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- the present invention is based on the priority claim of Japanese Patent Application: Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-247975 (filed on Dec. 8, 2014), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Shall.
- the present invention relates to a radio resource control system, a radio base station, a relay device, a radio resource control method, and a program.
- the amount of wireless communication traffic is increasing rapidly with the spread of smartphones and tablet terminals. For this reason, LTE (Long Term Evolution) communication that realizes high speed and large capacity has been widely used, and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) corresponding to further higher speed has been introduced.
- LTE / LTE-A mobile network includes a mobile access network (eUTRAN (EvolvedvolveTerrestrial Radio Access Network)) and a mobile core network (EPC (Evolved Packet Core)).
- eUTRAN EvolvedvolveTerrestrial Radio Access Network
- EPC Evolved Packet Core
- EUTRAN is composed of a radio base station (eNB (evolved Node B)) and a radio terminal (UE (User Equipment)).
- eNB evolved Node B
- UE User Equipment
- EPC is composed of P-GW (PDN (Packet Data Network) Gateway) for connecting to an external network such as the Internet and S-GW (Serving Gateway) that handles U-plane (User plane) of user data.
- P-GW Packet Data Network
- S-GW Serving Gateway
- LTE / LTE-A a packet switching method capable of flexibly allocating a band is used from the viewpoint of improving frequency utilization efficiency.
- voice communication is also packetized as VoIP (Voice over IP (Internet Protocol)).
- a packet transmitted from a content transmission apparatus that provides various communication services to a wireless terminal generally reaches the mobile core network via the Internet network, and is transmitted to the wireless terminal via the mobile access network.
- content transmission devices include, for example, WWW (World Wide Web) server, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server, mail server, file server, database server, application server, streaming server, DNS (Domain Name System) server, etc. At least one is included.
- a content transmission apparatus for a certain wireless terminal may include a wireless terminal different from the wireless terminal.
- QoS Quality of Service
- QCI QoS Class Identifier
- GLR Guard Bit Rate
- Non-GBR non-bandwidth guarantee
- priority Priority
- PDB Packet Delay Budget
- PCRF Policy and Charging Rules Function: Determines QCI value for bearer, packet transmission and discard policy, and charging control).
- QoS control is performed according to the QCI value.
- a bearer is set for each wireless terminal and for each QCI.
- EPS Evolved Packet System
- bearers set in the LTE mobile network include a radio access bearer (e-RAB (E-UTRAN Radio Access Bearer)) and an S5 / S8 bearer.
- the radio access bearer (e-RAB) is between the radio bearer set between the radio terminal (UE) and the radio base station (eNodeB), and between the radio base station (eNodeB) and the S-GW. It consists of S1 bearers to be set.
- the S5 / S8 bearer is set between the P-GW and the S-GW, and has, for example, a GTP (General Packet Packet Radio Service) Tunnel Tunnel Protocol.
- GTP General Packet Packet Radio Service
- the scheduler of the radio base station controls allocation of radio resources to each radio terminal or each bearer in consideration of the QCI for each bearer (Non-patent Document 1). Specifically, the scheduler of the radio base station determines when and how much radio resources are allocated to which radio terminal or which bearer.
- radio resources include frequency resources, time resources, physical resource blocks (Physical ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Resource Block), transmission power, component carriers (Component ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Carrier), and the like.
- Figure 1 shows a table that defines QCI in LTE (see "Table 6.1.7: Standardized QCI characteristics" in Non-Patent Document 1).
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- the wireless base station considers the QCI.
- the packet can be transmitted from the first wireless terminal waiting for the high priority packet.
- the radio base station identifies the traffic type of a packet that has arrived from the mobile core network, and sets an allowable delay amount and a target transmission rate according to the identified traffic type. Then, the radio base station controls the allocation of radio resources to each packet so as to satisfy the permissible delay amount and the target transmission rate. For example, when the transmission rate of a specific communication measured at a radio base station is less than the target transmission rate specified by the traffic type of the communication, the priority of radio resource allocation for the communication is increased. .
- Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration that enables dynamic change of the radio resource allocation amount to each of a plurality of mobile communication systems having different communication methods. According to Patent Document 2, it is described that there is no need to drastically modify the application in the existing system base station control apparatus and the new system radio base station apparatus on the network side.
- Patent Document 3 discloses a configuration in which a wireless base station is provided with a communication type information acquisition unit. The communication type information acquisition unit recognizes the type of communication with each wireless terminal, acquires the communication type information, and supplies the communication type information to the control unit of the radio base station.
- the communication type information is classified into, for example, a communication type (T1) that requires real-time performance such as voice communication and streaming and a communication type (T2) of other data communication such as browsing.
- the control unit of the radio base station acquires the propagation loss measured by the propagation loss measurement unit of the radio base station, the difference information acquired by the difference information acquisition unit of the radio base station, and the moving speed of the radio base station at every predetermined timing. Based on the communication type information acquired by the communication type information acquisition unit of the radio base station, and the radio resource block allocation to a plurality of radio terminals is controlled (scheduled) To the corresponding wireless terminal via the unit.
- the server obtains information related to user experience quality (QoE (Quality acuteExperience)) from a wireless terminal (LYNC Client), and uses the obtained information related to QoE,
- QoE Quality ofExperience
- a network controller controls an access point (Access Point: AP) of Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity: a registered trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance).
- service quality such as packet delay and packet loss rate
- QoE user experience quality
- Non-Patent Document 2 As a method for controlling the allocation of radio resources based on end-to-end communication quality, there is a method for acquiring end-to-end communication quality from a radio terminal or content transmission device (for example, Non-Patent Document 2).
- Non-Patent Document 2 when information is acquired from a wireless terminal, there is a concern about an increase in signaling load in the wireless section and an increase in battery consumption of the wireless terminal.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its main purpose is a system, method, and apparatus for realizing radio resource control for a radio terminal capable of satisfying required communication quality end-to-end. And providing a program.
- a content transmission device a wireless terminal, a radio base station that receives data transmitted from the content transmission device and wirelessly transmits the data to the wireless terminal, and the content transmission device
- a relay device installed on a communication path with the radio base station, and the relay device evaluates communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the radio terminal.
- a control information generation unit that generates control information for controlling allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal based on the communication quality, the radio base station based on the control information
- a radio resource control system including a radio resource control unit that controls assignment of radio resources to the radio terminal is provided.
- a content transmission device that transmits content to a wireless terminal via a wireless base station and a relay device that is installed on a communication path between the wireless base station,
- a communication quality evaluation unit that evaluates communication quality related to communication between the content transmission apparatus and the wireless terminal, and for controlling assignment of wireless resources to the wireless terminal in the wireless base station based on the communication quality
- a relay device including a control information generation unit that generates the control information and a communication unit that notifies the radio base station of the control information.
- a wireless base station that wirelessly transmits data transmitted from a content transmission device to a wireless terminal, on a communication path between the content transmission device and the wireless base station. From the installed relay device, receives control information based on an evaluation result of communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal, and allocates wireless resources to the wireless terminal based on the control information.
- a radio base station provided with a radio resource control unit to be controlled is provided.
- a relay device installed on a communication path between a content transmission device that transmits content to a wireless terminal via a wireless base station and the wireless base station, Evaluating communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal, Based on the communication quality, generate control information for controlling the allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal and notify the radio base station,
- the radio base station is provided with a radio resource control method for controlling allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal based on the control information.
- a computer constituting a relay device installed on a communication path between a content transmission device that transmits content to a wireless terminal via a wireless base station and the wireless base station.
- a communication quality evaluation process for evaluating communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal;
- Control information generation processing for generating control information for controlling allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal in the radio base station based on the communication quality;
- a program for executing is provided.
- a computer constituting a radio base station is provided with:
- the wireless terminal receives control information based on an evaluation result of communication quality related to communication between a content transmitting apparatus that transmits content to a wireless terminal via the wireless base station and the wireless terminal, and based on the control information, the wireless terminal
- a computer-readable recording medium (a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium: a semiconductor memory, a magnetic / optical storage medium, etc.) storing the program according to each of the above aspects.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the radio resource control system 1 common to the respective embodiments of the present invention.
- the radio resource control system 1 includes a content transmission device 10, a radio base station 20, a radio terminal 30, and a relay device 40.
- the content transmission device 10 is a device that provides various communication services to the wireless terminal 30.
- the content transmission apparatus 10 may be, for example, a WWW (World Wide Web) server, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server, mail server, file server, database server, application server, streaming server, DNS (Domain Name System) server, or the like. Good.
- the wireless terminal 30 performs content transmission or the like to another wireless terminal (not shown), the wireless terminal 30 itself can be a content transmitting apparatus for other wireless communication.
- the radio base station 20 forms a radio cell (not shown) that is a range (area) in which radio communication can be performed with itself.
- the radio base station 20 performs bidirectional radio communication with the radio terminal 30 connected to the radio cell managed by the radio base station 20. For example, about 1 to 6 radio cells are managed by one radio base station 20.
- the radio base station 20 relays traffic between the mobile core network and the mobile access network.
- the radio base station 20 includes a macro radio base station that covers a wide area, a micro radio base station and a pico radio base station that cover a relatively narrow area, a femto radio base station that is a small indoor radio base station, and It may be any one of relay base stations that relay radio signals.
- the wireless terminal 30 is a terminal having a function of wirelessly connecting to a mobile network.
- the wireless terminal 30 may be any one of a feature phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), various sensing devices, a machine communication (Machine Type Communication: MTC) device, and the like. Also, the number of wireless systems that can be used by the wireless terminal 30 is not necessarily one, and a plurality of wireless systems may be supported.
- the wireless terminal 30 is LTE, LTE-Advanced, UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), GSM (Global System Mobile for Mobile communications, GSM is a registered trademark of GSM MOU Association), Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity: WiFi is Wi-Fi Fi Alliance trademark), Wireless LAN (Local Area Network), WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) 2000 (CDMA2000 is a registered trademark of TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association)), HSPA (High Speed) A plurality of wireless systems (RAT (Radio Access Technology)) such as Packet Access may be supported.
- RAT Radio Access Technology
- the relay device 40 is installed on a communication path between the content transmission device 10 and the radio base station 20.
- the relay device 40 has a function of relaying traffic between the content transmission device 10 and the radio base station 20.
- the relay device 40 may be installed in either the mobile core network or an external network (for example, the Internet).
