WO2011052664A1 - 大セル基地局及び通信制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention provides a large cell base station in which a large cell is formed, a small cell base station that forms a small cell smaller than the large cell is installed in the large cell, and a wireless terminal is connected, and The present invention relates to a communication control method in a large cell base station.
- LTE standardized by 3GPP, a standardization organization for wireless communication systems, as a next-generation wireless communication system that realizes higher-speed and larger-capacity communication than the currently used third-generation and 3.5-generation wireless communication systems There is.
- the technical specification of LTE has been determined as 3GPP Release 8.
- Release 9 which is an improved version of Release 8
- LTE Advanced which is an advanced version of LTE
- a small cell base that is a small base station that can be installed indoors by forming a cell (referred to as a small cell) that is a communication area having a radius of about [m] to about a dozen [m].
- Standardization of detailed functions and requirements of the station (Home eNodeB) is in progress.
- a small cell base station distributes traffic of a large cell base station (Macro eNodeB) that forms a large cell (large cell), which is a communication area with a radius of several hundred meters, and covers a dead zone in the large cell. It is installed for the purpose.
- radio communication in the small cell base station may cause interference in radio communication in the radio terminal connected to the large cell base station.
- an interface between a large cell base station and a small cell base station is set, and the large cell base station transmits a predetermined message to the small cell base station.
- a method for limiting the resource blocks allocated by the small cell base station has been proposed.
- the large cell base station employs a so-called PF (Propotional Fair) method
- PF Propotional Fair
- the wireless terminal connected to the large cell base station receives a large interference from the small cell base station
- the wireless terminal There is a problem that a state in which no resource block is allocated continues because of low throughput.
- the small cell base station restricts the use of resource blocks to the small cell base station, in the situation where the throughput in the wireless terminal is low compared to another wireless terminal, the small cell base station A resource block is allocated to another radio terminal after restricting the use of the resource block to the station, and the use efficiency of the resource block is reduced in the small cell base station.
- the present invention provides a large cell base station capable of appropriately reducing interference that a small cell base station gives to a wireless terminal connected to the large cell base station, while suppressing a decrease in use efficiency of the radio resources, and
- An object is to provide a communication control method.
- a first feature of the present invention is that a small cell base station (small cell base station 300a, which forms a large cell (MC1) and forms small cells (FC1, FC2) smaller than the large cell in the large cell). 300b) and a large cell base station (large cell base station 100) to which a wireless terminal (wireless terminal 200) is connected, and the wireless terminal is assumed to have no interference from the small cell base station.
- small cell base station 300a which forms a large cell (MC1) and forms small cells (FC1, FC2) smaller than the large cell in the large cell.
- 300b and a large cell base station (large cell base station 100) to which a wireless terminal (wireless terminal 200) is connected, and the wireless terminal is assumed to have no interference from the small cell base station.
- the evaluation value prediction unit (evaluation value prediction unit 122) that predicts an evaluation value for determining whether or not radio resources are allocated to the wireless terminal, and the evaluation value predicted by the evaluation value prediction unit are:
- band use restriction information indicating use restriction of a frequency band corresponding to the radio resource is transmitted to the small cell base station. And summarized in that comprises frequency usage restriction information transmission unit (bandwidth usage restriction information transmitting unit 125).
- the second feature of the present invention is summarized in that the radio resource corresponding to the frequency band in which the use restriction corresponding to the band use restriction information is assigned is assigned to the radio terminal.
- a third feature of the present invention is that the evaluation value predicting unit determines a value indicating communication quality before the wireless terminal receives interference from the small cell base station, or communication quality within a first predetermined period.
- the gist is to calculate the evaluation value by dividing a fixed value that is an average value of the indicated values by a variation value that is an average value of the communication quality values within the second predetermined period.
- a fourth feature of the present invention is a small cell base station that supports LTE, forms a large cell (MC1), and forms small cells (FC1, FC2) smaller than the large cell in the large cell.
