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- the present invention relates to a configuration of a radio station (e.g. radio base station, relay station) used in a radio communication network.
- a radio station e.g. radio base station, relay station
- Patent Literature 1 and Non-Patent Literature 1 describe the structure of a radio base station including the divided RadioRadEquipment Controller (REC) and Radio) Equipment (RE).
- REC and RE are at least functionally separated from each other.
- the REC and RE are connected by an internal interface (communication interface) of the radio base station.
- REC and RE may be physically spaced apart. In a typical deployment, the REC is located in the operator's main building and the RE is located at a remote location near the antenna.
- the digital baseband signal processing includes layer 2 signal processing and layer 1 (physical layer) signal processing.
- Layer 2 signal processing consists of (i) data compression / decompression, (ii) data encryption, (iii) layer 2 header addition / deletion, (iv) data segmentation / concatenation, and (v) data multiplexing. / At least one of generation / decomposition of transfer format by separation.
- layer 2 signal processing includes processing of Radio Link Control (RLC) and Media Access Control (MAC).
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Media Access Control
- Physical layer signal processing includes channel coding / decoding (Channel Coding / Decoding), modulation / demodulation, spreading / de-spreading, resource mapping, and Inverse Fourier Transform ( This includes generation of OFDM symbol data (baseband OFDM signal) by IFFT.
- RE is responsible for analog RadioRadFrequency (RF) signal processing and provides an air interface to mobile stations.
- Analog Radio Frequency (RF) signal processing includes D / A conversion, A / D conversion, frequency up-conversion, frequency down-conversion, amplification, and the like.
- RE is sometimes called Remote Radio Head (RRH).
- RRH Remote Radio Head
- the REC uses a Radio Network Controller (Iub interface) to send and receive user data (user plane data) and control data (control plane data).
- RNC Radio Network Controller
- RE provides the mobile station with an air-air interface called Uu interface.
- E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- REC provides connection to Evolved Packet Core (EPC) using the S1 interface for sending and receiving user data and control data.
- EPC Evolved Packet Core
- RE provides the mobile station with an air interface called LTE-Uu interface.
- the wireless base station division structure disclosed in Patent Literature 1 and Non-Patent Literature 1 is characterized in that the part that performs analog RF signal processing is separated as RE.
- This division structure makes it possible to flexibly and efficiently cope with the increase and change of functions implemented in the radio base station.
- this division structure facilitates coping with independent evolution of these two technologies by separating analog RF technology and digital baseband technology.
- CPRI Common Radio Interface
- the division structures disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1 perform physical layer digital signal processing (transmission path coding, modulation, spreading, OFDM signal generation, etc.) in the REC. Transmission path encoding and spreading increase the redundancy of transmission data. Therefore, the transmission data string after the digital signal processing of the physical layer generally has a larger data amount than the transmission data string before this is performed. For this reason, the division structure disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1 may press the line between REC and RE due to future traffic increase.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a radio station having a division structure that can easily cope with an increase in traffic between REC and RE, and a method for processing user data.
- a first aspect of the present invention is used in a wireless communication network, and transmits / receives user data including downlink user data and uplink user data to / from a plurality of mobile stations via an air interface.
- Including wireless stations capable of The radio station can be arranged physically separated from the first part and the first part, and is connected to the first part via a transmission path so as to be communicable. Have parts.
- the first part has a first bearer termination unit capable of terminating at least one bearer between the upper network and the radio station.
- the second part includes a digital physical layer unit that performs digital physical layer signal processing.
- the digital physical layer signal processing is a transmission path encoding for transmitting downlink user data related to a first mobile station connected to the second part among the plurality of mobile stations to the air interface. And channel decoding for reconstructing the uplink user data relating to the first mobile station from a signal received by the air interface.
- the second aspect of the present invention includes a method for processing user data by a radio station.
- the radio station is used in a radio communication network, and configured to transmit and receive user data including downlink user data and uplink user data via an air interface with a plurality of mobile stations.
- the wireless station can be arranged physically separated from the first part and the first part, and is connected to the first part via a transmission path so as to be communicable.
- a second part includes the following (a) and (b). (A) terminating at least one bearer between a higher-level network and the radio station in the first part; and (b) in the second part, in the second part among the plurality of mobile stations.
- the uplink user data relating to the first mobile station is obtained from transmission path coding for transmitting downlink user data relating to the first mobile station to be connected to the air interface and a received signal by the air interface.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio base station 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 1 is used in a radio communication network, and can transmit / receive user data including downlink user data and uplink user data to / from a plurality of mobile stations via an air interface.
- the radio base station 1 has a first part, that is, Radio Equipment Controller (REC) 1A, and at least one second part, that is, Radio Equipment (RE) 1B.
- the RE 1B can be physically separated via the transmission line 40, and is connected to the REC 1A via the transmission line 40 so as to be communicable.
- the transmission line 40 may be an electric transmission line or an optical transmission line.
- the transmission path 40 may be a point-to-point type radio transmission path (eg, a microwave radio transmission path).
- the transmission line 40 may include a plurality of physical transmission lines for bidirectional transmission. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of REs 1B may be connected to the REC 1A.
- the internal interfaces 30 and 31 arranged in the REC 1A and RE 1B have layer 2 and layer 1 functions for performing bidirectional communication via the transmission path 40.
- the internal interface 30 may be any of an electrical interface, an optical interface, and a wireless interface.
