Apparatus and method for allocating channel and power in communication system

• US 8,478,321 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2011
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Ho-Joong, Yoon, Soon-Young, Moon, June, Kang, Seung-Won, Park, Sung-Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): TRINH, TAN H
• Application Number:
  US13/018,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20110190017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 455/509, 455/450, 455/69, 455/522, 455/501, 455/464, 455/67.11, 455/67.16, 455/134, 455/135, 455/226.2, 455/226.3, 370/395.21, 370/395.4, 370/230, 370/232, 370/234, 370/238, 370/412, 370/329, 370/267, 370/203, 370/208, 370/319
• US Class Current: 455/509
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/247 where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter sent by another terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/40 during macro-diversity or soft handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

An apparatus and method for allocating a channel and power by a Base Station (BS) in a communication system are provided. The method includes, performing one of a first scheduling, which uses inter-cell cooperation information received from at least one neighboring BS and a data rate received from each User Equipment (UE), and a second scheduling, which uses both an average data rate for each subchannel computed by accumulating the data rates for a preset time period and the inter-cell cooperation information, selecting a UE to be allocated each subchannel in each subframe based on results of the performed scheduling, computing a power metric for each of the selected UE and a non-selected UE by using the inter-cell cooperation information, the average data rate, an amount of performance change of the selected UE, and the results of the performed scheduling; and allocating power to all UEs including the selected UE and the non-selected UE by preset subframe periods by using the computed power metric.

Claims

1. A method for allocating a channel and power by a Base Station (BS) in a communication system, the method comprising:

performing one of a first scheduling, which uses inter-cell cooperation information received from at least one neighboring BS and a data rate received from each User Equipment (UE), and a second scheduling, which uses both an average data rate for each subchannel computed by accumulating the data rates for a preset time period and the inter-cell cooperation information;

selecting a UE to be allocated each subchannel in each subframe based on results of the performed scheduling;

computing a power metric for each of the selected UE and a non-selected UE by using the inter-cell cooperation information, the average data rate, an amount of performance change of the selected UE, and the results of the performed scheduling; and

allocating power to all UEs including the selected UE and the non-selected UE by preset subframe periods by using the computed power metric.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

generating inter-cell cooperation information, which is to be transmitted to the at least one neighboring BS, based on the results of the performed scheduling and an amount of performance change of the selected UE according to a change of an average transmission power of the at least one neighboring BS; and

transmitting the generated inter-cell cooperation information to the at least one neighboring BS,

wherein the amount of the performance change of the selected UE according to the change of the average transmission power of the at least one neighboring BS is determined based on both a ratio between a power of a reference signal, which the selected UE receives from the at least one neighboring BS, and a power of a reference signal, which the selected UE receives from the BS, and an average Signal-to-Interference Noise Ratio (SINR) to a whole frequency band which the BS uses.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inter-cell cooperation information includes information about an amount of utility change of the at least one neighboring BS according to an increase of an average transmission power of the BS, and the utility represents a satisfaction degree of a corresponding UE according to a throughput allocated to the corresponding UE.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the allocating of power to all UEs comprises:

allocating more power than currently allocated to the selected UE, if the computed power metric is more than 0; and

allocating less power than currently allocated to the selected UE, if the computed power metric is less than 0.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of the performance change of the selected UE includes an amount of performance change of the selected UE according to a change of a transmission power ratio between the selected UE and the BS.

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

a channel allocator for performing one of a first scheduling, which uses inter-cell cooperation information received from at least one neighboring BS and a data rate received from each User Equipment (UE), and a second scheduling, which uses both an average data rate for each subchannel computed by accumulating the data rates for a preset time period and the inter-cell cooperation information, and for selecting a UE to be allocated each subchannel in each subframe based on results of the performed scheduling; and

a power allocator for computing a power metric for each of the selected UE and a non-selected UE by using the inter-cell cooperation information, the average data rate, an amount of performance change of the selected UE, and the results of the first scheduling, and for allocating power to all UEs including the selected UE and the non-selected UE by preset subframe periods by using the computed power metric.

