JP2016189545A - Communication device and communication control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device and a communication control method that can efficiently allocate radio resources in an environment where plural systems or plural cells are provided to be mixed.SOLUTION: An other-station communication state managing unit 101 and a self-station communication state managing unit 103 manage the communication states of the other communication devices and the communication device in an integration fashion. An other-station communication policy managing unit 102 and a self-station communication policy managing unit 104 manage set values of a communication policy determined according to the communication purpose of the other communication devices and the communication device in an integration fashion. A communication controller 105 controls the communication setting of the communication device based on the communication state and communication policy of each of the other communication devices and the communication device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a communication device and a communication control method.

  Currently, in 3GPP, LTE-Advanced, which is an evolution of LTE (Long Term Evolution), is being studied. In LTE-Advanced, communication between a base station (also referred to as eNB) and a terminal (also referred to as UE (User Equipment)) (hereinafter referred to as “inter-base station communication” or “cellular communication”). ) In addition to direct communication between terminals (hereinafter referred to as “inter-terminal communication” or “D2D (Device to Device) communication”) (for example, section 5.3.1.2 of Non-Patent Document 1). (See "ProSe Direct Discovery Models").

  In addition, the operation of a communication system using a plurality of communication methods (RAT: Radio Access Technology) such as cellular communication and wireless LAN, or a communication system in which a plurality of cells such as a macro cell and a small cell are mixed in multiple layers is being studied. .

3GPP TS 23.303 V12.0.0 (2014-02), 3GPP TSG Services and System Aspects; Proximity-based services (ProSe); Stage 2 (Release 12)

  In an environment where a plurality of systems or a plurality of cells are mixed as described above, it is desirable to efficiently allocate radio resources according to the influence of interference between systems or cells and the movement of terminals.

  An object of one aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a communication device and a communication control method capable of efficiently allocating radio resources in an environment where a plurality of systems or a plurality of cells are mixed.

  A communication device according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a communication device that communicates with another communication device, the communication state management unit that centrally manages the communication state of the other communication device and the communication device, A communication policy management unit that centrally manages a setting value of a communication policy determined by another communication device and a purpose of communication of the communication device; and the communication state of each of the other communication device and the communication device, and And a communication control unit that controls communication settings of the communication device based on the communication policy.

  A communication control method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a communication control method in a communication device that communicates with another communication device, and centrally manages the communication state of the other communication device and the communication device, and Centrally manages setting values of communication policies determined by other communication devices and the purpose of communication of the communication devices, and based on the communication state and the communication policy of each of the other communication devices and the communication devices Then, the communication setting of the communication device is controlled.

  According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to efficiently allocate radio resources in an environment where a plurality of systems or a plurality of cells are mixed.

The figure which shows the basic composition example of a communication system Block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal The figure which shows the internal structure of the other station communication state management part of a terminal The figure which shows an example of the communication state of an apparatus The figure which shows the internal structure of the other station communication policy management part of the terminal Diagram showing an example of the communication policy of the device The figure which shows the internal structure of the local station communication state management part of a terminal The figure which shows the internal structure of the local communication policy management part of the terminal The figure which shows the internal structure of the communication control part of a terminal Block diagram showing the configuration of the base station The figure which shows the internal structure of the other station communication state management part of a base station The figure which shows the internal structure of the other station communication policy management part of a base station The figure which shows the internal structure of the own station communication state management part of a base station The figure which shows the internal structure of the own station communication policy management part of the base station The figure which shows the internal structure of the communication control part of a base station Diagram showing an example of cell configuration Figure showing an example of a cell list The figure which shows an example of the cell selection process based on radio | wireless quality The figure which shows an example of the cell selection process based on position information Sequence diagram showing operation of cell selection process The figure which shows an example of the communication control content based on wireless quality and position information Diagram showing an example of communication policy in a terminal use case Sequence diagram showing operation when base station performs cell selection processing

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to one aspect of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Outline of communication system]
The communication system according to the present embodiment includes terminal 100 and base station 200.

  The configuration example of the communication system illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a terminal 100 (UE1, UE2) and a base station 200 (NW1, NW2). UE1, UE2, NW1, NW2 may belong to different systems or different cells. For example, the communication system according to the present embodiment includes a system of a plurality of carriers, a system corresponding to different RATs, or a cell having a multi-layer configuration such as a macro cell, a small cell, and a pico cell.

  Each terminal 100 is a terminal that can use both communication methods of communication between base stations that communicate via the base station 200 and communication between terminals that directly communicates data with other terminals.

  During communication between base stations, each terminal 100 exchanges control information and user data with the base station 200. At this time, the terminal 100 may control the communication setting of the own station (terminal initiative control), or the base station 200 may control the communication setting of the terminal 100 (network initiative control).

  In addition, during communication between base stations, a plurality of base stations 200 may exchange control information and user data in cooperation (network cooperative control).

  At the time of inter-terminal communication, each terminal 100 directly exchanges user data between the terminals 100 without going through the base station 200 (terminal cooperative control). Since inter-terminal communication has a shorter communication distance than inter-base station communication, it is possible to achieve low delay and low transmission power.

  In the following description, as shown in FIG. 1, the control information may be represented by a dotted line and the user data may be represented by a solid line.

[Configuration of terminal 100]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of terminal 100 according to the present embodiment. A terminal 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 is a communication device that communicates with another communication device such as the base station 200 or another terminal.

  In FIG. 2, a terminal 100 includes an other station communication state management unit 101, an other station communication policy management unit 102, an own station communication state management unit 103, an own station communication policy management unit 104, a communication control unit 105, and a user data processing unit 106. A baseband signal processing unit 107 and a radio unit 108.

  The other station communication state management unit 101 manages the communication state of devices other than the terminal 100 (base station and terminal) for each device. Further, the other station communication state management unit 101 updates the communication state of another device to be held based on the control information input from the baseband signal processing unit 107. Further, the other station communication state management unit 101 outputs information (other station communication state information) indicating the communication state of another device to be held to the communication control unit 105.

  The communication state includes, for example, the position of the device, the radio resource used by the device, the radio quality, the surrounding environment of the device, the identifier of the device, and the like.

  The other station communication policy management unit 102 manages the setting value of the communication policy of devices other than the terminal 100 (base station and terminal) for each device. The communication policy is determined by the purpose of use of each device (for example, a service such as voice call, video viewing, device-to-device communication, and road-to-vehicle communication). Further, the other station communication policy management unit 102 updates the communication policy of another device to be held based on the control information input from the baseband signal processing unit 107. Further, the other station communication policy management unit 102 outputs information (other station communication policy information) indicating the communication policy of the other device to be held to the communication control unit 105.

  Further, the other station communication policy management unit 102 manages parameters corresponding to user satisfaction levels of users who use devices other than the terminal 100. The other station communication policy management unit 102 changes the managed communication policy according to the user satisfaction.

  The setting value of the communication policy includes, for example, power consumption in communication with the device, allowable delay time in communication, communication speed required for communication, communication amount required for communication, communication stop time, communication cost required for communication, etc. .

  The local station communication state management unit 103 manages the communication state of the terminal 100. Also, the local station communication state management unit 103 updates the communication state of the terminal 100 to be held based on the communication state of the terminal 100 input from a processing unit (not shown). Also, the local station communication state management unit 103 outputs information indicating the communication state of the terminal 100 to be held (local station communication state information) to the communication control unit 105.

  The own station communication policy management unit 104 manages the setting value of the communication policy of the terminal 100. Also, the local station communication policy management unit 104 updates the communication policy of the terminal 100 to be held based on the communication policy of the terminal 100 input from a processing unit (not shown). Also, the local station communication policy management unit 104 outputs information indicating the communication policy of the terminal 100 to be held (local station communication policy information) to the communication control unit 105.

  In addition, the local station communication policy management unit 104 manages parameters corresponding to user satisfaction levels of users who use the terminal 100. Then, the local station communication policy management unit 104 changes the managed communication policy according to the user satisfaction.

  That is, the other station communication state management unit 101 functions as a communication state management unit that centrally manages the communication state of other communication apparatuses other than the terminal 100, and the own station communication state management unit 103 serves as the communication state of the terminal 100. It functions as a communication state management unit that centrally manages. Further, the other station communication policy management unit 102 functions as a communication policy management unit that centrally manages communication policies of communication devices other than the terminal 100, and the own station communication policy management unit 104 serves as a communication policy for the terminal 100. It functions as a communication policy management unit that centrally manages. The local station communication state information and the local station communication policy information are transmitted to other devices (base station 200 or other terminal 100).

  The communication control unit 105 receives the other station communication state information input from the other station communication state management unit 101, the other station communication policy information input from the other station communication policy management unit 102, and is input from the own station communication state management unit 103. The communication setting of the terminal 100 is controlled based on the local station communication status information and the local station communication policy information input from the local station communication policy management unit 104. The communication control unit 105 transmits control information including the set communication settings to the baseband signal processing unit 107 and the radio unit 108 (a modulation unit 109, a radio transmission unit 110, a radio reception unit 111, and a demodulation unit 112, which will be described later). Output to.

  The communication setting includes, for example, settings of a communication method, a communication direction (tilt angle, etc.) in beam forming, a radio resource (modulation method, frequency resource, transmission power, transmission timing, etc.).

