Wireless communication system, mobile station, base station and wireless communication method

• US 9,560,606 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Seyama, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): West, Lewis
• Application Number:
  US13/925,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20130281148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,317 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/30 using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range

Abstract

In a wireless communication system capable of wireless communication by using multiple frequency bands at the same time, a mobile station includes an uplink transmitting unit, which transmits allowable power difference between frequency bands and limitation node information indicating an object of power limitation in transmission power control of the mobile station to a base station, and a transmission-power control unit, which controls transmission power on the basis of a TPC command received from the base station, and the base station includes a TPC-command generating unit, which generates a TPC command on the basis of the allowable power difference between frequency bands and the limitation mode information, and a transmitting unit, which transmits the TPC command to the mobile station.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system capable of wireless communication between a mobile station and a base station by using multiple frequency bands at the same time, wherein

the mobile station includes:

a baseband unit that synthesizes a plurality of signals of the multiple frequency bands;

an uplink transmitting unit that transmits to the base station allowable power difference between frequency bands and mode information indicating an object of power limitation which differs depending on whether the baseband unit synthesizes a plurality of signals of frequency domain or a plurality of signals of time domain, the object of power limitation being a transmission power value when the baseband unit is configured to synthesize the signals of time domain obtained by performing the inverse Fourier transform on the signals of frequency domain, the object of power limitation being a power spectral density of the transmission power value when the baseband unit is configured to synthesize the signals of frequency domain by performing the inverse Fourier transform having a size to cover all frequency of the signals of frequency domain; and

a transmission-power control unit that controls transmission power based on a transmission power control command received from the base station, and

the base station includes;

a generating unit that generates a transmission power control command to limit difference in the transmission power value between the frequency bands within the allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the transmission power value, and generates a transmission power control command to limit difference in the power spectral density of the transmission power value between the frequency bands within the allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the power spectral density of the transmission power value; and

a downlink transmitting unit that transmits the transmission power control command to the mobile station.

2. A mobile station capable of transmitting and receiving radio signals by using multiple frequency bands at the same time, the mobile station comprising:

a baseband unit that synthesizes a plurality of signals of the multiple frequency bands;

a transmitting unit that transmits to a base station mode information indicating an object of power limitation which differs depending on whether the baseband unit synthesizes a plurality of signals of frequency domain or a plurality of signals of time domain, the object of power limitation being a transmission power value when the baseband unit is configured to synthesize the signals of time domain obtained by performing the inverse Fourier transform on the signals of frequency domain, the object of power limitation being a power spectral density of the transmission power value when the baseband unit is configured to synthesize the signals of frequency domain by performing the inverse Fourier transform having a size to cover all frequency of the signals of frequency domain; and

a transmission-power control unit that controls transmission power based on a transmission power control command received from the base station, the transmission power control command limiting difference in the transmission power value between the frequency bands within allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the transmission power value, and limiting difference in the power spectral density of the transmission power value between the frequency bands within the allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the power spectral density of the transmission power value.

3. The mobile station according to claim 2, wherein

the transmitting unit further transmits the allowable power difference between the multiple frequency bands to the base station.

4. A base station capable of transmitting and receiving radio signals by using multiple frequency bands at the same time, the base station comprising:

a generating unit that generates a transmission power control command based on allowable power difference between frequency bands and mode information indicating an object of power limitation which differs depending on whether a baseband unit of the mobile station synthesizes a plurality of signals of frequency domain or a plurality of signals of time domain, the object of power limitation being a transmission power value when the baseband unit of the mobile station is configured to synthesize the signals of time domain obtained by performing the inverse Fourier transform on the signals of frequency domain, the object of power limitation being a power spectral density of the transmission power value when the baseband unit of the mobile station is configured to synthesize the signals of frequency domain by performing the inverse Fourier transform having a size to cover all frequency of the signals of frequency domain; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the transmission power control command to the mobile station, wherein

the generating unit generates a transmission power control command to limit difference in the transmission power value between the frequency bands within the allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the transmission power value, and generates a transmission power control command to limit difference in the power spectral density of the transmission power value between the frequency bands within the allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the power spectral density of the transmission power value.

5. A wireless communication method in a wireless communication system capable of wireless communication between a mobile station and a base station by using multiple frequency bands at the same time, the wireless communication method comprising:

the mobile station transmitting to the base station allowable power difference between frequency bands and mode information indicating an object of power limitation which differs depending on whether a baseband unit of the mobile station synthesizes a plurality of signals of frequency domain or a plurality of signals of time domain, the object of power limitation being a transmission power value when the baseband unit of the mobile station is configured to synthesize the signals of time domain obtained by performing the inverse Fourier transform on the signals of frequency domain, the object of power limitation being a power spectral density of the transmission power value when the baseband unit of the mobile station is configured to synthesize the signals of frequency domain by performing the inverse Fourier transform having a size to cover all frequency of the signals of frequency domain;

the base station generating a transmission power control command to limit difference in the transmission power value between the frequency bands within the allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the transmission power value, generating a transmission power control command to limit difference in the power spectral density of the transmission power value between the frequency bands within the allowable power difference when the mode information indicates the object of power limitation is the power spectral density of the transmission power value and transmitting the generated transmission power control command to the mobile station; and

the mobile station controlling transmission power based on the transmission power control command received from the base station.