NEIGHBORING CELL PROCESSING DEVICE, WIRELESS BASE STATION DEVICE, NEIGHBORING CELL PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA STRUCTURE

• US 20130012212A1
• Filed: 05/23/2011
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Murakami, Kenichi, Shimada, Yoshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,588,787 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/439
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00835 Determination of neighbour cell lists
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/008375 based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/324 by mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

A neighboring cell processing device includes: a measurement information acquisition unit 11 for acquiring measurement information which indicates a result of measurement of radio signals transmitted from a plurality of wireless base station devices other than a target wireless base station device, based on information provided from at least either of wireless terminal devices or wireless base station devices; and a neighboring cell information generation unit 12 for generating, based on the measurement information acquired by the measurement information acquisition unit 11, neighboring cell information which indicates one or a plurality of wireless base station devices located in the neighborhood of the target wireless base station device, among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device.

Claims

1-116. -116. (canceled)

117. A neighboring cell processing device in a communication system in which wireless terminal devices are communicable with a plurality of wireless base station devices by performing movement operation, the neighboring cell processing device comprising:

a movement information acquisition unit for acquiring movement information indicating a movement operation history of the wireless terminal devices, based on information from at least either of the wireless terminal devices or the wireless base station devices;

a neighboring cell information generation unit for generating, based on the movement information acquired by the movement information acquisition unit, neighboring cell information indicating one or a plurality of wireless base station devices located in the neighborhood of a target wireless base station device, among a plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device; and

a neighboring cell information transmission unit for transmitting the neighboring cell information generated by the neighboring cell information generation unit, to the target wireless base station device or to wireless terminal devices communicable with the target wireless base station device, wherein

with respect to a first wireless base station device and a second wireless base station device among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device, the movement information acquisition unit acquires, when a wireless terminal device moves between the target wireless base station device and the second wireless base station device via the first wireless base station device, movement information indicating a sojourn time from when the wireless terminal device moves to the first wireless base station device to when the wireless terminal device moves to the target wireless base station device or the second wireless base station device.

118. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117, wherein the neighboring cell information generation unit generates the neighboring cell information in which at least the first wireless base station device corresponding to a sojourn time indicated in the movement information, which is equal to or shorter than a predetermined value, is eliminated from among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target base station device.

119. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117, wherein the neighboring cell information generation unit ranks the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device, based on the movement information acquired by the movement information acquisition unit, and in the ranking, a wireless base station device corresponding to a relatively long sojourn time indicated in the movement information is ranked higher than a wireless base station device corresponding to a relatively short sojourn time indicated in the movement information.

120. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117, wherein

with respect to a first wireless base station device and a plurality of second wireless base station devices other than the first wireless base station device among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device, the movement information acquisition unit acquires, when a wireless terminal device moves between the target wireless base station device and each of the second wireless base station devices via the first wireless base station device, movement information indicating sojourn times from when the wireless terminal device moves to the first wireless base station device to when the wireless base station device moves to the target wireless base station device and the second wireless base station devices, respectively.

121. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 120, wherein the neighboring cell information generation unit generates the neighboring cell information in which at least the first wireless base station device corresponding to a sojourn time indicated in the movement information, which is equal to or shorter than a predetermined value with respect to all the second wireless base station devices, is eliminated from among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device.

122. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117, wherein the movement information acquisition unit further acquires movement information indicating whether or not a wireless terminal device communicating with the target wireless base station device is communicable with the second wireless base station devices.

123. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 122, wherein the neighboring cell information generation unit generates the neighboring cell information in which at least the first wireless base station device is eliminated from among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device, the first wireless base station device corresponding to a sojourn time indicated in the movement information, which is equal to or shorter than a predetermined value, and being in a case where a wireless terminal device communicating with the target wireless base station device is communicable with the second wireless base station devices.

125. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117, wherein

the neighboring cell information generation unit ranks the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device, based on the measurement information acquired by the measurement information acquisition unit, and generates neighboring cell information based on a result of the ranking, and

the neighboring cell information generation unit generates initial neighboring cell information, based on a result of measurement in which a wireless terminal device communicating with the target wireless base station device has measured, in a plurality of frequencies, the reception levels of the radio signals transmitted from the wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device.

126. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 125, further including:

a power measurement indication unit for, in a case where the target wireless base station device operates in a hybrid mode in which the wireless terminal devices are registerable and both the registered wireless terminal devices and unregistered wireless terminal devices are allowed to access the target wireless base station device, instructing the unregistered wireless terminal devices to measure, in the plurality of frequencies, the reception levels of the radio signals transmitted from the wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device.

127. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 125, further including:

a power measurement indication unit for, in a case where the target wireless base station device operates in a hybrid mode in which the wireless terminal devices are registerable and both the registered wireless terminal devices and unregistered wireless terminal devices are allowed to access the target wireless base station device, instructing the registered wireless terminal devices to measure, in the plurality of frequencies, the reception levels of the radio signals transmitted from the wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device.

128. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117, wherein

in a case where the target wireless base station device operates in a hybrid mode in which the wireless terminal devices are registerable and both the registered wireless terminal devices and unregistered wireless terminal devices are allowed to access the target wireless base station device, the neighboring cell information generation unit weights the measurement information of the registered wireless terminal devices and the measurement information of the unregistered wireless terminal devices, and generates the neighboring cell information based on a result of the weighting.

130. The neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117, wherein,

at least any of the plurality of wireless base station devices in the communication system is a femto base station.

147. A wireless base station device including the neighboring cell processing device according to claim 117.

124. (canceled)

129. (canceled)

131-146. -146. (canceled)

148. A neighboring cell processing method in a communication system in which wireless terminal devices are communicable with a plurality of wireless base station devices by performing movement operation, the neighboring cell processing method comprising the steps of:

acquiring movement information indicating a movement operation history of the wireless terminal devices, based on information from at least either of the wireless terminal devices or the wireless base station devices;

generating, based on the movement information acquired by the movement information acquisition unit, neighboring cell information indicating one or a plurality of wireless base station devices located in the neighborhood of a target wireless base station device, among a plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device; and

transmitting the neighboring cell information generated by the neighboring cell information generation unit, to the target wireless base station device or to wireless terminal devices communicable with the target wireless base station device, wherein

in the movement information acquisition step, with respect to a first wireless base station device and a second wireless base station device among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device, when a wireless terminal device moves between the target wireless base station device and the second wireless base station device via the first wireless base station device, movement information is acquired, which indicates a sojourn time from when the wireless terminal device moves to the first wireless base station device to when the wireless terminal device moves to the target wireless base station device or the second wireless base station device.

149. A communication system including a plurality of wireless base station devices with which wireless terminal devices are communicable by performing movement operation, and a neighboring cell processing device which acquires information from at least either of the wireless terminal devices or the wireless base station devices, wherein

the neighboring cell processing device comprises:

a movement information acquisition unit for acquiring movement information indicating a movement operation history of the wireless terminal devices, based on information from at least either of the wireless terminal devices or the wireless base station devices;

a neighboring cell information generation unit for generating, based on the movement information acquired by the movement information acquisition unit, neighboring cell information indicating one or a plurality of wireless base station devices located in the neighborhood of a target wireless base station device, among a plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device; and

a neighboring cell information transmission unit for transmitting the neighboring cell information generated by the neighboring cell information generation unit, to the target wireless base station device or to wireless terminal devices communicable with the target wireless base station device, wherein

with respect to a first wireless base station device and a second wireless base station device among the plurality of wireless base station devices other than the target wireless base station device, the movement information acquisition unit acquires, when a wireless terminal device moves between the target wireless base station device and the second wireless base station device via the first wireless base station device, movement information indicating a sojourn time from when the wireless terminal device moves to the first wireless base station device to when the wireless terminal device moves to the target wireless base station device or the second wireless base station device.