Antenna Splitting Method in Active Antenna System and Controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016234693-A1
Application number	US-201615130963-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 16, 2016
Priority date	Oct 22, 2013
Publication date	Aug 11, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to an antenna splitting method in an active antenna system and a controller, where the method includes: when load of an active antenna system AAS cell is greater than or equal to a load threshold, if a cell in an optimized area is not overloaded, load of a first cell is less than the load of the AAS cell, and load of a second cell is less than the load of the AAS cell, acquiring a first antenna parameter combination corresponding to a maximum capacity of the optimized area; and splitting an AAS antenna according to the first antenna parameter combination. The antenna splitting method in an active antenna system and the controller according to embodiments of the present invention can effectively reduce the load of a heavily loaded AAS cell, and effectively increase a capacity of the optimized area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An antenna splitting method in an active antenna system, the method comprising:
acquiring a first antenna parameter combination corresponding to a maximum capacity of the optimized area when:
load of an active antenna system (AAS) cell is greater than a load threshold,
a cell in an optimized area is not overloaded,
load of a first cell is less than the load of the AAS cell, and
load of a second cell is less than the load of the AAS cell,
wherein the first cell and the second cell are two cells obtained after the AAS cell is pre-split, wherein the optimized area is the AAS cell, or the optimized area is the AAS cell and at least one neighboring cell of the AAS cell, and wherein the first antenna parameter combination comprises a first antenna parameter of the first cell and a second antenna parameter of the second cell, wherein the first antenna parameter comprises a downtilt of a first antenna and a transmit power of the first antenna, and wherein the second antenna parameter comprises a downtilt of a second antenna and a transmit power of the second antenna; and splitting an AAS antenna according to the first antenna parameter combination.

2 . The antenna splitting method in an active antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring a first antenna parameter combination corresponding to a maximum capacity of the optimized area comprises:
acquiring measurement information that is collected by user equipment in the optimized area within a preset duration; performing estimation on the basis of the measurement information by using multiple antenna parameter combinations, to obtain an estimated value that is of the measurement information and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination of the multiple antenna parameter combinations; calculating, according to the estimated value of the measurement information, a capacity that is of the optimized area and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination; and acquiring, according to the capacity that is of the optimized area and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination, the first antenna parameter combination corresponding to the maximum capacity of the optimized area.

3 . The antenna splitting method in an active antenna system according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement information comprises a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) and a throughput that are of the user equipment.

4 . The antenna splitting method in an active antenna system according to claim 3 , wherein the performing estimation on the basis of the measurement information by using multiple antenna parameter combinations, to obtain an estimated value that is of the measurement information and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination of the multiple antenna parameter combinations specifically comprises:
performing estimation on the basis of the SINR and the throughput by using the multiple antenna parameter combinations, to obtain an estimated value of the SINR and an estimated value of the throughput that are corresponding to each antenna parameter combination of the multiple antenna parameter combinations.

5 . The antenna splitting method in an active antenna system according to claim 3 , wherein the calculating, according to the estimated value of the measurement information, a capacity that is of the optimized area and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination specifically comprises:
calculating, according to the estimated value of the SINR and the estimated value of the throughput, a resource block (RB) usage and a load difference rate that are of the optimized area and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination; and calculating, according to the RB usage and the load difference rate, the capacity that is of the optimized area and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination.

6 . The antenna splitting method in an active antenna system according to claim 5 , wherein calculating, according to the RB usage and the load difference rate, the capacity that is of the optimized area and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination, comprises:
calculating capacity counter of the optimized area based on:
G 1= k 1* p+k 2* q,
wherein p is the RB usage of the optimized area; q is the load difference rate of the optimized area; k1 and k2 are a proportion of the RB usage of the optimized area and a proportion of the load difference rate of the optimized area, respectively, and k1+k2=1; and G1 is the capacity counter, wherein a smaller capacity counter indicates a larger capacity.

7 . A controller comprising:
a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises a program to be executed in the processor, wherein the program comprises instructions for: acquiring a first antenna parameter combination corresponding to a maximum capacity of the optimized area when:
load of an active antenna system (AAS) cell is greater than or equal to a load threshold,
a cell in an optimized area is not overloaded,
load of a first cell is less than the load of the AAS cell, and
load of a second cell is less than the load of the AAS cell,
wherein the first cell and the second cell are two cells obtained after the AAS cell is pre-split, wherein the optimized area is the AAS cell, or the optimized area is the AAS cell and at least one neighboring cell of the AAS cell, and wherein the first antenna parameter combination comprises a first antenna parameter of the first cell and a second antenna parameter of the second cell, wherein the first antenna parameter comprises a downtilt of a first antenna and a transmit power of the first antenna, and wherein the second antenna parameter comprises a downtilt of a second antenna and a transmit power of the second antenna; and splitting an AAS antenna according to the first antenna parameter combination.

8 . The controller according to claim 7 , wherein the controller comprises a communications interface, and the program comprises instructions for:
acquiring measurement information that is collected by user equipment in the optimized area within a preset duration through the communications interface; performing estimation on the basis of the measurement information by using multiple antenna parameter combinations, to obtain an estimated value that is of the measurement information and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination of the multiple antenna parameter combinations; calculating, according to the estimated value of the measurement information, a capacity that is of the optimized area and corresponding to each antenna parameter combination; and acquiring, according to the capacity that is of the optimized area, corresponding to each antenna parameter combination, the first antenna parameter combination corresponding to the maximum capacity of the optimized area.

9 . The controller according to claim 8 , wherein the measurement information comprises a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) and a throughput that are of the user equipment.

10 . The controller according to claim 9 , wherein the program further comprises instructions for:
performing estimation on the basis of the SINR and the throughput by using the multiple antenna parameter combinations, to obtain an estimated value of the SINR and an estimated value of the throughput that are corresponding to each antenna parameter combination of the multiple antenna parameter combinations.

11 . The controller according to claim 10 , wherein the program comprises instructions for:
calculating, according to the estimated value of the SINR and the estimated value of the throughput, a resource bl

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yi Li
• Dai Jianshe
• Yang Yujuan

Classifications

• H04B17/318

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• H04W16/24 Primary

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