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- the present invention relates to a radio base station apparatus, a radio resource management method, a radio resource management program, a radio communication apparatus, and a radio communication system.
- the present invention relates to a radio base station apparatus that performs communication using a white space frequency.
- a communication frequency band is allocated for broadcasting and communication, but using a frequency (white space frequency) included in a communication frequency band that is not actually used.
- white space frequency a frequency included in a communication frequency band that is not actually used.
- the white space frequency in addition to the carrier (primary carrier) authorized to perform communication using the occupied frequency band, the carrier (secondary carrier) that does not have the occupied frequency band is also used. be able to.
- Non-Patent Document 1 a technique for preventing interference in mutual communication when a plurality of communications are simultaneously performed using a white space frequency has been discussed (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1). ).
- Non-Patent Document 2 Discovery Service
- Hiroki Hamada “Wireless LAN industry excited for TV white space utilization”, Nikkei Electronics, August 8, 2011 Stanislav FILIN, Tuncer BAYKAS, M.M. Aizur RAHMAN, Hiroshi HARADA, “Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.19.1 white space coexistence services”, IEICE Technical Report, IEICE, January, 2011, p. 57-p. 64
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a radio base station apparatus, a radio resource management method, a radio resource management program, a radio communication apparatus, and a radio communication system that can effectively utilize a white space frequency.
- the purpose is to provide.
- a radio base station apparatus is a radio base station apparatus that assigns a white space frequency to a radio communication apparatus, and in response to a communication frequency assignment request from the radio communication apparatus,
- the wireless base station apparatus includes a radio resource allocation unit that allocates a first white space frequency allocated to another radio communication apparatus to the radio communication apparatus.
- the wireless communication base station can effectively use one white space frequency, and can suppress one wireless communication base station from using new white space frequencies one after another. Therefore, the white space frequency can be effectively used together with other radio base station apparatuses.
- the radio resource allocating unit is configured such that the first white space frequency and the second white space frequency to which more radio communication devices than the first white space frequency are allocated are assigned. If there is a space frequency, the second white space frequency may be assigned to the wireless communication device.
- the white space frequency can be used effectively.
- the third white space A frequency may be assigned to the wireless communication device.
- the white space frequency can be used effectively.
- the radio resource allocating unit may assign a white space frequency whose radio resource allocation amount is less than a predetermined threshold to the radio communication apparatus.
- the radio base station apparatus further includes a use state detection unit that detects a use state of a white space frequency around the radio base station apparatus, wherein the radio resource allocation unit has the first white space frequency.
- a use state detection unit that detects a use state of a white space frequency around the radio base station apparatus, wherein the radio resource allocation unit has the first white space frequency.
- the radio base station apparatus of the present invention further includes a receiving unit that receives information on a usage state of a white space frequency in the periphery of the radio communication apparatus from the radio communication apparatus that makes the allocation request for the communication frequency, and the radio resource
- the allocation unit has a radio resource allocation amount of the first white space frequency equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, based on the information received by the reception unit, the white space frequency of which the use of the radio resource is not detected Radio resources may be allocated.
- the accuracy of communication using the white space frequency can be improved by taking into consideration the usage status of the white space frequency around the wireless communication terminal that actually performs communication in addition to the usage status of the white space frequency around the base station. Further improvement can be achieved.
- the allocated amount may be an already allocated amount of radio resources for the radio communication device.
- the allocation amount may be a total amount of an already allocated amount of radio resources for the radio communication device and a radio resource allocation request amount in the communication frequency allocation request.
- the radio base station apparatus of the present invention divides a packet to be transmitted to a radio communication apparatus that has made the allocation request when the radio resource allocation amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold at the first white space frequency.
- the radio communication apparatus when the radio resource allocation unit has the second white space frequency and the third white space frequency, the radio communication apparatus is set to the second white space frequency. It may be assigned.
- the white space frequency can be used effectively.
- the radio base station apparatus of the present invention may have a plurality of resource blocks in which the radio resource is divided in the frequency axis direction.
- communication can be performed using a predetermined frequency width included in the white space frequency.
- the radio base station apparatus of the present invention may have a plurality of resource blocks in which the radio resource is divided in the time axis direction.
- communication can be performed using a predetermined time width included in the time used for white space frequency communication.
- the radio resource management method of the present invention is a radio resource management method of a radio base station apparatus that allocates a white space frequency to a radio communication apparatus, and a plurality of radio resource management methods according to a communication frequency allocation request from the radio communication apparatus.
- the wireless base station device has a step of assigning a white space frequency assigned by another wireless communication device to the wireless communication device.
- the wireless communication base station can effectively use one white space frequency, and can suppress one wireless communication base station from using new white space frequencies one after another. Therefore, the white space frequency can be effectively used together with other radio base station apparatuses.
- the radio resource management program of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute each step of the radio resource management method.
- the radio communication base station can effectively use one white space frequency, and can suppress the use of a new white space frequency by one radio communication base station one after another. Therefore, the white space frequency can be effectively used together with other radio base station apparatuses.
- the wireless communication apparatus of the present invention is a wireless communication apparatus that performs communication using a white space frequency, and receives information on the first white space frequency assigned to the wireless communication apparatus from the wireless base station apparatus. And a transmitting unit that transmits a signal using the first white space frequency, and the first white space frequency is determined by the radio base station apparatus among a plurality of white space frequencies. This is a frequency band assigned to another wireless communication device.
- the wireless communication device shares one white space frequency with other wireless communication devices. Therefore, the radio communication base station can effectively use one white space frequency, and can suppress one radio communication base station from using new white space frequencies one after another. Therefore, the white space frequency can be effectively used together with other radio base station apparatuses.
- the receiving unit when there is a second white space frequency to which other wireless communication devices more than the first white space frequency are allocated, the receiving unit is configured to transmit the second white space frequency.
- Information on a space may be received, and the transmission unit may transmit a signal using the second white space.
- the wireless communication device since the wireless communication device uses a white space frequency that is frequently assigned by other wireless communication devices, it can be expected that all assignment of wireless resources of this white space frequency will be completed early. Therefore, the white space frequency can be used effectively.
- the receiving unit when there is a third white space frequency in which the amount of radio resources allocated is larger than the first white space frequency, the receiving unit provides information on the third white space frequency. And the transmitter may transmit a signal using the third white space frequency.
