WO2003081806A1 - Dispositif radio, procede et programme de commande canal spatial - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a wireless device, a spatial path control method, and a spatial path control program, and more particularly to multiplex communication between one wireless terminal and a wireless base station via a plurality of paths formed by spatial division.
- TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a wireless device, a spatial path control method, and a spatial path control program that can perform wireless communication. Background art
- a mobile communication system that is rapidly developing, for example, a PHS (Personal Handy phone System) communication system has four slots (one slot: 625 IS) for transmission and reception, respectively.
- the TDMA method which uses one frame (5 ms) as a basic unit, is used.
- Such a PHS communication system has been standardized as, for example, a “second generation cordless communication system”.
- the signal of one frame is divided into 8 slots, the first 4 slots are for reception, for example, and the last 4 slots are for transmission, for example.
- Each slot consists of 120 symbols.
- one frame signal consists of one slot for reception and one slot for transmission, and three slots. Slots are allocated to control channels (control channels).
- the control channel In the PHS system, during the control procedure for establishing synchronization, the control channel first establishes a link channel, then performs an interference wave (Undesired wave) measurement process, and then talks on the assigned channel. The call starts after the conditions are set.
- an interference wave Undesired wave
- RCR STD-28 published by: The Radio Industry
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing such a call sequence flow of PHS. Less than, A brief description is given with reference to FIG.
- a link channel establishment request signal (LCH establishment request signal) is transmitted from the PHS terminal to the base station using the C channel (control channel: CCH).
- the PHS base station detects a vacant channel (vacant communication channel: vacant T channel) (carrier sense) and transmits a link channel assignment signal (LCH assignment signal) specifying the vacant T channel using the C channel to the PHS terminal side. I do.
- the specified T channel measures whether or not an interference wave signal of a certain level or more is received (U wave measurement). If no interference signal higher than the power is detected, that is, if no other PHS base station is using this designated T channel, a synchronous burst signal is transmitted to the base station using the designated T channel. Then, the base station returns a synchronization burst signal to the terminal to complete synchronization establishment.
- communication channels are connected between the terminal and the base station by using a channel with small interference waves and good communication characteristics.
- Adaptive array processing is a method of calculating a weight vector composed of reception coefficients (weights) for each antenna of a base station based on a signal received from a terminal and performing adaptive control to obtain a desired value. This is a process for accurately extracting a signal from a terminal.
- signals going up from the antenna of each user terminal are received by the array antenna of the base station and separated with the reception directivity. While being extracted, a downlink signal from the base station to the terminal is transmitted from the array antenna with transmission directivity to the antenna of the terminal.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing a state of being connected to a station 1. More specifically, PDMA base station 1 receives a signal from one antenna 2a of terminal 2 by array antenna 1a, and receives the signal by adaptive array processing described above.
- the array antenna 1a antenna of the P DMA base station 1 transmits the downlink signal with the transmission directivity directed to one antenna 2a of the terminal 2, and the terminal 2 side performs adaptive array processing.
- the downlink signal is received by the antenna 2a without performing the above operation.
- FIG. 20B is a timing chart schematically showing the mode of channel allocation in this case.
- users 1 to 4 are time-division multiplexed in time slots divided at the same frequency in the time axis direction, and in each slot, one user passes through one path in the space direction. Users are assigned.
- a desired signal is identified as described below. That is, a radio signal transmitted and received between a terminal such as a mobile phone and a base station is transmitted in a so-called frame configuration divided into a plurality of frames.
- Each frame includes, for example, 4 slots for uplink communication and 4 slots for downlink communication, for a total of 8 slots, and the slot signal is mainly a briamble composed of a signal sequence known to the receiving side. And data (such as voice) composed of a signal sequence unknown to the receiving side.
- the signal sequence of the preamble includes a signal sequence of information (a reference signal: for example, a unique mode signal) for determining whether the transmission source is a desired party to talk to the reception side.
- a reference signal for example, a unique mode signal
- adaptive array radio base stations Based on the comparison between the unique word signal extracted from the received signal sequence and the received signal sequence, weight vector control (decision of weighting factor) is performed so as to extract a signal considered to contain a signal sequence corresponding to a desired partner. Do.
- each frame includes the above-described unique word signal (reference signal) section and has a configuration capable of performing error detection (CRC: cyclic redundancy check) using a cyclic code.
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- a MIMO (Multi Input Multi Output) method is proposed in which multiplex communication is performed between one terminal having multiple antennas and a PDMA base station via multiple spatial paths with the same frequency and the same time slot. Have been.
