RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND DEVICE AND METHOD IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20170374558A1
• Filed: 01/12/2016
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: ZHAO, Youping, SUN, Chen, Li, Jinxing, GUO, Xin, LIU, Kangyi
• Granted Patent: US 10,136,332 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/29 between an access point and the access point controlling device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria

Abstract

A resource management device, a resource management method, and a device and method in a communication system. The resource management device is used for managing opportunistic utilization of frequency spectrum resources of a primary system by a secondary system in the communication system, and includes: a reception unit configured to receive device information and a resource request of a target secondary system device among one or more secondary system devices in the secondary system; an available resource acquisition unit configured to acquire, in response to the resource request, available resource information of the target secondary system device on the basis of the device information of the target secondary system device, wherein the resource information includes indication information related to transmission waveform used for the target secondary system device; and a notification unit configured to notify the target secondary system device of the acquired resource information.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A resource management device in a communication system, the resource management device being configured to manage opportunistic utilization for frequency spectrum resources of a primary system by a secondary system in the communication system, the resource management device comprising:

circuitry configured to;

receive apparatus information and a resource request of a target secondary system apparatus among one or more secondary system apparatuses in the secondary system;

acquire, in response to the resource request, resource information available to the target secondary system apparatus based on the apparatus information of the target secondary system apparatus, wherein the resource information comprises indication information related to a transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus; and

notify the target secondary system apparatus of the acquired resource information.

26. The resource management device according to claim 25, wherein the apparatus information comprises a parameter related to a transmission waveform supported by the target secondary system apparatus.

27. The resource management device according to claim 25, wherein the apparatus information comprises a parameter related to nonlinear characteristics of the target secondary system apparatus, and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to acquire the indication information related to the transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus based on the parameter related to the nonlinear characteristics of the target secondary system apparatus.

28. The resource management device according to claim 26, wherein the transmission waveform belongs to a multi-carrier type, and the indication information related to the transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus further comprises at least one of number of subcarrier frequency bands, a subcarrier sequence number, and transmission power of a subcarrier.

29. The resource management device according to claim 25, wherein the indication information related to the transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus comprises a parameter related to a filter to be adopted.

30. The resource management device according to claim 25, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive sensing information for a radio environment of the communication system from the target secondary system apparatus, and acquire the resource information based on the sensing information.

31. The resource management device according to claim 30, wherein the transmission waveform supported by the target secondary system apparatus belongs to a multi-carrier type, and the sensing information comprises information related to interference on a frequency corresponding to each of subcarriers.

32. The resource management device according to claim 30, wherein the sensing information comprises information related to an occupation condition of sensed target frequency spectrum resources.

33. The resource management device according to claim 30, wherein the sensing information comprises information related to a type of a communication apparatus occupying sensed target frequency spectrum resources.

34. A device in a communication system, the device being located on a side of a target secondary system apparatus among one or more secondary system apparatuses in a secondary system in the communication system, the device comprising:

circuitry configured to;

transmit apparatus information and a resource request of the target secondary system apparatus to a resource management device, wherein the resource management device is configured to manage opportunistic utilization for frequency spectrum resources of a primary system by a secondary system in the communication system;

receive resource information available to the target secondary system apparatus, the resource information being acquired by the resource management device based on the apparatus information of the target secondary system apparatus in response to the resource request, wherein the resource information comprises indication information related to a transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus; and

control, based on the received resource information, the target secondary system apparatus to operate.

35. The device according to claim 34, wherein the apparatus information comprises a parameter related to nonlinear characteristics of the target secondary system apparatus, and

wherein the indication information related to the transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus is acquired by the resource management device further based on the parameter related to the nonlinear characteristics of the target secondary system apparatus.

36. The device according to claim 34, wherein the indication information related to the transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus comprises a type of the transmission waveform.

37. The device according to claim 34, wherein the transmission waveform belongs to a multi-carrier type, and the indication information related to the transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus further comprises at least one of number of subcarrier frequency bands, a subcarrier sequence number, and transmission power of a subcarrier.

38. The device according to claim 34, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit sensing information for a radio environment of the communication system to the resource management device, and

wherein the resource information is acquired by the resource management device further based on the sensing information.

39. A resource management method in a communication system, the resource management method being used for managing opportunistic utilization for frequency spectrum resources of a primary system by a secondary system in the communication system, the resource management method comprising:

receiving apparatus information and a resource request of a target secondary system apparatus among one or more secondary system apparatuses in the secondary system;

acquiring, in response to the resource request, resource information available to the target secondary system apparatus based on the apparatus information of the target secondary system apparatus, wherein the resource information comprises indication information related to a transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus; and

notifying the target secondary system apparatus of the acquired resource information.

40. A method in a communication system, the method being performed on a side of a target secondary system apparatus among one or more secondary system apparatuses in a secondary system in the communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting apparatus information and a resource request of the target secondary system apparatus to a resource management device, wherein the resource management device is configured to manage opportunistic utilization for frequency spectrum resources of a primary system by the secondary system in the communication system;

receiving resource information available to the target secondary system apparatus, the resource information being acquired by the resource management device based on the apparatus information of the target secondary system apparatus in response to the resource request, wherein the resource information comprises indication information related to a transmission waveform for the target secondary system apparatus; and

controlling, based on the received resource information, the target secondary system apparatus to operate.