- the wireless communication device since the wireless communication device uses a white space frequency with a large amount of radio resources allocated, it can be expected that all allocation of radio resources of this white space frequency will be completed early. Therefore, the white space frequency can be used effectively.
- the transmitting unit may transmit a white space frequency allocation request to the wireless base station apparatus.
- the wireless base station device is assigned a WS frequency from the wireless base station device at an arbitrary timing, and can perform communication using the white space frequency.
- the wireless communication system of the present invention is a wireless communication system that performs communication using a white space frequency, and relates to a first white space frequency to which another wireless communication device is assigned among a plurality of white space frequencies.
- a wireless communication base station that transmits information; and a wireless communication device that receives the information and performs communication using the first white space frequency.
- the wireless communication device shares one white space frequency with other wireless communication devices. Therefore, the radio communication base station can effectively use one white space frequency, and can suppress one radio communication base station from using new white space frequencies one after another. Therefore, the white space frequency can be effectively used together with other radio base station apparatuses.
- the white space frequency can be used effectively.
- wireless communication terminal in the several communication system in embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the structural example of the radio base station apparatus and radio
- the figure which shows an example of the white space frequency in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the radio
- wireless resource of the white space frequency by the radio base station apparatus in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the 4th example of the allocation method of the radio
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement example of a plurality of radio base station apparatuses and a plurality of radio communication terminals in a plurality of communication systems according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Reference numerals A1, A2, B1, and B2 indicate wireless base station apparatuses arranged in the base stations, and reference numerals Ta1 to Ta6 and Tb1 to Tb3 are respectively managed by the wireless base station apparatuses A1 or A2, B1, or B2. 1 shows a wireless communication terminal.
- the radio base station apparatus A1 and the radio communication terminals Ta1 to Ta4 constitute one communication system.
- the radio base station apparatus A2 and the radio communication terminals Ta5 to Ta6 constitute one communication system.
- the radio base station apparatus B1 and the radio communication terminal Tb2 constitute one communication system.
- the radio base station apparatus B2 and the radio communication terminals Tb1 and Tb3 constitute one communication system. Therefore, the example of FIG. 1 shows a communication environment in which four communication systems are mixed.
- Radio base station apparatuses A1 and A2 indicate radio base station apparatuses of the same operator, and similarly, radio base station apparatuses B1 and B2 indicate radio base station apparatuses of other same operators. Different radio base station apparatuses of the same operator may perform various processes in cooperation.
- the communication terminal may be a mobile terminal that can move.
- the description of allocating a white space frequency (radio resource) to a radio communication device and the description of allocating a radio communication device to a white space frequency (radio resource) are intended to be similar events. ing. In other words, the same contents are used for both descriptions.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the radio base station apparatus and the radio communication terminal in the embodiment of the present invention.
- a radio base station apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 corresponds to the radio base station apparatuses A1, A2, B1, and B2 illustrated in FIG. 1, and all the radio base station apparatuses have the same configuration.
- the radio communication terminal 200 shown in FIG. 2 corresponds to the radio communication terminals Ta1 to Ta6 and Tb1 to Tb3 shown in FIG. 1, and all the radio communication terminals have the same configuration.
- the wireless base station device 100 also simply referred to as “base station 100”
- the wireless communication terminal 200 also simply referred to as “terminal 200” will be described.
- the base station 100 and the terminal 200 are one of wireless communication devices managed by the base station 100. That is, in the following description, the wireless communication device includes the base station 100 and the terminal 200. Then, the base station 100 determines which WS frequency among a plurality of white space frequencies (hereinafter also referred to as WS frequencies) is allocated to the wireless communication device (details will be described later). Therefore, the base station 100 may determine the WS frequency with another base station 100, but in the following description, the base station 100 and the terminal 200 will be described as an example.
- WS frequencies white space frequencies
- the wireless communication device managed by the base station 100 is, for example, a wireless communication device connected to the base station 100.
- the connected wireless communication apparatus can perform communication using the WS frequency assigned by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 is connected to a wireless communication device that has been requested to disconnect, a wireless communication device that has not performed communication for a predetermined time, or a wireless communication device that has completed communication (use of wireless resources to be described later). Is released. That is, these wireless communication devices are removed from the management of the base station 100.
- the above-described connection state canceling method is merely an example, and is not particularly limited.
- the base station 100 includes a reception antenna 110, a radio reception unit 120, a reception packet decoding unit 130, a scanning unit 140, an RRM (Radio Resource Management) unit 150, a transmission packet generation unit 160, a radio transmission unit 170, a transmission antenna. 180.
- RRM Radio Resource Management
- an uplink 310 for transmitting a signal (packet) from the terminal 200 to the base station 100 and a signal (packet) from the base station 100 to the terminal 200 are provided.
- Base station 100 communicates with terminal 200 using a radio resource of a white space frequency (hereinafter also referred to as WS frequency) via a radio line.
- WS frequency white space frequency
- the reception antenna 110 receives a communication signal communicated via the uplink 310, and outputs the communication signal to the wireless reception unit 120 as a reception signal.
- the wireless reception unit 120 receives a reception signal from the reception antenna 110. Then, predetermined demodulation processing, frequency conversion processing, and the like are performed on the received signal to obtain a received packet from the received signal. Radio receiving section 120 outputs this received packet to received packet decoding section 130.
- the received packet decoding unit 130 receives the received packet from the wireless receiving unit 120 and performs a decoding process on the received packet. Through the decoding process, the received packet decoding unit 130 acquires user data (for example, video data, audio data, etc.) and control data from the terminal 200.
- This control data may include white space search information (WS search information) including the result of the scanning process performed by the terminal 200.
- WS search information white space search information
- the scanning unit 140 performs a scanning process (herein referred to as carrier scanning, where carrier means a carrier wave carrying a radio signal) in order to search for the presence or absence of wireless communication using WS frequencies around the base station 100. Do. That is, the scanning unit 140 has a function as a usage state detection unit that detects the usage state of the radio resource of the WS frequency. The scanning unit 140 outputs the result of the scanning process to the RRM unit 150 as WS search information in the base station 100.
- carrier scanning herein referred to as carrier scanning, where carrier means a carrier wave carrying a radio signal
- the scanning process for example, when the output of a sensor included in the scanning unit 140 is ⁇ 114 dBm or more at a WS frequency having a bandwidth of 6 MHz, another carrier is detected, that is, the WS frequency is used. judge. On the other hand, when the sensor output is less than ⁇ 114 dBm, it is determined that no other carrier is detected, that is, the WS frequency is not used and there is no interference.
