WO2024009543A1

WO2024009543A1 - Relay device configured so as to reduce power consumption, base station device, control method and program

Info

Publication number: WO2024009543A1
Application number: PCT/JP2023/003753
Authority: WO
Inventors: 洋樹武田; ヤンウェイ李; 武雄大関; 良知堅岡; 宏己松野
Original assignee: Kddi株式会社
Priority date: 2022-07-04
Filing date: 2023-02-06
Publication date: 2024-01-11
Also published as: JP2024006742A

Abstract

This relay device for amplifying and relaying a wireless signal which is transmitted by a base station device or a terminal device obtains information with which it is possible to identify a wireless resource to be amplified or relayed from a base station device, identifies the wireless resource to be amplified and relayed on the basis of said information, and without decoding, amplifies and relays the wireless resource component which constitutes the wireless signal and was identified on the basis of said information.

Description

Relay device, base station device, control method, and program configured to reduce power consumption

The present invention relates to power saving technology for wireless repeaters.

In a cellular communication system, in order to increase the communicable area, a wireless repeater that amplifies and outputs radio waves arriving from a base station device or a terminal device may be used. As the frequency band used becomes higher, the areas where radio waves cannot reach with sufficient power may increase. It is assumed that a large number of wireless repeaters will be installed to enable communication in such areas.

Since a wireless repeater amplifies and outputs all incoming radio waves, it unnecessarily amplifies and outputs, for example, a signal component transmitted to a terminal device located near a base station device. As the number of wireless repeaters that perform unnecessary signal amplification increases, the power consumption of the entire system may increase.

The present invention provides a technique for reducing power consumption in a wireless repeater.

A relay device according to one aspect of the present invention is a relay device that amplifies and relays a radio signal transmitted by a base station device or a terminal device without decoding, and receives radio resources to be amplified and relayed from the base station device. an acquisition means for acquiring information capable of identifying a radio resource, an identification means for identifying a radio resource to be amplified and relayed based on the information, and a radio resource identified based on the information among the radio signals. and relay means for amplifying and relaying the components without decoding them.

A base station device according to one aspect of the present invention is capable of being used in communication between the base station device and the terminal device to a relay device that amplifies and relays a wireless signal transmitted by the base station device or the terminal device without decoding it. The relay apparatus includes a transmitting means for transmitting information that can specify a wireless resource to be amplified and relayed by the relay device among the wireless resources.

According to the present invention, power consumption in a wireless repeater can be reduced.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in the accompanying drawings, the same or similar structures are given the same reference numerals.

The accompanying drawings are included in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a communication system. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a relay device. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the functional configuration of a base station device. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of processing executed in the communication system.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the invention. Two or more features among the plurality of features described in the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. In addition, the same or similar configurations are given the same reference numerals, and duplicate explanations will be omitted.

(System configuration)
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a wireless communication system according to this embodiment. This wireless communication system is, for example, a fifth generation (5G) cellular communication system, and is configured such that a base station device 101 and a terminal device 102 establish a wireless connection with each other and transmit and receive wireless signals. At this time, if the terminal device 102 stays in an area where the radio waves from the base station device 101 cannot be received with sufficient power or the transmitted radio waves cannot reach the base station device 101 with sufficient power, the base station device 102 It becomes impossible to communicate with sufficient quality. On the other hand, a relay device 103 may be used to enable communication in such an area. It is assumed that a large number of such areas will occur as the frequency band used becomes higher, and a large number of relay devices 103 may be arranged to improve the wireless communication quality in such a large number of areas. Therefore, as the relay device 103, a wireless repeater can be used, which is relatively inexpensive compared to a regenerative relay device. A wireless repeater is a non-regenerative relay device that amplifies and relays at least user data of an incoming wireless signal without decoding it.

