WO2006049080A1 - 移動通信システム、基地局、中継装置、移動局 - Google Patents
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- Mobile communication system base station, relay device, mobile station
- the present invention relates to a mobile communication system that performs communication by controlling an adaptive array antenna, and in particular, a base station and a mobile station perform communication while adaptively controlling the directivity of the adaptive array antenna via a relay device.
- the present invention relates to a mobile communication system, and a base station, a relay device, and a mobile station that constitute the mobile communication system.
- An array antenna comprises an antenna composed of a plurality of antenna elements, and each antenna element has its desired antenna directivity by adjusting the phase and amplitude (hereinafter referred to as adjusting the weight). It is an antenna that realizes
- An adaptive array antenna (also referred to as an adaptive array antenna) is an adaptive control that adjusts the adjustment to each antenna element that makes up the array antenna, and estimates the direction of arrival of radio waves with a high angle resolution function. It is an antenna that can be controlled arbitrarily.
- the introduction of adaptive array antennas to mobile communication systems has been actively studied. By introducing such an adaptive array antenna into the base station, it is possible to improve frequency utilization efficiency, reduce mobile station transmission power, and improve communication quality.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving part of a conventional base station using an adaptive array antenna.
- this figure shows an example of a conventional configuration when an adaptive array antenna is used when the base station performs reception.
- a base station in the case where the number of antenna elements is two and the number of users accommodated is two is shown.
- the portion related to reception of the base station includes antenna elements 500a and 500b, amplifiers 501a and 501b, mixers 502a and 502b, quadrature demodulators 503a and 503b, and reception base node units 510a and 510b.
- reception baseband units 510a and 510b are weight adjustment units 520a and 520b each having two weight adjusters, signal processing units 521a and 521b that perform signal processing of reception signals, and weight adjustment units 520a and 520b. This includes a weight estimation unit 523a, 523b that adaptively controls.
- a signal to which a mobile station (not shown) force is also transmitted is received by antenna elements 500a and 500b.
- the received signals are amplified by the amplifiers 501a and 501b, respectively, and down-converted to the IF frequency band by the mixers 502a and 502b.
- the down-converted IF signal is quadrature demodulated by quadrature demodulators 503a and 503b to output a baseband signal.
- the reception signals from each user are processed in the reception baseband units 510a and 510b, respectively.
- “user 1” is processed by the reception baseband unit 510a
- “user 2” is processed by the reception baseband unit 510b.
- the phase and amplitude of the received signals received by the antenna elements 500a and 500b vary depending on the location where each user exists.
- the weight adjustment unit 520a receives signals from each antenna element so that the communication quality with the user 1 is improved, that is, the received signal from the user 1 is strengthened or the interference signal with the user 1 is suppressed. Adjust the weight for the signal.
- the signal processing unit 521a performs reception processing from the weight-adjusted signal and performs adaptive control using the weight estimation unit 523a so that the weight adjustment amount of the weight adjustment unit 520a is optimized.
- adaptive control methods methods using RLS (Recursive Least Square) and LMS (Least Mean Square) ano-regorism are known.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transmission part of a conventional base station using an adaptive array antenna.
- this figure shows an example of a conventional configuration in which an adaptive array antenna is used when a base station performs transmission.
- An example of using an adaptive array antenna in base station transmission is explained using Fig. 2. In this case, it is assumed that the number of users is two, user 1 is processed by transmission baseband unit 530a, and user 2 is processed by transmission baseband unit 530b.
- the signal processing unit 541a outputs a transmission signal to the user 1, the weight adjustment unit 540a adjusts the weight so that the communication quality for the user 1 is improved, and an arbitrary antenna A baseband signal that realizes directivity is output.
- a baseband signal for realizing antenna directivity is output by signal processing unit 541b and weight adjustment unit 540b in transmission baseband unit 530b.
- the baseband signals output from the transmission baseband units 530a and 530b are combined for each antenna element, orthogonally modulated by the orthogonal modulators 507a and 507b, and further up-converted to the radio frequency band by the mixers 506a and 506b. Amplified by amplifiers 505a and 505b and transmitted from antenna elements 500a and 500b, respectively.
- the weights adjusted by the weight adjustment units 540a and 540b are determined by information from the signal processing units 541a and 541b, respectively, for the weight control units 543a and 543b that perform directivity control.
- a method of adaptive array control in transmission from a base station one of the methods is to use weight estimation values estimated from uplink signals from mobile stations in the TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) communication method. Is considered as.
- TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
- FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
- a method in which a relay device is installed in a place where it is difficult to transmit and receive radio waves to and from a base station, such as in a building or an underground mall, and the call area is expanded.
- Fig. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing the operation of a conventional relay device
- Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional relay device. Therefore, the operation of the relay apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG.
- the radio wave transmitted from base station 600 is received and amplified by relay apparatus 610 and retransmitted via relay apparatus 610 to cover area 615 where the radio wave from base station 600 is difficult to reach. Therefore, the mobile stations 620 & ⁇ 62 Oe existing in the cover area 615 can receive the transmission signal from the base station 600 by the radio wave retransmitted from the relay apparatus 610. Conversely, communication is performed from the mobile stations 620a to 620e to the base station 600. In this case, the mobile stations 620a to 620e transmit radio waves, and the relay apparatus 610 receives the radio waves and then retransmits them to the base station 600.
- the relay device 610 includes an antenna 650 for transmitting / receiving radio waves to / from a base station, an antenna 651 for transmitting / receiving radio waves to / from a mobile station, an amplifier 670 for amplifying a signal from the base station to the mobile station, It consists of an amplifier 671 that amplifies the signal from the mobile station to the base station, and duplexers 660 and 661 for sharing the antenna for transmission and reception.
- the same function can be achieved by replacing the duplexer with a switch.
- the configuration of the relay device 610 is relatively simple, so that the relay device 610 can be manufactured at a low cost without increasing the cost of installing additional base stations or installing small base stations. It is used as a means for expanding the call area. In particular, when it is expected that indoors and underground shopping streets are likely to be out of the communication area due to the high frequency of mobile communication, the relay device 610 is expected as one of the solutions. In general, the position of relay apparatus 610 is fixed, and antenna 650 is installed so that the communication state with base station 600 is improved.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-264489
- weight control is performed for each user (ie, mobile station), and the processing amount increases as the number of users accommodated increases. Therefore, as the number of users in a base station increases, the processing amount of that base station becomes enormous. That is, in the above example, the number of users has been described as two, but in fact, in order for more users to use the base station, the weight estimation units 523a and 523b in FIG. 1 and the weight control unit 543a in FIG. 543b is required by the number of users, and as a result, the processing amount of the reception baseband units 510a and 5101) and the transmission baseband units 530 & and 530b of the base station becomes enormous.
- the base station When the mobile station communicates with the base station via the relay device, a plurality of mobile stations Even if it is within the coverage area of the repeater, the base station will perform the work control for each mobile station. However, since the communication is actually performed via the relay device 610 as shown in FIG. 3, all the weight control of the base station 600 for the mobile stations 620a to 620e should be the same. Performing weight control on each of the mobile stations 620a to 620e is useless control and increases the processing amount of the base station 600.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication system capable of reducing unnecessary weight control by allowing a base station to recognize that a mobile station exists within a coverage area of a relay device. It is to provide a base station, a relay device, and a mobile station that constitute the mobile communication system.
- a mobile communication system of the present invention is a mobile communication system that includes at least a base station, a relay device, and a mobile station, and adaptively controls antenna directivity using an adaptive array antenna. Is provided with relay device identification signal superimposing means for giving its own relay device identification signal when receiving and retransmitting the signal transmitted from the base station, and the mobile station detects the relay device identification signal. A detecting unit and a relay unit information notifying unit that transmits information on the relay unit corresponding to the relay unit identification signal to the base station when the relay unit identification signal is detected.
- the relay device information detection means that detects the information of the relay device that has been transmitted, and the relay device information detection means, the detection results of the relay device information detection means are recorded for each relay device and the mobile stations that are within the relay range.
- the first directivity control that simplifies directivity control for mobile stations that are in the relay range of the same relay device based on the information stored in the mobile station storage means and the information stored in the mobile station storage means The structure provided with the optimization means.
- the base station further includes a relay device storage unit that stores a location of the relay device and an antenna directivity optimal for communication with the relay device,
- the directivity information applied to the communication with the mobile station is compared with the directivity stored in the relay device storage means to determine whether the mobile station communicates via the relay device.
- Mobile station status monitoring means and mobile station status monitoring means The directivity is controlled by the second directivity control simplification means that simplifies the directivity control performed on the mobile station determined to be in the connection range and the second directivity control simplification means. It adopts a configuration with a state transition confirmation means that allows the mobile station to reconfirm the directivity every arbitrary time.
