Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method and computer program

• US 9,432,111 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2014
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takano, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S
• Application Number:
  US14/482,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20140376449A1
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• Field of Search: 370/315, 370/328, 370/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15542 Selecting at relay station its transmit and receive resources selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02; arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path by two-dimensional division of the resources H04L5/0003, or by allocating sub-channels H04L5/003
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/005 of intercell interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0062 Avoidance of ingress interference, e.g. ham radio channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/047 using dedicated repeater stations

Abstract

By deciding positions of frequencies used via a relay station by a system in advance for assignment of boundary frequencies, frequencies of a central frequency more likely to be affected by the relay station are also mapped by avoiding a signal thereof. Alternatively, an adjacent cell whose central frequency is affected changes depending on a position of the relay station and thus, locations set to be highly likely to interfere with the central frequency of the adjacent cell is reduced by setting a region of the boundary frequencies permitted to the relay station in accordance with the position of the relay station.

Claims

1. A base station in a first cell, the base station comprising:

a position information holding circuit that stores first position information of each relay station in the first cell;

a backhaul communication circuit that receives second position information of each relay station in a second cell from a second base station in the second cell, the position information holding circuit storing the second position information of each relay station in the second cell;

a relay station frequency assignment circuit that assigns frequency bands for each relay station of the first cell in accordance with the first position information and the second position information;

a notification circuit that notifies the second base station in the second cell of interference information that includes at least a level of interference from the second cell, a level of power for managing radio resources, or the determined frequency bands; and

a scheduling circuit that schedules the radio resources in the first cell according to the interference information, wherein

each of the first cell and the second cell include a center region and a boundary region.

2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the first cell is adjacent to the second cell.

3. The base station according to claim 2, wherein each center region uses a central frequency and each boundary region uses a boundary frequency.

4. The base station according to claim 3, wherein each of the first cell and the second cell permits installation of a relay station that relays communication between a base station and a mobile station.

5. The base station according to claim 4, wherein

an assignment to the relay station in the first cell is restricted to a restricted band on the first cell side, and

a frequency to the mobile station in the second cell is assigned by avoiding the restricted band or by lowering a degree of priority on the second cell side.

6. The base station according to claim 4, wherein

the notification circuit notifies the second base station of a restricted band, and

the scheduling circuit schedules the radio resources while conforming to the restricted band.

7. The base station according to claim 6, further comprising a relay station frequency assignment decision circuit that decides the restricted band of boundary frequencies to be assigned to the relay station.

8. The base station according to claim 6, wherein when the second base station is notified of the restricted band, the scheduling circuit assigns a central frequency of the first cell by avoiding the restricted band of the adjacent cell or lowering an order of priority thereof.

9. A communication method, performed by a base station in a first cell, the communication method comprising:

storing, by a position information holding circuit, first position information of each relay station in the first cell;

receiving, by backhaul communication circuit, second position information of each relay station in a second cell from a second base station in the second cell;

storing, by the position information holding circuit, the second position information of each relay station of the second cell;

assigning, by a relay station frequency assignment circuit, frequency bands for each relay station of the first cell in accordance with the first position information and the second position information;

notifying, by a notification circuit of the base station, the second base station in the second cell of interference information that includes at least a level of interference from the second cell, a level of power for managing radio resources, or the determined frequency bands; and

scheduling, by a scheduling circuit of the base station, the radio resources in the first cell according to the interference information, wherein

each of the first cell and the second cell include a center region and a boundary region.

10. The communication method according to claim 9, wherein

the first cell is adjacent to the second cell, and

each center region uses a central frequency and each boundary region uses a boundary frequency.

11. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein each of the first cell and the second cell permits installation of a relay station that relays communication between a base station and a mobile station.

12. The communication method according to claim 11, further comprising:

restricting an assignment, to the relay station in the first cell, to a restricted band on the first cell side, and

assigning a frequency to the mobile station in the second cell by avoiding the restricted band or by lowering a degree of priority on the second cell side.

13. The communication method according to claim 12, further comprising deciding the restricted band of boundary frequencies to be assigned to the relay station.

14. The communication method according to claim 12, further comprising:

when the second base station is notified of the restricted band, the scheduling circuit assigns a central frequency of the first cell by avoiding the restricted band of the adjacent cell or lowering an order of priority thereof.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by a base station in a first cell, the base station including circuitry, causes the base station to:

store first position information of each relay station in the first cell;

receive second position information of each relay station in a second cell from a second base station in the second cell;

store the second position information of each relay station in the second cell;

assign frequency bands for each relay station of the first cell in accordance with the first position information and the second position information;

notify the second base station in the second cell of interference information that includes at least a level of interference from the second cell, a level of power for managing radio resources, or the determined frequency bands; and

schedule the radio resources in the first cell according to e interference information, wherein

each of the fir t cell and he second cell include a center region and a boundary region.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein

the first cell is adjacent to the second cell, and

each center region uses a central frequency and each boundary region uses a boundary frequency.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein each of the first cell and the second cell permits installation of a relay station that relays communication between a base station and a mobile station.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein

an assignment to the relay station in the first cell is restricted to a restricted band on the first cell side, and

a frequency to the mobile station in the second cell is assigned by avoiding the restricted band or by lowering a degree of priority on the second cell side.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein the base station is further caused to:

notify the second base station of a restricted band; and

schedule the radio resources while conforming to the restricted band.