Conventionally, wireless repeaters have been configured to amplify and relay all incoming wireless signals. On the other hand, in this embodiment, this wireless repeater is made more sophisticated so that at least some components of the wireless signal are not amplified or relayed. For this purpose, the relay device 103 may be configured to be able to connect to the base station device 101 and transmit and receive control information, for example. In one example, relay device 103 can connect to base station device 101 using a wired line and acquire control information from base station device 101 via the wired line. Further, the relay device 103 may connect to the base station device 101 using a wireless link and acquire control information from the base station device 101 via the wireless link. At this time, the wireless line may be such that, for example, the relay device 103 is connected to the base station device 101 as a terminal device of the cellular communication system according to the communication standard of the cellular communication system. That is, the base station device 101 and the relay device 103 may perform control communication by connecting a wireless line as part of communication in the cellular communication system. Further, the relay device 103 may be connected to the base station device 101 using a wireless line separate from the cellular communication system.

The base station device 101 specifies, as control information, radio resources (frequency and time resources) to be amplified and relayed by the relay device 103 among the radio resources that can be used for communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102. The identifiable information is transmitted to the relay device 103. Note that the information that can identify the wireless resource here may be information that directly indicates the location of the wireless resource (for example, a numerical value indicating the relay target frequency band, information indicating the time, etc.), or information that can be used to identify the wireless resource. It may also be information such as the index that was created. In one example, a frequency band that can be used for communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102 is divided into a plurality of frequency parts, and information indicating which of these frequency parts should be amplified and relayed is sent to the relay device 103. may be notified. For example, if the 3700-3800 MHz band is divided into four frequency parts: 3700-3725 MHz, 3725-3750 MHz, 3750-3775 MHz, and 3775-3800 MHz, which of these four frequency parts is used for amplification and relay? The relay device 103 can be notified of whether it is a target. In this case, 2 bits of information may be reported to indicate one of the four frequency parts. Further, the relay device 103 may be notified of a 4-bit bitmap indicating whether each of the four frequency portions is a target for amplification and relay. Note that the frequency band that the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102 can use for communication and the plurality of frequency parts that divide the frequency band as described above are only examples, and frequency bands other than the 3700 to 3800 MHz band are Three or less frequency portions or five or more frequency portions may be determined as targets, and control information may indicate whether or not to amplify and relay them. Further, the control information may be information that can specify whether amplification and relaying should be performed for each time interval having a predetermined time range (for example, in units of subframes or in units of frames). That is, the relay device 103 can be notified of information that can specify in which time interval amplification and relay should be performed. Further, the information on the time interval and the information on the frequency part may be combined and control information indicating which frequency part should be amplified and relayed for each time interval may be notified to the relay device 103.

The relay device 103 identifies a radio resource (at least one of frequency and time resources) to be amplified and relayed based on control information from the base station device 101, and selects the identified radio resource from among the incoming radio signals. Amplify and relay only the radio resource components that have been received without decoding. Note that, except for some components, the relay device 103 does not target components other than the identified radio resource to be relayed, and does not perform amplification and relay processing. As a result, only the components of the incoming wireless signal that need to be relayed are relayed, and the power consumption of the relay device 103 can be suppressed.

The control information may be set, for example, as information that does not amplify or relay resources that can be used for transmitting and receiving user data while communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102 is not performed. That is, the control information can specify resources other than resources that can be used for transmitting and receiving user data while communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102 is not performed as targets for amplification and relay. It can include information such as: Note that throughout this embodiment, the total received user data may be either uplink or downlink user data. According to this, it is possible to prevent components of the radio resource for user data from being unnecessarily amplified and relayed while the user data to be relayed by the relay device 103 is not being transmitted. In one example, only when the user data of the terminal device 102 that requires relaying by the relay device 103 is transmitted, the component of the radio resource through which the user data of the terminal device 102 is transmitted is amplified and relayed, and the other Control information may be set so that components of radio resources through which user data of other terminal devices are transmitted are not amplified or relayed. In other words, out of the radio resources for user data, the resources excluding the radio resources in which communication of user data is not performed for some of the terminal devices 102 that are the targets of relay contain information that can be identified as targets of amplification and relay. Can be included in control information. Note that the wireless resources in which communication of user data for some terminal devices 102 is not performed include resources in which communication of user data of terminal devices not targeted for relay is performed. In other words, resources on which communication of user data of terminal devices not targeted for relay is performed are also excluded from the wireless resources that can be specified by the control information. Note that wireless resources for communication control, such as resources for transmitting control channels and resources for transmitting synchronization signals and broadcast signals, are not resources that can be used for transmitting user data, so they are not used for amplification and relaying. Can be included.

