WO2013172371A1 - 移動局装置、パスロス算出方法、プログラムおよび集積回路 - Google Patents

移動局装置、パスロス算出方法、プログラムおよび集積回路 Download PDF

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WO2013172371A1
WO2013172371A1 PCT/JP2013/063511 JP2013063511W WO2013172371A1 WO 2013172371 A1 WO2013172371 A1 WO 2013172371A1 JP 2013063511 W JP2013063511 W JP 2013063511W WO 2013172371 A1 WO2013172371 A1 WO 2013172371A1
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  • the present invention relates to a technique for calculating a downlink path loss by properly using a plurality of types of reference signals.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution Release 8
  • 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
  • LTE Rel-10 also referred to as LTE-A: LTE-Advanced
  • LTE Rel-11 are standardized as successor standards of LTE Rel-8.
  • Equation (1) shows a determination formula of transmission power used for the uplink data signal (referred to as PUSCH) of the mobile station apparatus in LTE Rel-8 and LTE Rel-10.
  • PCMAX represents the maximum transmission power of the mobile station apparatus.
  • M PUSCH represents a transmission bandwidth (number of resource blocks in the frequency direction).
  • PO_PUSCH represents the standard received power of PUSCH.
  • ⁇ is an attenuation coefficient (transmission path loss compensation coefficient) used for fractional transmission power control of the entire cell.
  • ⁇ TF is a parameter depending on the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the uplink signal.
  • f is a correction value for excess or deficiency in received power determined by the TPC command notified from the base station apparatus.
  • PL is an attenuation amount (path loss) of power when transmitting between the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, and is transmitted with a known transmission power in the downlink (communication from the base station apparatus to the mobile station apparatus).
  • the reference signal received power (RSRP) is obtained from Equation (2).
  • ReferenceSignalPower is the transmission power of the reference signal transmitted from the base station device, notified from the upper layer, and higherlayerfiltered RSRP is the received power obtained by filtering the measured values by the physical layer by the upper layer.
  • the downlink path loss value calculated by Equation (2) is considered to be substantially the same as the uplink path loss, and is used to compensate for the uplink path loss.
  • CRS Cell specific Reference Signal
  • the CRS is a signal transmitted using a time resource and a frequency resource determined for each cell ID, and the mobile station apparatus can calculate the path loss for each cell by using the received power of the CRS.
  • CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
  • CoMP Corporate Multipoint, Coordinated Multipoint
  • downlink reference signals such as CRS and CSI-RS are transmitted using downlink radio resources, it is desirable to increase the transmission interval as much as possible in order not to compress data signal resources.
  • the transmission interval of the reference signal is increased, when the path loss greatly varies with time due to movement of the mobile station apparatus or the like, the measured path loss cannot follow the actual path loss, and an error occurs. As a result, correct transmission power control cannot be performed, and reception power at the base station apparatus does not become a desired value, so that there is a problem that the desired communication quality cannot be satisfied and the amount of interference increases.
  • the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by selectively using a reference signal having a long transmission interval and a reference signal having a short transmission interval, a mobile station that can reduce the influence of time variation of path loss.
  • An object is to provide an apparatus, a path loss calculation method, a program, and an integrated circuit.
  • the mobile station apparatus of the present invention includes a first reference signal transmitted from the base station apparatus at a first time interval and a second reference signal transmitted at a time interval shorter than the first time interval.
  • a path loss is calculated based on both the first reference signal and the second reference signal, or either the first reference signal or the second reference signal is calculated.
  • a path loss calculating unit that selects either one according to a condition and calculates a path loss is provided.
  • the path loss is calculated based on both the first reference signal and the second reference signal, or one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal is selected according to the condition and the path loss is selected. Therefore, even if the path loss fluctuates within the path loss measurement interval, it is possible to reduce the path loss measurement error.
  • the path loss calculation unit calculates a path loss calculated based on one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal as one of the other. Correction based on the reference signal.
  • the path loss calculated based on one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal is corrected based on the other reference signal, it corresponds to the time variation of the path loss. As a result, it is possible to reduce the measurement error of the path loss even when the path loss fluctuates within the path loss measurement interval.
  • the path loss calculation unit calculates the path loss at a specific time
  • the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal before the specific time is The correction is performed with a path loss fluctuation amount calculated based on the second reference signal received at a plurality of timings before a specific time.
  • the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal before the specific time is based on the second reference signal received at a plurality of timings before the specific time. Therefore, it is possible to reduce an error of path loss due to time fluctuation.
  • the path loss calculation unit calculates the first reference signal and the second reference signal based on the first reference signal at the time when the first reference signal and the second reference signal are received simultaneously. A difference between a path loss and a path loss calculated based on the second reference signal is calculated, and a path loss calculated based on the first reference signal or the second reference is calculated based on the calculated path loss difference.
  • One of the path loss calculated based on the signal is set as the downlink path loss.
  • the difference between the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal and the path loss calculated based on the second reference signal is calculated. Since either one of the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal or the path loss calculated based on the second reference signal is used as the downlink path loss based on the difference between the calculated path losses. Depending on the difference, the reference signal used for the path loss calculation can be properly used.
  • the path loss calculation unit calculates the path loss calculated based on the second reference signal when the difference between the calculated path losses is within a predetermined threshold. Is the path loss of the downlink.
  • the path loss calculated based on the second reference signal is used as the downlink path loss, so that the path loss measurement accuracy is maintained. It is possible to reduce path loss errors due to time fluctuations.
  • the path loss calculation unit calculates based on a variation amount of a path loss calculated based on the first reference signal within a predetermined period or the second reference signal.
  • a fluctuation amount of the path loss within a predetermined period is calculated, and based on the calculated fluctuation amount, either a path loss calculated based on the first reference signal or a path loss calculated based on the second reference signal.
