Control method and wireless communication system
One aspect of the present invention is a control method in a wireless communication system including a plurality of distributed antennas that perform wireless communication with a user terminal, and a plurality of signal processing units that are connected to the plurality of distributed antennas and perform signal processing, the control method including: an initial assignment step of assigning a distributed antenna to be connected to a signal processing unit; an acquisition step of acquiring load information indicating loads of the signal processing unit; a determination step of determining whether to reassign the distributed antenna to be connected to the signal processing unit on the basis of the load information acquired in the acquisition step; and a reassignment step of performing reassignment and leveling loads of the plurality of signal processing units when it is determined to reassign in the determination step.
1 . A control method in a wireless communication system including a plurality of distributed antennas that perform wireless communication with a user terminal, and a plurality of signal processing units that are connected to the plurality of distributed antennas and perform signal processing,
the control method comprising:
assigning a distributed antenna to be connected to a signal processing unit;
acquiring load information indicating a load of the signal processing unit;
determining whether to reassign the distributed antenna to be connected to the signal processing unit based on the load information acquired in the acquiring; and
performing reassignment and leveling loads of the plurality of signal processing units when it is determined to reassign in the determining,
wherein the performing of the reassignment and leveling includes,
selecting one of the plurality of distributed antennas assigned to the signal processing unit whose the load is largest, and
assigning a selected distributed antenna to the signal processing unit whose the load is lowest.
2 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the assigning and the performing of the reassignment and leveling, the signal processing unit as a connection destination of the distributed antenna is assigned by using a switch that switches the connection destination of the distributed antenna.
3 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the load information indicates either a user throughput in a user terminal that performs wireless communication with the distributed antenna, or a calling failure rate in the signal processing unit.
4 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the performing of the reassignment and leveling, the signal processing unit as the connection destination of the distributed antenna is assigned based on a statistic indicating a load of the distributed antenna.
5 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the determining,
it is determined whether to reassign the distributed antenna to be connected to the signal processing unit on a basis of a change in the variation in the loads among the plurality of signal processing units.
6 . A wireless communication system comprising a plurality of distributed antennas that perform wireless communication with a user terminal, and a plurality of signal processing units that are connected to the plurality of distributed antennas and perform signal processing,
the wireless communication system comprising:
an assignor that assigns a distributed antenna to be connected to a signal processing unit;
an acquirer that acquires load information indicating loads of the signal processing unit;
a determiner that determines whether to reassign the distributed antenna to be connected to the signal processing unit based on the load information acquired by the acquirer; and
a re-assignor that performs reassignment and levels loads of the plurality of signal processing units when it is determined to reassign by the determiner,
wherein the re-assignor selects one of the plurality of distributed antennas assigned to the signal processing unit whose the load is largest, and assigns a selected distributed antenna to the signal processing unit whose the load is lowest.
7 . A control method in a wireless communication system including a plurality of distributed antennas that perform wireless communication with a user terminal, and a plurality of signal processing units that are connected to the plurality of distributed antennas and perform signal processing,
the control method comprising:
assigning a distributed antenna to be connected to a signal processing unit;
acquiring load information indicating a load of the signal processing unit;
determining whether to reassign the distributed antenna to be connected to the signal processing unit based on the load information acquired in the acquiring; and
performing reassignment and leveling loads of the plurality of signal processing units when it is determined to reassign in the determining,
wherein, in the determining,
it is determined whether to reassign the distributed antenna to be connected to the signal processing unit on a basis of a magnitude of a bias in the loads among the plurality of signal processing units.