Base station, radio communications system, control method of base station, radio communications method and control program

• US 9,155,099 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2009
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Nakamura, Toshifumi, Hamabe, Kojiro, Ariyoshi, Masayuki, Muraoka, Kazushi
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US13/125,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20110207500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,212 Days
• Field of Search: 455/522, 455/69, 455/234.1, 455/245.1, 455/556.1, 455/450, 455/436, 455/25, 455/114.3, 455/41.1, 455/232.1, 370/335, 370/235
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70702 Intercell-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/709709 Methods of preventing interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/244 Interferences in heterogeneous networks, e.g. among macro and femto or pico cells or other sector / system interference [OSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0473 the resource being transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference

Abstract

[Problems] Because it is not possible to reduce sufficiently the number of base stations that starts uselessly in spite of being in light traffic state, it is not possible to lower interference between adjacent cells and power consumption sufficiently.

[Measures] A base station receives a transmission signal from a mobile station to other base station, and starts transmission of a control signal with predetermined power depending on a reception condition of the transmission signal.

Claims

1. A base station comprising:

a decision unit which receives a transmission signal from a mobile station to another base station whose cell overlaps partially with a cell of the base station and decides a reception condition of the transmission signal;

a state change control unit which controls transition of a state of the base station between a sleep state, in which signal transmission from the base station is suspended, and a normal state, in which signal transmission from the base station is performed, based on a decision result of the decision unit; and

a transmission control unit which controls start and suspension of signal transmission of a control signal including a pilot signal with predetermined power based on an instruction of the state change control unit.

2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein

said decision unit includes a mobile station signal estimation unit which outputs said reception condition as a measurement result of a received power of the transmission signal from said mobile station to said other base station in upstream band

which is compared with a predetermined threshold value for changing the state of the base station,

wherein the state change control unit instructs the transmission control unit to suspend the signal transmission when the mobile station estimation unit outputs said measurement result, while in the normal state, which goes below a predetermined power for changing the state to the sleep state, and

wherein the state change control unit instructs the transmission control unit to start the signal transmission when the mobile station estimation unit outputs said measurement result, while in the sleep state, which exceeds a predetermined power for changing the state to the normal state.

3. The base station according to claim 2, further comprising:

a measurement management unit which receives a load concerning the other base station and instructs the mobile station signal estimation unit to perform operate when the load is higher than a predetermined threshold value.

4. The base station according to claim 1, wherein said decision unit includes a calling signal detection unit which detects a connection request from the mobile station to the other base station by identification information unique to the other base station included in the transmission signal from the mobile station and outputs said reception condition as a detection condition of the connection request from said mobile station to said other base station, and

wherein the state change control unit instructs the transmission control unit to start the signal transmission when the calling signal detection unit outputs said detection condition, while in the sleep state, which indicates that the connection request from the mobile station to the other base station is detected.

5. The base station according to claim 4, further comprising:

a detection management unit which received a load concerning the other base station and instructs the calling signal detection unit to perform operation when the load is higher than a predetermined threshold value.

6. The base station according to claim 1, wherein said decision unit includes a code judgment unit which judges the transmission signal from the mobile station by using radio resources allocation information being used by the other base station and outputs said reception condition as a judgment result of the transmission signal from said mobile station to said other base station, and

wherein the state change control unit instructs the transmission unit to start the signal transmission when the code judgment unit outputs said judgment result, while in the sleep state, which indicates that the radio resources allocation information is included in the transmission signal from the mobile station.

7. The base station according to claim 6, further comprising:

a judgment management unit which receives a load concerning the other base station and instructs the code judgment unit to perform operation when the load is higher than a predetermined threshold value.

8. A control method of a base station comprising:

receiving a transmission signal from a mobile station to another base station whose cell overlaps partially with a cell of the base station;

deciding a reception condition of the transmission signal;

controlling transition of a state of the base station between a sleep state, in which signal transmission from the base station is suspended and a normal state, in which signal transmission from the base station is performed, based on a result of deciding the reception condition; and

controlling start and suspension of signal transmission of a control signal including a pilot signal with predetermined power based on a result of said controlling transition step.

9. The control method of a base station according to claim 8, wherein said deciding step includes a mobile station signal estimating step which outputs said reception condition is a measurement result of a received power of the transmission signal from said mobile station to said other base station in upstream band, which is compared with a predetermined threshold value for changing the state of the base station,

wherein said controlling start and suspension step suspends the signal transmission based on a result of said controlling transition step when said mobile station signal estimating step outputs said measurement result, while in the normal state, which goes below a predetermined power for changing the state to the sleep state, and

wherein said controlling start and suspension step starts the signal transmission based on a result of said controlling transition step when said mobile station signal estimating step outputs said measurement result, while in the sleep state, which exceeds a predetermined power for changing the state to the normal state.

10. The control method of a base station according to claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a load concerning the other base station and performing said mobile station signal estimating step when the load is higher than a predetermined threshold value.

11. The control method of a base station according to claim 8, wherein said deciding step includes a calling signal detecting step which detects a connection request from the mobile station to the other base station by identification information unique to the other base station included in the transmission signal from the mobile station and outputs said reception condition as a detection condition of the connection request from said mobile station to said other base station, and

wherein said controlling start and suspension step starts the signal transmission based on a result of said controlling transition step when the calling signal detecting step outputs said detection condition, while in the sleep state, which indicates that the connection request from the mobile station to the other base station is detected.

12. The control method of a base station according to claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a load concerning the other base station and performing said calling signal detecting step when the load is higher than a predetermined threshold value.

13. The control method of a base station according to claim 8, wherein said deciding step includes a code judging step which judges the transmission signal from the mobile station by using radio resources allocation information being used by the other base station and outputs said reception condition as a judgment result of the transmission signal from said mobile station to said other base station, and

wherein said controlling start and suspension step starts the signal transmission based on a result of said controlling transition step when the code judging step outputs said judgment result, while in the sleep state, which indicates that the radio resources allocation information is included in the transmission signal from the mobile station.

14. The control method of a base station according to claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a load concerning the other base station and performing said code judging step when the load is higher than a predetermined threshold value.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as:

a decision function to receive a transmission signal from a mobile station to another base station whose cell overlaps partially with a cell of the base station, and to decide a reception condition of the transmission signal;

a state change control function to control transition of a state of the base station between a sleep state, in which signal transmission from the base station is suspended, and a normal state, in which signal transmission from the base station is performed, based on a decision result of the decision function; and

a transmission control function to control start and suspension of signal transmission of a control signal including a pilot signal with predetermined power based on an instruction of the state change control function.