WO2006041181A1 - パケット送信制御装置及びパケット送信制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a packet transmission control apparatus and a packet transmission control method for controlling transmission of downlink packets to a plurality of mobile stations.
- a downlink packet transmission method for example, adaptively according to the downlink radio state
- a mobile communication system that controls transmission of downlink packets by changing a transmission method such as a modulation scheme and a coding rate.
- AMC adaptive modulation and adaptive modulation and coding
- a mobile station monitors a downlink radio state, and the monitored downlink radio state is transmitted to a radio base station using an uplink. Configured to notify.
- the downlink radio state includes SIR, CIR, received power, and the like.
- the radio base station based on the downlink radio state notified by the mobile station, and the transmission resource (radio resource) that can be used to transmit the downlink packet (for example, the downlink transmission method (for example, The transmission method such as the modulation method and the code rate is determined, and downlink packets are transmitted by the determined transmission method.
- the transmission resource for example, the downlink transmission method (for example, The transmission method such as the modulation method and the code rate is determined, and downlink packets are transmitted by the determined transmission method.
- the mobile communication system to which the AMC method is applied has a transmission method that can perform communication at a higher transmission speed. And configured to transmit downlink packets.
- the system is configured to transmit downlink packets using a transmission method capable of performing communication at a lower transmission rate.
- a mobile communication system to which the AMC scheme is applied can perform efficient communication according to changes in the propagation environment.
- 3GPP / 3GPP2 (Third-Generation Partnership Project / Tnird—feneration Partnersnip Project 2) organized by regional standardization organizations, etc. Work is being done, and in the latter, standard work related to the “cdma2000 system” is being developed.
- High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
- an AMC scheme that controls a modulation scheme and a code rate of a radio channel is used according to a radio state between a mobile station and a radio base station.
- the mobile station is configured to notify the radio base station of the downlink radio status by transmitting control information (radio status information) called CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) via the uplink.
- CQI Control Information
- CQI is mapped to the dedicated physical control channel HS-DPCCH (High Speed-Dedicated Physical Control Channel) for uplink HSDPA.
- the mobile station is configured to calculate the above-mentioned CQI based on the SIR obtained for the downlink common pilot channel (CPICH). For example, the mobile station is configured to calculate CQI so that the error rate of received packets is 10%.
- CPICH downlink common pilot channel
- the radio base station transmits a transmission frame determined based on the CQI in which the mobile station power is also reported.
- —It is configured to transmit HS-DSCH (High Speed-Downlink Shared Channel) in a transmission format whose matte or required SIR is equivalent to the transmission format.
- HS-DSCH High Speed-Downlink Shared Channel
- the transmission format includes a transport block size, a modulation scheme, a code resource amount, a power resource amount, and the like used for packet transmission in HS-DSCH.
- a packet is composed of one transport block. Note that the size of the transport block is strong. The transport block size.
- the powerful transport block includes a protocol data unit called “MAOd PDUJ” and a header.
- the header includes a queue identifier (Queue ID) for associating the priority queue (Priority Queue) on the radio base station side with the reordering queue (Reordering Queue) on the mobile station side in a one-to-one relationship.
- queue ID a queue identifier for associating the priority queue (Priority Queue) on the radio base station side with the reordering queue (Reordering Queue) on the mobile station side in a one-to-one relationship.
- MAC-d PDUs information indicating the size and number of “MAC-d PDUs” is added.
- the transport block size uses “TFRI” which is an integer from 0 to 62, and uses the number of codes (code resource amount) used for packet transmission and the modulation scheme (QPSK or 16).
- Each QAM is defined as follows:
- the number of the above-mentioned "MAC-d PDUs" is an integer.
- both the padding part and the "MAC-d PDU" are communicated as meaningful information without distinguishing between the padding part and the "MAC-d PDU” (significant data part).
- Resource and code resources are required, and as a result, there was a problem in reducing system capacity.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a packet transmission control device and a packet that can transmit downlink packets by efficiently using transmission resources (radio resources).
- An object is to provide a transmission control method.