- MC1 large cell
- FC1, FC2 small cells
- Large cell base station 300a, 300b and a large cell base station (large cell base station 100) to which a wireless terminal (wireless terminal 200) is connected, the wireless resources allocated to the wireless terminal
- the band use restriction information transmitting unit (band use restriction information transmitting unit 125) for transmitting the band use restriction information indicating the use restriction of the frequency band corresponding to is transmitted to the small cell base station.
- the fifth feature of the present invention is that band use restriction release information for transmitting band use restriction release information indicating release of use restriction of a frequency band corresponding to a radio resource allocated to the wireless terminal to the small cell base station.
- the gist is to include a transmission unit (band use restriction release information transmission unit 127).
- a sixth feature of the present invention is that a large cell base in which a large cell is formed, a small cell base station that forms a small cell smaller than the large cell is installed in the large cell, and a radio terminal is connected
- a seventh feature of the present invention is that it corresponds to LTE, forms a large cell, a small cell base station that forms a small cell smaller than the large cell is installed in the large cell, and a radio terminal Is a communication control method in a large cell base station to which the large cell base station is connected, wherein the large cell base station indicates band use restriction information indicating use restriction of a frequency band corresponding to a radio resource allocated to the wireless terminal.
- the gist is to include a step of transmitting to the cell base station.
- the eighth feature of the present invention comprises the step of transmitting to the small cell base station band use restriction release information indicating release of use restriction of a frequency band corresponding to a radio resource assigned to the wireless terminal.
- the present invention it is possible to appropriately reduce interference that a small cell base station gives to a radio terminal connected to the large cell base station while suppressing a decrease in the use efficiency of radio resources.
- FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the large cell base station according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a time chart of the operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a first operation of the large cell base station according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a second operation of the large cell base station according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the wireless communication system 1 has, for example, a configuration based on LTE Release 9 which is a 3.9th generation (3.9G) mobile phone system and LTE-Advanced which is positioned as a 4th generation (4G) mobile phone system.
- LTE Release 9 which is a 3.9th generation (3.9G) mobile phone system
- LTE-Advanced which is positioned as a 4th generation (4G) mobile phone system.
- a radio communication system 1 includes a large cell base station (for example, a macro cell base station) 100 that forms a large cell (for example, a macro cell) MC1 that is a radio wave reachable range, and a small cell that is a radio wave reachable range.
- a large cell base station for example, a macro cell base station
- MC1 large cell
- a small cell that is a radio wave reachable range
- FC1 and FC2 for example, femtocell base stations 300a and 300b forming FC1 and FC2, respectively.
- the radius of the large cell MC1 is, for example, about several hundreds [m]
- the radius of each of the small cells FC1 and FC2 is, for example, about several [m] to several tens [m].
- a radio terminal 200 is connected to the large cell base station 100.
- small cell FC when the small cells FC1 and FC2 are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as “small cell FC”, and when the small cell base stations 300a and 300b are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as “small cell base station 300”.
- the large cell base station 100 is installed in a place based on a station placement design in which a communication carrier considers inter-cell interference.
- the small cell base station 300 is configured to be small enough to be installed in an arbitrary place (specifically, indoors) by the user.
- the small cell base station 300 is installed in the large cell MC1 for the purpose of distributing traffic of the large cell base station 100 and covering a dead zone in the large cell MC1.
- the large cell base station 100 and the small cell base station 300 are connected to the network 500.
- the network 500 may be a LAN, the Internet, or the like, or may be a dedicated network set between the large cell base station 100 and the small cell base station 300.
- the downlink (link that is directed from the large cell base station 100 to the radio terminal 200, and is hereinafter referred to as “large cell”.
- the downlink (not shown from the small cell base station 300) is used for the communication.
- small cell downlink A radio signal transmitted from a small cell base station 300 to a radio terminal (not shown) using a downlink when the frequency band of the link is directed to the radio terminal and is hereinafter referred to as “small cell downlink”.
- the radio terminal 200 performing radio communication with the large cell base station 100 receives interference.
- the large cell base station 100 controls the downlink transmission power of the small cell base station 300, Reduce interference.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the large cell base station 100.
