WO2016098262A1 - 無線通信システム、通信装置および処理方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a wireless communication system, a communication device, and a processing method.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication system, a communication apparatus, and a processing method capable of improving throughput.
- the first communication device wirelessly transmits from the second communication device using a predetermined band shared with another wireless communication system.
- the first communication device assigns a first candidate and a second candidate for use resources in the predetermined band to the second communication device, and the second communication device transmits the first communication.
- An empty radio resource is detected based on an assignment result of the first candidate and the second candidate by a device, and when the first candidate is empty, the first candidate is used to the first communication device.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating an example of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment.
- 1B is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal flow in the wireless communication system illustrated in FIG. 1A.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station.
- FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal flow in the base station illustrated in FIG. 3A.
- FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the base station.
- FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the terminal.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a modification of the process performed by the base station according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a modification of the process performed by the terminal according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the backoff value of each resource set in each terminal.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 16A is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 16B is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the terminal according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 19A is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of uplink communication in a wireless communication system according to a modification of the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 19B is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the modification of the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing performed by a terminal according to the modification of the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 23 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 25 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating an example of the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment.
- 1B is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal flow in the wireless communication system illustrated in FIG. 1A.
- the wireless communication system 100 according to the first embodiment includes a first communication device 110 and a second communication device 120.
- Examples of the first communication device and the second communication device include base stations and terminals in cellular communication.
- Another example of the first communication device and the second communication device includes a first terminal and a second terminal in direct communication between devices (Device to Device communication).
- the first communication device 110 is a base station (hereinafter referred to as “base station 110”)
- the second communication device 120 is a terminal (hereinafter referred to as “terminal 120”). An example will be described.
- a radio signal is transmitted from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 using a predetermined band shared by the radio communication system 100 with other radio communication systems.
- wireless communication by LTE, LTE-A, or the like is performed.
- the predetermined band is, for example, an unlicensed band (unlicensed band).
- An example of the unlicensed band is an ISM (Industry-Science-Medical) band (2.4 [GHz] band), a 5 [GHz] band, or the like.
- Another example of the wireless communication system is a wireless communication system of WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network).
- Another communication system may be a wireless communication system such as LTE or LTE-A, which is different from the wireless communication system 100.
- the base station 110 is a first communication device that includes an allocation unit 111 and a reception unit 112.
- the allocating unit 111 allocates the first candidate and the second candidate for the used resource in the predetermined band to the terminal 120.
- the used resource is a radio resource used for transmitting a radio signal from the terminal 120 to the base station 110.
- the first candidate and the second candidate for use resources are radio resources included in a predetermined band and are different from each other.
- the radio resource is, for example, a time resource, a frequency resource, or a combination of a time resource and a frequency resource.
- the radio resource may be a CC (Component Carrier: component carrier), an RB (Resource Block: resource block), or a subframe.
- the assigning unit 111 notifies the receiving unit 112 of the assignment result of the first candidate and the second candidate to the terminal 120.
- assignment section 111 notifies terminal 120 of the assignment result of the first candidate and the second candidate to terminal 120.
- allocation section 111 notifies terminal 120 of the allocation results of the first candidate and the second candidate by transmitting control information to terminal 120.
- a band exclusively used by the wireless communication system 100 can be used.
- the band occupied by the wireless communication system 100 is, for example, a licensed band assigned to the operator of the wireless communication system 100.
- an unlicensed band may be used for transmission of control information by the assigning unit 111.
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- E-PDCCH Enhanced-Physical Downlink Control Channel
- control information transmitted by the assigning unit 111 can be information directly indicating the first candidate and the second candidate assigned to the terminal 120. Thereby, the assigning unit 111 can flexibly assign each of the first candidate and the second candidate.
- control information transmitted by the assigning unit 111 can be information indicating the first candidate and the relationship between the first candidate and the second candidate. Thereby, the increase in the overhead of the control information transmitted by the assigning unit 111 can be suppressed.
- the relationship between the first candidate and the second candidate can be, for example, a difference between the first candidate and the second candidate.
- the difference between the first candidate and the second candidate can be, for example, a time difference, a frequency difference, or a time and frequency difference.
- the terminal 120 can specify the second candidate based on the first candidate indicated by the received control information and the difference indicated by the received control information.
- the relationship between the first candidate and the second candidate may be shared between the base station 110 and the terminal 120.
- the base station 110 notifies the terminal 120 of the relationship between the first candidate and the second candidate, so that the relationship between the first candidate and the second candidate can be shared between the base station 110 and the terminal 120. it can.
- a control signal such as an RRC (Radio Resource Control) signal can be used.
- control information transmitted by the assigning unit 111 can be information that indirectly indicates the second candidate by directly indicating the first candidate. Thereby, the increase in the overhead of the control information transmitted by the assigning unit 111 can be suppressed.
- the terminal 120 may identify the second candidate based on the first candidate indicated by the received control information and the relationship between the first candidate and the second candidate shared with the base station 110. it can.
- the reception unit 112 performs reception processing for each radio resource of the first candidate and the second candidate allocated to the terminal 120 based on the allocation result of the first candidate and the second candidate notified from the allocation unit 111. Thus, regardless of whether the terminal 120 transmits a radio signal using the first candidate or the second candidate, the signal transmitted by the terminal 120 can be received.
- the reception unit 112 may first perform the first candidate reception process, and may perform the second candidate reception process only when the wireless signal from the terminal 120 cannot be received by the first candidate reception process. Thereby, the reception process in the receiving part 112 can be performed efficiently.
- the reception unit 112 buffers the reception signal for the second candidate, and performs buffering when the radio signal from the terminal 120 cannot be received by the reception processing of the first candidate.
- a reception process such as decoding is performed on the received signal of the second candidate.
- the assigning unit 111 may set the second candidate as a radio resource later in time than the first candidate. Accordingly, the reception unit 112 receives the second candidate when the radio signal from the terminal 120 cannot be received by the reception process of the first candidate without buffering the reception signal for the second candidate. Processing can be performed.
- the reception unit 112 performs demodulation and decoding on the received radio signal based on the encoding and modulation schemes specified for the terminal 120, and when the decoding is successful, It can be determined that it has been received.
- decoding for decoding in this case, for example, CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) can be used.
- the terminal 120 is a second communication device that includes a detection unit 121 and a transmission unit 122.
- the detection unit 121 detects the availability of radio resources based on the result of assignment of the used resources in the predetermined band to the first candidate and the second candidate terminal 120 notified from the base station 110. For example, the detection unit 121 can identify the first candidate and the second candidate by receiving control information transmitted from the base station 110.
- the detection unit 121 detects, for example, vacancy of the first candidate and the second candidate. Alternatively, the detection unit 121 may first detect the vacancy of the first candidate and detect the vacancy of the second candidate only when the first candidate is not vacant. The detection unit 121 notifies the transmission unit 122 of the detection result.
- the transmission unit 122 transmits a radio signal to the base station 110 using the first candidate when the first candidate is vacant based on the detection result notified from the detection unit 121. Moreover, the transmission part 122 transmits a radio signal to the base station 110 using a 2nd candidate, when the 1st candidate is not vacant and the 2nd candidate is vacant. Moreover, the transmission part 122 does not transmit a radio signal to the base station 110, for example, when the 1st candidate and the 2nd candidate are not vacant.
- the transmission unit 122 transmits a radio signal to the base station 110 using only the first candidate, for example.
- the transmission unit 122 may transmit a radio signal to the base station 110 using both the first candidate and the second candidate.
- the base station 110 can allocate a plurality of candidates for radio resources in a predetermined band shared with other radio communication systems to the terminal 120.
- the terminal 120 can detect the availability of radio resources, and can transmit an uplink signal using an available radio resource among a plurality of candidates assigned from the base station 110. Thereby, the success rate of the radio signal transmission from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 in a predetermined band shared with another radio communication system can be increased, and the throughput can be improved.
- the base station 110 assigns the first candidate and the second candidate of the used resource to the terminal 120 .
- the base station 110 uses the third and subsequent candidates of the used resource to the terminal 120. May be assigned.
- the terminal 120 transmits a radio signal to the base station 110 using the third candidate.
- the operation example in the case of the base station 110 and the terminal 120 in the cellular communication is shown as the first communication device 110 and the second communication device 120, respectively.
- the allocating unit 111 stores information on radio resources allocated by a host device (not shown) (for example, a base station in cellular communication). 2 may have a function of notifying (transferring) to the second terminal.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the first embodiment.
- the horizontal axis indicates time, and the vertical axis indicates frequency.
- the downlink licensed band on the vertical axis is a band used for radio transmission from the base station 110 to the terminal 120 in the licensed band.
- the uplink unlicensed band on the vertical axis is a band used for radio transmission from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 in the unlicensed band.
- the control CH 210 is a control CH (control channel) that the base station 110 transmits to the terminal 120 using a downlink licensed band.
- the control CH 210 includes information that specifies the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 of the resources used for uplink data transmission from the terminal 120 to the base station 110.
