WO2010061628A1 - 無線通信基地局装置及び総送信電力制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a radio communication base station apparatus and a total transmission power control method for reducing interference with adjacent cells.
- HNBs ultra-compact wireless base station devices
- WCDMA Wideband Division Multiple Access
- an existing macro cell user MUE: Macro User Equipment
- HUE Home User User Equipment from an existing macro base station
- HSDPA High Speed Data Data Packet Access
- a user of a femto base station installed near the macro base station receives a large amount of interference from the macro base station.
- a macro cell user located near a femto base station installed near the cell edge of the macro base station receives large interference from the femto base station.
- Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a downlink interference control method in a femto base station installed in a cellular system.
- this interference control method will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a radio system in which a femto base station is installed in a coverage area of a macro base station.
- common femto base stations 20-1 and 20-2 receive a common pilot signal (CPICH: Common (Pilot Channel) transmitted from the macro base station 10.
- CPICH Common (Pilot Channel)
- the radio wave propagation loss (path loss + shadowing) between the macro base station 10 and the femto base station 20-1 and the radio wave propagation loss between the macro base station 10 and the femto base station 20-2 are reduced. calculate. Then, according to the downlink total transmission power determination function of the femto base station 20-1 or the femto base station 20-2 shown in FIG.
- the propagation loss between the macro base station 10 and the femto base station 20-1, the macro base station 10 and The total downlink transmission power of each femto base station is determined from the propagation loss between the femto base stations 20-2.
- the femto base station performs control to increase the transmission power of the femto base station as it is closer to the macro base station and to decrease the downlink transmission power of the femto base station as it is farther from the macro base station.
- step ST31 a neighboring cell search is started.
- the neighboring cell search it is determined that a neighboring cell exists at a timing when the correlation value exceeds a predetermined threshold as a result of the correlation calculation of the synchronization channel.
- step ST32 the CPICH received power of the detected cell is measured, and in step ST33, the scrambling code of the detected cell is identified and the broadcast information (BCH) is decoded.
- BCH broadcast information
- step ST34 the transmission power value of the detected cell is acquired from the decoded broadcast information. If the acquired transmission power value is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the detected cell is a macro cell, and the process proceeds to step ST35. If the acquired transmission power value is less than the predetermined threshold, it is determined that the detected cell is a femto cell, and the process proceeds to step ST36.
- step ST35 when the received power value exceeds the held maximum value in the detected macro cell, the maximum value is updated, and the macro base station with the strongest received power and the received power value are held.
- step ST36 it is determined whether or not the processing in steps ST32 to ST35 has been completed for all timings at which the result of the correlation calculation of the synchronization channel exceeds a predetermined threshold value. If all are not completed, the neighboring cell search is repeatedly executed.
- a set value of the total downlink transmission power is calculated based on the measured strongest CPICH reception power value of the neighboring macro cell. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, within the range of the upper limit value (P max1 ) and lower limit value (P min1 ) of the power value that can be transmitted by the femto base station, the total downlink transmission increases as the CPICH received power increases The power value is set higher, and the downlink total transmission power value is set lower as the CPICH received power is lower.
- the SIR Signal-to-Interference ratio
- Non-Patent Document 1 it is possible to withstand interference from a macro base station or reduce the amount of interference to a macro cell user according to the installation of a femto base station in the macro cell. .
- the interference between the femto cell and the adjacent femto cell may be larger than the interference between the macro cell and the femto cell.
- Non-Patent Document 1 interference between femtocells and adjacent femtocells cannot be reduced, and the femtocell user of the local station or the femtocell user of the adjacent femto base station (adjacent femtocell user) ) Throughput is degraded.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and reduces the interference given to the macro cell user near the femto cell and the interference given to the adjacent femto cell user near the femto cell in a balanced manner while ensuring the throughput of the femto cell user.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication base station apparatus and a total transmission power control method.
- the radio communication base station apparatus of the present invention includes a measuring means for measuring the reception strength of a downlink common pilot signal, and a signal transmitted from a macro base station or a signal transmitted from a peripheral femto base station. And determining means for determining whether or not the downlink common pilot signal is a signal transmitted from the macro base station, depending on a reception strength of the downlink common pilot signal transmitted from the macro base station.
- First power control for controlling the total transmission power, and when the measured downlink common pilot signal is determined to be a signal transmitted from the femto base station, a result of the first power control and transmission from the femto base station
- Power control means for performing second power control for controlling total downlink transmission power based on the received strength of the downlink common pilot signal A configuration having a.
