WO2014069587A1 - 基地局装置、端末装置、通信システム、送信方法、受信方法、通信方法および集積回路 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a base station device, a terminal device, a communication system, a transmission method, a reception method, a communication method, and an integrated circuit.
- a communication service area is formed by a cell configuration in which a large number of base station apparatuses are arranged.
- a cell refers to a range in which a base station device can be connected to a terminal device (mobile station device, UE (User Equipment)).
- a cellular system In a system formed by this cell configuration (hereinafter referred to as a cellular system), traffic distribution is required as traffic volume increases due to an increase in large-capacity services.
- a part or all of the range of cells (macrocells) formed by the main base station device (macro base station), and low power base station devices (picocell base stations, femtocell base stations, small cell base stations) It has been proposed to arrange a plurality of base station apparatuses so as to overlap the range of cells (picocells, femtocells, small cells, etc.) configured by (heterogeneous network deployment (HetNet; Heterogeneous Network deployment).
- HetNet Heterogeneous Network deployment
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a cellular system related to a downlink in which a plurality of base station apparatuses with different cell radii are arranged in the prior art.
- Cell 1000-2a (small cell) of base station apparatus 1000-2 in which cell 1000-1a (macro cell) of macro base station 1000-1 is a low-power base station having a smaller maximum transmission power than macro base station apparatus, and Each base station apparatus is arranged so as to overlap the cell 1000-3a (small cell) of the base station apparatus 1000-3.
- Base station apparatuses 1000-1, 1000-2 and 1000-3 are connected by optical fiber, X2 interface or other wired or wireless lines. Necessary control information and the like are exchanged between the base station apparatuses through these lines.
- the terminal device 2000-1 is wirelessly connected (r11) to the base station device 1000-1
- the terminal device 2000-2 is wirelessly connected (r22) to the base station device 1000-2
- 3 is wirelessly connected (r33) to the base station apparatus 1000-3.
- Each terminal apparatus is controlled to be wirelessly connected to a base station apparatus that can receive a signal with the maximum received electric field strength, for example. In this control, for example, a bias is added to the received electric field strength (Non-Patent Document 2). Thereby, traffic distribution is realized.
- FIG. 16 is a conventional example of a transmission frame format in the downlink of the cellular system.
- one transmission frame is composed of 10 subframes (subframe index # 0 to subframe index # 9).
- a downlink physical signal or physical channel as a downlink physical signal or physical channel, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS; Cell-specific Reference Signal, black portion in the figure), a downlink common channel (PDSCH; Physical Downlink Shared Channel, Channels that mainly transmit information data (outlined in the figure), downlink control channel (PDCCH; Physical Downlink Control Channel, shaded in the figure), synchronization signal (PSS; Primary Synchronization Signal, upper right in the figure) Shaded area, SSS; Secondary Synchronization Single, upper left hatched area in the figure), broadcast channel ( BCH; Physical Broadcast Channel, the grating portions in the figure) are mapped.
- CRS Cell-specific Reference Signal
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel, Channels that mainly transmit information data (outlined in the figure), downlink control channel (PDCCH; Physical Downlink Control Channel, shaded in the figure), synchronization signal (PSS; Primary Synchronization Signal, upper right in the figure) Shaded area, SSS; Secondary Synchronization Single
- CRS is a signal used for propagation path estimation.
- PDSCH is a channel that mainly transmits information data.
- the PDCCH is a channel used to notify the radio resource allocation information of the terminal device.
- PSS is a signal mainly used for symbol timing synchronization.
- SSS is a signal used for frame synchronization.
- the PBCH is a channel for transmitting control information (for example, MIB in LTE; Master Information Block) necessary for the terminal device to receive the PDSCH.
- Base station apparatuses 1000-1, 1000-2, and 1000-3 in FIG. 15 transmit control information to terminal apparatuses 2000-1, 2000-2, and 2000-3 based on this transmission frame format, respectively. .
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object thereof is a communication system in which a plurality of base station devices are arranged so that all or a part of the connectable range of each base station device overlaps.
- a base station device a terminal device, a communication system, a transmission method, a reception method, a communication method, and an integrated circuit capable of distributing traffic while efficiently controlling connection and switching between the base station device and the terminal device. is there.
- each configuration of a base station device, a terminal device, a communication system, a transmission method, a reception method, a communication method, and an integrated circuit according to the present invention is as follows.
- a base station apparatus includes a first base station apparatus and at least one second base station apparatus whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus or A first base station device of a communication system comprising a terminal device connected to the second base station device, the target notifying the terminal device whether or not the next connection destination is the second base station device
- a transmission unit is provided that transmits a downlink channel including base station identification information and a downlink channel including system information of the second base station apparatus.
- the base station apparatus may be the first base station apparatus described above, and the target base station identification information may be information related to transmission power of the base station apparatus.
- the base station apparatus may be the first base station apparatus described above, and the target base station identification information may be information related to a guard interval length of the base station apparatus.
- the base station apparatus may be the first base station apparatus described above, and the target base station identification information may be information related to a frequency band used by the base station apparatus.
- the base station apparatus may be the first base station apparatus described above, and the target base station identification information may be position information of the base station apparatus.
- a base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus described above, and the transmission unit performs the target base station when the next connection destination is the second base station apparatus.
- the recognition information may be transmitted.
- a base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus described above, and further includes a data channel generation unit that generates a downlink data channel including the target base station identification information. Good.
- a terminal device includes a first base station device and at least one second base station device whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station device and the first base station device or A terminal device of a communication system comprising a terminal device connected to a second base station device, wherein target base station identification information for notifying the terminal device whether or not the next connection destination is the second base station device
- the receiving unit that receives the downlink channel including the downlink channel including the system information of the second base station apparatus from the first base station apparatus and the next connection destination is the second base station apparatus
- a transmission unit is provided that transmits a signal based on the transmission frame format of the second base station apparatus.
- the terminal device is the above-described terminal device, and the transmission unit receives the downlink channel including the target base station identification information, and receives the channel of the second base station device. It may be configured to transmit a signal based on a transmission frame format.
- the terminal device is the above terminal device, and the transmission unit transmits the second base station device when the next connection destination is the second base station device.
- a guard interval having a length based on the symbol format may be added.
- the terminal device is the above-described terminal device, and when the upper layer recognizes the next connection destination as the second base station device, the receiving unit is the first base station
- the system information of the second base station apparatus may be acquired from the channel in the downlink received from the apparatus.
- the terminal device may be the above-described terminal device, and the target base station identification information may be information related to transmission power of the base station device.
- the terminal device may be the above-described terminal device, and the target base station identification information may be information related to a guard interval length of the base station device.
- the terminal device may be the above-described terminal device, and the target base station identification information may be information on a frequency band used by the base station device.
- the terminal device may be the terminal device described above, and the target base station identification information may be position information of the base station device.
- a communication system includes a first base station apparatus and at least one second base station apparatus whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus or A communication system including a terminal device connected to a second base station device, wherein the first base station device notifies the terminal device whether or not the next connection destination is the second base station device.
- a transmission unit configured to transmit a downlink channel including target base station identification information and a downlink channel including system information of the second base station apparatus; and the terminal apparatus includes a downlink including the target base station identification information
- a receiving unit that receives a channel in the downlink and a channel in the downlink including the system information of the second base station device, and the next connection destination is second from the target base station identification information Whether the base station apparatus comprises recognizing upper layer.
- a transmission method includes a first base station apparatus and at least one second base station apparatus whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus or A transmission method of a first base station apparatus of a communication system including a terminal apparatus connected to a second base station apparatus, wherein the terminal apparatus is notified whether the next connection destination is a second base station apparatus Transmitting a downlink channel including target base station identification information to be transmitted and a downlink channel including system information of the second base station device.
- a reception method includes a first base station apparatus and at least one second base station apparatus whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus or A method of receiving a terminal device of a communication system including a terminal device connected to a second base station device, the target base station notifying the terminal device whether the next connection destination is the second base station device Receiving the downlink channel including the recognition information and the downlink channel including the system information of the second base station device from the first base station device; and receiving the second base station device as the next connection destination If this is the case, a step of transmitting a signal based on the transmission frame format of the second base station apparatus is included.
- a communication method includes a first base station apparatus and at least one second base station apparatus whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus or A communication method of a communication system including a terminal device connected to a second base station device, wherein the first base station device determines whether the next connection destination for the terminal device is a second base station device.
- An integrated circuit includes a first base station device and at least one second base station device whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station device and the first base station device or the An integrated circuit of a first base station device of a communication system including a terminal device connected to a second base station device, and notifies the terminal device whether the next connection destination is a second base station device A downlink channel including target base station identification information to be transmitted and a downlink channel including system information of the second base station device.
- An integrated circuit includes a first base station device and at least one second base station device whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station device and the first base station device or A target base station which is an integrated circuit of a terminal device of a communication system including a terminal device connected to a second base station device and notifies the terminal device whether or not the next connection destination is the second base station device A function of receiving from the first base station apparatus a downlink channel including recognition information and a downlink channel including system information of the second base station apparatus; In this case, a signal is transmitted based on the transmission frame format of the second base station apparatus.
- An integrated circuit includes a first base station device and at least one second base station device whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station device and the first base station device or the An integrated circuit of a communication system including a terminal device connected to a second base station device, wherein the first base station device determines whether the next connection destination for the terminal device is the second base station device And a function of transmitting a downlink channel including target base station identification information for notifying a base station and a downlink channel including system information of a second base station device, and the terminal device transmits the target base station identification information A function of receiving a downlink channel including the downlink channel including the system information of the second base station apparatus, and a function of receiving a downlink channel including the system information of the second base station apparatus, It has a function of transmitting a signal based on a transmission frame format of Chikyoku device.
- the control information of a low-power base station apparatus can be reduced in the communication system arrange
- a base station device eNodeB, transmission station, transmission device, transmission point, access point (AP)
- terminal device ((terminal, mobile station device, mobile terminal, reception point, reception) constituting the communication system
- OFDM Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- Transmission schemes such as narrow band single carrier transmission, SC-FDMA (single carrier-frequency division multiple access), DFT-s- Single carrier transmission schemes such as FDM (discrete Fourier transform-spread-OFDM) and multi-carrier transmission schemes such as MC-CDMA (multiple carrier-code division multiple access).