  The user data processing unit 106 outputs the user data received from the baseband signal processing unit 107 to a corresponding application processing unit (not shown). Further, the user data processing unit 106 outputs user data received from the application processing unit to the baseband signal processing unit 107.

  The baseband signal processing unit 107 performs baseband processing (combining, encoding, etc.) on the control information received from the communication control unit 105 and the user data received from the user data processing unit 106, and the obtained baseband The signal is output to the modulation unit 109. The baseband signal processing unit 107 also performs baseband processing (separation, decoding, etc.) on the signal received from the demodulation unit 112, and uses the obtained control information for the other station communication state management unit 101 and the other station communication policy management. The data is output to the unit 102, and the obtained user data is output to the user data processing unit 106.

  The radio unit 108 includes a modulation unit 109, a radio transmission unit 110, a radio reception unit 111, a demodulation unit 112, a separation unit 113, and an antenna unit 114.

  The modulation unit 109 modulates the baseband signal received from the baseband signal processing unit 107 according to the control information (modulation method) received from the communication control unit 105 to generate a radio signal. Modulation section 109 outputs the generated radio signal to radio transmission section 110.

  Radio transmission section 110 performs radio transmission processing (such as amplification) on the radio signal received from modulation section 109 according to radio resource information (frequency resource, transmission power, transmission timing, etc.) received from communication control section 105, and performs radio transmission. The signal after the transmission process is output to separation section 113.

  The radio reception unit 111 performs radio reception processing (amplification etc.) on the radio signal received from the separation unit 113 according to the radio resource information (frequency resource, transmission power, transmission timing, etc.) received from the communication control unit 105, and performs radio reception. The signal after reception processing is output to demodulation section 112.

  Demodulation section 112 demodulates the radio signal received from radio reception section 111 according to the radio resource information (modulation method) received from communication control section 105 to generate a baseband signal. Demodulation section 112 outputs the generated baseband signal to baseband signal processing section 107.

  Separation section 113 separates transmission data and reception data that are simultaneously communicated using different resources, and outputs each data to a corresponding processing section. Specifically, the separation unit 113 outputs a radio signal (transmission signal) received from the radio transmission unit 110 to the antenna unit 114. Separation section 113 also extracts a signal addressed to terminal 100 from a radio signal (reception signal) received from antenna section 114, and outputs the extracted radio signal to radio reception section 111.

  The antenna unit 114 transmits a radio signal received from the separation unit 113. Further, the antenna unit 114 receives a radio signal transmitted from another device and outputs the received radio signal to the separation unit 113.

[Internal configuration of other station communication state management unit 101]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the other station communication state management unit 101. The other station communication status management unit 101 includes a location management unit 131, a movement status management unit 132, a radio resource management unit 133, a radio quality management unit 134, a peripheral environment management unit 135, an identifier management unit 136, a communication status prediction unit 137, a communication A state group management unit 138 and a communication state hierarchy management unit 139 are included.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a communication state of the apparatus. As shown in FIG. 4, the other station communication state management unit 101 has detailed information on each of the device identifier, the position, the movement state, the surrounding environment, the radio resource, and the radio quality.

  The position management unit 131 manages the positions of devices other than the terminal 100. The “position” may be represented by, for example, latitude, longitude, altitude, or rank.

  Further, the position of the device may be acquired by GPS (Global Positioning System), IMES (Indoor MEssaging System), autonomous navigation, or the like. Alternatively, the position of the device may be specified using an ID of a peripheral device whose position information is known, or may be estimated using a wireless reception level or a wireless reception timing of a signal from the peripheral device. When estimating the position of the device using the ID of the peripheral device, the smaller the cell radius, the higher the position estimation accuracy. Further, when estimating the position of the device using the wireless reception level, the higher the wireless reception level, the higher the position estimation accuracy.

  The movement state management unit 132 manages the movement state of other devices. The “movement state” may be represented by, for example, the movement speed, acceleration, or movement direction of the apparatus.

  The radio resource management unit 133 manages radio resources used by other devices. For example, the “radio resource” includes a communication scheme, a frequency, a modulation scheme, transmission power, maximum transmission power, a communication cycle, communication timing, a communication direction in beamforming, and the like.

  The radio quality management unit 134 manages radio quality in other devices. “Radio quality” includes reception quality (RSRQ: Reference Signal Received Quality), reception level (RSRP: Reference Signal Received Power), path loss (propagation loss), and the like.

  The peripheral environment management unit 135 manages the peripheral environment of other devices. Examples of the “ambient environment” include temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and precipitation.

  The identifier management unit 136 manages identifiers set for other devices. Examples of the “identifier” include a cell ID, a telephone number, and a manufacturing number of a cell to which the device belongs.

  The position management unit 131 to the identifier management unit 136 described above manage the communication state (for example, see FIG. 4) for each device. Further, when one device supports a plurality of communication methods, the radio resource management unit 133 and the radio quality management unit 134 may manage the radio resources and the radio quality illustrated in FIG. 4 for each communication method. Good.

  The communication state prediction unit 137 predicts the current communication state of each device from the past communication state of the device. The communication state prediction unit 137 may predict the current communication state using, for example, a moving average or regression prediction. Further, the communication state prediction unit 137 may predict the current communication state of the prediction target device from the communication state of another device using collaborative filtering.

  In addition, the communication state prediction unit 137 uses the communication state of other devices in the group including the prediction target device among the groups managed by the communication state group management unit 138 or the communication state hierarchy management unit 139 described later, The communication state of the prediction target device may be predicted.

  Thus, when the current communication state of a certain device cannot be acquired, the communication state prediction unit 137 determines the current communication state of the device from the past communication state of the device or the communication state of another device. Predict.

  The communication state group management unit 138 groups devices having a high communication state correlation among other devices managed by the terminal 100. For example, the communication state group management unit 138 may group a plurality of other devices into a plurality of groups according to regression analysis. The communication state prediction unit 137 predicts the communication state of the prediction target device using the communication state of the devices included in the same group as the prediction target device.

  The communication state hierarchy management unit 139 hierarchically manages the plurality of groups managed by the communication state group management unit 138 based on the correlation between the plurality of groups.

  For example, in the communication state group management unit 138, a group (picocell group) that includes the communication state of the device in the picocell, a group (small cell group) that includes the communication state of the device in the small cell, and a device in the macrocell Are grouped into a group (macro cell group) including the communication status of. In this case, the communication state hierarchy management unit 139 manages these groups based on the cell hierarchy configuration. Specifically, the communication state hierarchy management unit 139 associates a macro cell group of a certain macro cell, a small cell group of a small cell included in the macro cell, and a pico cell group of a pico cell included in the small cell, respectively. Manage.

  The communication state prediction unit 137 may predict the communication state using communication states of other devices included in a group to which the prediction target device belongs or a group in a different hierarchy associated with the group. As a result, other devices used in the prediction of the communication state can be limited, and the processing amount required for the prediction can be reduced.

  The communication state managed by the other station communication state management unit 101 is not limited to the position, movement state, surrounding environment, wireless resource, wireless quality, and device identifier, and some of these parameters may be used. Of course, other parameters may be used.

  In addition, the position management unit 131 to the identifier management unit 136 include a group corresponding to the cell to which the terminal 100 is connected, and the group and the hierarchy, among the groups managed by the communication state group management unit 138 or the communication state hierarchy management unit 139. It is also possible to manage only the communication state of other devices included in the group associated with each other. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the amount of information managed by the other station communication state management unit 101.

  The example of the internal configuration of the other station communication state management unit 101 has been described above.

[Internal configuration of other station communication policy management unit 102]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the other station communication policy management unit 102. The other station communication policy management unit 102 includes a power consumption management unit 141, a delay time management unit 142, a communication speed management unit 143, a traffic management unit 144, a communication stop time management unit 145, a communication cost management unit 146, and a user satisfaction management. Section 147, communication policy prediction section 151, communication policy group management section 152, and communication policy hierarchy management section 153.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a communication policy of the apparatus. As shown in FIG. 6, the other station communication policy management unit 102 provides details on each of power consumption, delay time, communication speed, communication amount, communication stop time, communication cost, user satisfaction, biometric information, facial expression, and operation. Information.

  The power consumption management unit 141 manages power consumption required for communication of devices other than the terminal 100. The power consumption set as the communication policy is used as a target value in transmission power control (minimization of power consumption), for example.

  The delay time management unit 142 manages an allowable delay time in communication of other devices. The delay time set as the communication policy is used as a target value in control (minimization of delay time) such as QoS (Quality of Service).

  The communication speed management unit 143 manages the communication speed of other devices. The communication speed set as the communication policy is used as a target value in control (maximization of communication speed) such as QoS.

  The traffic management unit 144 manages the traffic of other devices. The communication amount set as the communication policy is used as a target value in control such as scheduling (minimization of peak communication amount and total communication amount), for example.

  The communication stop time management unit 145 manages the communication stop time in other devices. The communication stop time set as the communication policy is used as a target value in control such as QoS (maximization of communication stop time), for example.

  The communication cost management unit 146 manages the communication cost allowable in other devices. The communication cost set as the communication policy is used as a target value in control (minimization of communication cost) of the communication amount, for example.

