WO2012111623A1 - 基地局装置、移動端末装置、及び通信制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a base station apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus, and a communication control method in a next-generation mobile communication system.
- Non-patent Document 1 In the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network, WSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) are adopted for the purpose of improving frequency utilization efficiency and data rate.
- the system features based on CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) are maximally extracted.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- Non-patent Document 1 Non-patent Document 1
- the third generation system can achieve a maximum transmission rate of about 2 Mbps on the downlink using generally a fixed bandwidth of 5 MHz.
- a transmission rate of about 300 Mbps at the maximum on the downlink and about 75 Mbps on the uplink can be realized using a variable band of 1.4 MHz to 20 MHz.
- LTE-A LTE advanced or LTE enhancement
- CRS Cell-specific Reference Signal
- This CRS is used for demodulating user data, as well as downlink channel quality (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator) measurement for scheduling and adaptive control, and an average downlink propagation path for cell search and handover. Used for state measurement (mobility measurement).
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- a mobile terminal apparatus of such a system can perform MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) transmission using a plurality of antennas.
- MIMO transmission a number of CSI-RSs corresponding to the number of antennas (Tx) of the base station apparatus are transmitted to the mobile terminal apparatus.
- Tx antennas
- future systems it is assumed that MIMO transmission by more antennas will be supported and the number of reference signals such as CSI-RS will increase.
- the present invention has been made in view of such a point, and even when the number of reference signals increases as the number of antennas increases, a base station apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus, and a communication control method that can appropriately transmit and receive reference signals The purpose is to provide.
- the base station apparatus of the present invention includes a first mobile terminal apparatus capable of receiving reference signals for channel state measurement from a plurality of antennas, and the reference signals from a smaller number of antennas than the first mobile terminal apparatus.
- To the second mobile terminal device capable of receiving the reference signal, and the mutable reference signal resource defined for transmitting the reference signal is at least the first mobile terminal device.
- a reference signal allocating unit that allocates the reference signals corresponding to the number of antennas to which one mobile terminal apparatus corresponds, and notifies the first mobile terminal apparatus of a resource to which the reference signal is allocated;
- a reference signal notification unit for notifying a mobile terminal apparatus of a resource to which the reference signal is allocated is notified as a resource to be muted when the resource is allocated. Characterized in that was.
- a first mobile terminal apparatus capable of receiving reference signals from a large number of antennas and a second mobile terminal apparatus capable of receiving reference signals from a smaller number of antennas than the first mobile terminal apparatus. And a reference signal can be notified respectively.
- the first mobile terminal apparatus can estimate the channel state by receiving reference signals from a plurality of antennas of the base station apparatus.
- the second mobile terminal apparatus can receive the reference signals from the plurality of antennas of the base station apparatus, ignore the reference signals of the resources notified as muting, and measure the channel state from some reference signals. Therefore, the second mobile terminal apparatus can measure the reference signal without being affected by the increase in the number of antennas of the base station apparatus.
- CSI-RS is a reference signal used for CSI measurement such as CQI (Channel Quality Indicator), PMI (Precoding Matrix Indicator), RI (Rank Indicator), etc. as a channel state.
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- PMI Precoding Matrix Indicator
- RI Rank Indicator
- CSI-RS is assigned at a predetermined period, for example, 10 subframe periods.
- the CSI-RS is specified by parameters such as position, sequence, and transmission power.
- the CSI-RS position includes a subframe offset, a period, and a subcarrier-symbol offset (index).
- CSI-RS is a single resource block defined by LTE, in which control signals such as PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), user data such as PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel), CRS (Cell-specific Reference Signal) and DM- Assigned so as not to overlap with other reference signals such as RS (Demodulation-Reference Signal).
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
- CRS Cell-specific Reference Signal
- DM- Assigned so as not to overlap with other reference signals
- One resource block includes 12 subcarriers continuous in the frequency direction and 14 symbols continuous in the time axis direction. From the viewpoint of suppressing PAPR, two resource elements adjacent in the time axis direction are assigned as a set to resources that can transmit CSI-RS.
- CSI-RS resources reference signal resources
- a CSI-RS pattern is set according to the number of CSI-RS ports (number of antennas, etc.).
- one resource element is allocated for CSI-RS per one CSI-RS port.
- the same index is attached to the resource elements constituting one pattern.
- the CSI-RS pattern may be a pattern in which an additional pattern of TDD is added as an option of FDD as shown in FIG. 1D.
- an extended pattern (not shown) obtained by expanding the normal pattern of FDD may be used.
- a normal pattern of FDD will be described as an example for convenience of description.
- measurement accuracy may deteriorate due to data interference from neighboring cells.
- user data is allocated to the downlink resource block of the cell C1 corresponding to the CSI-RS of the adjacent cell C2. Further, user data is allocated to the downlink resource block of the cell C2 corresponding to the CSI-RS of the adjacent cell C1.
