User apparatus, base station, interference reducing method and interference reducing control information notification method
A user apparatus in a radio communication system including a plurality of base stations, including a reception unit that receives, from a connecting base station, control information to be used for reducing a signal of a control channel, that causes interference, sent from an interference base station for the user apparatus, and an interference reducing unit that reduces the signal of the control channel that causes the interference by using the control information to obtain a desired signal sent from the connecting base station.
1. A user apparatus in a radio communication system including a plurality of base stations, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive, from a first base station, control information to be used for reducing a signal of a control channel, that causes interference, sent from a second base station for the user apparatus; and
a processor configured to reduce the signal of the control channel that causes the interference by using the control information to obtain a desired signal sent from the first base station,
wherein the control information that is used for reducing the signal of the control channel includes a cell ID and the number of antenna ports of CRS (Cell-specific Reference Signal),
wherein the signal of the control channel that causes the interference is a signal mapped on OFDM symbols, from a head of a subframe, the number of which is indicated by a (CFI) Control format Indicator,
wherein the control channel that causes the interference is at least one of PDCCH, PCFICH, and PHICH, and
wherein the processor performs interference rejection combining reception based on channel estimation of the signal of the control channel that causes the interference, or, performs successive interference cancellation.
2. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives the control information as downlink control information that is transmitted by a downlink physical channel from the first base station, or, receives the control information by RRC signaling from the first base station.
3. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein, in a case where the receiver receives the control information by RRC signaling from the first base station,
with respect to a control channel, in control channels that cause the interference, that is detected by searching resources specific for each user apparatus to perform blind-decoding, the receiver receives identification information of a user apparatus connected to the second base station by a downlink physical channel as a part of information for reducing the signal of the control channel.
4. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to estimate a part of the control information necessary for reducing the signal of the control channel that causes the interference by using control information received from the first base station.
5. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the processor is further configured to estimate a part of the control information necessary for reducing the signal of the control channel that causes the interference by using control information received from the first base station.
6. The user apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the processor is further configured to estimate a part of the control information necessary for reducing the signal of the control channel that causes the interference by using control information received from the first base station.
7. A base station connecting with a user apparatus in a radio communication system, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive, from another base station, control information to be used by the user apparatus for reducing a signal of a control channel, that causes interference, sent from the other base station for the user apparatus; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the control information to the user apparatus as downlink control information by a downlink physical channel, or, configured to transmit the control information to the user apparatus by RRC signaling,
wherein the control information that is used for reducing the signal of the control channel includes a cell ID and the number of antenna ports of CRS (Cell-specific Reference Signal),
wherein the signal of the control channel that causes the interference is a signal mapped on OFDM symbols, from a head of a subframe, the number of which is indicated by a (CFI) Control format Indicator,
wherein the control channel that causes the interference is at least one of PDCCH, PCFICH, and PHICH, and
wherein the user apparatus performs interference rejection combining reception based on channel estimation of the signal of the control channel that causes the interference, or, performs successive interference cancellation.
8. The base station as claimed in claim 7 , wherein, in a case where the transmitter transmits the control information to the user apparatus by RRC signaling,
with respect to a control channel, in control channels that cause the interference, that is detected by searching resources specific for each user apparatus to perform blind-decoding, the transmitter transmits identification information of a user apparatus connected to the other base station by a downlink physical channel as a part of information for reducing the signal of the control channel.
9. An interference reducing method executed in a user apparatus in a radio communication system including a plurality of base stations, comprising:
a reception step of receiving, from a first base station, control information to be used for reducing a signal of a control channel, that causes interference, sent from a second base station for the user apparatus; and
an interference reducing step of reducing the signal of the control channel that causes the interference by using the control information to obtain a desired signal sent from the first base station,
wherein the control information that is used for reducing the signal of the control channel includes a cell ID and the number of antenna ports of CRS (Cell-specific Reference Signal),
wherein the signal of the control channel that causes the interference is a signal mapped on OFDM symbols, from a head of a subframe, the number of which is indicated by a (CFI) Control format Indicator,
wherein the control channel that causes the interference is at least one of PDCCH, PCFICH, and PHICH, and
wherein reducing the signal is performed using interference rejection combining reception based on channel estimation of the signal of the control channel that causes the interference, or using successive interference cancellation.
10. An interference reducing control information notification method executed by a base station connecting with a user apparatus in a radio communication system, comprising:
a reception step of receiving, from another base station, control information to be used by the user apparatus for reducing a signal of a control channel, that causes interference, sent from the other base station for the user apparatus; and
a transmission step of transmitting the control information to the user apparatus as downlink control information by a downlink physical channel, or, transmitting the control information to the user apparatus by RRC signaling,
wherein the control information that is used for reducing the signal of the control channel includes a cell ID and the number of antenna ports of CRS (Cell-specific Reference Signal),
wherein the signal of the control channel that causes the interference is a signal mapped on OFDM symbols, from a head of a subframe, the number of which is indicated by a (CFI) Control format Indicator,
wherein the control channel that causes the interference is at least one of PDCCH, PCFICH, and PHICH, and
wherein reducing the signal is performed by the user apparatus using interference rejection combining reception based on channel estimation of the signal of the control channel that causes the interference, or using successive interference cancellation.