- W-CDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
- LTE Long Term Evolution A
- LTE Long Term Evolution A
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- LTE-Advanced Long Term Evolution-Advanced
- IEEE Including wireless communication systems such as WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), but are not limited to.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a downlink communication system in which a plurality of base station apparatuses having different cell radii according to an embodiment of the present invention are arranged.
- base station apparatuses 100-2 to 100-5 have their cells 100-2a to 100-5a (for example, pico cells, The femto cell and the small cell are arranged so as to overlap with the cell 100-1a (for example, macro cell) of the base station device 100-1 (first base station device, macro cell base station device).
- the system frequencies of the first base station device and the second base station device may be different.
- the transmission power of the first base station device and the second base station device may be different.
- the second base station device can also be placed indoors.
- the second base station apparatus can be densely arranged in the cell of the first base station apparatus.
- the second base station apparatus can be a base station apparatus that has lower transmission power than the first base station apparatus.
- the first base station apparatus and the second base station apparatus can be distinguished by a backward compatible cell that supports a service-in method and a newly defined non-backward compatible cell. Good.
- the base station devices are connected by a backhaul line using a wired line such as an optical fiber, an Internet line, an X2 interface, or a wireless line.
- the terminal device 200 is a terminal device that exists in the cell 100-1a of the base station device 100-1.
- FIG. 2 shows one aspect of the downlink transmission frame format of the communication system in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 shows a downlink transmission frame format in FDD (Frequency Division Duplex, frequency division duplex).
- FDD Frequency Division Duplex, frequency division duplex
- one transmission frame format is composed of 10 subframes (# 0 to # 9).
- the subframe is composed of a plurality of OFDM symbols.
- a subframe is composed of 14 OFDM symbols.
- the second base station apparatus is the downlink transmission frame format of the first base station apparatus. 2 includes a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel, a downlink cell-specific reference signal, a downlink user-specific reference signal, a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal, and a broadcast channel. Is placed.
- the first base station apparatus allocates various channels and signals to resource elements based on the transmission frame format (resource mapping).
- the resource element is a minimum unit for arranging a signal. In OFDM transmission, it is a unit for arranging a signal composed of one subcarrier and one OFDM symbol.
- the lower part of FIG. 2 shows the downlink transmission frame format of the second base station apparatus.
- a downlink data channel In the lower transmission frame format in FIG. 2, a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel, and a downlink user-specific reference signal are arranged.
- the second base station apparatus maps various channels and signals to resource elements based on the transmission frame format.
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel, downlink shared channel
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- CRS Cell-specific Reference Signal
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-RS
- DM-RS DeModulation-RS
- PSS Primary Synchronization Signal
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- the downlink data channel can be used for transmitting downlink user data (information data) of a terminal device connected to the base station device.
- the downlink data channel can be used to notify the terminal device of a base station device (target base station device) that is the next connection destination (handover destination) (connection destination instruction).
- the downlink data channel can be used to notify the target base station identification information to the terminal device.
- the target base station recognition information is information for recognizing whether the base station apparatus instructed as the connection destination is the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus.
- the downlink control channel of the first base station apparatus can be used to notify the terminal of system information about the second base station apparatus.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- RRC signaling can be used for the connection destination instruction, the notification of the target base station identification information, and the notification of the system information.
- RRC signaling is a control signal included in PBCH and PDSCH, and is quasi-static (semi-static) signaling that has a larger amount of information that can be transmitted and has a lower update (transmission) frequency than PDCCH.
- the downlink control channel can be used to notify the terminal device (user) connected to the base station device of radio resource allocation information.
- the downlink control channel can also be used for the connection destination instruction, the notification of the target base station identification information, and the notification of the system information.
- the downlink cell-specific reference signal is a known signal that is uniquely assigned to each cell
- the downlink user-specific reference signal is a known signal that is uniquely assigned to each user.
- the reference signal is a signal used for each terminal device to estimate the communication quality between the base station device and the base station device that transmits the reference signal.
- Communication quality refers to propagation path (frequency response, impulse response), received power, interference power, received SNR (Signal to Noise power Ratio), received SINR (Signal to Interference and Noise power Ratio), signal pair Interference noise power ratio).
- the synchronization signal is a known signal used for frame synchronization, symbol synchronization, and cell search.
- a first synchronization signal used for symbol synchronization and a second synchronization signal used for frame synchronization are allocated.
- the terminal device can perform a cell search using the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal.
- the broadcast channel can be used for transmitting control information (for example, MIB in LTE; Master Information Block) necessary for the terminal device to receive the downlink data channel.
- FIG. 3 shows an aspect of the uplink transmission frame format of the communication system in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 shows a downlink transmission frame format in FDD (Frequency Division Duplex, frequency division duplex).
- FDD Frequency Division Duplex, frequency division duplex
- one transmission frame format is composed of 10 subframes (# 0 to # 9).
- a demodulation reference signal for the uplink data channel can be arranged in a region where the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are arranged.
- a random access channel can be arranged in a region where the uplink data channel is arranged.
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel, uplink shared channel
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- SRS Sounding Reference Signal
- PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
- DMRS DemoModulation Reference Signal
- the broadcast channel, the first synchronization signal, and the second Mapping of the synchronization signal and the cell-specific downlink reference signal can be omitted. For this reason, many radio resources can be allocated for data transmission in a plurality of second base station apparatuses arranged so as to overlap the cells of the first base station apparatus, and the utilization efficiency of radio resources is improved. be able to.
- FIG. 4 shows another aspect of the transmission frame format of the communication system in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 shows a case where the second base station apparatus performs uplink and downlink communication with a terminal apparatus connected to the base station apparatus using TDD (Time Division Duplex, time division duplex).
- TDD Time Division Duplex, time division duplex
- one transmission frame format is composed of 10 subframes (# 0 to # 9).
- the subframe is composed of a plurality of OFDM symbols.
- the terminal apparatus when connecting to the first base station apparatus, performs resource mapping of various channels and connects to the second base station apparatus in accordance with the downlink and uplink transmission formats in FIG. To do so, various channels are resource-mapped according to the transmission format of FIG.
- subframe indexes # 0 and # 4 to # 9 are subframes to which downlink signals are mapped.
- Subframe indexes # 3 and # 4 are subframes to which uplink signals are mapped.
- Subframe index # 2 is a subframe (also referred to as a special subframe) having a guard interval for preventing interference between an uplink signal and a downlink signal when switching from uplink to downlink.
- a downlink data channel In the subframe to which the downlink signal in the transmission frame format of FIG. 4 is mapped, a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel, and a downlink user specific reference signal are arranged.
- the second base station apparatus performs resource mapping of various downlink channels and signals according to the format of FIG. 4 as in the description of the lower part of FIG.
- the second base station apparatus performs mapping of the broadcast channel, the first synchronization signal, the second synchronization signal, and the cell-specific downlink reference signal. Can be omitted. For this reason, many radio resources can be allocated for data transmission in a plurality of second base station apparatuses arranged so as to overlap the cells of the first base station apparatus, and the utilization efficiency of radio resources is improved. be able to. Furthermore, various signals can be resource-mapped according to a transmission method (FDD, TDD) according to the communication environment (the magnitude of transmission power, etc.) of the first base station device and the second base station device.
- FDD transmission method
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a first base station apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- the first base station apparatus includes an upper layer 101, a data channel generation unit 102, a control channel generation unit 103, a control signal generation unit 104, a reference signal generation unit 105, a resource mapping unit 106, a transmission signal generation unit 107, and a transmission unit 108.
- the transmission antenna unit 109-1 to the transmission antenna unit 109-N T , the reception antenna unit 121-1 to the reception antenna unit 121-N R , the reception unit 122, and the control signal detection unit 123 are configured.
- N T is the number of transmitting antennas
- N R is the number of receiving antennas.
- the upper layer 101 is connected to the second base station apparatus via the backhaul line 10.
- a chip control circuit (not shown) for controlling each functional block is provided.
- the uplink signal includes an uplink data channel, a control channel, and a reference signal.
- the uplink data channel is used for transmitting uplink user data.
- the data transmitted through the uplink data channel includes a signal (Channel Statement Information) indicating the measurement results of the neighboring base stations.
- Data transmitted through the data channel in the uplink includes a signal (Channel Quality Indicator) for notifying downlink reception quality and a downlink scheduling allocation request signal.
- an uplink data channel for example, an uplink common channel (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel) can be used in LTE-A.
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- measurement results of the peripheral base station measurement reports or the like can be used in LTE-A.
- the uplink control channel is used to transmit ACK / NACK for the downlink data channel, downlink reception quality, and scheduling allocation request signal.
- the first base station apparatus receives the signal indicating the measurement result of the neighboring base station (Channel Statement Information), the signal notifying the downlink reception quality, and the downlink scheduling assignment request signal via the uplink control channel. You can also.
- the random access channel is used when a terminal device establishes a connection with a cell by initial access or handover.
- the uplink reference signal is used for measurement of reception quality necessary for applying frequency scheduling.
- the demodulation reference signal used for uplink propagation path estimation, symbol timing synchronization, reception quality measurement, and the like can be multiplexed on the uplink data channel or the uplink control channel.
- the receiving unit 122 down-converts (radio frequency conversion) the signal received by the antenna 121 to a frequency band in which digital signal processing such as signal detection processing can be performed, and further performs filtering processing to remove spurious signals. Conversion from analog signal to digital signal (Analog to Digital conversion).
- the control signal detection unit 123 performs demodulation processing, decoding processing, and the like on the signal output from the reception unit 122. Thereby, the above-mentioned various signals (uplink data channel, uplink control channel, uplink reference signal, etc.) can be acquired from the uplink signal.
- the upper layer 101 acquires the signal for notifying the downlink reception quality and the scheduling allocation request signal from the signal output from the control signal detection unit 123.