- the large cell base station 100 adopts a PF (Propotional Fair) method, and includes an antenna unit 101, a wireless communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a storage unit 130, and a wired communication unit 140.
- PF Propotional Fair
- the wireless communication unit 110 is configured using, for example, a radio frequency (RF) circuit, a baseband (BB) circuit, and the like, and transmits and receives a wireless signal via the antenna unit 101.
- the wireless communication unit 110 performs encoding and modulation of a transmission signal and demodulation and decoding of a reception signal.
- the control unit 120 is configured using, for example, a CPU, and controls various functions provided in the large cell base station 100.
- the storage unit 130 is configured using a memory, for example, and stores various types of information used for controlling the large cell base station 100 and the like.
- the wired communication unit 140 communicates with other large cell base stations and small cell base stations 300 (not shown) via the network 500.
- the control unit 120 includes a reception processing unit 121, an evaluation value prediction unit 122, an acquisition unit 124, a determination unit 123, a band use restriction information transmission unit 125, an allocation unit 126, a band use restriction release information transmission unit 127, and a release unit 128. .
- the reception processing unit 121 receives information indicating communication quality in the wireless terminal 200 from the wireless terminal 200 via the antenna unit 101 and the wireless communication unit 110.
- the information indicating the communication quality in the radio terminal 200 includes CQI (Channnel Quality Indicator) and the received electric field strength of the reference signal from the small cell base station 300 in the radio terminal 200 (hereinafter referred to as “RSRP (small cell base station). ⁇ large cell terminal) ”, the received signal strength of the reference signal from the large cell base station 100 to which the wireless terminal 200 is connected (hereinafter referred to as“ RSRP (large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal) ”).
- RSRP other large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- RSRP small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- RSRP small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- RSRP small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- RSRP small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- an ID that is identification information of the corresponding small cell base station 300 is the ID. included.
- RSRP other large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- the reception processing unit 121 receives the received CQI, RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal), RSRP (large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal), and RSRP (other large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal). Based on the above, it is determined whether or not the transmission source radio terminal 200 receives interference of a predetermined value or more from the small cell base station 300.
- the reception processing unit 121 calculates I (large cell terminal) which is the total amount of interference received by the radio terminal 200.
- I large cell terminal
- the following first to third methods are used.
- the reception processing unit 121 calculates the total value of RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal) and RSRP (other large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal).
- the reception processing unit 121 adds a predetermined thermal noise power value to the total value of RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal) and RSRP (other large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal). To obtain I (large cell terminal).
- the thermal noise power value is stored in the storage unit 130. Alternatively, the thermal noise power value is transmitted from the wireless terminal 200.
- the reception processing unit 121 calculates an SINR (Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise-Ratio) corresponding to the large cell downlink in the radio terminal 200 based on the CQI.
- SINR Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise-Ratio
- the reception processing unit 121 divides RSRP (large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal) by SINR to obtain I (large cell terminal).
- the reception processing unit 121 calculates an SINR corresponding to the large cell downlink in the radio terminal 200 based on the CQI.
- the control unit 120 is an uplink used for the communication (link from the radio terminal 200 to the large cell base station 100).
- the propagation loss (hereinafter referred to as “uplink propagation loss”) of “large cell uplink”) is measured.
- the uplink propagation loss includes distance attenuation, shadowing loss, and feature passing loss.
- the reception processing unit 121 estimates a large cell downlink propagation loss (hereinafter referred to as “downlink propagation loss”) PL from the uplink propagation loss. For example, the reception processing unit 121 regards uplink propagation loss as downlink propagation loss. In addition, the reception processing unit 121 regards a value obtained by adding a predetermined correction value to the uplink propagation loss as the downlink propagation loss.
- downlink propagation loss a large cell downlink propagation loss
- the reception processing unit 121 acquires the transmission power density (hereinafter, “downlink transmission power density”) P of the large cell downlink in the large cell base station 100.
- the downlink transmission power density P is stored in the storage unit 130.
- the reception processing unit 121 divides the downlink transmission power density P by the downlink propagation loss PL, and further divides the value obtained by the division by SINR to obtain I (large cell terminal).
