Radio communication system, base station apparatus and radio communication method

• US 9,769,809 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Nagata, Satoshi, Takeda, Kazuaki, Takahashi, Hideaki, Kishiyama, Yoshihisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): HYUN, SOON D
• Application Number:
  US14/387,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20150029982A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,646 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0023 Interference mitigation or co-ordination direct sequence spread spectrum [DSSS] systems H04B1/7097; frequency hopping H04B1/713; allocation criteria for ingress interference avoidance H04L5/0062; frequency allocation criteria for requirements on out-of-channel emissions H04L5/0066; arrangements for removing intersymbol interference or baseband equalisers H04L25/03006; peak power aspects in multicarrier modulation H04L27/2614; power management H04W52/00; traffic scheduling H04W72/54, H04W72/541
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/00 Access restriction access security to prevent unauthorised access H04W12/08; Network selection; Access point selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

The present invention is designed to report parameters related to techniques provided for in the LTE-A system to a user terminal with adequate timing. The radio communication method of the present invention provides a radio communication method in a radio communication system having a base station apparatus that is configured in compliance with LTE-Advanced system standards, and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, and, in this radio communication method, the base station apparatus generates downlink control channel information related to an enhanced physical downlink control channel, and notifies the downlink control channel information to the user terminal using an RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal, and the user terminal receives the RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal, and sets up the downlink control channel information.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprising a base station apparatus that is configured in compliance with an LTE-Advanced system standard, and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, wherein:

the base station apparatus comprises;

a generating section that generates cell-specific reference signal formation related to a cell-specific reference signal; and

a notifying section that notifies, using an RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal, the user terminal of the cell-specific reference signal information comprising at least one of information about a number of antenna ports of the cell-specific reference signal and information about an MBSFN configuration; and

the user terminal comprises;

a receiving section that receives the RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal; and

a setting section that sets up the cell-specific reference signal information.

2. A radio communication system comprising a base station apparatus that is configured in compliance with an LTE-Advanced system standard, and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, wherein:

the base station apparatus comprises;

a generating section that generates uplink reference signal information related to an uplink DM-RS (Demodulation-Reference Signal);

a notifying section that notifies the user terminal of the uplink reference signal information using an RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal; and

the user terminal comprises;

a receiving section that receives the RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal; and

a setting section that sets up the uplink reference signal information,

wherein the uplink reference signal information comprises information about an amount of offset from a physical uplink control channel sequence.

3. A base station apparatus in a radio communication system comprising the base station apparatus that is configured in compliance with an LTE-Advanced system standard, and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising;

a generating section that generates cell-specific reference signal information related to a cell-specific reference signal; and

a notifying section that notifies, using an RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal, the user terminal of the cell-specific reference signal information comprising at least one of information about a number of antenna ports of the cell-specific reference signal and information about an MBSFN configuration.

4. A base station apparatus in a radio communication system comprising the base station apparatus that is configured in compliance with an LTE-Advanced system standard, and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

a generating section that generates uplink reference signal information related to an uplink DM-RS (Demodulation-Reference Signal); and

a notifying section that notifies the user terminal of the uplink reference signal information using an RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal,

wherein the uplink reference signal information comprises information about an amount of offset from a physical uplink control channel sequence.

5. A radio communication method in a radio communication system comprising a base station apparatus that is configured in compliance with an LTE-Advanced system standard, and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, the radio communication method comprising the steps of:

at the base station apparatus;

generating cell-specific reference signal information related to a cell-specific reference signal; and

notifying, using an RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal, the user terminal of the cell-specific reference signal information comprising at least one of information about a number of antenna ports of the cell specific reference signal and information about an MBSFN configuration; and

at the user terminal;

receiving the RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal; and

setting up the cell-specific reference signal information.

6. A radio communication method in a radio communication system comprising a base station apparatus that is configured in compliance with an LTE-Advanced system standard, and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform radio communication with the base station apparatus, the radio communication method comprising the steps of:

at the base station apparatus;

generating uplink reference signal information related to an uplink DM-RS (Demodulation-Reference Signal);

notifying the user terminal of the uplink reference signal information using air RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal; and

at the user terminal;

receiving the RRC Connection Reconfiguration signal; and

setting up the uplink reference signal information,

wherein the uplink reference signal information comprises information about an amount of offset from a physical uplink control channel sequence.