- an existing transceiver such as 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, 10GBASE-LX4, or Fiber channel may be used as the internal interface 30.
- the bearer termination unit 10 terminates a bearer set up with an upper network (e.g. UMTS RNC, E-UTRA EPC) for transferring user data.
- an upper network e.g. UMTS RNC, E-UTRA EPC
- a bearer e.g. E-UTRA S1 bearer
- a bearer is set for each data flow (e.g.UE-UTRA Packet Data Network (PDN) connection) between the mobile station and the external network. Therefore, the bearer termination unit 10 terminates at least one encrypted bearer, receives downlink user data related to a plurality of mobile stations from an upper network, and transmits uplink user data related to a plurality of mobile stations to the upper network. Send to.
- PDN Packet Data Network
- the RE 1B includes a scheduler 20, a BB-PHY unit 12, and an RF-PHY unit 13.
- the scheduler 20 performs dynamic scheduling related to the downlink and uplink of the mobile station connected to the RE 1B among the plurality of mobile stations connecting the air interface to the radio base station 1.
- the scheduler 20 dynamically allocates each of a plurality of downlink and uplink radio resources to a mobile station connected to the RE 1B or its user data.
- Radio resources are distinguished by time, frequency, or spreading code, or a combination thereof.
- a radio resource is a resource block, and dynamic scheduling is performed using two resource blocks in one subframe (1 msec) as a minimum unit.
- One resource block has 12 subcarriers in the frequency domain and 7 OFDM symbols in the time domain.
- the buffer 21 temporarily stores downlink user data arriving from the upper network.
- the buffer 21 is prepared for each mobile station, for each bearer, for each QoS class, or for each mobile station and each QoS class.
- the unit in which the buffer 21 is prepared is appropriately determined depending on the buffer arrangement, scheduling requirements (e.g. whether there is a QoS class, whether transfer rate is required), or the like. Further, the arrangement of the buffer 21 is also flexible and is not limited to the arrangement shown in FIG.
- the uplink dynamic scheduling is performed based on, for example, reception of a resource allocation request from a mobile station or a monitoring result of a data buffer included in the mobile station.
- Uplink dynamic scheduling is achieved by determining a mobile station to be allocated to each radio resource using a scheduling method such as PF, max-C / I, or round robin.
- dynamic scheduling by the scheduler 20 includes payload selection in the Radio Link Control (RLC) sublayer, retransmission control in the MAC sublayer, and coding rate specification in the physical layer. , Modulation scheme designation, and radio resource designation.
- RLC Radio Link Control
- Such control information is transmitted to the layer 2 unit 11 and the BB-PHY unit 12 by signaling shown by broken lines in FIG.
- the scheduler 20 arranged in the RE 1B may perform only a part of the dynamic scheduling related to the mobile station connected to the RE 1B instead of all of them.
- the remaining dynamic scheduling may be performed by a main scheduler (not shown) arranged in the REC 1A.
- the main scheduler of REC 1A may determine a radio resource range that can be allocated to a mobile station connected to RE 1B.
- the scheduler 1 of the RE 1B may perform a process of dynamically allocating resources to the mobile station from the radio resource range determined by the main scheduler 20.
- the main scheduler of REC 1A may perform dynamic scheduling excluding hybrid- ARQ (automatic repeat request) retransmission, and the scheduler 1 of RE1B may perform scheduling for H-ARQ retransmission.
- the scheduler 20 may calculate a parameter used for dynamic scheduling based on the radio communication quality of the air interface and transmit it to the main scheduler of the REC 1A.
- the main scheduler 20 of the REC 1A may perform dynamic scheduling using the parameters calculated by the scheduler 20 of the RE 1B.
- the BB-PHY unit 12 performs digital baseband signal processing related to the physical layer. More specifically, the signal processing by the BB-PHY unit 12 includes channel coding and modulation for transmitting downlink user data to the air interface. Further, the signal processing by the BB-PHY unit 12 includes demodulation and channel decoding for restoring the uplink user data from the received signal by the air interface.
- the transmission path encoding and decoding by the BB-PHY unit 12 includes, for example, block encoding, convolutional encoding, or a combination thereof. Transmission path encoding and decoding by the BB-PHY unit 12 is performed using an encoding algorithm such as turbo code, Viterbi code, or Reed-Solomon code, for example.
- the signal processing by the BB-PHY unit 12 may include spreading / despreading (Spreading / De-spreading), resource mapping, and OFDM signal generation with Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT). .
- the RF-PHY unit 13 is connected to the antenna 14 and performs analog RF signal processing related to the physical layer. Signal processing performed by the RF-PHY unit 13 includes D / A conversion, A / D conversion, frequency up-conversion, frequency down-conversion, amplification, and the like.
- the bearer termination unit 10 is arranged in the REC 1A, and the scheduler 20 and the BB-PHY unit 12 are arranged in the RE 1B. That is, the radio base station 1 performs digital signal processing in the physical layer including at least transmission path encoding and decoding in the RE 1B.
- the data string including user data transmitted on the transmission path 40 does not include redundant data by transmission path coding (eg, block coding, convolutional coding, or turbo coding).
- the amount of transmission data with RE1B can be suppressed. Therefore, the radio base station 1 has an advantage that it can easily cope with the traffic increase as compared with the case of performing transmission path encoding and decoding in the REC.
