio resource block is allocated in the frequency domain or the time domain.

  In this embodiment, a signal addressed to a mobile station having a small path loss is sequentially multiplexed as a non-orthogonal signal from a signal addressed to a mobile station having a small path loss. A signal addressed to a mobile station with a small path loss may have a small ratio in the vertical axis (transmission power) direction in FIG. 6 because transmission power for securing a desired SNR may be small. On the other hand, a signal addressed to a mobile station with a large path loss has a large transmission power for securing a desired SNR, and therefore, the ratio of the signal in the vertical axis (transmission power) direction in FIG. 6 is large.

  When such a non-orthogonal signal is used, for example, a user (mobile station) having the second smallest path loss needs to remove interference from signals assigned to two mobile stations having a larger path loss than the user. Yes (see explanation in the figure).

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, different radio resource blocks are allocated in the frequency domain and the time domain, that is, orthogonal signals in which a plurality of signals are orthogonal to each other are also used. Since no interference occurs, the mobile station does not need to cancel the interference.

  The hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130 multiplexes orthogonal signals and non-orthogonal signals. Specifically, the hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130 multiplexes signals (radio resource blocks) output from the plurality of encoding / data modulation units 110 based on control from the base station scheduler 120. As a result, a multiplexed signal is generated as shown in FIG.

  The control signal generation unit 140 generates various control signals that are notified to the mobile stations 200A and 200B. In particular, in the present embodiment, the maximum number of signals multiplexed as non-orthogonal signals is known (for example, 4 multiplexing) in the base station 100 and the mobile stations 200A and 200B. The control signal generator 140 generates a control signal necessary for the mobile station to demodulate and cancel a radio signal addressed to another mobile station (another device).

  For example, the control signal generation unit 140 can generate a signal including control information or a reference signal as described below so that the mobile station demodulates and cancels a radio signal addressed to another mobile station (another device).

(A) Information (including 0 or 1) indicating the number of multi-access interference to be removed by the user (mobile station)
(B) Information indicating the status (allocated radio resource block, modulation scheme, channel coding rate, etc.) of other users necessary for the user (mobile station) to eliminate multi-access interference (c) Coherent in the user (mobile station) Reference signal required for demodulation (d) Information required for radio resource block allocation for hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multi-access (transport block, radio resource block definition, transmission power control, feedback control signal, etc.)
Note that the control signal generation unit 140 may generate a control signal obtained by combining any one of (a) to (d) described above or a plurality thereof. The control signal generation unit 140 transmits the generated control signal to the mobile stations 200A and 200B via the control signal resource allocation unit 150 and the physical channel multiplexing unit 160. In the present embodiment, the control signal generation unit 140 constitutes a control signal transmission unit.

  Control signal resource allocation section 150 allocates a radio resource block to the control signal output from control signal generation section 140.

  The physical channel multiplexing unit 160 multiplexes the baseband signal output from the hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130 and the control signal output from the control signal resource allocation unit 150 onto the physical channel. The signal output from the physical channel multiplexing unit 160 is subjected to IFFT and a cyclic prefix (CP) is added and transmitted from the transmission antenna to the mobile stations 200A and 200B. In the present embodiment, a radio signal for transmitting an orthogonal signal and a non-orthogonal signal to a plurality of mobile stations (receiving devices) located in the cell C1 by the hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130 and the physical channel multiplexing unit 160. A transmission unit is configured.

  Note that the hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing unit 130 and the physical channel multiplexing unit 160 (radio signal transmission unit) allow each mobile station (receiving device) to extract orthogonal resources including non-orthogonal signals addressed to the mobile station. Necessary information can also be transmitted to the mobile station using orthogonal signals.

  For example, signals transmitted as orthogonal signals (orthogonal resources) include control signals, reference signals, and data signals with small payload sizes (Voice over IP (VoIP), TCP ACK, etc.). The mobile station demodulates the non-orthogonal signal using the orthogonal signal, but demodulates the orthogonal signal as it is. Note that the boundary between the orthogonal signal (orthogonal resource) and the non-orthogonal signal (non-orthogonal resource) may be fixed, or may be notified as variable system information to each user.

(2.2) Mobile station 200A
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the mobile station 200A includes a physical channel separation unit 210, a data demodulation / decoding unit 220, a target user control signal detection unit 230, and an interference user control signal detection unit 240. Note that the mobile station 200B also has the same functional block configuration as the mobile station 200A.

