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- the present invention relates to the field of wireless communication, and more particularly to a method for adjusting inter-cell interference in a heterogeneous network and a heterogeneous network.
- Heterogeneous network is the current development direction of network coverage technology.
- there are many low power nodes eg, pico
- the normal base stations eg, macro base station (macro eNodeB)
- a base station eg, pico eNodeB
- femto base station femto eNodeB
- Relay relay
- Micro eNodeB micro base station
- both the normal base station and the low power node are transmission points in a heterogeneous network
- a user connected to the low power node receives strong interference from the normal base station covering the same area.
- a user of a normal base station may become a low power node user by accessing the low power node after extending the coverage of the low power node by adopting a certain offset (bias).
- bias offset
- eICIC enhanced inter-cell interference coordination
- the dynamic eICIC flow is that the normal base station dynamically determines the mute / non-mute state of its own data transmission at each TTI or a plurality of TTIs so as to improve the total throughput of the cell.
- the dynamic eICIC determines the mute / non-mute state of the macro base station
- the cell in two cases of macro base station transmission (macro mute) and macro base station transmission (macro non-mute) is used. It is necessary to compare performance.
- the mute state of the macro base station corresponds to the case of no macro base station transmission
- the non-mute state of the macro base station corresponds to the case of macro base station transmission.
- Dynamic eICIC has some performance improvement over semi-static eICIC.
- FIG. 1a is a diagram showing a coverage area between a macro base station and a low power node when there is no macro base station transmission (mute state). This is the total performance of the user.
- FIG. 1b is a diagram illustrating a coverage area between a macro base station and a low power node when there is macro base station transmission (non-muted state), and the system performance in this case is low for all macro users. This is the total performance with all users accessing the power node.
- the macro user is a user who accesses the macro base station. After comparing the performance in these two cases, the case where the performance is high is selected to obtain the actual macro base station state.
- the area surrounded by the solid line is the coverage area of the macro base station.
- the unfilled area indicates that the macro base station is in the mute state, and the macro base station is unmuted. Indicates that it is in a state.
- the range enclosed by the dotted line is the coverage of the corresponding low power node.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a user feeds back CQI to a transmission point, and a feedback time interval is set by the system, for example, 10 ms.
- the macro user feeds back the CQI in the non-muted state of the macro base station, and after a transmission delay of 6 ms, the macro base station receives the CQI, and the own station does not receive the CQI at the next transmission time.
- the performance that can be acquired when the mute state is selected can be estimated.
- the macro base station determines mute / non-mute at time 6 ms based on the CQI at time 0 ms received from the macro user. Similarly, the macro base station determines the mute / non-mute state at time 16 ms based on the CQI received at time 10 ms.
- the low power node user feeds back two CQIs representing the CQIs in the two states of the non-mute state and the mute state of the macro base station that covers the low power node.
- the unfilled columns are CQIs in the mute state
- the columns filled with dots are CQIs in the non-mute state.
- the low power node After receiving the two CQIs, the low power node can estimate the total performance of all users of the own station in two states of the non-muted state and the muted state of the macro base station. Thereafter, the macro base station performs a performance comparison and executes transmission determination.
- the macro base station adopts independent mute / unmute state decision making, the possibility of an error is very high.
- a plurality of macro base stations may exist in the entire heterogeneous network.
- Each macro base station independently determines the mute / non-mute state of data transmission based on the received user feedback information.
- both the mute / non-mute states of each macro base station may change. Such a change is unpredictable to surrounding macro base stations, and thus causes a sudden wave of interference.
- a macro base station selected at the time of decision-making is unpredictable due to a change in the mute / non-mute state of surrounding macro base stations when actually transmitting even if the performance is high.
- the interference wave prevents optimal performance from being achieved in this state.
- the mismatch between the CQI used at the time of scheduling and the CQI at the time of actual transmission affects the throughput of the system. Specifically, due to the high-speed change in the mute / non-mute state, the channel state information used during scheduling becomes inconsistent with the actual channel transmission state. In this way, the Modulation and Coding Set (MCS) level selected by the scheduled user is not consistent with the actual channel.
- MCS Modulation and Coding Set
- the MCS level is relatively high while the actual channel condition is relatively bad, the error bit rate when the user receives data is relatively high, and the throughput of the system is reduced.
- the MCS level is relatively low, but the actual channel condition is relatively good, the data that is actually transmitted is less than the data that can be transmitted when adopting the matching MCS level. That is, in any case, the throughput of the system is reduced.
- an inter-cell interference adjustment method in a heterogeneous network and a heterogeneous network are provided.
- the present invention is an inter-cell interference coordination method in a heterogeneous network (HetNet), Configuring M (where M is greater than 1) normal base stations and the low power nodes covered by each normal base station in the heterogeneous network as a coordination group; and Combining a bandwidth mute / non-mute state of the M normal base stations to obtain a plurality of states of the cooperative group;
- a user C of each normal base station in the coordination group feeds back at least one first channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the coordination group to the normal base station;
- a user D of each low power node covered by a normal base station in the cooperative group feeds back one or more second CQIs corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group to the low power node;
- the plurality of states of the cooperative group in the step B include a state in which all M normal base stations are unmuted and a state in which all M normal base stations are muted, in this case,
- step C the user of the normal base station feeds back the first CQI in a state where all M normal base stations are unmuted
- step D the user of the low power node feeds back two second CQIs in a state where all M normal base stations are unmuted and in a state where all M normal base stations are muted.
- both the first CQI and the second CQI are related to the interference intensity outside the cooperative group.
- the plurality of states of the cooperative group in the step B includes any combination of m / non-muted states of M normal base stations, in this case,
- the interference intensity outside the cooperative group
- the user of the low power node determines M + 1 second CQIs
- the second CQI is the signal strength of the low power node, the signal strength of each normal base station in the coordination group, And is related to the interference intensity outside the cooperative group.
- Step E includes The normal base station in the cooperative group has a one-to-one correspondence with the M first CQIs fed back from the user of the local station to any combination of the mute / non-mute states of other normal base stations in the cooperative group.
- Update to CQI The low power node updates the M + 1 second CQI fed back from the user of the local station to a CQI corresponding to the plurality of states of the cooperative group, This includes estimating the system performance of the cooperative group in each state based on the updated CQI.
- the i-th first CQI is a CQI measured by a user of the normal base station, which is the minimum in the i-th cooperative group state
- the i-th second CQI is a CQI that is the minimum in the i-th coordination group state measured by a user of the low power node.
- Each state of the cooperative group in the step B is a case where the number N close of normal base stations in a mute state is determined, and arbitrarily selects N close normal base stations from M normal base stations.
- the value of N close is any one of 1,..., M ⁇ 1, in this case,
- the user of the normal base station determines M first CQIs, where each first CQI is determined by the signal strength of the normal base station to which the user belongs and the corresponding cooperative group state.
- step D the user of the low power node determines M + 1 second CQIs, where each second CQI is in a non-mute state with the signal strength of the low power node, the corresponding coordination group state There is a relationship between the signal strength of a normal base station in the network and the interference strength outside the cooperative group.
- the step C further includes that the user of the normal base station feeds back the determined M first CQIs to the normal base station, and the step D includes the user of the low power node Feeding back the determined M + 1 second CQIs to the low power node; Or
- the user of the normal base station compares the determined M first CQIs into groups, selects the smallest first CQI from each group, Feedback to a normal base station, wherein the step D comprises the user of the low power node grouping and comparing the determined M + 1 second CQIs from among the groups And selecting the second CQI to be fed back to the low power node.
- the interference strength outside the cooperative group is the actual interference strength measured by the corresponding user according to the actual mute / unmute state of the normal base station outside the cooperative group, or the corresponding user selects the normal base station outside the cooperative group. Both are estimated interference intensities measured when assuming that they are in a non-muted state.
- step C a plurality of cooperative group states that can be transitioned from the cooperative group state at the previous transmission time by the user of the normal base station are set to the cooperative group state at the current feedback time, and the current feedback is performed. Feeding back to the normal base station a first CQI corresponding to the coordination group state at the time;
- step D a plurality of cooperative group states that can be transitioned from the cooperative group state at the previous transmission time by the user of the low power node is set as the cooperative group state at the current feedback time, and the current feedback is performed. Feeding back a second CQI corresponding to the coordinated group state at the time to the low power node.
- the user of the normal base station determines N feed1 first CQIs to be fed back, and among them, n1 (the range of n1 is Nfeed1 > n1 ⁇ 1) is the strongest. Selecting one CQI and feeding back to the normal base station,
- the user of the low power node determines N feed2 second CQIs to be fed back, and n2 (the range of n2 is Nfeed2 > n2 ⁇ 1) is the strongest among them. Selecting two CQIs and feeding back to the low power node.
- Step B includes Usually, the entire bandwidth of the base station is divided into K (K is greater than 1) subband groups, each containing one or more subbands, In each subband group, combining the mute / non-mute states of the M normal base stations to obtain a plurality of states of the cooperative group.
- the step A includes providing shared control means for the M normal base stations,
- the step E is Based on the one or more second CQIs fed back from the user of the low power node, one of the low power node, the normal base station covering the low power node, and the control means includes a plurality of coordination groups.
- the performance estimation of the low power node in the state of Based on the at least one first CQI fed back from the user of the normal base station and the performance estimation result of the low power node covered by the normal base station, the normal base station or the control means determines whether the plurality of cooperative groups Performance estimation of the normal base station in the state of The control means includes performing performance estimation of the cooperative group based on the performance estimation result of each normal base station to obtain a plurality of system performances respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group.
- the step A includes selecting a determined normal base station from the M normal base stations, and setting a normal base station other than the determined normal base station as another normal base station,
- the step E is Based on one or more second CQIs fed back from the user of the low power node, one of the low power node, the normal base station covering the low power node, and the determined normal base station
- the performance estimation of the low power node in a plurality of states of Based on at least one first CQI fed back from a user of another normal base station and a performance estimation result of a low power node covered by the other normal base station, another normal base station or a determined normal base station Performs a performance estimate of the other normal base station in a plurality of states of the cooperative group, Based on at least one first CQI fed back from a user of the own station and a performance estimation result of a low power node covered by the determined normal base station, the determined normal base station has a plurality of states of the cooperative group
- the performance of the determined normal base station is estimated
- Step F includes Further comprising determining an actual CQI in a cooperative group state corresponding to the highest system performance and scheduling and transmitting data according to the actual CQI.
- the method Determining the importance of the first CQI or the second CQI; According to the importance, the feedback period of each first CQI or the second CQI is set so that the feedback period of the CQI having a high importance is short and the feedback period of the CQI having a low importance is long.
- the method further includes feeding back a CQI having a high importance as a reference CQI directly to a corresponding transmission point, and feeding back a difference between the CQI having a low importance and the reference CQI to a corresponding transmission point.
- Step A includes Coordinate M normal base stations and corresponding low power nodes in a heterogeneous network are configured as a cooperative group, or adjacent M normal base stations and corresponding low power nodes in a heterogeneous network are configured as a cooperative group. Including, including.
- the actual transmission power of the normal base station is set to P (P is in the range of [0, 1]) ⁇ specified transmission power
- the mute / non-mute state is set to the actual transmission power value. Further comprising determining based on
- the present invention is a heterogeneous network, At least one coordination group each consisting of M (M is greater than 1) normal base stations and low power nodes covered by each normal base station; and control means shared by the M normal base stations; Where at least one regular base station in the coordination group covers one or more low power nodes; Each normal base station in the cooperative group receives at least one first channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group, fed back from the user of the local station to the normal base station, The plurality of states of the cooperative group are obtained by combining the mute / non-mute states of the bandwidth of the M normal base stations, Each low power node covered by the normal base station in the cooperative group receives one or more second CQIs corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group fed back from the user of the local station to the low power node.
