Method, wireless network system and base station thereof for controlling power to send radio waves from a base station connected with a network system

• US 20030022692A1
• Filed: 07/26/2002
• Published: 01/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ueno, Tsukasa
• Application Number:
  US10/205,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20030022692A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/24 using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/244 Interferences in heterogeneous networks, e.g. among macro and femto or pico cells or other sector / system interference [OSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Base stations for establishing wireless connection with wireless terminals are connected with each other via cables. When one of the base stations detects interference with another one of the base stations, the interfered station informs the source station of the occurrence of the interference via the cables. In response to the information, the source station lowers power to send radio waves in order to avoid the interference. If the interference disappears, then the source station recovers the power.

Claims

1. A network system comprising at least two base stations for establishing wireless connection to wireless terminals, the base stations being connected via at least one cable with each other, wherein:

when one of the base stations, or an interfered base station detects interference with another one of the base stations, or source base station, the interfered base station informs the source base station of the occurrence of the interference via the cable; and

the source base station controls its power to send radio waves in response to the information.

2. The network system claimed in claim 1, wherein the source base station repeatedly decreases the power by a predetermined amount until the interfered base station loses the detection of the interference.

3. The network system claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the source base station monitors traffic of the interfered base station via the cable; and

the source base station recovers the power if the traffic falls short of a predetermined threshold.

4. The network system claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the source base station monitors traffic of the interfered base station; and

the source base station fixes the controlled power if the traffic keeps exceeding a predetermined threshold.

5. A method of controlling power to send radio waves from a base station for establishing wireless connection between a network and a wireless terminal, the network comprising at least two base stations, the base stations being connected with each other via at least one cable, wherein:

when one of the base stations, or an interfered base station detects interference with another one of the base stations, or source base station, the interfered base station informs the source base station of the occurrence of the interference via the cable; and

the source base station controls its power to send radio waves in response to the information.

6. The method claimed in claim 5, wherein the source base station repeatedly decreases the power by a predetermined amount until the interfered base station loses the detection of the interference.

7. The method claimed in claim 5, wherein:

the source base station monitors traffic of the interfered base station via the cable; and

the source base station recovers the power if the traffic falls short of a predetermined threshold.

8. The method claimed in claim 5, wherein:

the source base station monitors traffic of the interfered base station; and

the source base station fixes the controlled power if the traffic keeps exceeding a predetermined threshold.

9. A base station comprising a wireless interface circuit for establishing wireless connection with a wireless terminal and wired interface circuit for establishing wired connection with another base station, comprising the circuits for:

detecting interference with a first base station;

generating interference information for informing the first base station of occurrence of interference to send the interference information to the first base station via the wired interface circuit;

detecting interference information which is generated by a second base station and is received via the wired interface circuit; and

controlling power to send radio waves in response to the interference information generated by the second base station.

10. The base station claimed in claim 9, wherein the controlling circuit repeatedly decreases the power by a predetermined amount until no interference information has been received from the second base station for a predetermined time period.

11. The base station claimed in claim 9, further comprising the circuit for monitoring traffic of the second base station via the wired connection, wherein the controlling circuit recovers the power if the traffic falls short of a predetermined threshold.

12. The base station claimed in claim 9, further comprising the circuit for monitoring traffic of the second base station, wherein the controlling circuit fixes the power if the traffic keeps exceeding a predetermined threshold.