Preamble transmission method, mobile station, mobile communication system, preamble transmission program and computer data signal

• US 7,787,519 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2002
• Issued: 08/31/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Suwa, Shingo, Sawahashi, Mamoru, Atarashi, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): PUENTE, EVA YI ZHENG
• Application Number:
  US10/250,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20040071194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,853 Days
• Field of Search: 370/441, 370/431, 370/335, 370/329, 370/320, 370/318, 375/141, 375/146, 375/259, 375/232, 375/148, 375/140, 375/130, 455/522, 455/448, 455/436, 455/443
• US Class Current: 375/146
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70701 featuring pilot assisted reception
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/08 by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/026 using code division
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal

Abstract

With the object of efficiently transmitting a variety of different information signals by utilizing the multi-carrier characteristics of Multi-carrier/DS-CDMA, the present invention is characterized in that, when, in an uplink transmission from a plurality of mobile stations to a base station, the mobile stations transmit a preamble to the base station before transmitting an information symbol sequence, the mobile stations individually select a carrier from among a plurality of carriers, and, up until receiving a preamble receipt confirmation signal from the base station with a prescribed maximum number of preamble transmissions serving as an upper limit number; the mobile stations repeatedly transmit a preamble by means of the selected carrier and vary the transmission power used for the transmissions of each carrier.

Claims

1. A preamble transmission method according to which, in an uplink transmission from each of a plurality of mobile stations to a base station, to which a direct sequence code division multiple access system that employs a plurality of carriers, is applied, the mobile stations transmit a preamble to the base station before transmitting an information symbol sequence, comprising:

a first carrier selection step in which the mobile stations select at least two carriers from among the plurality of carriers;

a transmission control step in which the preamble is repeatedly transmitted by the at least two selected carriers from each mobile station until a preamble receipt confirmation signal is received at each of the mobile station from the base stations for the associated transmitted preamble with a predetermined maximum number of preamble transmissions serving as an upper limit number as to each selected preamble transmission;

a power control step in which the mobile stations repeatedly vary the transmission power used for the repeated transmissions of the preamble of each selected carrier on the basis of at least one of total transmitted packet volume and transmitted packet volume by each carrier reported by the base station, a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence, and the number of carriers transmitting a preamble;

a second carrier selection step in which the mobile stations further select a symbol sequence carrier for transmitting the information symbol sequence from among each of the plurality of carriers for which the preamble receipt confirmation signal has been received from the base station; and

an information symbol sequence transmission step in which the mobile stations transmit the information symbol sequence by the selected symbol sequence carrier.

2. The preamble transmission method according to claim 1, wherein, in the first carrier selection step, the mobile stations select each carrier on the basis of at least one of total transmitted packet volume and transmitted packet volume of each carrier reported by the base station, and a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence.

3. The preamble transmission method according to claim 1, wherein, in the transmission control step, the mobile stations allocate a spreading code pattern to the transmitted preamble on the basis of predetermined rules.

4. The preamble transmission method according to claim 3, wherein, in the transmission control step, the mobile stations vary the spreading code pattern allocated to the preamble on the basis of at least one of a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence.

5. The preamble transmission method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a third carrier selection step in which, after receiving preamble receipt confirmation signals from the base station, the mobile stations select a collision carrier from among each of the carriers associated with each received preamble receipt confirmation signal; and

a collision sensing signal transmission step in which the mobile stations transmit a preamble used for sensing a collision with another mobile station by the selected collision carrier.

13. The preamble transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the power control step includes repeatedly varying the transmission power used for the repeated transmissions of the preamble of each selected carrier on the basis of total transmitted packet volume and transmitted packet volume by each carrier reported by the base station.

14. The preamble transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the power control step includes repeatedly varying the transmission power used for the repeated transmissions of the preamble of each selected carrier on the basis of a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence.

15. The preamble transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the power control step includes repeatedly varying the transmission power used for the repeated transmissions of the preamble of each selected carrier on the basis of the number of carriers transmitting a preamble.