- the scheduler 20 arranged in the RE 1B performs at least a part of the dynamic scheduling of the mobile station connected to the RE 1B. For this reason, it is possible to suppress transmission / reception of user data and control data related to dynamic scheduling between REC-REs as compared with the case where the entire dynamic scheduling is performed in REC 1A. Therefore, the radio base station 1 has an advantage that it can easily cope with the traffic increase as compared with the case where the entire dynamic scheduling is performed in the REC 1A.
- the arrangement of the layer 2 unit 11 and the subunits included therein can be variously modified.
- the layer 2 processing function can be appropriately distributed between the REC 1A and the RE 1B.
- various additional effects can be obtained by adjusting the arrangement of these functional units. A plurality of aspects relating to the arrangement of these functional units will be described in order in this embodiment and other embodiments.
- the layer 2 unit 11 is arranged in the RE 1B.
- the layer 2 unit 11 uses the bearer termination unit 10 as an upper protocol layer and the BB-PHY unit 12 as a lower protocol layer, and performs layer 2 signal processing excluding dynamic scheduling.
- Layer 2 signal processing consists of (i) data compression / decompression, (ii) data encryption, (iii) layer 2 header addition / deletion, data segmentation / concatenation, and (v) data multiplexing / separation Including at least one of transfer format generation / decomposition.
- the layer 2 signal processing includes processing of the RLC sublayer and the MAC sublayer.
- the RLC sublayer uses the bearer termination unit 10 as an upper protocol layer.
- the MAC sublayer uses the RLC sublayer as an upper protocol layer and the BB-PHY unit 12 as a lower protocol layer.
- E-UTRA further includes a PDCP sublayer as an upper sublayer of the RLC sublayer.
- the processing e.g. IP header compression, encryption
- the processing in the PDCP sublayer is not essential and may be omitted.
- the PDCP sublayer is responsible for processing to reduce the amount of transmission data so as to be suitable for transmission / reception via the air interface. Specifically, the PDCP sublayer performs IP header compression for downlink user data and decompression of the IP header for uplink user data. Furthermore, the PDCP sublayer performs user data encryption and user data replication and transfer for reducing handover delay.
- the RLC sublayer of E-UTRA performs segmentation and concatenation for radio bearer data (PDCP Protocol Data Unit (PDU)) supplied from the PDCP sublayer, and retransmission control.
- the RLC sublayer provides a data transfer service using a radio bearer to the PDCP sublayer.
- the RLC sublayer is connected to the MAC sublayer by a logical channel (RLCRLPDU).
- the MAC sublayer of E-UTRA performs multiplexing of logical channels (RLC PDU) and retransmission of hybrid- ARQ.
- the MAC sublayer generates a transport channel by multiplexing logical channels (RLC PDU).
- the transport channel transmission format depends on the instantaneous data rate.
- the MAC sublayer is connected to the physical layer (BB-PHY unit 12) by a transport channel (MAC PDU).
- the arrangement of the layer 2 unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 is an example, and the arrangement is not limited to this arrangement.
- the entire layer 2 unit 12 or a part thereof e.g. PDCP sublayer
- the dynamic scheduling performed by the scheduler 1 of the RE 1B may be only a part of the dynamic scheduling related to the mobile station connected to the RE 1B.
- the buffer 21 is arranged between the bearer termination unit 10 and the layer 2 unit 11. Therefore, the buffer 21 stores user data (e.g. IP packet) itself which is not subjected to data compression, encryption, segmentation, and multiplexing in the layer 2 processing.
- user data e.g. IP packet
- the buffer 21 may be arranged to store a user data string that has been subjected to data compression and encryption in layer 2.
- the user data sequence that has been subjected to data compression and encryption in layer 2 corresponds to PDCP Protocol Data Unit (PDU), that is, the radio bearer data that is the data sequence after the processing of PDCP sublayer. .
- PDU PDCP Protocol Data Unit
- the buffer 21 may be arranged so as to store the user data sequence to which the segmentation / concatenation in the layer 2 and the addition of the layer 2 header are performed.
- the user data sequence to which segmentation, concatenation, and layer 2 header are added is the RLC PDU that is the data sequence after processing of the Radio-Link Rad Control (RLC) sublayer, that is, the logical channel, Corresponding to
- modification of the arrangement of the buffer 21 also allows the buffer 21 to be arranged in the REC 1A.
- the buffer 21 may be disposed between the bearer termination unit 10 and the internal interface 30 shown in FIG. Variations regarding the arrangement of the buffer 21 will also be described in the second and subsequent embodiments of the invention.
- Fig. 2 shows the functional arrangement in the radio base station 1 in detail regarding the downlink transmission of user data in E-UTRA.
- the functional arrangement shown in FIG. 2 corresponds to a specific example of the functional arrangement shown in FIG.
- the layer 2 unit 11 includes three subunits, that is, a PDCP unit 110, an RLC unit 111, and a MAC unit 112.
- the PDCP unit 110 performs PDCP sublayer processing.
- the RLC unit 111 performs RLC sublayer processing.
- the MAC unit 112 performs MAC sublayer processing.
- the BB-PHY unit 12 includes an encoding unit 120, a modulation unit 121, a resource mapping unit 122, and an IFFT unit 123.
- the RF-PHY unit 13 includes an up converter 130 and an amplifier 131.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the radio base station 2 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 2 has a first part, that is, Radio Equipment Controller (REC) 2A, and at least one second part, that is, Radio Equipment (RE) 2B.
