WO2015045958A1 - ユーザ端末および無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a user terminal and a wireless communication method in a next generation mobile communication system.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE successor systems for example, LTE Advanced, FRA (Future Radio Access), 4G, etc.
- a wireless communication system for example, also called HetNet (Heterogeneous Network)
- small cells including picocells, femtocells, etc.
- Non-Patent Document 1 Non-Patent Document 1
- a scenario using the same frequency band in both the macro cell and the small cell for example, also called co-channel
- a scenario using different frequency bands in the macro cell and the small cell for example, separate frequency.
- CoMP Coordinated Multi-point transmission / reception
- CA Carrier Aggregation
- LTE Rel. 12 an inter-base station CoMP / CA (Inter-eNB CoMP / CA) in which a scheduler is provided independently for each of the plurality of cells and CoMP and CA are controlled in each cell is under consideration.
- two base stations may allocate uplink transmission independently and simultaneously to one user terminal. In this case, there is a possibility that the allocated resources become excessive and the transmission power is insufficient.
- the present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a user terminal and a wireless communication method capable of appropriately performing transmission power control particularly when the inter-base station CA is applied.
- a user terminal is a user terminal that performs communication by applying carrier aggregation in which a plurality of radio base stations connected by a backhaul whose delay is not negligible is used as a component carrier.
- the power headroom is triggered by a transmission unit that transmits a physical channel, a power headroom generation unit that generates a power headroom that is surplus transmission power of the terminal itself, and a value of the power headroom being 0 or less.
- a control unit that controls to report to the radio base station.
- transmission power control when applying inter-base station CA can be appropriately performed.
- FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram of intra-base station CoMP / CA
- FIG. 2B is a conceptual diagram of inter-base station CoMP / CA.
- It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the surplus transmission power PH of a user terminal.
- It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the surplus transmission power PH of a user terminal.
- It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the surplus transmission power PH of a user terminal.
- It is the schematic which shows an example of the radio
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of HetNet.
- FIG. 1A shows a case where the same frequency band is used for a macro cell and a small cell.
- FIG. 1B shows a case where different frequency bands are used for the macro cell and the small cell.
- HetNet is a wireless communication system in which at least a part of a macro cell and a small cell are geographically overlapped.
- HetNet includes a radio base station forming a macro cell (hereinafter referred to as a macro cell base station), a radio base station forming a small cell (hereinafter referred to as a small cell base station), a macro cell base station, and a small cell base station. And a user terminal for communication.
- a carrier in the same frequency band such as 0.8 GHz (800 MHz) or 2 GHz can be applied in the macro cell and the small cell.
- a carrier in a relatively low frequency band such as 0.8 GHz (800 MHz) or 2 GHz is used in the macro cell.
- a carrier having a relatively high frequency band such as 3.5 GHz is used.
- the macro cell base station and the small cell base station are connected by backhaul and exchange information with each other.
- the connection between the macro cell base station and the small cell base station may be a wired connection such as an optical fiber or a non-optical fiber (X2 interface), or a wireless connection.
- X2 interface non-optical fiber
- the delay time cannot be ignored in the transmission / reception of information between the macro cell base station and the small cell base station.
- the propagation delay of the backhaul is 0 milliseconds, but depending on the backhaul environment, the propagation delay may be several tens of milliseconds at the maximum.
- FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram of CoMP / CA in the base station.
- CoMP / CA it is assumed that one base station (base station 1 in FIG. 2A) controls the scheduling of two base stations.
- FIG. 2B is a conceptual diagram of inter-base station CoMP / CA.
- inter-base station CoMP / CA it is assumed that two base stations (base stations 1 and 2 in FIG. 2B) each independently control scheduling.
- the base station 1 and the base station 2 are connected by a non-ideal backhaul whose delay cannot be ignored, and exchange information with each other.
- a user terminal may transmit a downlink signal independently and simultaneously from two base stations.
- a user terminal may be assigned to transmit uplink signals independently and simultaneously from two base stations.
