Signal to interference power ratio measuring apparatus and signal to interference power ratio measuring method as well as transmission power controlling method under CDMA communication system

• US 6,032,026 A
• Filed: 02/19/1998
• Issued: 02/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tsutsui, Masafumi, Tanaka, Yoshinori, Seki, Hiroyuki, Kobayakawa, Shuji, Toda, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Persino, Raymond B
• Application Number:
  US09/026,322
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 455/62, 455/226.1, 455/67.3, 455/226.3, 455/67.1, 455/423, 375/200, 370/335, 370/342, 370/252
• US Class Current: 455/63.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/71075 Parallel interference cancellation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/24 using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters

Abstract

The invention provides a technique for measurement of a signal to interference power ratio wherein an SIR can be measured with a higher degree of accuracy without being influenced by a fast fading environment or an inter-station interference or noise environment. A signal to interference power ratio measuring apparatus includes a plurality of interference replica signal production sections for performing inverse diffusion processing for input signals originating from a received signal, performing temporary decision of information symbols regarding the input signals, performing diffusion processing again for the input signals and outputting resulting signals as interference replica signals, a plurality of subtractors for subtracting the interference replica signals from the received signal, an interference power detection section for detecting interference power information, a signal power detection section for detecting signal power information, and a signal to interference power ratio calculation section for calculating signal to interference power ratios from the interference power information and the signal power information.

Claims

1. A signal to interference power ratio measuring apparatus for an apparatus which processes a received signal received based on a CDMA communication system, comprising:

a plurality of interference replica signal production sections for performing inverse diffusion processing for input signals originating from the received signal, performing temporary decision of information symbols regarding the input signals, performing diffusion processing again for the input signals after the temporary decision and outputting resulting signals of the diffusion processing as interference replica signals;

a plurality of subtractors for subtracting the interference replica signals produced by said interference replica signal production sections from the received signal;

an interference power detection section for detecting interference power information from outputs of said subtractors;

a signal power detection section for detecting signal power information based on the signals which originate from the received signal and for which the inverse diffusion processing has been performed; and

a signal to interference power ratio calculation section for calculating signal to interference power ratios from the interference power information detected by said interference power detection section and the signal power information detected by said signal power detection section.

2. A signal to interference power ratio measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal power detection section detects signal power information based on signals which are obtained in an intermediate processing stage of said interference replica signal production sections and for which inverse diffusion processing has been performed.

3. A signal to interference power ratio measuring apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal power detection section detects signal power information based on signals obtained by inverse diffusion processing for the outputs of said subtractors.

4. A signal to interference power ratio measuring apparatus for a base station which processes a received signal received based on a CDMA communication system, comprising:

a plurality of interference replica signal production sections provided in tandem for performing inverse diffusion processing for input signals originating from the received signal, performing temporary decision of information symbols regarding the input signals, performing diffusion processing again for the input signals after the temporary decision and outputting resulting signals of the diffusion processing as interference replica signals;

a plurality of subtractors each provided on the output side of a corresponding one of said interference replica signal production sections for subtracting the interference replica signals produced by said interference replica signal production sections from the received signal for which delaying processing has been performed;

an interference power detection section for detecting interference power information from outputs of said subtractors;

a signal power detection section for detecting signal power information based on signals which are obtained in an intermediate processing stage of an arbitrary one of said interference replica signal production sections and for which the inverse diffusion processing has been performed; and

a signal to interference power ratio calculation section for calculating signal to interference power ratios from the interference power information detected by said interference power detection section and the signal power information detected by said signal power detection section.

5. A signal to interference power ratio measuring apparatus for a base station which processes a received signal received based on a CDMA communication system, comprising:

a plurality of interference replica signal production sections provided in tandem for performing inverse diffusion processing for input signals originating from the received signal, performing temporary decision of information symbols regarding the input signals, performing diffusion processing again for the input signals after the temporary decision and outputting resulting signals of the diffusion processing as interference replica signals;

a plurality of subtractors each provided on the output side of a corresponding one of said interference replica signal production sections for subtracting the interference replica signals produced by said interference replica signal production sections from the received signal for which delaying processing has been performed;

a reception section for receiving an output of one of said subtractors in the last stage as an input signal thereto and performing inverse diffusion processing for the input signal;

an interference power detection section for detecting interference power information from the output of the one of said subtractors in the last stage;

a signal power detection section for detecting signal power information based on the signal obtained by said reception section; and

a signal to interference power ratio calculation section for calculating signal to interference power ratios from the interference power information detected by said interference power detection section and the signal power information detected by said signal power detection section.

6. A signal to interference power ratio measuring method for an apparatus which processes a received signal received based on a CDMA communication system, comprising the steps of:

detecting interference power information based on signals obtained by subtracting, from the received signal, interference replica signals produced by an interference canceller for removing interference between diffusion codes;

detecting signal power information based on signals obtained by performing inverse diffusion processing for signals originating from the received signal; and

calculating signal to interference power ratios from the interference power information and the signal power information.

7. A transmission power controlling method for a CDMA communication system used for communication between a base station and a plurality of mobile stations, comprising the steps performed by said base station of;

detecting interference power information based on signals obtained by subtracting, from a received signal received by said base station, interference replica signals produced by an interference canceller for removing interference between diffusion codes;

detecting signal power information based on signals obtained by performing inverse diffusion processing for signals originating from the received signal;

calculating signal to interference power ratios from the interference power information and the signal power information; and

controlling transmission powers of said mobile stations so that the signal to interference power ratios may have a predetermined value.