WO2017037985A1 - 移動無線端末および制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a mobile radio terminal and a control method for controlling handover execution timing and position.
- Mobile wireless terminals such as smartphones and tablets perform radio communication by transmitting and receiving radio waves with radio base stations provided by communication carriers.
- a mobile radio terminal moves in an area where multiple radio base stations are installed, it compares the strength of received power (received radio waves) received from each radio base station and selects the optimal radio base station to be communicated with To do.
- a radio base station corresponding to the received radio wave having the highest intensity is selected.
- An operation in which a radio base station to be communicated is switched from one radio base station to another radio base station is called handover.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a communication system in which a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus communicate with each other by a multiple access scheme in which a service area is divided into a plurality of cells and a radio channel is allocated for each communication, and a base station used in this communication system
- An apparatus is disclosed.
- the base station device includes operation information including information indicating a moving direction on a predetermined route of a moving body that moves on the predetermined route together with the mobile station device, position information of the mobile station device, and the mobile station device and the base station.
- Cell determining means is provided for determining a handover destination cell of the mobile station apparatus based on the reception strength of radio communication with the apparatus.
- a handover is executed on the condition that a moving body moving on a track such as a train arrives at a specified section in a specified route and the received power becomes a specified value or less. .
- a wireless communication system that communicates in a multimode by combining a plurality of modulation schemes and a plurality of error correction coding schemes as in the technique of Patent Document 1 is suitable for realizing high throughput and communication covering a wide area. Yes.
- the physical transmission band changes according to the received power, it is reasonable to estimate and compare the upper limit throughput of the wireless communication area based on the strength of the received power from the wireless base station. It can be said.
- indicators such as available bandwidth and throughput that are directly related to the performance of the wireless communication system depend on various factors. As such factors, for example, the number of mobile radio terminals connected to the selected radio base station, the presence of noise, and the upstream network of other radio base stations connecting other devices (end systems) communicating with the mobile radio terminals There are topologies and the like. Due to such factors, the upper limit of the available bandwidth or throughput that can be used in the communication service realized by the mobile radio terminal is limited. However, it is difficult for the mobile radio terminal to determine such a factor based on the received power from the radio base station.
- the position where the handover is executed is set to a position where the received power from the two radio base stations is equal.
- the actual situation is that the position where the received power from the two radio base stations is equal is not necessarily the appropriate position where the handover should be performed.
- the present disclosure relates to a mobile radio terminal that controls the timing and position of executing a handover in order to execute an appropriate handover between a plurality of radio base stations (access points).
- the present disclosure is a mobile radio terminal, and includes an antenna that can receive radio waves from an access point, a radio communication interface that measures received power of radio waves received by the antenna, a processor, and a memory,
- the processor cooperates with the memory to store the first received power from the first access point and the second received power from the second access point in the memory, and from the second received power,
- a handover is performed from the first access point to the second access point, and the first before the handover is performed.
- An available bandwidth is estimated and stored in the memory, a second available bandwidth after execution of handover is estimated and stored in the memory, and the first available bandwidth is stored. And based on the available bandwidth difference between the second available bandwidth, to control the timing of executing the handover of the mobile radio terminal during movement.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a wireless communication system to which the present disclosure is applied.
- FIG. 2A is a graph showing a change in intensity of received power from two access points.
- FIG. 2B is a graph showing changes in available bandwidth.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile radio terminal according to the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4A is a graph showing a change in strength of received power from two access points.
- FIG. 4B is a graph showing changes in available bandwidth.
- FIG. 5A is a graph showing a change in intensity of received power from two access points.
- FIG. 5B is a graph showing changes in the available bandwidth.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a handover execution control procedure performed by the mobile radio terminal according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a handover execution control procedure performed by the mobile radio terminal according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7A is a graph showing a case where the available bandwidth is increased or decreased after the handover is performed, similar to the graphs shown in FIGS. 4B and 5B.
- FIG. 7B is a conceptual diagram illustrating control for updating a handover area for executing a handover performed by a mobile radio terminal when an available bandwidth increases when a handover is performed.
- FIG. 7C is a conceptual diagram showing control for updating a handover area for executing a handover performed by a mobile radio terminal when the available bandwidth decreases when the handover is performed.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a situation where the update of the handover area illustrated in FIGS. 7B and 7C is repeated, and the appropriate position where the handover is to be performed is narrowed down.
- FIG. 7B is a conceptual diagram illustrating control for updating a handover area for executing a handover performed by a mobile radio terminal when an available bandwidth increases when a handover is performed.
- FIG. 7C is a conceptual diagram showing control for
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of handover execution control performed by the mobile radio terminal according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a situation in which the mobile radio terminal according to Embodiment 2 extracts only predetermined handover history information.
- FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a situation in which a straight line that is an aggregate of positions at which the available bandwidth difference is zero is obtained as a result of statistical processing on the history information of handover.
- FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a situation in which the width of the handover area is calculated from the distribution of the history information of handover, the moving speed, and the like.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a situation in which the mobile radio terminal according to Embodiment 2 extracts only predetermined handover history information.
- FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a situation in which a straight line that is an aggregate of positions at which the available bandwidth difference is zero is obtained as a result of statistical processing on the history information of handover
- FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a situation in which the length of the handover area is determined based on two positions (two limit points) that satisfy the minimum available bandwidth required by the communication application used by the mobile radio terminal.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a handover execution control procedure performed by the mobile radio terminal according to the third embodiment.
- the present embodiment that specifically discloses the mobile radio terminal according to the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, more detailed description than necessary may be omitted. For example, detailed descriptions of already well-known matters and repeated descriptions for substantially the same configuration may be omitted. This is to avoid the following description from becoming unnecessarily redundant and to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.