- the control means uses the at least one first CQI and the one or more second CQIs to perform performance estimation of a cooperative group, and a plurality of systems respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group Obtain the performance and set the mute / non-mute state of the bandwidth of the M normal base stations for data transmission according to the cooperative group state corresponding to the highest system performance.
- Each of the low power nodes calculates and updates one or more second CQIs fed back from the user of the local station, and estimates the performance of the low power nodes using the updated CQIs.
- Each normal base station calculates and updates at least one first CQI fed back from the user of the own station, and the updated CQI and the performance of the low power node covered by the normal base station Using the estimation result, the performance of the normal base station is estimated, and the performance estimation result of the normal base station in a plurality of states of the cooperative group is provided to the control means,
- the control means performs performance estimation of the cooperative group based on the performance estimation result of each normal base station to obtain a plurality of system performances respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group.
- the present invention is a heterogeneous network, Each including at least one coordination group consisting of M (M is greater than 1) normal base stations and low power nodes covered by each normal base station, of which one normal base station is determined as a normal base station, A normal base station other than the determined normal base station is set as another normal base station, wherein at least one normal base station in the cooperative group covers one or more low power nodes, Each normal base station in the cooperative group receives at least one first channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group, fed back from the user of the local station to the normal base station, The plurality of states of the cooperative group are obtained by combining the mute / non-mute states of the bandwidth of the M normal base stations, Each low power node covered by the normal base station in the cooperative group receives one or more second CQIs corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group fed back from the user of the local station to the low power node.
- M is greater than 1
- CQI channel quality indication
- the determination normal base station uses the at least one first CQI and the one or more second CQIs to perform performance estimation of a cooperative group, and each of the plurality of bases corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group System bandwidth, and the bandwidth mute / non-mute status of the M base stations is set for data transmission according to the cooperative group status corresponding to the highest system performance.
- Each of the low power nodes calculates and updates one or more second CQIs fed back from the user of the local station, and estimates the performance of the low power nodes using the updated CQIs.
- the other normal base station determines the other normal base station based on at least one first CQI fed back from a user of the local station and a performance estimation result of a low power node covered by the other normal base station.
- Performing a performance estimate of the base station, and providing performance evaluation results of the other normal base stations in a plurality of states of the cooperative group to the determined normal base station The determined normal base station, based on at least one first CQI fed back from a user of the own station and a performance estimation result of a low power node covered by the determined normal base station, A performance estimation is performed, and based on the performance estimation result of each normal base station, a performance estimation of the cooperative group is performed to obtain a plurality of system performances respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group.
- the present invention is an inter-cell interference coordination method in a heterogeneous network (HetNet), Configuring a first normal base station in the heterogeneous network and one or more low power nodes covered by the first normal base station as a coordination group; The user of the first normal base station measures the signal strengths of one or more interfering normal base stations around the user and the first normal base station to obtain a plurality of corresponding third channel qualities. Step B2 for feeding back the instruction (CQI); The user of each low power node covered by the first normal base station measures the signal strength of one or more normal base stations around the user and feeds back a plurality of corresponding fourth CQIs.
- HetNet heterogeneous network
- Step C2 Based on the third CQI and the fourth CQI, the first normal base station performs performance estimation in a non-mute state and a mute state, respectively.
- Step D2 for setting the actual transmission state of the first normal base station;
- the first normal base station acquires an actual transmission state of the interference normal base station, and based on the third CQI and the fourth CQI, between the interference normal base station and the first normal base station. Determining an actual CQI corresponding to an actual transmission state, and scheduling and transmitting data according to the actual CQI.
- Step B2 includes A measurement feedback set is set in advance for all users of the first normal base station, so that each user of the first normal base station feeds back a corresponding third CQI. And further measuring the signal strength of a normal base station at.
- Step E2 includes When the third CQI and the fourth CQI are actual CQIs corresponding to actual transmission states between the interference normal base station and the first normal base station, the first normal QQI according to the third CQI Performing user scheduling of the base station, and performing user scheduling of each low power node covered by the first normal base station according to the fourth CQI.
- Step E2 includes Calculating and updating the third CQI and the fourth CQI to obtain an actual CQI corresponding to an actual transmission state between the interference normal base station and the first normal base station; In addition.
- the present invention is an inter-cell interference coordination method in a heterogeneous network (HetNet), Step A3 of configuring M (M is greater than 1) transmission points in the heterogeneous network, each including one or more normal base stations and low power nodes covered by each normal base station, as a coordination group
- M is greater than 1
- a user of each transmission point in the cooperative group feeds back at least one channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group to the transmission point; and Based on the fed back CQI, the performance estimation of the cooperative group is performed to obtain a plurality of system performances respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group; Setting the Mute / non-muted state of the bandwidths of the M transmission points for data transmission according to the cooperative group state corresponding to the best system performance.
- CQI channel quality indication
- the plurality of states of the cooperative group in step B3 include any combination of mute / non-mute states of M transmission points,
- the user of each transmission point determines M CQIs, and each CQI is related to the signal strength of the transmission point and the interference strength outside the coordination group.
- the user of each transmission point determines M CQIs, where each CQI is in a non-mute state in the signal strength of the transmission point to which the user belongs, i-th cooperative group state.
- M CQIs M CQIs
- Each state of the cooperative group in the step B3 is a mute state by arbitrarily selecting N close transmission points from the M transmission points when the number N close of transmission points in the mute state is determined.
- the value of the N close is any one of 1,..., M ⁇ 1,
- the user of each transmission point determines M CQIs, where each CQI is put into a non-mute state with the signal strength of the transmission point to which the user belongs and the corresponding cooperative group state. There is a relationship with the signal strength of some other transmission point and the interference strength outside the coordination group.
- the average throughput of the system and / or by utilizing cooperative groups to make muted / non-muted state decision making for multiple normal base stations in an integrated manner Effectively improve edge throughput.
- the average throughput and / or edge throughput of the system can be improved to a greater extent by increasing the number of CQIs fed back from the user and controlling the actual amount of feedback information.
- the method provided in the embodiments of the present invention has a larger performance gain.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a method for performing an integrated mute / non-mute state decision making between a plurality of macro base stations in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for making an integrated mute / non-mute state decision between a plurality of macro base stations according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 shows four possible combinations of mute / non-mute states of three macro base stations in one specific application scenario of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 shows eight possible combinations of mute / non-mute states of three macro base stations in one specific application scenario of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating that a user feeds back CQI to a transmission point in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the cooperation group in one specific application scenario of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the cooperation group in the other specific application scenario of this invention.
- FIG. 4 shows four possible combinations of mute / non-mute states of two macro base stations in one specific application scenario of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 shows two possible combinations of mute / unmute states of two macro base stations in one specific application scenario of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating one actual transmission state in units of subbands in one specific application scenario of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another actual transmission state in units of subbands in one specific application scenario of the present invention.
- It is a flowchart of the inter-cell interference adjustment method in one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the heterogeneous network in one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the heterogeneous network in the other Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the heterogeneous network in another Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the heterogeneous network in another Example of this invention. It is a transition diagram of the cooperation group state in one Example of this invention. It is a transition diagram of the cooperation group state in the other Example of this invention.
- a number of adjacent normal base stations are coordinated.
- an integrated mute / non-mute decision making method between normal base stations which is configured as a group and integrally determines mute or non-mute at each transmission time.
- the present invention provides an inter-cell interference adjustment method in a heterogeneous network.
- This method Configuring M (where M is greater than 1) normal base stations and the low power nodes covered by each normal base station in the heterogeneous network as a coordination group; and Combining a bandwidth mute / non-mute state of the M normal base stations to obtain a plurality of states of the cooperative group;
- a user C of each normal base station in the coordination group feeds back at least one first channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the coordination group to the normal base station;
- a user D of each low power node covered by a normal base station in the cooperative group feeds back one or more second CQIs corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group to the low power node;
- Performing a performance estimation of a cooperative group based on the at least one first CQI and the one or more second CQIs to obtain a plurality of system performances corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group
- a plurality of states of the cooperative group can be determined according to the actual situation.
- the plurality of states may include all combinations of the M normal base station mute / non-mute states, or may be a partial state selected from the above arbitrary combinations. It may be, or may include only two states, all unmuted and all muted.
- each normal base station in the cooperation group receives the first CQI fed back from the user of the normal base station by executing the process.
- each low power node in the coordination group receives the fed back second CQI from the user of the low power node by executing the process.
- step E the feedback CQI is calculated and updated, and the system performance of the entire cooperative group can be estimated using the updated CQI.
- a step-by-step calculation process is included. For example, first, the performance estimation in a plurality of states of a low power node is performed, and then the system performance of all the low power nodes covered by a certain normal base station is used to Finally, the system performance of a plurality of states of the cooperative group is estimated using the system performance of all the normal base stations in the cooperative group.
- the system performance may be a throughput estimated by CQI, or may be a combination of throughput and fairness.
- mute / non-mute states include not only two combinations of all non-mute and all mute, but also some macro base stations are not muted. It also includes combinations of various types such as some macro base stations being muted.
- Each combination of mute / non-mute states is referred to as one state of the cooperative group.
- one specific implementation of the present invention requires the user to feed back CQI in multiple states. For example, in the case of a cooperative group composed of M macro base stations, one or a plurality of pico base stations exist in the coverage area of each macro base station, and each CQI (first) is fed back from a macro user.
- the interference intensity outside the cooperative group may be an actual interference intensity measured by the macro user at the CQI feedback time.
- the macro user determines the interference strength based on the actual mute / unmute state of one or more macro base stations outside the cooperative group. For example, the reference signal strength of the macro base station in the mute state is not counted as the interference strength.
- the interference strength outside the cooperative group is the estimated interference strength measured by the macro user (for example, the interference strength when it is assumed that one or a plurality of macro base stations outside the cooperative group are in a non-muted state). It may be. In this case, even the reference signal strength of the macro base station that is actually in the mute state is included in the interference strength. As should be explained, the relationship between the different CQI fed back from the macro user and the signal strength and / or interference strength may not be the same (see CQIm 1 , CQIm 2 , CQIm 3, etc. in step 402).
- Each CQI fed back from the pico base station user (referred to as a second CQI) is the signal strength of the user's serving pico base station, the signal strength of each macro base station in the coordination group, and the interference strength outside the coordination group. Is related.
- the interference strength outside the cooperative group may be an actual interference strength measured by the pico base station user at the CQI feedback time, or an estimated interference strength measured by the pico base station user. Also good.
- P p represents the signal strength of the serving pico base station
- P p and P j may repeatedly appear in a plurality of second CQIs fed back from the pico base station user, and may appear only in one second CQI of them. Appears at least once in every second CQI fed back from the pico base station user.
- the corresponding transmission point receives the above CQI (including the first CQI and / or the second CQI) and then performs a calculation and update in a certain way, in all possible states of the cooperative group.
- the CQI is obtained, the total performance of all the macro base stations in the cooperative group in each state is compared, the state corresponding to the maximum performance is selected, and actual transmission is performed. In this way, even in each TTI, the sum of the performances of all the macro base stations in the cooperative group is optimal. Therefore, the system performance of dynamic eICIC can be greatly improved.
- the macro base station can obtain the CQI in the four states of the macro user and the CQI in the eight states of the low power node user by calculation, and then the CQI in the different states. Based on the above, the performance in the corresponding state is estimated, and finally, the state having the best performance is selected from the eight states, and the actual performance of the three macro base stations in the cooperative group is selected according to the state. Perform transmission.
