WO2016121911A1 - 無線基地局、ユーザ端末及び無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a radio base station, a user terminal, and a radio communication method in a next generation mobile communication system.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- FRA Full Radio Access
- inter-device communication M2M: Machine-to-Machine
- MTC Machine Type Communication
- 3GPP TS 36.300 “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2”
- 3GPP TS 36.888 “Study on provision of low-cost Machine-Type Communications (MTC) User Equipments (UEs) based on LTE (Release 12)”
- MTC Machine-Type Communications
- UEs User Equipments
- the low-cost MTC terminal is realized by limiting the use band of the uplink (UL) and the downlink (DL) to a part of the system band (for example, one component carrier).
- the reception characteristics deteriorate due to the use band being limited to a part of the system band (for example, the frequency bandwidth of 1.4 MHz). Furthermore, in MTC terminals, it is considered to expand coverage (Coverage enhancement). As a method for improving reception characteristics and extending coverage in an MTC terminal, the same signal is repeatedly transmitted over a plurality of subframes in the downlink (DL) and / or uplink (UL), so that the received signal-to-interference noise ratio is increased. It is conceivable to apply a repetition transmission method (repetition) that improves (SINR: Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio).
- SINR Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio
- the number of repetitions may increase to achieve the desired characteristics, which may reduce the frequency utilization efficiency. is there.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in the communication of a user terminal in which the use band is limited to a part of the system band, even when the coverage is extended, the frequency use efficiency is reduced.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a radio base station, a user terminal, and a radio communication method that can suppress the above-described problem.
- a radio base station is a radio base station that communicates with a user terminal whose use band is limited to a narrow part of a system band, and a transmission unit that repeatedly transmits a downlink signal to the user terminal And a control unit that controls transmission by applying a transmission method using frequency hopping or a transmission method using frequency scheduling to the downlink signal, and the transmission unit is related to the transmission method applied to the downlink signal. Is notified to the user terminal.
- the present invention it is possible to suppress a reduction in frequency utilization efficiency even when coverage is expanded in user terminal communication in which a use band is limited to a narrow part of the system band.
- the maximum transport block size is limited to 1000 bits in unicast transmission using the downlink data channel (PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel), and the maximum transport block size is limited to 2216 bits in BCCH transmission using the downlink data channel.
- the bandwidth of the downlink data channel is limited to 6 resource blocks (also referred to as RB (Resource Block) and PRB (Physical Resource Block)).
- the reception RF at the MTC terminal is limited to 1.
- Low-cost MTC UE (low-cost MTC UE) is more limited in transport block size and resource block than existing user terminals, so LTE Rel. Cannot connect to 8-11 cells. For this reason, the low-cost MTC terminal is connected only to the cell whose access permission is notified by the broadcast signal. Furthermore, not only the downlink data signal, but also various control signals (system information, downlink control information) transmitted on the downlink, and data signals and various control signals transmitted on the uplink, a specified narrow band (for example, It is considered to limit the frequency to 1.4 MHz.
- the MTC terminal whose band is limited in this way needs to operate in the LTE system band in consideration of the relationship with the existing user terminal. For example, in the system band, it is assumed that frequency multiplexing is supported between an MTC terminal whose band is limited and an existing user terminal whose band is not limited. Further, it is assumed that the user terminal whose band is limited supports only a predetermined narrow band RF in the uplink and the downlink.
- the MTC terminal is a terminal whose maximum supported band is a part of the system band
- the existing user terminal is a terminal whose maximum supported band is the system band (for example, 20 MHz). is there.
- the upper limit of the use band of the MTC terminal is limited to a narrow band, and the upper limit of the use band of the existing user terminal is set to the system band. Since the MTC terminal is designed on the basis of a narrow band, the hardware configuration is simplified and the processing capability is suppressed as compared with the existing user terminal.
- the MTC terminal may be referred to as a low-cost MTC terminal (LC-MTC UE), an MTC UE, or the like.
- Existing user terminals may be referred to as normal UEs, non-MTC UEs, Category 1 UEs, and the like.
- the number of repetitions may increase in order to achieve a desired coverage characteristic (for example, a coverage of a maximum of 15 dB), which may reduce the frequency utilization efficiency.
- FIG. 1 shows a narrow band arrangement method in the downlink system band.
- the MTC terminal since the MTC terminal supports only a predetermined (for example, 1.4 MHz) narrow band, it cannot detect downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) transmitted on the wideband PDCCH. Therefore, it is conceivable that the radio base station allocates downlink (PDSCH) and uplink (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel) resources to the MTC terminal using EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel).
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- the use band of the MTC terminal is limited to a narrow band (for example, 1.4 MHz) that is a part of the system band, and the narrow band is fixedly arranged at a predetermined frequency position in the system band.
- a narrow band for example, 1.4 MHz
- the MTC terminal applies repetition using only a part of the system band, there is a risk that the frequency diversity effect cannot be obtained and the frequency utilization efficiency is lowered.
- FIG. 1B when the frequency position of the narrow band serving as the use band changes for each subframe, a frequency diversity effect is obtained, and thus a decrease in frequency utilization efficiency can be suppressed.
- the present inventors can reduce the number of repetitions and improve frequency utilization efficiency by applying frequency hopping and frequency scheduling by setting the frequency position of the narrow band used by the MTC terminal without being fixed. I found it.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example when the radio base station transmits a downlink signal (for example, EPDCCH and / or PDSCH) to the MTC terminal using frequency hopping.