- the accompanying drawings and the following description are provided to enable those skilled in the art to fully understand the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the claimed subject matter.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a wireless communication system to which the present disclosure is applied.
- Mobile wireless terminals such as smartphones, tablets, and personal computers include a first wireless base station AP1 (hereinafter referred to as a first access point AP1) 1 and a second wireless base station AP2 (hereinafter referred to as a first wireless access point) provided by a communication carrier.
- the area where the second access point AP2 is installed is moved.
- the mobile wireless terminal can wirelessly communicate with the first access point AP1 in the wireless communication area 1, and can wirelessly communicate with the second access point AP2 in the wireless communication area 2.
- another third access point AP3, fourth access point AP4,... Nth access point APN are arranged in the area. In the description, only the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 are used.
- the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 are also connected to other devices (end systems) such as servers and other mobile radio terminals via various networks. Therefore, the mobile radio terminal can communicate with the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 and with other end systems via the network. For example, the mobile radio terminal can use various applications provided by the end system.
- the reception power (reception strength) of the radio wave from the first access point AP1 decreases,
- the reception power of the radio wave from the second access point AP2 increases.
- a handover is executed in which the access point to be communicated is switched from the first access point AP1 to the second access point AP2.
- FIG. 1 a mobile radio terminal initially performs radio communication with a first access point AP1 that exists nearby. However, with movement, the reception power of the radio wave from the first access point AP1 decreases, and the reception power of the radio wave from the second access point AP2 increases. Then, the radio communication terminal performs handover when the reception power of the radio wave from the first access point AP1 is lower than the reception power of the radio wave from the second access point AP2.
- the actual handover is performed by the received power of the other second access point AP2 from the currently connected first access point AP1.
- This process is executed when it becomes stronger than a predetermined threshold Th. Due to fading (interference of multiple reflected waves) and other factors, the reception strength of radio waves from the two access points is likely to fluctuate. If such a threshold does not exist, the handover is executed when the received power of the second access point AP2 exceeds the received power of the first access point AP1 even a little.
- the handover is executed for the first time when the reception power of the second access point AP2 becomes stronger than the reception power of the first access point AP1 by a predetermined threshold Th or more.
- the strength of the received power (the strength of the received radio wave) is an index for measuring the capability of the communication path between the mobile radio terminal 100 and the access point.
- the capability varies depending on the number of mobile wireless terminals connected to the selected access point and the presence of noise, etc., so the usable bandwidth of the communication channel (available bandwidth) can be used as an index for more accurately measuring the channel capability. ) May be used.
- the available bandwidth is an available free bandwidth obtained by subtracting other traffic flowing in the network from the physical bandwidth of the bottleneck link of the communication channel, and actually reflects the amount of data that can be transmitted and received on the communication channel. It can be said.
- FIG. 2B is a graph showing changes in available bandwidth.
- the available bandwidth can be estimated (calculated using a predetermined logic) based on a delay time, a packet loss rate, or the like.
- the first available bandwidth of the first access point AP1 before the handover is executed substantially follows the change in the received power of the first access point AP1.
- the mobile radio terminal cannot measure the received power, and therefore cannot estimate the available bandwidth.
- the second available bandwidth of the second access point AP2 after the handover is executed varies depending on the environment of the second access point AP2.
- the second factor may vary depending on various factors such as the number of mobile radio terminals connected to the second access point AP2, noise, and the presence of objects placed near the second access point AP2.
- the size of the available bandwidth varies. Therefore, the second available bandwidth may increase from the first available bandwidth immediately before execution after the elapse of time t and may decrease from the second available bandwidth. Such increase / decrease in the second available bandwidth means that the handover is not executed at an appropriate timing or position.
- the mobile radio terminal It is difficult for the mobile radio terminal to grasp in advance the factors that cause the second available bandwidth to increase or decrease.
- a method is also conceivable in which the mobile radio terminal stores in advance the available bandwidth in a specific area in the building, and the mobile radio terminal performs a handover according to the stored available bandwidth.
- the environment is considered to change every day, and the measurement of the usable bandwidth is costly, so such a method is not practical.
- the mobile radio terminal of the present disclosure estimates and temporarily stores the first available bandwidth before the handover is executed and the second available bandwidth after the handover is executed. Then, the mobile radio terminal controls the timing or position for executing the handover based on the stored available bandwidth difference between the first available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth.
- the configuration and operation of the mobile radio terminal will be described.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile radio terminal according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a mobile radio terminal 100 shown in FIG. 3 is a terminal that can perform radio communication with an access point AP, and can be carried by a user, for example.
- Specific examples of the mobile radio terminal 100 include a smartphone, a tablet, and a personal computer, but the type is not particularly limited.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 includes an antenna 10, a radio communication interface 20, a memory 30, a processor 40, and a position measurement sensor 50.
- the antenna 10 can receive radio waves from the access point AP and can transmit radio waves to the access point AP.
- the type and number of antennas 10 are not particularly limited.
- the wireless communication interface 20 converts data generated by the processor 40 (to be described later) and data held in the memory 30 into transmission data in a format that can be transmitted by the antenna 10 and passes the data to the antenna 10.
- the wireless communication interface 20 extracts received data from the radio wave received by the antenna 10 and passes it to the processor 40 or the memory 30.
- the radio communication interface 20 can also measure the received power of the radio wave received by the antenna 10.
- the wireless communication interface 20 is realized by various devices, and the aspect thereof is not particularly limited.
- the processor 40 is configured by various arithmetic devices, and executes control of the mobile radio terminal 100 based on a program held in a memory 30 and a storage device (not shown) arranged inside and outside the mobile radio terminal 100.
- the kind of arithmetic device which comprises the processor 40 is not specifically limited.
- the processor 40 processes data received from the wireless communication interface 20 and activates various applications.
