WO2011122166A1 - 通信制御方法、通信システム、および管理サーバ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a communication control method, a communication system, and a management server.
- This heterogeneous network is a network in which a plurality of types of small and medium base stations coexist by performing underlay transmission or spectrum sharing in a macro cell.
- Examples of the small and medium-sized base station include an RRH (Remote RadioHead) cell base station, a hot zone base station (Pico / micro cell eNB), a femtocell base station (Home eNB), and a relay device (relay base station).
- RRH Remote RadioHead
- Pico / micro cell eNB hot zone base station
- femtocell base station Home eNB
- relay device relay base station
- Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 disclose techniques for improving the interference problem between different transmission apparatuses.
- the transmission device transmits a radio signal to the reception device by beam steering, it is possible to suppress the case where this radio signal becomes an interference wave in another reception device, and therefore interference avoidance control for increasing the area capacity. It is effective as.
- the transmission apparatus in order for the transmission apparatus to perform beam steering, calibration is required, and there is a concern that overhead increases.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a novel and capable of improving area capacity by suppressing transmission beam steering.
- An object is to provide an improved communication control method, communication system, and management server.
- a first transmitter and a first receiver, and a second that secondarily uses a frequency allocated to the first transmitter A step of determining whether or not the reception quality of the second reception device satisfies a predetermined standard in a communication system comprising a transmission device and a second reception device; and the reception quality of the second reception device is predetermined When it is determined that the standard is not satisfied, the reception beam steering by the first reception device, the beam steering by the first transmission device, the reception beam steering by the second reception device, or the second transmission device And a step of performing additional transmission beam steering in accordance with a predetermined order.
- the predetermined order includes reception beam steering by the second reception device, transmission beam steering by the second transmission device, reception beam steering by the first reception device, and beam steering by the first transmission device. It may be an order.
- the predetermined order includes reception beam steering by the second reception device, reception beam steering by the first reception device, transmission beam steering by the second transmission device, and beam steering by the first transmission device. It may be an order.
- the reception beam steering by the second reception device may be reception null steering with respect to the arrival direction of a radio signal transmitted from the first transmission device.
- the transmission beam steering by the second transmission device may be transmission null steering with respect to the direction in which the first reception device exists.
- the reception beam steering by the first reception device may be reception null steering with respect to the arrival direction of a radio signal transmitted from the second transmission device.
- the transmission beam steering by the first transmission device may be transmission null steering with respect to the direction in which the second reception device exists.
- the first transmission apparatus to the first reception apparatus The transmission power of the radio signal may be decreased within a range in which the reception quality by the first reception device does not fall below a predetermined reference.
- the second transmitting apparatus When the reception quality of the first receiving apparatus exceeds a predetermined standard due to the additional execution of the receiving beam steering by the first receiving apparatus, the second transmitting apparatus to the second receiving apparatus
- the transmission power of the radio signal may be increased within a range where the reception quality by the first receiving device does not fall below a predetermined reference.
- a first management server that manages communication by a first transmission device and a first reception device, and the first transmission device A second transmission device that secondarily uses the allocated frequency and a second management server that manages communication by the second reception device, the second management server comprising: a first transmission device;
- the second receiving apparatus in a communication system comprising: a first receiving apparatus; a second transmitting apparatus that secondarily uses a frequency assigned to the first transmitting apparatus; and a second receiving apparatus.
- the first receiver Provided is a communication system that additionally performs a beam steering, a beam steering by the first transmission device, a reception beam steering by the second reception device, or a transmission beam steering by the second transmission device in a predetermined order. Is done.
- a plurality of constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration may be distinguished by adding different alphabets after the same reference numeral.
- a plurality of configurations having substantially the same functional configuration are distinguished as communication terminals 20A, 20B, and 20C as necessary.
- only the same reference numerals are given.
- the communication terminal 20 when it is not necessary to distinguish between the communication terminals 20A, 20B, and 20C, they are simply referred to as the communication terminal 20.
- Heterogeneous network configuration example> The embodiment of the present invention is applicable to a communication system in which a plurality of local networks coexist using the same frequency, for example.