- the total transmission power control method includes a measurement step of measuring the reception strength of a downlink common pilot signal, and a signal transmitted from a macro base station or a signal transmitted from a peripheral femto base station.
- the present invention it is possible to reduce the interference given to the macro cell user near the femto cell and the interference given to the adjacent femto cell user near the femto cell in a balanced manner while ensuring the throughput of the femto cell user.
- the figure which shows the structure of the radio system where the femto base station is installed in the coverage area of the macro base station The figure which shows the downlink total transmission power determination function of a femto base station Flow chart showing operation procedure of interference control disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1.
- the block diagram which shows the femto base station structure shown in FIG. The figure which uses for description of the transmission power setting method in the downlink total transmission power setting part shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of a cell configuration in the cellular system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 shows a case where the femto base station 110 and the femto base station 120 are installed in the vicinity of the femto base station 110 in the macro cell 101 formed by the macro base station 100.
- the femto base station 110 forms a femto cell 111, and a femto cell user 112 that can be connected to the femto base station 110 communicates with the femto base station 110 in the femto cell 111.
- the femto base station 120 forms a femto cell 121, and a femto cell user 122 that can be connected to the femto base station 120 communicates with the femto base station 120 in the femto cell 121.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the femto base station 110 shown in FIG.
- the femto base station 110 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes an antenna 210, a reception unit 211, an interference control unit 215, and a transmission unit 218.
- the reception unit 211 includes a demodulation unit 212, a decoding unit 213, and a received power measurement unit 214.
- the interference control unit 215 includes a cell type determination unit 216 and a downlink total transmission power setting unit 217.
- Demodulation section 212 performs predetermined demodulation on the signal received via antenna 210 and outputs the demodulated signal to decoding section 213 and received power measurement section 214.
- the decoding unit 213 performs predetermined decoding such as despreading and error correction decoding on the signal output from the demodulation unit 212.
- the decoding unit 213 decodes broadcast information (BCH: Broadcast Channel) from a macro base station or a neighboring femto base station, and decodes the decoded data into a cell in the interference control unit 215.
- BCH Broadcast Channel
- Received power measurement section 214 measures the received power of CPICH using the signal output from demodulation section 212 and outputs the measured value to downlink total transmission power setting section 217 in interference control section 215.
- the cell type determination unit 216 refers to the transmission power value included in the broadcast information output from the decoding unit 213, and receives a signal from the macro base station when the transmission power value exceeds a predetermined threshold value. It is determined that On the other hand, when the transmission power value is less than a predetermined threshold, it is determined that a signal from the adjacent femto base station is received. Cell type determination section 216 outputs the cell type determination result to downlink total transmission power setting section 217.
- the downlink total transmission power setting unit 217 indicates the strongest CPICH reception power among the CPICH reception power values output from the reception power measurement unit 214. Based on the value, the first stage of interference control shown in FIG. 6A is executed, and the provisional value (P tmp ) of the total downlink transmission power of the femto base station 110 is calculated. Also, the downlink total transmission power setting section 217 sets a fixed power control width for the second stage of interference control.
- the downlink total transmission power setting section 217 has the strongest CPICH reception power value output from the reception power measurement section 214 when the cell type determination result output from the cell type determination section 216 indicates a neighboring femto base station.
- the second stage of interference control shown in FIG. 6B is executed within a predetermined power control width (P min2 to P max2 ), and the final femto base station downlink total transmitted power value ( P HNB ) is calculated.
- P min2 to P max2 the final femto base station downlink total transmitted power value
- P HNB final femto base station downlink total transmitted power value
- the power setting range may be determined based on the installation position of the femto base station in the macro cell. That is, the power setting width for the second stage is calculated based on the CPICH received power of the macro cell. Further, based on the CPICH received power of the macro cell, the total downlink transmission power may be calculated by reversing the order of the first stage and the second stage.
- the macro cell cannot be detected when the first stage of interference control is performed, but in this case, within the power control range (P min1 to P max1) used in the first stage of interference control. ) To implement the second stage of interference control. Further, when the surrounding femto base station cannot be detected, the interference control is not performed, and the femto base station transmits at the maximum total transmission power (P max2 ).
- a neighboring cell search is started in step ST301, and the CPICH received power of the detected cell is measured in step ST302.
- step ST303 scrambling code identification of the detected cell is performed, and broadcast information (BCH) is decoded.