- both macro users and low power node users increase the amount of feedback information. Therefore, the actual amount of feedback information can be reduced by further adopting a certain mechanism so that the user feedback overhead can be maintained at a normal or relatively low level.
- different feedback periods may be adopted for CQIs in different states, or a difference between a necessary CQI and a certain reference CQI may be fed back.
- CQIs in different states are distinguished and dealt with, but the same feedback period is not adopted. Specifically, for a CQI representing the desired signal strength, the CQI feedback cycle is smaller than the CQI feedback cycle representing the interference signal strength.
- a plurality of states of the cooperative group can be obtained by combining the mute / non-mute states of the bandwidths of M normal base stations.
- the bandwidth mute / non-mute state of each normal base station is the mute / non-mute state of the normal base station's wideband (ie, the mute / non-mute state of the normal base station). (Unmuted state).
- the mute / non-mute state of the bandwidth of each normal base station is a mute / non-mute state of each subband or subband group of the normal base station, By combining the mute / non-mute states of the subbands of the base station, a plurality of states of cooperative groups in units of subbands are obtained.
- each subband group includes a plurality of subbands.
- the inter-cell interference adjustment method will be described by taking the mute / non-mute state of the entire band as an example.
- FIG. 3 shows a flow of a method for performing an integrated mute / non-mute state decision making between a plurality of macro base stations in one embodiment of the present invention (referred to as method 1 of the present invention).
- the method includes the following steps.
- step 301 three macro base stations (MeNB) at the same position are configured as a coordination group, and one of the macro base stations is determined as a determination macro base station (Decision Maker).
- MeNB macro base stations
- Decision Maker determination macro base station
- each macro base station in the cooperative group can cover one or more pico base stations (PeNBs).
- PeNBs pico base stations
- Each of these macro base stations and pico base stations has their corresponding users as transmission points.
- MUE macro user
- PUE pico base station
- the pico base station becomes the serving pico base station of the pico base station user.
- step 302 the user determines the CQI and feeds back the corresponding CQI to the transmission point.
- Each pico base station user feeds back two CQIs (referred to as second CQIs) to the serving pico base station user's serving pico base station, and these two CQIs are all of the three macro base stations in the coordination group.
- ICI is the sum of interference between other pico base stations and macro base stations outside the cooperative group.
- the ICI may be interference measured by the actual mute / unmute state of macro base stations outside the cooperating group, assuming that all macro base stations outside the cooperating group are in a non-muted state. It may be measured interference.
- each macro base station performs pre-scheduling based on the information fed back from the macro user of the own station, and estimates the system performance in the non-mute state of the macro base station.
- each pico base station performs pre-scheduling based on two CQIs fed back from its own pico base station user, and all three macro base stations in the cooperative group are all unmuted or all muted. Estimate the total performance of the pico base station user in these two states.
- each transmission point can refer to the prior art for performing a performance estimation based on the CQI fed back from the user of the own station, so the description is omitted here.
- step 304 all the pico base stations and the other two macro base stations in the cooperative group transmit the estimated system performance to the determination macro base station.
- the decision macro base station makes a transmission decision by calculating and comparing the performance of the entire system in two states, all unmuted or all muted, of the three macro base stations, ie, performance Is set to the actual transmission state of all the macro base stations in the cooperative group, and the transmission determination result is notified to all the pico base stations and the other two macro base stations in the cooperative group.
- step 306 the other two macro base stations perform data transmission according to the transmission determination result, and all pico base stations in the cooperative group also perform scheduling and data transmission according to the transmission determination result.
- step 301 when all three macro base stations are remote radio heads (RRH: Remote Radio Head) and there are control means shared by these three RRHs,
- RRH Remote Radio Head
- the flow shown in FIG. 3 is changed as follows. That is, for step 301, after configuring three RRHs as a cooperative group, it is not necessary to determine one RRH among them as a determination macro base station, and a corresponding transmission determination function is realized by the control means.
- steps 303 and 304 all three RRHs send all received CQIs to the control means, which performs pre-scheduling for all macro users served by the three RRHs, Estimate the total performance of the macro user when all three RRHs are not muted. In this case, the process executed at the pico base station does not need to be changed.
- FIG. 4 shows a flow of a method for performing integrated mute / non-mute state decision making between a plurality of macro base stations in another embodiment of the present invention (referred to as method 2 of the present invention).
- the method includes the following steps.
- the mechanism by which the user feeds back CQI is not the same as in FIG. In this case, the macro user needs to feed back three CQIs, and the low power node user needs to feed back four CQIs.
- step 401 three macro base stations at the same position are configured as a coordination group, and one of the macro base stations is determined as a determination macro base station.
- step 301 in FIG. 3 Similar to step 301 in FIG. 3, when all three macro base stations are RRHs and share one control means, there is no need to separately determine a determination macro base station.
- each macro user feeds back three first CQIs to the macro user's serving macro base station.
- 3 P 3 / (ICI + n).
- ICI is the interference strength outside the cooperative group.
- n represents thermal noise.
- the ICI may be an actual interference strength determined by a macro user based on an actual mute / non-mute state of a macro base station outside the cooperative group. It may be an estimated interference intensity measured when it is assumed to be in a non-muted state.
- the macro user feeds back three first CQIs to the macro user's serving macro base station in step 402.
- ICI is other than the three macro base stations in the cooperative group.
- step 403 after receiving the three first CQIs fed back from each macro user, the macro base station performs calculation and update to obtain CQIs in four states.
- the macro base station receives the three first CQIs fed back from each macro user, performs calculation and update, and performs the four states. Get the CQI.
- CQI CQI 3 .
- each pico base station user feeds back the four second CQIs to the serving pico base station of the pico base station user.
- P p represents the local station of the pico base station user.
- ICI is the interference strength outside the cooperative group, and other macro base stations other than the three macro base stations and other pico base stations other than the serving pico base station in the cooperative group.
- the ICI may be an actual interference intensity determined by a pico base station user based on an actual mute / non-mute state of a macro base station outside the cooperative group. The estimated interference intensity measured when it is assumed that both are in the non-muted state may be used.
- step 405 after receiving the four second CQIs fed back from each pico base station user, the pico base station performs calculation and update to obtain CQIs in eight states.
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 1 +1).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 3 + CQIp 1 +1).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 2 +1).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 2 + CQIp 1 +1).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 3 +1).
- each macro base station performs pre-scheduling based on the updated CQI information in the four states to estimate the total macro user performance in each state, and each pico base station Based on the CQI information in the updated eight states, pre-scheduling is performed to estimate the total performance of the pico base station user in each state.
- step 407 all the pico base stations and the other two macro base stations in the cooperative group transmit the estimated system performance to the determination macro base station.
- the determination macro base station calculates system performance in eight states of the three macro base stations in the cooperative group, performs transmission determination, and determines the three macro base stations in the cooperative group according to the high performance state. And the transmission determination result is transmitted to all pico base stations and the other two macro base stations in the cooperative group.
- step 409 the other two macro base stations perform data transmission according to the transmission determination result, and all the pico base stations in the cooperative group perform scheduling and data transmission according to the transmission determination result.
- the first CQI and the second CQI are both CQI fed back from the user, CQI fed back from the macro user, and fed back from the pico base station user. To distinguish it from CQI, it is only different in name.
- the macro user feeds back only one CQI to the serving macro base station of the macro user at each CQI feedback time.
- ICI is other than the three macro base stations in the cooperative group.
- the three first CQIs have different feedback periods.
- the CQI feedback period corresponding to the serving macro base station is twice the feedback time interval, and the other two first CQI feedback periods are three times the feedback time interval.
- the macro base station after receiving one CQI fed back from each macro user, the macro base station takes out the latest two other CQIs received before this, and extracts the three CQIs. Is used to perform similar calculations and updates to obtain the CQI in the four states.
- step 404 the pico base station user feeds back two CQIs to the serving pico base station of the pico base station user.
- P p represents the serving pico base station user serving pico.
- ICI represents the interference strength by other macro base stations and other pico base stations other than the three macro base stations and the serving pico base station in the coordination group
- n is the heat It represents noise
- the feedback periods of these three second CQIs are all three times the feedback time interval.
- the pico base station receives the two CQIs fed back from each pico base station user, and then retrieves the last two CQIs received before this.
- One CQI is used to perform similar calculations and updates to obtain the CQI in 8 states.
- FIG. 7 shows a distinction in user CQI feedback between traditional dynamic eICIC technology, method 1 of the present invention, method 2 of the present invention, and improvement of method 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 shows only some of the methods for reducing the amount of feedback information. There are many other methods (for example, a method of changing the feedback period of different CQIs, or a method of feeding back a difference between one CQI and another CQI and the CQI). Either of these methods can statistically achieve the goal of reducing user feedback overhead.
- the number of CQIs that need to be fed back is as follows. That is, the macro user feeds back M CQIs, and the pico base station user feeds back M + 1 CQIs. As can be seen, as the coordination group grows, the number of CQIs that need to be fed back increases.
- the value of CQI is achieved so as to achieve the purpose of reducing the amount of feedback information. May not feed back a relatively small or unimportant CQI.
- the number of CQIs fed back from the macro user is made smaller than M.
- a state with a generally low CQI need not be directly discarded and participated in performance estimation and comparison.
- the macro user may feed back 2 M-1 CQIs
- the pico base station user may feed back 2 M CQIs.
- the calculation and update processes in steps 403 and 405 need not be executed.
- step 402 and step 404 can be executed simultaneously, and step 403 and step 405 can be executed simultaneously.
- the CQI feedback formula and the CQI update formula provided in steps 402 to 405 are only one specific example. In actual application, various modifications can be made to the CQI feedback formula and the CQI update formula as long as it is ensured that the decision macro base station or the control means can obtain the CQI in each state of the cooperative group.
- FIG. 8a a cooperative group consisting of three macro base stations located at the same position in step 301 or step 401 is as shown in FIG. 8a.
- the macro base stations 1, 2, and 3 have the same location and are all at the center point (ie, the starting point of the arrow in FIG. 8a), but the antenna directions of the three macro base stations are not the same, Each service area is not the same.
- These three macro base stations can form one cooperative group.
- a corresponding cooperative group is formed for each of the three normal base stations to be co-located.
- FIG. 8b shows another configuration method of the cooperation group.
- the three macro base stations in the unfilled area can form a cooperative group, but the locations of the three macro base stations are in different positions.
- the cooperative group consisting of two macro base stations.
- the macro base station 1 covers the pico base station A and the pico base station B
- the macro base station 2 covers the pico base station C and the pico base station D.
- the cooperative group has at most four states. These four states are obtained by any combination of the mute / non-mute states of the two macro base stations.
- State 1 is a state in which the macro base station 1 is muted and the macro base station 2 is muted.
- State 2 is a state in which the macro base station 1 is unmuted and the macro base station 2 is unmuted.
- state 3 is a state in which the macro base station 1 is muted and the macro base station 2 is not muted
- state 4 is a state in which the macro base station 1 is unmuted and the macro base station 2 is muted. State.
- the macro base station 1 is determined as the determination macro base station is similar to the flow shown in FIG. That is, First, the macro base station 2 receives the two first CQIs fed back from the macro user of the own station, and updates the state 2 and the state 3 (that is, the state in which the macro base station 2 is not muted). To obtain a CQI of Similarly, the pico base station C receives three second CQIs fed back from its own pico base station user, and obtains CQIs in states 1 to 4 by updating. At this time, the pico base station C may estimate the system performance of each of the pico base stations C in the states 1 to 4 and provide the system performance to the macro base station 2. The updated states 1 to 4 May be provided directly to the macro base station 2.