- the RRM unit 150 has an internal memory 151.
- the internal memory 151 stores information indicating which WS frequency radio resource is allocated to which radio communication device managed by the base station 100. This information corresponds to information indicating an allocation state of radio resources of WS frequency.
- the RRM unit 150 refers to the allocation state information stored in the internal memory 151 and allocates an unallocated radio resource having a WS frequency satisfying a predetermined condition to the terminal 200. Details of the WS frequency radio resource allocation method will be described later.
- the RRM unit 150 determines a WS frequency to be allocated to the terminal 200 in response to an allocation request from the terminal 200. And preferably, RRM section 150 determines a radio resource to be used in communication with terminal 200.
- the RRM unit 150 includes the information determined here in the RRM control information of the uplink 310 and outputs the information to the transmission packet generation unit 160.
- the RRM control information includes at least information on the WS frequency to which the allocation request source is allocated.
- the allocation request source may be the terminal 200 or another base station 100.
- the RRM unit 150 determines the radio resource of the WS frequency to be allocated according to the allocation request of the base station 100 that is the own station.
- the RRM unit 150 includes the information determined here in the RB allocation information of the downlink 320 and outputs the information to the radio transmission unit 170.
- the RRM unit 150 allocates a WS-frequency radio resource having no other carrier to the terminal 200 in consideration of the result of the scanning process performed by the scanning unit 140. Thereby, the interference condition (interference is not detected), which is a precondition for performing communication using the WS frequency, can be satisfied.
- the RRM unit 150 may allocate WS frequency radio resources to the terminal 200 based on the WS search information in the terminal 200 transmitted from the terminal 200. It is assumed that the results of the scanning process in the base station 100 and the scanning process in the terminal 200 may differ depending on the surrounding communication environment. Therefore, by considering the result of the scanning process by the terminal 200 that actually performs communication on the uplink 310, a preferable WS frequency is set in communication between the base station 100 and the terminal 200 (or another base station 100). Can be determined. That is, the accuracy of communication using the WS frequency can be further improved.
- the determination of the WS frequency to which the terminal 200 is assigned by the RRM unit 150 may be given priority to the scanning process result by the base station 100.
- the result of the scanning process by the terminal 200 may be prioritized.
- the transmission packet generator 160 generates a transmission packet including user data to the terminal 200 (for example, display data for video data from the terminal 200) and control data.
- This control data includes the RRM control signal of the uplink 310 acquired from the RRM unit 150.
- the transmission packet generation unit 160 outputs the generated transmission packet to the wireless transmission unit 170.
- the wireless transmission unit 170 performs predetermined encoding processing, frequency conversion processing, modulation processing, and the like on the transmission packet from the transmission packet generation unit 160. Then, based on the RB allocation information of downlink 320 from RRM section 150, a transmission signal is generated from the transmission packet. Radio transmitting section 170 outputs the generated transmission signal to transmitting antenna 180.
- the RB allocation information here includes WS frequency and radio resource information for transmitting the transmission packet via the downlink 320.
- the transmission antenna 180 transmits the transmission signal from the wireless transmission unit 170 to the terminal 200 as a communication signal via the downlink 320.
- the terminal 200 includes a reception antenna 210, a radio reception unit 220, a reception packet decoding unit 230, a scanning unit 240, an RRM unit 250, a transmission packet generation unit 260, a radio transmission unit 270, and a transmission antenna 280.
- the reception antenna 210 receives a communication signal communicated via the downlink 320 and outputs the communication signal to the wireless reception unit 220 as a reception signal.
- the wireless reception unit 220 receives a reception signal from the reception antenna 210. Then, predetermined demodulation processing, frequency conversion processing, and the like are performed on the received signal to obtain a received packet from the received signal. Radio receiving section 220 outputs this received packet to received packet decoding section 230.
- the received packet decoding unit 230 receives the received packet from the wireless receiving unit 220 and performs a decoding process on the received packet. By the decoding process, the received packet decoding unit 230 acquires user data (for example, display data) and control data from the base station 100. This control data includes the RRM control information of the uplink 310.
- the scanning unit 240 performs a scanning process (carrier scanning) to search for the presence or absence of a communication carrier using the WS frequency around the terminal 200. That is, the scanning unit 240 has a function of detecting the use state of the radio resource of the WS frequency in the vicinity of the terminal 200 that is the own terminal. The scanning unit 240 outputs the result of the scanning process to the RRM unit 250 as WS search information in the terminal 200. The scanning unit 240 can be omitted.
- the RRM unit 250 performs processing necessary for the base station 100 to allocate the radio resource of the WS frequency to the terminal 200 that is its own terminal, with the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100.
- the RRM unit 250 determines the WS frequency to be allocated to the terminal 200 and the radio resource to be used based on the RRM control information of the uplink 310 from the received packet decoding unit 230. That is, the RRM unit 250 determines to allocate the WS frequency and radio resource determined by the base station 100 included in the RRM control information of the uplink 310 to the terminal 200.
- the RRM unit 250 includes the information determined here in the RB allocation information of the uplink 310 and outputs the information to the radio transmission unit 270.
- the RRM unit 250 when the scanning process is executed by the scanning unit 240, the RRM unit 250 outputs the WS search information in the terminal 200 from the scanning unit 240 to the transmission packet generation unit 260.
- the transmission packet generator 260 generates a transmission packet including user data (for example, video data, audio data, etc.) and control data for the base station 100.
- This control data may include WS search information in the terminal 200 acquired from the RRM unit 250.
- the transmission packet generator 260 outputs the generated transmission packet to the wireless transmitter 270.
- the wireless transmission unit 270 performs predetermined encoding processing, frequency conversion processing, modulation processing, and the like on the transmission packet from the transmission packet generation unit 260. Then, based on the RB allocation information of uplink 310 from RRM section 250, a transmission signal is generated from the transmission packet. Radio transmitting section 270 outputs the generated transmission signal to transmitting antenna 280.
- the RB allocation information here includes WS frequency and radio resource information for transmitting the transmission packet via the uplink 310.
- the transmission antenna 280 transmits the transmission signal from the wireless transmission unit 270 to the base station 100 as a communication signal via the uplink 310.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the WS frequency.