- step ST304 the transmission power value of the detected cell is acquired from the decoded broadcast information. If the acquired transmission power value is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the detected cell is a macro cell, and the process proceeds to step ST305. Moreover, when the acquired transmission power value is less than a predetermined threshold value, it determines with the detected cell being a femto cell, and transfers to step ST306.
- step ST305 when the received power value exceeds the retained maximum value in the detected macro cell, the maximum value is updated, and the macro base station with the strongest received power and the received power value are retained.
- step ST306 if the received power value exceeds the held maximum value in the detected neighboring femtocells, the maximum value is updated, and the femto base station with the strongest received power and the received power value are held.
- step ST307 it is determined whether or not the processing in steps ST302 to ST306 has been completed for all timings at which the result of the correlation calculation of the synchronization channel exceeds a predetermined threshold value. If all the processes have been completed, the neighboring cell search is terminated. If all are not completed, the neighboring cell search is repeatedly executed. The neighboring cell search may be performed in order from the timing when the correlation calculation value of the synchronization channel is high, and the neighboring cell search may be terminated when at least one macro cell and femto cell are detected.
- Step ST308 a provisional value of the total downlink transmission power is calculated based on the measured maximum reception power value of the CPICH of the neighboring macro cell. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, within the range of the upper limit value (P max1 ) and lower limit value (P min1 ) of the power value that can be transmitted by the femto base station, the larger the CPICH received power value, The transmission power provisional value is set higher, and the downlink total transmission power provisional value is set lower as the CPICH reception power value is smaller.
- step ST309 it is determined whether or not a neighboring femto cell has been detected during the neighboring cell search process in steps ST301 to ST307. If the neighboring femtocell has been detected, the process proceeds to step ST310. If the neighboring femtocell has not been detected, the downlink total transmission power provisional value calculated in step ST308 is set as the downlink total transmission power value of the femto base station. Then, the interference control procedure is terminated.
- a power control width for the second stage of interference control is set. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a fixed power control width is set around the downlink total transmission power provisional value calculated in step ST308, and an upper limit value (P max2 ) and a lower limit value ( P min2 ) may be set.
- the power control width may be determined according to the installation position of the femto base station in the macro cell. That is, the power control width for the second stage is calculated based on the CPICH received power value of the macro cell held in step ST305. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the CPICH received power value of the macro cell is small (less than the threshold TH min1 ), it is determined that the femto cell is installed near the cell edge of the macro base station, Set a large power control range. Further, the power control width for the second stage is set smaller as the CPICH received power value of the macro cell increases.
- the power control width for the second stage is set to 0 dB, that is, It may be set not to perform the second stage.
- step ST311 interference control between femto base stations, which is the second stage of interference control, is performed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the total downlink transmission power value is calculated based on the measured maximum received power value of the CPICH of the neighboring femtocell within the power control width set in the first stage. . The larger the CPICH reception power value, the higher the total downlink transmission power value, and the lower the CPICH reception power value, the lower the total downlink transmission power value.
- the second-stage interference control may not be performed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the CPICH received power value of the adjacent femtocell exceeds a predetermined threshold value. If the threshold value is exceeded, the second step is performed, and if the threshold value is not exceeded, the second step is omitted. .
- the second stage power thresholds (TH max2 and TH min2 ) shown in FIG. 6 may be set according to the femto base station installation position in the macro cell. That is, the power threshold for the second stage is set according to the CPICH received power value of the neighboring macro cell held in step ST305.
- the downlink total transmission power value calculated in step ST311 is set to the downlink transmission power value of the femto base station.
- the interference control between the macro cell and the femto cell is the first stage
- the interference control between the femto cell and the peripheral femto cell is the second stage
- the first stage interference control is optimized.
- the femto base station In the transmission power control by the femto base station, since the femto base station performs the measurement of the macro base station on behalf of each femto cell user, the femto base station downlink total transmission power is determined. Is not necessarily set to the optimum transmission power. For example, the femto base station may set the downlink transmission power excessively despite the environment where the maximum transmission rate is applied to the femtocell user. In such a case, there is a problem that extra interference is given to a macro cell user near the femto base station.
- Embodiment 2 of the present invention a case will be described in which the total downlink transmission power of the femtocell is corrected based on the reception quality measured by the femtocell user in addition to the interference control method described in Embodiment 1. .
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of femto base station 410 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 differs from FIG. 5 in that demodulator 212 is changed to demodulator 412, decoder 213 is changed to decoder 413, and downlink total transmission power setting unit 217 is changed to downlink total transmission power setting unit 417.
