WO2018062456A1 - ユーザ端末、無線基地局及び無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a user terminal, a radio base station, and a radio communication method in a next-generation mobile communication system.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A also referred to as LTE Advanced, LTE Rel. 10, 11 or 12
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- Successor systems for example, FRA (Future Radio Access), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), NR (New Radio), NX (New radio access), FX (Future generation radio access), LTE Rel. 13, 14 or (Also referred to as after 15).
- CA Carrier Aggregation
- CC Component Carrier
- UE User Equipment
- DC dual connectivity
- CG Cell Group
- CC cell
- Inter-eNB CA inter-base station CA
- the existing LTE system for example, LTE Rel. 8-13
- RACH procedure Random Access Channel Procedure, also referred to as access procedure
- the user terminal sends information on the UL transmission timing (timing advance (TA)) with a response (random access response) from the radio base station to a randomly selected preamble (random access preamble). Acquire and establish UL synchronization based on the TA.
- timing advance TA
- random access response random access response
- the user terminal After the UL synchronization is established, the user terminal receives downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) (UL grant) from the radio base station, and then transmits UL data using the UL resource allocated by the UL grant. To do.
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- UL grant Downlink Control Information
- E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- Future wireless communication systems for example, 5G, NR are expected to realize various wireless communication services to meet different requirements (for example, ultra-high speed, large capacity, ultra-low delay, etc.) Yes.
- M2M may be referred to as D2D (Device To Device), V2V (Vehicle To Vehicle), or the like depending on a device to communicate. Designing a new communication access method (New RAT (Radio Access Technology)) is being studied in order to satisfy the above-mentioned various communication requirements.
- New RAT Radio Access Technology
- a beam (antenna directivity) can be formed by controlling the amplitude and / or phase of a signal transmitted / received from each element. This processing is also called beam forming (BF) and can reduce radio wave propagation loss.
- BF beam forming
- the present invention has been made in view of the above point, and in communication using beamforming, a user terminal and a radio that can appropriately receive a preamble and / or a message in a random access procedure and perform random access efficiently.
- An object is to provide a base station and a wireless communication method.
- a user terminal is a user terminal that communicates with a radio base station that uses a plurality of beamforming, a reception unit that receives a DL signal transmitted from the radio base station, a random access preamble ( And a control unit that controls to transmit PRACH including beam information related to the beam of the radio base station.
- a preamble and / or message in a random access procedure can be appropriately received, and random access can be performed efficiently.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of a single BF
- FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of a multiple BF
- FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of a single BF
- FIGS. 3B and 3C are diagrams illustrating an example of a multiple BF.
- FIG. 4A shows a case where Tx / Rx reciprocity can be used
- FIG. 4B shows a case where Tx / Rx reciprocity cannot be used.
- FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating a case where Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used in the first mode
- 5B is a diagram illustrating a case where Tx / Rx reciprocity is used in the first mode.
- 6A is a diagram showing a table in which BSTx beam indexes and PRACH sequences are associated with each other
- FIG. 6B is a diagram in a case where PRACH is transmitted using the table shown in FIG. 6A. It is a figure which shows the other example of the table which linked
- 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating PRACH transmission in the hybrid BF.
- 9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating a case where Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used in the second mode.
- 11A and 11B are diagrams illustrating a case where Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used in the second mode. It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of the radio
- Random access procedures are also referred to as collision-type random access (CBRA: Contention-Based Random Access, etc.) and non-collision-type random access (Non-CBRA, contention-free random access (CFRA), etc. )
- CBRA collision-type random access
- Non-CBRA contention-free random access
- CBRA collision type random access
- a user terminal selects a preamble randomly selected from a plurality of preambles (also referred to as a random access preamble, a random access channel (PRACH), a RACH preamble, etc.) defined in each cell.
- Collision-type random access is a random access procedure led by a user terminal, and can be used, for example, at the time of initial access or at the start or restart of UL transmission.
- Non-collision type random access (Non-CBRA, CFRA: Contention-Free Random Access)
- the radio base station uses a downlink (DL) control channel (PDCCH: Physical Downlink Control Channel, EPDCCH: Enhanced PDCCH, etc.) as a preamble. Is uniquely assigned to the user terminal, and the user terminal transmits the preamble assigned by the radio base station.
- Non-collision type random access is a network-initiated random access procedure, and can be used, for example, at the time of handover, when DL transmission is started or restarted (when transmission of DL retransmission instruction information is started or restarted in UL), etc. .
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of collision-type random access.
- a user terminal uses a random access channel (for example, MIB (Mater Information Block) and / or SIB (System Information Block)) or higher layer signaling (for example, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling).
- Information PRACH configuration information
- PRACH configuration indicating a PRACH configuration (PRACH configuration, RACH configuration) is received in advance.
- the PRACH configuration information includes, for example, a plurality of preambles (for example, preamble format) defined for each cell, time resources (for example, system frame number, subframe number) used for PRACH transmission, and frequency resources (for example, 6 resource blocks) (PRB: offset (prach-FrequencyOffset) indicating the start position of Physical Resource Block) can be indicated.
- preamble format for example, preamble format
- time resources for example, system frame number, subframe number
- frequency resources for example, 6 resource blocks
- PRB offset (prach-FrequencyOffset) indicating the start position of Physical Resource Block
- the radio base station When the radio base station detects the preamble, it transmits a random access response (RAR: Random Access Response) as a response (message 2).
- RAR Random Access Response
- the user terminal fails to receive the RAR within a predetermined period (RAR window) after transmitting the preamble, the user terminal increases the transmission power of the PRACH and transmits (retransmits) the preamble again. Note that increasing the transmission power during retransmission is also called power ramping.
- the user terminal that has received the RAR adjusts the UL transmission timing based on the timing advance (TA) included in the RAR, and establishes UL synchronization.
- the user terminal transmits a control message of a higher layer (L2 / L3: Layer 2 / Layer 3) using a UL resource specified by the UL grant included in the RAR (message 3).
- the control message includes a user terminal identifier (UE-ID).
- the identifier of the user terminal may be, for example, C-RNTI (Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier) in the RRC connection state, or S-TMSI (System Architecture Evolution-Temporary Mobile in the idle state). It may be a higher-layer UE-ID such as (Subscriber Identity).
- the radio base station transmits a contention resolution message in response to the control message of the upper layer (message 4).
- the collision resolution message is transmitted based on the user terminal identifier included in the control message.
- the user terminal that has successfully detected the collision resolution message transmits an acknowledgment (ACK: Acknowledge) in HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) to the radio base station. Thereby, the user terminal in an idle state transits to the RRC connection state.
- ACK Acknowledge
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
- the user terminal that failed to detect the collision resolution message determines that a collision has occurred, reselects the preamble, and repeats the random access procedure of messages 1 to 4.
- the radio base station detects that the collision has been resolved by the ACK from the user terminal, the radio base station transmits a UL grant to the user terminal.
- the user terminal transmits UL data using the UL resource allocated by the UL grant.
- the random access procedure can be started autonomously.
- UL data is transmitted using UL resources allocated to the user terminal by the UL grant after UL synchronization is established, highly reliable UL transmission is possible.