- the allocated resources become excessive, and there is a possibility that the transmission power of the user terminal is insufficient.
- control is performed so that the transmission power of the user terminal is not insufficient, there is a possibility that allocated resources will be insufficient.
- the inter-base station CA is considered.
- a macrocell base station and a small cell base station communicate with user terminals at different frequencies.
- the transmission power P PUSCH, c (i) of the uplink signal of the user terminal is expressed by the following equation (1).
- P PUSCH, c (i) min ⁇ P CMAX, c (i), 10log 10 (M PUSCH, c (i)) + P O_PUSCH, c (j) + ⁇ c (j) ⁇ PL c + ⁇ TF, c (i) + f c (i) ⁇ [dBm] (1)
- P CMAX, c (i) is the maximum transmission power of the user terminal
- M PUSCH, c (i) is the number of PUSCH resource blocks
- P O_PUSCH, c (j) is reported from the base station.
- ⁇ is a gradient parameter of fractional TPC (Transmission Power Control) designated by the base station
- PL c is a propagation loss (path loss)
- ⁇ TF, c (i) is a modulation method.
- f c (i) is a correction value by the TPC command.
- the user terminal determines the transmission power based on the above equation (1).
- the user terminal adjusts the transmission power according to a predetermined priority.
- the user terminal feeds back a PHR (Power Headroom Report) for reporting the surplus transmission power of the user terminal to the base station.
- the PHR includes a PH that is difference information between the transmission power P PUSCH of the user terminal and the maximum transmission power P CMAX and a 2-bit reserved area.
- the transmission power P PUSCH of the user terminal is calculated based on the path loss PL c estimated from the downlink.
- the change value of the path loss is larger than a predetermined value
- the user terminal feeds back the PHR to the base station.
- the base station calculates the values of P CMAX, c (i), M PUSCH, c (i), P O_PUSCH, c (j), ⁇ , ⁇ TF, c (i), and f c (i) in equation (1). Since each grasps, if the value of PHR to be fed back is obtained, the path loss PL c can be obtained using Expression (1).
- PH type1, c (i) P CMAX, c (i)- ⁇ 10log 10 (M PUSCH, c (i)) + P O_PUSCH, c (j) + ⁇ c (j) ⁇ PL c + ⁇ TF, c (i) + f c (i) ⁇ [dB] (2)
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the excess transmission power PH of the user terminal.
- the maximum transmission power P CMAX is the value obtained by subtracting the transmission power P PUSCH from the maximum transmit power P CMAX as the value of the surplus transmission power PH Notice.
- each base station can completely grasp the transmission power status of the user terminal. Can not.
- the base station uses the resource offset number M PUSCH, c (i), path loss PL c , modulation scheme and coding rate based on the power offset value ⁇ TF, c (i) in the above formula (1), and the TPC command.
- the value of the correction value f c (i) cannot be grasped.
- the base station does not know the variable used by the user terminal to calculate the surplus transmission power PH of the cell operated by another base station, and thus estimates the path loss PL c . I can't.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram for explaining excess transmission power PH fed back by the user terminal shown in FIG. 2B.
- PH 1 in FIG. 4 indicates the value of surplus transmission power for the cell operated by the base station 1 in FIG. 2B.
- PH 2 in FIG. 4 indicates the value of surplus transmission power for the cell operated by the base station 2 in FIG. 2B.
- the present inventors detect that the transmission power of the user terminal has reached the maximum transmission power and perform control to eliminate the transmission power. It was found that power control is performed.
- the radio base station when the radio base station detects that the transmission power of the user terminal has reached the maximum transmission power, the radio base station performs appropriate uplink resource allocation and transmission power control.
- the user terminal uses the MAC header for the radio base station to which the uplink resource is allocated. Report PHR.
- the second term on the right side ⁇ 10log 10 (M PUSCH, c (i)) + P O_PUSCH in Equation (1) , c (j) + ⁇ c (j) ⁇ PL c + ⁇ TF, c (i) + f c (i) ⁇ is equal to or greater than the value of the first term P CMAX, c (i) on the right side Refers to the case.