Note that the base station device 101 determines, for example, based on the location information of the terminal device, that the communication of the terminal device existing in the area where the relay device 103 is expected to relay the communication is the target of relaying. , it can be determined that communications from terminal devices outside that area are not subject to relay. Note that this is just an example; for example, the base station device 101 identifies whether or not the terminal device 102 is a target for communication relaying by the relay device 103 based on the relationship between the arrival timing of radio waves and the reception strength. You can. For example, if a non-direct wave that arrived after the direct wave is detected with a reception strength higher than that of the direct wave by a predetermined value or more, the base station device 101 estimates that the non-direct wave is a radio wave amplified by the relay device 103. be able to. As a result, the downlink or uplink radio resources allocated to the communication of the terminal device that communicates with the base station device 101 via the relay device 103 are subject to amplification and relay, and the wireless resources are amplified and relayed without going through the relay device 103. Downlink or uplink radio resources allocated to communication by a terminal device that communicates with the base station device 101 are not amplified or relayed. As a result, the relay device 103 amplifies and relays only some of the resource components of the wireless signals arriving from the base station device 101 or the terminal device, and efficiently relays the wireless signals while suppressing power consumption. It can be carried out. Note that, for example, the base station device 101 uses all of the radio resources allocated to the communication of the terminal device as a relay device, regardless of whether the connected terminal device is the target of communication via the relay device 103 or not. The control information may be determined as follows.

Further, in one example, the control information includes information that enables the wireless resource allocated to communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102 to be relayed to be specified as the wireless resource to be amplified and relayed. It can be included. That is, regarding uplink and downlink communications between the terminal device 102 connected to the base station device 101, amplification and relaying are performed to ensure communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102. The control information may be configured such that it can be specified that the Here, the radio resources allocated to communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102 include a resource for transmitting a control channel for the terminal device 102 on the downlink, and a resource for transmitting a control channel for the terminal device 102 on the downlink. and resources to which user data is transmitted. Furthermore, the radio resources allocated to communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102 may include resources used when the terminal device 102 transmits a control channel and user data on the uplink.

In addition, the control information specifies a resource to which a downlink reference signal is transmitted by the base station device 101 and a resource to which an uplink reference signal is transmitted by the terminal device 102, as resources to be amplified and relayed. may include information that enables Here, the downlink reference signal may include at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), and a tracking reference signal (TRS). The base station apparatus 101 transmits these reference signals as necessary, and can set control information as resources to which the reference signals are transmitted as resources to be amplified and relayed. Further, the uplink reference signal may include at least one of a sounding reference signal (SRS), a DM-RS, and a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS). The terminal device 102 can transmit those reference signals using the radio resources specified by the base station device 101. Therefore, the base station apparatus 101 can set control information as the resource to which the reference signal is transmitted as the resource to be amplified and relayed. By setting the control information in this way, the base station device 101 does not perform unnecessary relay processing during the period when no reference signal is transmitted, and it is possible to sufficiently suppress power consumption in the relay device 103. Become.

Note that the relay device 103 is configured to amplify and relay the resources used when the terminal device 102 transmits the random access preamble to the base station device 101 via the relay device, without depending on the above-mentioned control information. can be configured. Note that the relay device 103 can identify resources for transmitting the random access preamble by receiving system information (for example, a system information block (SIB)) from the base station device 101, for example. The relay device 103 can be configured to amplify and relay the resources from which the base station device 101 transmits the synchronization signal and broadcast signal (SSB), without depending on the above-mentioned control information. In addition to resources for transmitting random access preambles and SSB resources, the relay device 103 also provides resources for transmitting and receiving information necessary for a terminal device to establish an initial connection with the base station device 101. , may be amplified and relayed without depending on the above-mentioned control information.

