Wireless communication system and method of controlling a transmission power

• US 8,515,480 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2006
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kuroda, Nahoko
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US12/092,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20090247211A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,483 Days
• Field of Search: 455/522
• US Class Current: 455/522
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/24 using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/36 with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/48 during retransmission after error or non-acknowledgment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A base station is provided which notifies a mobile station of transmission power information for an uplink RACH, the mobile station transmits transmission delay estimation information on the RACH to the base station over the RACH at a transmission power based on the transmission power information, and the base station changes the transmission power information according to the transmission delay estimation information and notifies the mobile station of the changed transmission power information. The mobile station retransmits data or a preamble if the mobile station does not receive a notification that the base station has received the data or the preamble correctly after a predetermined time. The base station transmits the transmission power information over a BCH and a CPICH transmitted to a plurality of mobile stations.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station, the method comprising:

a base station notifying the mobile station of transmission power information for controlling a transmission power of a random access channel preamble;

the mobile station notifying the base station of transmission delay information comprising one of a number of preamble transmissions and a number of preamble retransmissions; and

the base station changing the transmission power information according to the transmission delay information, and

the base station notifying the mobile station of the changed transmission power information.

2. The method of controlling a transmission power according to claim 1, further comprising:

the mobile station transmitting a preamble over the random access channel and retransmitting the preamble when acquisition indicator information is not received from the base station for a predetermined time after the transmitting of the preamble.

3. The method of controlling a transmission power according to claim 2,

wherein the transmission delay information comprises one of a number of transmissions of a preamble transmitted over the random access channel and a number of retransmissions of a preamble over the random access channel.

4. The method of controlling a transmission power according to claim 2,

wherein the retransmitting the preamble comprises retransmitting the preamble at a transmission power increased by a predetermined increase step from a transmission power of the previous transmission or retransmission of the preamble.

5. The method of controlling a transmission power according to claim 1,

wherein the notifying the mobile station of the transmission power information comprises transmitting the transmission power information over a broadcast channel from the base station to a plurality of mobile stations.

6. The method of controlling a transmission power according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile station notifying the base station of the transmission delay information comprises the mobile station transmitting the transmission delay information over the random access channel.

7. The method of controlling a transmission power according to claim 1, further comprising:

the mobile station setting a transmission power of a preamble transmitted on the random access channel based on the transmission power information and a reception power of a pilot signal received from the base station.

8. A wireless communication system for causing a base station to control a transmission power of a mobile station, the system comprising:

a base station which notifies the mobile station of transmission power information for controlling transmission power of a random access channel preamble, changes the transmission power information according to transmission delay information received from the mobile station, and notifies the mobile station of the changed transmission power information; and

a mobile station which notifies the base station of the transmission delay information comprising one of a number of preamble transmissions and a number of preamble retransmissions.

9. The wireless communication system according to claim 8, wherein the mobile station transmits a preamble over the random access channel and retransmits the preamble when acquisition indicator information is not received from the base station for a predetermined time after the transmitting of the preamble.

10. The wireless communication system according to claim 9,

wherein the transmission delay information comprises one of a number of transmissions of a preamble transmitted over the random access channel or a number of retransmissions of a preamble over the random access channel.

11. The wireless communication system according to claim 9,

wherein the mobile station retransmits the preamble at a transmission power increased by a predetermined increase step from the transmission power of the previous transmission or retransmission of the preamble.

12. The wireless communication system according to claim 9,

wherein the mobile station sets a transmission power of the random access channel based on the transmission power information and a reception power of a pilot signal transmitted from the base station.

13. The wireless communication system according to claim 8,

wherein the base station transmits the transmission power information over a broadcast channel to a plurality of mobile stations.

14. The wireless communication system according to claim 8,

wherein the mobile station transmits the transmission delay information over the random access channel.

15. A base station comprising:

a transmission processing unit which notifies a mobile station of transmission power information for controlling a transmission power of a random access channel preamble;

a number-of-transmission calculation unit which receives transmission delay information comprising one of a number of preamble transmissions and a number of preamble retransmissions transmitted by a mobile station; and

power offset control unit which changes the transmission power information according to the transmission delay information, wherein the transmission processing unit notifies the mobile station of the changed transmission power information.

16. The base station according to claim 15,

wherein the transmission processing unit transmits the transmission power information over a broadcast channel to a plurality of mobile stations.

