Turbo decoding system, transmission power control method and CDMA mobile communication terminal
View Patent ↗There are provided a turbo decoding system of a CDMA mobile communication terminal, a transmission power control method, and a CDMA mobile communication terminal in which interference in the other users is suppressed by not increasing the transmission power of a base station to a value over the necessary value and excessive repetitive processing is prevented in the turbo decoding section to reduce consumption power. There are disposed a BLER measuring section 10 to measure BLER as reception quality for each number of decoding bits on the basis of a CRC judge result after an error correction by the turbo decoding section 4 and an outer loop power control and iteration control section 11 to control transmission power of a base station and to control the iteration count of turbo decoding on the basis of the reception quality of each number of decoding bits. The outer loop power control and iteration control section 11 controls the transmission power of the base station by producing a target SIR according to the reception signal such that SIR of the reception signal is the target SIR and adaptively controls to make the iteration count optimal on the basis of the convergence state of the outer loop transmission power control.
1. A turbo decoding system of a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile communication terminal to control transmission power of a base station based on reception quality of a reception signal measured according to a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) judge result after an error correction by turbo decoding, comprising:
a quality measuring unit which separately measures the reception quality for each of a number of decoding bits of the reception signal and a control section which controls for each of the number of decoding bits, based on the reception quality of a decoding bit count measured by the quality measuring unit, a transmission power control bit to control transmission power of the base station and to be inserted in a transmission signal and an iteration count of turbo decoding,
wherein the control section controls the iteration count of turbo decoding if the reception quality of a given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance satisfies a predetermined reception quality due to control of the transmission power control bit which is controlled based on the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance,
wherein the control section controls, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance does not satisfy the predetermined reception quality, the transmission power control bit is controlled based on the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit.
2. The turbo decoding system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the control section controls, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has been updated within a past predetermined period of time and satisfies the predetermined reception quality, the iteration count of turbo decoding.
3. The turbo decoding system in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the control section controls, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has not been updated within the past predetermined period of time, the transmission power control bit based on the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit.
4. The turbo decoding system in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the control section once sets, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has been updated neither within the past predetermined period of time nor within a fixed period of time before the past predetermined period of time, the iteration count of turbo decoding to a maximum value.
5. The turbo decoding system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the control section performs, as control of the iteration count, control of the iteration count of turbo decoding such that the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit satisfies a predetermined required quality.
6. The turbo decoding system in accordance with claim 5 , further comprising:
a Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR) measuring section that measures a signal-to-interference ratio using the reception signal for each of the number of decoding bits,
a Transmission Power Control (TPC) bit generating section that generates the transmission power control bit such that an output from the SIR measuring section is a target signal-to-interference ratio,
and a TPC bit inserting section that inserts the transmission power control bit in a transmission signal,
wherein the control section outputs the target signal-to-interference ratio to the TPC bit generating section based on a block error rate measured as the reception quality for each of the number of decoding bits by the quality measuring section such that the block error rate when the reception quality of given decoding bit is a predetermined maximum value.
7. A transmission power control method of a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile communication terminal to control transmission power of a base station based on reception quality of a reception signal measured according to a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) judge result after an error correction by turbo decoding, comprising:
separately measuring the reception quality for each of a number of decoding bits and controlling for each of the number of decoding bits, based on measured reception quality of a decoding bit count, a transmission power control bit to control transmission power of the base station and to be inserted in a transmission signal and an iteration count of turbo decoding,
wherein if the reception quality of a given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance satisfies a predetermined reception quality due to control of the transmission power control bit, the iteration count of turbo decoding is controlled based on the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance,
wherein if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance does not satisfy the predetermined reception quality, the transmission power control bit is controlled based on the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit.
8. The transmission power control method in accordance with claim 7 , wherein if the reception quality of given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has been updated within a past predetermined period of time and satisfies the predetermined reception quality, the iteration count of turbo decoding is controlled.
9. The transmission power control method in accordance with claim 8 , wherein if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has not been updated within the past predetermined period of time, the transmission power control bit is controlled based on the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit.
10. The transmission power control method in accordance with claim 9 , wherein if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has been updated neither within the past predetermined period of time nor within a fixed period of time before the past predetermined period of time, the iteration count of turbo decoding is set to a maximum value.
11. The transmission power control method in accordance with claim 7 , wherein as control of the iteration count, control of the iteration count of turbo decoding is performed such that the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit satisfies a predetermined required quality.
12. The transmission power control method in accordance with claim 11 , wherein a signal-to-interference ratio using the reception signal for each of the number of decoding bits is measured, the transmission power control bit is generated such that the measured signal-to-interference ratio is a target signal-to-interference ratio, the transmission power control bit is inserted in a transmission signal, and the target signal-to-interference ratio is produced based on a block error rate measured as the reception quality for each of the number of decoding bits such that the block error rate when the reception quality of the given decoding bit is a predetermined maximum value.
13. A Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile communication terminal to control transmission power of a base station based on reception quality of a reception signal measured according to a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) judge result after an error correction by turbo decoding, comprising:
a quality measuring unit which separately measures the reception quality for each of a number of decoding bits of the reception signal and a control section which controls for each of the number of decoding bits, based on the reception quality of a decoding bit count measured by the quality measuring unit, a transmission power control bit to control transmission power of the base station and to be inserted in a transmission signal and an iteration count of turbo decoding,
wherein the control section controls the iteration count of turbo decoding if the reception quality of a given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance satisfies a predetermined reception quality due to control of the transmission power control bit which is controlled based on the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance,
wherein the control section controls, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance does not satisfy the predetermined reception quality, the transmission power control bit is controlled based on the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit.
14. The CDMA mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the control section controls, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has been updated within a past predetermined period of time and satisfies the predetermined reception quality, the iteration count of turbo decoding.
15. The CDMA mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 14 , wherein the control section controls, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has not been updated within the past predetermined period of time, the transmission power control bit based on the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit.
16. The CDMA mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the control section once sets, if the reception quality of the given decoding bit of the number of decoding bits requiring highest reception performance has been updated neither within the past predetermined period of time nor within a fixed period of time before the past predetermined period of time, the iteration count of turbo decoding to a maximum value.
17. The CDMA mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the control section performs, as control of the iteration count, control of the iteration count of turbo decoding such that the reception quality of each of the number of decoding bits other than the given decoding bit satisfies a predetermined required quality.
18. The CDMA mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 17 , further comprising:
a Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR) measuring section that measures a signal-to-interference ratio using the reception signal for each of the number of decoding bits,
a Transmission Power Control (TPC) bit generating section that generates the transmission power control bit such that an output from the SIR measuring section is a target signal-to-interference ratio,
and a TPC bit inserting section that inserts the transmission power control bit in a transmission signal,
wherein the control section outputs the target signal-to-interference ratio to the TPC bit generating section based on a block error rate measured as the reception quality for each of the number of decoding bits by the quality measuring section such that the block error rate when the reception quality of given decoding bit is a predetermined maximum value.