JP2007053815A - Radio transmission system and method, and transmitter apparatus and receiver apparatus used in radio transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio transmission system capable of broadband packet transmission with a wide-range cell coverage by varying a spreading factor for transmitted information by using OFCDM. <P>SOLUTION: The radio transmission system is configured to, on the occasion of radio transmission of information between a transmitter and a receiver, perform the radio transmission of information using an orthogonal frequency and code division multiplexing transmission scheme of parallelly transmitting identical information by a plurality of sub-carriers. The radio transmission system has a spreading factor variable control transmitting means for parallelly converting information channel-coded at the transmitter, according to symbols transmitted simultaneously, and for spreading a sequence of parallelized symbols in at least one of a frequency direction and a time direction by a spreading code sequence of a designated spreading factor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a radio transmission system and method, and more particularly, to a radio transmission system and method for varying a spreading factor for a symbol sequence of information according to a cell environment or a propagation environment using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplexing system. About. The present invention also relates to a transmission station apparatus used in such a wireless transmission system. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a receiving station apparatus used in such a wireless transmission system.

  As a radio access scheme of the third generation mobile communication scheme (IMT-2000: International Mobile Telecommunication 2000), a W (Wideband) -CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) scheme is adopted, and an average BER = 5 MHz band using this W-CDMA radio interface It has been experimentally shown that high-quality 2 Mbps transmission of 10 −6 or less can be realized.

  However, with the recent trend of broadband Internet services in wired networks, it is considered necessary to realize high-speed mobile Internet access even in a mobile communication cellular environment. Especially in the downlink of radio base station transmission and mobile station reception, data traffic is expected to increase due to images from websites and various databases, large file downloads, etc. The packet transmission suitable for is essential.

  Against this background, HDR (High Data Rate) has been proposed that specializes in data communication based on the IS-95 radio interface and realizes high-speed packet transmission with a maximum information transmission speed of 2.4 Mbps in the 1.25 MHz band. Also, in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), a method (HSPDA: High Speed Down Link Packet Access) that extends the W-CDMA wireless interface and realizes high-speed packet transmission with a maximum information transmission rate of about 10 Mbps in the 5 MHz band is being studied. . These systems use a so-called adaptive modulation / demodulation technique in which the modulation / demodulation system is changed according to the channel state, and an information transmission rate exceeding 2 Mbps can be realized when the channel state is good.

  In the next mobile communication system (= 4th generation mobile communication system) of IMT-2000, higher information transmission rate (throughput), ie, asymmetry of uplink and downlink of data traffic in the current cellular system is taken into consideration. Specifically, it is necessary to realize a cellular system that provides wide-area coverage with a maximum throughput of 100 Mbps or more in the downlink and a maximum throughput of 20 Mbps or more in the uplink. However, the approach based on the extension of the existing wireless interface (HDR or HSPDA) described above has a limit in increasing the information transmission rate, and it is difficult to realize a maximum information transmission rate of about 100 Mbps. For example, if the wireless bandwidth 5 MHz allocated to W-CDMA (DS-CDMA base) is increased to an ultra-wide band of about 50-100 MHz, the bandwidth becomes higher, that is, the chip rate becomes higher. And the signal power per path is separated into a very large number of small paths. Accordingly, an increase in multi-path interference (MPI) and a deterioration in channel estimation accuracy are increased, canceling the RAKE time diversity effect, and as a result, transmission power for realizing a required reception quality at a required information transmission rate is obtained. It increases and the link capacity decreases. Therefore, the radio access system based on DS-CDMA is not suitable for high-speed and large-capacity packet transmission in a broadband band of 50-100 MHz.

  In addition, in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) used for digital terrestrial broadcasts and wireless LANs, so-called OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex), the symbol period of each subcarrier is sufficiently smaller than the multipath delay time. Thus, the influence of MPI can be reduced by making it sufficiently long, that is, by reducing the symbol rate and inserting a guard interval longer than the maximum delay time of the main multipath in each symbol. Therefore, compared with the above-described radio access method using DS-CDMA, characteristic deterioration due to MPI accompanying the increase in bandwidth can be suppressed to be small, and it is suitable for high-speed signal transmission in a band of 50-100 MHz or more.

  However, in the OFDM, the same carrier frequency cannot be used in adjacent cells due to co-channel interference (Co-channel interference), and cell frequency repetition is necessary. Therefore, in the OFDM system, the frequency band that can be used per cell is a band obtained by dividing the entire frequency band of the system by the cell frequency repetition, and the frequency utilization efficiency is reduced. In order to realize 1-cell frequency repetition in this OFDM system, advanced dynamic channel allocation (DCA) is required, and control becomes very complicated. In addition, cell frequency repetition is indispensable for common control channels such as a broadcast channel and a paging channel that are always transmitted to a communicator in the cell.

On the other hand, in OFCDM (Orthogonal Frequency and Code Division Multiplexing) based on multi-carrier CDMA that multi-carrier-transmits a signal spread on the frequency axis, the symbol rate is reduced using a large number of subcarriers. The influence of is reduced. For this reason, it has been reported in Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 below that a large capacity can be realized as compared with a radio access system based on DS-CDMA.
[S. Abeta, et al. , IEEE VTC2000-Spring, pp. 1918-1922] [Hiroyuki Shin, Sadayuki Abeda, Mamoru Sawahashi, IEICE Technical Report RCS-2000-136, October 2000]

  However, this OFCDM can increase the system capacity compared to OFDM in a multi-cell system such as a cellular system, but compared to OFDM without spreading in an isolated cell system such as a wireless LAN or office environment. Therefore, there is a problem that a large capacity cannot be realized.

  Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a wireless transmission system that enables broadband packet transmission with a wide range of cell coverage by varying the spreading factor for transmission information using OFCDM.

  A second object of the present invention is to provide a transmitting station apparatus used in such a wireless transmission system.

  A third object of the present invention is to provide a receiving station apparatus used in such a wireless transmission system.

  The wireless transmission system according to the present invention uses the orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers when information is wirelessly transmitted between the transmitting station and the receiving station. In the wireless transmission system configured to perform wireless transmission, the transmitting station converts channel-coded information in parallel according to symbols to be transmitted at the same time, and converts the paralleled symbol sequences into a cell environment. And spreading means for spreading in at least one of the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of spreading factors that can be changed based on a propagation environment, wherein one spreading factor is transmitted In the station, when the cell environment is a multi-cell environment, a value greater than 1 based on the propagation environment indicated by the control information transmitted from the receiving station to the transmitting station It is set, when the cell environment is a single-cell environment, characterized in that it is set to 1 regardless of the propagation environment.

  In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the transmitting station obtains a propagation environment indicating the state of the propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station in a multi-cell environment, and determines one spreading factor according to the propagation environment. It is preferable that the first diffusivity determining means is included.

  In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, it is preferable that the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation characteristics and uses the delay spread as a propagation environment.