- WS frequencies F1 to F8 there are eight WS frequencies as WS frequencies F1 to F8, and each of them is a frequency band having a width of 6 MHz.
- WS frequency is continuous and each center frequency is illustrated as being at 6 MHz intervals, each WS frequency may not be continuous.
- one width of the WS frequency may be other than 6 MHz.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of radio resources.
- the radio resource is set so as to be divided in the frequency axis direction and the time axis direction.
- the WS frequency F1 is divided into eight frequency widths f1 to f8 in the frequency axis direction, and a predetermined time (for example, 10 msec) is divided into ten time widths t1 to t10 in the time axis direction. Illustrated.
- One of the blocks thus divided (for example, a block formed with the frequency width f1 and the time width t1) is a resource block (RB: Resource Block) as a minimum unit of radio resources.
- RB Resource Block
- 80 RBs are prepared in one WS frequency F1. The number of RBs may be other than this.
- the number of divisions in the frequency direction and the number of divisions in the time axis direction are not limited to this.
- the radio resource may not be configured by the resource block RB divided in both the frequency axis direction and the time axis direction, but may be configured by the resource block RB divided in at least one of the frequency axis direction and the time axis direction. It only has to be done.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a first example of a method for allocating WS frequency radio resources by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 holds information that the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 is allocated to the terminal Ta1 in the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150.
- the base station 100 since the terminal Tb3 belongs to the communication system managed by the base station B2, which is another base station, the base station 100 retains information that the terminal Tb3 is using the radio resource of the WS frequency F6. Not.
- the base station 100 detects that the WS frequency F6 is in use by the scanning process by the scanning unit 140.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 refers to the internal memory 151, and among the plurality of WS frequencies existing in FIG. 5, the WS frequency F3 to which the radio resource has already been allocated to the terminal Ta1, that is, the already allocated radio resource. With respect to the WS frequency F3 it has, radio resources that have not yet been allocated (unallocated) are allocated to the terminal Ta2. On the other hand, when there is a WS frequency F3 having already allocated radio resources as shown in FIG. 5, the base station 100 has a WS frequency to which the terminal 200 is not allocated (for example, a WS frequency F8 (an unallocated WS frequency)). ) Is not basically allocated to the terminal Ta2.
- the RRM unit 150 as the radio resource allocation unit responds to the terminal Ta1 as the radio communication device managed by the base station 100 among the plurality of WS frequencies F1 to F8 in response to the communication frequency allocation request.
- An unallocated radio resource of the WS frequency F3 to which the radio resource is allocated is allocated.
- the base station 100 can effectively use one WS frequency, and can suppress one base station 100 from using new WS frequencies one after another (assigning the terminal 200 or the base station 100). . That is, an unused WS frequency can be left for another radio base station apparatus. Therefore, even if another radio base station apparatus performs the scanning process, it is determined that this WS frequency is not in use. Therefore, the base station 100 can effectively use this WS frequency together with the other radio base station apparatus. it can.
- the state in which the wireless communication device is assigned the WS frequency is not only the state in which the wireless communication device is assigned the wireless resource of the WS frequency, but also the state in which the wireless communication device is not assigned the wireless resource of the WS frequency (wireless The WS frequency used by the communication device at the time of communication is determined, but the radio resource of this WS frequency is not used.
- the terminal Ta2 is allocated to the WS frequency F3 having the allocated radio resource (the radio resource is used), but the WS frequency to which the terminal Ta2 is allocated needs to have the allocated radio resource. There is no. In other words, the WS frequency to which the terminal Ta2 is assigned does not have to be used by another terminal 200 (terminal Ta1 in the first example). That is, the RRM unit 150 may assign the terminal Ta2 with a WS frequency scheduled to be used by another terminal 200 that does not use radio resources during communication.
- the terminal Ta1 is allocated to the WS frequency F3. State (already assigned WS frequency). For this reason, when the terminal Ta1 resumes communication, the WS frequency F3 and its radio resources are used.
- the RRM unit 150 assigns an already assigned WS frequency to the terminal 200 that has requested a new connection (the terminal 200 that has sent the assignment request), and this already assigned WS frequency is independent of whether or not radio resources are used.
- the WS frequency to which the terminal 200 (or the base station 100) is assigned This also applies to the following description.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second example of a method for allocating WS frequency radio resources by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 holds the same information as in the first example in the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 refers to the internal memory 151 and the amount of radio resources allocated to the terminal 200 for each WS frequency (the amount of radio resources allocated, that is, the amount of radio resources used). Is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 80% of the total amount of radio resources of the WS frequency).
- a predetermined threshold for example, 80% of the total amount of radio resources of the WS frequency.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 allocates an unallocated radio resource having a WS frequency whose radio resource allocation amount is less than a predetermined threshold to the terminal Ta2.
- the above-described radio resource allocation amount is an already allocated radio resource allocation amount for the radio communication apparatus.
- the WS frequency to which radio resources are allocated to the radio communication device managed by the base station 100 is only the WS frequency F3, and the allocation amount of radio resources of the WS frequency F3 is less than a predetermined threshold. . Therefore, the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 allocates unallocated radio resources of the WS frequency F3 to the terminal Ta2.
- the RRM unit 150 serving as a radio resource allocating unit allocates to the terminal 200 unassigned radio resources of WS frequency whose radio resource allocation amount (usage amount) for the radio communication apparatus is less than a predetermined threshold. Thereby, it is possible to cope with a change in the allocated amount of radio resources. More specifically, since the allocated amount of radio resources changes with time (changes depending on the amount of traffic generated by the terminal 200), this change can be accommodated by leaving a certain margin (20% in the second example). can do. Accordingly, the use of radio resources of one WS frequency is suppressed, packet transmission delay and packet loss are less likely to occur, and communication quality is improved.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a third example of a method for allocating WS frequency radio resources by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 holds, in the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150, information that the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 is allocated to the terminals Ta1, Ta3, and Ta4.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 performs the same threshold determination as in the second example.
- the allocation amount of the radio resource of the WS frequency is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold value
- the allocation amount of the radio resource is less than the predetermined threshold value.
- Wireless resources of other WS frequencies not used by the base station are allocated to the terminal Ta2. Whether another base station is in use can be determined by scanning processing.
- the allocated amount of radio resources is the already allocated amount.