- a downlink signal for example, EPDCCH and / or PDSCH
- the radio base station uses the first narrow band (DL BW # 1) and the second narrow band (DL BW # 2) in the system band to frequency hop the downlink signal and transmit it to the MTC terminal. Shows when to do.
- an extended downlink control channel for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) is allocated to the same frequency position (here, DL BW # 1), and frequency hopping is applied to PDSCH for transmitting downlink data.
- EDCCH extended downlink control channel
- DL BW # 1 frequency position
- Frequency hopping may be applied to the EPDCCH.
- FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example when the radio base station transmits a downlink signal (for example, EPDCCH and / or PDSCH) to the MTC terminal using frequency scheduling.
- a downlink signal for example, EPDCCH and / or PDSCH
- the radio base station allocates a downlink signal to either the first narrowband (DL BW # 1) or the second narrowband (DL BW # 2) based on downlink channel quality or the like. The case of transmission is shown.
- an extended downlink control channel (EPDCCH) is assigned to the same frequency region (here, DL BW # 1), and frequency scheduling is applied to the PDSCH.
- EPDCCH extended downlink control channel
- DL BW # 1 the same frequency region
- frequency scheduling is applied to the PDSCH.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the present inventors examined the relationship between the number of repetitions and frequency hopping / frequency scheduling, focusing on the fact that the channel estimation accuracy improves as the number of combined subframes increases.
- FIG. 3A shows a case where frequency hopping is applied in the first narrow band (DL BW # 1) and the second narrow band (DL BW # 2) when the number of repetitions is four times.
- DL BW # 1 the first narrow band
- DL BW # 2 the second narrow band
- FIG. 3B shows a case where a downlink signal is assigned to the first narrow band (DL BW # 1) by frequency scheduling when the number of repetitions is four.
- the MTC terminal can obtain the scheduling gain and improve the channel estimation accuracy.
- frequency scheduling rather than frequency hopping.
- channel quality measurement for example, CSI measurement
- FIG. 4A shows a case where frequency hopping is applied in the first narrowband (DL BW # 1) and the second narrowband (DL BW # 2) when the number of repetitions is 10 times.
- DL BW # 1 the first narrowband
- DL BW # 2 the second narrowband
- FIG. 4B shows a case where a downlink signal is assigned to the first narrow band (DL BW # 1) by frequency scheduling when the number of repetitions is 10 times.
- the MTC terminal can obtain the scheduling gain and improve the channel estimation accuracy.
- frequency scheduling channel quality measurement (for example, CSI measurement) for a plurality of frequency resources is required.
- the present inventors switch and control the transmission method according to the communication conditions (for example, the number of repetitions), the communication environment (reception quality, traffic situation), and the like.
- the communication conditions for example, the number of repetitions
- the communication environment for example, the communication quality, traffic situation
- the present inventors switch and control the transmission method according to the communication conditions (for example, the number of repetitions), the communication environment (reception quality, traffic situation), and the like.
- the communication conditions for example, the number of repetitions
- the communication environment reception quality, traffic situation
- the like was conceived to be effective (see FIG. 5).
- the MTC terminal when controlling by switching the transmission method, the MTC terminal needs to appropriately grasp the transmission method (frequency hopping or frequency scheduling) applied to DL transmission and / or UL transmission. Therefore, the present inventors notify the MTC terminal of information related to the transmission method so that the MTC terminal can appropriately transmit and receive signals even when a plurality of transmission methods are applied in wireless communication of the MTC terminal. Inspired to do.
- an MTC terminal is exemplified as a user terminal whose use band is limited to a narrow band, but application of the present invention is not limited to an MTC terminal.
- the narrow band is described as 6PRB (1.4 MHz), the present invention can be applied based on the present specification even in other narrow bands.
- signals (channels) to which the present embodiment can be applied are not limited to data signals (PDSCH, PUSCH), but to control signals (for example, EPDCCH) and reference signals (for example, CSI-RS, CRS, DMRS, SRS). It can also be applied to.
- the radio base station can individually set a DL signal and / or UL signal transmission method (frequency hopping or frequency scheduling) for each MTC terminal. For example, the radio base station determines whether to apply frequency hopping or frequency scheduling for each MTC terminal based on predetermined conditions such as communication conditions and communication environment.
- the radio base station When setting a transmission method for each MTC terminal, the radio base station notifies each MTC terminal of information on the transmission method using downlink control information (DCI) transmitted on the extended control channel (EPDCCH). Can do.
- DCI downlink control information
- EPDCCH extended control channel
- the radio base station can transmit information on the transmission method using the existing bit field of the downlink control information.
- the radio base station can use a bit field (for example, “Localized / Distributed VRB assignment flag”) that is not used in radio communication with an MTC terminal among existing bit fields included in DCI.
- the radio base station may define a new bit field in the DCI for identifying the transmission method.
- the new bit field can be 1 bit (designate one transmission method) or 2 bits (designate UL transmission method and DL transmission method).
- the radio base station can individually set / notify the transmission method for each MTC terminal using higher-layer signaling.
- higher layer signaling for example, RRC signaling
- switching of frequency hopping or frequency scheduling can be controlled to be semi-static.
- the radio base station when a plurality of narrow bands are set in the MTC terminal, the radio base station notifies information on a transmission method applied to each narrow band DL signal and / or UL signal by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling).
- the resource allocation can be notified by a downlink control signal.
