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Granted Patent B2
US 9,088,985 · App. 12/920,710 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Mobile station, base station, basic frequency block specifying method and band control method

Inventors: Yoshihisa Kishiyama (Yokosuka, JP); Motohiro Tanno (Yokohama, JP); Nobuhiko Miki (Yokohama, JP); Hidekazu Taoka (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Higuchi (Saitama, JP); Mamoru Sawahashi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/048H04J3/06H04L5/006H04L5/0007H04L5/0037H04L5/0044H04L5/0053H04L5/0092
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Patent No.
US 9,088,985
App. No.
12/920,710
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station includes a receiving unit configured to receive a UE capability regarding a bandwidth from a mobile station; and a specifying unit configured to specify, among plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band, one or more basic frequency blocks to be used by the mobile station based on the UE capability.

Claims (28)

1. A base station, comprising:

a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel into each of plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band;

a receiving unit configured to receive a UE capability regarding a bandwidth from a mobile station; and

a specifying unit, coupled to the receiving unit, configured to specify, using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block, among the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band, one or more basic frequency blocks to be used by the mobile station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed, regardless of UE capabilities is used;

wherein communication with the mobile station is maintained in the predetermined basic frequency block, after communication with the mobile station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.

2. The base station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the specifying unit specifies, among the plural basic frequency blocks which are formed by dividing the system band based on a maximum transmission and reception bandwidth of the mobile station, the one or more basic frequency blocks.

3. The base station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the specifying unit specifies, among the plural basic frequency blocks in which a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is reduced or removed, the one or more basic frequency blocks.

4. A mobile station, comprising:

a transmitting unit configured to transmit a UE capability regarding a bandwidth to a base station;

a control unit configured to set, among plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band, a transmission or reception band to one or more basic frequency blocks specified using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block from the base station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed regardless of UE capabilities is used; and

a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel multiplexed into each of the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band;

wherein the control unit maintains communication with the base station in the predetermined frequency block, after communication with the base station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.

5. A basic frequency block specifying method in a base station, comprising the steps of:

multiplexing a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel into each of plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band;

receiving a UE capability regarding a bandwidth from a mobile station; and

specifying, using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block, among the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band, one or more basic frequency blocks to be used by the mobile station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed regardless of UE capabilities is used;

wherein communication with the mobile station is maintained in the predetermined basic frequency block, after communication with the mobile station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.

6. A band control method in a mobile station, comprising the steps of:

transmitting a UE capability regarding a bandwidth to a base station;

setting, among plural basic frequency blocks included in a system band, a transmission or reception band to one or more basic frequency blocks specified using RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling information in a predetermined basic frequency block from the base station based on the UE capability, when the system band formed by combining the plural basic frequency blocks each of which is originally configured based on a transmission and reception bandwidth with which communication can be performed regardless of UE capabilities is used; and

receiving a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel multiplexed into each of the plural basic frequency blocks included in the system band;

wherein communication with the base station is maintained in the predetermined basic frequency block, after communication with the base station is started in the one or more basic frequency blocks.

7. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.

8. The mobile station according to claim 4 , wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.

9. The basic frequency block specifying method according to claim 5 , wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.

10. The band control method according to claim 6 , wherein a guard band between mutually adjacent basic frequency blocks is narrower than a guard band provided outside the ends of the plural basic frequency blocks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2010
From: KISHIYAMA, YOSHIHISA; TANNO, MOTOHIRO; MIKI, NOBUHIKO; TAOKA, HIDEKAZU; HIGUCHI, KENICHI; SAWAHASHI, MAMORU
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-088104 · Mar 28, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110051711A1 · Mar 3, 2011