- These user data constitute an interference component of CSI-RS in each cell, and become a factor that degrades the CSI measurement accuracy in the mobile terminal apparatus located at the boundary between the cell C1 and the cell C2.
- ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Muting is being studied to improve the degradation of CSI measurement accuracy due to user data allocation positions.
- user data is not allocated to resources corresponding to CSI-RSs of neighboring cells.
- the downlink resource block of the cell C1 is muted corresponding to the CSI-RS of the cell C2.
- the downlink resource block of the cell C2 is muted corresponding to the CSI-RS of the cell C1.
- This configuration eliminates CSI-RS interference components caused by user data in neighboring cells and improves CSI measurement accuracy in the mobile terminal apparatus.
- it is necessary to notify the mobile terminal device of the muting position because the data channel of the own cell is not transmitted for the adjacent cells. This is because the base station apparatus performs rate matching while avoiding resources to be muted, and the mobile terminal apparatus needs to recognize resources to be muted and perform derate matching. If the mobile terminal apparatus does not recognize the resource to be muted, the demodulation process is also performed on the muted resource, so that the throughput and demodulation accuracy of the demodulation process deteriorate.
- the resource to be muted may be defined as a resource to which no data is allocated, or may be defined as a resource to which data is allocated to the extent that the CSI-RS of the neighboring cell is not interfered. Furthermore, the muted resource may be defined as a resource that is transmitted with a transmission power that does not interfere with the CSI-RS of the neighboring cell.
- the base station apparatus When the base station apparatus notifies muting to the mobile terminal apparatus, it notifies using the CSI-RS pattern.
- the muting may be notified in a bitmap format in which an index (CSI Configuration) numbered in the CSI-RS pattern and the presence / absence of muting are associated one-to-one.
- CSI-RS patterns with different numbers of CSI-RS ports may be used for muting notification and CSI-RS notification.
- FIG. 3 shows an example in which muting is notified to a mobile terminal device that supports MIMO transmission of four transmission ports (Tx).
- 16-bit bitmap information [0000001000000000] is notified.
- “1” is set for resources to be muted, and “0” is set for resources that are not muted.
- the base station apparatus notifies the mobile terminal apparatus of a transmission cycle (Duty Cycle) and a subframe offset.
- the base station apparatus notifies the CSI-RS to the mobile terminal apparatus that supports 4Tx MIMO using the CSI-RS pattern when the number of CSI-RS ports is 4.
- the base station apparatus notifies the mobile terminal apparatus of resources to which CSI-RS is allocated in addition to muting information.
- 2TxMIMO transmission, 4TxMIMO transmission, and 8TxMIMO transmission are supported in the mobile terminal apparatus of the LTE successor system (for example, Rel. 10 or later).
- 8Tx MIMO transmission may be selectively used for mobile terminal devices.
- the mobile terminal apparatus supports 2TxMIMO transmission and 4TxMIMO transmission at the start of operation of the successor system, but may not support 8TxMIMO transmission.
- a base station apparatus that supports 4Tx MIMO transmission at the start of operation of the successor system is upgraded for 8Tx MIMO transmission, communication with a mobile terminal apparatus that does not support 8Tx MIMO transmission becomes a problem.
- 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus a mobile terminal apparatus that supports 4Tx MIMO transmission
- 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus a mobile terminal apparatus that supports 8Tx MIMO transmission
- 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus does not support 8Tx signaling
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus does not support 8Tx signaling
- the base station apparatus is upgraded from 4Tx MIMO transmission to 8Tx MIMO transmission
- the number of CSI-RS ports increases from 4 to 8. Therefore, even when the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus can be connected to the base station apparatus for 8Tx MIMO transmission, the increased CSI-RS cannot be recognized and interference occurs when demodulating user data, resulting in a significant deterioration in reception characteristics.
- the base station apparatus when the base station apparatus is upgraded from 4Tx MIMO transmission to 8Tx MIMO transmission, the CSI-RS indicated by “4-7” is changed to CSI-RS in addition to the CSI-RS indicated by “0-3”. -Assigned to RS resources. Note that “0-7” in FIG. 4 indicates a CSI-RS port number.
- the base station apparatus can notify CSI-RS position information indicated by “0-7” to the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus, but CSI-RS indicated by “4-7” for the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus. Cannot notify RS.
- the present inventors have arrived at the present invention in order to solve these problems. That is, the gist of the present invention notifies a new mobile terminal device (for example, 8Tx mobile terminal device) of resources to which CSI-RSs for the number of antennas are allocated, and existing mobile terminal devices (for example, 4Tx The mobile terminal device) is notified of resources to which CSI-RS excluding the increment is allocated by muting. In this way, even if the base station apparatus is upgraded from 4Tx MIMO transmission to 8Tx MIMO transmission, a 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus that does not support 8Tx MIMO transmission can appropriately receive the CSI-RS.
- a new mobile terminal device for example, 8Tx mobile terminal device
- existing mobile terminal devices for example, 4Tx The mobile terminal device
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a CSI-RS location information notification method.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal device and the 8Tx mobile terminal device are located in the same cell.
