Radio base station and mobile station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016174246-A1
Application number	US-201414908562-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 28, 2014
Priority date	Jul 31, 2013
Publication date	Jun 16, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Even in the case of satellite communications to which LTE is applied, high transmission rates are achieved with avoidance of the occurrence of a delay. A radio base station eNB according to the present invention includes a transmission unit 11 configured to transmit a scheduling signal for a downlink signal and the downlink signal to a mobile station UE. The transmission unit 11 is configured not to wait to receive acknowledgement information for the downlink signal, but to transmit a downlink signal having the same contents as the downlink signal to the mobile station UE in a predetermined number of sub-frames.

First claim

1 . A radio base station for use in satellite communications to which LTE is applied,
the radio base station comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit a scheduling signal for a downlink signal, and the down link signal to a mobile station, wherein the transmission unit is configured not to wait to receive acknowledgement information for the downlink signal, but to transmit a same downlink signal having the same contents as the downlink signal to the mobile station in a predetermined number of sub-frames.

2 . The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit is configured to notify the mobile station of a pattern of sub-frames in which the same downlink signal is to be transmitted.

3 . The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit is configured to transmit the scheduling signal in only at least one of the predetermined number of sub-frames.

4 . A mobile station capable of performing communications with a radio base station for use in satellite communications to which LTE is applied,
the mobile station comprising a reception unit configured to receive a scheduling signal for a downlink signal and the downlink signal from the radio base station, wherein the reception unit is configured to try to receive the downlink signal in a predetermined number of sub-frames, if the certain scheduling signal is received.

5 . The mobile station according to claim 4 , wherein the reception unit is configured to acquire information notifying a pattern of the predetermined number of sub-frames from the radio base station.

6 . A mobile station capable of performing communications with a radio base station for use in satellite communications to which LTE is applied, the mobile station comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive a certain scheduling signal for an uplink signal from the radio base station; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the uplink signal, to the radio base station in response to the certain scheduling signal, wherein the transmission unit is configured not to wait to receive acknowledgement information for the uplink signal, but to transmit a same uplink signal having the same contents as the uplink signal to the radio base station in a predetermined number of sub-frames.

7 . The mobile station according to claim 6 , wherein the reception unit is configured to acquire information notifying a pattern of the predetermined number of sub-frames from the radio base station.

8 . A radio base station for use in satellite communications to which LTE is applied, the base station comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit a scheduling signal for an uplink signal to a mobile station, wherein
the scheduling signal instructs the mobile station not to wait to receive acknowledgement information for the uplink signal, but to transmit a same uplink signal having the same contents as the uplink signal in a predetermined number of sub-frames.

9 . The radio base station according to claim 8 , wherein the transmission unit is configured to transmit the scheduling signal in only at least one of the predetermined number of sub-frames.

10 . The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit changes the predetermined number to a certain initial value at an execution of at least any one of an intra-cell handover procedure, a random access procedure, and a connection re-establishment procedure.

Assignees

• Ntt Docomo Inc

Inventors

• Uchino Tooru
• Ofuji Yoshiaki
• Kiyoshima Kohei

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04B7/1851

  Systems using a satellite or space-based relay (H04B7/18508, H04B7/18521 take precedence; providing specific services H04B7/18523 - H04B7/18576) · CPC title

• H04W84/06

  Airborne or Satellite Networks (space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185) · CPC title

• H04W72/1289

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W72/1273 Primary

  of downlink data flows · CPC title