Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method

• US 8,670,776 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2013
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishio, Akihiko, Hiramatsu, Katsuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khan, Mehmood B
• Application Number:
  US13/733,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20130121202A1
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 455/452, 455/522, 455/453, 455/512, 455/513, 370329-332
• US Class Current: 455/452.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0021 in which the algorithm uses adaptive thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/20 using signal quality detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

A CIR measuring section measures CIRs of all blocks received and a block selection section makes a threshold decision based on the CIR measurement result and threshold information according to an amount of traffic in the own cell and neighboring cells. As a result of the threshold decision, blocks whose CIRs exceed the threshold are regarded as usable blocks. A CIR averaging section averages the CIRs of the usable blocks and a CQI generation section generates a CQI based on the CIR average value. The CQI generated and selected block numbers are reported to a base station apparatus. This allows the throughput of the own cell and neighboring cells to be improved.

Claims

1. A base station for transmitting an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal, the base station comprising:

a transmitting section configured to transmit information of a number to a mobile device, the information of the number corresponding to subcarrier blocks to be used for averaging channel quality, each of the subcarrier blocks including a plurality of subcarriers, wherein the information of the number does not indicate positions of subcarrier blocks to be selected; and

a receiving section configured to receive a signal from the mobile device, the signal including a generated CQI and information indicating positions of selected subcarrier blocks selected by the mobile device, the generated CQI being a value representing an average channel quality across only the selected subcarrier blocks which are corresponding to the information of the number and are providing preferred channel quality, within a communication band used for transmission from the base station to the mobile device, wherein said number is less than the total number of subcarrier blocks within the communication band.

2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein said number corresponding to subcarrier blocks to be used for averaging channel quality is determined correspondingly to the total number of subcarrier blocks within the communication band and an amount of traffic.

3. The base station according to claim 2, wherein said number corresponding to subcarrier blocks to be used for averaging channel quality is determined according to the following equation:

N_sb=└

N_all×

γ

₀/Σ

γ

_i┘

wherein N_all denotes the total number of subcarrier blocks within the communication band, γ

₀ denotes an amount of traffic in a cell that includes the mobile device, and γ

₀/Σ

γ

_i denotes a ratio of the amount of traffic in said cell to a total amount of traffic in said cell and neighboring cells.

4. A radio communication method to be carried out by a base station for transmitting an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal, the radio communication method comprising:

transmitting, by said base station, information of a number to a mobile device, the information of the number corresponding to subcarrier blocks to be used for averaging channel quality, each of the subcarrier blocks including a plurality of subcarriers, wherein information of the number does not indicate positions of the subcarrier blocks to be selected; and

receiving a signal from the mobile device, the signal including a generated CQI and information indicating positions of selected subcarrier blocks selected by the mobile device, the generated CQI being a value representing an average channel quality across only the selected subcarrier blocks which are corresponding to the information of the number and are providing preferred channel quality, within a communication band used for transmission from the base station to the mobile device, wherein said number is less than the total number of subcarrier blocks within the communication band.

5. The radio communication method according to claim 4, wherein said number corresponding to subcarrier blocks to be used for averaging channel quality is determined correspondingly to the total number of subcarrier blocks within the communication band and an amount of traffic.

6. The radio communication method according to claim 5, wherein said number corresponding to subcarrier blocks to be used for averaging channel quality is determined according to the following equation:

N_sb=└

N_all×

γ

₀/Σ

γ

_i┘

wherein N_all denotes the total number of subcarrier blocks within the communication band, γ

₀ denotes an amount of traffic in a cell that includes the mobile device, and γ

₀/Σ

γ

_i denotes a ratio of the amount of traffic in said cell to a total amount of traffic in said cell and neighboring cells.