- a configuration in which the base station apparatus is upgraded from 4Tx MIMO transmission to 8Tx MIMO transmission will be described as an example, but it can be changed as appropriate.
- the base station apparatus may be upgraded from 2Tx MIMO transmission to 8Tx MIMO transmission.
- FIG. 5A shows an example of CSI-RS allocation for 8Tx mobile terminal devices.
- 40 resource elements are reserved as CSI-RS resources in one resource block.
- one resource element is allocated for CSI-RS per antenna (transmission port).
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus is notified using a CSI-RS pattern of 8 CSI-RS ports (see FIG. 1C).
- one CSI-RS is assigned to one antenna in one resource block, but a plurality of CSI-RSs may be assigned to one antenna. Also, CSI-RS allocation is performed avoiding CSI-RS of neighboring cells in order to suppress inter-cell interference of CSI-RS. In this case, the location information of CSI-RS between cells may be defined in advance between adjacent base station devices, or may be dynamically changed between adjacent base station devices.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus can receive four CSI-RSs in one resource block to support 4Tx MIMO transmission. For this reason, the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus cannot receive all CSI-RSs allocated in the resource block. Therefore, the base station apparatus notifies the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus of the resource to which the increased amount of CSI-RS is allocated as the muted resource.
- the resource to be muted is notified using the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIG. 1D.
- the resource indicated by index # 6 (CSI Configuration 6) is notified as a muted resource.
- the location information of CSI-RS can be notified from the base station apparatus to the mobile terminal apparatus by the first notification method and the second notification method.
- the first notification method is a method in which CSI-RS position information is individually notified from the base station apparatus to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses.
- the second notification method is a method of simultaneously reporting CSI-RS position information from the base station apparatus to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses.
- the base station apparatus individually notifies the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus of CSI-RS position information using an 8Tx CSI-RS pattern. Further, the base station apparatus individually notifies the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus of the CSI-RS position information using the 4Tx CSI-RS pattern, and replaces the increased CSI-RS position information with the MSI position information. Notification information individually.
- the base station apparatus may individually notify the resources on which the CSI-RS is arranged to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses using the CSI Configuration information indicating the CSI-RS pattern.
- the base station apparatus uses five CSI configurations to notify the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus of CSI-RS position information.
- the base station apparatus uses 10 CSI configurations to notify the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus of CSI-RS position information.
- the base station apparatus may individually notify the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus of muting information in the bitmap format described above.
- bitmap information [0000001000000000].
- “1” is set for resources to be muted, and “0” is set for resources that are not muted.
- “0” may be set for muting resources, and “1” may be set for resources that are not muted.
- the bitmap information is composed of 16 bits, it may be composed of 10 bits excluding the additional pattern.
- the base station apparatus notifies the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses of CSI-RS position information simultaneously using the 4Tx and 8Tx CSI-RS patterns. . Further, the base station apparatus notifies 4Tx muting information all at once. In this case, the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus ignores the 4Tx notification and acquires the position information of the 8Tx CSI-RS. Also, the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus ignores the 8Tx notification and acquires the 4Tx CSI-RS position information and muting information.
- the base station apparatus may simultaneously notify the resources on which the CSI-RS is arranged to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses using the CSI Configuration information indicating the CSI-RS pattern.
- the base station apparatus may notify the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses of muting information all at once in the bitmap format described above. In this case, the base station apparatus notifies 16-bit bitmap information [0000001000000000] as muting information. This 4Tx muting information is ignored in the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus receives the CSI-RS from the first to fourth antennas (CSI-RS port numbers) and receives the CSI-RS from the fifth to eighth antennas (CSI-RS port numbers). RS can be ignored. Therefore, the signaling amount of muting information can be reduced.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example of the CSI-RS location information notification method.
- FIG. 6 shows a configuration in which the CSI-RS for 4Tx mobile terminal devices and the CSI-RS for 8Tx mobile terminal devices are allocated to different resources.
- FIG. 6A shows an example of CSI-RS allocation to an 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus.
- 40 resource elements are reserved as CSI-RS resources in one resource block.
- An 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus can receive eight CSI-RSs in one resource block.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus cannot receive the CSI-RS for the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus. Therefore, the base station apparatus notifies the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus of the CSI-RS resource for the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus as a muted resource.
- the resource to be muted is notified using the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIG. 1D.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus can receive four CSI-RSs in one resource block.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus cannot receive the CSI-RS for the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus. Therefore, the base station apparatus notifies the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus of the CSI-RS resource for the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus as a muted resource.
- the resource to be muted is notified using the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIG. 1D.
- the resources indicated by indexes # 1 and # 6 1, 6) are notified as muted resources.
- the location information of CSI-RS can be notified from the base station apparatus to the mobile terminal apparatus by the first notification method and the second notification method.