- the pico base station D can perform processing similar to that of the pico base station C. Thereafter, the macro base station 2 uses the CQI in the state 2 and the state 3 updated in the own station, and further updates the CQI in the states 1 to 4 updated in the pico base station C, and the pico base station D.
- the system performance in the states 1 to 4 of the macro base station 2 is estimated by using the CQI in the states 1 to 4 updated in (1), and the system performance is provided to the macro base station 1.
- the macro base station 2 uses the CQI in the state 2 and the state 3 updated by the own station, and further, the system performance in the states 1 to 4 of the pico base station C, and the state of the pico base station D
- the system performance in the states 1 to 4 of the macro base station 2 may be estimated using the system performance in 1 to 4. The amount of information exchange with this method is smaller.
- the macro base station 1 performs processing similar to the macro base station 2. Differently, the macro base station 1 receives the two first CQIs fed back from its own macro user and then updates the state 2 and state 4 (ie, the macro base station 1 is unmuted). CQI in the state). The pico base stations A and B also perform processing similar to that of the pico base station C. In this way, the macro base station 1 can estimate the system performance in the states 1 to 4 of the macro base station 1.
- the macro base station 1 determines, as a determination macro base station, the entire cooperative group based on the system performance of the macro base station 1 in the states 1 to 4 and the system performance of the macro base station 2 in the states 1 to 4. Estimate the system performance in states 1 to 4, and set the mute / non-mute state between the own station and the macro base station 2 by selecting the best system performance from the four system performances. . For example, when the system performance corresponding to the state 2 is the highest system performance, the macro base station 1 is set to non-mute and the macro base station 2 is set to non-mute before data transmission is performed. Of course, when performing state scanning, only some of the four states may be considered. For example, only the system performance in three states is compared.
- the macro base station 1 provides the control means with the system performance in its own state 1 to 4, and the macro base station 2 also provides the control means with the system performance in its own state 1 to 4.
- the control means estimates the system performance in the states 1 to 4 of the entire cooperative group, and selects the highest system performance from among the four system performances, so that the macro base station 1 and the macro base station 2 Set mute / non-mute status of.
- the macro base station calculates and updates since the two received first CQIs are CQIs in two states. There is no need to do.
- CQIm 1 is the CQI when the second macro base station is muted
- CQIm 2 is the CQI when the second macro base station is unmuted.
- 0 P p / (ICI + n).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 2 + CQIp 1 +1).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 2 + CQIp 1 +1).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 2 +1).
- CQI CQIp 0 / (CQIp 1 +1).
- each transmission point When determining multiple states of a cooperative group in units of subbands, each transmission point estimates system performance in different subband mute / non-mute states based on the updated CQI, and determines the performance estimation result Usually provided to a base station or control means.
- the determination normal base station or the control means selects the subband mute / non-mute state corresponding to the maximum system performance, and notifies the transmission determination result to other transmission points.
- Other transmission points select the CQI corresponding to the actual transmission state according to the transmission determination result, and perform scheduling and data transmission.
- steps 303, 305, and 306 need to be changed compared to the flow shown in FIG. 3, and steps 406 and 408 are also changed compared to the flow shown in FIG.
- each macro base station performs pre-scheduling based on the CQI fed back from its own macro user, and each subband of the macro base station is in a non-mute state.
- Estimate system performance As should be explained, each CQI fed back from the user includes CQI information of the entire band and CQI information of the subband.
- the entire band of each macro base station is divided into eight subbands.
- each pico base station performs pre-scheduling based on the two CQIs fed back from its own pico base station user, and all the subbands of the three macro base stations in the cooperative group are all non-scheduled.
- the decision macro base station calculates and compares the system performance in two states, all non-muted or all muted, of each sub-band of the three macro base stations, For each subband, transmission determination is performed, that is, according to a state with high performance, the actual transmission state of each subband of all macro base stations in the coordination group is set, and the transmission determination result Notify the pico base station and the other two macro base stations.
- the actual transmission state is as shown in FIG. 11a.
- subbands 1, 5, 6, and 8 of the three macro base stations are all unmuted
- subbands 2, 3, 4, and 7 of the three base stations are all muted.
- the other two macro base stations select a CQI corresponding to the actual transmission state according to the transmission determination result, perform scheduling, perform data transmission, and perform all pico in the cooperative group.
- the base station also selects a CQI corresponding to the actual transmission state according to the transmission determination result, performs scheduling, and transmits data.
- subbands 1 and 2 are group 1
- subbands 3 and 4 are group 2
- subbands 5 and 6 are group 3
- subbands 7 and 8 are group 4.
- it may be divided into four groups and the mute / non-mute state may be determined for each subband group. The description is omitted here.
- each macro base station performs pre-scheduling based on CQI in the updated four states, and in each of the eight states of each subband.
- the total macro user performance is estimated, and each pico base station performs pre-scheduling based on the updated CQIs in the eight states, and the pico base station users in the eight states of each subband.
- Estimate the total performance For example, each pico base station needs to estimate the total 64 system performance of the pico base station for 8 subbands of 3 macro base stations.
- the determination macro base station calculates the system performance in eight states for each subband of the three macro base stations in the cooperative group, performs transmission determination, and has a high performance state. Accordingly, the actual transmission state of each subband of the three macro base stations in the cooperative group is set, and the transmission determination result is provided to all pico base stations and the other two macro base stations in the cooperative group. In one specific realization, the actual transmission state of the coordination group is as shown in FIG. 11b.
- the macro base station 1 has subbands 3, 5, 6, and 8 in a non-mute state
- the other subbands are in a mute state
- the macro base station 2 has subbands 1, 3, 5, and 8
- the macro base station 3 has subbands 1, 2, 6, and 8 in a non-mute state.
- the decision macro base station can determine one by one for each subband. For example, first, the mute / non-mute state of the three macro base stations of subband 1 is determined, and then the mute / non-mute state of subband 2 is determined.
- the CQI feedback and the cooperative group state (or mute / non-mute) based on the method shown in FIG. State) directly. This avoids updating the CQI and reduces the complexity of implementation.
- the following CQI feedback method can be applied to any number of macro base stations where M is greater than one.
- Method A Decrease the estimated performance by simplifying the cooperative group status.
- the MUE feeds back nine first CQIs respectively corresponding to the nine states.
- These nine states include state 0 to state 8.
- state 0 is a state where 0 MeNBs are muted
- state 1 is a state where one MeNB is muted
- state 2 is a state where two MeNBs are muted
- state 3 is a state in which three MeNBs are muted
- state 4 is a state in which four MeNBs are muted
- state 5 is a state in which five MeNBs are muted
- state 6 has six states
- the MeNB is in a muted state
- the state 7 is a state in which seven MeNBs are muted
- the state 8 is a state in which eight MeNBs are muted.
- the PUE feeds back 10 second CQIs respectively corresponding to the 10 states. Based on the nine states fed back by the MUE, state 9 (that is, the state where the nine MeNBs are muted
- RSRP signal strength
- state 0 is And state 1 is Corresponds to.
- the CQIm determined by this method is a conservative CQI, that is, the first CQI that is the minimum in the state 1.
- the MUE can determine 9 CQIs, Is the smallest of them.
- the conservative CQI is fed back. It is.
- n is the interference intensity outside the cooperative group
- P j1 is the j1th signal intensity rearranged in order from large to small.
- the decision MeNB or the control means estimates the system performance in 10 states based on the first CQI and the second CQI fed back by the method A, and corresponds to the highest system performance among them. Determine the cooperative group state.
- the estimated system performance for the i th cooperative group state is: In the i-th cooperative group state, i MeNBs are in a mute state.
- k i is the actual ratio of MeNBs in the non-mute state in the i-th cooperative group state
- CM i, j is the system performance in the i-th cooperative group state of MeNBj
- CP i, k is the system performance at the i-th coordinated group state of PeNB covered by the MeNB cooperative group
- N p is the number of all PeNB cooperative group.
- the determination MeNB or the control unit randomly designates a specific MeNB in the mute state, By providing the determination result to other MeNBs in the cooperation group, the mute / non-mute state of the MeNB bandwidth can be set for data transmission.
- the cooperative group state corresponding to the highest system performance is state 1 (that is, a state where one MeNB is muted)
- the determination MeNB or the control unit can perform setting by randomly selecting a state in which the MeNB 2 is muted.
- each state of the cooperative group usually arbitrarily selected case, from among the M normal base stations, the N close The number of normal base station the number N close The base station is determined in muted
- one of the selection methods of muting can be associated, and the value of the N close is any one of 1,..., M ⁇ 1.
- M 9, when N close is set to 1, there are a total of nine cooperative group states.
- the nine cooperative group states are a state where MeNB1 is muted, a state where MeNB2 is muted,..., And a state where MeNB9 is muted.
- the method for determining the cooperative group state is similar.
- the MUE determines nine first CQIs.
- each first CQI is related to the signal strength of the MeNB to which the MUE belongs, the signal strength of other MeNBs that are in the non-muted state in the corresponding cooperative group state, and the interference strength outside the cooperative group.
- the PUE determines 10 second CQIs.
- each second CQI is related to the signal strength of the PUE, the signal strength of the MeNB that is in the non-muted state in the corresponding cooperative group state, and the interference strength outside the cooperative group.
- Method B Reduce the CQI feedback using the correlation between the mute / non-mute state changes.
- the mute / non-mute state enabled at the current feedback time is the state 0 or the state 1.
- the cooperation group is in state 1 at the previous transmission time
- the mute / non-mute state that is enabled at the current feedback time is state 0, state 1 or state 2, in other words, state 0, state 1 , State 2 is a cooperative group state that can transition from State 1. In this way, the description is omitted here.
- the MUE can feed back the first CQI at the current time to the MeNB according to the coordination group state at the previous transmission time.
- the PUE can also feed back the second CQI at the current time to the PeNB of the local station according to the coordination group state at the previous transmission time. For example, when the cooperative group state is state 1 at the previous transmission time, at the current time, the MUE And the PUE Feedback.
- FIG. 18 is a transition diagram of the above cooperative group state.
- the mute / non-mute state enabled at the current feedback time is state 1 (ie, the third macro base station is muted, 1, The second macro base station is all unmuted) or state 2 (ie, the first macro base station is unmuted and the second and third macro base stations are all muted).
- Method C Based on Method A, adopt conservative feedback to further reduce CQI feedback.
- the number of macro base stations in the cooperative group is equal to 9.
- the MUE feeds back 9 first CQIs
- the PUE feeds back 10 second CQIs.
- the nine first CQIs fed back from the MUE are grouped so that, for example, three first CQIs are grouped into one group. Assume that CQIm 0, CQIm 1, and CQIm 2 are in one group. The first CQI that is the minimum is selected from among them, and is fed back to the MeNB. This is conservative feedback.
- the ten second CQIs fed back from the PUE are grouped so that two second CQIs form one group. For example, CQIp 0 and CQIp 1 form one group.
- Method C a relatively small second CQI is selected and fed back to the PeNB.
- the MUE feeds back three first CQIs to the MeNB, and the PUE feeds back four second CQIs to the PeNB.
- BLER block error ratio
- CQIp 2 and CQIp 3 are compared as one group, and CQIp 1 is independently made into one group, that is, both CQIp 2 and CQIp 3 Of CQIp 1 is fed back.
- the user of the normal base station determines N feed1 first CQIs to be fed back, and then further determines the strongest among them. N1 first CQIs can be selected and fed back to the normal base station.
- the range of n1 is N feed1 > n1 ⁇ 1.
- the user of the low power node determines N feed2 second CQIs to be fed back, and then selects n2 second CQIs that are the strongest among them, and feeds back to the low power node. You can also.
