Method for transmitting power offset information of secondary common pilot channel and radio network controller

• US 9,065,514 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Xiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Abelson, Ronald B
• Application Number:
  US13/991,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20130258990A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,336 Days
• Field of Search: 370/311, 370/328, 370/329
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0623 Auxiliary parameters, e.g. power control [PCB] or not acknowledged commands [NACK], used as feedback information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/16 Deriving transmission power values from another channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/40 during macro-diversity or soft handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/42 in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/54 Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure

Abstract

A method for transmitting power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel and a radio network control, including: after a drift radio network control receives request information sent by a serving radio network control and used for requesting the drift radio network control to feed back power offset information of respective secondary common pilot channels of managed target primary and secondary carrier cells, the drift radio network control setting following kinds of information elements with reference to MIMO pilot modes used respectively by target primary and secondary carrier cells: power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a single carrier cell, power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a primary carrier cell, and power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a secondary carrier cell, and feeding back set information elements to the serving radio network control through an IUR.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel, comprising:

a drift radio network control receiving request information sent by a serving radio network control and used for requesting the drift radio network control to feed back power offset information of respective secondary common pilot channels of target primary and secondary carrier cells managed by the drift radio network control,

the drift radio network control setting following information elements with reference to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells;

an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a single carrier cell, an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a primary carrier cell, and an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a secondary carrier cell, and feeding back the set information elements to the serving radio network control through an interconnection interface between the radio network controls;

wherein, the MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells include;

whether the target primary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction and whether the target secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the step of the drift radio network control setting information elements with reference to MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells comprises:

when the drift radio network control judges that the target primary and secondary carrier cells do not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction, the drift radio network control setting the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell, the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell all as null.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the step of the drift radio network control setting information elements with reference to MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells comprises:

when the drift radio network control judges that the target primary and secondary carrier cells use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction, and when a power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell is the same with a power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell, the drift radio network control setting the power offset into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell, and setting both the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell as null.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the step of the drift radio network control setting information elements with reference to MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells comprises:

when the drift radio network control judges that the target primary and secondary carrier cells use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction, while a power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell is different from a power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell, the drift radio network control setting the information element the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell as null, setting the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and setting the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the step of the drift radio network control setting information elements with reference to MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells comprises:

when the drift radio network control judges that the target primary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction, while the target secondary carrier cell does not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, the drift radio network control setting the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell as null, setting the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and setting the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell as null.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the step of the drift radio network control setting information elements with reference to MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells comprises:

when the drift radio network control judges that the target primary carrier cell does not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction, and the target secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, the drift radio network control setting the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell as null, setting the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell as null, and setting the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell.

7. The method according to claim 1, after the step of the drift radio network control feeding back the set information elements to the serving radio network control through an interconnection interface between the radio network controls, further comprising:

after the serving radio network control receives the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell, the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell fed back by the drift radio network control, determining the MIMO pilot modes used by the target primary and/or secondary carrier cell, and the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel corresponding to the MIMO pilot modes when the target primary carrier cell and/or the secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels, according to contents carried in the information element.

8. A method for receiving power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel, comprising:

when a terminal prepares to move across an interconnection interface (IUR) between radio network controls, a serving radio network control to which the terminal belongs sending request information to a drift radio network control, wherein, the request information is used for requesting the drift radio network control to feed back power offset information of respective secondary common pilot channels of target primary and secondary carrier cells managed by the drift radio network control; and

after the serving radio network control receiving following information elements which are set by the drift radio network control with reference to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells and fed back by the drift radio network control through the IUR;

an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a single carrier cell, an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a primary carrier cell, and an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a secondary carrier cell,

the serving radio network control determining the MIMO pilot modes used by the target primary carrier cell and/or the secondary carrier cell and the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel corresponding to the MIMO pilot modes when the target primary carrier cell and/or the secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels, according to contents carried in the information element;

wherein, the MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells include;

whether the target primary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction and whether the target secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein,

the serving radio network control is an old version of the serving radio network control, that is, a serving radio network control which can only identify the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell;

the step of the serving radio network control determining the MIMO pilot modes used by a target primary carrier cell and/or a secondary carrier cell, and the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel corresponding to the MIMO pilot modes when the target primary carrier cell and/or the secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels, according to contents carried in the information element comprises;