- the processor 40 executes various controls exclusively in cooperation with the memory 30.
- the memory 30 stores a program necessary for controlling the mobile radio terminal 100, data from the radio communication interface 20, and various data input to an operation input unit (key, switch, touch panel, etc.) not shown by the user.
- the position measurement sensor 50 is a device that measures the position of the mobile radio terminal 100 based on position information obtained from a GPS (Global Positioning System), a gyroscope, an acceleration sensor, and the like, and its aspect is not particularly limited.
- the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, a situation is assumed in which the wireless communication system shown in FIG. 1 is built in a predetermined area such as an office.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 of this embodiment receives radio waves from the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 and measures received power (reception strength).
- the mobile wireless terminal 100 exists near the first access point AP1 and performs wireless communication with the first access point AP1.
- the reception power of the second access point AP2 is considerably smaller than the reception power of the first access point AP1.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 moves from the first access point AP1 toward the second access point AP2, the reception power of the radio wave from the first access point AP1 decreases, and from the second access point AP2 The received power of radio waves increases.
- the processor 40 When the received power RSSI 2 (Received Signal Strength Indication; received signal strength) of the second access point AP2 exceeds the received power RSSI 1 of the first access point AP1 by a predetermined threshold Th or more (RSSI 2 ⁇ In the case of RSSI 1 + Th), the processor 40 starts executing the handover.
- the processor 40 stores the initial value of the threshold in the memory 30, for example. The handover is executed using the initial value Th 0 of the threshold value (Th ⁇ Th 0 ).
- the processor 40 stores the first received power from the first access point AP1 and the second received power from the second access point AP2 in the memory 30. Then, when the difference obtained by subtracting the first received power from the second received power is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold (initial value Th 0 of the threshold), the processor 40 changes the second access power from the first access point AP1 to the second Handover is performed to the access point AP2.
- a predetermined threshold initial value Th 0 of the threshold
- the processor 40 also sequentially estimates the available bandwidth.
- the processor 40 estimates the first available bandwidth before execution of the handover and stores it in the memory 30, and estimates the second available bandwidth after execution of the handover and stores it in the memory 30.
- An existing calculation method is used to estimate the available bandwidth.
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- the processor 40 controls the timing of executing the handover of the moving mobile radio terminal 100 based on the available bandwidth difference that is the difference between the estimated first available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth. That is, each time a handover is performed, the processor 40 refers to the existing threshold Th at that time and the available bandwidths before and after, and updates the existing threshold based on these referenced values. A specific updating method will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
- FIG. 4A and 4B show a method of updating the threshold Th executed by the processor 40 when the available bandwidth increases after the handover is executed.
- the wireless communication interface 20 measures the received power of the received radio waves of the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 received by the antenna 10, and the processor 40 receives the two access points. A difference in radio wave reception power is calculated, and this difference is compared with a predetermined threshold value Th.
- the processor 40 is executing a handover.
- the second available bandwidth B22 (time t3) after the handover is executed is larger than the first available bandwidth B12 (time t2) before the handover is executed.
- the processor 40 starts executing the handover from the time t1 when the difference between the reception powers of the received radio waves of the two access points reaches a predetermined threshold Th, and executes the handover after a predetermined time. End (time t3).
- the processor 40 causes the memory 30 to store the available bandwidth at the times t1 to t3.
- This phenomenon means that the mobile radio terminal 100 has maintained the radio communication with the first access point AP1 more than necessary beyond the timing when the mobile radio terminal 100 should originally perform the handover.
- the first available band B12 before the handover is performed becomes excessively small, and the second available band B22 after the handover is performed is excessively increased.
- the difference between the second available band B22 and the first available band B12 increases, but smooth communication is possible because the absolute value of the first available band B12 is small. May be disturbed.
- the processor 40 performs control for advancing the timing of executing the handover in the execution of the next handover in the environment where the received power and the usable bandwidth are the same as the previous time. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the processor 40 executes the handover at a time t4 that is earlier than the time t1 that is the previous timing.
- the processor 40 calculates a smaller new threshold Th with respect to the threshold Th used in the previous handover, and executes the handover based on the new threshold Th.
- the processor 40 uses, for example, the following formula (1) or (2).
- the method for calculating the new threshold Th is not limited to the methods based on these equations.
- Th ⁇ Th ⁇ d (d is a positive constant) (1)
- Th ⁇ Th ⁇ ⁇ (0 ⁇ ⁇ 1; ⁇ is a constant) (2) That is, the processor 40 decreases the predetermined threshold Th when the second available bandwidth is larger than the first available bandwidth.
- the handover is executed from time t4 (t5) to t6.
- the difference between the second available bandwidth B21 (time t6) after the handover is executed and the first available bandwidth B11 (time t5) before the handover is executed is as shown by the arrow Y.
- 5A and 5B show a method of updating the threshold Th executed by the processor 40 when the available bandwidth decreases after the handover is executed.
- the wireless communication interface 20 calculates the received power of the received radio waves of the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 received by the antenna 10, and the processor 40 receives the two access points. A difference in radio wave reception power is calculated, and this difference is compared with a predetermined threshold value Th.
- the processor 40 is executing a handover.
- the second available band B22 (time t3) after the handover is performed is less than the first available band B12 (time t2) before the handover is performed.
- the processor 40 starts the handover from a timing (time t2) before the difference between the reception powers of the received radio waves of the two access points reaches the predetermined threshold Th, and after the predetermined time has elapsed, the handover is performed. Is finished (time t3).
- time t3-t2 it is considered that the handover is performed at time t1.
- the processor 40 causes the memory 30 to store the available bandwidth at the times t1 to t3.
- This phenomenon means that the wireless communication with the first access point AP1 is completed earlier than the timing at which the mobile wireless terminal 100 should originally perform the handover.