- the upper layer 101 transmits a downlink data channel, a control channel, a control signal, and a reference signal based on the signal for reporting the downlink reception quality, the scheduling allocation request signal, and the transmission frame format (FIGS. 2 and 3).
- Perform scheduling. Scheduling refers to determining resource elements that map data channels and / or control channels and / or reference signals.
- the upper layer 101 acquires the measurement result of the neighboring base station from the signal output from the control signal detection unit 123.
- the upper layer 101 determines a base station apparatus (target base station apparatus) that is the next connection destination of the terminal apparatus, using the peripheral base station measurement result and other signals related to radio resource management.
- the upper layer 101 requests a determination as to whether or not the target base station apparatus can be connected through the backhaul line 10 (connection request).
- the upper layer 101 obtains connection permission and system information of the target base station device from the target base station device that has requested connection through the backhaul line 10.
- the system information includes information related to the transmission power of the target base station device.
- the information on the transmission power can be the maximum transmission power of the target base station device.
- the system information includes broadcast information such as the number of transmission antennas (antenna ports) of the target base station apparatus, system bandwidth, and system frame number.
- broadcast information such as the number of transmission antennas (antenna ports) of the target base station apparatus, system bandwidth, and system frame number.
- MIB Master Information Block
- SIB System Information Block
- the number of reception antennas of the target base station apparatus may be included in the system information.
- the upper layer 101 can hold the system information such as the information on the transmission power notified from the target base station apparatus, the number of transmission antennas, the system bandwidth, and the system frame number.
- the upper layer 101 notifies the target base station apparatus of terminal information of the connected terminal apparatus, unreachable packets, and the like through the backhaul line 10.
- the upper layer 101 generates information data (transport block, codeword) for the terminal device and outputs the information data to the data channel generation unit 102.
- the information data may be a unit for performing error correction coding processing.
- the information data may be a unit for performing retransmission control such as HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest).
- the upper layer is a layer of functions higher than the physical layer (physical layer) among the layers of communication functions defined in the OSI reference model, for example, a data link layer, a network layer, and the like.
- the upper layer 101 can include a signal (peripheral base station measurement control) requesting the terminal device to measure the communication quality between the peripheral base station device and the terminal device in the information data.
- the peripheral base station measurement control can include the cell ID of the target base station candidate notified from the higher layer 101.
- the upper layer 101 can include information instructing connection (connection destination instruction) to the target base station apparatus in the information data.
- the information instructing the connection destination can include a cell ID of the target base station apparatus.
- the upper layer 101 can include target base station identification information in the information data.
- the target base station identification information can be information related to the transmission power of the target base station apparatus notified from the higher layer 101.
- the upper layer 101 can include information on a base station device (target base station device) that is a next connection destination of the terminal device connected to the first base station device in the information data. For example, the cell ID of the target base station apparatus is notified. Further, the upper layer 101 can include system information such as the number of transmission antennas, a system bandwidth, and a system frame number in the information data.
- the upper layer 101 can include information on the transmission power of the target base station apparatus in the information data.
- the target base station identification information can be information regarding the transmission power of the target base station apparatus acquired through the backhaul line 10.
- the upper layer 101 can include information on the transmission power of the target base station device in the information data only when the target base station device is the second base station device.
- the upper layer 101 may include information regarding the transmission power of the target base station apparatus in the information data only when the target base station apparatus has a transmission power different from that of the base station apparatus.
- the upper layer 101 may include information related to the transmission power of the target base station apparatus in the information data only when the target base station apparatus is smaller than the transmission power of the base station apparatus.
- the upper layer includes the number of transmission antennas, system bandwidth, system frame number, broadcast information of the target base station device, synchronization timing (frame synchronization, symbol synchronization) between the second base station device and the terminal device, etc. Information can be included.
- the target base station device is the second base station device
- the upper layer includes broadcast information of the target base station device notified from the upper layer 101, the second base station device and the terminal device in the information data Information such as synchronization timing (frame synchronization, symbol synchronization) may be included.
- the first base station apparatus can notify the synchronization timing of the second base station apparatus based on the synchronization timing of the first base station apparatus.
- the upper layer 101 uses the downlink control data to perform the peripheral base station measurement control, the connection destination instruction, target base station identification information, the system information (number of transmission antennas, system bandwidth, system frame number, target base station In the case of notifying device notification information, information such as the synchronization timing between the second base station device and the terminal device), it is also possible to notify the control channel generation unit 103 of such information.
- the upper layer 101 may notify the control channel generation unit 103 of the information when the target base station apparatus is a second base station apparatus (low power base station apparatus).
- the data channel generation unit 102 (data channel region allocation unit, data channel mapping unit, shared channel generation unit) performs adaptive control on the information data output from the upper layer 101 and performs data channel (shared channel, shared channel) for the terminal.
- a channel, PDSCH (Pysica Downlink Shared Channel) is generated.
- the adaptive control in the data channel generation unit 102 includes an encoding process for performing error correction encoding, a scramble process for applying a scramble code unique to the terminal, and a multilevel modulation scheme (BPSK, QPSK, QAM). Etc.) and layer mapping processing for spatial multiplexing such as MIMO.
- the layer mapping process in the data channel generation unit 102 maps to one or more layers (streams) based on the number of ranks set for the terminal.
- the control channel generation unit 103 generates a downlink control channel.
- the control channel generation unit 103 performs data modulation processing and precoding processing on the downlink control channel.
- the downlink control channel includes downlink control information (DCI; Downlink Control Information).
- Downlink control information includes information on data channel resource allocation, MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme), information on spatial multiplexing (for example, RI; Rank Indicator), and scrambling identity (also called scrambling identifier).
- MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
- RI information on spatial multiplexing
- scrambling identity also called scrambling identifier.
- Information on a reference signal sequence identity also referred to as a base sequence identity, a base sequence identifier, and a base sequence index.
- the control channel generating unit 103 can include the neighboring base station measurement control in the downlink control channel.
- the peripheral base station measurement control can include the cell ID of the target base station candidate notified from the higher layer 101.
- the control channel generation unit 103 can include information instructing connection to the target base station apparatus notified from the higher layer 101 in the downlink control channel.
- the information instructing the connection can include a cell ID of the target base station device.
- the control channel generation unit 103 can include target base station identification information in the downlink control channel.
- the target base station identification information can be information related to the transmission power of the target base station apparatus notified from the higher layer 101.
- the control channel generation unit 103 can include information on the transmission power of the target base station device in the downlink control channel only when the target base station device is the second base station device.
- the control channel generation unit 103 may include information on the transmission power of the target base station device in the downlink control channel only when the target base station device has a transmission power different from that of the base station device.
- the control channel generation unit 103 may include information on the transmission power of the target base station apparatus in the downlink control channel only when the target base station apparatus is smaller than the transmission power with the base station apparatus.
- the control channel generation unit 103 can include system information such as the number of transmission antennas of the target base station apparatus, the system bandwidth, and the system frame number notified from the higher layer 101 in the downlink control channel.
- the control channel generation unit 103 transmits broadcast information of the target base station apparatus notified from the higher layer 101 to the downlink control channel, the second base station apparatus, Information such as synchronization timing (frame synchronization, symbol synchronization) with the terminal device can be included.
- the control channel generation unit 103 can generate an E-PDCCH (Enhanced-PDCCH) in LTE-A as a downlink control channel.
- the control channel generation unit 103 can include the target base station identification information in the E-PDCCH.
- the control channel generation unit 103 can include the system information in the E-PDCCH.
- the control channel generation unit 103 generates broadcast information (for example, LTE PBCH; Physical Broadcast Channel) of the first base station apparatus.
- the control signal generation unit 104 generates a synchronization signal for establishing and following the synchronization between the first base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus such as symbol synchronization and frame synchronization.
- the control signal generation unit 104 generates a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal.
- a Zadoff Chu sequence, an M sequence, or the like can be applied as the synchronization signal sequence.
- the reference signal generation unit 105 generates a reference signal (pilot signal) and outputs the reference signal to the resource mapping unit 106.
- the reference signal generator 105 In the transmission frame format of FIG. 2, the reference signal generator 105 generates a downlink cell specific reference signal and a downlink user specific reference signal.
- the resource mapping unit 106 generates the data channel and control channel output from the data channel generation unit 102 based on the resource allocation information (scheduling information) of the data channel, control channel, control signal, and reference signal notified from the upper layer 101.
- the control channel output from unit 103, the control signal output from control signal generation unit 104, and the reference signal output from reference signal generation unit 105 are mapped to resource elements.
- the scheduling information is information based on the transmission frame format (FIG. 2).
- the transmission signal generation unit 107 generates an OFDM signal. Specifically, the frequency domain signal input from the resource mapping unit 106 is subjected to inverse discrete Fourier transform (Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform; IDFT) or inverse fast Fourier transform (Inverse First Fourier Transform; IFFT) to a time domain signal. Convert.
- the transmission signal generation unit 107 adds an GI (Guard Interval; also referred to as a guard interval) to the time domain signal (referred to as an effective symbol) to generate an OFDM symbol.
- the GI is a section added for the purpose of preventing the OFDM symbols of the preceding and succeeding times from interfering with each other.
- the GI is, for example, CP (Cyclic Prefix).
- the transmission signal generation unit 107 prepends a copy of a part of the latter half of the effective symbol as a GI to the effective symbol. Therefore, an effective symbol preceded by GI is an OFDM symbol.
- the transmission unit 108 performs D / A (Digital-to-Analog) conversion on the OFDM symbol to generate an analog signal.
- the transmission unit 108 generates a band limited signal by band-limiting the generated analog signal by filtering processing.
- the transmission unit 108 up-converts the generated band limited signal into a radio frequency band, and outputs it to the transmission antenna unit 109-1 through the transmission antenna unit 109- NT .
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a second base station apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- the second base station apparatus includes an upper layer 151, a data channel generation unit 152, a control channel generation unit 153, a control signal generation unit 154, a reference signal generation unit 155, a resource mapping unit 156, a transmission signal generation unit 157, and a transmission unit 158.
- a transmission antenna unit 159-1 through a transmission antenna unit 159-N T a reception antenna unit 171-1 through a reception antenna unit 171-N R , a reception unit 172, and a control signal detection unit 173.
