Base station, mobile station and common information communicating method

• US 8,958,374 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2009
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kishiyama, Yoshihisa, Tanno, Motohiro, Sawahashi, Mamoru
• Primary Examiner(s): HALIYUR, VENKATESH N
• Application Number:
  US12/989,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20110110321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,126 Days
• Field of Search: 370328-463
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/707 using direct sequence modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0064 Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0092 Indication of how the channel is divided
• 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 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A base station for transmitting common information which is used in common by plural mobile stations includes a common information generating unit configured to generate the common information; a lower-layer control information generating unit configured to generate lower-layer control information indicating a radio resource where the common information is to be placed; a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the lower-layer control information and the common information into one or more frequency blocks among a plurality of frequency blocks included within a system bandwidth, the system bandwidth being divided into the plurality of frequency blocks each corresponding to a minimum value of maximum transmission and reception bandwidths used by the plural mobile stations; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the multiplexed lower-layer control information and common information.

Claims

1. A base station for transmitting common information which is used in common by plural mobile stations operating at different frequencies, comprising:

a common information generating unit configured to generate the common information including common control information and information indicating that the common control information is changed;

a lower-layer control information generating unit configured to generate lower-layer control information indicating a radio resource where the common information is to be placed;

a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the lower-layer control information into each of a plurality of frequency blocks included within a system bandwidth and multiplex the common information into one or more frequency blocks, the system bandwidth being divided into the plurality of frequency blocks each corresponding to a minimum value of maximum transmission and reception bandwidths used by the plural mobile stations, and the number of the one or more frequency blocks being smaller than the number of frequency blocks including the lower-layer control information; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the multiplexed lower-layer control information and common information at said different frequencies.

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

a spreading unit configured to spread the lower-layer control information and the common information with different spreading processes depending on the frequency blocks.

3. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the multiplexing unit multiplexes the lower-layer control information into a first subframe and multiplexes the common information into a second subframe after the first subframe.

4. A mobile station for receiving from a base station common information which is used in common by plural mobile stations operating at different frequencies, comprising:

a lower-layer control information receiving unit configured to receive lower-layer control information which is multiplexed into each frequency block among a plurality of frequency blocks included within a system bandwidth, the system bandwidth being divided into the plurality of frequency blocks each corresponding to a minimum value of maximum transmission and reception bandwidths used by the plural mobile stations; and

a common information receiving unit configured to receive the common information which is multiplexed into one or more frequency blocks based on the lower-layer control information, the common information including common control information and information indicating that the common control information is changed, the number of the one or more frequency blocks being smaller than the number of frequency blocks including the lower-layer control information.

5. The mobile station as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

a de-spreading and combining unit configured to de-spread and combine the lower-layer control information and the common information, which are received in different frequency blocks, with different de-spreading processes.

6. A common information communicating method for transmitting from a base station to a mobile station common information which is used in common by plural mobile stations operating at different frequencies, comprising the steps of:

generating, by the base station, the common information including common control information and information indicating that the common control information is changed;

generating, by the base station, lower-layer control information indicating a radio resource where the common information is to be placed;

multiplexing, by the base station, the lower-layer control information into each of a plurality of frequency blocks included within a system bandwidth and multiplexing the common information into one or more frequency blocks, the system bandwidth being divided into the plurality of frequency blocks each corresponding to a minimum value of maximum transmission and reception bandwidths used by the plural mobile stations, and the number of the one or more frequency blocks being smaller than the number of frequency blocks including the lower-layer control information;

transmitting, by the base station, the multiplexed lower-layer control information and common information at said different frequencies;

receiving, by the mobile station, the lower-layer control information; and

receiving, by the mobile station, the common information based on the lower-layer control information.