17. A mobile station comprising:

a reception processing unit which receives, from a base station, transmission power information for controlling a transmission power of a random access channel preamble;

a number-of-transmission calculation unit which calculates one of a number of preamble transmissions and a number of preamble retransmissions;

a transmission processing unit which notifies the base station of transmission delay information comprising the one of the number of preamble transmissions and the number of preamble retransmissions; and

wherein the reception processing unit receives, from the base station, changed transmission power information according to the transmission delay information.

18. The mobile station according to claim 17, wherein the transmission processing unit transmits a preamble to the base station over the random access unlink channel and retransmits the preamble when acquisition indicator information is not received from the base station for a predetermined time after the transmission of the preamble.

19. The mobile station according to claim 18,

wherein the transmission processing unit retransmits the preamble at a transmission power increased by a predetermined increase step from a transmission power of the previous transmission or retransmission of the preamble.

20. The mobile station according to claim 18,

wherein the number-of-transmission calculation unit resets the transmission delay information when the mobile station receives the acquisition indicator information.

21. The mobile station according to claim 17,

wherein the transmission processing unit transmits the transmission delay information over the random access channel.

22. The mobile station according to claim 17,

wherein the transmission delay information comprises one of a number of transmissions of a preamble transmitted over the random access channel and a number of retransmissions of a preamble over the random access channel.

23. The mobile station according to claim 17,

wherein the mobile station further comprises a power calculation unit which sets a transmission of the random access channel according to the transmission power information and a reception power of a pilot signal received from the base station.

24. A method of a base station controlling a transmission power of a mobile station, the method comprising:

notifying the mobile station of transmission power information for controlling a transmission power of a random access channel preamble;

receiving, from the mobile station, transmission delay information comprising one of a number of preamble transmissions by the mobile station and a number of preamble retransmissions by the mobile station; and

changing the transmission power information according to the transmission delay information, and notifying the mobile station of the changed transmission power information.

25. The method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station according to claim 24,

wherein the notifying the mobile station of the transmission power information comprises transmitting the transmission power information over a broadcast channel to a plurality of mobile stations.

26. A method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station, comprising:

the mobile station receiving, from a base station, transmission power information;

the mobile station notifying the base station of transmission delay information comprising one of a number of preamble transmissions and a number of preamble retransmissions; and

the base station changing the transmission power information according to the transmission delay information and notifying the mobile station of the changed transmission power information.

27. The method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station according to claim 26, further comprising:

the mobile station transmitting a preamble over the random access channel and retransmitting the preamble when the mobile station does not receive acquisition indicator information from the base station for a predetermined time after the transmitting of the preamble.

28. The method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station according to claim 27,

wherein the retransmitting the preamble comprise retransmitting the preamble at a transmission power increased by a predetermined increase step from a transmission power of the previous transmission or retransmission of the preamble.

29. The method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station according to claim 27, further comprising:

resetting the transmission delay information when the mobile station receives the acquisition indicator information.

30. The method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station according to claim 26,

wherein the notifying the base station of the transmission delay information comprises transmitting the transmission delay information over the random access channel.

31. The method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station according to claim 26,

wherein the transmission delay information comprises one of a number of transmissions of a preamble transmitted over the random access channel and a number of retransmissions of a preamble over the random access channel.

32. The method of controlling a transmission power of a mobile station according to claim 26,

wherein the mobile station sets a transmission power of the random access channel based on the transmission power information and a reception power of a pilot signal transmitted from the base station.

33. A computer-readable medium having stored therein a program for controlling a base station, causing a computer to execute functions of:

notifying a mobile station of transmission power information for controlling a transmission power of a random access channel preamble;

receiving, from the mobile station, transmission delay information comprising one of a number of preamble transmissions and a number of preamble retransmissions; and

changing the transmission power information according to the transmission delay information and notifying the mobile station of the changed transmission power information.

34. A computer-readable medium having stored therein a program for controlling a mobile station, causing a computer to execute functions of:

receiving, from a base station, transmission power information for controlling a transmission power of a random access channel preamble;

notifying the base station of transmission delay information comprising one of a number of preamble transmissions and a number of preamble retransmissions;

receiving, from the base station, changed transmission power information according to the transmission delay information.

35. The computer-readable medium according to claim 34,

wherein the notifying the base station of the transmission delay information comprises transmitting the transmission delay information over the random access channel.