- FIG. 21 shows one terminal PS 1 of two antennas in such a MIMO mobile communication system (PHS) via a plurality (for example, two) paths PTH1 and PTH2 formed by space division.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing a state where is spatially multiplexed and connected to a PDMA base station CS1.
- the PDMA base station CS 1 receives the uplink signal from each of the two antennas 12 a and 12 b of the terminal CS 1 at the array antenna 11 a and performs the above-described adaptive array processing. And separate extraction with reception directivity.
- each antenna receives the corresponding downlink signal without performing the adaptive array processing.
- FIG. 22 is a timing chart schematically showing the mode of channel allocation in this case.
- users 1 to 4 are time-division multiplexed in each time slot divided in the time axis direction at the same frequency. In the same direction, the same user is multiplexed and assigned via two paths.
- the communication speed can be doubled compared to the one-user one-pass method of FIG. 20B.
- a specific method of transmitting and receiving a signal of the MIMO scheme as shown in FIG. 21 is disclosed in detail in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-32030.
- the terminal side prepares antennas for the set number of paths and performs communication.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication system that communicates in a one-user multiple-path system, such as the MIMO system, in which a plurality of path connections are adaptively performed between a terminal and a base station according to communication conditions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless device, a spatial path control method, and a spatial path control program that enable the change. Disclosure of the invention
- a wireless device capable of forming a plurality of spatial paths and communicating with a single other wireless device, and comprising an array antenna.
- a plurality of antennas the plurality of antennas being divided into a plurality of sub-arrays respectively corresponding to the plurality of spatial paths, and adaptive array means capable of performing adaptive array processing for each of the plurality of sub-arrays.
- a storage means for storing in advance possible multiplicity information relating to the number of spatial paths that can be formed by the array antenna, and a process of transmitting the possible multiplicity information to other wireless devices at a predetermined timing.
- Control means for controlling.
- the possible multiplicity information is information on the total number of a plurality of antennas.
- the apparatus further comprises a monitor for detecting a communication state of each of the plurality of antennas, and the possible multiplicity information relates to a maximum number of multiplexable spatial paths determined based on a detection result by the monitor. Information.
- the monitoring means detects the number of antennas capable of normal reception, and the possible multiplicity information is the maximum number of antennas capable of normal reception.
- the signal transmitted / received by the wireless device is divided into a plurality of frames, the monitor means detects an error rate per frame for each spatial path, and the possible multiplicity information is a space capable of multiplex communication. Number of passes.
- the monitoring means detects the amount of interference between the spatial paths, and the possible multiplicity information is the number of spatial paths capable of multiplex communication.
- the adaptive array processing means can perform adaptive array processing by rearranging the antennas allocated to each sub-array, and the control means can control the number of paths notified from another wireless device. Then, the plurality of antennas are divided into sets corresponding to the number of paths, and the set of antennas is used as each subarray.
- the adaptive array processing means can perform adaptive array processing by rearranging the antennas to be allocated to each sub-array, and the control means can adjust the number of paths notified from another wireless device. After allocating one of the plurality of antennas to each of the corresponding sub-arrays, the remaining antennas of the plurality of antennas are allocated to each sub-array in a predetermined order.
- control means preferentially allocates antennas having the same polarization plane to the same subarray.
- a reception level detecting means for detecting a reception level for each antenna.
- the apparatus further includes a stage, and the control means preferentially allocates antennas having different polarization planes to the same subarray.
- the adaptive array processing means can perform adaptive array processing by rearranging antennas allocated to each sub-array, and monitor the communication quality of each of the spatial paths during communication.
- the control means changes the number of antennas allocated to each sub-array according to the detection result of the monitoring means.
- an array antenna including a plurality of antennas that can be divided into a plurality of sub-arrays respectively corresponding to a plurality of spatial paths, and performing an adaptive array process for each of the plurality of sub-arrays
- a spatial path control method for a wireless device capable of performing communication by forming a plurality of spatial paths with a single other wireless device comprising: Pre-storing possible multiplicity information related to the number of spatial paths that can be formed by the antenna; and transmitting possible multiplicity information at a predetermined timing from the wireless device to another wireless device; Determining an antenna to be assigned to the sub-array based on information specifying the number of spatial paths returned from another wireless device.
- the wireless device further includes a step of detecting the number of antennas capable of normal reception, and the possible multiplicity information is a maximum number of antennas capable of normal reception.
- the signal transmitted / received by the wireless device is divided into a plurality of frames, and the wireless device further includes a step of detecting an error rate per frame for each spatial path, and the possible multiplicity information is: This is the number of communicable spatial paths.
- the wireless device further includes a step of detecting an amount of interference between the spatial paths, and the possible multiplicity information is the number of spatial paths capable of multiplex communication.
