METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK DATA VIA A RELAY

• US 20120182898A1
• Filed: 06/07/2010
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Mao, Lei
• Application Number:
  US13/384,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20120182898A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15507 Relay station based processing for cell extension or control of coverage area, network planning with network coordinated processing with regard to cell extension H04W16/26; network topologies using dedicated repeater stations H04W84/047; terminal devices adapted for relaying to or from an other terminal H04W88/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/40 during macro-diversity or soft handoff

Abstract

A method and system for transmitting downlink data via a relay, and a relay are provided by the present invention. The system includes an evolved node B and a relay. The evolved node B is set to determine power parameters of a terminal according to a downlink transmission power from the rely to the terminal, and to inform the terminal of the power parameters; the rely is set to perform the signal transmission to the terminal according to the downlink transmission power; the terminal demodulates the signal received from the evolved node B and/or the rely according to the power parameters. Application of the present invention enhances the transmission performance of the system, and resolves the problem of setting the transmission power for the relay node.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting downlink data via a relay comprising an evolved NodeB and a relay, wherein

the evolved NodeB is configured to determine power parameters of a terminal based on downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal, and to inform the terminal of the power parameters;

and

the relay is configured to transmit a signal to the terminal based on the downlink transmission power such that the signal received from the evolved NodeB and/or the relay is demodulated by the terminal based on the power parameters.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the evolved NodeB is further configured to determine the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal, and to inform the relay of the downlink transmission power.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the evolved NodeB is further configured to inform the relay of the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal after determining the downlink transmission power, and inform the relay of only an offset value of the downlink transmission power when the downlink transmission power is in a form of offset;

and

the relay is further configured to use a sum of a fixed value of the downlink transmission power appointed by both parties and the received offset value as the downlink transmission power to the terminal after receiving the offset value of the downlink transmission power transmitted by the evolved NodeB.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the relay is further configured to determine the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal and inform the evolved NodeB of the downlink transmission power.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the evolved NodeB is further configured to use the sum of the fixed value of the downlink transmission power appointed by both parties and the received offset value as the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal after receiving the offset value of the downlink transmission power transmitted by the relay;

and

the relay is further configured to inform the evolved NodeB of the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal after determining the downlink transmission power, and inform the evolved NodeB of only the offset value of the downlink transmission power when the downlink transmission power is in the form of offset.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal is fixed downlink transmission power.

7. A method for transmitting downlink data via a relay comprising:

determining, by an evolved NodeB, power parameters of a terminal based on downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal, and informing the terminal of the power parameters;

transmitting, by the relay, a signal to the terminal based on the downlink transmission power; and

demodulating the signal received from the evolved NodeB and/or the relay based on the power parameters.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein

the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal is determined and informed to the relay by the evolved NodeB;

or

the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal is determined by the relay itself, and the downlink transmission power is informed to the evolved NodeB by the relay;

or

the downlink transmission power to the terminal is determined by the relay to be fixed downlink transmission power of a system.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein

the evolved NodeB transmits power configuration parameters containing a terminal identifier to the relay and transmits a resource position of a signal and the downlink transmission power to the terminal, when the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal is determined and informed to the relay by the evolved NodeB;

or

the relay reports a terminal identifier and the downlink transmission power to the evolved NodeB when the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal is determined by the relay itself and the downlink transmission power is informed to the evolved NodeB by the relay.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein

when the evolved NodeB informs the relay of the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal after determining the downlink transmission power, the method is specifically that:

the evolved NodeB informs the relay of only an offset value of the downlink transmission power when the downlink transmission power is in a form of offset, and uses a sum of a fixed value of the downlink transmission power appointed by both parties and the received offset value as the downlink transmission power to the terminal after the relay receives the offset value;

or

when the relay informs the evolved NodeB of the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal after determining the downlink transmission power, the method is specifically that;

the relay informs the evolved NodeB of only an offset value of the downlink transmission power when the downlink transmission power is in the form of offset, and uses a sum of a fixed value of the downlink transmission power appointed by both parties and the received offset value as the downlink transmission power to the terminal after the evolved NodeB receives the offset value.

11. A relay configured to transmit a signal to a terminal based on downlink transmission power;

wherein

the signal received from an evolved NodeB and/or the relay is demodulated by the terminal based on power parameters; and

the power parameters are determined by the evolved NodeB based on the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal, and are informed to the terminal.

12. The relay according to claim 11, wherein the relay is further configured to use a sum of a fixed value of the downlink transmission power appointed by both parties and a received offset value as the downlink transmission power for the terminal after receiving the offset value of the downlink transmission power transmitted by the evolved NodeB;

and

the downlink transmission power for the terminal is determined and informed to the relay by the evolved NodeB; and

the offset value of the downlink transmission power is informed only to the relay when the downlink transmission power is in a form of offset.

13. The relay according to claim 11, wherein the relay is further configured to inform the evolved NodeB of the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal after determining the downlink transmission power, and inform the evolved NodeB of only the offset value of the downlink transmission power when the downlink transmission power is in the form of offset;

such that the sum of the fixed value of the downlink transmission power appointed by both parties and the received offset value is used as the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal after the evolved NodeB receives the offset value of the downlink transmission power transmitted by the relay.

14. The relay according to claim 11, wherein the downlink transmission power from the relay to the terminal is fixed downlink transmission power.