WO2010098104A1 - 基地局及び基地局の制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a base station and a base station control method, and more particularly to a base station (femtocell) connected to a mobile communication network via a general line and a control method for the base station.
- femtocell FAP a base station system
- a femtocell is a small base station installed in a house or a small office, for example.
- a conventional mobile phone cell that is, an area covered by one wide area base station has a radius of about 1 to several kilometers, whereas an area covered by a femtocell is about several meters to several tens of meters.
- the femtocell is connected to a mobile communication network via a general line (a broadband line such as ADSL) drawn into each home.
- a general line a broadband line such as ADSL
- the third generation (3G), the third generation (3.9G), and the IMT-ADVANCED operated in the frequency band of 2 GHz or higher an outdoor wide-area base station and an indoor femtocell are used.
- the combination with is expected to become essential.
- the femtocell be used only by a terminal (mobile device) registered in advance, only a limited number of users registered for use can occupy the femtocell. Therefore, there is an advantage that a higher-speed and high-quality data communication environment can be obtained as compared with a macro cell that is congested by communication of a plurality of users, and it is expected that it will be widely spread in the future.
- a user who can use the femto cell service desires connection to the femto cell when entering the femto cell area from the macro cell area.
- a method using a pilot beacon is assumed.
- the femto cell uses a frequency different from that of the macro cell.
- a pilot beacon is transmitted at the same frequency as the macro cell. Is preferred. In this case, interference between the pilot beacon and the macro cell becomes a problem.
- a beacon frame is conventionally used when there is no wireless station terminal in the wireless area at a wireless LAN access point.
- a technique has been proposed in which a base station adjusts transmission power according to the position of a terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
- the terminal connected to own station is restricted for the following reasons.
- the network from the femtocell to the mobile communication network uses a dedicated line (femtocell user contracted line) that the user has contracted with, any terminal can be connected because of contractual and security problems. is there.
- a communication carrier communication carrier that provides a femtocell service may not allow connection of an unspecified number of terminals due to the necessity of access control.
- the femtocell can use only the terminal (registered terminal) that has registered itself as available.
- the terminal registered terminal
- the femtocell needs to transmit a pilot beacon, but in the latter situation, all registered terminals are already waiting in the femtocell, and no other terminal will be handed off anymore.
- transmission of pilot beacons should be avoided as much as possible, and it is not desirable to transmit pilot beacons in the latter situation.
- Even in the former situation there may be a case where the registered terminal is far from the femtocell area and is not reachable by the pilot beacon. Even in such a case, it is not desirable to transmit a pilot beacon that can interfere with the macro cell.
- Patent Document 1 The method described in Patent Document 1 is a proposal to improve the former situation, but it does not assume the latter situation. That is, Patent Document 1 does not disclose limiting pilot beacon transmission when a registered terminal exists in the area of the local station. Further, Patent Document 2 does not disclose or suggest that the base station stops transmission of radio waves, and the method described in Patent Document 2 cannot solve the problem for the latter situation.
- an object of the present invention is to use a pilot beacon only when a registered terminal is located in or near the communication area of the own station in a base station (femtocell) that uses the pilot beacon for handoff from the macro cell to the own station. In other cases, or when all registered terminals are waiting, the transmission of pilot beacons is stopped to provide a base station that avoids interference with a macro cell.
- a base station of a mobile communication system (a base station (femtocell) connected to a mobile communication network via a general line (a broadband line such as ADSL))
- a transmission unit wireless communication unit for transmitting a pilot beacon for causing the mobile station to detect the own station;
- a registration unit for example, a storage unit for storing the information) for registering (at least one) mobile device using the own station or a user corresponding to the mobile device;
- a control unit transmission control unit that controls the transmission unit to stop transmission of the pilot beacon when a mobile station corresponding to the information registered in the registration unit is handed off to the own station (position registration); It is characterized by providing.
- a base station of a mobile communication system (a base station (femtocell) connected to a mobile communication network via a general line (a broadband line such as ADSL)) is: A receiving unit that receives radio waves (uplink communication radio waves) transmitted to the other base stations by a mobile device whose location is registered (established in a session) in another base station (macro cell) of the mobile communication system (Wireless communication part) Information on a mobile device whose location is registered (connected) to the other base station or a user corresponding to the mobile device is stored in a mobile communication network (core network (upper network) to which the other base station is connected.