  The physical channel separation unit 210 receives a radio signal transmitted from the base station 100 and separates a physical channel included in the radio signal. As described above, the radio signal received by the physical channel separation unit 210 includes an orthogonal signal and a non-orthogonal signal. The separated physical channel is output to the data demodulation / decoding unit 220, the target user control signal detection unit 230, and the interference user control signal detection unit 240. In the present embodiment, the physical channel separation unit 210 constitutes a radio signal reception unit.

  A plurality of data demodulation / decoding units 220 are provided. Specifically, the data demodulating / decoding unit 220 is provided for the interference user and the target user according to the number of signals (users) multiplexed as non-orthogonal signals. In this embodiment, since up to four users are multiplexed, it is preferable that four data demodulation / decoding units 220 are also provided.

  The data demodulation / decoding unit 220 performs radio resource block extraction, interference canceller, channel estimation, demodulation decoding, and decoding data decoding.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the interference canceller of the data demodulation / decoding unit 220 uses a quadrature signal (for example, the control information and the reference signal described above) included in the received radio signal, from among a plurality of non-orthogonal signals. A non-orthogonal signal addressed to the mobile station 200A is extracted by demodulating and canceling a radio signal addressed to another mobile station (receiving device).

  Specifically, the interference canceller extracts a signal addressed to itself from the received non-orthogonal signal by signal separation by predetermined signal processing, and cancels interference due to a signal addressed to another receiving device. The interference canceller has a known maximum number of non-orthogonal signals to be multiplexed (in this embodiment, four multiplexing), and therefore the radio addressed to other receiving apparatuses is within a range not exceeding the known maximum number of non-orthogonal signals. Demodulate and cancel the signal. A method for canceling interference will be described later.

  The target user control signal detection unit 230 detects a control signal addressed to the target user, that is, the own apparatus (mobile station 200A). The target user control signal detection unit 230 provides the detected control signal to the data demodulation / decoding unit 220 (for the target user). Any one or combination of (a) to (d) as described above is used as the control signal.

  The interference user control signal detection unit 240 detects a control signal addressed to an interference user, that is, another device (for example, the mobile station 200B). Similar to the target user control signal detection unit 230, the interference user control signal detection unit 240 provides the detected control signal to the data demodulation / decoding unit 220 (for interference users).

Here, signal processing in the interference canceller of the data demodulation / decoding unit 220 will be briefly described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, when the mobile station 200A is located at the cell edge of the cell C1, the interference canceller cannot remove the signal of the mobile station 200B located in the center of the cell C1, so that data demodulation / decoding is performed. The unit 220 performs demodulation / decoding as it is. Specifically, the signal processing in the user 1 can be described based on the following calculation formula.

  Here, the user 1 shows a mobile station 200A located at the cell edge of the cell C1, and the user 2 shows a mobile station 200B located at the center in the cell C1. P1 and P2 are transmission powers of the user 1 and the user 2, respectively. h1 and h2 are channel gains of user 1 and user 2, respectively.

  Thus, when the mobile station (user 1) is located at the cell edge, the received signal (R1) includes interference with the mobile station (user 2) located in the center of the cell. Since the SNR is poor, the interference from the user 2 cannot be removed. Therefore, the user 1 performs demodulation / decoding as it is without removing the signal of the user 2.

On the other hand, the signal processing in the user 2 can be described based on the following calculation formula.

  Thus, when the mobile station (user 2) is located in the center of the cell, the received signal (R2) includes interference with the mobile station (user 1) located at the cell edge. Since the SNR is good, the signal of the user 1 is removed by decoding it once. After the signal is removed, the signal of the user 2 is demodulated / decoded.

  Such signal processing is the same as the method described in Non-Patent Document 1 described above.

(3) Examples of Actions and Effects According to the mobile communication system 1 according to the present embodiment, in the mobile station 200A (200B), interference due to signals addressed to other receiving devices by using non-orthogonal signals is canceled, Both the signal destined for the self-apparatus whose interference has been canceled and the signal destined for the self-apparatus included in the orthogonal signal are demodulated. That is, hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiple access using orthogonal signals and non-orthogonal signals is realized. In the case of hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multi-access, the processing load related to cancellation of interference due to signals destined for other receivers is reduced compared to the case where only non-orthogonal multi-access is used. Processing delay can be suppressed.

