WO2013168561A1 - 無線通信システム、無線基地局装置、ユーザ端末および通信制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a radio communication system, a radio base station apparatus, a user terminal, and a communication control method in a next generation mobile communication system.
- HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
- HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access
- CDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
- the third generation system can achieve a maximum transmission rate of about 2 Mbps on the downlink using generally a fixed bandwidth of 5 MHz.
- a transmission rate of about 300 Mbps at the maximum in the downlink and about 75 Mbps at the maximum in the uplink can be realized by using a variable band of 1.4 MHz to 20 MHz.
- LTE-A LTE advanced or LTE enhancement
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution Advanced Enhanced Mobile Broadband
- CC Component Carrier
- a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is specified as a traffic channel
- a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH: Physical Downlink Control Channel) is specified as a control channel for notifying information necessary for PDSCH reception.
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- cross-carrier scheduling that performs scheduling from the PDCCH of one primary cell to the PDSCH of a plurality of component carriers (one primary cell + up to five secondary cells) is LTE-A ( Rel.10).
- the downlink control information transmitted by the PDCCH is defined in detail as a DCI (Downlink Control Information) format. DCI may be called downlink control information transmitted by PDCCH.
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- the PDCCH DCI of the secondary cell is allocated to radio resources that can transmit the PDCCH in the primary cell (the region from the first OFDM symbol to a maximum of 3 OFDM symbols, referred to as the control region). . Therefore, in order to make it possible to identify which cell is the PDCCH for PDSCH reception, DCI defines a CIF (Cell Index Field) indicating a cell index.
- CIF Cell Index Field
- inter-cell orthogonalization as one promising technique for further improving system performance over the LTE system.
- LTE-A orthogonalization within a cell is realized by orthogonal multi-access for both uplink and downlink. That is, in the downlink, the user terminals UE (User Equipment) are orthogonalized in the frequency domain.
- UE User Equipment
- W-CDMA interference randomization is performed between cells by repeating one-cell frequency.
- the 3GPP (3 rd Generation Partnership Project)
- CoMP Coordinated Multi-Point transmission / reception
- LTA-A Rel.11
- a plurality of cells perform transmission / reception signal processing in cooperation with one or a plurality of user terminals UE.
- CoMP transmission includes joint transmission (JT) in which a shared data channel is simultaneously transmitted from a plurality of cells to one user terminal, DPS (Dynamic Point Selection) in which data is transmitted by dynamically switching the transmission cell to the user terminal, There are a plurality of transmission forms such as CS (Coordinate Scheduling) / CB (Coordinate Beamforming) for transmitting a shared data channel only from a cell.
- JT joint transmission
- DPS Dynamic Point Selection
- CS Coordinat Scheduling
- CB Coordinat Beamforming
- CoMP when CoMP is applied, a plurality of cells (CoMP sets) transmit data to the user terminal using the same frequency band. Similar to the cross carrier scheduling, the user terminal determines which cell's PDCCH is the received DCI. Need to be identified. Therefore, the radio base station must notify the user terminal of CoMP information for identifying which cell the PDSCH is for receiving the PDSCH, but the CoMP information corresponds to the CoMP form. Change. Moreover, it is possible to set different CoMP sets for different frequency bands, and the CoMP information to be notified to the user terminal becomes more complicated.
- the present invention has been made in view of this point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a radio communication system, a radio base station apparatus, a user terminal, and a communication control method that realize signaling of cell index information suitable for CoMP transmission / reception technology.
- the wireless communication system of the present invention is a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of wireless base station devices each forming a cell, and a user terminal connected to each wireless base station device via a wireless link,
- a plurality of radio base station apparatuses serve as transmission points for CoMP transmission to the user terminal
- a physical downlink control channel of a plurality of cells is transmitted from the radio base station apparatus of a specific cell.
- a generating unit that generates downlink control information in which an index of a CoMP set is incorporated in a physical downlink control channel shared among a plurality of cells that perform joint transmission based on a table in which the index of the host is mapped to bit data;
- a transmission unit that transmits a physical downlink control channel of each cell including the generated downlink control information, and the user terminal, when the transmission mode is applied, Included in the received physical downlink control channel and a receiving unit that receives physical downlink control channels of a plurality of cells from the station apparatus and receives physical downlink shared data channels from all radio base station apparatuses that perform coordinated multipoint transmission
- the radio base station apparatus in a radio base station apparatus to which a user terminal connects via a radio link, performs CoMP transmission to the user terminal as a transmission point together with other radio base station apparatuses.
- a physical downlink control channel of a plurality of cells from a specific cell in CoMP transmission an index indicating each coordinated cell serving as a transmission point and each combination of a plurality of cells to be jointly transmitted are indicated.
- a generating unit that generates downlink control information in which the CoMP set index is incorporated in a physical downlink control channel shared among a plurality of cells jointly transmitted And generate Characterized in that the physical downlink control channel of each cell including a downlink control information to and a transmitting unit for transmitting from the identified cell.
- the user terminal of the present invention is a user terminal that connects to a plurality of radio base station apparatuses each forming a cell via a radio link, and in the CoMP transmission in which the plurality of radio base station apparatuses perform coordinated multipoint transmission,
- the physical downlink control channel of a plurality of cells is transmitted from a specific cell, all the radio base station devices that receive the physical downlink control channel of the plurality of cells from the radio base station device of the specific cell and perform coordinated multipoint transmission
- the receiving unit for receiving the physical downlink shared data channel from the mobile station and the index of the cooperative cell or CoMP set incorporated in the downlink control information included in the physical downlink control channel of each received cell is prepared in advance.
- the table includes an index indicating individual cooperative cells serving as transmission points in CoMP transmission, and a CoMP set index indicating each combination of a plurality of cells jointly transmitted in CoMP transmission in bit data. It is mapped.
- the communication control method of the present invention is a communication control in a radio communication system comprising a plurality of radio base station apparatuses each forming a cell and a user terminal connected to each radio base station apparatus via a radio link.
- a method is provided for scheduling CoMP transmission in which coordinated multipoint transmission is performed with the plurality of radio base station apparatuses serving as transmission points for the user terminal, and physical downlink control channels of a plurality of cells are specified in a specific cell in CoMP transmission.
- an index indicating each coordinated cell serving as a transmission point and a CoMP set index indicating each combination of a plurality of cells to be jointly transmitted are jointly transmitted based on a table mapped to bit data.
- For physical downlink control channel shared by multiple cells Generates downlink control information incorporating the indices of CoMP set, it transmits a physical downlink control channel of each cell including a downlink control information the product from the specific cell, characterized in that.