- a mobile communication network core network (upper network)
- the control unit obtains information on a mobile device whose radio wave intensity received by the reception unit is equal to or higher than a threshold or a user corresponding to the mobile device (ESN, etc.).
- the acquisition unit is controlled to acquire from the mobile communication network, and the mobile device corresponding to the acquired information is When registered in the registration unit, the transmission unit is controlled to resume transmission of the pilot beacon.
- a base station (a base station (femtocell) connected to a mobile communication network via a general line (ADSL or other broadband line)) of a mobile communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention is:
- the control unit includes information on a mobile device whose location is registered in its own station or a user corresponding to the mobile device, and information on a mobile device registered in the registration unit or a user corresponding to the mobile device. Based on the above, when all the mobile stations registered in the registration unit have registered their locations, control is performed to stop reception of radio waves by the reception unit.
- the solving means of the present invention has been described as an apparatus.
- the present invention can also be realized as a method, a program, and a storage medium storing the program, which are substantially equivalent to these. It should be understood that it is within the scope of the invention.
- the steps of the following methods and programs use an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU or DSP as necessary in data processing, and input data, processed / generated data, etc. are stored in HDD, memory, etc. It is stored in a storage device.
- a base station control method for a mobile communication system that implements the present invention as a method includes: (The base station includes a transmission unit, a registration unit, and a control unit.) Transmitting a pilot beacon for causing the mobile station to detect the own station (the transmitter); Registering information of a mobile device using the own station or a user corresponding to the mobile device (the registration unit); A step of stopping transmission of the pilot beacon when a mobile device corresponding to the information registered in the step of registering (to the control unit) hands off to the own station.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system including a femto cell and a macro cell. It is a schematic block diagram of femtocell FAP. It is a flowchart of an example of a process in which the femtocell FAP starts transmission of a pilot beacon. It is the schematic which shows the condition where femtocell FAP starts transmission of a pilot beacon. It is the schematic which shows the condition where femtocell FAP starts transmission of a pilot beacon. It is an example of the flowchart of the process in which femtocell FAP stops transmission of a pilot beacon.
- 11 is a sequence diagram of communication between the terminal AT and the femtocell FAP when the terminal AT is pulled into the femtocell FAP (when handed off). It is a figure which shows the state which femtocell FAP is transmitting the pilot beacon. It is a figure which shows the state which the femtocell FAP stopped transmission of the pilot beacon.
- CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is assumed as a mobile communication system.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system including a femto cell and a macro cell.
- a mobile communication system 100 includes a base station (macrocell, access network) AN, an EV-DO core network CN, a femtocell network gateway FNG, a wide area network NET, a femtocell FAP, and a plurality of terminals (mobile devices). ) Includes AT1 to AT4.
- the EV-DO core network CN is a core part of a mobile communication network including a PDSN (Packet Data Serving Node: packet data service node), a PCF (Packet Control Function: packet controller), etc. (not shown).
- the femtocell network gateway FNG relays the connection between the wide area network NET and the EV-DO core network CN.
- the macro cell AN transmits a macro cell radio wave having a frequency F1. Since the femtocell FAP draws (hands off) a terminal communicating with the macro cell to the femto cell, the femto cell FAP can transmit a pilot beacon having the same frequency F1 as the macro cell radio wave.
- the femtocell FAP itself uses femtocell radio waves of frequency F2 for communication between the own station and the terminal.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the femtocell FAP.
- the femtocell FAP includes an antenna ANT, a control unit 110, a wireless communication unit 120, a storage unit 140, and a wired communication unit 150.
- the wireless communication unit 120 includes a pilot beacon transmission unit 122, an uplink communication radio wave reception unit 124, and a terminal transmission / reception unit 126.
- the terminal transmission / reception unit 126 transmits / receives radio waves for communicating with the terminal (mobile device) AT via the antenna ANT.
- the pilot beacon transmission unit 122 transmits a pilot beacon.