- the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 are bands included in the uplink unlicensed band, respectively.
- the first candidate 221 is a used resource having a higher priority than the second candidate 222.
- PDCCH or E-PDCCH can be used for control CH 210.
- Terminal 120 performs carrier sense 230 (CS: Carrier Sense) of a band including first candidate 221 and second candidate 222 based on received control CH 210.
- CS Carrier Sense
- the terminal 120 performs carrier sense 230 for the entire upstream unlicensed band immediately before the time domain of the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222.
- the terminal 120 determines that the first candidate 221 is busy due to other system interference 240, and the second candidate 222 is idle (Idle: Suppose that it is determined that the state is idle.
- the other system interference 240 is interference with the radio communication system 100 due to a radio signal transmitted from a radio communication system different from the radio communication system 100.
- the terminal 120 does not transmit uplink data to the base station 110 by the first candidate 221, and transmits uplink data to the base station 110 by the second candidate 222.
- the terminal 120 uses the first candidate 221 to the base station 110.
- the upstream data is transmitted.
- the terminal 120 determines that both the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 are empty, the terminal 120 transmits uplink data to the base station 110 using the first candidate 221 having a higher priority than the second candidate 222. Further, when it is determined that both the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 are busy, the terminal 120 does not transmit uplink data to the base station 110.
- the unlicensed band may be used for transmission of the control CH 210.
- FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station.
- FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal flow in the base station illustrated in FIG. 3A.
- the base station 110 includes, for example, an antenna 301, a reception processing unit 302, a data signal processing unit 303, a control unit 304, a scheduler 305, a control CH generation unit 306, A transmission processing unit 307 and an antenna 308 are provided.
- the antenna 301 receives a signal wirelessly transmitted from a terminal (for example, the terminal 120), and outputs the received signal to the reception processing unit 302.
- the reception processing unit 302 performs reception processing on the signal output from the antenna 301.
- the reception processing by the reception processing unit 302 includes, for example, amplification, frequency conversion from an RF (Radio Frequency: high frequency) band to a baseband, conversion from an analog signal to a digital signal, and the like.
- the reception processing unit 302 outputs the signal subjected to the reception process to the data signal processing unit 303.
- the data signal processing unit 303 performs data signal processing of the signal output from the reception processing unit 302 based on the uplink scheduling result output from the scheduler 305.
- the data signal processing by the data signal processing unit 303 includes, for example, demodulation and decoding.
- the data signal processing unit 303 performs data signal processing that attempts to decode a plurality of candidates for unlicensed band use resources allocated to one terminal for the uplink.
- the data signal processing unit 303 outputs data obtained by the data signal processing to the control unit 304.
- the control unit 304 performs various controls related to communication by the base station 110.
- the control unit 304 controls the scheduler 305 and the control CH generation unit 306.
- the control of the scheduler 305 and the control CH generation unit 306 by the control unit 304 may be performed based on control information included in data output from the data signal processing unit 303, for example.
- the scheduler 305 performs downlink scheduling from the base station 110 to the terminal (for example, the terminal 120) and uplink scheduling from the terminal (for example, the terminal 120) to the base station 110 according to the control from the control unit 304. .
- the uplink scheduling by the scheduler 305 includes scheduling for assigning a plurality of candidates for unlicensed band use resources to one terminal.
- the scheduler 305 outputs the downlink and uplink scheduling results to the control CH generation unit 306. Also, the scheduler 305 outputs the uplink scheduling result to the data signal processing unit 303.
- the control CH generation unit 306 generates a downlink control CH based on the control from the control unit 304 and the scheduling result output from the scheduler 305.
- the control CH generated by the control CH generation unit 306 includes information for specifying a plurality of candidates for use resources of the unlicensed band assigned to the terminal.
- the control CH generation unit 306 outputs the generated control CH to the transmission processing unit 307.
- the transmission processing unit 307 performs transmission processing of the control CH output from the control CH generation unit 306.
- the transmission processing by the transmission processing unit 307 includes, for example, conversion from a digital signal to an analog signal, frequency conversion from a baseband band to an RF band, amplification, and the like.
- the transmission processing unit 307 outputs the signal subjected to the transmission process to the antenna 308.
- the antenna 308 wirelessly transmits the signal output from the transmission processing unit 307 to a terminal (for example, the terminal 120).
- the reception unit 112 of the base station 110 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B can be realized by the antenna 301, the reception processing unit 302, and the data signal processing unit 303, for example.
- FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the base station.
- the base station 110 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B can be realized by the communication device 330 shown in FIG. 3C, for example.
- the communication device 330 includes a CPU 331, a memory 332, a wireless communication interface 333, and a wired communication interface 334.
- the CPU 331, the memory 332, the wireless communication interface 333 and the wired communication interface 334 are connected by a bus 339.
- the CPU 331 Central Processing Unit controls the entire communication device 330.
- the memory 332 includes, for example, a main memory and an auxiliary memory.
- the main memory is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory).
- the main memory is used as a work area for the CPU 331.
- the auxiliary memory is, for example, a nonvolatile memory such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a flash memory.
- Various programs for operating the communication device 330 are stored in the auxiliary memory. The program stored in the auxiliary memory is loaded into the main memory and executed by the CPU 331.
- the wireless communication interface 333 is a communication interface that communicates with the outside of the communication device 330 (for example, the terminal 120) wirelessly.
- the wireless communication interface 333 is controlled by the CPU 331.
- the wired communication interface 334 is a communication interface that communicates with the outside of the communication device 330 (for example, the upper core network of the base station 110) by wire.
- the wired communication interface 334 is controlled by the CPU 331.
- the antenna 301, the reception processing unit 302, the transmission processing unit 307, and the antenna 308 illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B can be realized by the wireless communication interface 333, for example.
- the data signal processing unit 303, the control unit 304, the scheduler 305, and the control CH generation unit 306 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B can be realized by the CPU 331, for example.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a terminal.
- 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal flow in the terminal illustrated in FIG. 4A.
- the terminal 120 for example, includes an antenna 401, a downlink signal reception processing unit 402, a control CH processing unit 403, an antenna 404, an uplink signal reception processing unit 405, and an availability detection.
- the terminal 120 includes a control unit 407, a data signal generation unit 408, a transmission processing unit 409, and an antenna 410.
- the antenna 401 receives a signal wirelessly transmitted from another communication device (for example, the base station 110), and outputs the received signal to the downlink signal reception processing unit 402.
- the downlink signal reception processing unit 402 performs reception processing of a downlink signal from the base station 110 included in the signal output from the antenna 401.
- the reception processing by the downlink signal reception processing unit 402 includes, for example, amplification, frequency conversion from the RF band to the baseband, conversion from an analog signal to a digital signal, and the like.
- the downlink signal reception processing unit 402 outputs the downlink signal subjected to the reception process to the control CH processing unit 403.
- the control CH processing unit 403 performs processing on the control CH included in the downlink signal output from the downlink signal reception processing unit 402.
- the control CH processing by the control CH processing unit 403 includes, for example, demodulation and decoding of the control CH.
- the control CH processing unit 403 outputs the control CH obtained by the control CH processing to the control unit 407.
- control CH processing unit 403 displays information indicating a plurality of candidates for the use resources of the unlicensed band allocated to the uplink transmission of the terminal 120 included in the control CH obtained by the processing of the control CH. Output to 406.
- the antenna 404 receives a signal wirelessly transmitted from another communication device (for example, another terminal), and outputs the received signal to the uplink signal reception processing unit 405.
- the uplink signal reception processing unit 405 performs reception processing for an uplink signal included in the signal output from the antenna 404.
- the reception processing by the upstream signal reception processing unit 405 includes, for example, amplification, frequency conversion from the RF band to the baseband, conversion from an analog signal to a digital signal, and the like.
- Uplink signal reception processing section 405 outputs the uplink signal that has undergone reception processing to vacancy status detection section 406.
- the vacancy status detection unit 406 performs carrier sense to detect the vacancy status in the uplink band based on the uplink signal output from the uplink signal reception processing unit 405. Further, based on the information output from the control CH processing unit 403, the availability status detection unit 406 targets availability for a band including a plurality of unlicensed band use resources allocated to uplink transmission of the terminal 120. Is detected. The availability detection unit 406 outputs the detection result of the availability in the uplink band to the control unit 407 and the data signal generation unit 408.
- the availability detection unit 406 detects a radio signal in the target band.
- the detection of the radio signal in the target band is, for example, a process of detecting the radio signal by detecting the received power (reception energy) of the radio wave in the target band and comparing the detected received power with a predetermined power.
- the detection of the radio signal in the target band may be a process of detecting the radio signal by detecting a predetermined pattern (for example, preamble) of the radio signal based on the radio wave in the target band.
- carrier sense of CSMA / CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
- CSMA / CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
- the control unit 407 performs various controls related to communication by the terminal 120.
- the control unit 407 controls the data signal generation unit 408.
- the control of the data signal generation unit 408 by the control unit 407 may be performed based on, for example, the control CH output from the control CH processing unit 403 or the detection result output from the free space detection unit 406 to the control unit 407. .
