IP Library Granted Patent US 8,644,838
Granted Patent B2
US 8,644,838 · App. 12/944,625 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Apparatus and method for controlling transmission power in a wireless communication system using fractional frequency reuse

Inventors: Wook Bong Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Han Gyu Cho (Anyang-si, KR); Ja Ho Koo (Anyang-si, KR); Bin Chul Ihm (Anyang-si, KR); Jin Soo Choi (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,644,838
App. No.
12/944,625
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for acquiring FFR power pattern of Frequency Partitions (FPs) at a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system using Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a preamble from a base station (BS); and acquiring a FFR power pattern for a reuse-1 partition and reuse-N partitions using the received preamble, wherein the FFR power pattern is determined based on a segment identifier (ID), the reuse-N partitions include N frequency partitions, each frequency partition has a power level with a range of FP1_power level to FPN_power level, a power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions is a partition whose power level is the FP1_power level.

Claims (41)

1. A method for acquiring a Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR) power pattern of Frequency Partitions (FPs) at a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system using the FFR, the method comprising:

receiving a super frame header (SFH) from a base station (BS); and

acquiring an FFR power pattern for a reuse-1 partition and reuse-N partitions using the received SFH,

wherein the FFR power pattern is determined by the equation k=segment identifier (ID) of the BS+1,

wherein k is an index of the FFR power pattern,

wherein the reuse-N partitions include N FPs, each having a power level with a range of FP1_power level to FPN_power level, and

wherein a power level of a power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions corresponding to each FFR power pattern is set to the FP1_power level.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving control information from the base station through the reuse-1 partition or the power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein N is 2 or 3.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a practical transmission power of each FFR partition is provided via an Advanced Air Interface Downlink_Interference Mitigation (AAI_DL_IM) message or a sub packet 3 (SP 3 ) of a secondary SFH (S-SFH) included in the SFH.

5. A method for controlling transmission power of Frequency Partitions (FPs) at a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system using Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR), the method comprising:

determining one

FFR power pattern by the equation k=segment identifier (ID) of the BS+1,

wherein k is an index of the FFR power pattern,

wherein reuse-N partitions include N FPs, each having a power level with a range of FP1_power level to FPN_power level, and

wherein a power level of a power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions is a corresponding to each FFR power pattern is set to the FP1_power level.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting control information to a mobile station through a reuse-1 partition or the power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein N is 2 or 3.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein a practical transmission power of each FFR partition is provided via an Advanced Air Interface Downlink_Interference Mitigation (AAI_DL_IM) message or a sub packet 3 (SP 3 ) of a secondary SFH (S-SFH) included in the SFH.

9. A mobile Station (MS) apparatus in a wireless communication system using Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR), the MS apparatus comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit for receiving a superframe header (SFH) from a base station (BS); and

a processor unit for acquiring an FFR power pattern for a reuse-1 partition and reuse-N partitions using the received SFH,

wherein the FFR power pattern is determined by the equation k=segment identifier (ID) of the BS+1,

wherein k is an index of the FFR power pattern,

wherein the reuse-N partitions include N frequency partitions, each having a power level with a range of FP1_power level to FPN_power level, and

wherein a power level of a power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions corresponding to each FFR power pattern is set to the FP1_power level.

10. The MS apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the RF unit is further for receiving control information from the BS through the reuse-1 partition or the power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions.

11. The MS apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein N is 2 or 3.

12. A base Station (BS) apparatus in a wireless communication system using Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR), the BS apparatus comprising:

a processor unit for determining one FFR power pattern; and

a radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting a superframe header (SFH) to a mobile station (MS),

wherein the FFR power pattern is determined by the equation k=segment identifier (ID) of the BS+1,

wherein k is an index of the FFR power pattern,

wherein reuse-N partitions include N Frequency Partitions (FPs), each having a power level with a range of FP1_power level to FPN_power level, and

wherein a power level of a power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions corresponding to each FFR power pattern is set to the FP1_power level.

13. The BS apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein the RF unit is further for transmitting control information to the MS through the reuse-1 partition or the power-boosted FP in the reuse-N partitions.

14. The BS apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein N is 2 or 3.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2011
From: LEE, WOOK BONG; CHO, HAN GYU; KOO, JA HO; IHM, BIN CHUL; CHOI, JIN SOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 025637/0127 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0027213 · Mar 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61260019 · Nov 11, 2009
Related Publication 20110111789A1 · May 12, 2011