- the relay device further includes a decoding unit that receives an uplink signal from a mobile station and converts the received signal into a baseband signal, and an uplink signal decoded by the decoding unit.
- a relay device identification signal multiplexing means for multiplexing the identification signal of the corresponding relay device, and a modulation means for modulating the output signal of the relay device identification signal multiplexing means and retransmitting it to the base station Take.
- the present invention can also provide a base station, a relay device, and a mobile station that are configured in the mobile communication system described in any of the above inventions.
- the relay device superimposes an identification signal that can identify the relay device on the downlink signal, and the mobile station detects the identification signal and relays it to the base station when transmitting the uplink signal. Add information about the device. Furthermore, the base station detects information related to the relay device included in the uplink signal, selects a mobile station existing within the coverage area of the same relay device, and performs transmission / reception weight control only for the desired mobile station among them. For row V and other mobile stations, the weight control value at the desired mobile station is used as it is. As a result, the base station can reduce processing related to weight control and weight estimation.
- the weight control value applied to the communication to each relay device is stored in advance.
- the weight control value for the mobile station correlates with the stored weight control value, it is assumed that the mobile station exists in the coverage area of the relay device, and the weight control and weight are set within the preset time. Do not perform estimation. As a result, the base station can reduce processing related to weight control and weight estimation.
- the identification signal for identifying the relay device is superimposed when the relay device amplifies the uplink signal. This allows the base station to perform weight control and way The processing related to the estimation can be reduced.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving part of a conventional base station using an adaptive array antenna.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a transmission part of a conventional base station using an adaptive array antenna.
- FIG. 4 Block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional relay device
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a relay device applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the relay device applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 Block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a receiving part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a transmission part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a receiving part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a transmission part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a relay device applied to the mobile communication system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the signal processing function of the relay device in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- the present invention is a mobile communication system that includes a base station, a relay device, and a mobile station, and performs adaptive control using an adaptive array antenna.
- the identification signal enables the relay device to identify itself as a downlink signal.
- the mobile station detects the identification signal and adds information about the relay device when transmitting the uplink signal.
- the base station detects information related to the relay device included in the uplink signal and stores the detection result.
- the base station confirms the contents of the mobile station database and selects a mobile station group existing within the coverage area of the same relay device.
- the base station performs weight estimation and weight control for transmission / reception only for the desired mobile station among the selected mobile stations, and for the other mobile stations at the desired mobile station.
- the weight control value is used as it is. In this way, the base station recognizes the mobile station existing in the coverage area of the relay device, and can omit the unnecessary weight estimation wait control, thereby greatly reducing the processing amount of the base station. .
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a relay apparatus applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the relay device includes an antenna 1 that transmits and receives signals to and from a base station (not shown), and an amplifier 3 that amplifies the signal (downstream signal) received by antenna 1 to the base station power mobile station.
- An identification signal generator 4 that outputs a relay station identification signal that can identify a relay device, a combiner 5 that combines the output signal of amplifier 3 and the output signal of identification signal generator 4, and
- the antenna 7 that transmits the output signal of the transmitter 5 to the mobile station and receives the transmission signal from the mobile station, the amplifier 8 that amplifies the transmission signal of the mobile station received by the antenna 7, and the amplification of the downlink signal
- the system includes a duplexer 2 and a duplexer 6 that are used to share an antenna between the system and the system that amplifies the signal (uplink signal) from the mobile station to the base station.
- the identification signal generator 4 and the combiner 5 are used to superimpose the relay device identification signal.
- a stage is constructed.
- FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C are spectrums of signals retransmitted from the relay apparatus shown in FIG. 5 to the mobile station.
- this figure shows the spectrum of the signal output from the antenna 7 of the repeater shown in FIG.
- the purpose of the relay device shown in Fig. 5 is to retransmit the signal by superimposing a signal that can identify the relay device itself on the downlink signal.
- the identification signal generator 4 generates an identification signal for this purpose, and the synthesizer 5 combines the downlink signal and the identification signal.
- FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C showing the spectrum of the output signal from the antenna 7 show the frequency relationship between the lower signal and the identification signal.
- Fig. 6A shows the use of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) for downlink signals to multiple users at a single frequency fc. This is a spectrum for communication.
