Apparatus and method for uplink power control of satellite and terrestrial integrated communication system

• US 9,871,579 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2016
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kang, Kun Seok, Hong, Tae Chul
• Primary Examiner(s): Diaby, Moustapha
• Application Number:
  US15/045,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20160241328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18539 Arrangements for managing radio, resources, i.e. for establishing or releasing a connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control

Abstract

In a satellite and terrestrial integrated communication system in which a satellite communication system and a terrestrial communication system share and use an identical frequency band, an interference to a mobile earth station (MES) of the satellite communication system using an identical frequency by an uplink signal transmitted to a base station of the terrestrial communication system by a user equipment (UE) may be mitigated. When a communication of the MES is requested, a satellite communication apparatus to perform resource block (RB) allocation for a satellite communication in the satellite and terrestrial integrated system may include a controller configured to allocate a first RB to the MES, and a communicator configured to transmit a use notification of the first RB to at least one terrestrial base station located in an interference range of an uplink signal of the MES.

Claims

1. A satellite communication apparatus for performing resource block (RB) allocation for a satellite communication in a satellite and terrestrial integrated communication system, the satellite communication apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to allocate a first RB to a mobile earth station (MES) when a communication of the MES is requested; and

a communicator configured to transmit a use notification of the first RB to at least one terrestrial base station located in an interference range of an uplink signal of the MES in response to the communication request of the MES,

wherein the use notification of the first RB comprises a power control request of a link to which the first RB is allocated, the power control request comprising a power control amount requirement to mitigate an interference of the uplink signal of the MES caused by the at least one terrestrial base station.

2. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one terrestrial base station is located in at least one area of a second satellite beam neighboring an area of a first satellite beam corresponding to the satellite communication apparatus.

3. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one terrestrial base station is a terrestrial base station to which the first RB is allocated to be used.

4. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the use notification of the first RB further comprises a use restriction request with respect to the first RB.

5. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 4, wherein the power control request further comprises at least one of information on a satellite beam in which an interference occurs, information on an RB to which a power control is requested, a signal quality difference value.

6. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a monitor configured to monitor a signal quality of a satellite uplink signal during the satellite communication,

wherein the communicator additionally transmits the use notification of the first RB to the at least one terrestrial base station when the signal quality is less than a threshold.

7. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communicator transmits a use cancel notification of the first RB to the at least one terrestrial base station when the satellite communication terminates.

8. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein when a satellite associated with the satellite communication is an on-board processing (OBP) satellite, the satellite communication apparatus is comprised in at least a portion of the satellite.

9. The satellite communication apparatus of claim 1, wherein when a satellite associated with the satellite communication is a bent-pipe satellite, the satellite communication apparatus is comprised in at least a portion of a satellite earth station connected to the satellite.

10. A terrestrial communication apparatus for performing a resource block (RB) allocation for a terrestrial communication in a satellite and terrestrial integrated communication system, the terrestrial communication apparatus comprising:

a communicator configured to receive a use notification of a first RB from a satellite communication apparatus in response to a communication request transmitted by a mobile earth station (MES) to the satellite communication apparatus; and

a controller configured to control an uplink power amount of the first RB when the use notification of the first RB is received to mitigate an interference of an uplink signal of the MES caused by a terrestrial base station located in an interference range of the uplink signal of the MES.

11. The terrestrial communication apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a calculator configured to determine a control amount of the uplink power for each terrestrial base station of the first RB.

12. The terrestrial communication apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control amount of the uplink power for each terrestrial base station is determined based on at least one of a satellite beam location, a terrestrial base station location, a total interference amount, a signal quality difference value.

13. The terrestrial communication apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control amount of the uplink power for each terrestrial base station is determined by a look-up table scheme based on a database comprising information on a satellite beam location, a terrestrial base station location, a total interference amount, and a power control requirement amount.

14. The terrestrial communication apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller limits an additional allocation of the first RB until a use cancel notification of the first RB is received from the satellite communication apparatus.

15. A satellite communication method of performing a resource block (RB) allocation for a satellite communication in a satellite and terrestrial integrated communication system, the satellite communication method comprising:

allocating a first RB to a mobile earth station (MES) when a communication of the MES is requested; and

transmitting a use notification of the first RB to at least one terrestrial base station located in an interference range of an uplink signal of the MES in response to the communication request of the MES,

wherein the use notification of the first RB comprises a power control request of a link to which the first RB is allocated, the power control request comprising a power control amount requirement to mitigate an interference of the uplink signal of the MES caused by the at least one terrestrial base station.

16. The satellite communication method of claim 15, wherein the at least one terrestrial base station is located in at least one area of a second satellite beam neighboring an area of a first satellite beam corresponding to a satellite communication apparatus configured to perform the satellite communication method.

17. The satellite communication method of claim 15, wherein the at least one terrestrial base station is a terrestrial base station to which the first RB is allocated to be used.

18. The satellite communication method of claim 15, wherein the use notification of the first RB further comprises a use restriction notification request with respect to the first.

19. The satellite communication method of claim 15, further comprising:

monitoring a signal quality of a satellite uplink signal during the satellite communication; and

additionally transmitting the use notification of the first RB to the at least one terrestrial base station when the signal quality is less than a threshold.

20. The satellite communication method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting a use cancel notification of the first RB to the at least one terrestrial base station when the satellite communication terminates.