Base station frequency assigning system for a mobile communications system

• US 6,032,046 A
• Filed: 06/27/1997
• Issued: 02/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Nakano, Shuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US08/884,167
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422, 455/446, 455/447, 455/449, 455/450, 455/451, 455/452, 455/509, 455/513, 455/514, 455/62, 455/63, 455/67.1, 455/437, 455/FOR 100, 455/FOR 104, 370/329, 370/332, 370/333, 370/341
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/04 Traffic adaptive resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/16 Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A base station frequency assigning system for a mobile communication system which is capable of assigning operational frequency for each base station in a short time is realized. Base stations 11(1) to 11(N) are grouped into small groups, which are grouped into large groups. A base station control station 13 notifies each small group of the respectively predetermined frequencies and each base station 11 in the respective groups measures the field intensity of each frequency by means of a frequency measuring unit 23. A frequency determining unit 24 determines the optical frequency and notifies the base station control station 13 of this frequency. A frequency assignment prohibiting information instructing unit 25 may limit in advance a frequency assignment of the base stations 11 which cannot obtain an adequate result of measurement. A frequency assignment can be quickly performed by grouping the base stations 11.

Claims

1. A base station frequency assigning system for a mobile communication system in which a plurality of base stations are connected to a base station control station, the base station control station is connected to both of an exchange and an operation and maintenance center, and base stations locating adjacent each other are grouped into a small group and small groups locating adjacent each other are grouped into a large group, said base station frequency assigning system comprising:

a frequency assignment prohibiting information instructing means, provided in said operation and maintenance center, for storing information of pairs of base stations in a same small group and having possibility of selecting same operational frequency due to geographical condition, and for instructing this state to said base station control station;

a frequency specifying means, provided in said base station control station, for specifying and notifying a group of frequencies as candidates of an operational frequency to each of base stations one by one in the manner that a different group of frequencies being specified to each of small groups belonging to the same large group and a same group of frequencies specified to small groups belonging to different large groups each other, and for dividing a group of frequencies into two subgroups containing different frequencies each other and notifying different subgroup of frequencies to each of pair of base stations instructed from said operation and maintenance center;

a frequency measuring means, provided in said each of base stations, for measuring field intensity of each of the group of frequencies being notified; and

a frequency determining means, provided in said each of base stations, for selecting an optimal frequency not interfering with other base stations out of the subgroup of frequencies being notified.

2. A base station frequency assigning system for a mobile communication system in which a plurality of base stations are connected to a base station control station, the base station control station is connected to both of an exchange and an operation and maintenance center, and base stations locating adjacent each other are grouped into a small group and small groups locating adjacent each other are grouped into a large group, said base station frequency assigning system comprising:

a frequency assignment prohibiting information instructing means, provided in said operation and maintenance center, for storing information of pairs of base stations in a same small group and having possibility of selecting a same operational frequency due to geographical condition, and for instructing this state to said base station control station;

a frequency specifying means, provided in said base station control station, for specifying and notifying a group of frequencies as candidates of an opereational frequency to each of base stations one by one in the manner that a different group of frequencies being specified to each of small groups belonging to the same large group and a same group of frequencies being specified to small groups belonging to different large groups each other;

a frequency measuring means, provided in said each of base stations, for measuring field intensity of each of the group of frequencies being notified;

a frequency determining means, provided in said each of base stations, for selecting an optimal frequency not interfering with other base stations out of the group of frequencies being notified, and for notifying the selected frequency to said base station control station; and

wherein, when the selected frequency is notified from said each base station, said frequency specifying means judges whether or not the same frequency has been selected by each of said pair of base stations instructed from said operation and maintenance center, and specifies again a group of frequencies excluding the selected frequency to one of said pair of base stations when the same frequency has been selected by both of said pair of base stations.

3. A base station frequency assigning system for a mobile communication system in which base stations located adjacent to each other are grouped in a small group and small groups located adjacent to each other are grouped into a large group, said base station frequency assigning system comprising:

a frequency assignment prohibiting information unit, which stores predetermined information regarding a group of base stations in a same small group having a capability of selecting a same operational frequency due to geographical location;

a frequency specifying unit, which specifies and notifies a group of frequencies as candidates of an operational frequency to each of base stations in a manner such that a different group of frequencies are specified to each of small groups belonging to a same large group and a same group of frequencies are specified to small groups belonging to different large groups, and divides a group of frequencies into subgroups containing different frequencies with respect to each other and notifies a different subgroup of frequencies to each of a group of base stations stored in the predetermined information in the frequency assignment prohibiting information unit; and

each of the base stations comprises a frequency measuring and determining unit, which measures a field intensity of each of frequencies and selects an optimal frequency that does not interfere with other base stations out of the subgroup of frequencies notified by the frequency specifying unit.

4. A base station frequency assigning system for a mobile communication system in which base stations located adjacent to each other are grouped in a small group and small groups located adjacent to each other are grouped into a large group, said base station frequency assigning system comprising:

a frequency assignment prohibiting information unit, which stores predetermined information regarding a group of base stations in a same small group having a capability of selecting a same operational frequency due to geographical location;

a frequency specifying unit, which specifies and notifies a group of frequencies as candidates of an operational frequency to each of base stations in a manner such that a different group of frequencies are specified to each of small groups belonging to a same large group and a same group of frequencies are specified to small groups belonging to different large groups; and

each of the base stations comprises a frequency measuring and determining unit, which measures a field intensity of each of frequencies and selects an optimal frequency that does not interfere with other base stations out of a subgroup of frequencies notified by the frequency specifying unit; and

wherein, when a same frequency has been selected by a plurality of base stations in said group of base stations stored as the predetermined information in the frequency assignment prohibiting information unit, the frequency assignment prohibiting information unit respecifies a group of frequencies excluding the selected frequency to remaining ones of the base stations excluding one base station in the group of base stations, the one base station having been selected to use the selected frequency.