Communication method, mobile station, and communication system
View Patent ↗Conventionally, there is a problem that a state transition of E-TFC changes according to QoS for descriptions of data to be transmitted, and therefore a mobile station's operation is not decided uniquely. To solve this problem, a transmission control method includes a step of selecting transmission control information according to a combination of user data transmitted, via a transport channel, from an upper layer, and a step of transmitting the transmission control information, as well as a physical channel into which two or more transport channels are multiplexed, to a fixed station, the transmission control information including at least transmit power information.
1. A method of transmitting data from a mobile station to a fixed station via a first dedicated physical data channel and a second dedicated physical data channel which are disposed in an uplink direction from the mobile station to the fixed station, said method comprising:
estimating a transmit power margin which is a transmit power to be assigned to the transmission of the second dedicated physical data channel by using a maximum transmit power value configured by the fixed station which is set to a lower value than a maximum transmit power value which said mobile station can output;
evaluating a state of candidate E-TFCs (E-DCH (Enhanced Dedicated Channel) Transport Format Combination) when setting the data transmission via said second dedicated physical data channel by using the estimated transmit power margin;
selecting one of E-TFC to be used for the data transmission via said second dedicated physical data channel from said candidates, by using scheduling result information controlling the transmission of said second dedicated physical data channel and a result of the evaluation;
and transmitting said data to said fixed station with transmit power calculated based on the selected E-TFC.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmit power margin is estimated by using the maximum transmit power value which is determined dependently upon a gain factor which is a channel amplitude coefficient which defines transmit power of the first dedicated physical data channel and transmit power of the second dedicated physical data channel that is an enhanced dedicated physical channel.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmit power margin is estimated by subtracting the transmit power of an HSDPCCH (High Speed-Dedicated Physical Control Channel) from the maximum transmit power value, where the HS-DPCCH is disposed for transmitting the reception judgment result of a DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel) that is the first dedicated physical data channel, a DPCCH that is a control channel thereof, and an HS-PDSCH (High Speed-Physical Downlink Shared Channel) provided for a high speed packet communication for downlinks.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising scaling the calculated transmit power.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the calculated transmit power is scaled when an estimated total transmit power exceeds the configured maximum transmit power value.
6. A mobile station which transmits data to a fixed station using a first dedicated physical data channel and a second dedicated physical data channel which are disposed in an uplink direction to the fixed station, wherein said mobile station is configured to:
estimate a transmit power margin which is a transmit power to be assigned to the transmission of the second dedicated physical data channel by using a maximum transmit power value configured by the fixed station which is set to a lower value than a maximum transmit power value which said mobile station can output;
evaluate a state of candidates E TFCs (E-DCH (Enhanced Dedicated Channel) Transport Format Combination) when setting the data transmission via said second dedicated physical data channel, by using the estimated transmit power margin;
select one of E-TFC to be used for the data transmission via said second dedicated physical data channel from said candidates, by using scheduling result information controlling the transmission of said second dedicated physical data channel and a result of the evaluation;
and transmit said data to said fixed station with transmit power calculated based on the selected E-TFC.
7. The mobile station according to claim 6 , wherein the transmit power margin is estimated by using the maximum transmit power value which is determined dependently upon a gain factor which is a channel amplitude coefficient which defines transmit power of the first dedicated physical data channel and transmit power of the second dedicated physical data channel that is an enhanced dedicated physical data channel.
8. The mobile station according to claim 6 , wherein the transmit power margin is estimated by subtracting the transmit power of an HS-DPCCH (High Speed-Dedicated Physical Control Channel) from the maximum transmit power value, where the HS-DPCCH is disposed for transmitting the reception judgment result of a DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel) that is the first dedicated physical data channel, a DPCCH that is a control channel thereof, and an HS-PDSCH (High Speed-Physical Downlink Shared Channel) provided for a high speed packet communication for downlinks.
9. The mobile station of claim 6 further configured to scale the calculated transmit power.
10. The mobile station of claim 9 , wherein the calculated transmit power is scaled when an estimated total transmit power exceeds the configured maximum transmit power value.
11. A communication system, comprising:
a mobile station which transmits data using a first dedicated physical data channel and a second dedicated physical data channel which are disposed in an uplink direction to a fixed station, wherein said mobile station is configured to:
estimate a transmit power margin which is power to be assigned for transmission of the second dedicated physical data channel by using a maximum transmit power value configured by the fixed station which is set to a lower than a maximum transmit power value which said mobile station can output;
an evaluation unit for evaluating evaluate a state of candidates for E-TFCs (E-DCH (Enhanced Dedicated Channel) Transport Format Combination) when setting the data transmission via said second dedicated physical data channel, by using the estimated transmit power margin;
select one of E-TFCs to be used for the data transmission via said second dedicated physical data channel from said candidates, by using scheduling result information controlling the transmission of said second dedicated physical data channel regarding to a maximum amount and a result of the evaluation;
transmit said data with transmit power calculated based on the selected E-TFC;
and a fixed station configured to transmit a response signal indicating a result of reception of a signal transmitted from said mobile station, and said scheduling result information indicating a result of a process of scheduling said second dedicated physical data channel to said mobile station.
12. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein the transmit power margin is estimated by using the maximum transmit power value which is determined dependently upon a gain factor which defines transmit power of the first dedicated physical data channel and the second dedicated physical data channel.
13. The communication system according to claim 11 , wherein the transmit power margin is estimated by subtracting the transmit power of an HSDPCCH (High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel) from the maximum transmit power value, where the HS-DPCCH is disposed for transmitting the reception judgment result of a DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel) that is the first dedicated physical data channel, a DPCCH that is a control channel thereof, and an HS-PDSCH (High Speed-Physical Downlink Shared Channel) provided for a high speed packet communication for downlinks.
14. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein said mobile station is further configured to scale the calculated transmit power.
15. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein the calculated transmit power is scaled when an estimated total transmit power exceeds the configured maximum transmit power value.