Base station

1. A base station for communicating with user devices, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory that: determines, according to reception qualities at user devices that are connected to the base station, downlink data signal transmission powers that are different from each other and are for transmitting downlink data signals directed to the user devices connected to the base station; and

determines a downlink reference signal transmission power for transmitting a downlink reference signal that is received by the user devices connected to the base station; and

a radio signal transmitter that temporally continuously transmits OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) symbols,

wherein some of the OFDM symbols include data signals that are not orthogonal to each other, each of the data signals being directed to a corresponding one of the user devices connected to the base station, and the reference signal is arranged in the OFDM symbols temporally intermittently,

wherein the processor reduces a downlink data signal transmission power that is for a data signal directed to each user device and is in an OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is arranged to be lower than a downlink data signal transmission power that is for a data signal directed to the user device and is in an OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged, and

wherein the processor determines the downlink reference signal transmission power to be higher than a downlink data signal transmission power that is for a data signal and is in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , further comprising an information notifier that notifies the user devices of information that at least enables each user device to calculate downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is arranged.

3. The base station according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reference signal is a common reference signal to the user devices, and

wherein the information includes at least:

an information element that indicates a ratio between the downlink data signal transmission powers for the user devices; and

an information element that indicates a ratio between the downlink reference signal transmission power and a sum of the downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is arranged.

4. The base station according to claim 3 ,

wherein the information notifier notifies the user devices of information that enables each user device to calculate downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged.

5. The base station according to claim 3 ,

wherein the ratios that can be used in the base station are stored in the base station as a set of discrete values, and

wherein at least one of the information elements that indicate the ratio indicates an index number corresponding to a ratio that is currently used in the base station.

6. The base station according to claim 3 ,

wherein the ratios that can be used in the base station are stored in the base station as a set of discrete values, and

wherein at least one of the information elements that indicate the ratios indicates a difference between a ratio that is currently used in the base station and a ratio that was most recently used in the base station.

7. The base station according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor makes a ratio between downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is arranged different from a ratio between downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged.

8. The base station according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reference signal is a common reference signal to the user devices, and

wherein the information includes at least:

an information element that indicates a ratio between the downlink data signal transmission powers for the user devices;

an information element that indicates a ratio between the downlink reference signal transmission power and a sum of downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged; and

an information element that indicates a ratio between the sum of the downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged and a sum of the downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is arranged.

9. The base station according to claim 8 ,

wherein the information notifier notifies the user devices of information that enables each user device to calculate downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged.

10. The base station according to claim 8 ,

wherein the ratios that can be used in the base station are stored in the base station as a set of discrete values, and

wherein at least one of the information elements that indicate the ratio indicates an index number corresponding to a ratio that is currently used in the base station.

11. The base station according to claim 8 ,

wherein the ratios that can be used in the base station are stored in the base station as a set of discrete values, and

wherein at least one of the information elements that indicate the ratios indicates a difference between a ratio that is currently used in the base station and a ratio that was most recently used in the base station.

12. The base station according to claim 8 ,

wherein the processor makes a ratio between downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is arranged different from a ratio between downlink data signal transmission powers that are for data signals directed to the user devices and are in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged.

13. The base station according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reference signal includes dedicated reference signals for different user devices,

wherein the processor determines a downlink reference signal transmission power for each dedicated reference signal to be higher than a downlink data signal transmission power that is for a data signal directed to the user device corresponding to the dedicated reference signal and is in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged, and

wherein the information includes at least an information element that indicates a ratio between a downlink reference signal transmission power and a downlink data signal transmission power of a data signal in an OFDM symbol in which at least one of the dedicated reference signals is arranged.

14. The base station according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reference signal includes dedicated reference signals for different user devices,

wherein the processor determines a downlink reference signal transmission power for each dedicated reference signal to be higher than a downlink data signal transmission power that is for a data signal directed to the user device corresponding to the dedicated reference signal and is in the OFDM symbol in which the reference signal is not arranged, and

wherein the information includes at least:

an information element that indicates a ratio between a downlink reference signal transmission power and a downlink data signal transmission power of a data signal in an OFDM symbol in which none of the dedicated reference signals is arranged; and

an information element that indicates a ratio between a downlink data signal transmission power of a data signal in an OFDM symbol in which at least one of the dedicated reference signal is arranged and the downlink data signal transmission power of a data signal in the OFDM symbol in which none of the dedicated reference signals is arranged.