- the first available bandwidth B12 before the handover is performed remains large to some extent, and the second available bandwidth B22 after the handover is still small.
- the difference between the second available band B22 and the first available band B12 increases, while smooth communication is possible because the absolute value of the second available band B22 is small. May be disturbed.
- the processor 40 performs control for delaying the timing of executing the handover in the execution of the next handover in the environment where the received power and the available bandwidth are provided as in the previous time. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the processor 40 executes the handover at a time t4 that is later than the time t1 that is the previous timing.
- the processor 40 calculates a larger new threshold Th with respect to the threshold Th used in the previous handover, and executes the handover based on the new threshold Th.
- the processor 40 uses, for example, the following formula (3) or (4).
- the method for calculating the new threshold Th is not limited to the methods based on these equations.
- the handover is executed from time t4 (t5) to t6.
- the difference between the second available bandwidth B21 (time t6) after the handover is executed and the first available bandwidth B11 (time t5) before the handover is executed is as shown by the arrow Y.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of handover execution control performed by the mobile radio terminal 100 of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
- the processor 40 of the mobile radio terminal 100 sets the threshold value Th, which is stored in the memory 30 by the initialization to an initial value Th 0 (step S100).
- the processor 40 estimates the available bandwidth (step S110).
- the wireless communication interface 20 measures the received power RSSI 1 of the received radio wave of the first access point AP1, which is the access point AP to which the antenna 10 is connected (step S120). Further, the wireless communication interface 20 measures the received power of the received radio waves of the surrounding access points AP received by the antenna 10 (step S130). Here, the processor 40 determines whether there is another access point AP that can be connected based on the measurement result of the wireless communication interface 20 (step S140). If there is no other access point AP that can be connected, the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations after step S110 are repeated.
- the wireless communication interface 20 regards this other access point AP as the second access point AP2.
- the access point AP having the highest received power of the received radio wave can be regarded as the second access point AP2.
- the processor 40 determines whether the difference in received power between the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 is greater than or equal to a threshold Th (initial value Th 0 in the first case) or less than the threshold Th (step S150). .
- the processor 40 If the difference in received power is less than the threshold Th, the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations after step S110 are repeated again. If the difference in received power is greater than or equal to the threshold Th, the processor 40 performs a handover. That is, the processor 40 disconnects the wireless communication with the first access point AP1 being connected (step S160), and performs the connection by wireless communication with the second access point AP2 that is the movement destination (step S170).
- the processor 40 estimates the available bandwidth (step S180) and executes processing according to the estimated available bandwidth value (step S190). That is, if the estimated available bandwidth has not changed from the previous value, the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations after step S110 are repeated again. If the estimated available bandwidth has increased from the previous value (case in FIG. 4), the processor 40 decreases the threshold Th (step S200). If the estimated available bandwidth has decreased from the previous value (case in FIG. 5), the processor 40 increases the threshold Th (step S210). Note that the amount of increase or decrease in the threshold Th in step S200 and step S210 may be calculated after weighting the past increase / decrease amount of the available bandwidth.
- the processor 40 controls the timing for executing the handover of the moving mobile radio terminal 100 based on the available bandwidth difference that is the difference between the first available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth. As a result, the processor 40 can more appropriately control the timing of executing the handover, and can increase the possibility of executing a smoother handover.
- FIGS. 4B and 5B are conceptual diagrams illustrating handover execution position control performed by the mobile radio terminal 100 according to the second embodiment.
- 7A like the graphs shown in FIGS. 4B and 5B, the available bandwidth increases or decreases after the handover of the mobile radio terminal 100 moving from the first access point AP1 to the second access point AP2. It is a graph which shows the case where it did.
- the processor 40 of the mobile radio terminal 100 according to Embodiment 1 updates the threshold Th.
- the processor 40 updates the handover area, which is an area for executing the handover, using the position measurement sensor 50 that is not particularly used in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7B shows control for updating the handover area for executing the handover performed by the mobile radio terminal 100 when the available bandwidth increases when the handover is executed as shown in FIG.
- the processor 40 causes the memory 30 to store the first position of the mobile radio terminal 100 measured by the position measurement sensor 50 when the first handover is executed. Then, as shown in the figure, the processor 40 determines a first handover area based on the first position and stores it in the memory 30. In the initial state, the first position and the first handover area as initial values may be stored in the memory 30 in advance, or no information regarding the position and the handover area may be stored. .
- the processor 40 narrows the first handover area toward the first access point AP1. 2 handover areas are determined.
- the processor 40 stores the second handover area in the memory 30.
- the updated second handover area is narrowed toward the first access point AP1 as compared to the first handover area before the update. Then, a handover area that matches the actual situation of change in available bandwidth is generated.
- the processor 40 may generate the second handover area by moving the entire first handover area in the direction of the first access point AP1.
- FIG. 7C shows control for updating the handover area for executing the handover performed by the mobile radio terminal 100 when the available bandwidth decreases when the handover is executed as shown in FIG.
- the processor 40 causes the memory 30 to store the first position of the mobile radio terminal 100 measured by the position measurement sensor 50 when the first handover is executed. Then, as shown in the figure, the processor 40 determines a first handover area based on the first position and stores it in the memory 30. In the initial state, the first position and the first handover area as initial values may be stored in the memory 30 in advance, or no information regarding the position and the handover area may be stored. .
- the processor 40 narrows the first handover area toward the second access point AP2. 3 handover areas are determined.
- the processor 40 stores the third handover area in the memory 30.