- An example of such a communication system is a heterogeneous network.
- a heterogeneous network is a network in which a plurality of types of small and medium-sized base stations coexist by performing underlay transmission or spectrum sharing in a macro cell.
- Examples of the small and medium-sized base station include an RRH (Remote RadioHead) cell base station, a hot zone base station (Pico / micro cell eNB), a femtocell base station (Home eNB), and a relay device (relay base station).
- RRH Remote RadioHead
- a hot zone base station Pico / micro cell eNB
- femtocell base station Home eNB
- relay device relay device
- underlay transmission is a transmission mode in which transceivers that exist in a range that interferes with each other's communication links perform communication using the same frequency channel.
- the transmitter on the secondary side of the frequency by the underlay transmission needs to adjust the interference level so as not to cause fatal interference for the communication link of the primary user.
- the configuration of the heterogeneous network will be
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a heterogeneous network.
- the heterogeneous network includes a macrocell base station 10 (synonymous with the base station 10), a relay device 30, a hot zone base station 31, a femtocell base station 32, and an RRH cell base station 33.
- management servers 16A and 16B are management servers.
- the management server 16A receives management information indicating the state of the cell formed by the macro cell base station 10 from each base station 10, and controls communication in the cell formed by each base station 10 based on this management information.
- the management server 16B receives management information indicating the state of the cell formed by the femtocell base station 32 from the femtocell base station 32, and performs communication in the cell formed by the femtocell base station 32 based on this management information.
- the management servers 16A and 16B have a function for the macrocell base station 10 and the small and medium base stations to operate in cooperation. Note that the function of the management server 16 may be implemented in the macrocell base station 10 or any of the small and medium-sized base stations.
- the management server 16 may have a function as an MME (Mobile Management Entity) or a gateway device.
- MME Mobile Management Entity
- the macrocell base station 10 manages the small and medium base stations and communication terminals 20 in the macrocell. For example, the macro cell base station 10 manages communication with the relay device 30 and the communication terminal 20 existing in a cell formed by the macro cell base station 10. For example, the macro cell base station 10 manages scheduling information for the relay apparatus 30 and the communication terminal 20 existing in the cell to communicate.
- the hot zone base station 31 (pico cell base station, micro cell base station) has a maximum transmission power smaller than that of the macro cell base station 10, and communicates with the macro cell base station 10 using an interface such as X2 or S1 of the core network.
- the hot zone base station 31 forms an OSG (Open Subscriber Group) that can be accessed from any communication terminal 20.
- OSG Open Subscriber Group
- the femtocell base station 32 has a maximum transmission power smaller than that of the macrocell base station 10, and communicates with the macrocell base station 10 using a packet switching network such as ADSL. Alternatively, the femtocell base station 32 can communicate with the macrocell base station 10 via a wireless link.
- the femtocell base station 32 forms a CSG (Closed Subscriber Group) that can be accessed only from a limited communication terminal 20.
- CSG Cell Subscriber Group
- the RRH cell base station 33 is connected to the macro cell base station 10 through an optical fiber. For this reason, the macrocell base station 10 transmits signals to the RRH cell base stations 33A and 33B located at geographically different locations via optical fibers, and causes the RRH cell base stations 33A and 33B to wirelessly transmit signals. Can do. For example, only the RRH cell base station 33 close to the position of the communication terminal 20 can be used.
- the function of the control system is implemented in the macrocell base station 10, and an optimal transmission form is selected according to the distribution of the communication terminals 20.
- Small and medium-sized base stations such as the hot zone base station 31 and the femtocell base station 32 can increase the total capacity by secondary use of the frequency used by the macrocell base station 10.
- the femtocell base station 32 performs transmission beam steering on the communication terminal 20D and transmits a radio signal, the amount of interference that the femtocell base station 32 gives to other communications in the macro cell can be suppressed. It is possible to increase the total capacity of the entire macro cell. However, in order for the femtocell base station 32 to perform transmission beam steering, calibration is necessary, and there is a concern that overhead increases.
