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US 10,021,707 · App. 15/045,796 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Control device, control method, and base station

Inventors: Takaharu Kobayashi (Yamato, JP); Teppei Oyama (Kawasaki, JP)

Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED

H04W72/085 H04B7/02 H04W28/16 H04W72/0433

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Patent No.: US 10,021,707
App. No.: 15/045,796
Granted: Jul 10, 2018
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A control device including: a processor configured to: receive first and second quality information indicating qualities of wireless signals transmitted from a first and a second base stations, determine a first and a second ratios based on the first and the second quality information, the first ratio being a ratio with which the base stations perform a coordinated transmission, the second ratio being a ratio with which the first base station performs an uncoordinated transmission, and determine a coordination pattern based on the ratios, the coordination pattern indicating a first wireless resource and a second wireless resource in a specified wireless resource, the first and the second wireless resources being allocated to the coordinated transmission and the uncoordinated transmission, the coordinated pattern being applied to a specified period including a plurality of units of period each being a unit of period for wireless transmission in a wireless communication system.

Claims (90)

1. A control device in a wireless communication system, the control device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, from a first base station, first quality information indicating a quality of a wireless signal transmitted from the first base station,

receive, from a second base station, second quality information indicating a quality of a wireless signal transmitted from the second base station,

determine a first ratio and a second ratio based on the first quality information and the second quality information,

the first ratio being a signal quality ratio of a coordinated transmission, the coordinated transmission performed by the first base station and the second base station,

the second ratio being a signal quality ratio of an uncoordinated transmission, the uncoordinated transmission performed by the first base station without the second base station, and

determine a coordination pattern based on the first ratio and the second ratio,

the coordination pattern indicating a first wireless resource and a second wireless resource in a specified wireless resource,

the first wireless resource being a wireless resource allocated to the coordinated transmission performed by the first base station and the second base station,

the second wireless resource being a wireless resource allocated to the uncoordinated transmission by the first base station,

wherein the determining of the coordination pattern comprises determining:

a ratio of the first wireless resource to the specified wireless resource corresponding to the first ratio, and

a ratio of the second wireless resource to the specified wireless resource corresponding to the second ratio,

applying the coordinated pattern a specified period including a plurality of units of period, each of the plurality of units of period being a unit of period for wireless transmission in the wireless communication system.

2. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ratio is a ratio with which the first base station and the second base station coordinately transmit a wireless signal to a first terminal, and

the second ratio is a ratio with which the first base station transmits a wireless signal to a second terminal without coordinating with the second base station.

3. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ratio is a ratio of a wireless resource allocated to a wireless communication in which the first base station and the second base station coordinately transmit a wireless signal to a first terminal, and

the second ratio is a ratio of a wireless resource allocated to a wireless communication in which the first base station transmits a wireless signal to a second terminal without coordinating with the second base station.

4. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ratio is a ratio with which the first base station and the second base station coordinately transmit wireless signals to all of first terminals that are located in an overlapping area of

a first cell formed by the first base station and

a second cell formed by the second base station, and

the second ratio is a ratio with which the first base station transmits wireless signals to all of second terminals that are located in the first cell, without coordinating with the second base station.

5. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first ratio is a ratio of wireless resources allocated to wireless communications in which the first base station and the second base station coordinately transmit wireless signals to all of first terminals that are located in an overlapping area of

a first cell formed by the first base station and

a second cell formed by the second base station, and

the second ratio is a ratio of wireless resources allocated to wireless communications in which the first base station transmits wireless signals to all of second terminals that are located in the first cell, without coordinating with the second base station.

6. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first ratio and the second ratio is determined for a period that is longer than an unit of period for wireless transmission in the wireless communication system.

7. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of units of period for wireless transmission in the is a plurality of subframes.

8. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first ratio and the second ratio is determined based on at least one of a first throughput and a second throughput respectively,

the first throughput being a throughput with which the first base station and the second base station perform the coordinated transmission,

the second throughput being a throughput with which the first base station performs the uncoordinated transmission without the second base station.

9. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first ratio and the second ratio is determined by solving a problem for maximizing proportional fairness (PF) utility based on

the first quality information and the second quality information, respectively.

10. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coordination pattern is determined based on at least one of

a third ratio and a fourth ratio,

the third ratio being a ratio of the first ratio to an average of the first ratio,

the fourth ratio being a ratio of the second ratio to an average of the second ratio.

11. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first ratio and the second ratio is determined for each transmission pattern indicating each direction of each wireless signal transmitted from the first base station and the second base station, based on the first quality information and the second quality base station, respectively.

12. The control device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine a fifth ratio with which each transmission pattern is applied to a wireless communication, and the coordination pattern is determined further based on the fifth ratio.

13. The control device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the coordination pattern is determined based on

a third ratio,

a fourth ratio,

and a sixth ratio,

the third ratio being a ratio of the first ratio to an average of the first ratio,

the fourth ratio being a ratio of the second ratio to an average of the second ratio,

the sixth ratio being a ratio of the fifth ratio to an average of the fifth ratio.

14. A control method in a wireless communication system, the control method comprising:

receiving, from a first base station, first quality information indicating a quality of a wireless signal transmitted from the first base station;

receiving, from a second base station, second quality information indicating a quality of a wireless signal transmitted from the second base station;

determining at a first ratio and a second ratio based on the first quality information and the second quality information,