- the step of determining the antenna includes dividing the plurality of antennas into sets corresponding to the number of paths according to the number of paths notified from another wireless device, and dividing the set of antennas into each sub-array. And allocating to
- the step of determining an antenna includes a step of notifying a parameter notified from another wireless device. After allocating one of the plurality of antennas to each of the sub-arrays corresponding to the number of antennas, a step of allocating the remaining antennas of the plurality of antennas to each sub-array in a predetermined order.
- the step of allocating to the sub-arrays preferentially allocates antennas having the same polarization plane to the same sub-array.
- the step of allocating to the sub-arrays preferentially allocates antennas having mutually different polarization planes to the same sub-array.
- an array antenna including a plurality of antennas that can be divided into a plurality of sub-arrays respectively corresponding to a plurality of spatial paths, and performing an adaptive array process for each of the plurality of sub-arrays
- a spatial path control program in a wireless device capable of performing communication by forming a plurality of spatial paths with a single other wireless device comprising: Storing in advance a possible multiplicity information relating to the number of spatial paths that can be formed by the array antenna in the combi- ter; and transmitting the possible multiplicity information from the wireless device to another wireless device at a predetermined timing. And determining an antenna to be assigned to the sub-array based on information specifying the number of spatial paths returned from another wireless device. And performing the following steps.
- the wireless device further includes a step of detecting the number of antennas capable of normal reception, and the possible multiplicity information is a maximum number of antennas capable of normal reception.
- the signal transmitted / received by the wireless device is divided into a plurality of frames, and the wireless device further includes a step of detecting an error rate per frame for each spatial path, and the possible multiplicity information is: This is the number of communicable spatial paths.
- the wireless device further includes a step of detecting an amount of interference between the spatial paths, and the possible multiplicity information is the number of spatial paths capable of multiplex communication.
- the step of determining the antenna includes dividing the plurality of antennas into sets corresponding to the number of paths according to the number of paths notified from another wireless device, and dividing the set of antennas into each sub-array. And allocating to Preferably, the step of determining an antenna includes, after allocating one antenna of the plurality of antennas to each of the subarrays corresponding to the number of paths notified from the other wireless devices, Allocating the remaining antennas to each sub-array in a predetermined order.
- the step of allocating to the sub-arrays preferentially allocates antennas having the same polarization plane to the same sub-array.
- the step of allocating to the sub-arrays preferentially allocates antennas having mutually different polarization planes to the same sub-array.
- communication on each spatial path is performed by a terminal or a base station of a mobile communication system compatible with the MIMO scheme using antennas divided into sub-arrays, and the number of paths and each path Since the corresponding antenna is adaptively controlled according to the communication state, stable MIMO communication can be realized.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a PDMA terminal 100 compliant with the MIMO system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a state in which communication is performed between the PDMA terminal 100 according to the present invention and the PDMA base station CS1.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation for notifying the terminal number information to the terminal 1000 and the base station CS1.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of PDMA terminal 1200 according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of PDMA terminal 2000 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram for describing a configuration of PDMA terminal 220 of Modification 1 of Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of adaptive control of the number of set paths in the PDMA terminal 20000 or the PDMA terminal 2200.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of adaptively controlling the set number of paths according to Modification 2 of Embodiment 2 as terminal 2000.
- FIG. 9 shows a configuration in which four antennas # 1 to # 4 are arranged for a notebook computer 3000.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an arrangement in which four antennas are mounted on a mobile phone terminal 4000.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation when an antenna having the same polarization plane is selected as a sub-array.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining another method of allocating a plurality of antennas of a terminal to each path.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram for explaining a configuration of PDMA terminal 5000.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit CNP and the sub-array selecting device 32.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining a process of allocating the antenna of terminal 5000 to each path based on the reception level when allocating the antenna to each path.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining another method of assigning each antenna to each path according to the reception level.
- FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the configuration before and after the antennas constituting the path are rearranged.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a state after subarrays are rearranged as a result of detection of deterioration of communication quality as described in FIG.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a call sequence flow of PHS.
- Figure 2 OA and 20B are conceptual diagrams showing how one terminal 2 with one antenna is connected to PDMA base station 1 via one of a plurality of paths formed by space division. .
- FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram showing a state in which one terminal PS 1 of two antennas is spatially multiplex-connected to a PDMA base station CS 1 via a path ⁇ and PTH 2 formed by space division.
- FIG. 22 is a timing chart schematically showing an aspect of channel assignment.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a PDMA terminal 1000 compatible with the MIMO system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- P DMA terminal 1000 transmits / receives a transmission signal to an array antenna composed of a plurality of antennas # 1 to # 4 or receives / receives a reception signal.