- the embodiment of the present invention has been created by focusing on the above situation. According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the area capacity by suppressing the case of performing transmission beam steering.
- embodiments of the present invention will be described.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the communication system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the communication system 1 includes a management server 16A (first management server), a management server 16B (second management server), and a receiving device 20A (first management server).
- the receiving device 20A and the receiving device 20B correspond to, for example, each communication terminal 20 shown in FIG. 1
- the transmitting device 40A corresponds to, for example, the macro cell base station 10 shown in FIG. This corresponds to the femtocell base station 32 shown in FIG.
- the management server 16A controls the communication performed by the transmission device 40A and the reception device 20A to implement the first communication service, and the management server 16B uses the same frequency as the transmission device 40A for the secondary use of the transmission device 40B and the reception device.
- the communication by 20B is controlled to realize the second communication service.
- the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device 40A acts as an interference wave in the communication terminal 20B, and the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device 40B is transmitted to the communication terminal 20A. Will act as an interference wave.
- the management server 16B when it is desired to improve the reception quality of the reception device 20B, the management server 16B according to the present embodiment additionally performs transmission beam steering or reception beam steering by any device according to a predetermined order, thereby receiving the reception device 20B. To improve reception quality.
- the management server 16B determines whether or not the reception quality of the reception device 20B satisfies a predetermined standard, and receives the beam steering by the reception device 20A, the reception beam steering by the reception device 20B, and the transmission by the transmission device 40A. Beam steering or transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40B is executed in a predetermined order. With this configuration, it is possible to obtain the reception quality of the reception device 20B that satisfies the predetermined standard while suppressing the case of performing transmission beam steering.
- reception beam steering by the reception device 20A is reception null steering with respect to the arrival direction of the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device 40B.
- reception beam steering by the reception device 20B is reception null steering with respect to the arrival direction of the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device 40A.
- the transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40A is transmission null steering with respect to the direction in which the reception device 20B exists.
- the transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40B is transmission null steering with respect to the direction in which the reception device 20A exists.
- each beam steering> (Receiving beam steering by receiving device 20A) Based on the instruction from the management server 16A or 16B, the reception device 20A executes reception beam steering for suppressing the reception level of the interference wave from the transmission device 40B, for example, by the method described below.
- the management server 16A allocates a slot in which the receiving device 20A and the transmitting device 40B perform communication for beam forming to the receiving device 20A, and requests the management server 16B to allocate the slot to the transmitting device 40B.
- receiving device 20A receives the preamble signal, pilot signal, or reference signal transmitted from transmitting device 40B in the assigned slot, and indicates a channel matrix indicating the propagation path response between receiving device 20A and transmitting device 40B. To get. Note that the receiving device 20A may create a covariance matrix using the transmission signal from the transmitting device 40B, and use this covariance matrix as a channel matrix.
- the receiving apparatus 20A uses an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and cyclic steadiness to estimate the arrival direction of the interference wave and the feature amount of the signal, and to receive beam steering that directs null in the arrival direction of the interference wave. Execute.
- an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and cyclic steadiness to estimate the arrival direction of the interference wave and the feature amount of the signal, and to receive beam steering that directs null in the arrival direction of the interference wave.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a direction of arrival estimation result using MUSIC.
- the arrival direction of the desired wave (0 degree in the example shown in FIG. 4) and the arrival direction of the interference wave (70 degrees in the example shown in FIG. 4) are estimated. It is possible.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of reception beam steering. As shown in FIG. 5, by setting a null in the direction of arrival of the interference wave by reception beam steering and suppressing the reception level of the interference wave, in the example shown in FIG. Wave reception level difference).
- the receiving device 20A receives the PBCH or PDCCH transmitted by the transmitting device 40B, grasps the transmission slot of the transmitting device 40B, and executes reception beam steering based on the signal received from the transmitting device 40B in the transmission slot. May be.
- the reception device 20A may acquire information such as a transmission slot and a reference pattern of the transmission device 40B from the management server 16B via the management server 16A.
- the receiving device 20A may generate a reception beam such as MMSE (Minimum Mean Square Error) based on RLS (Recursive Last Squares) or LMS (Least Mean Squares) based on the estimated arrival direction of the interference wave and the signal feature quantity.