- a first feature of the present invention is a packet transmission control apparatus that controls transmission of downlink packets to a plurality of mobile stations, wherein a transmission resource that can be used for transmitting the packets and the downlink radio
- a storage unit that associates and stores quality information and a transmission method used for transmission of the packet; and the downlink radio quality information reported from the mobile station and the transmission resource that can be used for transmission of the packet And determining the transmission method to be used for transmitting the packet with reference to the storage unit, and transmitting the packet so that the padding part in the transport block constituting the packet is minimized.
- a re-determining unit for re-determining a transmission method used for the packet, and a packet transmitting unit for transmitting the packet using the re-determined transmission method And summarized in that comprises a.
- the determination unit determines a transport block size used for transmission of the packet as the transmission method, and the re-determination unit is determined by the determination unit.
- the transport block size may be reduced so that the padding portion in the transport block is minimized.
- the determination unit determines a modulation scheme used for transmission of the packet as the transmission method, and the re-determination unit determines the modulation determined by the determination unit.
- the system is the 16QAM system
- the code rate becomes smaller than the predetermined value when the transport block size is reduced
- the modulation system is changed from the 16QAM system to the QPSK system. Have you been! /.
- the determination unit determines a transport block size, a modulation scheme, and a code resource amount used for transmission of the packet as the transmission method, and the re-determination unit includes: When the modulation scheme determined by the determination unit is a QPSK scheme, and the transport block size determined by the determination unit can be transmitted with the code resource amount determined by the determination unit When the size is the same as the minimum transport block size, the code resource amount may be reduced.
- the packet is used for transmission of the packet. It may be configured to include a power resource changing unit that changes a power resource to be generated.
- a second feature of the present invention is a packet transmission control method for controlling transmission of downlink packets to a plurality of mobile stations, wherein the transmission resources usable for transmitting the packets and the downlink radio A step of associating and storing quality information and a transmission method used for transmission of the packet; and the downlink radio quality information reported from the mobile station and the transmission resource usable for transmission of the packet And determining the transmission method used for transmitting the packet with reference to the storage unit, and using the packet transmission so that the padding portion in the transport block constituting the packet is minimized. And re-determining a transmission method to be transmitted, and transmitting the packet using the re-determined transmission method. To.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a packet configuration in a mobile communication system to which the HSDP A scheme is applied.
- FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a radio base station of the mobile communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a baseband signal processing unit of a radio base station of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a MAC-hs processing unit of the baseband signal processing unit of the radio base station of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a stop-and-run process performed by the H-ARQ control unit of the MAC-hs processing unit of the baseband signal processing unit of the radio base station of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of operation
- FIG. 7 (a) and FIG. 7 (b) are transmission formats of the MAC-hs processing unit of the baseband signal processing unit of the radio base station of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the transmission format reference table hold
- FIG. 8 shows a TFR selection unit of the MAC-hs processing unit of the baseband signal processing unit of the radio base station of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention! 5 is a flowchart showing an operation for determining a packet transmission method.
- Fig. 9 is a diagram of downlink packets in the TBS reselection unit of the MAC-hs processing unit of the baseband signal processing unit of the radio base station of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation
- FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of a MAC-hs processing unit of a baseband signal processing unit of a radio base station of a mobile communication system according to Modification 1.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a mobile communication system to which the packet transmission control method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
- the mobile communication system according to the present embodiment includes a radio base station 100 and a plurality of mobile stations (# 1 to # 3) 10 to 12.
- the HSDPA method is applied.
- the downlink shared channel HS-DSCH and the downlink shared control channel HS-SC shared by the mobile stations (# 1 to # 3) 10 to 12 are used.
- Downlink shared channels such as CH (Shared Control Channel) and mobile stations (# 1- # 3) 1 Associated dedicated channels # 1 to # 3 (bidirectional channels) associated with physical channels individually assigned to 0 to 12 are used.
- CH Shared Control Channel
- Associated dedicated channels # 1 to # 3 bidirectional channels associated with physical channels individually assigned to 0 to 12 are used.
- FIG. 2 since the downlink shared channel addressed to mobile station # 2 is represented by a solid line, it is assumed that the downlink shared channel is assigned to mobile station # 2.