- Signal 20 is the spectrum of the downstream signal, and identification signal 21 is superimposed on a frequency fd different from downstream signal 20 so that no interference occurs! /
- FIG. 6B shows the spectrum when the FDMA method is used for the downstream signal! Downlink communication is performed by generating a plurality of signals with different frequencies in a specific frequency band 22, and the identification signal 21 is superimposed on a frequency fd different from the frequency band 22, so that interference with the downlink signal does not occur! /.
- FIG. 6C is similar to FIG. 6A.
- the identification signal generator 4 shown in FIG. 5 also outputs the identification signal 23 that is also code-spread, and even if it is superimposed on the same frequency band as the downlink signal, it is despread when the mobile station receives it.
- the downlink signal and the identification signal can be separated.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the relay device applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. That is, FIG. 7 shows the detector 10 that detects the downlink signal received by the antenna 1 and the output of the identification signal generator 4 according to the detection result of the detector 10 for the relay device shown in FIG. This is a switch with ON / OFF control switch 11 added.
- the relay apparatus can superimpose the identification signal only at an arbitrary timing (time slot) corresponding to the lower signal, just by superimposing the identification signal at all times. In this way, the relay device multiplexes the identification signal with the downlink signal so that the mobile station can identify the relay device.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station applied to the mobile communication system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 mainly shows the configuration of the part related to reception by the mobile station.
- the mobile station shown in FIG. 8 includes an antenna 30, which communicates with a base station via a relay device, an amplifier 31, a mixer 32, a band limiting filter 33, a quadrature demodulator 34, a baseband processing unit (relay device).
- An information notification unit) 36 and an identification signal detector (identification signal detection unit) 35 are provided.
- the signal received by the mobile station is an identification signal in the downlink signal as shown in Figs. 6A, 6B, and 6C described above. It will be superimposed.
- the mobile station detects the identification signal superimposed by the relay apparatus when receiving the downlink signal. Therefore, the mobile station shown in FIG. 8 amplifies by the amplifier 31 after receiving the downstream signal from which the antenna 30 also transmits the relay apparatus power, further down-converts to the IF frequency band by the mixer 32, and then uses the band limiting filter 33. Unnecessary frequency components are removed, and a baseband signal is obtained by the orthogonal demodulator 34.
- the baseband signal obtained by the quadrature demodulator 34 includes voice and data, or a control channel exchanged between the base station and the mobile station, and the baseband processing unit 36 acquires the information by signal processing. put out.
- the baseband processing unit 36 extracts a part of the input signal of the band limiting filter 33 and inputs it to the identification signal detector 35. Then, the identification signal detector 35 detects the identification signal 21 shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B or the identification signal 23 shown in FIG. 6C, and decodes information about the relay device included in the identification signals 21 and 23 to determine which relay. Is device power signal received? To the baseband processing unit 36. As shown in FIG. 6A or FIG. 6B, when the identification signal 21 is superimposed on a frequency band different from the downlink signal, the mobile station band limiting filter 33 shown in FIG. 8 is designed to suppress the identification signal 21. It is desirable to keep it. As a result, it is possible to suppress identification signals that are essentially unnecessary in communication between a base station and a mobile station, and it is possible to prevent deterioration in communication quality.
- the identification signal when the identification signal is code-spread and superimposed in the same frequency band as that of the downlink signal, the signal is extracted from a part of the receiving circuit of the mobile station and the identification signal detection is performed.
- the baseband processing unit 36 itself can detect the identification signal by performing despreading in the method detected by the device 35. Naturally, outside the coverage area of the relay device, it can be recognized that the mobile station does not receive the identification signal and is directly communicating with the base station. Through the operation as described above, the mobile station can recognize which relay device signal is received!
- the mobile station when the mobile station detects an identification signal having the capability of the relay device, the mobile station operates so as to notify the base station to that effect. Specifically, information about the relay device is added to a part of the control channel of the uplink signal.
- the uplink signal transmitted from the mobile station to the base station reaches the base station via the relay device shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. That is, the mobile station receives an uplink signal from the antenna 7, amplifies it by the amplifier 8 via the duplexer 6, and further retransmits it from the antenna 1 to the base station via the duplexer 2.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a reception part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system of Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the base station shown in FIG. 9 down-converts the output signals of the amplifiers 41a and 41b and the amplifiers 41a and 41b to the IF frequency band by amplifying the uplink signals received by the antenna elements 40a and 40b and the antenna elements 40a and 40b.
- the configuration includes a simplification device (first directivity control simplification means) 61 for common control.