  The power consumption management unit 141 to the communication cost management unit 146 described above manage a communication policy (see, for example, FIG. 6) for each device. When one device supports a plurality of communication methods, the power consumption management unit 141 to the communication cost management unit 146 may manage the communication policy shown in FIG. 6 for each communication method.

  The user satisfaction management unit 147 manages the satisfaction (QoE: Quality of Experience) of users who use other devices. The user satisfaction may be represented by a MOS (Mean Opinion Score) value, for example. The user satisfaction is used as a target value in the above-described communication policy management (maximization of user satisfaction), for example. That is, the user satisfaction management unit 147 changes the communication policy of the other device so that the user satisfaction increases. For example, the user satisfaction management unit 147 may set a communication policy corresponding to the user satisfaction with reference to a table in which the user satisfaction and the communication policy parameters are associated with each other.

  The user satisfaction management unit 147 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes a biological information management unit 148, a facial expression management unit 149, and an operation management unit 150 as components for specifying user satisfaction.

  The biometric information management unit 148 manages biometric information of a user who uses another device. Examples of the biological information include a user's body temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, and sweating. The biological information management unit 148 determines user satisfaction based on the user's biological information. For example, the biometric information management unit 148 estimates that the user feels stress as the body temperature, the respiratory rate, the heart rate, the blood pressure, and the sweating value are large, and determines that the user satisfaction is low. The biological information can be acquired from a user who uses the apparatus by a temperature sensor, a pulse wave sensor, a humidity sensor, or the like provided in the apparatus.

  The facial expression management unit 149 manages facial expressions of users who use other devices. The facial expression management unit 149 determines user satisfaction based on facial expressions classified into, for example, mad (anger), glad (joy), calm (calm), sadness (sad), and the like. In addition, for example, a facial image of the user may be acquired by a camera of each device and the emotion may be determined by image recognition. For example, the biometric information management unit 148 determines that the user satisfaction is low when the facial expression is mad, sad, and determines that the user satisfaction is high when the facial expression is calm, glad.

  The operation management unit 150 manages operation information of users who use other devices. The operation information includes, for example, the number of repetitions of the same operation (number of retries) or the number of cancellations in a specific period (for example, 1 minute) by the user. For example, the operation management unit 150 determines that the user satisfaction is lower as the number of retries or the number of cancellations is larger.

  Heretofore, each component in the user satisfaction management unit 147 has been described. Note that the user satisfaction management unit 147 may include only a part of these components, and includes a component that manages other parameters that serve as indices of user satisfaction other than biometric information, facial expressions, or operations. May be.

  The communication policy prediction unit 151 predicts the current communication policy of each device from the past communication policy of the device. The communication policy prediction unit 151 may predict the current communication state using, for example, a moving average or regression prediction. Further, the communication state prediction unit 151 may predict the current communication policy of the prediction target device from the communication policies of other devices using collaborative filtering.

  Further, the communication policy prediction unit 151 uses the communication policies of other devices in the group including the prediction target device among the groups managed by the communication policy group management unit 152 or the communication policy hierarchy management unit 153 described later, The communication policy of the prediction target device may be predicted.

  Thus, when the current communication policy of a certain device cannot be acquired, the communication policy prediction unit 151 determines the current communication policy of the device from the past communication policy of the device or the communication policy of another device. Predict.

  The communication policy group management unit 152 groups devices having a high communication policy correlation among other devices managed by the terminal 100. For example, the communication policy group management unit 152 may group a plurality of other devices into a plurality of groups according to regression analysis. The communication policy prediction unit 151 predicts the communication policy of the prediction target device using the communication policy of the devices included in the same group as the prediction target device.

  The communication policy hierarchy management unit 153 hierarchically manages the plurality of groups managed by the communication policy group management unit 152 based on the correlation between the plurality of groups.

  For example, in the communication policy group management unit 152, a group (picocell group) that includes a communication policy of a device in a picocell, a group (small cell group) that includes a communication policy of a device in a small cell, and a device in a macrocell Are grouped into a group (macro cell group) including the communication policy. In this case, the communication policy hierarchy management unit 153 manages these plural groups based on the cell hierarchy configuration. Specifically, the communication policy hierarchy management unit 153 associates a macro cell group of a certain macro cell, a small cell group of a small cell included in the macro cell, and a pico cell group of a pico cell included in the small cell, respectively. Manage.

  The communication policy prediction unit 151 may predict the communication policy using the communication policy of another device included in the group to which the device to be predicted belongs or a group in a different hierarchy associated with the group. As a result, it is possible to limit other devices used in the prediction of the communication policy and reduce the processing amount required for the prediction.

  The communication policy managed in the other station communication policy management unit 102 is not limited to power consumption, delay time, communication speed, communication volume, communication stop time, and communication cost. It may be a parameter, or a parameter other than these.

  In addition, the power consumption management unit 141 to the communication cost management unit 146 include the group corresponding to the cell to which the terminal 100 is connected and the group among the groups managed by the communication policy group management unit 152 or the communication policy hierarchy management unit 153. Only the communication policy of other devices included in a group that is hierarchically associated with the other may be managed. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the amount of information managed by the other station communication state management unit 101.

  Heretofore, an example of the internal configuration of the other station communication policy management unit 102 has been described.

[Internal configuration of own station communication state manager 103 and own station communication policy manager 104]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the local station communication state management unit 103. The local station communication state management unit 103 includes a location management unit 161, a movement state management unit 162, a wireless resource management unit 163, a wireless quality management unit 164, a peripheral environment management unit 165, an identifier management unit 166, a communication state prediction unit 167, a communication A state group management unit 168 and a communication state hierarchy management unit 169 are included.

  The position management unit 161 to the communication state hierarchy management unit 169 are such that the position management unit 131 to the communication state hierarchy management unit 139 (FIG. 3) of the other station communication state management unit 101 manage the communication states of other stations other than the terminal 100. On the other hand, only the point of managing the communication state of the own station (terminal 100) is different, and the same operation is performed, so that detailed description is omitted. That is, the local station communication state management unit 103 manages the communication state as shown in FIG. 4 for the local station (terminal 100).

  Note that the communication state group management unit 168 may group the communication state of the own station (here, the terminal 100) and the communication state of the other station having a high correlation. For example, the communication state group management unit 168 may group other stations located in the vicinity of the own station with the own station based on position information of a terminal (another station) having GPS. As a result, the communication state prediction unit 167 can accurately predict the communication state of the local station using the communication state of other stations in the group.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the local station communication policy management unit 104. The own station communication policy management unit 104 includes a power consumption management unit 171, a delay time management unit 172, a communication speed management unit 173, a traffic management unit 174, a communication stop time management unit 175, a communication cost management unit 176, and a user satisfaction management. Unit 177 (biological information management unit 178, facial expression management unit 179, operation management unit 180), communication policy prediction unit 181, communication policy group management unit 182, and communication policy hierarchy management unit 183.

  The power consumption management unit 171 to the communication policy hierarchy management unit 183 are configured such that the power consumption management unit 141 to the communication policy hierarchy management unit 153 (FIG. 5) of the other station communication policy management unit 102 manage the communication policies of other stations other than the terminal 100. On the other hand, only the point of managing the communication policy of the own station (terminal 100) is different, and the same operation is performed, so that detailed description is omitted. That is, the local station communication policy management unit 104 manages a communication policy as shown in FIG. 6 for the local station (terminal 100).

  Note that the communication policy group management unit 182 may group the communication policy of the local station (in this case, the terminal 100) and the communication policy of another station having a high correlation. For example, the communication policy group management unit 182 may group other stations located in the vicinity of the own station with the own station based on position information of a terminal (another station) having GPS. As a result, the communication policy prediction unit 181 can accurately predict the communication policy of its own station using the communication policy of the other station in the group.

[Internal configuration of communication control unit 105]
FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the communication control unit 105.

  The communication control unit 105 includes a communication method control unit 191, a communication direction control unit 192, a communication control prediction unit 193, a communication control group management unit 194, a communication control hierarchy management unit 195, and a communication control separation unit 196.

  The communication system control unit 191 sets the communication system used by the terminal 100 based on the local station communication state information, the local station communication policy information, the other station communication state information, and the other station communication policy information. The communication method set in the terminal 100 is not limited to inter-base station communication and inter-terminal communication. For example, GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) (registered trademark), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) Other communication methods such as) may be used.

  Further, the communication method control unit 191 sets radio resources used by the terminal 100. Radio resources include, for example, resources (frequency / time / space, etc.), modulation scheme, transmission power, maximum transmission power, or transmission timing.

  The communication direction control unit 192 determines the communication direction or tilt angle when the terminal 100 performs beam forming based on the local station communication state information, the local station communication policy information, the other station communication state information, and the other station communication policy information. Etc.

  The communication control prediction unit 193 predicts the current communication setting content of the terminal 100 from the past communication setting content of the terminal 100. The communication control prediction unit 193 may predict the current communication setting content using, for example, moving average or regression prediction. Also, the communication control prediction unit 193 may predict the current communication setting content of the terminal 100 from the communication setting content of another device (for example, the communication method indicated in the other station communication state information) using collaborative filtering. Good.

  Further, the communication control prediction unit 193 uses the communication setting contents of other devices in the group including the terminal 100 among the groups managed by the communication control group management unit 194 or the communication control hierarchy management unit 195, which will be described later. One hundred communication states may be predicted.