- the second base station device In the case where a part or all of the second base station device is integrated into a chip to form an integrated circuit, a chip control circuit (not shown) for controlling each functional block is provided. Further, the upper layer 151 can be connected to the first base station apparatus and the other second base station apparatus through the backhaul line 10.
- the receiving unit 172 down-converts (radio frequency conversion) the signal received by the antenna 171-x into a frequency band in which digital signal processing such as signal detection processing can be performed, and performs filtering processing to remove spurious and perform filtering processing.
- the signal is converted from an analog signal to a digital signal (Analog to Digital conversion; A / D conversion).
- the control signal detection unit 173 performs demodulation processing, decoding processing, and the like on the signal output from the reception unit 172. Accordingly, various uplink signals (uplink data channel, uplink control channel, etc.) included in the uplink signal can be acquired.
- the upper layer 151 has a function of determining whether or not connection is permitted in response to a connection request from the first base station apparatus through the backhaul line 10.
- the upper layer 151 can generate system information of the own base station device (second base station device).
- the upper layer 151 can include information on the transmission power of the base station apparatus in the system information. Further, the upper layer 151 can include the number of transmission antennas of the base station apparatus, the system bandwidth, the system frame number, broadcast information, and the like in the system information. For example, in LTE-A, MIB and SIB can be used. Further, the upper layer 151 can include the number of reception antennas of the own base station apparatus in the system information.
- the upper layer 151 can notify the first base station apparatus of the connection permission and the system information through the backhaul line 10.
- the upper layer 151 can acquire terminal information and unreachable packets of the terminal devices connected to the own base station device from the first base station device through the backhaul line 10.
- the upper layer 151 generates information data (transport block, codeword) for the terminal device and outputs the information data to the data channel generation unit 152.
- the upper layer 151 notifies the control channel generation unit 153 of downlink control information (radio resource allocation, MCS, etc.) used for control channel generation.
- the data channel generation unit 152 performs adaptive control on the information data output from the higher layer 151 and generates a data channel for the terminal.
- the control channel generation unit 153 generates a downlink control channel.
- the downlink control channel includes downlink control information (DCI; Downlink Control Information).
- DCI downlink control information
- the downlink control information includes information on resource allocation of data channels, MCS, information on spatial multiplexing number (RI), and the like.
- the control channel generation unit 153 performs data modulation processing and precoding processing on the downlink control channel.
- the second base station apparatus includes a control signal generation unit 154 when generating a synchronization signal for establishing and following the synchronization between the second base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus such as symbol synchronization and frame synchronization.
- the reference signal generation unit 155 generates a user-specific reference signal (pilot signal) and outputs the reference signal to the resource mapping unit 156.
- the resource mapping unit 156 is configured to output the data channel, control channel generation unit, and data channel output from the data channel generation unit 152 based on resource allocation (scheduling information) of the data channel, control channel, control signal, and reference signal notified from the higher layer 151.
- the control channel output by 153 and the reference signal output by reference signal generation section 155 are mapped to resource elements.
- the scheduling information is information based on the transmission frame format (the lower part of FIG. 2 or FIG. 3).
- the transmission signal generation unit 157 generates an OFDM signal from the signal input from the resource mapping unit 156. Specifically, the frequency domain signal input from the resource mapping unit 156 is converted into a time domain signal (effective symbol) by inverse discrete Fourier transform or the like. The transmission signal generation unit 157 generates an OFDM symbol by adding GI to the time domain signal.
- the GI length of the OFDM signal transmitted / received by the second base station device can be different from the GI length of the OFDM signal transmitted / received by the first base station device.
- the transmission signal generation section 157 of the second base station apparatus adds a GI having a length different from the GI length added by the transmission signal generation section 107 of the first base station apparatus to the effective symbol.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a transmission symbol format in the first embodiment.
- the upper part of FIG. 7 is a first OFDM symbol output from transmission signal generating section 107 of the first base station apparatus.
- the first OFDM symbol includes a first effective symbol 301-y (y is the number of OFDM symbols in the frame format transmitted and received by the first base station apparatus) and a first guard interval 301-ya.
- the lower part of FIG. 7 is a second OFDM symbol output from transmission signal generation section 157 of the second base station apparatus.
- the second OFDM symbol includes a second effective symbol 401-z (z is the number of OFDM symbols in the frame format transmitted / received by the first base station apparatus) and a second guard interval 401-za.
- FIG. 7 shows a case where the second base station apparatus sets the length of the second guard interval 401-za to be shorter than the length of the first guard interval 301-ya.
- the second base station apparatus can set the GI length according to the transmission power of the base station apparatus, the used frequency band, and the like. For this reason, the transmission efficiency with the terminal device which communicates with the 2nd base station apparatus can be improved.
- the transmission unit 158 D / A converts the OFDM symbol to generate an analog signal.
- the transmission unit 158 generates a band limited signal by band-limiting the generated analog signal by filtering processing.
- the transmission unit 158 up-converts the generated band limited signal into a radio frequency band, and outputs it to the transmission antenna unit 159-1 through the transmission antenna unit 159- NT .
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal device according to the first embodiment.
- the terminal apparatus includes reception antenna unit 201-1 to reception antenna unit 201-N R , reception unit 202, reception signal processing unit 203, propagation path estimation unit 204, control channel processing unit 205, data channel processing unit 206, and synchronization unit 207.
- a part or all of the terminal device is formed into a chip to form an integrated circuit, it has a chip control circuit (not shown) that controls each functional block.
- Receiving antenna unit 201-1 to the receiving antenna unit 201-N R receives a first carrier band OFDM signal propagated as a radio wave from the base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus, the transport band OFDM signal received The data is output to the receiving unit 202. If the frequency band of the first transmission signal of the base station apparatus and the second base station apparatus are different, the terminal device includes a receiving antenna unit 201-1 to the receiving antenna unit 201-N R capable of handling each frequency band be able to.
- Receiving unit 202 receiving antenna unit 201-1 to the receiving antenna unit 201-N OFDM signals input from the R to down-converted to a frequency band capable of digital signal processing by performing further filtering the down-converted signal Unnecessary components (Spurious) are removed.
- the receiving unit 202 converts the filtered signal from an analog signal to a digital signal (A / D; Analog-to-Digital), and outputs the converted digital signal to the received signal processing unit 203 and the synchronization unit 207.
- each channel included in the received signal is mapped based on the format in the upper part of FIG.
- each channel included in the received signal is mapped based on the lower stage of FIG. 2 or the format of FIG.
- the synchronization unit 207 establishes symbol synchronization and frame synchronization for the signal transmitted from the first base station apparatus, using a synchronization signal (for example, PSS, SSS) included in the signal input from the reception unit 202.
- a synchronization signal for example, PSS, SSS
- the synchronization unit 207 can acquire a signal for acquiring synchronization with the target base station device (second base station device) from the upper layer 210.
- the synchronization unit 207 can acquire frame synchronization and / or symbol synchronization based on a signal for acquiring synchronization with the target base station apparatus.
- the synchronization unit 207 can use the known signal for synchronization acquisition.
- the received signal processing unit 203 performs OFDM modulation demodulation processing on the digital signal input from the receiving unit 202 according to the symbol synchronization timing and frame synchronization timing input from the synchronization unit 207. Specifically, GI length removal and DFT (IFFT) processing are performed.
- IFFT GI length removal and DFT
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 performs propagation path estimation using a downlink reference signal included in the signal output from the reception signal processing unit 203.
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 estimates a propagation path between the terminal apparatus 200 and the first base station apparatus using a downlink cell specific reference signal (for example, CRS) or a downlink user specific reference signal (for example, DMRS). It can be performed.
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 can perform propagation path estimation between the terminal device 200 and the first base station apparatus using a downlink user specific reference signal (for example, DMRS).
- the propagation path estimation value is input to the control channel processing unit 205, the data channel processing unit 206, and the upper layer 210.
- the propagation path estimated value is, for example, a transfer function or an impulse response.
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 measures the channel quality (channel state measurement) between the terminal device and the second base station device using the downlink reference signal included in the signal output from the received signal processing unit 203. Can do.
- the channel quality corresponds to received power, interference power, received SNR, received SINR, and the like.
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 uses the downlink cell-specific reference signal (for example, CRS) or the downlink user-specific reference signal (for example, CSI-RS) to establish a channel between the terminal apparatus 200 and the first base station apparatus. State measurement can be performed.
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 can acquire the arrangement information of the downlink cell specific reference signal and the downlink user specific reference signal from the higher layer 210.
- the arrangement information of the downlink cell specific reference signal and the downlink user specific reference signal can be calculated based on the cell ID.
- the cell ID can be calculated from the synchronization sequence established by the synchronization unit 207.
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 performs channel state measurement between the terminal apparatus 200 and the second base station apparatus using a downlink user-specific reference signal (for example, CSI-RS).
- the propagation path estimation unit 204 can know the arrangement of the downlink user specific reference signal based on the information about the neighboring base station apparatus notified from the higher layer 210.
- the information related to the neighboring base station device can be a cell ID of the neighboring base station device.
- the arrangement of the downlink cell specific reference signal and the downlink user specific reference signal is associated with the cell ID.
- the control channel processing unit 205 detects a downlink control channel (for example, PDCCH) included in the signal output from the received signal processing unit 203 (propagation compensation, demodulation processing, and decoding processing based on the channel estimation value). )I do.
- the control channel processing unit 205 is applied to the data channel of the first base station device or the second base station device included in the downlink control channel transmitted by the first base station device or the second base station device.
- the data channel processing unit 206 is notified. Such control information is used for detection of the downlink data channel.
- the data channel processing unit 206 detects a downlink data channel included in the signal output from the received signal processing unit 203 (propagation compensation, demodulation processing, and decoding processing based on the propagation channel estimation value) Output to 210.
- the upper layer 210 When the upper layer 210 notifies the base station apparatus of the measurement result (peripheral base station measurement result) of the channel state between the terminal apparatus and the peripheral base station apparatus input from the propagation path estimation unit 204 using the uplink data channel
- the peripheral base station measurement result can be output to the data channel generator 224.
