WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS BASE STATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF COMMON PILOT SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM

• US 20100317384A1
• Filed: 12/18/2007
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sakai, Masahito
• Application Number:
  US12/526,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20100317384A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/501
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/241 taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR, Eb/lo
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria

Abstract

In a wireless communication system that includes wireless base station (101) that transmits a common pilot signal and mobile terminal (102) that receives the common pilot signal transmitted from wireless base station, mobile terminal (102) measures reception quality of the signal transmitted from wireless base station (101) and transmits the measured signal reception quality information to wireless base station (101), and wireless base station (101) determines whether an individual channel or a common control channel is used to transmit the common pilot signal based on the pilot pattern of the common pilot signal, and if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, the wireless base station sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal according to the reception quality of the signal, while if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, the wireless base station sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in the transmission band of the individual channel.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising a wireless base station that transmits a common pilot signal and a mobile terminal that receives the common pilot signal transmitted from the wireless base station,

wherein the mobile terminal measures reception quality of the signal transmitted from the wireless base station and transmits the measured reception quality to the wireless base station, and

the wireless base station determines whether an individual channel or a common control channel is used to transmit the common pilot signal based on a pilot pattern of the common pilot signal, and if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, the wireless base station sets a transmission density of the common pilot signal according to the reception quality, while if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, the wireless base station sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel.

2. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, the wireless base station sets a transmission density of the common pilot signal in a frequency axis direction according to the reception quality, while if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, the wireless base station sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the frequency axis direction.

3. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, the wireless base station sets a transmission density of the common pilot signal in a time axis direction according to the reception quality, while if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, the wireless base station sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the time axis direction.

4. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the wireless base station sets the transmission density by controlling transmission power for transmission of the common pilot signal.

5. A wireless base station that transmits a common pilot signal to a mobile terminal, the wireless base station comprising:

a channel determining unit configured to determine whether an individual channel or a common control channel is used to transmit the common pilot signal based on a pilot pattern of the common pilot signal; and

a transmission density controller configured to set a transmission density of the common pilot signal according to reception quality information transmitted from the mobile terminal if the channel determining unit determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, and configured to set the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel if the channel determining unit determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel.

6. The wireless base station of claim 5, wherein if the channel determining unit determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, the transmission density controller sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal in a frequency axis direction according to the reception quality information, and if the channel determining unit determines that that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, the transmission density controller sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the frequency axis direction.

7. The wireless base station of claim 5, wherein if the channel determining unit determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, the transmission density controller sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal in a time axis direction according to the reception quality information, and if the channel determining unit determines that that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, the transmission density controller sets the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the time axis direction.

8. The wireless base station of claim 5, wherein the transmission density controller sets the transmission density by controlling transmission power for transmission of the common pilot signal.

9. A method of controlling transmission of a common pilot signal in a wireless communication system including a wireless base station that transmits a common pilot signal and a mobile terminal that receives the common pilot signal transmitted from the wireless base station, the method comprising:

measuring, by the mobile terminal, reception quality of the signal transmitted from the wireless base station;

transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the measured reception quality information to the wireless base station;

determining, by the wireless base station, whether an individual channel or a common control channel is used to transmit the common pilot signal based on a pilot pattern of the common pilot signal;

if the wireless base station determines that common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, setting a transmission density of the common pilot signal according to the reception quality; and

if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, setting the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, setting a transmission density of the common pilot signal in a frequency axis direction according to the reception quality; and

if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, setting the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the frequency axis direction.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, setting a transmission density of the common pilot signal in a time axis direction according to the reception quality; and

if the wireless base station determines that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, setting the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the time axis direction.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

setting, by the wireless base station, the transmission density by controlling transmission power for transmission of the common pilot signal.

13. A recording medium storing a program that controls a transmission density of a common pilot signal transmitted from a wireless base station to a mobile terminal, the program executing in a computer:

determining whether an individual channel or a common control channel is used to transmit the common pilot signal based on a pilot pattern of the common pilot signal;

if it is determined that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, setting a transmission density of the common pilot signal according to reception quality transmitted from the mobile terminal; and

if it is determined that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, setting the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel.

14. The recording medium of claim 13, storing a program for further executing in the computer:

if it is determined that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, setting a transmission density of the common pilot signal in a frequency axis direction according to the reception quality; and

if it is determined that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, setting the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the frequency axis direction.

15. The recording medium of claim 13, storing a program for further executing in the computer:

if it is determined that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the individual channel, setting a transmission density of the common pilot signal in a time axis direction according to the reception quality; and

if it is determined that the common pilot signal is transmitted by using the common control channel, setting the transmission density of the common pilot signal such that it is higher than that in a transmission band of the individual channel in the time axis direction.

16. The recording medium of claim 13, storing a program for further executing in the computer:

setting the transmission density by controlling transmission power for transmission of the common pilot signal.