- the user terminal reports the PHR to the radio base station when PH becomes 0 or less.
- the user terminal since PH 1 for the cell (CC) operated by base station 1 has a negative value, the user terminal feeds back PHR to base stations 1 and 2.
- the user terminal since PH 2 for the cell (CC) operated by the base station 2 has a negative value, the user terminal feeds back the PHR to the base stations 1 and 2.
- the radio base station to which the uplink resource is allocated can immediately detect that the user terminal is in the power limit state.
- the range of PH that can be reported by PHR is limited to 6 bits.
- the normal PH range is ⁇ 23 [dB] to +40 [dB].
- the PH range is 0 [dB]. ] To +40 [dB].
- the PH range can be changed for the PHR reported when the transmission power of the user terminal reaches the maximum transmission power.
- the PH range may be, for example, ⁇ 63 [dB] to 0 [dB].
- the base station may not be able to distinguish between “normal PH” in the range from ⁇ 23 [dB] to +40 [dB] and “the PH” in the range from ⁇ 63 [dB] to 0 [dB]. There is.
- the radio base station can appropriately grasp how much the transmission power exceeds the maximum transmission power in the user terminal in the power limit state by distinguishing between the normal PH and the PH.
- the radio base station may notify whether it is a normal PH or the PH by RRC signaling. In this case, the reserved bit is not used.
- a radio base station configures a normal PH and a report of the PH by an upper layer such as RRC (which configures), which element is a normal PH and which element is a constituent element of the MAC header.
- RRC which configures
- the radio base station can appropriately recognize how much the transmission power exceeds the maximum transmission power in the user terminal in the power limit state by distinguishing between the normal PH and the PH. Further, since the existing PHR region is used, the influence on the specification is minimized.
- the conventional CA in the base station has a mechanism for reporting normal PH for a plurality of CCs at once using a MAC header.
- a plurality of PHs are included in the MAC header. Therefore, instead of reporting the normal PH for a plurality of CCs at once, the information element is diverted to the normal PH and the PH report, so that the user terminal operation and the radio interface remain the same as the CA in the base station. The PH can be notified.
- the cause of the user terminal going into the power limit state is that, firstly, excessive transmission power is allocated due to insufficient transmission power, and second, uplink resources are allocated excessively due to a large amount of transmission data. .
- SINR Signal-to-Interference plus Noise power Ratio
- the radio base station cannot identify the cause of the user terminal being in the power limit state from the PHR fed back from the user terminal. That is, the radio base station cannot know whether the user terminal is in a power limit state due to the first cause or whether the user terminal is in a power limit state due to the second cause.
- the uplink resource allocation amount can also be reported by the MAC header together with the PH. For example, if the uplink resource allocation amount is the same 6 bits as PH, it can be reported with a resolution of 64 values.
- PH 2 is a negative value for the cell (CC) which the base station 2 is operated. That is, the transmission power of the base station 2 reaches the maximum value.
- the user terminal reports the value of PH 2 and the uplink resource allocation amount for the base station 2 by PHR.
- the base stations 1 and 2 can grasp whether the user terminal is in the power limit state due to the first cause or the second cause. Therefore, appropriate transmission power control for each cause as described above can be performed.
- the user terminal may report the uplink resource allocation amount for both base stations as well as the base station having a negative PH value.
- the base station 1 may report the uplink resource allocation amount in addition to the PH value.
- the uplink resource allocation amount of the other base station can be grasped.
- the uplink resource allocation amount may be reported by diverting the MAC header area introduced for PHR during CA.
- the user terminal reports both the PH value and the uplink resource allocation amount, or one of them (hereinafter also referred to as “the report”), not the MAC header, but uplink control information (UCI: Uplink Control Information). ) And may be multiplexed with PUSCH data and transmitted. In this case, since the normal PHR is reported by the MAC header and the report is multiplexed on the PUSCH data, the radio base station can distinguish between the normal PH and the PH.