  As described above, the communication control prediction unit 193 predicts the current communication setting of the terminal 100 from the past communication setting of the terminal 100 or the communication setting of another device.

  The communication control group management unit 194 groups devices having a high correlation in communication setting contents (for example, a communication method in a communication state) among devices (own station and other stations) managed by the terminal 100. For example, the communication control group management unit 194 may group a plurality of other devices into a plurality of groups according to regression analysis. The communication control prediction unit 193 predicts the communication setting contents of the terminal 100 using the communication setting contents of other devices included in the same group as the terminal 100.

  The communication control hierarchy management unit 195 hierarchically manages a plurality of groups managed by the communication control group management unit 194 based on the correlation between the plurality of groups.

  For example, in the communication control group management unit 194, a group (picocell group) that includes communication settings of devices in a picocell, a group (small cell group) that includes communication settings of devices in a small cell, and a macrocell Are grouped into a group (macro cell group) including communication setting contents of the device. In this case, the communication control hierarchy management unit 195 manages these groups based on the cell hierarchy configuration. Specifically, the communication control layer management unit 195 associates a macro cell group of a certain macro cell, a small cell group of a small cell included in the macro cell, and a pico cell group of a pico cell included in the small cell, respectively. Manage.

  The communication control prediction unit 193 predicts the communication setting contents of the terminal 100 using the communication setting contents of other devices included in the group to which the terminal 100 belongs or a group of a different hierarchy associated with the group. Also good. As a result, it is possible to limit other devices used in predicting the communication setting contents and reduce the amount of processing required for the prediction.

  The communication control separation unit 196 determines whether or not to apply “C / U separation” for separating cells that transmit control data (Control plane) and user data (User plane) to the terminal 100, respectively. . For example, when the communication control separation unit 196 estimates that the own station moves between a plurality of pico cells in the macro cell based on the position, moving speed, moving direction, and the like of the own station (terminal 100), The C / U separation is applied in which the macro cell performs control data communication and the user data communication to the local station is performed by the pico cell that is the destination of the terminal 100.

  The example of the internal configuration of the communication control unit 105 has been described above.

[Configuration of Base Station 200]
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of base station 200 according to the present embodiment. 10, the base station 200 includes a radio unit 201, a baseband signal processing unit 208, a user data processing unit 209, an other station communication state management unit 210, an other station communication policy management unit 211, an own station communication state management unit 212, It has a local station communication policy management unit 213 and a communication control unit 214.

  The radio unit 201 includes an antenna unit 202, a separation unit 203, a radio reception unit 204, a demodulation unit 205, a modulation unit 206, and a radio transmission unit 207.

  The antenna unit 202 transmits a radio signal received from the separation unit 203. Further, the antenna unit 202 receives a radio signal transmitted from another device and outputs the received radio signal to the separation unit 203.

  The separation unit 203 separates transmission data and reception data that are simultaneously communicated using different resources, and outputs each data to a corresponding processing unit. Specifically, separation section 203 outputs a radio signal (transmission signal) received from radio transmission section 207 to antenna section 202. Separation section 203 separates the radio signal (reception signal) received from antenna section 202 into a signal for each transmission source device, and outputs the separated radio signal to radio reception section 204.

  Radio reception section 204 performs radio reception processing on the radio signal received from demultiplexing section 203, and outputs the signal after radio reception processing to demodulation section 205.

  The demodulator 205 demodulates the radio signal received from the radio receiver 204 to generate a baseband signal. Demodulation section 205 outputs the generated baseband signal to baseband signal processing section 208.

  The modulation unit 206 modulates the baseband signal received from the baseband signal processing unit 208 to generate a radio signal. Modulation section 206 outputs the generated radio signal to radio transmission section 207.

  Radio transmission section 207 performs radio transmission processing on the radio signal received from modulation section 206, and outputs the signal after the radio transmission processing to demultiplexing section 203.

  The baseband signal processing unit 208 performs baseband processing (combining, encoding, etc.) on the control information received from the communication control unit 214 and the user data received from the user data processing unit 209, and obtained baseband The signal is output to the modulation unit 206. The baseband signal processing unit 208 also performs baseband processing (separation, decoding, etc.) on the signal received from the demodulation unit 205, and uses the obtained control information for the other station communication state management unit 210 and the other station communication policy management. The data is output to the unit 211, and the obtained user data is output to the user data processing unit 209.

  The user data processing unit 209 outputs the user data received from the baseband signal processing unit 208 to a corresponding application processing unit (not shown). Also, the user data processing unit 209 outputs user data received from the application processing unit to the baseband signal processing unit 208.

  The other station communication state management unit 210 manages the communication state of devices other than the base station 200 (the terminal 100 and other base stations) for each device. Further, the other station communication state management unit 210 updates the communication state of another device to be held based on the control information input from the baseband signal processing unit 208. Further, the other station communication state management unit 210 outputs information (other station communication state information) indicating the communication state of another device to be held to the communication control unit 214.

  The other station communication policy management unit 211 manages the communication policy setting values of devices other than the base station 200 (the terminal 100 and other base stations) for each device. Further, the other station communication policy management unit 211 updates the communication policy of the other device to be held based on the control information input from the baseband signal processing unit 208. Further, the other station communication policy management unit 211 outputs information (other station communication policy information) indicating the communication policy of the other device to be held to the communication control unit 214.

  Further, the other station communication policy management unit 211 manages a parameter corresponding to the user satisfaction of a user who uses a device other than the base station 200. Then, the other station communication policy management unit 211 changes the managed communication policy according to the user satisfaction.

  The local station communication state management unit 212 manages the communication state of the base station 200. Further, the local station communication state management unit 212 updates the communication state of the base station 200 to be held based on the communication state of the base station 200 input from a processing unit (not shown). Also, the local station communication state management unit 212 outputs information (local station communication state information) indicating the communication state of the base station 200 to be held to the communication control unit 214.

  The own station communication policy management unit 213 manages the setting value of the communication policy of the base station 200. Also, the local station communication policy management unit 213 updates the held base station 200 communication policy based on the base station 200 communication policy input from a processing unit (not shown). Also, the local station communication policy management unit 213 outputs information (local station communication policy information) indicating the communication policy of the held base station 200 to the communication control unit 214.

  In addition, the local station communication policy management unit 213 manages user satisfaction of users who use the base station 200. Then, the local station communication policy management unit 213 changes the managed communication policy according to the user satisfaction.

  Note that the users using the base station 200 include, for example, a plurality of base stations 200 such as a macro cell operator managed by a telecommunications carrier, a pico cell operator managed by a non-telecommunications carrier, and an access point of a wireless LAN system. In a mixed environment, an operator of a telecommunications carrier or a non-telecommunications carrier or an individual business owner (such as an administrator of an access point) is assumed.

  That is, the other station communication state management unit 210 functions as a communication state management unit that centrally manages communication states of communication devices other than the base station 200, and the own station communication state management unit 212 It functions as a communication state management unit that centrally manages the communication state. Further, the other station communication policy management unit 211 functions as a communication policy management unit that centrally manages communication policies of communication devices other than the base station 200, and the own station communication policy management unit 213 Functions as a communication policy management unit that centrally manages communication policies. The local station communication status information and the local station communication policy information are transmitted to other devices (terminal 100 or other base station 200).

  The communication control unit 214 is input from the other station communication state information input from the other station communication state management unit 210, the other station communication policy information input from the other station communication policy management unit 211, and the own station communication state management unit 212. The communication setting of the local station (base station 200) or another station (for example, terminal 200) is controlled based on the local station communication status information and the local station communication policy information input from the local station communication policy management unit 213. To do. The communication control unit 214 outputs control information including the set communication settings to the wireless reception unit 204, the demodulation unit 205, the modulation unit 206, the wireless transmission unit 207) and the baseband signal processing unit 208.

[Internal configuration of other station communication state management unit 210 to communication control unit 214]
FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the other-station communication state management unit 210 of the base station 200. The other station communication status management unit 210 includes a location management unit 231, a movement status management unit 232, a radio resource management unit 233, a radio quality management unit 234, a peripheral environment management unit 235, an identifier management unit 236, a communication status prediction unit 237, a communication A state group management unit 238 and a communication state hierarchy management unit 239 are included.

  The position management unit 231 to the communication state hierarchy management unit 239 are the position management unit 131 to the communication state hierarchy management unit 139 (FIG. 3) of the other station communication state management unit 101 of the terminal 100 and manage the communication states of devices other than the terminal 100. On the other hand, only the point of managing the communication state of devices other than the base station 200 is different, and the same operation is performed, so that detailed description is omitted. That is, the other station communication state management unit 210 manages communication states as shown in FIG. 4 for devices other than the base station 200.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the other station communication policy management unit 211 of the base station 200. The other station communication policy management unit 211 includes a power consumption management unit 241, a delay time management unit 242, a communication speed management unit 243, a communication amount management unit 244, a communication stop time management unit 245, a communication cost management unit 246, and a user satisfaction management. Unit 247 (biological information management unit 248, facial expression management unit 249, operation management unit 250), communication policy prediction unit 251, communication policy group management unit 252, and communication policy hierarchy management unit 253.

