Pilot signal transmitting method, base station, mobile station and cellular system to which the method is applied
A transmitting method in a mobile communication system, which has a base and mobile station that performs radio communication with the base station in a cell of a radio communication area formed by the base station, and mixes, allocates unicast data and broadcast/multicast data to subframes in a radio frame, and transmits the radio frame as downstream data from the base station to the mobile station, by the base station, multiplexing cell-specific pilot signals corresponding to the unicast data to a first subframe to where data is allocated, while multiplexing cell-specific pilot signals to a second subframe to where data is allocated, where the number of the cell-specific pilot signals allocated to the second subframe is different from the number of the cell-specific pilot signals allocated to the first subframe; setting a difference between the various start phase of cell-specific pilot signals transmitted in the various subframes.
1. A cell-specific pilot signal transmitting method used in a mobile communication system, which has a base station and a mobile station that performs radio communication with the base station in a cell of a radio communication area formed by the base station, and which mixes, allocates unicast data and broadcast/multicast data to subframes in a radio frame, and transmits the radio frame as downstream data from the base station to the mobile station, the method comprising:
by the base station,
multiplexing cell-specific pilot signals corresponding to the unicast data to a first subframe to which the unicast data is allocated, while multiplexing cell-specific pilot signals to a second subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated, wherein the number of the cell specific pilot signals to be allowed to the second subframe is different from the number of the cell specific pilot signals to be allowed to the first subframe; and
setting a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in the first subframe in which the base station has transmitted the unicast data in the first subframe and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a next subframe to be equal to a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in the second subframe in which the base station transmitted the broadcast/multicast data in the second subframe and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a next subframe.
2. The method to claim 1 , wherein the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated to be equal to the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the unicast data is allocated.
3. A base station that forms a radio communication area for communicating with a mobile station in a mobile communication system that mixes and transmits allocates unicast data and broadcast/multicast data to subframes in a radio frame and transmits the radio frame, the base station comprising:
a multiplexer to multiplex cell-specific pilot signals corresponding to the unicast data to a first subframe to which the unicast data is allocated, and to multiplex cell-specific pilot signals to a second subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated, where the number of the cell-specific pilot signals to be allocated to the second subframe is different from the number of the cell-specific pilot signals to be allocated to the first subframe; and
a phase control unit to control for setting a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in the first subframe in which the base station has transmitted the unicast data the first subframe and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal to be transmitted in a next subframe to be equal to a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in the second subframe in which the base station has transmitted the broadcast/multicast data the second subframe and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal to be transmitted in the next subframe.
4. The base station according to claim 3 , wherein the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated to be equal to the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the unicast data is allocated.
5. A mobile station that communicates with a base station in a mobile communication system transmitting subframes to which unicast data and broadcast/multicast data are allocated, the mobile station comprising:
a receive unit to receive a cell-specific pilot signal controlled by the base station so that a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a first subframe in which the base station transmitted the unicast data and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal to be transmitted in a next subframe and a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a second subframe in which the base station transmitted the broadcast/multicast data and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal to be transmitted in a next subframe are a same predetermined amount.
6. The mobile station according to claim 5 , wherein the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated to be equal to the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the unicast data is allocated.
7. A mobile communication system including a base station and a mobile station, in which the base station transmits subframes to which unicast data and broadcast/multicast data are allocated to the mobile station, wherein
the base station comprises:
a multiplexer to multiplex cell-specific pilot signals corresponding to the unicast data to a first subframe to which the unicast data is allocated, and to multiplex cell-specific pilot signals to a second subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated, where the number of the cell-specific pilot signals to be allocated to the second subframe is different from the number of the cell-specific pilot signals to be allocated to the first subframe; and
a phase control unit to control for setting a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in the first subframe in which the base station transmitted the unicast data the first subframe and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal to be transmitted in a next subframe to be equal to a difference between a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in the second subframe in which the base station transmitted the broadcast/multicast data the second subframe and a start phase of a cell-specific pilot signal to be transmitted in a next subframe, and wherein
the mobile station comprises:
a receive unit to receive the cell-specific pilot signal transmitted from the base station.
8. The mobile communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated to be equal to the initial value for a cell-specific pilot signal transmitted in a subframe to which the unicast data is allocated.
9. The mobile communication system according to claim 7 , wherein a cell-specific pilot signal in a sub-frame subframe to which the broadcast/multicast data is allocated is transmitted only in a limited part of the bands, and the phase control unit is constructed so as to advance a phase of a cell-specific pilot signal in the next sub-frame by the amount of phase shift from the limited part of the bands.