BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD

• US 20120195264A1
• Filed: 09/22/2010
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Taoka, Hidekazu, Kakishima, Yuichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,787,261 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0434 using multiple eigenmodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0639 Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0652 Feedback error handling

Abstract

To suppress deterioration of throughput characteristics in the entire system even when a plurality of transmission antennas is placed in an indoor environment, a base station apparatus (eNode B) is provided with a power control matrix generating section (508b) that generates a power control matrix (Sx) reflecting average reception power of each of transmission signals from a plurality of transmission antennas (TX#1 to TX#N_TX), a codebook update section (508c) that updates a codebook which beforehand defines a plurality of precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix (Sx), a precoding weight selecting section (508d) that selects precoding weights that maximize throughput or reception SINR obtained after combining the transmission signals from the updated codebook, and a precoding multiplying section (transmission power control section) (507) that controls transmission power of each of the transmission signals corresponding to the selected precoding weights.

Claims

1. A base station apparatus comprising:

a power control matrix generating section configured to generate a power control matrix reflecting average reception power of each of transmission signals from a plurality of transmission antennas;

an update section configured to update a codebook which beforehand defines a plurality of precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix;

a selecting section configured to select precoding weights that maximize throughput or reception SINR obtained after combining the transmission signals from the updated codebook; and

a transmission power control section configured to control transmission power of each of the transmission signals corresponding to the precoding weights selected in the selecting section.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reception section configured to receive information on the average reception power and on selected precoding weights from a mobile station apparatus which measures the average reception power from the transmission signal of each of the transmission antennas, generates the power control matrix reflecting the average reception power, updates a plurality of beforehand defined precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix, and selects precoding weights that maximize throughput or reception SINR obtained after combining the transmission signals from the updated precoding weights, wherein the power control matrix generating section generates the power control matrix corresponding to the average reception power measured in the mobile station apparatus, and the selecting section selects precoding weights corresponding to the information on the precoding weights selected in the mobile station apparatus.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the power control matrix generating section generates the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the dimension corresponding to the number of transmission antennas, and has average reception power values of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when transmission power of a transmission signal determined by the precoding weights selected in the selecting section falls below a predetermined threshold, the transmission power control sections sets the transmission power of the transmission signal at “

0”

.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the power control matrix generating section generates the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the dimension corresponding to the number of transmission antennas, and has the reciprocals of attenuation amounts of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.

6. A mobile station apparatus comprising:

an average reception power measuring section configured to measure average reception power of each of transmission signals from a plurality of transmission antennas of a base station apparatus;

a power control matrix generating section configured to generate a power control matrix reflecting the average reception power;

an update section configured to update a codebook which beforehand defines a plurality of precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix;

a selecting section configured to select precoding weights that maximize throughput or reception SINR obtained after combining the transmission signals from the updated codebook; and

a transmission section configured to transmit, to the base station apparatus, information on the average reception power measured in the average reception power measuring section and on the precoding weights selected in the selecting section.

7. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the power control matrix generating section generates the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the dimension corresponding to the number of transmission antennas of the base station apparatus, and has average reception power values of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.

8. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the power control matrix generating section generates the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the order corresponding to the number of transmission antennas, and has the reciprocals of attenuation amounts of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.

9. A mobile communication system in which transmission signals are transmitted from a plurality of transmission antennas of a base station apparatus by spatial multiplexing transmission, and a mobile station apparatus divides the transmission signals to obtain a reception signal, comprising:

the mobile station apparatus having an average reception power measuring section configured to measure average reception power of each of the transmission signals from the plurality of transmission antennas;

a first precoding weight determining section configured to generate a power control matrix reflecting the average reception power, to update a plurality of beforehand defined precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix, and to select optimal precoding weights from the updated precoding weights; and

a transmission section configured to transmit, to the base station apparatus, information on the average reception power and on the optimal precoding weights; and

the base station apparatus having a second precoding weight determining section configured to generate a power control matrix reflecting the average reception power transmitted from the mobile station apparatus, to update a plurality of beforehand defined precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix, and to select optimal precoding weights from the updated precoding weights corresponding to the information on the optimal precoding weights transmitted from the mobile station apparatus; and

a transmission power control section configured to control transmission power of each of the transmission signals corresponding to the precoding weights selected in the second precoding weight determining section.

10. The mobile communication system according to claim 9, wherein the first and second precoding weight determining sections generate the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the dimension corresponding to the number of transmission antennas of the base station apparatus, and has average reception power values of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.

11. The mobile communication system according to claim 9, wherein the first and second precoding weight determining sections generate the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the order corresponding to the number of transmission antennas of the base station apparatus, and has the reciprocals of attenuation amounts of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.

12. A transmission power control method in a base station apparatus for transmitting transmission signals from a plurality of transmission antennas to a mobile station apparatus by spatial multiplexing transmission, comprising:

in the mobile station apparatus,

measuring average reception power of each of the transmission signals from the plurality of transmission antennas;

generating a power control matrix reflecting the average reception power, updating a plurality of beforehand defined precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix, and selecting optimal precoding weights from the updated precoding weights; and

transmitting, to the base station apparatus, information on the average reception power and on the optimal precoding weights; and

in the base station apparatus,

generating a power control matrix reflecting the average reception power transmitted from the mobile station apparatus, updating a plurality of beforehand defined precoding weights corresponding to the power control matrix, and selecting optimal precoding weights from the updated precoding weights corresponding to the information on the optimal precoding weights transmitted from the mobile station apparatus; and

controlling transmission power of each of the transmission signals corresponding to the selected optimal precoding weights.

13. The transmission power control method according to claim 12, wherein the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus generate the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the dimension corresponding to the number of transmission antennas of the base station apparatus, and has average reception power values of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.

14. The transmission power control method according to claim 12, wherein the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus generate the power control matrix which is a diagonal matrix having the dimension corresponding to the number of transmission antennas of the base station apparatus, and has the reciprocals of attenuation amounts of the transmission signals from respective transmission antennas in diagonal components of matrix elements.