  The power consumption management unit 241 to the communication policy hierarchy management unit 253 are communication policies of devices other than the terminal 100 by the power consumption management unit 141 to the communication policy hierarchy management unit 153 (FIG. 5) of the other station communication policy management unit 102 of the terminal 100. However, since only the communication policy of devices other than the base station 200 is managed and the same operation is performed, detailed description thereof is omitted. That is, the other station communication policy management unit 211 manages a communication policy as shown in FIG. 6 for devices other than the base station 200.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the local station communication state management unit 212 of the base station 200. The local station communication status management unit 212 includes a location management unit 261, a movement status management unit 262, a radio resource management unit 263, a radio quality management unit 264, a peripheral environment management unit 265, an identifier management unit 266, a communication status prediction unit 267, and a communication. A state group management unit 268 and a communication state hierarchy management unit 269 are included.

  The position management unit 261 to the communication state hierarchy management unit 269 are configured such that the position management unit 231 to the communication state hierarchy management unit 239 (FIG. 11) of the other station communication state management unit 210 manage the communication states of devices other than the base station 200. On the other hand, only the point of managing the communication state of the own station (base station 200) is different, and the same operation is performed, so that detailed description is omitted. That is, the local station communication state management unit 212 manages the communication state as shown in FIG. 4 for the local station (base station 200).

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the local station communication policy management unit 213 of the base station 200. The own station communication policy management unit 213 includes a power consumption management unit 271, a delay time management unit 272, a communication speed management unit 273, a communication amount management unit 274, a communication stop time management unit 275, a communication cost management unit 276, and a user satisfaction management. Unit 277 (biological information management unit 278, facial expression management unit 279, operation management unit 280), communication policy prediction unit 281, communication policy group management unit 282, and communication policy hierarchy management unit 283.

  The power consumption management unit 271 to the communication policy hierarchy management unit 283 are communication policies of devices other than the base station 200 by the power consumption management unit 241 to the communication policy hierarchy management unit 253 (FIG. 12) of the other station communication policy management unit 211. However, since only the communication policy of the own station (base station 200) is managed and the same operation is performed, detailed description is omitted. That is, the local station communication policy management unit 213 manages a communication policy as shown in FIG. 6 for the local station (base station 200).

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of the communication control unit 214 of the base station 200.

  The communication control unit 214 includes a communication method control unit 291, a communication direction control unit 292, a communication control prediction unit 293, a communication control group management unit 294, a communication control hierarchy management unit 295, and a communication control separation unit 296. Since the communication method control unit 291 to the communication control separation unit 296 perform the same operations as the communication method control unit 191 to the communication control separation unit 196 of the terminal 100, detailed description thereof is omitted.

[Operations of Terminal 100 and Base Station 200]
Operations of the terminal 100 and the base station 200 having the above configuration will be described.

  First, a specific example of communication control in the terminal 100 and the base station 200 described above will be described.

  In the following, an operation in the communication control unit 105 of the terminal 100 will be described as an example. However, instead of the communication control unit 105 of the terminal 100, the communication control unit 214 of the base station 200 may perform processing similar to the processing described below.

  Below, an example of communication control based on each parameter of a communication state and a communication policy is demonstrated.

(1) Use of location information (1-1: Communication between terminals)
The terminal 100 uses the position information of its own station and the position information of the other station, and when the distance between its own position and the position of the communication partner's terminal is less than a predetermined value (when the distance is close), Set to terminal-to-terminal communication for direct communication.

  Thereby, terminal 100 can reduce delay and transmission power as compared with inter-base station communication. In addition, the terminal 100 determines to perform inter-terminal communication based on the position information of the own station and other stations that are held. Thereby, for example, the terminal 100 can reduce the time required for determining the inter-terminal communication, as compared with the case where the reception quality is reported to the base station 200 and the start instruction of the inter-terminal communication is received.

(1-2: Cell selection)
The terminal 100 specifies the distance between the neighboring cell and the terminal 100 using the position information of the own station and the position information of the neighboring cell (other station), and based on the distance between each cell and the terminal 100, 100 connection destination cells are selected (switched).

  Thereby, the terminal 100 can be handed over to the optimal cell at the current location of the terminal 100.

  A specific example in which terminal 100 performs cell selection based on location information will be described.

  FIG. 16 shows a configuration example of a communication system in which a plurality of cells are arranged. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a cell list.

  In FIG. 16, NU1 and NU2 indicate macro cells using the UHF band, NS1 to NS4 indicate small cells using the SHF band, and NE1 to NE11 indicate picocells using the EHF band.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the communication area of NU1 (thin solid line) includes the communication areas NS1 and NS2 (broken line) and the communication areas NE1 to NE6 (thick solid line). Further, the communication area of NU2 includes the communication areas of NS3 and NS4 and the communication areas of NE5 to NE11.

  Similarly, the communication area of NS1 includes the communication areas of NE1, NE3, and NE4, the communication area of NS2 includes the communication areas of NE3 to NE5, and the communication area of NS3 includes NE7 to NE9. The communication area is included, and the communication area of NS4 includes the communication areas of NE8, NE9, and NE11.

  That is, NU (macro cell), NS (small cell), NE (pico cell) are arranged hierarchically as shown in FIG. For example, the other station communication state management unit 101 to communication control unit 105 of the terminal 100 may group devices for each cell shown in FIG. In this case, the plurality of groups may be managed hierarchically based on the positional relationship (correlation) between the groups for each of the plurality of cells shown in FIG.

  FIG. 16 shows the radio quality (Low, Mid, High) according to the position in the cell (cell center, middle, cell edge) and the size of the throughput. The unit of the size of the throughput is not particularly limited, and may be “Mbps” or “Gbps”, for example.

  In FIG. 16, in the macro cell (NU) and the small cell (NS), three patterns of throughput of the cell center, the middle between the cell center and the cell edge, and the cell edge are assumed according to the distance from the base station in each cell. To do. On the other hand, in a pico cell (NE) whose cell size is sufficiently smaller than that of a macro cell and a small cell, it is assumed that the communication environment in each cell is uniform, and only one pattern of throughput is assumed.

  Specifically, in FIG. 16, the throughput of the macro cell (NU1, NU2) is “3” near the cell center, “2” between the cell center and the cell edge, and “1” at the cell edge. The throughput of the small cells (NS1 to NS4) is “6” near the cell center, “4” between the cell center and the cell edge, and “2” at the cell edge. Also, among the picocells, NE1 and NE10 have a throughput of “6”, and other NE2 to NE9 and NE11 have a throughput of “9”.

  That is, the better the radio quality, the greater the throughput, so the cell center throughput is greater than the cell edge. Also, the higher the frequency, the wider the band can be used and the greater the throughput, so the pico cell throughput is larger than the small cell, and the small cell throughput is greater than the macro cell.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 16, a case will be described in which UE1 (terminal 100) moves from the cell edge of NU1 to the cell edge of NU2.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of cell selection processing based on radio quality. First, as an example of an existing cell selection process, a state in which a connection destination cell is selected based on the radio quality of UE1 is shown.

  In FIG. 18, it is assumed that UE1 is notified of a list of neighboring cells of the cell to which UE1 is connected in the cell list indicating the cell configuration as shown in FIG.

  In this case, UE1 measures the radio quality (for example, RSRP, RSRQ, path loss) between UE1 and neighboring cells. Then, for the UE 1, a cell having a higher radio quality among the measured radio qualities (for example, Low, Mid, High) is selected as a connection destination cell.

  For example, at the timing (1) shown in FIG. 18, since the radio quality (High) of NS1 is higher than the radio quality (Mid) of NU1, UE1 switches the cell connection from NU1 to NS1. Next, at timing (2) shown in FIG. 18, since the radio quality (High) of NS2 is higher than the radio quality (Mid) of NS1, UE1 switches the cell connection from NS1 to NS2.

  Similarly, thereafter, when the UE 1 detects a cell with higher radio quality, the UE 1 performs connection switching to the cell. In FIG. 18, seven cell switchings at timings (1) to (7) are performed before UE1 moves to the cell edge of NU2.

  In this case, the total throughput in each connected cell in UE1 shown in FIG. Moreover, UE1 reports the control data regarding cell switching to a base station 7 times.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of cell selection processing based on position information. FIG. 19 shows a state in which a connection destination cell is selected based on the location information of UE1. In addition, in FIG. 19, UE1 manages the positional information on a local station and the positional information on each cell.

  FIG. 20 is a sequence diagram showing operations of terminal 100 and base station 200 when UE1 (terminal 100) performs cell selection.

  20, in ST101, base station 200 notifies terminal 100 of network information indicating the location of each cell, radio resources, and the like. The terminal 100 manages the information indicated in the network information as other station communication status information or other station communication policy information.

  In ST102, terminal 100 selects a connection destination cell based on the location information of the own station and the location information of other stations (each cell).

  In ST103, terminal 100 reports UE information indicating the connection destination cell selected in ST102, the location of terminal 100, radio resources, and the like to base station 200.

  In ST104, terminal 100 and base station 200 complete the cell selection process.

  Returning to FIG. 19, in cell selection (ST102 in FIG. 20), UE1 identifies the positional relationship between UE1 and neighboring cells, and selects a high-throughput cell among the cells to which UE1 can be connected.