- signaling of cell index information suitable for CoMP transmission / reception technology can be realized.
- FIG. 1A is a conceptual diagram of joint transmission (hereinafter also referred to as CoMP transmission (JT)), which is one of CoMP transmissions.
- JT CoMP transmission
- the same shared data channel is simultaneously transmitted from a plurality of cells to one user terminal UE in one subframe.
- the user terminal UE receives the PDSCH from both the cell 1 and the cell 2 in one subframe.
- the user terminal UE receives the PDSCH jointly transmitted from the cell 1 and the cell 2 based on the PDCCH shared by the cell 1 and the cell 2.
- a combination of cells that simultaneously transmit the same PDSCH by such joint transmission is referred to as “cell 1 + 2”.
- FIG. 1B is a conceptual diagram of DPS which is one of CoMP transmissions.
- the transmission cell for one user terminal UE is dynamically switched to transmit the PDSCH.
- the user terminal UE receives the PDSCH transmitted from the cell 1 and the cell 2 based on the PDCCH transmitted from the cell 1 and the cell 2, respectively.
- FIG. 1C is a conceptual diagram of CS / CB, which is one of CoMP transmissions.
- CS / CB PDSCH is transmitted only from one transmission cell to one user terminal UE in one subframe.
- one user terminal UE receives PDSCH from cell 1, and the other user terminal UE receives PDSCH from cell 2.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB feeds back quality information of each cell from the user terminal UE.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB obtains a difference in quality information for each cell (for example, RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power), RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality), or SINR (Signal Interference plus Noise Ratio)).
- RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
- RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
- SINR Signal Interference plus Noise Ratio
- the difference in quality information between cells exceeds a threshold value, that is, when the quality difference between cells is large, the cell is high in reception quality because it is close to the radio base station apparatus eNB forming any cell. It is determined that the user terminal UE exists in the vicinity of the center. In this case, high reception quality can be maintained without applying CoMP transmission.
- the user terminal UE when applying CoMP transmission, the user terminal UE feeds back channel state information for each of a plurality of cells to the radio base station apparatus eNB (the radio base station apparatus eNB of the serving cell). On the other hand, when CoMP transmission is not applied, the user terminal UE feeds back channel state information of the serving cell to the radio base station apparatus eNB.
- a macro cell (cell 0) having a wide coverage area and a plurality of pico cells (cells 1 to 3) having local coverage areas are arranged in the coverage area of the macro cell (cell 0). Since the pico cells (cells 1 to 3) have lower transmission power than the macro cell (cell 0), they may be called low power cells.
- different frequency bands can be assigned to the macro cell (cell 0) and the pico cells (cells 1 to 3), it is assumed that the same frequency band 2 is assigned to the pico cells 1 to 3 as shown in FIG. 2B.
- frequency band 1 is assigned to the macro cell (cell 0)
- frequency band 2 different from frequency band 1 is assigned to the pico cells (cells 1 to 3).
- CoMP transmission can be applied to four cells (cells 0 to 3) including the macro cell (cell 0). There are four transmission cells for CoMP transmission: cell 0, cell 1, cell 2, and cell 3.
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution-A
- scheduling is performed from one cell PDCCH for PDSCH of a plurality of component carriers in carrier aggregation using a plurality of component carriers (primary + 1 or one or more secondary cells).
- Performed cross-carrier scheduling was introduced.
- CIF Cell Index Field
- DCI Cell Index Field
- the inventors of the present invention focused on using CIF defined in DCI to notify the user terminal UE of a transmission cell or a combination of transmission cells when CoMP is applied.
- each cell PDCCH (DCI) for PDSCH transmitted from 0 to 3 can be transmitted using the PDCCH resource of cell 0 serving as a specific cell.
- FIG. 2E is a conceptual diagram of the DCI format included in the PDCCH, and shows a state in which bit data indicating a transmission cell at the time of CoMP transmission is described in the CIF. Three bits are assigned to CIF.
- bit information (000) is included in the CIF included in the DCI of the received PDCCH, it is recognized as a PDCCH for receiving the PDSCH of cell 0.
- bit information included in the CIF is (001), (010), (011)
- each CoMP set of “cell 1 + 2”, “cell 1 + 3”, “cell 1 + 2 + 3”, and “cell 2 + 3” is signaled to the user terminal UE.
- FIG. 2D when the CIF is composed of 3 bits, eight types of bit data can be generated. Therefore, in addition to the four types of CIF bit information in the table shown in FIG. 2E, the four types of CIF bit information are unused. The inventor paid attention to the fact that there is an unused bit data resource in the CIF configured with 3 bits, and found that the bit information of this CIF is used for bit data indicating a CoMP set when joint transmission is applied. .
- FIG. 3 shows a CIF table in which unused CIF bit information (100), (101), (110), and (111) are allocated to each CoMP set of joint transmission.
- the CIF table shown in the figure maps cells 0 to 3 serving as individual cooperative cells to bit information (000), (001), (010), and (011), respectively, and sets each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2). , (Cell 1 + 3), (cell 1 + 2 + 3), and (cell 2 + 3) are mapped to bit information (100), (101), (110), and (111), respectively.
- FIG. 3 shows a CIF table in which unused CIF bit information (100), (101), (110), and (111) are allocated to each CoMP set of joint transmission.
- the CIF table shown in the figure maps cells 0 to 3 serving as individual cooperative cells to bit information (000), (001), (010), and (011), respectively, and sets each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2). , (Cell 1 + 3), (cell 1 + 2 + 3), and (cell 2 +
- the user terminal UE can determine that it is a PDCCH for the CoMP set (cell 1 + 2), and based on the PDCCH
- the PDSCH jointly transmitted from the cell 1 and the cell 2 is received (demodulated).
- the CIF having any one of the bit information (100), (101), (110), and (111) is added to the DCI 5.
- the radio communication system according to the present embodiment will be specifically described.
- the user terminal UE establishes a control channel (RRC Connection)
- its own terminal capability UE Capability
- the user terminal UE feeds back the generated channel quality information (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator) to the radio base station apparatus eNB.
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- the radio base station apparatus eNB grasps the communication capability of the connected user terminal UE based on the notified terminal capability of the user terminal UE.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB notifies the user terminal UE of a measurement candidate cell using a control signal of an RRC (Radio Resource Control) protocol.
- the user terminal UE measures RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) of each measurement candidate cell, and sends a measurement report (measurement report) result to the radio base station apparatus eNB by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling). Report.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a CoMP candidate cell from the measurement candidate cells based on the measurement report result.