- the WS frequency to which radio resources are allocated to the radio communication device managed by the base station 100 is only the WS frequency F3, and the allocation amount of radio resources of the WS frequency F3 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. . Therefore, the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 allocates radio resources of other WS frequencies (for example, WS frequency F8) not used by radio communication apparatuses managed by other base stations to the terminal Ta2. Of course, when there is an already allocated WS frequency less than the predetermined threshold, the RRM unit 150 allocates the terminal Ta2 to the already allocated WS frequency.
- WS frequencies for example, WS frequency F8
- the RRM unit 150 as the radio resource allocating unit is configured such that the scanning unit as the use state detecting unit when the allocated amount of radio resources is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold at the WS frequency having the radio resources already allocated to the radio communication device.
- the wireless resource of the WS frequency whose use of the wireless resource is not detected in 140 is allocated to the terminal 200.
- the RRM unit 150 may allocate, to the terminal 200, radio resources having WS frequencies for which use of radio resources is not detected based on WS search information in the terminal 200.
- the base station 100 can prevent a predetermined amount or more of radio resources from being allocated to the terminal 200 with respect to one WS frequency, and allocate radio resources of other WS frequencies without interference to the terminal 200. be able to. Accordingly, the use of radio resources of one WS frequency is suppressed, packet transmission delay and packet loss are less likely to occur, and high-quality communication can be performed using the WS frequency.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a fourth example of a method for allocating WS frequency radio resources by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 assigns the information that the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 is allocated to the terminals Ta1 and Ta3 and the radio resource of the WS frequency F8 is allocated to the terminal Ta4, the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150 Hold on.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 performs threshold determination similar to the second example.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 has an already allocated radio resource, and when there are a plurality of WS frequencies whose radio resource allocation amount is less than a predetermined threshold, the WS resource with the largest radio resource allocation amount is present.
- a radio resource not assigned a frequency is assigned to the terminal Ta2.
- the allocated amount of radio resources is the already allocated amount.
- WS frequencies F3 and F8 there are two WS frequencies, WS frequencies F3 and F8, to which radio resources are allocated to the radio communication device managed by the base station 100, and the allocation amount of radio resources of the WS frequency F3 is WS frequency. It is larger than the allocated amount of radio resources of frequency F8. Therefore, the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 allocates unallocated radio resources of the WS frequency F3 to the terminal Ta2.
- the RRM unit 150 as the radio resource allocation unit has radio resources for the radio communication device.
- An unallocated radio resource of the WS frequency that is most allocated (here, the allocation amount of radio resources is the largest) is allocated.
- the radio resource of the WS frequency with the remaining assignable amount of the radio resource being small is assigned to the terminal 200, another WS frequency with a relatively large assignable amount can be used effectively.
- the other WS frequency is more likely to end the use of the already allocated radio resources, and the other WS frequency is not used (the radio communication apparatus is not allocated). It ’s easy to be.
- the other base station can also detect that the other WS frequency is usable by the scanning process. Then, wireless communication devices managed by other base stations can also use the other WS frequencies.
- the radio resource of the WS frequency having the largest radio resource allocation amount is allocated to the terminal Ta2, but the WS having the largest number of radio communication apparatuses (allocation apparatus count) to which radio resources are allocated.
- the number of assigned devices it is more desirable to use the number of assigned devices as a reference than to use the assigned amount as a reference. This is because it is easier to reduce the number of WS frequencies managed by the base station 100 based on the number of assigned devices. For example, as a result of determining the WS frequency to which the wireless terminal device is assigned based on the number of assigned devices, it is assumed that five wireless communication devices are assigned to the WS frequency F3 and one wireless communication device is assigned to the WS frequency F8. . In this case, even if a wireless resource is used rather than the WS frequency F3 by a wireless communication apparatus having one WS frequency F8, there is a high possibility that this state is a temporary increase in traffic. In other words, there is little possibility that equivalent radio resources are always used.
- one wireless communication device ends the use of the radio resource of the WS frequency F8 than the five radio communication devices end the use of the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 at the same time. Therefore, there is a high possibility that other base stations can use the WS frequency F8, and the radio resources of the WS frequency can be used efficiently.
- the RRM unit 150 allocates the terminal Ta2 to the WS frequency F3. In other words, when there is a WS frequency with a large number of allocation devices and a WS frequency with a large allocation amount, the RRM unit 150 allocates radio communication devices to WS frequencies with a large number of allocation devices.
- the radio resource allocation amount is the largest does not necessarily have to be the maximum, and may be an allocation amount substantially equal to the maximum allocation amount. For example, if the allocation amount of radio resources of four WS frequencies among the eight WS frequencies is large and the allocation amount is almost the same, any radio resource of the four WS frequencies may be allocated to the terminal 200. Good. The same applies to “the largest number of radio resource allocation devices”.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a fifth example of a method for allocating WS frequency radio resources by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 assigns the information that the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 is allocated to the terminals Ta1 and Ta3 and the radio resource of the WS frequency F8 is allocated to the terminal Ta4, and the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150 Hold on.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 performs threshold determination similar to the second example.
- the radio resource allocation amount is the total amount of the radio resource allocation request amount in the communication frequency allocation request and the already allocated radio resource allocation amount for the radio communication device managed by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 performs threshold determination not only with the already allocated amount but also with an allocation request amount for the terminal Ta2 to which radio resources are to be allocated.
- the allocation request amount is transmitted to the base station 100 by being included in the control data together with the allocation request, for example, by the terminal 200 that requests the allocation of the communication frequency.
- the WS frequencies having already allocated radio resources are WS frequencies F3 and F8, and the radio resource allocation amount of WS frequency F3 is larger than the radio resource allocation amount of WS frequency F48. Further, when the allocation request amount of the terminal Ta2 is taken into consideration, the allocation amount of the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 exceeds a predetermined threshold value. Therefore, the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 allocates unallocated radio resources of the WS frequency F3 to the terminal Ta2.
- the allocation method of the fifth example it is possible to perform threshold determination in consideration of radio resources scheduled to be allocated. Therefore, even when radio resources to be allocated are allocated to terminal 200 as scheduled, it is suppressed that radio resources of one WS frequency are used unevenly, and packet transmission delay and packet loss are unlikely to occur. Thus, high-quality communication can be performed using the WS frequency.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a sixth example of a method for allocating WS frequency radio resources by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 assigns the information that the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 is allocated to the terminals Ta1 and Ta3 and the radio resource of the WS frequency F8 is allocated to the terminal Ta4, the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150 Hold on.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 performs threshold determination using the radio resource allocation amount as the total amount of the allocation request amount and the already allocated amount.