- the radio base station when an MTC terminal supports four narrow bands, the radio base station applies two narrow bands to frequency hopping, the other two narrow bands to frequency scheduling, and which transmission method is applied. Is notified to the MTC terminal by higher layer signaling.
- the radio base station designates data signal allocation using downlink control information.
- the communication method applied to each narrow band may be fixed, may be changed for each MTC terminal, or may be changed for one MTC terminal according to the communication status.
- the radio base station can notify that the communication method applied to each narrow band is changed by higher layer signaling or the like.
- the radio base station can notify that the communication method applied to each narrow band is changed by higher layer signaling or the like.
- information on the part of the narrow band and information on a communication method to be applied are combined from the radio base station to the MTC The terminal can also be notified by higher layer signaling or the like.
- the radio base station can commonly set a DL signal and / or UL signal transmission method (frequency hopping or frequency scheduling) for MTC terminals in the same cell. For example, in a cell having a large cell radius (for example, a macro cell), it is assumed that the number of repetitions (the number of repetitions) is large. Therefore, frequency hopping that facilitates control can be applied. On the other hand, since it is assumed that the number of repetitions (the number of repetitions) is small in a cell having a small cell radius (for example, a small cell), frequency scheduling can be applied. Of course, it is also possible to switch and control the transmission method applied to the MTC terminal for each cell.
- the radio base station can include information related to the transmission method in broadcast information (MIB) and / or system information (SIB) and notify the MTC terminal in the cell.
- MIB broadcast information
- SIB system information
- a common search space (CSS) is set for the extended downlink control channel (EPDCCH)
- EPCCH extended downlink control channel
- the radio base station When applying frequency hopping to a DL signal and / or UL signal, the radio base station preferably performs control so as to suppress collision of hopping patterns between MTC terminals for which the frequency hopping is selected.
- the radio base station applies frequency hopping to two MTC terminals (here, MTC # 1 and MTC # 2) (see FIG. 6A).
- the radio base station can set different hopping patterns for different MTC terminals (see FIG. 6B).
- the radio base station sets different hopping patterns for MTC terminal # 1 and MTC terminal # 2 so as to avoid collision of hopping patterns between MTC terminal # 1 and MTC terminal # 2.
- identification information of each MTC terminal also referred to as User ID or MTC ID
- a hopping pattern can be set in association with each other.
- hopping pattern # 0 can be set for MTC terminals with odd identification information
- hopping pattern # 1 can be set for even MTC terminals.
- two narrow bands (DL BW # 1 and DL BW # 2) are set for each MTC terminal, and 2 downlink signals are transmitted to MTC terminal # 1 and MTC terminal # 2 in the same subframe.
- a case is shown in which frequency division multiplexing is performed between two narrow bands.
- the hopping pattern applicable in the present embodiment is not limited to the method shown in FIG. 6B.
- the narrow band set for each MTC terminal is not limited to two. It is also possible to set a hopping pattern using different narrow bands among a plurality of MTC terminals to which frequency hopping is applied.
- the radio base station can notify each MTC terminal of information related to the frequency hopping pattern.
- Information on the frequency hopping pattern can be notified to each MTC terminal using downlink control information, higher layer signaling, and the like. Further, information related to the transmission method (frequency hopping) and hopping pattern information may be combined and notified to the MTC terminal.
- the frequency hopping pattern may be set in association with the identification information of the MTC terminal, and the MTC terminal may autonomously determine the frequency hopping pattern.
- the transmission method (frequency hopping or frequency scheduling) applied to the DL signal and the UL signal may be set in common or may be set individually.
- the transmission method may be set individually for each channel or signal type to be transmitted, or may be set in common.
- the radio base station may notify the user terminal of information related to the transmission method applied to the DL signal and the UL signal at the same time, or may notify each of them independently.
- the transmission method applied to the DL signal and / or UL signal is controlled based on a predetermined condition. Specifically, when the radio base station implicitly notifies the MTC terminal of information on the transmission method applied to the DL signal and / or UL signal (Implicit signaling), or when the MTC terminal autonomously determines explain.
- the radio base station and / or the MTC terminal can switch and control the transmission method (frequency hopping / frequency scheduling) according to the number of repetitions.
- the radio base station applies frequency hopping when the number of repetitions of the DL signal is a predetermined value (for example, 10 times) or more, and applies frequency scheduling when it is less than the predetermined value.
- the radio base station transmits information on the number of repetitions of downlink signals (for example, PDSCH), broadcast information (MIB), system information (SIB), higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling), and downlink control information (DCI). Can be used to notify the MTC terminal.
- PDSCH downlink signals
- MIB broadcast information
- SIB system information
- SIB higher layer signaling
- DCI downlink control information
- the MTC terminal can grasp the transmission method applied to the DL signal and / or UL signal based on the information on the number of repetitions notified from the radio base station.
- a table in which the relationship between the predetermined number of repetitions and the transmission method is defined may be set and held in advance by the radio base station or MTC terminal (see FIG. 7A).
- the predetermined number of repetitions is 10, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the contents of the table (for example, a predetermined number of repetitions) may be notified in advance from the radio base station to the MTC terminal.
- the MTC terminal may select a UL signal transmission method according to the number of repetitions of the UL signal.
- Information on the number of repetitions of the UL signal can be notified from the radio base station to the MTC terminal.
- the radio base station may notify the MTC terminal of information regarding the UL signal repetition count and the downlink signal repetition count simultaneously or separately.