- Receive beam steering may be performed using an algorithm.
- the receiving device 20A determines the arrival direction of the interference wave from the transmitting device 40B as the position of the receiving device 20A and the transmitting device 40B. You may estimate based on information.
- the reception device 20B executes reception beam steering for suppressing the reception level of the interference wave from the transmission device 40A, for example, by the method described below.
- the management server 16B allocates a slot in which the receiving device 20B and the transmitting device 40A perform communication for beam forming to the receiving device 20B, and requests the management server 16A to allocate the slot to the transmitting device 40A.
- the receiving device 20B receives the preamble signal, pilot signal, or reference signal transmitted from the transmitting device 40A in the assigned slot, and indicates a channel matrix indicating the propagation path response between the receiving device 20B and the transmitting device 40A. To get. Note that the reception device 20B may create a covariance matrix using the transmission signal from the transmission device 40A, and use this covariance matrix as a channel matrix.
- the receiving apparatus 20B uses an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and periodic stationarity, estimates the arrival direction of the interference wave and the feature amount of the signal, and executes reception beam steering that directs null in the arrival direction of the interference wave. .
- an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and periodic stationarity
- the receiving device 20B receives the PBCH or PDCCH transmitted by the transmitting device 40A, grasps the transmission slot of the transmitting device 40A, and executes reception beam steering based on the signal received from the transmitting device 40A in the transmission slot. May be.
- the reception device 20B may acquire information such as a transmission slot and a reference pattern of the transmission device 40A from the management server 16A via the management server 16B.
- the reception device 20B may perform reception beam steering using a reception beam forming algorithm such as MMSE based on RLS or LMS from the estimation result of the arrival direction of the interference wave and the signal feature amount.
- a reception beam forming algorithm such as MMSE based on RLS or LMS from the estimation result of the arrival direction of the interference wave and the signal feature amount.
- the receiving device 20B determines the arrival direction of the interference wave from the transmitting device 40A as the position of the receiving device 20B and the transmitting device 40A. You may estimate based on information.
- the transmission device 40A executes transmission beam steering for suppressing the interference level given to the reception device 20B, for example, by the method described below.
- the management server 16A allocates a slot in which the transmission device 40A and the reception device 20B perform communication for beam formation to the transmission device 40A, and requests the management server 16B to allocate the slot to the reception device 20B.
- the transmission device 40A receives a preamble signal, a pilot signal, or a reference signal transmitted from the reception device 20B in the assigned slot, and indicates a channel matrix indicating a propagation path response between the reception device 20B and the transmission device 40A. To get. Note that the transmitting apparatus 40A may create a covariance matrix using the transmission signal from the receiving apparatus 20B, and use this covariance matrix as a channel matrix.
- the transmission device 40A estimates the arrival direction of the signal from the reception device 20B and the feature amount of the signal using an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and cyclostationary, and directs null in the arrival direction of the signal. Perform transmit beam steering.
- an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and cyclostationary
- the transmitting device 40A receives a PBCH or PDCCH transmitted from the receiving device 20B, grasps a slot in which the receiving device 20B transmits, and performs transmission beam steering based on a signal received from the receiving device 20B in the slot. May be executed.
- the transmission device 40A may acquire information such as a transmission slot and a reference pattern of the reception device 20B from the management server 16B via the management server 16A.
- the transmitting device 40A may determine the arrival direction of the signal from the receiving device 20B and the estimation result of the signal feature amount based on RLS (Recursive Last Squares) or LMS (Least Mean Squares), MMSE (Minimum Mean Square Error, etc.).
- the transmit beam steering may be performed using the transmit beam forming algorithm.
- the transmitting device 40A determines the presence direction of the receiving device 20B based on the position information of the receiving device 20B and the transmitting device 40A. It may be estimated.
- the transmission device 40B executes transmission beam steering for suppressing the interference level given to the reception device 20A, for example, by the method described below.