  In the present embodiment, the maximum number of signals multiplexed as non-orthogonal signals is known in base station 100 and mobile stations 200A and 200B. The interference canceller of the data demodulating / decoding unit 220 demodulates and cancels interference caused by signals addressed to other devices in a range not exceeding the known maximum number of the signals. Therefore, the mobile stations 200A and 200B can be designed so that the delay time required for demodulation / decoding is within a certain range.

  In the present embodiment, a signal multiplexed as a non-orthogonal signal so that a difference in the path loss becomes large based on a path loss of each of the signals multiplexed as a non-orthogonal signal to the plurality of mobile stations. Scheduled. For this reason, variations in SNR between signals multiplexed as non-orthogonal signals are likely to increase, and it becomes easy to remove interference caused by signals addressed to other devices.

[Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, the operation based on the allocation image of the radio resources (orthogonal resources and non-orthogonal resources) illustrated in FIG. 3A has been mainly described. In the second embodiment, the operation illustrated in FIG. The operation based on the radio resource allocation image shown will be described mainly with respect to differences from the first embodiment described above.

  In the case of the radio resource allocation image shown in FIG. 3B, the physical channel separation unit 210 (radio signal reception unit) of the mobile station 200A is one of the orthogonal resources among the orthogonal resources that are a plurality of radio resources orthogonal to each other. A wireless signal including a plurality of non-orthogonal signals transmitted using a part or all of them is received.

  Further, the interference canceller of the data demodulation / decoding unit 220 extracts an orthogonal resource including a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the mobile station 200A from the received radio signal. Further, the interference canceller demodulates and cancels a radio signal addressed to another mobile station (mobile station 200B) from among a plurality of non-orthogonal signals included in the extracted orthogonal resource, thereby non-orthogonal addressed to the mobile station 200A. Extract the signal. Further, the data demodulation / decoding unit 220 demodulates the non-orthogonal signal destined for the mobile station 200A extracted by the interference canceller.

  Thus, even in the case of hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multi-access based on the radio resource allocation image shown in FIG. 3B, compared to the case where only non-orthogonal multi-access is used, other mobile stations (receiving devices) Since the processing load related to cancellation of interference due to the addressed signal is reduced, it is possible to suppress the cost increase and processing delay of the mobile station.

[Other Embodiments]
As described above, the content of the present invention has been disclosed through one embodiment of the present invention. However, it should not be understood that the description and drawings constituting a part of this disclosure limit the present invention. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  For example, the base station 100 may transmit an allocation map indicating radio resources used for orthogonal multi-access and radio resources used for non-orthogonal multi-access to the mobile stations 200A and 200B.

  7 and 8 show examples of allocation maps for orthogonal multi-access and non-orthogonal multi-access. Specifically, FIG. 7 illustrates an example of an allocation map in units of radio resource blocks (Resource blocks), and FIG. 8 illustrates an example of an allocation map in units of radio resource elements (Resource elements).

  Next, a method for generating such an allocation map will be described. In the above-described embodiment, by utilizing the difference in SNR between mobile stations (users), the overall capacity of the wireless communication system and the fairness between users are improved while using the non-orthogonal access technology.

  Here, when there is no difference in SNR between users, the orthogonal access technology is optimal. Base station 100 determines the ratio of Resource blocks or Resource elements that transmit data by orthogonal multi-access or non-orthogonal multi-access, depending on the degree of difference in SNR.

  The base station 100 determines whether the allocation part by orthogonal multi-access (corresponding resource block (RB) or resource element (RE)) and the non-orthogonal multi-access part (corresponding RB or RE) according to the degree of difference in SNR. The allocation map (see FIGS. 7 and 8) is transmitted to the mobile stations 200A and 200B.

  Specifically, base station 100 determines the degree of SNR difference based on CSI information fed back from each mobile station. Base station 100 processes RBs and REs having a relatively large difference in SNR as non-orthogonal multi-access, and processes RBs and REs having a relatively small difference in SNR as orthogonal multi-access. Base station 100 transmits an allocation map based on such processing results to mobile stations 200A and 200B. Note that DL grant, RRC signaling, or the like may be used as means for notifying the contents of the allocation map.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the example in the downlink direction from the base station 100 to the mobile stations 200A and 200B has been described. However, the hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiple access according to the present invention is applied to the uplink direction. Also good. In addition, the present invention is not limited to between a base station and a mobile station, and may be applied to wireless communication between base stations.