- reception baseband units 50a and 50b are output signals of weight adjusting units 55a and 55b for adjusting weights for signals input from antenna elements 40a and 40b, and weight adjusting units 55a and 55b, respectively.
- Weight estimation that estimates the weight control amount of the weight adjustment units 55a and 55b based on the reception information of the signal processing units 56a and 56b and the signal processing units 56a and 56b. It is configured to include the sections 57a and 57b.
- the signal processing units 56a and 56b and the weight estimation units 57a and 57b force are applied to each mobile station as in the conventional example, such as RLS and LMS.
- the antenna directivity is controlled using a control algorithm.
- the receiving baseband unit 50a, 50b force when the mobile station exists in the coverage area of the relay device, the receiving baseband unit 50a, 50b force does not use the adaptive control algorithm for each mobile station.
- the weight control value derived from one of the reception baseband units is also used in the other reception baseband units.
- the signal processing units 56a and 56b detect information on the relay device included in the uplink signal from the mobile station.
- the signal processing units 56a and 56b notify the mobile station database 60 of information indicating which mobile station is present in the coverage area of which relay device (hereinafter referred to as the information). Save the information.
- the simplification device 61 confirms the information stored in the mobile station database 60 and confirms whether or not there are a plurality of mobile stations in the cover area of the same relay device.
- the simplification device 61 When there are a plurality of mobile stations (hereinafter referred to as the mobile stations) that exist in the coverage area of the same relay device, the simplification device 61 performs a reception baseband section (hereinafter referred to as the mobile station) that performs reception processing for the mobile stations.
- the baseband part and by transmitting information to the weight estimation part of the reception baseband part, only one weight estimation part is operated, and the other weight estimation parts are weight estimations.
- the estimation result of the weight estimation unit that continues to operate without being used is used as it is.
- User 1 and User 2 are relay devices
- the operation of the base station will be described on the assumption that the reception baseband unit 50a and the reception baseband unit 50b of the user 1 and the reception baseband unit 50b exist in the cover area, respectively.
- the signal processing unit 56a detects that the user 1 is present in the coverage area of the relay device, detects the control channel force included in the uplink signal of the mobile station power, and notifies the mobile station database 60 of the detection information. To do.
- the signal processing unit 56b detects that the user 2 exists in the cover area of the relay device, and notifies the mobile station database 60 of the detection information.
- the simplification device 61 is also used for communication between the mobile station stored in the mobile station database 60 and the mobile station, and investigates the mobile station of the user 1 by using the relay device. And the mobile station of user 2 are in the same coverage area of the repeater, the reception baseband unit 50a performs the reception processing for user 1, and the reception baseband unit 50b performs the reception processing for user 2. Recognize that. Since communication for user 1 and user 2 is performed to the same relay device as seen from the base station, the weight control to be processed may be the same. Therefore, the simplification device 61 notifies the weight estimation unit 57b that performs weight estimation for the user 2 so that weight estimation for the user 2 is not performed.
- the simplification device 61 reads the weight estimation value for the user 1 from the weight estimation unit 57a and notifies the weight estimation unit 57b of the estimation value.
- the weight estimation unit 57b uses the estimated value of the weight estimation unit 57a as it is.
- the simplification device 61 continues to check the contents of the mobile station database, so that when the mobile station goes out of the cover area of the relay device or when communication ends, each reception baseband unit Instructs each weight estimation unit to resume weight estimation as usual.
- the signal processing unit 56b force detects the control channel power included in the uplink signal of the mobile station power of user 2 as well.
- the signal processing unit 56b notifies the mobile station database 60 that the user 2 has gone out of the coverage area of the relay device. Is simplification device 61 the contents of mobile station database 60? Therefore, it is determined that the user 1 and the user 2 are not able to cope with the same weight control, and the weight estimation unit 57b is instructed to resume the weight estimation for the user 2. In addition, when the mobile station of user 1 exits the coverage area of the relay device or terminates communication, the signal processing unit 56a notifies the fact from the control channel included in the uplink signal from user 1. Detect and notify mobile station database 60.
- the simplification device 61 determines that it is necessary to resume the weight control for the user 2 because the weight control for the user 2 is performed using the weight control value of the user 1. At this time, the simplification device 61 instructs the weight estimation unit 57b to resume the weight estimation process. If user 3 who is the third user exists in the cover area of the relay device, user 2 and user 3 !, the difference between them is estimated! /, And the other one is Use the same weight estimate.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a transmission part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Components that perform the same operation as in FIG. 9 are given the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
- the base station shown in FIG. 10 includes transmission baseband units 80a and 80b that perform baseband processing on a transmission signal, quadrature modulators 72a and 72b that perform quadrature modulation of the transmission signal, and output signals of the quadrature modulators 72a and 72b.