  • One of them is the path loss of the downlink.
  • the fluctuation amount calculated within the predetermined period of the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal or the fluctuation amount within the predetermined period of the path loss calculated based on the second reference signal is calculated, and the calculated fluctuation is calculated. Since either one of the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal or the path loss calculated based on the second reference signal is used as the downlink path loss, the time variation varies depending on the variation amount. It is possible to select a reference signal that can be easily handled, or to select a reference signal having a long transmission time interval.
  • the path loss calculation unit may calculate the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal when the calculated fluctuation amount is within a predetermined threshold. It is characterized by a path loss in the downlink.
  • the path loss calculated based on the first reference signal is used as the downlink path loss, so that it is determined that the time fluctuation of the path loss is small.
  • the first reference signal having a long transmission time interval can be used.
  • the first reference signal has higher measurement accuracy than the second reference signal, it is possible to reduce the path loss error due to time variation and to increase the path loss measurement accuracy.
  • an RSRP notification unit for notifying the base station apparatus of RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) that is a received power of a reference signal used by the path loss calculation unit for calculation of path loss. It is further provided with the feature.
  • RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
  • the RSRP which is the received power of the reference signal used for path loss calculation, is notified to the base station device, so that the base station device uses it for arbitrary processing such as handover processing and grasping the movement amount of the mobile station device. It becomes possible to do.
  • the RSRP notification unit notifies the base station device of the RSRP when the path loss calculation unit changes a reference signal used for path loss calculation.
  • the path loss calculation unit changes the reference signal used for calculating the path loss
  • the RSRP is notified to the base station apparatus, so that the mobile station apparatus appropriately uses the first reference signal and the second reference signal.
  • RSRS can be selected and notified to the base station apparatus, and as a result, it is possible to reduce an error in received power grasped by the base station apparatus.
  • the path loss calculation method of the present invention includes a first reference signal transmitted from the base station apparatus at a first time interval and a second reference signal transmitted at a time interval shorter than the first time interval.
  • a path loss calculation method for a mobile station apparatus that receives a reference signal of the mobile station apparatus, wherein a path loss is calculated based on both the first reference signal and the second reference signal, or the first reference signal or the The method includes at least a step of selecting any one of the second reference signals according to a condition and calculating a path loss.
  • the path loss is calculated based on both the first reference signal and the second reference signal, or one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal is selected according to the condition and the path loss is selected. As a result, it is possible to perform correction corresponding to the time variation of the path loss, and as a result, it is possible to reduce the path loss measurement error even when the path loss varies within the path loss measurement interval. Become.
  • the program of the present invention provides a first reference signal transmitted at a first time interval and a second reference transmitted at a time interval shorter than the first time interval from a base station device.
  • a program of a mobile station apparatus for receiving a signal, wherein a path loss is calculated based on both the first reference signal and the second reference signal, or the first reference signal or the second reference It is characterized in that the computer executes a process of selecting either one of the signals according to a condition and calculating a path loss.
  • the path loss is calculated based on both the first reference signal and the second reference signal, or one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal is selected according to the condition and the path loss is selected. As a result, it is possible to perform correction corresponding to the time variation of the path loss, and as a result, it is possible to reduce the path loss measurement error even when the path loss varies within the path loss measurement interval. Become.
  • An integrated circuit according to the present invention is an integrated circuit that is mounted on a mobile station device to cause the mobile station device to perform a plurality of functions.
  • the apparatus is characterized by being exhibited.
  • the path loss is calculated based on both the first reference signal and the second reference signal, or one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal is selected according to the condition and the path loss is selected. As a result, it is possible to perform correction corresponding to the time variation of the path loss, and as a result, it is possible to reduce the path loss measurement error even when the path loss varies within the path loss measurement interval. Become.
  • the present invention even when a reference signal having a long path loss measurement interval is used, it is possible to correct the time variation of the path loss. As a result, even when the path loss fluctuates during the measurement interval, the path loss measurement error can be reduced.
  • the 2nd Embodiment of this invention it is a figure which shows the relationship between the true value of a path loss, the measured value by a reference signal, and the correction method of a measured value.
  • FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows the block configuration of the mobile station apparatus which concerns on the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of an internal structure of the RSRP calculation part which concerns on the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the RSRP calculation part which concerns on the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the block configuration of the mobile station apparatus which concerns on the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation
  • a technique for improving the followability when the path loss varies with time when the path loss is measured using a downlink reference signal transmitted at a relatively long period is disclosed.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the relationship between the true value of path loss and the measured value.
  • the concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
  • the horizontal axis indicates time
  • the vertical axis indicates path loss.
  • the actual path loss between the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus (hereinafter referred to as true path loss 1) is indicated by a solid curve, and the distance from the base station apparatus changes as the mobile station apparatus moves. This shows that the path loss increases with time.
  • path loss (referred to as path loss 2, 3, and 4 respectively) measured at the timing of receiving the downlink reference signal is indicated by an arrow.
  • RPSP (t) is the received power of the reference signal at the timing t when the reference signal is received, and is the same as the higher layer filtered RSRP in the equation (2).
  • ⁇ PL (t + ⁇ t) is a value for correcting the path loss when the time ⁇ t has elapsed from the timing t at which the reference signal was received. That is, in the present invention, the error between the actual path loss and the calculated path loss is reduced by correcting the path loss at the timing when the reference signal is not received.
  • first Embodiment In the first embodiment of the present invention, a case is considered where path loss is calculated using two types of downlink reference signals having different transmission intervals.
  • the two types of downlink reference signals assumed here are a first reference signal having a long transmission interval and high measurement accuracy, and a second reference signal having a short transmission interval and low measurement accuracy.