- This CoMP candidate cell includes a CoMP set indicating a combination of individual coordinate cells that are transmission points in CoMP transmission (DPS, CS / CB) and a plurality of cells that are transmission cells in joint transmission (JT) of CoMP. It is. Then, the radio base station apparatus eNB maps the index indicating each cooperative cell (including the serving cell) in the CoMP candidate cell and the index of the CoMP set to bit data, and generates a CIF table as illustrated in FIG. To do. This CIF table is signaled to the user terminal UE by RRC signaling, for example.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a CoMP transmission cell that transmits a shared data channel to the user terminal UE based on the CQI fed back from the user terminal UE. And when applying the joint transmission of CoMP, the radio base station apparatus eNB assigns the index of this CoMP set to the CIF to the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) shared among a plurality of cells performing joint transmission (JT).
- the described downlink control information (DCI) is generated.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing PDCCH allocation when cross-carrier scheduling is applied in the system configuration shown in FIG. 2A.
- the PDCCH (DCI) for the PDSCH transmitted from each of the cells 0 to 3 is transmitted using the PDCCH resource of the cell 0 serving as a specific cell.
- each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2), (cell 1 + 3), (cell 1 + 2 + 3), (cell 2 + 3) is used using the PDCCH of cell 0, which is a specific cell.
- the PDCCH (DCI) for the PDSCH transmitted from is transmitted.
- CoMP joint transmission JT
- a CoMP set cell 1 + 2
- the CoMP set is represented by bit information (see FIG. 3).
- the radio base station apparatus eNB of the specific cell generates DCI in which the bit information of the CoMP set (cell 1 + 2) is incorporated in this CIF.
- PDCCH containing this DCI is transmitted from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 which is a specific cell.
- the user terminal UE When CoMP transmission is applied, the user terminal UE receives the PDCCH from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 that is a specific cell, and also shares physical downlink from the radio base station apparatuses that are all CoMP transmission cells.
- a data channel (PDSCH) is received.
- the index of the CoMP transmission cell incorporated in the DCI CIF included in the PDCCH received from the specific cell is analyzed using the table shown in FIG. 3, and the CoMP transmission cell is identified from the CIF bit information.
- the PDCCH received from the specific cell is associated with the PDSCH received from the transmission cell, and the PDSCH can be demodulated based on the DCI of the associated PDCCH.
- 5A and 5B show a system configuration in which cells 4 to 6 are frequency-multiplexed with respect to cells 1 to 3.
- the frequency band 2 is assigned to the cells 1 to 3
- the frequency band 3 is assigned to the cells 4 to 6.
- First table configuration method there is a method of configuring a CIF table except for a CoMP set composed of cells with low reception quality (for example, RSRP: Reference Signal Received Power).
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a cell having a high reception quality as a CoMP set candidate by using a result of measurement by the user terminal UE.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB notifies the user terminal UE of a measurement candidate cell using a control signal of an RRC (Radio Resource Control) protocol.
- the user terminal UE measures RSRP and the like of each measurement candidate cell, and reports a measurement report (measurement report) result to the radio base station apparatus eNB by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling).
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a CoMP candidate cell from the measurement candidate cells based on the measurement report result.
- CoMP candidate cells are determined such that, for example, a CoMP set consisting of a combination whose communication quality does not satisfy the quality condition is not included. Whether or not the quality condition is satisfied is estimated based on, for example, whether or not the RSRP of the measurement candidate cell exceeds a threshold value, or the magnitude relationship of the RSRP in the measurement candidate cell.
- the reception quality of the cell 3 is relatively low, if the relationship RSRP Cell1> RSRP Cell2> RSRP Cell3 is satisfied, CoMP set including the cell 3, i.e., "cells 1 + 3" And, except for “cell 2 + 3”, two CoMP sets of “cell 1 + 2” and “cell 1 + 2 + 3” are determined as CoMP candidate cells.
- Whether the cell 1 to 3 performs CoMP transmission (JT) or the cells 4 to 6 perform CoMP transmission (JT) can be freely determined by the radio base station apparatus eNB according to a communication environment or a request from a user terminal. I can decide.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB maps an index indicating each cooperative cell selected as a CoMP candidate cell and an index of the CoMP set to bit data, and generates a CIF table as illustrated in FIG.
- the CIF table shown in FIG. 6 maps cells 0 to 3 serving as individual cooperative cells to bit information (000), (001), (010), and (011), respectively, and sets each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2). , (Cell 1 + 2 + 3), (cell 4 + 5), and (cell 4 + 5 + 6) are mapped to bit information (100), (101), (110), and (111), respectively.
- the CIF having either bit information (100) or (101) is added to the DCI 5.
- the CIF having either bit information (110) or (111) is added to the DCI 6.
- the user terminal UE when (100) is detected as the CIF bit information, the user terminal UE can determine that it is a PDCCH for the CoMP set (cell 1 + 2), and based on the PDCCH The PDSCH jointly transmitted from the cell 1 and the cell 2 is received (demodulated).
- This CIF table is signaled to the user terminal UE by RRC signaling, for example.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a CoMP transmission cell that transmits a shared data channel to the user terminal UE based on the CQI fed back from the user terminal UE. And when applying joint transmission (JT) of CoMP, the radio base station apparatus eNB uses the index of this CoMP set as the CIF for the physical link control channel (PDCCH) shared among a plurality of cells constituting the CoMP set.
- the described downlink control information (DCI) is generated.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing PDCCH allocation when cross-carrier scheduling is applied in the system configuration shown in FIG. 5A.
- the PDCCH (DCI) for the PDSCH transmitted from each of the cells 0 to 3 is transmitted using the PDCCH resource of the cell 0 serving as a specific cell.
- each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2), (cell 1 + 2 + 3), (cell 4 + 5), (cell 4 + 5 + 6) is used by using the PDCCH of cell 0 as a specific cell.
- the PDCCH (DCI) for the PDSCH transmitted from is transmitted.
- this CoMP set is bit information according to the table shown in FIG. Since it is mapped to (100), the radio base station apparatus eNB of the specific cell generates DCI in which the bit information of the CoMP set (cell 1 + 2) is incorporated in this CIF. And as shown in FIG. 7, PDCCH containing this DCI is transmitted from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 which is a specific cell.
- this CoMP set is bit information (110) according to the table shown in FIG. Therefore, the radio base station apparatus eNB of the specific cell generates DCI in which the bit information of the CoMP set (cell 4 + 5) is incorporated in this CIF. And as shown in FIG. 7, PDCCH containing this DCI is transmitted from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 which is a specific cell.