- the relay device 40 When the relay device 40 is installed in the mobile core network, it may be functionally arranged as a part of other devices in the mobile core network, or may be installed as an independent device (single unit). For example, when the relay device 40 is installed in an LTE mobile core network, the P-GW or S-GW may be used as the relay device 40 (that is, the function of the relay device 40 is implemented in the P-GW or S-GW). You may). As another example, when a traffic control device that controls traffic flow is installed in a mobile core network or the like, the traffic control device may be the relay device 40.
- relay device 40 and the radio base station 20 do not have to be directly connected, and the relay device 40 may be connected to the radio base station 20 via another relay device or a network (not shown). good.
- the relay device 40 and the content transmission device 10 do not need to be directly connected, and the relay device 40 is connected to the content transmission device 10 via another relay device (not shown) or a network. Also good.
- the relay device 40 evaluates communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30, generates control information for controlling allocation of wireless resources to the wireless terminal 30, and generates the generated control information. Notification is made to the radio base station 20.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration example of the radio base station 20 and the relay device 40 in the radio resource control system 1 described with reference to FIG.
- the content transmitting apparatus 10 and the wireless terminal 30 can use existing apparatuses as they are and are well known to those skilled in the art, and therefore, drawings showing the detailed configuration and related descriptions thereof are omitted.
- the radio resource control system 1 receives the data (packet) transmitted from the content transmission device 10, the radio terminal 30, and the content transmission device 10 and wirelessly transmits the data (packet) to the radio terminal 30.
- the base station 20 includes a relay device 40 installed on a communication path between the content transmission device 10 and the radio base station 20.
- the relay device 40 controls a communication quality evaluation unit 402 that evaluates communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30, and controls assignment of wireless resources to the wireless terminal 30 based on the communication quality.
- a control information generation unit 403 that generates control information for this purpose.
- the radio base station 20 includes a radio resource control unit 201 that controls assignment of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 based on control information transmitted from the relay device 40.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 sets the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 to the first communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30, and the content.
- the evaluation may be performed using at least one of the second communication quality between the transmission device 10 and the relay device 40.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 uses the both of the first communication quality and the second communication quality as the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30.
- the third communication quality between 10 and the wireless terminal 30 may be calculated and evaluated.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 evaluates the communication quality for a communication path including at least a part of the communication path between the radio base station 20 and the content transmission apparatus 10.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 evaluates the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30, and the control information generation unit 403 uses the wireless communication terminal based on the communication quality. Control information for controlling the allocation of radio resources to 30 is generated.
- the radio resource control unit 201 controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 based on the control information generated by the relay device 40.
- the radio resource here is, for example, at least one of a frequency resource, a time resource, a physical resource block (PhysicalPhysResource Block), transmission power, and a component carrier (Component Carrier) in a mobile access network section (wireless section). It is.
- the radio resource control unit 201 may control to which radio terminal 30 when and how much radio resource is allocated. For example, the radio resource control unit 201 may prioritize allocation of radio resources to a specific radio terminal 30 based on control information notified from the relay device 40. Alternatively, the radio resource control unit 201 may prioritize allocation of radio resources to a specific bearer when the radio terminal 30 has established a plurality of bearers.
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 stores a program (memory (not shown) or the like) executed by a controller or processor (CPU (Central Processing Unit)) (not shown) installed in the radio base station 20. Stored), at least a part of the functions and processes may be executed.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 and the control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 are stored in a program (not shown) or the like executed by a controller (not shown) or a processor (CPU) installed in the relay device 40. ), At least a part of the functions and processing may be executed. The same applies to each unit of the relay device 40 and each unit of the radio base station 20 in the following second to fourth embodiments.
- the content transmission apparatus is configured to control the allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 based on the evaluation result of the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission apparatus 10 and the radio terminal 30.
- the radio resource control for the radio terminal 30 can be realized so as to satisfy the required communication quality between the radio terminal 30 and the radio terminal 30 end-to-end.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the radio base station 20 and the relay device 40.
- the radio base station 20 includes a communication unit 200 and a radio resource control unit 201.
- the communication unit 200 provides a basic function as the radio base station 20.
- the communication unit 200 has a function of relaying traffic between the mobile core network and the mobile access network and transmitting / receiving a radio signal to / from the wireless terminal 30.
- the function with which the communication part 200 of the wireless base station 20 is provided is known to those skilled in the art, detailed description is abbreviate
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminals 30 using the control information notified from the relay device 40.
- the radio resource is, for example, a frequency resource in a mobile access network section (wireless section), Time resources, ⁇ Physical Resource Block, ⁇ Transmission power, ⁇ Component Carrier And / or the like.
- the radio resource control unit 201 may control to which radio terminal 30 when and how much radio resource is allocated. For example, the radio resource control unit 201 may prioritize allocation of radio resources to a specific radio terminal 30 based on control information notified from the relay device 40. Or the radio
- the relay device 40 includes a communication unit 400, a communication type identification unit 401, a communication quality evaluation unit 402, and a control information generation unit 403.
- the communication unit 400 has a function of relaying traffic between the content transmission device 10 and the radio base station 20.
- the relay device 40 and the content transmission device 10, and the relay device 40 and the radio base station 20 do not need to be directly connected, and may be configured to be connected via another relay device or a network.
- the relay device 40 is a P-GW or S-GW, which is a component of the LTE mobile core network, or a traffic control device
- the communication unit 400 of the relay device 40 has a function provided by these devices. .
- the communication type identification unit 401 of the relay device 40 monitors the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 and identifies the communication type. More specifically, the communication type identification unit 401 can identify a communication type by analyzing a packet using, for example, a DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) function.
- DPI Deep Packet Inspection
- DPI refers to a function of reading (inspecting) a payload (data portion) of a packet and obtaining information of a higher layer (for example, the TCP header of the upper layer of the IP layer is arranged in the payload portion of the IP packet) )
- identification of communication type includes acquisition of a communication type specified by a device other than the relay device 40 via a communication line.
- the communication type identification unit 401 may be arranged in the radio base station 20.
- the communication type here includes, for example, at least one of the following information.
- Application type for example, voice call, video call, voice streaming, video streaming, e-mail, SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), chat, WEB browsing, FTP, game, etc.
- Application name for example, session layer protocols (for example, HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), FTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), H.323, etc.) and transport layer protocols (for example, TCP, UDP (User Datagram Protocol), SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), IPSec (Security Architecture for Internet Protocol), etc.)
- IP Internet Protocol address, port number of the content transmission device 10 and / or the wireless terminal 30; -QCI granted in the mobile core network.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 evaluates the communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30.
- the communication quality evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402 may be the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30 (first communication quality).
- the communication quality evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402 may be the communication quality (second communication quality) between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40.
- “communication paths in the section excluding the mobile access network section (wireless section) between the wireless base station 20 and the wireless terminal 30 That is, the communication quality evaluated for the communication path including at least a part of the “communication path between the radio base station 20 and the content transmission apparatus 10” is communicated between the content transmission apparatus 10 and the radio terminal 30. It may be used as communication quality related to.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 uses the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30 and the communication quality between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40 to use the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal. Communication quality with 30 (end-to-end communication quality) may be calculated.
- a communication quality index for example, ⁇ Packet delay (one way delay or round trip time (RTT)), ⁇ Packet delay variation, ⁇ Packet loss rate (or number of packet loss), -Packet error rate (or number of packet errors), -Packet order inversion rate (or packet order inversion number), ⁇ Packet transfer rate, -Packet retransmission rate (or number of packet retransmissions), Etc. including at least one.
- a new communication quality index may be defined by arbitrarily combining these communication quality indices.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 can evaluate the communication quality using means such as DPI (Deep Packet Inspection).
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 sets an end-to-end terminated protocol (for example, TCP protocol) to the relay device 40 in order to evaluate the communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30. And may have a function of terminating.
- TCP protocol end-to-end terminated protocol
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 determines the source of the packet (content IP address (IP header) of the transmitting device 10), -Port number (for example, TCP header) of the transmission source (content transmission device 10), -IP address (IP header) of the destination (wireless terminal 30), -Port number (for example, TCP header) of the transmission destination (wireless terminal 30), The sequence number of the packet (eg TCP header), The arrival time of the packet to the relay device 40, Such information (referred to as “downlink transfer information”) is specified by DPI and recorded.
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- UDP User Datagram Protocol
- SPI Stateful packet inspection
- the TCP packet is included in the payload of the IP packet, and the TCP header following the IP header (standard 20 bytes) is 20 bytes + option (multiple of 4 bytes).
- the UDP header (source port, destination port number, UDP packet length, checksum) included in the payload of the IP packet is 8 bytes.
- a response packet for example, an acknowledgment ACK (Acknowledgement) packet or a negative acknowledgment NACK (Negative Acknowledgement) packet: a negative response (NACK) is used in TCP) for a packet transmitted to the wireless terminal 30.
- ACK acknowledgment ACK
- NACK Negative Acknowledgement
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 receives the IP address of the transmission source (wireless terminal 30) of the response packet, The port number of the transmission source (wireless terminal 30), -IP address of the transmission destination (content transmission device 10), -The port number of the transmission destination (content transmission device 10), The arrival time of the packet to the relay device 40, The sequence number of the next packet requested by the wireless terminal 30; Such information (referred to as “uplink transfer information”) is specified and recorded by DPI or the like.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 associates the downlink transfer information with the uplink transfer information, the packet arrival time from the wireless terminal 30 to the relay device 40, and the content transmission device 10 to the relay device 40.
- the round trip delay (RTT) of the packet between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30 can be evaluated.
- the one-way delay of the packet may be obtained by dividing the round trip delay (RTT) by 2, for example.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 uses the ratio of “the packet transfer rate from the relay device 40 to the radio terminal 30” and “the packet transfer rate from the radio terminal 30 to the relay device 40” to determine “the relay device 40 The one-way delay from the wireless terminal 30 to the wireless terminal 30 ”and the“ one-way delay from the wireless terminal 30 to the relay device 40 ”may be obtained.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 allocates the round trip delay to, for example, 1: 2.
- RTT round trip delay
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 allocates the round trip delay to, for example, 1: 2.
- “One-way delay from relay device 40 to wireless terminal 30” is 100 ms
- the “one-way delay from the wireless terminal 30 to the relay device 40” can be calculated as 200 ms.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 uses the downlink transfer information, The IP address of the transmission source (content transmission device 10), -Port number of the transmission source (content transmission device 10), -IP address of the destination (wireless terminal 30), -The port number of the destination (wireless terminal 30), For packets having the same number of packets, a packet from the relay device 40 to the wireless terminal 30 is analyzed by analyzing the number of transmissions of packets having the same TCP header sequence number (a predetermined amount is added each time a packet is received). The retransmission rate can be evaluated.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 uses the downlink transfer information, The IP address of the transmission source (content transmission device 10), -Port number of the transmission source (content transmission device 10), -IP address of the destination (wireless terminal 30), -The port number of the destination (wireless terminal 30), The packet transfer rate from the relay device 40 to the wireless terminal 30 can be evaluated by analyzing the number of packet transmissions per unit time for a plurality of packets that are the same.