- the updated third handover area is narrowed toward the second access point AP2 as compared to the first handover area before the update. Then, a handover area that matches the actual situation of change in available bandwidth is generated. Further, the processor 40 may generate the third handover area by moving the entire first handover area in the direction of the second access point AP2.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a situation in which the handover area shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C is repeatedly updated, the handover area is gradually narrowed, and an appropriate position where the handover is to be executed is further narrowed down. .
- the available bandwidth decreases in the 4th previous handover, the available bandwidth increases in the 3rd previous handover, the available bandwidth decreases in the 2nd previous handover, and the available bandwidth increases in the 4th previous handover. To do.
- the handover area is narrowed in the order of handover area A ⁇ handover area B ⁇ handover area C and becomes smaller.
- a handover area that more accurately matches the actual state of the available bandwidth is generated.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of handover execution control performed by the mobile radio terminal 100 of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.
- the processor 40 of the mobile radio terminal 100 sets the threshold value Th, which is stored in the memory 30 by the initialization to an initial value Th 0 (step S100).
- Th the threshold value
- the processor 40 of the mobile radio terminal 100 sets the threshold value Th, which is stored in the memory 30 by the initialization to an initial value Th 0 (step S100).
- Th 0 initial value
- no information regarding the location and the handover area may be stored in the memory 30.
- the position measurement sensor 50 measures the position of the mobile radio terminal 100 (step S105), and the processor 40 estimates the available bandwidth (step S110).
- the wireless communication interface 20 measures the received power RSSI 1 of the received radio wave of the first access point AP1, which is the access point AP to which the antenna 10 is connected (step S120). Further, the wireless communication interface 20 measures the received power of the received radio waves of the surrounding access points AP received by the antenna 10 (step S130). Here, the processor 40 determines whether there is another access point AP that can be connected based on the measurement result of the wireless communication interface 20 (step S140). If there is no other access point AP that can be connected, the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations from step S105 are repeated.
- the wireless communication interface 20 regards this other access point AP as the second access point AP2.
- the access point AP having the highest received power of the received radio wave can be regarded as the second access point AP2.
- the processor 40 determines whether or not the mobile radio terminal 100 exists in a predetermined handover area based on the position information measured by the position measurement sensor 50 (step S145). If it does not exist within the predetermined handover area, the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations after step S105 are repeated again. If it is within the predetermined handover area or no handover area is set, the processor 40 further determines that the difference in received power between the first access point AP1 and the second access point AP2 is the threshold Th ( In the first case, it is determined whether the initial value is Th 0 or more or less than the threshold Th (step S150).
- the processor 40 If the difference in received power is less than the threshold Th, the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations after step S110 are repeated again. If the difference in received power is greater than or equal to the threshold Th, the processor 40 performs a handover. That is, the processor 40 disconnects the wireless communication with the first access point AP1 being connected (step S160), and performs the connection by wireless communication with the second access point AP2 that is the movement destination (step S170).
- the processor 40 determines whether or not a handover area has already been set in the memory 30 (step S171), and if set, estimates the available bandwidth (step S180). If the handover area is not set, a range of a certain distance is set as a temporary handover area centering on the current position of the mobile radio terminal 100 (step S172), and the available bandwidth is estimated (step S180). ).
- the processor 40 executes processing according to the estimated available bandwidth value (step S190). That is, if the estimated available bandwidth has not changed from the previous value, the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations after step S110 are repeated again. If the estimated available bandwidth has increased from the previous value (case in FIG. 4), the processor 40 decreases the threshold Th (step S200) and sets the handover area to the first access point AP1 that is the source. Narrow in the direction (step S220; case of FIG. 7A). Further, the processor 40 may generate the second handover area by moving the entire handover area in the direction of the first access point AP1. On the other hand, when the estimated available bandwidth has decreased from the previous value (case in FIG.
- the processor 40 increases the threshold Th (step S210), and moves the handover area to the second access point AP2 that is the destination. (Step S230; case of FIG. 7B). Further, the processor 40 may generate the third handover area by moving the entire handover area in the direction of the second access point AP2.
- the amount of increase and decrease of the threshold Th in step S200 and step S210 may be calculated after weighting the past increase / decrease amount of the available bandwidth.
- the width (or movement width) of the handover area in steps S220 and S230 may be calculated after weighting the past increase / decrease amount of the available bandwidth.
- the processor 40 performs the handover directly connected to the position where the mobile radio terminal 100 that is moving is executed based on the available bandwidth difference that is the difference between the first available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth. Control the area. As a result, the processor 40 can control the position where the handover is executed to a more appropriate position, and can increase the possibility of executing a smoother handover.
- (Embodiment 3) 10 to 13 are conceptual diagrams illustrating control of the handover execution position, which is performed by the mobile radio terminal 100 according to the third embodiment.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 according to the present embodiment extracts temporal and spatial neighborhood information from the past handover history stored in the memory 30, for example.
- the number of connected terminals and other congestion levels change over time. Then, it is estimated that the handover history information closer to the current position and the current time is closer to the handover condition to be used.
- the processor 40 of the mobile radio terminal 100 extracts only the history information of the handover that is within a predetermined time from the current time (in the vicinity of time). For example, the processor 40 extracts from the memory 30 the history information of handover within one hour from the current time. Further, the processor 40 extracts only the history information of the handover that is within a predetermined range (spatial vicinity) from the current position from the history information thus extracted. For example, the processor 40 extracts history information of handover within 20 m from the current position. Note that it is also possible to use a method of first extracting history information that is a spatial neighborhood and extracting history information that is a temporal neighborhood from the extracted history information. Finally, in this example, only history information that satisfies both temporal and spatial conditions is extracted.