- the reception processing unit 121 divides RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal) by I (large cell terminal).
- RSRP small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- the ratio of interference received by the radio terminal 200 by the small cell base station 300 corresponding to RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal) to the total interference received by the radio terminal 200 (hereinafter referred to as “small cell base station”).
- interference amount ratio when the reception processing unit 121 acquires a plurality of RSRPs (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal), in other words, when the radio terminal 200 receives interference from the plurality of small cell base stations 300.
- the small cell base station interference amount ratio is calculated for each small cell base station 300.
- the reception processing unit 121 determines whether or not the calculated small cell base station interference amount ratio is equal to or greater than the threshold value ⁇ .
- the threshold value ⁇ is a real value (for example, 0.9) from 0 to 1, and is predetermined in the wireless communication system 1 and stored in the storage unit 130.
- the control unit 120 interrupts the resource block allocation in the PF scheme, and the small cell base station 300 causes the small cell base station 300 to allocate a resource block whose frequency band partially or completely matches the resource block allocated to the radio terminal 200. Control is performed so as not to be assigned to other wireless terminals connected to the base station 300.
- the evaluation value prediction unit 122 assumes that there is no interference from the small cell base station 300 with respect to the radio terminal 200 and the resource block for the radio terminal 200
- An evaluation value (hereinafter referred to as “non-interference PF evaluation value”) for determining whether or not to allocate is predicted.
- the evaluation value prediction unit 122 periodically acquires a throughput as communication quality in wireless communication with the large cell base station 100 by the wireless terminal 200.
- the throughput is, for example, downlink throughput.
- the radio terminal 200 measures the downlink throughput and transmits it to the large cell base station 100.
- the evaluation value prediction unit 122 acquires an instantaneous throughput that is a fixed value.
- the evaluation value prediction unit 122 acquires the throughput before the radio terminal 200 receives interference from the small cell base station 300 as the instantaneous throughput.
- the throughput is smaller than before the interference. Therefore, when the evaluation value prediction unit 122 detects that the periodically acquired throughput has changed from a large value to a small value, the wireless terminal 200 obtains a large value before the change from the small cell base station 300. Is obtained as the throughput before receiving the interference, that is, the instantaneous throughput.
- the evaluation value prediction unit 122 calculates an average value of throughputs in the past first predetermined period, and acquires the average value as an instantaneous throughput.
- the evaluation value predicting unit 122 acquires an average throughput that is a fluctuation value.
- the evaluation value predicting unit 122 calculates an average value of throughputs in a second predetermined period that goes back from the present to the past, and acquires the average value as an average throughput.
- the second predetermined period is a period shorter than the first predetermined period.
- the evaluation value predicting unit 122 calculates a no-interference PF evaluation value by dividing the instantaneous throughput described above by the average throughput. The larger the value of the non-interference PF evaluation value, the more appropriate the resource block is allocated to the radio terminal 200.
- the determining unit 123 determines a resource block to be newly allocated to the radio terminal 200 that is greatly affected by interference received from the small cell base station 300.
- the obtaining unit 124 obtains a signal transmission delay time from the large cell base station 100 to the small cell base station 300 that is a source of interference received by the radio terminal 200. When there are a plurality of small cell base stations 300 that are sources of interference received by the radio terminal 200, a transmission delay time is acquired for each small cell base station 300.
- the transmission delay time is determined in advance, and is a time predicted to reach the small cell base station 300 within the transmission delay time at the latest by past statistics or the like, for example, 20 [ms].
- the transmission delay time is stored in the storage unit 130, and the acquisition unit 124 reads the transmission delay time in the storage unit 130.
- the transmission delay time is a transmission delay time measured when the network in the wireless communication system 1 is configured.
- the large cell base station 100 transmits an “X2 SETUPESTREQUEST” message, and an “X2 SETUPSERESPONSE” message is returned from the small cell base station 300 as a response to the message.