- demodulator 212 is changed to demodulator 412
- decoder 213 is changed to decoder 413
- downlink total transmission power setting unit 217 is changed to downlink total transmission power setting unit 417.
- the SIR calculation unit 416 is added.
- the receiving unit 211 is changed to the receiving unit 411
- the interference control unit 215 is changed to the interference control unit 415.
- the demodulation unit 412 performs predetermined demodulation on the signal received via the antenna 210 in the peripheral cell measurement mode, and outputs the demodulated signal to the decoding unit 413 and the received power measurement unit 214.
- Demodulation section 412 also performs predetermined demodulation on the signal received via antenna 210 in the report standby mode from the femtocell user, and outputs the demodulated signal to decoding section 413.
- the decoding unit 413 performs predetermined decoding such as despreading and error correction decoding on the signal output from the demodulation unit 412.
- decoding section 413 decodes broadcast information from the macro base station or the neighboring femto base station, and outputs decoded data to cell type determining section 216 in interference control section 415.
- the decoding unit 413 also decodes RSCP (Received Signal Signal Strength) and RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) information reported from the femto cell user in the report standby mode from the femto cell user, and receives the decoded data as an interference control unit.
- the data is output to the SIR calculation unit 416 in 415.
- the SIR calculation unit 416 calculates the SIR for each user based on the RSCP and RSSI information for each femtocell user output from the decoding unit 413, and outputs the SIR calculation result to the downlink total transmission power setting unit 417.
- the downlink total transmission power setting section 417 performs two-step interference control based on the cell type determination result and the measured received power value, as in the first embodiment. Further, based on the SIR for each user output from the SIR calculation unit 416, the minimum SIR value among the SIRs of a plurality of users is determined. If the determined minimum SIR value exceeds the SIR necessary for the maximum data rate of the CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) table that determines the data rate, the excess SIR value is calculated and the lower limit value of the femto base station transmission power is calculated. The total downlink transmission power is reduced within the range not exceeding. If the determined minimum SIR value does not exceed the SIR necessary for the maximum data rate of the CQI table, the downlink total transmission power value is set based on the cell type determination result and the measured reception power value.
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- the total transmission power of the femto base station may be reduced based on the CQI value reported from each user instead of the SIR for each user. Specifically, the downlink total transmission power value is decremented when the CQI reported from each user is the maximum value of the CQI table continuously for a predetermined number of times or more.
- step ST503 it is determined whether or not it is the minimum SIR value in the repetition loop of steps ST501 to ST504, and if it is the minimum SIR value, the held minimum SIR value is updated.
- step ST504 it is determined whether or not the processing for all users has been completed. If completed, the process proceeds to step ST505, and if not completed, the processes in steps ST501 to ST504 are repeated.
- Step ST505 the required SIR of the high-speed physical data shared channel (HS-PDSCH) required for each CQI value is converted into the SIR of CPICH, and the SIR value (SIR of CPICH required for the maximum CQI). max_CQI ) and the minimum SIR value (SIR min ) held in step ST503 are compared.
- the minimum SIR value is larger than the SPIC value of CPICH required for the maximum CQI, the process proceeds to step ST506, and when it is smaller, the process ends.
- the minimum SIR value held in step ST503 may be converted into the SIR of HS-PDSCH and compared with the required SIR value of HS-PDSCH required for the maximum CQI.
- the conversion of the SICH of the CPICH to the SIR of the HS-PDSCH or the conversion of the SIR value of the HS-PDSCH to the SIR of the CPICH can be calculated based on the spreading ratio of the CPICH and the HS-PDSCH and the allocated power ratio.
- the total downlink transmission power of the femto base station corrected and set based on the present embodiment is the same as the interference control method described in the first embodiment. Based on the setting based on the cell type determination result and the measured received power value, the calculated value based on the two-step interference control is set.
- Embodiment 2 by reducing the excessive transmission power of the own femto base station, the total downlink transmission power of the femto base station itself can be reduced within a range that does not deteriorate the throughput of the own femto cell user. Therefore, it is possible to secure the throughput of the own femtocell user while reducing the interference to the macro cell user and the neighboring femtocell user located in the vicinity of the femto base station.
- each functional block used in the description of each of the above embodiments is typically realized as an LSI which is an integrated circuit. These may be individually made into one chip, or may be made into one chip so as to include a part or all of them.
- the name used here is LSI, but it may also be called IC, system LSI, super LSI, or ultra LSI depending on the degree of integration.
