Radio transmission device and transmission rate decision method

• US 7,295,538 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2004
• Issued: 11/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Aizawa, Junichi, Iochi, Hitoshi, Miya, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh; Sonny
• Application Number:
  US10/544,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20060203727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,379 Days
• Field of Search: 370/232, 370/233, 370/252, 370/333, 370/332, 455/114.2, 455/452.1, 455/452.2, 455/63.1, 455/67.13, 455/501, 455/67.11
• US Class Current: 370/332
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0002 by adapting the transmission rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0033 arrangements specific to the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/10 between terminal device and access point, i.e. wireless air interface

Abstract

A base station apparatus (radio transmission apparatus) transmits a radio signal of data to a mobile terminal apparatus (communication apparatus of a transmission destination). The mobile terminal apparatus receiving the radio signal determines (ST1010) information (CQI) on a downlink transmission rate enabling reception in the mobile terminal apparatus based on reception quality such as CIR to transmit to the base station apparatus. The base station apparatus extracts a CQI value from the received radio signal, while obtaining likelihood of received data (ST1020), and corrects the CQI value based on the likelihood (ST1030). Then, based on the corrected CQI value, the base station apparatus determines a downlink transmission rate (ST1040). By this means, even when the radio transmission apparatus erroneously receives the transmission rate request transmitted from the communication apparatus of the transmission destination, the communication apparatus is prevented from erroneously receiving the data transmitted from the radio transmission apparatus.

Claims

1. A radio transmission apparatus that determines a transmission rate in transmitting data, based on a CQI (Channel Quality Indicator)

transmitted from a communication apparatus that is a transmission destination of the data, comprising:

a receiver that receives a signal including the CQI transmitted from the communication apparatus;

a corrector that corrects the CQI included in the signal, based on likelihood of the signal including the CQI; and

a transmission rate determiner that determines a transmission rate in transmitting data to the communication apparatus, based on the corrected CQI.

2. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein based on the likelihood, the corrector determines a degree of correction of the CQI.

3. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the corrector corrects the CQI based on a value of the CQI in addition to the likelihood.

4. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the corrector decreases the CQI more than or equal to a predetermined value to correct.

5. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the corrector corrects the CQI based on moving speed of the communication apparatus in addition to the likelihood.

6. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the likelihood is less than or equal to a threshold, the corrector decreases CQI to correct.

7. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 6, wherein as a value of the CQI is higher, the threshold is set higher.

8. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a value of the CQI is set for a plurality of thresholds.

9. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 6, wherein as moving speed of the communication apparatus is higher, the threshold is set higher.

10. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the radio transmission apparatus performs scheduling in transmitting packets to a plurality of communication apparatuses, and decreases a transmission assignment priority or does not assign transmission to the communication apparatus subject to correction of the CQI.

11. The radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein used as the likelihood is a soft decision value, reception quality, or a reception power level of the signal including the CQI transmitted from the communication apparatus.

12. A base station apparatus comprising the radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1.

13. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising the radio transmission apparatus according to claim 1.

14. A transmission rate determining method for determining a transmission rate in transmitting a radio signal of data based on a CQI transmitted from a radio communication apparatus that is a transmission destination of the data, comprising:

a reception step of receiving a signal including the CQI transmitted from the radio communication apparatus;

a correcting step of correcting the CQI included in the signal based on likelihood of the signal including the CQI; and

a transmission rate determining step of determining a transmission rate in transmitting a radio signal of data to the radio communication apparatus, based on the corrected CQI.

15. A transmission rate determining program for determining a transmission rate in transmitting a radio signal of data based on a CQI transmitted from a radio communication apparatus that is a transmission destination of the data, the program making a computer execute:

a reception step of receiving a signal including the CQI transmitted from the radio communication apparatus;

a correcting step of correcting the CQI included in the signal based on likelihood of the signal including the CQI; and

a transmission rate determining step of determining a transmission rate in transmitting a radio signal of data to the radio communication apparatus, based on the corrected CQI.