- the uplink communication radio wave receiving unit 124 receives a radio wave (uplink communication radio wave) transmitted to the macro cell AN by a terminal (mobile device) AT whose location is registered in the macro cell AN (establishing a session).
- the control unit 110 controls the entire femtocell FAP, and includes a pilot beacon transmission control unit 112, an uplink communication detection / determination unit 114, an uplink communication decoding unit 116, a terminal information acquisition unit 118, and a determination unit 130.
- the pilot beacon transmission control unit 112 performs control such as transmission start / stop of pilot beacons.
- the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 detects and monitors the uplink communication radio wave received by the uplink communication radio wave reception unit 124, and determines whether or not the intensity of the radio wave is greater than or equal to a threshold value.
- the uplink communication decoding unit 116 decodes (decodes) the uplink communication in which the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 determines that the intensity of the uplink communication radio wave received by the uplink communication radio wave reception unit 124 is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
- the UATI Unicast Access Terminal Identifier
- the terminal information acquisition unit 118 acquires, from the EV-DO core network CN (mobile communication network), the ESN (Electric Serial Number) of the terminal to which the UATI is assigned based on the UATI extracted by the uplink communication decoding unit 116. To do. UATI and ESN will be described later.
- the determination unit 130 includes a registered terminal determination unit 132, a connected terminal determination unit 134, and a pilot beacon transmission factor determination unit 136.
- the registered terminal determination unit 132 determines whether the ESN acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit 118 is an ESN of a terminal (registered terminal) registered as a terminal that uses the femtocell FAP (own station).
- the connection terminal determination unit 134 determines whether or not all the registered terminals have registered their locations with the own station, that is, whether or not a session such as standby / connection has been established.
- the pilot beacon transmission factor determination unit 136 determines whether or not the ESN of the registered terminal handed off to the own station is the ESN of the terminal that has caused the pilot beacon transmission.
- the storage unit 140 includes a registered terminal storage unit 141, a neighboring base station information storage unit 142, a connected terminal UATI storage unit 143, a pilot beacon transmission factor storage unit 144, and a threshold storage unit 145.
- the registered terminal storage unit 141 registers information on registered terminals or information on users (contractors and users of registered terminals) corresponding to the registered terminals.
- ESN can be used as terminal information registered in the local station.
- the ESN is a unique number (terminal identifier) possessed by the terminal. When the terminal is a mobile phone, it can be calculated from, for example, a telephone number.
- the user information corresponding to the registered terminal can be information indicating that the user is contracted with a communication carrier that provides the femtocell FAP and is a user who can use the femtocell FAP.
- a communication carrier that provides the femtocell FAP and is a user who can use the femtocell FAP.
- the terminal identifier is not limited to the ESN, and an identifier other than the ESN may be used as long as the femtocell can be acquired from the wide area network NET.
- the neighboring base station information storage unit 142 stores information on macro cells located around the own station. This information is information necessary for monitoring the communication of the terminal connected to the macro cell AN (band class, channel, channel, PN (Pseudorandom number code, etc.)) and the terminal's uplink communication. Necessary information (color code (ColorCode), sector ID (SectorID), etc.).
- the connected terminal UATI storage unit 143 stores the UATI of a terminal that has established a session with the own station, that is, a terminal that is standing by or connected to the own station.
- the pilot beacon transmission factor storage unit 144 stores the ESN of the terminal that has caused the pilot beacon transmission.
- the threshold value storage unit 145 stores a threshold value for the strength of the radio wave transmitted by the terminal connected to the macro cell AN.
- the wired communication unit 150 is connected to a wide area network NET such as the Internet via a router or a general line (a broadband line such as ADSL).
- the femtocell FAP is, for example, at the time of installation, when the installation location is changed, and / or at the time of registration of a terminal using its own station, the ESN of the registered terminal, the frequency used, the identification number of the subscriber of the femtocell FAP Is stored in the registered terminal storage unit 141.
- Such information may be directly input by the user via an operation input unit such as a keyboard (not shown) provided in the femtocell FAP, or the terminal may wirelessly transmit to the femtocell FAP.