- uplink associated dedicated channels # 1 to # 3 in addition to user data, a pilot symbol and a power control command (TPC command) for transmitting a downlink associated dedicated channel are transmitted.
- TPC command power control command
- an HSDPA dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) is used in addition to the associated dedicated channel.
- the dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) for HSDPA uses the shared channel scheduling process, downlink radio quality information (CQI) used in the AMC method, and delivery in H-ARQ (Hybrid-ARQ) control. Acknowledgment information (ACK / NACK) etc. for reporting confirmation is transmitted.
- each mobile station (# 1 to # 3) 10 to 12 has the same configuration and function.
- the radio base station needs to determine a downlink packet transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) for each of a plurality of mobile stations. Therefore, unless otherwise specified, a description will be given of a mobile station N arbitrarily selected from a plurality of mobile stations.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of the radio base station 100 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station 100 includes a transmission / reception antenna 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, a call processing unit 105, a transmission path And an interface 106.
- the transmission / reception antenna 101 transmits and receives radio frequency signals to and from the plurality of mobile stations (# 1 to # 3) 10 to 12 transmission / reception antennas.
- the amplifier unit 102 amplifies the uplink radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 101 and outputs the amplified signal to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the amplifier unit 102 also amplifies the downlink radio frequency signal output from the transmission / reception unit 103 and outputs the amplified signal to the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- Transmission / reception section 103 performs frequency conversion processing for converting the baseband signal output from baseband signal processing section 104 into a radio frequency signal, and outputs the result to amplifier section 102. Further, the transmission / reception unit 103 performs frequency conversion processing for converting the radio frequency signal output from the amplifier unit 102 into a baseband signal, and outputs the result to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- Baseband signal processing section 104 performs retransmission control (H-ARQ control) processing, scheduling processing, transmission method determination processing, channel coding for downlink packets output from transmission path interface 106.
- a baseband signal is generated by performing processing, diffusion processing, and the like, and is output to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs despreading processing, RAKE combining processing, error correction decoding processing, and the like on the baseband signal output from the transmission / reception unit 103, and sends it to the transmission path interface 106. Output.
- the baseband signal includes radio quality information (CQI) of each mobile station used in MAC-hs (Media Access Control-H SDPA) processing, which will be described later, and delivery confirmation in H-ARQ processing.
- CQI radio quality information
- Information ACK / NACK / DTX etc. are included. As described later, this information is decrypted by the layer 1 processing unit 111 in the baseband processing unit 104 and used by the MAC-hs processing unit 112 in the baseband processing unit 104.
- the call processing unit 105 transmits / receives a call processing control signal to / from a radio control apparatus positioned above the radio base station 100 via the transmission path interface 106, thereby making the radio base station 100 Status management and resource allocation.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits and receives information to and from the radio control device.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 includes a layer 1 processing unit 111 and a MAC-hs processing unit 112.
- the layer 1 processing unit 111 and the MAC-hs processing unit 112 are connected to the call processing unit 105, respectively.
- the layer 1 processing unit 111 performs downlink channel coding processing, uplink channel decoding processing, and uplink and downlink dedicated physical control channel transmission power control processing. It is configured to perform RAKE combining processing and diffusion / despreading processing.
- the layer 1 processing unit 111 is information (radio quality information, C QI) indicating a downlink radio state reported using an uplink dedicated physical channel (HS-DPCCH) from each mobile station. It is configured to receive acknowledgment information (ACK / NACK / DTX) in H-ARQ control and output it to the MA C-hs processing unit 112! RU
- C QI radio quality information
- the MAC-hs processing unit 112 is a transmission method (transmission format and transmission) used for H-ARQ control processing in a downlink shared channel in the HSDPA scheme, scheduling processing for a packet waiting for transmission, and transmission of a downlink packet. (Resource) decision processing.
- the MAC-hs processing unit 112 includes a CQI acquisition unit 110, an ACK / NACK / DTX acquisition unit 120, a scheduling unit 130, a TFR (Transport Format Resource) selection unit 140, a MAC -An hs resource calculation unit 150, an H-ARQ control unit 160, a transmission format reference table holding unit 170, and a TBS (Transport Block Size) reselection unit 180 are provided.