- the range of n2 is Nfeed2 > n2 ⁇ 1.
- the mute / non-mute state can have the following two values. That is, (1) When the normal base station is in the mute state (mute), the transmission power is 0, and data transmission is not performed, the value of the mute / non-mute state is 0. (2) When the normal base station is in a non-mute state (non-mute) and performs data transmission with a specified transmission power, the value of the mute / non-mute state is 1.
- the mute / unmute state can have multiple values. That is, (1) when the transmission power is 0, the value of the mute / non-mute state is 0.
- the value of the mute / non-mute state is 1.
- the value of the mute / non-mute state is 0.5.
- the actual transmission power of the normal base station can be set to P ⁇ specified transmission power.
- the mute / non-mute state value P is determined by actual transmission power.
- P is in the range [0, 1].
- the present invention provides an inter-cell interference adjustment method in a heterogeneous network (HetNet).
- HetNet HetNet
- This method Configuring a first normal base station in the heterogeneous network and one or more low power nodes covered by the first normal base station as a coordination group; The user of the first normal base station measures the signal strengths of one or more interfering normal base stations around the user and the first normal base station to obtain a plurality of corresponding third channel qualities.
- Step B2 for feeding back the instruction (CQI) The user of each low power node covered by the first normal base station measures the signal strength of one or more normal base stations around the user and feeds back a plurality of corresponding fourth CQIs.
- Step C2 Based on the third CQI and the fourth CQI, the first normal base station performs performance estimation in a non-mute state and a mute state, respectively.
- Step D2 for setting the actual transmission state of the first normal base station;
- the first normal base station acquires an actual transmission state of the interference normal base station, and based on the third CQI and the fourth CQI, between the interference normal base station and the first normal base station. Determining an actual CQI corresponding to an actual transmission state, and scheduling and transmitting data according to the actual CQI.
- the cooperative group configured in step A2 includes only one normal base station (ie, the first normal base station).
- the inter-cell interference adjustment method includes the following steps.
- step 1201 a certain macro base station and a pico base station within the coverage of the macro base station are configured as a cooperative group.
- the macro user of the macro base station (referred to as the first macro base station or macro base station 1) measures the reference signal strength from the N interfering macro base stations, and determines N + 1 CQIs. provide feedback.
- a plurality of adjacent macro base stations can be preset as one measurement feedback set. These macro base stations become interfering macro base stations. In this case, all macro users under the macro base station 1 feed back CQIs related only to the macro base stations in the measurement feedback set.
- the macro user can determine a corresponding interfering macro base station based on the signal measurement result of the own station.
- the interference macro base stations determined by different macro users may not be the same.
- N 2
- the interference macro base station of a certain macro user is the second and third macro base stations.
- P 1 represents the signal strength received by the macro user from the serving macro base station
- P 2 and P 3 represent the signal strength received by the macro user from the corresponding interfering macro base station
- ICI is
- n represents thermal noise.
- the ICI may be an actual interference strength determined by an actual mute / non-mute state of a macro user other than the serving macro base station and the interference macro base station other than the macro user.
- the estimated interference strength measured when all of the macro base stations are assumed to be in a non-muted state may be used.
- the pico base station user of the pico base station under the first macro base station measures the reference signal strength from the M macro base stations and feeds back M + 1 CQIs.
- the macro base station that interferes with the user is the first macro base station.
- the second and third macro base stations may also be macro base stations that interfere with the pico base station user. That is, the pico base station user can determine a macro base station that causes interference with the user based on the signal measurement result of the user station, and perform corresponding CQI feedback.
- the first macro base station performs pre-scheduling based on the fed back CQI, and estimates the total performance of the macro user when the macro base station is in a non-muted state.
- Each pico base station under the first macro base station performs pre-scheduling based on the CQI in the mute / non-mute state of the macro base station in which the pico base station is located.
- the total performance of the base station user is estimated, and the performance estimation result is transmitted to the first macro base station.
- the first macro base station compares the system performance in the mute / non-mute state of its own station, selects a state corresponding to a relatively large performance, and sets the actual transmission state.
- the first macro base station determines the actual transmission state according to the system performance of the own station and does not need to consider the system performance of other macro base stations.
- the second and third macro base stations can also perform processing similar to the above. The description is omitted here.
- step 1205 the determined actual transmission state is exchanged between adjacent macro base stations.
- the first macro base station performs scheduling and data transmission according to the actual transmission state between itself and the surrounding macro base stations.
- the transmission point when actually scheduling, the transmission point first updates the CQI of each user, and then uses the CQI corresponding to the actual transmission state of the surrounding macro base stations to set the MCS level. You can choose.
- a macro user under the first macro base station feeds back three CQIs.
- the pico base station user of the pico base station under the first macro base station feeds back two CQIs.
- the feedback CQIp 0 is directly adopted and actual scheduling is performed.
- the feedback CQIp 1 is directly adopted and actual scheduling is performed.
- the CQI feedback formula in steps 1202 and 1203 is just one example.
- the CQI feedback formula can be modified in various ways as long as it includes information such as the signal strength of the serving macro base station and / or the signal strength of the interference macro base station.
- the performance can be estimated directly using the CQI fed back from the user.
- the process of updating the CQI can be performed after the actual transmission state is determined.
- it can be determined whether the CQI needs to be updated according to the actual transmission state.
- the fed back CQIm 1 can be used directly for actual scheduling. In such a case, there is no need to update the CQI.
- step 1206 only one CQI corresponding to the actual transmission state is obtained by updating the CQI. Compared with steps 403 and 405, the amount of calculation for updating the CQI is greatly reduced.
- the present invention provides an inter-cell interference adjustment method in a heterogeneous network (HetNet).
- HetNet heterogeneous network
- M M is greater than 1
- a user of each transmission point in the cooperative group feeds back at least one channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group to the transmission point; and Based on the fed back CQI, the performance estimation of the cooperative group is performed to obtain a plurality of system performances respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group; Setting the Mute / non-muted state of the bandwidths of the M transmission points for data transmission according to the cooperative group state corresponding to the best system performance.
- CQI channel quality indication
- the low-power node when forming a cooperative group, can be divided into two types of mute and non-mute by identifying the normal base station and the low-power node in the heterogeneous network. Or have multiple muted / unmuted state values corresponding to adjustable transmit power.
- the plurality of states of the cooperative group in B3 include any combination of mute / non-mute states of M transmission points.
- the user of each transmission point determines M CQIs, and each CQI is related to the signal strength of the transmission point and the interference strength outside the coordination group.
- the plurality of states of the cooperative group in B3 is determined by the number of transmission points in the mute state, where the mute state corresponding to the i-th cooperative group state is determined.
- the user of each transmission point determines M CQIs, where each CQI is put into a non-mute state in the signal strength of the transmission point to which the user belongs, i-th cooperative group state. There is a relationship with the signal strength of some other transmission point and the interference strength outside the coordination group.
- the number of Corresponding to one of the selection methods for arbitrarily selecting a transmission point and setting the mute state, the value of the N close is any one of 1,..., M ⁇ 1.
- the user at each transmission point determines M CQIs, where each CQI is in a non-muted state with the signal strength of the transmission point to which the user belongs and the corresponding cooperative group state. There is a relationship with the signal strength of other transmission points and the interference strength outside the coordination group.
- the present invention is not limited to the several cooperative group states listed above, but may be a combination of the cooperative group states.
- the cooperative group state is mainly determined by the number of transmission points in the mute state, and in the case of a specific N close , the mute / non-mute state of a specific transmission point is also one cooperative group state. It is said.
- the coordination group states include a state where MeNB1 is muted (one of the cases where one transmission point is muted), a state where MeNB2 is muted (one transmission point is muted) The other is a state where two transmission points are muted, ..., a state where M-1 transmission points are muted.
- the low power node is always open and unmuted while only considering that the base station is normally closed.
- All the solved means for example, determining the mute / non-mute state based on the subband group of the normal base station as a basic unit, performing transmission determination by the control means or the determination macro base station, etc.
- the present invention can also be applied to an interference adjustment method for equating a low power node with a low power node. There is no need to perform special processing for low-power nodes, and processing for normal base stations need only be extended to all transmission points in the cooperative group.
- the heterogeneous network provided in one embodiment of the present invention includes at least one cooperative group consisting of M (M is greater than 1) normal base stations and low power nodes covered by each normal base station. And one of the normal base stations is set as a determined normal base station, and a normal base station other than the determined normal base station is set as another normal base station.
- M is greater than 1
- a normal base station other than the determined normal base station is set as another normal base station.
- at least one normal base station in the coordination group covers one or more low power nodes.
- Each normal base station in the cooperative group receives at least one first channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group, fed back from the user of the local station to the normal base station,
- the plurality of states of the cooperative group are obtained by combining the mute / non-mute states of the bandwidth of the M normal base stations,
- Each low power node covered by the normal base station in the cooperative group receives one or more second CQIs corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group fed back from the user of the local station to the low power node.
- the determination normal base station uses the at least one first CQI and the one or more second CQIs to perform performance estimation of a cooperative group, and each of the plurality of bases corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group System bandwidth, and the bandwidth mute / non-mute status of the M base stations is set for data transmission according to the cooperative group status corresponding to the highest system performance.
- each of the low power nodes calculates and updates one or more second CQIs fed back from a user of the local station, and uses the updated CQIs, The performance of the low power node is estimated, and the performance estimation result of the low power node in a plurality of states of the cooperation group is provided to the normal base station that covers the low power node.
- the other normal base station determines the other normal base station based on at least one first CQI fed back from a user of the local station and a performance estimation result of a low power node covered by the other normal base station. Base station performance estimation is performed, and performance evaluation results of the other normal base stations in a plurality of states of the cooperative group are provided to the determined normal base station.
- the determined normal base station based on at least one first CQI fed back from a user of the own station and a performance estimation result of a low power node covered by the determined normal base station, A performance estimation is performed, and based on the performance estimation result of each normal base station, a performance estimation of the cooperative group is performed to obtain a plurality of system performances respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the configuration of one heterogeneous network of the present invention.
- the coordination group includes three normal base stations, MeNB1, MeNB2, and MeNB3.
- MeNB1 is a determined normal base station.
- the MUE shown in FIG. 13 is a macro user of MeNB1
- PeNB is a low power node covered by MeNB1
- PUE is a low power node user of the PeNB.
- the flow shown in FIG. 3 can be referred to.
- each MUE includes a channel estimation module and a CQI feedback module, and the CQI feedback module provides one CQI to the performance estimation module of MeNB1.
- Each PUE also includes a channel estimation module and a CQI feedback module, which provides two CQIs to the PeNB's CQI processing module.
- Each PeNB includes a CQI processing module, a scheduling module, and a transmitter.
- MeNB1 contains a performance estimation module, an integrated determination module, a scheduling module, and a transmitter.
- MeNB2 or MeNB3 includes a performance estimation module, a scheduling module, and a transmitter.
- the PeNB CQI processing module estimates the system performance of the PeNB based on the two CQIs fed back from the PUE, and transmits the estimated system performance to the performance estimation module of the MeNB1.
- the PeNB CQI processing module may directly provide the two CQIs to the MeNB1 performance estimation module without performing a corresponding performance estimation process. .
- the performance estimation module of MeNB1 estimates the system performance of MeNB1 based on one CQI fed back from the MUE and the information provided from the CQI processing module, and provides it to the integrated determination module.