- the upper layer 210 can output the measurement result of the neighboring base station to the control channel generation unit 225 when notifying the base station apparatus using the uplink control channel.
- the upper layer 210 extracts information data from the downlink data channel input from the data channel processing unit 206.
- the information data includes a signal related to peripheral base station measurement control
- the upper layer 210 extracts a signal related to the peripheral base station measurement control.
- the upper layer 210 extracts a signal related to a connection destination instruction included in the information data.
- the upper layer 210 extracts a signal related to target base station identification information (information related to transmission power of the target base station apparatus) included in the information data.
- the upper layer 210 can recognize whether the target base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus based on the target base station identification information.
- the upper layer 210 extracts system information related to the second base station apparatus included in the information data.
- the upper layer 210 extracts system information related to the second base station device included in the information data when the target base station device is the second base station device based on the target base station identification information. May be.
- the upper layer 210 extracts the signal related to peripheral base station measurement control.
- the upper layer 210 extracts the signal related to the connection destination instruction.
- the upper layer 210 extracts the signal. In this case, the upper layer 210 can recognize whether the target base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus based on the target base station identification information.
- the upper layer 210 extracts the signal.
- the upper layer 210 extracts system information related to the second base station device included in the downlink control channel when the target base station device is the second base station device based on the target base station identification information. You may do it.
- the upper layer 210 extracts uplink data channel control information such as MCS and scheduling assignment applied to the uplink data channel included in the downlink control channel.
- the upper layer 210 generates information data for the base station apparatus and outputs the information data to the data channel generation unit 224.
- the upper layer 210 can include the neighboring base station assumed result in the information data.
- the upper layer 210 notifies the control channel generation unit 225 of the surrounding base station assumption result when notifying the surrounding base station assumption result to the base station apparatus using the uplink control channel.
- the data channel generation unit 224 performs adaptive control (error correction coding, data modulation, etc.) on the information data output from the upper layer 210, and a data channel for the base station apparatus (for example, PUSCH; Physical Uplink Shared Channel). Is generated.
- adaptive control error correction coding, data modulation, etc.
- the control channel generation unit 225 generates an uplink control channel.
- the uplink base channel includes the surrounding base station assumption result.
- the control channel generation unit 225 generates a random access channel used for uplink synchronization.
- the reference signal generation unit 226 generates a reference signal (for example, DMRS, SRS) used for reception quality measurement necessary for applying uplink channel estimation and frequency scheduling.
- the transmission signal generation unit 223 performs resource mapping on the uplink data channel, the uplink control channel, the random access channel, and the reference signal in accordance with the uplink transmission frame format (FIG. 3 or FIG. 4).
- Carrier modulation SC-FDMA, OFDM, etc. is performed to generate an uplink transmission signal.
- the transmission signal generation unit 223 generates a transmission signal to the first base station apparatus based on the OFDM symbol format described in the upper part of FIG.
- the transmission signal generation unit 223 generates a transmission signal to the second base station apparatus based on the OFDM symbol format described in the lower part of FIG.
- the output signal of the transmission signal generation unit 223 is up-converted by the transmission unit 222 to a frequency band that can be transmitted in the uplink, and is transmitted to the base station apparatus via the transmission antenna unit 221-1 to the transmission antenna unit 221- NT. Sent.
- terminal 200 when power is turned on, terminal 200 performs a cell search for a connected base station apparatus.
- terminal 200 searches for a base station apparatus to be connected from among the first base station apparatuses.
- Terminal apparatus 200 performs a cell search using a synchronization sequence (synchronization channel) generated based on the cell ID assigned to the first base station apparatus.
- the terminal device 200 searches for a base station device connected from the first base station device by performing a cell search only on the frequency band of the first base station device.
- the terminal device 200 receives the broadcast channel of the selected first base station device and establishes a connection with the first base station device.
- terminal apparatus 200 selects base station apparatus 100-1 by cell search and establishes a connection.
- base station apparatus 100-1 switches the connection to the second base station apparatus.
- FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram in which the terminal device in the communication system according to the first embodiment connects to the second base station device.
- FIG. 9 shows a case where the terminal device connected to the first base station device switches connection to the second base station device.
- the source base station apparatus is a connection source base station apparatus (first base station apparatus in FIG. 9)
- the target base station apparatus is a connection destination base station apparatus (second base station apparatus in FIG. 9). It is.
- the terminal device 200 When receiving a notification of control of neighboring base stations from the base station device 100-1 that is the source base station device (S101), the terminal device 200 measures the channel state between the base station device designated by the notification and the own station. (S102). In FIG. 1, the terminal device 200 measures the channel state between the own station and the base station devices 100-2 to 100-5. For the measurement of the channel state, a reference signal transmitted from each base station apparatus can be used. For example, CSI-RS in LTE can be used for channel state measurement. The terminal device 200 notifies the base station device 100-1 of the channel state measurement result (peripheral base station measurement result) (S103).
- the base station device 100-1 can determine the connection destination (target base station device) based on the measurement results of the neighboring base stations (S104).
- the source base station apparatus desirably selects a base station apparatus with good channel quality as the target base station apparatus.
- the channel quality can be determined from received power, interference power, received SNR, received SINR, and the like.
- base station apparatus 100-1 selects second base station apparatus 100-3 as the target base station apparatus.
- the base station apparatus 100-1 notifies a connection request (for example, a handover request) to the base station apparatus 100-3 through the backhaul line 10 (S105).
- the base station device 100-3 determines whether or not connection is possible (S106). When the connection is possible, the base station apparatus 100-3 prepares connection such as scheduling (S106).
- the base station 100-3 notifies the base station apparatus 100-1 of permission notification (handover request ACK / NACK) and system information (S107).
- the system information includes information related to transmission power of the base station apparatus 100-3 that is a low-power base station.
- the system information includes information on the number of transmission antennas, system bandwidth, system frame number, own base station apparatus frame timing, symbol timing, and the like.
- the system information may include information notified by MIB.
- the base station device 100-1 When the base station device 100-1 receives the permission notification (S107), the base station device 100-1 notifies the terminal information of the terminal device 200 and the unreachable packet to the base station device 100-3.
- the base station apparatus 100-1 instructs the terminal apparatus 200 to connect to the base station apparatus 100-3 (S108). Furthermore, the base station apparatus 100-1 notifies the terminal apparatus 200 of information related to the transmission power of the target base station apparatus as target base station identification information (S108). The terminal device 200 recognizes whether the target base station device is the first base station device or the second base station device based on the target base station identification information. As another notification method, when the target base station apparatus is the second base station apparatus, the base station apparatus 100-1 notifies information on the transmission power of the target base station apparatus. In this case, the terminal device 200 can recognize the target base station device as the second base station device when the information about the transmission power of the target base station device can be acquired from the predetermined resource element.
- the target base station device (base station device 100-3) is the second base station device.
- the base station apparatus 100-1 notifies the terminal apparatus 200 of the system information of the base station apparatus 100-3 (S109).
- the terminal device recognizes that the target base station device is the second base station device, the terminal device extracts the system information included in the downlink control channel (S110).
- the notification of the system information in S107 can be omitted.
- the second base station device 100-3 requested by the first base station device 100-1 for connection (S105) can be omitted when the target base station device has been selected in the past.
- the terminal device 200 Upon receiving the connection destination instruction, target base station identification information, and system information notification (S108, S109, S110), the terminal device 200 switches the transmission destination and makes a random access channel with the base station device 100-3. Is used to perform a synchronization process (S112). The terminal device 200 then notifies the base station device 100-3 that the switching has been completed (notification that the connection has been established), and transmits a data channel (information data) (S113).
- FIG. 10 shows another aspect of the transmission frame format of the communication system in the first embodiment.
- the upper part of FIG. 10 shows a transmission frame format in the downlink of the first base station apparatus.
- the upper part of FIG. 10 shows a downlink transmission frame format in FDD.
- the upper part of FIG. 10 has the same format as the upper part of FIG. 2, and the first base station apparatus performs resource mapping of various channels and signals in the same manner as described for the upper part of FIG.
- the lower part of FIG. 10 shows the transmission frame format of the second base station apparatus.
- the lower transmission frame format in FIG. 10 includes a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel, a downlink user-specific reference signal, and a broadcast channel.
- the second base station apparatus maps various channels and signals to resource elements based on the transmission frame format.
- the second base station apparatus transmits the cell-specific downlink reference signal, the first synchronization signal, and the second synchronization signal. Mapping can be omitted. For this reason, a plurality of second base station apparatuses arranged so as to overlap the cells of the first base station apparatus can allocate many radio resources for data transmission.
- the terminal apparatus can be controlled to connect to the second base station apparatus only after the terminal apparatus is initially connected to the first base station apparatus.
- the second base station apparatus omits the synchronization signal (first synchronization signal, second synchronization signal). be able to. For this reason, the utilization efficiency of a radio
- FIG. 11 shows another aspect of the transmission frame format of the communication system in the first embodiment.
- the upper part of FIG. 11 is a transmission frame format in the downlink of the first base station apparatus.
- the upper part of FIG. 11 shows a downlink transmission frame format in FDD.
- the upper part of FIG. 11 has the same format as that of the upper part of FIG. 2, and the first base station apparatus performs resource mapping of various channels and signals in the same manner as described for the upper part of FIG.
- the lower part of FIG. 11 is a transmission frame format of the second base station apparatus.
- the transmission frame format in the lower part of FIG. 11 includes a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel, a downlink user-specific reference signal, a first synchronization signal, and a second synchronization signal.
- the second base station apparatus maps various channels and signals to resource elements based on the transmission frame format.
- the terminal device can follow the synchronization using the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal in the downlink of the second base station device.
- the mapping of the broadcast channel and the cell-specific downlink reference signal can be omitted in the second base station apparatus. For this reason, many radio
- FIG. 12 shows another aspect of the transmission frame format of the communication system in the first embodiment.
- the upper part of FIG. 12 shows a transmission frame format in the downlink of the first base station apparatus.