- a CQI acquisition unit 110 an ACK / NACK / DTX acquisition unit 120
- a scheduling unit 130 a TFR (Transport Format Resource) selection unit 140
- a MAC -An hs resource calculation unit 150 a MAC -An hs resource calculation unit 150
- H-ARQ control unit 160 a transmission format reference table holding unit 170
- TBS Transport Block Size
- the MAC-hs processing unit 112 has various functions such as a function for controlling flow control in addition to the functions described above, but since these functions are not directly related to the present invention, The description and explanation of the functions are omitted.
- the CQI acquisition unit 110 is configured to acquire downlink radio quality information (CQI) decoded by the layer 1 processing unit 111 and output the downlink radio quality information (CQI) to the scheduling unit 130 and the TFR selection unit 140. Yes.
- CQI downlink radio quality information
- the ACK / NACK / DTX acquisition unit 120 acquires the acknowledgment information (ACK / NACK / DTX) in the H-ARQ control decoded by the layer 1 processing unit 111, and performs H-AR
- It is configured to output to the Q control unit 160.
- Scheduling section 130 uses each scheduling algorithm by using an arbitrary scheduling algorithm.
- the mobile station I determines the mobile station to which the HS-DSCH is allocated (the mobile station that transmits the downlink packet) is identified.
- D is configured to notify the TFR selector 140.
- the scheduling unit 130 assigns a plurality of mobile station IDs to which priority information is added to the TFR selection unit 140. Configured to notify you! RU
- TFR selection section 140 receives CQI (downlink radio quality information) reported from each mobile station from CQI acquisition section 110, receives retransmission information from H-ARQ control section 160, and calculates a MAC-hs resource. It is configured to receive radio resource information from unit 150.
- the retransmission information is information indicating whether a packet to be transmitted in the TTI is an initial transmission or retransmission in H-ARQ control.
- the radio resource information is information indicating transmission resources (code resource amount and power resource amount) that can be used for packet transmission in the TTI.
- TFR selection section 140 is connected to transmission format reference table holding section 170, and based on the received CQI and radio resource information, transmission format reference table holding section 170 holds the transmission With reference to the format reference table, the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) used to transmit the bucket (HS-DSCH) is determined.
- TFR selection section 140 as a transmission method, transport block size used for packet transmission, modulation method used for packet transmission, code resource amount used for packet transmission, packet Determine the amount of power resources used for transmission.
- the TFR selection unit 140 determines the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) will be described later.
- the MAC-hs resource calculation unit 150 includes an HS-DSCH power resource calculation unit 151 and an HS-DS CH code resource calculation unit 152.
- the MAC-hs resource calculation unit 150 uses the HS-DSCH power resource calculation unit 151, the HS-DSCH code resource calculation unit 152, and the like to use transmission resources (for example, power) that can be used for packet (HS-DSCH) transmission.
- Resource resources wireless resources such as code resources
- transmission resources for example, wireless resources such as power resources and code resources
- the TFR selection unit 140 when downlink packets are transmitted to a plurality of mobile stations in the TTI, the TFR selection unit 140 also sequentially selects the mobile station power having the highest priority in the transmission format and transmission resource. Therefore, the MAC-hs resource calculator 150 determines the power resources and code resources that can be used by each mobile station when the TFR selector 140 determines the transmission format and transmission resources. Notify
- the MAC-hs resource calculation unit 150 selects, for the mobile station with the highest priority, TFR for all power resource amounts and code resource amounts that can be used in the TTI. Notify Part 140.
- the MAC-hs resource calculation unit 150 has the highest priority for the mobile station with the second highest priority from the amount of all power resources and code resources available in the TTI. Notify TFR selector 140 of the power resource amount and code resource amount used by the mobile station as the power resource amount and code resource amount that can be used by the mobile station with the second highest priority. To do.
- the MAC-hs resource calculation unit 150 uses the same priority for the mobile stations with the third highest priority, as in the case of the mobile station with the second highest priority.