- the transmission baseband units 80a and 80b include signal processing units 86a and 86b that generate signals to be transmitted, and weight control units 87a and 87a that perform weight control for transmitting transmission signals with arbitrary directivity. 87b and weight adjustment units 85a and 85b for adjusting the weight of the baseband signal corresponding to each antenna element under the control of the weight control units 87a and 87b.
- the mobile station database 60 and the simplification device 61 are the same as those shown in FIG.
- each of the transmission baseband units 80a and 80b receives the mobile station's reception quality for each mobile station, as in the conventional mobile station described above. Weight control is performed so that the The mobile station is within the coverage area of the repeater If present, the received signal processing units 56a and 56b detect the information and store the information in the mobile station database 60 as shown in FIG. Also, the simplification device 61 in FIG. 10 identifies the mobile station existing in the coverage area of the same relay device and the transmission baseband unit performing transmission processing for the mobile station, as in the case of the reception described above. . The simplification device 61 uses any one weight control value for the other transmission baseband units for mobile stations existing within the coverage area of the same relay device, and V, Do not work.
- user 1 and user 2 exist in the coverage area of the relay device, user 1 is processed by transmission baseband unit 80a, and user 2 is processed by transmission baseband 80b. It is assumed that it is.
- the simplification device 61 knows which user's mobile station exists in the coverage area of which relay device. Since the transmission baseband unit 80a and the transmission baseband unit 80b are now communicating with mobile stations in the same relay device coverage area, the simplification device 61 reads the weight control value from the weight control unit 87a.
- the weight control unit 87b is instructed to stop the weight control, and the weight control value read from the weight control unit 87a is informed to perform the same weight control as that of the transmission baseband unit 80a. Also, when the user 2 goes out of the coverage area of the relay device, the simplification device 61 detects the same as in the case of the reception described above and resumes the weight control to the weight control unit 87b. Give instructions. Even when the user 1 ends the call, the weight control unit 87b is instructed to resume the weight control.
- the relay device superimposes the identification signal that can identify the relay device on the downlink signal, and the mobile station detects the identification signal.
- information on the relay device is attached to the base station.
- the base station detects information related to the relay device included in the uplink signal, selects a mobile station that exists within the coverage area of the same relay device, and controls transmission / reception weights only for any of the mobile stations. Then, use the weight control value at any mobile station as it is for other mobile stations.
- the mobile communication system using the adaptive array antenna according to the first embodiment of the present invention According to the system, it is not necessary to perform weight control for each mobile station in the coverage area of the same relay device, so that processing related to weight control and weight estimation at the base station can be reduced. . In the mobile communication system of the present invention, the effect of reducing the amount of processing increases as the number of mobile stations existing within the coverage area of the same relay device increases.
- the number of mobile stations that perform weight estimation may be estimated for any number of weights, which need not necessarily be limited to one in the coverage area of each relay device.
- the mobile station may check the time that is present in the coverage area of the relay device, and if an arbitrary time has not passed, the weight estimation may not be simplified. This improves the quality of communication control by preventing frequent switching of the processing mode without Z- Z, which simplifies weight estimation, for users (mobile stations) existing at the boundary of the coverage area. It can be done.
- weight control value for the relay device may be constant (for example, when communication is possible in the line of sight), do not perform weight estimation for all mobile stations that exist in the coverage area of the relay device.
- a known weight control value may be applied to the user (mobile station).
- the direction of the incoming wave is strong when viewed from the base station (for example, when the base station and the relay device can communicate with each other in a line of sight), they exist within the coverage area of the relay device.
- the number of mobile stations increases, it becomes an interference wave with strong communication with mobile stations other than the coverage area of the relay device or with other relay devices.
- the number of mobile stations existing in the coverage area of a relay device exceeds an arbitrary number, it is emphasized that a null is generated in the direction of the relay device during communication other than that relay device.
- the communication quality for mobile stations outside the coverage area of the relay device can be improved.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a receiving part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the same components as those of the base station described in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
- the base station shown in FIG. 11 communicates with the radio part that performs reception in the same way as in FIG. 9, the reception baseband processing units 50a and 50b, the position of the relay device located around the base station, and the relay device.
