IP Library Granted Patent US 9,521,603
Granted Patent B2
US 9,521,603 · App. 14/355,322 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Communication control method, base station, and user terminal

Inventor: Chiharu Yamazaki (Ota-ku, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W36/26H04W36/0094H04W52/244H04W52/325
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Patent No.
US 9,521,603
App. No.
14/355,322
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication control method in a mobile communication system, comprises: a step A of transmitting information from a base station having at least one cell to a neighboring base station, the information notifying that a particular cell of the base station is to be prevented from being selected as a measurement target for mobility control of a user terminal under control of the neighboring base station; and a step B of, when receiving the information from the base station at the step A, performing control by the neighboring base station based on the received information such that the user terminal under control of the neighboring base station avoids selecting the particular cell as the measurement target.

Claims (22)

1. A communication control method in a mobile communication system, comprising:

limiting, by a base station, transmission powers of a physical downlink control channel region and a common reference signal in a particular cell as well as transmission powers of a synchronization signal and a master information block,

notifying, by the base station, a user terminal under control of the base station of a radio resource targeted for the transmission power limitation of the common reference signal, and

after the user terminal is notified of the radio resource targeted for the transmission power limitation of the common reference signal, excluding, by the user terminal, a measurement result for the radio resource targeted for the transmission power limitation of the common reference signal from channel state information (CSI) measurement results to be reported to the base station.

2. The communication control method according to claim 1 , wherein at the step of limiting, the base station limits the transmission power of the physical downlink control channel region in one part of a frequency band in some of subframes in the particular cell as well as the transmission powers of the synchronization signal and the master information block, and

the some of subframes are subframes in which a neighbor low power base station transmits at least one of a synchronization symbol and a master information block.

3. The communication control method according to claim 1 , wherein at the step of limiting, the base station limits the transmission power of the physical downlink control channel region in one part of a frequency band in all subframes as well as the transmission powers of the synchronization signal and the master information block.

4. The communication control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting information on the transmission power limitation from the base station to a neighboring base station.

5. The communication control method according to claim 1 , wherein the base station transmits, to the user terminal, a measurement configuration for determination of the limitation of the transmission power of the synchronization signal, the master information block, and the physical downlink control channel region.

6. A base station, comprising a controller configured to control:

limiting transmission powers of a physical downlink control channel region and a common reference signal in a particular cell as well as transmission powers of a synchronization signal and a master information block;

notifying a user terminal under control of the base station of a radio resource targeted for the transmission power limitation of the common reference signal; and

receiving, from the user terminal, a measurement report not including a channel station information (CSI) measurement result for the radio resource targeted for the transmission power limitation of the common reference signal.

7. A user terminal, comprising a controller configured to control:

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource targeted for transmission power limitation of a common reference signal, the base station configured to limit transmission powers of a physical downlink control channel region and the common reference signal in a particular cell as well as transmission powers of a synchronization signal and a master information block; and

excluding a measurement result for the radio resource targeted for the transmission power limitation of the common reference signal from channel state information (CSI) measurement results to be reported to the base station after receiving the radio resource targeted for the transmission power limitation of the common reference signal.

8. The communication control method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the step of limiting:

the base station limits the transmission powers of the physical downlink control channel region and the common reference signal in some subframes in the particular cell with the base station and an another base station being configured to operate in subframe synchronization, and

the base station limits the transmission powers of the physical downlink control channel region and the common reference signal in all subframes in the particular cell with the base station and the another base station being configured to operate in out of subframe synchronization, and

the some of subframes are subframes in which a neighbor low power base station transmits at least one of a synchronization symbol and a master information block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2014
From: YAMAZAKI, CHIHARU
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032788/0907 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61555299 · Nov 3, 2011
Related Publication 20140248886A1 · Sep 4, 2014