- REC Radio Equipment Controller
- RE Radio Equipment
- the buffer 21 shown in FIG. 2 may store user data (eg IP packet) itself that is not subjected to data compression, encryption, segmentation, and multiplexing in layer 2 processing.
- the REC 2A has a HO control unit 51.
- the HO control unit 51 receives the downlink user data related to the mobile station held in the buffer 21 or the user data when the mobile station communicating with the air interface hands over to another base station (target base station).
- the included data string is transferred to the target base station.
- User data transfer to the target base station is similar to a normal handover procedure. That is, the user data transfer to the target base station may be performed using an interface (e.g. X2 interface) that can be used between the base stations, or may be performed via an upper network.
- an interface e.g. X2 interface
- the REC 2A may be configured to perform PDCP sublayer processing (e.g. IP header compression, encryption) in the bearer termination unit 10.
- the PDCP subunit 110 may be arranged in the REC 2A.
- the layer 2 unit 11 may perform other layer 2 processing (i.e. RLC and MAC and sublayer processing) excluding the PDCP sublayer.
- the buffer 21 may store PDCP PDU for each mobile station, for each bearer, for each QoS class, or for each mobile station and for each QoS class. Further, the entire layer 2 unit 11 may be arranged in the REC 2A.
- the REC 2A since the REC 2A buffers user data or a data string (e.g. PDCP PDU) including the user data, data transfer to the target base station can be easily performed at the time of handover. That is, data transfer from the RE 2B to the REC 2A is not required at the time of handover. Further, when the mobile station moves between a plurality of REs 2B connected to the REC 2A, the REC 2A sets the destination of the buffered user data or the data string (eg PDCP PDU) including the user data as the destination. It is only necessary to change to RE2B. For this reason, it is possible to easily provide a continuous service following the movement of the mobile station.
- a data string e.g. PDCP PDU
- FIG. 4 shows the functional arrangement in the radio base station 1 in detail regarding user data downlink transmission in E-UTRA.
- the functional arrangement shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to a specific example of the functional arrangement shown in FIG.
- the scheduler 20 of the RE 2B may control the buffer 21 via the transmission path 40.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the radio base station 3 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 3 includes a first part, that is, a radio equipment controller (REC) 3A, and at least one second part, that is, a radio equipment (RE) 3B.
- REC radio equipment controller
- RE radio equipment
- FIG. 5 a plurality of REs 3B may be connected to the REC 3A as shown in FIG.
- the PDCP unit 110 is arranged in the REC 3A.
- the REC 3A has a main scheduler 20A
- the RE 3B has a secondary scheduler 20B.
- the sub-scheduler 20B of the RE 3B performs a part of the dynamic scheduling related to the mobile station connected to the RE 3B.
- the secondary scheduler 20B operates in cooperation with the primary scheduler 20A for dynamic scheduling.
- a specific example of the function sharing between the main scheduler 20A and the sub-scheduler 20B will be described below.
- the secondary scheduler 20B calculates parameters used for dynamic scheduling based on the radio communication quality of the air interface and transmits the parameters to the main scheduler 20A.
- the main scheduler 20A uses the parameters received from the secondary scheduler 20B to perform dynamic scheduling for mobile stations connected to the plurality of REs 3B.
- Major scheduling techniques such as PF scheduling and Max-C / I scheduling utilize the radio communication quality of the air interface. For example, in PF scheduling, in order to ensure the fairness of transmission opportunities between mobile stations, the ratio of the instantaneous predicted wireless communication quality of the mobile station and the past average wireless communication quality is used as a parameter. Use. This parameter is called the PF metric.
- the wireless communication quality used for the calculation of the PF metric is a data rate, a signal-to-interference ratio (SINR), or the like.
- the PF metric is calculated, for example, as a ratio of instantaneous SINR and average SINR (i.e. instant SINR / average SINR).
- the sub-scheduler 20B executes a calculation using the wireless communication quality to obtain a parameter such as a PF metric, thereby reducing the processing amount of the main scheduler 20A. Furthermore, the amount of data to be transmitted from the RE 3B to the REC 3A using the transmission path 40 can be reduced.
- the parameter e.g. PF metric
- the sub-scheduler 20B calculates the parameters, only the calculated parameters need be transferred instead of the current and past wireless communication quality measurement results.
- FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing operations of the main scheduler 20A and the secondary scheduler 20B when the secondary scheduler 20B calculates PF metrics.
- the mobile station UE transmits quality information. This quality information indicates the downlink radio communication quality measured by the mobile station.
- the secondary scheduler 20B calculates a PF metric using the quality information received from the mobile station.
- the secondary scheduler 20B transmits the PF metric to the main scheduler 20A.
- the main scheduler 20A performs dynamic scheduling using the PF metric received from the secondary scheduler 20B, thereby determining mobile stations or user data to be allocated to each downlink radio resource.
- the secondary scheduler 20B performs scheduling for H-ARQ retransmission or RLC sublayer retransmission. Specifically, the secondary scheduler 20B buffers downlink transmission data, and performs retransmission based on a retransmission instruction from the main scheduler 20A when the mobile station requests retransmission. For example, the secondary scheduler 20B may allocate the same radio resource as the previous transmission for retransmission. Thereby, the processing amount of the main scheduler 20A can be reduced. Furthermore, since there is no need to transfer retransmission data from the REC 3A to the RE 3B, the amount of transmission data on the transmission path 40 can be reduced.
- FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing operations of the main scheduler 20A and the secondary scheduler 20B when the secondary scheduler 20B controls retransmission.
