Base station, terminal, and communication system

• US 10,057,894 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2015
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ode, Takayoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mohebbi, Kouroush
• Application Number:
  US14/862,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/00 Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0085 when channel conditions change
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties

Abstract

A communication system includes: a first base station; one or more second base stations; and a terminal. The first base station includes an acquiring unit that acquires information about reception time, at which the terminal receives information sent from the first base station and the one or more second base stations by using one or more frequency bands or transmission time of each frequency band at the terminal or both, and a first control unit that controls, based on information about the reception time or the transmission time acquired by the acquiring unit, frequency bands that are simultaneously used by the terminal. The terminal includes a second control unit that performs control, in accordance with the control performed by the first base station, such that communication is performed by simultaneously using the frequency bands.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a first base station;

one or more second base stations; and

a terminal,

the first base station includes

a receiver that receives information about reception time, at which the terminal receives information sent from the first base station by using a first frequency band and receives information sent from the first base station or the one or more second base stations by using one or more second frequency bands or transmission time, at which the first base station sends information by using the first frequency band, and the first base station or the one or more second base stations send information by using one or more second frequency bands,

a selector that selects from among the one or more second frequency bands, based on information about the reception time or the transmission time received by the receiver, the second frequency bands that are simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal, and

a first controller that performs control about the selected second frequency bands, and

the terminal includes

a second controller that performs control, in accordance with the control performed by the first base station, such that communication is performed by simultaneously using the first frequency band and selected second frequency bands,

the terminal complies with a control signal that is generated based on a propagation delay difference between first propagation delay and second propagation delay in the first base station to perform communication by using a plurality of cells in which uplink transmission timing and downlink reception timing do not overlap with each other.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the receiver receives information about one or more first reception time differences, as information about the reception time, based on first reception time of information sent from the first base station by using a first frequency band and second reception time of information sent from the first base station and the one or more second base stations by using one or more second frequency bands,

a generator generates, based on the information about the one or more first reception time differences, control information about a second frequency band that is simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal, and

the first base station further includes a transmitter that transmits the control information to the terminal.

3. The communication system according to claim 2, wherein the first controller includes the selector that selects, from among the one or more second frequency bands based on the information about the one or more first reception time differences, the second frequency band that is simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal and creates control information about the selected second frequency band.

4. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein the selector selects, from among the one or more second frequency bands, by using the first reception time differences and a first threshold that is previously determined in the first base station or determined between the first base station and the terminal, the second frequency band simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal.

5. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein the selector controls the first threshold in accordance with a protection period between a downlink transmission period and an uplink reception period.

6. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein, when it is not possible to select, from among the one or more second frequency bands, the second frequency band that is simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal, the selector selects, from among one or more third frequency bands that are different from the first frequency band by a frequency equal to or greater than a predetermined frequency, a third frequency band that is simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal.

7. The communication system according to claim 6, wherein

the receiver receives information that indicates one or more second reception time differences between the first frequency band and each of the third frequency bands, and

the selector selects, from among the one or more third frequency bands, by using the second reception time differences and a second threshold that is previously determined in the first base station or determined between the first base station and the terminal, the third frequency band simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal.

8. A base station that performs communication with a terminal that performs communication with one or more base stations by simultaneously using a plurality of frequency bands, the base station comprising:

a receiver that receives at least one of information about reception time, at which the terminal receives information sent from the base station by using a first frequency band and receives information sent from the first base station or one or more base stations other than the base station by using one or more second frequency bands, or transmission time, at which the first base station sends information by using the first frequency band, and the first base station or the one or more second base stations send information by using one or more second frequency bands; and

a selector that selects from among the one or more second frequency bands, based on information about the reception time or the transmission time received by the receiver, the second frequency bands that are simultaneously used with the first frequency band by the terminal,

the terminal complies with a control signal that is generated based on a propagation delay difference between first propagation delay and second propagation delay in the first base station to perform communication by using a plurality of cells in which uplink transmission timing and downlink reception timing do not overlap with each other.

9. A terminal that performs communication with one or more base stations by simultaneously using a plurality of frequency bands, the terminal comprising:

a measuring device that measures reception time of information sent from a first base station by using a first frequency band and that measures reception time of information sent from each of the first base station or a second base station by using a second frequency band;

a transmitter that notifies the first base station of at least one of reception time information and information about a candidate for the second frequency band that is simultaneously used with the first frequency band, based on reception time measurement results in the measuring device;

a receiver that receives control information about a second frequency band that is selected based on the reception time information or the information about the candidate for the second frequency band and that is simultaneously used with the first frequency band; and

a controller that performs control, based on the control information, such that communication is performed by simultaneously using the first frequency band and the second frequency band,

the terminal complies with a control signal that is generated based on a propagation delay difference between first propagation delay and second propagation delay in the first base station to perform communication by using a plurality of cells in which uplink transmission timing and downlink reception timing do not overlap with each other.

10. A terminal that performs communication with one or more base stations by simultaneously using a plurality of frequency bands, the terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives first transmission time information sent from a first base station by using a first frequency band and that receives second transmission time information sent from each of the first base station and a second base station by using a second frequency band; and

a transmitter that notifies the first base station of at least one of the second transmission time information and information about a candidate for the second frequency band that is selected based on the first transmission time information and the second transmission time information and that is simultaneously used with the first frequency band,

the terminal complies with a control signal that is generated based on a propagation delay difference between first propagation delay and second propagation delay in the first base station to perform communication by using a plurality of cells in which uplink transmission timing and downlink reception timing do not overlap with each other.