  Also, in the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the spreading means converts the paralleled symbol sequences in the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors. It is preferable to diffuse to both.

  In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into at least one of each subcarrier and each time axis symbol, and based on a plurality of variable spreading factors that can be changed. It is preferable to include spreading factor control receiving means for integrating at least one of a number of subcarriers and time axis symbols corresponding to a predetermined spreading factor in-phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.

  In the radio transmission system of the present invention, the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and a corresponding number of subcarriers and time axis symbols. It is preferable to integrate both in phase.

  The wireless transmission method of the present invention uses the orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers when information is wirelessly transmitted between the transmitting station and the receiving station. In the wireless transmission method configured to perform wireless transmission, the transmitting station converting means converts the channel-coded information in parallel according to the symbol to be transmitted at the same time, and the transmitting station spreading means includes the parallel processing. Spreading a sequence of generated symbols in at least one of a frequency direction and a time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of spreading factors that can be changed based on a cell environment and a propagation environment. In the case where the cell environment is a multi-cell environment, the one spreading factor is the propagation environment indicated by the control information transmitted from the receiving station to the transmitting station. It is set to a value greater than 1 in Zui, when the cell environment is a single-cell environment, characterized in that it is set to 1 regardless of the propagation environment.

  In the wireless transmission method of the present invention, the first spreading factor determining means of the transmitting station obtains a propagation environment indicating the state of the propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station in the multi-cell environment, and the propagation environment Accordingly, it is preferable to include a step of determining a diffusion rate of one.

  In the wireless transmission method of the present invention, it is preferable that the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation characteristics and uses the delay spread as a propagation environment.

  Also, in the radio transmission method of the present invention, in the spreading step, the spreading means of the transmitting station determines the spreading of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors for the paralleled symbol sequences. The code sequence is preferably spread both in the frequency direction and in the time direction.

  Further, in the wireless transmission method of the present invention, the spreading factor control receiving means of the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into at least one of each subcarrier and each time axis symbol, and a plurality of changeable signals Preferably, the method includes a step of integrating at least one of a number of subcarriers and time axis carriers corresponding to one spreading factor determined on the basis of the spreading factor of the same in phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.

  In the radio transmission method of the present invention, the spreading factor control receiving means of the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and a corresponding number of subcarriers. It is preferable to integrate both the carrier and time axis symbols in phase.

  A transmitting station apparatus according to the present invention is a transmission station apparatus that wirelessly transmits information to and from a receiving station apparatus using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers. Conversion means for converting the encoded information in parallel according to the symbols to be transmitted at the same time, and a sequence of the parallelized symbols is determined based on a plurality of spreading factors that can be changed based on the cell environment and the propagation environment. Spreading means for spreading in at least one of the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence of a spreading factor of one, and when the cell environment is a multi-cell environment, the one spreading factor is a receiving station which is a transmission destination of information Is set to a value greater than 1 based on the propagation environment indicated by the control information transmitted from the mobile station to the own station. Characterized in that it is set to Warazu 1.

  In the transmitting station apparatus of the present invention, in a multi-cell environment, a propagation environment indicating a state of a propagation path between the own station and the receiving station apparatus is obtained, and a first spreading factor is determined according to the propagation environment. It is preferable that a diffusivity determining means is included.

  In the transmitting station apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation characteristics and uses the delay spread as a propagation environment.

  Further, in the transmitting station apparatus of the present invention, the spreading means converts the paralleled symbol sequences in the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence having one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors. It is preferable to diffuse to both.

  The receiving station apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving station apparatus that receives a signal wirelessly transmitted by the transmitting station apparatus using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission method. And spreading factor control that separates into at least one of each time axis symbol and integrates at least one of the number of subcarriers corresponding to one spreading factor and the time axis symbol in phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence In the transmission station apparatus, when the cell environment is a multi-cell environment, the one spreading factor is a value greater than 1 based on the propagation environment indicated by the control information transmitted from the local station to the transmission station apparatus. When the cell environment is a single cell environment, it is set to 1 regardless of the propagation environment.

  In the receiving station apparatus of the present invention, the received signal received by the own station is separated into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and the corresponding number of subcarriers and time axis symbols are both in phase. It is preferable to integrate.

  In the present invention, it is possible to operate as OFCDM or OFDM by changing the radio parameters such as the spreading factor of the transmitter and the receiver with the same radio access method. Therefore, flexible use of OFCDM and OFDM is possible, so the large capacity with high frequency utilization efficiency (number of communicators that can satisfy the required reception quality per cell) regardless of the cell configuration and propagation environment. It is possible to provide a wireless access method that can be realized.

  Therefore, by changing the spreading factor for transmission information using OFCDM, it is possible to provide a wireless transmission system that enables broadband packet transmission with a wide range of cell coverage.

  Each embodiment according to the present invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings. These examples are given for illustration only and should not be construed as limiting the invention.

  Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given below. However, the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the preferred embodiment of the invention, are presented for purposes of illustration only and various modifications and improvements within the spirit and scope of the invention. Will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, an example of a mobile communication system. FIG. 1 shows a configuration example in the case of having a radio network control station, and FIG. 2 shows a configuration example in the case of being connected directly from a base station to a core network (IP network) without going through a radio network control station.

  In FIG. 1, this mobile communication system is composed of a core network (CN) 100 and a radio access network (RAN) station 200. Further, the RAN includes a radio network control station 201 and a plurality of base stations 202 and 203. The base stations 202 and 203 are sectorized. A packet signal from the core network 100 is transmitted to the base station 203 that connects the mobile station 300 and the radio link via the radio network control station 201.

  The radio network control station 201 has a handover combination (uplink) / distribution (downlink) mechanism. In the uplink, soft handover is performed, and in the downlink, high-speed (low-speed) cell selection is performed. That is, in the uplink, the packet channel transmitted from the mobile station 300 is received by a plurality of soft handover candidate cells (base stations) at the time of handover, and the packet signal received by the base station is transmitted via a wired transmission path. Is transferred to the radio network control station 201 and synthesized based on the reliability information.

  On the other hand, in the downlink, the same packet signal is transmitted from the radio network control station 201 to the handover candidate cell (base station). A base station with the smallest path loss difference between the mobile stations is selected from the soft handover candidate base stations, and a packet channel is transmitted to the mobile station 300 from the selected base station. In selecting this optimal cell (base station), a method for selecting and updating the base station so that the path loss difference with the mobile station becomes the smallest in a short time period that immediately follows the fading fluctuation is a fast cell. Low-speed cell selection is a method of selecting and updating a base station that averages fading fluctuations and has the smallest path loss difference subjected to shadowing fluctuation and distance fluctuation. In any case, in order to reduce interference given to other cells, a packet channel is transmitted from an optimal one cell (base station) having the smallest path loss difference. Since the propagation delay (delay profile) varies depending on each cell or each sector, the spreading factor is set based on the delay spread measured by the base stations 202 and 203 or the mobile station 300.