- the UL signal transmission method may be the same as the DL signal transmission method regardless of the number of repetitions, or the radio base station may directly instruct.
- the radio base station and / or the MTC terminal may control by switching the transmission method (frequency hopping / frequency scheduling) according to the modulation scheme and channel coding rate (MCS). Good.
- MCS is a combination of a modulation scheme and a channel coding rate
- the radio base station selects a predetermined MCS (MTC index) based on a channel quality indicator (CQI) fed back from the MTC terminal.
- MTC index a predetermined MCS
- CQI channel quality indicator
- the radio base station selects a predetermined MTC from a table in which a plurality of MTC indexes are defined in advance based on the fed back CQI. Further, information on the selected MTC can be notified from the radio base station to the MTC terminal.
- MCS index MCS index
- MCS with a small number is used for a terminal located in a place where the communication environment is not good (for example, a cell edge). For example, when applying repetition, it is assumed that a large number of repetitions are set for an MTC terminal with a small MCS.
- frequency hopping is applied when the MCS number is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value (for example, in the case of MCS # 0).
- frequency scheduling is applied when the MCS number is larger than a predetermined value (for example, larger than MCS # 0).
- the radio base station can notify the MTC terminal of information related to MCS using downlink control information (DCI).
- DCI downlink control information
- the MTC terminal can grasp the transmission method applied to the DL signal and / or UL signal based on the MCS number notified from the radio base station.
- a table in which the relationship between the MCS number and the transmission method is defined may be set and held in advance by the radio base station or the MTC terminal (see FIG. 7B).
- the contents of the table (for example, MCS number) may be notified in advance from the radio base station to the MTC terminal.
- the radio base station and / or the MTC terminal transmits a transmission method (frequency hopping / frequency scheduling) according to at least one of channel quality indicator (CQI), received power (RSRP), and received quality (RSRQ). You may control by switching.
- CQI channel quality indicator
- RSRP received power
- RSSQ received quality
- CQI is an index indicating a channel state
- an MTC terminal estimates a CQI based on a reference signal (for example, CSI-RS) transmitted from a radio base station, and feeds back to the radio base station.
- RSRP Reference Signal Received Power
- the RSRQ Reference Signal Received Quality
- RSRP Received Power
- the radio base station and / or the MTC terminal applies frequency scheduling when CQI, RSRP and / or RSRQ is equal to or higher than a predetermined value (an arbitrary fixed value), and frequency hopping when it is lower than the predetermined value.
- the transmission method may be determined using any one of CQI, RSRP, and RSRQ, and the transmission method is based on whether two or more (for example, CQI and RSRP) are equal to or greater than a predetermined value. May be determined.
- the transmission method may be determined based on whether or not all three values are equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
- the radio base station can determine a transmission method applied to the DL signal and / or UL signal based on information such as CQI and RSRP fed back from the MTC terminal.
- the MTC terminal can autonomously determine a transmission method to be applied to the DL signal and / or UL signal based on the measured CQI value and RSRP value.
- the MTC terminal may determine the transmission method based on information notified from the radio base station.
- a table in which the relationship between CQI, RSRP and / or RSRQ and transmission method is defined may be defined and stored in advance by the radio base station or MTC terminal (see FIG. 7C).
- the contents of the table (for example, CQI, RSRQ and / or RSRQ values) may be notified in advance from the radio base station to the MTC terminal.
- the radio base station can be classified into an MTC terminal group (first MTC group) to which frequency hopping is applied and an MTC group (second MTC group) to which frequency scheduling is applied (see FIG. 8A).
- the MTC terminals are grouped according to whether frequency hopping or frequency scheduling is applied to the DL signal.
- the MTC terminals may be grouped according to whether frequency hopping or frequency scheduling is applied to the UL signal.
- the radio base station can notify the information regarding the transmission method for each MTC terminal. Further, the radio base station can instruct each MTC group to monitor different radio resources (for example, a downlink channel and / or an uplink channel). For example, information related to a subframe pattern and / or a frequency resource pattern different for each group is transmitted to a first MTC group to which frequency hopping is applied and a second MTC group to which frequency scheduling is applied.
- radio resources for example, a downlink channel and / or an uplink channel.
- FIG. 8B shows a case where different subframe patterns are assigned to the first MTC group to which frequency hopping is applied and the second MTC group to which frequency scheduling is applied.
- subframes # 0 to # 4 and # 8 to # 12 are assigned to the first MTC group
- subframes # 5 to # 7 are assigned to the second MTC group.
- the radio base station transmits a downlink signal by applying frequency hopping to MTC terminals classified in the first MTC group using subframes # 0 to # 4 and # 8 to # 12. To do.
- the radio base station transmits a downlink signal to the MTC terminals classified into the second MTC group by applying frequency scheduling using subframes # 5 to # 7.
- FIG. 8B shows a case where different subframe patterns are assigned to MTC groups to which different transmission methods are applied, but the present invention is not limited to this, and frequency resource patterns may be assigned. It is also possible to classify MTC terminals to which the same transmission method is applied into different groups and assign different subframe patterns and / or frequency resource patterns.
- the scheduling in the radio base station and the allocation method to the MTC terminal can be simplified.
- the MTC terminal does not need to perform a reception operation by monitoring subframes (frequency resources) to which different transmission methods are applied, power consumption can be reduced.