- future wireless communication systems for example, 5G, NR
- 5G Fifth Generation
- NR New Radio
- future wireless communication systems are expected to realize various wireless communication services to satisfy different requirements (for example, ultra-high speed, large capacity, ultra-low delay, etc.).
- requirements for example, ultra-high speed, large capacity, ultra-low delay, etc.
- BF beam forming
- Digital BF can be classified into digital BF and analog BF.
- Digital BF is a method of performing precoding signal processing (for a digital signal) on baseband.
- parallel processing of inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT: Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) / digital-analog conversion (DAC: Digital to Analog Converter) / RF (Radio Frequency) is required for the number of antenna ports (RF chains). Become. On the other hand, as many beams as the number of RF chains can be formed at an arbitrary timing.
- Analog BF is a method using a phase shifter on RF. In this case, since only the phase of the RF signal is rotated, the configuration is easy and can be realized at low cost, but a plurality of beams cannot be formed at the same timing. Specifically, in analog BF, only one beam can be formed at a time for each phase shifter.
- a base station for example, called eNB (evolved Node B), BS (Base Station), etc.
- eNB evolved Node B
- BS Base Station
- one beam can be formed at a certain time. Therefore, when transmitting a plurality of beams using only analog BF, it is necessary to switch or rotate the beams in time because they cannot be transmitted simultaneously with the same resource.
- a hybrid BF configuration in which a digital BF and an analog BF are combined can also be used.
- future wireless communication systems for example, 5G
- introduction of large-scale MIMO is being studied.
- the circuit configuration becomes expensive. For this reason, it is assumed that a hybrid BF configuration is used in 5G.
- BF operation includes single BF operation using one BF (Single BF operation) and multiple BF operation using multiple BFs (see FIGS. 2 and 3).
- Single BF operation orthogonal preambles are applied so that UL beams (directivity) are orthogonal (a collision is avoided) between a plurality of user terminals (see FIG. 2A). For this reason, as shown in FIG. 3A, the same resource can be used in the frequency domain-time domain.
- BF is applied so that UL beams (directivity) are orthogonal (avoid collision) between a plurality of user terminals.
- the multiple BF operation it may be possible to select an optimal Rx beam by transmitting a plurality of times while applying different beam patterns in the time direction (beam scanning) (see FIG. 2B).
- FIG. 3B shows an example of multiple BF operation in a radio base station (also referred to as gNB). In this case, the radio base station receives signals from the user terminal using different Rx beams in a plurality of unit time intervals.
- FIG. 3C shows an example of multiple BF operations in the radio base station and the user terminal.
- the radio base station receives signals from the user terminal using different Rx beams in a plurality of unit time intervals.
- the user terminal transmits a signal using specific Tx beams (UE beam # 1 and UE beam # 2 in FIG. 3C).
- the number of orthogonal preambles can be reduced compared to single BF operation.
- different beam patterns are applied in the time direction, so that more PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel) resources are required in the time domain.
- Tx / Rx reciprocity may be used or Tx / Rx reciprocity may not be used (see FIG. 4).
- Tx / Rx reciprocity can be used (see FIG. 4A)
- beam information detected by the DL signal is used for beam forming for PRACH, RAR, message 3, and message 4.
- Tx / Rx reciprocity is used, the DLTx beam and the ULRx beam are linked.
- the information of the BS transmission beam and / or the UE reception beam measured at the user terminal is the radio base station. Need to be reported to. In addition, information on the UE transmission beam and / or the BS reception beam needs to be detected by the radio base station.
- the present inventors can reliably receive a preamble and a message in a random access procedure in communication using beamforming, and perform random access efficiently, so that the Tx / Rx reciprocity can be efficiently received. It was proposed to efficiently report beam information, including use / non-use.
- single UE beamforming + Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used, single UE beamforming + Tx / Rx reciprocity is used, multi-UE beamforming + Tx / Rx reciprocation A case of non-use of a city and a case of use of multi-UE beamforming + Tx / Rx reciprocity.
- a plurality of beams (beam patterns) are different means, for example, a case where at least one of the following (1) to (6) applied to a plurality of beams is different: However, it is not limited to this.
- precoding weights may be different, and precoding schemes (for example, linear precoding and non-linear precoding) may be different.
- precoding schemes for example, linear precoding and non-linear precoding
- linear precoding follow zero-forcing (ZF) norm, normalized zero-forcing (R-ZF) norm, minimum mean square error (MMSE) norm, etc.
- Precoding is mentioned.
- non-linear precoding include precoding such as Dirty Paper Coding (DPC), Vector Perturbation (VP), and THP (Tomlinson Harashima Precoding). Note that applied precoding is not limited to these.
- Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used.
- the radio base station since the DLTx beam and the ULRx beam are not linked, it becomes a problem how to notify the radio base station of the optimum BS beam information (for example, beam index).
- BS beam information is associated with other information and notified from the user terminal to the radio base station.
- the user terminal transmits the PRACH including the beam information related to the beam of the radio base station, which is detected by the DL signal (DL broadcast channel) transmitted from the radio base station, to the radio base station.
- Beam information (for example, a beam index) is notified to the radio base station.
- information associated with the BS beam information includes a PRACH sequence (for example, a sequence number of a ZC (Zadoff-Chu) sequence, a CS (Cyclic Shift) number), a time / frequency resource for the PRACH, and the like.
- the user terminal When not using Tx / Rx reciprocity, the user terminal transmits a PRACH signal including BS beam information to the radio base station.
- the radio base station gNB transmits a synchronization signal (Synchronization Signal) and a broadcast channel signal (Broadcast Channel) to each user terminal by Tx beams of beam indexes # 1 to # 4 by analog BF.
- the best BSTx beam is detected from the received DL signal. Thereby, the best beam index of the BSTx beam is obtained.
- the BSTx beam with the beam index # 1 is the best.
- BSTx beam information (beam index) is associated with a PRACH sequence (a predetermined PRACH sequence set corresponding to the beam information) as shown in FIG. 6A.
- BSTx beam index # 1 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 1
- BSTx beam index # 2 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 2
- BSTx beam index # 3 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 3
- BSTx beam index # 4 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 4. Note that the correspondence shown in FIG. 6A is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.
- the user terminal refers to the correspondence relationship shown in FIG. 6A, selects PRACH sequence # 1, which is a PRACH sequence corresponding to beam index # 1, and wirelessly transmits PRACH (PRACH including beam information) using this PRACH sequence # 1.
- PRACH sequence # 1 is a PRACH sequence corresponding to beam index # 1
- the user terminal performs PRACH sequence # 1 multiple times (4 times in FIG. 6B) at different transmission time intervals (over a plurality of unit time intervals (4 unit time intervals in FIG. 6B)).
- the PRACH is transmitted to the radio base station (see FIG. 5A).
- the radio base station can measure the best BSRx beam by detecting the PRACH while performing BSRx beam scanning.
- the PRACH sequence is the PRACH sequence # 1, so that the radio base station can know the beam in which the best BSTx beam is beamformed with the beam index # 1.
- the radio base station and the user terminal perform transmission / reception using an optimum beam in a random access procedure after RAR transmission.