- the femtocell FAP acquires information on the macro cell AN in the vicinity of the own station from a femto cell management server (not shown) existing in the EV-DO core network CN or by monitoring communication of the macro cell AN, It is stored in the peripheral base station information storage unit 142.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an example of processing in which the femtocell FAP starts transmission of a pilot beacon.
- the femtocell FAP repeats loop 1 (steps S11 to S21) while stopping transmission of the pilot beacon.
- the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 uses the information stored in the neighboring base station information storage unit 142 described above to receive the uplink communication between the macro cell AN and the terminal, which is received by the uplink communication radio wave reception unit 124. Communication is detected (step S12).
- the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 When the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 detects uplink communication, the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 measures the received power (step S13), and determines whether or not the threshold is greater than or equal to the threshold stored in the threshold storage unit 145 (step S14). ).
- This threshold is set based on the following idea.
- An object of the present invention is to reduce the influence of the pilot beacon transmitted by the femtocell FAP on the macro cell AN. Therefore, it is desirable to transmit the pilot beacon only when the registered terminal is located within or near the area of the femtocell FAP.
- the transmission power of the terminal AT is normally controlled so that the reception power in the macro cell AN is substantially constant. That is, in the femtocell FAP, when a radio wave exceeding a certain value set in the macro cell AN is measured, it can be considered that the terminal that has transmitted the radio wave is located closer to the femtocell FAP than the macro cell AN.
- the threshold stored in the threshold storage unit 145 is set to a constant value set in the macro cell AN. It should be noted that an area determined to be close to the femtocell FAP may be made narrower or wider by providing a certain margin from a certain value of the received power.
- step S14 When it is determined in step S14 that the reception power of the radio wave received by the uplink communication radio wave reception unit 124 is equal to or greater than the threshold, the uplink communication decoding unit 116 is stored in the neighboring base station information storage unit 142. Decoding of the detected uplink communication is attempted using the macro cell AN information (step S15). Next, when the determination unit 130 determines that the decoding is successful in step S16, the uplink communication decoding unit 116 tries to extract the UATI of the terminal AT in communication with the macro cell AN from the decoding result (step S17). ).
- the terminal information acquisition unit 118 sends the ESN corresponding to the extracted UATI via the wired communication unit 150 to the EV-DO core. Obtained from the network CN (step S19).
- UATI is an identifier that is temporarily given from a base station to a terminal connected to the own station (establishing a session with the own station). Accordingly, the macro cell AN assigns UATI to a terminal that requests communication with its own station, and associates the assigned UATI with an ESN that is an identifier of the terminal.
- the terminal information acquisition unit 118 can acquire the ESN from the PCF or PDSN connected to the macro cell AN by the wired communication unit 150.
- the registered terminal determination unit 132 determines whether the terminal corresponding to the ESN acquired from the EV-DO core network CN or the user information corresponding to the terminal is stored in the registered terminal storage unit 141. (Step S20). That is, the registered terminal determination unit 132 determines whether or not the terminal AT in communication with the macro cell AN is a registered terminal.
- the control unit 110 stores the ESN of the terminal in the pilot beacon transmission factor storage unit 144 (step S22).
- the pilot beacon transmission control unit 112 controls the pilot beacon transmission unit 122 to start pilot beacon transmission (step S23).
- control unit 110 sets a timer for stopping the pilot beacon at a predetermined time (step S24 (details will be described later)). If it is determined in step S14 that the reception power of the radio wave received by the uplink communication radio wave reception unit 124 is smaller than the threshold value, if it is determined in step S16 that decoding of the uplink communication has failed, the process proceeds to step S18. If the extraction of UATI fails, or if it is determined in step S20 that the terminal AT communicating with the macro cell AN is not a registered terminal, the process proceeds to step S21, and the processing of loop 1 is continued.
- FIG. 4 and 5 are schematic diagrams illustrating a situation in which the femtocell FAP starts transmission of a pilot beacon.
- the terminals AT1 to AT3 perform location registration (session establishment) with the macro cell AN, and the terminal AT4 performs location registration with the femtocell FAP.
- terminal AT1 is a registered terminal of femtocell FAP.