  FIG. 2 shows a form in which the base stations 202 and 203 are directly connected to the packet gateway of the core network 100 without going through the radio network control station 201 (see FIG. 1). In this configuration, when the mobile station 300 performs a handover, the packet signal transferred from (transferred to) the core network 100 is distributed (combined) in the handover source cell (base station). Note that handover processing in uplink and downlink is performed in the same procedure as in FIG.

  The base stations 202 and 203 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 (the base station 202 and the base station 203 have the same device configuration, and hence, only “202” is given as the reference symbol for the base station). 3 is configured.

  In FIG. 3, the base station 202 includes a low noise amplification unit 11, a transmission amplification unit 12, a radio frequency distribution / synthesis unit 13, a radio transmission / reception unit 14, a baseband signal processing unit 15, and a wired transmission path interface. The unit 16 includes a control unit 17 and an antenna 18.

  Next, an outline of the operation of the base station 202 in the configuration of the base station 202 in FIG. 1 will be described.

  The packet data transmitted from the wireless network control station 201 (packet gateway control unit of the core network) is received by the baseband signal processing unit 15 via the wired transmission path interface unit 16 and spread set by the control unit 17 An OFCDM signal corresponding to the rate is generated. This OFCDM signal is converted into an analog in-phase and quadrature component by the D / A converter of the wireless transmission / reception unit 14, and then converted to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal by the quadrature modulator. , Upconverted to an RF modulated signal. The up-converted RF modulation signal is synthesized by the radio frequency distribution / synthesis unit 13, amplified by the power amplifier 12, and transmitted from the antenna 18.

  On the other hand, the received signal received via the antenna 18 is amplified by the low noise amplifier 11, then distributed by the radio frequency distribution / synthesis unit 13, down-converted into an IF signal by the radio transmission / reception unit 14, and orthogonally detected, Converted to analog in-phase and quadrature components. Then, after being converted into a digital signal by an A / D converter in the baseband signal processing unit 15, demodulation and error correction decoding are performed, and a transmission packet data sequence is reproduced. The packet data reproduced in this way is transferred to the wireless network control unit 201 (core network packet gateway control unit) via the wired transmission path interface 16.

となる。前述の関係を満たす範囲で最も大きな拡散率を設定することにより、他セルの干渉の影響をできるだけ小さくすることができる。拡散率が小さい場合には、多くの情報シンボルを全システム帯域、すなわち全サブキャリア間にマッピング（周波数インタリーブ）し、拡散率が大きくなるに従って、全サブキャリア間にマッピングできる情報シンボル数は減少する。いずれにしても拡散率によらず、拡散あるいは、周波数インタリーブにより全サブキャリア間に情報データをマッピングするために、充分な周波数インタリーブ効果を得ることができる。このように、本発明に係る基地局によれば、伝搬路の遅延スプレッドに応じた拡散率を適応的に設定できるＯＦＣＤＭ方式を実現できる。 As described above, the control unit 17 sets the spreading factor, and this spreading factor is set based on the delay spread measured by the wireless transmission / reception unit 14. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the delay spread is large, the amplitude (phase) fluctuation increases in a small frequency band, that is, in a small subcarrier section, so that spreading is performed on the frequency axis using orthogonal codes. Inter-code interference increases due to the disruption of orthogonality. Therefore, it spreads in the subcarrier section where the amplitude fluctuation can be regarded as almost constant. That is, the spreading factor is set to the number of subcarriers in the frequency range in which the amplitude fluctuation can be regarded as almost constant. In general, if the delay spread is τ, the spreading factor SF is

It becomes. By setting the largest spreading factor within a range that satisfies the above-described relationship, the influence of interference from other cells can be minimized. When the spreading factor is small, many information symbols are mapped across all system bands, that is, between all subcarriers (frequency interleaving), and the number of information symbols that can be mapped between all subcarriers decreases as the spreading factor increases. . In any case, a sufficient frequency interleaving effect can be obtained in order to map information data between all subcarriers by spreading or frequency interleaving regardless of the spreading factor. Thus, according to the base station of the present invention, it is possible to realize an OFCDM scheme that can adaptively set the spreading factor according to the delay spread of the propagation path.

  In the example of FIG. 4, spreading and interleaving in the frequency direction are shown, but they may also be spread in the time direction as shown in FIGS. 15 to 17. In the example of FIG. 15, one information symbol is transmitted in one OFCDM symbol (time axis symbol) and four subcarriers. In the example of FIG. 16, one information symbol is transmitted with four OFCDM symbols and one subcarrier. In the example of FIG. 17, one information symbol is transmitted with two OFCDM symbols and two subcarriers. In the examples of FIGS. 15 to 17, the spreading factor is 4 in all cases.

  Further, the spreading factor information set by the control unit 17 can also be acquired from the radio network control station 201 or the core network 100 that is an upper station of the base station 202.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile station 300.

  In FIG. 5, the mobile station 300 includes an error detection (packet error detection) code adding unit 21, a channel encoding unit 22, an interleaving unit 23, a data modulation processing unit 24, a D / A conversion unit 25, and an orthogonality. Modulation unit 26, up-conversion unit 27, power amplification unit 28, control unit 29, low noise amplification unit 30, down-conversion unit 31, AGC amplification unit 32, quadrature detection unit 33, A / D A conversion unit 34, a demodulation processing unit 35, a deinterleaving unit 36, a channel decoding unit 37, an error detection (packet error detection) unit 38, and an antenna 39 are combined.

  Next, an outline of operation in the mobile station 300 will be described with reference to FIG.

  Transmission packet data (transmission information data) is added with an error detection code (CRC code) by an error detection code adding unit 21, channel-encoded by a channel encoding unit 22, and interleaved by an interleaving unit 23. Is done. Thereafter, the encoded data sequence is data-modulated by the data modulation processing unit 24 by multiplexing the pilot bits for channel estimation and the low layer control bits. The in-phase and quadrature data series modulated in this way are converted into analog signals by the D / A converter 25 and then quadrature modulated by the quadrature modulator 26. The orthogonally modulated signal is converted into an RF signal by the up-conversion unit 27, amplified by the power amplification unit 28, and transmitted from the antenna 39.

  The signal transmitted as described above is transmitted as an OFCDM signal corresponding to the spreading factor set by the control unit 29.

  On the other hand, the OFCDM signal received via the antenna 39 is amplified by the low noise amplification unit 30, downconverted to an IF signal by the downconversion unit 31, linearly amplified by the AGC amplifier 32, and quadrature detected by the quadrature detection unit 33. The The quadrature-detected in-phase and quadrature signals are demodulated after being converted into digital data by the A / D converter 34. The demodulated signal is deinterleaved by the deinterleaver 36, and then error correction decoded by the channel decoder 37 to reproduce transmission packet data.

  FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing assignment of spreading codes in the variable spreading factor OFCDM of the present application. As shown in the figure, the signal is double-spread by a cell-specific scramble code (1) and an orthogonal code (2) that divides the code channel in the cell commonly used in each cell. The cell-specific scramble code is a code obtained by cutting a very long period code into a length corresponding to the total number of subcarriers. As the orthogonal code, a Walsh code or the like can be used. The length of the orthogonal code, that is, the spreading factor is controlled by the cell environment and the propagation environment (delay spread).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of pilot symbols for channel estimation.

  As shown in the figure, pilot symbols (1) are time-multiplexed into a coded symbol sequence at the beginning and end of the packet. The channel impulse response (channel estimation value) of this packet can be obtained by adding the FFT output signals of all pilot symbols at the beginning and end of each subcarrier packet in phase. Especially when the delay spread is small, the fading correlation between adjacent subcarriers is very large. Therefore, by further averaging the channel estimates of each subcarrier estimated over several adjacent subcarriers by in-phase addition averaging, A highly accurate channel estimation value can be obtained.

  Next, the theoretical analysis result of the downlink capacity of the variable spreading factor OFCDM of the present invention is shown below.

ＮＯＦＣＤＭ：ＯＦＣＤＭの所要受信品質を満たす１セル当たりのユーザ数
ＮＯＦＤＭ：ＯＦＤＭの所要受信品質を満たす１セル当たりのユーザ数
ＳＦ：拡散率
ＣＭＵＸ：所要品質を満たすＯＦＣＤＭのコード多重数
ηＯＦＣＤＭ：ＯＦＣＤＭの自セル干渉に対する他セル干渉電力比
ηＯＦＤＭ：ＯＦＤＭの自セル干渉に対する他セル干渉電力比
ＦＯＦＣＤＭ：ＯＦＣＤＭのセル周波数繰り返し数
ＦＯＦＤＭ：ＯＦＤＭのセル周波数繰り返し数
ＳＯＦＣＤＭ：ＯＦＣＤＭのセクタ化の効果
ＳＯＦＤＭ：ＯＦＤＭのセクタ化の効果 The following (Formula 2) is an approximate expression showing the relationship between the number of users per cell NOFCDM and NOFDM that satisfy the required reception quality when OFCDM and OFDM are used.

NOFCDM: Number of users per cell satisfying the required reception quality of OFCDM NOFDM: Number of users per cell satisfying the required reception quality of OFDM SF: Spreading factor CMUX: Number of code multiplexing of OFCDM satisfying the required quality ηOFCDM: Self of OFCDM Other cell interference power ratio to cell interference ηOFDM: Other cell interference power ratio to OFDM own cell interference FOFCDM: OFCDM cell frequency repetition number FOFDM: OFDM cell frequency repetition number SOFCDM: OFCDM sectorization effect SOFDM: OFDM sector Effect

の関係になるため、無線ＬＡＮ（例：ＩＥＥＥ８０２．１１）のような孤立セル環境（図８(ｂ)参照）では、ＯＦＣＤＭの所要受信品質を満たすことができるユーザ数、すなわち容量は、ＯＦＤＭのそれに比較して小さな値となる。 According to (Expression 2), OFCDM copies SF codes of the same encoded symbol sequence, and assigns them to SF subcarriers for transmission. Therefore, in 1-code transmission, the frequency utilization is compared to OFDM. Although the efficiency is 1 / SF, CMUX code channels spread with different orthogonal codes on the frequency axis can be multiplexed. However, in a multipath fading (frequency selective fading) channel, orthogonality between code channels on the frequency axis is broken mainly due to fluctuations in amplitude components between subcarriers. Therefore, due to the inter-code interference, the number of multiplexed code channels that can satisfy the required reception quality is smaller than SF. Therefore,

Therefore, in an isolated cell environment (see FIG. 8B) such as a wireless LAN (for example, IEEE 802.11), the number of users that can satisfy the required reception quality of OFCDM, that is, the capacity is OFDM. It becomes a small value compared with it.

の関係にあるので、結果としてセクタ化による効果を考慮しなくてもＯＦＣＤＭのマルチセル環境における容量は、ＯＦＤＭのそれに比較して大きくなる。さらにセクタ化を考慮した場合には、１セル周波数繰り返しが可能なＯＦＣＤＭは、ＯＦＤＭに比較してセクタ化に対する容量増大効果は大きく、さらにＯＦＤＭに対するＯＦＣＤＭの容量増大効果は大きくなる。 On the other hand, in the multi-cell environment (see FIG. 8A), OFCDM spreads with a cell-specific scramble code in the frequency domain, so that the same frequency band can be used in adjacent cells. Therefore, one-cell frequency repetition can be realized. On the other hand, OFDM cannot use the same frequency band in adjacent (adjacent) cells due to co-channel interference, and if 2-branch antenna diversity reception is used, 3-cell frequency repetition is not possible. is necessary. Therefore,

As a result, the capacity of the OFCDM in the multi-cell environment is larger than that of OFDM even without considering the effect of sectorization. Further, when considering sectorization, OFCDM capable of repeating one-cell frequency has a larger capacity increasing effect on sectoring than OFDM, and further increases the capacity increasing effect of OFCDM on OFDM.

As described above, it can be seen that the suitable cell environments differ between OFCDM and OFDM. Therefore, if an access method (either OFCDM method or OFDM method) to be operated according to the cell environment is determined, the maximum information transmission speed can be realized in each cell environment and the capacity can be increased. become.
Specifically, in a multi-cell environment such as a cellular system, 1-cell frequency repetition can be realized by using an SF larger than 1. Also, in a single cell environment such as a wireless LAN, by setting SF = 1, the variable spread OFCDM is converted to OFDM, so that the frequency utilization efficiency can be improved.

  Conventionally, if the cell environment is different, a device having each radio interface is required. However, according to the variable spreading factor OFCDM, it is possible to cope with different cell environments by simply changing the SF. Cost to deploy is reduced.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a transmission baseband processing unit when the variable spreading factor OFCDM of the present invention is applied to the downlink. The transmission baseband processing unit is provided in the baseband signal processing unit of the base station 202 shown in FIG.

  9, the transmission baseband processing unit includes a channel encoding unit 40, an interleaving unit 41, a multiplexing unit A42, a data modulating unit 43, a multiplexing unit B44, and a serial / parallel conversion unit (S / P). 45, a copy unit 46, multiplication units 471 to 47n, an IFFT (inverse fast Fourier transform) 48 unit, a guard interval insertion unit 49, and a spread code generation unit 50.

Next, the operation of this transmission baseband processing unit will be described with reference to FIG. 9 and FIG. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a processing method in the transmission baseband processing unit.
First, packet detection coding is added to packet data (transmission information data), and channel coding (error correction coding) is performed by the channel coding unit 40. The information data channel-coded by the channel coding unit 40 is subjected to time-domain interleaving processing by an interleaving unit 41 and then multiplexed with control data by a multiplexing unit A42. The encoded data sequence multiplexed by multiplexing section A42 is mapped by data modulating section 43, and further, pilot bits for channel estimation and low layer control information symbols are multiplexed by multiplexing section B44. The multiplexed symbol data series is serial / parallel (S / P) converted into parallel data corresponding to (total number of subcarriers / spreading factor) by the serial / parallel (S / P) unit 45 (step S01). ).

  The designation of the spreading factor is performed by spreading factor setting information from the control unit (step S02). The spreading factor may be determined by a propagation environment obtained based on the delay spread obtained by obtaining a delay spread representing the propagation delay characteristic between the transmitting station and the receiving station.

  In the symbol data series subjected to S / P conversion as described above, the same information symbol is copied to 46 consecutive subcarriers having the spreading factor (SF) number in the copy 46 (step S03). At this time, copying of the same symbol to SF subcarriers can be realized by repeatedly reading a symbol series input to the memory. In the copy 46 unit, the same information symbol may be copied to OFCDM symbols (time axis symbols) having consecutive spreading factor (SF) numbers. Moreover, you may combine the copy of a frequency direction and a time direction. Thereafter, the SF consecutive identical symbol sequences are spread (scrambled) with a spreading code having a uniquely assigned spreading factor of SF. Then, spread symbol sequences corresponding to all the subcarrier numbers are subjected to time / frequency conversion into multicarrier components orthogonal on the frequency axis by inverse FFT (IFFT) calculation in IFFT unit 48. Finally, a guard interval is inserted into each subcarrier symbol that has been converted to a multicarrier by the guard interval insertion unit 49. The insertion of the guard interval is realized by copying a signal waveform corresponding to the last NGI FFT samples of each symbol to the head of each symbol. Information processed in this way becomes transmission data (step S04).

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a reception baseband processing unit when the variable spreading factor OFCDM of the present invention is applied to the downlink. This reception baseband processing unit is also provided in the baseband signal processing unit of the base station 202 shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the reception baseband processing unit includes a guard interval removal unit 51, a symbol timing detection unit 52, a channel estimation unit 53, an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) unit 54, and a multiplier A group 551. ˜55n, multipliers B group 561 to 56x, in-phase addition unit 57, parallel / serial (P / S) conversion unit 58, spreading code generation unit 59, likelihood calculation unit 60, and error correction decoding Part 61.

  Next, the operation in this reception baseband processing unit will be described with reference to FIG. 10 and FIG. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a processing method in the reception baseband processing unit.

The reception baseband processing unit receives the reception data (step S11).
First, symbol timing (timing for performing FFT operation, also referred to as FFT window timing) is detected from the multicarrier signal received by the symbol timing detector 52. The symbol timing can be detected by detecting the correlation in the guard interval section. The guard interval removing unit 51 removes a guard interval signal from the symbol timing detected by the symbol timing detector 52 as described above. Thereafter, the FFT unit 54 performs an FFT operation based on the estimated FFT window timing to convert the multicarrier signal into a parallel symbol sequence. In the land mobile communication propagation of the cellular system, since the received signal is subjected to multipath fading (frequency selective fading), the channel estimation unit 53 converts the channel impulse response (channel fluctuation) of each subcarrier into a pilot symbol. To estimate (step S12). The in-phase addition unit 57 performs in-phase addition (that is, despreading) of the SFCD subcarrier component OFCDM symbols on the frequency axis from the channel estimation value of each subcarrier and the spreading code used for spreading, thereby obtaining an information symbol sequence. Generate (step S13). The in-phase addition unit 57 may generate an information symbol series by performing in-phase addition (despreading) on the time axis, or may perform in-phase addition on the frequency axis and the time axis. The mode of this in-phase addition is determined according to the mode of diffusion of the transmitted transmission information data. The despread (total number of subcarriers / spreading rate) information data symbols are P / S converted by the parallel / serial converter, and after deinterleaving, the error correction decoder 61 performs error correction decoding. Then, the information symbol sequence after the error correction decoding is subjected to soft decision, and the transmission information data is reproduced (step S14).

  Next, a handover operation when the variable spreading factor OFCDM of the present invention is used for the downlink in the multi-cell environment having the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described.

  Assuming that a radio link of the communication channel has already been established between the mobile station located in the area of the base station of the handover source and the base station, the mobile station has a control channel associated with the communication channel. Thus, the cell-specific scramble code of the handover destination cell is notified. Also, in all cells, the mobile station can set the spreading factor of the common control channel to which the downlink mobile station first connects the radio link to a predetermined value (fixed value), so that the mobile station A common control channel of the link can be received. Accordingly, if information for designating the spreading factor of the communication channel is included in the common control channel of the handover destination cell, the spreading factor of the communication channel can be instructed to the mobile station. The spreading factor is determined by the base station of the handed over destination cell. Specifically, the optimum spreading factor is determined from the delay profile generated from the received signal of the uplink communication channel of the mobile station.

As described above, since the spreading factor is instructed from the base station of the handover destination cell to the mobile station, the mobile station uses the instructed spreading factor to downlink the handover destination cell. The communication channel can be received and decoded.
FIG. 11 shows simulation parameters used for evaluating the capacity evaluation of the variable diffusivity OFCDM of the present invention by simulation. This capacity evaluation is performed based on the average block error rate (BLER) of OFCDM.

  As shown in the figure, the radio bandwidth (Bandwidth) is 80 MHZ, and one packet (Packetlength) is composed of NFC = 4 OFCDM pilot symbols and Nd = 60 OFCDM encoded information symbols. The number of subcarriers Nc = 512, SF = 1 (OFDM) and 32 (OFCDM). In OFDM, 60 (Nd) × 512 (Nc) = 30,720 information symbols in one packet, and in OFCDM, one packet in one code There are 60 (Nd) × 512 (Nc) / 32 (SF) = 960 information symbols. Therefore, one block is set to 960 information symbols, and capacity comparison between OFCDM and OFDM based on average BLER is performed as capacity evaluation. Further, the modulation method for data modulation / spreading (DataModulation / Spreading) is QPSK, and the channel coding / decoding method is a coding rate (R) 1/2 and a constraint length (K) 9. Convolutional coding is performed, and channel decoding is performed by soft decision (Viterbi decoding) in soft decision (Soft decision). Moreover, the maximum Doppler frequency (MaximumDoppler frequency) was 80 Hz.