- P4 and transmitter / receiver Perform adaptive array processing on signals from TRP1 to TRP4 to separate and extract signals from the communicating base station, and communicate with the base station.
- a signal processing unit USP for adjusting the amplitude and phase of a transmission signal so as to form transmission directivity with respect to the signal; a modulation unit MDU for modulating a signal given to the signal processing unit USP; and a signal processing unit US
- the demodulation unit DMU for demodulating the signal from P, the baseband signal supplied to the modulation unit MDU and the baseband signal from the demodulation unit DMU are controlled, and the operation of the P DMA terminal 1000 is controlled.
- Control unit for CNP and antenna for PDMA terminal 1000 A memory unit MMU for holding information on the number of antennas (hereinafter, referred to as “number of antennas”) is provided.
- the processing such as adaptive array processing, modulation processing, demodulation processing, and control processing performed by the PDMA terminal 1000 is performed by software using a digital signal processor, either individually or as integrated processing. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which:
- the transmitting and receiving unit TRP 1 includes a transmitting unit TP 1 for performing high-frequency signal processing during transmission, a receiving unit RP 1 for performing high-frequency signal processing during reception, an antenna # 1, a transmitting unit TP 1, and a receiving unit RP. And a switch SW1 for switching the connection with the switch 1 depending on whether the mode is the transmission mode or the reception mode. The same applies to the configurations of the other transmission / reception units TRP2 to TRP4.
- the signal from the control circuit CNP may be output to a personal computer to which the terminal 100 is mounted by an interface (not shown), or the terminal 100 may be an independent communication terminal, for example, a mobile terminal.
- the signal from the control circuit CNP may be provided to an arithmetic processing unit for performing audio signal processing and the like in the terminal 100.
- the number of antennas is four. However, in general, the number of antennas may be N (N: natural number).
- N natural number
- the number of spatial paths for communication with the base station (hereinafter simply referred to as “path”) is assumed to be two for this number of antennas. Thus, communication can be performed with as many paths as possible.
- the signal processing unit USP is provided with two units for adaptive array processing corresponding to the two paths in advance. I just need.
- units for adaptive array processing may be provided in a number corresponding to each path.
- the configuration may be such that each system of the adaptive array processing unit and the antenna connected thereto are switched under the control of the control unit CNP. .
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a state in which communication is performed between the PDMA terminal 100 according to the present invention and the PDMA base station CS1.
- the PDMA terminal 1000 has four antennas # 1 to: ⁇ 4.
- the PDMA terminal 100 0 0 forms a single directional path with the base station CS 1 through antennas # 1 and # 3, and the antennas # 2 and # 4
- Another path having transmission / reception directivity is formed with the base station CS1.
- the same signal is transmitted through different propagation paths due to the influence of a building or the like on a communication path.
- a plurality of spatial paths for communication can be formed.
- the array antenna In this case, when two paths are set, two sub-arrays that constitute a two-element adaptive array are configured. At this time, reception and transmission of a two-element adaptive array are performed in one subarray.
- the terminal 1000 since the “information on the number of antennas” is stored in the memory unit MMU in the terminal 1000, the terminal 1000 performs a predetermined timing with respect to the base station CS1. Transmits antenna number information.
- Base station CS 1 instructs base station 100 0 on the number of paths to be set based on information on the number of antennas from terminal 100 0, and terminal 100 1 transmits from base station CS 1 Set the number of paths to be formed according to the instructions in.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation for notifying the number-of-antennas information from terminal 1000 to base station CS1 in this manner.
- the terminal 1000 transmits the number of antennas to the base station as control information for a link channel establishment request (LCH allocation request).
- LCH allocation request a link channel establishment request
- the number of paths to be set is set to be equal to or less than the number of antennas, and such an instruction of the number of paths is given, for example, as control information of a link channel assignment instruction.
- the terminal 100 0 0 transmits the designated communication channel to the base station CS 1.
- T channel is used to transmit a synchronization burst signal to the base station, and the base station also returns a synchronization burst signal to the terminal to complete synchronization establishment. Thereafter, based on the established synchronization, the call channel (T channel) is activated and the call is started.
- the number of paths set by the terminal 1000 is adaptively changed on the base station side according to the communication state during the call, and the value is used as the control information during the call. It is possible to adopt a configuration of notifying to 0.
- the timing of the notification of the number of antennas from terminal 1000 to base station CS1 is at the time of a link channel establishment request, but the information of the number of antennas is transmitted from terminal 1000 to base station CS1.