- 1 ⁇ 2 of the time from the transmission of the “X2 SETUP REQUEST” message to the reception of the “X2 SETUP RESPONSE” message is measured as the transmission delay time and stored in the storage unit 130.
- the acquisition unit 124 reads the transmission delay time in the storage unit 130.
- the large cell base station 100 periodically transmits a predetermined signal (for example, ping when the network 500 is a network employing TCP / IP such as a LAN or the Internet) to the small cell base station 300. Then, the response signal from the small cell base station 300 is received.
- the acquisition unit 124 acquires 1 ⁇ 2 of the time from the transmission of the latest signal to the reception of the response signal. The acquired time is a transmission delay time. Furthermore, the acquisition unit 124 acquires a change in transmission delay time based on a reception interval of a periodically transmitted message such as an OI (Overload Indicator) from the small cell base station 300, and according to the change Correct the transmission delay time. Specifically, the transmission delay time is corrected to be longer as the message reception interval is longer.
- OI Overload Indicator
- the acquisition unit 124 acquires the transmission delay time based on the change in CQI transmitted from the radio terminal 200 when the use of the frequency band in the small cell base station 300 is restricted. Specifically, when the use of the frequency band in the small cell base station 300 is restricted, the CQI is improved more than before. In this case, the acquisition unit 124 acquires the time from when the large cell base station 100 transmits band use restriction information described later until CQI improves. The acquired time is a transmission delay time. In this case, the acquired transmission delay time is stored in the storage unit 130, and is used for canceling the frequency band use restriction in the small cell base station 300 or for the subsequent use restriction of the frequency band.
- the band use restriction information transmitting unit 125 When the no-interference PF evaluation value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the band use restriction information transmitting unit 125 generates band use restriction information indicating the use restriction of the frequency band corresponding to the resource block determined by the determination unit 123.
- This band use restriction information includes information on the frequency band to be restricted.
- the predetermined value is the lowest value of the no-interference PF evaluation value when it is appropriate to allocate a resource block to the radio terminal 200, and is stored in the storage unit 130.
- the band use restriction information transmitting unit 125 transmits the RNTP message including the generated band use restriction information to the small cell base station 300 via the wired communication unit 140 and the network 500.
- the transmission destination is 1 corresponding to the RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal) used for calculating the small cell base station interference amount ratio that is equal to or larger than the threshold ⁇ among the small cell base station interference amount ratios.
- RSRP small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal
- the small cell base station 300 When the small cell base station 300 receives the RNTP message including the band use restriction information, the small cell base station 300 restricts the allocation of the resource block corresponding to the frequency band included in the band use restriction information to other wireless terminals. If the resource block corresponding to the frequency band included in the band use restriction information has already been allocated, the small cell base station 300 releases the resource block.
- the assigning unit 126 determines whether or not a time corresponding to the transmission delay time has elapsed since the RNTP message including the band use restriction information was transmitted by the band use restriction information transmission unit 125.
- the band use restriction information transmitting unit 125 transmits the RNTP message including the band use restriction information to the plurality of small cell base stations 300
- the allocating unit 126 selects the transmission destination small cell base station. It is determined whether or not a time corresponding to the maximum transmission delay time has passed among the transmission delay times corresponding to 300.
- the allocation unit 126 assigns the resource block determined by the determination unit 123 to the resource block. And assigned to the radio terminal 200 that is greatly affected by interference from the small cell base station 300. Until the small cell base station 300 receives the RNTP message including the band use restriction information, the resource block corresponding to the frequency band included in the band use restriction information is restricted from being allocated to other wireless terminals.
- the allocation unit 126 corresponds to a time obtained by adding the transmission delay time and the allocation limitation processing time in the small cell base station 300 after the RNTP message including the band usage limitation information is transmitted.
- the resource block determined by the determination unit 123 may be allocated to the radio terminal 200 that is greatly affected by the interference received from the small cell base station 300.
- the allocation restriction processing time in the small cell base station 300 is determined in advance and stored in the storage unit 130.
- the bandwidth use restriction release information transmission unit 127 determines whether or not the resource block release timing, which is a predetermined timing after the resource block is allocated to the wireless terminal 200 by the allocation unit 126, has been reached.