- the optimum weight control value to be stored is stored in the relay device database (relay device storage means) 92, and the weight control value performed for each mobile station broadcast from the reception baseband units 50a and 50b.
- Mobile station status monitor (mobile station status monitoring means) 90, timer 91 for reporting status monitoring timing to the mobile station status monitor 90, and the estimation of an arbitrary weight estimator is stopped.
- a simplification device (second directivity control simplification means) 95 that applies the estimated value of the weight estimation unit to an arbitrary weight estimation unit is provided.
- the simplification device (second directivity control simplification means) 95 in FIG. 11 can be used in common with the simplification device (first directivity control simplification means) 61 in FIG.
- the timer 91 and the weight estimation units 57a and 57b constitute state transition confirmation means.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration of a transmission part of a base station using an adaptive array antenna, which is applied to the mobile communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the mobile station status monitor 90 and simplification device 95 in FIG. 12 are the same as those shown in FIG. In FIG. 12, the relay device database 92 and the timer 91 are not shown, but they are assumed to function in the same manner as in FIG.
- the mobile communication system using an adaptive array antenna according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention is capable of reducing the base station weight estimation processing without requiring a special mechanism for the relay apparatus and the mobile station. This is different from the embodiment. For this reason, in the base station according to the present embodiment, it is determined from the uplink signal from the mobile station whether or not the mobile station exists in the coverage area of the relay apparatus.
- the second embodiment is limited to the case where the base station and the relay device can communicate with each other in line of sight.
- the base station receives the uplink signal by the antenna elements 40a and 40b.
- baseband signals are obtained by the quadrature demodulators 43a and 43b, and the received baseband units 50a and 50b estimate the received signal weights, control the weights, and transmit the audio transmitted from the mobile station. , Play data and control channels.
- the weight control value that the base station that is less susceptible to fading performs on the relay apparatus is constant.
- the position of the relay device that can communicate with the base station power prospect and the weight control value applied to the communication with the relay device are preliminarily stored in the relay device database 92 and stored. Yes.
- the mobile station status monitor 90 monitors the weight control values applied by the reception baseband units 50a and 50b, respectively, and compares the weight control values with the relay device weight control values recorded in the relay device database 92. Check the correlation.
- the weight control value performed by any one of the reception baseband units 50a and 50b does not change over an arbitrary time, and further, there is a correlation with the weight control value stored in the relay apparatus database 92. If there is, it can be assumed that the mobile station exists within the coverage area of the relay device. This is because if the mobile station exists in the coverage area of the relay device, it is the relay device that is directly communicating with the base station, so the weight control value estimated by the base station varies greatly. However, when the mobile station does not exist in the coverage area of the repeater, it does not necessarily exist in the position of the line-of-sight with the base station (in reality, the line-of-sight is less likely to be the line-of-sight). The weight estimate will continue to change. Also, since the weight control value for the prospective relay device is preliminarily stored, the weight mobile station that is communicating with the relay device by comparing the weight control value can be compared. It is possible to determine whether communication is being performed.
- the mobile station status monitor 90 notifies the simplification device 95 of the status information of the mobile station.
- the simplification device 95 When the simplification device 95 receives the information from the mobile station state monitor 90, the simplification device 95 processes the mobile station and receives the weight estimation unit 57 ⁇ of the received baseband unit 50 ⁇ ( ⁇ is an arbitrary system number). Is stopped and the weight control value is fixed. By doing so, the base station does not need to perform weight estimation, so the processing amount can be reduced.
- the mobile station may go out of the coverage area of the repeater, It is necessary to re-execute the weight estimation of the weight estimation unit 57n at every desired time.
- the time interval for re-execution follows the timing generated by timer 91.
- the simplification device 95 causes the weight estimation unit 57 ⁇ to perform weight estimation again according to the timing, and if the result correlates with the weight control value for the relay device stored in the relay device database 92, the weight estimation is performed again. Stops weight estimation for part 57 ⁇ .
- the weight estimation result is stored in the relay device database 92 and is different from the estimated weight value, it is determined that the mobile station has moved outside the coverage area of the relay device, and the weight estimation is performed. Keep doing it.
- the mobile station status monitor 90 and the simplification device 95 are the same components as those in the above-described reception processing, and grasp in which relay device the mobile station is located.
- the relay device database 92 stores the weight control value suitable for communication with the location of the relay device existing at the line-of-sight position, the weight control for performing weight control to the mobile station in transmission is also possible.