- an MTC terminal is illustrated as a user terminal whose use band is limited to a narrow band, but is not limited to an MTC terminal.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the wireless communication system 1 illustrated in FIG. 9 is an example in which an LTE system is employed in the network domain of the wireless communication system.
- carrier aggregation (CA) and / or dual connectivity (DC) in which a plurality of basic frequency blocks (component carriers) having the system bandwidth of the LTE system as one unit can be applied.
- the LTE system is assumed to be set to a maximum system bandwidth of 20 MHz for both downlink and uplink, but is not limited to this configuration.
- the wireless communication system 1 may be referred to as SUPER 3G, LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), IMT-Advanced, 4G, 5G, FRA (Future Radio Access), or the like.
- the wireless communication system 1 includes a wireless base station 10 and a plurality of user terminals 20A, 20B, and 20C that are wirelessly connected to the wireless base station 10.
- the radio base station 10 is connected to the higher station apparatus 30 and is connected to the core network 40 via the higher station apparatus 30.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- the plurality of user terminals 20 ⁇ / b> A, 20 ⁇ / b> B, and 20 ⁇ / b> C can communicate with the radio base station 10 in the cell 50.
- the user terminal 20A is a user terminal (hereinafter, LTE terminal) that supports LTE (up to Rel-10) or LTE-Advanced (including Rel-10 and later), and the other user terminals 20B and 20C are wireless
- the MTC terminal is a communication device in the communication system.
- the user terminals 20 ⁇ / b> A, 20 ⁇ / b> B, and 20 ⁇ / b> C are simply referred to as the user terminal 20 unless it is necessary to distinguish between them.
- the MTC terminals 20B and 20C are terminals compatible with various communication methods such as LTE and LTE-A, and are not limited to fixed communication terminals such as electric meters, gas meters, and vending machines, but also mobile communication terminals such as vehicles. Good. Further, the user terminal 20 may directly communicate with other user terminals, or may communicate with other user terminals via the radio base station 10.
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- SC-FDMA is a single-carrier transmission scheme that reduces interference between terminals by dividing the system bandwidth into bands consisting of one or continuous resource blocks for each terminal and using a plurality of terminals with mutually different bands. is there.
- the uplink and downlink radio access methods are not limited to these combinations.
- a downlink channel there are a downlink shared channel (PDSCH) shared by each user terminal 20, a broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel), a downlink L1 / L2 control channel, and the like. Used. User data, higher layer control information, and predetermined SIB (System Information Block) are transmitted by PDSCH. Moreover, MIB (Master Information Block) etc. are transmitted by PBCH.
- PDSCH downlink shared channel
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- SIB System Information Block
- MIB Master Information Block
- Downlink L1 / L2 control channels include PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel), PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel), and the like.
- Downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) including PDSCH and PUSCH scheduling information is transmitted by the PDCCH.
- the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH.
- the HAICH transmission confirmation signal (ACK / NACK) for PUSCH is transmitted by PHICH.
- EPDCCH is frequency-division multiplexed with PDSCH (downlink shared data channel), and is used for transmission of DCI and the like in the same manner as PDCCH.
- an uplink shared channel (PUSCH) shared by each user terminal 20, an uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel), a random access channel (PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel) is used.
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
- User data and higher layer control information are transmitted by PUSCH.
- downlink radio quality information CQI: Channel Quality Indicator
- RA preamble A random access preamble (RA preamble) for establishing a connection with the cell is transmitted by the PRACH.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a radio base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the radio base station 10 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, a call processing unit 105, and a transmission path interface 106.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 includes a transmission unit and a reception unit.
- User data transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the user terminal 20 via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 104 via the transmission path interface 106.
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Medium Access
- Retransmission control for example, transmission processing of HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest)
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
- IFFT inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- precoding processing etc.
- the downlink control signal is also subjected to transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform, and transferred to each transmitting / receiving unit 103.
- Each transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output by precoding from the baseband signal processing unit 104 for each antenna to a radio frequency band and transmits the converted signal.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 103 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 can transmit and receive various signals with a narrow bandwidth (for example, 1.4 MHz) limited by the system bandwidth (for example, one component carrier).
- the transmission / reception unit 103 can transmit a downlink signal by switching a transmission method (frequency hopping or frequency scheduling). Moreover, the transmission / reception part 103 can notify the user terminal of information regarding the transmission method applied to the downlink signal. In this case, the transmission / reception unit 103 may individually notify the information on the transmission method for each user terminal using the downlink control signal and / or higher layer signaling, or may relate to the same transmission method to the user terminals in the cell. It is also possible to notify information.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 can be a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the radio frequency signal received by each transmitting / receiving antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- Each transmitting / receiving unit 103 receives the upstream signal amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) processing, inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT: Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform) processing, and error correction on user data included in the input upstream signal.
- FFT fast Fourier transform
- IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
- Decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer, and PDCP layer reception processing are performed and transferred to the upper station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 106.
- the call processing unit 105 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, status management of the radio base station 10, and radio resource management.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface.
- the transmission path interface 106 may transmit and receive signals (backhaul signaling) to and from the adjacent radio base station 10 via an inter-base station interface (for example, an optical fiber or an X2 interface).
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the radio base station according to the present embodiment. Note that FIG. 11 mainly shows functional blocks of characteristic portions in the present embodiment, and the wireless base station 10 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the baseband signal processing unit 104 includes a control unit (scheduler) 301, a transmission signal generation unit (generation unit) 302, a mapping unit 303, and a reception signal processing unit 304. .
