Base station device, mobile station device, communication system, and communication method

• US 9,456,430 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nogami, Toshizo, Aiba, Tatsushi, Yamada, Shohei, Tsuboi, Hidekazu, Uemura, Katsunari, Nakashima, Daiichiro, Suzuki, Shoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wei, Siren
• Application Number:
  US13/904,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20130250863A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,217 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0069 Cell search, i.e. determining cell identity [cell-ID] design of multiplexing codes H04J13/00; processing access restriction or access information H04W48/16; discovery of network devices for network data management H04W8/005; sounding signals for channel estimation H04L25/0226; structure of reference signals in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2613; frame, time or carrier synchronisation in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2655
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A communication system which performs communication between a base station device configuring at least one cell and a mobile station device, wherein: the base station device includes: a synchronization signal generation unit which generates a synchronization signal corresponding to a cell identity for identifying a cell; and a transmission unit which generates a first transmission signal including the synchronization signal using a first parameter obtained from the cell identity, generates a second transmission signal excluding the synchronization signal using a second parameter obtained from a virtual cell identity different from the cell identity, transmits the first transmission signal using a first frequency band, and transmits the second transmission signal via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The mobile station device includes: a reception unit which receives a first reception signal including the synchronization signal using the first parameter obtained from the cell identity via the first frequency band and receives a second reception signal using the second parameter obtained from the virtual cell identity via the second frequency band.

Claims

1. A base station device configured to communicate with a mobile station device by carrier aggregation using a first cell and a second cell, the base station device comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:

generate a synchronization signal corresponding to a first cell identity for identifying a cell; and

generate a first transmission signal including the synchronization signal, a first physical channel and a first reference signal, wherein the first physical channel and the first reference signal are generated based on the first cell identity, and generate a second transmission signal including a second physical channel and a second reference signal, wherein the second physical channel and the second reference signal are generated based on a second cell identity;

send information indicating the second cell identity; and

transmit the first transmission signal via a first frequency band, and transmit the second transmission signal via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, wherein

the second frequency band is a sub-component carrier with respect to the first frequency band, and

the processor is configured to, after the mobile station device establishes connection in the cell via a cell search using the synchronization signal in the first transmission signal, start to send the information, the information being carried by the first transmission signal.

2. The base station device according to claim 1, wherein the information indicating the second cell identity is included upper-layer control information that is control information of an upper layer.

3. The base station device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to map the first reference signal to a position obtained based on the first cell identity and map the second reference signal to a position obtained based on the second cell identity.

4. The base station device according to claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to scramble the first physical channel based on the first cell identity and scramble the second physical channel based on the second cell identity.

5. The base station device according to claim 4, wherein the first physical channel and the second physical channel includes at least one of physical broadcast channel, physical control channel and physical shared channel.

6. A mobile station device configured to communicate with a base station device by carrier aggregation using a first cell and a second cell, the mobile station device comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:

receive a first reception signal via a first frequency band and receive a second reception signal via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, wherein

the first reception signal includes a synchronization signal, a first physical channel and a first reference signal, wherein the first physical channel and the first reference signal are obtained using a first cell identity,

the second reception signal includes a second physical channel and a second reference signal, wherein the second physical channel and the second reference signal are obtained using a second cell identity, and

acquire information indicating the second cell identity, the information being carried by the first reception signal; and

extract the information from the first reception signal carried after the mobile station establishes connection in the cell via a cell search using the synchronization signal in the first reception signal, wherein

the second frequency band is a sub-component carrier with respect to the first frequency band.

7. The mobile station device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to acquire information indicating the second cell identity from upper-layer control information.

8. The mobile station device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to extract the first physical channel based on the first cell identity and extract the second physical channel based on the second cell identity.

9. The mobile station device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to extract the first reception signal based on a position obtained using the first cell identity and extract the second reception signal based on a position obtained using the second cell identity.

10. The mobile station device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to extract the first reception signal based on a sequence obtained using the first cell identity and extract the second reception signal based on a sequence obtained using the second cell identity.

11. The mobile station device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to descramble the first physical channel based on the first cell identity and descramble the second physical channel based on the second cell identity.

12. The mobile station device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to generate a third reference signal based on the first cell identity and generate a fourth reference signal based on the second cell identity;

and

transmit a signal including the third reference signal via a third frequency band corresponding to the first frequency band and transmit a signal including the fourth reference signal via a fourth frequency band corresponding to the second frequency band.

13. A communication method for use in a base station device configured to perform communication with a mobile station device, the communication method comprising:

(a) generating a synchronization signal corresponding to a first cell identity for identifying a cell;

(b) generating a first transmission signal including the synchronization signal, a first physical channel and a first reference signal, wherein the first physical channel and the first reference signal are generated based on the first cell identity;

(c) transmitting the first transmission signal via a first frequency band;

(d) generating the first transmission signal and a second transmission signal including a second physical channel and a second reference signal, wherein the second physical channel and the second reference signal are generated based on a second cell identity different from the first cell identity;

(e) sending information indicating the second cell identity; and

(f) transmitting the first transmission signal via a first frequency band and the second transmission signal via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band;

wherein

the second frequency band is a sub-component carrier with respect to the first frequency band, and

in (b) and (c), the communication method is comprised starting to send the information, the information being carried by the first transmission signal, after the mobile station device establishes connection in the cell via a cell search using the synchronization signal in the first transmission signal.

14. The communication method according to claim 13, wherein the base station device performs (c) prior to (e).

15. A communication method for use in a mobile station device configured to perform communication with a base station device by carrier aggregation using a first cell and a second cell, the communication method comprising:

(a) receiving a first reception signal via a first frequency band and a second reception signal via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, wherein

the first reception signal includes a synchronization signal, a first physical channel and a first reference signal, wherein the first physical channel and the first reference signal are obtained using a first cell identity,

the second reception signal includes a second physical channel and a second reference signal, wherein the second physical channel and the second reference signal are obtained using a second cell identity, and

(b) acquiring information indicating the second cell identity, the information being carried by the first reception signal;

(c) extracting, after the mobile station device establishes connection in the cell via a cell search using the synchronization signal in the first reception signal, the information from the first reception signal; and

the second frequency band is a sub-component carrier with respect to the first frequency band.

16. The communication method according to claim 15, wherein the mobile station device performs (b) prior to (c).