IP Library Granted Patent US 9,078,176
Granted Patent B2
US 9,078,176 · App. 13/631,486 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

System and method for multi-hierarchical cell configuration

Inventors: Pyeong Jung Song (Daejeon, KR); Hyun Seo Park (Daejeon, KR); Seung Chan Bang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H04W36/0055H04W28/06H04W72/00H04W84/005H04W4/046H04W84/045
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Patent No.
US 9,078,176
App. No.
13/631,486
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a system and method for configuring a multi-hierarchical cell in which a large-scale mobile backhaul technology and a small cell technology are combined. A mobile backhaul may increase a transmission capacity of a wireless backhaul using a super high frequency (SHF)/extremely high frequency (EHF) band, rather than a cellular band having a limitation in extending frequency resources, and a small group cell to be formed at a final end of the mobile backhaul may be configured by fixed group cells or mobile group cells depending on a radio environment, using a moving relay, wireless fidelity (WiFi), femto-cells, and the like, whereby cells may be miniaturized effectively, and a relatively great capacity of a wireless system may be provided to a subscriber.

Claims (29)

1. A system having a multi-hierarchical cell, the system comprising:

a service infrastructure configured to provide accumulated knowledge;

a device infrastructure comprising devices that are supplied with the accumulated knowledge from the service infrastructure;

a network infrastructure configured to provide a network connection between the service infrastructure and the device infrastructure; and

a platform infrastructure configured to perform a task of processing data collected from the device infrastructure and the network infrastructure into knowledge and accumulating the knowledge in the service infrastructure,

wherein the network infrastructure includes a radio access network, and the radio access network comprises a digital cloud center, and

wherein the digital cloud center analyzes positioning information and radio environment information of a device, and selects and allocates a frequency band most suitable for a corresponding cell in real time;

wherein locations of small cells included in the multi-hierarchical cell are determined such that a line of sight (LoS) radio environment is guaranteed to be at a maximum by a communication common carrier.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the platform infrastructure comprises:

a content domain to perform a task required for the service infrastructure based on multi-processing;

a device domain to perform a task required for the device infrastructure based on single-processing;

a network domain to perform a task required for the network infrastructure;

a service platform to be utilized by the content domain or the network domain; and

a device platform to be utilized by the network domain or the device domain.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network infrastructure further includes a core network;

wherein the radio access network further comprises a global resource manager and the multi-hierarchical cell, radio resources of the multi-hierarchical cell being controlled and managed by the global resource manager that operates in the digital cloud center, and

wherein the multi-hierarchical cell includes at least one of a macro-cell, a micro-cell, and a pico-cell.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the digital cloud center integrally manages at least one of available spectrum resources, a level of interference, and a scale of available radio resources of the multi-hierarchical cell managed by the global resource manager.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the digital cloud center reconstructs a shape of the corresponding cell to be suitable for the allocated frequency band.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the global resource manager performs at least one of a device mobility management function, and a contents centric network (CCN) function.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the multi-hierarchical cell is configured by links corresponding to a number of tiers, and frequency bands corresponding to the number of tiers.

8. The system of claim 3 , wherein each cell included in the multi-hierarchical cell is connected to an upper level cell or an identical level cell via a radio link or a wired link.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the locations of the small cells included in the multi-hierarchical cell are determined based on at least one of a maximum number of concurrent subscribers, a maximum supporting transmission rate per subscriber, and an average quality of service (QoS) per service of a subscriber.

10. The system of claim 3 , wherein a number of digital cloud centers and locations of the digital cloud centers are determined based on computing powers of the digital cloud centers, a size of a storage space, and a capability of a server that provides the digital cloud centers.

11. The system of claim 3 , wherein the digital cloud center is connected to each small cell included in the multi-hierarchical cell by a radio link path of a single hop, and

each small cell included in the multi-hierarchical cell is connected to other cells via multiple radio links ensuring that a line of sight (LoS) in each small cell is maximally supported.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the radio link uses a cellular band, or a super high frequency (SHF)/extremely high frequency (EHF) band.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein a frequency band of the radio link changes in real time, depending on a radio environment, when a cognitive radio system (CRS) is applied to the radio link.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein each small cell is a femto-cell in an outdoor environment, and is a wireless fidelity (WiFi) cell in an indoor environment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2012
From: SONG, PYEONG JUNG; PARK, HYUN SEO; BANG, SEUNG CHAN
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 029061/0653 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2011-0098664 · Sep 29, 2011 · national
KR 10-2012-0074817 · Jul 10, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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