- the processor 40 also extracts history information of available bandwidth difference, which is a difference between the first available bandwidth before execution of the handover and the second available bandwidth after execution of the handover, from the extracted history information. Can do. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the processor 40 executes predetermined statistical processing on this history information, and at the position where the usable bandwidth difference becomes zero (the position where the usable bandwidth does not change before and after the handover). Determine the aggregate. In this example, the processor 40 performs first-order approximation (using the least square method or the like) as statistical processing on the two-dimensional plane of the area where the mobile radio terminal 100 moves, and a set of positions where the usable bandwidth difference becomes zero. Find a straight line.
- first-order approximation using the least square method or the like
- the available bandwidth w 1i (first availability) before the execution of the handover estimated by the processor 40.
- Bandwidth and the available bandwidth after execution (second available bandwidth) w 2i are associated with each other.
- Each point in FIG. 11 indicates an increase or decrease relationship between the available bandwidth w 1i and the available bandwidth w 2i .
- a straight line that is an aggregate of positions at which the available bandwidth difference becomes zero is a basis for determining a handover area that is an area in which handover is executed.
- the processor 40 calculates the width of the handover area from the distribution of the history information of the handover, the moving speed, and the like.
- the width of the handover area refers to the length in the direction orthogonal to the straight line obtained in FIG.
- the processor 40 uses the linear approximation to change the usable bandwidth within a predetermined range before and after the handover.
- the width of the handover area that is estimated to be within (for example, ⁇ 30%) is calculated. If the obtained width is smaller than the moving speed of the mobile radio terminal 100, the processor 40 may pass the moving speed and fail in handover. Is calculated as the minimum width of the handover area. That is, the processor 40 determines the width of the handover area based on the range from the straight line as the aggregate to the position where the available bandwidth difference falls within a predetermined value.
- the processor 40 calculates the length of the handover area as shown in FIG.
- the length of the handover area refers to the length along a straight line.
- the processor 40 provides a temporary origin O on the straight line, a position L yi in the same direction as the straight line, an available bandwidth w 1i (first available bandwidth) and available bandwidth (first available bandwidth) for the access points AP1 and AP2 before and after the handover.
- the values of the coefficients a and b and the constant c are obtained by approximation with 2 ⁇ b ⁇ L x + c (W 1 is the estimated value of the first available band, W 2 is the estimated value of the second available band) .
- the handover area is set by the above process.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the procedure of handover execution control performed by the mobile radio terminal 100 of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 10 to 13.
- the procedure from step S100 to step S170 is the same as that in the flowchart shown in FIG.
- the processor 40 extracts the temporal and spatial neighborhood history information from the handover history information (step S240; FIG. 10). Furthermore, the processor 40 obtains a straight line that is an aggregate of points at which the available bandwidth is equal (available bandwidth difference is zero) by approximation calculation using statistical processing (step S250; FIG. 11). Further, the processor 40 obtains the width of the handover area from the dispersion and the moving speed (step S260; FIG. 12). Furthermore, the processor 40 obtains the length (two limit points) of the usable bandwidth on the straight line by approximation calculation (step S270; FIG. 13). Finally, the processor 40 sets a handover area from the width and length (step S280; FIG. 13). However, if a sufficient number of history information is not accumulated in step S240, the process ends here, and the processor 40 enters a mode in which the operations after step S105 are repeated.
- the processor 40 sets the handover area using the history information of the available bandwidth difference that is the difference between the first available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth.
- the processor 40 can control the position where the handover is executed to a more appropriate position, and can increase the possibility of executing a smoother handover.
- the memory 30 stores the history information.
- another storage device such as a server on the network stores the history information, and the mobile radio terminal 100 stores the storage information when necessary.
- the history information may be extracted by accessing.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 of the present embodiment includes an antenna 10 that can receive radio waves from an access point AP, a radio communication interface 20 that measures the received power of radio waves received by the antenna 10, a processor 40, a memory 30, Is provided.
- the processor 40 cooperates with the memory 30 to store the first received power from the first access point AP1 and the second received power from the second access point AP2 in the memory 30, and the second reception power.
- a handover is executed from the first access point AP1 to the second access point AP2.
- the processor 40 estimates the first available bandwidth before execution of the handover and stores it in the memory 30, and estimates the second available bandwidth after execution of the handover and stores it in the memory 30. Based on the available bandwidth difference between the available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth, the position of the mobile radio terminal 100 that is moving is controlled.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 controls the timing of executing the handover based on the available bandwidth difference that is the difference between the first available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 can more appropriately control the timing for executing the handover, and can increase the possibility of executing a smoother handover.
- the processor 40 reduces the predetermined threshold Th when the second available bandwidth is larger than the first available bandwidth, and the second available bandwidth is the first available bandwidth. If smaller, the predetermined threshold Th is increased.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 can appropriately control the timing and position for executing a handover easily, and can increase the possibility of executing a smoother handover.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 of the present embodiment further includes a position measurement sensor 50 that measures the position, and the processor 40 measures the first position of the mobile radio terminal 100 at the time of executing the first handover measured by the position measurement sensor 50.
- the processor 40 measures the first position of the mobile radio terminal 100 at the time of executing the first handover measured by the position measurement sensor 50. Is stored in the memory 30, and when the second available bandwidth is larger than the first available bandwidth, the second location is closer to the first access point AP1 than the first location and the second handover is executed. Is stored in the memory 30. Further, when the second available bandwidth is smaller than the first available bandwidth, the processor 40 stores the third location closer to the second access point AP2 than the first location and the third handover is executed. 30.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 can control the position for executing the handover to a more appropriate position based on the available bandwidth difference that is the difference between the first available bandwidth and the second available bandwidth.
- the possibility of executing a smoother handover can be increased.
- the processor 40 extracts the history information of the position at the time of handover execution and the available bandwidth difference at the position stored in the memory 30, and performs predetermined statistical processing on the history information. To determine the aggregate at the position where the available bandwidth difference becomes zero, and based on the aggregate, determine the handover area, which is the area for executing the handover.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 determines the handover area with reference to the past history information of the available bandwidth difference, it is possible to increase the possibility of executing a smoother handover.