- the timing for notifying 1 is (TCH) Control information during the establishment may be used, or the terminal 100 may notify the base station CS1 as control information after the communication channel is established.
- the path can be flexibly formed according to a change in the communication status between the base station CS1 and the terminal 100, so that even if the communication status changes, Multiplexed communication can be performed stably via multiple spatial paths with the same frequency and the same time slot.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram for describing a configuration of PDMA terminal 1200 according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the difference between the configuration of the PDMA terminal 100 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and the configuration of the PDMA terminal 1200 of the second embodiment is that
- the antenna is equipped with an antenna abnormality detection unit ADP that can receive communication information from the antennas # 1 to # 4 and detect an abnormality in the communication status for each antenna.
- the antenna information in the abnormal state from the antenna abnormality detection device ADP (number of abnormal antennas, abnormal antenna number) Based on these information, information on the number of antennas capable of normal transmission / reception is transmitted from the terminal 1200 to the base station at a predetermined timing similar to the first embodiment.
- the base station CS 1 determines the number of paths to be set based on the above-mentioned antenna number information indicating the maximum number of antennas that can be normally transmitted and received from the terminal 1200, and sets the terminal at the same timing as in the first embodiment. Notify about 1200.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram for describing a configuration of PDMA terminal 2000 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the difference between the configuration of PDMA terminal 1000 shown in the first embodiment and the configuration of PDMA terminal 2000 is that the signal from demodulation unit DMU is provided to FER counter 22 which detects a frame error rate. That is the point.
- the FER counter 22 counts the number of errors in the signal frame for each path, and evaluates the resulting frame error rate (Frame Error Rate: FER), which is the error rate per frame, as the communication quality for evaluating the communication quality. It is stored in the memory MMU as one of the information elements.
- FER Frame Error Rate
- the demodulated signal from which the number of errors is counted by the FER counter 22 is provided to the control unit CNP, which communicates with the memory MMU and refers to communication quality information of a downlink signal such as FER stored in the memory MMU. Then, uplink spatial path control by the spatial path control method of the present invention described later is executed.
- the adaptive array processing, modulation processing, demodulation processing, control processing, and other processing performed by the PDMA terminal 2000 can be performed individually or as integrated processing by a digital signal processor. It is possible to adopt a configuration executed by
- the quality information for each spatial path which is acquired as described above and stored in the MMU, and information about the current state and the antenna assigned to each path are provided.
- notification is made to base station CS1.
- the information stored in the memory unit MMU is information on the number of antennas and FER data.However, for example, the information is determined not from the number of antennas themselves but from the FER data.
- the configuration may be such that the maximum number of paths P—MAX and FER that can be formed in the terminal 2000 are stored.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the configuration of a PDMA terminal 2200 according to a first modification of the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic block diagram for clarification.
- the difference from the configuration of the PDMA terminal 2000 of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is that, instead of the FER counter 22, the amount of interference from other paths for the signal input to the demodulation unit DMU is changed.
- An interference measurement device 24 for measurement is provided.
- information on the communication quality of the path based on the amount of interference and antenna allocation information on how the antennas are currently allocated to each path are provided. Is stored.
- the terminal 220 based on the communication quality information for each path stored in the memory MMU and the antenna allocation information, the terminal 220 The station CS1 is notified of the number of communicable paths.
- the interference amount measuring device 24 measures an interference component included in the complex reception signal input to the demodulation circuit.
- the error component e (t) between the complex received signal y (t) and the reference signal d (t) stored in the memory MMU is calculated, and the power of the error is regarded as the power of the interference signal. .
- T is the observation time (or reference signal length).
- FIG. 7 shows the adaptation of the number of set paths in the PDMA terminal 2000 of the second embodiment described in FIG. 5 or the PDMA terminal 2200 of the first modification of the second embodiment described in FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control flow.
- the operation is basically described as the operation of the PDMA terminal 2000 of the second embodiment, and thereafter, the points changed in the PDMA terminal 2200 of the first modification of the second embodiment are described. I do.
- terminal 2000 transmits a base station
- the number N of the tenor elements or the maximum number of paths P_MAX is notified (step S100).
- the terminal 2000 forms one sub-array using all the N antennas, establishes one path, and performs communication (step S102).
- the terminal 2000 evaluates the communication quality based on the FER for each path, and the FER of all the paths is below a predetermined threshold value, does not reach the settable number of paths, and the communication speed is sufficient. Is determined (step S 10
- the communication speed is not sufficient means that the amount of data to be transferred is compared with the current communication speed, and the terminal 2000 takes a sufficiently short time, for example, for the processing of a running application. Indicates that the transfer has not been completed.