- information on the correspondence between the beam information and the PRACH sequence (for example, a table in which the BSTx beam index and the PRACH sequence shown in FIG. 6A are associated) and / or information on the number of PRACH transmissions is determined in advance by the specification. Alternatively, it may be notified from the radio base station to the user terminal by broadcast information, higher layer signaling, downlink control signal, or the like. Further, in the above description, a case has been described in which optimal BS beam information is notified by PRACH, which is the initial stage of the random access procedure, but in this embodiment, optimal BS beam information is notified by message 3. You may do it.
- the correspondence relationship between the beam information and the PRACH sequence may be defined by shifting the PRACH sequence for each subframe. That is, as described above, instead of associating the same PRACH sequence with the PRACH that is transmitted a plurality of times, a different PRACH sequence pattern may be assigned to the PRACH that is transmitted a plurality of times. This is expected to improve the PRACH detection accuracy.
- the radio base station transmits a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel signal to the user terminal using Tx beams of beam indexes # 1 to # 4 by analog BF.
- the best BSTx beam is detected from the received DL signal.
- the best beam index of the BSTx beam is obtained.
- the BSTx beam with the beam index # 1 is the best.
- the user terminal performs PRACH transmission using the PRACH resource corresponding to the beam index # 1 of the obtained BSTx / Rx beam. If Tx / Rx reciprocity is available, the radio base station can detect the PRACH with a suitable receive beam (beam index # 1) and obtain the corresponding BSTx / Rx beam index # 1. The radio base station and the user terminal perform transmission / reception using an optimum beam in a random access procedure after RAR transmission.
- information regarding which PRACH resource is associated with the beam index of which BSTx / Rx beam may be determined in advance in the specification, or from the radio base station by broadcast information, higher layer signaling, downlink control signal, or the like. You may notify a terminal.
- BSTx beam information (beam index) may be associated with the PRACH sequence. This BSTx beam information (beam index) and PRACH sequence association can also be applied to a hybrid BF configuration of analog BF and digital BF.
- FIG. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating PRACH transmission in the hybrid BF.
- FIG. 8 shows a case where Tx / Rx reciprocity is used.
- the radio base station transmits DL signals with two beams (digital BF) to one antenna port.
- the radio base station gNB transmits two signals each of a synchronization signal (Synchronization Signal) and a broadcast channel signal (Broadcast Channel) over four unit time intervals (for example, subframes).
- a synchronization signal Synchroms Signal
- Broadcast Channel broadcast channel signal
- the best BSTx beam is detected from the received DL signal. That is, the best analog / digital beam index of the BSTx beam is obtained from the total of 8 analog / digital beam indexes # 1 to # 8 of 4 subframes ⁇ 2 beams.
- the BSTx beam with the analog / digital beam index # 1 is the best.
- the user terminal performs PRACH transmission using the PRACH sequence and PRACH resource (here, PRACH sequence # 1) corresponding to the obtained analog / digital beam index # 1 of the BSTx / Rx beam.
- PRACH sequence # 1 PRACH resource
- the radio base station can obtain the corresponding BSTx / Rx analog / digital beam index # 1 by detecting the PRACH.
- the radio base station and the user terminal perform transmission / reception using an optimum beam in a random access procedure after RAR transmission.
- information on which PRACH sequence and PRACH resource is associated with the analog beam index of which BS transmission / reception beam may be notified from the radio base station to the user terminal by RRC signaling or downlink control signal.
- Tx / Rx reciprocity When Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used, the DLTx beam and the ULRx beam are not linked. , Beam index, etc.) is a problem.
- BSTx beam information and UERx beam information are linked
- the user terminal transmits, to the radio base station, the PRACH including the beam information related to the BSTx beam of the radio base station and the UERx beam of the user terminal detected by the DL signal (DL broadcast channel) transmitted from the radio base station.
- optimal BSTx beam information and UERx beam information (for example, a beam index etc.) are notified to a radio base station.
- information associated with BSTx beam information and UERx beam information include PRACH sequences (for example, ZC (Zadoff-Chu) sequence numbers, CS (Cyclic Shift) numbers), PRACH time / frequency resources, and the like.
- the user terminal When not using Tx / Rx reciprocity, the user terminal transmits a PRACH signal including BSTx beam information and UERx beam information to the radio base station.
- the radio base station gNB
- the best BSTx beam is detected from the received DL signal. Thereby, the best beam index of the BSTx beam is obtained.
- the BSTx beam with the beam index # 1 is the best.
- the radio base station transmits a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel signal to the user terminal by using Tx beams with beam indexes # 1 to # 3 by analog BF, as shown in FIG.
- the best UERx beam is detected from the DL signal. Thereby, the beam index of the best UERx beam is obtained.
- the UERx beam with the beam index # 2 is the best.
- the BSTx beam information and the UERx beam information are associated with the PRACH sequence (a predetermined PRACH sequence set corresponding to the beam information) as shown in FIG. .
- BSTx beam index # 1 / UERx beam index # 1 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 1
- BSTx beam index # 2 / UERx beam index # 1 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 2
- BSTx beam index # 3 / UERx beam index # 1 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 3
- BSTx beam index # 1 / UERx beam index # 2 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 4
- BSTx beam index # 2 / UERx beam index # 2 is PRACH sequence # 2.
- BSTx beam index # 3 / UERx beam index # 2 corresponds to PRACH sequence # 6. Note that the correspondence shown in FIG. 10 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.
- the user terminal selects the PRACH sequence # 4, which is the PRACH sequence corresponding to the BSTx beam index # 1 / UERx beam index # 2, with reference to the correspondence relationship shown in FIG. 10, and uses this PRACH sequence # 4 for the PRACH (beam PRACH including information) is transmitted to the radio base station using a beam of UETx beam index # 1.
- the user terminal performs PRACH in PRACH sequence # 4 multiple times (three times in FIG. 9B) at different transmission time intervals (over a plurality of unit time intervals (three unit time intervals in FIG. 9B)). Is transmitted to the radio base station.
- PRACH PRACH including beam information
- PRACH sequence # 4 is transmitted to the radio base station using the beam of UETx beam index # 2 using PRACH sequence # 4.
- the radio base station by transmitting the PRACH to the radio base station by the PRACH sequence # 4 multiple times, it becomes possible to measure the BSRx beam and the UETx beam on the radio base station side. That is, in the radio base station, the best BSRx beam and UETx beam can be measured by detecting PRACH while performing BSRx beam scanning.
- the PRACH sequence is the PRACH sequence # 4. Therefore, the radio base station is the beam in which the best BSTx beam is beamformed with the beam index # 1, and the best UERx beam is the beam. It can be recognized that the beam has been beam-formed at the index # 2.
- the radio base station and the user terminal perform transmission / reception using an optimum beam in a random access procedure after RAR transmission.
- the radio base station notifies the user terminal of the detected UETx beam.
- the radio base station may notify the user terminal of information on a predetermined UETx beam using a downlink control signal (for example, RAR UL grant) immediately after receiving the PRCH.
- a downlink control signal for example, RAR UL grant
- the information on the correspondence between the beam information and the PRACH sequence (for example, the table in which the BSTx beam index or the UERx beam index and the PRACH sequence shown in FIG. It may be determined in advance, or may be notified from the radio base station to the user terminal by broadcast information, higher layer signaling, a downlink control signal, or the like.
- the optimal beam information is notified with message 3. Also good.