- the first notification method is a method in which CSI-RS position information is individually notified from the base station apparatus to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses.
- the second notification method is a method of simultaneously reporting CSI-RS position information from the base station apparatus to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses.
- the base station apparatus individually notifies the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus of the CSI-RS position information using the 8Tx CSI-RS pattern, and Notification information individually. Further, the base station apparatus notifies the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus individually of the CSI-RS position information by the 4Tx CSI-RS pattern and also notifies the muting information individually.
- the base station apparatus may individually notify muting information to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses in the bitmap format described above.
- the base station apparatus notifies 16-bit bitmap information [1000000000000000] to the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus. Also, the base station apparatus notifies 16-bit bitmap information [0100001000000000] to the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus.
- the base station apparatus notifies the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses of CSI-RS position information simultaneously using the 4Tx and 8Tx CSI-RS patterns. .
- the base station apparatus simultaneously notifies 4Tx and 8Tx muting information.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus ignores the 4Tx notification and acquires the 8Tx CSI-RS position information and muting information.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus ignores the 8Tx notification and acquires the 4Tx CSI-RS position information and muting information.
- the base station apparatus may simultaneously notify the resources on which the CSI-RS is arranged to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses using the CSI Configuration information indicating the CSI-RS pattern.
- the base station apparatus may notify the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses of muting information all at once in the bitmap format described above. In this case, the base station apparatus notifies 16-bit bitmap information [1000000000000000] for the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus and also notifies 16-bit bitmap information [0100001000000000] for the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus. The muting information for 8Tx is ignored in the 4Tx mobile terminal device, and the muting information for 4Tx is ignored in the 8Tx mobile terminal device.
- the resource to which the CSI-RS other than the own apparatus is allocated to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses is muted May be recognized as In this case, settings are made in advance so that both 4Tx and 8Tx notifications can be received by the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal devices. Thereby, the signaling amount of muting information can be reduced.
- the base station apparatus transmits the transmission cycle (Duty Cycle), subframe offset, etc. to the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses in addition to the resources and muting resources in which the CSI-RS is arranged. Notify them. Further, the location information of the CSI-RS may be notified by higher layer signaling, or may be notified by a broadcast channel, a control channel, and a data channel.
- the first and second notification methods are not limited to the above methods.
- the base station apparatus may notify CSI-RS position information to a 4Tx, 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus in a bitmap format.
- the base station apparatus may notify the 4Tx and 8Tx mobile terminal apparatuses of muting information by CSI Configuration information indicating a CSI-RS pattern.
- you may notify combining a separate notification and simultaneous notification.
- the index numbered in the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is an example and can be changed as appropriate.
- the notification for 4Tx and 8Tx may be identified by each mobile terminal apparatus by an identification bit or the like.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus is not limited to a new mobile terminal apparatus, and may be any mobile terminal apparatus that supports MIMO transmission applied to the base station apparatus.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus is not limited to an existing mobile terminal apparatus, and may be a mobile terminal apparatus that does not support or selectively supports MIMO transmission applied to the base station apparatus.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a system configuration of the wireless communication system according to the present embodiment.
- the radio communication system shown in FIG. 7 is a system including, for example, an LTE system or a successor system.
- carrier aggregation in which a plurality of fundamental frequency blocks with the system band of the LTE system as a unit is integrated is used.
- this wireless communication system may be called IMT-Advanced or 4G.
- the wireless communication system 1 includes base station apparatuses 20A and 20B and a plurality of 8Tx and 4Tx mobile terminal apparatuses 10A and 10B communicating with the base station apparatuses 20A and 20B.
- the base station devices 20 ⁇ / b> A and 20 ⁇ / b> B are connected to the higher station device 30, and the higher station device 30 is connected to the core network 40.
- the base station devices 20A and 20B are connected to each other by wired connection or wireless connection.
- Each of the mobile terminal devices 10A and 10B can communicate with the base station devices 20A and 20B in the cells C1 and C2.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- RNC radio network controller
- MME mobility management entity
- Each of the mobile terminal devices 10A and 10B includes an LTE terminal and an LTE-A terminal.
- the mobile terminal device is a 4Tx or 8Tx mobile terminal device unless otherwise specified.
- the mobile terminal devices 10A and 10B communicate wirelessly with the base station devices 20A and 20B, but more generally user devices (including mobile terminal devices and fixed terminal devices).
- UE User Equipment
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access
- the wireless access method is not limited to this.
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- SC-FDMA is a single carrier transmission method that reduces interference between terminals by dividing a system band into bands each consisting of one or continuous resource blocks for each terminal, and a plurality of terminals using different bands. .
- the downlink communication channel includes a PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) as a downlink data channel shared by the mobile terminal apparatuses 10A and 10B, and downlink L1 / L2 control channels (PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH).
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel).
- HARQ ACK / NACK for PUSCH is transmitted by PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel).