- the user terminal UE When CoMP transmission is applied, the user terminal UE receives the PDCCH from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 that is a specific cell, and also shares physical downlink from the radio base station apparatuses that are all CoMP transmission cells. A data channel (PDSCH) is received. Then, the index of the CoMP transmission cell incorporated in the DCI CIF included in the PDCCH received from the specific cell is analyzed using the table shown in FIG. 6 to identify the CoMP transmission cell. As a result, the PDCCH received from the specific cell is associated with the PDSCH received from the transmission cell, and the PDSCH can be demodulated based on the DCI of the associated PDCCH.
- PDSCH data channel
- a second method there is a method of configuring a CIF table by removing cells with low reception quality (for example, RSRP).
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a cell with high reception quality as a CoMP cell candidate by using a result of measurement by the user terminal UE.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB notifies the user terminal UE of a measurement candidate cell using a control signal of the RRC protocol.
- the user terminal UE measures RSRP and the like of each measurement candidate cell, and reports a measurement report (measurement report) result to the radio base station apparatus eNB by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling).
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a CoMP candidate cell from the measurement candidate cells based on the measurement report result.
- CoMP candidate cells are determined such that, for example, all or part of cooperative cells whose communication quality does not satisfy the quality condition are not included. Whether or not the quality condition is satisfied is estimated based on, for example, whether or not the RSRP of the measurement candidate cell exceeds a threshold value, or the magnitude relationship of the RSRP in the measurement candidate cell.
- the reception quality is relatively low cell 3, RSRP Cell1> if RSRP Cell2> relationship RSRP Cell3 is established, the signal processing of the transmit and receive cell 3 to the user terminal UE Remove from use. This restricts that the cell 3 becomes a CoMP candidate cell and that the CoMP set including the cell 3 becomes a CoMP candidate cell.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB maps the index indicating each cooperative cell selected as a CoMP candidate cell except for the cell 3 and the index of the CoMP set to bit data, and performs CIF as illustrated in FIG. Generate a table.
- the CIF table shown in FIG. 8 maps cells 0 to 2 serving as individual cooperative cells to bit information (000), (001), and (010), respectively, and sets each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2), (cell 4 + 5). ), (Cell 4 + 6), (cell 5 + 6), and (cell 4 + 5 + 6) are mapped to bit information (011), (100), (101), (110), and (111), respectively.
- the CIF having the bit information (011) is added to the DCI 5.
- the CIF having any of the bit information (100), (101), (110), (111) is added to the DCI 6.
- the user terminal UE can determine that it is a PDCCH for a CoMP set (cell 4 + 5), and based on the PDCCH The PDSCH jointly transmitted from the cell 4 and the cell 5 is received (demodulated).
- This CIF table is signaled to the user terminal UE by RRC signaling, for example.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a CoMP transmission cell that transmits a shared data channel to the user terminal UE based on the CQI fed back from the user terminal UE. And when applying joint transmission (JT) of CoMP, the radio base station apparatus eNB uses the index of this CoMP set as the CIF for the physical link control channel (PDCCH) shared among a plurality of cells constituting the CoMP set.
- the described downlink control information (DCI) is generated.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing PDCCH allocation when cross-carrier scheduling is applied in the system configuration shown in FIG. 5A.
- the PDCCH (DCI) for the PDSCH transmitted from each of the cells 0 to 2 is transmitted using the PDCCH resource of the cell 0 serving as a specific cell.
- each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2), (cell 4 + 5), (cell 4 + 6), (cell 5 + 6) is used using the PDCCH of cell 0 serving as a specific cell.
- the PDCCH (DCI) for the PDSCH transmitted is transmitted.
- this CoMP set is bit information according to the table shown in FIG. Since it is mapped to (011), the radio base station apparatus eNB of the specific cell generates DCI in which the bit information of the CoMP set (cell 1 + 2) is incorporated in this CIF. And as shown in FIG. 9, PDCCH containing this DCI is transmitted from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 which is a specific cell.
- the user terminal UE When CoMP transmission is applied, the user terminal UE receives the PDCCH from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 that is a specific cell, and also shares physical downlink from the radio base station apparatuses that are all CoMP transmission cells.
- a data channel (PDSCH) is received.
- the index of the CoMP transmission cell incorporated in the DCI CIF included in the PDCCH received from the specific cell is analyzed using the table shown in FIG. 8, and the CoMP transmission cell is specified.
- the PDCCH received from the specific cell is associated with the PDSCH received from the transmission cell, and the PDSCH can be demodulated based on the DCI of the associated PDCCH.
- FIG. 10 shows an example of search space allocation for each cell when the DCI sizes are different in carrier aggregation. There is a possibility that the DCI size is different due to the difference in system band and DCI format type. In the example shown in FIG. 10, the DCI sizes of cells 0 to 3 are different.
- the search spaces SS1 to SS4 of the cell 0 to the cell 3 are arranged in different areas.
- the user terminal UE blind-decodes the search space SS1 assigned to the cell 0 based on the DCI size of the cell 0, and decodes the DCI of the cell 0.
- the search spaces SS2 to SS4 assigned to the cells 1 to 3 are blind-decoded based on the DCI sizes of the cells 1 to 3, respectively, and the DCIs of the cells 1 to 3 are decoded. To do.
- the user terminal UE can determine the single cell (cells 0 to 3) to which the PDSCH is assigned by identifying the search space by DCI having different sizes. Therefore, cell indexes that can be determined by these search spaces do not need to be mapped to bit data in the CIF table.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB excludes individual cells (cell 0 to cell 3 in FIG. 10) that can be determined by the search space from the CoMP candidate cells registered in the CIF table.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines CoMP candidate cells from the measurement candidate cells based on the measurement report result from the user terminal UE, except for cells that can be determined by the search space, and performs CIF as shown in FIG. Generate a table.
- the CIF table shown in FIG. 11 includes CoMP sets (cell 1 + 2), (cell 1 + 3), (cell 1 + 2 + 3), (cell 2 + 3), (cell 4 + 5), (cell 4 + 6), (cell 5 + 6), and (cell 4 + 5 + 6).
- bit information (000), (001), (010), (011), (100), (101), (110), and (111), respectively.
- the CIF having any one of the bit information (000), (001), (010), and (011) is added to the DCI 5.
- the CIF having any of the bit information (100), (101), (110), (111) is added to the DCI 6.
- the user terminal UE when (100) is detected as the CIF bit information, the user terminal UE can determine that it is a PDCCH for the CoMP set (cell 4 + 5), and based on the PDCCH The PDSCH jointly transmitted from the cell 4 and the cell 5 is received (demodulated).