- the integrated determination module of MeNB1 receives the system performance of MeNB2 and MeNB3 provided from the performance estimation module of MeNB2 and MeNB3, and receives the system performance of MeNB1, and corresponds to the highest system performance. Accordingly, the mute / non-mute state of the three MeNBs is determined, and the determination results are notified to the scheduling modules of MeNB1, MeNB2, and MeNB3, and the scheduling module of PeNB, respectively.
- the performance estimation module of MeNB2 or MeNB3 includes information provided from its own pico base station (may be CQI fed back from the pico base station user or pico base station system performance), macro user The system performance of the local station is obtained based on the CQI fed back from.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the configuration of another heterogeneous network of the present invention, and its basic configuration is similar to FIG.
- each of the MeNB1, MeNB2, and MeNB3 further includes a CQI update module that updates three CQIs fed back from its own MUE for performance estimation, and the PeNB's CQI processing module is also fed back from the PUE. It further has a CQI update function capable of updating the four CQIs that have been determined to eight CQIs that correspond one-to-one with the coordination group state for performance estimation.
- the flow shown in FIG. 4 can be referred to.
- the M first CQIs fed back from the MUE can correspond to the M cooperative group states.
- the number of macro base stations in the mute state in different cooperating group states is not the same, and the cooperating group state does not focus on which macro base station is muted. For example, when the number of macro base stations is 6, when the macro base stations 1 to 4 in the cooperative group are muted and when the macro base stations 2 to 5 are muted, the same cooperative group state is obtained.
- M + 1 second CQIs fed back from PUE are made to correspond to M + 1 cooperative group states.
- the MeNB or PeNB need not update the CQI after receiving the CQI feedback. That is, the MUE CQI feedback module in FIG.
- the PUE CQI feedback module has M + 1 coordinations.
- the M + 1 second CQIs corresponding to the group state are fed back to the PeNB CQI processing module to estimate the system performance of the PeNB, while the CQI need not be updated.
- the heterogeneous network provided in another embodiment of the present invention includes at least one coordination group consisting of M (M is greater than 1) normal base stations and low power nodes covered by each normal base station. And control means shared by the M normal base stations.
- M is greater than 1
- control means shared by the M normal base stations.
- at least one normal base station in the coordination group covers one or more low power nodes.
- Each normal base station in the cooperative group receives at least one first channel quality indication (CQI) corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group, fed back from the user of the local station to the normal base station,
- the plurality of states of the cooperative group are obtained by combining the mute / non-mute states of the bandwidths of the M normal base stations.
- Each low power node covered by a normal base station in the cooperative group receives one or more second CQIs corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group fed back from the user of the local station to the low power node. .
- the control means uses the at least one first CQI and the one or more second CQIs to perform performance estimation of a cooperative group, and a plurality of systems respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group Obtain the performance and set the mute / non-mute state of the bandwidth of the M normal base stations for data transmission according to the cooperative group state corresponding to the highest system performance.
- each of the low power nodes calculates and updates one or more second CQIs fed back from a user of the local station, and uses the updated CQIs, The performance of the low power node is estimated, and the performance estimation result of the low power node in a plurality of states of the cooperation group is provided to the normal base station that covers the low power node.
- Each of the normal base stations calculates and updates at least one first CQI fed back from the user of the own station, and estimates the performance of the updated CQI and the low power node covered by the normal base station. Using the result, the performance of the normal base station is estimated, and the performance estimation result of the normal base station in a plurality of states of the cooperation group is provided to the control means.
- the control means performs performance estimation of the cooperative group based on the performance estimation result of each normal base station, and obtains a plurality of system performances respectively corresponding to a plurality of states of the cooperative group.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the configuration of another heterogeneous network of the present invention.
- the coordination group includes three normal base stations (RRE1, RRE2, and RRE3, respectively), and includes control means shared by the three RREs.
- RRE1, RRE2, RRE3, and control means are Assume that one complete large base station is constructed.
- Each RRE has its own MUE and its own PeNB.
- PUE is a PeNB pico base station user.
- the configurations of the MUE, PUE, and PeNB are the same as those shown in FIG. 13, and a description thereof is omitted here.
- each RRE includes a performance estimation module and a transmitter
- the control means includes an integrated determination module and a scheduling module.
- the performance estimation module of each RRE provides the system performance of the RRE to the integrated determination module. After determining the determination result, the integrated determination module transmits the actual transmission to the scheduling module in the control means and the scheduling module in the PeNB. Notification is made to perform user scheduling according to the CQI corresponding to the state. Regarding the processes executed by the PUE, MUE, PeNB, and RRE, the flow shown in FIG. 3 can be referred to.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the configuration of another heterogeneous network of the present invention, and its basic configuration is similar to FIG.
- each RRE further includes a CQI update module that updates three CQIs fed back from its own MUE for performance estimation, and the PeNB CQI processing module is also fed back from the PUE. It further has a CQI update function for updating four CQIs to eight CQIs corresponding one-to-one with the cooperative group state for performance estimation.
- the flow shown in FIG. 4 can be referred to.
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前記異種ネットワークにおけるM(Mは1より大きい)個の通常基地局および各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成するステップAと、
前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得るステップBと、
前記協調グループにおける各通常基地局のユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つの第1のチャネル品質指示(CQI)を、該通常基地局へフィードバックするステップCと、
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを、該低電力ノードへフィードバックするステップDと、
前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIに基づいて、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得るステップEと、
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定するステップFと、を含む。
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の通常基地局が全て非ミュートである状態での第1のCQIをフィードバックし、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M個の通常基地局が全て非ミュートである状態およびM個の通常基地局が全てミュートである状態での2つの第2のCQIをフィードバックし、
ここで、前記第1のCQIおよび第2のCQIはいずれも、該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある。
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の第1のCQIを決定し、前記第1のCQIは、j(j=1,2,…,M)番目の通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係があり、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M+1個の第2のCQIを決定し、前記第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードの信号強度、該協調グループにおける各通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある。
該協調グループにおける通常基地局が、自局のユーザからフィードバックされたM個の第1のCQIを、協調グループにおける他の通常基地局のミュート/非ミュート状態の任意の組み合わせに1対1対応するCQIに更新し、
低電力ノードが、自局のユーザからフィードバックされたM+1個の第2のCQIを、協調グループの複数の状態に1対1対応するCQIに更新し、
更新後のCQIに基づいて、各状態での協調グループのシステム性能を見積もる、ことを含む。
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の第1のCQIを決定し、ここで、i(i=0,1,…,M-1)番目の第1のCQIは、該ユーザの属する通常基地局の信号強度、i番目の協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係があり、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M+1個の第2のCQIを決定し、ここで、i(i=0,1,…,M)番目の第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードの信号強度、i番目の協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある。
前記i番目の第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードのユーザで測定された、i番目の協調グループ状態で最小となるCQIである。
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の第1のCQIを決定し、ここで、各第1のCQIは、該ユーザの属する通常基地局の信号強度、対応する協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係があり、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M+1個の第2のCQIを決定し、ここで、各第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードの信号強度、対応する協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある。
あるいは、
前記ステップCは、前記通常基地局のユーザが、決定されたM個の第1のCQIをグループ分けして比較し、各グループの中から、最小となる第1のCQIを選択して、該通常基地局へフィードバックする、ことをさらに含み、前記ステップDは、前記低電力ノードのユーザが、決定されたM+1個の第2のCQIをグループ分けして比較し、各グループの中から、最小となる第2のCQIを選択して、該低電力ノードへフィードバックする、ことをさらに含む。
前記ステップDは、前記低電力ノードのユーザが、1つ前の伝送時刻での協調グループ状態から遷移可能な複数の協調グループ状態を、現在のフィードバック時刻での協調グループ状態とし、前記現在のフィードバック時刻での協調グループ状態に対応する第2のCQIを、該低電力ノードへフィードバックする、ことを含む。
前記ステップDは、前記低電力ノードのユーザが、フィードバックするNfeed2個の第2のCQIを決定し、その中から、最強となるn2(n2の範囲はNfeed2>n2≧1)個の第2のCQIを選択して、該低電力ノードへフィードバックする、ことを含む。
通常基地局の全帯域を、それぞれが1つまたは複数のサブバンドを含むK(Kは1より大きい)個のサブバンドグループに分け、
各サブバンドグループで、前記M個の通常基地局のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得る、ことを含む。
この場合、前記ステップEは、
低電力ノードのユーザからフィードバックされた1つ以上の第2のCQIに基づいて、該低電力ノード、該低電力ノードをカバーする通常基地局、および制御手段のうちの1つが、協調グループの複数の状態での該低電力ノードの性能見積を行い、