- the data signal generation unit 408 generates an uplink data signal based on the control from the control unit 407 and the detection result output from the free space detection unit 406. For example, the data signal generation unit 408 transmits the uplink transmission using the unlicensed band according to the candidate that the availability detection unit 406 determines that the available resource allocated to the uplink transmission of the terminal 120 is empty. An upstream data signal is generated. The data signal generation unit 408 outputs the generated data signal to the transmission processing unit 409.
- the transmission processing unit 409 performs transmission processing of the data signal output from the data signal generation unit 408.
- the transmission processing by the transmission processing unit 409 includes, for example, conversion from a digital signal to an analog signal, frequency conversion from a baseband band to an RF band, amplification, and the like.
- the transmission processing unit 409 outputs the signal subjected to the transmission process to the antenna 410.
- the antenna 410 wirelessly transmits the signal output from the transmission processing unit 409 to a base station (for example, the base station 110).
- the detection unit 121 of the terminal 120 illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B is realized by, for example, the antenna 401, the downlink signal reception processing unit 402, the control CH processing unit 403, the antenna 404, the uplink signal reception processing unit 405, and the free space detection unit 406. can do.
- the transmission unit 122 of the terminal 120 illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B can be realized by the data signal generation unit 408, the transmission processing unit 409, and the antenna 410, for example.
- FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the terminal.
- the terminal 120 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B can be realized by the communication device 430 shown in FIG. 4C, for example.
- the communication device 430 includes a CPU 431, a memory 432, a user interface 433, and a wireless communication interface 434.
- the CPU 431, the memory 432, the user interface 433 and the wireless communication interface 434 are connected by a bus 439.
- the CPU 431 controls the entire communication device 430.
- the memory 432 includes, for example, a main memory and an auxiliary memory.
- the main memory is, for example, a RAM.
- the main memory is used as a work area for the CPU 431.
- the auxiliary memory is a non-volatile memory such as a magnetic disk or a flash memory.
- Various programs for operating the communication device 430 are stored in the auxiliary memory. The program stored in the auxiliary memory is loaded into the main memory and executed by the CPU 431.
- the user interface 433 includes, for example, an input device that receives an operation input from the user, an output device that outputs information to the user, and the like.
- the input device can be realized by a key (for example, a keyboard) or a remote controller, for example.
- the output device can be realized by, for example, a display or a speaker. Further, an input device and an output device may be realized by a touch panel or the like.
- the user interface 433 is controlled by the CPU 431.
- the wireless communication interface 434 is a communication interface that performs communication with the outside of the communication device 430 (for example, the base station 110 and other terminals) wirelessly.
- the wireless communication interface 434 is controlled by the CPU 431.
- the antenna 401, the downlink signal reception processing unit 402, the antenna 404, the uplink signal reception processing unit 405, the transmission processing unit 409, and the antenna 410 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B can be realized by the wireless communication interface 434, for example.
- the control CH processing unit 403, the availability detection unit 406, the control unit 407, and the data signal generation unit 408 illustrated in FIGS. 4A and 4B can be realized by the CPU 431, for example.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the first embodiment.
- the base station 110 according to the first embodiment executes, for example, each step illustrated in FIG. First, the base station 110 generates a control CH based on the scheduling result for the terminal 120 (step S501).
- the control CH generated in step S501 is a control CH that specifies the first candidate and the second candidate of the use resource for transmitting uplink data from the terminal 120 to the base station 110.
- the base station 110 transmits the control CH generated in step S501 to the terminal 120 (step S502).
- the base station 110 performs reception processing of the first candidate designated by the control CH transmitted in step S502 (step S503). For example, the base station 110 tries to decode a radio signal in the radio resource corresponding to the first candidate.
- the base station 110 determines whether or not the uplink data from the terminal 120 is successfully decoded as the first candidate in the reception process of step S503 (step S504).
- step S504 when decoding is successful (step S504: Yes), the base station 110 transmits ACK (acknowledgment) to the terminal 120 (step S505), and returns to step S501.
- step S504: No when the decoding is not successful (step S504: No), the base station 110 performs the reception process of the second candidate designated by the control CH transmitted in step S502 (step S506). For example, the base station 110 tries to decode a radio signal in a radio resource corresponding to the second candidate.
- the base station 110 determines whether or not the uplink data from the terminal 120 is successfully decoded as the second candidate in the reception process of step S506 (step S507).
- step S507: Yes the base station 110 transmits ACK to the terminal 120 (step S508), and returns to step S501. If the decoding is not successful (step S507: No), the base station 110 transmits a NACK (negative response) to the terminal 120 (step S509), and returns to step S501.
- the base station 110 may determine whether or not the uplink data from the terminal 120 has been successfully decoded by the first candidate after performing the first candidate reception process and the second candidate reception process together. Good. For example, the base station 110 may perform step S506 between step S503 and step S504. In addition, it is good also as a process which excluded transmission of ACK by step S505, S508, and transmission of NACK by step S509.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the first embodiment.
- the terminal 120 according to the first embodiment executes, for example, each step shown in FIG. First, the terminal 120 performs processing for receiving a control CH from the base station 110 (step S601). Next, the terminal 120 determines whether or not the control CH addressed to the terminal from the base station 110 is detected based on the result of the reception process in step S601 (step S602).
- step S602 when the control CH addressed to the own terminal is not detected (step S602: No), the terminal 120 returns to step S601.
- step S602: Yes when the control CH addressed to the own terminal is detected (step S602: Yes), the terminal 120 detects the availability of the channel for each candidate of the used resource specified by the detected control CH addressed to the own terminal (step S603). ).
- the terminal 120 determines whether or not the first candidate is empty based on the detection result in step S603 (step S604). If the first candidate is empty (step S604: Yes), the terminal 120 transmits uplink data to the base station 110 using the first candidate (step S605), and returns to step S601.
- step S604 if the first candidate is not empty (step S604: No), the terminal 120 determines whether the second candidate is empty based on the detection result in step S603 (step S606). When the second candidate is empty (step S606: Yes), the terminal 120 transmits uplink data to the base station 110 using the second candidate (step S607), and returns to step S601. If the second candidate is not empty (step S606: No), the terminal 120 returns to step S601 without transmitting uplink data to the base station 110.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a modification of the process performed by the base station according to the first embodiment.
- N is an integer of 3 or more, for example.
- the base station 110 generates a control CH based on the scheduling result for the terminal 120 (step S701).
- the control CH generated in step S701 is a control CH that specifies the first to Nth candidates for the use resource for transmitting uplink data from the terminal 120 to the base station 110.
- the base station 110 transmits the control CH generated in step S701 to the terminal 120 (step S702).
- n is the index (1 to N) of each candidate for the used resource specified by the control CH transmitted in step S702.
- the base station 110 performs reception processing for the nth candidate designated by the control CH transmitted in step S702 (step S704). For example, the base station 110 tries to decode a radio signal in the radio resource corresponding to the nth candidate. Next, the base station 110 determines whether or not the uplink data from the terminal 120 has been successfully decoded as the nth candidate in the reception process of step S704 (step S705).
- step S705 when decoding is successful (step S705: Yes), the base station 110 transmits ACK to the terminal 120 (step S706), and returns to step S701. If the decoding is not successful (step S705: No), the base station 110 determines whether n is less than N (step S707). N is the maximum value of n.
- step S707: No the base station 110 transmits NACK to the terminal 120 (step S709), and returns to step S701.
- the base station 110 may determine whether or not the uplink data from the terminal 120 has been successfully decoded in order from the first candidate after performing the reception processing of the first candidate to the Nth candidate collectively. Good. It should be noted that the ACK transmission in step S706 and the NACK transmission in step S709 may be omitted.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a modification of the process performed by the terminal according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the case where two candidates for the uplink used resource (first candidate and second candidate) are specified
- FIG. 8 illustrates the case where N candidates for the uplink used resource are specified.
- Steps S801 to S803 shown in FIG. 8 are the same as steps S601 to S603 shown in FIG.
- n 1 (step S804).
- n is the index (1 to N) of each candidate specified by the control CH received in step S801.
- the terminal 120 determines whether or not the nth candidate designated by the control CH received in step S801 is empty based on the detection result in step S803 (step S805). If the nth candidate is empty (step S805: Yes), the terminal 120 transmits uplink data to the base station 110 as the nth candidate (step S806), and returns to step S801.
- the base station 110 can assign a plurality of candidates for unlicensed band radio resources to the terminal 120. Also, the terminal 120 can perform carrier sense based on the allocation result from the base station 110, and can transmit an uplink signal using an available radio resource among a plurality of allocated candidates.
- radio signals from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 by radio resources allocated by the base station 110 cannot be transmitted due to interference from other radio communication systems. Less likely. For this reason, the success rate of the transmission of the radio signal from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 can be increased, and the throughput can be improved.
- Embodiment 2 In the second embodiment, parts different from the first embodiment will be described.
- base station 110 allocates use resources to a plurality of terminals 120 (for example, users 1 to 3).
- FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the second embodiment.
- the horizontal axis indicates time (subframe), and the vertical axis indicates frequency.
- the downlink licensed band on the vertical axis is a band used for radio transmission from the base station 110 to the terminal 120 in the licensed band.
- Uplink unlicensed band resources 1 to 4 on the vertical axis are radio resources included in the unlicensed band.
- the terminal 120 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B can be applied to each of the users 1 to 3.
- Resources 1 to 3 are radio resources set by the base station 110 as first resources to be used for transmission of uplink data of the users 1 to 3, respectively.
- the resource 4 is a radio resource set by the base station 110 as a second candidate for use resources for transmitting uplink data of the users 1 to 3.
- the base station 110 sets the second candidate for the use resource for uplink data transmission of a plurality of terminals to the same radio resource.
- the base station 110 sets three resources (resources 1 to 3) out of four resources (resources 1 to 4) of the unlicensed band as the first candidates for the users 1 to 3, respectively.
- the remaining resource 4 is set as a second candidate common to the users 1 to 3.
- Users 1 to 3 transmit uplink data using the second candidate when the first candidate set in their own terminal is not empty. Also, when transmitting uplink data using the second candidate (resource 4), users 1 to 3 perform back-off processing and only when the channel of resource 4 is empty when the back-off time expires. Transmit uplink data.
- the backoff times of the users 1 to 3 are set by the base station 110 differently and notified to the users 1 to 3.
- the back-off times of the users 1 to 3 may be set in the terminal by the users 1 to 3 based on random numbers, respectively.
- the control CHs 911 to 913 are control CHs that the base station 110 transmits to a plurality of terminals (users 1 to 3) using a downlink licensed band. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the control CHs 911 to 913 are transmitted at the head of the subframe SF1.
- the control CH 911 includes information specifying the first candidate (resource 1) and the second candidate (resource 4) of the resources used for uplink data transmission from the user 1 to the base station 110.
- the control CH 912 includes information that specifies the first candidate (resource 2) and the second candidate (resource 4) of the resources used for uplink data transmission from the user 2 to the base station 110.
- the control CH 913 includes information specifying the first candidate (resource 3) and the second candidate (resource 4) of the resources used for uplink data transmission from the user 3 to the base station 110.
- the time domain of the resources 1 to 4 is, for example, a subframe SF5 after 4 subframes of the subframe SF1 to which the control CHs 911 to 913 are transmitted.
- User 1 performs carrier sense of the band including the first candidate (resource 1) of the used resource in subframe SF4 immediately before subframe SF5 based on control CH911. In the example illustrated in FIG. 9, it is assumed that the user 1 determines that the first candidate (resource 1) is busy with other system interference 921.
- the user 1 waits for the back-off period 931 corresponding to the user 1, and performs carrier sense of the resource 4 in the back-off period 931.
- the user 1 since the resource 4 is empty in the back-off period 931, the user 1 transmits a dummy signal 941 (dummy) using the resource 4 to the head of the subframe SF5. Then, the user 1 transmits the uplink data 951 (user 1 data) of the user 1 using the resource 4 in the subframe SF5.
- User 2 performs carrier sense of the band including the first candidate (resource 2) of the used resource in subframe SF4 immediately before subframe SF5 based on control CH912.
- the user 2 determines that the first candidate (resource 2) is busy with other system interference 922.
- the user 2 waits for the back-off period 932 corresponding to the user 2 and performs carrier sense of the resource 4 in the back-off period 932.
- the user 2 since the resource 4 is busy with the dummy signal 941 from the user 1 in the back-off period 932, the user 2 does not transmit uplink data.
- User 3 performs carrier sense of the band including the first candidate (resource 3) for the used resource in subframe SF4 immediately before subframe SF5 based on control CH913.
- the user 3 determines that the first candidate (resource 3) is empty.
- the user 3 transmits a dummy signal 942 (dummy) by the resource 3 up to the head of the subframe SF5.
- the user 3 transmits the uplink data 952 (user 3 data) of the user 3 by the resource 3 in the subframe SF5.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the second embodiment.
- the base station 110 according to the second embodiment executes, for example, each step illustrated in FIG. In FIG. 10, a case where communication is performed between the base station 110 and the first to Mth terminals will be described.
- M is an integer of 2 or more, for example.
- the base station 110 selects a first candidate resource to be used in each of the first to M-th terminals and a second candidate resource common to the first to M-th terminals (step S1001). .
- the base station 110 generates a control CH for the first to Mth terminals (step S1002).
- the control CH generated in step S1002 designates the first candidate and the second candidate of the resources used for transmitting uplink data from the first to Mth terminals to the base station 110 based on the selection result in step S1001.
- Control CH Next, the base station 110 transmits the control CH generated in step S1002 to the first to Mth terminals (step S1003).
- the base station 110 executes steps S1004 and S1005 for each of the first to Mth terminals.
- the base station 110 performs reception processing for the first candidate designated by the control CH transmitted in step S1003 for the target terminal among the first to Mth terminals (step S1004).
- the base station 110 identifies success or failure of decoding of uplink data from the target terminal as the first candidate in the reception process of step S1004 (step S1005).
- the base station 110 executes steps S1006 and S1007 in descending order of priority for each of the terminals that have not succeeded in decoding the uplink data with the first candidate based on the identification result of step S1005.
- the order of higher priority is, for example, the order in which the set back-off value (back-off time) is small (short).
- the base station 110 performs reception processing for the second candidate designated by the control CH transmitted in step S1003 for the target terminal among the first to Mth terminals (step S1006).
- the base station 110 identifies success or failure of decoding of uplink data from the target terminal as the second candidate in the reception process of step S1006 (step S1007).
- Steps S1006 and S1007 are executed for each of the target terminals, the base station 110 returns to Step S1001.
- FIG. 10 illustrates the case where two candidates for the uplink used resource (first candidate and second candidate) are designated, it may be a process of designating N candidates for the uplink used resource.
- the second candidate common to the first to M-th terminals is assigned.
- the second candidate may be assigned by distributing the first to M-th terminals to a plurality of resources.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the second embodiment.
- the terminal 120 according to the second embodiment can be applied to each of the users 1 to 3 and the first to Mth terminals described above, for example.
- the terminal 120 according to the second embodiment executes, for example, each step shown in FIG. Steps S1101 to S1105 shown in FIG. 11 are the same as steps S601 to S605 shown in FIG.
- step S1104 If the first candidate is not empty in step S1104 (step S1104: No), the terminal 120 performs a backoff process for performing carrier sense after waiting for the backoff time of the terminal itself (step S1106), and proceeds to step S1107. Transition. Steps S1107 and S1108 are the same as steps S606 and S607 shown in FIG.
- the terminal 120 may transmit a dummy signal using a resource for transmitting uplink data if there is time until a subframe in which the uplink data is transmitted.
- FIG. 11 the case where two candidates for the uplink used resource (first candidate and second candidate) are specified has been described. However, it may be a process for designating N candidates for the uplink used resource.
- the base station 110 can assign the same second candidate to each of the plurality of terminals 120 in an overlapping manner. Also, each of the plurality of terminals 120 can detect vacancy for the second candidate assigned by the base station 110 with different backoff times.
- Embodiment 3 The third embodiment will be described with respect to differences from the first embodiment.
- base station 110 allocates use resources to a plurality of terminals 120 (for example, users 1 to 3).
- FIG. 12 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the third embodiment.
- the same parts as those shown in FIG. 12 are identical parts as those shown in FIG. 12;
- the base station 110 allocates a plurality of resources while allowing duplication to each terminal (users 1 to 3). Then, each terminal performs a back-off process for each resource, secures a resource that has previously been detected as free, and transmits uplink data.
- the resource can be secured, for example, by transmitting a dummy signal in the target resource.
- a back-off value is set for each terminal for each resource. At this time, a different backoff value is set for each terminal in each resource. Also, different back-off values are set for each resource in each terminal.
- Each back-off value (back-off time) of each terminal is set differently by the base station 110 and notified to each terminal. Alternatively, each terminal may set the back-off value of each terminal to its own terminal based on a random number.
- the control CHs 911 to 913 include information designating four candidates for resources used for uplink data transmission from the users 1 to 3 to the base station 110, respectively.
- each of the control CHs 911 to 913 includes information specifying the resources 1 to 4 as four candidates for the used resources.
- the back-off periods 1211 to 1214 are back-off periods based on the back-off values set for the user 1 for the resources 1 to 4, respectively.
- User 1 waits for the back-off period 1211 for resource 1 and performs carrier sense in the back-off period 1211.
- user 1 waits for backoff periods 1212 to 1214 for resources 2 to 4 and performs carrier sense in the backoff periods 1212 to 1214.
- the back-off periods 1221 to 1224 are back-off periods based on the back-off values set for the user 2 for the resources 1 to 4, respectively.
- User 2 waits for backoff periods 1221 to 1224 for resources 1 to 4 and performs carrier sense in backoff periods 1221 to 1224.