- the management server 16B allocates a slot in which the transmission device 40B and the reception device 20A perform communication for beam forming to the transmission device 40B, and requests the management server 16B to allocate the slot to the reception device 20A.
- the transmission device 40B receives a preamble signal, a pilot signal, or a reference signal transmitted from the reception device 20A in the assigned slot, and indicates a channel matrix indicating a propagation path response between the reception device 20A and the transmission device 40B. To get. Note that the transmission device 40B may create a covariance matrix using the transmission signal from the reception device 20A, and use this covariance matrix as a channel matrix.
- the transmission apparatus 40B estimates the arrival direction of the signal from the reception apparatus 20A and the signal feature amount using an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and cyclic steadiness, and directs null toward the arrival direction of the signal. Perform transmit beam steering.
- an arrival direction estimation algorithm such as MUSIC and cyclic steadiness
- the transmission device 40B receives a PBCH or PDCCH transmitted by the reception device 20A, grasps a slot in which the reception device 20A performs transmission, and performs transmission beam steering based on a signal received from the reception device 20B in the slot. May be executed.
- the transmission device 40B may acquire information such as a transmission slot and a reference pattern of the reception device 20A from the management server 16A via the management server 16B.
- the transmission device 40B can estimate the direction of arrival of the signal from the reception device 20A and the signal feature amount based on RLS (Recursive Last Squares) or LMS (Least Mean Squares) MMSE (Minimum Mean Square Error).
- the transmit beam steering may be performed using the transmit beam forming algorithm.
- the transmitting device 40B determines the direction in which the receiving device 20A exists based on the position information of the receiving device 20A and the transmitting device 40B. It may be estimated.
- the SINR of the receiving apparatus 20B is expressed as SINR_B
- the required SINR of the receiving apparatus 20B is expressed as SINR_req.
- the reception gain of the reception device 20B obtained by the transmission device 40A performing transmission beam steering is denoted as G_txA_BF
- the reception gain of the reception device 20B obtained by the reception device 20A performing reception beam steering is denoted as G_rxA_BF.
- the reception gain of the reception device 20B obtained by the transmission device 40B performing transmission beam steering is denoted as G_txB_BF
- the reception gain of the reception device 20B obtained by the reception device 20B performing reception beam steering is denoted as G_rxB_BF.
- the reception gain G_rxB_BF of the reception apparatus 20B obtained by the reception apparatus 20B performing reception beam steering corresponds to the difference between the reception levels of the desired wave and the interference wave shown in FIG.
- the reception gain G_txA_BF of the reception device 20B obtained by the transmission device 40A performing transmission beam steering is a gain obtained by reducing the interference level from the transmission device 40A to the reception device 20B.
- the transmission apparatus 40B when the transmission apparatus 40B performs transmission beam steering, the amount of interference given to the reception apparatus 20A when transmitting a radio signal with the same transmission power decreases. Therefore, the transmission apparatus 40B increases the transmission power, thereby receiving signals.
- the SINR_B of the device 20B can be improved.
- the transmission device 40B when the transmission device 40B performs transmission beam steering, the amount of interference received by the reception device 20A decreases, so the transmission device 40A that transmits a radio signal to the reception device 20A can reduce transmission power, and as a result, The SINR_B of the receiving device 20B can be improved.
- the reception gain G_txA_BF of the reception apparatus 20B obtained by the transmission apparatus 40A performing transmission beam steering is an increase in the transmission power of the transmission apparatus 40B as long as the SINR of the reception apparatus 20A does not fall below the required SINR. Or a gain obtained by a decrease in transmission power of the transmission device 40A.
- the transmission device 40A can decrease the transmission power and the transmission device 40B can increase the transmission power within a range where the SINR of the reception device 20A does not fall below the required SINR.
- the reception gain G_rxA_BF of the reception apparatus 20B obtained by the reception apparatus 20A performing reception beam steering is the gain obtained by the increase in the transmission power of the transmission apparatus 40B or the decrease in the transmission power of the transmission apparatus 40A.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the management server 16B determines whether or not the SINR_B of the receiving device 20B reported from the transmitting device 40B satisfies the SINR_req of the receiving device 20B (S204).