- the TCP protocol it is possible to detect occurrence of packet loss and reversal of packet arrival order by using a sequence number of a TCP header (a predetermined amount is added every time a packet is received). Also, the occurrence of packet loss and packet arrival using the sequence number of the header of the RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) protocol (UDP (User Datagram Protocol) packet payload) is added every time a packet is received) Sequence reversals can also be detected.
- the packet loss rate indicates the frequency of occurrence of packet loss on the communication path.
- the packet order reversal rate indicates the frequency of occurrence of reversal of the packet arrival order.
- the relay device 40 when the relay device 40 has a function sufficient for specifying the communication type and evaluating the communication quality in advance, the relay device 40 has a DPI function to obtain information of higher layers. It does not have to be.
- the P-GW has a function of terminating an IP layer protocol and can read an IP header.
- the IP header has an 8-bit protocol number field for storing a number indicating the type of transport layer protocol corresponding to the upper layer. Therefore, for example, when the relay device 40 is a P-GW and “protocol” is adopted as information for determining the communication type, the P-GW specifies the communication type from the information in the protocol number field in the IP header. can do. Further, the relay device 40 configured as the P-GW evaluates the communication quality from the IP address (source IP address and destination IP address) in the IP header by the same method as described above. be able to.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 has shown an example in which the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30 is evaluated.
- the present embodiment is not limited to the above example. Of course.
- information when the relay device 40 relays the packet to the content transmission device 10 using a packet transmitted from the wireless terminal 30 to the content transmission device 10 is regarded as downlink transfer information, and The relay device 40 receives the response packet from the content transmitting device 10 and relays the information to the radio base station 20 as uplink transfer information. 40 can evaluate the communication quality between the content transmitting apparatus 10 and the relay apparatus 40.
- the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30 and the communication quality between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40 are set between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30.
- the method of evaluating by analyzing (utilizing) the packet flowing through has been described, the present invention is not limited to this.
- a dedicated packet may be transmitted from the relay device 40 to the wireless terminal 30 in order to evaluate the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30.
- a dedicated packet may be transmitted from the relay device 40 to the content transmission device 10.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 evaluates the communication quality (end-to-end communication quality) between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30, the above-described method is used. Communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30, and The communication quality between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40 may be evaluated and the communication quality evaluated in each section may be integrated.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 may calculate the sum of the packet delays evaluated in each section.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 may calculate the smaller value of the packet transfer rate evaluated in each section.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 is only one of the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30 and the communication quality between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40. A fixed value may be assumed for the other communication quality that is not evaluated.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 uses both the “evaluated communication quality” and the “assumed fixed value” to determine the communication quality (end-to-end communication) between the content transmission apparatus 10 and the wireless terminal 30. Quality).
- the fixed value here, statistics of communication quality of the communication path (communication path between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30, communication path between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40, etc.). Values (for example, average value, median value, maximum value, minimum value, etc.) can be mentioned.
- the control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 generates control information for controlling the allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 and notifies the radio base station 20 of the generated control information.
- the control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 is, for example, Communication quality evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402, Comparison result between the communication quality evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402 and the required quality, A target value of communication quality between the radio base station 20 and the radio terminal 30, ⁇ Radio resource allocation priority, ⁇ Identifiers for wireless terminals and bearers, Control information including at least one of them is generated, and the generated control information is notified to the radio base station 20.
- the relay device 40 can notify the wireless base station 20 of the control information by writing the control information in a part of the packet transmitted from the content transmission device 10 to the wireless terminal 30, for example.
- the control information generation unit 403 of the relay apparatus 40 uses an unused area in the IP header of a packet transmitted from the content transmission apparatus 10 to the wireless terminal 30 as an area for writing control information. it can. For example, included in an IP header (header such as IPv4) -Reserved Bits in a TOS (Type of Service) field ⁇ Reserved Bits in the DS (Differentiated Service) field, ⁇ Options field, A padding field or the like can be used.
- IP header header such as IPv4
- TOS Type of Service
- DS Differentiated Service
- the TOS (Type of Service) field is a 9th to 16th bit field (8 bits) of the IP header.
- the TOS field is composed of leading 3 bits (precedence) for designating transfer priority, 4 bits for designating conditions regarding delay, throughput, reliability, and cost, and 1 unused bit.
- the transfer priority is set with the first 6 bits (Differentiated Service Code Point: DSCP), and the remaining 2 bits are an unused area.
- the length of the Options field is unspecified, it is usually filled with a padding field so that the IP header length is 4 bytes.
- the relay device 40 generates a dedicated packet independent of the packet transmitted from the content transmitting device 10 to the wireless terminal 30 and uses the generated dedicated packet to the wireless base station 20. Control information may be notified.
- the notification of control information from the relay device 40 to the radio base station 20 is, for example, The timing at which the relay device 40 receives a packet from the content transmission device 10 or the wireless terminal 30, The timing for transmitting the packet arriving from the content transmitting apparatus 10 to the radio base station 20, -Regularly (eg every 10 milliseconds, every 100 milliseconds, every second, every 10 seconds, etc.) or ⁇ Arbitrary timing, Can be done. Further, the relay device 40 does not necessarily need to notify the control information at the notification timing. For example, when the radio base station 20 determines that it is necessary to control allocation of radio resources, the relay device 40 notifies the radio base station 20 of control information based on a request from the radio base station 20. May be.
- the communication type identification unit 401 of the relay device 40 identifies the type of communication (communication type) between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 (step S100).
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 evaluates the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 (step S101).
- the control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 generates control information for controlling the allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 using the communication quality evaluation result by the communication quality evaluation unit 402 and sends the control information to the radio base station 20. (Step S102).
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 controls the allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 using the notified control information (step S103). .
- the relay device 40 generates, as control information, whether or not the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 satisfies the required quality defined by the communication type of the communication. To do.
- the radio base station 20 controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 using the control information.
- step S100 of FIG. 5 the communication type identification unit 401 of the relay device 40 analyzes the packet relayed by the relay device 40 by means such as DPI, and identifies, for example, QCI as the communication type.
- QCI 6 (Video (Buffered Streaming)) is specified in the QCI table shown in FIG.
- QCI QCI
- the application type application name, protocol, IP address, port number, and the like may be specified as the communication type.
- step S101 of FIG. 5 the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 analyzes a packet relayed by the relay device 40 by means such as DPI, and evaluates the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30. To do.
- each QCI defines a packet delay (Packet Delay Budget) and packet loss rate (Packet Loss Rate in Fig. 1) as required qualities.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 evaluates the packet delay and the packet loss rate from the relay device 40 to the wireless terminal 30.
- evaluating the communication quality between the relay device 40 and the wireless terminal 30 as the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 is merely an example. As described above, the communication quality between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40 and the communication quality between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 (end-to-end communication quality) may be evaluated.
- control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 determines whether or not the communication quality evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402 satisfies the required quality, and generates control information.
- control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 for example, -Binary information indicating whether the evaluated communication quality satisfies the required quality, Information indicating the difference between the evaluated communication quality and the required quality, -Several stages of indicators showing the degree to which the evaluated communication quality did not meet the required quality, -Several stages of indicators showing how much room the required communication quality meets the required quality, Are generated as control information.
- -Packet delay is 500ms (millisecond)
- ⁇ Packet delay is 100ms
- the control information generation unit 403 sets the control information to, for example, “0 (satisfy required quality)”.
- the notification of control information from the relay apparatus 40 to the radio base station 20 may be a data amount of 1 bit.
- control information generating unit 403 of the relay apparatus 40 includes several stages of indicators indicating that the evaluated communication quality satisfies the required quality and the degree to which the evaluated communication quality does not satisfy the required quality. Can be generated as control information and notified to the radio base station 20.
- -The evaluated communication quality satisfies the required quality (0)
- -The evaluated communication quality slightly violates the required quality (1)
- -The evaluated communication quality violates the required quality moderately (2)
- -The evaluated communication quality violates the required quality seriously (3)
- four-stage indicators for example, “00”, “01”, “10”, “11” in binary display
- the notification of control information from the relay apparatus 40 to the radio base station 20 only needs to have a data amount of 2 bits.
- the relay device 40 can notify the control information to the radio base station 20 in a form included in a packet transmitted from the content transmission device 10 to the radio terminal 30. Specifically, the relay device 40 can notify the radio base station 20 of control information in a form that is included in a packet that belongs to the same flow (the same IP address and port number) as the evaluated packet. For example, as described above, the relay device 40 uses the “Reserved Bits” in the TOS field, the “Reserved Bits” in the DS field, the Options field, the Padding field, and the like to include the control information in the radio base station 20. Just notify.
- the relay device 40 may determine control information based on past statistical information related to the application determined by the communication type, and notify the radio base station 20 of the control information.
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 using the control information received from the relay device 40.
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 satisfies the required quality.
- radio resources for example, at least one of frequency resource, time resource, physical resource block (Physical (Resource Block), transmission power, component carrier (Component Carrier), etc.) Prioritize assignments.
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 performs radio resources (for example, frequency resource, time resource, physical resource block (Physical Resource block) for the radio terminal 30 or bearer for which the communication quality is determined to satisfy the required quality. Block), transmission power, at least one of component carrier (Component ⁇ ⁇ Carrier), etc.) may be reduced.
- radio resources for example, frequency resource, time resource, physical resource block (Physical Resource block) for the radio terminal 30 or bearer for which the communication quality is determined to satisfy the required quality. Block
- transmission power at least one of component carrier (Component ⁇ ⁇ Carrier), etc.) may be reduced.
- the allocated amount of radio resources is increased to satisfy the required quality.
- the radio resource can be saved by reducing the allocated amount of the radio resource.
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 ⁇ Communication quality meets required quality (0), ⁇ Communication quality slightly violates required quality (1), ⁇ Communication quality violates required quality moderately (2), ⁇ Communication quality severely violates required quality (3),
- the radio resource allocation priority M i for the communication can be calculated by, for example, the following equation (1) or the following equation (2): .
- M i indicates a radio resource allocation priority for the radio terminal i (i-th radio terminal 30) or the bearer i.
- X i is a general index value of M i , and is determined based on the characteristics of the radio section between the radio base station 20 and the radio terminal i (i-th radio terminal 30).
