FEMTOCELL AND RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130107866A1
• Filed: 12/06/2011
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Wei, Wen-Hsin, Leu, Chun-Teh, Wu, Kun-Lin
• Application Number:
  US13/312,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20130107866A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/335
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/20 using error rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/244 Interferences in heterogeneous networks, e.g. among macro and femto or pico cells or other sector / system interference [OSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/343 taking into account loading or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

A femtocell and a resource control method thereof are provided. The femtocell comprises a processor and a transceiver. The processor is configured to determine that a service resource of the femtocell reaches a saturation value, reduce a transmitting power of a primary common pilot channel power signal, and set a parameter of a system information block message as a barred state. The transceiver is electrically connected to the processor and configured to transmit the primary common pilot channel power signal and the system information block message.

Claims

1. A femtocell used in a wide band code division multiple access (WCDMA) network system, the WCDMA network system comprising a macrocell and the femtocell, the femtocell comprising:

a processor, being configured to determine that a service resource of the femtocell reaches a saturation value, reduce a transmitting power of a primary common pilot channel power signal, and set a parameter of a system information block message as a barred state; and

a transceiver, being electrically connected to the processor and being configured to transmit the primary common pilot channel power signal and the system information block message.

2. The femtocell of claim 1, wherein the femtocell has a signal coverage area, and for a user device which is within the signal coverage area and has selected the femtocell as an expected connection cell, if a receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is smaller than a receiving power of a primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell, then the user device automatically reselects the macrocell as the expected connection cell.

3. The femtocell of claim 2, wherein the user device further receives the system information block message, and automatically reselects the macrocell as the expected connection cell according to the barred state of the parameter if the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is larger than the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell.

4. The femtocell of claim 1, wherein the femtocell has a signal coverage area, and for a user device which is within the signal coverage area and has selected the macrocell as an expected connection cell, if a receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is smaller than a receiving power of a primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell, then the user device continuously selects the macrocell as the expected connection cell.

5. The femtocell of claim 4, wherein the user device further receives the system information block message, and continuously selects the macrocell as the expected connection cell according to the barred state of the parameter if the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is larger than the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell.

6. The femtocell of claim 1, wherein the femtocell has a signal coverage area, and for a user device which is within the signal coverage area and has connected to the femtocell, the processor further sets a transport channel block error rate threshold and generates a measurement control message, the transceiver further transmits the measurement control message to the user device so that the user device transmits a measurement report message carrying a transport channel block error rate back according to the measurement control message, the transceiver further receives the measurement report message, and the processor further compares the transport channel block error rate with the transport channel block error rate threshold to determine whether the user device needs to perform a handover procedure or not.

7. The femtocell of claim 1, wherein the processor further determines that the service resource of the femtocell does not reach the saturation value so as to maintain or recover the transmitting power of the primary common pilot channel power signal to a preset value, and set the parameter of the system information block message as a non-barred state.

8. A resource control method of a femtocell used in a WCDMA network system, the WCDMA network system comprising a macrocell and the femtocell, the resource control method comprising:

(a) determining that a service resource of the femtocell reaches a saturation value;

(b) reducing a transmitting power of a primary common pilot channel power signal;

(c) setting a parameter of a system information block message as a barred state; and

(d) transmitting the primary common pilot channel power signal and the system information block message.

9. The resource control method of claim 8, wherein the femtocell has a signal coverage area, and for a user device which is within the signal coverage area and has selected the femtocell as an expected connection cell, if a receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is smaller than a receiving power of a primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell, then the user device automatically reselects the macrocell as the expected connection cell.

10. The resource control method of claim 9, wherein the user device further receives the system information block message, and automatically reselects the macrocell as the expected connection cell according to the barred state of the parameter if the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is larger than the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell.

11. The resource control method of claim 8, wherein the femtocell has a signal coverage area, and for a user device which is within the signal coverage area and has selected the macrocell as an expected connection cell, if a receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is smaller than a receiving power of a primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell, then the user device continuously selects the macrocell as the expected connection cell.

12. The resource control method of claim 11, wherein the user device further receives the system information block message, and continuously selects the macrocell as the expected connection cell according to the barred state of the parameter if the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the femtocell is larger than the receiving power of the primary common pilot channel power signal of the macrocell.

13. The resource control method of claim 8, wherein the femtocell has a signal coverage area, and for a user device which is within the signal coverage area and has connected to the femtocell, the resource control method further comprises:

(e) setting a transport channel block error rate threshold;

(f) generating a measurement control message;

(g) transmitting the measurement control message to the user device;

(h) receiving the measurement report message carrying a transport channel block error rate from the user device; and

(i) comparing the transport channel block error rate with the transport channel block error rate threshold to determine whether the user device needs to perform a handover procedure or not.

14. The resource control method of claim 8, further comprising:

(j) determining that the service resource of the femtocell does not reach the saturation value;

(k) maintaining or recovering the transmitting power of the primary common pilot channel power signal to a preset value; and

(l) setting the parameter of the system information block message as a non-barred state.