- This CIF table is signaled to the user terminal UE by RRC signaling, for example.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB determines a CoMP transmission cell that transmits a shared data channel to the user terminal UE based on the CQI fed back from the user terminal UE. If this CoMP transmission cell can be identified by the search space, signaling may be performed using the search space. When the CoMP transmission cell cannot be identified by the search space, the radio base station apparatus eNB performs the joint transmission (JT) when the CoMP candidate registered in the CIF table is included in the CoMP joint transmission.
- the downlink control information (DCI) in which the index of this CoMP set is described in the CIF is generated in the physical link control channel (PDCCH) shared among a plurality of cells to be performed.
- PDCH physical link control channel
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing PDCCH allocation when cross-carrier scheduling is applied.
- each CoMP set (cell 1 + 2), (cell 1 + 3), (cell 1 + 2 + 3), (cell 2 + 3), (cell 2 + 3), using the PDCCH of cell 0 serving as a specific cell.
- PDCCH (DCI) for PDSCH transmitted from (cell 4 + 5), (cell 4 + 6), (cell 5 + 6), and (cell 4 + 5 + 6) is transmitted.
- the user terminal UE When CoMP transmission is applied, the user terminal UE receives the PDCCH from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 that is a specific cell, and also shares physical downlink from the radio base station apparatuses that are all CoMP transmission cells. A data channel (PDSCH) is received. Then, the index of the CoMP transmission cell incorporated in the DCI CIF included in the PDCCH received from the specific cell is analyzed using the table shown in FIG. 11 to identify the CoMP transmission cell. As a result, the PDCCH received from the specific cell is associated with the PDSCH received from the transmission cell, and the PDSCH can be demodulated based on the DCI of the associated PDCCH.
- PDSCH data channel
- the cell index registered in the CIF table may be extended so that subframe information is included. That is, not only the information of the transmission cell or CoMP set but also the subframe number within a predetermined section is mapped to the bit data.
- a macro cell (cell 0) having a wide coverage area and a plurality of pico cells (cells 1 and 2) having local coverage areas are arranged in combination.
- different frequency bands can be assigned to the macro cell (cell 0) and the pico cells (cells 1 and 2), it is assumed that the same frequency band 2 is assigned to the pico cells 1 and 2, as shown in FIG. 13B.
- frequency band 1 is assigned to the macro cell (cell 0)
- frequency band 2 different from frequency band 1 is assigned to the pico cells (cells 1 and 2).
- FIG. 14 shows CIF bit information (000), (001), (010), (011) with CoMP candidate cells (cell 0), (cell 1), (cell 2), (cell 1 + 2) in subframe N. ) Are mapped to the unused CIF bit information (100), (101), (110), and (111), and CoMP candidate cells (cell 0), (cell 1), (cell) in subframe N + 1
- a CIF table in cross subframe scheduling, in which cells 2) and (cell 1 + 2) are mapped, is shown. That is, it is possible to identify which PDCCH received in a certain subframe of the user terminal is the control information of which cell in which cell.
- the radio base station apparatus eNB includes downlink control information (PDCCH) in which an index of a CoMP transmission cell is incorporated in a physical link control channel (PDCCH) shared between a plurality of cells performing cross subframe scheduling between subframe N and subframe N + 1. DCI).
- PDCCH downlink control information
- the PDCCH of each cell including the DCI generated in this way is a plurality of cells in the subframe N from the radio base station apparatus eNB of the cell 0 in the subframe N, or a plurality of cells in the subframe N + 1. Sent to the cell.
- FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a system configuration of the wireless communication system according to the present embodiment.
- the radio communication system shown in FIG. 16 is a system that includes, for example, the LTE system or SUPER 3G.
- carrier aggregation in which a plurality of fundamental frequency blocks with the system band of the LTE system as a unit is integrated is used.
- this wireless communication system may be called IMT-Advanced or 4G.
- the wireless communication system 1 includes base station apparatuses 20A and 20B at each transmission point, and user terminals 10 that communicate with the base station apparatuses 20A and 20B.
- Base station apparatuses 20 ⁇ / b> A and 20 ⁇ / b> B are connected to upper station apparatus 30, and upper station apparatus 30 is connected to core network 40.
- the base station devices 20A and 20B are connected to each other by wired connection or wireless connection.
- the user terminal 10 can communicate with the base station apparatuses 20A and 20B that are transmission points.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- RNC radio network controller
- MME mobility management entity
- the user terminal 10 includes an existing terminal (Rel. 10 LTE) and a support terminal (for example, Rel. 11 LTE).
- a support terminal for example, Rel. 11 LTE.
- the user terminal 10 will be described as a user terminal unless otherwise specified. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the user terminal 10 performs wireless communication with the base station apparatuses 20A and 20B.
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access
- the wireless access method is not limited to this.
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- SC-FDMA is a single carrier transmission scheme that reduces interference between terminals by dividing a system band into bands each consisting of one resource block or a continuous resource block for each terminal, and a plurality of terminals using different bands. .
- the downlink communication channel includes PDSCH as a downlink data channel shared by the user terminals 10 and downlink L1 / L2 control channels (PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH). Transmission data and upper control information are transmitted by the PDSCH. PDSCH and PUSCH scheduling information and the like are transmitted by the PDCCH.
- the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel).
- the HARQ ACK / NACK for PUSCH is transmitted by PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel).
- the uplink communication channel has PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) as an uplink data channel shared by each user terminal and PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) as an uplink control channel. Transmission data and higher control information are transmitted by this PUSCH. Also, downlink channel state information (CSI (including CQI and the like)), ACK / NACK, and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- Transmission data and higher control information are transmitted by this PUSCH.
- CSI including CQI and the like
- ACK / NACK are transmitted by PUCCH.
- the base station apparatus 20 includes a transmission / reception antenna 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit (notification unit) 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, a call processing unit 205, and a transmission path interface 206.
- Transmission data transmitted from the base station apparatus 20 to the user terminal via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 204 via the transmission path interface 206.
- the downlink data channel signal is transmitted from the RCP layer, such as PDCP layer processing, transmission data division / combination, RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, and MAC (Medium Access).
- Control retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing are performed. Also, transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform is performed on the signal of the physical downlink control channel, which is the downlink control channel.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 notifies the control information for each user terminal 10 to wirelessly communicate with the base station apparatus 20 to the user terminals 10 connected to the same transmission point through the broadcast channel.
- the information for communication at the transmission point includes, for example, system bandwidth in the uplink or downlink, and root sequence identification information for generating a random access preamble signal in PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel) (Root Sequence Index) etc. are included.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band.
- the amplifier unit 202 amplifies the radio frequency signal subjected to frequency conversion and outputs the amplified signal to the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- a radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 201 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202 and frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 203 to be a baseband signal. And is input to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, IDFT processing, error correction decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer, PDCP layer reception processing on transmission data included in the baseband signal received in the uplink I do.