- the secondary scheduler 20B buffers downlink transmission data.
- the mobile station transmits a retransmission request (e.g. NACK), which is received by the main scheduler 20A.
- the main scheduler 20A instructs the secondary scheduler 20B to retransmit.
- the secondary scheduler 20B performs re-transmission according to the instruction of the primary scheduler 20A.
- the functional arrangement shown in the configuration example of FIG. 5 is merely an example.
- the PDCP unit 110 may be arranged in the RE 3B.
- the buffer 21 may be arranged in the RE 3B.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the radio base station 4 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 4 includes a first part, that is, a radio equipment controller (REC) 4A, and at least one second part, that is, a radio equipment (RE) 4B.
- the difference between the radio base station 4 and the radio base station 1 described above is that the layer 2 unit 11 is arranged in the REC 4A.
- the PDCP unit 110, the RLC unit 111, and the MAC unit 112 correspond to the layer 2 unit 11.
- the scheduler 20 and the BB-PHY unit 12 are arranged in the RE 4B. Therefore, similarly to the radio base station 1, the radio base station 4 can suppress the amount of transmission data on the transmission path 40.
- the layer 2 unit 11 is arranged in the REC 4A, digital signal processing can be distributed between the REC 4A and the RE 4B. Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the layer 2 unit 11 arranged in the REC 4A can be shared for processing user data regarding a plurality of REs 4B. Therefore, the layer 2 unit 11 can be used efficiently.
- FIG. 9 shows the functional arrangement in the radio base station 4 in detail regarding user data downlink transmission in E-UTRA.
- the layer 2 unit 11 is arranged in the REC 4A. Accordingly, the MAC-PDU (i.e. transport channel) is transferred from the REC 7A to the RE 7B.
- the MAC-PDU i.e. transport channel
- the buffer 21 is arranged between the RLC unit 111 and the MAC unit 112. Therefore, the buffer 21 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 may store the RLC PDU (i.e. logical channel) for each mobile station, for each bearer, for each QoS class, or for each mobile station and for each QoS class.
- the arrangement of the buffer 21 can be changed as appropriate.
- the buffer 21 may be disposed between the PDCP unit 110 and the RLC unit 111.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio base station 5 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 5 includes a first part, that is, a radio equipment controller (REC) 5A, and at least one second part, that is, a radio equipment (RE) 5B.
- the difference between the radio base station 5 and the radio base station 1 described above is that the bearer termination units 10A and 10B are arranged in both the REC 5A and the RE 5B, and at least one bearer (eg S1 bearer) with the upper network.
- This is a point that can be selected between the REC 5A and the RE 5B.
- the selection of the bearer termination point may be performed in units of bearers, may be performed in units of cells, or may be performed collectively for all bearers terminated in the radio base station 5.
- the bearer termination point may be selected based on the security level of the transmission path 40 between the REC 5A and the RE 5B. More specifically, the bearer is terminated at the REC 5A when the security level of the transmission path 40 is relatively high, and the bearer is terminated at the RE 5B when the security level of the transmission path 40 is relatively low.
- the case where the security level of the transmission line 40 is relatively high is, for example, when the transmission line 40 is a dedicated line of a communication carrier, or the transmission line 40 is laid in a site managed by the communication carrier. Is the case.
- the case where the security level of the transmission line 40 is relatively low is, for example, a case where the transmission line 40 is a general public line, or a case where the transmission line 40 is laid in a place that is not sufficiently managed. .
- the selection of the bearer termination point may be performed when the radio base station 5 is set up.
- the bearer termination point may be selected according to switching of the transmission path 40, for example, according to switching between the main transmission path and the backup transmission path.
- the controller 50 of the radio base station 5 may switch the termination point according to each security level.
- Such bearer termination point switching is performed in response to an instruction from an external device such as a resource control device or an OAM (Operation Administration and Maintenance) system arranged outside the radio base station 5 (eg, an upper network). May be.
- an external device such as a resource control device or an OAM (Operation Administration and Maintenance) system arranged outside the radio base station 5 (eg, an upper network). May be.
- OAM Operaation Administration and Maintenance
- the bearer termination point may be selected based on the security level or QoS class required for the bearer. Specifically, a bearer requiring a high security level and a bearer in which a high QoS class is set may be terminated at the RE 5B. Other bearers may be terminated at the REC 5A.
- the radio base station 5 similarly to the radio base station 1, the scheduler 20 and the BB-PHY unit 12 are arranged in the RE 5B. Therefore, similarly to the radio base station 1, the radio base station 5 can suppress the amount of transmission data on the transmission path 40.
- the bearer termination in REC 5A that contributes to the reduction of the amount of data transmitted through transmission line 40 and the bearer termination in RE 5B that contributes to the improvement of the security level of transmission line 40, depending on the situation. Can be used flexibly.
- the buffer 21 is arranged in the RE 5B.
- the arrangement of the buffer 21 can be changed as appropriate.
- the buffer 21 may be arranged in the REC 5A.
- FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B show the functional arrangement in the radio base station 5 in detail regarding the downlink transmission of user data in E-UTRA.
- the functional arrangement shown in FIG. 11A corresponds to the case where the bearer termination unit 10A of the REC 5A is used in the configuration example of FIG.
- the functional arrangement shown in FIG. 11B corresponds to the case where the bearer termination unit 10B of the RE 5B is used.
- user data is transferred from the REC 5A to the RE 5B.