  • the first reference signal has high path loss measurement accuracy at the received timing, when the time variation of the path loss is large, the error of the path loss due to the variation is just before the timing at which the next first reference signal is received. appear. Since the measurement accuracy of the second reference signal is low, an error from the actual path loss is large, but a signal that can follow the fluctuation amount of the path loss with time is assumed. That is, in the present embodiment, it is considered to correct a time variation by using the second reference signal while calculating a path loss with high measurement accuracy using the first reference signal. Examples of the first reference signal and the second reference signal will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B.
  • FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of a first reference signal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the first reference signal is assigned to a frequency band every 2 ⁇ k, but is arranged to be transmitted once every 4 ⁇ ⁇ s in the time direction. Therefore, by averaging the influence of frequency selective fading at the received timing, high path loss measurement accuracy can be obtained, but there is a feature that an error is likely to occur with respect to time fluctuation.
  • FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of a second reference signal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the second reference signal is arranged at only one location in the frequency direction in the allocation unit ⁇ k, but is transmitted every ⁇ s in the time direction.
  • an error of the absolute value of the path loss in the measurement value is likely to occur, but it has a characteristic that it easily follows the fluctuation of the path loss with time.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between the true value of the path loss and the measured values by two types of reference signals in the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the actual path loss value is shown as the true path loss 1
  • the path losses 2, 3, and 4 are the path loss values measured by the first reference signal, respectively.
  • a second path loss 41 indicated by a dashed curve is a path loss at a frequency to which the second reference signal is assigned, and indicates that the path loss is generally smaller than the true path loss 1.
  • the figure shows an example, and there is a case where it is larger than the true path loss 1. As shown in FIG.
  • the error ⁇ pl between the path loss 42 and the path loss 43 measured by the second reference signal is measured by the first reference signal.
  • high measurement accuracy and followability to time fluctuations are made compatible by correcting time fluctuations with the second reference signal based on the path loss measured with the first reference signal. Perform path loss measurement.
  • the present invention is applicable to a mobile station apparatus that measures path loss using a reference signal received from a base station apparatus and controls transmission power based on the path loss, and a radio communication system including the mobile station apparatus.
  • the present invention is not limited to a base station device or a mobile station device, and may be applied to different devices as long as they have similar functions.
  • the present invention may be applied to a downlink in which a base station device is a transmission device and a mobile station device is a reception device.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a simple configuration of the mobile station apparatus 101 that can be used in the first embodiment of the present invention. However, for the sake of simplicity, the minimum blocks necessary for explaining the present invention are shown.
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 includes an antenna 103, a mobile station radio reception unit 105, a downlink signal separation unit 107, a transmission signal generation unit 109, a path loss calculation unit 111, a TPC command extraction unit 113, a transmission power control unit 115, and a mobile station radio transmission. Part 117.
  • the antenna 103 has a function of transmitting and receiving signals.
  • the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna are the same, but different antennas 103 may be used.
  • the downlink signal received by the antenna 103 is input to the mobile station radio reception unit 105.
  • the mobile station radio reception unit 105 down-converts the input downlink signal, performs A / D (Analog-to-Digital) conversion, and then inputs the signal to the downlink signal separation unit 107.
  • a / D Analog-to-Digital
  • the downlink signal separation unit 107 separates the input signal according to the intended use.
  • the multiplexed signals include, for example, downlink data signals, downlink reference signals, downlink control signals, etc.
  • TPC Transmit Power Control
  • the TPC command is a value indicating excess or deficiency of received power notified from the base station apparatus, and is normally included in the downlink control signal.
  • information necessary for generating a transmission signal such as MCS and allocated band is transmitted to the transmission signal generation unit 109, the downlink reference signal is transmitted to the path loss calculation unit 111, and the TPC command is transmitted to the TPC command extraction unit 113.
  • the downlink reference signal is composed of a first reference signal and a second reference signal having different reception intervals, and the downlink signal separation unit 107 uses the first reference signal and the second reference signal as respective signals. Is input to the path loss calculation unit 111 at the time of receiving.
  • the transmission signal generation unit 109 performs processing such as error correction coding, modulation, and frequency mapping on the input information bit string based on MCS and allocation resource information specified by the downlink control signal, and generates the transmission signal Is input to the transmission power control unit 115.
  • the transmission signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 109 is not limited to the data signal based on the information bit string, and may be processed in the same manner as long as it is a signal transmitted on the uplink such as an uplink control signal or an uplink reference signal. it can.
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 has a function of calculating a path loss from the input reference signal. The operation of the path loss calculation unit 111 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation in the path loss calculation unit 111 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • a reference signal is input from the downlink signal separation unit 107 to the path loss calculation unit 111 (step S101).
  • the subsequent processing differs depending on whether the input reference signals are the first reference signal and the second reference signal or only the second reference signal (step S102).
  • time t time t
  • step S102 Yes
  • the received power RSRP 1 (t) of the first reference signal and the received power RSRP 2 (t of the second reference signal) ) Is calculated (step S103).
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 receives the transmission power of the first reference signal from the base station apparatus through the upper layer, and calculates the path loss PL (t from the transmission power and the measured reception power of the first reference signal. (The calculation method will be described later) (step S104).
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 outputs PL (t) to the transmission power control unit 115 (step S105), stores PL (t) and RSRP 2 (t), and ends the process (step S106).
  • step S102 when only the second reference signal is input (here, time t ′ (> t) is assumed) (step S102: No), the received power RSRP 2 (t ′) of the second reference signal is calculated ( Step S107).
  • the path loss PL (t) and the received power RSRP 2 (t) of the second reference signal stored when the first reference signal was received most recently are read (step S108), and PL (t), RSRP 2 (
  • the path loss PL (t ′) is calculated from t) and RSRP 2 (t ′) (the calculation method will be described later) (step S109).