- the decoded signal is transferred to the higher station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 206.
- the call processing unit 205 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, state management of the base station apparatus 20, and management of radio resources.
- the user terminal 10 includes a transmission / reception antenna 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit (reception unit) 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, and an application unit 105.
- a radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102, frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 103, and converted into a baseband signal.
- the baseband signal is subjected to FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like by the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- downlink transmission data is transferred to the application unit 105.
- the application unit 105 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer. Also, broadcast information in the downlink data is also transferred to the application unit 105.
- uplink transmission data is input from the application unit 105 to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs mapping processing, retransmission control (HARQ) transmission processing, channel coding, DFT processing, and IFFT processing.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 104 into a radio frequency band. Thereafter, the amplifier unit 102 amplifies the frequency-converted radio frequency signal and transmits it from the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- HARQ retransmission control
- each functional block in FIG. 19 mainly relates to the baseband signal processing unit shown in FIG. Further, the functional block diagram of FIG. 19 is simplified to explain the present invention, and is assumed to have a configuration normally provided in the baseband signal processing unit.
- the base station apparatus 20 includes a backhaul communication unit 401, a higher control information generation unit 402, a downlink transmission data generation unit 403, a downlink control information generation unit 404, an RS generation unit 405, and a downlink transmission data code.
- the base station apparatus 20 includes a downlink channel multiplexing unit 408, an IFFT unit 409, and a CP adding unit 410.
- the base station apparatus 20 includes a reception unit 411, a terminal capability determination unit 412, a reception quality determination unit 413, a CQI determination unit 414, a CoMP candidate cell determination unit 415, and a scheduler 416.
- the backhaul communication unit 401 enables communication with other base stations through the backhaul.
- Upper control information generating section 402 generates higher control information transmitted to the user terminal by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling), and outputs the generated higher control information to downlink transmission data encoding / modulating section 406 To do.
- the higher control information generation unit 402 generates higher control information (information related to RS transmission parameters) including information output from the backhaul communication unit 401.
- upper control information generation section 402 generates CIF table information including CoMP candidate cells determined by CoMP candidate cell determination section 415, which will be described later, and outputs the generated information to downlink transmission data encoding / modulation section 406. .
- Downlink transmission data generation section 403 generates downlink transmission data and outputs the downlink transmission data to downlink transmission data encoding / modulation section 406.
- User data as downlink transmission data is supplied from an upper layer.
- the downlink control information generation unit 404 generates downlink control information (DCI) for controlling the PDSCH using a DCI format (for example, DCI format 1A) containing DL ground.
- DCI downlink control information
- cell information or cell combination information for performing CoMP transmission is included in DCI and notified to a user terminal, cell information or cell combination information is generated in downlink control information generation section 404.
- DCI in which the index of a transmission cell at the time of CoMP transmission is described in CIF is generated.
- DCI downlink control information
- JT joint transmission
- the CIF added to the DCI is the CIF instructed by the scheduler 416 based on the assignment of the CIF table generated in the CoMP candidate cell determination unit 415 described later.
- Downlink transmission data coding / modulation section 406 performs channel coding and data modulation on the downlink transmission data and higher control information, and outputs the result to downlink channel multiplexing section 408.
- the downlink control information coding / modulation section 407 performs channel coding and data modulation on the downlink control information and outputs the result to the downlink channel multiplexing section 408.
- the RS generator 405 may generate an RS for desired signal measurement and an RS for interference measurement in addition to generating an existing reference signal (CRS, CSI-RS, DM-RS). These RSs are output to the downlink channel multiplexing unit 408.
- the downlink channel multiplexing unit 408 combines the downlink control information, RS, higher control information, and downlink transmission data to generate a transmission signal.
- the downlink channel multiplexing unit 408 outputs the generated transmission signal to the IFFT unit 409.
- the IFFT unit 409 performs an inverse fast Fourier transform on the transmission signal, and converts the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal.
- the transmission signal after IFFT is output to CP adding section 410.
- CP adding section 410 adds a CP (Cyclic Prefix) to the transmission signal after IFFT, and outputs the transmission signal after CP addition to amplifier section 202 shown in FIG.
- the receiving unit 411 receives a transmission signal from the user terminal, extracts terminal capability information (UE Capability), reception quality information, and channel quality information (CQI) from the received signal, and each receives a terminal capability determining unit 412, The data is output to reception quality determination section 413 and CQI determination section 414.
- UE Capability terminal capability information
- CQI channel quality information
- the terminal capability determination unit 412 determines the communication capability of the connected user terminal based on the notified terminal capability of the user terminal.
- the reception quality determination unit 413 determines the reception quality (for example, RSRP) of the measurement candidate cell based on the measurement report result.
- the CQI determination unit 414 determines uplink / downlink reception quality.
- CoMP candidate cell determination section 415 determines a CoMP candidate cell from among the measurement candidate cells based on the terminal capability of the user terminal and the reception quality of the measurement candidate cell, and assigns CIF bit information to each CoMP candidate cell. Generate a table.
- This CoMP candidate cell includes a CoMP set indicating a combination of individual coordinated cells serving as transmission points in CoMP transmission (DPS, CS / CB) and a plurality of cells jointly transmitting in CoMP transmission (JT).
- CoMP candidate cell determination section 415 outputs the generated information of the CIF table to backhaul communication section 401 and scheduler 416.
- the scheduler 416 determines a CoMP transmission cell for transmitting the shared data channel to the user terminal from the CoMP candidate cells based on the CQI fed back from the user terminal.
- the scheduler 416 instructs the downlink control information generation unit 404 to indicate the CIF indicating the index of the CoMP transmission cell.
- FIG. 20 mainly relates to the baseband signal processing unit 104 shown in FIG. Further, the functional blocks shown in FIG. 20 are simplified for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and the configuration normally provided in the baseband signal processing unit is provided.
- the user terminal 10 includes a CP removing unit 301, an FFT unit 302, a downlink channel separating unit 303, a downlink control information receiving unit 304, a downlink transmission data receiving unit 305, an interference signal estimating unit 306, A channel estimation unit 307 and a CQI measurement unit 308 are provided.
- the transmission signal transmitted from the base station apparatus 20 is received by the transmission / reception antenna 101 shown in FIG.
- CP removing section 301 removes the CP from the received signal and outputs it to FFT section 302.
- the FFT unit 302 performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the signal after CP removal, and converts the signal in the time domain into a signal in the frequency domain.