- the subject of each operation including the determination is not particularly limited, and for example, any of the reception device 20B, the transmission device 40B, and the management server 16A may perform each operation.
- the management server 16B instructs execution of reception beam steering by the reception device 20B, and the reception device 20B starts reception beam steering (S208). Subsequently, the management server 16B determines whether or not SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF) of the receiving apparatus 20B after the reception beam steering satisfies SINR_req (S212).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B_BF
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF
- the management server 16B instructs execution of transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40B, and the transmission device 40B starts transmission beam steering (S216). Subsequently, the management server 16B determines whether the SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF) of the receiving device 20B after the transmission beam steering satisfies the SINR_req (S220).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF
- the management server 16B instructs execution of reception beam steering by the reception device 20A, and the reception device 20A starts reception beam steering (S224). Subsequently, the management server 16B determines whether the SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF) of the receiving device 20B after the reception beam steering satisfies the SINR_req (S228).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B_BF
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF
- the management server 16B instructs execution of the transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40A, and the transmission device 40A starts reception beam steering (S232). Subsequently, the management server 16B determines whether or not SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF ⁇ G_txA_BF) of the receiving device 20B after the transmission beam steering satisfies SINR_req (S236).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B_BF
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B_BF
- G_txB_BF G_txA_BF
- G_txA_BF G_txA_BF
- the management server 16B performs control to lower the required SINR of the receiving device 20B (S240). For example, the management server 16B instructs the transmission device 40B to decrease the transmission rate or lowers the QoS level. Thereafter, the process ends.
- the reception beam steering by the reception device 20B, the transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40B, the reception beam steering by the reception device 20A, and the transmission device 40A as necessary.
- Beam steering is additionally executed in the order of transmission beam steering. In this manner, by performing the reception beam steering with priority over the transmission beam steering, it is possible to suppress the case where transmission beam steering requiring overhead is performed.
- the SINR_B_BF of the receiving device 20B described above may be a value estimated by numerical analysis or a value measured by the receiving device 20B after actual beamforming. Moreover, although the process of FIG. 6 described above is finished once, the process may be repeated. Further, when a predetermined period has elapsed in each branch (S212, S220, etc.) shown in FIG. 6, the processing may be terminated.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the management server 16B determines whether or not the SINR_B of the receiving device 20B reported from the transmitting device 40B satisfies the SINR_req of the receiving device 20B (S304).
- the subject of each operation including the determination is not particularly limited, and for example, any of the reception device 20B, the transmission device 40B, and the management server 16A may perform each operation.
- the management server 16B instructs execution of reception beam steering by the reception device 20B, and the reception device 20B starts reception beam steering (S308). Subsequently, the management server 16B determines whether the SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF) of the receiving apparatus 20B after the reception beam steering satisfies the SINR_req (S312).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF
- the management server 16B instructs execution of reception beam steering by the reception device 20A, and the reception device 20A starts reception beam steering (S316). Subsequently, the management server 16B determines whether the SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF) of the receiving device 20B after the reception beam steering satisfies the SINR_req (S320).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF
- the management server 16B instructs execution of transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40B, and the transmission device 40B starts transmission beam steering (S324). Subsequently, the management server 16B determines whether the SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF) of the receiving device 20B after the transmission beam steering satisfies the SINR_req (S328).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B_BF
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF
- the management server 16B instructs execution of the transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40A, and the transmission device 40A starts reception beam steering (S332).
- the management server 16B determines whether the SINR_B_BF (SINR_B ⁇ G_rxB_BF ⁇ G_rxA_BF ⁇ G_txB_BF ⁇ G_txA_BF) of the receiving device 20B after the transmission beam steering satisfies the SINR_req (S336).
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B_BF
- SINR_B_BF SINR_B_BF
- G_rxA_BF G_txB_BF ⁇ G_txA_BF
- SINR_req SINR_req
- the management server 16B performs control to lower the required SINR of the receiving device 20B (S340). For example, the management server 16B instructs the transmission device 40B to decrease the transmission rate or lowers the QoS level. Thereafter, the process ends.