- the value obtained by subtracting the power resource amount and code resource amount used in the mobile station having a higher priority than the mobile station from the available power resource amount and code resource amount is used for the mobile station.
- the TFR selector 140 is notified of the possible power resource amount and code resource amount.
- H-ARQ control section 160 performs H-ARQ retransmission control for each data queue of each mobile station based on feedback of uplink acknowledgment information (Ack / Nack / DTX)! It is configured as follows.
- FIG. 6 shows an operation example of the stop undo protocol performed by the H-ARQ control unit 160.
- the Stop Undo Protocol when the receiving side (mobile station side) receives the downlink packet from the transmitting side (radio base station side), it sends the acknowledgment information (Ack / Nack / DTX) to the HS- It is configured to send back using DPCCH.
- the H-ARQ control unit 160 transmits to the TFR selection unit 140 whether the packet to be transmitted in the TTI is the initial transmission or the retransmission in the H-ARQ control (in the second and subsequent transmissions). Information (retransmission information) is notified.
- Transmission format reference table holding section 170 includes a transmission resource that can be used for packet transmission, downlink radio quality information (CQI), and a transmission method used for packet transmission.
- CQI downlink radio quality information
- the transmission format reference table includes downlink radio quality information (CQI) and a transformer used for transmission of the packet for each code resource amount that can be used for transmission of the packet in the TTI.
- CQI downlink radio quality information
- FIG. 7 (a) and FIG. 7 (b) show an example of such a transmission format reference table.
- Fig. 7 (a) shows the downlink radio quality information (CQI) when the amount of code resources available for packet transmission in the TTI is "4" and the traffic used for transmission of the packet.
- CQI downlink radio quality information
- a table associating the transport block size, the amount of code resources used for transmitting the packet, the modulation scheme used for transmitting the packet, and the power offset of the power resource used for transmitting the packet .
- FIG. 7 (b) shows the downlink radio quality information (CQI) and the transmission of the packet in the case of the code resource capacity S “5” that can be used for the packet transmission in the TTI.
- CQI downlink radio quality information
- a table associating the transport block size used, the amount of code resources used for transmitting the packet, the modulation method used for transmitting the packet, and the power offset of the power resource used for transmitting the packet .
- the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 has 15 tables for each available code resource amount. Hold.
- the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 transmits a packet in the TTI through the function TF_Related_TBS (code resource amount, CQI) when the arguments are "amount of code resources usable in the corresponding trap" and "CQI".
- the transport block size used for this can be output to the TFR selector 140.
- the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 performs the TTI through the function TF_Related_Code (amount of code resources, CQI).
- the amount of code resources used for packet transmission in can be output to the TFR selector 140.
- the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 uses the function TF_Related_Mod (amount of code resources, CQI) to The modulation method used for packet transmission in can be output to the TFR selector 140.
- the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 uses the function TF_Related_Offset (code resource amount, CQI) in the TTI.
- the offset value of the power resource amount used for packet transmission can be output to the TFR selector 140.
- the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 uses the function TF_Related_CQI (amount of code resources). , Transport block size), the CQI corresponding to the transmission method used for packet transmission in the TTI can be output to the TFR selector 140.
- CQI corresponding to the transmission method used for packet transmission in the relevant ⁇ means
- minimum CQI that can transmit the transport block size used for packet transmission in the TTI It is.
- the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 refers to the function TF_R with reference to FIG.
- Output “Modulation method used for packet transmission 16QAM” through elated_Mod (code resource amount, CQI).
- the transmission format reference table shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) is a table in which QPSK and 16QAM are mixed as modulation schemes.
- it is configured to hold a transmission format reference table composed only of QPSK. It may be.
- the TBS reselection unit 180 acquires the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) determined by the TFR selection unit 140 so that the padding portion in the transport block constituting the packet to be transmitted is minimized.
- the transmission method (transport block size) used for transmitting the packet is redetermined. Details of this transmission method redetermination process will be described later.
- the TBS reselection unit 180 notifies the layer 1 processing unit 111 of a transmission method other than the re-determined transport block size and transport block size.