Note that when the base station device 101 amplifies and relays a wireless signal transmitted by the base station device 101 at the relay device 103 to the communicable area of another base station device, the wireless signal arrives at a predetermined power level or higher. The above-mentioned control information may be set so that the relay device 103 does not amplify and relay the wireless signal at the timing when the wireless signal is transmitted from another base station device. In this case, for example, even if there is a terminal device 102 whose communication with the base station device 101 is relayed by the relay device 103, the relay device 103 is Control information may be set so that relay processing is not performed. In addition, if relay processing is subsequently performed at the timing when another base station device transmits a wireless signal, the base station device 101 can transmit the wireless signal relayed by the relay device 103 to the communicable area of the other base station device. A control signal may be transmitted to the relay device 103 to control the amplification factor of the relay device 103 so that the power level is below a predetermined power level.

Additionally, the base station device 101 may instruct the relay device 103 to report the reception level or amplification factor of the wireless signal from the terminal device 102. If the reception level of the wireless signal from the terminal device 102 that the relay device 103 receives is not sufficient, the base station device 101 instructs the terminal device 102 to increase the transmission power or can be used to instruct the user to increase the amplification factor. On the other hand, if the reception level of the wireless signal from the terminal device 102 that the relay device 103 receives is excessive, the base station device 101 instructs the terminal device 102 to lower the transmission power, or Device 103 may be instructed to reduce the amplification factor. Furthermore, the base station device 101 instructs the relay device 103 about the amplification factor of the wireless signal to be relayed to the terminal device 102, and also instructs the terminal device 102 to instruct the reception level of the wireless signal received via the relay device 103. You may also be instructed to report. Then, if the reception level reported from the terminal device 102 is not sufficient, the base station device 101 can instruct the relay device 103 to increase the amplification factor. Furthermore, if the reception level reported from the terminal device 102 is excessive, the base station device 101 can instruct the relay device 103 to lower the amplification factor. Note that in the above-described control, the base station device 101 may instruct the relay device 103 to set different amplification factors depending on the frequency band. The amplification factor of the relay device 103 may be determined by the power headroom (PHR) regarding the terminal device 102. Note that the PHR of the terminal device 102 is information indicating the remaining transmission power of the terminal device 102, and corresponds to the difference value between the maximum transmission power of the terminal device 102 and the current transmission power. Based on the PHR notified from the terminal device 102, the base station device 101 can determine the amplification factor of the relay device 103 and notify it to the relay device 103. Alternatively, the base station device 101 may transmit information on the PHR of the terminal device 102 to the relay device 103, and the relay device 103 may determine the amplification factor based on the PHR information. Thereby, power consumption in the wireless repeater can be reduced while ensuring the wireless quality necessary for communication.

Note that in the control information, the frequency range of the radio resource to be amplified and relayed can be specified by the predefined frequency range as described above or in units of resource elements or resource blocks. In addition, the control information specifies the time range of the radio resource to be amplified and relayed in units that define a certain time range, such as resource elements, subframes, frames, or predefined time ranges. It can be done. Note that the frequency range may be indicated by the highest frequency and the lowest frequency of the frequency range to be relayed, and the time range may be indicated by the start time and end time of the relay. Furthermore, at least one of the frequency range and the time range may be expressed in any format other than these. Note that, for example, only the on/off of the relay device 103 may be controlled, and in that case, the frequency range to be relayed does not need to be specified. Relay device 103 may be configured to relay a range of resources that includes at least the specified frequency range and time range. For example, the relay device 103 may be configured to relay a frequency range that includes the frequency range specified based on the control information, depending on the frequency resolution at which the relay device 103 can perform amplification and relay. In one example, it is assumed that the relay device 103 is capable of amplifying and relaying a frequency bandwidth of 3700 MHz to 3800 MHz in units of 10 MHz width. That is, the relay device 103 is capable of amplifying and relaying in a frequency range of 3700+(n-1)×10 MHz to 3700+n×10 MHz (n is an integer between 1 and 10). In this case, if the control information specifies that the frequency range to be amplified and relayed is 3700 MHz to 3725 MHz, the relay device 103 transmits the specified frequency range of 3700 MHz to 3725 MHz among the received wireless signals. Only the included frequency components of 3700 MHz to 3730 MHz can be amplified and relayed. As a result, components that require relaying are amplified and relayed without exception, and relaying of other parts is omitted, thereby making it possible to suppress power consumption of the relay device 103. In addition, when specifying the frequency range to be relayed, BWP id (BandWidth Part id) is used to specify the PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) and PDCCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) used for communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102. Even if control is performed so that the frequency range to be relayed that is assigned to each physical channel (downlink control channel), PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel), and PUCCH (physical uplink control channel) can be specified, good.

