IP Library Granted Patent US 10,044,450
Granted Patent B2
US 10,044,450 · App. 14/769,904 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Communication control device, communication control method and information processing apparatus

Inventors: Sho Furuichi (Tokyo, JP); Ryo Sawai (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04B15/00H04W16/14H04W72/0453H04W72/08H04B17/345H04W72/121H04W84/045
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Patent No.
US 10,044,450
App. No.
14/769,904
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication control device that acquires first interference information indicating a first interference from communication involving a communication node that is not controlled by the communication control device and second interference information indicating a second interference from communication involving another communication node that is controlled by the communication control device. The communication control device classifies the communication nodes into groups related to a decision of a radio resource that is available for use by a communication node based on the first interference information and the second interference information.

Claims (51)

1. A communication control device, comprising:

a communication interface configured to

acquire first interference information indicating a first interference from communication involving a communication node operating in a first wireless communication system that is not under control of the communication control device, and

acquire second interference information indicating a second interference from communication involving another communication node operating in a second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device, with respect to each of a plurality of communication nodes operating in the second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device, and the second wireless communication system being different than the first wireless communication system; and

circuitry configured to classify the plurality of communication nodes operating in the second wireless communication system under control the communication control device into a plurality of groups related to a decision of a radio resource of the first wireless communication system that is available for use by a communication node operating in the second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device based on the first interference information and the second interference information with respect to the plurality of communication nodes.

2. The communication control device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of groups are a plurality of groups corresponding to an order in which the radio resource is decided.

3. The communication control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of groups include at least a first group and a second group, and

a communication node classified into the first group is a communication node in which a level of the first interference relative to the second interference is larger, as compared with a communication node classified into the second group.

4. The communication control device according to claim 3 , wherein the second group is a group for which the radio resource is decided after the first group.

5. The communication control device according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

decide the radio resource with respect to each of the plurality of communication nodes; decide the radio resource with respect to each of one or more communication nodes classified into the first group; and

decide the radio resource with respect to each of one or more communication nodes classified into the second group based on a decision result of the radio resource in the first group.

6. The communication control device according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is configured to decide one or more radio resource candidates having a smaller level of the first interference among two or more radio resource candidates, as the radio resource for the communication node classified into the first group.

7. The communication control device according to claim 3 , wherein the second group is a group for which the radio resource is decided before the first group.

8. The communication control device according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

decide the radio resource with respect to each of the plurality of communication nodes; decide the radio resource with respect to each of one or more communication nodes classified into the second group; and

decide the radio resource with respect to each of one or more communication nodes classified into the first group based on a decision result of the radio resource in the second group.

9. The communication control device according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is configured to decide one or more radio resource candidates having a smaller level of a third interference with the one or more communication nodes classified into the second group among two or more radio resource candidates, as the radio resource for the communication node classified into the first group.

10. The communication control device according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

decide the radio resource with respect to each of the plurality of communication nodes; and

when deciding the radio resource with respect to each of the one or more communication nodes classified into the second group, decide the radio resource with respect to the communication node having a smaller level of the second interference, and decide, based on a decision result of the radio resource with respect to the communication node, the radio resource with respect to the communication node having a larger level of the second interference.

11. The communication control device according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

decide the radio resource with respect to each of the plurality of communication nodes; and, decide one or more radio resource candidates having a smaller level of interference including the first interference and the second interference among two or more radio resource candidates, as the radio resource for the communication node classified into the second group.

12. The communication control device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first interference information indicates the first interference in each of two or more radio resource candidates,

the second interference information indicates the second interference in each of the two or more radio resource candidates, and

the level of the first interference relative to the second interference corresponds to the number of the radio resource candidates for which a level of the first interference is larger than a level of the second interference by a predetermined threshold value or more.

13. The communication control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to decide the radio resource with respect to each of the plurality of communication nodes,

the plurality of communication nodes are communication nodes of a higher priority than one or more low priority communication nodes under control of the communication control device, and

the circuitry is configured to decide the radio resource with respect to each of the one or more low priority communication nodes based on a decision result of the radio resource with respect to the plurality of communication nodes.

14. The communication control device according to claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine whether a predetermined condition for a fourth interference with communication involving the plurality of communication nodes is satisfied, with respect to each of the one or more low priority communication nodes, and

decide the radio resource with respect to each of the one or more low priority communication nodes based on a determination result with respect to the predetermined condition.

15. The communication control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first interference is an interference by a downlink signal transmitted by the communication node operating in the first wireless communication system that is not under control of the communication control device or an uplink signal transmitted to the communication node that is not under control of the communication control device, and

the second interference is an interference by a downlink signal transmitted by the other communication node operating in the second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device or an uplink signal transmitted to the other communication node operating in the second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device.

16. The communication control device according to claim 15 , wherein the interference by the uplink signal transmitted to the other communication node is an interference estimated under an assumption that a transmission node that transmits the uplink signal to the other communication node exists in a predetermined range or at a predetermined position which are closer to the communication node under control of the communication control device within a communication range of the other communication node.

17. A communication control method comprising:

acquiring first interference information, by a communication control device, indicating a first interference from communication involving a communication node operating in a first wireless communication system that is not under control of the communication control device;

acquiring, by the communication control device, second interference information indicating a second interference from communication involving another communication node operating in a second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device, with respect to each of a plurality of communication nodes operating in the second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device, and the second wireless communication system being different than the first wireless communication system; and

classifying, by the communication control device, the plurality of communication nodes operating in the second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device into a plurality of groups related to a decision of a radio resource of the first wireless communication system that is available for use by a communication node operating in the second wireless communication system under control of the communication control device based on the first interference information and the second interference information with respect to the plurality of communication nodes.

18. A communication control device comprising:

a communication interface configured to

acquire first interference information indicating a first interference from communication involving a communication node that is not under control of the communication control device, and

acquire second interference information indicating a second interference from communication involving another communication node under control of the communication control device, with respect to each of a plurality of communication nodes operating under control of the communication control device, and the second wireless communication system being different than the first wireless communication system; and

circuitry configured to classify the plurality of communication nodes into a plurality of groups related to a decision of a radio resource that is available for use by a communication node under control of the communication control device based on the first interference information and the second interference information with respect to the plurality of communication nodes, wherein

the circuitry is configured to decide the radio resource with respect to each of the plurality of communication nodes,

the plurality of communication nodes are communication nodes of a higher priority than one or more low priority communication nodes under control of the communication control device, and

the circuitry is configured to decide the radio resource with respect to each of the one or more low priority communication nodes based on a decision result of the radio resource with respect to the plurality of communication nodes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2015
From: FURUICHI, SHO; SAWAI, RYO; KIMURA, RYOTA; UCHIYAMA, HIROMASA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036433/0551 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-098247 · May 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160006522A1 · Jan 7, 2016