- the processor 40 extracts from the memory 30 only history information stored in the memory 30 within a predetermined time from the current time and within a predetermined range from the current position. .
- the mobile radio terminal 100 determines the handover area with reference to the history information in the vicinity with respect to the current time and the current position, the possibility of executing a smoother handover can be increased.
- the processor 40 determines the width of the handover area based on the range from the aggregate to the position where the available bandwidth difference falls within a predetermined value.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 determines the handover area with reference to the available bandwidth difference having a value in a predetermined range, the possibility of executing a smoother handover can be increased.
- the length of the handover area is determined on the aggregate based on two positions that satisfy the minimum available bandwidth required by the communication application used by the mobile radio terminal.
- the mobile radio terminal 100 determines the handover area with reference to the minimum available bandwidth required by the communication application, the possibility of executing a smoother handover can be increased.
- the present disclosure is useful as a mobile radio terminal that enables execution of appropriate handover.
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図1は、本開示が適用される無線通信システムの概念図を示す。スマートフォン、タブレット、パーソナルコンピュータ等の移動無線端末は、通信事業者が提供する第1の無線基地局AP1(以降、第1のアクセスポイントAP1と称する)1と第2の無線基地局AP2(以降、第2のアクセスポイントAP2と称する)が設置されたエリアを移動する。移動無線端末は、無線通信エリア1では第1のアクセスポイントAP1と無線通信可能であり、無線通信エリア2では第2のアクセスポイントAP2と無線通信可能である。尚、図示はしていないが、一般的には更に他の第3のアクセスポイントAP3、第4のアクセスポイントAP4、・・・第NのアクセスポイントAPNが当該エリアに配置されているが、以降の説明は第1のアクセスポイントAP1と第2のアクセスポイントAP2のみを使用する。
図3は、本開示の実施の形態にかかる移動無線端末の構成を示すブロック図である。図3に示す移動無線端末100は、アクセスポイントAPと無線通信可能であり、例えばユーザーにより持ち運び可能な端末である。移動無線端末100の具体例には、スマートフォン、タブレット、パーソナルコンピュータ等があるが、特にその種類は限定されない。
以下、図4~図6を用いて実施の形態1を説明する。まず、図1に示した無線通信システムがオフィスなどの所定のエリアに構築されている状況を想定する。本実施形態の移動無線端末100が、第1のアクセスポイントAP1および第2のアクセスポイントAP2から電波を受信し、受信電力(受信強度)を測定する。
Th ← Th - d (dは正の定数) ・・・(1)
Th ← Th × α (0<α<1;αは定数) ・・・(2)
すなわち、プロセッサ40は、第2の可用帯域が第1の可用帯域より大きい場合は、所定の閾値Thを減少させる。この場合、図4Bに示すように、ハンドオーバーは時刻t4(t5)からt6にかけて実行されることとなる。この結果、ハンドオーバー実行後の第2の可用帯域B21(時刻t6)と、ハンドオーバー実行前の第1の可用帯域B11(時刻t5)の差は、矢印Yで示すように、前回のハンドオーバーにおける第2の可用帯域B22と第1の可用帯域B12との差(矢印X)よりも小さくなる一方で、第1の可用帯域B11の絶対的な値が十分なものとなり、円滑な通信をハンドオーバーの前後を通じて実行することができる。よって、閾値Thの更新により円滑なハンドオーバーが実行される可能性を高めることができる。
Th ← Th + d (dは正の定数) ・・・(3)
Th ← Th × β (1<β;βは定数) ・・・(4)
すなわち、プロセッサ40は、第2の可用帯域が第1の可用帯域より大きい場合は、所定の閾値Thを増加させる。この場合、図5Bに示すように、ハンドオーバーは時刻t4(t5)からt6にかけて実行されることとなる。この結果、ハンドオーバー実行後の第2の可用帯域B21(時刻t6)と、ハンドオーバー実行前の第1の可用帯域B11(時刻t5)の差は、矢印Yで示すように、前回のハンドオーバーにおける第2の可用帯域B22と第1の可用帯域B12との差(矢印X)よりも小さくなる一方で、第2の可用帯域B21の絶対的な値が十分なものとなり、円滑な通信をハンドオーバーの前後を通じて実行することができる。よって、閾値Thの更新により円滑なハンドオーバーが実行される可能性を高めることができる。
図7Aないし図7Cは、実施の形態2の移動無線端末100が実行する、ハンドオーバーの実行位置の制御を示す概念図である。図7Aは、図4B、図5Bに示したグラフと同様、第1のアクセスポイントAP1から第2のアクセスポイントAP2に向けて移動する移動無線端末100のハンドオーバーの実行後に可用帯域が増加または減少した場合を示すグラフである。このような可用帯域の増加または減少に応じて、実施の形態1の移動無線端末100のプロセッサ40は閾値Thを更新する。本実施形態の移動無線端末100においては、プロセッサ40は、実施の形態1では特に使用していない位置測定センサー50を用いて、ハンドオーバーを実行する領域であるハンドオーバーエリアを更新する。
