WO2001076122A1 - Estimating communication quality - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to estimating communication quality, for example to improving estimation of error rates in received data.
- the invention is preferably suitable for se in a telecommunications system such as a cellular radio telecommunications network.
- FIG. 1 shows schematically the configuration of a typical cellular radio telecommunications network such as a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) system.
- the network comprises a number of base transmission stations (BTSs) 1 , 2, 3.
- Each base-station has a radio transceiver capable of transmitting radio signals to and receiving radio signals from the area of a cell 4, 5, 6 etc. next to the base-station.
- the base-station can communicate with a mobile station (MS) terminal 7 in that cell, which itself includes a radio transceiver.
- MS mobile station
- Each base station is connected via a base station controller 8 to a mobile switching centre (MSC) (not shown), which is linked in turn via a gateway MSC 9 to the public telephone network 10 and/or to other networks such as packet data networks.
- MSC mobile switching centre
- the signals between a BTS and an MS carry digital data.
- Analogue voice data to be carried over the link is encoded into digital data using a suitable speech codec.
- the encoded data is then allocated to time slots and transmitted in those time slots to the recipient unit.
- a group of consecutive time slots e.g. 8 time slots in the GSM system
- TDMA frame is made up of 8 consecutive time slots.
- Up to 8 different users at full data rate can be allocated to a single TDMA frame, each user having its own time slot.
- a slot may alternatively be shared between two users at half data rate, in which case those users are allocated the same timeslot but in alternate TDMA frames.
- a user's speech data is carried in the frames allocated to that user. If the user is a full data rate user then a speech frame of the user will occupy one timeslot of eight consecutive TDMA frames: for example if a TDMA frame lasts for 4,615 ms (as in GSM), one speech frame will taking 8 x 4,615 ms to be fully sent. If the user is a half data rate user his speech frame contains half as much data as that of a full rate user, and occupies one timeslot of four alternate TDMA frames. Thus in GSM the total time taken to transmit a half rate speech frame is essentially the same as the time taken to transmit a full rate speech frame.
- the data is decoded to regenerate the analogue voice data.
- Figure 2 illustrates schematically the receiver path in the mobile station. (The considerations at the BTS are analogous). Incoming received data at 20 is passed to a decoder 21. The decoded analogue voice signals are passed to an output unit 22.
- the quality or error rate of the link is estimated by measuring characteristics of the received signal.
- a bit error rate (BER) before channel decoding can be estimated for the received digital bitstream, as indicated schematically at 23.
- the bit error rate represents the ration of badly received bits to the total number of received bits (before channel decoding).
- the decoder 21 can detect badly received voice data frames. This allows a frame erasure rate (FER) to be determined, as indicated schematically at 24.
- FER frame erasure rate represents the percentage of received frames being dropped due to a high number of non-corrected bit errors in the frame.
- Other methods can be used to determine whether a received frame is to be considered as bad.
- the frame could automatically be assumed to be bad, even if the CRC would indicate that the frame was acceptable. This is especially significant in normal full rate data reception, where the CRC occupies three bits, so even if plain noise were sent one in eight frames could on average be taken to be a valid frame
- the BER before channel decoding is estimated and that estimate reported to a control unit which can control the system so as to maintain adequate link quality, for example by instructing an increase or decrease in transmission power or a handover of an MS to another BTS.
- the estimated BER before channel decoding is a direct indication of the level of errors over the link and has therefore been used in prior systems as an indication of the quality of the link on which to base such control measures.
- the conventional GSM system only one voice codec, or only very few codecs, have been available. Therefore, in many cases the relationship between BER and perceived link quality has been easily predictable, although problems exist for example between frequency hopping and non-hopping channels.
- variable compression ratios and alternative error correction techniques such as AMR (adaptive multi-rate), GPRS (general packet radio service) and EGPRS (EDGE GPRS) or +ECSD equivalents - the estimated BER becomes a less accurate indicator of true link quality, because the true quality of received voice data as perceived by a user is also dependant on the level of compression and/or error correction that can be performed under the protocols in use over the link.
- AMR adaptive multi-rate
- GPRS general packet radio service
- EGPRS EGPRS
- +ECSD equivalents the estimated BER becomes a less accurate indicator of true link quality, because the true quality of received voice data as perceived by a user is also dependant on the level of compression and/or error correction that can be performed under the protocols in use over the link.
- the proportion of received bits used for error correction increases relative to those used for encoded voice data the potential for efficient error correction increases and BER before channel decoding becomes less accurate as an indicator of link quality.
- a means of providing a more accurate indicator of link quality for example to allow link quality to be better controlled.
- a preferred attribute of a quality measure for any network would be that it can forecast quality problems and trigger action such as a power level increase or handover before actual problems arise.
- RXQUAL target or threshold reception quality
- Figure 3 illustrates a simulation of the correlation between reception quality threshold (RXQUAL) and FER in frequency hopping and non-hopping networks.