Note that, for example, when the base station device 101 switches and uses a plurality of beams in a time-sharing manner, the relay device 103 uses a beam directed toward the relay device 103 among the plurality of beams. Amplification and relaying may not be performed outside the period during which the In one example, the base station device 101 notifies the relay device 103 of information that can specify the time range in which the beam to be amplified by the relay device 103 is used, and the relay device 103 uses the specified time range based on the control information. Incoming radio signals can be amplified and relayed in a time interval that includes the range. Thereby, the relay device 103 can prevent unnecessary amplification and relaying during a period when the beam directed toward the relay device 103 is not in use. Therefore, it is possible to prevent interference to the surroundings due to amplification and output of noise or unintended radio waves, and further to suppress power consumption.

Note that the relay device 103 may perform authentication processing with the base station device 101. The authentication process can be performed using a communication function built into the relay device 103. After or during the authentication process, the relay device 103 reports information on frequencies and compatible bands that can be relayed to the base station device 101. Based on the model information and compatible band information of the relay device 103, the base station device 101 determines whether to permit the use of the relay device 103, and determines whether to permit the use of the relay device 103, frequency portions within the system band that can be amplified and relayed, etc. Determine. Information on frequencies and bands that can be relayed can be reported using RRC messages (eg, RRCSetupRequest, RRCSetupComplete, UECapabilityInformation, etc.), NAS messages, OAM interfaces, and the like. Base station device 101 determines a frequency to be amplified from among the frequencies reported by relay device 103 as being relayable, and instructs relay device 103 to use the determined frequency. Timing instructions regarding the frequency band to be amplified and the periods during which amplification is performed and periods during which amplification is not performed may be given using, for example, RRC messages, MAC CE (Medium Access Control Control Element), DCI (Downlink Control Information), etc. I can. In one example, the base station device 101 uses an RRCReconfiguration message to instruct the relay device 103 about a band to be relayed, and then uses DCI to designate a specific area within the band as a relay target. You may also be notified of the stages. Further, the relay device 103 may notify the base station device 101 of information regarding the ability of the relay device 103 itself to receive information regarding a frequency band to be amplified or a frequency band not to be amplified. . Further, the relay device 103 may notify the base station device 101 of information regarding the ability of the relay device 103 itself to receive information regarding the timing to amplify the signal or the timing not to amplify the signal. . The base station device 101 can control the relay device 103 according to the information regarding the capability notified from the relay device 103.

Note that the above features can be combined arbitrarily. For example, although a plurality of pieces of information are shown as examples of the control information described above, these pieces of information may be arbitrarily combined as long as there is no contradiction.