図10~図13は、実施の形態3の移動無線端末100が実行する、ハンドオーバーの実行位置の制御を示す概念図である。本実施形態の移動無線端末100は、例えばメモリ30に記憶された過去のハンドオーバーの履歴から、時間的および空間的近傍の情報を抽出する。特定のアクセスポイントAPにおいて、接続される端末の接続台数やその他の混雑度は、時間経過により変化する。そして、現在位置及び現在時刻に近いハンドオーバーの履歴情報ほど、これから用いるべきハンドオーバーの条件に近いことが推定される。
20: 無線通信インターフェース
30: メモリ
40: プロセッサ
50: 位置測定センサー
100: 移動無線端末
AP1: 第1のアクセスポイント(第1の無線基地局)
AP2: 第2のアクセスポイント(第2の無線基地局)
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- 移動無線端末であって、
アクセスポイントからの電波を受信可能なアンテナと、
前記アンテナが受信した電波の受信電力を測定する無線通信インターフェースと、
プロセッサと、
メモリと、を備え、
前記プロセッサは、前記メモリと協働して、
第1のアクセスポイントからの第1の受信電力および第2のアクセスポイントからの第2の受信電力を前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第2の受信電力から前記第1の受信電力を引いた差分が所定の閾値Th以上になった場合に、前記第1のアクセスポイントから前記第2のアクセスポイントへハンドオーバーを実行し、
ハンドオーバーの実行前の第1の可用帯域を推定して前記メモリに記憶させ、
ハンドオーバーの実行後の第2の可用帯域を推定して前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第1の可用帯域および前記第2の可用帯域の可用帯域差分に基づいて、移動中の当該移動無線端末のハンドオーバーを実行するタイミングを制御する、
移動無線端末。 - 請求項1に記載の移動無線端末であって、
前記プロセッサは、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より大きい場合は、前記所定の閾値Thを減少させ、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より小さい場合は、前記所定の閾値Thを増加させる、
移動無線端末。 - 請求項1に記載の移動無線端末であって、
位置を測定する位置測定センサーを更に備え、
前記プロセッサは、前記位置測定センサーが測定した第1のハンドオーバー実行時の当該移動無線端末の第1の位置を前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より大きい場合は、前記第1の位置より前記第1のアクセスポイントに近く、第2のハンドオーバーが実行される第2の位置を前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より小さい場合は、前記第1の位置より前記第2のアクセスポイントに近く、第3のハンドオーバーが実行される第3の位置を前記メモリに記憶させる、
移動無線端末。 - 請求項3に記載の移動無線端末であって、
前記プロセッサは、
ハンドオーバー実行時の位置と当該位置における前記可用帯域差分の履歴情報に対して所定の統計処理を実行し、前記可用帯域差分がゼロになる位置の集合体を決定し、
前記集合体に基づき、ハンドオーバーを実行する領域であるハンドオーバーエリアを決定する、
移動無線端末。 - 請求項4に記載の移動無線端末であって、
前記プロセッサは、
現在時刻から所定の時間内であってかつ現在位置から所定の範囲内にある履歴情報のみを用いる、
移動無線端末。 - 請求項4に記載の移動無線端末であって、
前記プロセッサは、
前記集合体から前記可用帯域差分が所定の値に収まる位置までの範囲に基づき、前記ハンドオーバーエリアの幅を決定する、
移動無線端末。 - 請求項4に記載の移動無線端末であって、
前記プロセッサは、
前記集合体上において、当該移動無線端末が利用する通信アプリケーションが要求する最低可用帯域を満たす2つの位置に基づき、前記ハンドオーバーエリアの長さを決定する、
移動無線端末。 - プロセッサが移動無線端末のハンドオーバーを実行するタイミングを制御する方法であって、
前記プロセッサは、メモリと協働して、
第1のアクセスポイントからの第1の受信電力および第2のアクセスポイントからの第2の受信電力を前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第2の受信電力から前記第1の受信電力を引いた差分が所定の閾値Th以上になった場合に、前記第1のアクセスポイントから前記第2のアクセスポイントへハンドオーバーを実行し、
ハンドオーバーの実行前の第1の可用帯域を推定して前記メモリに記憶させ、
ハンドオーバーの実行後の第2の可用帯域を推定して前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第1の可用帯域および前記第2の可用帯域の可用帯域差分に基づいて、移動中の当該移動無線端末のハンドオーバーを実行するタイミングを制御する、
制御方法。 - 請求項8に記載の制御方法であって、
前記プロセッサは、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より大きい場合は、前記所定の閾値Thを減少させ、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より小さい場合は、前記所定の閾値Thを増加させる、
制御方法。 - 請求項8に記載の制御方法であって、
前記プロセッサは、位置測定センサーが測定した第1のハンドオーバー実行時の当該移動無線端末の第1の位置を前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より大きい場合は、前記第1の位置より前記第1のアクセスポイントに近く、第2のハンドオーバーが実行される第2の位置を前記メモリに記憶させ、
前記第2の可用帯域が前記第1の可用帯域より小さい場合は、前記第1の位置より前記第2のアクセスポイントに近く、第3のハンドオーバーが実行される第3の位置を前記メモリに記憶させる、
制御方法。 - 請求項10に記載の制御方法であって、
前記プロセッサは、
ハンドオーバー実行時の位置と当該位置における前記可用帯域差分の履歴情報に対して所定の統計処理を実行し、前記可用帯域差分がゼロになる位置の集合体を決定し、
前記集合体に基づき、ハンドオーバーを実行する領域であるハンドオーバーエリアを決定する、
制御方法。 - 請求項11に記載の制御方法であって、
前記プロセッサは、
現在時刻から所定の時間内であってかつ現在位置から所定の範囲内にある履歴情報のみを用いる、
制御方法。 - 請求項11に記載の制御方法であって、
前記プロセッサは、
前記集合体から前記可用帯域差分が所定の値に収まる位置までの範囲に基づき、前記ハンドオーバーエリアの幅を決定する、
制御方法。 - 請求項11に記載の制御方法であって、
前記プロセッサは、
前記集合体上において、当該移動無線端末が利用する通信アプリケーションが要求する最低可用帯域を満たす2つの位置に基づき、前記ハンドオーバーエリアの長さを決定する、
制御方法。
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