- TBS reselection section 180 reduces the transport block size determined by TFR selection section 140 until the padding portion in the transport block is minimized. It is configured as follows.
- TBS reselection section 180 has a sign rate ratio when the modulation scheme determined by TFR selection section 140 is the 16QAM scheme and the transport block size is reduced. When is smaller than a predetermined value, the modulation system is changed from the 16QAM system to the QPSK system.
- TBS reselecting section 180 uses the transport block size determined by TFR selecting section 140 when the modulation scheme determined by TFR selecting section 140 is the QPSK system. Is the same as the minimum transport block size that can be transmitted with the code resource amount determined by the TFR selection unit 140, the code resource amount is configured to be small.
- the downlink packet is transmitted to the predetermined mobile station using the re-determined transmission method.
- the MAC-hs processing unit 112 uses the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) used for packet transmission in the above case The operation to determine the will be described.
- TFR selection section 140 determines (selects) a transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) used for packet transmission in the TTI.
- TBS reselecting section 180 re-determining (reselecting) the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) used for packet transmission in the TTI will be described.
- the transport block size is “TBS”
- the code resource amount is “Code”
- the modulation method is “Mod”
- the power resource amount is“ Power ”
- the CQI corresponding to the determined transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) is“ CQI ”.
- the transport block size is "TBS” and the code resource amount is "Code”.
- the modulation method is “Mod”
- the power resource amount is “Power”.
- step S1 the TFR selection unit 140 acquires the CQI reported from each mobile station from the CQI acquisition unit 110, and the amount of code resources and power that can be used in the TTI.
- the resource amount is acquired from the MAC-hs resource calculation unit 150.
- the acquired CQI is “CQI”
- the acquired code resource amount is “Code”
- the acquired power is “CQI”
- the amount of resources is “Power”.
- step S2 "Code” is determined by the amount of code resources that the mobile station can receive.
- step S3 TFR selecting section 140 sets the code resource amount that can be received by the mobile station to “Code”.
- the CQI determines the total transmission power of the downlink shared channel as "Power”.
- step S4 the TFR selector 140 sets “CQI”
- the TFR selector 140 is “CQI +
- step S5 the TFR selection unit 140 determines the transmission format based on the code resource amount "Code” usable in the TTI and the downlink radio quality information "CQI".
- the TFR selector 140 is based on the function TF Related TBS (Code, CQI).
- the transport block size output from the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 is assumed to be the transport block size “TBS”.
- step S6 if the data capacity S of the bucket to be transmitted to the mobile station in the TTI is larger than "TBS”, the operation proceeds to step S7.
- step S7 the TFR selection unit 140 refers to the transmission format reference table based on the power resource amounts “Power” and “F ⁇ 31” that can be used in the TTI.
- the transmission method used for packet transmission in the TTI is calculated.
- the TFR selection unit 140 uses the transmission format reference table based on the power resource amount “Power” and the code resource amounts “Code” and “Time ⁇ 31” that can be used in the TTI.
- the power resource amount “p ower ” is calculated as a transmission method used for packet transmission in the TTI.
- TFR selection section 140 calculates a power resource amount “Power” using the following equation.
- the TFR selection unit 140 refers to the transmission format reference table based on the code resource amounts “Code” and “F ⁇ 31” that can be used in the TTI.
- the modulation method rMod ⁇ and the code resource amount “Code” as the transmission method used for packet transmission are calculated.
- TFR selection section 140 calculates modulation scheme “Mod” and code resource amount “Code” using the following equations.
- Mod TF Related Mod (Code, CQI)
- the TFR selector 140 uses “TBS” for packet transmission in the TTI.
- Transport block size “TBS” as a transmission method to be transmitted.
- step S8 the TFR selecting unit 140 refers to the transmission format reference table based on the amount of code resources usable in the TTI and the amount of data (size) of the packet to be transmitted. Calculate “CQI”, which is the minimum CQI that can transmit the packet to be transmitted.
- TFR selection section 140 calculates “CQI” that is the minimum CQI that can transmit a packet to be transmitted, using the following equation.