- the upper part of FIG. 12 shows a downlink transmission frame format in FDD.
- the upper part of FIG. 12 has the same format as the upper part of FIG. 2, and the first base station apparatus performs resource mapping of various channels and signals in the same manner as described for the upper part of FIG.
- the lower part of FIG. 12 shows the transmission frame format of the second base station apparatus.
- the transmission frame format in the lower part of FIG. 12 includes a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel, a downlink user-specific reference signal, and a second synchronization signal.
- the second base station apparatus maps various channels and signals to resource elements based on the transmission frame format. Note that the transmission frame format in the lower part of FIG. 12 includes only the second synchronization signal, but may include either the first synchronization signal or the second synchronization signal.
- the control channel generation unit 103 When the first base station device and the second base station device transmit signals to the terminal device based on the transmission frame format of FIG. 12, the control channel generation unit 103 generates the first base station device. Broadcast information of at least the second base station apparatus is included in the downlink control channel. Moreover, in the transmission format of FIG. 12, the terminal device can follow the synchronization using the second synchronization signal in the downlink of the second base station device.
- the terminal device can assign the first base station device and the second base station by assigning different synchronization channels to the first base station device and the second base station device. Can be distinguished from the device. In this case, the terminal device performs cell research on the base station device to be connected by the resource allocation of the synchronization channel in the first base station device.
- the second base station apparatus maps the broadcast channel, the cell-specific downlink reference signal, and any of the synchronization signals. Can be omitted. For this reason, many radio
- the terminal device recognizes whether or not the target base station device is a second base station device from information related to transmission power, and the terminal device uses the first base station device. To obtain the control information of the second base station apparatus. For this reason, in the system, the second base station apparatus (low power base station apparatus) can reduce the control information transmitted to the terminal apparatus. For this reason, efficient control of connection and switching between the base station device and the terminal device can be realized. Moreover, the utilization efficiency of the radio
- the terminal device connected to the second base station device is different. Another mode of connecting / switching to the second base station apparatus will be described.
- FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram in which the terminal device in the communication system according to the second embodiment connects to the second base station device.
- terminal apparatus 200 is wirelessly connected to base station apparatus 100-3 belonging to the second base station apparatus.
- the base station device 100-3 becomes the source base station device.
- the base station device 100-3 When switching the connection destination of the terminal device 200, the base station device 100-3 makes a connection switching request to the base station device 100-1 (master base station device) which is the first base station device (S201). For example, the base station apparatus 100-3 continuously receives NACK signals for requesting retransmission in the downlink from the terminal apparatus 200. Further, the base station apparatus 100-3 makes a connection switching request when the uplink data channel error from the terminal apparatus 200 increases. Further, the terminal device 200 can request connection to the source base station device. Also, the base station apparatus 100-3 can notify the terminal apparatus 200 that the connection switching request has been made (S202).
- the base station apparatus 100-3 can notify the terminal apparatus 200 that the connection switching request has been made (S202).
- the terminal apparatus 200 When the terminal apparatus 200 receives a neighboring base station measurement control notification from the base station apparatus 100-1 that has received the connection switching request (S201) (S203), the base station apparatus (target base station apparatus candidate) designated by the notification The channel state between the mobile station and the own station is measured (S204).
- the terminal device 200 measures channel states between the own station and the base station device 100-2, between the own station and the base station device 100-4, and between the own station and the base station device 100-5.
- the base station apparatus 100-1 may be included in the target base station apparatus candidates.
- a reference signal transmitted from each base station apparatus can be used.
- CSI-RS in LTE can be used.
- the terminal apparatus 200 notifies the base station apparatus 100-1 of the channel state measurement result (peripheral base station measurement result) (S205).
- the base station apparatus 100-1 can determine the connection destination based on the measurement results of the neighboring base stations, the resource allocation status of the terminal apparatus, and the like (S206).
- the source base station apparatus desirably selects a base station apparatus with good channel quality as the target base station apparatus. In FIG. 13, it is assumed that base station apparatus 100-1 selects second base station apparatus 100-2 as the target base station apparatus.
- the base station apparatus 100-1 notifies a connection request (for example, a handover request) to the base station apparatus 100-2 through the backhaul line 10 (S207).
- the base station apparatus 100-2 determines whether or not connection is possible (S208). If connection is possible, preparation for connection such as scheduling is performed (S209).
- the base station 100-3 notifies the base station apparatus 100-1 of permission notification (handover request ACK / NACK) and system information (S209).
- the system information includes information related to transmission power of the base station apparatus 100-2 that is a low-power base station.
- the system information includes the system bandwidth of the base station apparatus 100-2, the system frame number, the number of transmission antennas, and the like.
- the first base station apparatus when the first base station apparatus already holds the system information, the first base station apparatus can omit the notification of the system information in S209.
- the first base station device 100-1 has previously selected the second base station device 100-2 that the first base station device 100-1 requests for connection (S207) as the target base station device. Can be omitted if there is.
- the base station device 100-1 Upon receiving the permission notification (S209), the base station device 100-1 notifies the base station device 100-3 of the permission (S210). Further, the base station device 100-1 instructs the terminal device 200 to connect to the base station device 100-2 (S211). Furthermore, the base station apparatus 100-1 notifies the target base station identification information to the terminal apparatus 200 (S211). The terminal device 200 recognizes whether the target base station device is the first base station device or the second base station device based on the target base station identification information. The base station device 100-1 notifies the terminal device 200 of the system information of the base station device 100-2 (S212). The base station apparatus 100-1 may notify the system information only when the target base station apparatus is the second base station apparatus.
- the terminal device 200 recognizes that the target base station device is the second base station device (base station device 100-2)
- the terminal device 200 recognizes that the target base station device is the target base station device.
- the system information included in the control channel is extracted (S213).
- the base station device 100-3 notifies the base station device 100-2 of the terminal information of the terminal device 200, the unreached packet, etc. (S214).
- the terminal device 200 Upon receiving the connection destination instruction, target base station identification information, and system information notification (S211, S212, S213), the terminal device 200 performs transmission destination switching and uses a random access channel for the base station device 100-2. Synchronization processing is performed (S215). Then, the terminal device 200 notifies the base station device 100-3 that the switching has been completed (notification that the connection has been established), and transmits a data channel (information data) (S216).
- the first base station apparatus in the second embodiment can have the same configuration as in FIG.
- the upper layer 101 of the first base station apparatus in the second embodiment can have a function of transferring a permission notice (S210) to the second base station apparatus through the backhaul line 10.
- the second base station apparatus in the second embodiment can have the same configuration as in FIG.
- the upper layer 151 of the second base station device in the second embodiment may notify terminal information, unreachable packet information, etc. to another second base station device through the backhaul line 10 (S214). it can.
- the upper layer 151 of the second base station apparatus in the second embodiment can include information (S202) for notifying that the connection has been switched to the downlink data channel or the downlink control channel.
- the upper layer 151 of the second base station apparatus in the second embodiment performs frequency base station measurement transmitted by the first base station apparatus (master base station apparatus) in the notification that the connection has been switched (S202).
- the transmission timing information of control (S203) can be included in the downlink data channel or the downlink control channel.
- the terminal device in the second embodiment can have the same configuration as in FIG.
- the upper layer 210 of the terminal apparatus in the second embodiment may extract information notifying that the connection has been switched and transmission timing information of frequency base station measurement control included in the downlink data channel or the downlink control channel. it can.
- the first base station apparatus uses the downlink data channel based on the transmission frame formats in the upper part of FIG. 4, the upper part of FIG. 5, the upper part of FIG. 10, the upper part of FIG. It is possible to perform resource mapping for the downlink control channel, broadcast channel, downlink synchronization signal, and downlink reference signal.
- the second base station apparatus in the second embodiment is based on the transmission frame formats in the lower part of FIG. 4, the lower part of FIG. 5, the lower part of FIG. 10, the lower part of FIG. It is possible to perform resource mapping for the downlink control channel, the downlink synchronization signal, and the downlink reference signal.
- broadcast information can be reduced when a terminal device connected to the second base station device changes connection to another second base station device.
- efficient control of connection and switching between the base station device and the terminal device can be realized.
- wireless resource in a 2nd base station apparatus can be improved.
- the terminal device can connect the plurality of second base station devices with low delay.
- the second base station apparatus that has become the target base station apparatus of FIG. 13 sends a permission notification (S209, S210) through the backhaul line 10 to the second base station that becomes the source base station apparatus. It can be transferred directly to the station device. According to this, the terminal device can connect and switch between the second base station devices with even lower delay.
- the third embodiment at least one second base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus having transmission power lower than that of the first base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus.
- the communication system including the terminal device connected to the terminal device another mode in which the first base station device notifies the terminal device whether the next connection destination is the first base station device or the second base station device will be described. .
- differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.
- the GI length (CP length) is used as the target base station identification information notified from the first base station device to the terminal device.
- the transmission frame format of the third embodiment is different from the transmission frame format of the first embodiment in that the information on the GI length of the target base station apparatus is included in the link control channel.
- the present embodiment can be realized by substituting information related to the transmission power of the target base station apparatus, which is target base station identification information in the first embodiment, with information related to the GI length of the target base station apparatus.
- the upper layer 101 of the first base station apparatus (base station apparatus 100-1) in the third embodiment performs system information (S107 in FIG. 9, S209 in FIG. 13) of the target base station apparatus acquired through the backhaul line 10. ) Is different from the upper layer 101 of the first embodiment in that GI length information of the target base station is included.
- the upper layer 101 according to the third embodiment can determine whether the target base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus based on the GI length information.
- the first base station apparatus in the third embodiment notifies the terminal apparatus of information regarding the GI length of the target base station apparatus as target base station identification information (S108 in FIG. 9 and S211 in FIG. 13). This is different from the first base station apparatus in the first embodiment.
- the first base station apparatus according to the third embodiment is configured such that the target base reported from the upper layer 101 to the downlink data channel generated by the data channel generation unit 102 or the downlink control channel generated by the control channel generation unit 103. Information about the GI length of the station device can be included.