- the correspondence between the beam information and the PRACH sequence may be defined by shifting the PRACH sequence for each subframe. That is, as described above (see FIG. 7), instead of associating the same PRACH sequence with a PRACH that is transmitted a plurality of times, a different PRACH sequence pattern may be assigned to the PRACH that is transmitted a plurality of times. This is expected to improve the PRACH detection accuracy.
- the radio base station transmits a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel signal to the user terminal by using Tx beams with beam indexes # 1 to # 3 by analog BF.
- the best BSTx beam is detected from the received DL signal. Thereby, the best beam index of the BSTx beam is obtained.
- the BSTx beam with the beam index # 1 is the best.
- the radio base station transmits a synchronization signal or a broadcast channel signal to the user terminal by analog BF using Tx beams with beam indexes # 1 to # 3, as shown in FIG.
- the best UERx beam is detected from the DL signal. Thereby, the beam index of the best UERx beam is obtained.
- the UERx beam with the beam index # 2 is the best.
- the user terminal performs PRACH transmission using the PRACH sequence corresponding to the beam index # 2 of the obtained UERx beam, as shown in FIG. 11B.
- the radio base station can obtain the corresponding UERx beam index # 2 by detecting the PRACH.
- the radio base station and the user terminal perform transmission / reception using an optimum beam in a random access procedure after RAR transmission.
- information on which PRACH resource is associated with which beam index may be determined in advance by specification, or notified from the radio base station to the user terminal by broadcast information, higher layer signaling, downlink control signal, or the like. Also good.
- the information (beam index) of the UERx beam may be associated with the PRACH sequence. This association of the UERx beam information (beam index) and the PRACH sequence can also be used in a hybrid BF configuration of analog BF and digital BF.
- the presence / absence of use of Tx / Rx reciprocity may be associated with the PRACH sequence to notify the radio base station whether the user terminal can use Tx / Rx reciprocity.
- the radio base station cannot determine whether the user terminal is a user terminal that can use Tx / Rx reciprocity, a mode with repeated transmission for PRACH and a mode without repeated transmission for PRACH are set. It may be provided in advance so that the user terminal can select a mode according to the terminal capability. Thereby, the radio base station can control transmission / reception according to the capability of the user terminal.
- information regarding the correspondence between beam information (for example, beam index) and PRACH sequences may be broadcast to the user terminal in advance through a broadcast channel, or may be set individually for each user terminal after RRC connection.
- wireless communication system Wireless communication system
- communication is performed using any one or a combination of the wireless communication methods according to the above embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- carrier aggregation (CA) and / or dual connectivity (DC) in which a plurality of basic frequency blocks (component carriers) each having a system bandwidth (for example, 20 MHz) of the LTE system as one unit are applied. can do.
- DC dual connectivity
- the wireless communication system 1 includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), LTE-B (LTE-Beyond), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G. (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), New-RAT (Radio Access Technology), etc., or a system that realizes these.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution-Advanced
- LTE-B LTE-Beyond
- SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced 4G (4th generation mobile communication system)
- 5G. 5th generation mobile communication system
- FRA Full Radio Access
- New-RAT Radio Access Technology
- a radio base station using a plurality of beamforming communicates with a user terminal, and the user terminal transmits a random access preamble (PRACH) including beam information related to the beam of the radio base station. Then, the radio base station receives the PRACH including the beam information.
- PRACH random access preamble
- the radio communication system 1 includes a radio base station 11 that forms a macro cell C1 having a relatively wide coverage, and a radio base station 12 (12a-12c) that is arranged in the macro cell C1 and forms a small cell C2 that is narrower than the macro cell C1. It is equipped with. Moreover, the user terminal 20 is arrange
- the user terminal 20 can be connected to both the radio base station 11 and the radio base station 12. It is assumed that the user terminal 20 uses the macro cell C1 and the small cell C2 simultaneously by CA or DC. Moreover, the user terminal 20 may apply CA or DC using a plurality of cells (CC) (for example, 5 or less CCs, 6 or more CCs).
- CC cells
- Communication between the user terminal 20 and the radio base station 11 can be performed using a carrier having a relatively low frequency band (for example, 2 GHz) and a narrow bandwidth (referred to as an existing carrier or a legacy carrier).
- a carrier having a relatively high frequency band for example, 3.5 GHz, 5 GHz, etc.
- the same carrier may be used.
- the configuration of the frequency band used by each radio base station is not limited to this.
- a wired connection for example, an optical fiber compliant with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), an X2 interface, etc.
- a wireless connection It can be set as the structure to do.
- the radio base station 11 and each radio 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
- Each radio base station 12 may be connected to the higher station apparatus 30 via the radio base station 11.
- the radio base station 11 is a radio base station having a relatively wide coverage, and may be called a macro base station, an aggregation node, an eNB (eNodeB), a transmission / reception point, or the like.
- the radio base station 12 is a radio base station having local coverage, and includes a small base station, a micro base station, a pico base station, a femto base station, a HeNB (Home eNodeB), an RRH (Remote Radio Head), and transmission / reception. It may be called a point or the like.
- a radio base station 10 when the radio base station 11 and the radio base station 12 are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as a radio base station 10.
- Each 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 (mobile station) but also a fixed communication terminal (fixed station).
- orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is applied to the downlink, and single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) is used for the uplink.
- SC-FDMA single carrier-frequency division multiple access
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- SC-FDMA is a single-carrier transmission scheme that reduces interference between terminals by dividing the system bandwidth into bands consisting of one or continuous resource blocks for each terminal and using a plurality of terminals with mutually different bands. is there.
- the uplink and downlink radio access schemes are not limited to these combinations, and other radio access schemes may be used.
- a downlink shared channel there are a downlink shared channel (PDSCH) shared by each user terminal 20, a broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel), a downlink L1 / L2 control channel, and the like. Used. User data, upper layer control information, SIB (System Information Block), etc. are transmitted by PDSCH. Also, MIB (Master Information Block) is transmitted by PBCH.
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- SIB System Information Block
- MIB Master Information Block
- Downlink L1 / L2 control channels include PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel), PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel), and the like.
- Downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) including PDSCH and PUSCH scheduling information is transmitted by the PDCCH.
- the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH.
- the PHICH transmits HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) delivery confirmation information (for example, retransmission control information, HARQ-ACK, ACK / NACK, etc.) to the PUSCH.
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
- EPDCCH is frequency-division multiplexed with PDSCH (downlink shared data channel), and is used for transmission of DCI and the like in the same manner as PDCCH.
- an uplink shared channel (PUSCH) shared by each user terminal 20, an uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel), a random access channel (PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel) is used.
- PUSCH uplink shared channel
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
- User data and higher layer control information are transmitted by PUSCH.
- downlink radio quality information CQI: Channel Quality Indicator
- delivery confirmation information and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- a random access preamble for establishing connection with a cell is transmitted by the PRACH.
- a cell-specific reference signal CRS
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- DMRS demodulation reference signal
- PRS Positioning Reference Signal
- a measurement reference signal SRS: Sounding Reference Signal
- a demodulation reference signal DMRS
- the DMRS may be referred to as a user terminal specific reference signal (UE-specific Reference Signal). Further, the transmitted reference signal is not limited to these.