- the report not the MAC header, but uplink control information (UCI: Uplink Control Information).
- UCI Uplink Control Information
- the user terminal may transmit the report to both the MeNB (Master eNB) and the SeNB (Secondary eNB), or may transmit the report only to the MeNB.
- the user terminal transmits the report only to the MeNB the power is retained for the SeNB that performs large-capacity communication, and the transmission power control for the MeNB is performed for the amount of power shortage, thereby increasing the high throughput. Can be maintained.
- the user terminal can perform an operation giving priority to securing transmission power to the SeNB that performs large-capacity communication in order to maintain high throughput.
- the user terminal may transmit the report only to the SeNB.
- the user terminal maintains power for the MeNB that communicates control information, and performs transmission power control for the SeNB that communicates only data for the amount of power shortage, thereby increasing the call loss rate. Can be avoided.
- the user terminal can perform an operation giving priority to securing transmission power to the MeNB that performs communication of control information in order to ensure high communication quality.
- the user terminal may report only the uplink resource allocation amount in the report. That is, when the PH value is 0 or less, the user terminal reports the uplink resource allocation amount.
- the radio base station knows that the value of PH is 0 or less due to the report itself from the user terminal. Thereby, the radio base station can grasp that the user terminal is in the power limit state and the uplink resource allocation amount at that time with low overhead. The radio base station can appropriately adjust the transmission power by grasping the data amount.
- the user terminal may transmit the report including a buffer status report (BSR: Buffer Status Report).
- BSR Buffer Status Report
- the radio base station can select a radio base station that prioritizes power accommodation according to the BSR with reference to the amount of uplink data held by the user terminal.
- the MeNB configures the SeNB for the user terminal by RRC signaling or the like, and starts inter-base station CA.
- RRC control information both and / or one of the PH and the uplink resource allocation amount, and the normal PH report are also set.
- MeNB and SeNB each transmit an uplink grant to the user terminal.
- the uplink grant includes a TPC command, and thereby performs transmission power control.
- the user terminal transmits uplink data to the MeNB and SeNB according to the uplink grant.
- the user terminal transmits the normal PH included in the MAC header according to changes in the timer and path loss.
- the user terminal transmits the PH and the uplink resource allocation amount by including either or both of them in the MAC header or PUSCH.
- the radio base station adjusts the transmission power in order to cancel the power limit state of the user terminal when the PH and / or uplink resource allocation amount are reported.
- the PH of the own base station is positive and the PH of the other base station is 0 or less, and the PH of the own base station is 0 or less and the PH of the other base station is plus.
- the radio base station performs appropriate transmission power adjustment with reference to the PH, uplink resource allocation amount, BSR, and the like reported from the user terminal.
- the network detects that the user terminal is in the power limit state from the error rate of the uplink data and the number of HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) retransmissions.
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request
- the radio base station detects that the user terminal is in the power limit state based on the uplink data error rate and the number of HARQ retransmissions, and performs transmission power control. In this case, since specification change is unnecessary, transmission power control by the radio base station can be realized without increasing the circuit scale of the user terminal.
- Information such as error rate, HARQ retransmission count, and throughput for each radio base station may be reported by the user terminal to the radio base station.
- the user terminal may report the average number of retransmissions and average throughput for each CC to the radio base station.
- the radio base station can cancel the power limit state of the user terminal by instructing a decrease in transmission power.
- the radio base station can detect a shortage of transmission power.
- the user terminal may transmit information such as the average number of retransmissions and average throughput for each CC in the MAC header as in the PHR, or may be multiplexed and transmitted on the PUSCH as in the UCI. Thereby, these pieces of information can be transmitted with low overhead.
- the power offset value ⁇ TF, c (i) based on the number of resource blocks M PUSCH, c (i), path loss PL c , modulation scheme and coding rate in the above equation (1)
- the value of the correction value f c (i) by the TPC command is an unknown variable.