- X i is determined by, for example, a known maximum CIR (Carrier to Interference Ratio) method or a proportional fairness method based on the characteristics of the radio section. It is a priority.
- CIR Carrier to Interference Ratio
- the maximum CIR method is a scheduling method for allocating radio resources to the radio terminal 30 having the best communication quality between the radio base station 20 and the radio terminal 30.
- the proportional fairness method for example, the ratio between the instantaneous communication quality of each wireless terminal 30 and the average communication quality is calculated for each physical resource block, and the physical ratio is physically determined for the wireless terminal 30 having the maximum ratio. This is a method of allocating resource blocks.
- the information corresponding to Y k that is, the information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource is calculated by the radio base station 20 using the control information notified from the relay device 40 to the radio base station 20. It is good also as a structure. Alternatively, the information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource itself may be notified from the relay apparatus 40 to the radio base station 20 as control information.
- the communication type identification unit 401 of the relay device 40 is arranged in the radio base station 20, and the control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 uses the communication quality evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402 as control information.
- the wireless base station 20 may be notified.
- the communication type specifying unit 401 arranged in the radio base station 20 specifies the communication type, and the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 receives the “relay device 40” received as control information from the relay device 40. It is determined whether the “communication quality evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402” satisfies the required quality defined by the specified communication type.
- the same method as the above-described example is applied to the radio resource control method according to the determination result of whether or not the evaluated communication quality satisfies the required quality. can do.
- the relay device 40 notifies a target value of communication quality between the radio base station 20 and the radio terminal 30 from the relay device 40 to the radio base station 20 as control information.
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 holds a communication quality target value (target communication quality) to be achieved in the radio section between the radio base station 20 and the radio terminal 30.
- the target communication quality of such a wireless section is based on statistical communication quality characteristics of a section higher than the wireless base station 20 (for example, a communication path between the content transmitting apparatus 10 and the wireless base station 20). , Fixedly set.
- the target value of the packet delay (end-to-end packet delay) between the content transmitting apparatus 10 and the wireless terminal 30 is within 100 ms
- the target value of the packet delay between the radio base station 20 and the radio terminal 30 is set to 60 ms. Then, the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 controls the allocation of radio resources so as to achieve the target value.
- the radio base station 20 uses the control information notified from the relay device 40 as a result of the communication quality evaluation in the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 based on the communication quality target value in the radio section. Based on dynamic change.
- step S100 in FIG. 5 in the second embodiment Since the operation of step S100 in FIG. 5 in the second embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
- the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 analyzes the packet relayed by the relay device 40 by means such as DPI, and the communication quality between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40. To evaluate. For example, the communication quality evaluation unit 402 evaluates an average packet delay between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40.
- step S102 of FIG. 5 the control information generation unit 403 of the relay device 40 uses the average packet delay between the content transmission device 10 and the relay device 40 evaluated by the communication quality evaluation unit 402 as control information.
- the wireless base station 20 is notified.
- step S103 of FIG. 5 the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 updates the target communication quality held by itself using the control information notified from the relay device 40. Thereby, allocation of radio resources is controlled.
- the target value of the packet delay between the radio base station 20 and the radio terminal 30 set on the assumption that the packet delay between the content transmission apparatus 10 and the relay apparatus 40 is 10 ms is 60 ms.
- the target value of the communication quality in the radio section is calculated by the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20, but it is needless to say that the configuration is not limited to this configuration.
- the target value of the communication quality in the radio section may be calculated by the relay device 40, and the calculated result (target value of the communication quality in the radio section) may be notified to the radio base station 20 as control information. .
- the communication type identification unit 401 identifies the communication type, and the communication quality evaluation unit 402 of the relay device 40 determines whether the content transmission device 10 and the radio terminal 30 are connected. Communication quality related to communication between Then, the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal 30 based on communication quality related to communication between the content transmission apparatus 10 and the radio terminal 30. As a result, it is possible to control radio resource allocation in the radio base station 20 so that the required quality for each communication type is satisfied end-to-end between the content transmitting apparatus 10 and the radio terminal 30.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the radio base station 20 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 20 according to the present embodiment is different from the radio base station 20 according to the second embodiment in that it further includes a coverage control unit 202.
- this embodiment will be described mainly with respect to differences from the second embodiment, and the description of the same parts will be omitted as appropriate in order to avoid duplication.
- the coverage control unit 202 has a function of controlling the coverage of the radio cell managed by the radio base station 20.
- coverage of a radio cell refers to an area where a radio terminal can establish a radio communication line with a predetermined radio quality for the radio cell.
- the predetermined radio quality is, for example, SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) or SINR (Signal toInterference and Noise Ratio) of radio waves coming from the radio cell of the radio base station 20. Satisfy the predetermined values required to maintain the basic service (SRB (Signaling Radio Bearer) establishment and DL (Down Link) common channels acquisition) Quality.
- SRB Signal to Noise Ratio
- SINR Signal toInterference and Noise Ratio
- the radio base station 20 provides coverage of a radio cell by ⁇ spread, ⁇ Narrow or change shape, for, -The transmission power of the radio cell (for example, the maximum transmission power of the downlink signal of the radio cell), -Antenna tilt angle of wireless cell, ⁇ Radio cell antenna azimuth, Control radio parameters such as antenna directivity of the radio cell.
- the radio parameters for controlling the coverage of the radio cell include an offset parameter for selecting a radio cell (for example, Qoffset which is an offset parameter used for comparing radio quality between radio cells), a handover parameter, and the like.
- Qoffset is a parameter related to radio cell selection, and is used as an offset to the reception power of the neighboring radio cell when the idle radio terminal selects a serving cell (attached cell) based on the measurement value of the reception power of the neighboring radio cell. It is done.
- Handover parameters are, for example, CIO (Cell Individual Offset), ⁇ Event A1 Threshold, ⁇ Event A2 Threshold, Event A3 Offset, Event A4 Offset, ⁇ Event A5 Threshold, ⁇ Event B1 Threshold, ⁇ Event B2 Threshold, -Hysteresis (radio quality hysteresis), Time to Trigger (time direction hysteresis: protection time from when measurement report transmission conditions are met until measurement report transmission is performed), etc.
- CIO Cell Individual Offset
- Event A1 Threshold ⁇ Event A2 Threshold
- Event A3 Offset Event A4 Offset
- Event A5 Threshold ⁇ Event B1 Threshold
- ⁇ Event B2 Threshold -Hysteresis (radio quality hysteresis)
- Time to Trigger time direction hysteresis: protection time from when measurement report transmission conditions are met until measurement report transmission is performed
- Event A1 is an event that reports a measurement result (MR: Measurement Report) when the wireless quality (for example, received power) of a wireless cell (serving cell) to which the wireless terminal is connected is higher than a threshold value.
- Event A2 is an event for reporting a measurement result (MR) when the radio quality (for example, received power) of the serving cell is lower than a threshold value.
- Event A3 is an event for reporting a measurement result (MR) when the radio quality (for example, received power) of a neighboring cell is higher than a serving cell by a predetermined amount or more.
- Event A4 is an event for reporting a measurement result (MR) when the radio quality (for example, received power) of the neighboring cell is higher than a threshold value.
- Event A5 is an event that reports a measurement result (MR) when the radio quality (for example, received power) of the serving cell is lower than the threshold 1 and the radio quality (for example, received power) of the neighboring cell is higher than the threshold 2. It is.
- Event B1 is when the radio quality (for example, received power) of neighboring cells of Inter-RAT (Radio Access Technology) (for example, LTE ⁇ WCDMA (registered trademark), LTE ⁇ GSM (registered trademark), etc.) is higher than a threshold value.
- Inter-RAT Radio Access Technology
- Event B2 is a measurement result (MR) when the radio quality (for example, received power) of the serving cell is lower than threshold 1 and the radio quality (for example, received power) of an adjacent cell of Inter-RAT is higher than threshold 2. Is an event to report.
- it may have a function of instructing the change of coverage not only to the radio cell managed by the radio base station 20, but also to the radio cell and the adjacent cell radio cell managed by the radio base station 20.
- step S100 to step S102 is the same as that of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG.
- step S200 the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 determines whether or not the control information notified from the relay device 40 satisfies a predetermined condition.
- the relay device 40 notifies the radio base station 20 that the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 does not satisfy the required quality defined by the communication type of the communication.
- a case where control information is used will be described as an example.
- the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 determines whether the degree to which the communication quality does not satisfy the required quality is large. For example, ⁇ Communication quality meets required quality (0), ⁇ Communication quality slightly violates required quality (1), ⁇ Communication quality violates required quality moderately (2), ⁇ Communication quality severely violates required quality (3) As described above, when control information is notified from the relay device 40 as a four-stage indicator, the radio resource control unit 201 of the radio base station 20 determines whether the communication quality severely violates the required quality (3). Determine.
- the radio resource control unit 201 performs radio resource allocation control as in the second embodiment (step S103).
- the radio resource control unit 201 instructs the coverage control unit 202 to change the coverage of the radio cell.
- the coverage control unit 202 controls the coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station 20 or a radio cell adjacent to the radio cell managed by the radio base station 20 (step S201).
- step S200 in FIG. 7 the process of determining whether or not the control information satisfies the predetermined condition is not necessarily performed by the radio base station 20, and may be performed by the relay device 40, for example.
- the relay device 40 controls the radio base station 20 to perform radio resource allocation control processing (step S103 in FIG. 7).
- radio cell coverage control processing step S201 in FIG. 7
- information indicating which processing should be performed by the radio base station 20 may be included in the control information for notification.
- the coverage of the radio cell can be controlled by the coverage control unit 202 of the radio base station 20. For this reason, even when the communication quality is low due to an inappropriate size or shape of the wireless cell, the required quality for each communication type is satisfied end-to-end between the content transmitting apparatus 10 and the wireless terminal 30. Thus, it becomes possible to control radio resources in the radio base station 20.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the radio base station 20 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 20 according to the present embodiment is different from the radio base station 20 according to the second embodiment in that a radio system switching instruction unit 203 is provided.
- a radio system switching instruction unit 203 is provided.
- the wireless system switching instruction unit 203 of the wireless base station 20 instructs the wireless terminal 30 to switch the wireless system used by the wireless terminal 30 for wireless communication.
- the wireless terminal 30 is a wireless system (RAT) such as LTE, LTE-Advanced, UMTS, GSM (registered trademark), Wi-Fi (registered trademark), wireless LAN, WiMAX, CDMA2000 (registered trademark), HSPA, etc.