  For example, at timing (1) shown in FIG. 19, UE1 exists at a position where it can be connected to NU1 and NE2 (see FIG. 16). In this case, UE1 switches the cell connection to NE2 (throughput: “9”) having the highest throughput.

  Next, at the timing (2) shown in FIG. 19, UE1 moves out of the communication area of NE2 and exists at a position where it can be connected to NU1 and NS1 (see FIG. 16). In this case, UE1 switches the cell connection to NS1 (throughput: “4”) having the highest throughput.

  Similarly, thereafter, UE1 performs connection switching to a cell having the highest throughput among cells connectable to UE1, based on the positional relationship between UE1 and each cell. In FIG. 19, 22 times of cell switching are performed before UE1 moves to the cell edge of NU2.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 19, the total throughput in each connected cell in UE1 is 249. That is, by performing cell selection based on location information as shown in FIG. 19, compared with the case of performing cell selection based only on conventional radio quality (total throughput: 140 in FIG. 18), Throughput can be realized.

  This is because in the case of cell selection based only on radio quality, UE1 needs to measure radio quality every time the cell is selected, and it takes time to measure radio quality, for example, during radio quality measurement. This is because even when passing through the communication area of a pico cell with a small cell size, a situation occurs in which the UE 1 cannot select an optimal cell (here, a high-throughput pico cell). Alternatively, when the cell list managed on the network side that notifies the UE1 of the neighboring cell list of the UE1 is not appropriate, the UE1 may not be able to select the optimum cell depending on the radio quality.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 19, by selecting a cell based on the location information of UE1, UE1 knows the location of the picocell in advance even when passing through a cell with a small cell size such as a picocell. Therefore, it is possible to perform cell switching to a pico cell at an appropriate timing.

  In FIG. 19, UE1 performs cell switching 22 times. That is, in FIG. 19, the number of cell switching is increased compared to FIG. 18. On the other hand, when applying C / U separation that separates cells for transmitting control data (Control plane) and user data (User plane), UE1 transmits control data in a macro cell. The number of transmissions of control data can be suppressed.

  Specifically, in FIG. 19, when C / U separation is not applied, UE1 needs to transmit control data at each cell switching timing. On the other hand, when C / U separation is applied, UE1 may transmit control data only at the switching timing of the macro cell (NU). That is, when C / U separation is applied, UE1 switches from NU1 to NU2 while switching the connection destination cell that performs user data communication at timings (1) to (22) illustrated in FIG. Control data may be transmitted only once at timing (10).

  Therefore, when C / U separation is applied, user data is preferentially communicated in a small cell or pico cell, and control data is communicated in a macro cell, so that transmission of control data is suppressed and high throughput is achieved. Can be maintained.

  Here, the case where terminal 100 performs cell selection has been described. On the other hand, in the case of an existing base station (for example, a base station that does not manage the communication state / communication policy), the existing base station designates a connection destination cell for the terminal 100. Even in such a case, the terminal 100 can perform an appropriate cell selection. That is, terminal 100 may report to the base station a value obtained by adding an offset to the radio quality used by the existing base station as a cell selection criterion. For example, the terminal 100 determines a connection destination cell based on the communication state / communication policy of the own station or another station as described above. Then, the terminal 100 increases the priority of the cell by adding an offset to the determined radio quality of the connection destination cell.

  Then, the existing base station performs cell selection based on the reported radio quality. For example, when the radio quality (for example, −10 dB) of another cell is higher than the actual radio quality (for example, −15 dB) of the connection destination cell determined by the terminal 100, the base station selects the other cell. On the other hand, since the value obtained by adding the offset (for example, +10 dB) to the wireless quality (for example, −15 dB) of the connection destination cell determined by the terminal 100 becomes higher than the wireless quality of other cells, the base station The cell determined by the terminal 100 is selected.

  In this way, even when an existing base station performs cell selection, the terminal 100 can select an appropriate cell based on the communication state / communication policy of the own station and other stations.

(2) Use of moving state When the terminal 100 is moving, the terminal 100 moves based on the moving state (moving speed, acceleration, direction) of the terminal 100 in addition to the position information of the terminal 100 described above. Guess the destination and select a cell whose destination is the communication area.

  Thus, by grasping the movement state of the terminal 100 and selecting a destination cell, the terminal 100 can move to a destination cell at an appropriate timing even if the cell radius is short, such as a pico cell. Handover is possible.

(3) Utilization of surrounding environment For example, radio waves in a high frequency band such as the EHF band are easily affected by rain attenuation. Therefore, the terminal 100 selects a radio system and frequency in consideration of outdoor rain attenuation based on the surrounding environment (such as precipitation) of the terminal 100. Specifically, when the amount of precipitation is large, the terminal 100 preferentially selects a system that uses a low frequency or a low frequency.

  Thereby, the influence of rain attenuation can be suppressed during communication of the terminal 100.

  The precipitation may be specified from the precipitation information itself, or may be predicted from temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and the like.

(4) Radio Resource Control The terminal 100 determines the radio resource of the terminal 100 based on the communication policy of the terminal 100.

  For example, the terminal 100 in which a communication policy for reducing power consumption (power consumption: small) is set preferentially selects a system that can set transmission power low or suppress transmission power. As an example of the situation of the terminal 100 in which a communication policy for reducing power consumption (power consumption: small) is set, for example, the case where the terminal 100 is used for device monitoring or the remaining battery level of the terminal 100 There are cases where there is a decrease.

  Further, the terminal 100 set with a communication policy for improving the communication speed preferentially selects a system with a high transmission power or a high transmission power. Higher transmission power is possible as transmission power is increased. Note that examples of the situation of the terminal 100 in which the communication policy for improving the communication speed is set include a case of downloading a large-capacity file by the terminal 100 or a case of viewing a high-quality video. It is done.

  In addition, although the case where power consumption or a communication speed is used as a communication policy has been described as an example here, the terminal 100 may control radio resources based on another communication policy.

(5) Utilization of radio quality The terminal 100 estimates the communication environment of the terminal 100 using the radio quality (reception quality, reception level, path loss) of the terminal 100 and the position information described above, and establishes the estimated communication environment. Set the corresponding communication settings.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of communication control content based on wireless quality and position information. The terminal 100 performs communication settings based on the wireless quality and position information of FIG.

  In FIG. 21, the terminal 100 manages reception quality (bad, good), reception level (small, large), and path loss (small, large) as the radio quality of the terminal 100. Further, the terminal 100 manages the distance (near or far) from the specific base station 200 as the position information.

  For example, in case No. 1 shown in FIG. 1, since the terminal 100 is far from the base station 200 and the reception level is small, the terminal 100 estimates that the communication environment of the terminal 100 is “long distance”. Therefore, the terminal 100 selects another cell adjacent to the base station 200. Thereby, terminal 100 can communicate with a cell that is close to terminal 100.

  In addition, case No. 1 shown in FIG. 2, since the terminal 100 is close to the base station 200 and has a low reception level, it is estimated that the communication environment of the terminal 100 is short and there is an obstacle between the terminal 100 and the base station 200. To do. Therefore, the terminal 100 (communication direction control unit 192) selects beam forming from another cell adjacent to the base station 200 and controls the tilt angle in beam forming. Accordingly, the terminal 100 can communicate with other cells while avoiding obstacles.

  In addition, case No. 1 shown in FIG. 9, since the terminal 100 is far from the base station 200 and the reception quality is good, the terminal 100 estimates that the communication environment of the terminal 100 is a long distance and is located within line-of-sight from the base station 200. Therefore, the terminal 100 (communication method control unit 191) selects, for example, a NOMA (Non Orthogonal Multiple Access) method.

  The NOMA system is a method in which signals from a plurality of terminals in a cell are multiplexed on the same radio resource and communicated simultaneously. The NOMA system is a system that pays attention to power distribution in a pair of multiplexed terminals. The larger the difference in channel gain between the paired terminals, the greater the capacity improvement effect.

  For example, the terminal 100 sets a terminal having a short distance from the base station 200 and a terminal having a long distance as a pair, and applies the NOMA method to the pair of terminals. Specifically, case No. 1 shown in FIG. 9, 11, 13, and 15 (the terminal 100 has a long distance and good reception quality), the terminal 100 specifies another terminal that is estimated to be a short distance based on the wireless quality and position information of the other station. NOMA is applied to a pair of the terminal and another terminal identified.

  On the other hand, case No. 1 shown in FIG. In the case of 10, 12, 14, 16 (the terminal 100 is a short distance), the terminal 100 identifies another terminal that is far and is within the line of sight of the base station 200 based on the radio quality and position information of the other station. NOMA is applied to a pair of the terminal and another terminal identified.

  Similarly, the terminal 100 selects a communication method suitable for the communication environment estimated from the wireless quality and the position information in the other cases illustrated in FIG.

  Thereby, for example, compared to the case where communication control is performed based only on the radio quality used in the conventional system, the terminal 100 considers the location information of the terminal 100 in addition to the radio quality, Communication control with higher accuracy than before can be performed.

(6) Use of communication policy The terminal 100 sets a communication method and radio resources suitable for the communication policy of the terminal 100.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a communication policy in a terminal use case. An example of the communication policy which a user sets using the terminal 100 is shown.