- the uplink communication channel has PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) as an uplink data channel shared by each mobile terminal apparatus and PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) as an uplink control channel. User data and higher control information are transmitted by this PUSCH. Also, downlink radio quality information (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator), ACK / NACK, and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- User data and higher control information are transmitted by this PUSCH.
- downlink radio quality information CQI: Channel Quality Indicator
- ACK / NACK and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- the base station apparatus 20 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201 for MIMO transmission, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit (notification unit) 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, a call processing unit 205, and a transmission path interface 206. And.
- User data transmitted from the base station apparatus 20 to the mobile terminal apparatus 10 via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 204 via the transmission path interface 206.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs PDCP layer processing, user data division / combination, RLC layer transmission processing such as RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, MAC (Medium Access Control) retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing are performed and transferred to each transceiver 203.
- RLC layer transmission processing such as RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, MAC (Medium Access Control) retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing are performed and transferred to each transceiver 203.
- RLC layer transmission processing such as RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, MAC (Medium Access Control) retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 notifies the mobile terminal device 10 of control information for communication in the cell through the broadcast channel.
- Information for communication in the cell includes, for example, system bandwidth in uplink or downlink, resource block information allocated to the mobile terminal apparatus 10, precoding information for precoding in the mobile terminal apparatus 10, PRACH ( Root sequence identification information (Root Sequence Index) and the like for generating a random access preamble signal in Physical Random Access Channel) are included.
- Precoding information may be transmitted via an independent control channel such as PHICH.
- Each transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output by precoding from the baseband signal processing unit 204 for each antenna to a radio frequency band.
- the amplifier unit 202 amplifies the frequency-converted radio frequency signal and transmits the amplified signal using the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- radio frequency signals received by the respective transmitting / receiving antennas 201 are amplified by the amplifier sections 202 and frequency-converted by the respective transmitting / receiving sections 203. Are converted into baseband signals and input to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, IDFT processing, error correction decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer, and PDCP layer reception processing on user data included in the input baseband signal.
- the data is transferred to the higher station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 206.
- the call processing unit 205 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, state management of the base station device 20, and wireless resource management.
- the mobile terminal apparatus 10 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101 for MIMO transmission, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, and an application unit 105.
- radio frequency signals received by a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101 are respectively amplified by an amplifier unit 102, frequency-converted by a transmission / reception unit 103, and converted into a baseband signal.
- the baseband signal is subjected to FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like by the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- downlink user data is transferred to the application unit 105.
- the application unit 105 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer. Also, broadcast information in the downlink data is also transferred to the application unit 105.
- uplink user data is input from the application unit 105 to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 transmission processing of retransmission control (H-ARQ (Hybrid ARQ)), channel coding, precoding, DFT processing, IFFT processing, and the like are performed and transferred to each transmitting / receiving unit 103.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 104 into a radio frequency band. Thereafter, the amplifier unit 102 amplifies the frequency-converted radio frequency signal and transmits the amplified signal using the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- each functional block of FIG. 10 mainly shows a simplified processing content of the baseband processing unit, and has a configuration normally provided in the baseband processing unit. Further, in the following description, description will be made mainly in correspondence with the CSI-RS allocation configuration shown in FIG.
- base station apparatus 20 includes CSI-RS allocation section 211, CSI-RS location information generation section 212, muting information generation section 213, and CSI-RS parameter generation section 214.
- the performance information acquisition unit 217 acquires performance information by signaling (UE Capability) from each of the mobile terminal apparatuses 10A and 10B.
- the performance information is, for example, MIMO transmission that can be supported by the mobile terminal apparatuses 10A and 10B, the number of antennas that can be supported, and the like.
- the CSI-RS allocation unit 211 allocates CSI-RS to 8Tx CSI-RS resources. Thereby, the CSI-RS is assigned not only to the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A but also to the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B. Note that the CSI-RS allocation unit 211 may allocate CSI-RSs to different resources for the mobile terminal apparatuses 10A and 10B that support different MIMO transmissions.
- the CSI-RS position information generation unit 212 generates CSI-RS position information allocated by the CSI-RS allocation unit 211.
- the location information of CSI-RS includes a transmission cycle (Duty Cycle), a subframe offset, and the like in addition to resources to which CSI-RS is allocated. Resources to which CSI-RS is allocated are specified by CSI Configuration information, bitmap information, and the like.
- the position information of CSI-RS is individually generated for each mobile terminal apparatus, and is input to downlink control signal generation section 215 as one of CSI-RS parameters.
- the muting information generation unit 213 generates muting information that causes the mobile terminal apparatus to recognize a resource to which an extra CSI-RS is allocated as a resource to be muted.
- the resource indicated by the muting information is actually assigned CSI-RS and is not muted.
- Bitmap information and CSI Configuration are generated as muting information.
- the muting information is individually generated for each mobile terminal device based on the performance information acquired by the performance information acquisition unit 217, and is input to the downlink control signal generation unit 215.