  • PL (t ′) is output to the transmission power control unit 115 and the process is terminated (step S110).
  • the path loss calculation method in the path loss calculation unit 111 will be described below.
  • the path loss is calculated using Expression (4) at the time t when the first reference signal transmitted at the transmission time interval ⁇ t 1 is received.
  • ReferenceSignalPower 1 is the transmission power value of the first reference signal notified from the base station apparatus through the upper layer
  • RSRP 1 (t) is the first power extracted by the downlink signal separation unit 107 This is the received power value of the reference signal.
  • RSRP 1 (t) may be a value calculated after arbitrary filtering is performed in the upper layer.
  • the received power RSRP 2 (t) at the time t when the second reference signal transmitted at the transmission time interval ⁇ t 2 ( ⁇ t 1 ) is received, and the time t + m ⁇ ⁇ t 2 (m 1, 2).
  • Equation (5) a path loss correction value ⁇ pl (t + m ⁇ ⁇ t 2 ) at time t + m ⁇ t 2 is calculated by Equation (5).
  • RSRP 2 (t) is the received power value of the second reference signal extracted by the downlink signal separation section 107.
  • RSRP 2 (t) may be a value calculated after arbitrary filtering is performed in the upper layer. From Expression (4) and Expression (5), the path loss calculation unit 111 calculates the path loss value at time t + m ⁇ ⁇ t 2 using Expression (6).
  • the path loss calculated using the equations (4) and (6) is input to the transmission power control unit 115 at the timing of changing the transmission power. However, when transmission power control is performed at a timing when the second reference signal is not received, the most recently calculated path loss value is used.
  • Equation (5) and Equation (6) are described on the assumption that the second reference signal is received at the time when the first reference signal is received, the present invention is not limited to this.
  • RSRP 2 (t) in Equation (5) is the second reference received at the time closest to time t.
  • the reception power of the signal or the reception power of an arbitrary second reference signal received within a predetermined time from time t can be used.
  • the transmission power control unit 115 uses the transmission power control expression shown in Expression (1) from the input path loss and TPC command, so that the transmission signal input from the transmission signal generation unit 109 has a desired signal quality in the base station apparatus.
  • the transmission power is set so as to be obtained and input to the mobile station radio transmission unit 117.
  • parameters other than the path loss PL and the TPC command f are not shown as inputs, but can be used by being notified from an upper layer.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a simple configuration of the base station apparatus 201 that can be used in the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • any base station apparatus 201 may be used as long as it is a base station apparatus 201 capable of transmitting a similar downlink signal.
  • the number of antennas 203 is one, but a plurality of antennas 203 may be provided.
  • the 6 includes an antenna 203, a base station radio reception unit 204, a data detection unit 205, a received power measurement unit 207, a TPC command generation unit 209, a first reference signal generation unit 211, and a second reference signal. It includes a generation unit 213, a control signal generation unit 215, a downlink signal multiplexing unit 217, and a base station radio transmission unit 219.
  • the base station radio reception unit 204 down-converts the signal from the mobile station apparatus 101 received by the antenna, performs A / D conversion, and then inputs the signal to the data detection unit 205 and the reception power measurement unit 207.
  • the data detection unit 205 performs a process such as demapping, demodulation, and decoding on the input received signal for each mobile station apparatus 101 as a transmission source, and obtains a decoded bit string.
  • the received power measuring unit 207 measures the received power from each mobile station apparatus 101 from the input received signal and inputs it to the TPC command generating unit 209. For the measurement, for example, an uplink reference signal included in an uplink signal is used. Since the uplink reference signal can be separated for each transmitted mobile station apparatus 101, the reception power for each mobile station apparatus 101 is calculated using the separated reference signal.
  • the TPC command generation unit 209 calculates the difference between the input received power for each mobile station apparatus 101 and the standard received power set in advance in the base station apparatus 201, and determines whether the received power is excessive or insufficient for each mobile station apparatus.
  • a TPC command for notifying the terminal 101 is generated and input to the downlink signal multiplexing unit 217.
  • the TPC command is 2-bit information indicating one of four values [3, 1, 0, ⁇ 1], and the mobile station apparatus 101 is changed to change the transmission power by +3 dB, +1 dB, 0 dB, and ⁇ 1 dB, respectively. Information to be specified.
  • the control signal generation unit 215 generates a control signal for notifying the mobile station device 101 of the MCS and the allocated bandwidth that each mobile station device 101 uses for uplink transmission, and inputs the control signal to the downlink signal multiplexing unit 217.
  • first reference signal generation unit 211 a first reference signal having a predetermined transmission interval is generated and input to the downlink signal multiplexing unit 217.
  • second reference signal generation section 213 generates a second reference signal having a transmission interval shorter than that of the first reference signal, and inputs the second reference signal to downlink signal multiplexing section 217. Since the second reference signal is used for measuring the amount of time variation of the path loss, as shown in the equation (5), the second reference signal is at least at the timing when the first reference signal is generated. It is desirable to be synchronized as generated.
  • Downlink signal multiplexing section 217 performs multiplexing processing in the time domain or frequency domain for notifying each mobile station apparatus 101 of the input signal as a downlink signal.
  • the input signal may include a downlink data signal not shown.
  • notification information such as a TPC command may be multiplexed as a part of the data signal.
  • the base station radio transmission unit 219 performs D / A conversion on the downlink signal generated by the downlink signal multiplexing unit 217, up-converts the signal, and transmits the result to each mobile station apparatus 101 from the antenna 203.
  • the present invention can be realized.
  • the first reference signal and the second reference signal have been shown in the case where the measurement accuracy is different due to the difference in the number of allocated frequency resources, but the present invention is not limited to this.