- RXQUAL reception quality threshold
- Figure 3 indicates that even for a quality target of RXQUAL class 5 a significant number of frame erasures are caused when the channel is non-hopping; whereas for a frequency hopping channel RXQUAL5 can still be assumed to provide good quality. This problem is even more significant when the performance of different codecs is compared in terms of RXQUAL. Due to these problems, the optimisation of for example handover and power control algorithms is challenging if not impossible.
- An FER-based triggering system would have the disadvantage of slow reaction, as speech frames would have to be already lost before any triggering to respond to low signal quality would be made.
- a method for estimating quality of communications between a transmitter and a receiver over a communications link operable according to one of a plurality of communication modes and with one of a plurality of quality measures, data being carried over the link as a plurality of frames comprising: analysing data received by the receiver over the link to determine the proportion of received frames that are deemed to have been received erroneously; estimating on the basis of that proportion a frame error probability; and storing that frame error probability in conjunction with the one of the quality measures and the one of the communication modes in use over the link.
- a method for setting a communication parameter for a communications link operable according to one of a plurality of communication modes and with one of a plurality of quality measures, data being carried over the link as a plurality of frames comprising: analysing data received by the receiver over the link to determine a quality measure for the link; estimating a frame error probability on the basis of the quality measure and the one of the communication modes in use over the link; and setting a communication parameter of the link on the basis of that estimation.
- a communications system comprising a transmitter and a receiver and apparatus for estimating quality of communications between the transmitter and the receiver over a communications link operable according to one of a plurality of communication modes and with one of a plurality of quality measures, data being carried over the link as a plurality of frames
- the apparatus comprising: means for analysing data received by the receiver over the link to determine the proportion of received frames that are deemed to have been received erroneously; means for estimating on the basis of that proportion a frame error probability; and a data store for storing that frame error probability in conjunction with the one of the quality measures and the one of the communication modes in use over the link.
- a communications system comprising a transmitter and a receiver and apparatus for setting a communication parameter for a communications link operable according to one of a plurality of communication modes and with one of a plurality of quality measures, data being carried over the link as a plurality of frames
- the apparatus comprising: means for analysing data received by the receiver over the link to determine a quality measure for the link; means for estimating a frame error probability on the basis of the quality measure and the one of the communication modes in use over the link; and means for setting a communication parameter of the link on the basis of that estimation.
- a network element for operation in a communications system in which a transmitter and a receiver can communicate over a communications link having a communication parameter, the link operable according to one of a plurality of communication modes and with one of a plurality of quality measures, data being carried over the link as a plurality of frames
- the network element comprising: means for analysing data received by the receiver over the link to determine a quality measure for the link; means for estimating a frame error probability on the basis of the quality measure and the one of the communication modes in use over the link; and means for setting a communication parameter of the link on the basis of that estimation.
- the communication modes include modes that differ in their radio frequency characteristics.
- the communication modes preferably include at least one frequency-hopped mode and at least one non-frequency-hopped mode.
- the communication modes include modes that differ in their data compression and/or encoding characteristics.
- the communication modes preferably include at least one operable with a first bit-rate of speech data and one operable with a second rate of speech data.
- the quality measure may be an estimate of bit error rate, preferably before channel decoding.
- the proportion of received frames that are deemed to have been received erroneously may be a frame erasure rate for the link.
- the said analysing step is suitably performed at the receiver.
- a method as set out above may include the step of the receiver transmitting data defining the proportion of received frames that are deemed to have been received erroneously, and wherein the said storage step is performed remotely from the receiver.
- the frames carry speech data.
- the frames carry data encoded according to a speech encoding scheme.
- the transmitter and the receiver are suitably operable according to the Global System for Mobile Communications or a derivative thereof.
- the communication parameter may be a communication mode to be used over the link, or a quality target to be used over the link, or a transmission power to be used over the link.
- One of the transmitter and the receiver may be a mobile station and the other of the transmitter and the receiver may be a base transmission station and the communication parameter may be indicative of initiation of a handover of the mobile station to communication with another base station.
- the transmission power is controlled to be increased if the said proportion exceeds the stored probability.
- the transmission power is reduced if the stored probability exceeds the said proportion.
- the determination of a quality measure may be by means of a look-up table.
- the said means for analysing may be located in the receiver, or may be elsewhere.
- figure 1 shows schematically a cellular network
- figure 2 illustrates data reception
- figure 3 illustrates simulated results of a correlation between reception quality threshold (RXQUAL) and FER in frequency hopping and non-hopping networks
- figure 4 presents frame erasure probability values from an example simulation
- figure 5 is a schematic diagram of relevant parts of a GSM cellular network.
- the term frame has been used in this context as a reference to any kind of arrangement enclosing or setting off a piece of information comprising at least one identifiable piece of information.
- the TDMA frame used in GSM is therefore used just as an example and should not be interpret as a limitation to the scope of protection.
- FEP frame erasure probability
- One method to derive an FEP makes use of knowledge of the uplink FER and the uplink RXQUAL to build a matrix with possible channel/codec combinations.
- Table 1 presents an example of such matrix in a network with mobile stations that can operate the GSM half rate (HR), full rate (FR), enhanced full rate (EFR) and adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codecs.