- the path loss PL c , the power offset value ⁇ TF, c (i) based on the modulation scheme and the coding rate, and the correction value f c (i) based on the TPC command are relatively gentle, and Small variations are assumed. Therefore, even if these variables are unknown to the radio base station, the influence on the transmission power control is small.
- the user terminal can dynamically notify the radio base station whether or not the own terminal is in the power limit state by PUSCH or PUCCH. That is, the radio base station can dynamically grasp whether or not the user terminal is in a power limit state.
- Whether or not the user terminal is in the power limit state can be notified by adding 1 bit to PUSCH or PUCCH and signaling. For example, it can be defined that bit “0” is not in a power limit state and “1” is in a power limit state.
- the radio base station can grasp whether or not the user terminal is in the power limit state, but whether it is due to the own cell (own base station) or to another cell (other base station). It cannot be grasped whether it is caused or not.
- bit “00” is not in the power limit state
- “01” is in the power limit state
- the occupied power ratio of the own cell is lower than the reference value
- “10” is in the power limit state
- “11”, in which the occupied power ratio of the cell is higher than the reference value can be defined as reserved.
- the radio base station knows that the transmission power of its own cell needs to be reduced.
- the reference value for determining the level of the occupied power ratio of the own cell may be specified in the RRC or MAC layer, or may be equally distributed for each CC.
- the occupied power ratio is not a simple ratio, and it may be notified whether or not there is a margin for the remaining power after performing the minimum resource allocation in other cells.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a radio communication system according to the present embodiment.
- the wireless communication system 1 includes a macro base station 11 that forms a macro cell C1, small base stations 12a and 12b that are arranged in the macro cell C1 and form a small cell C2 that is narrower than the macro cell C1, May be provided.
- a user terminal 20 as a wireless communication terminal is configured to be capable of wireless communication with at least one of a macro base station 11, small base stations 12a and 12b (hereinafter collectively referred to as small base station 12).
- the numbers of macro base stations 11 and small base stations 12 are not limited to the numbers shown in FIG.
- the same frequency band may be used, or different frequency bands may be used.
- the macro base station 11 and each small base station 12 are connected to each other via an inter-base station interface (for example, an optical fiber or an X2 interface).
- the macro base station 11 and each small base station 12 are connected to the higher station apparatus 30 and connected to the core network 40 via the higher station apparatus 30.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- RNC radio network controller
- MME mobility management entity
- the macro base station 11 is a radio base station having a relatively wide coverage, and may be referred to as an eNodeB (eNB), a radio base station, a transmission point, or the like.
- the small base station 12 is a radio base station having local coverage, and is called an RRH (Remote Radio Head), a pico base station, a femto base station, a HeNB (Home eNodeB), a transmission point, an eNodeB (eNB), or the like. May be.
- the user terminal 20 is a terminal that supports various communication schemes such as LTE and LTE-A, and may include not only a mobile communication terminal but also a fixed communication terminal.
- the wireless communication system 1 assumes a case where the networks formed for each macro cell are asynchronous (asynchronous operation).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier-frequency division multiple access
- a downlink shared channel (PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20, a downlink control channel (PDCCH: Physical Downlink Control Channel), and EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical).
- Downlink Control Channel PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel), broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel), etc.
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- an uplink shared channel (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20 and an uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel) are used as uplink communication channels. It is done. User data and higher layer control information are transmitted by PUSCH. Also, downlink radio quality information (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator), delivery confirmation information (ACK / NACK), and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- radio base station 10 when the macro base station 11 and the small base station 12 are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as a radio base station 10.
- FIG. 9 is an overall configuration diagram of the radio base station 10 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 10 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101 for MIMO transmission, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, a call processing unit 105, and an interface unit 106. .
- User data transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the user terminal 20 via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 104 via the interface unit 106.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs PDCP layer processing, user data division / combination, RLC layer transmission processing such as RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, MAC (Medium Access Control) retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing are performed and transferred to each transceiver 103.
- RLC layer transmission processing such as RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, MAC (Medium Access Control) retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing are performed and transferred to each transceiver 103.