  • a reference signal in which a different arrangement called CRS (cell-specific Reference Signal) is used as a downlink reference signal is used for each cell and a plurality of candidates called CSI-RS (Channel State Reference Information Signal)
  • CSI-RS Channel State Reference Information Signal
  • the base station apparatus 201 selects and uses.
  • this embodiment it is possible to reduce the occurrence of path loss errors due to time fluctuations using the second reference signal while obtaining high path loss measurement accuracy using the first reference signal.
  • ⁇ PL (t + ⁇ t) in Equation (3) is obtained by extrapolation using past path loss measurement values. It is assumed that the received power calculated from the reference signal received at a certain reference signal reception timing t is RSRP (t), and the reference signal is received at the time interval ⁇ t 0 . When the received power calculated from the reference signal received at the previous reference signal timing t ⁇ t 0 is RSRP (t ⁇ t 0 ), the path loss correction value ⁇ PL (t + ⁇ t) when ⁇ t has elapsed from the timing t Determined by (8).
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship between the true value of the path loss and the measurement value by the reference signal and the measurement value correction method in the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same parts as those in FIG.
  • the path loss used between the timing of receiving the reference signal for determining the path loss 3 and the timing of receiving the reference signal for determining the path loss 4 is indicated by the calculated path loss 8.
  • the calculated path loss 8 is obtained by extrapolating the fluctuation between the path loss 3 and the path loss 2 measured immediately before.
  • the calculated path loss 8 increases as time elapses as compared with the conventional calculated path loss 6 which does not consider the time fluctuation. You can see that As a result, it can be seen that the error from the true path loss 1 that tends to increase is also reduced.
  • equation (3) when ⁇ PL (t + ⁇ t) in equation (8) is used in equation (3), if the value of ⁇ PL (t + ⁇ t) is negatively large, the estimated value of PL (t + ⁇ t) may be negative. It is done. Since PL cannot be negative, equation (9) may be used by modifying equation (3).
  • PL min is a predetermined fixed value
  • PL min is set to a value of 0 or more.
  • Equation (8) cannot be applied.
  • the conventional path loss calculation formula shown in Formula (2) may be used without using Formula (3) and Formula (8).
  • ⁇ PL (t + ⁇ t) 0 in equation (3).
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 can be realized by the block configuration of FIG. 4 in the first embodiment.
  • the path loss calculation method in the path loss calculation unit 111 is different, a description will be given using the flowchart of FIG.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the path loss calculation unit 111 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 performs different processing depending on whether or not a downlink reference signal is input at the time for calculating the path loss (step S201).
  • step S201 When a downlink reference signal is input at a certain time t (step S201: Yes), the received power of the reference signal is calculated (step S202), and the path loss is calculated using equation (10) (step S203).
  • ReferenceSignalPower is a transmission power value of a downlink reference signal that is not shown in FIG. 4 but is notified from the base station apparatus 201 through an upper layer
  • RSRP (t) is a downlink reference extracted by the downlink signal separation unit 107. This is the received power value of the signal.
  • RSRP (t) may be a value calculated after arbitrary filtering is performed in the upper layer.
  • the calculated path loss PL (t) is output to the transmission power control unit 115 (step S204). Further, the path loss calculating unit 111 stores the received power RSRP (t) of the downlink reference signal, and ends the process (step S205).
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 reads the stored received power RSRP (t) and RSRP (t ⁇ t 0 ) ( A path loss is calculated using step S206), equation (3) (or equation (9)), and equation (8) (step S207).
  • ⁇ t 0 is a transmission interval of the downlink reference signal.
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 outputs the calculated path loss PL (t + ⁇ t) to the transmission power control unit 115 and ends the process (step S208).
  • the TPC command extraction unit 113 extracts TPC command information. For example, the TPC command is notified in an upper layer through a data signal. In this case, the data signal input from the downlink signal separator 107 is restored, and a bit indicating the TPC command is input to the transmission power controller 115.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a block configuration of the base station apparatus 201 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the first reference signal generation unit 211 and the second reference signal generation unit 213 in the base station apparatus 201 of FIG. 6 according to the first embodiment are deleted, and the reference signal generation unit 301 is replaced. It has been added.
  • the other blocks have the same functions and are therefore denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
  • the reference signal generation unit 301 generates a reference signal for the mobile station apparatus 101 to measure the propagation path characteristics from the base station apparatus 201 and inputs the reference signal to the downlink signal multiplexing unit 217.
  • ⁇ is a weighting factor set by the mobile station apparatus 101.
  • Expression (11) performs the same processing as Expression (3) and Expression (8). Prediction by extrapolation in equation (8) may cause a large difference between the predicted value and the actual value depending on the moving speed of the mobile station apparatus 101. Therefore, the correction amount by extrapolation can be appropriately adjusted by using ⁇ as shown in Expression (11).
  • Equation (10) and Equation (11) the path loss is calculated from the previous two downlink reference signals, but the path loss can also be calculated from N downlink reference signals as in Equation (12). .
  • ⁇ n is a weighting factor for the path loss measured n times before.
  • linear extrapolation is performed, but prediction can also be performed using second-order or higher-order polynomial interpolation or spline interpolation.
  • power measurement based on prediction is used for TPC has been described as an example. However, it may be used for other purposes such as SNR used for MMSE weight calculation and reception quality measurement for MCS selection.
  • the present embodiment predicts time fluctuations from a plurality of path loss values measured from reference signals received in the past, and corrects the path loss value at a timing when no reference signal is received, In comparison, the error of the calculated path loss can be reduced.
  • the measurement accuracy is high and the time variation
  • the method of calculating the path loss that can be followed is shown.
  • a mode in which a reference signal used for path loss calculation is switched according to the situation is shown.
