COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, OFDM SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, OFDM TRANSMITTER, OFDM RECEIVER, AND CONTROL STATION

• US 20100118992A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: TERABE, Shigeo
• Application Number:
  US12/480,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20100118992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/022 Site diversity; Macro-diversity using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0226 sounding signals per se
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03866 using scrambling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/362 Aspects of the step size
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range

Abstract

An OFDM signal transmitting method includes multiplying a first data channel signal multiplied by a scrambling code by a transmission power boost value notified in advance from one or more control stations that control OFDM transmitters included in the same service area to all the OFDM transmitters included in the service area; generating, in a time symbol based on time symbol information from one of the one or more control stations, an OFDM signal by OFDM-modulating a second data channel signal and a pilot channel signal multiplied by scrambling codes and the first data channel signal multiplied by the transmission power boost value, the OFDM signal being a signal in which a macro diversity signal and a non-macro diversity signal are frequency-division-multiplexed; and transmitting the OFDM signal.

Claims

1. A communication processing system comprising:

an OFDM transmitter; and

one or plural control stations configured to provide the same service area including a plurality of OFDM transmitters which are close or substantially the same in cell size,

wherein the one or plural control stations transmit first data, second data, and time symbol information to all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area, receive transmission power margins from the respective OFDM transmitters included in the same service area, determine a transmission power boost value on the basis of the received transmission power margins, and transmit the determined transmission power boost value to all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area; and

each of the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area receives the first data, the second data, and the time symbol information from the one or plural control stations, calculates a transmission power margin in a time symbol cased on the time symbol information from the control station, transmits the calculated transmission power margin to the control station, receives a transmission power boost value from the control station, multiplies a data channel signal corresponding to the first data by the received transmission power boost value, generates, in the time symbol based on the time symbol information, an OFDM signal in which a macro diversity signal corresponding to the first data and a non-macro diversity signal corresponding to the second data are frequency-division-multiplexed, and outputs the generated OFDM signal to an OFDM receiver.

2. One communication processing system according to claim 1, wherein the control station transmits, to an OFDM transmitter adjacent to the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area, the time symbol information and information related to a physical resource to be used for transmitting the first data.

3. An OFDM signal transmitting method of an OFDM transmitter included in a service area, the OFDM signal transmitting method comprising:

a data channel signal generating step of generating a data channel signal including at least one of a first data channel signal and a second data channel signal by modulating a bit string obtained by channel coding;

a pilot channel signal generating step of generating a pilot channel signal;

an assigning step of assigning the pilot channel signal generated in the pilot channel signal generating step and the data channel signal generated in the data channel signal generating step to a pilot subcarrier and a data subcarrier, respectively;

a scrambling step of multiplying the pilot channel signal and the first data channel signal assigned to the pilot subcarrier and the data subcarrier, respectively, by a predetermined scrambling code orthogonal or near-orthogonal among service areas and unique to each service area, and multiplying the second data channel signal assigned to the data subcarrier by a predetermined scrambling code orthogonal or near-orthogonal among OFDM transmitters and unique to each OFDM transmitter;

a transmission power boost step of multiplying, if the first data channel signal is included in the data channel signal, the first data channel signal multiplied by the scrambling code in the scrambling step by a transmission power boost value notified in advance from one or more control stations which control OFDM transmitters included in the same service area to all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area;

an OFDM signal generating step of generating, in a time symbol based on time symbol information from one of the one or more control stations, an OFDM signal by OFDM-modulating the pilot channel signal and the second data channel signal multiplied by the scrambling codes in the scrambling step and the first data channel signal multiplied by the transmission power boost value in the transmission power boost step, the OFDM signal being a signal in which a macro diversity signal corresponding to the first data channel signal and a non-macro diversity signal corresponding to she second data channel signal are frequency-division-multiplexed; and

a transmitting step of transmitting the OFDM signal generated in the OFDM signal generating step to an OFDM receiver via an antenna.

4. The OFDM signal transmitting method according to claim 3, wherein the first data channel signal is assigned to a subcarrier corresponding to a physical resource notified in advance from one of the one or more control stations which control the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area.

5. The OFDM signal transmitting method according to claim 4, wherein the physical resource is the same for all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area.

6. The OFDM signal transmitting method according to claim 3, wherein the pilot channel signal used for channel estimation of the first data channel signal is the same as or different from the pilot channel signal used for channel estimation of the second data channel signal.

7. The OFDM signal transmitting method according to claim 3, wherein the first data channel signal is an MBS data channel signal and the second data channel signal is a unicast date channel signal.

8. The OFDM signal transmitting method according to claim 3, wherein the transmission power boost value is a coefficient relative to transmission power of the OFDM signal corresponding to the second data channel signal.