- the femtocell FAP detects radio waves for uplink communication between the terminals AT1 to AT3 and the macrocell AN, and determines the received power.
- FIG. 1 the terminals AT1 to AT3 perform location registration with the macro cell AN, and the terminal AT4 performs location registration with the femtocell FAP.
- terminal AT1 is a registered terminal of femtocell FAP.
- the femtocell FAP detects radio waves for uplink communication between the terminals AT1 to AT3 and the macrocell AN, and determines the received power.
- FIG. 1 the case of FIG.
- the femtocell FAP extracts the UATI assigned to the communication between the macro cell AN and the terminal AT1, and inquires of the EV-DO core network CN about the ESN corresponding to the UATI. Since the terminal AT1 is a registered terminal of the femtocell FAP, the ESN acquired from the EV-DO core network CN corresponds to the information stored in the registered terminal storage unit 141. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the femtocell FAP starts transmission of a pilot beacon in order to pull in (handoff) the terminal AT1.
- the femtocell FAP transmits / stops pilot beacons for drawing registered terminals from the macro cell AN to its own station until all registered terminals have registered their positions with the own station, that is, until a session such as standby or connection is established. repeat.
- transmission of a pilot beacon is started when the registered terminal is close to or located in the area of the own station, and if the registered terminal hands off to the own station, transmission of the pilot beacon is stopped. .
- the detection (monitoring) of communication between the macro cell AN and the terminal is stopped.
- FIG. 6 is an example of a flowchart of processing in which the above-described femtocell FAP stops transmission of pilot beacons.
- the femtocell FAP repeats the processing of loop 2 (steps S31 to S36) during transmission of a pilot beacon.
- the femtocell FAP starts a pull-in process (handoff process) for handing off the terminal AT to the femtocell FAP during pilot beacon transmission (step S32).
- FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram of communication between the terminal AT and the femtocell FAP when the terminal AT is pulled into the femtocell FAP (when handed off).
- the handoff process of the terminal AT to the femtocell FAP starts from the point where the terminal AT reacquires the femtocell FAP session.
- the femtocell FAP transmits Control Channel Message to the terminal AT via the wireless communication unit 120 (step P11).
- This Control Channel Message is a message for controlling the mobile station on which the base station is waiting, and includes, for example, the frequency of the base station.
- the femtocell FAP may cause the terminal AT to detect the femtocell FAP after the terminal AT has lost the macrocell AN using a pilot beacon having the same frequency as the macrocell AN.
- the femtocell FAP may perform redirection before starting the handoff process to cause the terminal AT to transition to the channel of the femtocell FAP.
- the femtocell FAP can transmit Traffic Channel Assignment to the terminal AT, and the terminal AT can be changed to the channel of the femtocell FAP (step P12).
- the femtocell FAP transmits Hardware ID Request to the terminal AT and receives Hardware ID Response as a response from the terminal AT (Step P13).
- the hardware ID is an identifier unique to the terminal, and includes ESN, MEID (Mobile Equipment Identifier), and the like.
- the process of Step P13 is performed by the femtocell FAP even when the terminal AT is pulled in by any of the methods described above.
- This step corresponds to step S33 in the flowchart of the process for stopping the transmission of the pilot beacon in FIG. That is, in step S33, the determination unit 130 determines whether or not Hardware ⁇ ID Response has been received from the terminal AT.
- the pilot beacon transmission factor determination unit 136 stores the ESN included in the Hardware ID response and the pilot beacon transmission factor storage unit 144 as the pilot beacon transmission factor. It is determined whether or not the ESN being matched matches (step S34).
- the pilot beacon transmission factor is a factor for transmitting the pilot beacon stored in the pilot beacon transmission factor storage unit 144 when the femtocell FAP starts transmission of the pilot beacon as described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This indicates the terminal that has become (step S22 in FIG. 3).
- step S34 if the pilot beacon transmission control unit 112 determines that the ESN included in the Hardware ID response matches the ESN recorded as the pilot beacon transmission factor, the pilot beacon transmission control unit 112 The pilot beacon transmission unit 122 is controlled to stop transmission of (step S38). At that time, the control unit 110 cancels the pilot beacon transmission timer (step S37).