- the CSI-RS parameter generation unit 214 generates a CSI-RS sequence, transmission power, and other parameters other than the CSI-RS position information.
- the CSI-RS parameter generated by the CSI-RS parameter generation unit 214 is input to the downlink control signal generation unit 215.
- the downlink control signal generation unit 215 generates a downlink control signal for each of the mobile terminal apparatuses 10A and 10B, including CSI-RS position information, CSI-RS parameters, and muting information.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A is individually notified of all resources to which the CSI-RS is assigned based on the position information of the CSI-RS for 8Tx.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal device 10B is individually notified of some CSI-RS resources by the 4Tx CSI-RS position information and the remaining CSI-RS by the muting information.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 transmits the CSI-RS and the downlink control signal to each mobile terminal apparatus 10A, 10B.
- each functional block of FIG. 11 mainly shows the processing contents of the baseband processing unit in a simplified manner, and is assumed to have a configuration normally provided in the baseband processing unit.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A includes a transmission / reception unit 103A, an acquisition unit 111A, a measurement unit 112A, and a user data demodulation unit 113A.
- the transceiver 103A receives the CSI-RS and the downlink control signal from the base station device 20.
- the acquiring unit 111A acquires CSI-RS position information and CSI-RS parameters by demodulating the downlink control signal and analyzing the contents of the signal. Note that the acquiring unit 111A can also acquire muting information when the muting information is included in the downlink control signal.
- the measuring unit 112A measures CSI from parameters such as CSI-RS position information, series, and transmission power.
- the user data demodulation unit 113A demodulates user data received via the transmission / reception unit 103A.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A may be configured to receive CSI-RS position information and CSI-RS parameters by higher layer signaling. Also, when muting information is included in the downlink control signal, user data demodulation section 113A demodulates user data by ignoring the resources indicated in the muting information together with the resources indicated in the CSI-RS position information. .
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B includes a transmission / reception unit 103B, an acquisition unit 111B, a measurement unit 112B, and a user data demodulation unit 113B.
- the transmission / reception unit 103B receives the CSI-RS and the downlink control signal from the base station apparatus 20.
- the acquisition unit 111B acquires CSI-RS position information, CSI-RS parameters, and muting information by demodulating the downlink control signal and analyzing the contents of the signal.
- the measuring unit 112B measures CSI from parameters such as CSI-RS position information, series, and transmission power.
- the user data demodulation unit 113B demodulates user data received via the transmission / reception unit 103B. In this case, the user data demodulation unit 113B recognizes a resource to which an extra CSI-RS is assigned as a muted resource based on the muting information notified from the base station apparatus 20. For this reason, the user data demodulation unit 113B does not demodulate the resource to which the CSI-RS is allocated and the muted resource, that is, performs rate matching, thereby improving the demodulation processing throughput and demodulation accuracy.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B may receive CSI-RS position information, CSI-RS parameters, and muting information by higher layer signaling.
- each functional block of FIG. 12 mainly shows the processing content of the baseband processing unit in a simplified manner, and is assumed to have a configuration normally provided in the baseband processing unit.
- blocks having the same names as those in FIG. Further, in the following description, description will be made mainly in correspondence with the CSI-RS allocation configuration shown in FIG.
- the base station apparatus 20 includes a CSI-RS allocation unit 211, a CSI-RS location information generation unit 212a for 8Tx, a CSI-RS location information generation unit 212b for 4Tx, It includes an 8Tx muting information generation unit 213a, a 4Tx muting information generation unit 213b, a CSI-RS parameter generation unit 214, a notification signal generation unit 216, and a transmission / reception unit 203.
- a performance information acquisition unit may be provided to acquire performance information of the mobile terminal device and vary the notification.
- the CSI-RS allocation unit 211 allocates CSI-RS to 8Tx CSI-RS resources. Thereby, the CSI-RS is assigned not only to the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A but also to the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B. Note that the CSI-RS allocation unit 211 may allocate CSI-RSs to different resources for the mobile terminal apparatuses 10A and 10B that support different MIMO transmissions.
- the CSI-RS position information generation unit 212a generates 8Tx CSI-RS position information allocated by the CSI-RS allocation unit 211 for the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A.
- the CSI-RS position information generation unit 212b generates 4Tx CSI-RS position information allocated by the CSI-RS allocation unit 211 for the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B.
- the location information of CSI-RS includes a transmission cycle (Duty Cycle), a subframe offset, and the like in addition to resources to which CSI-RS is allocated. Resources to which CSI-RS is allocated are specified by CSI Configuration, bitmap information, and the like.
- the position information of CSI-RS is input to broadcast signal generation section 216 as one of CSI-RS parameters.
- the muting information generation unit 213a generates 8Tx muting information for allowing the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A to recognize a resource to which an extra CSI-RS is assigned as a muted resource.
- the muting information generation unit 213b generates 4Tx muting information that causes the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B to recognize a resource to which an extra CSI-RS is allocated as a resource to be muted.
- the resources indicated in these muting information are actually assigned CSI-RS and are not muted.