- the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor.
- An FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connection and setting of circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.
- the radio communication base station apparatus and the total transmission power control method according to the present invention are useful as a femto base station apparatus to be introduced into a cellular system.
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図4は、本発明の実施の形態1に係るセルラーシステムにおけるセル構成の例を示す。図4は、マクロ基地局100によって形成されるマクロセル101内にフェムト基地局110とフェムト基地局110の近傍にフェムト基地局120が設置されている場合を示す。
フェムト基地局による送信電力制御は、各フェムトセルユーザの代理としてマクロ基地局の測定をフェムト基地局に行ってもらった上でフェムト基地局下り総送信電力を決定しているので、各フェムトセルユーザにとって最適な送信電力に設定されているとは限らない。例えば、フェムトセルユーザにとって最大伝送レートが適用される環境にもかかわらず、フェムト基地局が過剰に下り送信電力を設定することもある。このような場合は、フェムト基地局近傍のマクロセルユーザに余分な干渉を与えてしまうという問題がある。
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- 下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度を測定する測定手段と、
受信した前記下り共通パイロット信号がマクロ基地局から送信された信号か周辺フェムト基地局から送信された信号かを判定する判定手段と、
前記下り共通パイロット信号が前記マクロ基地局から送信された信号と判定された場合、前記マクロ基地局から送信された前記下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度に応じて、下り総送信電力を制御する第1電力制御と、測定された前記下り共通パイロット信号が前記フェムト基地局から送信された信号と判定された場合、前記第1電力制御の結果及び前記フェムト基地局から送信された前記下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度に基づいて、下り総送信電力を制御する第2電力制御とを行う電力制御手段と、
を具備する無線通信基地局装置。 - 前記電力制御手段は、前記第1電力制御により下り総送信電力の暫定値を算出し、算出した前記暫定値を基準とする制御幅内で前記第2電力制御を行う請求項1に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、前記マクロ基地局から送信された前記下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度に応じて、前記制御幅を設定する請求項2に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、前記マクロ基地局から送信された前記下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度に基づいて、前記第2電力制御の制御関数を決定する請求項2に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、前記マクロ基地局から送信された前記下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度に基づいて、前記第2電力制御の実施の有無を決定する請求項2に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 配下のユーザから報告された受信品質情報を復号する復号手段を具備し、
前記電力制御手段は、前記受信品質情報に基づいて、前記ユーザにおける過剰な受信品質を求め、求めた過剰な受信品質に相当する分の下り総送信電力を低減する請求項1に記載の無線通信基地局装置。 - 前記電力制御手段は、前記受信品質情報に基づいて、前記ユーザのSIR値を算出し、前記ユーザのデータレートが最大となる所要SIR値と算出した前記SIR値とから、前記ユーザにおける過剰なSIR値を算出し、算出した過剰なSIR値に相当する分の下り総送信電力を低減する請求項6に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、過剰なSIR値に相当する分の下り総送信電力を低減した結果、設定可能な下り総送信電力の下限値より小さくなる場合、下り総送信電力を設定可能な下限値に設定する請求項7に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、前記ユーザが複数存在する場合、ユーザ毎のSIR値のうち最小のSIR値に基づいて、下り総送信電力を低減する請求項6に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、前記ユーザのCQI値がCQIテーブル内の最大CQI値を所定回数以上連続する場合、下り総送信電力を所定の値低減する請求項6に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、前記ユーザが複数存在する場合、ユーザ毎のCQI値のうち最小のCQI値に基づいて、下り総送信電力を所定の値低減する請求項10に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 前記電力制御手段は、前記ユーザが全て圏外になった場合、前記下り総送信電力制御手段で算出した下り総送信電力に再設定する請求項6に記載の無線通信基地局装置。
- 下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度を測定する測定工程と、
受信した前記下り共通パイロット信号がマクロ基地局から送信された信号か周辺フェムト基地局から送信された信号かを判定する判定工程と、
前記下り共通パイロット信号が前記マクロ基地局から送信された信号と判定された場合、前記マクロ基地局から送信された前記下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度に応じて、下り総送信電力を制御する第1電力制御と、測定された前記下り共通パイロット信号が前記フェムト基地局から送信された信号と判定された場合、前記第1電力制御の結果及び前記フェムト基地局から送信された前記下り共通パイロット信号の受信強度に基づいて、下り総送信電力を制御する第2電力制御とを行う電力制御工程と、
を具備する総送信電力制御方法。
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