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 includes a control unit (scheduler) 301, a transmission signal generation unit (generation unit) 302, a mapping unit 303, and a reception signal processing unit 304.
- the control unit (scheduler) 301 controls scheduling (for example, resource allocation) of downlink data signals transmitted on PDSCH and downlink control signals transmitted on PDCCH and / or EPDCCH. It also controls scheduling of system information, synchronization signals, downlink reference signals such as CRS (Cell-specific Reference Signal) and CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal). It also controls scheduling of uplink reference signals, uplink data signals transmitted on PUSCH, uplink control signals transmitted on PUCCH and / or PUSCH, random access preambles transmitted on PRACH, and the like.
- the control unit 301 controls the transmission signal generation unit 302 and the mapping unit 303 so that various signals are allocated to a narrow band and transmitted to the user terminal 20. For example, the control unit 301 performs control so that downlink system information (MIB, SIB) and EPDCCH are allocated to a narrow bandwidth.
- MIB downlink system information
- SIB downlink system information
- control unit 301 controls to transmit the PDSCH to the user terminal 20 in a predetermined narrow band.
- the control unit 301 sets the number of repetitions of the DL signal to the predetermined user terminal 20, and repeatedly transmits the DL signal according to the number of repetitions. Also good.
- DCI control signal
- RRC signaling for example, RRC signaling, alerting
- control unit 301 can control transmission by applying a transmission method (one of a transmission method using frequency hopping and a transmission method using frequency scheduling) to a downlink signal based on a predetermined condition. For example, the control unit 301 can switch and apply the transmission method based on the number of repeated transmissions. Alternatively, the control unit 301 may select at least one of modulation scheme / channel coding rate (MCS: Modulation and Coding Scheme), channel quality indicator (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator), received power (RSRP), and received quality (RSRQ). Accordingly, the transmission method can be switched and applied.
- MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- RSRP received power
- RSSRQ received quality
- control unit 301 can perform control so that different hopping patterns are applied to a plurality of user terminals when a transmission method using frequency hopping is applied to a downlink signal.
- hopping pattern information associated with the user ID may be transmitted to the user terminal.
- control unit 301 has different subframe patterns and / or groups for groups of user terminals to which a transmission method using frequency hopping is applied and groups of user terminals to which a transmission method using frequency scheduling is applied. Or it can control to set a frequency resource pattern.
- the control unit 301 when the user terminal 20 is set with the UL signal (for example, PUCCH and / or PUSCH) repetition number, the control unit 301 includes information regarding the repetition number in the DCI for the user terminal 20. And may be controlled to transmit.
- the UL signal for example, PUCCH and / or PUSCH
- the control unit 301 may be a controller, a control circuit, or a control device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates a DL signal based on an instruction from the control unit 301 and outputs the DL signal to the mapping unit 303. For example, based on an instruction from the control unit 301, the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates a DL assignment that notifies downlink signal allocation information and a UL grant that notifies uplink signal allocation information. Further, the downlink data signal is subjected to coding processing and modulation processing according to a coding rate, a modulation scheme, and the like determined based on channel state information (CSI) from each user terminal 20.
- CSI channel state information
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 when the DL signal repetitive transmission (for example, PDSCH repetitive transmission) is set, the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates the same DL signal over a plurality of subframes and outputs the same DL signal to the mapping unit 303.
- the DL signal repetitive transmission for example, PDSCH repetitive transmission
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 can be a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the mapping unit 303 maps the downlink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 302 to a predetermined narrowband radio resource (for example, a maximum of 6 resource blocks) based on an instruction from the control unit 301, and transmits and receives To 103.
- a predetermined narrowband radio resource for example, a maximum of 6 resource blocks
- the mapping unit 303 can be a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 receives UL signals (for example, a delivery confirmation signal (HARQ-ACK), a data signal transmitted on the PUSCH, a random access preamble transmitted on the PRACH, etc.) transmitted from the user terminal. Processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) is performed. The processing result is output to the control unit 301.
- UL signals for example, a delivery confirmation signal (HARQ-ACK), a data signal transmitted on the PUSCH, a random access preamble transmitted on the PRACH, etc.
- Processing for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.
- the processing result is output to the control unit 301.
- the received signal processing unit 304 may measure received power (for example, RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power)), received quality (RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality)), channel state, and the like using the received signal. .
- the measurement result may be output to the control unit 301.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 may be composed of a signal processor, a signal processing circuit or a signal processing device, and a measuring device, a measurement circuit or a measuring device which are described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. it can.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of the user terminal according to the present embodiment.
- the user terminal 20 includes a transmission / reception antenna 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, and an application unit 205.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 includes a transmission unit and a reception unit.
- the user terminal 20 may include a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit 203, and the like.
- the radio frequency signal received by the transmitting / receiving antenna 201 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 receives the downlink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 can be a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like on the input baseband signal.
- the downlink user data is transferred to the application unit 205.
- the application unit 205 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer.
- broadcast information in the downlink data is also transferred to the application unit 205.
- uplink user data is input from the application unit 205 to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs transmission / reception by performing retransmission control transmission processing (for example, HARQ transmission processing), channel coding, precoding, discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processing, IFFT processing, and the like. Is transferred to the unit 203.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band and transmits it.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 203 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the user terminal according to the present embodiment. Note that FIG. 13 mainly shows functional blocks of characteristic portions in the present embodiment, and the user terminal 20 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the baseband signal processing unit 204 included in the user terminal 20 includes a control unit 401, a transmission signal generation unit 402, a mapping unit 403, and a reception signal processing unit 404.