- Bitmap information and CSI Configuration are generated as muting information.
- the muting information is input to the notification signal generation unit 216.
- the CSI-RS parameter generation unit 214 generates a CSI-RS sequence, transmission power, and other parameters other than the CSI-RS position information.
- the CSI-RS parameter generated by the CSI-RS parameter generation unit 214 is input to the notification signal generation unit 216.
- the notification signal generation unit 216 generates a notification signal including CSI-RS position information for 4Tx and 8Tx, CSI-RS parameters, muting information for 4Tx and 8Tx.
- 4Tx and 8Tx CSI-RS position information, CSI-RS parameters, 4Tx, and 8Tx muting information are simultaneously broadcast to the 8Tx mobile terminal device 10A and the 4Tx mobile terminal device 10B.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 transmits the CSI-RS and the broadcast signal to each of the mobile terminal devices 10A and 10B.
- each functional block of FIG. 13 mainly shows the processing contents of the baseband processing unit in a simplified manner, and is assumed to have a configuration normally provided in the baseband processing unit.
- blocks having the same names as those in FIG. 13 blocks having the same names as those in FIG.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A includes a transmission / reception unit 103A, an acquisition unit 111A, a measurement unit 112A, and a user data demodulation unit 113A.
- the transmission / reception unit 103A receives the CSI-RS and the broadcast signal from the base station device 20.
- the acquisition unit 111A demodulates the notification signal and analyzes the content of the signal, thereby ignoring the 4Tx notification and acquiring the 8Tx CSI-RS position information and CSI-RS parameters. Note that the acquisition unit 111A can also acquire muting information when muting information for 8Tx is included in the notification signal.
- the measuring unit 112A measures CSI from parameters such as CSI-RS position information, series, and transmission power.
- the user data demodulation unit 113A demodulates user data received via the transmission / reception unit 103A.
- the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A may be configured to receive CSI-RS position information and CSI-RS parameters by higher layer signaling. Further, when muting information is included in the broadcast signal, user data demodulation section 113A demodulates user data by ignoring the resource indicated in the muting information together with the resource indicated in the CSI-RS position information.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B includes a transmission / reception unit 103B, an acquisition unit 111B, a measurement unit 112B, and a user data demodulation unit 113B.
- the transmission / reception unit 103B receives the CSI-RS and the broadcast signal from the base station apparatus 20.
- the acquisition unit 111B demodulates the notification signal and analyzes the contents of the signal, thereby ignoring the 8Tx notification and acquiring the 4Tx CSI-RS position information, CSI-RS parameters, and muting information. .
- the measuring unit 112B measures CSI from parameters such as CSI-RS position information, series, and transmission power.
- the user data demodulation unit 113B demodulates user data received via the transmission / reception unit 103B. In this case, the user data demodulation unit 113B recognizes a resource to which an extra CSI-RS is allocated as a muted resource, based on the muting information notified from the base station apparatus 20. For this reason, the user data demodulation unit 113B does not demodulate the resource to which the CSI-RS is allocated and the muted resource, that is, performs rate matching, thereby improving the demodulation processing throughput and demodulation accuracy.
- the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B may receive CSI-RS position information, CSI-RS parameters, and muting information by higher layer signaling.
- 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10A and 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B are CSI-RS can be received.
- the channel state can be measured by ignoring the CSI-RS of the resource indicated in the muting information among the CSI-RSs notified from the base station device 20. Therefore, the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus 10B can receive the CSI-RS without being affected by the upgrade of the base station apparatus 20.
- the first and second notification methods are exemplified, but the CSI-RS location information notification method is not limited to this.
- the CSI-RS location information notification method notifies the 8Tx mobile terminal apparatus of at least resources to which the CSI-RS is allocated, and notifies the 4Tx mobile terminal apparatus of resources to which the CSI-RS is allocated. In this case, any method may be used as long as a part of resources are notified as muted resources.
- the acquisition unit acquires the CSI-RS position information, muting information, and CSI-RS parameters in the mobile terminal apparatus.
- the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
- the CSI-RS position information, muting information, and CSI-RS parameters may be acquired by a functional block other than the acquisition unit, for example, a measurement unit or a user data demodulation unit.
- the CSI-RS is exemplified as the reference signal, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the reference signal may be any signal used for channel state measurement.
- the CSI only needs to include at least one of CQI, PMI, and RI.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be implemented with various modifications.