- the terminal 200 makes a communication frequency allocation request.
- the base station 100 uses the transmission packet generation unit 160 to request packet division request information for requesting the transmission packet of the terminal 200 to be divided.
- a transmission packet including is generated.
- Radio transmission section 170 transmits a transmission signal including packet division request information to terminal Ta2 via downlink 320.
- This packet division request information includes information on the remaining allocatable amount of the WS frequency that is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (difference between the predetermined threshold and the already allocated amount of radio resources).
- the terminal 200 receives a packet including packet division request information from the base station 100 by the wireless reception unit 220. Then, the transmission packet generator 260 divides the transmission packet (transmission packet to be transmitted by the terminal 200) corresponding to the allocation request amount referred to by the base station 100 into a plurality of divided packets. At this time, the total amount of the allocation request amount and the already allocated amount for transmitting the divided packet is adjusted to be less than the predetermined threshold.
- terminal 200 causes transmission packet generation section 260 to generate a transmission packet including division allocation request information for requesting that the communication frequency be allocated to terminal 200 for the division packet.
- this divided allocation request information a transmission packet including an allocation request for a divided packet and information on a divided packet such as how the packet was divided is generated.
- the information on the divided allocation request amount and the information on the divided packets may be generated for each divided packet.
- Radio transmitting section 270 transmits a transmission signal including this information to base station 100 via uplink 320.
- the base station 100 receives a signal including the division allocation request information from the terminal 200 by the wireless reception unit 120. Then, RRM section 150 allocates radio resources of a plurality of WS frequencies to terminal 200 in response to an allocation request for a plurality of segmented packets based on the segment allocation request information. At this time, in response to an allocation request for one segment packet, an unallocated radio resource having a WS frequency whose radio resource allocation amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold is allocated to the terminal 200, and in response to another segment packet allocation request Allocates radio resources of other WS frequencies to the terminal 200.
- the WS frequencies having already allocated radio resources are WS frequencies F3 and F8, and the radio resource allocation amount of WS frequency F3 is larger than the radio resource allocation amount of WS frequency F8. Further, when the allocation request amount of the terminal Ta2 is taken into consideration, the allocation amount of the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
- the base station 100 transmits a signal including packet division request information so that the terminal Ta2 divides a transmission packet scheduled to be transmitted.
- the terminal Ta2 receives the packet division request information, and divides the transmission packet scheduled for transmission into a plurality of packets. In FIG. 10, it is divided into two divided data.
- Terminal Ta2 transmits a transmission signal including divisional allocation request information.
- Base station 100 receives a signal including division allocation request information, and allocates radio resources of a plurality of WS frequencies to terminal Ta2 for each division packet based on the division allocation request information.
- the terminal in response to an allocation request for two divided packets, the terminal allocates unallocated radio resources of WS frequency F3 in which the allocation amount of radio resources exceeds a predetermined threshold and WS frequency F8 having already allocated radio resources. Assigned to Ta2.
- the wireless transmission unit 170 serving as the transmission unit transmits to the terminal 200 that has made the allocation request when the allocation amount of the radio resource is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold at the WS frequency having the radio resource already allocated to the radio communication device.
- Packet division request information for requesting the division of the target packet is transmitted, and the radio reception unit 120 as the reception unit receives the packet division information for the packet division request information, and the RRM unit 150 as the radio resource allocation unit Assigns an unallocated radio resource of a WS frequency whose radio resource allocation amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold and an unallocated radio resource of another WS frequency based on the received packet division information.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a seventh example of a method of allocating radio resources of WS frequency by the base station 100.
- the base station 100 assigns the information that the radio resource of the WS frequency F3 is allocated to the terminals Ta1 and Ta3 and the radio resource of the WS frequency F8 is allocated to the terminal Ta4, the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150 Hold on.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 performs threshold determination similar to the second example. However, unlike the third example, even if the allocation amount of the radio resource of the WS frequency is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, the radio resource that is not allocated to the WS frequency is allocated to the terminal Ta2.
- the allocated amount of the radio resource may be only the allocated amount, or the allocated request amount of the frequency allocation request of the terminal Ta2 and the allocated radio resource to the radio communication apparatus managed by the base station 100. It may be the total amount with the amount.
- the WS frequencies to which radio resources are allocated to the radio communication device managed by the base station 100 are WS frequencies F3 and F8, and the radio resource allocation amount of the WS frequency F3 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. is there. Therefore, the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 allocates unallocated radio resources of the WS frequency F3 to the terminal Ta2.
- the allocated amount of radio resources managed by the base station 100 using the internal memory 151 of the RRM unit 150 is an average allocated amount in a situation where the base station 100 is placed, and even if it exceeds a predetermined threshold, Unassigned radio resources may remain. In addition, even if the radio resources are insufficient, a slight communication delay occurs, which may not significantly affect the communication. In such a case, in response to the allocation request, forcibly allocating unallocated radio resources of the WS frequency to the terminal 200, thereby effectively utilizing the radio resources of the WS frequency while maintaining the minimum communication quality. can do.
- FIGS. 12 and 13 are flowcharts showing an operation example when the base station 100 allocates a radio resource of WS frequency.
- a radio resource management program for performing this operation is stored in the ROM in the base station 100 and is executed by the CPU in the base station 100.
- connection request for communication from the terminal 200 to the base station 100 is made.
- This connection request is communicated using, for example, a radio resource of a WS frequency estimated to be unused by a scanning process performed by the scanning unit 240 of the terminal 200.
- a frequency band other than the WS frequency may be used.
- the wireless reception unit 120 receives the connection request from the terminal 200 (step S11 in FIG. 12).
- the connection request includes a communication frequency allocation request.
- the RRM unit 150 determines whether there is a WS frequency (already assigned WS frequency) having already assigned radio resources (step S12). If there is no assigned WS frequency, the process proceeds to step S20 in FIG.
- the RRM unit 150 determines whether or not the allocated amount of the radio resource of the already allocated WS frequency is less than a predetermined threshold (step S13). When the allocated amount of the radio resource with the already allocated WS frequency is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold value, the process proceeds to step S20 in FIG.
- the RRM unit 150 determines whether there are a plurality of already allocated WS frequencies whose allocated amount of the radio resource is less than the threshold (step). S14).