- the encrypted bearer data (e.g. S1 bearer data) is transferred from the REC 5A to the RE 5B.
- Radio base stations 1 to 5 described in Embodiments 1 to 5 of the invention may be relay stations.
- the relay station connects the base station to the first radio link (backhaul link), connects the mobile station to the second radio link (access link), and relays data between the base station and the mobile station.
- the bearer termination unit, layer 2 unit, BB-PHY unit, and scheduler described in the first to fifth embodiments of the present invention use a semiconductor processing device including an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and the like. May be implemented. These units may be mounted by causing a computer such as a microprocessor to execute a program.
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- DSP Digital Signal Processor
- Non-transitory computer readable media include various types of tangible storage media (tangible storage medium). Examples of non-transitory computer-readable media include magnetic recording media (eg flexible disks, magnetic tapes, hard disk drives), magneto-optical recording media (eg magneto-optical discs), CD-ROMs (Read Only Memory), CD-Rs, CD-R / W, semiconductor memory (for example, mask ROM, PROM (Programmable ROM), EPROM (Erasable ROM), flash ROM, RAM (random access memory)) are included.
- the program may also be supplied to the computer by various types of temporary computer-readable media. Examples of transitory computer readable media include electrical signals, optical signals, and electromagnetic waves.
- the temporary computer-readable medium can supply the program to the computer via a wired communication path such as an electric wire and an optical fiber, or a wireless communication path.
- Embodiments 1 to 5 of the invention can be combined as appropriate.
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention described above.
- Radio base stations 1A-5A Radio Equipment Controller (REC) 1B-5B Radio Equipment (RE) 10, 10A, 10B Bearer termination unit 11 Layer 2 unit 12 BB-PHY unit 13 RF-PHY unit 14 Antenna 20 Scheduler 20A Primary scheduler 20B Secondary scheduler 21 Buffer 30, 31 Internal interface 40 Transmission path 50 Controller 51 Handover control unit 110 PDCP unit 111 RLC unit 112 MAC unit 120 Coding unit 121 Modulation unit 122 Resource mapping unit 123 IFFT unit 130 Up converter 131 Amplifier
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(a)前記第1のパートにおいて、上位ネットワークと前記無線局の間の少なくとも1つのベアラを終端すること、及び
(b)2のパートにおいて、前記複数の移動局のうち当該第2のパートに接続する第1の移動局に関するダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するための伝送路符号化と前記エア・インタフェースによる受信信号から前記第1の移動局に関する前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するための伝送路復号化とを含むデジタル物理レイヤ信号処理を行うこと。
図1は、本実施の形態に係る無線基地局1の構成を示すブロック図である。無線基地局1は、無線通信ネットワークにおいて使用され、複数の移動局との間でエア・インタフェースを介してダウンリンク・ユーザーデータ及びアップリンク・ユーザーデータを含むユーザーデータの送受信を行うことがきる。無線基地局1は、第1のパートすなわちRadio Equipment Controller(REC)1Aと、少なくとも1つの第2のパートすなわちRadio Equipment(RE)1Bを有する。RE1Bは、伝送路40を介して物理的に分離して配置可能であり、REC1Aと伝送路40を介して通信可能に接続される。伝送路40は、電気伝送路でもよいし、光伝送路でもよい。また、伝送路40は、point-to-point型の無線伝送路(e.g. マイクロ波無線伝送路)であってもよい。伝送路40は、双方向伝送のために、複数の物理的な伝送路を含んでもよい。なお、図1に示されているように、REC1Aには複数のRE1Bが接続されてもよい。
図3は、本実施の形態に係る無線基地局2の構成例を示すブロック図である。無線基地局2は、第1のパートすなわちRadio Equipment Controller(REC)2Aと、少なくとも1つの第2のパートすなわちRadio Equipment(RE)2Bを有する。本実施の形態では、REC2Aがバッファ21を有する構成例について説明する。図2に示されたバッファ21は、レイヤ2処理におけるデータ圧縮、暗号化、セグメンテーション、及び多重化が行われていないユーザーデータ(e.g. IPパケット)それ自体を格納すればよい。REC2Aにバッファ21を配置することによって、移動局のハンドオーバーに関して利点する利点が得られる。