  In the case of OFCDM, other cell interference in a multi-cell environment is considered interference from 6 cells around its own cell, and in OFDM, interference from nearest 6 cells using the same frequency as 3 cell frequency repetition is considered. In addition, the signal from each cell is affected by the fourth power of distance attenuation, shadowing is affected by a lognormal distribution with a standard deviation of 8 dB, and multipath fading. A channel model (Channel model) of multipath fading is shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b). The channel model includes a 24-path model (delay spread σ = 0.21 μs) (see FIG. 12A) consisting of three path groups composed of 8 paths in which the average received power has a triangular distribution, and an exponential distribution of 18 A model (σ = 0.29 μs) (see FIG. 12B) was used.

  First, in the variable spreading factor OFCDM, capacity evaluation in a single cell environment is presented in Document 2, so capacity characteristics in a single cell environment will be described with reference to FIG.

  Compared with required average reception Eb / N0 characteristics (without antenna diversity reception) that satisfy average BLER = 10-2 when the number of multiplexed codes is changed in a single cell environment, the same required average reception as OFCDM (SF = 1) The number of multiplexed codes of OFCDM (SF = 32) satisfying Eb / N0 can be realized up to 32 codes in the case of the 24-pass model, while it is about 20 codes in the 18-path model of exponential distribution. The frequency utilization efficiency is reduced as compared with the case of SF = 1. This is presumably because the influence of the loss of orthogonality on the frequency axis increases because the diversity gain decreases due to the decrease in the number of paths and the delay spread increases.

  FIG. 14 is a simulation result showing an average BLER characteristic when the number of multiplexed codes is changed in a multi-cell environment in the variable spreading factor OFCDM. As a precondition, the average reception Eb / N0 at the cell edge is 20 dB, antenna diversity reception is considered, and transmission power control is not performed.

  As shown in the figure, the average BLER when SF = 1 (the number of multiplexed codes is 1) is about 10-1 ((1) in FIG. 14). This is because the influence of the co-channel interference is great and the characteristics deteriorate. From the figure, it can be seen that the number of multiplexed codes of SF = 32 satisfying the average BLER equal to SF = 1 is about 16 codes ((2) in FIG. 14).

ＳＦ＝１のときのη（＝ＯＦＤＭのセル当たりのキャパシティをηＯＦＤＭ）は、

となる。
ＳＦ＝３２のときのη（＝ＯＦＣＤＭのセル当たりのキャパシティをηＯＦＣＤＭ）は、

となる。 Here, η is the capacity per cell, Rb is the information transmission rate when the entire radio band is used, β is the insertion loss of the guard interval and pilot symbol, F is the frequency repetition, and K is the number of multiplexed codes. When defined by an expression:

Η (= OFDM capacity per cell of OFDM) when SF = 1 is

It becomes.
Η (= OFCDM capacity per cell of SFCD) when SF = 32 is

It becomes.

This shows that OFCDM can secure a larger capacity than OFDM in a multi-cell environment. That is, the capacity can be increased by making SF larger than 1 and realizing one frequency repetition by OFCDM.
As described above, according to variable spreading factor OFDM using variable SF, in a multi-cell environment, SF> 1 and multiplication by a scramble code on the frequency axis can increase the capacity by repeating one cell frequency. In a single cell environment, it is possible to achieve high frequency use efficiency with SF = 1.

  In addition, by using the cell environment and the propagation environment as parameters for variable SF, it is possible to seamlessly connect different cell environments with the same device configuration. As a result, it is possible to cover a wide range of cell coverage without using an individual device for each cell environment.

  In the above example, the serial / parallel converter 45 is the converter, the spread code generator 50 is the spreader, the delay spread acquisition function of the wireless transceiver 14 is the first spreading factor determiner, and the external interface of the controller 17 The function corresponds to the second spreading factor determining means. Further, the control unit 29 of the mobile station 100 corresponds to spreading factor control receiving means, and the external interface function of the control unit 29 corresponds to spreading factor determining means.

  In the above-mentioned embodiment, although the propagation path fluctuation is estimated and weighted for a certain moment, the information symbol copied two-dimensionally on the frequency axis and the time axis by the duplicating means (Copier) It is also possible to synthesize. When weighting a plurality of frequencies by using time in this way, it is possible to extract a received signal with higher accuracy with respect to fluctuations in the time direction, that is, fading fluctuations.

  From the above description, it is apparent that the present invention can be variously modified. Such modifications cannot be construed as departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and modifications obvious to those skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the claims.

  The radio transmission system according to the present invention uses an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers when the information is wirelessly transmitted between the transmitting station and the receiving station. A wireless transmission system configured to perform wireless transmission of the information, wherein the transmitting station converts the channel-coded information in parallel according to symbols transmitted simultaneously, and a sequence of the parallelized symbols Spreading means for spreading in at least one of the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of variable spreading factors.

  Such a radio transmission system can be operated as OFCDM or OFDM by changing radio parameters such as the spreading factor of the transmitter and the receiver with the same radio access method. As a result, since the two types of OFCDM and OFDM can be used flexibly, the capacity is high with high frequency utilization efficiency (the number of communicators that can satisfy the required reception quality per cell) regardless of the cell configuration and propagation environment. It is possible to provide a wireless access method that can be realized.

In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the spreading means converts the parallel symbol sequences into a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors in both the frequency direction and the time direction. It is also preferable to diffuse to.
In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the transmitting station obtains a propagation environment representing the state of the propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station, and determines the first spreading factor according to the propagation environment. It is also preferable to include a rate determining means.

  In such a wireless transmission system, a propagation environment representing the state of the propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station is obtained, and the spreading factor is changed according to the propagation environment. For example, the spreading factor is varied so that the spreading factor is 1 or more in a propagation environment where it is preferable to operate as OFCDM, and the spreading factor is 1 in a propagation environment where it is preferable to operate as OFDM. As a result, according to the wireless transmission system of the present invention, it is possible to select (= switch) an access scheme (OFCDM scheme or OFDM scheme) suitable for the propagation environment.

  In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, it is also preferable that the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation delay characteristics and uses the delay spread as the propagation environment.

  In particular, multi-carrier schemes such as OFCDM and OFDM greatly affect the behavior of frequency selective fading in the band due to the delay spread representing the multipath delay, and thus affect the reception characteristics. According to the system, it is possible to realize an OFCDM scheme that can adaptively set a spreading factor according to a delay spread of a propagation path that affects reception characteristics.

In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, it is also preferable that the transmitting station includes a second spreading factor determining means for determining one spreading factor based on an instruction from the outside.
In such a wireless transmission system, the spreading factor to be set in the transmitting station can be instructed according to the content of control information included in a control signal from the outside, for example, a receiving station (eg, mobile station) or a network.

  In the wireless transmission system according to the present invention, the second spreading factor determining means may perform one spreading according to either information indicating a cell configuration included in control information indicating an instruction from the outside or information specifying a spreading factor. It is also preferable to define the rate.

  In such a wireless transmission system, information for designating a spreading factor is included in control information transmitted from a receiving station, for example, a mobile station. The mobile station obtains a spreading factor to be set in the transmitting station based on the downlink propagation status (delay profile), and notifies the transmitting station of information specifying the spreading factor using the control information. Therefore, the spreading factor of OFCDM in the downlink Adaptive control is possible.

