IP Library Granted Patent US 7,483,710
Granted Patent B2
US 7,483,710 · App. 10/673,327 · Granted Jan 27, 2009

Transmission power control method, communication device, and radio communication system

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Patent No.
US 7,483,710
App. No.
10/673,327
Granted
Jan 27, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a radio communication system where, concerning the maximum allowable delay and the reception error rate as required values for QoS, a first mobile station group of which the maximum allowable delay is less than a reference value and the reception error rate is a reference value or more, and a second mobile station group of which the maximum allowable delay is a reference value or more and the reception error rate is less than a reference value coexist, the base station sets the transmission power margin for a mobile station of the first mobile station group to be higher than the transmission power margin for a mobile station of the second mobile station group, and a mobile station of the first mobile station group sets the transmission power margin to be higher than the transmission power margin of a mobile station of the second mobile station group.

Claims (31)

1. A transmission power control method in a radio communication system comprising a base station and mobile stations, comprising:

determining that a communication to be transmitted from the base station to the mobile station is either real-time traffic or non-real time traffic based on at least one of a transmission delay, maximum retransmission count and reception error rate corresponding to the communication;

determining a transmission power required for radio communication between the base station and the mobile stations;

setting a transmission power margin level added to the transmission power to a first value if the communication is real-time traffic and a second value if the communication is non-real time traffic, wherein the first value is greater than the second value; and

transmitting the communication from the base station to the mobile station based on the transmission power margin set in the setting.

2. A transmission power control method in a radio communication system comprising a base station and mobile stations, where data retransmission is allowed in radio communication between the base station and the mobile stations, the method comprising:

determining a transmission power required to satisfy a predetermined reception error rate required for radio communication between the base station and the mobile stations; and

setting a transmission power margin level added to the required transmission power so that the added transmission power margin level increases as the data retransmission count in an uplink or in a downlink increases.

3. A communication device, comprising:

means for determining that a communication to be transmitted between a base station to a mobile station is either real-time traffic or non-real time traffic based on at least one of a transmission delay, maximum retransmission count and reception error rate corresponding to the communication;

means for determining a transmission power required for radio communication between the base station and the mobile stations;

means for setting a transmission power margin level added to the transmission power to a first value if the communication is real-time traffic and a second value if the communication is non-real time traffic, wherein the first value is greater than the second value; and

means for transmitting the communication based on the transmission power margin set by the setting means.

4. A communication device, comprising:

means of determining a transmission power required for satisfying a communication service quality required for radio communication with other communication devices;

means of allocating a radio resource based on the determined transmission power and transmitting data using said radio resource, where data retransmission is allowed via said radio communication;

retransmission count storing means for counting a retransmission count when a same data is retransmitted and storing said retransmission count;

margin setting means for setting a transmission power margin level added to the transmission power so as to increase the transmission power margin as said retransmission count increases; and

transmission power determination means for determining a transmission power based on the set transmission power margin and said required transmission power.

5. A radio communication system comprising a base station and a mobile station, wherein both said base station and said mobile station comprise:

means for determining a transmission power required to satisfy a service quality required for radio communication between the base station and the mobile station;

retransmission count storing means for counting a retransmission count when a same data is retransmitted between the base station and mobile station and storing said retransmission count;

margin setting means for setting a transmission power margin level added to the transmission power so as to increase the transmission power margin as said retransmission count increases; and transmission power determination means for determining a transmission power based on the set transmission power margin and said required transmission power.

6. A base station, comprising:

a determining unit configured to determine that a communication to be transmitted from the base station to a mobile station is either real-time traffic or non-real time traffic based on at least one of a transmission delay, maximum retransmission count and reception error rate corresponding to the communication;

a transmission power determining unit configured to determine a transmission power required for radio communication between the base station and the mobile station;

setting unit configured to set a transmission power margin level added to the transmission power to a first value if the communication is real-time traffic and a second value if the communication is non-real time traffic, wherein the first value is greater than the second value;

and a transmitter transmitting the communication from the base station to the mobile station based on the transmission power margin set in the setting.

7. A base station, comprising:

a determining unit configured to determine a transmission power required to satisfy a predetermined reception error rate required for radio communication between the base station and the mobile stations; and

a setting unit configured to set a transmission power margin level added to the required transmission power so that the added transmission power margin level increases as the data retransmission count in an uplink or in a downlink increases.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2016
From: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
To: GOOGLE INC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2004
From: KITAZAWA, DAISUKE; CHEN, LAN; KAYAMA, HIDETOSHI; UMEDA, NARUMI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 014995/0524 →