Communication terminal device, and base station device

• US 20020136271A1
• Filed: 02/28/2002
• Published: 09/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hiramatsu, Katsuhiko, Aizawa, Junichi, Miyoshi, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US10/069,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20020136271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/141
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/20 using signal quality detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

The communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention includes a measuring section for measuring the reception quality of a control channel signal sent from a base station apparatus and a reception section for receiving a data channel signal sent by the base station apparatus according to a modulation system and coding system decided by the base station apparatus, and the above-described modulation system and coding system are decided by the base station apparatus based on the reception quality of the control channel signal measured by the measuring section and transmit power values of the control channel signal and data channel signal at the base station apparatus.

Claims

1. A base station apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving the reception quality of a control channel signal measured at a communication terminal apparatus;

estimating means for estimating the reception quality of a data channel signal based on the reception quality of said control channel signal and transmit power values of the control channel and the data channel signal; and

transmitting means for transmitting the data channel signal according to a modulation system and coding system decided using the reception quality of the estimated data channel signal.

2. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

measuring means for measuring the reception quality of a control channel signal sent from a base station apparatus; and

transmitting means for transmitting the reception quality of said control channel signal, wherein said base station apparatus estimates the reception quality of the data channel signal based on the reception quality of said control channel signal and the transmit power values of the control channel signal and data channel signal at the base station apparatus and transmits the data channel signal according to the modulation system and coding system decided using the reception quality of said data channel signal.

3. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising receiving means for receiving a data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus.

4. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

measuring means for measuring reception quality of a control channel signal sent from a base station apparatus;

estimating means for estimating the reception quality of the data channel signal based on the reception quality of said control channel signal and transmit power value information of the control channel signal and data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus; and

transmitting means for transmitting the reception quality of the estimated data channel signal to said base station apparatus, wherein said base station apparatus transmits a data channel signal according to the modulation system and coding system decided using the reception quality of said data channel signal.

5. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising receiving means for receiving a data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus.

6. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

measuring means for measuring the reception quality of a control channel signal sent from a base station apparatus;

estimating means for estimating the reception quality of the data channel signal based on the transmit power value information of the control channel signal and data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus; and

selecting means for selecting a target base station apparatus with good estimated reception quality of the data channel signal from among all the base station apparatuses as the request destination of the data channel signal; and

transmitting means for transmitting the estimated reception quality of the data channel signal to said target base station apparatus, wherein said base station apparatus transmits the data channel signal according to the modulation system and coding system decided using the reception quality of said data channel signal.

7. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising receiving means for receiving a data channel signal sent from the target base station apparatus.

12. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 6 comprising, further comprising receiving means a transmitting step of transmitting the data channel signal according to a modulation system and coding system decided using the reception quality of the estimated data channel signal at the base station apparatus.

8. A base station apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving the reception quality of a data channel signal estimated by a communication terminal apparatus; and

transmitting means for transmitting the data channel signal according to a modulation system and coding system decided using the reception quality of said data channel signal, wherein said communication terminal apparatus estimates the reception quality of the data channel signal based on the reception quality of the control channel signal and transmit power value information of the control channel signal and data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus.

9. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

measuring means for measuring the reception quality of a control channel signal sent from a base station apparatus;

estimating means for estimating the reception quality of the data channel signal based on the reception quality of said control channel signal and transmit power value information of the control channel signal and data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus; and

transmitting means for transmitting the modulation system and coding system used for the data channel signal decided using the reception quality of the estimated data channel signal to said base station apparatus.

10. The communication terminal apparatus comprising according to claim 9, further comprising receiving means for receiving a data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus.

11. A communication terminal apparatus comprising:

measuring means for measuring the reception quality of a control channel signal sent from a base station apparatus;

estimating means for estimating the reception quality of the data channel signal based on the reception quality of said control channel signal and transmit power value information of the control channel signal and data channel signal sent from the base station apparatus;

selecting means for selecting a target base station apparatus with optimal estimated reception quality of the data channel signal from among all the base station apparatuses; and

transmitting means for transmitting the modulation system and coding system used for the data channel signal decided using the reception quality of the estimated data channel signal of said target base station apparatus to said target base station apparatus.

15. A communication method comprising:

a receiving step of receiving the reception quality of a control channel signal measured at a communication terminal apparatus;

an estimating step of estimating the reception quality of a data channel signal based on the reception quality of said control channel signal and transmit power values of the control channel signal and the data channel signal at the base station apparatus; and

a transmitting step of transmitting the data channel signal according to a modulation system and coding system decided using the reception quality of the data channel signal estimated at the base station apparatus.

16. A communication method comprising:

a receiving step of receiving the reception quality of a control channel signal measured at a communication terminal apparatus;

an estimating step of estimating the reception quality of a data channel signal based on the reception quality of said control channel signal and transmit power values of the control channel signal and the data channel signal at the base station apparatus;

a deciding step of deciding a modulation system and coding system to be used for a data channel signal using the reception quality of the data channel signal estimated at the communication terminal apparatus; and

a transmitting step of transmitting the data channel signal according to said modulation system and coding system at the base station apparatus.