  As described above, the present invention naturally includes various embodiments that are not described herein. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the invention specifying matters according to the scope of claims reasonable from the above description.

1 ... Mobile communication system
100 ... Base station
110: Encoding / data modulation section
120 ... Base station scheduler
130 ... Hybrid orthogonal / non-orthogonal multiplexing section
140 ... Control signal generator
150 ... Control signal resource allocation unit
160 ... Physical channel multiplexer
200A, 200B ... Mobile station
210 ... Physical channel separator
220 ... Data demodulation / decoding unit
230 ... Purpose user control signal detector
240 ... Interference user control signal detector

Claims (8)

A radio signal receiving unit for receiving a radio signal including a plurality of orthogonal signals orthogonal to each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals not orthogonal to each other;
By using a quadrature signal included in a radio signal received by the radio signal receiving unit, a radio signal destined for another receiving device is demodulated and canceled from among a plurality of non-orthogonal signals, thereby non-addressing to the receiving device. An interference cancellation unit for extracting an orthogonal signal;
A receiving device comprising: a demodulator that demodulates a signal addressed to the receiving device included in the orthogonal signal and a non-orthogonal signal destined for the receiving device extracted by the interference cancellation unit. A radio signal receiving unit that receives a radio signal including a plurality of non-orthogonal signals that are transmitted using part or all of the orthogonal resources among orthogonal resources that are a plurality of radio resources orthogonal to each other; ,
An orthogonal resource including a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device is extracted from wireless signals received by the wireless signal receiving unit, and another non-orthogonal signal included in the extracted orthogonal resource is An interference cancellation unit that extracts a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device by demodulating and canceling the radio signal addressed to the receiving device;
And a demodulator that demodulates the non-orthogonal signal destined for the receiver extracted by the interference cancellation unit. The maximum number of signals multiplexed as the non-orthogonal signal is known in the receiving device,
The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interference cancellation unit demodulates and cancels a radio signal addressed to another receiving apparatus within a range not exceeding a known maximum number of the non-orthogonal signals. A radio signal transmitting unit that transmits a radio signal including a plurality of orthogonal signals orthogonal to each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals not orthogonal to each other to a plurality of receiving devices located in the cell;
Based on the path loss of the signal multiplexed as the non-orthogonal signal to each of the plurality of receiving apparatuses, the signal multiplexed as the non-orthogonal signal is scheduled to the plurality of receiving apparatuses so that the difference in the path loss is increased. And a scheduling unit.   The wireless signal transmission unit transmits information necessary for the reception device to extract an orthogonal resource including a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the reception device to the reception device using the orthogonal signal. The transmitting device described. The maximum number of signals multiplexed as the non-orthogonal signal is known in the transmitting device and the receiving device,
The transmission apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a control signal transmission unit configured to transmit a control signal necessary for the reception apparatus to demodulate and cancel a signal addressed to the other reception apparatus to the reception apparatus. Receiving a radio signal including a plurality of orthogonal signals orthogonal to each other and a plurality of non-orthogonal signals not orthogonal to each other;
The communication device demodulates and cancels a radio signal addressed to another receiving device from among a plurality of non-orthogonal signals using an orthogonal signal included in the received radio signal, thereby non-orthogonal addressed to the receiving device. Extracting a signal;
A wireless communication method comprising: a step of demodulating a signal addressed to the receiving device included in the orthogonal signal and a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device extracted in the extracting step. The communication device receives a radio signal including a plurality of non-orthogonal signals that are not orthogonal to each other and transmitted using a part or all of the orthogonal resources among orthogonal resources that are a plurality of radio resources orthogonal to each other. When,
The communication apparatus extracts an orthogonal resource including a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the reception apparatus from the received radio signal, and receives another reception from a plurality of non-orthogonal signals included in the extracted orthogonal resource. Extracting a non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device by demodulating and canceling the radio signal addressed to the device; and
And a step of demodulating the extracted non-orthogonal signal addressed to the receiving device.

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