- step S104 regarding the communication quality and the number of configurable paths for each path, if it is determined that the number of paths can be further increased and the communication speed is not sufficient, the terminal 2000 Is transmitted to base station S1 (step S106).
- step S104 determines whether the communication condition is poor or the speed is sufficient, or if the setting permission is not received from the base station in step S108. If it is determined in step S104 that the communication condition is poor or the speed is sufficient, or if the setting permission is not received from the base station in step S108, the current Communication is performed with the number of paths (Step S112), and the process returns to Step S104 again.
- communication between the base station CS1 and the terminal 2000 can be performed while adaptively changing the number of paths set as the multi-input multi-output communication, resulting in good communication quality. It is also possible to maintain MIMO communication while maintaining good communication speed.
- the number of paths specified by the base station is, in principle, a number that can be divided by the number of antennas.
- the number of antennas is the number obtained by dividing the total number of antennas by the set number of passes.
- Each subarray performs transmission and reception of each path.
- step S104 instead of evaluating the communication quality of the path based on the value of the FER for each path, the path The communication quality of the path is evaluated based on the interference amount for each.
- Such an operation is also possible processing in the terminal 2000 and the terminal 22000.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a method of adaptively controlling the set number of paths according to the second modification of the second embodiment as a terminal 2000.
- terminal 2000 notifies base station CS 1 of the number N of terminal antenna elements.
- the maximum number of paths P—MAX may be notified (step S200).
- the terminal 2000 sets one path using one antenna, and performs communication (the number of paths P is 1) (step S202).
- the terminal 2000 it is determined that the FERs of all the paths on the terminal side are equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value and the communication state is good enough to increase the number of paths, and It is determined whether the number of paths has not reached the settable number of paths yet, the communication speed is not sufficient, and whether there is an antenna element not allocated to the path (step S 2). 0 4).
- step S204 When the condition of step S204 is satisfied, the base station CS1 is notified that the number of paths P is to be increased by 1 from the terminal 2000 (step S206). .
- Step S 208 the terminal 200 (Step S 208) In terminal 2000, the number of set paths is increased by 1 (P—P +
- step S210 1) and select P antennas to start communication (step S210), and the process returns to step S204.
- step S204 If the condition of step S204 is not satisfied, or if the setting permission from the base station CS1 has not been received in step S208, then the antenna not set in the path It is determined whether or not exists (step S 2 1
- one antenna element is further allocated to the path determined to be lower than the predetermined quality, and a sub-array is configured (step S2 14). .
- step S 21 After performing communication with the current number of paths P for a predetermined time (step S 21), after performing communication with the current number of paths P for a predetermined time (step S 21), after performing communication with the current number of paths P for a predetermined time (step S 21).
- step S212 when there is no remaining antenna not set in the path, the process proceeds to step S216.
- the second modification of the second embodiment first, as for the number of antennas for each subarray, one antenna is allocated for each set path.
- the surplus antennas are allocated to each path according to the number of the sequential path or the number of antennas, while judging the necessity of increasing the number of antennas. If the number of antennas in all the subarrays becomes, for example, two, the processing is performed in which the antennas are allocated again with the extra antennas. By performing such processing, each subarray performs transmission and reception on each path.
- the communication quality of the path is evaluated based on the amount of interference for each path.
- an antenna used in MIMO method is used.
- the arrangement of the tena was not particularly limited.
- Embodiment 3 describes a configuration for further improving communication quality by using a more specific arrangement for such arrangement of a plurality of antennas.
- FIG. 9 shows a configuration in which four antennas # 1 to # 4 are arranged for a notebook computer 300.
- Antenna # 1 and antenna # 3 are arranged at both ends of the display 3100 of the notebook computer 300, and antenna # 2 and antenna # 4 are arranged at both ends of the keyboard side. At this time, in such a spatial arrangement of antennas, antenna # 1 and antenna # 3 operate as antennas having the same polarization plane (vertical polarization), and antenna # 2 and antenna # 4 operate as the same polarization plane (horizontal polarization). (Polarized) antenna.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an arrangement in a case where four antennas are mounted on a terminal 400 of a mobile phone.
- the antenna: ( ⁇ 1 and antenna # 3) are parallel to the longitudinal direction and at both ends of the display 410.
- antenna # 2 and antenna # 4 with the display 410 and the operation buttons 402 sandwiched between them, and the same polarization plane (horizontal polarization). Wave).
- antenna # 1 and antenna # 3 arranged in the longitudinal direction can be whip antennas, and antenna # 2 and antenna # 4 can be inverted F-type antennas. Is possible.
- the reception levels of four antennas clear the reception level at a minimum, but the polarization planes are different. This is particularly effective when the reception level varies.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart for describing an operation when an antenna having the same polarization plane is selected as a subarray.