  When viewing video, high-speed communication is required for high-quality video transmission. Therefore, the communication policy of the terminal 100 is set to delay time: high, communication speed: high, communication stop time: medium. Is done. In this case, for example, the terminal 100 selects a high-speed communication method or a parameter (or system) of high transmission power in order to increase the communication speed.

  In addition, when performing communication between devices, particularly power-saving communication is required for remote monitoring of devices. Therefore, as a communication policy of the terminal 100, delay time: large, communication speed: low, communication stop time : Large is set. In this case, for example, the terminal 100 selects a low-speed communication method or a low transmission power parameter (or system) in order to reduce the communication speed and suppress power consumption.

  In addition, when performing communication between pedestrians, roadside devices, and vehicles (walk-to-vehicle communication), it is necessary to instantly identify a dangerous state based on the conditions of the pedestrian and the vehicle, so real-time characteristics are required. And, it is necessary to specify the situation of pedestrians and vehicles that change from moment to moment with high frequency. In addition, when performing pedestrian-to-vehicle communication, it is assumed that image recognition processing or the like is used, so a communication capacity sufficient for image transfer is required. Therefore, as a communication policy of the terminal 100 used for the walk-to-vehicle communication, the delay time: small and the communication stop time: small are set in order to ensure real-time performance and high-frequency communication, which is necessary for communication such as images. To ensure the communication capacity, the communication speed: medium is set.

  In addition, when using an application that uses augmented reality (which adds, deletes, emphasizes, or attenuates information to the surrounding environment and literally expands the real world as seen by humans), it can be used for real-time video transmission. Therefore, as the communication policy of the terminal 100, delay time: medium, communication speed: medium, and communication stop time: medium are set. Even in cases other than the above, the terminal 100 may select a communication method that satisfies the communication policy set in each use case.

  Note that the communication policy set in the use case shown in FIG. 22 is an example, and the communication policy set for the terminal 100 is not limited to these.

(7) Utilization of user satisfaction The terminal 100 calculates a parameter (for example, MOS value) corresponding to the user satisfaction based on the user's biometric information, the user's facial expression, or the user's operation. Then, the terminal 100 sets the communication policy (power consumption, delay time, communication speed, communication amount, communication stop time, communication cost, etc.) of the terminal 100 so that the user satisfaction is high (that is, not low). to manage.

  For example, when the user satisfaction is low, the terminal 100 sets the communication speed higher as the communication policy of the terminal 100. Thereby, the terminal 100 can provide a higher-speed communication with respect to a user, and can improve user satisfaction.

  Similarly, communication policies include communication with reduced power consumption, communication without delay time, communication with reduced amount of data to be communicated, communication with reduced communication time and longer communication stop time, and communication with lower communication costs. By doing so, user satisfaction can be improved.

  Heretofore, an example of communication control in the terminal 100 and the base station 200 described above has been described.

  In this way, the terminal 100 centrally manages the communication state of each device and the communication policy of each device in a plurality of systems. Thereby, even when a plurality of cells such as a macro cell, a small cell, and a pico cell are arranged in a multi-layered and high-density manner (see, for example, FIG. 16), or even when a plurality of systems are mixed, the terminal 100 System information such as the influence of interference between systems or cells, the movement status of terminals accompanying movement, control data such as handover, and the load status of transmission points caused by user data can be shared.

  By doing so, the terminal 100 can wirelessly communicate between a plurality of systems based on the communication state (for example, movement state) of the terminal 100 and the communication policy (for example, communication speed according to user satisfaction) of the terminal 100. Resources can be allocated efficiently.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to efficiently allocate radio resources even in a communication system in which a plurality of RATs and a plurality of cells are mixed. Thereby, user satisfaction (QoE) and throughput can be improved.

[Variation 1]
The case where the terminal 100 performs communication control (UE-driven communication control) has been described above. On the other hand, below, other forms of communication control will be described.

(1) Network (base station 200) -led communication control The base station 200 sets radio resources and the like for the terminal 100 based on the communication state and communication policy of the local station and the terminal 100. A specific communication setting control method is the same as the control method (UE-led communication control) in terminal 100 described above.

  Below, the cell selection process of the terminal 100 will be described as an example.

  The base station 200 selects a connection destination cell of the terminal 100 based on the communication state / communication policy of the own station and the communication state / communication policy of another station (the terminal 100 to be selected and other base stations). To do.

  For example, as described using FIG. 19, the base station 200 selects a cell with high throughput from the cells belonging to the communication area using the location information of the terminal 100 and the location information of each cell. .

  FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram showing operations of terminal 100 and base station 200 when base station 200 performs cell selection on terminal 100. In FIG. 23, the same operations as those in FIG. 20 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  23, in ST201, terminal 100 reports UE information indicating the position of terminal 100, radio resources, and the like to base station 200. The base station 200 manages information indicated in the UE information as other station communication state information or other station communication policy information.

  In ST202, base station 200 selects and selects the connection destination cell of terminal 100 based on the managed location information of the own station and the managed location information of each other station (each cell and terminal 100). The cell is instructed to the terminal 100.

  Thereby, the base station 200 is reported from the terminal as in the conventional case by performing communication setting of the terminal 100 to be controlled using the communication status information and communication policy information of the own station or other station that is managed. Compared with the case where communication setting is performed based on the wireless quality measurement result, the measurement time can be reduced.

  That is, the base station 200 can reduce the time required for communication setting (cell selection here). Therefore, the base station 200 can select an appropriate cell for the terminal 100 even when the position of the terminal 100 changes frequently and at high speed as the terminal 100 moves.

  Thus, since the base station 200 can set radio resources and the like according to the communication state or communication policy of the terminal 100, it becomes possible to efficiently allocate radio resources. Thereby, user satisfaction (QoE) and throughput can be improved.

  Here, the case where base station 200 performs cell selection for terminal 100 has been described. On the other hand, when the base station 200 performs cell selection on an existing terminal (terminal that reports radio quality and receives a cell selection instruction from the base station), the base station 200 offsets the reference value of the radio quality report. A value obtained by adding may be notified to the terminal.

  Usually, an existing terminal reports to a base station the radio quality of a cell that exceeds the reference value for radio quality reporting. On the other hand, the base station 200 determines the connection destination cell of the terminal based on the communication state / communication policy of the own station or another station as described above. Then, the base station 200 sets an offset of the reference value of the radio quality report so as to report the radio quality of the determined connection destination cell, and notifies the terminal of it.

  For example, it is assumed that a criterion is set such that a corresponding cell is added to a handover candidate when the radio quality is −10 dB or higher, and a corresponding cell is deleted from the handover candidate when the radio quality is less than −18 dB. Further, it is assumed that the radio quality of the cell 1 determined as the connection destination by the base station 200 is −13 dB. In this case, the base station 200 adds an offset (−5 dB) to the reference value (−10 dB) for adding a handover candidate. As a result, the terminal reports the radio quality of the cell 1 that satisfies the new reference value −15 dB to the base station 200. By doing so, the cell 1 determined as the connection destination by the base station 200 is added as a handover candidate.

  In this way, the base station 200 can select the cell determined by the base station 200 by changing the radio report reference value used by the existing terminal. In this way, even when performing cell selection based on radio quality reported by an existing terminal, the base station 200 can select an appropriate cell based on the communication state / communication policy of the own station and other stations. Can do.

(2) Terminal cooperative control When performing inter-terminal communication, the terminal 100 sets radio resources and the like for the terminal 100 or the communication partner terminal based on the communication state and communication policy of the local station and the communication partner terminal. . A specific communication setting control method is the same as the control method (UE-led communication control) in terminal 100 described above.

  As a result, the terminal 100 uses the communication status information and communication policy information of its own station or other station that it manages to perform communication settings of the terminal of the own station and the communication partner to be controlled, as in the conventional case. Compared with the case where communication setting is performed based on the wireless quality measurement result reported from the communication partner terminal, the measurement time can be reduced. That is, the terminal 100 can shorten the time required for communication setting.

  In addition, when performing communication between terminals, the terminal 100 can set wireless resources and the like according to the communication state or communication policy of the terminal of the communication partner, so that wireless resources can be allocated efficiently. Thereby, user satisfaction (QoE) and throughput can be improved.

(3) Network coordinated control When performing network coordinated control, the base station 200 uses a radio resource or the like to the own station or the communication partner base station based on the communication state and communication policy of the own station and the communication partner base station. Set. A specific communication setting control method is the same as the control method (UE-led communication control) in terminal 100 described above.

  Thereby, the base station 200 uses the communication status information and the communication policy information of the own station or other station that is managed, and performs communication settings of the base station of the communication station and the communication partner to be controlled. As described above, the measurement time can be reduced as compared with the case where the communication setting is performed based on the radio quality measurement result reported from the communication partner base station. That is, the base station 200 can reduce the time required for communication setting.

  In addition, when performing network cooperative control, the base station 200 can set radio resources and the like according to the communication state or communication policy of the communication partner base station, so that radio resources can be efficiently allocated. . Thereby, user satisfaction (QoE) and throughput can be improved.

(Switching the device that performs communication control)
The above-described UE-led communication control, network-led communication control, terminal cooperative control, and network cooperative control may be switched according to the communication status of the terminal 100, for example.