- CQI TF Related CQI (Code, the smallest transaction that can transmit the packet to be transmitted.
- step S9 the TFR selection unit 140 uses the power resource amounts “Power”, “J ⁇ 31”, and “J ⁇ 31” that can be used in that ⁇ to transmit the electric power used for packet transmission.
- TFR selecting section 140 calculates a power resource amount “Power” using the following equation.
- Power Power-(CQI —CQI) X a
- a is a predetermined constant.
- the TFR selection unit 140 refers to the transmission format reference table based on the code resource amounts “Code” and “F ⁇ 31” that can be used in the TTI.
- the modulation method “Mod” and the code resource amount “Code” are calculated as a transmission method used for packet transmission in the case.
- the TFR selector 140 uses the following equation to calculate the modulation scheme “Mod” and the code: Calculate the resource amount rCode ⁇ .
- Mod TF Related Mod (Code, CQI)
- the TFR selection unit 140 uses “TBS” for packet transmission in the TTI.
- Transport block size “TBS” as a transmission method to be transmitted.
- TBS reselection section 180 includes transport block size “of transmission methods (transmission format and transmission resources) determined by TFR selection section 140. Get “TBS”, code resource amount “Code”, and modulation method “Mod”.
- TBS reselection section 180 sets the values of “TBS”, “Code”, and “Mod” as the values of “TBS”, “0) (16”, and “Mod”, respectively.
- step S13 if “Mod” is “16QAM”, the operation proceeds to step S14, and otherwise, the operation proceeds to step S21.
- TBS reselection section 180 calculates TFRI based on "TBS” and "Same. (16" and "Mod". Note that the transport block size and the number of codes (code As described above, the relationship between (resource amount), modulation method, and TFRI is defined in “3GPP TS25.321J.
- step S15 if TFRI is other than "0" and the coding rate is larger than the predetermined threshold value CR, the operation proceeds to step S16, otherwise
- step S20 The operation proceeds to step S20.
- the coding rate refers to the ratio between the number of bits of the physical channel obtained from the code resource amount (number of codes) and the modulation scheme, and the transport block size.
- the transport block size is “TBS”
- the code resource amount (number of codes) is “Code”
- the modulation scheme is “16QAM”
- the coding rate is “(TBS + 24) / (Code X 1920) ”.
- “24” is the CRC bit size
- “1920” is one code in one TTI (3 slots) when the spreading factor is “16” and the modulation method is “16QAM”.
- the number of bits per unit is “TBS + 24) / (Code X 1920) ”.
- step S16 "TBS" indicates the number of bits of the packet (data) to be transmitted (data Amount) plus the number of header bits (data amount) or more than the number of bits (data amount)
- the packet to be transmitted is a packet consisting of one or more MAC-d PDUs.
- step S17 the TBS reselector 180 sets the value of "TBS" as the value of "TBS".
- the TFRI is calculated based on “TBS”, “0” (16), and “Mod”.
- step S18 if TFRI is other than "0" and the coding rate is larger than the predetermined threshold value CR, the operation proceeds to step S19, otherwise.
- step S20 The operation proceeds to step S20.
- step S19 the TBS reselection unit 180 calculates the transport block size based on "Code”, “Mod”, and the value obtained by subtracting "1" from TFRI, and calculates the calculated transport block size. Is "TBS”. Note that the relationship among the transport block size, number of codes (code resource amount), modulation scheme, and TFRI is defined in “3GPP TS25.321” as described above.
- step S20 the TBS reselection unit 180 sets "Mod" to " ⁇ 3? 31 ⁇ ".
- step S21 the TBS reselection unit 180 determines whether or not based on "Code”, "Mod”, and "TBS".
- step S22 if TFRI is other than “0”, the operation proceeds to step S23, and otherwise, the operation proceeds to step S24.
- step S23 the TBS reselector 180 selects "1" from "Code”, "Mod”, and TFRI.
- the transport block size is calculated based on the value obtained by subtracting, and the calculated transport block size is set to “TBS”.
- step S24 TBS reselection section 180 decreases the value of “Code” by “1”.
- step S25 the TBS reselection unit 180 determines whether or not based on "Code”, "Mod”, and "TBS".
