Frequency selection apparatus, a mobile communications system, and a multi-band frequency resource management method
View Patent ↗A frequency selection apparatus, a mobile communications system, and a multi-band resource management method are disclosed. The frequency selection apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to collect environmental information about a mobile station for each frequency band according to system frequency bands that a mobile station can use, and a frequency selection unit configured to determine the frequency band to be used and the system to be connected to, based on the environmental information and information provided by the mobile station.
1. A radio frequency selection apparatus in a plurality of cellular systems using a plurality of frequency bands wherein the cellular systems include a higher frequency band system and a lower frequency band system, comprising:
an information acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information about a mobile station for each of one or more of the frequency bands available to the mobile station; and
a frequency band determining unit configured to determine based on the environmental information and mobile station information provided by the mobile station which of one or more of the frequency bands is to be used and which of the systems is to be connected to the mobile station, wherein
the environmental information comprising a radio-wave-propagation property of the mobile station, and
the frequency band determining unit is configured to determine that the higher frequency band system is to be used if the mobile station resides in a better radio-wave-propagation area and the lower frequency band system is to be used if the mobile station resides in a worse radio-wave-propagation area.
2. The radio frequency selection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a system selection unit for selecting the system that satisfies quality of received signal of the mobile station based on received signal of an uplink; and
a frequency band allocation unit for assigning the frequency band based on the selection result by the system selection unit, and the information provided by the mobile station.
3. The radio frequency selection apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
a determination unit for comparing a value contained in the environmental information with a corresponding threshold value;
wherein the frequency band allocation unit assigns the frequency band based on a result of the determination unit.
4. The radio frequency selection apparatus as claimed claim 1 , further comprising:
an allocation ratio setting unit for setting up a ratio of traffic to be assigned to each of the frequency bands based on the environmental information.
5. The radio frequency selection apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the frequency band allocation unit assigns the frequency band based on at least one of SIR criterion, received power criterion, and Doppler shift criterion according to the result of the determination unit.
6. The radio frequency selection apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the frequency band allocation unit assigns the frequency band based on received power and traffic information.
7. The radio frequency selection apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the information acquisition unit includes at least one of a received signal acquisition unit, a received signal measurement unit, and a traffic measurement unit.
8. The radio frequency selection apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:
a threshold setting unit for setting up a threshold based on the information provided by the mobile station and the traffic information.
9. A multi-band resource management method of a plurality of cellular systems using a plurality of frequency bands wherein the cellular systems include a higher frequency band system and a lower frequency band system, the method comprising the steps of:
acquiring environmental information about a mobile station for each of one or more of the frequency bands available to the mobile station; and
determining based on the environmental information and mobile station information provided by the mobile station which of one or more of the frequency bands is to be used and which of the systems is to be connected to the mobile station, wherein
the environmental information comprising a radio-wave-propagation property of the mobile station, and
the step of determining comprises determining that the higher frequency band system is to be used if the mobile station resides in a better radio-wave-propagation area and the lower frequency band system is to be used if the mobile station resides in a worse radio-wave-propagation area.