通常基地局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、該通常基地局または制御手段が、協調グループの複数の状態での該通常基地局の性能見積を行い、
前記制御手段が、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る、ことを含む。
この場合、前記ステップEは、
低電力ノードのユーザからフィードバックされた1つ以上の第2のCQIに基づいて、該低電力ノード、該低電力ノードをカバーする通常基地局、および判定通常基地局のうちの1つが、協調グループの複数の状態での該低電力ノードの性能見積を行い、
他の通常基地局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、他の通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、他の通常基地局または判定通常基地局が、協調グループの複数の状態での該他の通常基地局の性能見積を行い、
前記判定通常基地局が、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該判定通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、協調グループの複数の状態での該判定通常基地局の性能見積を行い、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る、ことを含む。
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態での実際のCQIを決定し、該実際のCQIに従って、データのスケジューリングおよび伝送を行う、ことをさらに含む。
前記第1のCQIまたは第2のCQIの重要度を決定し、
前記重要度に従って、重要度が高いCQIのフィードバック周期が短く、重要度が低いCQIのフィードバック周期が長いように、各第1のCQIまたは第2のCQIのフィードバック周期を設定し、
あるいは、重要度が高いCQIを基準CQIとして、直接に相応の送信ポイントへフィードバックし、重要度が低いCQIと前記基準CQIとの差を相応の送信ポイントへフィードバックする、ことをさらに含む。
異種ネットワークにおけるコロケーションするM個の通常基地局、および相応の低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成し、あるいは、異種ネットワークにおける隣接するM個の通常基地局、および相応の低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成する、ことを含む。
それぞれがM(Mは1より大きい)個の通常基地局および各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードからなる少なくとも1つの協調グループと、前記M個の通常基地局で共用される制御手段と、を含み、ここで、前記協調グループにおける少なくとも1つの通常基地局は、1つまたは複数の低電力ノードをカバーし、
前記協調グループにおける各通常基地局は、自局のユーザから該通常基地局へフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つの第1のチャネル品質指示(CQI)を受信し、前記協調グループの複数の状態は、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて得られたものであり、
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードは、自局のユーザから該低電力ノードへフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを受信し、
前記制御手段は、前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIを利用して、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得、最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定する。
前記各通常基地局は、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIに対して、計算および更新を行い、更新後のCQIと、該通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とを利用して、該通常基地局の性能を見積もり、協調グループの複数の状態での該通常基地局の性能見積結果を、前記制御手段に提供し、
前記制御手段は、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る。
それぞれがM(Mは1より大きい)個の通常基地局および各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードからなる少なくとも1つの協調グループを含み、そのうちの1つの通常基地局を判定通常基地局とし、該判定通常基地局以外の通常基地局を他の通常基地局とし、ここで、前記協調グループにおける少なくとも1つの通常基地局は、1つまたは複数の低電力ノードをカバーし、
前記協調グループにおける各通常基地局は、自局のユーザから該通常基地局へフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つの第1のチャネル品質指示(CQI)を受信し、前記協調グループの複数の状態は、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて得られたものであり、
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードは、自局のユーザから該低電力ノードへフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを受信し、
前記判定通常基地局は、前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIを利用して、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得、最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定する。
前記他の通常基地局は、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該他の通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、該他の通常基地局の性能見積を行い、協調グループの複数の状態での該他の通常基地局の性能見積結果を、前記判定通常基地局に提供し、
前記判定通常基地局は、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該判定通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、該判定通常基地局の性能見積を行い、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る。
前記異種ネットワークにおける第1の通常基地局および該第1の通常基地局のカバーする1つまたは複数の低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成するステップA2と、
第1の通常基地局のユーザは、該ユーザの周りの1つまたは複数の干渉通常基地局と該第1の通常基地局との信号強度を測定して、複数の相応の第3のチャネル品質指示(CQI)をフィードバックするステップB2と、
該第1の通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザは、該ユーザの周りの1つまたは複数の通常基地局の信号強度を測定して、複数の相応の第4のCQIをフィードバックするステップC2と、
前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに基づいて、該第1の通常基地局に対して、非ミュート状態およびミュート状態でそれぞれ性能見積を行って、両者のうち、システム性能が高い状態を、該第1の通常基地局の実際の伝送状態として設定するステップD2と、
前記第1の通常基地局は、干渉通常基地局の実際の伝送状態を取得し、前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに基づいて、干渉通常基地局と第1の通常基地局との実際の伝送状態に対応する実際のCQIを決定し、該実際のCQIに従って、データのスケジューリングおよび伝送を行うステップE2と、を含む。
第1の通常基地局の全てのユーザに対して、測定フィードバック集合を予め設定し、該第1の通常基地局の各ユーザが、相応の第3のCQIをフィードバックするために、前記測定フィードバック集合における通常基地局の信号強度を測定する、ことをさらに含む。
前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIが、干渉通常基地局と第1の通常基地局との実際の伝送状態に対応する実際のCQIである場合、第3のCQIに従って、第1の通常基地局のユーザスケジューリングを行い、第4のCQIに従って、第1の通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザスケジューリングを行う、ことを含む。
前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに対して、計算および更新を行って、干渉通常基地局と第1の通常基地局との実際の伝送状態に対応する実際のCQIを得る、ことをさらに含む。
前記異種ネットワークにおける、それぞれが1つまたは複数の通常基地局と各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードとを含むM(Mは1より大きい)個の送信ポイントを、協調グループとして構成するステップA3と、
前記M個の送信ポイントの帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得るステップB3と、
前記協調グループにおける各送信ポイントのユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つのチャネル品質指示(CQI)を、該送信ポイントへフィードバックするステップC3と、
フィードバックされたCQIに基づいて、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得るステップD3と、
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の送信ポイントの帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定するステップE3と、を含む。
この場合、前記ステップC3において、各送信ポイントのユーザは、M個のCQIを決定し、前記各CQIは、該送信ポイントの信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある。
この場合、前記ステップC3において、各送信ポイントのユーザは、M個のCQIを決定し、ここで、各CQIは、該ユーザの属する送信ポイントの信号強度、i番目の協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の送信ポイントの信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある。
この場合、前記ステップC3において、各送信ポイントのユーザは、M個のCQIを決定し、ここで、各CQIは、該ユーザの属する送信ポイントの信号強度、対応する協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の送信ポイントの信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある。
前記異種ネットワークにおけるM(Mは1より大きい)個の通常基地局および各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成するステップAと、
前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得るステップBと、
前記協調グループにおける各通常基地局のユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つの第1のチャネル品質指示(CQI)を、該通常基地局へフィードバックするステップCと、
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを、該低電力ノードへフィードバックするステップDと、
前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIに基づいて、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する複数のシステム性能を得るステップEと、
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定するステップFと、を含む。
まず、マクロ基地局2は、自局のマクロユーザからフィードバックされた2つの第1のCQIを受信し、更新により、状態2および状態3(即ち、マクロ基地局2が非ミュートである状態)でのCQIを得る。同様に、ピコ基地局Cは、自局のピコ基地局ユーザからフィードバックされた3つの第2のCQIを受信し、更新により、状態1~4でのCQIを得る。このとき、ピコ基地局Cは、該ピコ基地局Cの状態1~4でのシステム性能をそれぞれ見積もって、前記システム性能をマクロ基地局2に提供してもよく、更新された状態1~4でのCQIを直接にマクロ基地局2に提供してもよい。ピコ基地局Dは、ピコ基地局Cと類似する処理を行うことができる。その後、マクロ基地局2は、自局で更新された状態2および状態3でのCQIを利用して、さらに、ピコ基地局Cで更新された状態1~4でのCQI、およびピコ基地局Dで更新された状態1~4でのCQIを利用して、該マクロ基地局2の状態1~4でのシステム性能を見積もって、該システム性能をマクロ基地局1に提供する。勿論、マクロ基地局2は、自局で更新された状態2および状態3でのCQIを利用して、さらに、ピコ基地局Cの状態1~4でのシステム性能、およびピコ基地局Dの状態1~4でのシステム性能を利用して、該マクロ基地局2の状態1~4でのシステム性能を見積もってもよい。このような方式での情報交換量がより少ない。
マクロ基地局1は、自局の状態1~4でのシステム性能を制御手段に提供し、マクロ基地局2も、自局の状態1~4でのシステム性能を該制御手段に提供する。制御手段は、協調グループ全体の状態1~4でのシステム性能を見積もって、この4つのシステム性能の中から、最高となるシステム性能を選択することによって、マクロ基地局1とマクロ基地局2とのミュート/非ミュート状態を設定する。
前記異種ネットワークにおける第1の通常基地局および該第1の通常基地局のカバーする1つまたは複数の低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成するステップA2と、
第1の通常基地局のユーザは、該ユーザの周りの1つまたは複数の干渉通常基地局と該第1の通常基地局との信号強度を測定して、複数の相応の第3のチャネル品質指示(CQI)をフィードバックするステップB2と、
該第1の通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザは、該ユーザの周りの1つまたは複数の通常基地局の信号強度を測定して、複数の相応の第4のCQIをフィードバックするステップC2と、
前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに基づいて、該第1の通常基地局に対して、非ミュート状態およびミュート状態でそれぞれ性能見積を行って、両者のうち、システム性能が高い状態を、該第1の通常基地局の実際の伝送状態として設定するステップD2と、
前記第1の通常基地局は、干渉通常基地局の実際の伝送状態を取得し、前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに基づいて、干渉通常基地局と第1の通常基地局との実際の伝送状態に対応する実際のCQIを決定し、該実際のCQIに従って、データのスケジューリングおよび伝送を行うステップE2と、を含む。
前記異種ネットワークにおける、それぞれが1つまたは複数の通常基地局と各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードとを含むM(Mは1より大きい)個の送信ポイントを、協調グループとして構成するステップA3と、
前記M個の送信ポイントの帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得るステップB3と、
前記協調グループにおける各送信ポイントのユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つのチャネル品質指示(CQI)を、該送信ポイントへフィードバックするステップC3と、
フィードバックされたCQIに基づいて、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得るステップD3と、
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の送信ポイントの帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定するステップE3と、を含む。
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードは、自局のユーザから該低電力ノードへフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを受信し、
前記判定通常基地局は、前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIを利用して、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得、最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定する。
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- 異種ネットワーク(HetNet)におけるセル間干渉調整方法であって、
前記異種ネットワークにおけるM(Mは1より大きい)個の通常基地局および各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成するステップAと、
前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得るステップBと、
前記協調グループにおける各通常基地局のユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つの第1のチャネル品質指示(CQI)を、該通常基地局へフィードバックするステップCと、
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを、該低電力ノードへフィードバックするステップDと、
前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIに基づいて、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得るステップEと、
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定するステップFと、
を含むことを特徴とする方法。 - 前記ステップBにおける協調グループの複数の状態は、M個の通常基地局が全て非ミュートである状態およびM個の通常基地局が全てミュートである状態を含み、
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の通常基地局が全て非ミュートである状態での第1のCQIをフィードバックし、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M個の通常基地局が全て非ミュートである状態およびM個の通常基地局が全てミュートである状態での2つの第2のCQIをフィードバックし、
ここで、前記第1のCQIおよび第2のCQIはいずれも、該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある、
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップBにおける協調グループの複数の状態は、M個の通常基地局のミュート/非ミュート状態の任意の組み合わせを含み、
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の第1のCQIを決定し、前記第1のCQIは、j(j=1,2,…,M)番目の通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係があり、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M+1個の第2のCQIを決定し、前記第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードの信号強度、該協調グループにおける各通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある、
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップEは、
該協調グループにおける通常基地局が、自局のユーザからフィードバックされたM個の第1のCQIを、協調グループにおける他の通常基地局のミュート/非ミュート状態の任意の組み合わせに1対1対応するCQIに更新し、
低電力ノードが、自局のユーザからフィードバックされたM+1個の第2のCQIを、協調グループの複数の状態に1対1対応するCQIに更新し、
更新後のCQIに基づいて、各状態での協調グループのシステム性能を見積もる、
