Apparatus for removing interference between neighbor cells in a radio communication system, and method for same
First Claim
1. An apparatus for cancelling interference between neighboring cells, comprising:
- a receiving unit for receiving reception power information and Signal-to-Noise power Ratio (SNR) information of a neighboring cell base station from multiple receiving antennas;
a first determination unit for determining a number of dominant neighboring cell interference signals using the received reception power information and SNR information;
a second determination unit for fixing a candidate signal vector of a target signal depending on the determined number of dominant neighboring cell interference signals, the received SNR information, and a number of the multiple receiving antennas;
a third determination unit for fixing a candidate signal matrix of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals based on the fixed candidate signal vector of the target signal; and
an estimation unit for cancelling interference from signals transmitted from the neighboring cell base station by applying the fixed candidate signal matrix of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals to a reception signal vector in accordance with a Maximum Likelihood (ML) technique,wherein the second determination unitselects C0 candidate signal values of the target signal in an ascending order of Euclidean distances of the candidate signal values when the SNR is less than a threshold value required to determine the dominant neighboring cell interference signals or when the number of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals is equal to or greater than the number of the receiving antennas, andfixes a candidate signal vector of the target signal, which includes the selected C0 candidate signal values of the target signal.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing interference between neighbor cells in a radio communication system, and to a method for same. The apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit which receives receiving power information and signal-to-noise ratio information of a neighbor cell base station from multiple receiving antennas, a first determination unit for determining the number of major neighbor cell interference signals by using the received receiving power information and the signal-to-noise ratio information, a second determination unit for determining a candidate signal vector of a target signal in accordance with the determined number of major neighbor cell interference signals, the received signal-to-noise ratio, and the number of the multiple receiving antennas, a third determination unit for determining a candidate signal matrix of the major neighbor cell interference signals on the basis of the determined candidate signal vector of the target signal, and an estimation unit for estimating signals transmitted from the target base station or the neighbor base station by applying the determined candidate signal matrix of the major neighbor cell interference signals to the method of maximum likelihood.
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1. An apparatus for cancelling interference between neighboring cells, comprising:
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a receiving unit for receiving reception power information and Signal-to-Noise power Ratio (SNR) information of a neighboring cell base station from multiple receiving antennas; a first determination unit for determining a number of dominant neighboring cell interference signals using the received reception power information and SNR information; a second determination unit for fixing a candidate signal vector of a target signal depending on the determined number of dominant neighboring cell interference signals, the received SNR information, and a number of the multiple receiving antennas; a third determination unit for fixing a candidate signal matrix of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals based on the fixed candidate signal vector of the target signal; and an estimation unit for cancelling interference from signals transmitted from the neighboring cell base station by applying the fixed candidate signal matrix of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals to a reception signal vector in accordance with a Maximum Likelihood (ML) technique, wherein the second determination unit selects C0 candidate signal values of the target signal in an ascending order of Euclidean distances of the candidate signal values when the SNR is less than a threshold value required to determine the dominant neighboring cell interference signals or when the number of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals is equal to or greater than the number of the receiving antennas, and fixes a candidate signal vector of the target signal, which includes the selected C0 candidate signal values of the target signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14)
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9. A method of cancelling interference between neighboring cells, comprising:
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receiving reception power information and Signal-to-Noise power Ratio (SNR) information of a neighboring cell base station from multiple receiving antennas; determining a number of dominant neighboring cell interference signals using the received reception power information and SNR information; fixing a candidate signal vector of a target signal depending on the determined number of dominant neighboring cell interference signals, the received SNR information, and a number of the multiple receiving antennas; fixing a candidate signal matrix of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals based on the fixed candidate signal vector of the target signal; and estimating signals transmitted from the neighboring cell base station and cancelling interference by applying the fixed candidate signal matrix of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals to a reception signal vector in accordance with a Maximum Likelihood (ML) technique, wherein the fixing the candidate signal vector of the target signal is configured to select a single candidate signal value of the target signal when the SNR is equal to or greater than the threshold value required to determine the dominant neighboring cell interference signals and when the number of the dominant neighboring cell interference signals is less than the number of the receiving antennas, and fix a candidate signal vector of the target signal, which includes the selected single candidate signal value of the target signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16)
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