- the TBS reselection unit 180 performs “Code”, “Mod”, and TF.
- the transport block size is calculated, and the calculated transport block size is set to “TBS”.
- step S26 when “TBS” is equal to or greater than the number of bits (data amount) obtained by adding the number of bits (data amount) of the header to the number of bits (data amount) of the packet (data) to be transmitted. Is The operation proceeds to step S27. Otherwise, the operation ends.
- the packet to be transmitted is a packet consisting of one or more MAC-d PDUs.
- step S27 the TBS reselection unit 180 sets the values of "Code” and “TBS” as the values of "Code” and “TBS”, respectively, and sets “Code", "Mod”, and "3". Based on T
- step S28 if TFRI is other than “0”, the operation proceeds to step S29, and otherwise, the operation proceeds to step S30.
- step S29 the TBS reselector 180 selects "1" from "Code”, "Mod”, and TFRI.
- the transport block size is calculated based on the value obtained by subtracting, and the calculated transport block size is set to “TBS”.
- step S30 TBS reselection section 180 decreases the value of “Code” by “1”.
- step S31 the TBS reselection unit 180 determines whether or not based on "Code”, "Mod”, and "TBS".
- the TBS reselection unit 180 performs “Code”, “Mod”, and TF.
- the transport block size is calculated, and the calculated transport block size is set to “TBS”.
- the transmission method so that the padding portion in the transport block is minimized. Therefore, transmission of unnecessary padding parts can be prevented, and the SIR force S to satisfy the required error rate can be reduced. As a result, the downlink packet error rate can be reduced. Can do.
- the mobile communication system according to Modification 2 is the same as that described above except that the MAC-hs processing unit 104 of the baseband signal processing unit 104 of the radio base station 100 is provided with a power resource recalculation unit 190. This is the same as the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment.
- the power resource recalculation unit 190 uses the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) used for transmission of the downlink packet determined by the TFR selection unit 140, and the TBS reselection unit 1 Based on the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) used to transmit the downlink packet redetermined by 80, the power resource used for packet transmission is changed (reduced). .
- the power resource recalculation unit 190 uses the transmission format reference table held by the transmission format reference table holding unit 170 after the redetermination process by the TBS reselection unit 180. Then, CQI corresponding to the transmission method (transmission format and transmission resource) re-determined by TBS reselection section 180 is obtained.
- the power resource recalculation unit 190 uses the function TF_Related CQI (code resource amount, transport) based on the "Code" and "TBS" obtained by the TBS reselection unit 180.
- 8 is a predetermined constant.
- the resource can be changed (reduced).
- the transmission resource (radio resource) is increased by reducing the power resource by the amount of SIR to satisfy the reduced required error rate. Can be achieved.
- the MAC-hs processing unit 112 is configured by a programmable device such as a CPU, a digital signal processor (DSP), or an FPGA that can rewrite a program.
- a programmable device such as a CPU, a digital signal processor (DSP), or an FPGA that can rewrite a program.
- DSP digital signal processor
- Teared paper (Soukai ij 9 Even if a program for executing the above-mentioned processing is stored in a predetermined memory area and parameters, CR) are rewritten by downloading,
- the MAC-hs processing unit 112 may be configured to download the above-mentioned parameters also for the upper node power of the radio base station 100, and the TFR selection unit 140 and the TBS reselection unit 180 may also be downloaded.
- a terminal I / F (external interface function) may be provided in the PC and configured to read the above parameters or functions directly from the terminal.
- each functional block of the MAC-hs processing unit 112 may be divided by hardware! , And then split as software in the program on the processor! /.
- the HSDPA method which is a high-speed packet transmission method in 3GPP, has been described.
- the present invention is not limited to the HSDPA method. It can be applied to other high-speed packet transmission systems that perform (AMC).
- other high-speed packet transmission methods include the cdma2000 lxEV-DO method in 3GPP2 and the high-speed packet transmission method in the TDD method.
- a packet transmission control apparatus and a packet transmission control method capable of transmitting downlink packets efficiently using transmission resources (radio resources). can do.
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