- the first base station apparatus transmits information on the GI length of the target base station apparatus to the downlink data channel or the downlink control only when the target base station apparatus is the second base station apparatus. Include in channel.
- the first base station apparatus according to the third embodiment transmits information on the GI length of the target base station apparatus to the downlink data channel or the downlink only when the target base station apparatus has a GI length different from that of the base station apparatus. It may be included in the link control channel.
- the first base station apparatus according to the third embodiment transmits information on the GI length of the target base station apparatus only when the GI length of the target base station apparatus is shorter than the GI length of the base station apparatus. It may be included in the downlink control channel.
- the terminal device recognizes whether the target base station device is the first base station device or the second base station device based on the target base station identification information. Specifically, the upper layer 210 of the terminal device extracts information on the GI length of the target base station device included in the downlink data channel or the downlink control channel transmitted by the first base station device. The upper layer 210 determines whether the target base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus based on the information on the GI length. For example, the base station device 100-1 transmits information on the GI length of the target base station device when the target base station is the second base station device.
- the terminal apparatus can recognize the target base station apparatus as the second base station apparatus when it can acquire information on the GI length of the target base station apparatus from a predetermined resource element. Further, it is assumed that the GI length of the OFDM symbol transmitted from the first base station apparatus is set to A and the GI length of the OFDM symbol transmitted from the second base station apparatus is set to B (B ⁇ A). In this case, when the terminal apparatus acquires B as information regarding the GI length of the target base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus recognizes that the target base station apparatus is the second base station apparatus.
- the terminal device When the terminal device recognizes that the target base station device is the second base station device, the downlink data channel or downlink control notified by the base station device 100-1 in S109 of FIG. 9 (or S212 of FIG. 13).
- the system information included in the channel is extracted (S110 in FIG. 9 and S213 in FIG. 13).
- the terminal device recognizes whether or not the base station device to be connected is a second base station device based on information on the GI length.
- Control information of the second base station device can be acquired from the base station device. For this reason, in the said system, the control information which a 2nd base station apparatus (low power base station apparatus) transmits to a terminal device can be reduced. For this reason, efficient control of connection and switching between the base station device and the terminal device can be realized. Moreover, the utilization efficiency of the radio
- the used frequency band is used as the target base station identification information notified from the first base station apparatus to the terminal apparatus.
- the transmission frame format of the fourth embodiment is different from the transmission frame format of the first embodiment in that the link control channel includes information on the frequency band used by the target base station apparatus.
- the present embodiment can be realized by substituting the information regarding the transmission power of the target base station apparatus, which is the target base station identification information in the first embodiment, with the information regarding the used frequency band of the target base station apparatus.
- the upper layer 101 of the first base station apparatus (base station apparatus 100-1) in the fourth embodiment performs system information (S107 in FIG. 9 and S209 in FIG. 13) of the target base station apparatus acquired through the backhaul line 10. ) Is different from the upper layer 101 of the first embodiment in that it includes information on the frequency band used by the target base station.
- the upper layer 101 according to the fourth embodiment can determine whether the target base station device is the first base station device or the second base station device based on the information on the used frequency band.
- the 1st base station apparatus in 4th Embodiment notifies the information regarding the use frequency band of a target base station apparatus to a terminal device as target base station identification information (S108 of FIG. 9, S211 of FIG. 13). It differs from the 1st base station apparatus in 1st Embodiment.
- the first base station apparatus in the fourth embodiment is a target base that is notified from the upper layer 101 to the downlink data channel generated by the data channel generation unit 102 or the downlink control channel generated by the control channel generation unit 103. Information on the frequency band used by the station apparatus can be included.
- the first base station apparatus displays information on the frequency band used by the target base station apparatus only when the target base station apparatus is the second base station apparatus. Include in control channel.
- the first base station apparatus in the fourth embodiment transmits information on the used frequency band of the target base station apparatus only when the target base station apparatus is different from the used base station apparatus in terms of the used frequency band. It may be included in the downlink control channel.
- the first base station apparatus in the fourth embodiment downlinks information on the used frequency band of the target base station apparatus only when the used frequency band of the target base station apparatus is higher than the used frequency band of the base station apparatus. It may be included in the data channel or the downlink control channel.
- the terminal device recognizes whether the target base station device is the first base station device or the second base station device based on the target base station identification information. Specifically, the upper layer 210 of the terminal device extracts information on the frequency band used by the target base station device included in the downlink data channel or the downlink control channel transmitted by the first base station device. The upper layer 210 determines whether the target base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus based on the information on the used frequency band. For example, when the target base station is the second base station device, the base station device 100-1 transmits information on the frequency band used by the target base station device.
- the terminal device 200 can recognize the target base station device as the second base station device when the information about the used frequency band of the target base station device can be acquired from the predetermined resource element. Further, when base station apparatus 100-1 transmits the use frequency band itself as information on the use frequency band of the target base station apparatus, whether the target base station apparatus is the first base station apparatus or the second base station according to the use frequency band. Can be determined.
- the terminal device When the terminal device recognizes that the target base station device is the second base station device, the downlink data channel or downlink control notified by the base station device 100-1 in S109 of FIG. 9 (or S212 of FIG. 13).
- the system information included in the channel is extracted (S110 in FIG. 9 and S213 in FIG. 13).
- the terminal device recognizes whether or not a base station device to be connected is a second base station device based on information on a used frequency band.
- the control information of the second base station apparatus can be acquired from the base station apparatus. For this reason, in the said system, the control information which a 2nd base station apparatus (low power base station apparatus) transmits to a terminal device can be reduced. For this reason, efficient control of connection and switching between the base station device and the terminal device can be realized. In addition, the utilization efficiency of radio resources can be improved. Further, the terminal device can connect to the plurality of base station devices with low delay.
- the fifth embodiment at least one second base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus or the second base station apparatus whose transmission power is lower than that of the first base station apparatus and the first base station apparatus.
- the first base station apparatus determines whether the next connection destination (handover destination) is the first base station apparatus or the second base with respect to the terminal apparatus connected to the base station apparatus. Notification as to whether or not a station apparatus is present is made based on the presence or absence of a position information measurement instruction.
- differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.
- the first base station device When the first base station device wants to connect a terminal device connected to the base station device to the second base station device, the first base station device is located in the downlink data channel or the downlink control channel as target base station identification information. Allocates information related to the information notification instruction.
- the first base station apparatus transmits information on a position information notification instruction to the downlink data channel or downlink control channel in the upper part of FIG. 2, the upper part of FIG. 3, the upper part of FIG. 10, the upper part of FIG. Assign.
- the first base station apparatus of the fifth embodiment is different from the first base station apparatus of the first embodiment in that the upper layer 101 of FIG. 4 has a position information detection function.
- the upper layer 101 determines a base station apparatus (target base station apparatus) that is a connection destination of the terminal apparatus based on the position information.
- the upper layer 101 requests a determination as to whether or not the target base station apparatus can be connected through the backhaul line 10 (connection request).
- the first base station apparatus relates to a position information notification instruction for the downlink data channel generated by the data channel generation unit 102 of FIG. 4 or the downlink control channel generated by the control channel generation unit 103.
- the point that information is included is different from the first base station apparatus of the first embodiment.
- the second base station apparatus in the fifth embodiment has a configuration similar to that in FIG.
- the terminal apparatus in the fifth embodiment is different from the first base station apparatus in the first embodiment in that the upper layer 210 in FIG. 6 has a position information measurement function.
- Upper layer 210 measures the position information of terminal 200 based on the propagation path information input from propagation path estimation section 204, and outputs the position information to data channel generation section 224 or control channel generation section 225.
- the position information can be information representing the geographical position of the terminal device 200 or information representing a relative position.
- the position information is not limited to the propagation path information, and may be calculated by other methods.
- information representing a geographical position information measured using GPS (Global Positioning System) can be used.
- the information indicating the relative position includes, for example, a Positioning reference signal transmitted from the first base station apparatus 100-1 as in LTE (Long Term Evolution) and LTE-A (LTE-Advanced).
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution-Advanced
- Information measured using can be used.
- reception quality with each base station measured using a cell-specific reference signal may be used.
- FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram in which the terminal device in the communication system according to the fifth embodiment connects to the second base station device.
- FIG. 14 shows a case where the terminal device connected to the first base station device 100-1 switches the connection to the second base station device 100-3.
- the terminal device 200 establishes a connection with the first base station device when the power is turned on. (S301). Specifically, when power is turned on, terminal 200 performs a cell search for a connected base station apparatus. Here, terminal 200 searches for a base station apparatus to be connected from among the first base station apparatuses. Terminal apparatus 200 performs a cell search using a synchronization sequence (synchronization channel) generated based on the cell ID assigned to the first base station apparatus. Also, the terminal device 200 searches for a base station device connected from the first base station device by performing a cell search only on the frequency band of the first base station device.
- a synchronization sequence synchronization channel
- the terminal device 200 receives the broadcast channel of the selected first base station device and establishes a connection with the first base station device.
- the base station device 100-1 is selected by the cell search, and the connection is established.
- base station apparatus 100-1 switches the connection to the second base station apparatus.
- the first base station apparatus notifies the terminal apparatus of a location information notification instruction when switching the connected terminal apparatus to the second base station apparatus (S302).
- the terminal device Upon receiving the location information notification instruction (S302), the terminal device measures the location information (S303) and notifies the first base station device of the measurement result (S304). The terminal device recognizes that the target base station device is the second base station device (low power base station device, small cell base station device) by receiving the position information notification instruction.
- the target base station device is the second base station device (low power base station device, small cell base station device) by receiving the position information notification instruction.
- the first base station apparatus determines a connection destination based on the location information (S305).
- the first base station device calculates the distance between the location information of the terminal device 200 and each of the base station devices 100-2 to 100-5, and the first base station device with the shortest distance is set as the target base station device. It is preferable. For example, in FIG. 1, when the distance between the terminal device 200 and the second base station device 100-3 is the shortest, the connection destination is the cell ID of the second base station device 100-3.