- the back-off periods 1231 to 1234 are back-off periods based on the back-off values set for the user 3 for the resources 1 to 4, respectively.
- User 3 waits for backoff periods 1231 to 1234 for resources 1 to 4 and performs carrier sense in backoff periods 1231 to 1234.
- resource 1 since user 1 has detected a vacancy in resource 1 during backoff period 1211, resource 1 transmits dummy signal 1241 (user 1 dummy) and user data 1251 (user 1 data). Then, since the user 1 detects the vacancy in the resource 1, it is not necessary to perform the subsequent back-off processing in the resources 2 to 4 as indicated by the hatched portions in the back-off periods 1212 to 1214.
- User 3 detects a vacancy in resource 4 during backoff period 1234, and therefore resource 4 transmits a dummy signal 1243 (user 3 dummy) and user data 1253 (user 3 data). Then, since the user 3 has detected a vacancy in the resource 4, it is not necessary to perform subsequent back-off processing on the resources 1 to 3 as indicated by the hatched portions of the back-off periods 1231 to 1233.
- User 2 determines that the resource 3 is busy due to the other system interference 1261 in the backoff period 1223, and therefore does not perform data transmission using the resource 3. Further, since the user 2 determines that the resource 4 is busy by the dummy signal 1243 from the user 3 in the backoff period 1224, the data transmission by the resource 4 is not performed. Further, since the user 2 determines that the resource 1 is busy by the dummy signal 1241 from the user 1 in the backoff period 1221, the user 2 does not perform data transmission by the resource 1.
- the resource 2 transmits a dummy signal 1242 (user 2 dummy) and user data 1252 (user 2 data).
- user data 1251 to 1253 are transmitted in subframe SF5 four subframes after subframe SF1 in which control CHs 911 to 913 are transmitted.
- the dummy signals 1241 to 1243 are transmitted in the subframe SF4 immediately before the subframe SF5.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the backoff value of each resource set in each terminal.
- a back-off value (1 to 4) for each resource is set as shown in a table 1300 in FIG.
- different back-off values are set for each terminal in each resource.
- different back-off values are set for each resource in each terminal.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the third embodiment.
- the base station 110 according to the third embodiment executes, for example, each step illustrated in FIG. In FIG. 14, a case where communication is performed between base station 110 and first to Mth terminals will be described.
- M is an integer of 2 or more, for example.
- the base station 110 sets a backoff value for each resource in each terminal (first to Mth terminals) (step S1401).
- the base station 110 generates a control CH for the first to Mth terminals (step S1402).
- the control CH generated in step S1402 is a control CH that designates resources 1 to 4 as use resource candidates, for example.
- the base station 110 transmits the control CH generated in step S1402 to the first to Mth terminals (step S1403).
- the back-off value set in step S1401 can be notified to each terminal by the control CH transmitted in step S1403, for example.
- the back-off value set in step S1401 may be notified to each terminal by a signal different from the control CH transmitted in step S1403.
- each back-off value is defined as a first back-off value to a K-th back-off value, and a first back-off value ⁇ second back-off value ⁇ .
- the base station 110 performs a signal reception process from a terminal that has not succeeded in decoding uplink data among terminals that have set the k-th back-off value in each resource (step S1405).
- the base station 110 identifies success / failure of the decoding of the uplink data based on the signal received by the reception process in step S1405 (step S1406).
- the base station 110 determines whether k is less than K (step S1407).
- K is the maximum value (for example, 4) of the index k.
- k is K or more (step S1407: No)
- the base station 110 returns to step S1401.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the third embodiment.
- the terminal 120 according to the third embodiment can be applied to each of the above-described users 1 to 3 and the first to Mth terminals, for example.
- the terminal 120 according to the third embodiment executes, for example, each step shown in FIG. Steps S1501 to S1503 shown in FIG. 15 are the same as steps S601 to S603 shown in FIG.
- step S1503 the terminal 120 determines whether there is an empty channel in the resources 1 to 4 based on the detection result in step S1503 (step S1504). When there is no empty channel (step S1504: No), the terminal 120 returns to step S1501. If there is an empty channel (step S1504: Yes), the terminal 120 performs a back-off process for the empty channel (step S1505).
- step S1506 determines whether or not the back-off period of the back-off process in step S1505 has expired. If the back-off period has not expired (step S1506: No), the terminal 120 returns to step S1503. When the back-off period has expired (step S1506: Yes), the terminal 120 determines whether or not the channel whose back-off period has expired is free (step S1507).
- step S1507 if the channel whose back-off period has expired is not empty (step S1507: No), the terminal 120 returns to step S1503. If the channel for which the back-off period has expired is empty (step S1507: Yes), the terminal 120 transmits uplink data using the channel for which the back-off period has expired (step S1508), and returns to step S1501.
- the terminal 120 may transmit a dummy signal using a resource for transmitting uplink data if there is time until a subframe for transmitting the uplink data.
- the base station 110 can use the first candidate and the second candidate of the resource to be used for each of the plurality of terminals 120. Can be assigned so as to overlap among the plurality of terminals 120.
- each of the plurality of terminals 120 can detect the first candidate vacancy based on the first back-off time, and can detect the second candidate vacancy based on the second back-off time.
- the second back-off time is a back-off time longer than the first back-off time. Further, the first back-off time and the second back-off time are different times among the plurality of terminals 120.
- the first candidate of user 1 is resource 1, and the first back-off time of user 1 is the back-off period 1211.
- the second candidate for user 1 is resource 2 and the second back-off time for user 1 is the back-off period 1212.
- the resources 3 and 4 are also set as the third and fourth candidates for the user 1, and the third and fourth backoff times corresponding to the third and fourth candidates of the user 1 are set.
- the first candidate of the user 2 is the resource 3, and the first back-off time of the user 2 is the back-off period 1223.
- the second candidate for user 2 is resource 4, and the second back-off time for user 2 is the back-off period 1224.
- the resources 1 and 2 are also set as the third and fourth candidates for the user 2, and the third and fourth backoff times corresponding to the third and fourth candidates of the user 2 are set. Are backoff periods 1221, 1222, respectively.
- the first candidate of the user 3 is the resource 4, and the first back-off time of the user 3 is the back-off period 1234.
- the second candidate for user 3 is resource 3, and the second back-off time for user 3 is the back-off period 1233.
- the resources 2 and 1 are also set as the third and fourth candidates for the user 3, and the third and fourth back-off times corresponding to the third and fourth candidates of the user 3 are set.
- the fourth embodiment will be described with respect to differences from the first embodiment.
- a case will be described in which base station 110 allocates use resources to a plurality of terminals 120 (for example, users 1 and 2).
- FIG. 16A and 16B are diagrams illustrating an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 16A and FIG. 16B the same parts as those shown in FIG.
- the base station 110 allows a first candidate of a certain terminal and a second candidate of another terminal to be allocated to the same resource redundantly for each uplink use resource,
- the first candidate and the second candidate are assigned to the terminal.
- Each terminal delays the timing of vacancy determination by carrier sense for the second candidate of its own terminal as compared with the first candidate.
- each terminal can detect busy about the 2nd candidate of an own terminal, when another terminal uses the 2nd candidate of an own terminal as a 1st candidate. Further, when the second candidate of the own terminal is not used as the first candidate by the other terminal, the uplink data can be transmitted with the transmission start timing delayed. For this reason, the collision between users can be avoided.
- each terminal uses the first symbol of the first candidate as a carrier sense section when transmitting with the second candidate of its own terminal.
- Each terminal punctures the first symbol and starts from the second symbol only when it is determined that the second candidate of the terminal is not used as the first candidate of the other terminal based on the carrier sense.
- Uplink data is transmitted using the second candidate.
- the base station 110 can decode the uplink data from the terminal 120 including the punctured portion by using, for example, an error correction code.
- FIG. 16A shows a case where the first candidate 1621 of another terminal (for example, user 2) is assigned to the resource overlapping with the second candidate 222 of the terminal 120 (for example, user 1).
- a control CH 1610 illustrated in FIG. 16A is a control CH transmitted from the base station 110 to another terminal using a downlink licensed band.
- Control CH 1610 includes information designating first candidates 1621 and second candidates (not shown in FIG. 16A) of resources used for uplink data transmission from another terminal to base station 110.
- the first candidate 1621 specified by the control CH 1610 overlaps with the second candidate 222 of the terminal 120 specified by the control CH 210.
- the terminal 120 determines that the first candidate 221 is busy due to the other system interference 240. In addition, the terminal 120 determines that the second candidate 222 overlaps the first candidate 1621 of another terminal by delaying the timing of the availability determination for the second candidate 222 of the own terminal. In this case, the terminal 120 does not transmit uplink data.
- FIG. 16B shows a case where the first candidate of another terminal is not assigned to the resource overlapping with the second candidate 222 of terminal 120 (for example, user 1), or the case where the other terminal fails to detect the control CH. ing.
- the terminal 120 determines that the second candidate 222 is empty. In this case, the terminal 120 does not transmit uplink data to the base station 110 by the first candidate 221, and transmits uplink data to the base station 110 by the second candidate 222.