図5は、本実施の形態に係る無線基地局3の構成例を示すブロック図である。無線基地局3は、第1のパートすなわちRadio Equipment Controller(REC)3Aと、少なくとも1つの第2のパートすなわちRadio Equipment(RE)3Bを有する。なお、図5では1つのRE3Bのみが図示されているが、図1に示したように、REC3Aには複数のRE3Bが接続されてもよい。図5の構成例では、PDCPユニット110がREC3Aに配置されている。さらに、図5の構成例では、REC3Aが主スケジューラ20Aを有し、RE3Bが副スケジューラ20Bを有する。本実施の形態では、RE3Bの副スケジューラ20Bは、当該RE3Bに接続する移動局に関する動的スケジューリングの一部の処理を行う。副スケジューラ20Bは、動的スケジューリングのために主スケジューラ20Aと協調して動作する。主スケジューラ20Aと副スケジューラ20Bの機能分担の具体例について以下に説明する。
図8は、本実施の形態に係る無線基地局4の構成例を示すブロック図である。無線基地局4は、第1のパートすなわちRadio Equipment Controller(REC)4Aと、少なくとも1つの第2のパートすなわちRadio Equipment(RE)4Bを有する。無線基地局4と上述した無線基地局1との相違点は、レイヤ2ユニット11がREC4Aに配置されている点である。なお、図8の構成例では、PDCPユニット110、RLCユニット111、及びMACユニット112がレイヤ2ユニット11に対応する。
図10は、本実施の形態に係る無線基地局5の構成を示すブロック図である。無線基地局5は、第1のパートすなわちRadio Equipment Controller(REC)5Aと、少なくとも1つの第2のパートすなわちRadio Equipment(RE)5Bを有する。無線基地局5と上述した無線基地局1との相違点は、REC5A及びRE5Bの両方にベアラ終端ユニット10A及び10Bが配置されており、上位ネットワークとの間の少なくとも1つのベアラ(e.g. S1ベアラ)の終端点をREC5AとRE5Bの間で選択可能に構成されている点である。ベアラ終端点の選択は、ベアラ単位で行われてもよいし、セル単位で行われてもよいし、無線基地局5で終端される全てのベアラについて一括して行われてもよい。
発明の実施の形態1~5で説明した無線基地局1~5は、中継局であってもよい。当該中継局は、基地局と第1の無線リンク(バックホールリンク)を接続し、移動局と第2の無線リンク(アクセスリンク)を接続し、基地局と移動局との間でデータ中継を行う。
1A~5A Radio Equipment Controller(REC)
1B~5B Radio Equipment(RE)
10、10A、10B ベアラ終端ユニット
11 レイヤ2ユニット
12 BB-PHYユニット
13 RF-PHYユニット
14 アンテナ
20 スケジューラ
20A 主スケジューラ
20B 副スケジューラ
21 バッファ
30、31 内部インタフェース
40 伝送路
50 コントローラ
51 ハンドオーバー制御ユニット
110 PDCPユニット
111 RLCユニット
112 MACユニット
120 符号化ユニット
121 変調ユニット
122 リソースマッピング・ユニット
123 IFFTユニット
130 アップコンバータ
131 増幅器
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- 無線通信ネットワークにおいて使用され、複数の移動局との間でエア・インタフェースを介してダウンリンク・ユーザーデータ及びアップリンク・ユーザーデータを含むユーザーデータの送受信を行うことが可能な無線局であって、
第1のパートと、
前記第1のパートから物理的に分離して配置可能であり、前記第1のパートと伝送路を介して通信可能に接続される少なくとも1つの第2のパートと、
を備え、
前記第1のパートは、上位ネットワークと前記無線局の間の少なくとも1つのベアラを終端することが可能な第1のベアラ終端手段を備え、
前記第2のパートは、前記複数の移動局のうち当該第2のパートに接続する第1の移動局に関するダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するための伝送路符号化と前記エア・インタフェースによる受信信号から前記第1の移動局に関する前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するための伝送路復号化とを含むデジタル物理レイヤ信号処理を行うデジタル物理レイヤ手段を備える、
無線局。 - 前記第2のパートは、前記第1の移動局に対して無線リソースを割り当てる動的スケジューリングを行うスケジューリング手段をさらに備える、請求項1に記載の無線局。
- 前記第1のパートは、前記複数の移動局に対して無線リソースを割り当てる動的スケジューリングを行う第1のスケジューリング手段を備え、
前記第2のパートは、前記動的スケジューリングのために前記第1のスケジューリング手段と協調して動作する第2のスケジューリング手段をさらに備える、
請求項1に記載の無線局。 - 前記第2のスケジューリング手段は、前記動的スケジューリングに使用されるパラメータを無線通信品質に基づいて計算し、前記第1のスケジューリング手段に送信する、請求項3に記載の無線局。
- 前記第2のスケジューリング手段は、前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータの再送信のためのスケジューリングを実施する、請求項3又は4に記載の無線局。
- 前記第2のパートは、前記第1の移動局に対してエア・インタフェースを提供するための周波数変換及び電力増幅の少なくとも一方を含むアナログ信号処理を行うアナログ物理レイヤ手段をさらに備える、請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 前記第2のパートは、前記第1の移動局に関する前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するため、及び前記受信信号から前記第1の移動局に関する前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するためのレイヤ2信号処理を行うレイヤ2手段をさらに備える、請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 前記第1のパートは、前記複数の移動局に関する前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するため、及び前記複数の移動局に関する前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するためのレイヤ2信号処理を行うレイヤ2手段をさらに備える、請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 前記レイヤ2信号処理は、
前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するための (i) レイヤ2ヘッダの追加、(ii) データのセグメンテーション/コンカテネーション、及び(iii) データ多重化による転送フォーマットの生成のうち少なくとも1つを含み、
前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するための (i) 転送フォーマットの分解、(ii) 逆セグメンテーション/逆コンカテネーション、及び (iii) レイヤ2ヘッダの削除、のうち少なくとも1つを含む、