- RAT wireless system
- the wireless terminal 30 indicates a wireless system to be used.
- the wireless system instructing the wireless terminal 30 may be for each application (that is, for each service) or for each IP flow (for example, for each TCP connection of Multi-Path (MP) TCP using a plurality of TCP connections as a route).
- MP Multi-Path
- it may be every wireless terminal (that is, all communications of the wireless terminal 30).
- instructing the wireless terminal 30 to use a wireless system is also referred to as “traffic steering”.
- the wireless system switching instruction unit 203 of the wireless base station 20 instructs the wireless terminal 30 using LTE (or UMTS).
- LTE or UMTS
- the UMTS may be instructed to perform handover between different radio systems (Inter-RAT Handover).
- the wireless system switching instruction unit 203 of the wireless base station 20 sends traffic to the wireless LAN to the wireless terminal 30 that is using LTE.
- -Steering instructions may be given.
- the traffic steering uses an ANDSF (Access Network Discovery and Selection Selection Function) defined by 3GPP (for example, 3GPP TS 24.312, Access Network Discovery and Function Selection (ANDSF) Management Management Object (MO)). May be.
- ANDSF Access Network Discovery and Selection Selection Function
- the radio system switching instruction unit 203 of the radio base station 20 may instruct the radio terminal 30 to switch to a different mobile network by the mobile operator. For example, in the environment where the mobile network A managed by the mobile operator A and the mobile network B managed by the mobile operator B exist, when the radio terminal 30 is connected to the mobile network A, the radio of the radio base station 20 The system switching instruction unit 203 may instruct switching from the mobile network A to the mobile network B. Further, instead of the mobile network B, switching to the mobile network C (Network Sharing) shared by both the mobile operator A and the mobile operator B may be instructed.
- Network Sharing Network Sharing
- the radio system switching instruction unit 203 of the radio base station 20 may take a radio system in a broad sense, and may instruct switching to a cell having the same radio system but a different frequency band. Further, the radio system switching instruction unit 203 of the radio base station 20 may instruct switching to a radio cell having the same radio system but a different frequency managed by a different radio base station.
- dual connectivity whose standard specifications are defined in 3GPP may be used (for example, 3GPP TR 36.842 V12.0.0 (2013-12) is used for dual connectivity (DC)). (See “8.1 Architecture and protocol enhancements for Dual connectivity”).
- the radio system switching instruction unit 203 is a radio cell managed by a main radio base station (Master eNB: MeNB) that manages radio connection (RRC (Radio Resource Control) Connection) with a radio terminal.
- the radio cell used by the radio terminal may be switched between the radio cell managed by the sub radio base station (Secondary eNB: SeNB).
- MCG Bearer that uses only a master cell group (MCG) that is a radio cell group managed by the main radio base station (MeNB)
- SCG Bearer secondary Cell Group
- SCG Secondary Cell Group
- Split Bearer that uses both a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG)
- DC dual connectivity
- the radio system switching instruction unit 203 is preferably in the main radio base station (MeNB), but may be in
- step S100 to step S103 and the processing of step S200 are the same as those of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG. 5 or the third embodiment described with reference to FIG. This is the same as the embodiment.
- step 201 in FIG. 7 is replaced with step S300.
- step S300 the wireless system switching instruction unit 203 of the wireless base station 20 instructs the wireless terminal 30 to switch the wireless system.
- the relay device 40 evaluates the communication quality related to the communication between the content transmission device 10 and the wireless terminal 30 and evaluates whether the communication quality satisfies the required quality defined by the communication type of the communication. Then, control information is generated, and the control information is notified to the radio base station 20.
- the radio system switching instruction unit 203 sends the radio terminal 30 It instructs the switching of the wireless system.
- the wireless system switching instruction unit 203 may add a new wireless system instead of switching the wireless system. Further, the wireless system switching instruction unit 203 may select and switch a plurality of wireless systems as wireless system switching destinations for the wireless terminal 30.
- Selection of a plurality of wireless systems such as LTE and HSPA can be applied to a technology using Multi-RAT (Radio Access Technology).
- Multi-RAT Radio Access Technology
- MRCA Multi-RAT Carrier Aggregation
- carrier aggregation Carrier-Aggregation: CA
- LTE frequency blocks component carriers
- MegaHerz 20 MHz
- a plurality of RAT (Radio Access Technology) frequency blocks are bundled and used.
- the radio base station 20 may determine whether to instruct the radio terminal 30 to switch the radio system, using the control information notified from the relay device 40. Alternatively, information indicating whether or not to instruct the wireless terminal 30 to switch the wireless system and information such as which wireless system is used may be included in a part of the control information notified by the relay device 40.
- the radio base station 20 can also instruct the radio terminal 30 to measure other radio systems or Inter-RAT (Radio Access Technology).
- the radio base station 20 may determine a radio system to be used by the radio terminal 30 based on a measurement result (Measurement Report) reported from the radio terminal 30.
- the wireless terminal 30 measures the wireless quality or traffic load of a wireless base station or AP (Access Point) of another wireless system that can be detected by the wireless terminal 30, or acquires the wireless terminal 30 by some method, and sends it to the wireless base station 20. Report. Then, the radio base station 20 selects a radio system with good radio quality or a radio system with low traffic load, and instructs the radio terminal 30 to switch radio systems.
- the radio quality is a received power or a desired wave to interference wave power ratio measured in a mobile access network section (wireless section).
- RSCP Receiveived Signal Signal Power
- RSRP Reference Signal Signal Strength
- RSSI Receiveived Signal Strength Strength Indicator
- SINR Signal Interference Plus Ratio
- SIR Signal Interference Rate
- Ec / No Received Energy per Chip
- RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
- the wireless quality includes a propagation loss measured in a mobile access network section (wireless section).
- the traffic load here may be, for example, a basic service set (Basic B Service) load (Load) transmitted from an access point (AP) of a wireless LAN.
- Base B Service Basic B Service
- the radio resource control system 1 uses the radio system switching instruction unit 203 of the radio base station 20 so that the required quality for each communication type is satisfied end-to-end. Can be instructed to switch the wireless system.
- the “communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal” is the content transmission device and the wireless terminal in the communication path to be evaluated.
- End-to-end communication path connecting the mobile base station and the mobile terminal (radio section) different from the mobile access network section (wireless section) that is, the communication path between the wireless base station and the content transmitting apparatus) ) Is included.
- Patent Documents 1-3 and Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 are incorporated herein by reference.
- the embodiments and examples can be changed and adjusted based on the basic technical concept.
- Various combinations or selections of various disclosed elements are possible within the scope of the claims of the present invention. . That is, the present invention of course includes various variations and modifications that could be made by those skilled in the art according to the entire disclosure including the claims and the technical idea.
- a content transmission device A wireless terminal, A radio base station that receives data transmitted from the content transmission device and wirelessly transmits the data to the radio terminal;
- a relay device installed on a communication path between the content transmission device and the wireless base station;
- the relay device is A communication quality evaluation unit that evaluates communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal;
- a control information generating unit that generates control information for controlling allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal based on the communication quality;
- the radio base station is A radio resource control system comprising: a radio resource control unit that controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal based on the control information.
- the relay device or the wireless base station is A communication type specifying unit for specifying a type of communication performed between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal;
- the radio resource control unit The radio resource control system according to appendix 1, wherein allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal is controlled based on a result of evaluating the communication quality based on a criterion according to the type of communication.
- the radio resource control unit Allocation of radio resources possessed by the radio base station according to a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality in the control signal generation unit or the radio resource control unit of the relay device.
- the radio resource control system according to supplementary note 2, wherein the radio resource control system is controlled.
- the radio base station is According to the result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality in the control signal generation unit or the radio resource control unit of the relay device, the radio cell managed by the radio base station
- the radio resource control system according to supplementary note 2, further comprising a coverage control unit that controls coverage.
- the radio base station is Depending on the result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality in the control signal generation unit or the radio resource control unit of the relay device, the radio terminal
- the wireless resource control system according to appendix 2 further comprising a wireless system switching instruction unit that instructs switching of a wireless system used by the.
- the communication quality evaluation unit The communication quality is A first communication quality between the relay device and the wireless terminal; A second communication quality between the content transmission device and the relay device; Communication quality of a communication path including at least a part of a communication path between the radio base station and the content transmission device;
- the radio resource control system according to any one of appendices 1 to 5, wherein the evaluation is performed using at least one of the following.
- the communication quality evaluation unit The communication quality is Appendix 6 characterized by calculating and evaluating a third communication quality between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal using both the first communication quality and the second communication quality.
- the radio resource control unit The radio resource control according to any one of appendices 1 to 7, wherein a fourth communication quality target value between the radio base station and the radio terminal is updated using the control information. system.
- the control information is Information indicating the communication quality; Information indicating a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality; Information indicating a target value of the fourth communication quality; Information indicating an identifier of the wireless terminal or bearer; Information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource; Information instructing to change coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station; Information instructing the wireless terminal to switch between wireless systems;
- the radio resource control system according to supplementary note 8, including at least one of the following.
- a content transmission device that transmits content to a wireless terminal via a wireless base station, and a relay device installed on a communication path between the wireless base station, A communication quality evaluation unit that evaluates communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal; A control information generating unit that generates control information for controlling allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal in the radio base station based on the communication quality; A communication unit for notifying the radio base station of the control information;
- a relay apparatus comprising:
- the relay device according to appendix 10, further comprising a communication type specifying unit that specifies a type of communication performed between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal.
- the communication quality evaluation unit The communication quality is A first communication quality between the relay device and the wireless terminal; A second communication quality between the content transmission device and the relay device; Communication quality of a communication path including at least a part of a communication path between the radio base station and the content transmission device;
- the relay device according to appendix 10 or 11, wherein the evaluation is performed using at least one of the following.
- the communication quality evaluation unit The communication quality is The third communication quality between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal is calculated and evaluated using both the first communication quality and the second communication quality.
- the relay device described in 1.
- the control information is Information indicating the communication quality; Information indicating a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality; Information indicating a fourth communication quality target value between the radio base station and the radio terminal; Information indicating an identifier of the wireless terminal or bearer; Information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource; Information instructing to change coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station; Information instructing the wireless terminal to switch between wireless systems;
- the relay apparatus according to appendix 10, characterized in that it includes at least one of the following.
- a radio resource control unit that receives control information based on an evaluation result of communication quality related to communication between a content transmission device and a radio terminal, and controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal based on the control information;
- a wireless base station characterized by that.
- the radio resource control unit The allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal is controlled based on a result of evaluating the communication quality based on a criterion according to a type of communication performed between the content transmitting apparatus and the radio terminal. 15.