- RLC layer transmission processing such as RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, MAC (Medium Access Control) retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse
- Each transmission / reception unit 103 converts the downlink signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 104 by precoding for each antenna to a radio frequency band.
- the amplifier unit 102 amplifies the frequency-converted radio frequency signal and transmits the amplified signal using the transmitting / receiving antenna 101.
- the radio frequency signal received by each transmitting / receiving antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102, frequency-converted by each transmitting / receiving unit 103, converted into a baseband signal, and sent to the baseband signal processing unit 104. Entered.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs FFT processing, IDFT processing, error correction decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer, and PDCP layer reception processing on user data included in the input uplink signal.
- the data is transferred to the higher station apparatus 30 via the interface unit 106.
- the call processing unit 105 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, state management of the radio base station 10, and radio resource management.
- the interface unit 106 transmits and receives signals (backhaul signaling) to and from adjacent radio base stations via an inter-base station interface (for example, an optical fiber or an X2 interface). Alternatively, the interface unit 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface.
- an inter-base station interface for example, an optical fiber or an X2 interface.
- the interface unit 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface.
- FIG. 10 is a main functional configuration diagram of the baseband signal processing unit 104 included in the radio base station 10 according to the present embodiment.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 included in the radio base station 10 includes a control unit 301, a downlink control signal generation unit 302, a downlink data signal generation unit 303, a mapping unit 304, and a demapping unit. 305, a channel estimation unit 306, an uplink control signal decoding unit 307, an uplink data signal decoding unit 308, and a determination unit 309 are included.
- the control unit 301 controls scheduling of downlink user data transmitted on the PDSCH, downlink control information transmitted on both or either of the PDCCH and the extended PDCCH (EPDCCH), downlink reference signals, and the like. In addition, the control unit 301 also performs scheduling control (allocation control) of RA preambles transmitted on the PRACH, uplink data transmitted on the PUSCH, uplink control information transmitted on the PUCCH or PUSCH, and uplink reference signals. Information related to allocation control of uplink signals (uplink control signals, uplink user data) is notified to the user terminal 20 using downlink control signals (DCI).
- DCI downlink control signals
- the control unit 301 controls allocation of radio resources to the downlink signal and the uplink signal based on the instruction information from the higher station apparatus 30 and the feedback information from each user terminal 20. That is, the control unit 301 has a function as a scheduler.
- the control unit 301 grasps whether or not the user terminal 20 is in the power limit state based on the PHR and uplink resource allocation amount reported from the user terminal 20, and when the user terminal 20 is in the power limit state Provide appropriate power control. Alternatively, the control unit 301 detects whether or not the user terminal 20 is in a power limit state based on the uplink data error rate and the number of HARQ retransmissions.
- the downlink control signal generation unit 302 generates a downlink control signal (both PDCCH signal and EPDCCH signal or one of them) whose assignment is determined by the control unit 301. Specifically, the downlink control signal generation unit 302 generates a DL assignment that notifies downlink signal allocation information and an UL grant that notifies uplink signal allocation information based on an instruction from the control unit 301. .
- the downlink data signal generation unit 303 generates a downlink data signal (PDSCH signal) determined to be allocated to resources by the control unit 301.
- the data signal generated by the downlink data signal generation unit 303 is subjected to an encoding process and a modulation process according to an encoding rate and a modulation scheme determined based on CSI from each user terminal 20 or the like.
- the mapping unit 304 allocates the downlink control signal generated by the downlink control signal generation unit 302 and the downlink data signal generated by the downlink data signal generation unit 303 to radio resources. Control.
- the demapping unit 305 demaps the uplink signal transmitted from the user terminal 20 and separates the uplink signal.
- Channel estimation section 306 estimates the channel state from the reference signal included in the received signal separated by demapping section 305, and outputs the estimated channel state to uplink control signal decoding section 307 and uplink data signal decoding section 308.