請求項7又は8に記載の無線局。 - 前記第1のパートは、前記少なくとも1つのベアラを終端することにより得られた前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを保持するバッファリング手段をさらに備える、請求項1~9のいずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 前記第1のパートは、前記第1の移動局のハンドオーバーに際して、前記バッファリング手段に保持された前記第1の移動局に関するダウンリンク・ユーザーデータをハンドオーバー先の基地局に転送するよう構成されている、請求項10に記載の無線局。
- 前記第2のパートは、前記少なくとも1つのベアラのうち前記第1の移動局に関するベアラの終端を前記第1のベアラ終端手段に代わって行うことが可能な第2のベアラ終端手段をさらに備える、請求項1~11のいずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 前記第1及び第2のベアラ終端手段のいずれを使用するかの選択は、前記ユーザーデータのセキィリティレベル又はQoSクラスに基づいて行われる、請求項12に記載の無線局。
- 前記第1及び第2のベアラ終端手段のいずれを使用するかの選択は、前記ユーザーデータ毎に行われる、請求項12又は13に記載の無線局。
- 前記第1及び第2のベアラ終端手段のいずれを使用するかの選択は、ベアラ毎に行われる、請求項12又は13に記載の無線局。
- 前記第1の移動局に関するベアラ終端のために前記第1及び第2のベアラ終端手段のどちらを使用するかを決定する手段をさらに備える、請求項12~15のいずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 前記無線局は、外部装置からの指示に基づいて、前記第1の移動局に関するベアラ終端のために前記第1及び第2のスケジューリング手段のどちらを使用するかを決定する、請求項12~15いずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 前記無線局は、基地局又は中継局である、請求項1~17のいずれか1項に記載の無線局。
- 無線局によるユーザーデータの処理方法であって、
前記無線局は、無線通信ネットワークにおいて使用され、複数の移動局との間でエア・インタフェースを介してダウンリンク・ユーザーデータ及びアップリンク・ユーザーデータを含むユーザーデータの送受信を行うことが可能に構成され、
前記無線局は、第1のパートと、前記第1のパートから物理的に分離して配置可能であり、前記第1のパートと伝送路を介して通信可能に接続される少なくとも1つの第2のパートとを含み、
前記処理方法は、
前記第1のパートにおいて、上位ネットワークと前記無線局の間の少なくとも1つのベアラを終端すること、及び
前記第2のパートにおいて、前記複数の移動局のうち当該第2のパートに接続する第1の移動局に関するダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するための伝送路符号化と前記エア・インタフェースによる受信信号から前記第1の移動局に関する前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するための伝送路復号化とを含むデジタル物理レイヤ信号処理を行うこと、
を備える、ユーザーデータの処理方法。 - 前記第2のパートにおいて、前記第1の移動局に対して無線リソースを割り当てる動的スケジューリングを行うことをさらに備える、請求項19に記載の方法。
- 前記第1のパートにおいて、前記複数の移動局に対して無線リソースを割り当てる動的スケジューリングを行うこと、及び
前記第2のパートにおいて、前記動的スケジューリングのために、前記第1のパートと協調して副スケジューリングを行うこと、
をさらに備える、請求項19に記載の方法。 - 前記副スケジューリングは、前記動的スケジューリングに使用されるパラメータを無線通信品質に基づいて計算し、前記第1のパートに送信することを含む、請求項21に記載の方法。
- 前記副スケジューリングは、前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータの再送信のためのスケジューリングを実施することを含む、請求項21又は22に記載の方法。
- 前記第2のパートにおいて、前記第1の移動局に対してエア・インタフェースを提供するための周波数変換及び電力増幅の少なくとも一方を含むアナログ信号処理を行うことをさらに備える、請求項19~23のいずれか1項に記載の方法。
- 前記第2のパートにおいて、前記第1の移動局に関する前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するため、及び前記受信信号から前記第1の移動局に関する前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するためのレイヤ2信号処理を行うことをさらに備える、請求項19~24のいずれか1項に記載の方法。
- 前記第1のパートにおいて、前記複数の移動局に関する前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するため、及び前記複数の移動局に関する前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するためのレイヤ2信号処理を行うことをさらに備える、請求項19~24のいずれか1項に記載の方法。
- 前記レイヤ2信号処理は、
前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを前記エア・インタフェースに送信するための (i) レイヤ2ヘッダの追加、(ii) データのセグメンテーション/コンカテネーション、及び(iii) データ多重化による転送フォーマットの生成のうち少なくとも1つを含み、
前記アップリンク・ユーザーデータを復元するための (i) 転送フォーマットの分解、(ii) 逆セグメンテーション/逆コンカテネーション、及び (iii) レイヤ2ヘッダの削除、のうち少なくとも1つを含む、
請求項25又は26に記載の方法。 - 前記第1のパートにおいて、前記少なくとも1つのベアラを終端することにより得られた前記ダウンリンク・ユーザーデータをバッファリングすることをさらに備える、請求項19~27のいずれか1項に記載の方法。
- 前記第1の移動局のハンドオーバーに際して、バッファリングされた前記第1の移動局に関するダウンリンク・ユーザーデータを、前記第1のパートからハンドオーバー先の基地局に転送することをさらに備える、請求項28に記載の方法。
- 前記少なくとも1つのベアラのうち前記第1の移動局に関するベアラの終端のために、前記第1及び第2のパートのうち一方を二者択一的に使用することをさらに備える、請求項19~29のいずれか1項に記載の方法。
- 前記二者択一的に使用することは、前記ユーザーデータのセキィリティレベル又はQoSクラスに基づいて、前記第1及び第2のパートのいずれを使用するかを選択することを含む、請求項30に記載の方法。
- 前記第1の移動局に関するベアラの終端のために前記第1及び第2のパートのいずれを使用するかの選択は、前記ユーザーデータ毎に行われる、請求項30又は31に記載の方法。
- 前記第1の移動局に関するベアラの終端のために前記第1及び第2のパートのいずれを使用するかの選択は、ベアラ毎に行われる、請求項30又は31に記載の方法。
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