6. A mobile station which, in an uplink transmission from this mobile station to a base station to which a direct sequence code division multiple access system that employs a plurality of carriers, is applied, transmits a preamble before transmitting an information symbol sequence, comprising:

carrier selection control means for selecting at least two carriers from among the plurality of carriers;

transmission control means for repeatedly transmitting the preamble by the at least two selected carriers with the preamble transmission for each selected carrier of the two selected carriers being repeated until a preamble receipt confirmation signal is received at the mobile station from the base station for the associated carrier preamble with a predetermined maximum number of preamble transmissions serving as an upper limit number; and

power control means for exercising control so as to vary the transmission power used for the transmissions of the preamble of each carrier of the at least two carriers,

wherein the power control means exercises control so as to vary the transmission power of the preamble of each carrier of the at least two carriers on the basis of at least one of total transmitted packet volume and transmitted packet volume of each carrier reported by the base station, a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence, and the number of carriers transmitting the preamble;

the carrier selection control means further selects a symbol sequence carrier for transmitting the information symbol sequence from among each of the plurality of carriers for which the preamble receipt confirmation signal has been received from the base station; and

the transmission control means transmits the information symbol sequence by the selected symbol sequence carrier.

7. The mobile station according to claim 6, wherein the carrier selection control means selects the at least two carriers on the basis of at least one of total transmitted packet volume and transmitted packet volume of each carrier reported by the base station, and a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence.

8. The mobile station according to claim 6, further comprising:

pattern allocation control means for allocating a spreading code pattern to the transmitted preamble on the basis of predetermined rules.

9. The mobile station according to claim 8, wherein the pattern allocation control means varies the spreading code pattern allocated to the preamble being transmitted on the basis of at least one of a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence.

10. The mobile station according to claim 6, wherein the carrier selection control means further selects a collision carrier for transmitting a collision sensing preamble from among each of the plurality of carriers for which the preamble receipt confirmation signal has been received from the base station;

and

the transmission control means transmits the selected collision sensing preamble used for sensing a collision with another mobile station by the selected collision carrier.

11. A mobile communications system which comprises a base station and a plurality of mobile stations, and according to which a direct sequence code division multiple access system that employs a plurality of carriers, is applied to an uplink transmission from the mobile stations to the base station,

wherein each of the mobile stations includes:

carrier selection control means for selecting at least two carriers from among the plurality of carriers;

transmission control means for repeatedly transmitting a preamble by the at least two selected carriers with the preamble transmission for each selected carrier of the two selected carriers being repeated until a preamble receipt confirmation signal is received at each of the mobile stations from the base station for the associated carrier preamble with a predetermined maximum number of preamble transmissions serving as an upper limit number; and

power control means for exercising control so as to vary the transmission power used for the transmissions of the preamble of each carrier of the at least two carriers,

wherein the power control means exercises control so as to vary the transmission power of the preamble of each carrier of the at least two carriers on the basis of at least one of total transmitted packet volume and transmitted packet volume of each carrier reported by the base station, a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence, and the number of carriers transmitting the preamble;

the carrier selection control means further selects a symbol sequence carrier for transmitting the information symbol sequence from among each of the plurality of carriers for which the preamble receipt confirmation signal has been received from the base station; and

the transmission control means transmits the information symbol sequence by the selected symbol sequence carrier.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by a mobile station in an uplink transmission from the mobile station to a base station to which a direct sequence code division multiple access system that employs a plurality of carriers, is applied, transmits a preamble before transmitting an information symbol sequence, cause the mobile station to perform a method, comprising:

selecting at least two carrier from among the plurality of carriers;

repeatedly transmitting the preamble by the at least two selected carriers with the preamble transmission for each selected carrier of the two selected carriers being repeated until a preamble receipt confirmation signal is received at the mobile station from the base station for the associated carrier preamble with a predetermined maximum number of preamble transmissions serving as an upper limit number;

varying the transmission power used for the transmissions of the preamble of each carrier of the at least two carriers;

varying the transmission power of the preamble of each carrier of the at least two carriers on the basis of at least one of total transmitted packet volume and transmitted packet volume of each carrier reported by the base station, a priority level and information volume of the transmitted information symbol sequence, and the number of carriers transmitting the preamble;

selecting a symbol sequence carrier for transmitting the information symbol sequence from among each of the plurality of carriers for which the preamble receipt confirmation signal has been received from the base station; and

transmitting the information symbol sequence by the selected symbol sequence carrier.