Base station, communication system, mobile station, and communication method
View Patent ↗A base station includes a time-division-multiplexer that time-division-multiplexes control signals and data signals; a culling unit that culls from the signal time-division-multiplexed by the time-division-multiplexer, data signals temporally overlapping control signals of a neighboring cell; a transmitting unit that transmits the data signal culled by the culling unit; and a determining unit that determines conditions concerning the culling corresponding to transmission power of a portion temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell, in the signal transmitted by the transmitting unit. The culling unit culls the data signals based on a result obtained by the determining unit.
1. A base station comprising:
a time-division-multiplexer that time-division-multiplexes control signals and data signals;
a processor that culls from a time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, data signals temporally overlapping control signals of a neighboring cell;
a transmitter that transmits the time-division-multiplexed signal from which the data signals are culled by the processor; and
a signal processor that determines conditions concerning the culling corresponding to transmission power of a portion temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell, in the time-division-multiplexed signal transmitted by the transmitter, wherein
the processor culls the data signals based on a result obtained by the signal processor.
2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal processor determines whether culling is to be executed and a culling number such that transmission power of the portion in the signal transmitted by the transmitter and temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell is equal to or lower than a threshold value.
3. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated is partially shifted with respect to that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, a portion of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
4. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated does not overlap that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, a portion of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
5. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated is shorter than that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, a portion or an entirety of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
6. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated is partially shifted with respect to that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, an entirety of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
7. The base station according to claim 6 , wherein the signal processor is configured to determine whether the data signals are to be culled, by comparing with a threshold value, transmission power of the portion temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell in the signal transmitted by the transmitter and transmission power of the portion temporally overlapping the control signals after being culled by the processor.
8. The base station according to claim 1 , further comprising
a receiver that receives a measurement result of a level of interference from the base station in the neighboring cell, wherein
the signal processor determines a threshold value based on the measurement result received by the receiver.
9. The base station according to claim 6 , further comprising
an encoder that varies an encoding rate of the data signals when transmission power of the portion temporally overlapping the control signals after being culled by the processor is not equal to or lower than a threshold value even in a case where the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, the entirety of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
10. A communication system comprising:
a base station comprising:
a time-division-multiplexer that time-division-multiplexes control signals and data signals;
a processor that culls from a time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, data signals temporally overlapping control signals of a neighboring cell;
a transmitter that transmits the time-division-multiplexed signal from which the data signals are culled by the processor; and
a signal processor that determines conditions concerning the culling, corresponding to transmission power of a portion temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell in the time-division-multiplexed signal transmitted by the transmitter, wherein
the processor culls the data signals based on a result obtained by the signal processor; and
a mobile station that receives a signal transmitted by the base station, the mobile station reproducing the data signal using error correction based on the received signal.
11. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein
the signal processor determines whether culling is to be executed and a culling number such that transmission power of the portion temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell in the signal transmitted by the transmitter is equal to or lower than a threshold value.
12. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer of the base station time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated is partially shifted with respect to that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, a portion of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
13. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer of the base station time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated does not overlap with that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, a portion of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
14. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer of the base station time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated is shorter than that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, a portion or whole of the data signals temporally overlapping with the control signals of the neighboring cell.
15. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein
the time-division-multiplexer of the base station time-division-multiplexes the control signals and the data signals such that a time period to which the control signals are allocated is partially shifted with respect to that of the neighboring cell, and
the processor culls from the time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, an entirety of the data signals temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell.
16. A mobile station that receives a signal transmitted from a base station that comprises a time-division-multiplexer that time-division-multiplexes control signals and data signals,
a processor that culls data signals temporally overlapping control signals of a neighboring cell from a time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer,
a transmitter that transmits the time-division-multiplexed signal from which the data signals are culled by the processor, and
a signal processor that determines conditions concerning the culling corresponding to transmission power of a portion temporally overlapping with the control signals of the neighboring cell in the time-division-multiplexed signal transmitted by the transmitter, wherein the processor culls the data signals based on a result by the signal processor, wherein
the mobile station regenerates the data signals using error correction based on the received signal.
17. A communication method of a base station that performs radio communication with a mobile station, the communication method comprising:
time-division-multiplexing control signals and data signals;
culling from a time-division-multiplexed signal generated at the time-division-multiplexing, data signals temporally overlapping control signals of a neighboring cell;
transmitting the time-division-multiplexed signal from which the data signals are culled at the culling; and
determining conditions concerning the culling corresponding to transmission power of a portion temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell, in the time-division-multiplexed signal transmitted at the transmitting, wherein
the culling includes culling the data signals based on a result obtained at the determining.
18. The communication method according to claim 17 , wherein
the determining includes determining whether culling is to be executed and a culling number such that transmission power of the portion in the signal transmitted at the transmitting and temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell is equal to or lower than a threshold value.
19. A base station comprising:
a time-division-multiplexer that time-division-multiplexes control signals and data signals;
a processor that culls from a time-division-multiplexed signal generated by the time-division-multiplexer, data signals temporally overlapping control signals of a neighboring cell;
a transmitter that transmits the time-division-multiplexed signal from which the data signals are culled by the processor; and
a signal processor that determines conditions concerning the culling corresponding to transmission power of a portion temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell, in the time-division-multiplexed signal transmitted by the transmitter, wherein
the processor culls the data signals based on a result obtained by the signal processor, and wherein the signal processor determines whether culling is to be executed and a culling number such that transmission power of the portion in the signal transmitted by the transmitter and temporally overlapping the control signals of the neighboring cell is equal to or lower than a threshold value.