when the old version of the serving radio network control judges that the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell is null, determining that both the target primary carrier cell and the target secondary carrier cell do not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction;

when the old version of the serving radio network control judges that the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell is not null, determining that both the target primary carrier cell and the target secondary carrier cell use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, and the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell and the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell are the same, which both equal to a value of the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein,

the serving radio network control is a new version of the serving radio network control, that is, a serving radio network control which can identify following information elements:

the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell, the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell;

the step of the serving radio network control determining the MIMO pilot modes used by a target primary carrier cell and/or a secondary carrier cell, and the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel corresponding to the MIMO pilot modes when the target primary carrier cell and/or the secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels, according to contents carried in the information element comprises;

when the new version of the serving radio network control judges that the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell is not null, determining that both the target primary carrier cell and the target secondary carrier cell use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, and the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell and the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell are the same, which both equal to a value of the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell;

when the new version of the serving radio network control judges that the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell is null, and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell is not null, determining that the target primary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction and a value of the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell equals to a value of the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell;

when the new version of the serving radio network control judges that the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell is null and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell is null, determining that the target primary carrier cell does not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction;

when the new version of the serving radio network control judges that the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell is null, and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell is not null, determining that the target secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, and a value of the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell equals to a value of the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell;

when the new version of the serving radio network control judges that the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell is null, and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell is null, determining that the target secondary carrier cell does not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction.

11. A radio network control for transmitting power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel, wherein, the radio network control acts as a drift radio network control, and the radio network control comprises a receiving module, a setting module and a sending module, wherein

the receiving module is configured to receive request information sent by a serving radio network control, and the request information is used for requesting the drift radio network control to feed back power offset information of respective secondary common pilot channels of target primary and secondary carrier cells managed by the drift radio network control;

the setting module is configured to, after the receiving module receives the request information sent by the serving radio network control, set following information elements with reference to multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells;

an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a single carrier cell, an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a primary carrier cell, and an information element of power offset information of a secondary common pilot channel of a secondary carrier cell;

the sending module is configured to feed back the set information elements to the serving radio network control through an interconnection interface between the radio network controls;

wherein, the MIMO pilot modes used respectively by the target primary and secondary carrier cells include;

whether the target primary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction and whether the target secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction.

12. The radio network control according to claim 11, wherein,

the setting module comprises a first judgment unit and a first information element setting unit, wherein

the first judgment unit is configured to:

when judging that both the target primary and secondary carrier cells do not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in a downlink direction, notify the first information element setting unit;

the first information element setting unit is configured to;

set the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell, the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell all as null;

the setting module further comprises a second judgment unit and a second information element setting unit, wherein,

the second judgment unit is configured to;

when judging that both the target primary and secondary carrier cells use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, and a power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell and a power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell are the same, notify the second information element setting unit;

the second information element setting unit is configured to;

set the power offset into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell, and set the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell and the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell as null;

the setting module further comprises a third judgment unit and a third information element setting unit, wherein

the third judgment unit is configured to;

when judging that both the target primary and secondary carrier cells use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, while the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell and the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell are different, notify the third information element setting unit;

the third information element setting unit is configured to;

set the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell as null, set the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and set the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell;

the setting module further comprises a fourth judgment unit and a fourth information element setting unit, wherein

the fourth judgment unit is configured to;

when judging that the target primary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, while the target secondary carrier cell does not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, notify the fourth information element setting unit;

the fourth information element setting unit is configured to;

set the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell as null, set the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target primary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell, and set the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell as null;

the setting module further comprises a fifth judgment unit and a fifth information element setting unit, wherein,

the fifth judgment unit is configured to;

when judging that the target primary carrier cell does not use the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, and the target secondary carrier cell uses the MIMO pilot mode of the primary and secondary common pilot channels in the downlink direction, notify the fifth information element setting unit; and

the fifth information element setting unit is configured to;

set the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the single carrier cell as null, set the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the primary carrier cell as null, and set the power offset of the secondary common pilot channel of the target secondary carrier cell into the information element of the power offset information of the secondary common pilot channel of the secondary carrier cell.