Radio communication system, radio communication control method, radio communication apparatus, control method for radio communication apparatus, and computer readable medium utilizing a divided transmission frame
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04J-003/00
H04W-004/00
H04L-012/413
H04L-012/407
H04W-024/00
출원번호
UP-0291712
(2002-11-12)
등록번호
US-7586893
(2009-09-22)
우선권정보
JP-2001-346740(2001-11-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Takano, Hiroaki
출원인 / 주소
Sony Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
2인용 특허 :
10
초록▼
A radio communication system, a radio communication control method, a radio communication apparatus, a control method for a radio communication apparatus, and a computer program make it possible to minimize the chance of co-channel interference in a multi-cell environment, and also permit free adjus
A radio communication system, a radio communication control method, a radio communication apparatus, a control method for a radio communication apparatus, and a computer program make it possible to minimize the chance of co-channel interference in a multi-cell environment, and also permit free adjustment of an uplink/downlink ratio. The carrier sense region of a terminal wanting an uplink shares the region used as a directional busy tone region for a terminal wanting an uplink, and the region used as a reference signal transmission region of a terminal wanting a downlink. Furthermore, the carrier sense region of a terminal wanting a downlink shares the region used as a directional busy tone region for a terminal wanting a downlink, and the region used as a reference signal transmission region of a terminal wanting an uplink. If a result of the carrier sense indicates an idle mode, then a reference signal is transmitted.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A radio communication system comprising: a base station equipped with a sector antenna, the base station configured to transmit to a mobile station in accordance with a transmission frame; and the mobile station equipped with an omnidirectional antenna, the mobile station con
What is claimed is: 1. A radio communication system comprising: a base station equipped with a sector antenna, the base station configured to transmit to a mobile station in accordance with a transmission frame; and the mobile station equipped with an omnidirectional antenna, the mobile station configured to transmit to the base station in accordance with the transmission frame, wherein the transmission frame is divided into slots to perform multiple access, and each of the slots comprises: region 1 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in an uplink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; region 2 in which the mobile station in a downlink mode transmits a reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit; region 3 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the downlink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; and region 4 in which the mobile station in the uplink mode transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit. 2. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station wanting an uplink performs carrier sense in region 1 and region 2 of a desired slot, and transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna in region 4 of the slot in response to a result indicating no carriers sensed in any of the regions. 3. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station continues to transmit the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna in region 4 of the slot during an uplink. 4. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station wanting an uplink performs carrier sense in region 1 and region 2 of a desired slot, and gives up the uplink if a carrier is sensed at least in one of the two regions. 5. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the base station that has received an omnidirectional reference signal in region 4 of the slot selects the sector antenna having a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal, and transmits a directional busy tone in region 1 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna. 6. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station wanting a downlink performs carrier sense in region 3 and region 4 of a desired slot, and transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna in region 2 of the same slot in response to a result indicating no carriers sensed in any of the regions. 7. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station continues to transmit the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna in region 2 of a relevant slot during a downlink. 8. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station wanting a downlink performs carrier sense in region 3 and region 4 of a desired slot, and gives up the downlink if a carrier is sensed at least in one of the two regions. 9. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the base station that has received an omnidirectional reference signal in region 2 of a slot selects the sector antenna having a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal, and transmits a directional busy tone in region 3 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna. 10. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the base station transmits a broadcast slot that includes information regarding whether each slot is currently in the uplink mode or the downlink mode, information for notifying the mobile station that has a downlink waiting of the presence of downlink data, and information for granting the mobile station wanting an uplink to perform the uplink. 11. A radio communication control method for carrying out multiple access by dividing a transmission frame into slots in a radio cell having a base station equipped with a sector antenna and a mobile station equipped with an omnidirectional antenna, comprising: transmitting by the base station a directional busy tone in region 1 of a relevant slot through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in an uplink mode and the mobile station is not transmitting; transmitting by the mobile station in a downlink mode a reference signal in region 2 of a relevant slot through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station and the base station is not transmitting; transmitting by the base station a directional busy tone in region 3 of a relevant slot through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the downlink mode and the mobile station is not transmitting; and transmitting by the mobile station in an uplink mode the reference signal in region 4 of a relevant slot through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station and the base station is not transmitting. 12. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, wherein the mobile station wanting the uplink performs carrier sense in region 1 and region 2 of a desired slot, and transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna in region 4 of the slot in response to a result indicating no carriers sensed in any of the regions. 13. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, wherein the mobile station in the uplink mode continues to transmit the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna in region 4 of the relevant slot. 14. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, wherein the mobile station wanting an uplink performs carrier sense in region 1 and region 2 of a desired slot, and avoids entry if a carrier is sensed at least in one of the two regions. 15. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, wherein the base station that has received an omnidirectional reference signal in region 4 of the slot selects the sector antenna having a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal, and transmits a directional busy tone in region 1 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna. 16. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, wherein the mobile station wanting the downlink performs carrier sense in region 3 and region 4 of a desired slot, and transmits the reference signal in region 2 of the same slot through the omnidirectional antenna in response to a result indicating no carriers sensed in any of the regions. 17. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, further comprising: continuing to transmits by the mobile station in the downlink mode the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna in region 2 of a relevant slot. 18. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, further comprising: performing carrier sense by the mobile station wanting the downlink in region 3 and region 4 of a desired slot, and giving up the downlink if a carrier is sensed at least in one of the two regions. 19. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, wherein the base station that has received an omnidirectional reference signal in region 2 of a slot selects the sector antenna having a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal, and transmits a directional busy tone in region 3 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna. 20. The radio communication control method according to claim 11, further comprising: transmitting by the base station a broadcast slot that includes information regarding whether each slot is currently in the uplink mode or the downlink mode, information for notifying the mobile station that has a downlink waiting of the presence of downlink data, and information for granting the mobile station wanting an uplink to perform the uplink. 21. A radio communication apparatus comprising: a plurality of directional sector antennas; means for transmitting a directional busy tone by using region 1 of a slot through a sector antenna used for a mobile station in an uplink mode; and means for transmitting a directional busy tone by using region 3 of a slot through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in a downlink mode, wherein the radio communication apparatus acts as a base station in a radio cell, the radio communication apparatus transmitting within a transmission frame divided into slots to perform multiple access, and each of the slots comprises: region 1 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in an uplink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; region 2 in which the mobile station in a downlink mode transmits a reference signal through an omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit; region 3 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the downlink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; and region 4 in which the mobile station in an uplink mode transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit. 22. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising: means for selecting the sector antenna that has a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal and for transmitting a directional busy tone in region 1 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna when an omnidirectional reference signal is received in region 4 of the slot. 23. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising: means for selecting the sector antenna that has a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal and for transmitting a directional busy tone in region 3 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna when an omnidirectional reference signal is received in region 2 of the slot. 24. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising: means for transmitting a broadcast slot that includes information regarding whether each slot is currently in the uplink mode or the downlink mode, information for notifying the mobile station that has a downlink waiting of the presence of downlink data, and information for granting the mobile station wanting an uplink to perform the uplink. 25. A control method for a radio communication apparatus that has a plurality of directional sector antennas and acts as a base station in a radio cell, the radio indication apparatus configured to transmit within a transmission frame divided into slots to perform multiple access, each of the slots comprising: region 1 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through a sector antenna used for a mobile station in an uplink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; region 2 in which the mobile station in a downlink mode transmits a reference signal through an omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit; region 3 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the downlink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; and region 4 in which the mobile station in an uplink mode transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit, the control method comprising: transmitting the directional busy tone by using region 1 of a slot through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the uplink mode and the mobile station does not transmit; and transmitting the directional busy tone by using region 3 of a slot through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the downlink mode and the mobile station does not transmit. 26. The control method for a radio communication apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising: selecting the sector antenna that has a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal and transmitting a directional busy tone in region 1 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna when an omnidirectional reference signal is received in region 4 of the slot. 27. The control method for a radio communication apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising: selecting the sector antenna that has a most desirable ratio of a desired signal to an interference signal and transmitting a directional busy tone in region 3 of a relevant slot by using the sector antenna when an omnidirectional reference signal is received in region 2 of the slot. 28. The control method for a radio communication apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising: transmitting a broadcast slot that includes information regarding whether each slot is currently in the uplink mode or the downlink mode, information for notifying the mobile station that has a downlink waiting of the presence of downlink data, and information for granting the mobile station wanting an uplink to perform the uplink. 29. A radio communication apparatus comprising: an omnidirectional antenna; means for transmitting an omnidirectional reference signal by using region 2 of a slot in the downlink mode; means for transmitting an omnidirectional reference signal by using region 4 of a slot in the uplink mode; means for sensing carriers in region 1 and region 2 of a desired slot when an uplink is required; and means for sensing carriers in region 3 and region 4 of a desired slot when a downlink is required, wherein the radio communication apparatus acts as a mobile station in a radio cell, the mobile station transmits within a transmission frame is divided into slots to perform multiple access, and each of the slots comprises: region 1 in which a base station transmits a directional busy tone through a sector antenna used for the mobile station in an uplink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; region 2 in which the mobile station in a downlink mode transmits a reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit; region 3 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the downlink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; and region 4 in which the mobile station in the uplink mode transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit. 30. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: means for performing an uplink if no carriers are detected in region 1 and region 2 of the slot wanting an uplink, while avoiding the uplink if any carriers are detected. 31. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising: means for performing a downlink if no carriers are detected in region 3 and region 4 of the slot wanting a downlink, while avoiding the downlink if any carriers are detected. 32. A control method for a radio communication apparatus that has an omnidirectional antenna and acts as a mobile station in a radio cell, the mobile station transmitting within a transmission frame divided into slots to perform multiple access, each of the slots comprising: region 1 in which a base station transmits a directional busy tone through a sector antenna used for the mobile station in an uplink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; region 2 in which the mobile station in a downlink mode transmits a reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit; region 3 in which the base station transmits a directional busy tone through the sector antenna used for the mobile station in the downlink mode, and the mobile station does not transmit; and region 4 in which the mobile station in the uplink mode transmits the reference signal through the omnidirectional antenna to the base station, and the base station does not transmit, the control method for a radio communication apparatus comprising: transmitting an omnidirectional reference signal by using region 2 of a slot in the downlink mode; transmitting the omnidirectional reference signal by using region 4 of a slot in the uplink mode; sensing carriers in region 1 and region 2 of a desired slot when an uplink is required; and sensing carriers in region 3 and region 4 of a desired slot when a downlink is required. 33. The control method for a radio communication apparatus according to claim 32, further comprising: performing an uplink if no carriers are detected in region 1 and region 2 of the slot wanting an uplink, while avoiding the uplink if any carriers are detected. 34. The control method for a radio communication apparatus according to claim 32, further comprising: performing a downlink if no carriers are detected in region 3 and region 4 of the slot wanting a downlink, while avoiding the downlink if any carriers are detected.
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