Mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9712213-B2
Application number	US-201314374744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2013
Priority date	Jan 27, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

In a mobile communication system, an RRM measurement set is set as a collection of cells to become targets on which a UE performs a process of detecting whether or not radio communication is allowed. Among the cells in the RRM measurement set, a CoMP measurement set is set as a collection of cells to become candidates on which the UE performs a process of detecting whether or not coordinated communication (CoMP communication) is allowed. Among the cells of the CoMP measurement set, a CoMP active set is set as a collection of cells to become targets on which the UE performs the process of detecting whether or not CoMP communication is allowed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile communication system including at least a plurality of cells configured to perform radio communication with a movable user equipment device are operated, wherein
said plurality of cells include a cell configured to perform coordinated communication to perform radio communication with said user equipment device in a coordinated manner with another cell,
among said plurality of cells, a serving cell that controls said user equipment device, configures a detection target cell set, and notifies said user equipment device of said detection target cell set that has been configured, said detection target cell set being a collection of cells to be subjected to a process of detecting, by said user equipment device, whether or not radio communication is allowed, said serving cell determining whether to include a cell in the detection target cell set based on a load of the cell, the cells included in the detection target cell set being enabled for coordinated communication,
said mobile communication system comprises an adjustment device including circuitry that adjusts said coordinated communication,
said circuitry of the adjustment device configures a coordination-enabled cell set and a coordination target cell set and notifies said user equipment device of said coordination-enabled cell set and said coordination target cell set that have been configured, said coordination-enabled cell set being a collection of cells to become candidates on which said user equipment device performs a process of detecting whether or not said coordinated communication is allowed among the cells in said detection target cell set, said coordination target cell set being a collection of cells to be subjected to a process of detecting whether or not said coordinated communication is allowed among the cells in said coordination-enabled cell set, and
said user equipment device includes circuitry that
performs, when being notified of said coordination target cell set from said adjustment device, the process of detecting whether or not said coordinated communication is allowed on each of the cells in said coordination target cell set, and
performs, when being notified of said coordination-enabled cell set and not being notified of said coordination target cell set from said adjustment device, the process of detecting whether or not said coordinated communication is allowed on each of the cells in said coordination-enabled cell set.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said circuitry of the adjustment device configures said coordination target cell set based on location information of said user equipment device.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said circuitry of the adjustment device changes cells included in said coordination target cell set based on reception quality of said coordinated communication in said user equipment device.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein in a handover process of switching, as said user equipment device moves, a cell to be connected with said user equipment device from said serving cell to a target cell being a moving destination, said target cell is selected based on results of said process of detecting whether or not said coordinated communication is allowed.

Assignees

• Mochizuki Mitsuru
• Maeda Miho
• Uga Shinsuke
• Fukui Noriyuki
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Mochizuki Mitsuru
• Maeda Miho
• Uga Shinsuke
• Fukui Noriyuki

Classifications

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W36/08

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04L1/1812

  Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] · CPC title

• H04W16/14

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04B7/024 Primary

  Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems · CPC title