- HR GSM half rate
- FR full rate
- EFR enhanced full rate
- AMR adaptive multi-rate
- FH frequency hopped
- non-frequency-hopped (non-FH) channel types are illustrated.
- uplink FER and RXQUAL data is collected as a link is in use, and is used to derive values for the cell of the matrix corresponding to the conditions of the link. For example, if a call using the full rate codec is allocated to frequency hopping transmission mode, all FER measurements while the RXQUAL was 7 are collected and used to derive a probability of frame erasure for the corresponding cell of the matrix (marked X in table 1 ).
- the matrix can be used for quality prediction once all the required cells (preferably at least all the cells corresponding to conditions that may be encountered during use) are filled. Preferably a relatively large number of samples is used to derive the probabilities of frame erasure, so as to give the matrix data statistical reliability.
- Individual matrices of this sort may be derived for the uplink and the downlink, or only one may be used. Instead of a matrix, the data of the matrix may be analysed and a formula determined for deriving the value in each cell of the matrix.
- the filled matrix has values of frame erasure probabilities associated to each different channel/codec pair and each different RXQUAL class. Once the matrix is filled, both downlink and uplink RXQUAL values can be mapped to corresponding frame erasure probabilities. These probabilities can be used in the algorithms for making decisions on handover and/or power control (or other quality control measures) as well as for performance monitoring of the system.
- the system may be combined with other approaches for determining quality, either with the aim of supplementing the data in the table so as to increase accuracy of estimation, or to cope with circumstances for which the matrix has no values or statistically too few samples.
- FIG. 4 shows FEP values from an example simulation where the FEP is presented as a function of mean and standard deviation of BER within a speech frame. An important factor is that the FEP may now be evaluated at a BTS and transmitted to whatever control unit is to do the corresponding decision making using the FEP.
- BER bit error rate
- FEP in handover and power control algorithms
- Another more implementation-specific way to use FEP in handover and power control algorithms would be to map the FEP values into a number of classes: for example into eight classes like the present convention for RXQUAL values. In this way current handover and power control algorithms could be used without significant modification.
- the classes may be defined by linear subdivision of the full expected or actual range of FEP values, or by another method.
- the handover and power control algorithms can be optimized according to each codec/channel condition while FEP essentially provides a common quality measure for all services. This means that the number of quality thresholds in handover and power control algorithms can be substantially reduced over the alternative approaches as outlined above.
- the FEP can also be used to assess the performance of the network.
- Figure 5 illustrates the architecture of a GSM system for implementing a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 5 shows a mobile station 40 in radio communication with a base transmission station 41 over a wireless link 42.
- the antennae 43, 44 of the mobile station and the BTS are connected to respective duplexers 45, 46 which combine the incoming and outgoing signals.
- the generation of the outgoing signals for transmission is not illustrated in figure 5.
- the incoming signals are passed to respective amplification and demodulation units 47, 48 which derive received digital bitstreams at 49, 50.
- the received bitstream is processed by decoding apparatus shown generally at 51 to decode the data and derive an analogue speech signal at 52.
- the speech signal is applied to a loudspeaker 53 so that it can be heard by a user.
- the received digital signal at 50 is transformed into a signal suitable for onward transmission to BSC 54 by means of processing unit 55.
- the transmission power used over the link 42, the codec used for speech transmission over link 42, the target RXQUAL for link 42 and other parameters such as handover operations are under the control of a unit such as BSC 54. (The functions could alternatively be performed at a mobile switching centre (MSC)). These parameters are transmitted from that control unit via link 56 to the respective MS and BTS units to allow them to encode, transmit and decode their signals accordingly.
- a unit such as BSC 54.
- MSC mobile switching centre
- the units 51 and 55 are respective frame erasure rate detectors 57, 58 which determine the FER for received signals.
- the mobile station does not have to calculate any statistical value of the frame errors (e.g. rate); instead the mobile could check the speech frames - frame by frame - and if a frame were found to have too many errors it could be not directed to the audio equipment of the mobile station. In that case the unit 51 could be omitted.
- the FER data is reported, together (if necessary) with other link status data such as the link type, codec type and target RXQUAL as report data to the control unit - in this example BSC 54.
- this data together (if necessary) with data already known to the BSC on the status of the link is used by a FEP processor 59 to derive a matrix of FEP values in the form of that of table 1.
- the matrix is stored in data store 60.
- the matrix could alternatively be derived from simulations or from measurements carried out in another analogous system.
- the FEP values are mapped into eight classes, corresponding to the eight classes available for RXQUAL values.
- a link controller 61 in the BSC has access to the matrix stored in the store 60. With knowledge of data on the status of the link (for example the link type, the codec in use and the set RXQUAL target) the link controller can determine the expected FEP from the stored matrix.
- the link controller operates to analyze that FEP (or FEP class) to issue handover and power control commands to the BTS and MS, for example, if uplink FEP exceeds a preset threshold the BSC may cause the BTS to issue an "increase transmit power" command to the mobile station. It will be clear that power increase and decrease commands for the uplink and the downlink, and at constant or variable rates, and hard and/or soft handover commands may be generated in logically analogous way.
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