Radio communication method, radio base station, user terminal and radio communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9554343-B2
Application number	US-201314384442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2013
Priority date	Mar 16, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

The present invention is designed to report transmit power information of each subframe adequately when a plurality of transmit power are set in a plurality of subframes constituting radio frames. A radio base station performs the steps of setting at least three or more kinds of varying transmit power in a plurality of subframes constituting a radio frame, and also determining a power ratio between a reference signal and a shared data channel signal in each subframe, generating bitmap information that represents a type pattern of transmit power set in the plurality of subframes, reporting the bitmap information and the power ratio to a user terminal and/or another radio base station, and generating the bitmap information with reference to a table in which the power ratio of each subframe and identifiers are associated with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A radio communication method comprising the steps in which a radio base station:
sets at least three or more kinds of varying transmit power in a plurality of subframes constituting a radio frame, and also determines a power ratio between a reference signal and a shared data channel signal in each subframe; and
generates bitmap information that represents a type pattern of transmit power set in the plurality of subframes; and
reports the bitmap information and the power ratio to a user terminal and/or another radio base station,
wherein the bitmap information is generated with reference to a table in which the power ratio of each subframe and identifiers are associated with each other,
wherein the radio base station sets, as a configuration of the bitmap information, a base part that is formed with the same number of bits as the number of subframes reported using the bitmap information, and an extended part of a variable size.

2. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the radio base station sets, as the plurality of subframes, a normal subframe, a subframe (ABS) to serve as a non-transmit power period, and a reduced-power ABS in which transmit power is reduced lower than in the normal subframe.

3. The radio communication method according to claim 2 , wherein the radio base station defines a bit value to represent the normal subframe in the base part, and defines a bit value to represent the ABS and the reduced-power ABS in the extended part.

4. The radio communication method according to claim 3 , wherein, in the table, an identifier to correspond to the normal subframe is represented by the bit value defined in the base part, and identifiers to correspond to the ABS and the reduced-power ABS are represented by a combination of the bit value defined in the base part and the bit value defined in the extended part.

5. The radio communication method according to claim 2 , wherein the radio base station defines a bit value to represent a specific power ratio from a plurality of power ratios in the base part, and defines a bit value to represent another power ratio in the extended part.

6. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the radio base station defines a bit value to represent a specific power ratio from a plurality of power ratios in the base part, and defines a bit value to represent another power ratio in the extended part.

7. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the radio base station signals the bitmap information and the power ratio to the user terminal through a higher layer.

8. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the radio base station reports the bitmap information and the power ratio to the other radio base station via an X2 interface.

9. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein, based on the bitmap information and the power ratio, the user terminal calculates power of the shared data channel signal in each subframe, and also generates channel quality information to feed back to the radio base station.

10. The radio communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the other radio base station updates channel quality information that is fed back from a user terminal connected to the other radio base station based on the bitmap information and the power ratio.

11. A radio base station comprising:
an ABS pattern determining section that sets at least three or more kinds of varying transmit power in a plurality of subframes;
a power parameter determining section that determines a power ratio between a reference signal and a shared data channel signal in each subframe;
a bitmap generating section that generates bitmap information that represents a type pattern of transmit power set in the plurality of subframes; and
a transmitting/receiving section that reports the bitmap information and the power ratio to a user terminal and/or another radio base station,
wherein the bitmap generating section generates the bitmap information with reference to a table in which the power ratio of each subframe and identifiers are associated with each other, and
the bitmap generating section sets, as a configuration of the bitmap information, a base part that is formed with the same number of bits as the number of subframes reported using the bitmap information, and an extended part of a variable size.

12. A user terminal comprising:
a receiving section that receives, as reported from a radio base station, bitmap information, which represents transmit power that is set in a plurality of subframes constituting a radio frame, and a power ratio of a reference signal and a shared data channel signal in each subframe;
an ABS pattern/power ratio determining section that calculates power of the shared data channel signal in each subframe based on the bitmap information and the power ratio received; and
a received quality measurement section that generates channel quality information to feed back to the radio base station,
wherein the bitmap information consists of a base part that is formed with the same number of bits as the number of subframes reported using the bitmap information, and an extended part of a variable size.

13. A radio communication system comprising a radio base station and a user terminal that is connected with the radio base station, wherein:
the radio base station comprises:
an ABS pattern determining section that sets at least three or more kinds of varying transmit power in a plurality of subframes;
a power parameter determining section that determines a power ratio between a reference signal and a shared data channel signal in each subframe;
a bitmap generating section that generates bitmap information that represents a type pattern of transmit power set in the plurality of subframes; and
a transmitting/receiving section that reports the bitmap information and the power ratio to a user terminal and/or another radio base station; and
the user terminal comprises:
a receiving section that receives the bitmap information and the power ratio;
an ABS pattern/power ratio determining section that calculates power of the shared data channel signal in each subframe based on the bitmap information and the power ratio received; and
a received quality measurement section that generates channel quality information to feed back to the radio base station; and
wherein the bitmap information is generated with reference to a table in which the power ratio of each subframe and identifiers are associated with each other, and
the bitmap generating section sets, as a configuration of the bitmap information, a base part that is formed with the same number of bits as the number of subframes reported using the bitmap information, and an extended part of a variable size.

Assignees

• Ntt Docomo Inc

Inventors

• Nagata Satoshi
• Miki Nobuhiko
• Li Mingju
• Liu Liu
• Chen Lan

Classifications

• H04W52/226

  using past references to control power, e.g. look-up-table · CPC title

• H04W52/143

  Downlink power control · CPC title

• H04W52/325

  Power control of control or pilot channels · CPC title

• H04W52/54 Primary

  Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title