- the first base station apparatus may measure the position information of the terminal apparatus and determine the target base station apparatus in consideration of the result. For example, the first base station apparatus measures position information using a reference signal and a control signal transmitted from the terminal apparatus. Thereby, the 1st base station apparatus can determine a target base station apparatus using the positional information notified from the terminal device, and the positional information which the own station measured.
- the first base station apparatus notifies a connection request (for example, a handover request) to the determined connection destination (second base station apparatus 100-3) through the backhaul line 10 (S306).
- the second base station apparatus determines whether or not connection is possible (S307). If the connection is possible, preparation for connection such as scheduling is performed (S307), and the second base station apparatus notifies the first base station apparatus of permission notification (handover request ACK / NACK) and system information (S308).
- the system information includes the number of transmission antennas, the system bandwidth, the system frame number, the frame timing of the base station apparatus, information on symbol timing, broadcast information, and the like.
- the first base station device When the first base station device receives the permission notification (S308), the first base station device notifies the terminal information of the terminal device and the unreached packet to the second base station device that is the target base station device ( S311).
- the first base station device 100-1 When the first base station device 100-1 receives the permission notification (S308), it instructs the terminal device 200 to connect to the second base station device 100-3 (S309). Further, since the target base station apparatus is the second base station apparatus 100-3, the first base station apparatus 100-1 notifies the terminal apparatus 200 of the system information of the second base station apparatus 100-3. (S310). The terminal device recognizes the target base station device as the second base station device by the location information notification instruction received in S302, and therefore the system information included in the downlink data channel or the downlink control channel Is extracted (S312).
- the notification of the system information in S310 can be omitted. For example, it can be omitted when the second base station device 100-3 that is instructed to connect (S309) by the first base station device 100-1 has been selected as the target base station device in the past.
- the terminal device 200 Upon receiving the connection destination instruction and system information notification (S309, S310), the terminal device 200 performs transmission destination switching, and performs synchronization processing with the target base station device using a random access channel (S313). . The terminal device then notifies the target base station device that the switching has been completed (notification that the connection has been established), and transmits a data channel (information data) (S314).
- the terminal device recognizes whether or not a base station device to be connected is a second base station device based on position information, and the terminal device is a first base station Control information of the second base station device can be acquired from the device. For this reason, in the said system, the control information which a 2nd base station apparatus (low power base station apparatus) transmits to a terminal device can be reduced. For this reason, efficient control of connection and switching between the base station device and the terminal device can be realized. Moreover, the utilization efficiency of the radio
- the program that operates in the terminal device or base station device related to the present invention is a program that controls the CPU or 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 when distributing to the market, can be stored and distributed on 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.
- Each functional block of the receiving apparatus may be individually formed as a chip, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a chip. When each functional block is integrated, an integrated circuit controller for controlling them is added.
- 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 terminal device of the present invention is not limited to application to a mobile station device, but is a stationary or non-movable electronic device installed indoors or outdoors, such as an AV device, a kitchen device, a cleaning / cleaning device, etc. Needless to say, it can be applied to laundry equipment, air conditioning equipment, office equipment, vending machines, and other daily life equipment.
- the present invention is suitable for use in communication systems, communication methods, base station apparatuses, and terminal apparatuses.
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本願は、2012年11月2日に、日本に出願された特願2012-242336号に基づき優先権を主張し、その内容をここに援用する。
本発明に係る実施形態における通信システムは、複数の基地局装置と複数の端末装置を備える。図1は、本発明の実施形態における異なるセル半径の複数の基地局装置を配置した下りリンクにおける通信システムの一例を示す概略図である。
第1の基地局装置は、上位レイヤ101、データチャネル生成部102、制御チャネル生成部103、制御信号生成部104、参照信号生成部105、リソースマッピング部106、送信信号生成部107、送信部108、送信アンテナ部109-1乃至送信アンテナ部109-NT、受信アンテナ部121-1乃至受信アンテナ部121-NR、受信部122、制御信号検出部123を備えて構成される。NTは送信アンテナ数、NRは受信アンテナ数である。また、上位レイヤ101は、第2の基地局装置とバックホール回線10で接続されている。なお、上記第1の基地局装置の一部或いは全部をチップ化して集積回路となる場合、各機能ブロックに対して制御を行なうチップ制御回路(図示せず)を有する。
第2の実施形態では、第1の基地局装置のセルと重複するように第2の基地局装置が配置された通信システムにおいて、第2の基地局装置に接続している端末装置が別の第2の基地局装置に接続・切替を行う別の態様を説明する。
第3の実施形態では、第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムにおいて、第1の基地局装置が、次の接続先が第1の基地局装置か第2の基地局装置かを端末装置に通知する別の態様を説明する。以下、第1の実施形態と異なる点を主に説明する。
第4の実施形態では、第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムにおいて、第1の基地局装置が、次の接続先が第1の基地局装置か第2の基地局装置かを端末装置に通知する別の態様を説明する。以下、第1の実施形態と異なる点を主に説明する。
第5の実施形態では、第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムにおいて、第1の基地局装置が、次の接続先が第1の基地局装置か第2の基地局装置かを端末装置に通知する別の態様を説明する。第5の実施形態では、第1の基地局装置が、当該基地局装置に接続している端末装置に対して、次の接続先(ハンドオーバ先)が第1の基地局装置か第2の基地局装置かの通知を、位置情報測定指示の有無により行う。以下、第1の実施形態と異なる点を主に説明する。
100-1 第1の基地局装置
100-2、100-3、100-4、100-5 第2の基地局装置
101 上位レイヤ
102 データチャネル生成部
103 制御チャネル生成部
104 制御信号生成部
105 参照信号生成部
106 リソースマッピング部
107 送信信号生成部
108 送信部
109―NT 送信アンテナ部
121-NR 受信アンテナ部
122 受信部
123 制御信号検出部
151 上位レイヤ
152 データチャネル生成部
153 制御チャネル生成部
154 制御信号生成部
155 参照信号生成部
156 リソースマッピング部
157 送信信号生成部
158 送信部
159-NT 送信アンテナ部
171-NR 受信アンテナ部
172 受信部
173 制御信号検出部
200 端末装置
201―NR 受信アンテナ部
202 受信部
203 受信信号処理部
204 伝搬路推定部
205 制御チャネル処理部
206 データチャネル処理部
210 上位レイヤ
221-NT 送信アンテナ部
222 送信部
223 送信信号生成部
224 データチャネル生成部
225 制御チャネル生成部
226 参照信号生成部
301-y 第1の有効シンボル
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- 第1の基地局装置と少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの第1の基地局装置であって、
端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを送信する送信部を備える基地局装置。 - 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置の送信電力に関する情報である請求項1に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置のガードインターバル長に関する情報である請求項1に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置の位置情報である請求項1に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記送信部は、次の接続先が第2の基地局装置である場合にターゲット基地局認識情報を送信する請求項1に記載の基地局装置。
- 第1の基地局装置と少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの端末装置であって、
端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを第1の基地局装置から受信する受信部と、
次の接続先が第2の基地局装置である場合、前記第2の基地局装置の送信フレームフォーマットに基づいて信号を送信する送信部を備える端末装置。 - 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置の送信電力に関する情報であり、前記送信電力に関する情報に基づいて接続先が第1の基地局装置か、第2の基地局装置か否かを判断する上位レイヤを備える請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置のガードインターバル長に関する情報であり、前記基地局装置のガードインターバル長に関する情報に基づいて接続先が第1の基地局装置か、第2の基地局装置か否かを判断する上位レイヤを備える請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置の位置情報であり、前記基地局装置の位置情報に基づいて接続先が第1の基地局装置か、第2の基地局装置か否かを判断する上位レイヤを備える請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記送信部は、次の接続先が第2の基地局装置である場合、第2の基地局装置の送信シンボルフォーマットに基づいた長さのガードインターバルを付加する請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記受信部は、上位レイヤが次の接続先を第2の基地局装置と認識した場合、第1の基地局装置から受信する下りリンクにおけるチャネルから第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を取得する請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置の送信電力に関する情報である請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置のガードインターバル長に関する情報である請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置の使用周波数帯域に関する情報である請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 前記ターゲット基地局認識情報は、基地局装置の位置情報である請求項6に記載の端末装置。
- 第1の基地局装置と、
第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と、
前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置と、
を備える通信システムであって、
前記第1の基地局装置は、端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを送信する送信部を備え、
前記端末装置は、前記ターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと前記第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを受信する受信部と、
前記ターゲット基地局認識情報から次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを認識する上位レイヤを備える通信システム。 - 第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの第1の基地局装置の送信方法であって、
端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを送信する工程を含む送信方法。 - 第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの端末装置の受信方法であって、
端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを第1の基地局装置から受信する受信する工程と、
次の接続先が第2の基地局装置である場合、第2の基地局装置の送信フレームフォーマットに基づいて信号を送信する工程と、
を含む受信方法。 - 第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの通信方法であって、
前記第1の基地局装置は、端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを送信する工程を有し、
前記端末装置は、前記ターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと前記第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを受信する工程と、
次の接続先が第2の基地局装置である場合、第2の基地局装置の送信フレームフォーマットに基づいて信号を送信する工程と、
を含む受信方法。 - 第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの第1の基地局装置の集積回路であって、
端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを送信する機能を有する集積回路。 - 第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの端末装置の集積回路であって、
端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを第1の基地局装置から受信する受信する機能と、
次の接続先が第2の基地局装置である場合、第2の基地局装置の送信フレームフォーマットに基づいて信号を送信する機能と、
を有する集積回路。 - 第1の基地局装置と第1の基地局装置より送信電力が小さい少なくとも1つの第2の基地局装置と前記第1の基地局装置又は前記第2の基地局装置と接続する端末装置を備える通信システムの集積回路であって、
前記第1の基地局装置は、端末装置に対して次の接続先が第2の基地局装置か否かを通知するターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを送信する機能を有し、
前記端末装置は、前記ターゲット基地局認識情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルと前記第2の基地局装置のシステム情報を含む下りリンクにおけるチャネルを受信する機能と、
次の接続先が第2の基地局装置である場合、第2の基地局装置の送信フレームフォーマットに基づいて信号を送信する機能と、
を有する集積回路。
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