Wireless base station and mobile station
View Patent ↗An mobile station implements data transport which allows for handover. The mobile station transmits a second datum in response to a first datum received from a wireless base station, the mobile station being characterized in that it comprises: a detection unit which detects that handover is to be performed; and a control unit which provides control such that, in cases where the detection has been made, the changeover timing of the transmission destination for the second datum is made later than the changeover timing of the reception channel for the first datum.
1. A mobile station which performs wireless communication with a plurality of base stations, the mobile station comprising:
a processing unit configured
to perform reception processing of a modulation scheme from at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively,
to perform reception processing of transmission data by using the modulation scheme from the at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively, and
to perform transmission processing of a reply signal being either of an ACK signal or a NACK signal to the at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively in accordance with whether the transmission data is successfully received or not; and
a control unit configured
to control the processing unit, during a hard handover from a handover source base station of the plurality of base stations to a handover destination base station of the plurality of base stations, so as to complete transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover source base station and further to start transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover destination base station, after starting reception processing of the modulation scheme from the handover destination base station.
2. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs control for starting reception processing of a second signal from the handover destination base station, after detecting the reception processing of the first signal from the handover destination base station.
3. The mobile station according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit performs control for starting transmission processing of a third signal from the handover destination base station, after detecting the reception processing of the second signal from the handover destination base station.
4. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal is transmitted via a physical downlink control channel, the second signal is transmitted via a physical downlink shared channel, and the third signal is an acknowledgement signal or a negative acknowledgement signal.
5. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal is transmitted via a High Speed-Shared Control Channel, the second signal is transmitted via a High Speed-Physical Downlink Shared Channel, and the third signal is an acknowledgement signal, or a negative acknowledgement signal.
6. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the third signal is used for retransmission control between the mobile station and the each of the plurality of base stations respectively.
7. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the unit performs transmission processing of a forth signal to the each of the plurality of base stations respectively before the reception processing of the first signal from the each of the plurality of base stations respectively, the forth signal indicating a channel quality and being used for adaptive modulation and coding control between the mobile station and the each of the plurality of base stations respectively.
8. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the processing unit so as to receive the second signal from the handover destination base station and transmit the third signal to the handover destination base station, when the first signal is received successfully from the handover destination base station.
9. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the processing unit so as not to receive the second signal from the handover destination base station and transmit the third signal to the handover destination base station, when the first signal is not received successfully from the handover destination base station.
10. The mobile station according to claim 1 , wherein a first timing when transmission processing of the third signal to the handover source base station is completed is not before a second timing when reception processing of the second signal from the handover source base station is completed.
11. A base station which performs wireless communication with a mobile station, the base station comprising:
a generating unit configured
to perform transmission processing of a modulation scheme to the mobile station, and to perform transmission processing of a transmission data to the mobile station in accordance with the modulation scheme;
a processing unit configured
to perform reception processing of a reply signal being either of an ACK signal or a NACK signal in accordance with whether the transmission data is successfully received or not at the mobile station; and
a control unit configured
to control the processing unit, during a hard handover of the mobile station from a handover source base station of a plurality of base station to the base station, so as to complete transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover source base station of the plurality of base stations and further to start transmission processing of the reply signal to the base station, after starting transmission processing of the modulation scheme to the mobile station.
12. A wireless communication system comprising a mobile station and a plurality of base stations which perform wireless communication with the mobile station, wherein the mobile station comprises:
a processing unit configured
to perform reception processing of a modulation scheme from at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively,
to perform reception processing of transmission data by using the modulation scheme from the at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively, and
to perform transmission processing of a reply signal being either of an ACK signal or a NACK signal to the at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively in accordance with whether the transmission data is successfully received or not; and
a control unit configured
to control the processing unit, during a hard handover from a handover source base station of the plurality of base stations to a handover destination base station of the plurality of base stations, so as to complete transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover source base station and further to start transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover destination base station, after starting reception processing of the modulation scheme from the handover destination base station.
13. A method in a mobile station which performs a wireless communication with a plurality of base stations, the method comprising:
performing reception processing of a modulation scheme from at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively, performing reception processing of transmission data by using the modulation scheme from the at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively, and performing transmission processing of a reply signal being either of an ACK signal or a NACK signal to the at least one of the plurality of base stations respectively in accordance with whether the transmission data is successfully received or not; and
controlling the processing unit, during a hard handover from a handover source base station of the plurality of base stations to a handover destination base station of the plurality of base stations, so as to complete transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover source base station and further to start transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover destination base station, after starting reception processing of the modulation scheme from the handover destination base station.
14. A method in a base station which performs a wireless communication with a mobile station, the method comprising:
performing transmission processing of a modulation scheme to the mobile station;
performing transmission processing of a transmission data to the mobile station in accordance with the modulation scheme;
performing reception processing of a reply signal being either of an ACK signal or a NACK signal in accordance with whether the transmission data is successfully received or not at the mobile station; and
controlling the processing unit, during a hard handover of the mobile station from a handover source base station of a plurality of base station to the base station, so as to complete transmission processing of the reply signal to the handover source base station and further to start transmission processing of the reply signal to the base station, after starting transmission processing of the modulation scheme to the mobile station.