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US 8,248,990 · App. 12/438,349 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

Transmission device

Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,248,990
App. No.
12/438,349
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disclosed transmission device includes a frequency scheduling unit configured to allocate a resource block divided from a system bandwidth into blocks of consecutive frequency subcarriers or distributed-type resource blocks including discretely-distributed frequency subcarriers in a system bandwidth and divided from the resource block, assign locations and identification numbers of the distributed-type resource blocks divided by a predetermined division number with respect to each resource block, and determine the distributed-type resource blocks to be allocated to a user based on the assigned locations of the distributed-type resource blocks; a mapping unit configured to allocate transmission data to either the resource block or distributed-type resource blocks in accordance with the allocation; and a control information generating unit configured to generate control information with respect to a mobile station to which either the resource block or the distributed-type resource blocks are allocated based on the identification numbers.

Claims (30)

1. A transmission device, comprising:

a frequency scheduling part configured to:

allocate either a resource block or a distributed-type resource block to each user, the resource block being consecutive frequency subcarrier blocks obtained by dividing a system bandwidth, and the distributed-type resource block being frequency subcarrier blocks discretely-distributed in the system bandwidth and being obtained by dividing the resource block into plural parts,

assign identification numbers and locations of the distributed-type resource blocks obtained by dividing the resource block by a predetermined dividing number corresponding to an allocation unit number for distributed-type resource blocks allocated by the resource block, and

determine the distributed-type resource blocks to be allocated to a user based on the assigned locations of the distributed-type resource blocks;

a mapping part configured to allocate transmission data to either the resource block or the distributed-type resource blocks in accordance with the allocation; and

a control information generating part configured to generate control information with respect to a mobile station to which either the resource block or the distributed-type resource blocks are allocated based on the identification numbers.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the locations and the identification numbers of the distributed-type resource blocks differ depending on plural sectors divided from an area covered by a same base station.

3. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the distributed-type resource blocks are divided from each resource block into two and three parts.

4. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

consecutive identification numbers are assigned to the distributed-type resource blocks belonging to a same resource block.

5. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control information generating unit is configured to generate control information including an ID of a mobile station, information indicating the resource block or the distributed-type resource blocks allocated to the mobile station, and allocation information of the distributed-type resource blocks.

6. The transmission device according to claim 5 , wherein

the control information generating unit is configured to generate a value obtained by applying tree based resource allocation information when consecutive identification numbers are assigned to the distributed-type resource blocks belonging to a same resource block as the allocation information of the distributed-type resource blocks.

7. A transmission device, comprising:

a frequency scheduling part configured to:

allocate either a resource block or a distributed-type resource block to each user, the resource block being consecutive frequency subcarrier blocks obtained by dividing a system bandwidth, and the distributed-type resource block being frequency subcarrier blocks discretely-distributed in the system bandwidth and being obtained by dividing the resource block into plural parts,

assign identification numbers and locations of the distributed-type resource blocks obtained by dividing the resource block by a predetermined dividing number corresponding to an allocation unit number for distributed type resource blocks allocated by the resource block, and

determine the distributed-type resource blocks to be allocated to a user;

a mapping part configured to allocate transmission data to either the resource block or the distributed-type resource blocks in accordance with the allocation; and

a control information generating part configured to generate control information with respect to a mobile station to which either the resource block or the distributed-type resource blocks are allocated based on the identification numbers.

8. The transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein

the number of the distributed-type resource blocks generated in the resource blocks is greater than the number of resource blocks used as the distributed-type resource blocks.

9. The transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein

the control information generating unit is configured to generate control information including an ID of a mobile station, the number of resource blocks used as the distributed-type resource blocks, the number of the distributed-type resource blocks generated in the resource blocks, and allocation information of the distributed-type resource blocks.

10. The transmission device according to claim 9 , wherein

the control information generating unit is configured to generate a value obtained by applying tree based resource allocation information when consecutive identification numbers are assigned to the distributed-type resource blocks belonging to a same resource block as the allocation information of the distributed-type resource blocks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2009
From: OFUJI, YOSHIAKI; HIGUCHI, KENICHI; SAWAHASHI, MAMORU
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-225914 · Aug 22, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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