  • the second reference signal when the difference between the second path loss 41 that can be calculated by the second reference signal with respect to the true path loss 1 is large as shown in FIG. 3, the second reference signal has a correct path loss. It is difficult to calculate. However, there is a high correlation between the time fluctuation of the true path loss 1 and the time fluctuation of the second path loss 41, and the difference between the path loss 2 by the first reference signal and the path loss 42 by the second reference signal measured at the same time is small. It can be inferred that the second path loss 41 and the true path loss 1 are substantially the same.
  • the path loss difference (decibel value) obtained from the two reference signals is measured at the time when the first reference signal and the second reference signal are received simultaneously, and the absolute value of the difference is a predetermined value.
  • the path loss is calculated using the second reference signal, and when the absolute value of the difference is larger than the predetermined value, the path loss is calculated using the first reference signal.
  • the reference signal used for path loss calculation can be switched according to the measurement accuracy of the second reference signal.
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment can be realized with the same block configuration as the mobile station apparatus 101 of FIG. 4 according to the first embodiment. However, since the functions of the path loss calculation unit 111 are different, description will be made with reference to FIG.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the path loss calculation unit 111 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 includes a reference signal extraction unit 401, a first path loss calculation unit 403, a second path loss calculation unit 405, a path loss comparison unit 407, and a path loss determination unit 409. The processing of each block will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the path loss calculation unit 111 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the reference signal extraction unit 401 separates and extracts the first reference signal and the second reference signal from the input reference signal (step S301), and the first reference signal is sent to the first path loss calculation unit 403.
  • the second reference signal is input to the second path loss calculator 405 as the second reference signal.
  • the reference signal is not extracted at a time when any reference signal is not received.
  • the first path loss calculation unit 403 calculates the received power (RSRP 1 (t)) of the first reference signal that is input, and the transmission power of the first reference signal that is not shown but is notified from the higher layer.
  • the path loss difference (decibel value) is calculated by the equation (4) as in the first embodiment (step S302).
  • the second path loss calculation unit 405 calculates the received power (RSRP 2 (t)) of the input second reference signal, and the transmission power of the second reference signal that is not shown but is notified from the higher layer.
  • the path loss difference (decibel value) is calculated by the equation (13) (step S302).
  • ReferenceSignalPower 2 is the transmission power value of the second reference signal, the value notified from the higher layer, or the value uniquely determined from the transmission power value of the first reference signal, the transmission power of the first reference signal
  • the relative value from may be a value calculated from a higher layer.
  • RSRP 2 (t) is the received power of the second reference signal at time t.
  • the calculated path loss PL 2 (t) is input to the path loss comparison unit 407 and the path loss determination unit 409.
  • the path loss comparison unit 407 compares the input PL 1 (t) and PL 2 (t) when the first path loss calculation unit 403 and the second path loss calculation unit 405 perform path loss calculation at the same time t. Is performed (step S303).
  • the reference value D is set in the path loss comparison unit 407 and
  • the second path loss is used. If it is determined (step S304) and
  • the path loss determination unit 409 receives the first path loss input from the first path loss calculation unit 403 or the second path loss input from the second path loss calculation unit 405. One of the following is output. Which path loss is used is not changed until new information is notified from the path loss comparison unit 407 (until the first reference signal and the second reference signal are received simultaneously), and transmission power control is performed. Output to the transmission power control unit 115 at each time.
  • equation (4) used in the first path loss calculation unit 403 and the equation (13) used in the second path loss calculation unit 405 are the same as those in the second embodiment. Correction by extrapolation shown in (8) can be applied.
  • the base station apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment can be realized with the block configuration of FIG. 6 according to the first embodiment.
  • the measurement is performed when the difference between the first path loss measured with the first reference signal and the second path loss measured with the second reference signal is within a predetermined value.
  • the path loss is determined using the second reference signal having a short interval.
  • the second reference signal is used when it is considered that the measurement accuracy of the path loss calculated by the second reference signal is high. This is because the second reference signal is easier to cope with time variations than the first reference signal. In the present embodiment, on the contrary, a case where the first reference signal with high measurement accuracy is used when the fluctuation of the path loss is assumed to be small is shown.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the relationship between the true value of the path loss and the measured value by the reference signal in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the values of the path losses 82, 83, and 84 measured by the reference signal do not change greatly.
  • the error between the path loss 85, 86, 87 and the true path loss 81 is smaller than that in the case of FIG.
  • the influence of the size of the measurement interval changes according to the magnitude of the time variation, it is effective to change the reference signal used for measurement according to the amount of fluctuation of the path loss to be measured.
  • an example is shown in which the reference signal used for path loss calculation is changed according to the amount of fluctuation in received power calculated by the first reference signal.
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 and the base station apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment can be realized by the block configurations of FIGS. 4 and 6 in the first embodiment, respectively.
  • the functions of the path loss calculation unit 111 are different, description will be made with reference to FIG.
  • FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the path loss calculation unit 111 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the path loss calculation unit 111 includes a reference signal extraction unit 401, a first path loss calculation unit 403, a second path loss calculation unit 405, a time variation inspection unit 501, and a path loss determination unit 409. Processing in each block will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation in the path loss calculation unit 111 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the functions of the reference signal extraction unit 401, the first path loss calculation unit 403, and the second path loss calculation unit 405 are the same as those of the block having the same name in FIG. 13 in the third embodiment (step S401).
  • the first path loss calculation unit 403 inputs the calculated RSRP 1 (t) to the time variation inspection unit 501 (step S402).
  • RSRP 1 (t) is input to the time variation inspection unit 501 every reception interval ⁇ t 1 of the first reference signal, and the time variation inspection unit 501 stores the input RSRP 1 (t) (step S403). ). Subsequently, the first path loss calculation unit 403 and the second path loss calculation unit 405 calculate the first path loss PL 1 (t) and the second path loss PL 2 (t), respectively (step S404).
