Mobile communication system, base station device and frequency allocation method for mobile communication system
In a base station device 12 of an OFDMA mobile communication system, a frequency band storage unit 22 stores multiple frequency bands allocatable to mobile station devices, respectively, in association with predetermined conditions related to communication quality. A communication quality acquisition unit 37 acquires communication quality in communication with each of the mobile station devices. A frequency allocator 24 selects any one of the frequency bands from the frequency band storage unit 22 on the basis of the communication quality acquired by the communication quality acquisition unit 37 , and notifies the mobile station device of channel information indicating the selected frequency band. Then, the mobile station device communicates with the base station device 12 in the frequency band indicated by the channel information notified by the frequency allocator 24 in the base station device 12.
1. A mobile communication system comprising:
a plurality of mobile station devices; and
a base station device for performing communication with each of the mobile station devices by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in a predetermined frequency band, wherein
the base station device includes:
a frequency band storage unit configured to store a plurality of fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands for a subchannel allocatable to each of the mobile station devices, in association with predetermined conditions related to communication quality;
a communication quality acquisition unit configured to acquire communication quality in communication with each of the mobile station devices; and
a frequency allocator configured to select a frequency band from among the plurality of fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands to be allocated as the subchannel to each of the mobile station devices from the frequency band storage unit on the basis of the communication quality acquired by the communication quality acquisition unit, and to notify the mobile station device of channel information indicating the selected frequency band, and
each of the mobile station devices communicates with the base station device in the frequency band indicated by the channel information notified by the frequency allocator, wherein
guard bands are provided between the fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands stored in the frequency band storage unit, wherein the guard bands vary in width from each other according to the communication quality such that the guard band width is independent of the fixed communication bandwidth, and
the guard bands are stored in the frequency band storage unit.
2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication quality acquisition unit acquires a difference in magnitude between a desired signal level and an interference signal level according to a received signal in a frequency band allocated to each of the mobile station devices.
3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication quality acquisition unit acquires a frequency difference between a frequency band allocated to each of the mobile station devices and a frequency band of a signal received from the mobile station device.
4. A base station device for performing communication with a plurality of mobile station devices by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in predetermined frequency bands, the base station device comprising:
a frequency band storage unit configured to store a plurality of fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands for a subchannel allocatable to each of the mobile station devices, in association with predetermined conditions related to communication quality;
a communication quality acquisition unit configured to acquire communication quality in communication with each of the mobile station devices; and
a frequency allocator configured to select a frequency band from among the plurality of fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands to be allocated as the subchannel to each of the mobile station devices from the frequency band storage unit on the basis of the communication quality acquired by the communication quality acquisition unit, and to notify the mobile station device of channel information indicating the selected frequency band, wherein
guard bands are provided between the fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands stored in the frequency band storage unit, wherein the guard bands vary in width from each other according to the communication quality such that the guard band width is independent of the fixed communication bandwidth, and
the guard bands are stored in the frequency band storage unit.
5. A frequency allocation method for a mobile communication system including a plurality of mobile station devices and a base station device for performing communication with each of the mobile station devices by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in a predetermined frequency band, the frequency allocation method comprising:
a step of storing, in the base station device, a plurality of fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands for a subchannel allocatable to each of the mobile station devices in a frequency band storage unit, in association with predetermined conditions related to communication quality;
a communication quality acquisition step of acquiring, in the base station device, communication quality in communication with each of the mobile station devices;
a frequency allocation step of selecting, in the base station device, a frequency band from among the plurality of fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands to be allocated as the subchannel to each of the mobile station devices from the frequency band storage unit on the basis of the communication quality acquired in the communication quality acquisition step, and of notifying the mobile station device of channel information indicating the selected frequency band; and
a step of communicating, in each of the mobile station devices, with the base station device in the frequency band indicated by the channel information notified in the frequency allocation step, wherein
guard bands are provided between the fixed communication bandwidth frequency bands stored in the frequency band storage unit, wherein the guard bands vary in width from each other according to the communication quality such that the guard band width is independent of the fixed communication bandwidth, and
the guard bands are stored in the frequency band storage unit.