- the radio base station uses a plurality of beam forming, transmits a DL signal to the user terminal, and receives a random access preamble (PRACH) including beam information regarding the beam of the radio base station detected by the DL signal. To do.
- PRACH random access preamble
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a radio base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the radio base station 10 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, a call processing unit 105, and a transmission path interface 106.
- the transmission / reception antenna 101, the amplifier unit 102, and the transmission / reception unit 103 may each be configured to include one or more.
- 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 transmission path interface 106.
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Medium Access
- Retransmission control for example, HARQ transmission processing
- scheduling transmission format selection, channel coding, inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) processing, precoding processing, and other transmission processing
- IFFT inverse fast Fourier transform
- precoding processing precoding processing
- other transmission processing are performed and the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the downlink control signal is also subjected to transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform, and is transferred to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output by precoding for each antenna from the baseband signal processing unit 104 to a radio frequency band and transmits the converted signal.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 103 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 can be configured by a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device, which is described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission / reception part 103 may be comprised as an integral transmission / reception part, and may be comprised from a transmission part and a receiving part.
- the radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 receives the uplink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) processing, inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT: Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform) processing, and error correction on user data included in the input upstream signal.
- FFT fast Fourier transform
- IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
- Decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer and PDCP layer reception processing are performed and transferred to the upper station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 106.
- the call processing unit 105 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, status management of the radio base station 10, and radio resource management.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits / receives signals (backhaul signaling) to / from other radio base stations 10 via an interface between base stations (for example, an optical fiber compliant with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), X2 interface). May be.
- CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
- X2 interface May be.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 may further include an analog beam forming unit that performs analog beam forming.
- the analog beam forming unit includes an analog beam forming circuit (for example, phase shifter, phase shift circuit) or an analog beam forming apparatus (for example, phase shifter) described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. can do.
- the transmission / reception antenna 101 can be configured by an array antenna, for example.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 is configured to be able to apply single BF and multi-BF.
- the transceiver 103 may transmit a synchronization signal, a broadcast channel signal, and a reference signal for beam pattern measurement for beam measurement at the user terminal. Further, the transmission / reception unit 103 receives a random access preamble (PRACH) including beam information related to the DL signal beam. Moreover, the transmission / reception part 103 receives PRACH which the user terminal transmitted using the optimal beam information (for example, beam index).
- PRACH random access preamble
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a radio base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the functional block of the characteristic part in this embodiment is mainly shown, and the wireless base station 10 shall also have another functional block required for radio
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 includes at least a control unit (scheduler) 301, a transmission signal generation unit 302, a mapping unit 303, a reception signal processing unit 304, and a measurement unit 305. These configurations may be included in the radio base station 10, and a part or all of the configurations may not be included in the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the control unit (scheduler) 301 controls the entire radio base station 10.
- the control part 301 can be comprised from the controller, the control circuit, or control apparatus demonstrated based on the common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the control unit 301 controls signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 302 and signal allocation by the mapping unit 303, for example.
- the control unit 301 also controls signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 304 and signal measurement by the measurement unit 305.
- the control unit 301 controls scheduling (for example, resource allocation) of system information, a downlink data signal transmitted on the PDSCH, and a downlink control signal transmitted on the PDCCH and / or EPDCCH. Further, the control unit 301 controls generation of a downlink control signal (for example, delivery confirmation information) and a downlink data signal based on a result of determining whether or not retransmission control is necessary for the uplink data signal.
- the control unit 301 also controls scheduling of synchronization signals (for example, PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal) / SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signal)) and downlink reference signals such as CRS, CSI-RS, and DMRS.
- control unit 301 includes an uplink data signal transmitted on the PUSCH, an uplink control signal transmitted on the PUCCH and / or PUSCH (for example, delivery confirmation information), an RACH preamble transmitted on the PRACH, an uplink reference signal, and the like. Control scheduling.
- the control unit 301 uses the digital BF (for example, precoding) by the baseband signal processing unit 104 and / or the analog BF (for example, phase rotation) by the transmission / reception unit 103 to form a Tx beam and / or an Rx beam. To control.
- digital BF for example, precoding
- analog BF for example, phase rotation
- the control unit 301 identifies the PRACH sequence of the PRACH received multiple times, and beam information (for example, beam index) corresponding to the PRACH sequence. ) Is identified. At this time, the control unit 301 identifies beam information from the PRACH sequence with reference to, for example, the table shown in FIG. 6A. At this time, the transmission / reception unit 103 detects the PRACH transmitted from the user terminal a plurality of times while performing BSRx beam scanning. Thereby, the best BSRx beam can be measured.
- beam information for example, beam index
- the control unit 301 identifies beam information from the PRACH sequence with reference to, for example, the table shown in FIG. 6A.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 detects the PRACH transmitted from the user terminal a plurality of times while performing BSRx beam scanning. Thereby, the best BSRx beam can be measured.
- the control unit 301 identifies the PRACH sequence of the PRACH received multiple times, and beam information corresponding to the PRACH sequence (for example, Identify the beam index. At this time, the control unit 301 identifies beam information from the PRACH sequence with reference to, for example, the table shown in FIG. At this time, the transmission / reception unit 103 detects the PRACH transmitted from the user terminal a plurality of times while performing BSRx beam scanning. Thereby, the best BSTx beam and the best UERx beam can be recognized.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates a downlink signal (downlink control signal, downlink data signal, downlink reference signal, etc.) based on an instruction from the control unit 301, and outputs it to the mapping unit 303.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 can be configured by a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates, for example, a DL assignment that notifies downlink signal allocation information and a UL grant that notifies uplink signal allocation information based on an instruction from the control unit 301. Further, the downlink data signal is subjected to coding processing and modulation processing according to a coding rate, a modulation scheme, and the like determined based on channel state information (CSI: Channel State Information) from each user terminal 20.
- CSI Channel State Information
- the mapping unit 303 maps the downlink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 302 to a predetermined radio resource based on an instruction from the control unit 301, and outputs it to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the mapping unit 303 can be configured by a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the received signal is, for example, an uplink signal (uplink control signal, uplink data signal, uplink reference signal, etc.) transmitted from the user terminal 20.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 can be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit, or a signal processing device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 outputs the information decoded by the reception processing to the control unit 301. For example, when receiving PUCCH including HARQ-ACK, HARQ-ACK is output to control section 301.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 outputs the reception signal and the signal after reception processing to the measurement unit 305.
- the measurement unit 305 performs measurement on the received signal.
- the measurement part 305 can be comprised from the measuring device, measurement circuit, or measurement apparatus demonstrated based on common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the measurement unit 305 may, for example, receive power (for example, RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power)), reception quality (for example, RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality), SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio)) or channel of the received signal. You may measure about a state etc.
- the measurement result may be output to the control unit 301.
- the user terminal communicates with a radio base station using a plurality of beam forming, receives a DL signal transmitted from the radio base station, and transmits a PRACH including beam information related to the beam of the radio base station.
- PRACH including beam information is controlled to be transmitted a plurality of times at different transmission time intervals.
- a predetermined PRACH sequence set corresponding to the beam information is applied to transmission of a plurality of PRACHs. This user terminal receives information on the correspondence between beam information and PRACH sequences and / or information on the number of PRACH transmissions.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the user terminal 20 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, and an application unit 205.