  • the time variation inspection unit 501 compares ⁇ RSRP (t) with a predetermined threshold D ′ (step S406), and when ⁇ RSRP (t) ⁇ D ′ (step S406: Yes), the first path loss. (Step S407). If ⁇ RSRP (t)> D ′ (step S406: No), it is determined to use the second path loss (step S408). The determined information is input to the path loss determination unit 409.
  • the threshold value D ′ may be set to a time variation ⁇ RSRP (t) when the expected value of the path loss measurement error in the first reference signal and the expected value of the path loss measurement error in the second reference signal are approximately the same value. desirable.
  • the path loss determination unit 409 Based on the information input from the time variation inspection unit 501, the path loss determination unit 409 receives the first path loss input from the first path loss calculation unit 403 or the second path loss input from the second path loss calculation unit 405. A path loss is selected and input to the transmission power control unit 115. However, which one of the first path loss and the second path loss is used is changed every time information is input from the time variation inspection unit 501.
  • the reception power confirmed by the time variation inspection unit 501 is input from the first path loss calculation unit 403.
  • the reception power of the second reference signal is received from the second path loss calculation unit 405.
  • RSRP 2 (t) may be input.
  • the same function can be obtained when the input to the time fluctuation inspection unit 501 is not the received power but the path loss calculated by the first path loss calculation unit 403 or the second path loss calculation unit 405.
  • the second path loss is used when ⁇ RSRP calculated by the time variation inspection unit 501 is larger than the threshold value D ′.
  • a configuration in which a path loss obtained by correcting the path loss calculated using the first reference signal with the correction value calculated using the second reference signal may be used.
  • the path loss is calculated using the first reference signal with high measurement accuracy.
  • the followability to the time variation is obtained.
  • the path loss can be calculated using the second reference signal having a high value. As a result, it is possible to reduce the error when the time variation is large while maintaining the measurement accuracy of the path loss.
  • the mode in which the correction value is used to reduce the measurement error of the path loss is shown. This is not limited to the case of calculating the path loss, but can be applied in the case of calculating the received power of the reference signal.
  • a process of notifying the base station apparatus 201 of downlink received power (RSRP) calculated by the mobile station apparatus 101 is performed (referred to as measurement report).
  • the notified RSRP can be used in the base station apparatus 201 for any process such as a handover process or grasping the movement amount of the mobile station apparatus 101.
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 and the base station It is desirable to control based on a path loss with the apparatus 201. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the received power (RSRP) is calculated in the mobile station apparatus 101, a form in which a correction value is used to reduce a measurement error and a form in which a reference signal to be measured is switched are shown. In the form using the correction value, the RSRP is calculated by the equation (14).
  • RSRP 1 (t + ⁇ t) is a value of RSRP when time ⁇ t has elapsed after the mobile station apparatus 101 received the first reference signal at time t
  • ⁇ RSRP (t, t + ⁇ t) is t + ⁇ t from time t. It is a correction value for estimating the RSRP which fluctuated between.
  • RSRP 2 (t) is the received power of the second reference signal received at time t
  • RSRP 2 (t + ⁇ t 2 ) is the second reference signal received at time t + ⁇ t 2 closest to time t + ⁇ t. Received power.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the mobile station apparatus 101 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. Since the functions of the antenna 103, the mobile station radio reception unit 105, and the mobile station radio transmission unit 117 are the same as those of the mobile station apparatus 101 of FIG. 4 in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted here. Also, the downlink signal separation unit 107 has the same function as the downlink signal separation unit 107 of the mobile station apparatus 101 in FIG. 4, but here, only the downlink reference signal related to the feature of the present embodiment is output. The other outputs are not shown. Further, uplink signal generation section 601 has the same functions as transmission signal generation section 109 and transmission power control section 115 in FIG. 4 in the first embodiment. The RSRP calculation unit 603 has a function of calculating RSRP based on the input reference signal.
  • FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the RSRP calculation unit 603 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing processing in the RSRP calculation unit 603 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the reference signal extraction unit 701 extracts the first reference signal and the second reference signal, and inputs them to the first RSRP calculation unit 703 and the second RSRP calculation unit 705, respectively (step S501). However, when only the second reference signal having a transmission interval shorter than the first reference signal is received, the second reference signal is input to the second RSRP calculation unit 705. Hereinafter, different processing is performed when two reference signals of the first reference signal and the second reference signal are received and when only the second reference signal is received (step S502).
  • the first RSRP calculation unit 703 calculates the received power (RSRP) of the input first reference signal (step S503).
  • a filtering process such as Expression (16) may be performed when calculating RSRP.
  • t ′ is the elapsed time since the last RSRP measurement
  • a is an arbitrary filter coefficient set in the system
  • P r (t) is the received power of the first reference signal received at time t.
  • the calculated RSRP is input to the RSRP determination unit 707 and the buffer 709 as the first RSRP (RSRP 1 (t)).
  • the second RSRP calculation unit 705 calculates RSRP from the second reference signal input when the second reference signal is received (step S503).
  • the same calculation method as that of the first RSRP calculation unit 703 can be used.
  • the calculated RSRP is input as the second RSRP (RSRP 2 (t)) to the buffer 709 at the time t when the first reference signal is received, and is input to the RSRP determination unit 707 at the time t + ⁇ t when it is not received.
  • the buffer 709 stores RSRP 1 (t) and RSRP 2 (t) at time t when the two reference signals of the first reference signal and the second reference signal are received together (step S504), and the first reference RSRP 1 (t) and RSRP 2 (t) are output to RSRP determination section 707 when RSRP (t) is calculated at time t + ⁇ t when no signal is received.
  • the RSRP determination unit 707 sets RSRP 1 (t) input from the first RSRP calculation unit 703 as RSRP (t). Input to the line signal generator (step S505).
