Transmission power determination method, communication device and program

• US 10,405,200 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sawai, Ryo, Kimura, Ryota
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Tan H
• Application Number:
  US15/703,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20180007565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• Field of Search: 455 69, 455522, 455 62, 455501, 455455, 455422, 455 301, 455423, 455450, 455451, 4554521, 4554522, 4554561, 455464, 455 9, 455 134, 455 68, 455447, 455446, 370315, 370329, 370252, 726 4
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/16 Deriving transmission power values from another channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/24 using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/241 taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR, Eb/lo
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/242 taking into account path loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/245 taking into account received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/46 in multi hop networks, e.g. wireless relay networks

Abstract

An electronic device comprising circuitry that controls transmitting signals through a first communication link toward a base station or a second communication link toward a mobile station. The second communication link uses an uplink resource of the first communication link. The circuity determines transmission power for the second communication link based on a first parameter and a second parameter. The first parameter indicates a signal level, a power level, or a noise level in the first communication link. The second parameter corresponds to path loss information for the first communication link.

Claims

1. A method for determining an acceptable transmission power for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, comprising the steps of:

determining the acceptable transmission power based on an interference level or a noise level in the first communication service, and a path loss on a communication path about one or more secondary usage node that transmits a radio signal of the second communication service; and

if two or more second communication services exist in the same cell, distributing the transmission power among the two or more second communication services evenly.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring location data from a database that stores the location data indicating a location of a primary usage node that receives a radio signal of the first communication service; and

calculating the path loss on the communication path about the one or more secondary usage node based on the location of the primary usage node indicated by the location data and a location of the one or more secondary usage node.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the method is executed by a primary usage node that has access to the database, and

the method further comprises the step of notifying the determined acceptable transmission power from the primary usage node to any node among the one or more secondary usage node.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the method is executed by a node acting as a coordinator of the second communication service among the one or more secondary usage node.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a value Ptx_secondary,i of the transmission power which is allocated to the i-th (i=1, . . . , n) second communication service is derived from the following expression:

6. A method for determining an acceptable transmission power for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, comprising the steps of:

determining the acceptable transmission power based on an interference level or a noise level in the first communication service, and a path loss on a communication path about one or more secondary usage node that transmits a radio signal of the second communication service; and

if two or more second communication services exist in the same cell, distributing the transmission power among the two or more second communication services depending on a distance between a secondary usage node of the second communication service and a first node of the first communication service.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

acquiring location data from a database that stores the location data indicating a location of a primary usage node that receives a radio signal of the first communication service; and

calculating the path loss on the communication path about the one or more secondary usage node based on the location of the primary usage node indicated by the location data and a location of the one or more secondary usage node.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein

the method is executed by a primary usage node that has access to the database, and

the method further comprises the step of notifying the determined acceptable transmission power from the primary usage node to any node among the one or more secondary usage node.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein

the method is executed by a node acting as a coordinator of the second communication service among the one or more secondary usage node.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein a value Ptx_secondary,i of the transmission power which is allocated to the i-th (i=1, . . . , n) second communication service is derived from the following expression:

11. A method for determining an acceptable transmission power for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, comprising the step of:

determining the acceptable transmission power based on an interference level or a noise level in the first communication service, and a path loss on a communication path about one or more secondary usage node that transmits a radio signal of the second communication service; and

if two or more second communication services exist in the same cell, distributing the transmission power among the two or more second communication services by counting in a margin for reducing a possibility of causing interference on a first node of the first communication service.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

acquiring location data from a database that stores the location data indicating a location of a primary usage node that receives a radio signal of the first communication service; and

calculating the path loss on the communication path about the one or more secondary usage node based on the location of the primary usage node indicated by the location data and a location of the one or more secondary usage node.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein

the method is executed by a primary usage node that has access to the database, and

the method further comprises the step of notifying the determined acceptable transmission power from the primary usage node to any node among the one or more secondary usage node.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein

the method is executed by a node acting as a coordinator of the second communication service among the one or more secondary usage node.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein a value Ptx_secondary,i of the transmission power which is allocated to the i-th (i=1, . . . , n) second communication service is derived from the following expression: