Coverage of private base station

• US 8,929,283 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2008
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Breuer, Volker, Gustrau, Joerg, Kottkamp, Meik, Martos-Riano, Demian, Ulrich, Thomas, Vesely, Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Alia, Curtis A
• Application Number:
  US12/666,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20100302959A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,388 Days
• Field of Search: 370/276, 370/277, 370/278, 370/282, 370/310, 370/328, 370/332, 455/452.2, 455/524, 455/525, 455/67.11, 455/561, 455/571, 455/115.1, 455/115.3, 455/127.1, 455/226.1, 455230-2312
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/265 taking into account the quality of service QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/283 Power depending on the position of the mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/343 taking into account loading or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

A controller of a private base station receives data on a travel time depending on a propagation delay between a private base station and a user terminal. The controller outputs a control signal to a controllable amplifier for decreasing a transmission power of the private base station if the measured travel time is longer than a predetermined reference time or quality of service is lower than reference quality.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a radio system comprising at least two core networks including a first core network and a second core network, where the first core network comprises at least one public base station and a base station controller, where the second core network comprises a private base station configured to wirelessly communicate with a user terminal via a first channel of communication, the core networks at least partially providing a second channel of communication between the private base station and the at least one public base station separate and independent of the first channel of communication;

measuring, by the user terminal and/or the private base station, a travel time depending on a propagation delay between the private base station and the user terminal;

signaling data on the travel time to the first core network of the radio system via the second channel of communication; and

sending a control data from the first core network to the private base station of the second core network via the second channel of communication and decreasing transmission power of the private base station in the second core network if the measured travel time is longer than a predetermined reference time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising decreasing a maximum transmission power of the private base station if the measured travel time is longer than the predetermined reference time.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring the travel time as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the user terminal and a moment of reception of the signal at the user terminal, the signal traveling from the user terminal to the private base station and back from the private base station to the user terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring the travel time as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the private base station and a moment of reception of the signal at the private base station, the signal propagating from the private base station to the user terminal and back from the user terminal to the private base station.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring the travel time as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the user terminal and a moment of reception of the signal at the private base station.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring the travel time as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the private base station and a moment of reception of the signal at the user terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring quality of service in a cell of a public base station where the private base station resides;

and

decreasing the transmission power of the private base station if the measured quality is lower than predetermined reference quality.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising

measuring the travel time by the user terminal;

signaling the data on the travel time to the private base station; and

controlling the transmission power of the private base station on the basis of the data of the travel time.

9. A private base station comprising:

a controllable amplifier and a controller;

the controllable amplifier is configured to adjust a transmission power of the private base station;

the controller is configured;

to communicate wirelessly with a user terminal via a first channel of communication;

to receive, via a second channel of communication, data, measured by the user terminal, on a travel time depending on a propagation delay between the private base station and the user terminal, from a first core network having at least one public base station, where the private base station is in a second core network, and providing the second channel of communication between the private base station and the at least one public base station separate and independent of the first channel of communication; and

to output a control signal to the controllable amplifier for decreasing the transmission power of the private base station if the received travel time is longer than a predetermined reference time.

10. The private base station of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to output the control signal to the controllable amplifier for decreasing a maximum transmission power of the private base station if the received travel time is longer than the predetermined reference time.

11. The private base station of claim 9, wherein the private base station is configured to receive the data on the travel time measured by the user terminal as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the user terminal and a moment of reception of the signal at the user terminal, the signal traveling from the user terminal to the private base station and back from the private base station to the user terminal.

12. The private base station of claim 9, wherein the private base station is configured to receive the data on the travel time measured by the user terminal as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the private base station and a moment of reception of the signal at the private base station, the signal propagating from the private base station to the user terminal and back from the user terminal to the private base station.

13. The private base station of claim 9, wherein the private base station is configured to receive the data on the travel time measured by the user terminal as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the user terminal and a moment of reception of the signal at the private base station.

14. The private base station of claim 9, wherein the private base station is configured to receive the data on the travel time measured by the user terminal as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the private base station and a moment of reception of the signal at the user terminal.

15. The private base station of claim 9, wherein the private base station is further configured to receive data on quality of service in a cell of the public base station of the first core network, where the private base station resides, measured by the first core network;

where the controller is configured to output the control signal for decreasing the transmission power of the private base station if the received quality is lower than a predetermined reference quality.

16. A radio system comprising:

at least two core networks including a first core network and a second core network, where the first core network comprises at least one public base station and a base station controller, where the second core network comprises a private base station configured to communicate wirelessly with a user terminal via a first channel of communication, the at least two core networks configured to provide a second channel of communication between the private base station and the at least one public base station separate and independent of the first channel of communication;

the private base station comprising a controllable amplifier and a controller; and

the controllable amplifier being configured to adjust transmission power of the private base station;

the controller being configured to;

receive from the first core network, via the second channel of communication, data on a travel time, measured by the user terminal and/or the private base station, depending on a propagation delay between the private base station and the user terminal from the core network; and

output a control signal to the controllable amplifier for decreasing the transmission power of the private base station if the received travel time is longer than a predetermined reference time.

17. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to output the control signal to the controllable amplifier for decreasing a maximum transmission power of the private base station if the received travel time is longer than the predetermined reference time.

18. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the user terminal is configured to measure the travel time as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the user terminal and a moment of reception of the signal at the user terminal, the signal traveling from the user terminal to the private base station and back from the private base station to the user terminal.

19. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the private base station is configured to receive the data on the travel time measured by the user terminal as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the private base station and a moment of reception of the signal at the private base station, the signal propagating from the private base station to the user terminal and back from the user terminal to the private base station.

20. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the private base station is configured to receive the data on the travel time measured by the user terminal as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the user terminal and a moment of reception of the signal at the private base station.

21. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the user terminal is configured to measure the travel time as a duration between a moment of transmission of a signal at the private base station and a moment of reception of the signal at the user terminal.

22. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the first core network is configured to measure quality of service in a cell of the public base station where the private base station resides;

and

where the first core network is configured to form a control signal on the basis of the quality of service and to send the control signal to the private base station of the second core network for decreasing the transmission power of the private base station if the measured quality is lower than a predetermined reference quality.

23. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the user terminal is configured to measure the travel time and to signal the data on the travel time to the private base station for controlling the transmission power of the private base station.

24. The radio system of claim 16, wherein the user terminal is configured to measure the travel time and to signal the travel time to the first core network;

and

the first core network is configured to send the control signal to the private base station for controlling the transmission power of the private base station.

25. A private base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including computer program code,

the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the private base station to perform at least the following;

communicating wirelessly with a user terminal via a first channel of communication, where the user terminal and the private base station are in a second core network;

adjusting a transmission power of the private base station;

receiving data on a travel time, measured by the user terminal, depending on a propagation delay between the private base station and the user terminal of the second core network from a first core network having at least one public base station, and providing a second channel of communication between the private base station and the at least one public base station separate and independent of the first channel of communication, wherein the data on the travel time is received on the second channel of communication; and

outputting a control signal for decreasing the transmission power of the private base station if the received travel time is longer than a predetermined reference time.

26. A radio system comprising:

at least two core networks comprising a first core network and a second core network, where the first core network comprises at least one public base station and a base station controller, where the second core network comprises a private base station configured to communicate wirelessly with a user terminal via a first channel of communication, the first core network configured to at least partially provide a second channel of communication between the private base station of the second core network and the at least one public base station of the first core network separate and independent of the first channel of communication;

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the private base station to perform at least the following;

adjusting transmission power of the private base station;

receiving, via the second channel of communication, data on a travel time, measured by the user terminal and/or the private base station, depending on a propagation delay between the private base station and the user terminal from the second core network; and

outputting from the first core network a control signal for decreasing the transmission power of the private base station of the second core network if the received travel time is longer than a predetermined reference time.