ことを含むことを特徴とする請求項3に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップBにおける協調グループの複数の状態は、ミュート状態にある通常基地局の数により決定され、ここで、i番目の協調グループ状態に対応する、ミュート状態にある通常基地局の数は、i(i=0,1,…,M)であり、
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の第1のCQIを決定し、ここで、i(i=0,1,…,M-1)番目の第1のCQIは、該ユーザの属する通常基地局の信号強度、i番目の協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係があり、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M+1個の第2のCQIを決定し、ここで、i(i=0,1,…,M)番目の第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードの信号強度、i番目の協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある、
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の方法。 - 前記i番目の第1のCQIは、該通常基地局のユーザで測定された、i番目の協調グループ状態で最小となるCQIであり、
前記i番目の第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードのユーザで測定された、i番目の協調グループ状態で最小となるCQIである、
ことを特徴とする請求項5に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップBにおける協調グループの各状態は、ミュート状態にある通常基地局の数Ncloseが決定された場合で、M個の通常基地局の中から、Nclose個の通常基地局を任意に選択してミュート状態にする選択方式のうちの1つに対応し、前記Ncloseの値は、1,…,M-1のうちの任意の1つであり、
この場合、
前記ステップCにおいて、通常基地局のユーザは、M個の第1のCQIを決定し、ここで、各第1のCQIは、該ユーザの属する通常基地局の信号強度、対応する協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係があり、
前記ステップDにおいて、低電力ノードのユーザは、M+1個の第2のCQIを決定し、ここで、各第2のCQIは、該低電力ノードの信号強度、対応する協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある通常基地局の信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある、
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップCは、前記通常基地局のユーザが、決定されたM個の第1のCQIを該通常基地局へフィードバックする、ことをさらに含み、前記ステップDは、前記低電力ノードのユーザが、決定されたM+1個の第2のCQIを該低電力ノードへフィードバックする、ことをさらに含み、
あるいは、
前記ステップCは、前記通常基地局のユーザが、決定されたM個の第1のCQIをグループ分けして比較し、各グループの中から、最小となる第1のCQIを選択して、該通常基地局へフィードバックする、ことをさらに含み、前記ステップDは、前記低電力ノードのユーザが、決定されたM+1個の第2のCQIをグループ分けして比較し、各グループの中から、最小となる第2のCQIを選択して、該低電力ノードへフィードバックする、ことをさらに含む、
ことを特徴とする請求項3、5または7に記載の方法。 - 前記協調グループ外の干渉強度は、相応のユーザが協調グループ外の通常基地局の実際のミュート/非ミュート状態により測定した実際の干渉強度、あるいは、相応のユーザが協調グループ外の通常基地局をいずれも非ミュート状態にあると仮定する場合に測定した推定干渉強度である、
ことを特徴とする請求項2、3、5または7に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップCは、前記通常基地局のユーザが、1つ前の伝送時刻での協調グループ状態から遷移可能な複数の協調グループ状態を、現在のフィードバック時刻での協調グループ状態とし、前記現在のフィードバック時刻での協調グループ状態に対応する第1のCQIを、該通常基地局へフィードバックする、ことを含み、
前記ステップDは、前記低電力ノードのユーザが、1つ前の伝送時刻での協調グループ状態から遷移可能な複数の協調グループ状態を、現在のフィードバック時刻での協調グループ状態とし、前記現在のフィードバック時刻での協調グループ状態に対応する第2のCQIを、該低電力ノードへフィードバックする、ことを含む、
ことを特徴とする請求項1、3、5または7に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップCは、前記通常基地局のユーザが、フィードバックするNfeed1個の第1のCQIを決定し、その中から、最強となるn1(n1の範囲はNfeed1>n1≧1)個の第1のCQIを選択して、該通常基地局へフィードバックする、ことを含み、
前記ステップDは、前記低電力ノードのユーザが、フィードバックするNfeed2個の第2のCQIを決定し、その中から、最強となるn2(n2の範囲はNfeed2>n2≧1)個の第2のCQIを選択して、該低電力ノードへフィードバックする、ことを含む、
ことを特徴とする請求項1、3、5または7に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップBは、
通常基地局の全帯域を、それぞれが1つまたは複数のサブバンドを含むK(Kは1より大きい)個のサブバンドグループに分け、
各サブバンドグループで、前記M個の通常基地局のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得る、
ことを含むことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップAは、前記M個の通常基地局に対して、共用される制御手段を設けることを含み、
この場合、前記ステップEは、
低電力ノードのユーザからフィードバックされた1つ以上の第2のCQIに基づいて、該低電力ノード、該低電力ノードをカバーする通常基地局、および制御手段のうちの1つが、協調グループの複数の状態での該低電力ノードの性能見積を行い、
通常基地局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、該通常基地局または制御手段が、協調グループの複数の状態での該通常基地局の性能見積を行い、
前記制御手段が、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る、ことを含む、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップAは、前記M個の通常基地局の中から、判定通常基地局を選択し、該判定通常基地局以外の通常基地局を他の通常基地局とすることを含み、
この場合、前記ステップEは、
低電力ノードのユーザからフィードバックされた1つ以上の第2のCQIに基づいて、該低電力ノード、該低電力ノードをカバーする通常基地局、および判定通常基地局のうちの1つが、協調グループの複数の状態での該低電力ノードの性能見積を行い、
他の通常基地局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、他の通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、他の通常基地局または判定通常基地局が、協調グループの複数の状態での該他の通常基地局の性能見積を行い、
前記判定通常基地局が、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該判定通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、協調グループの複数の状態での該判定通常基地局の性能見積を行い、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る、ことを含む、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップFは、
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態での実際のCQIを決定し、該実際のCQIに従って、データのスケジューリングおよび伝送を行う、
ことをさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の方法。 - 前記第1のCQIまたは第2のCQIの重要度を決定し、
前記重要度に従って、重要度が高いCQIのフィードバック周期が短く、重要度が低いCQIのフィードバック周期が長いように、各第1のCQIまたは第2のCQIのフィードバック周期を設定し、
あるいは、重要度が高いCQIを基準CQIとして、直接に相応の送信ポイントへフィードバックし、重要度が低いCQIと前記基準CQIとの差を相応の送信ポイントへフィードバックする、
ことをさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップAは、
異種ネットワークにおけるコロケーションするM個の通常基地局、および相応の低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成し、あるいは、異種ネットワークにおける隣接するM個の通常基地局、および相応の低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成する、
ことを含むことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の方法。 - 通常基地局の実際の送信電力を、P(Pは[0,1]の範囲内にある)×規定送信電力に設定し、前記ミュート/非ミュート状態を実際の送信電力の値に基づいて決定する、
ことをさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の方法。 - 異種ネットワークであって、
それぞれがM(Mは1より大きい)個の通常基地局および各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードからなる少なくとも1つの協調グループと、前記M個の通常基地局で共用される制御手段と、を含み、ここで、前記協調グループにおける少なくとも1つの通常基地局は、1つまたは複数の低電力ノードをカバーし、
前記協調グループにおける各通常基地局は、自局のユーザから該通常基地局へフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つの第1のチャネル品質指示(CQI)を受信し、前記協調グループの複数の状態は、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて得られたものであり、
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードは、自局のユーザから該低電力ノードへフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを受信し、
前記制御手段は、前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIを利用して、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得、最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定する、
ことを特徴とする異種ネットワーク。 - 前記各低電力ノードは、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた1つ以上の第2のCQIに対して、計算および更新を行い、更新後のCQIを利用して、該低電力ノードの性能を見積もり、協調グループの複数の状態での該低電力ノードの性能見積結果を、該低電力ノードをカバーする通常基地局に提供し、
前記各通常基地局は、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIに対して、計算および更新を行い、更新後のCQIと、該通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とを利用して、該通常基地局の性能を見積もり、協調グループの複数の状態での該通常基地局の性能見積結果を、前記制御手段に提供し、
前記制御手段は、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る、
ことを特徴とする請求項19に記載の異種ネットワーク。 - 異種ネットワークであって、
それぞれがM(Mは1より大きい)個の通常基地局および各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードからなる少なくとも1つの協調グループを含み、そのうちの1つの通常基地局を判定通常基地局とし、該判定通常基地局以外の通常基地局を他の通常基地局とし、ここで、前記協調グループにおける少なくとも1つの通常基地局は、1つまたは複数の低電力ノードをカバーし、
前記協調グループにおける各通常基地局は、自局のユーザから該通常基地局へフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つの第1のチャネル品質指示(CQI)を受信し、前記協調グループの複数の状態は、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて得られたものであり、
前記協調グループにおける通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードは、自局のユーザから該低電力ノードへフィードバックされた、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する1つ以上の第2のCQIを受信し、
前記判定通常基地局は、前記少なくとも1つの第1のCQIおよび前記1つ以上の第2のCQIを利用して、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得、最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の通常基地局の帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定する、
ことを特徴とする異種ネットワーク。 - 前記各低電力ノードは、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた1つ以上の第2のCQIに対して、計算および更新を行い、更新後のCQIを利用して、該低電力ノードの性能を見積もり、協調グループの複数の状態での該低電力ノードの性能見積結果を、該低電力ノードをカバーする通常基地局に提供し、
前記他の通常基地局は、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該他の通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、該他の通常基地局の性能見積を行い、協調グループの複数の状態での該他の通常基地局の性能見積結果を、前記判定通常基地局に提供し、
前記判定通常基地局は、自局のユーザからフィードバックされた少なくとも1つの第1のCQIと、該判定通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードの性能見積結果とに基づいて、該判定通常基地局の性能見積を行い、各通常基地局の性能見積結果に基づいて、該協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得る、
ことを特徴とする請求項21に記載の異種ネットワーク。 - 異種ネットワーク(HetNet)におけるセル間干渉調整方法であって、
前記異種ネットワークにおける第1の通常基地局および該第1の通常基地局のカバーする1つまたは複数の低電力ノードを、協調グループとして構成するステップA2と、
第1の通常基地局のユーザは、該ユーザの周りの1つまたは複数の干渉通常基地局と該第1の通常基地局との信号強度を測定して、複数の相応の第3のチャネル品質指示(CQI)をフィードバックするステップB2と、
該第1の通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザは、該ユーザの周りの1つまたは複数の通常基地局の信号強度を測定して、複数の相応の第4のCQIをフィードバックするステップC2と、
前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに基づいて、該第1の通常基地局に対して、非ミュート状態およびミュート状態でそれぞれ性能見積を行って、両者のうち、システム性能が高い状態を、該第1の通常基地局の実際の伝送状態として設定するステップD2と、
前記第1の通常基地局は、干渉通常基地局の実際の伝送状態を取得し、前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに基づいて、干渉通常基地局と第1の通常基地局との実際の伝送状態に対応する実際のCQIを決定し、該実際のCQIに従って、データのスケジューリングおよび伝送を行うステップE2と、
を含むことを特徴とする方法。 - 前記ステップB2は、
第1の通常基地局の全てのユーザに対して、測定フィードバック集合を予め設定し、該第1の通常基地局の各ユーザが、相応の第3のCQIをフィードバックするために、前記測定フィードバック集合における通常基地局の信号強度を測定する、
ことをさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項23に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップE2は、
前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIが、干渉通常基地局と第1の通常基地局との実際の伝送状態に対応する実際のCQIである場合、第3のCQIに従って、第1の通常基地局のユーザスケジューリングを行い、第4のCQIに従って、第1の通常基地局のカバーする各低電力ノードのユーザスケジューリングを行う、
ことを含むことを特徴とする請求項23または24に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップE2は、
前記第3のCQIおよび前記第4のCQIに対して、計算および更新を行って、干渉通常基地局と第1の通常基地局との実際の伝送状態に対応する実際のCQIを得る、
ことをさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項23または24に記載の方法。 - 異種ネットワーク(HetNet)におけるセル間干渉調整方法であって、
前記異種ネットワークにおける、それぞれが1つまたは複数の通常基地局と各通常基地局のカバーする低電力ノードとを含むM(Mは1より大きい)個の送信ポイントを、協調グループとして構成するステップA3と、
前記M個の送信ポイントの帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態を組み合わせて、該協調グループの複数の状態を得るステップB3と、
前記協調グループにおける各送信ポイントのユーザは、協調グループの複数の状態に対応する少なくとも1つのチャネル品質指示(CQI)を、該送信ポイントへフィードバックするステップC3と、
フィードバックされたCQIに基づいて、協調グループの性能見積を行って、協調グループの複数の状態にそれぞれ対応する複数のシステム性能を得るステップD3と、
最高となるシステム性能に対応する協調グループ状態に従って、前記M個の送信ポイントの帯域幅のミュート/非ミュート状態をデータ伝送のために設定するステップE3と、
を含むことを特徴とする方法。 - 前記ステップB3における協調グループの複数の状態は、M個の送信ポイントのミュート/非ミュート状態の任意の組み合わせを含み、
この場合、前記ステップC3において、各送信ポイントのユーザは、M個のCQIを決定し、前記各CQIは、該送信ポイントの信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある、
ことを特徴とする請求項27に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップB3における協調グループの複数の状態は、ミュート状態にある送信ポイントの数により決定され、ここで、i番目の協調グループ状態に対応する、ミュート状態にある送信ポイントの数は、i(i=0,1,…,M-1)であり、
この場合、前記ステップC3において、各送信ポイントのユーザは、M個のCQIを決定し、ここで、各CQIは、該ユーザの属する送信ポイントの信号強度、i番目の協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の送信ポイントの信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある、
ことを特徴とする請求項27に記載の方法。 - 前記ステップB3における協調グループの各状態は、ミュート状態にある送信ポイントの数Ncloseが決定された場合、M個の送信ポイントの中から、Nclose個の送信ポイントを任意に選択してミュート状態にする選択方式のうちの1つに対応し、前記Ncloseの値は、1,…,M-1のうちの任意の1つであり、
この場合、前記ステップC3において、各送信ポイントのユーザは、M個のCQIを決定し、ここで、各CQIは、該ユーザの属する送信ポイントの信号強度、対応する協調グループ状態で非ミュート状態にある他の送信ポイントの信号強度、および該協調グループ外の干渉強度と関係がある、
ことを特徴とする請求項27に記載の方法。
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