- portable terminal 300 notifies base station CS1 of the number N of antenna elements (step S300).
- the mobile terminal 30000 receives the number M of paths set by the base station CS1, which is returned (step S302).
- the number N of antennas is divided by the number M of paths, and the divisible number n is set as the number of antenna elements of the subarray.
- the antenna elements constituting the same sub-array are selected such that the antennas have the same polarization plane (step S504).
- the number of antennas on the same polarization plane is not an integral multiple of the number n of sub-array antennas, a process of allocating the surplus antennas to another sub-array may be performed.
- a multi-input multi-output channel (MIMO channel) is set for each subarray between the mobile terminal 30000 (or the terminal 40000) and the base station CS1, and communication is performed. (Step S306).
- communication is performed by a sub-array composed of a set of antennas that preferentially select the same antenna with the same polarization plane for each spatial path.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining another method of assigning a plurality of antennas of a terminal to each path.
- portable terminal 300 notifies base station CS1 of the number N of antenna elements (step S400).
- the mobile terminal 30000 (or the terminal 400000) receives the number M of paths set from the base station, and receives it (step S402).
- a mobile terminal 300 (or terminal 400) is a terminal having an antenna group having X types (x ⁇ M) of polarization planes, and has M antennas so that the corresponding polarization planes do not overlap each other.
- the antennas are selected and assigned to the subarrays (step S404).
- step S406 the value of the variable na is set to 1 (step S406).
- step S408 it is determined whether or not an unallocated antenna exists. If an unallocated antenna exists (step S408), the unallocated antenna is allocated to the sub-array having the number of na antennas. At this time, the polarization plane of the antenna to be assigned is allocated so as to be the same as the polarization plane of the antenna included in the sub-array (step S410).
- Step S 4 12 a determination is made as to whether there are no more antennas that can be assigned based on the same polarization plane. If there is an antenna that can be assigned (step S 4 12), the value of the variable na is incremented by one. (Step S 414), the process returns to step S 408.
- step S412 if there are no more antennas that can be assigned based on the same polarization plane (step S412), the unassigned antennas are allocated to the subarrays with n a antennas (step S416). Subsequently, the value of the variable na is incremented by 1 (step S4114), and the process returns to step S408.
- step S408 if there are no unassigned antennas, The MIMO channel is set for each array, and communication is performed (step S420). Even with the above-described antenna allocation processing, communication is performed by a sub-array composed of a set of antennas that preferentially select the same antenna with the same polarization plane for each spatial path.
- the third embodiment as a method of selecting an antenna when forming a sub-array, for example, it is possible to select a set of antennas so that antennas having similar reception levels or antenna gains have the same sub-array. . Alternatively, it is also possible to measure the reception level of each antenna in advance and rank the antennas, and to allocate the antennas to the sub-arrays so that the antenna having the higher reception level is not unevenly distributed to a specific sub-array.
- the extra antennas are sequentially arranged.
- sub-arrays are configured by allocating, antennas with similar reception levels or antenna gains are allocated to the same sub-array.
- control unit CNP compares the current communication state and the state of antenna allocation to the sub-arrays, and according to the stability of path multiplexing, the sub-array configuration method described in the third embodiment, It is possible to selectively use a subarray configuration method as described below.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a PDMA terminal 500 that can select an antenna forming a sub-array based on information on a reception level and a polarization plane as described above. It is a block diagram.
- the difference from the configuration of the PDMA terminal 100 of Embodiment 1 shown in FIG. 1 is that first, the reception level is measured for each antenna with respect to the reception signals from each antenna # 1 to # 4.
- a reception level measurement device 30 capable of receiving the measurement data is provided to the control unit CNP, and the control unit CNP stores the reception level information in the memory MMU. It is a point.
- the memory MMU stores not only the measurement results of the reception level, but also information on the polarization plane of the antenna and information on the occurrence of communication disruption that may be caused by shadowing.
- the sub-array selecting device 32 sends a set of antennas to be selected as a sub-array to the control circuit CNP with respect to the control circuit CNP based on antenna polarization plane information, shadowing information, and the like stored in the memory. Notify to
- the reception level measuring device 30 measures the reception level for each antenna
- the control circuit CNP measures the reception level data for each antenna for a predetermined time, and the reception level cannot be received for each antenna.
- Measures “shadowing information” such as the frequency of the level and the duration, and stores it in the memory MMU.
- the subarray selection device 32 selects a pair (or set) of antennas to be selected as a subarray from the shadowing information and the polarization plane information in each antenna in the memory MMU.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit CNP and the sub-array selecting device 32 among the operations described above.