- the reception beam steering by the reception device 20B, the reception beam steering by the reception device 20A, the transmission beam steering by the transmission device 40B, and the transmission device 40A is additionally executed in the order of transmission beam steering.
- Beam steering is additionally executed in the order of transmission beam steering.
- the SINR_B_BF of the receiving device 20B described above may be a value estimated by numerical analysis or a value measured by the receiving device 20B after actual beamforming. Moreover, although the process of FIG. 7 described above is finished once, the process may be repeated. Further, when a predetermined period has elapsed in each branch (S312, S320, etc.) shown in FIG. 7, the processing may be terminated.
- each step in the processing of the communication system 1 of the present specification does not necessarily have to be processed in time series in the order described as a flowchart.
- each step in the processing of the communication system 1 may be processed in an order different from the order described as the flowchart, or may be processed in parallel.
- the hardware such as the CPU, ROM, and RAM incorporated in the management server 16, the transmission device 40, and the reception device 20 exhibits the same functions as the configurations of the management server 16, the transmission device 40, and the reception device 20 described above. It is also possible to create a computer program for this purpose.
- the “secondary use” in this specification means that an additional or alternative communication service (the second use) is performed by using a part or all of the frequency band allocated to the first communication service.
- Communication service may be different types of communication services or the same type of communication services.
- the different types of communication services are, for example, two or more selected from a plurality of types of communication services such as a digital TV broadcast service, a satellite communication service, a mobile communication service, a wireless LAN access service, or a P2P (Peer To Peer) connection service. Different types of communication services may be used.
- the same type of communication service is, for example, between a service by a macro cell provided by a telecommunications carrier in a mobile communication service and a service by a femto cell operated by a user or MVNO (Mobile Network Network Operator). May also be included.
- the same type of communication service includes a service provided by a macro cell base station in a communication service compliant with LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced), and a relay station (relay node) to cover the spectrum hall It may also include a relationship between services provided by.
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution-Advanced
- relay station relay node
- the second communication service may use a plurality of fragmented frequency bands aggregated using a spectrum aggregation technique.
- the second communication service is provided from a femtocell group, a relay station group, and a small / medium base station group that provides a smaller service area than the macrocell base station, which are present in a service area provided by the macrocell base station. It may be an auxiliary communication service.