- FIG. 17 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the fourth embodiment.
- the base station 110 according to the fourth embodiment executes the steps shown in FIG. 17, for example. Steps S1701 to S1709 shown in FIG. 17 are the same as steps S501 to S509 shown in FIG.
- step S1701 the base station 110 allows the second candidate of the terminal 120 and the first candidate of the other terminal to be allocated to the same resource, and the first candidate to the terminal 120 and A control CH based on the result of assigning the second candidate is generated.
- step S1706 the base station 110 performs the second candidate reception process specified for the terminal 120 by the control CH transmitted in step S1702 for the signal after a predetermined time (step S1706). For example, the base station 110 tries to decode the radio signal in the radio resource corresponding to the second candidate from the point in time when one symbol has elapsed from the top of the subframe corresponding to the second candidate.
- FIG. 17 illustrates the case where two candidates for the uplink used resource (first candidate and second candidate) are specified, but it may be a process of designating N candidates for the uplink used resource.
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the terminal according to the fourth embodiment.
- the terminal 120 according to the fourth embodiment executes, for example, each step shown in FIG. Steps S1801 to S1808 shown in FIG. 18 are the same as steps S1101 to S1108 shown in FIG.
- step S1808 the terminal 120 punctures the uplink data with the second candidate and transmits it to the base station 110 (step S1808). For example, the terminal 120 punctures uplink data by one symbol and transmits it to the base station 110.
- the terminal 120 may transmit a dummy signal using a resource for transmitting uplink data if there is time until a subframe for transmitting uplink data.
- FIG. 18 illustrates the case where two candidates for the uplink used resource (first candidate and second candidate) are specified, but it may be a process of designating N candidates for the uplink used resource.
- each terminal can transmit with the first candidate even if overlapping assignment is allowed. For this reason, a channel can be used efficiently, without colliding between users.
- each terminal transmits a radio signal when used in the first candidate of another terminal. do not do. For this reason, a collision can be avoided.
- the second candidate cannot be transmitted using the first symbol, but loss due to the inability to transmit a radio signal can be suppressed.
- FIGS. 16A and 16B are diagrams illustrating an example of uplink communication in a wireless communication system according to a modification of the fourth embodiment.
- 19A and 19B the same parts as those shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.
- Each terminal performs carrier sense on the first candidate with the second and previous symbols from the end of the subframe before the first candidate.
- each terminal determines that the first candidate is free as a result of carrier sense, each terminal transmits a dummy from the last part of the subframe before the first candidate, and then transmits a data signal.
- FIG. 19A shows a case where the first candidate 1621 of another terminal (for example, user 2) is assigned to the resource overlapping with the second candidate 222 of the terminal 120 (for example, user 1).
- a dummy signal 1910 shown in FIG. 19A is a dummy signal transmitted by another terminal in the last part of the subframe before the subframe of the first candidate 1621 of the other terminal.
- the other terminal can transmit the uplink data from the head of the first candidate subframe of the other terminal without puncturing.
- the terminal 120 detects the dummy signal 1910 in the last part of the subframe before the subframe of the second candidate of the terminal 120 (first candidate of the other terminal), thereby It can be determined that the second candidate is busy. In this case, the terminal 120 does not transmit uplink data.
- FIG. 19B shows the case where the first candidate of another terminal is not assigned to the resource overlapping with the second candidate 222 of the terminal 120 (for example, user 1), or the case where the other terminal fails to detect the control CH. Show.
- the terminal 120 can determine that the second candidate 222 of the terminal itself is empty in the subframe before the subframe of the second candidate 222 of the terminal itself. In this case, the terminal 120 can transmit uplink data from the head of the second candidate 222 subframe to the base station 110.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing performed by a terminal according to the modification of the fourth embodiment.
- the terminal 120 according to the modification of the fourth embodiment executes, for example, each step shown in FIG. Steps S2001 to S2008 shown in FIG. 20 are the same as steps S1101 to S1108 shown in FIG.
- step S2003 for the first candidate of the used resource specified by the detected control CH addressed to the own terminal, the terminal 120 uses the second and previous symbols from the end of the subframe before the first candidate to vacate the channel. A situation is detected (step S2003).
- step S2005 the terminal 120 transmits a dummy signal and uplink data to the base station 110 as the first candidate (step S2005). For example, the terminal 120 transmits a dummy from the last part of the subframe before the first candidate, and then transmits a data signal from the beginning of the subframe of the first candidate.
- the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.
- the first candidate that the base station 110 overlaps with the first candidate assigned to the second terminal 120 with respect to the first terminal 120 and the first candidate that overlaps with the first candidate assigned to the second terminal 120. 2 candidates can be assigned.
- each of the plurality of terminals 120 detects the availability of the second candidate assigned to the own terminal, and detects the availability of the first candidate assigned to the own device. It can be performed at a timing later than detection.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the fifth embodiment.
- the same parts as those shown in FIG. 21 are identical parts as those shown in FIG. 21.
- the base station 110 performs uplink unlicensed band carrier sense 2110 before transmitting the control CH 210, and allocates each resource detected as free by the carrier sense 2110 as a resource used by the terminal 120.
- Carrier sense 2110 is carrier sense in a frequency carrier assigned to uplink communication in, for example, FDD (Frequency Division Duplex: frequency division duplex).
- the base station 110 may allocate one used resource to the terminal 120 instead of setting a plurality of used resource candidates for the terminal 120.
- the base station 110 detects the other system interference 2120 (another system) in the uplink unlicensed band in the carrier sense 2110, and uses a resource that does not have the other system interference 2120 in the uplink unlicensed band. Assign to terminal 120.
- the base station 110 designates one usage resource allocated to the terminal 120 to the terminal 120 by the control CH 210.
- the terminal 120 performs carrier sense 230 for the used resource specified by the control CH 210, and when it is determined that it is free, transmits the uplink data 2130 to the base station 110 using the used resource.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the fifth embodiment.
- the base station 110 according to the fifth embodiment executes, for example, each step illustrated in FIG. First, the base station 110 detects the channel availability in the uplink unlicensed band (step S2201).
- the base station 110 performs scheduling for the terminal 120 based on the detection result in step S2201, and generates a control CH based on the scheduling result (step S2202). For example, the base station 110 allocates the free resource detected in step S2201 to the terminal 120, and generates a control CH that specifies the allocated resource.
- the base station 110 transmits the control CH generated in step S2202 to the terminal 120 (step S2203).
- the base station 110 performs reception processing of the used resource specified by the control CH transmitted in step S2203 (step S2204). For example, the base station 110 attempts to decode a radio signal in a specified use resource.
- the base station 110 determines whether or not the uplink data from the terminal 120 has been successfully decoded in the reception process of step S2204 (step S2205).
- step S2205 when decoding is successful (step S2205: Yes), the base station 110 transmits ACK (acknowledgment) to the terminal 120 (step S2206), and returns to step S2201.
- step S2205: No When the decoding is not successful (step S2205: No), the base station 110 transmits a NACK (negative response) to the terminal 120 (step S2207), and returns to step S2201.
- FIG. 23 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the terminal according to the fifth embodiment.
- the terminal 120 according to the fifth embodiment executes, for example, each step shown in FIG. Steps S2301 to S2303 shown in FIG. 23 are the same as steps S601 to S603 shown in FIG.
- step S2303 the terminal 120 determines whether or not the used resources allocated to the terminal 120 are available based on the detection result in step S2303 (step S2304). If the allocated use resource is empty (step S2304: Yes), the terminal 120 transmits uplink data to the base station 110 using the allocated use resource (step S2305), and returns to step S2301.
- step S2304 if the allocated use resource is not empty (step S2304: No), the terminal 120 returns to step S2301 without transmitting the uplink data to the base station 110.
- the base station 110 can perform carrier sense in the unlicensed band and allocate radio resources whose vacancy is detected by carrier sense to the terminal 120.
- the resource that the base station 110 has detected in advance is likely to be free even when it is transmitted by the terminal 120. Therefore, the success rate of radio signal transmission from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 is increased, and the throughput is improved. Can be achieved.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram of an example of uplink communication in the wireless communication system according to the sixth embodiment.
- the base station 110 performs uplink resource carrier sense 2110 before transmitting the control CH 210. Then, the base station 110 sets the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 of the resources used by the terminal 120 from among the resources for which vacancy is detected by the carrier sense 2110. The base station 110 then designates the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 set for the terminal 120 to the terminal 120 through the control CH 210. The terminal 120 transmits uplink data to the base station 110 by at least one of the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 specified by the control CH 210.
- the base station 110 performs the unlicensed band carrier sense 2110 before transmitting the control CH 210 and confirms the availability of resources, the transmission between the control CH 210 and the first candidate 221 and the second candidate 222 There is a period of about 4 [ms]. Even if other system interference 240 occurs during this period, if the second candidate 222 is available, a radio signal can be transmitted from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 using the second candidate 222.
- FIG. 25 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the base station according to the sixth embodiment.