9. An OFDM transmitter included in a service area, the OFDM transmitter comprising:

a data channel signal generating unit configured to generate a data channel signal including at least one of a first data channel signal and a second data channel signal by modulating a bit string obtained by channel coding;

a pilot channel signal generating unit configured to generate a pilot channel signal;

an assigning unit configured to assign the pilot channel signal generated by the pilot channel signal generating unit and the data channel signal generated by the data channel signal generating unit to a pilot subcarrier and a data subcarrier, respectively;

a scrambling unit configured to multiply the pilot channel signal and the first data channel signal assigned to the pilot subcarrier and tire data subcarrier, respectively, by a predetermined scrambling code orthogonal or near-orthogonal among service areas and unique to each service area, and multiply the second data channel signal assigned to the data subcarrier by a predetermined scrambling code orthogonal or near-orthogonal among OFDM transmitters and unique to each OFDM transmitter;

a transmission power boost unit configured to multiply, if the first data channel signal is included in the data channel signal, the first data channel signal multiplied by the scrambling code by the scrambling unit by a transmission bower boost value notified in advance from one or more control stations which control OFDM transmitters included in the same service area to all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area;

an OFDM signal generating unit configured to generate, in a time symbol based on time symbol information from one of the one or more control stations, an OFDM signal by OFDM-modulating the pilot channel signal and the second data channel signal multiplied by the scrambling codes by the scrambling unit and the first data channel signal multiplied by the transmission power boost value by the transmission power boost unit, the OFDM signal being a signal in which a macro diversity signal corresponding to the first data channel signal and a non-macro diversity signal corresponding to the second data channel signal are frequency-division-multiplexed; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the OFDM signal generated by the OFDM signal generating unit to an OFDM receiver via an antenna.

10. The OFDM transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the assigning unit assigns the first data channel signal to a subcarrier corresponding to a physical resource notified in advance from one of the one or more control stations which control the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area.

11. The OFDM transmitter according to claim 10, wherein the physical resource is the same for all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area.

12. The OFDM transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the pilot channel signal used for channel estimation of the first data channel signal is the same as or different from the pilot channel signal used for channel estimation of the second data channel signal.

13. The OFDM transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the first data channel signal is an MBS data channel signal and the second data channel signal is a unicast data channel signal.

14. The OFDM transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the transmission power boost value is a coefficient relative to transmission power of the OFDM signal corresponding to the second data channel signal.

15. An OFDM receiver comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive an OFDM signal transmitted from an OFDM transmitter included in a service area;

an OFDM demodulation unit configured to OFDM-demodulate the OFDM signal received by the receiving unit into signals for respective subcarriers;

a separating unit configured to separate, from the signals obtained by the OFDM demodulation unit, a pilot channel signal and a data channel signal assigned to the respective subcarriers;

a descrambling unit configured to descramble, by using a scrambling code unique to the service area, the pilot channel signal separated by the separating unit and a first data channel signal included in the data channel signal separated by the separating unit, and descramble, by using a scrambling code unique to the OFDM transmitter, a second data channel signal included in the data channel signal separated by the separating unit;

a transmission power deboost unit configured to multiply the first data channel signal descrambled by the descrambling unit by a reciprocal of a transmission power boost value notified in advance to all OFDM transmitters included in the same service area;

a channel estimation unit configured to perform channel estimation on the data channel signal separated by the separating unit, on the basis of the pilot channel signal separated by the separating unit;

an equalizing unit configured to equalize, by using a channel estimate obtained by the channel estimation unit, the second data channel signal descrambled by the descrambling unit and the first data channel signal multiplied by the reciprocal of the transmission power boost value by the transmission power deboost unit; and

a data demodulating unit configured to demodulate the first data channel signal and the second data channel signal equalized by the equalizing unit.

16. A control station providing a service area including a plurality of OFDM transmitters which are close or substantially the same in cell size, the control station comprising:

a data transmitting unit configured to transmit first data, second data, and time symbol information to all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area;

a receiving unit configured to receive transmission power margins from the respective OFDM transmitters included in the same service area;

a determining unit configured to determine a transmission power boost value on the basis of the transmission power margins received by the receiving unit; and

a transmission power boost value transmitting unit configured to transmit the transmission power boost value determined by the determining unit to al the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area.

17. The control station according to claim 16, further comprising a physical resource transmitting unit configured to transmit, to all the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area, information related to a physical resource to be used for transmitting the first data.

18. The control station according to claim 17, wherein the physical resource transmitting unit transmits, to an OFDM transmitter adjacent to the OFDM transmitters included in the same service area, the time symbol information and the information related to the physical resource to be used for transmitting the first data.