- the gist of each embodiment of the present invention described above is widely applicable to all kinds of secondary usage forms.
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1.ヘテロジニアスネットワークの構成例
2.本発明の実施形態の要旨
3.各ビームステアリングの実行方法
4.本発明の第1の実施形態
5.本発明の第2の実施形態
6.まとめ
本発明の実施形態は、例えば、複数のローカルなネットワークが同一の周波数を利用して共存する通信システムに適用可能である。このような通信システムの一例として、ヘテロジニアスネットワークが挙げられる。
まず、図3を参照し、例えば上述したヘテロジニアスネットワークに適用可能な、本発明の実施形態による通信システム1の構成を説明する。
(受信装置20Aによる受信ビームステアリング)
受信装置20Aは、管理サーバ16Aまたは16Bからの指示に基づき、送信装置40Bからの干渉波の受信レベルを抑圧するための受信ビームステアリングを例えば以下に説明する方法により実行する。
受信装置20Bは、管理サーバ16Aまたは16Bからの指示に基づき、送信装置40Aからの干渉波の受信レベルを抑圧するための受信ビームステアリングを例えば以下に説明する方法により実行する。
送信装置40Aは、管理サーバ16Aまたは16Bからの指示に基づき、受信装置20Bに与える干渉レベルを抑圧するための送信ビームステアリンングを例えば以下に説明する方法により実行する。
送信装置40Bは、管理サーバ16Aまたは16Bからの指示に基づき、受信装置20Aに与える干渉レベルを抑圧するための送信ビームステアリンングを例えば以下に説明する方法により実行する。
以上、各ビームステアリングの実行方法の一例を説明した。続いて、上述の各ビームステアリングを段階的に実行する本発明の第1の実施形態について詳細に説明する。
図7は、本発明の第2の実施形態による動作を示したフローチャートである。図7に示したように、まず、管理サーバ16Bは、送信装置40Bから報告される受信装置20BのSINR_Bが、受信装置20BのSINR_reqを満たすか否かを判断する(S304)。なお、当該判断を含む各動作の主体は特に限定されず、例えば、受信装置20B、送信装置40B、または管理サーバ16Aのいずれかが各動作を行ってもよい。S212、
以上説明したように、本発明の各実施形態によれば、受信ビームステアリングを送信ビームステアリングより優先的に実行することにより、送信ビームステアリングを行う場合を抑制することができる。その結果、送信ビームステアリングのためのキャリブレーションに伴って発生するオーバーヘッドを抑制することが可能である。
20、20A、20B 受信装置
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- 第1の送信装置および第1の受信装置と、前記第1の送信装置に割り当てられている周波数を2次利用する第2の送信装置および第2の受信装置と、からなる通信システムにおける、前記第2の受信装置の受信品質が所定基準を満たすか否かを判断するステップと;
前記第2の受信装置の受信品質が所定基準を満たさないと判断された場合、前記第1の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、前記第1の送信装置によるビームステアリング、前記第2の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、または前記第2の送信装置による送信ビームステアリングを、所定の順序に従って追加実行するステップと;
を含む、通信制御方法。 - 前記所定の順序は、前記第2の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、前記第2の送信装置による送信ビームステアリング、前記第1の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、前記第1の送信装置によるビームステアリング、という順序である、請求項1に記載の通信制御方法。
- 前記所定の順序は、前記第2の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、前記第1の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、前記第2の送信装置による送信ビームステアリング、前記第1の送信装置によるビームステアリング、という順序である、請求項1に記載の通信制御方法。
- 前記第2の受信装置による前記受信ビームステアリングは、前記第1の送信装置から送信される無線信号の到来方向に対する受信ヌルステアリングである、請求項2に記載の通信制御方法。
- 前記第2の送信装置による前記送信ビームステアリングは、前記第1の受信装置の存在方向に対する送信ヌルステアリングである、請求項4に記載の通信制御方法。
- 前記第1の受信装置による前記受信ビームステアリングは、前記第2の送信装置から送信される無線信号の到来方向に対する受信ヌルステアリングである、請求項5に記載の通信制御方法。
- 前記第1の送信装置による前記送信ビームステアリングは、前記第2の受信装置の存在方向に対する送信ヌルステアリングである、請求項6に記載の通信制御方法。
- 前記第1の受信装置による受信ビームステアリングの追加実行により、前記第1の受信装置による受信品質が所定基準を上回るようになった場合、前記第1の送信装置から前記第1の受信装置への無線信号の送信電力を、前記第1の受信装置による受信品質が所定基準を下回らない範囲内で減少させる、請求項7に記載の通信制御方法。
- 前記第1の受信装置による受信ビームステアリングの追加実行により、前記第1の受信装置による受信品質が所定基準を上回るようになった場合、前記第2の送信装置から前記第2の受信装置への無線信号の送信電力を、前記第1の受信装置による受信品質が所定基準を下回らない範囲内で増加させる、請求項7に記載の通信制御方法。
- 第1の送信装置および第1の受信装置による通信を管理する第1の管理サーバと;
前記第1の送信装置に割り当てられている周波数を2次利用する第2の送信装置および第2の受信装置による通信を管理する第2の管理サーバと;
を備え、
前記第2の管理サーバは、第1の送信装置および第1の受信装置と、前記第1の送信装置に割り当てられている周波数を2次利用する第2の送信装置および第2の受信装置と、からなる通信システムにおける、前記第2の受信装置の受信品質が所定基準を満たすか否かを判断し、
前記第1の管理サーバまたは前記第2の管理サーバは、前記第2の受信装置の受信品質が所定基準を満たさないと判断された場合、前記第1の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、前記第1の送信装置によるビームステアリング、前記第2の受信装置による受信ビームステアリング、または前記第2の送信装置による送信ビームステアリングを、所定の順序に従って追加実行する、通信システム。
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