- the RRM unit 150 uses the radio resource of the only already-assigned WS frequency as an allocation request for the terminal 200. Is assigned to the terminal 200 (step S15).
- the RRM unit 150 determines whether or not the number of allocated terminals of the radio resources of those WS frequencies is different (step S16). .
- the RRM unit 150 determines to allocate the radio resource of the WS frequency with the larger radio resource allocation amount to the terminal 200 in response to the allocation request of the terminal 200. (Step S17).
- the RRM unit 150 determines to allocate the radio resource of the WS frequency with the larger number of allocated terminals to the terminal 200 in response to the allocation request of the terminal 200 (step S18). .
- radio transmission section 170 makes a connection request by including radio resource allocation information of the determined WS frequency in RRM control information (see FIG. 2) of uplink 310. To the terminal 200 (step S19). Then, the base station 100 ends this process.
- the scanning unit 140 When the allocated WS frequency does not exist in step S12 or when the allocated amount of the radio resource of the allocated WS frequency is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold in step S13, the scanning unit 140 performs a scanning process, A search is made for a WS frequency (a WS frequency having no already assigned radio resource) that has no interference (step S20 in FIG. 13).
- the RRM unit 150 determines whether there is a WS frequency having radio resources that can be allocated without interference (step S21).
- the RRM unit 150 sends the radio resource of the WS frequency searched by the scanning unit 140 to the terminal 200 in response to the allocation request of the terminal 200.
- the allocation is determined (step S22).
- the RRM unit 150 sets the WS frequency searched by the scanning unit 140 as the already assigned WS frequency (step S23).
- the RRM unit 150 determines whether there is an already allocated WS frequency for which the radio resource allocation amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. (Step S24).
- the RRM unit 150 allocates the radio resource of the already allocated WS frequency to the terminal 200 in response to the allocation request of the terminal 200. Is determined (step S25). After step S25, the process proceeds to step S19 in FIG.
- the radio transmission unit 170 transmits information indicating that there is no radio resource of the WS frequency to be allocated to the terminal 200 that has made the connection request.
- the packet is transmitted by being included (step S26). Then, the base station 100 ends this process.
- step S25 the same processing as step S26 may be performed.
- allocation of WS frequency radio resources to the terminal 200 is performed in response to a connection request from the terminal 200 (ie, the WS frequency used by the terminal 200 during communication using the uplink 310). And determining radio resources), when the base station 100 performs communication by itself, the base station 100 (RRM unit 150) generates a communication frequency assignment request, and in response to the assignment request, Thus, the radio resource of the WS frequency may be allocated to the base station 100 (that is, the base station 100 determines the WS frequency and the radio resource used during communication using the downlink 320). That is, the first to seventh examples described above can be applied to the determination of the WS frequency in the downlink.
- the RRM unit 150 may continue to assign the radio resource of the WS frequency already assigned to the terminal 200 to the terminal 200 even if the predetermined threshold is exceeded, which corresponds to step S11 in FIG. It may be assumed that a new allocation request has occurred, and radio resources having a new WS frequency that can be allocated may be allocated to the terminal 200.
- the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and can be applied to any configuration that can achieve the functions shown in the claims or the functions of the configuration of the present embodiment. Is possible.
- the base stations 100 may cooperate with each other within the same provider. That is, the base stations A1 and A2 shown in FIG. 1 may cooperate to share information indicating the allocation state of the radio resource of the WS frequency, thereby sharing this information.
- the WS frequency to which the radio communication device is allocated by the base station A1 is the already allocated WS frequency for the base station A2. Further, the information sharing may be performed even between other operators (for example, base stations A1 and A2, base stations B1 and B2).
- the base station 100 and the terminal 200 of the above embodiment may be a wireless communication device that performs communication using only the WS frequency, or a wireless communication device that performs communication using the WS frequency and the occupied frequency. Also good.
- the RRM unit 150 of the base station 100 allocates not only the WS frequency but also the radio resource to the terminal 200. However, at least the WS frequency may be allocated. That is, the RRM unit 250 of the terminal 200 may perform radio resource allocation. In this case, terminal 200 may notify base station 100 of the radio resource allocation result.
- the scanning process described above may be performed in response to the fact that there is no WS frequency that can be allocated to the allocation request as in the above embodiment, but may be performed periodically. It may be performed when the allocation request is received. Further, the scanning process may not be performed by the base station 100 but may be performed only by the terminal 200.
- the present invention also provides a wireless resource management program that implements the functions of the above embodiments to a communication device via a network or various storage media, and a program that is read and executed by a computer (CPU) in the communication device. Scope of application.
- terminal 200 performs an operation that is paired with the operation of base station 100 described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the terminal 200.
- the transmission packet generator 260 of the terminal 200 generates a connection request (step S31), and the wireless transmitter 270 transmits the connection request to the base station 100 via the transmission antenna 280 (step S32).
- the radio reception unit 220 of the terminal 200 receives the allocation information from the base station 100 via the reception antenna 210 (step S33), and the received packet decoding unit 230 decodes the allocation information (step S34).
- the allocation information relates to radio resources of WS frequency. Therefore, the wireless transmission unit 270 transmits a signal based on this allocation information. For example, communication is performed using the WS frequency allocated by the base station 100.
- the terminal 200 when there is an already allocated WS frequency, the terminal 200 obtains information on the already allocated WS frequency (first WS frequency) from among a plurality of WS frequencies by receiving the allocation information. Then, communication is performed using the already assigned WS frequency (first WS frequency).
- the terminal 200 receives the assignment information, so that, among the plurality of already-assigned WS frequencies, the already-assigned WS frequency to which many terminals are assigned (second WS Frequency) information is obtained, and communication is performed using the already allocated WS frequency (second WS frequency).
- terminal 200 obtains information on an already allocated WS frequency (third WS frequency) having a larger radio resource allocation amount among a plurality of already allocated WS frequencies, and this allocated WS frequency (third Communication is performed using the WS frequency.
- the present invention is useful for a radio base station apparatus, a radio resource management method, a radio resource management program, a radio communication apparatus, a radio communication system, and the like that can effectively use a white space frequency.