- the radio resource control unit 17 The radio base station according to appendix 16, wherein allocation of radio resources of the radio base station is controlled according to a result of comparison between required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality.
- Supplementary note 16 comprising a coverage control unit that controls coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station according to a result of comparison between required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality.
- a wireless system switching instruction unit that instructs the wireless terminal to switch a wireless system used by the wireless terminal according to a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality;
- the radio base station according to appendix 16, characterized by:
- the radio resource control unit The radio base station according to any one of supplementary notes 15 to 19, wherein a fourth communication quality target value between the radio base station and the radio terminal is updated using the control information. .
- the control information is Information indicating the communication quality; Information indicating a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality; Information indicating a target value of the fourth communication quality; Information indicating an identifier of the wireless terminal or bearer; Information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource; Information instructing to change coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station; Information instructing the wireless terminal to switch between wireless systems;
- a relay device installed on a communication path between the content transmission device and the wireless base station evaluates communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal, Based on the communication quality, generate control information for controlling the allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal, A radio resource control method, wherein the radio base station controls allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal based on the control information.
- the relay device or the wireless base station specifies a type of communication performed between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal, 23.
- the radio base station allocates radio resources of the radio base station according to a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality in the relay device or the radio base station. 24.
- the radio base station determines the coverage of the radio cell managed by the radio base station according to a comparison result between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality in the relay device or the radio base station. 24. The radio resource control method according to appendix 23, wherein the radio resource control method is controlled.
- the radio base station determines whether the radio terminal is different from the radio terminal according to a comparison result between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality in the relay device or the radio base station.
- the relay device determines the communication quality, A first communication quality between the relay device and the wireless terminal; A second communication quality between the content transmission device and the relay device; Communication quality of a communication path including at least a part of a communication path between the radio base station and the content transmission device; 27.
- the radio resource control method according to any one of appendices 22 to 26, wherein the evaluation is performed using at least one of the following.
- the relay device determines the communication quality, (Supplementary note 27)
- the third communication quality between the content transmitting apparatus and the wireless terminal is calculated and evaluated using both the first communication quality and the second communication quality.
- wireless resource control method as described in.
- the wireless base station updates the fourth communication quality target value between the wireless base station and the wireless terminal, using the control information, according to any one of appendices 22 to 28, The radio
- the control information is Information indicating the communication quality; Information indicating a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality; Information indicating a target value of the fourth communication quality; Information indicating an identifier of the wireless terminal or bearer; Information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource; Information instructing to change coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station; Information instructing the wireless terminal to switch between wireless systems;
- the radio resource control method according to appendix 29, comprising at least one of the following.
- Appendix 31 In a computer constituting a relay device installed on a communication path between a content transmission device and a wireless base station that transmits content to a wireless terminal via the wireless base station, A communication quality evaluation process for evaluating communication quality related to communication between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal; Control information generation processing for generating control information for controlling allocation of radio resources to the radio terminal in the radio base station based on the communication quality; A program that executes
- the communication quality evaluation process is: The communication quality is A first communication quality between the relay device and the wireless terminal; A second communication quality between the content transmission device and the relay device; Communication quality of a communication path including at least a part of a communication path between the radio base station and the content transmission device; The program according to appendix 31 or 32, wherein the evaluation is performed using at least one of the following.
- the communication quality evaluation process is: The communication quality is The third communication quality between the content transmission device and the wireless terminal is calculated and evaluated using both the first communication quality and the second communication quality. The program described in.
- the control information is Information indicating the communication quality; Information indicating a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality; Information indicating a fourth communication quality target value between the radio base station and the radio terminal; Information indicating an identifier of the wireless terminal or bearer; Information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource; Information instructing to change coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station; Information instructing the wireless terminal to switch between wireless systems; 32.
- the wireless terminal receives control information based on an evaluation result of communication quality related to communication between a content transmitting apparatus that transmits content to a wireless terminal via the wireless base station and the wireless terminal, and based on the control information, the wireless terminal A program for executing a radio resource control process for controlling the allocation of radio resources to.
- the radio resource control process includes: 37.
- the radio resource control process includes: 38.
- (Appendix 40) Radio system switching instruction processing for instructing the radio terminal to switch the radio system used by the radio terminal according to the result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality.
- the radio resource control process includes: 41.
- the control information is Information indicating the communication quality; Information indicating a result of comparison between the required quality determined by the type of communication and the communication quality; Information indicating a target value of the fourth communication quality; Information indicating an identifier of the wireless terminal or bearer; Information indicating the allocation priority of the radio resource; Information instructing to change coverage of a radio cell managed by the radio base station; Information instructing the wireless terminal to switch between wireless systems; 42.
- the program according to appendix 41 including at least one of the following.
- radio resource control system 10 content transmission apparatus 20 radio base station 30 radio terminal 40 relay apparatus 200 communication unit 201 radio resource control unit 202 coverage control unit 203 radio system switching instruction unit 400 communication unit 401 communication type identification unit 402 communication quality evaluation unit 403 Control information generation unit
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Description
本発明は、日本国特許出願:特願2014-247975号(2014年12月8日出願)の優先権主張に基づくものであり、同出願の全記載内容は引用をもって本書に組み込み記載されているものとする。
本発明は、無線リソース制御システム、無線基地局、中継装置、無線リソース制御方法、およびプログラムに関する。
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価し、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成して前記無線基地局に通知し、