- the uplink control signal decoding unit 307 decodes a feedback signal (such as a delivery confirmation signal) transmitted from the user terminal through the uplink control channel (PRACH, PUCCH) and outputs the decoded signal to the control unit 301.
- Uplink data signal decoding section 308 decodes the uplink data signal transmitted from the user terminal through the uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and outputs the decoded signal to determination section 309.
- the determination unit 309 performs retransmission control determination (A / N determination) based on the decoding result of the uplink data signal decoding unit 308 and outputs the result to the control unit 301.
- FIG. 11 is an overall configuration diagram of the user terminal 20 according to the present embodiment.
- the user terminal 20 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201 for MIMO transmission, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit (reception unit) 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, an application unit 205, It is equipped with.
- radio frequency signals received by a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201 are each amplified by an amplifier unit 202, converted in frequency by a transmission / reception unit 203, and converted into a baseband signal.
- the baseband signal is subjected to FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like by the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- downlink user data is transferred to the application unit 205.
- the application unit 205 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer.
- broadcast information in the downlink data is also transferred to the application unit 205.
- uplink user data is input from the application unit 205 to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 retransmission control (HARQ: Hybrid ARQ) transmission processing, channel coding, precoding, DFT processing, IFFT processing, and the like are performed and transferred to each transmission / reception unit 203.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band. Thereafter, the amplifier unit 202 amplifies the frequency-converted radio frequency signal and transmits the amplified signal using the transmitting / receiving antenna 201.
- FIG. 12 is a main functional configuration diagram of the baseband signal processing unit 204 included in the user terminal 20.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 included in the user terminal 20 includes a control unit 401, an uplink control signal generation unit 402, an uplink data signal generation unit 403, a mapping unit 404, and a demapping unit 405.
- the control unit 401 generates an uplink control signal (A / N signal, etc.) and an uplink data signal based on the downlink control signal (PDCCH signal) transmitted from the radio base station and the retransmission control determination result for the received PDSCH signal. To control.
- the downlink control signal received from the radio base station is output from the downlink control signal decoding unit 407, and the retransmission control determination result is output from the determination unit 409.
- the control unit 401 includes a PH generation unit 401a.
- the PH generation unit 401a is the maximum transmission power of the user terminal 20, the number of PUSCH resource blocks, the parameter regarding the transmission power offset notified from the radio base station 10, and the gradient parameter of the fractional TPC specified by the radio base station. Then, the transmission power of the uplink signal is calculated based on the power offset value based on the path loss, the modulation scheme and the coding rate, and the correction value based on the TPC command.
- the PH generation unit 401a calculates a PH that is difference information between the transmission power of the user terminal 20 and the maximum transmission power.
- the control unit 401 controls the PH to be reported to the radio base station 10 when the PH value becomes 0 or less.
- the control unit 401 may control the radio base station 10 to report the uplink resource allocation amount together with the PH.
- the control unit 401 may control the radio base station 10 to report only the uplink resource allocation amount without reporting the PH.
- the control unit 401 may perform control so that the report is both MeNB and SeNB or any one of them.
- the uplink control signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink control signal (feedback signal such as a delivery confirmation signal or channel state information (CSI)) based on an instruction from the control unit 401.
- Uplink data signal generation section 403 generates an uplink data signal based on an instruction from control section 401. Note that the control unit 401 instructs the uplink data signal generation unit 403 to generate an uplink data signal when the UL grant is included in the downlink control signal notified from the radio base station.
- the mapping unit 404 controls allocation of uplink control signals (delivery confirmation signals and the like) and uplink data signals to radio resources (PUCCH, PUSCH) based on an instruction from the control unit 401.
- the demapping unit 405 demaps the downlink signal transmitted from the radio base station 10 and separates the downlink signal.
- Channel estimation section 406 estimates the channel state from the reference signal included in the received signal separated by demapping section 405, and outputs the estimated channel state to downlink control signal decoding section 407 and downlink data signal decoding section 408.
- the downlink control signal decoding unit 407 decodes the downlink control signal (PDCCH signal) transmitted on the downlink control channel (PDCCH), and outputs scheduling information (allocation information to uplink resources) to the control unit 401.