- the CSI-RS setting position, muting setting position, number of processing units, processing procedure, number of CSI-RS, number of mutings, number of antennas in the above description Can be implemented with appropriate changes. Other modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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下りリンクの通信チャネルは、各移動端末装置10A、10Bで共有される下りデータチャネルとしてのPDSCH(Physical Downlink Shared Channel)と、下りL1/L2制御チャネル(PDCCH、PCFICH、PHICH)とを有する。PDSCHにより、ユーザデータ及び上位制御情報が伝送される。PDCCH(Physical Downlink Control Channel)により、PDSCHおよびPUSCHのスケジューリング情報等が伝送される。PCFICH(Physical Control Format Indicator Channel)により、PDCCHに用いるOFDMシンボル数が伝送される。PHICH(Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel)により、PUSCHに対するHARQのACK/NACKが伝送される。
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- 複数のアンテナからチャネル状態の測定用の参照信号を受信可能な第1の移動端末装置と、前記第1の移動端末装置よりも少数のアンテナからの前記参照信号を受信可能な第2の移動端末装置とに対し、前記参照信号を送信する基地局装置であって、
前記参照信号の送信用に規定されたミューティング可能な参照信号用リソースに、少なくとも前記第1の移動端末装置が対応するアンテナ数分の前記参照信号を割り当てる参照信号割当部と、
前記第1の移動端末装置に対しては、前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知し、前記第2の移動端末装置に対しては、前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知する際に、一部のリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして通知する参照信号通知部とを備えたことを特徴とする基地局装置。 - 前記第1の移動端末装置と前記第2の移動端末装置とを、前記第1の移動端末装置及び前記第2の移動端末装置から通知されるシグナリングにより識別することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記参照信号割当部は、前記第1の移動端末装置が対応するアンテナ数分の前記参照信号を前記参照信号用リソースに割り当て、
前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置に対しては、全ての前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知し、前記第2の移動端末装置に対しては、一部の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知すると共に、残りの前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして通知することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の基地局装置。 - 前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置に対しては、全ての前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを個別に通知し、前記第2の移動端末装置に対しては、一部の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースとミューティングとして認識されるリソースとを個別に通知することを特徴とする請求項3に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置及び前記第2の移動端末装置に対して、それぞれに対応した前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースと前記第2の移動端末装置に対してミューティングとして認識されるリソースとを一斉に通知することを特徴とする請求項3に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置及び前記第2の移動端末装置に対して、全ての前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースと前記第2の移動端末装置にミューティングとして認識されるリソースとを一斉に通知することを特徴とする請求項3に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置及び前記第2の移動端末装置に対して、全ての前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知し、前記第2の移動端末装置には、一部のリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして認識させることを特徴とする請求項3に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記参照信号割当部は、前記第1の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号と前記第2の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号とを異なるリソースに割り当て、
前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置に対しては、前記第1の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知すると共に、前記第2の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして通知し、前記第2の移動端末装置に対しては、前記第2の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知すると共に、前記第1の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして通知することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の基地局装置。 - 前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置に対しては、前記第1の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースと前記第1の移動端末装置にミューティングとして認識されるリソースとを個別に通知し、前記第2の移動端末装置に対しては、前記第1の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースと前記第2の移動端末装置にミューティングとして認識されるリソースとを個別に通知することを特徴とする請求項8に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記参照信号通知部は、前記第1の移動端末装置及び前記第2の移動端末装置に対して、それぞれに対応した前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースと、それぞれにミューティングとして認識されるリソースとを一斉に通知することを特徴とする請求項8に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記参照信号通知部は前記第1の移動端末装置及び前記第2の移動端末装置に対して、それぞれに対応した前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを一斉に通知し、前記第1の移動端末装置には、前記第2の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられたリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして認識させ、前記第2の移動端末装置には、前記第1の移動端末装置用の前記参照信号が割り当てられたリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして認識させることを特徴とする請求項8に記載の基地局装置。
- 複数のアンテナからチャネル状態の測定用の参照信号を受信可能な他の移動端末装置と共に基地局装置に接続され、前記他の移動端末装置よりも多数のアンテナからの前記参照信号を前記基地局装置から受信可能な移動端末装置であって、
前記参照信号の送信用に規定されたミューティング可能な参照信号用リソースに、少なくとも前記他の移動端末装置が対応するアンテナ数よりも多くの前記参照信号を割り当て、前記他の移動端末装置に対しては前記参照信号を割り当てるリソースを通知する際に、一部のリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして通知する前記基地局装置から、前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースの通知を受ける受信部と、
前記参照信号に基づいて、下りリンクのチャネル状態を測定する測定部とを備えたことを特徴とする移動端末装置。 - 複数のアンテナからチャネル状態の測定用の参照信号を受信可能な第1の移動端末装置と、前記第1の移動端末装置よりも少数のアンテナからの前記参照信号を受信可能な第2の移動端末装置とに対し、前記参照信号を送信する基地局装置の通信制御方法であって、
前記参照信号の送信用に規定されたミューティング可能な参照信号用リソースに、少なくとも前記第1の移動端末装置が対応するアンテナ数分の前記参照信号を割り当てるステップと、
前記第1の移動端末装置に対しては、前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知し、前記第2の移動端末装置に対しては、前記参照信号が割り当てられるリソースを通知する際に、一部のリソースをミューティングされるリソースとして通知するステップとを含むことを特徴とする通信制御方法。
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