- the base station 110 according to the sixth embodiment executes, for example, each step shown in FIG. First, the base station 110 detects the availability of channels in the uplink unlicensed band (step S2501).
- Steps S2502 to S2510 shown in FIG. 25 are the same as steps S501 to S509 shown in FIG.
- the control CH generated in step S2502 is a control CH for designating the first candidate and the second candidate selected from the free resources detected in step S2501.
- the processing by the terminal according to the sixth embodiment is the same as the processing shown in FIG. 6, for example.
- the base station 110 can perform carrier sense in the unlicensed band and assign the first candidate and the second candidate included in the radio resource whose vacancy is detected by carrier sense to the terminal 120. This reduces the possibility that both the first candidate and the second candidate assigned to the terminal 120 cannot be used due to interference from other systems. For this reason, the success rate of the transmission of the radio signal from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 can be increased, and the throughput can be improved.
- the configuration in which the first embodiment and the fifth embodiment are combined has been described as the sixth embodiment, a configuration in which the second to fourth embodiments and the fifth embodiment are combined may be employed.
- base station 110 performs carrier sense in the unlicensed band, and assigns first candidate and second candidate included in the radio resource whose vacancy is detected by carrier sense to terminal 120. Good. This reduces the possibility that both the first candidate and the second candidate assigned to the terminal 120 cannot be used due to interference from other systems. For this reason, the success rate of the transmission of the radio signal from the terminal 120 to the base station 110 can be increased, and the throughput can be improved.
- the throughput can be improved.
- a base station specifies a use resource (for example, CC or resource block) using a control channel such as E-PDCCH or PDCCH, and a terminal uses uplink data using the specified use resource.
- a use resource for example, CC or resource block
- a control channel such as E-PDCCH or PDCCH
- a terminal uses uplink data using the specified use resource.
- the uplink data is, for example, PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel: physical uplink shared channel).
- LTE-Unlicensed it is considered to transmit a control channel in a licensed band and perform data communication in an unlicensed band.
- a base station transmits a notification using a control channel in a licensed band, and data communication based on the control channel is performed in an unlicensed band.
- the terminal when the terminal tries to transmit, there is a possibility that the resources used in the control channel are used by other systems or operators. In this case, the terminal determines that allocated resources are not available (busy) and cannot transmit uplink data. For this reason, the success rate of the radio signal transmission from the terminal to the base station may be lowered, and the throughput may be lowered.
- the base station can specify the first candidate and the second candidate of the resource to be used on the control channel.
- the terminal tries to transmit uplink data, if the first candidate is empty, the terminal transmits uplink data as the first candidate, and if the first candidate is busy and the second candidate is empty, Uplink data can be transmitted with two candidates.
- wireless communication system 110 first communication device (base station) 111 Allocation unit 112 Reception unit 120 Second communication device (terminal) 121 Detection unit 122 Transmission unit 210, 911 to 913, 1610 Control CH 221, 1621 First candidate 222 Second candidate 230, 2110 Carrier sense 240, 921, 922, 1261, 2120 Other system interference 301, 308, 401, 404, 410 Antenna 302 Reception processing unit 303 Data signal processing unit 304, 407 Control Unit 305 Scheduler 306 Control CH generation unit 307, 409 Transmission processing unit 330, 430 Communication device 331, 431 CPU 332, 432 Memory 333, 434 Wireless communication interface 334 Wired communication interface 339, 439 Bus 402 Downstream signal reception processing unit 403 Control CH processing unit 405 Upstream signal reception processing unit 406 Free state detection unit 408 Data signal generation unit 433 User interface 931, 932, 1211 to 1214, 1221 to 1224, 1231 to 1234 Backoff period 941, 942, 1241 to 1243,
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図1Aは、実施の形態1にかかる無線通信システムの一例を示す図である。図1Bは、図1Aに示した無線通信システムにおける信号の流れの一例を示す図である。図1A,図1Bに示すように、実施の形態1にかかる無線通信システム100は、第1通信装置110と、第2通信装置120と、を含む。
図2は、実施の形態1にかかる無線通信システムにおける上り通信の一例を示す図である。図2において、横軸は時間を示し、縦軸は周波数を示す。縦軸の下りライセンスドバンドは、ライセンスドバンドのうちの基地局110から端末120への無線送信に使用される帯域である。縦軸の上りアンライセンスドバンドは、アンライセンスドバンドのうちの端末120から基地局110への無線送信に使用される帯域である。
図3Aは、基地局の一例を示す図である。図3Bは、図3Aに示した基地局における信号の流れの一例を示す図である。図3A,図3Bに示すように、基地局110は、たとえば、アンテナ301と、受信処理部302と、データ信号処理部303と、制御部304と、スケジューラ305と、制御CH生成部306と、送信処理部307と、アンテナ308と、を備える。
図4Aは、端末の一例を示す図である。図4Bは、図4Aに示した端末における信号の流れの一例を示す図である。図4A,図4Bに示すように、端末120は、たとえば、アンテナ401と、下り信号受信処理部402と、制御CH処理部403と、アンテナ404と、上り信号受信処理部405と、空き状況検出部406と、を備える。また、端末120は、制御部407と、データ信号生成部408と、送信処理部409と、アンテナ410と、を備える。
図5は、実施の形態1にかかる基地局による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態1にかかる基地局110は、たとえば図5に示す各ステップを実行する。まず、基地局110は、端末120についてのスケジューリング結果に基づいて制御CHを生成する(ステップS501)。ステップS501によって生成される制御CHは、端末120から基地局110への上りデータを送信するための使用リソースの第1候補および第2候補を指定する制御CHである。
図6は、実施の形態1にかかる端末による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態1にかかる端末120は、たとえば図6に示す各ステップを実行する。まず、端末120は、基地局110からの制御CHの受信処理を行う(ステップS601)。つぎに、端末120は、ステップS601による受信処理の結果に基づいて、基地局110からの自端末宛の制御CHを検出したか否かを判断する(ステップS602)。
図7は、実施の形態1にかかる基地局による処理の変形例を示すフローチャートである。図5においては上りの使用リソースの2つの候補(第1候補および第2候補)を指定する場合について説明したが、図7においては上りの使用リソースのN個の候補を指定する場合について説明する。Nは、たとえば3以上の整数である。
図8は、実施の形態1にかかる端末による処理の変形例を示すフローチャートである。図6においては上りの使用リソースの2つの候補(第1候補および第2候補)を指定する場合について説明したが、図8においては上りの使用リソースのN個の候補を指定する場合について説明する。図8に示すステップS801~S803は、図6に示したステップS601~S603と同様である。
実施の形態2について、実施の形態1と異なる部分について説明する。実施の形態2においては、基地局110が複数の端末120(たとえばユーザ1~3)に対して使用リソースを割り当てる場合について説明する。