- the downlink control signal includes information on a cell that feeds back a delivery confirmation signal and information on whether or not RF adjustment is applied, the downlink control signal is also output to the control unit 401.
- the downlink data signal decoding unit 408 decodes the downlink data signal transmitted through the downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and outputs the decoded signal to the determination unit 409.
- the determination unit 409 performs retransmission control determination (A / N determination) based on the decoding result of the downlink data signal decoding unit 408 and outputs the result to the control unit 401.
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図1は、HetNetの概念図である。図1Aは、マクロセルとスモールセルとで同一の周波数帯を用いた場合を示している。図1Bは、マクロセルとスモールセルとで異なる周波数帯を用いた場合を示している。
PPUSCH,c(i)=min{PCMAX,c(i),10log10(MPUSCH,c(i))+PO_PUSCH,c(j)+αc(j)・PLc+ΔTF,c(i)+fc(i)}[dBm] (1)
PHtype1,c(i)=PCMAX,c(i)-{10log10(MPUSCH,c(i))+PO_PUSCH,c(j)+αc(j)・PLc+ΔTF,c(i)+fc(i)}[dB] (2)
第1の態様では、ユーザ端末が、無線基地局に対して、自端末の送信電力が最大送信電力に達したこと、すなわち自端末がパワーリミット状態にあることを報告する方法について説明する。
第2の態様では、ネットワークが、ユーザ端末の送信電力が最大送信電力に達したことを検出する方法について説明する。
第3の態様では、ユーザ端末が、無線基地局に対して自端末がパワーリミット状態であるか否かを報告する方法について説明する。
以下、本実施の形態に係る無線通信システムの構成について説明する。この無線通信システムでは、上記第1の態様から第3の態様に係る無線通信方法が適用される。
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- 遅延の無視できないバックホールで接続された複数の無線基地局をそれぞれコンポーネントキャリアとするキャリアアグリゲーションを適用して通信を行うユーザ端末であって、
各コンポーネントキャリアに上りリンクの物理チャネルを送信する送信部と、
自端末の余剰送信電力であるパワーヘッドルームを生成するパワーヘッドルーム生成部と、
前記パワーヘッドルームの値が0以下となることを契機として、前記パワーヘッドルームを前記無線基地局に報告するよう制御する制御部と、を有することを特徴とするユーザ端末。 - 前記パワーヘッドルーム生成部は、前記パワーヘッドルームの値が0以下となることを契機として報告される前記パワーヘッドルームのレンジを、-63[dB]から0[dB]とすることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記制御部は、前記パワーヘッドルームの報告に含まれるリザーブドビットの値を“1”とすることを特徴とする請求項2に記載のユーザ端末。
- RRCシグナリングを介して前記パワーヘッドルームを報告することを特徴とする請求項2に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記制御部は、前記パワーヘッドルームとともに、上りリンクリソース割当量を前記無線基地局に報告するよう制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記制御部は、前記パワーヘッドルームの値が0以下となることを契機として、上りリンクリソース割当量のみを前記無線基地局に報告するよう制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記制御部は、マスタ基地局(MeNB)のみに前記パワーヘッドルームの報告をするよう制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記制御部は、セカンダリ基地局(SeNB)のみに前記パワーヘッドルームの報告をするよう制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記制御部は、前記パワーヘッドルームとともに、バッファステータスレポートを報告するよう制御することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 遅延の無視できないバックホールで接続された複数の無線基地局をそれぞれコンポーネントキャリアとするキャリアアグリゲーションを適用して通信を行うユーザ端末の無線通信方法であって、
各コンポーネントキャリアに上りリンクの物理チャネルを送信する工程と、
自端末の余剰送信電力であるパワーヘッドルームを生成する工程と、
前記パワーヘッドルームの値が0以下となることを契機として、前記パワーヘッドルームを前記無線基地局に報告するよう制御する工程と、を有することを特徴とする無線通信方法。
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