  In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the control information transmitted from the network station includes information indicating the cell environment. The cell environment information includes information for operating the transmitting station in a multi-cell environment (cellular environment) or information for operating in a single cell (closed space environment such as a wireless LAN). Therefore, since the spreading factor can be varied based on this cell information, adaptive control of the OFCDM spreading factor in the downlink is realized as a result.

In the radio transmission system of the present invention, the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into at least one of each subcarrier and each time axis symbol, and determines the received signal based on a plurality of variable spreading factors. It is also preferable to include spreading factor control receiving means for integrating at least one of a number of subcarriers corresponding to one spreading factor and a time axis symbol in phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.
In such a radio transmission system, the receiving station despreads at least one of a number of subcarriers and time axis symbols corresponding to the indicated spreading factor in phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence. It can operate as OFCDM or OFDM.

In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and is determined based on a plurality of variable spreading factors. It is also preferable to include spreading factor control receiving means for integrating in the same phase both the number of subcarriers corresponding to one spreading factor and the time axis symbol using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.
In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, it is also preferable that the spreading factor control receiving unit includes a spreading factor determining unit that determines one spreading factor based on control information included in a control signal transmitted from a transmitting station as a communication partner. .

In such a wireless transmission system, the receiving station can control the spreading factor based on the control information notified from the transmitting station as the communication partner.
In the wireless transmission system of the present invention, the spreading factor determining means may determine one spreading factor according to either information indicating the cell configuration included in the control signal from the transmitting station or information specifying the spreading factor. preferable.

  In such a wireless transmission system, the receiving station changes the spreading factor based on system information notified from the transmitting station, for example, information indicating the cell environment or information designating the spreading factor.

(1) When the information notified from the transmitting station is information indicating the cell environment In this case, since the transmitting station (eg, base station) manages the system information, the multi-cell cellular system or the isolated cell ( For example, according to the indoor office environment), cell environment information is notified to the mobile station as control information, and a spreading factor suitable for each cell environment is set.

(2) When the information notified from the transmitting station is information specifying the spreading factor In this case, the spreading factor specifying information determined according to the uplink propagation status (delay profile etc.) in the transmitting station As the control information, and a spreading factor suitable for the propagation environment is set.

  According to the above (1) and (2), it is possible to seamlessly connect devices having one wireless interface between different cell environments. As a result, a high-speed information transmission service in different cell environments can be provided to the user, and the convenience for the user can be greatly improved.

  The wireless transmission method of the present invention uses the orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers when information is wirelessly transmitted between the transmitting station and the receiving station. Wireless transmission method, wherein the transmitting station conversion means performs parallel conversion on channel-coded information in accordance with symbols transmitted simultaneously, and the transmitting station spreading means includes: Spreading the parallelized symbol sequence in at least one of the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of variable spreading factors.

  In the radio transmission method of the present invention, in the spreading step, the spreading means of the transmitting station uses the spreading code of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors by the spreading means of the parallelized symbols. It is also preferable to spread both in the frequency direction and in the time direction in the sequence.

In the wireless transmission method of the present invention, the first spreading factor determining means of the transmitting station obtains a propagation environment representing the state of the propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station, and the one of the ones according to the propagation environment. It is also preferable to include the step of determining the diffusion rate.
In the wireless transmission method of the present invention, it is also preferable that the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation delay characteristics and uses the delay spread as the propagation environment.

In the wireless transmission method of the present invention, it is also preferable that the second spreading factor determining means of the transmitting station includes a step of determining the one spreading factor based on an instruction from the outside.
Further, in the wireless transmission method of the present invention, the second spreading factor determining means includes the one of the information indicating the cell configuration included in the control information indicating the instruction from the outside or the information specifying the spreading factor. It is also preferable to determine the diffusion rate.

Further, in the radio transmission method of the present invention, the spreading factor control receiving means of the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into at least one of each subcarrier and each time axis symbol, and a plurality of changeable signals It is also preferable to include integrating at least one of a number of subcarriers corresponding to one spreading factor determined based on the spreading factor and a time axis symbol in phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.
Further, in the radio transmission method of the present invention, the spreading factor control receiving means of the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and a plurality of variable spreadings that can be changed. It is also preferable to include a step of integrating both the number of subcarriers corresponding to one spreading factor determined based on the rate and the time axis symbol in phase using the channel estimation value and the unique spreading code sequence.

  In the wireless transmission method of the present invention, the spreading factor determining unit of the spreading factor control receiving unit includes a step of determining one spreading factor based on control information included in a control signal transmitted from a transmitting station as a communication partner. Is also preferable.

  In the wireless transmission method of the present invention, the spreading factor determining means may determine one spreading factor according to either information indicating a cell configuration included in a control signal from a transmitting station or information specifying a spreading factor. preferable.

  A transmitting station apparatus according to the present invention is a transmitting station apparatus that wirelessly transmits information to and from a receiving station apparatus using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission scheme in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers. Conversion means for performing parallel conversion on channel-coded information according to symbols transmitted simultaneously, and spreading of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors for the paralleled symbol sequences Spreading means for spreading in at least one of the frequency direction and the time direction in the code sequence.

Also, in the transmitting station apparatus of the present invention, the spreading means converts the paralleled symbol sequences into a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors in both the frequency direction and the time direction. It is also preferable to diffuse to.
Further, in the transmitting station apparatus of the present invention, a propagation environment representing the state of the propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station is obtained, and the first spreading factor determining means for determining the one spreading factor according to the propagation environment is provided. It is also preferable to include.

  In the transmitting station apparatus of the present invention, it is also preferable that the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation delay characteristics and uses the delay spread as the propagation environment.

  The transmitting station apparatus of the present invention preferably includes a second spreading factor determining means for determining one spreading factor based on an instruction from the outside.

  Further, in the transmitting station apparatus of the present invention, the second spreading factor determining means performs one spreading according to either information indicating a cell configuration included in control information indicating an instruction from the outside or information specifying a spreading factor. It is also preferable to define the rate.

  The receiving station apparatus of the present invention is a receiving station apparatus that receives a signal wirelessly transmitted by the transmitting station apparatus using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission method, and receives each received signal received by the receiving station. A channel estimation value and a specific number of subcarriers and time axis symbols corresponding to one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of spreading factors that can be changed and separated into at least one of subcarriers and time axis symbols And spreading factor control receiving means for integrating in phase using the spreading code sequence.

  In the receiving station apparatus of the present invention, the spreading factor control receiving means separates the received signal received at the receiving station into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors. It is also preferable that both the number of subcarriers and time axis symbols corresponding to a predetermined spreading factor are integrated in phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.