- FFT section 302 outputs the signal converted into the frequency domain signal to downlink channel separation section 303.
- the downlink channel separation unit 303 separates the downlink channel signal into downlink control information, downlink transmission data, and RS.
- the downlink channel separation unit 303 outputs downlink control information to the downlink control information reception unit 304, outputs downlink transmission data and higher control information to the downlink transmission data reception unit 305, and transmits the interference measurement RS to the interference signal estimation unit 306.
- the desired signal measurement RS is output to the channel estimation unit 307.
- the downlink control information receiving unit 304 demodulates the downlink control information (DCI), and outputs the demodulated DCI to the downlink transmission data receiving unit 305.
- Downlink transmission data receiving section 305 demodulates downlink transmission data using the demodulated DCI. That is, the downlink control information receiving section 304 analyzes the index of the CoMP transmission cell incorporated in the DCI CIF included in the PDCCH received from the specific cell using the CIF table, and determines the CoMP transmission cell from the CIF bit information. It functions as a determination unit that identifies
- the downlink transmission data reception unit 305 demodulates the PDSCH from the identified CoMP transmission cell. Also, downlink transmission data reception section 305 outputs higher control information included in the downlink transmission data to interference signal estimation section 306 and channel estimation section 307.
- the interference signal estimation unit 306 estimates an interference signal using downlink reference signals such as CRS and CSI-RS.
- the interference signal estimation unit 306 can estimate the interference signal and average the measurement results in all resource blocks.
- the CQI measurement unit 308 is notified of the averaged interference signal estimation result.
- the channel estimation unit 307 specifies a desired signal measurement RE (CSI-RS resource) based on information such as transmission parameters included in the higher control information (or downlink control information), and uses the desired signal measurement RE to specify the desired signal. presume. Note that the channel estimation unit 307 can also perform channel estimation using the interference measurement RE (IMR) in addition to the desired signal measurement RE (SMR) as shown in FIG. 9B.
- IMR interference measurement RE
- SMR desired signal measurement RE
- the channel estimation unit 307 notifies the CQI measurement unit 308 of the channel estimation value.
- CQI measuring section 308 calculates a channel state (CQI) based on the interference estimation result notified from interference signal estimating section 306, the channel estimation result notified from channel estimating section 307, and the feedback mode.
- the feedback mode may be any of Wideband CQI, Subband CQI, and best-M average.
- the CQI calculated by the CQI measurement unit 308 is notified to the base station apparatus 20 as feedback information.
- the receiving unit 411 receives a transmission signal from the user terminal, extracts terminal capability information (UE Capability), reception quality information, and channel quality information (CQI) from the received signal, respectively.
- the data is output to terminal capability determination section 412, reception quality determination section 413, and CQI determination section 414.
- the terminal capability determination unit 412 determines the communication capability of the connected user terminal based on the notified terminal capability of the user terminal.
- the reception quality determination unit 413 determines the reception quality (for example, RSRP) of the measurement candidate cell based on the measurement report result.
- the CQI determination unit 414 determines uplink / downlink reception quality.
- CoMP candidate cell determination section 415 determines a CoMP candidate cell from among the measurement candidate cells based on the terminal capability of the user terminal and the reception quality of the measurement candidate cell, and assigns CIF bit information to each CoMP candidate cell. Generate a table. This CIF table is signaled to the user terminal via the upper control information generation unit 402.
- the scheduler 416 determines a CoMP transmission cell for transmitting the shared data channel to the user terminal from the CoMP candidate cells, and sends the CoMP transmission cell of the CoMP transmission cell to the downlink control information generation unit 404.
- the CIF indicating the index is indicated.
- the downlink control information generation unit 404 generates DCI in which the index of the transmission cell at the time of CoMP transmission instructed by the scheduler 416 is described in the CIF.
- the downlink control information receiving unit 304 analyzes the index of the CoMP transmission cell embedded in the DCI CIF included in the PDCCH received from the specific cell using the CIF table, and uses the CIF bit information. A CoMP transmission cell is specified.