- the resource block release timing is, for example, a timing when a predetermined time has elapsed since the allocation unit 126 allocated the resource block to the wireless terminal 200.
- the band use restriction release information transmitting unit 127 When it is the release timing of the resource block, the band use restriction release information transmitting unit 127 generates band use restriction release information indicating release of the use restriction of the frequency band corresponding to the resource block determined by the determination unit 123.
- This band use restriction release information includes information on the frequency band for which the use restriction should be released.
- the band use restriction release information transmitting unit 127 transmits the generated RNTP message including the band use restriction release information to the small cell base station 300 via the wired communication unit 140 and the network 500.
- the transmission destination is the same as the small cell base station 300 that is the transmission destination of the RNTP message including the band use restriction information by the band use restriction information transmission unit 125.
- the release unit 128 uses the allocating unit 126 to the radio terminal 200 until the time corresponding to the transmission delay time elapses after the RNTP message including the band use restriction release information is transmitted by the band use restriction release information transmission unit 127. Free an allocated resource block.
- the band use restriction release information transmission unit 127 transmits the RNTP message including the band use restriction release information to the plurality of small cell base stations 300
- the release unit 128 sets the transmission destination small cell.
- the resource block allocated to the radio terminal 200 by the allocation unit 126 is released until the time corresponding to the minimum transmission delay time among the transmission delay times corresponding to each of the base stations 300 elapses. Thereafter, the control unit 120 resumes resource block allocation in the PF scheme.
- the small cell base station 300 When the small cell base station 300 receives the RNTP message including the band use restriction release information, the small cell base station 300 releases the assignment restriction for the resource block corresponding to the frequency band included in the band use restriction release information.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a time chart of the operation of the wireless communication system 1.
- the large cell base station 100 includes CQI, RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal), RSRP (large cell base station ⁇ ) from a wireless terminal connected to the large cell base station 100. Large cell terminal) and RSRP (other large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal).
- the large cell base station 100 predicts the PF evaluation value when there is no interference, determines a resource block to be allocated to the radio terminal 200, and transmits an RNTP message including band use restriction information to the small cell base station 300. To do.
- the small cell base station 300 When the time corresponding to the propagation delay time (T2-T1) has elapsed since the large cell base station 100 transmitted the RNTP message including the band use restriction information to the small cell base station 300, the small cell base station 300 An RNTP message including the band use restriction information is received. Thereafter, the small cell base station 300 restricts the use of a predetermined resource block according to the band use restriction information.
- the large cell base station 100 sends the determined resource to the radio terminal 200 after a time corresponding to the propagation delay time (T2-T1) has elapsed since the transmission of the RNTP message including the band use restriction information. Allocate a block.
- the large cell base station 100 transmits an RNTP message including the band use restriction release information to the small cell base station 300. Further, the large cell base station 100 transmits the RNTP message including the band use restriction cancellation information to the small cell base station 300 until the time corresponding to the propagation delay time (T4-T3) elapses. The resource block allocated to 200 is released.
- the small cell base station 300 uses the band use when a time corresponding to the propagation delay time (T4-T3) has elapsed since the large cell base station 100 transmitted the RNTP message including the band use restriction release information. An RNTP message including restriction release information is received. Thereafter, the small cell base station 300 releases the use restriction on the resource block whose use is restricted in accordance with the band use restriction release information.
- T4-T3 propagation delay time
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a first operation of the large cell base station 100.
- the control unit 120 in the large cell base station 100 is CQI, RSRP (small cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal), RSRP (large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal), which is information indicating communication quality in the radio terminal 200. Cell terminal) and RSRP (other large cell base station ⁇ large cell terminal).
- step S102 the control unit 120 determines whether or not the radio terminal 200 has received interference of a predetermined value or more by the small cell base station 300, specifically, RSRP (small cell) with respect to the total amount of interference received by the radio terminal 200. It is determined whether or not the ratio of the interference amount (small cell base station interference amount ratio) received by the radio terminal 200 by the small cell base station 300 corresponding to (base station ⁇ large cell terminal) is equal to or greater than the threshold value ⁇ .