  In the receiving station apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the spreading factor control receiving unit includes a spreading factor determining unit that determines one spreading factor based on control information included in a control signal transmitted from a transmitting station as a communication partner.

  In the receiving station apparatus of the present invention, it is also preferable that the spreading factor determining means determines one spreading factor according to either information indicating the cell configuration included in the control signal from the transmitting station or information specifying the spreading factor. .

It is a figure which shows the structural example (the 1) of the mobile communication system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example (the 2) of the mobile communication system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the base station which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the spreading | diffusion and interleaving in a frequency domain. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the mobile station which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a spreading code allocation method. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the pilot symbol for channel estimation. It is the figure which showed the multicell environment and the single cell environment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the transmission baseband process part at the time of applying the variable spreading factor OFCDM of this invention to a downlink. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the receiving baseband process part at the time of applying the variable spreading factor OFCDM of this invention to a downlink. It is a figure which shows the simulation item used in order to evaluate the capacity | capacitance evaluation of the variable diffusivity OFCDM of this invention by simulation. It is a figure which shows an example of the channel model shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing capacity evaluation characteristics in a single cell environment in the variable spreading factor OFCDM of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing capacity evaluation characteristics in a multi-cell environment in the variable spreading factor OFCDM of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the spreading | diffusion and interleaving in a frequency and time domain. It is a figure which shows the spreading | diffusion and interleaving in a frequency and time domain. It is a figure which shows the spreading | diffusion and interleaving in a frequency and time domain. It is a figure which shows the processing method in a transmission baseband process part. It is a figure which shows the processing method in a reception baseband process part.

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When transmitting information wirelessly between a transmitting station and a receiving station, wireless transmission of the above information is performed using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers. In wireless transmission systems,
The transmitting station is
Conversion means for converting the channel-coded information in parallel according to symbols transmitted simultaneously;
Spreading the paralleled symbol sequence in at least one of the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of spreading factors that can be changed based on the cell environment and the propagation environment Means,
The one spreading factor is set to a value larger than 1 based on the propagation environment indicated by the control information transmitted from the receiving station to the transmitting station when the cell environment is a multi-cell environment in the transmitting station. When the cell environment is a single cell environment, the wireless transmission system is set to 1 regardless of the propagation environment.   The transmitting station obtains a propagation environment indicating a state of a propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station in a multi-cell environment, and includes a first spreading factor determining unit that determines the one spreading factor according to the propagation environment. The wireless transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising:   The wireless transmission system according to claim 2, wherein the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing a propagation characteristic and uses the delay spread as the propagation environment.   The spreading means spreads a sequence of parallel symbols in both a frequency direction and a time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors. The wireless transmission system described.   The receiving station divides the received signal received by the receiving station into at least one of each subcarrier and each time axis symbol, and corresponds to one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of variable spreading factors. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising spreading factor control receiving means for integrating at least one of the number of subcarriers and time axis symbols in phase using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.   The receiving station separates a received signal received at the receiving station into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and integrates both the corresponding number of subcarriers and time axis symbols in phase. Item 6. The wireless transmission system according to Item 5. When transmitting information wirelessly between a transmitting station and a receiving station, wireless transmission of the above information is performed using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by a plurality of subcarriers. In the wireless transmission method,
The converting means of the transmitting station performs parallel conversion in accordance with symbols transmitted simultaneously with channel-encoded information;
The spreading means of the transmitting station uses a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of spreading factors that can be changed based on a cell environment and a propagation environment. Diffusing in at least one of the directions,
The one spreading factor is set to a value larger than 1 based on the propagation environment indicated by the control information transmitted from the receiving station to the transmitting station when the cell environment is a multi-cell environment in the transmitting station. When the cell environment is a single cell environment, the wireless transmission method is set to 1 regardless of the propagation environment.   The first spreading factor determining means of the transmitting station obtains a propagation environment indicating a state of a propagation path between the transmitting station and the receiving station in a multi-cell environment, and determines the one spreading factor according to the propagation environment. The wireless transmission method according to claim 7, comprising steps.   The radio transmission method according to claim 8, wherein the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation characteristics and uses the delay spread as the propagation environment.   In the spreading step, the spreading means of the transmitting station uses a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors in the frequency direction and the time direction. The wireless transmission method according to claim 7, wherein the wireless transmission method spreads to both.   The spreading factor control receiving means of the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into at least one of each subcarrier and each time axis symbol, and is determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors. The wireless transmission method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of integrating in phase with at least one of a number of subcarriers and time axis carriers corresponding to a spreading factor of the channel using a channel estimation value and a unique spreading code sequence.   The spreading factor control receiving means of the receiving station separates the received signal received at the receiving station into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and converts both the corresponding number of subcarriers and time axis symbols. The wireless transmission method according to claim 7, wherein integration is performed in the same phase. Simultaneously transmit channel-coded information in a transmitting station device that wirelessly transmits information to and from a receiving station device using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission method in which the same information is transmitted in parallel by multiple subcarriers. Conversion means for performing parallel conversion according to symbols to be performed,
Spreading the paralleled symbol sequence in at least one of the frequency direction and the time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of spreading factors that can be changed based on the cell environment and the propagation environment Means,
When the cell environment is a multi-cell environment, the one spreading factor is greater than 1 based on the propagation environment indicated by the control information transmitted from the receiving station to which the information is transmitted to the local station. When the cell environment is a single cell environment, the transmission station apparatus is set to 1 regardless of the propagation environment.   A multi-cell environment, comprising: a first spreading factor determining means for obtaining a propagation environment indicating a state of a propagation path between the own station and the receiving station device, and determining the one spreading factor according to the propagation environment. 13. The transmitting station device according to 13.   The transmission station apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first spreading factor determining means obtains a delay spread representing propagation characteristics and uses the delay spread as the propagation environment.   The spreading means spreads a series of parallel symbols in both a frequency direction and a time direction with a spreading code sequence of one spreading factor determined based on a plurality of changeable spreading factors. The transmitting station apparatus as described. In a receiving station apparatus that receives a signal wirelessly transmitted by the transmitting station apparatus using an orthogonal frequency / code division multiplex transmission system,
The received signal received at its own station is separated into at least one of each subcarrier and each time axis symbol, and at least one of the number of subcarriers and time axis symbols corresponding to one spreading factor is determined as a channel estimation value and a specific A spreading factor control receiving means for integrating in phase using the spreading code sequence of
The one spreading factor is set to a value larger than 1 based on a propagation environment indicated by control information transmitted from the own station to the transmitting station apparatus when the cell environment is a multi-cell environment in the transmitting station apparatus. When the cell environment is a single cell environment, the receiving station apparatus is set to 1 regardless of the propagation environment.   The received signal received by the own station is separated into both subcarriers and time axis symbols, and both the corresponding number of subcarriers and time axis symbols are integrated in phase. Receiving station device.

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