前記無線基地局では、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、無線リソース制御方法が提供される。
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価する通信品質評価処理と、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線基地局における前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成する制御情報生成処理と、
を実行させるプログラムが提供される。
前記無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質の評価結果に基づく制御情報を受け、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する処理を実行させる、プログラムが提供される。
[システム構成の説明]
図2は、本発明の各実施の形態に共通の無線リソース制御システム1の構成例を模式的に示す図である。図2を参照すると、無線リソース制御システム1は、コンテンツ送信装置10、無線基地局20、無線端末30、中継装置40を含む。
図3は、図2を参照して説明した無線リソース制御システム1に関して、無線基地局20と中継装置40の構成例を模式的に示す図である。なお、コンテンツ送信装置10および無線端末30は、既存の装置をそのまま利用可能であり、また当業者には周知であるため、その詳細な構成を示す図面とその関連説明は省略する。
次に、図2を参照して説明した無線リソース制御システム1に関して、無線基地局20と中継装置40のさらに別の構成例を説明する。なお、本実施形態においても、コンテンツ送信装置10および無線端末30は、前記実施形態と同様、既存の装置をそのまま利用可能であり、また当業者には周知であるため、その詳細な構成を示す図面とその関連説明は省略する。
・周波数リソース、
・時間リソース、
・物理リソースブロック(Physical Resource Block)、
・送信電力、
・コンポーネントキャリア(Component Carrier)
などの少なくともいずれかである。
・アプリケーションタイプ(例えば音声通話、ビデオ通話、音声ストリーミング、ビデオストリーミング、e-mail、SMS(Short Message Service)、MMS(Multimedia Messaging Service)、チャット、WEBブラウジング、FTP、ゲームなど)、
・アプリケーション名、
・プロトコル(例えばセッション層のプロトコル(例えばHTTP(Hypertext Transfer Protocol)、FTP、SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)、SIP(Session Initiation Protocol)、H.323など)やトランスポート層のプロトコル(例えばTCP、UDP(User Datagram Protocol)、SSL(Secure Sockets Layer)、IPSec(Security Architecture for Internet Protocol)など)など)、
・コンテンツ送信装置10および/または無線端末30のIP(Internet Protocol)アドレス、ポート番号、
・モバイルコアネットワークで付与されるQCI。
・パケット遅延(片道遅延(One Way Delay)や往復遅延(RTT(Round Trip Time)))、
・パケット遅延変動、
・パケットロス率(又はパケットロス数)、
・パケットエラー率(又はパケットエラー数)、
・パケット順序逆転率(又はパケット順序逆転数)、
・パケット転送速度、
・パケット再送率(又はパケット再送数)、
などのうち少なくとも1つを含む。また、これらの通信品質指標を任意に組み合わせて、新たな通信品質指標を定義しても良い。
・送信元(コンテンツ送信装置10)のIPアドレス(IPヘッダ)、
・送信元(コンテンツ送信装置10)のポート番号(例えばTCPヘッダ)、
・送信先(無線端末30)のIPアドレス(IPヘッダ)、
・送信先(無線端末30)のポート番号(例えばTCPヘッダ)、
・当該パケットのシーケンス番号(例えばTCPヘッダ)、
・中継装置40への当該パケットの到達時刻、
などの情報(「ダウンリンク転送情報」と呼ぶ)を、DPIによって特定して記録しておく。
・送信元(無線端末30)のIPアドレス、
・送信元(無線端末30)のポート番号、
・送信先(コンテンツ送信装置10)のIPアドレス、
・送信先(コンテンツ送信装置10)のポート番号、
・当該パケットの中継装置40への到達時刻、
・無線端末30が次に要求するパケットのシーケンス番号、
などの情報(「アップリンク転送情報」と呼ぶ)をDPIなどによって特定して記録しておく。
「中継装置40から無線端末30への片道遅延」は100ms、
「無線端末30から中継装置40への片道遅延」は200msと、算出することができる。
・送信元(コンテンツ送信装置10)のIPアドレス、
・送信元(コンテンツ送信装置10)のポート番号、
・送信先(無線端末30)のIPアドレス、
・送信先(無線端末30)のポート番号、
のそれぞれが同一であるパケットについて、TCPヘッダのシーケンス番号(パケット受信毎に所定量が加算される)が同一であるパケットの送信回数を分析することによって、中継装置40から無線端末30へのパケット再送率を評価することができる。
・送信元(コンテンツ送信装置10)のIPアドレス、
・送信元(コンテンツ送信装置10)のポート番号、
・送信先(無線端末30)のIPアドレス、
・送信先(無線端末30)のポート番号、
のそれぞれが同一である複数のパケットについて、単位時間当たりのパケット送信回数を分析することで、中継装置40から無線端末30へのパケット転送速度を評価することができる。
・中継装置40と無線端末30との間の通信品質、及び、
・コンテンツ送信装置10と中継装置40との間の通信品質
のそれぞれを評価し、それぞれの区間で評価した通信品質を統合すれば良い。
・通信品質評価部402が評価した通信品質、
・通信品質評価部402が評価した通信品質と要求品質との比較結果、
・無線基地局20と無線端末30との間の通信品質の目標値、
・無線リソースの割り当て優先度、
・無線端末やベアラの識別子、
などのうち、少なくとも1つを含む制御情報を生成し、生成した制御情報を無線基地局20へ通知する。
・TOS(Type of Service)フィールドのReserved Bits、
・DS(Differentiated Service)フィールドのReserved Bits、
・Optionsフィールド、
・Paddingフィールド
などを用いることができる。
・中継装置40がコンテンツ送信装置10または無線端末30からパケットを受信したタイミング、
・コンテンツ送信装置10から到着したパケットを無線基地局20へと送信するタイミング、
・定期的(例えば、10ミリ秒毎、100ミリ秒毎、1秒毎、10秒毎など)、あるいは、
・任意のタイミング、
で行うことができる。また、中継装置40は、制御情報を、上記通知タイミングで必ずしも通知する必要はない。例えば、無線基地局20にて無線リソースの割り当てを制御する必要があると判定された場合に、中継装置40は、無線基地局20からの要求に基づき、制御情報を無線基地局20に通知しても良い。
本実施の形態に係る無線リソース制御システム1による無線リソース制御処理の具体例について、図5のフローチャートを参照して説明する。
次に、図2、図4及び図5を参照して説明した前記実施形態の一具体例(実施例1)について以下に説明する。実施例1では、中継装置40は、コンテンツ送信装置10と無線端末30との間の通信に関わる通信品質が、当該通信の通信種別によって規定される要求品質を満たすか否かを制御情報として生成する。
・評価された通信品質が要求品質を満たすか否かを示す2値の情報、
・評価された通信品質と要求品質との差を示す情報、
・評価された通信品質が要求品質を満たさなかった程度を示す数段階のインディケータ、
・評価された通信品質が要求品質をどの程度の余裕をもって満たしたかを示す数段階のインディケータ、
などの少なくとも1つを、制御情報として生成する。
・通信種別が、QCI=6と特定され、且つ、
・通信品質が、要求品質を満たすか否かを示す2値の情報(1ビット)を、制御情報として中継装置40で生成し、無線基地局20に通知する場合について説明する。
・パケット遅延が500ms(millisecond)、
・パケットロス率が0.00001%(0.0000001=10E-7)
である場合、
パケット遅延に対する要求品質である300msを満たさない。このため、制御情報生成部403は、制御情報を、例えば“1(要求品質を違反)”に設定する。
・パケット遅延が100ms、
・パケットロス率が0.00001%(0.0000001=10E-7)
である場合、パケット遅延及びパケットロス率ともに要求品質を満たしている。このため、制御情報生成部403は、制御情報を、例えば“0(要求品質を満足)”に設定する。
・評価された通信品質が要求品質を満たす(0)、
・評価された通信品質が要求品質を軽度に違反する(1)、
・評価された通信品質が要求品質を中程度に違反する(2)、
・評価された通信品質が要求品質を重度に違反する(3)、
のように、4段階のインディケータ(例えば2進表示の"00"、"01"、"10"、"11")を規定しても良い。この場合、中継装置40から無線基地局20への制御情報の通知には、2ビット分のデータ量だけあれば良い。
・通信品質が要求品質を満たす(0)、
・通信品質が要求品質を軽度に違反する(1)、
・通信品質が要求品質を中程度に違反する(2)、
・通信品質が要求品質を重度に違反する(3)、
という4段階のインディケータとして制御情報が中継装置40から通知される場合、当該通信に対する無線リソースの割り当て優先度Miを、例えば次式(1)、又は次式(2)により計算することもできる。
Miは、無線端末i(i番目の無線端末30)あるいはベアラiに対する無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す。
Y0=0.0、Y1=0.5、Y2=1.0、Y3=1.5、
などと設定する。
Y0=1.0、Y1=1.1、Y2=1.2、Y3=1.3
などと設定すれば良い。
図2、図4及び図5を参照して説明した前記実施形態のさらに別の具体例(実施例2)について以下に説明する。実施例2では、中継装置40は、無線基地局20と無線端末30との間の通信品質の目標値を、制御情報として、中継装置40から無線基地局20へと通知する。
・コンテンツ送信装置10と無線端末30との間のパケット遅延(エンドツーエンドのパケット遅延)の目標値が100ms以内であり、
・コンテンツ送信装置10と無線基地局20との間の平均的なパケット遅延が40msである場合には、
無線基地局20と無線端末30との間のパケット遅延の目標値は、60msに設定される。そして、無線基地局20の無線リソース制御部201は、当該目標値を達成するように、無線リソースの割り当てを制御する。
本発明の第3の実施形態について、図面を参照して詳細に説明する。
[構成の説明]
本実施の形態に係る無線リソース制御システム1の構成は、図2を参照して説明した本発明の第2の実施の形態に係る無線リソース制御システム1と同一である。
・広げる、
・狭める、あるいは
・形状を変更する、
ために、
・無線セルの送信電力(例えば無線セルの下り信号の最大送信電力)、
・無線セルのアンテナチルト角、
・無線セルのアンテナ方位角、
・無線セルのアンテナ指向性
といった無線パラメータを制御する。
・CIO(Cell Individual Offset:セル個別オフセット)、
・Event A1 Threshold、
・Event A2 Threshold、
・Event A3 Offset、
・Event A4 Offset、
・Event A5 Threshold、
・Event B1 Threshold、
・Event B2 Threshold、
・Hysteresis(無線品質のヒステリシス)、Time to Trigger(時間方向のヒステリシス:測定報告の送信条件が成立してから測定報告の送信が行われるまでの保護時間)などを含む。
本実施の形態に係る無線リソース制御システム1による無線リソース制御処理の具体例について、図7のフローチャートを参照して説明する。
・通信品質が要求品質を満たす(0)、
・通信品質が要求品質を軽度に違反する(1)、
・通信品質が要求品質を中程度に違反する(2)、
・通信品質が要求品質を重度に違反する(3)
のように、4段階のインディケータとして制御情報が中継装置40から通知される場合、無線基地局20の無線リソース制御部201は、通信品質が要求品質を重度に違反する(3)か、否かを判定する。
本発明の第4の実施形態について、図面を参照して詳細に説明する。
[構成の説明]
本実施の形態に係る無線リソース制御システム1の構成は、図2を参照して説明した前記第2の実施の形態に係る無線リソース制御システム1と同一である。
・主無線基地局(MeNB)が管理する無線セル群であるマスタセルグループ(Master Cell Group: MCG)のみを使用する無線ベアラ(MCG Bearer)、
・サブ無線基地局(SeNB)が管理する無線セル群であるセカンダリセルグループ(Secondary Cell Group: SCG)のみを使用する無線ベアラ(SCG Bearer)、及び、
・マスタセルグループ(MCG)とセカンダリセルグループ(SCG)の両方を使用する無線ベアラ(Split Bearer)、
を切り替えるようにしてもよい。なお、デュアルコネクティビティ(DC)の場合、無線システム切り替え指示部203が主無線基地局(MeNB)にあることが好ましいが、サブ無線基地局(SeNB)にあってもよい。
本実施の形態に係る無線リソース制御システム1による無線リソース制御処理の具体例について、図9のフローチャートを参照して説明する。図9において、ステップS100からステップS103までの処理、及び、ステップS200の処理は、図5を参照して説明した前記第2の実施の形態、または図7を参照して説明した前記第3の実施の形態と同じである。本実施形態では、図7のステップ201がステップS300で置き換えられている。
コンテンツ送信装置と、
無線端末と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置から送信されたデータを受信して前記無線端末へと無線伝送する無線基地局と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置された中継装置と、
を含み、
前記中継装置は、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価する通信品質評価部と、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成する制御情報生成部と、
を備え、
前記無線基地局は、
前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する無線リソース制御部を備える、ことを特徴とする無線リソース制御システム。
前記中継装置又は前記無線基地局は、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間でなされる通信の種別を特定する通信種別特定部をさらに備え、
前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記通信の種別に応じた基準で前記通信品質を評価した結果に基づき、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする付記1記載の無線リソース制御システム。
前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との、前記中継装置の前記制御信号生成部又は前記無線リソース制御部での、比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が有する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする付記2記載の無線リソース制御システム。
前記無線基地局は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との、前記中継装置の前記制御信号生成部又は前記無線リソース制御部での、比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジを制御するカバレッジ制御部を備えている、ことを特徴とする付記2に記載の無線リソース制御システム。
前記無線基地局は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との、前記中継装置の前記制御信号生成部又は前記無線リソース制御部での、比較の結果に応じて、前記無線端末に対して、前記無線端末が使用する無線システムの切り替えを指示する無線システム切り替え指示部を備えている、ことを特徴とする付記2に記載の無線リソース制御システム。
前記通信品質評価部は、
前記通信品質を、
前記中継装置と前記無線端末との間の第一の通信品質と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記中継装置の間の第二の通信品質と、
前記無線基地局と前記コンテンツ送信装置との間の通信経路の一部を少なくとも含む通信経路の通信品質と、
の少なくともいずれかを用いて、評価する、ことを特徴とする付記1から5のいずれか一に記載の無線リソース制御システム。
前記通信品質評価部は、
前記通信品質を、
前記第一の通信品質及び前記第二の通信品質の両方を用いて、前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の第三の通信品質を算出して評価する、ことを特徴とする付記6に記載の無線リソース制御システム。
前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記制御情報を用いて、前記無線基地局と前記無線端末との間の第四の通信品質の目標値を更新する、ことを特徴とする付記1から7のいずれか一に記載の無線リソース制御システム。
前記制御情報は、
前記通信品質を示す情報、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果を示す情報、
前記第四の通信品質の目標値を示す情報、
前記無線端末やベアラの識別子を示す情報、
前記無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す情報、
前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジ変更を指示する情報、
無線システムの切り替えを前記無線端末に対して指示する情報、
の少なくともいずれかを含む、ことを特徴とする付記8に記載の無線リソース制御システム。
無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と、前記無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置される中継装置であって、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価する通信品質評価部と、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線基地局における前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成する制御情報生成部と、
前記制御情報を前記無線基地局に通知する通信部と、
を備えたことを特徴とする中継装置。
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間でなされる通信の種別を特定する通信種別特定部をさらに備えた、ことを特徴とする付記10に記載の中継装置。
前記通信品質評価部は、
前記通信品質を、
前記中継装置と前記無線端末との間の第一の通信品質と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記中継装置の間の第二の通信品質と、
前記無線基地局と前記コンテンツ送信装置との間の通信経路の一部を少なくとも含む通信経路の通信品質と、
の少なくともいずれかを用いて、評価する、ことを特徴とする付記10又は11に記載の中継装置。
前記通信品質評価部は、
前記通信品質を、
前記第一の通信品質及び前記第二の通信品質の両方を用いて、前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の第三の通信品質を算出して評価する、ことを特徴とする付記12に記載の中継装置。