- the downlink transmission data reception unit 305 demodulates the PDSCH from the identified CoMP transmission cell.
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まず、LTE-A(Rel.11)において導入が検討されているCoMP送受信技術について、図1を参照して説明する。
第1の方法としては、受信品質(たとえば、RSRP:Reference Signal Received Power)が低いセルで構成されるCoMPセットを除いて、CIFテーブルを構成する方法が挙げられる。この場合には、無線基地局装置eNBは、ユーザ端末UEによるメジャメントの結果を利用して、受信品質が高いセルをCoMPセットの候補として決定する。
第2の方法としては、受信品質(たとえば、RSRP)が低いセルを取り除いて、CIFテーブルを構成する方法が挙げられる。この場合には、無線基地局装置eNBは、ユーザ端末UEによるメジャメントの結果を利用して、受信品質が高いセルをCoMPセル候補として決定する。
図10にキャリアアグリゲーションにおいてDCIサイズが異なる場合の各セルのサーチスペース割り当て例を示している。システム帯域、DCIフォーマットの種別が異なることに起因してDCIサイズが異なる可能性がある。図10に示す例では、セル0~セル3のDCIサイズが異なっている。
CIFテーブルに登録されるセルインデックスにサブフレーム情報が含まれるように拡張してもよい。すなわち、送信セルまたはCoMPセットの情報だけでなく、所定区間内のサブフレーム番号まで含めてビットデータにマッピングする。
ここで、本実施の形態に係る無線通信システムについて詳細に説明する。図16は、本実の形態に係る無線通信システムのシステム構成の説明図である。なお、図16に示す無線通信システムは、たとえば、LTEシステムあるいは、SUPER 3Gが包含されるシステムである。この無線通信システムでは、LTEシステムのシステム帯域を一単位とする複数の基本周波数ブロックを一体としたキャリアアグリゲーションが用いられている。また、この無線通信システムは、IMT-Advancedと呼ばれてもよいし、4Gと呼ばれてもよい。
基地局装置20において、受信部411は、ユーザ端末からの送信信号を受信して、この受信信号から、端末能力情報(UE Capability)、受信品質情報、チャネル品質情報(CQI)を取り出して、それぞれ端末能力判定部412、受信品質判定部413、CQI判定部414に出力する。端末能力判定部412は、通知されたユーザ端末の端末能力に基づいて、接続するユーザ端末の通信能力を判定する。受信品質判定部413は、メジャメントレポート結果に基づいて、メジャメント候補セルの受信品質(たとえば、RSRP)を判定する。CQI判定部414は、上り/下りリンクの受信品質を判定する。
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- それぞれがセルを形成する複数の無線基地局装置と、前記各無線基地局装置に対して無線リンクを介して接続するユーザ端末とを備えた無線通信システムにおいて、
前記無線通信システムは、
前記ユーザ端末に対して複数の無線基地局装置が送信ポイントとなってCoMP送信し、特定セルの無線基地局装置から複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを送信すると共に、CoMP送信する全ての無線基地局装置から各セルの物理下りリンク共有データチャネルを送信する伝送モードをサポートし、
前記特定セルの無線基地局装置は、
CoMP送信において送信ポイントとなる個々の協調セルを示すインデックス、および、CoMP送信においてジョイント送信する複数セルの各組み合わせを示すCoMPセットのインデックスが、ビットデータにマッピングされているテーブルに基づいて、ジョイント送信する複数セル間で共用する物理下りリンク制御チャネルに、CoMPセットのインデックスを組み込んだ下りリンク制御情報を生成する生成部と、
前記生成した下りリンク制御情報を含んだ各セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを送信する送信部と、を具備し、
前記ユーザ端末は、
前記伝送モードが適用された場合、前記特定セルの無線基地局装置から複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを受信すると共に、協調マルチポイント送信する全ての無線基地局装置から物理下りリンク共有データチャネルを受信する受信部と、
受信した物理下りリンク制御チャネルに含まれた下りリンク制御情報に組み込まれているCoMPセットのインデックスを、前記特定セルの無線基地局装置と同一内容のテーブルを用いて分析してCoMPセットを特定する判定部と、を具備したことを特徴とする無線通信システム。 - 前記無線通信システムは、
前記物理下りリンク制御チャネルの下りリンク制御情報に物理下りリンク制御チャネルのセル識別情報が記述されるキャリアインジケータフィールドが定められ、
前記特定セルの無線基地局装置は、
前記キャリアインジケータフィールドに、協調セルまたはCoMPセットのインデックスを示すビットデータを記述することを特徴とする請求項1記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記テーブルは、通信品質が品質条件を満たさないセルの組み合わせからなるCoMPセットが含まれないように、ビットデータにマッピングされるCoMPセットが制限されることを特徴とする請求項1記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記テーブルは、通信品質が品質条件を満たさない協調セルの全部または一部が含まれないように、ビットデータにマッピングされる協調セルまたは当該協調セルを含むCoMPセットが制限されることを特徴とする請求項1記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記テーブルは、1サブフレームにスケジューリングされる複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルの下りリンク制御情報のビットサイズが互いに異なる場合、協調セルの全部または一部が含まれないように、ビットデータにマッピングされる協調セルが制限されることを特徴とする請求項1記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記テーブルは、CoMP送信において送信ポイントとなる個々の協調セルと、物理下りリンク共有データチャネルの送信区間となるサブフレーム番号とが組み合わされたインデックス、および、CoMPセットと物理下りリンク共有データチャネルの送信区間となるサブフレーム番号とが組み合わされたインデックスが、ビットデータにマッピングされていることを特徴とする請求項1記載の無線通信システム。
- ユーザ端末が無線リンクを介して接続する無線基地局装置において、
前記ユーザ端末に対して他の無線基地局装置と共に送信ポイントとなって協調マルチポイント送信するCoMP送信をスケジューリングするスケジューラと、
CoMP送信において、複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを特定セルから送信する場合、送信ポイントとなる個々の協調セルを示すインデックス、および、ジョイント送信する複数セルの各組み合わせを示すCoMPセットのインデックスが、ビットデータにマッピングされているテーブルに基づいて、ジョイント送信する複数セル間で共用する物理下りリンク制御チャネルに、CoMPセットのインデックスを組み込んだ下りリンク制御情報を生成する生成部と、
前記生成した下りリンク制御情報を含んだ各セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを前記特定セルから送信する送信部と、を具備したことを特徴とする無線基地局装置。 - それぞれがセルを形成する複数の無線基地局装置に対して無線リンクを介して接続するユーザ端末において、
前記複数の無線基地局装置が協調マルチポイント送信するCoMP送信において、複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルが特定セルから送信される場合、前記特定セルの無線基地局装置から複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを受信すると共に、協調マルチポイント送信する全ての無線基地局装置から物理下りリンク共有データチャネルを受信する受信部と、
受信した各セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルに含まれた下りリンク制御情報に組み込まれている協調セルまたはCoMPセットのインデックスを、あらかじめ準備されたテーブルを用いて分析して協調セルまたはCoMPセットを特定する判定部と、を備え、
前記テーブルは、CoMP送信において送信ポイントとなる個々の協調セルを示すインデックス、および、CoMP送信においてジョイント送信する複数セルの各組み合わせを示すCoMPセットのインデックスが、ビットデータにマッピングされている、
ことを特徴とするユーザ端末。 - それぞれがセルを形成する複数の無線基地局装置と、前記各無線基地局装置に対して無線リンクを介して接続するユーザ端末とを備えた無線通信システムにおける通信制御方法であって、
前記ユーザ端末に対して前記複数の無線基地局装置が送信ポイントとなって協調マルチポイント送信するCoMP送信をスケジューリングし、
CoMP送信において、複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを特定セルから送信する場合、送信ポイントとなる個々の協調セルを示すインデックス、および、ジョイント送信する複数セルの各組み合わせを示すCoMPセットのインデックスが、ビットデータにマッピングされているテーブルに基づいて、ジョイント送信する複数セル間で共用する物理下りリンク制御チャネルに、CoMPセットのインデックスを組み込んだ下りリンク制御情報を生成し、
前記生成した下りリンク制御情報を含んだ各セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを前記特定セルから送信する、ことを特徴とする通信制御方法。 - それぞれがセルを形成する複数の無線基地局装置と、前記各無線基地局装置に対して無線リンクを介して接続するユーザ端末とを備えた無線通信システムにおける通信制御方法であって、
前記複数の無線基地局装置が協調マルチポイント送信するCoMP送信において、複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルが特定セルから送信される場合、前記特定セルの無線基地局装置から複数セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルを受信すると共に、協調マルチポイント送信する全ての無線基地局装置から物理下りリンク共有データチャネルを受信し、
受信した各セルの物理下りリンク制御チャネルに含まれた下りリンク制御情報に組み込まれている協調セルまたはCoMPセットのインデックスを、あらかじめ準備されたテーブルを用いて分析して協調セルまたはCoMPセットを特定し、
前記テーブルは、CoMP送信において送信ポイントとなる個々の協調セルを示すインデックス、および、CoMP送信においてジョイント送信する複数セルの各組み合わせを示すCoMPセットのインデックスが、ビットデータにマッピングされている、
ことを特徴とする通信制御方法。
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