IP Library Granted Patent US 9,326,165
Granted Patent B2
US 9,326,165 · App. 14/186,708 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Method, device, radio network controller and chip for improving network quality

Inventors: Yinwei Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Wei Dong (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W24/02H04B7/022H04J11/0053
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Patent No.
US 9,326,165
App. No.
14/186,708
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device, radio network controller and chip for improving network quality. A signal of a user in a serving cell, detected by the same-frequency cell adjacent to the serving cell, is combined with a signal detected by the serving cell using a MCJD technology, so as to improve the signal quality of the user in the serving cell. The method of the present disclosure comprises: obtaining a first signal which belongs to a user terminal of a first cell and is detected by a base station of at least one second cell; combining the first signal with a second signal of the user terminal detected by a base station of the first cell to obtain a third signal; sending the third signal to a radio network controller. Therefore, the signal quality of the user in the first cell can be improved.

Claims (41)

1. A method for improving signal quality, comprising:

obtaining a first signal which belongs to a user terminal of a first cell and is detected by a base station of at least one second cell;

combining the first signal with a second signal of the user terminal detected by a base station of the first cell to obtain a third signal; and

sending the third signal to a radio network controller,

wherein a number of the second cells is more than one, and the combining the first signal with a second signal of the user terminal detected by a base station of the first cell to obtain a third signal comprises:

combining a signal with the highest signal strength in the first signals detected by the base stations of all the second cells with the second signal to obtain the third signal,

wherein the combining a signal with the highest signal strength in the first signals detected by the base stations of all the second cells with the second signal to obtain the third signal comprises:

receiving a RSCP Adge sent by the radio network controller, wherein the RSCP Adge is a received signal code power (RSCP) with a maximum value selected, by the radio network controller, from RSCPs sent by the base stations of all the second cells, and each RSCP is a received signal code power measured when the user terminal receives the signal sent by the base station of each second cell; and

combining a signal of the user terminal, which is detected by a base station of a second cell corresponding to the RSCP Adge and serves as the first signal, with the second signal to obtain the third signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the base station of the first cell and the base station of at least one second cell obtain the second signal and the first signal of the user terminal through multi-cell joint detection (MCJD) respectively.

3. A method for improving signal quality, comprising:

obtaining, by a radio network controller, a first signal which belongs to a user terminal of a first cell and is detected by a base station of at least one second cell;

obtaining, by the radio network controller, a second signal of the user terminal detected by a base station of the first cell; and

combining, by the radio network controller, the first signal with the second signal to obtain a third signal,

wherein a number of the second cells is more than one and the combining by the radio network controller, the first signal with the second signal to obtain a third signal, comprises:

combining, by the radio network controller, a signal with the highest signal strength in the obtained first signals which belong to the user terminal of the first cell and are detected by the base stations of all the second cells with the second signal to obtain the third signal,

wherein the combining, by the radio network controller, a signal with the highest signal strength in the obtained first signals which belong to the user terminal of the first cell and are detected by the base stations of all the second cells with the second signal to obtain the third signal, comprises:

receiving, by the radio network controller, a received signal code power (RSCP) sent by the base station of each neighboring second cell, wherein the RSCP is a received signal code power measured when the user terminal receives the signal sent by the base station of each second cell;

selecting, by the radio network controller, a RSCP with a maximum value from the RSCPs sent by the base stations of all the second cells, which is marked as RSCP Adge ; and

combining, by the radio network controller, a signal of the user terminal, which is detected by a base station of a second cell corresponding to the RSCP Adge and serves as the first signal, with the second signal to obtain the third signal.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the base station of the first cell and the base station of at least one second cell obtain the second signal and the first signal of the user terminal through multi-cell joint detection (MCJD) respectively.

5. A device for improving signal quality, comprising:

a first processor, configured to obtain a first signal which belongs to a user terminal of a first cell and is detected by a base station of at least one second cell;

a second processor, configured to combine the first signal with a second signal of the user terminal detected by a base station of the first cell to obtain a third signal; and

a sender, configured to send the third signal to a radio network controller,

wherein the number of the second cells is two or more, and the device comprises a third processor used for:

receiving RSCP Adge sent by the radio network controller, wherein the RSCP Adge is a one with the maximum value selected, by the radio network controller, from received signal code powers, RSCPs, sent by the base stations of all the second cells, and the RSCP is received signal code power measured when the user terminal receives the signal sent by the base station of each second cell; and

obtaining a signal of the user terminal, which is detected by a base station of a second cell corresponding to the RSCP Adge and taking the signal corresponding to the RSCP Adge as the first signal.

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

a fourth processor, configured to obtain the second signal of the user terminal through multi-cell joint detection (MCJD).

7. The device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a fifth processor, configured to package the third signal into a frame and send the packaged third signal to the radio network controller.

8. The device according to claim 5 , wherein

the device for improving the signal quality is one of the following; the base station of the first cell and other entities except the base station of the first cell and the radio network controller.

9. A radio network controller, comprising:

a first processor, configured to obtain a first signal which belongs to a user terminal of a first cell and is detected by a base station of at least one second cell, and a second signal of the user terminal detected by a base station of the first cell; and

a second processor, configured to combine the first signal with the second signal to obtain a third signal;

a third processor, configured to obtain a signal with the highest signal strength in the signals of the user terminal detected by the base stations of all the second cells and use the signal with the highest signal strength as the first signal;

a receiver, configured to receive a received signal code power (RSCP) sent by the base station of each neighboring second cell, wherein the RSCP is a received signal code power measured when the user terminal receives the signal sent by the base station of each second cell; and

a fourth processor, configured to select a RSCP with the maximum value, named as RSCP Adge , from the RSCPs sent by the base stations of all the second cells.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2020
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
To: APEX NET LLC
Reel/Frame 052344/0896 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2014
From: ZHAO, YINWEI; DONG, WEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032283/0364 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2011 1 0246879 · Aug 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
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