7. The BS as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

an inter-cell cooperation information generation/processing unit for generating inter-cell cooperation information, which is to be transmitted to the at least one neighboring BS, based on the results of the performed scheduling and an amount of performance change of the selected UE according to a change of an average transmission power of the at least one neighboring BS, and for transmitting the generated inter-cell cooperation information to the at least one neighboring BS,

wherein the amount of the performance change of the selected UE according to the change of the average transmission power of the at least one neighboring BS is determined based on both a ratio of a power of a reference signal, which the selected UE receives from the at least one neighboring BS, and a power of a reference signal, which the selected UE receives from the BS, and an average Signal-to-Interference Noise Ratio (SINR) to a whole frequency band which the BS uses.

8. The BS as claimed in claim 6, wherein the inter-cell cooperation information includes information about an amount of utility change of the at least one neighboring BS according to an increase of an average transmission power of the BS, and the utility represents a satisfaction degree of a corresponding UE according to a throughput allocated to the corresponding UE.

9. The BS as claimed in claim 6, wherein the power allocator allocates more power than currently allocated to the selected UE, if the computed power metric is more than 0, and allocates less power than currently allocated to the selected UE, if the computed power metric is less than 0.

10. The BS as claimed in claim 6, wherein the amount of the performance change of the selected UE includes an amount of performance change of the selected UE according to a change of a transmission power ratio between the selected UE and the BS.

11. A method for allocating a channel and power by a Base Station (BS) in a communication system, the method comprising:

performing scheduling by using inter-cell cooperation information received from at least one neighboring BS and channel state information received from each User Equipment (UE);

selecting a UE combination including at least one UE to be allocated each subchannel in each subframe based on results of the scheduling;

computing a power metric for each of a selected UE and a non-selected UE by using data rate information of the at least one UE estimated based on the channel state information, the inter-cell cooperation information, an amount of performance change of the at least one UE, and the results of the scheduling; and

allocating power to all UEs by preset subframe periods by using the computed power metric.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the inter-cell cooperation information includes information about an amount of utility change of the at least one neighboring BS according to an increase of an average transmission power of the BS, and the utility represents a satisfaction degree of a corresponding UE according to a throughput allocated to the corresponding UE.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

generating inter-cell cooperation information, which is to be transmitted to the at least one neighboring BS, based on the results of the scheduling and an amount of performance change of the at least one UE according to a change of an average transmission power of the at least one neighboring BS; and

transmitting the generated inter-cell cooperation information to the at least one neighboring BS.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the amount of the performance change of the selected UE includes an amount of performance change of the selected UE according to a change of a transmission power ratio between the selected UE and the BS.

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

a channel allocator for performing scheduling by using inter-cell cooperation information received from at least one neighboring BS and channel state information received from each User Equipment (UE), and for selecting a UE combination including at least one UE to be allocated each subchannel in each subframe based on results of the scheduling; and

a power allocator for computing a power metric for each of a selected UE and a non-selected UE by using data rate information of the at least one UE estimated based on the channel state information, the inter-cell cooperation information, an amount of performance change of the at least one UE, and the results of the scheduling, and for allocating power to all UEs by preset subframe periods by using the computed power metric.

16. The BS as claimed in claim 15, wherein the inter-cell cooperation information includes information about an amount of utility change of the at least one neighboring BS according to an increase of an average transmission power of the BS, and the utility represents a satisfaction degree of a corresponding UE according to a throughput allocated to the corresponding UE.

17. The BS as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

an inter-cell cooperation information generation/processing unit for generating inter-cell cooperation information, which is to be transmitted to the at least one neighboring BS, based on the results of the scheduling and an amount of performance change of the at least one UE according to a change of an average transmission power of the at least one neighboring BS, and for transmitting the generated inter-cell cooperation information to the at least one neighboring BS.

18. The BS as claimed in claim 15, wherein the amount of the performance change of the selected UE includes an amount of performance change of the selected UE according to a change of a transmission power ratio between the selected UE and the BS.