(Device configuration)
Next, a configuration example of the base station device 101 and the relay device 103 as described above will be explained. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the base station device 101 and the relay device 103. In one example, the base station device 101 and the relay device 103 are configured to include a processor 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, a storage device 204, and a communication circuit 205. The processor 201 is a computer that includes one or more processing circuits such as a general-purpose CPU (central processing unit) or an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit), and is stored in a ROM 202 or a storage device 204. By reading and executing the program, the entire process of the device and each of the above-mentioned processes are executed. The ROM 202 is a read-only memory that stores information such as programs and various parameters related to processing executed by the base station device 101 and the relay device 103. The RAM 203 is a random access memory that functions as a work space when the processor 201 executes a program and also stores temporary information. The storage device 204 is configured by, for example, a removable external storage device. The communication circuit 205 is configured to include, for example, a circuit for wired or wireless communication of the base station device 101 and the relay device 103. For example, the base station device 101 may be configured to include an LTE or 5G wireless communication circuit for communication with the terminal device 102. Further, the relay device 103 includes, for example, a wired communication circuit or a wireless communication circuit for control communication with the base station device 101, and also amplifies and Contains a circuit for relaying. Note that this circuit may include, for example, a filter for limiting components to be amplified and relayed based on control information received from the base station device 101. Note that although one communication circuit 205 is illustrated in FIG. 2, the base station device 101 and the relay device 103 may have a plurality of communication circuits.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the functional configuration of the relay device 103. The relay device 103 is configured to include a control information acquisition section 301 and a relay processing section 302 as its functions. Note that these functions can be realized, for example, by the processor 201 executing a program stored in the ROM 202 or the storage device 204. Note that this is just an example, and these functions may be realized using dedicated hardware, for example. The control information acquisition unit 301 acquires, from the base station device 101, information in any format that can identify the radio resources to be amplified and relayed, as described above, and identifies the radio resources to be amplified and relayed. Identify. The relay processing unit 302 amplifies the component of the radio resource identified based on the control information acquired by the control information acquisition unit 301 out of the radio signal arriving from at least one of the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102. and relay. The relay processing unit 302 amplifies only some resource components, including the radio resources to be amplified and relayed, of the radio resources available for communication between the base station device 101 and the terminal device 102. and relay, and other resource components are not amplified or relayed.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the functional configuration of the base station device 101. The base station apparatus 101 is configured to include a relay target determining section 401 and a control information notifying section 402 as its functions. Note that these functions can be realized, for example, by the processor 201 executing a program stored in the ROM 202 or the storage device 204. Note that this is just an example, and these functions may be realized using dedicated hardware, for example. Relay target determining section 401 determines resources to be amplified and relayed among radio resources that can be used for communication between base station device 101 and terminal device 102 . In one example, the relay target determining unit 401 identifies a wireless resource to be allocated to any of the connected terminal devices, and determines a resource including the wireless resource as a target for amplification and relay. In another example, the relay target determining unit 401 identifies a terminal device 102 that communicates via the relay device 103, and amplifies and relays resources including radio resources scheduled to be allocated to the terminal device 102. It can be determined as In this case, relay target determining section 401 does not target resources including radio resources scheduled to be allocated to other terminal devices as targets for amplification and relay. The control information notification unit 402 generates control information in any format that can identify the radio resource to be amplified and relayed determined by the relay target determination unit 401, and transmits the control information to the relay device 103. .

(Processing flow)
Next, an example of the flow of processing executed in the wireless communication system according to this embodiment will be described using FIG. 5.

First, in this process, the base station device 101 determines a radio resource (at least one of a frequency range and a time range) to be amplified and relayed (S501). Then, the base station device 101 generates control information that includes information in any format that can specify the radio resource to be amplified and relayed (S502), and transmits the control information to the relay device 103 (S502). S503). Here, radio resources to be amplified and relayed can be specified separately for each of the downlink and uplink. Note that the control information may be transmitted and received using a wired communication line provided between the base station device 101 and the relay device 103, or the relay device 103 may communicate with the base station device 101 after installation. A wireless connection may be established between them, and control information may be transmitted and received using the wireless connection. The base station device 101 then transmits a wireless signal including the component that should reach the terminal device 102 (S504). Note that the base station device 101 transmits the components that should reach the terminal device 102 using the radio resources determined in S501. When the wireless signal sent out in S504 arrives, the relay device 103 transmits only some resources of the wireless signal that include at least the component of the wireless resource identified based on the control information received in S503. Amplify (S505). Here, the relay device 103 uses a filter or the like to block components other than the part of the resources to be amplified so as not to amplify or relay them. Then, the relay device 103 outputs the radio signal amplified in S505 from the antenna toward the area where the terminal device 102 exists and relays it (S506).

Thereafter, the terminal device 102 transmits an uplink radio signal using the radio resources allocated to the terminal device based on the control signal from the base station device 101 (S507). When the wireless signal sent out in S507 arrives, the relay device 103 transmits only some resources of the wireless signal that include at least the component of the wireless resource specified based on the control information received in S503. Amplify (S508). Here, the relay device 103 uses a filter or the like to block components other than the part of the resources to be amplified so as not to amplify or relay them. Then, the relay device 103 outputs the radio signal amplified in S508 from the antenna toward the base station device 101 and relays it (S509).