- the transmission / reception antenna 201, the amplifier unit 202, and the transmission / reception unit 203 may each be configured to include one or more.
- the radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 201 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 receives the downlink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 can be configured by a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may be configured as an integral transmission / reception unit, or may be configured from a transmission unit and a reception unit.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like on the input baseband signal.
- the 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 performs transmission / reception by performing retransmission control transmission processing (for example, HARQ transmission processing), channel coding, precoding, discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processing, IFFT processing, and the like. Is transferred to the unit 203.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band and transmits it.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 203 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may further include an analog beam forming unit that performs analog beam forming.
- the analog beam forming unit includes an analog beam forming circuit (for example, phase shifter, phase shift circuit) or an analog beam forming apparatus (for example, phase shifter) described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. can do.
- the transmission / reception antenna 201 can be configured by, for example, an array antenna.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 is configured to be able to apply single BF and multi-BF.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may receive a synchronization signal, a broadcast channel signal, and a reference signal for beam pattern measurement for beam measurement. Further, the transmission / reception unit 203 transmits a random access preamble (PRACH) including beam information related to the beam detected from the DL signal. At this time, the transmission / reception unit 203 transmits the PRACH using optimal beam information (for example, a beam index).
- PRACH random access preamble
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the functional blocks of the characteristic part in the present embodiment are mainly shown, and the user terminal 20 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 included in the user terminal 20 includes at least a control unit 401, a transmission signal generation unit 402, a mapping unit 403, a reception signal processing unit 404, and a measurement unit 405. Note that these configurations may be included in the user terminal 20, and some or all of the configurations may not be included in the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the control unit 401 controls the entire user terminal 20.
- the control unit 401 can be composed of a controller, a control circuit, or a control device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the control unit 401 controls, for example, signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 402 and signal allocation by the mapping unit 403.
- the control unit 401 controls signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 404 and signal measurement by the measurement unit 405.
- the control unit 401 obtains, from the received signal processing unit 404, a downlink control signal (a signal transmitted by PDCCH / EPDCCH) and a downlink data signal (a signal transmitted by PDSCH) transmitted from the radio base station 10.
- the control unit 401 controls generation of an uplink control signal (for example, delivery confirmation information) and an uplink data signal based on a downlink control signal, a result of determining whether or not retransmission control is required for the downlink data signal, and the like.
- the control unit 401 uses the digital BF (for example, precoding) by the baseband signal processing unit 204 and / or the analog BF (for example, phase rotation) by the transmission / reception unit 203 to form a transmission beam and / or a reception beam. To control.
- digital BF for example, precoding
- analog BF for example, phase rotation
- the control unit 401 uses the single UE beamforming and Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used, and the beam related to the beam of the radio base station detected by the DL signal (DL broadcast channel) transmitted from the radio base station. Control is performed so as to transmit PRACH including information (for example, beam index) to the radio base station. Further, the control unit 401 detects the best BSTx beam from the received DL signal and performs control so as to obtain the best beam index of the BSTx beam. In addition, the control unit 401 performs control so that the PRACH is transmitted a plurality of times over a plurality of unit time intervals in the PRACH sequence corresponding to the beam index of the best BSTx beam. At this time, the control unit 401 identifies the PRACH sequence from the beam index with reference to the table shown in FIG. 6A, for example.
- the control unit 401 when multi-UE beamforming is applied and Tx / Rx reciprocity is not used, the beam related to the beam of the radio base station detected by the DL signal (DL broadcast channel) transmitted from the radio base station. Control is performed so as to transmit PRACH including information (for example, beam index) to the radio base station. Further, the control unit 401 detects the best BSTx beam from the received DL signal and performs control so as to obtain the best beam index of the BSTx beam. In addition, the control unit 401 performs control so that the PRACH is transmitted a plurality of times over a plurality of unit time intervals in the PRACH sequence corresponding to the best beam index of the BSTx beam and the best beam index of the UERx beam. At this time, the control unit 401 identifies the PRACH sequence from the beam index with reference to, for example, the table shown in FIG.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink signal (uplink control signal, uplink data signal, uplink reference signal, etc.) based on an instruction from the control unit 401 and outputs the uplink signal to the mapping unit 403.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 can be configured by a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generator 402 generates an uplink control signal related to delivery confirmation information and channel state information (CSI) based on an instruction from the controller 401, for example.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink data signal based on an instruction from the control unit 401.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 is instructed by the control unit 401 to generate an uplink data signal when the UL grant is included in the downlink control signal notified from the radio base station 10.
- the mapping unit 403 maps the uplink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 402 to a radio resource based on an instruction from the control unit 401, and outputs the radio signal to the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the mapping unit 403 can be configured by a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the received signal is, for example, a downlink signal (downlink control signal, downlink data signal, downlink reference signal, etc.) transmitted from the radio base station 10.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 can be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit, or a signal processing device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. Further, the reception signal processing unit 404 can constitute a reception unit according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs the information decoded by the reception processing to the control unit 401.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs broadcast information, system information, RRC signaling, DCI, and the like to the control unit 401, for example.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs the reception signal and the signal after reception processing to the measurement unit 405.
- the measurement unit 405 performs measurement on the received signal.
- the measurement unit 405 performs measurement using the beam forming RS transmitted from the radio base station 10.
- the measurement part 405 can be comprised from the measuring device, measurement circuit, or measurement apparatus demonstrated based on common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the measurement unit 405 may measure, for example, received power (for example, RSRP), received quality (for example, RSRQ, received SINR), channel state, and the like of the received signal.
- the measurement result may be output to the control unit 401.
- each functional block may be realized by one device physically and / or logically coupled, and two or more devices physically and / or logically separated may be directly and / or indirectly. (For example, wired and / or wireless) and may be realized by these plural devices.
- a wireless base station, a user terminal, etc. in an embodiment of the present invention may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a radio base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the wireless base station 10 and the user terminal 20 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like. Good.
- the term “apparatus” can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, or the like.
- the hardware configurations of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be configured to include one or a plurality of each device illustrated in the figure, or may be configured not to include some devices.
- processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips.
- Each function in the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 is performed by, for example, reading predetermined software (program) on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, and the processor 1001 performs computation, and communication by the communication device 1004 is performed. Alternatively, it is realized by controlling data reading and / or writing in the memory 1002 and the storage 1003.
- the processor 1001 controls the entire computer by operating an operating system, for example.
- the processor 1001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic device, a register, and the like.
- CPU central processing unit
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 (204), the call processing unit 105, and the like described above may be realized by the processor 1001.
- the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, and the like from the storage 1003 and / or the communication device 1004 to the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these.
- programs program codes
- software modules software modules
- data data
- the like data
- the control unit 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operated by the processor 1001, and may be realized similarly for other functional blocks.
- the memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically EPROM), a RAM (Random Access Memory), or any other suitable storage medium. It may be configured by one.
- the memory 1002 may be referred to as a register, a cache, a main memory (main storage device), or the like.