- the control unit 401 obtains, from the received signal processing unit 404, a downlink control signal (a signal transmitted by PDCCH / EPDCCH) and a downlink data signal (a signal transmitted by PDSCH) transmitted from the radio base station 10.
- the control unit 401 generates an uplink control signal (for example, an acknowledgment signal (HARQ-ACK)) or an uplink data signal based on a downlink control signal, a result of determining whether retransmission control is necessary for the downlink data signal, or the like.
- HARQ-ACK acknowledgment signal
- the control unit 401 controls the transmission signal generation unit 402 and the mapping unit 403.
- control unit 401 performs determination of PUCCH resources in a predetermined subframe and control of timing (subframe) for transmitting PUCCH.
- the control unit 401 determines the PUCCH based on the information regarding the repetition number received from the radio base station 10. And / or it may be controlled to increase or decrease the number of repeated transmissions of PUSCH.
- a UL signal for example, PUCCH and / or PUSCH
- control unit 401 can control transmission by applying a transmission method (one of a transmission method using frequency hopping and a transmission method using frequency scheduling) to an uplink signal based on a predetermined condition. For example, the control unit 401 can switch and apply the transmission method based on the number of repeated transmissions. Alternatively, the control unit 401 sets at least one of a modulation scheme / channel coding rate (MCS: Modulation and Coding Scheme), a channel quality indicator (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator), received power (RSRP), and received quality (RSRQ). Accordingly, the transmission method can be switched and applied.
- MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- RSRP received power
- RSSRQ received quality
- control unit 401 can perform control so that different hopping patterns are applied to a plurality of user terminals when a transmission method using frequency hopping is applied to an uplink signal.
- control unit 401 can apply a hopping pattern associated with the user ID.
- the control unit 401 can be a controller, a control circuit, or a control device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates a UL signal based on an instruction from the control unit 401 and outputs the UL signal to the mapping unit 403. For example, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink control signal such as a delivery confirmation signal (HARQ-ACK) or channel state information (CSI) based on an instruction from the control unit 401. In addition, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink data signal based on an instruction from the control unit 401. For example, the transmission signal generation unit 402 is instructed by the control unit 401 to generate an uplink data signal when the UL grant is included in the downlink control signal notified from the radio base station 10.
- HARQ-ACK delivery confirmation signal
- CSI channel state information
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 when the UL signal repetitive transmission (for example, PUCCH and / or PUSCH repetitive transmission) is set, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates the same UL signal over a plurality of subframes to generate the mapping unit 403. Output to. The number of repetitions may be increased or decreased based on an instruction from the control unit 401.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 can be a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the mapping unit 403 maps the uplink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 402 to radio resources (maximum 6 resource blocks) and outputs the radio signal to the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the mapping unit 403 can be a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the DL signal (for example, downlink control signal transmitted from the radio base station, downlink data signal transmitted by PDSCH, etc.). I do. Note that the reception signal processing unit 404 performs reception processing according to the transmission method applied to the downlink signal.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs information received from the radio base station 10 to the control unit 401.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs broadcast information, system information, RRC signaling, DCI, and the like to the control unit 401, for example.
- the received signal processing unit 404 may measure received power (RSRP), received quality (RSRQ), channel state, and the like using the received signal. The measurement result may be output to the control unit 401.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 may be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit or a signal processing device, and a measuring device, a measurement circuit or a measuring device which are described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. it can. Further, the reception signal processing unit 404 can constitute a reception unit according to the present invention.
- each functional block is realized by one physically coupled device, or may be realized by two or more physically separated devices connected by wire or wirelessly and by a plurality of these devices. Good.
- radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 are realized using hardware such as ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), PLD (Programmable Logic Device), and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). May be.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be realized by a computer apparatus including a processor (CPU), a communication interface for network connection, a memory, and a computer-readable storage medium holding a program. Good.
- the processor and memory are connected by a bus for communicating information.
- the computer-readable recording medium is a storage medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, an EPROM, a CD-ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk.
- the program may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunication line.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may include an input device such as an input key and an output device such as a display.
- the functional configurations of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be realized by the hardware described above, may be realized by a software module executed by a processor, or may be realized by a combination of both.
- the processor controls the entire user terminal by operating an operating system. Further, the processor reads programs, software modules and data from the storage medium into the memory, and executes various processes according to these.
- the program may be a program that causes a computer to execute the operations described in the above embodiments.
- the control unit 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realized by a control program stored in a memory and operated by a processor, and may be realized similarly for other functional blocks.