- control circuit CNP uses the reception level measuring device 30 to measure the reception level of each antenna, and to measure the frequency, duration, etc. (shadowing information) at which each antenna has an unreceivable level. Then, the data is stored in the memory MMU (step S500).
- control unit CNP determines whether or not the shadowing is larger than a predetermined reference (step S502).
- the “predetermined criterion” is not particularly limited. For example, is shadowing of a predetermined duration ( ⁇ .5 seconds) or more occurring at a predetermined frequency (twice / 60 seconds) or more? It is a criterion such as no.
- the subarray selection device 32 selects antennas having different polarization planes as the same subarray (step S504).
- the subarray selecting device 32 selects the antenna having the same polarization plane as the same subarray (step S502). 6).
- the sub-array may be selected according to the procedure described in FIG. 11 or FIG.
- Fig. 15 shows that, in step S504 of Fig. 14, when antennas with different polarization planes are selected as the same sub-array, the antenna of terminal 500 is assigned to the reception level when it is assigned to each path.
- 5 is a flowchart for explaining a process of performing assignment to a path based on the flowchart.
- the terminal 5000 notifies the base station CS1 of the number N of antenna elements (step S600).
- the terminal 5000 receives the number M of paths to be set from the base station CS1, and receives it (step S602).
- Terminal 500 is a terminal having an antenna group having X types (x ⁇ M) of polarization planes, and ranks the antennas according to reception sensitivity (signal level from a base station to be connected). .
- antennas with high reception sensitivity are unevenly distributed in a particular subarray. For example, an antenna is allocated to each sub-array so that the average of the reception levels is close to each other in each sub-array (step S604).
- a MIMO channel is set for each subarray configured as described above, and communication is performed (step S606).
- step S604 the antennas having similar reception levels or reception sensitivities are preferentially allocated to the same sub-array so that the reception levels or reception sensitivities of the antennas when forming a spatial path are balanced. Is also good.
- the antennas allocated to the sub-arrays are changed according to changes in the communication conditions of each spatial path, and the MIMO method is adaptively adapted to the communication conditions. Can also be controlled.
- each spatial path may be the FER for each spatial path described in FIG. 5, the interference amount for each spatial path described in FIG. 6, or each antenna described in FIG. It may be a temporal change of the reception level for each.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining another method of assigning each antenna to each path according to the reception level.
- step S700 if it is determined that the communication quality of the path PA has deteriorated due to FER, interference value, or the like (step S700), the quality of other paths other than the path PA is checked, and other It is determined whether the number of antenna elements of the sub-array corresponding to the path can be reduced (step S702).
- step S704 select one sub-array antenna of the path that can maintain the quality even if the number of antenna elements is reduced.
- a selection criterion a priority is determined in advance from a plurality of the following criteria and selected. Alternatively, one of the following multiple criteria may be used as a criterion.
- the antenna to be installed should be close to the receiving sensitivity.
- the antenna selected in this way is incorporated into the sub-array of the path having degraded quality (step S706).
- step S704 if there is no path that can reduce the number of antenna elements, the process in step S706 is not performed, and communication is maintained as it is.
- FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the configuration before and after the antennas constituting the path are rearranged as described above.
- antennas # 1 and # 3 Prior to recombination, antennas # 1 and # 3 make up one path, and antennas # 2 and # 4 make up one path. Note that antennas # 1 and # 3 may have the same polarization plane, and antennas # 2 and # 4 may have the same polarization plane. Or, if the pair of antennas # 1 and # 3 and the pair of antennas # 2 and # 4 are subarrays, the reception level between the two pairs may be the closest value.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a state after rearrangement of sub-arrays as a result of detection of deterioration of communication quality as described in FIG.
- antenna # 3 is installed in the path PB, and one path is formed by antennas # 2, # 3, and # 4.
- path PA only antenna # 1 is used. Transmission and reception are performed.
- the adaptive array processing, modulation processing, demodulation processing, control processing, and other processing executed by any of the PDMA terminals described above can be performed individually or as integrated processing by software using a digital signal processor. It is possible to adopt a configuration executed by.
- communication in each spatial path is performed by a terminal or a base station of a mobile communication system compatible with the MIMO system using antennas divided into subarrays, and the number of paths and each Since the antenna corresponding to the path is adaptively controlled according to the communication state, it is possible to realize stable MIMO communication.
- the present invention provides stable communication by controlling the number of paths and antennas corresponding to each path adaptively in a terminal or base station of a mobile communication system compatible with the MIMO system according to the communication state. Since it can be realized, it is useful in a mobile communication system compatible with the MI MQ system.
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