  • RSRP 1 (t) of the most recently received first reference signal and the first received at that time RSRP 2 (t) of the second reference signal is input from the buffer 709 (steps S506 and S507), and RSRP 2 (t + ⁇ t) at time t + ⁇ t is input from the second RSRP calculator 705.
  • the RSRP determination unit 707 calculates the second RSRP fluctuation amount ⁇ RSRP (t, t + ⁇ t) based on the equation (15) from the input RSRP 2 (t) and RSRP 2 (t + ⁇ t) (step S508).
  • RSRP (t + ⁇ (t)) is calculated based on equation (14), and is input to the uplink signal generator (step S509).
  • the output timing t + ⁇ t may be a predetermined time interval determined by the system, or may be output only when an arbitrary condition serving as a trigger is satisfied.
  • the uplink signal generation unit performs error correction coding, modulation, and frequency allocation processing on the input RSRP information and inputs the information to the mobile station radio transmission unit 117 as a transmission signal.
  • the RSRP information may be generated as a transmission signal together with other information bits not shown.
  • FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the mobile station apparatus 101 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 of FIG. 18 differs from the mobile station apparatus 101 of FIG. 4 in that it further includes an RSRP notification unit 801.
  • the RSRP notification unit 801 has a function of outputting the RSRP calculated by the first reference signal or the second reference signal used by the path loss calculation unit 111 to the transmission signal generation unit 109.
  • the path loss comparison unit 407 determines to use the first path loss
  • the first reference signal is received from the first path loss calculation unit 403.
  • Received power RSRP 1 (t) is input to the RSRP notification unit 801.
  • the received power RSRP 2 (t) of the second reference signal is input from the second path loss calculation unit 405 to the RSRP notification unit 801. .
  • the first path loss calculation unit 403 Received power RSRP 1 (t) of 1 reference signal is input to the RSRP notification unit 801.
  • the path loss comparison unit 407 determines to use the second path loss
  • the received power RSRP 2 (t) of the second reference signal is input from the second path loss calculation unit 405 to the RSRP notification unit 801. .
  • the input RSRP is input to the transmission signal generation unit 109 at a time satisfying an arbitrary condition, and is generated as a transmission signal in the same manner as the information bit string as a higher layer signal.
  • the transmission power control unit 115, the mobile station radio transmission unit 117, the base station apparatus 201 is notified through the antenna 103.
  • the RSRP notification unit 801 determines whether to output the RSRP value to the transmission signal generation unit 109 at a predetermined time interval, or whether to notify the RSRP at a predetermined time, and satisfies an arbitrary condition at the time of determination At this time, the base station apparatus 201 can be configured to notify the RSRP.
  • One of the conditions is a case where the RSRP value fluctuates. Therefore, as an example according to the present embodiment, the RSRP notification unit 801 inputs RSRP to the transmission signal generation unit 109 at the time of determination after the reference signal used in the path loss calculation unit 111 is changed.
  • FIG. 19 shows a flowchart according to the RSRP notification unit 801 when notifying RSRP based on the conditions. By this process, the base station apparatus 201 can follow the fluctuation
  • FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the operation of the RSRP notification unit 801 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the RSRP notification unit 801 inputs RSRP from the path loss calculation unit 111 (step S601).
  • it is determined whether or not the reference signal used for RSRP calculation has changed step S602.
  • the RSRP notification unit 801 outputs RSRP to the transmission signal generation unit 109 (step S603).
  • the RSRP notification unit 801 does not output RSRP.
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 can additionally notify the RSRP when the reference signal used for calculating the RSRP changes. it can.
  • the RSRP when the reference signal used for RSRP calculation is changed, the RSRP is output. However, when other conditions are set and the conditions are satisfied, the RSRP is sent to the transmission signal generation unit 109. Can be performed without outputting.
  • An example of the condition is whether or not the RSRP fluctuation amount is larger than a threshold value. Even when the reference signal is changed, if the RSRP fluctuation is small, a process of not performing the RSRP notification is taken. it can. By this processing, the frequency of RSRP notification can be suppressed, and the overhead associated with notification can be reduced.
  • the mobile station apparatus 101 can select an appropriate RSRP from the first reference signal and the second reference signal and notify the base station apparatus 201 of the selected RSRP. It is possible to reduce the error of the received power that the 201 grasps.
  • the program that operates in the mobile station apparatus 101 and the base station apparatus 201 related to the present invention is a program that controls the CPU and the like (a program that causes a computer to function) so as to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments related to the present invention.
  • Information handled by these devices is temporarily stored in the RAM at the time of processing, then stored in various ROMs and HDDs, read out by the CPU, and corrected and written as necessary.
  • a recording medium for storing the program a semiconductor medium (for example, ROM, nonvolatile memory card, etc.), an optical recording medium (for example, DVD, MO, MD, CD, BD, etc.), a magnetic recording medium (for example, magnetic tape, Any of a flexible disk etc. may be sufficient.
  • the processing is performed in cooperation with the operating system or other application programs.
  • the functions of the invention may be realized.
  • the program can be stored and distributed in a portable recording medium, or transferred to a server computer connected via a network such as the Internet.
  • the storage device of the server computer is also included in the present invention.
  • part or all of the mobile station apparatus 101 and the base station apparatus 201 in the above-described embodiment may be realized as an LSI that is typically an integrated circuit.
  • Each functional block of the mobile station apparatus 101 and the base station apparatus 201 may be individually chipped, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a chip.
  • the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor.
  • an integrated circuit based on the technology can also be used.
  • the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the design and the like within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention are also claimed. Included in the range.
  • the present invention is suitable for use in a mobile communication system in which a mobile phone device is a mobile station device 101, but is not limited thereto.

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