  UE-led communication control may be performed when control is difficult on the network side.

  For example, UE-led communication control may be performed when the terminal 100 moves in a cell in which the cell size using millimeter waves or the like is relatively small. Thereby, since the terminal 100 can select an appropriate cell and radio | wireless resource according to high-speed movement, for example, user satisfaction (QoE) and a throughput can be improved.

  Further, UE-led communication control may be performed in an environment where the position of the terminal 100 cannot be specified on the network side. The environment in which the position of the terminal 100 cannot be specified on the network side includes, for example, a case where the terminal 100 is not connected to the cellular system but connected to a wireless LAN system.

  Next, network-led communication control may be performed when the terminal 100 moves in a cell (for example, a cellular system) that uses a microwave or the like and has a relatively large cell size. Thereby, the base station 200 can perform communication control based on the communication state and communication policy of the terminal 100, for example, even in an existing cellular system.

  Next, the terminal cooperative control may be performed in a state where communication between terminals is possible, that is, when the distance between the terminal 100 and the communication partner terminal is sufficiently close (for example, less than a predetermined value).

  Further, the network cooperative control may be performed, for example, when the terminal 100 and the communication partner terminal are connected to different systems (RAT). Alternatively, in the network cooperative control, for example, among the communication data of the terminal 100, one base station 200 (for example, a base station of a cellular system) performs communication of audio data and performs communication of video data on the other base station 200 ( For example, it may be performed when a WLAN system base station) performs.

  As described above, the terminal 100 and the base station 200 can efficiently allocate radio resources according to the communication status by switching the control method (the device that leads the control) according to the communication status of the terminal 100. It becomes.

[Variation 2]
In this variation, the host device of the base station 200 manages the communication state / communication policy of the own station and other stations managed by the terminal 100 and the base station 200 in the above embodiment. An example of the host device is a cloud server.

  In this case, the terminal 100 or the base station 200 may acquire the communication state / communication policy of the own station or another station from the cloud server and perform the same communication control as described above.

  2 and 10, the terminal 100 and the base station 200 are connected to the other station communication state management unit 101/210, the other station communication policy management unit 102/211, the own station communication state management unit 103/212, and the own station communication. The policy management unit 104/213 is not required. As a result, the functions installed in the terminal 100 and the base station 200 are reduced, and the cost, size, and power saving of the apparatus can be reduced.

  In addition, communication control performed by the terminal 100 and the base station 200 in the above embodiment may be performed by a host device (for example, a cloud server) of the base station 200. In this case, the terminal 100 or the base station 200 may perform communication settings according to instructions from the cloud server.

  In addition, since the communication control unit 105/214 is unnecessary in the terminal 100 and the base station 200 in FIG. 2 and FIG. 10, the functions installed in the terminal 100 and the base station 200 are reduced, and the cost of the apparatus is reduced. Miniaturization and power saving can be achieved.

  The above-described cloud server includes various networks such as a cellular network managed by a communication carrier such as LTE and a non-cellular network managed by a communication carrier such as a public wireless LAN or other wireless LAN. It is only necessary that a device using the can be connected.

  As a result, devices connected to these networks can efficiently allocate radio resources between the networks by using information collected from a plurality of networks managed by the cloud server. In addition, since information collected from a plurality of networks can be used, the amount of data that can be used for estimating a communication state, a communication policy, or a communication setting is increased, so that estimation accuracy can be improved.

  For example, when the location information of a certain base station is unknown, the cloud server uses the Triangulation method, Proximity method, Scene Analysis / Finger printing method, etc. based on the communication history of a plurality of terminals that have communicated with the base station. The position information of the base station can be estimated.

  In addition, when estimating a positional information etc., a cloud server should just improve estimation precision by using information with higher likelihood among the information used for estimation preferentially. For example, when estimating position information, the cloud server may preferentially use a positioning result such as GPS / IMES or a measurement result matched with map information (for example, movement on a road / track).

  The embodiments according to one aspect of the present disclosure have been described above.

  Note that although cases have been described with the above embodiment as examples where one aspect of the present disclosure is configured by hardware, the present disclosure can also be realized by software in cooperation with hardware.

  Each functional block used in the description of the above embodiment is typically realized as an LSI which is an integrated circuit. These may be individually made into one chip, or may be made into one chip so as to include a part or all of them. The name used here is LSI, but it may also be called IC, system LSI, super LSI, or ultra LSI depending on the degree of integration.

  Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI's, and implementation using dedicated circuitry or general purpose processors is also possible. An FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that can be programmed after manufacturing the LSI or a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connection or setting of the circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.

  Furthermore, if integrated circuit technology comes out to replace LSI's as a result of the advancement of semiconductor technology or a derivative other technology, it is naturally also possible to carry out function block integration using this technology. Biotechnology can be applied.

  One embodiment of the present disclosure is useful for a mobile communication system.

100 terminal 101,210 other station communication state management unit 102,211 other station communication policy management unit 103,212 own station communication state management unit 104,213 own station communication policy management unit 105,214 communication control unit 106,209 user data processing Unit 107, 208 Baseband signal processing unit 108, 201 Radio unit 109, 206 Modulation unit 110, 207 Radio transmission unit 111, 204 Radio reception unit 112, 205 Demodulation unit 113, 203 Separation unit 114, 202 Antenna unit 131, 161 231,261 Location management unit 132,162,232,262 Movement state management unit 133,163,233,263 Radio resource management unit 134,164,234,264 Radio quality management unit 135,165,235,265 Peripheral environment management unit 136, 166, 236, 266 identifier Management unit 137, 167, 237, 267 Communication state prediction unit 138, 168, 238, 268 Communication state group management unit 139, 169, 239, 269 Communication state hierarchy management unit 141, 171, 241, 271 Power consumption management unit 142, 172, 242, 272 Delay time management unit 143, 173, 243, 273 Communication speed management unit 144, 174, 244, 274 Communication volume management unit 145, 175, 245, 275 Communication stop time management unit 146, 176, 246, 276 Communication cost management unit 147, 177, 247, 277 User satisfaction management unit 148, 178, 248, 278 Biometric information management unit 149, 179, 249, 279 Facial expression management unit 150, 180, 250, 280 Operation management unit 151, 181 , 251, 281 Communication policy prediction unit 152, 182, 242 282 Communication policy group management unit 153,183,253,283 Communication policy hierarchy management unit 191,291 Communication method control unit 192,292 Communication direction control unit 193,293 Communication control prediction unit 194,294 Communication control group management unit 195,295 Communication control layer management unit 196, 296 Communication control separation unit 200 Base station

Claims (17)

A communication device that communicates with other communication devices,
A communication state management unit that centrally manages the communication state of the other communication device and the communication device;
A communication policy management unit that centrally manages a setting value of a communication policy determined by the purpose of communication of the other communication device and the communication device;
A communication control unit that controls communication settings of the communication device based on the communication state and the communication policy of each of the other communication devices and the communication device;
A communication apparatus comprising: The communication policy management unit
Managing satisfaction of users using the other communication devices and the communication devices;
Changing the setting value of the communication policy of the other communication device and the communication device so that the satisfaction level increases;
The communication apparatus according to claim 1. The user satisfaction is changed based on user operation information.
The communication apparatus according to claim 2. The user satisfaction is changed based on the user's biometric information.
The communication apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3. The user satisfaction is changed based on a facial expression of emotions obtained by recognizing a user's face image.
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4. The communication state management unit predicts the communication state of each of the other communication device and the communication device from the past communication state of the device,
The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The communication state management unit
Among the plurality of other communication devices and the communication devices, devices having a high communication state correlation are grouped,
Predicting the communication state of each of the plurality of other communication devices and each of the communication devices from the communication states of other devices in the same group as the device;
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The communication state management unit hierarchically manages the plurality of groups based on the correlation between the groups.
The communication device according to claim 7. The communication policy management unit predicts a setting value of a communication policy of each of the other communication device and the communication device from a past communication policy of the device,
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The communication policy management unit
Among the plurality of other communication devices and the communication devices, devices having a high correlation of communication policy setting values are grouped,
Predicting the communication policy setting value of each of the plurality of other communication devices and the communication device from the communication policy setting values of other devices in the same group as the device,
The communication apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 to 9. The communication policy management unit hierarchically manages the plurality of groups based on a correlation between groups;
The communication device according to claim 10. The communication control unit predicts communication setting contents of the communication device from past communication setting contents of the communication device.
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11. The communication control unit
Among the plurality of other communication devices and the communication devices, devices having high correlation of communication setting contents are grouped,
Predicting the communication settings of the communication device from the communication settings of other devices in the same group as the communication device,
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12. The communication control unit hierarchically manages the plurality of groups based on a correlation between the groups;
The communication apparatus according to claim 13. The communication state includes a device position, a device movement state, a radio resource used by the device, and a radio quality.
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14. The setting value of the communication policy includes communication power consumption, communication speed, and communication cost.
The communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 15. A communication control method in a communication device that communicates with another communication device,
Centrally managing the communication state of the other communication device and the communication device,
Centrally managing the setting value of the communication policy determined by the purpose of communication of the other communication device and the communication device,
Control communication settings of the communication device based on the communication state and the communication policy of each of the other communication device and the communication device,
Communication control method.

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