As described above, by limiting the wireless resources to be amplified and relayed by the relay device 103, power consumption in the relay device 103 can be suppressed. Therefore, it will be possible to contribute to Goal 9 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) led by the United Nations: ``Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization, and expand innovation.''

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the invention.

This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2022-107920 filed on July 4, 2022, and the entire content thereof is incorporated herein by reference.

Claims

A relay device that amplifies and relays a wireless signal sent out by a base station device or a terminal device,
acquisition means for acquiring information that can specify radio resources to be amplified and relayed from the base station device;
Identification means for identifying radio resources to be amplified and relayed based on the information;
Relay means for amplifying and relaying a component of a radio resource identified based on the information among the radio signals without decoding;
A relay device with
The information is information that can identify resources other than resources that can be used for user data during a time when communication between the base station device and the terminal device is not performed as the radio resources to be amplified and relayed. The relay device according to claim 1, comprising:
The relay device according to claim 1, wherein the information includes information that can identify resources allocated to communication between the base station device and the terminal device as the radio resources to be amplified and relayed.
The resources allocated to communication between the base station device and the terminal device include resources for transmitting a control channel for the terminal device in the downlink and resources for transmitting user data destined for the terminal device. The relay device according to claim 3, further comprising: a resource.
The relay device according to claim 3, wherein the resources allocated to communication between the base station device and the terminal device include resources for the terminal device to transmit a control channel and user data in an uplink.
The relay device according to claim 1, wherein the information includes information that allows the base station device or the terminal device to transmit a reference signal to be identified as the radio resource to be amplified and relayed.
2. The relay means amplifies and relays resources used when the terminal device transmits a random access preamble to the base station device via the relay device, without using the information and without decoding. 1. The relay device according to 1.
The relay device according to claim 1, wherein the relay means amplifies and relays the resources from which the base station device transmits synchronization signals and broadcast signals, without decoding the information.
A frequency band that can be used for communication between the base station device and the terminal device is divided into a plurality of frequency portions, and the information indicates which of the plurality of frequency portions is selected for each time period having a predetermined time range. The relay device according to claim 1, wherein the radio resource to be amplified and relayed indicates whether to amplify or relay.
A base station device,
A relay device that amplifies and relays a wireless signal sent by the base station device or terminal device without decoding it, the relay device amplifies and relays the wireless signal that the base station device and the terminal device can use for communication. and a transmitting means for transmitting information that can identify the radio resource to be relayed;
Base station equipment.
The information is information that can identify resources other than resources that can be used for user data during a time when communication between the base station device and the terminal device is not performed as the radio resources to be amplified and relayed. The base station device according to claim 10, comprising:
The base station device according to claim 10, wherein the information includes information that can identify resources allocated to communication between the base station device and the terminal device as the radio resources to be amplified and relayed. .
The base station device according to claim 10, wherein the information includes information that allows the base station device or the terminal device to transmit a reference signal to be identified as the radio resource to be amplified and relayed.
A frequency band that can be used for communication between the base station device and the terminal device is divided into a plurality of frequency portions, and the information indicates which of the plurality of frequency portions is selected for each time period having a predetermined time range. The base station apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the radio resource to be amplified and relayed indicates whether the radio resource is to be amplified or relayed.
The information may be transmitted to a communication area of another base station if the relay device amplifies and relays a signal sent from the base station and the signal reaches a predetermined power level or higher. The base station device according to claim 10, wherein the base station device indicates that amplification and relay should not be performed by the relay device at a timing when a radio signal is transmitted from the base station device.
A control method executed by a relay device that amplifies and relays a radio signal sent out by a base station device or a terminal device, the method comprising:
Obtaining information that allows identification of radio resources to be amplified and relayed from the base station device;
identifying radio resources to be amplified and relayed based on the information;
Amplifying and relaying components of radio resources identified based on the information among the radio signals without decoding;
control methods including.
A control method executed by a base station device, comprising:
A relay device that amplifies and relays a wireless signal sent by the base station device or terminal device without decoding it, the relay device amplifies and relays the wireless signal that the base station device and the terminal device can use for communication. and transmitting information that can identify the radio resource to be relayed.
Control method.
A program for causing a computer to function as the relay device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
A program for causing a computer to function as the base station device according to any one of claims 10 to 15.