- the memory 1002 can store programs (program codes), software modules, and the like that can be executed to implement the wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk (CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM)), a digital versatile disk, Blu-ray® disk), removable disk, hard disk drive, smart card, flash memory device (eg, card, stick, key drive), magnetic stripe, database, server, or other suitable storage medium It may be constituted by.
- the storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.
- the communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for performing communication between computers via a wired and / or wireless network, and is also referred to as a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like.
- the communication device 1004 includes, for example, a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., in order to realize frequency division duplex (FDD) and / or time division duplex (TDD). It may be configured.
- FDD frequency division duplex
- TDD time division duplex
- the transmission / reception antenna 101 (201), the amplifier unit 102 (202), the transmission / reception unit 103 (203), the transmission path interface 106, and the like described above may be realized by the communication device 1004.
- the input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts an external input.
- the output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside.
- the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).
- each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information.
- the bus 1007 may be configured with a single bus or may be configured with different buses between apparatuses.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 include a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), and the like. It may be configured including hardware, and a part or all of each functional block may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented by at least one of these hardware.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- PLD Programmable Logic Device
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- the channel and / or symbol may be a signal (signaling).
- the signal may be a message.
- the reference signal may be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal), and may be referred to as a pilot, a pilot signal, or the like depending on an applied standard.
- a component carrier CC: Component Carrier
- CC Component Carrier
- the radio frame may be configured with one or a plurality of periods (frames) in the time domain.
- Each of the one or more periods (frames) constituting the radio frame may be referred to as a subframe.
- a subframe may be composed of one or more slots in the time domain.
- the slot may be configured with one or a plurality of symbols (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbol, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbol, etc.) in the time domain).
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
- the radio frame, subframe, slot, and symbol all represent a time unit when transmitting a signal.
- Different names may be used for the radio frame, the subframe, the slot, and the symbol.
- one subframe may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI)
- a plurality of consecutive subframes may be referred to as a TTI
- one slot may be referred to as a TTI.
- the subframe or TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in the existing LTE, a period shorter than 1 ms (for example, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1 ms. Also good.
- TTI means, for example, a minimum time unit for scheduling in wireless communication.
- a radio base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used in each user terminal) to each user terminal in units of TTI.
- the definition of TTI is not limited to this.
- the TTI may be a transmission time unit of a channel-encoded data packet (transport block), or may be a processing unit such as scheduling or link adaptation.
- a TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a normal subframe, a normal subframe, a long subframe, or the like.
- a TTI shorter than a normal TTI may be called a shortened TTI, a short TTI, a shortened subframe, a short subframe, or the like.
- a resource block is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or a plurality of continuous subcarriers (subcarriers) in the frequency domain. Further, the RB may include one or a plurality of symbols in the time domain, and may have a length of one slot, one subframe, or 1 TTI. One TTI and one subframe may each be composed of one or a plurality of resource blocks.
- the RB may be called a physical resource block (PRB: Physical RB), a PRB pair, an RB pair, or the like.
- the resource block may be composed of one or a plurality of resource elements (RE: Resource Element).
- RE Resource Element
- 1RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.
- the structure of the above-described radio frame, subframe, slot, symbol, and the like is merely an example.
- the configuration such as the cyclic prefix (CP) length can be variously changed.
- information, parameters, and the like described in this specification may be represented by absolute values, may be represented by relative values from predetermined values, or may be represented by other corresponding information.
- the radio resource may be indicated by a predetermined index.
- the mathematical formulas and the like using these parameters may be different from those explicitly disclosed herein.
- information, signals, etc. can be output from the upper layer to the lower layer and / or from the lower layer to the upper layer.
- Information, signals, and the like may be input / output via a plurality of network nodes.
- the input / output information, signals, and the like may be stored in a specific location (for example, a memory) or managed by a management table. Input / output information, signals, and the like can be overwritten, updated, or added. The output information, signals, etc. may be deleted. Input information, signals, and the like may be transmitted to other devices.
- information notification includes physical layer signaling (eg, downlink control information (DCI), uplink control information (UCI)), upper layer signaling (eg, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling), It may be implemented by broadcast information (master information block (MIB), system information block (SIB), etc.), MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling), other signals, or a combination thereof.
- DCI downlink control information
- UCI uplink control information
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- MIB master information block
- SIB system information block
- MAC Medium Access Control
- the physical layer signaling may be referred to as L1 / L2 (Layer 1 / Layer 2) control information (L1 / L2 control signal), L1 control information (L1 control signal), or the like.
- the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC connection setup (RRCConnectionSetup) message, an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message, or the like.
- the MAC signaling may be notified by, for example, a MAC control element (MAC CE (Control Element)).
- notification of predetermined information is not limited to explicitly performed, but implicitly (for example, by not performing notification of the predetermined information or another (By notification of information).
- the determination may be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or may be performed by a boolean value represented by true or false.
- the comparison may be performed by numerical comparison (for example, comparison with a predetermined value).
- software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted / received via a transmission medium.
- software can use websites, servers using wired technology (coaxial cable, optical fiber cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.) and / or wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) , Or other remote sources, these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.
- system and “network” used in this specification are used interchangeably.
- base station BS
- radio base station eNB
- cell e.g., a fixed station
- eNodeB eNodeB
- cell group e.g., a cell
- carrier femtocell
- component carrier e.g., a fixed station, NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), access point, transmission point, reception point, femtocell, small cell, and the like.
- the base station can accommodate one or a plurality of (for example, three) cells (also called sectors). If the base station accommodates multiple cells, the entire coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area being a base station subsystem (eg, an indoor small base station (RRH: The term “cell” or “sector” refers to part or all of the coverage area of a base station and / or base station subsystem that provides communication service in this coverage. Point to.
- RRH indoor small base station
- MS mobile station
- UE user equipment
- terminal may be used interchangeably.
- a base station may also be called in terms such as a fixed station, NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), access point, transmission point, reception point, femtocell, small cell, and the like.
- a mobile station is defined by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless It may also be called terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client or some other suitable terminology.
- the radio base station in this specification may be read by the user terminal.
- each aspect / embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a radio base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of user terminals (D2D: Device-to-Device).
- the user terminal 20 may have a function that the wireless base station 10 has.
- words such as “up” and “down” may be read as “side”.
- the uplink channel may be read as a side channel.
- a user terminal in this specification may be read by a radio base station.
- the wireless base station 10 may have a function that the user terminal 20 has.
- the specific operation assumed to be performed by the base station may be performed by the upper node in some cases.
- various operations performed for communication with a terminal may be performed by one or more network nodes other than the base station and the base station (for example, It is obvious that the operation can be performed by MME (Mobility Management Entity), S-GW (Serving-Gateway), etc., but not limited to these) or a combination thereof.
- MME Mobility Management Entity
- S-GW Serving-Gateway
- each aspect / embodiment described in this specification may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched according to execution.
- the order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, and the like of each aspect / embodiment described in the present specification may be changed as long as there is no contradiction.
- the methods described herein present the elements of the various steps in an exemplary order and are not limited to the specific order presented.
- Each aspect / embodiment described herein includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), LTE-B (LTE-Beyond), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile). communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), New-RAT (Radio Access Technology), NR (New Radio), NX (New radio access), FX (Future generation radio access), GSM (registered trademark) (Global System for Mobile communications), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802 .20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), The present invention may be applied to a system using other appropriate wireless communication methods and / or a next generation system extended based on these.
