Resource allocating apparatus and method in multihop relay wireless communication system

• US 7,944,879 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2007
• Issued: 05/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Oh-Soon, Choi, Jin-Ghoo, Yun, Sang-Boh
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan; Tri H
• Application Number:
  US11/865,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20080081626A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 370328-350, 4554321-464
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/26 Cell enhancers or enhancement, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/047 using dedicated repeater stations

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for mitigating interference of a neighbor cell in a multihop relay wireless communication system are provided. The method includes constituting a subframe for a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell over a first frequency band of the frame, and constituting a subframe for a link causing interference to a neighbor cell over a second frequency band of the frame. Therefore, the interference between the neighbor cells can be reduced and the amount of the resources allocated to the links can be freely adjusted.

Claims

1. A frame constituting method of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

constituting, by a Base Station (BS), a subframe for a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell over a first frequency band of a frame; and

constituting, by a Base Station (BS), a subframe for a link causing interference to a neighbor cell over a second frequency band of the frame.

2. The frame constituting method of claim 1, wherein the link affected by the interference of the neighbor cell comprises a link for sending a signal from a node positioned in a center of the cell to a node positioned in a cell boundary.

3. The frame constituting method of claim 1, wherein the link affected by the interference of the neighbor cell comprises at least one of a downlink between a first Relay Station (RS) in a center of the cell and a first Mobile Station (MS) in a cell boundary, a downlink between a Base Station (BS) and a second RS in a cell boundary, and a downlink between the BS and the first MS.

4. The frame constituting method of claim 1, wherein the link causing the interference to the neighbor cell comprises a link for sending a signal from a node positioned in a cell boundary to a node positioned in a center of the cell.

5. The frame constituting method of claim 1, wherein the link causing the interference to the neighbor cell comprises at least one of an uplink between a first MS in a cell boundary and a first RS in a center of the cell, an uplink between a second RS in a cell boundary and a BS, and an uplink between the first MS and the BS.

6. The frame constituting method of claim 1, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band distinguish the subframes for the links with at least one of time resources and frequency resources.

7. The frame constituting method of claim 1, wherein the link affected by the interference of the neighbor cell and the link causing the interference to the neighbor cell are determined by using position information of the nodes.

8. The frame constituting method of claim 7, wherein the position information is confirmed by using at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of the nodes, a strength of a receive signal, and a Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR).

9. The frame constituting method of claim 1, further comprising:

constituting a subframe for a link not affected by the interference of the neighbor cell over at least one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band of the frame.

10. The frame constituting method of claim 9, wherein the link not affected by the interference of the neighbor cell comprises a link between nodes positioned in a center of the cell.

11. The frame constituting method of claim 9, wherein the link not affected by the interference of the neighbor cell comprises at least one of

an uplink/downlink between a BS and a first MS positioned in a center of a cell,

an uplink/downlink between the BS and a first RS positioned in a center of the cell, and

an uplink/downlink between the first RS and the first MS.

12. A resource allocating method of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

confirming a distance between the BS and at least one of a Relay Station (RS) and a Mobile Stations (MSs) by using position information of the RS or the MSs;

dividing into a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell and a link causing interference to a neighbor cell according to the distance of the RS and the MSs;

allocating the link affected by the interference of the neighbor cell and the link causing the interference to the neighbor cell to different frequency bands; and

communicating with the RS or the MS according to the allocated resource information.

13. The resource allocating method of claim 12, further comprising:

transmitting the resource allocation information to the RS and the MS.

14. The resource allocating method of claim 12, wherein the allocating of the links comprises:

allocating the link affected by the interference of the neighbor cell to a first frequency band;

allocating the link causing the interference to the neighbor cell to a second frequency band; and

allocating a link not affected by the interference of the neighbor cell to the first frequency band or the second frequency band.

15. The resource allocating method of claim 12, wherein the position information comprises at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, a strength of a receive signal, and a Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) of the RS or the MSs.

16. A communicating method of a Relay Station (RS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

confirming and sending position information to a serving Base Station (BS);

when resource allocation information is received from the serving BS, confirming a frequency resource allocated to a link to the BS or a Mobile Station (MS) based on the resource allocation information; and

communicating with the BS or the MS such that a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell uses a first frequency band and a link causing interference to the neighbor cell uses a second frequency band according to the allocated frequency resource.

17. The communicating method of claim 16, further comprising:

communicating such that a link not affected by the interference of the neighbor cell uses at least one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band according to the allocated frequency resource.

18. The communicating method of claim 16, wherein the position information comprises at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, a strength of a receive signal, and a Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR).

19. A communicating method of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

confirming and sending position information to a Base Station (BS);

when resource allocation information is received from the BS, confirming a frequency resource allocated to a link to at least one of the BS and a Relay Station (RS) based on the resource allocation information; and

communicating with the at least one of the BS and the RS such that a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell uses a first frequency band and a link causing interference to the neighbor cell uses a second frequency band according to the allocated frequency resource.

20. The communicating method of claim 19, further comprising:

communicating such that a link not affected by the interference of the neighbor cell uses one of the first frequency band and the second frequency band according to the allocated frequency resource.

21. The communicating method of claim 19, wherein the position information comprises at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, a strength of a receive signal, and a Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR).

22. A Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a receiver for receiving position information from at least one of a Relay Station (RS) and Mobile Stations (MSs);

a position information confirmer for confirming a distance between the BS and the RS or the MSs based on the received position information; and

a resource allocator for allocating a link affected by interference of a neighbor cell and a link causing interference to the neighbor cell to different frequency bands according to the distance information.

23. The BS of claim 22, wherein the position information confirmer confirms the distance to the at least one of the RS and the MSs by using at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, a strength of a receive signal, and a Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) of the RS or the MS.

24. The BS of claim 22, wherein the resource allocator allocates the link affected by the interference of the neighbor cell to a first frequency band, the link causing the interference to the neighbor cell to a second frequency band, and a link not affected by the interference of the neighbor cell to the first frequency band or the second frequency band.

25. The BS of claim 22, further comprising:

a sender for transmitting the resource allocation information to the RS and the MSs.