- RSRP small cell base station interference amount ratio
- the control unit 120 predicts a non-interference PF evaluation value in step S103.
- step S104 the control unit 120 determines whether or not the predicted no-interference value PF evaluation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. When the no-interference PF evaluation value is less than the predetermined value, the series of operations ends. On the other hand, when the no-interference PF evaluation value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, in step S105, the control unit 120 determines a resource block to be newly allocated to the radio terminal 200.
- step S106 the control unit 120 obtains a transmission delay time of a signal to the small cell base station 300 that is a source of interference received by the radio terminal 200.
- step S107 the control unit 120 generates band use restriction information indicating use restriction of the frequency band corresponding to the resource block determined in step S105. Furthermore, the control unit 120 transmits an RNTP message including the generated band use restriction information to the small cell base station 300.
- step S108 the control unit 120 determines whether or not a time corresponding to the transmission delay delay time has elapsed since the transmission of the RNTP message including the band use restriction information.
- step S109 the control unit 120 transmits the resource block determined in step S105 to the wireless terminal 200. assign.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the second operation of the large cell base station 100.
- step S201 the control unit 120 in the large cell base station 100 determines whether it is a resource block release timing. If it is the release timing of the resource block, in step S202, the control unit 120 generates band use restriction release information indicating release of the use restriction of the frequency band corresponding to the resource block determined in step S104 of FIG. Furthermore, the control unit 120 transmits an RNTP message including the generated band use restriction release information to the small cell base station 300.
- step S203 the control unit 120 transmits the resource block allocated to the radio terminal 200 in step S107 after the time corresponding to the transmission delay time elapses after transmitting the RNTP message including the band use restriction release information. release.
- the large cell base station 100 is configured such that the radio terminal 200 connected to the large cell base station 100 receives predetermined interference from the small cell base station 300. If the value is equal to or greater than the value, a no-interference PF evaluation value for determining whether or not to allocate resource blocks to the radio terminal 200 when it is assumed that there is no interference is predicted. Further, the large cell base station 100 transmits band use restriction information indicating the use restriction of the frequency band corresponding to the resource block to the small cell base station 300 when the PF evaluation value at the time of no interference is a predetermined value or more. To do.
- the large cell base station 100 uses the throughput in the radio terminal 200 as the communication quality for predicting the PF evaluation value when there is no interference.
- the large cell base station 100 uses other communication quality such as SINR when there is no interference.
- a PF evaluation value may be predicted.
- the large cell base station 100 is a macro cell base station that forms a macro cell
- the small cell base station 300 is a femto cell base station that forms a femto cell.
- the cell base station 100 and the small cell base station 300 are not limited to these, and it is sufficient that the small cell formed by the small cell base station 300 is smaller than the large cell formed by the large cell base station 100.
- the small cell base station 300 can be a base station that forms a micro cell or a pico cell.
- the small cell base station 300 can be a base station that forms a pico cell or a femto. Furthermore, when the large cell base station 100 is a pico cell base station that forms a pico cell, the small cell base station 300 can be a base station that forms a femto.
- the wireless communication system 1 is configured based on LTE Release 9 or LTE-Advanced, but may be configured based on other communication standards.
- the radio communication system, the large cell base station, and the communication control method according to the present invention appropriately prevent interference that a small cell base station gives to a radio terminal connected to the large cell base station while suppressing a decrease in radio resource usage efficiency. It can be reduced and is useful as a wireless communication system or the like.
