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Granted Patent B2
US 8,817,731 · App. 13/574,973 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, radio communication system, control method for mobile station, and control method for base station

Inventor: Takayuki Kondo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,817,731
App. No.
13/574,973
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile station apparatus includes a radio communication unit and a radio resource request unit. The radio communication unit is configured to be able to perform radio communication with a first base station and a second base station. The radio resource request unit requests the second base station to temporarily allocate a radio resource of at least one of an uplink and a downlink when the radio communication unit performs transmission of an uplink signal and reception of a downlink signal with the first base station. Further, the radio resource request unit makes the radio resource allocated by the second base station available for transmission of the uplink signal or reception of the downlink signal with the first base station performed by the radio communication unit.

Claims (28)

1. A mobile station apparatus comprising:

a radio communication unit configured to perform radio communication with first and second base stations; and

a radio resource request unit, wherein:

the radio resource request unit is configured to request the second base station to temporarily allocate a radio resource of at least one of an uplink and a downlink when the radio communication unit performs transmission of an uplink signal and reception of a downlink signal with the first base station, and

the radio resource request unit is configured to make the radio resource allocated by the second base station available for transmission of the uplink signal or reception of the downlink signal with the first base station performed by the radio communication unit.

2. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource request unit is configured to, when communication quality of at least one of the uplink signal and the downlink signal decreases below a reference value, request the second base station to allocate a radio resource necessary for achieving the reference value.

3. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource request unit is configured to request the second base station to temporarily allocate the radio resource upon occurrence of interference from a neighbor cell to at least one of the uplink signal and the downlink signal.

4. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource request unit is configured to request the second base station to temporarily allocate the radio resource upon detection of a decrease in throughput of at least one of the uplink signal and the downlink signal.

5. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second base station includes a plurality of base stations, and

the radio resource request unit is configured to request at least one base station, selected from the plurality of base stations according to magnitude of downlink reception power, to allocate the radio resource.

6. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource includes a resource block.

7. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource includes transmission power.

8. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resource request unit wirelessly transmits directly to the second base station a request to temporarily allocate a radio resource.

9. A base station apparatus comprising:

a radio communication unit configured to form an own cell and perform radio communication with a mobile station; and

a radio resource allocation unit configured to temporarily allocate a radio resource of at least one of an uplink and a downlink to a mobile station belonging to a neighbor cell neighboring the own cell in response to a request from the mobile station belonging to the neighbor cell.

10. The base station apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the

radio resource allocation unit is configured to prohibit any other mobile station belonging to the own cell from using the radio resource allocated to the mobile station belonging to the neighbor cell.

11. The base station apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the request from the mobile station belonging to the neighbor cell is wirelessly transmitted from the mobile station directly to the base station apparatus.

12. A control method for a mobile station, the method comprising:

requesting, when the mobile station belongs to a first cell and performs transmission of an uplink signal and reception of a downlink signal with a first base station that forms the first cell, a second base station forming a second cell neighboring the first cell to temporarily allocate a radio resource of at least one of an uplink and a downlink; and

using the radio resource allocated by the second base station for transmission of the uplink signal or reception of the downlink signal with the first base station.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the request for temporary allocation of the radio resource includes requesting to allocate a radio resource necessary for achieving a reference value when communication quality of at least one of the uplink signal and the downlink signal decreases below the reference value.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the request for temporary allocation of the radio resource is issued upon occurrence of interference from a neighbor cell to at least one of the uplink signal and the downlink signal.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the request for temporary allocation of the radio resource is issued upon detection of a decrease in throughput of at least one of the uplink signal and the downlink signal.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the second base station includes a plurality of base stations, and the request for temporary allocating of the radio resource is issued to at least one base station selected from the plurality of base stations according to magnitude of downlink reception power.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein said requesting includes wirelessly transmitting, from the mobile station directly to the second base station, a request to temporarily allocate a radio resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2012
From: KONDO, TAKAYUKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028641/0248 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-013008 · Jan 25, 2010 · national
JP 2010-090122 · Apr 9, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120300749A1 · Nov 29, 2012