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図3はWS周波数の一例を示す図である。図3では、WS周波数は、WS周波数F1~F8として8つあり、それぞれ6MHzの幅を有する周波数帯域であることが例示されている。また、WS周波数が連続しており、それぞれの中心周波数が6MHz間隔となっていることが例示されているが、各WS周波数は連続していなくてもよい。また、WS周波数の1つの幅が6MHz以外であってもよい。
ここでは、図5~図11を用いて、第1例~第7例を説明する。第1例~第7例では、端末Ta2が周波数の割当要求を基地局100に対して行うことを想定している。
図12および図13は基地局100がWS周波数の無線資源割当時の動作例を示すフローチャートである。この動作を行う無線資源管理プログラムは、基地局100内のROMに格納され、基地局100内のCPUによって実行される。
本出願は、2011年10月31日出願の日本特許出願No.2011-239529に基づくものであり、その内容はここに参照として取り込まれる。
110 受信アンテナ
120 無線受信部
130 受信パケット復号部
140 スキャニング部
150 RRM部
151 内部メモリ
160 送信パケット生成部
170 無線送信部
180 送信アンテナ
200、Ta1~Ta6、Tb1~Tb3 端末(無線通信端末)
210 受信アンテナ
220 無線受信部
230 受信パケット復号部
240 スキャニング部
250 RRM部
260 送信パケット生成部
270 無線送信部
280 送信アンテナ
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- ホワイトスペース周波数を無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置であって、
前記無線通信装置からの通信周波数の割当要求に応じて、複数のホワイトスペース周波数のうち、当該無線基地局装置が他の無線通信装置に割り当てた第1のホワイトスペース周波数を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線資源割当部を備える無線基地局装置。 - 請求項1に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記無線資源割当部は、前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数と前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数よりも多くの他の無線通信装置が割り当てられた第2のホワイトスペース周波数とがある場合、前記第2のホワイトスペース周波数を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置。 - 請求項2に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記無線資源割当部は、前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数よりも無線資源の割当量が大きい第3のホワイトスペース周波数がある場合、前記第3のホワイトスペース周波数を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置。 - 請求項3に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記無線資源割当部は、無線資源の割当量が所定閾値未満であるホワイトスペース周波数を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置。 - 請求項3に記載の無線基地局装置であって、更に、
当該無線基地局装置の周囲におけるホワイトスペース周波数の使用状態を検知する使用状態検知部を備え、
前記無線資源割当部は、前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数の無線資源の割当量が所定閾値以上である場合、前記使用状態検知部により無線資源の使用が検知されなかったホワイトスペース周波数の無線資源を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置。 - 請求項5に記載の無線基地局装置であって、更に、
前記通信周波数の割当要求を行う無線通信装置から、前記無線通信装置の周辺におけるホワイトスペース周波数の使用状態の情報を受信する受信部を備え、
前記無線資源割当部は、前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数の無線資源の割当量が所定閾値以上である場合、前記受信部により受信された情報に基づいて、無線資源の使用が検知されなかったホワイトスペース周波数の無線資源を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置。 - 請求項3ないし6のいずれか1項に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記割当量は、前記無線通信装置に対する無線資源の既割当量である無線基地局装置。 - 請求項3ないし6のいずれか1項に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記割当量は、前記無線通信装置に対する無線資源の既割当量と前記通信周波数の割当要求における無線資源の割当要求量との総量である無線基地局装置。 - 請求項8に記載の無線基地局装置であって、更に、
前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数で前記無線資源の割当量が所定閾値以上である場合、前記割当要求を行った無線通信装置へ送信対象のパケットの分割を要求するためのパケット分割要求情報を送信する送信部と、
前記パケット分割要求情報に対する前記パケットの分割情報を受信する受信部と、
を備え、
前記無線資源割当部は、前記受信部により受信された前記パケットの分割情報に基づいて、前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数の未割当の無線資源と、他のホワイトスペース周波数の未割当の無線資源と、を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置。 - 請求項3に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記無線資源割当部は、前記第2のホワイトスペース周波数及び前記第3のホワイトスペース周波数がある場合、前記第2のホワイトスペース周波数を前記無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置。 - 請求項1ないし10のいずれか1項に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記無線資源は、周波数軸方向に分割されるリソースブロックを複数有する無線基地局装置。 - 請求項1ないし11のいずれか1項に記載の無線基地局装置であって、
前記無線資源は、時間軸方向に分割されるリソースブロックを複数有する無線基地局装置。 - ホワイトスペース周波数を無線通信装置に割り当てる無線基地局装置の無線資源管理方法であって、
前記無線通信装置からの通信周波数の割当要求に応じて、複数のホワイトスペース周波数のうち、当該無線基地局装置が他の無線通信装置が割り当てたホワイトスペース周波数を前記無線通信装置に割り当てるステップを有する無線資源管理方法。 - 請求項13に記載の無線資源管理方法の各ステップをコンピュータに実行させるための無線資源管理プログラム。
- ホワイトスペース周波数を利用して通信を行う無線通信装置であって、
無線基地局装置より当該無線通信装置に割り当てられた第1のホワイトスペース周波数に関する情報を受信する受信部と、
前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数を利用して信号を送信する送信部と、
を備え、
前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数は、前記無線基地局装置が複数のホワイトスペース周波数のうち、他の無線通信装置に割り当てられた周波数帯域である、無線通信装置。 - 請求項15に記載の無線通信装置であって、
前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数よりも多くの他の無線通信装置が割り当てられた第2のホワイトスペース周波数がある場合、
前記受信部は、前記第2のホワイトスペースに関する情報を受信し、
前記送信部は、前記第2のホワイトスペースを利用して信号を送信する、無線通信装置。 - 請求項16に記載の無線通信装置であって、
前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数よりも無線資源の割当量が大きい第3のホワイトスペース周波数がある場合、
前記受信部は、前記第3のホワイトスペース周波数に関する情報を受信し、
前記送信部は、前記第3のホワイトスペース周波数を利用して信号を送信する、無線通信装置。 - 請求項15ないし17のいずれか1項に記載の無線通信装置であって、
前記送信部は、前記無線基地局装置にホワイトスペース周波数の割当要求を送信する、無線通信装置。 - ホワイトスペース周波数を用いて通信を行う無線通信システムであって、
複数のホワイトスペース周波数のうち、他の無線通信装置が割り当てられた第1のホワイトスペース周波数に関する情報を送信する無線通信基地局と、
前記情報を受信し、前記第1のホワイトスペース周波数を利用して通信を行う無線通信装置と、
を備える無線通信システム。
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