前記制御情報は、
前記通信品質を示す情報、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果を示す情報、
前記無線基地局と前記無線端末との間の第四の通信品質の目標値を示す情報、
前記無線端末やベアラの識別子を示す情報、
前記無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す情報、
前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジ変更を指示する情報、
無線システムの切り替えを前記無線端末に対して指示する情報、
の少なくともいずれかを含む、ことを特徴とする付記10に記載の中継装置。
コンテンツ送信装置と無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質の評価結果に基づく制御情報を受け、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する無線リソース制御部を備える、ことを特徴とする無線基地局。
前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間でなされる通信の種別に応じた基準で前記通信品質を評価した結果に基づき、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする付記15に記載の無線基地局。
前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が有する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする付記16に記載の無線基地局。
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジを制御するカバレッジ制御部を備えている、ことを特徴とする付記16に記載の無線基地局。
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線端末に対して、前記無線端末が使用する無線システムの切り替えを指示する無線システム切り替え指示部を備えている、ことを特徴とする付記16に記載の無線基地局。
前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記制御情報を用いて、前記無線基地局と前記無線端末との間の第四の通信品質の目標値を更新する、ことを特徴とする付記15から19のいずれか一に記載の無線基地局。
前記制御情報は、
前記通信品質を示す情報、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果を示す情報、
前記第四の通信品質の目標値を示す情報、
前記無線端末やベアラの識別子を示す情報、
前記無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す情報、
前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジ変更を指示する情報、
無線システムの切り替えを前記無線端末に対して指示する情報、
の少なくともいずれかを含む、ことを特徴とする付記20に記載の無線基地局。
コンテンツ送信装置と無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置された中継装置が、前記コンテンツ送信装置と無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価し、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成し、
前記無線基地局が、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする無線リソース制御方法。
前記中継装置又は前記無線基地局は、前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間でなされる通信の種別を特定し、
前記無線基地局は、前記通信の種別に応じた基準で前記通信品質を評価した結果に基づき、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする付記22記載の無線リソース制御方法。
前記無線基地局は、前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との、前記中継装置又は前記無線基地局での、比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が有する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする付記23記載の無線リソース制御方法。
前記無線基地局は、前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との、前記中継装置又は前記無線基地局での、比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジを制御する、ことを特徴とする付記23に記載の無線リソース制御方法。
前記無線基地局は、前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との、前記中継装置又は前記無線基地局での、比較の結果に応じて、前記無線端末に対して、前記無線端末が使用する無線システムの切り替えを指示する、ことを特徴とする付記23に記載の無線リソース制御方法。
前記中継装置は、前記通信品質を、
前記中継装置と前記無線端末との間の第一の通信品質と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記中継装置の間の第二の通信品質と、
前記無線基地局と前記コンテンツ送信装置との間の通信経路の一部を少なくとも含む通信経路の通信品質と、
の少なくともいずれかを用いて、評価する、ことを特徴とする付記22から26のいずれか一に記載の無線リソース制御方法。
前記中継装置は、前記通信品質を、
前記第一の通信品質及び前記第二の通信品質の両方を用いて、前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の第三の通信品質を算出して評価する、ことを特徴とする付記27に記載の無線リソース制御方法。
前記無線基地局は、前記制御情報を用いて、前記無線基地局と前記無線端末との間の第四の通信品質の目標値を更新する、ことを特徴とする付記22から28のいずれか一に記載の無線リソース制御方法。
前記制御情報は、
前記通信品質を示す情報、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果を示す情報、
前記第四の通信品質の目標値を示す情報、
前記無線端末やベアラの識別子を示す情報、
前記無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す情報、
前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジ変更を指示する情報、
無線システムの切り替えを前記無線端末に対して指示する情報、
の少なくともいずれかを含む、ことを特徴とする付記29に記載の無線リソース制御方法。
無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置される中継装置を構成するコンピュータに、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価する通信品質評価処理と、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線基地局における前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成する制御情報生成処理と、
を実行させるプログラム。
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間でなされる通信の種別を特定する通信種別特定処理を前記コンピュータにさらに実行させる付記31記載のプログラム。
前記通信品質評価処理は、
前記通信品質を、
前記中継装置と前記無線端末との間の第一の通信品質と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記中継装置の間の第二の通信品質と、
前記無線基地局と前記コンテンツ送信装置との間の通信経路の一部を少なくとも含む通信経路の通信品質と、
の少なくともいずれかを用いて、評価する、ことを特徴とする付記31又は32に記載のプログラム。
前記通信品質評価処理は、
前記通信品質を、
前記第一の通信品質及び前記第二の通信品質の両方を用いて、前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の第三の通信品質を算出して評価する、ことを特徴とする付記33に記載のプログラム。
前記制御情報は、
前記通信品質を示す情報、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果を示す情報、
前記無線基地局と前記無線端末との間の第四の通信品質の目標値を示す情報、
前記無線端末やベアラの識別子を示す情報、
前記無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す情報、
前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジ変更を指示する情報、
無線システムの切り替えを前記無線端末に対して指示する情報、
の少なくともいずれかを含む、ことを特徴とする付記31に記載のプログラム。
無線基地局を構成するコンピュータに、
前記無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質の評価結果に基づく制御情報を受け、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する無線リソース制御処理を実行させる、プログラム。
前記無線リソース制御処理は、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間でなされる通信の種別に応じた基準で前記通信品質を評価した結果に基づき、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、付記36記載のプログラム。
前記無線リソース制御処理は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が有する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、付記37記載のプログラム。
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジを制御するカバレッジ制御処理を、前記コンピュータに実行させる付記37に記載のプログラム。
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線端末に対して、前記無線端末が使用する無線システムの切り替えを指示する無線システム切り替え指示処理を前記コンピュータに実行させる付記37に記載のプログラム。
前記無線リソース制御処理は、
前記制御情報を用いて、前記無線基地局と前記無線端末との間の第四の通信品質の目標値を更新する、ことを特徴とする付記36から40のいずれか一に記載のプログラム。
前記制御情報は、
前記通信品質を示す情報、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果を示す情報、
前記第四の通信品質の目標値を示す情報、
前記無線端末やベアラの識別子を示す情報、
前記無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す情報、
前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジ変更を指示する情報、
無線システムの切り替えを前記無線端末に対して指示する情報、
の少なくともいずれかを含む、ことを特徴とする付記41に記載のプログラム。
10 コンテンツ送信装置
20 無線基地局
30 無線端末
40 中継装置
200 通信部
201 無線リソース制御部
202 カバレッジ制御部
203 無線システム切り替え指示部
400 通信部
401 通信種別特定部
402 通信品質評価部
403 制御情報生成部
Claims (15)
- コンテンツ送信装置と、
無線端末と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置から送信されたデータを受信して前記無線端末へと無線伝送する無線基地局と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置された中継装置と、
を含み、
前記中継装置は、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価する通信品質評価部と、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成する制御情報生成部と、
を備え、
前記無線基地局は、
前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する無線リソース制御部を備える、ことを特徴とする無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記中継装置又は前記無線基地局は、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間でなされる通信の種別を特定する通信種別特定部をさらに備え、
前記通信の種別に応じた基準で前記通信品質を評価した結果に基づき、前記無線リソース制御部は、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が有する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記無線基地局は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジを制御するカバレッジ制御部を備えた、ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記無線基地局は、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果に応じて、前記無線端末に対して、前記無線端末が使用する無線システムの切り替えを指示する無線システム切り替え指示部を備えた、ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記通信品質評価部は、
前記通信品質を、
前記中継装置と前記無線端末との間の第一の通信品質と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記中継装置との間の第二の通信品質と、
前記無線基地局と前記コンテンツ送信装置との間の通信経路の一部を少なくとも含む通信経路の通信品質と、
の少なくともいずれかを用いて、評価する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から5のいずれか1項に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記通信品質評価部は、
前記通信品質を、
前記第一の通信品質および前記第二の通信品質の両方を用いて、前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の第三の通信品質を算出して評価する、ことを特徴とする請求項6に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記無線リソース制御部は、
前記制御情報を用いて、前記無線基地局と前記無線端末との間の第四の通信品質の目標値を更新する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から7のいずれか1項に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 前記制御情報は、
前記通信品質を示す情報、
前記通信の種別によって定まる要求品質と前記通信品質との比較の結果を示す情報、
前記第四の通信品質の目標値を示す情報、
前記無線端末やベアラの識別子を示す情報、
前記無線リソースの割り当て優先度を示す情報、
前記無線基地局が管理する無線セルのカバレッジ変更を指示する情報、
無線システムの切り替えを前記無線端末に対して指示する情報、
の少なくともいずれかを含む、ことを特徴とする請求項8に記載の無線リソース制御システム。 - 無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と、前記無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置される中継装置であって、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価する通信品質評価部と、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線基地局における前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成する制御情報生成部と、
前記制御情報を前記無線基地局に通知する通信部と、
を備えたことを特徴とする中継装置。 - 前記通信品質評価部は、
前記通信品質を、前記中継装置と前記無線端末との間の第一の通信品質と、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記中継装置との間の第二の通信品質と、
前記無線基地局と前記コンテンツ送信装置との間の通信経路の一部を少なくとも含む通信経路の通信品質と、
の少なくともいずれかを用いて、評価する、ことを特徴とする請求項10に記載の中継装置。 - コンテンツ送信装置から送信されたデータを無線端末に無線伝送する無線基地局であって、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置された中継装置から、前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質の評価結果に基づく制御情報を受け、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する無線リソース制御部を備えた、ことを特徴とする無線基地局。 - 無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と前記無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置された中継装置にて、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価し、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成して前記無線基地局に通知し、
前記無線基地局では、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する、ことを特徴とする無線リソース制御方法。 - 無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と前記無線基地局との間の通信経路上に設置される中継装置を構成するコンピュータに、
前記コンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質を評価する通信品質評価処理と、
前記通信品質をもとに、前記無線基地局における前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御するための制御情報を生成する制御情報生成処理と、
を実行させるプログラム。 - 無線基地局を構成するコンピュータに、
前記無線基地局を介して無線端末にコンテンツを送信するコンテンツ送信装置と前記無線端末との間の通信に関わる通信品質の評価結果に基づく制御情報を受け、前記制御情報に基づいて、前記無線端末に対する無線リソースの割り当てを制御する処理を実行させる、プログラム。
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