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(1.1)無線通信システムの全体概略構成
図1は、本発明の実施形態に係る無線通信システム1の全体概略構成図である。無線通信システム1は、例えば、第3.9世代(3.9G)携帯電話システムであるLTE Release9 や、第4世代(4G)携帯電話システムとして位置づけられているLTE-Advancedに基づく構成を有する。
図2は、大セル基地局100の構成を示すブロック図である。図2に示すように、大セル基地局100は、PF(Propotional Fair)方式を採用しており、アンテナ部101、無線通信部110、制御部120、記憶部130及び有線通信部140を有する。
(2)無線通信システムの動作
次に、無線通信システム1の動作について説明する。
本実施形態における無線通信システム1は、大セル基地局100は、当該大セル基地局100に接続している無線端末200が小セル基地局300から受けている干渉が所定値以上である場合、当該干渉がないと仮定した場合における、無線端末200に対するリソースブロックの割り当て適否の判断のための無干渉時PF評価値を予測する。更に、大セル基地局100は、無干渉時PF評価値が所定値以上である場合には、リソースブロックに対応する周波数帯域の使用制限を示す帯域使用制限情報を、小セル基地局300へ送信する。
(4)その他の実施形態
上記のように、本発明は実施形態によって記載したが、この開示の一部をなす論述及び図面はこの発明を限定するものであると理解すべきではない。この開示から当業者には様々な代替実施形態、実施例及び運用技術が明らかとなる。
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- 大セルを形成し、前記大セル内に前記大セルよりも小さい小セルを形成する小セル基地局が設置されるとともに、無線端末が接続される大セル基地局であって、
前記無線端末に前記小セル基地局からの干渉がないと仮定した場合における、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当て適否の判断のための評価値を予測する評価値予測部と、
前記評価値予測部により予測された前記評価値が、前記無線リソースを割り当てることが適切であることを示す値である場合に、前記無線リソースに対応する周波数帯域の使用制限を示す帯域使用制限情報を、前記小セル基地局へ送信する帯域使用制限情報送信部と
を備える大セル基地局。 - 前記帯域使用制限情報に対応する使用制限がなされた周波数帯域に対応する前記無線リソースを前記無線端末に割り当てる請求項1に記載の大セル基地局。
- 前記評価値予測部は、前記無線端末が前記小セル基地局からの干渉を受ける前の通信品質を示す値、又は、第1の所定期間内の通信品質を示す値の平均値である固定値を、第2の所定期間内の通信品質を示す値の平均値である変動値で除算することにより、前記評価値を算出する請求項1又は2に記載の大セル基地局。
- LTEに対応しており、大セルを形成し、前記大セル内に前記大セルよりも小さい小セルを形成する小セル基地局が設置されるとともに、無線端末が接続される大セル基地局であって、
前記無線端末に対して割り当てる無線リソースに対応する周波数帯域の使用制限を示す帯域使用制限情報を、前記小セル基地局へ送信する帯域使用制限情報送信部を備える大セル基地局。 - 前記無線端末に対して割り当てる無線リソースに対応する周波数帯域の使用制限の解除を示す帯域使用制限解除情報を、前記小セル基地局へ送信する帯域使用制限解除情報送信部を備える請求項4に記載の大セル基地局。
- 大セルを形成し、前記大セル内に前記大セルよりも小さい小セルを形成する小セル基地局が設置されるとともに、無線端末が接続される大セル基地局における通信制御方法であって、
前記大セル基地局が、前記無線端末に前記小セル基地局からの干渉がないと仮定した場合における、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当て適否の判断のための評価値を予測するステップと、
前記大セル基地局が、予測された前記評価値が、前記無線リソースを割り当てることが適切であることを示す値である場合に、前記無線リソースに対応する周波数帯域の使用制限を示す帯域使用制限情報を、前記小セル基地局へ送信するステップと
を備える通信制御方法。 - LTEに対応しており、大セルを形成し、前記大セル内に前記大セルよりも小さい小セルを形成する小セル基地局が設置されるとともに、無線端末が接続される大セル基地局における通信制御方法であって、
前記大セル基地局が、前記無線端末に対して割り当てる無線リソースに対応する周波数帯域の使用制限を示す帯域使用制限情報を、前記小セル基地局へ送信するステップを備える通信制御方法。 - 前記無線端末に対して割り当てる無線リソースに対応する周波数帯域の使用制限の解除を示す帯域使用制限解除情報を、前記小セル基地局へ送信するステップを備える請求項7に記載の通信制御方法。
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