- the transmission directivity is optimized by applying the corresponding weight control value to part 87 ⁇ ( ⁇ is an arbitrary system number).
- ⁇ is an arbitrary system number.
- the mobile station when the relay device is in a line-of-sight position from the base station, the mobile station performs In order not to perform weight estimation and weight control for an arbitrary period of time, processing related to weight estimation and weight control of the base station baseband unit can be reduced.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a relay device applied to the mobile communication system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the relay device includes an antenna 100 for communicating with a base station, an amplifier 102 for amplifying a downlink signal, an antenna 104 for communicating with a mobile station existing in the coverage area of the relay device, Amplifier 110 that amplifies the upstream signal, mixer 111 that down-converts the output signal of amplifier 110 to the IF frequency band, and quadrature demodulator (decoding means) 112 that performs quadrature demodulation of the output signal of mixer 111 and outputs a baseband signal
- the signal processing unit (relay device identification signal multiplexing means) 115 that performs signal processing on the output baseband signal of the quadrature demodulator 112, analyzes the uplink signal of the mobile station power and superimposes the identification signal of the relay device, and the relay device
- a quadrature modulator (modulation means) 120 that performs quadrature modulation on the baseband signal on which the identification signal is superimposed, a mixer 121 that upconverts the output signal of the quadrature modulator 120 to the RF frequency
- the mobile communication system using the adaptive array antenna in Embodiment 3 is different from Embodiment 1 in that a special mechanism is not required for the mobile station.
- the uplink signal of the mobile station power is once returned to the baseband signal in the relay apparatus, and the relay station identification signal is superimposed on the control channel. Since the operation of the base station is the same as that of Embodiment 1, the description thereof is omitted.
- the relay apparatus of the third embodiment has the same processing for the downlink signal as the conventional relay apparatus described above.
- the signal from the base station is received by the antenna 100, amplified by the amplifier 102, and then transmitted from the antenna 104. Re-transmit to the mobile station.
- the relay device of the third embodiment operates to superimpose the relay device identification signal when handling an uplink signal.
- the antenna 104 receives an uplink signal having a plurality of mobile station powers.
- the received signal is amplified by the amplifier 110, down-converted to the IF frequency band by the mixer 111, and then returned to the baseband signal by the quadrature demodulator 112.
- the signal processor 115 The obtained baseband signal is analyzed, and an identification signal for identifying the relay device is superimposed on the control channel of each mobile station.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the signal processing operation of the relay apparatus in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- the signal processing unit 115 shown in FIG. 14 receives the baseband signal of the uplink signal and separates the signal for each mobile station, and the signal reproduction unit 131a to reproduce the baseband signal of each mobile station. 13 In and an identification signal generator 1 35 that generates an identification signal that can identify the relay device, and a combiner 132a that superimposes the identification signal on the baseband signal of each mobile station reproduced by the signal regeneration unit 13 la to 13 In ⁇ 132 ⁇ and a signal multiplexer 138 that synthesizes the output signals of the combiners 132a to 132 ⁇ .
- the output baseband signal of quadrature demodulator 112 is a combination of signals from a plurality of mobile stations
- the signal is distributed by signal distributor 130 and each signal is regenerated by signal regenerators 13 la to 13 In. Reproduce the signal from the mobile station individually.
- Each of the synthesizers 132a to 132n adds the identification signal of the relay device to the control channel of the mobile station power signal.
- the signal multiplexer 138 combines the signals and outputs them to the quadrature modulator 120.
- the quadrature modulator 120 performs quadrature modulation on the output signal of the signal processing unit 115, up-converts the signal to the RF frequency band by the mixer 121, amplifies the signal by the amplifier 122, and transmits the uplink signal to the base station by the antenna 100. .
- the uplink signal transmitted to the relay station power base station includes a signal that can identify the relay apparatus for each mobile station. That is, the same uplink signal as that described in Embodiment 1 of the present invention is received by the base station. Further, since the function of the base station in the third embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained as a mobile communication system using an adaptive array antenna.
- Embodiment 3 when a relay device amplifies an uplink signal, an identification signal for identifying the relay device is superimposed so that the mobile station does not have a special function.
- the equivalent effect of Form 1 can be obtained.
- the base station recognizes a mobile station existing in the coverage area of the relay apparatus, and omits unnecessary weight estimation and weight control, thereby significantly increasing the throughput of the base station. Therefore, a mobile communication system with a high communication quality level can be constructed and applied to the field of communication infrastructure.
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