- the phrase “based on” does not mean “based only on”, unless expressly specified otherwise. In other words, the phrase “based on” means both “based only on” and “based at least on.”
- any reference to elements using designations such as “first”, “second”, etc. as used herein does not generally limit the amount or order of those elements. These designations can be used herein as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, reference to the first and second elements does not mean that only two elements can be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.
- determining may encompass a wide variety of actions. For example, “determination” means calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (eg, table, database or other data). It may be considered to “determine” (search in structure), ascertaining, etc.
- “determination (decision)” includes receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input (input), output (output), access ( accessing) (e.g., accessing data in memory), etc., may be considered to be “determining”.
- “determination” is considered to be “determination (resolving)”, “selecting”, “choosing”, “establishing”, “comparing”, etc. Also good. That is, “determination (determination)” may be regarded as “determination (determination)” of some operation.
- the terms “connected”, “coupled”, or any variation thereof refers to any direct or indirect connection between two or more elements or By coupling, it can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are “connected” or “coupled” to each other.
- the coupling or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof.
- the two elements are radio frequency by using one or more wires, cables and / or printed electrical connections, and as some non-limiting and non-inclusive examples
- electromagnetic energy such as electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the region, the microwave region and the light (both visible and invisible) region can be considered “connected” or “coupled” to each other.
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第1の態様においては、マルチBSビームフォーミングを前提として、シングルUEビームフォーミング+Tx/Rxレシプロシティの不利用のケース、及びシングルUEビームフォーミング+Tx/Rxレシプロシティの利用のケースについて説明する。
Tx/Rxレシプロシティを利用しない場合、DLTxビームとULRxビームがリンクしていないので、無線基地局にどのようにして最適なBSビーム情報(例えば、ビームインデックスなど)を通知するかが問題となる。本実施の形態においては、BSビーム情報を他の情報に関連付けてユーザ端末から無線基地局に通知する。
Tx/Rxレシプロシティを利用する場合、DLTxビームとULRxビームがリンクする。例えば、図5Bに示すように、無線基地局が同期信号や報知チャネル信号をアナログBFによりビームインデックス#1~#4のTxビームでそれぞれユーザ端末に送信する。ユーザ端末においては、受信したDL信号から最も良いBSTxビームを検出する。これにより、最も良いBSTxビームのビームインデックスを得る。ここでは、ビームインデックス#1のBSTxビームが最も良いとする。
第2の態様においては、マルチBSビームフォーミングを前提として、マルチUEビームフォーミング+Tx/Rxレシプロシティの不利用のケース、及びマルチUEビームフォーミング+Tx/Rxレシプロシティの利用のケースについて説明する。
Tx/Rxレシプロシティを利用しない場合、DLTxビームとULRxビームがリンクしていないので、無線基地局にどのようにして最適なBSTxビーム情報(例えば、ビームインデックスなど)や最適なUERxビーム情報(例えば、ビームインデックスなど)を通知するかが問題となる。本実施の形態においては、BSTxビーム情報やUERxビーム情報を他の情報に関連付けて、ユーザ端末から無線基地局にBSTxビーム情報やUERxビーム情報を通知する。
Tx/Rxレシプロシティを利用する場合、DLTxビームとULRxビームがリンクする。例えば、無線基地局が同期信号や報知チャネル信号をアナログBFによりビームインデックス#1~#3のTxビームでそれぞれユーザ端末に送信する。ユーザ端末においては、受信したDL信号から最も良いBSTxビームを検出する。これにより、最も良いBSTxビームのビームインデックスを得る。ここでは、ビームインデックス#1のBSTxビームが最も良いとする。
以下、本発明の一実施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、本発明の上記各実施形態に係る無線通信方法のいずれか又はこれらの組み合わせを用いて通信が行われる。
無線基地局は、複数のビームフォーミングを利用するものであって、ユーザ端末にDL信号を送信し、DL信号により検出された無線基地局のビームに関するビーム情報を含むランダムアクセスプリアンブル(PRACH)を受信する。
ユーザ端末は、複数のビームフォーミングを利用する無線基地局と通信するものであって、無線基地局から送信されるDL信号を受信し、無線基地局のビームに関するビーム情報を含むPRACHを送信するように制御する。このユーザ端末においては、ビーム情報を含むPRACHを異なる送信時間間隔で複数回送信するように制御する。また、このユーザ端末においては、ビーム情報に対応して設定された所定のPRACH系列を複数のPRACHの送信に適用する。このユーザ端末においては、ビーム情報とPRACHの系列の対応関係に関する情報、及び/又はPRACHの送信回数に関する情報を受信する。
なお、上記実施形態の説明に用いたブロック図は、機能単位のブロックを示している。これらの機能ブロック(構成部)は、ハードウェア及び/又はソフトウェアの任意の組み合わせによって実現される。また、各機能ブロックの実現手段は特に限定されない。すなわち、各機能ブロックは、物理的及び/又は論理的に結合した1つの装置により実現されてもよいし、物理的及び/又は論理的に分離した2つ以上の装置を直接的及び/又は間接的に(例えば、有線及び/又は無線)で接続し、これら複数の装置により実現されてもよい。
なお、本明細書で説明した用語及び/又は本明細書の理解に必要な用語については、同一の又は類似する意味を有する用語と置き換えてもよい。例えば、チャネル及び/又はシンボルは信号(シグナリング)であってもよい。また、信号はメッセージであってもよい。参照信号は、RS(Reference Signal)と略称することもでき、適用される標準によってパイロット(Pilot)、パイロット信号等と呼ばれてもよい。また、コンポーネントキャリア(CC:Component Carrier)は、セル、周波数キャリア、キャリア周波数等と呼ばれてもよい。
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- 複数のビームフォーミングを利用する無線基地局と通信するユーザ端末であって、
無線基地局から送信されるDL信号を受信する受信部と、
ランダムアクセスプリアンブル(PRACH)を送信する送信部と、
前記無線基地局のビームに関するビーム情報を含むPRACHを送信するように制御する制御部と、を有することを特徴とするユーザ端末。 - 前記制御部は、前記ビーム情報を含むPRACHを異なる送信時間間隔で複数回送信するように制御することを特徴とする請求項1記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記制御部は、前記ビーム情報に対応して設定された所定のPRACH系列を前記複数のPRACHの送信に適用することを特徴とする請求項2に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記受信部は、前記ビーム情報とPRACHの系列の対応関係に関する情報、及び/又はPRACHの送信回数に関する情報を受信することを特徴とする請求項3に記載のユーザ端末。
- 複数のビームフォーミングを利用する無線基地局であって、
ユーザ端末にDL信号を送信する送信部と、
前記DL信号により検出された前記無線基地局のビームに関するビーム情報を含むランダムアクセスプリアンブル(PRACH)を受信する受信部と、を有することを特徴とする無線基地局。 - 複数のビームフォーミングを利用する無線基地局と通信するユーザ端末の無線通信方法であって、
無線基地局から送信されるDL信号を受信する工程と、
前記無線基地局のビームに関するビーム情報を含むランダムアクセスプリアンブル(PRACH)を送信する工程と、を有することを特徴とする無線通信方法。
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