Base Station And Method Of Assigning Frequencies To Pilot Sequences

• US 20090175228A1
• Filed: 12/03/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kimura, Dai, Shimomura, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/327,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20090175228A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/327 Received signal code power [RSCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/262 Reduction thereof by selection of pilot symbols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA

Abstract

A base station that assigns frequencies to UP link pilot signals in a radio communication system, where the base station stores the correlation between each of a plurality of pilot sequences having different Peak to Average Power characteristics and a plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting the pilot sequence by frequency multiplexing, and makes the correlation between each of said pilot sequences and said assigned frequencies in adjacent cells or sectors different. Moreover, the base station measures the reception quality of signals received from a user terminal, makes reference to the stored correlation and finds a pilot sequence having Peak to Average Power characteristic that correspond to said reception quality, then sends an instruction to the user terminal so that the user terminal transmits the pilot sequence using the frequencies assigned to this pilot sequence.

Claims

1. A frequency assignment method for assigning frequencies to UP link pilot signals in a radio communication system;

comprising;

assigning a plurality of pilot sequences having different Peak to Average Power characteristics to each cell or each sector such that they can be used in said each cell or sector;

assigning a plurality of frequencies to each of said pilot sequences that are used for transmitting said pilot sequences by frequency multiplexing; and

making the correlation between each of said pilot sequences and said assigned frequencies in adjacent cells or sectors different.

2. The frequency assignment method of claim 1 further comprising assigning said plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting said pilot sequence by the frequency multiplexing, at a specified frequency interval.

3. The frequency assignment method of claim 1 further comprising continuously assigning said plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting said pilot sequence by the frequency multiplexing.

4. The frequency assignment method of claim 1 wherein a plurality of pilot sequences are transmitted in one frame, further comprising:

assigning a plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting one of said pilot sequence by frequency multiplexing at a specified frequency interval; and

continuously assigning a plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting one of said pilot sequence by frequency multiplexing.

5. The frequency assignment method of claim 1, further comprising:

assigning a pilot sequence having small Peak to Average Power characteristic to a user terminal that performs data modulation using a modulation method for which the Peak to Average Power characteristic is small.

6. A frequency assignment method for assigning frequencies to UP link pilot signals in a radio communication system, comprising:

separating pilot sequences of each cell or each sector into pilot sequences that can be used for channel estimation and pilot sequences that can be used for channel quality measurement;

assigning a plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting a pilot sequence for channel estimation by frequency multiplexing from a narrow frequency band at first frequency interval, and assigning a plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting a pilot sequence for channel quality measurement by frequency multiplexing from a wide frequency band at second frequency interval; and

making the correlation between each of said pilot sequences and said assigned frequencies in adjacent cells or sectors different.

7. The frequency assignment method of claim 6 further comprising assigning pilot sequences having small Peak to Average Power characteristics for channel estimation, and assigning pilot sequences having large Peak to Average Power characteristics for channel quality measurement.

8. The frequency assignment method for assigning frequencies to pilot signals of claim 6 wherein the transmission power of pilots for said channel quality measurement is less than that of pilots for channel estimation.

9. The frequency assignment method of claim 6 wherein a pilot sequence and that pilot sequence that has been shifted are used in the same cell or same sector.

10. A base station that assigns frequencies to UP link pilot signals in a radio communication system, comprising:

a memory unit that stores the correlation between each of a plurality of pilot sequences having different Peak to Average Power characteristics and a plurality of frequencies that are assigned for transmitting the pilot sequence by frequency multiplexing;

a measurement unit that measures the reception quality of signals received from a user terminal; and

an instruction unit that makes reference to said correlation and decides a pilot sequence having Peak to Average Power characteristic that corresponds to said reception quality as pilots, then sends an instruction to a user terminal so that the user terminal transmits the pilot sequence using the frequencies assigned to the pilot sequence;

wherein the base station

makes the correlation between each of said pilot sequences and said assigned frequencies in adjacent cells or sectors different.

11. The base station of claim 10 wherein said instruction unit decides data modulation method of a user terminal based on said reception quality, and assigns a pilot sequence having small Peak to Average Power characteristic to the user terminal that performs data modulation using a modulation method for a small Peak to Average Power characteristic.

12. A base station that assigns frequencies to UP link pilot signals in a radio communication system, comprising:

a memory unit that stores the correlation between both pilot sequences for channel estimation and pilot sequences for channel quality measurement, and a plurality of frequencies that are used for transmitting each of the pilot sequences using frequency multiplexing;

an instruction unit that makes reference to said correlation and decides a pilot sequence for channel quality measurement used when measuring the channel quality, and a pilot sequence for channel estimation used when performing channel estimation, then sends an instruction to a user terminal so that the user terminal transmits each of the pilot sequences using the frequencies assigned to the pilot sequence;

a measurement unit that measures channel quality using the pilot sequence for channel quality measurement;

a data transmission frequency decision unit that finds a frequency band having good channel quality, and decides the data transmission frequency for the user terminal;

a channel estimation unit that performs channel estimation using the pilot sequence for channel estimation; and

a frequency equalization unit that performs frequency equalization control based on the channel estimation results;

wherein the base station

assigns a plurality of frequencies, which are used for transmitting said pilot sequences for channel estimation by frequency multiplexing, from a narrow frequency band at first frequency interval;

assigns a plurality of frequencies, which are used for transmitting said pilot sequences for channel quality calculation by frequency multiplexing, from a wide frequency band at second frequency interval; and

makes the correlation between each of said pilot sequences and said assigned frequencies in adjacent cells or sectors different.

13. The base station of claim 12 wherein the base station assigns pilot sequences having small Average to Peak Power characteristics for channel estimation, and assigns pilot sequences having large Average to Peak Power characteristics for channel quality measurement.

14. The base station of claim 12 wherein the transmission power of pilots for channel quality measurement is less than that of pilots for channel estimation.