IP Library Granted Patent US 9,544,878
Granted Patent B2
US 9,544,878 · App. 14/385,831 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Mobile communication system and mobile communication method

Inventors: Naohisa Matsumoto (Kawasaki, JP); Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W72/04H04B7/024H04W16/28H04W28/16
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Patent No.
US 9,544,878
App. No.
14/385,831
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An anchor radio base station 310 A comprises: an interface 315 A that notifies a non-anchor radio base station 310 B of bit precision of an uplink signal before decoding, the uplink signal before decoding being to be transmitted through a backhaul network; and a control unit 316 A that performs selective synthesis of the uplink signal before decoding received from the non-anchor radio base station 310 B, and the uplink signal before decoding received from UE 10 . The non-anchor radio base station 310 B comprises: an interface 315 B that transmits the uplink signal before decoding to the anchor radio base station 310 A according to the bit precision notified by the anchor radio base station 310 A.

Claims (22)

1. A mobile communication system, in which a plurality of radio base stations receive, in cooperation with one another, uplink signals transmitted from a radio terminal, wherein

the plurality of radio base stations comprise: one anchor radio base station; and a non-anchor radio base station other than the anchor radio base station,

the anchor radio base station comprises:

a notification unit that notifies a non-anchor radio base station receiving an uplink signal having received quality which satisfies predetermined quality, of necessity to transmit the uplink signal before decoding through a backhaul network; and

a control unit that performs selective synthesis of the uplink signal before decoding received from the non-anchor radio base station, and the uplink signal before decoding received from the radio terminal, and

the non-anchor radio base station comprises:

a transmission unit that transmits the uplink signal before decoding to the anchor radio base station when the necessity to transmit the uplink signal before decoding is notified by the anchor radio base station.

2. A mobile communication system, in which a plurality of radio base stations receive, in cooperation with one another, uplink signals transmitted from a radio terminal, wherein

the plurality of radio base stations comprise: one anchor radio base station; and a non-anchor radio base station other than the anchor radio base station,

the non-anchor radio base station comprises:

a transmission unit that transmits an uplink signal before decoding to the anchor radio base station through a backhaul network when received quality of the uplink signal received in the non-anchor radio base station satisfies predetermined quality, and

the anchor radio base station comprises:

a control unit that performs selective synthesis of the uplink signal before decoding received from the non-anchor radio base station, and the uplink signal before decoding received from the radio terminal.

3. A mobile communication method, in which a plurality of radio base stations receive, in cooperation with one another, uplink signals transmitted from a radio terminal, wherein

the plurality of radio base stations comprise: one anchor radio base station; and a non-anchor radio base station other than the anchor radio base station, comprising the steps of:

notifying, by the anchor radio base station, a non-anchor radio base station receiving an uplink signal having received quality which satisfies predetermined quality, of necessity to transmit the uplink signal before decoding through a backhaul network;

transmitting the uplink signal before decoding from the non-anchor radio base station to the anchor radio base station when the necessity to transmit the uplink signal before decoding is notified by the anchor radio base station; and

performing, by the anchor radio base station, selective synthesis of the uplink signal before decoding received from the non-anchor radio base station, and the uplink signal before decoding received from the radio terminal.

4. A mobile communication method, in which a plurality of radio base stations receive, in cooperation with one another, uplink signals transmitted from a radio terminal, wherein

the plurality of radio base stations comprise: one anchor radio base station; and a non-anchor radio base station other than the anchor radio base station, comprising the steps of:

transmitting an uplink signal before decoding to the anchor radio base station from the non-anchor radio base station when received quality of the uplink signal received in the non-anchor radio base station satisfies predetermined quality; and

performing, by the anchor radio base station, selective synthesis of the uplink signal before decoding received from the non-anchor radio base station, and the uplink signal before decoding being received from the radio terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2014
From: MATSUMOTO, NAOHISA; FUJISHIRO, MASATO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033757/0072 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61612585 · Mar 19, 2012
Related Publication 20150071197A1 · Mar 12, 2015