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第1の態様では、無線基地局が、MTC端末毎、又はセル毎にDL信号及び/又はUL信号に適用する送信方法を明示的に通知する場合(Explicit signaling)について説明する。
無線基地局は、MTC端末毎に個別にDL信号及び/又はUL信号の送信方法(周波数ホッピング又は周波数スケジューリング)を設定することができる。例えば、無線基地局は、通信条件や通信環境等の所定条件に基づいて、MTC端末毎に周波数ホッピング又は周波数スケジューリングのいずれを適用するか決定する。
無線基地局は、同一セル内のMTC端末に対して、DL信号及び/又はUL信号の送信方法(周波数ホッピング又は周波数スケジューリング)を共通に設定することができる。例えば、セル半径の大きいセル(例えば、マクロセル)では繰り返し数(repetition回数)が大きくなることが想定されるため、制御が容易となる周波数ホッピングを適用することができる。一方で、セル半径の小さいセル(例えば、スモールセル)では繰り返し数(repetition回数)が小さくなることが想定されるため、周波数スケジューリングを適用することができる。もちろん、セル毎にMTC端末に適用する送信方法を切り替えて制御することも可能である。
無線基地局は、DL信号及び/又はUL信号について周波数ホッピングを適用する場合、当該周波数ホッピングが選択されたMTC端末同士のホッピングパターンの衝突を抑制するように制御することが好ましい。
第2の態様では、DL信号及び/又はUL信号に適用する送信方法を、所定の条件に基づいて制御する場合について説明する。具体的には、無線基地局がDL信号及び/又はUL信号に適用する送信方法の情報を、MTC端末に黙示的に通知する(Implicit signaling)場合、又はMTC端末が自律的に判断する場合について説明する。
MTC端末の通信において、無線基地局及び/又はMTC端末は、repetition回数に応じて送信方法(周波数ホッピング/周波数スケジューリング)を切り替えて制御することができる。例えば、無線基地局は、DL信号のrepetition回数が所定値(例えば、10回)以上である場合は周波数ホッピングを適用し、所定値未満である場合は周波数スケジューリングを適用する。
MTC端末の通信において、無線基地局及び/又はMTC端末は、変調方式・チャネル符号化率(MCS:Modulation and Coding Scheme)に応じて送信方法(周波数ホッピング/周波数スケジューリング)を切り替えて制御してもよい。
MTC端末の通信において、無線基地局及び/又はMTC端末は、チャネル品質指標(CQI)、受信電力(RSRP)、受信品質(RSRQ)の少なくとも一つに応じて送信方法(周波数ホッピング/周波数スケジューリング)を切り替えて制御してもよい。
第3の態様では、周波数ホッピングを適用するMTC端末と、周波数スケジューリングを適用するMTC端末とをそれぞれグループ分けして通信を制御する場合について説明する。
以下、本発明の一実施形態に係る無線通信システムの構成について説明する。この無線通信システムでは、本発明の実施形態に係る無線通信方法が適用される。なお、上記の各実施形態に係る無線通信方法は、それぞれ単独で適用されてもよいし、組み合わせて適用されてもよい。ここでは、狭帯域に使用帯域が制限されたユーザ端末としてMTC端末を例示するが、MTC端末に限定されるものではない。
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- システム帯域の一部の狭帯域に使用帯域が制限されたユーザ端末と通信する無線基地局であって、
ユーザ端末に下り信号を繰り返し送信する送信部と、
周波数ホッピングを用いた送信方法又は周波数スケジューリングを用いた送信方法を下り信号に適用して送信を制御する制御部と、を有し、
前記送信部は、下り信号に適用する送信方法に関する情報をユーザ端末に通知することを特徴とする無線基地局。 - 前記送信部は、下り制御信号及び/又は上位レイヤシグナリングを用いて、前記送信方法に関する情報をユーザ端末毎に個別に通知することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線基地局。
- 前記送信部は、セル内のユーザ端末に同じ送信方法に関する情報を通知することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線基地局。
- 前記制御部は、複数のユーザ端末にそれぞれ送信する下り信号に対して、周波数ホッピングを用いた送信方法を適用する場合に、各ユーザ端末に異なる周波数ホッピングパターンを適用することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線基地局。
- 前記制御部は、ユーザIDに関連づいた周波数ホッピングパターンを適用することを特徴とする請求項4に記載の無線基地局。
- 前記制御部は、繰り返し送信の回数に基づいて周波数ホッピングを用いた送信方法と周波数スケジューリングを用いた送信方法を切り替えて適用し、
前記送信部は、繰り返し送信の回数に関する情報をユーザ端末に送信することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線基地局。 - 前記制御部は、変調方式・チャネル符号化率(MCS:Modulation and Coding Scheme)、チャネル品質指標(CQI:Channel Quality Indicator)、受信電力(RSRP)及び受信品質(RSRQ)の少なくともいずれかに基づいて周波数ホッピングを用いた送信方法と周波数スケジューリングを用いた送信方法を切り替えて適用することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線基地局。
- 前記制御部は、周波数ホッピングを用いた送信方法を適用するユーザ端末のグループと、周波数スケジューリングを用いた送信方法を適用するユーザ端末のグループに対して、グループ毎に異なるサブフレームパターン及び/又は周波数リソースパターンを設定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の無線基地局。
- システム帯域の一部の狭帯域に使用帯域が制限されたユーザ端末と通信を行う無線基地局の無線通信方法であって、
下り信号に適用する送信方法として、周波数ホッピングを用いた送信方法又は周波数スケジューリングを用いた送信方法を選択する工程と、
下り信号に適用する送信方法に関する情報をユーザ端末に送信する工程と、
ユーザ端末に下り信号を繰り返し送信する工程と、を有することを特徴とする無線通信方法。 - システム帯域の一部の狭帯域に使用帯域が制限されたユーザ端末であって、
無線基地局に上り信号を繰り返し送信する送信部と、
周波数ホッピングを用いた送信方法又は周波数スケジューリングを用いた送信方法を上り信号に適用して送信を制御する制御部と、を有し、
前記制御部は、無線基地局から送信される所定の情報に基づいて、上り信号に適用する送信方法を決定することを特徴とするユーザ端末。
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