図9は、実施の形態2にかかる無線通信システムにおける上り通信の一例を示す図である。図9において、横軸は時間(サブフレーム)を示し、縦軸は周波数を示す。縦軸の下りライセンスドバンドは、ライセンスドバンドのうちの基地局110から端末120への無線送信に使用される帯域である。縦軸の上りアンライセンスドバンドのリソース1~4は、アンライセンスドバンドに含まれる無線リソースである。
図10は、実施の形態2にかかる基地局による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態2にかかる基地局110は、たとえば図10に示す各ステップを実行する。図10においては、基地局110と第1~第M端末との間で通信を行う場合について説明する。Mは、たとえば2以上の整数である。まず、基地局110は、第1~第M端末のそれぞれにおける使用リソースの第1候補のリソースと、第1~第M端末に共通の第2候補のリソースと、の選択を行う(ステップS1001)。
図11は、実施の形態2にかかる端末による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態2にかかる端末120は、たとえば上述したユーザ1~3や第1~第M端末のそれぞれに適用することができる。実施の形態2にかかる端末120は、たとえば図11に示す各ステップを実行する。図11に示すステップS1101~S1105は、図6に示したステップS601~S605と同様である。
実施の形態3について、実施の形態1と異なる部分について説明する。実施の形態3においては、基地局110が複数の端末120(たとえばユーザ1~3)に対して使用リソースを割り当てる場合について説明する。
図12は、実施の形態3にかかる無線通信システムにおける上り通信の一例を示す図である。図12において、図9に示した部分と同様の部分については同一の符号を付して説明を省略する。
図13は、各端末に設定される各リソースのバックオフ値の一例を示す図である。各端末(ユーザ1~3)には、たとえば図13のテーブル1300に示すようにリソースごとのバックオフ値(1~4)が設定される。テーブル1300に示すように、各リソースにおいて、端末ごとに異なるバックオフ値が設定される。また、テーブル1300に示すように、各端末において、リソースごとに異なるバックオフ値が設定される。
図14は、実施の形態3にかかる基地局による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態3にかかる基地局110は、たとえば図14に示す各ステップを実行する。図14においては、基地局110と第1~第M端末との間で通信を行う場合について説明する。Mは、たとえば2以上の整数である。まず、基地局110は、各端末(第1~第M端末)に各リソースのバックオフ値を設定する(ステップS1401)。
図15は、実施の形態3にかかる端末による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態3にかかる端末120は、たとえば上述したユーザ1~3や第1~第M端末のそれぞれに適用することができる。実施の形態3にかかる端末120は、たとえば図15に示す各ステップを実行する。図15に示すステップS1501~S1503は、図6に示したステップS601~S603と同様である。
実施の形態4について、実施の形態1と異なる部分について説明する。実施の形態4においては、基地局110が複数の端末120(たとえばユーザ1,2)に対して使用リソースを割り当てる場合について説明する。
図16Aおよび図16Bは、実施の形態4にかかる無線通信システムにおける上り通信の一例を示す図である。図16A,図16Bにおいて、図2に示した部分と同様の部分については同一の符号を付して説明を省略する。
図17は、実施の形態4にかかる基地局による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態4にかかる基地局110は、たとえば図17に示す各ステップを実行する。図17に示すステップS1701~S1709は、図5に示したステップS501~S509と同様である。
図18は、実施の形態4にかかる端末による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態4にかかる端末120は、たとえば図18に示す各ステップを実行する。図18に示すステップS1801~S1808は、図11に示したステップS1101~S1108と同様である。
図19Aおよび図19Bは、実施の形態4の変形例にかかる無線通信システムにおける上り通信の一例を示す図である。図19A,図19Bにおいて、図16A,図16Bに示した部分と同様の部分については同一の符号を付して説明を省略する。
実施の形態4の変形例にかかる基地局110による処理は、たとえば図17に示した処理と同様である。
図20は、実施の形態4の変形例にかかる端末による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態4の変形例にかかる端末120は、たとえば図20に示す各ステップを実行する。図20に示すステップS2001~S2008は、図11に示したステップS1101~S1108と同様である。
実施の形態5について、実施の形態1と異なる部分について説明する。
図21は、実施の形態5にかかる無線通信システムにおける上り通信の一例を示す図である。図21において、図2に示した部分と同様の部分については同一の符号を付して説明を省略する。
図22は、実施の形態5にかかる基地局による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態5にかかる基地局110は、たとえば図22に示す各ステップを実行する。まず、基地局110は、上りアンライセンスドバンドにおけるチャネルの空き状況を検出る(ステップS2201)。
図23は、実施の形態5にかかる端末による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態5にかかる端末120は、たとえば図23に示す各ステップを実行する。図23に示すステップS2301~S2303は、図6に示したステップS601~S603と同様である。
実施の形態6について、実施の形態1と異なる部分について説明する。実施の形態6は、実施の形態1と実施の形態5を組み合わせたものである。
図24は、実施の形態6にかかる無線通信システムにおける上り通信の一例を示す図である。図24において、図2または図21に示した部分と同様の部分については同一の符号を付して説明を省略する。
図25は、実施の形態6にかかる基地局による処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。実施の形態6にかかる基地局110は、たとえば図25に示す各ステップを実行する。まず、基地局110は、上りアンライセンスドバンドにおけるチャネルの空き状況を検出る(ステップS2501)。
実施の形態6にかかる端末による処理は、たとえば図6に示した処理と同様である。
110 第1通信装置(基地局)
111 割当部
112 受信部
120 第2通信装置(端末)
121 検出部
122 送信部
210,911~913,1610 制御CH
221,1621 第1候補
222 第2候補
230,2110 キャリアセンス
240,921,922,1261,2120 他システム干渉
301,308,401,404,410 アンテナ
302 受信処理部
303 データ信号処理部
304,407 制御部
305 スケジューラ
306 制御CH生成部
307,409 送信処理部
330,430 通信装置
331,431 CPU
332,432 メモリ
333,434 無線通信インタフェース
334 有線通信インタフェース
339,439 バス
402 下り信号受信処理部
403 制御CH処理部
405 上り信号受信処理部
406 空き状況検出部
408 データ信号生成部
433 ユーザインタフェース
931,932,1211~1214,1221~1224,1231~1234 バックオフ期間
941,942,1241~1243,1910 ダミー信号
951,952,2130 上りデータ
1251~1253 ユーザデータ
1300 テーブル
Claims (12)
- 他の無線通信システムとの間で共有する所定帯域を使用して第1通信装置が第2通信装置から無線信号を受信する無線通信システムにおいて、
前記所定帯域における使用リソースの第1候補および第2候補を前記第2通信装置に割り当てる前記第1通信装置と、
前記第1通信装置による前記第1候補および前記第2候補の割り当て結果に基づいて無線リソースの空きの検出を行い、前記第1候補が空いている場合は前記第1候補を使用して前記第1通信装置へ無線信号を送信し、前記第1候補が空いておらず前記第2候補が空いている場合は前記第2候補を使用して前記第1通信装置へ無線信号を送信する前記第2通信装置と、
を含むことを特徴とする無線通信システム。 - 前記第1通信装置は、前記第2通信装置に割り当てた前記第1候補および前記第2候補に基づく受信処理を行うことにより、前記第2通信装置からの前記無線信号を受信することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記第1通信装置は、前記第1候補の受信処理を行い、前記第1候補の受信処理によって前記第2通信装置からの前記無線信号を受信できなかった場合に前記第2候補の受信処理を行うことにより、前記第2通信装置からの前記無線信号を受信することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記第2通信装置を複数含み、
前記第1通信装置は、前記第2通信装置のそれぞれに対して、前記所定帯域における使用リソースの第1候補および第2候補を前記第2通信装置の間で重複可能に割り当てる、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一つに記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第1通信装置は、前記第2通信装置のそれぞれに同一の前記第2候補を割り当て、
前記第2通信装置のそれぞれは、互いに異なるバックオフ時間により前記第2候補の空きの検出を行う、
ことを特徴とする請求項4に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第2通信装置のそれぞれは、第1バックオフ時間により前記第1候補の空きを検出し、前記第1バックオフ時間より長い第2バックオフ時間により前記第2候補の空きを検出し、
同一の前記使用リソースに割り当てられた各第2通信装置のバックオフ時間は前記第2通信装置の間で異なる、
ことを特徴とする請求項4に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第2通信装置は、第1の第2通信装置および第2の第2通信装置を含み、
前記第1通信装置は、前記第1の第2通信装置に対して、前記第2の第2通信装置に割り当てた前記第2候補と重複する前記第1候補と、前記第2の第2通信装置に割り当てた前記第1候補と重複する前記第2候補と、を割り当て、
前記第1の第2通信装置および前記第2の第2通信装置のそれぞれは、自装置に割り当てられた前記第2候補の空きの検出を、自装置に割り当てられた前記第1候補の空きの検出より遅いタイミングで行う、
ことを特徴とする請求項4に記載の無線通信システム。 - 前記第1通信装置は、前記所定帯域における無線リソースの空きの検出を行い、空きを検出した無線リソースに含まれる前記第1候補および前記第2候補を前記第2通信装置に割り当てることを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか一つに記載の無線通信システム。
- 他の無線通信システムとの間で共有する所定帯域を使用して他の通信装置から無線信号を受信する通信装置において、
前記所定帯域における使用リソースの第1候補および第2候補を前記他の通信装置に割り当てる割当部と、
前記割当部によって前記他の通信装置に割り当てられた前記第1候補および前記第2候補に基づく受信処理を行うことにより、前記他の通信装置によって送信された前記無線信号を受信する受信部と、
を備えることを特徴とする通信装置。 - 他の無線通信システムとの間で共有する所定帯域を使用して他の通信装置へ無線信号を送信する通信装置において、
前記所定帯域における使用リソースの第1候補および第2候補の前記他の通信装置による自装置への割り当て結果に基づいて無線リソースの空きの検出を行う検出部と、
前記検出部による検出結果に基づいて、前記第1候補が空いている場合は前記第1候補を使用して前記他の通信装置へ無線信号を送信し、前記第1候補が空いておらず前記第2候補が空いている場合は前記第2候補を使用して前記他の通信装置へ無線信号を送信する送信部と、
を備えることを特徴とする通信装置。 - 他の無線通信システムとの間で共有する所定帯域を使用して他の通信装置から無線信号を受信する通信装置による処理方法において、
前記所定帯域における使用リソースの第1候補および第2候補を前記他の通信装置に割り当て、
前記他の通信装置に割り当てた前記第1候補および前記第2候補に基づく受信処理を行うことにより、前記他の通信装置によって送信された前記無線信号を受信する、
ことを特徴とする処理方法。 - 他の無線通信システムとの間で共有する所定帯域を使用して他の通信装置へ無線信号を送信する通信装置による処理方法において、
前記所定帯域における使用リソースの第1候補および第2候補の前記他の通信装置による自装置への割り当て結果に基づいて無線リソースの空きの検出を行い、
前記空きの検出結果に基づいて、前記第1候補が空いている場合は前記第1候補を使用して前記他の通信装置へ無線信号を送信し、前記第1候補が空いておらず前記第2候補が空いている場合は前記第2候補を使用して前記他の通信装置へ無線信号を送信する、
ことを特徴とする処理方法。
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