- the control unit 110 determines whether or not the pilot beacon transmission timer has expired (step S35).
- the pilot beacon transmission timer is set when the transmission of the pilot beacon is started in step S24 of FIG. In this way, even when the terminal that has caused the pilot beacon transmission becomes unable to handoff for some reason, the transmission of the pilot beacon can be stopped and the interference given to the macro cell AN can be suppressed.
- step S34 if the pilot beacon transmission factor determining unit 136 determines that the ESN included in the Hardware ID response does not match the ESN recorded as the pilot beacon transmission factor, the terminal corresponding to the ESN is This means that the femtocell FAP is another terminal that has moved to the area of the femtocell FAP while transmitting the pilot beacon. That is, “another terminal” is a terminal different from the terminal that causes the femtocell FAP to start transmitting a pilot beacon. Accordingly, the femtocell FAP continues to transmit the pilot beacon (step S36).
- the femtocell FAP does not stop the pilot beacon transmission unless the handoff process with the terminal that has caused the pilot beacon transmission is performed and the pilot beacon transmission timer expires. In this way, even when a plurality of registered terminals move from the area of the macro cell AN to the area of the femto cell FAP, each of the terminals can be surely handed off to the femto cell FAP.
- the femtocell FAP stops the transmission of the pilot beacon in step S38, the femtocell FAP continues the terminal AT pull-in process (step S39). Then, predetermined processing is performed between the terminal AT and the femtocell FAP until a session is established between the terminal AT and the femtocell FAP according to the EV-DO protocol (Session Configuration in FIG. 7). .
- the femtocell FAP stores the UATI assigned to the terminal that has caused the pilot beacon transmission factor in the connected terminal UATI storage unit 143.
- step S39 when the handoff process of the terminal that has caused the transmission of the pilot beacon is completed, the connected terminal determination unit 134 determines whether all of the registered terminals have registered their locations in the own station (establish a session such as standby or connection). Whether or not) is determined (step S40). This determination can be made, for example, based on whether or not the number of registered terminals stored in the storage unit 140 matches the number of UATIs stored in the connected terminal UATI storage unit 143. If it is determined in step S40 that all registered terminals have not yet registered their location with the local station, the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 is configured to continue receiving the uplink communication radio wave. Is controlled (step S41). If it is determined in step S40 that all the registered terminals have registered their positions with the local station, the uplink communication detection / determination unit 114 controls the uplink communication radio wave reception unit 124 to stop receiving the uplink communication radio wave. (Step S42).
- the femtocell FAP may need to restart detection of uplink communication radio waves in order to handoff the registered terminal to the own station. For example, the femtocell FAP should resume monitoring of uplink communication when a registered terminal that has established a session with the femtocell FAP establishes a session with the macrocell AN. For this purpose, it is necessary to make the femtocell FAP recognize that the registered terminal has handed off and established a session in the macrocell AN. As this method, for example, it is possible to notify the femtocell FAP from the handoff registered terminal or the EV-DO core network CN. Further, the femtocell FAP may check a terminal that is waiting in the local station at regular intervals using a keep alive function.
- FIG. 8 and 9 are schematic diagrams for explaining the above-described operation in the mobile communication system 100.
- FIG. 8 and 9 are schematic diagrams for explaining the above-described operation in the mobile communication system 100.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the femtocell FAP is transmitting a pilot beacon in order to handoff the registered terminal AT1 that has approached the area of the femtocell FAP.
- the femtocell FAP receives Hardware ID1Response from the registered terminal AT1. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the femtocell FAP stops the transmission of pilot beacons.
- the pilot beacon transmission is started only when the registered terminal approaches, and the pilot beacon transmission is stopped when the registered terminal hands off and establishes a session with the own station. As long as it can be prevented.
- transmission of the pilot beacon is stopped, and transmission and stop of the pilot beacon are performed for each registered terminal to be handed off. Can be handed off.
- not only unnecessary pilot beacons are not transmitted, but also when all registered terminals establish a session with their own stations, reception of radio waves between the macro cell and the terminals is stopped. The power consumption of the femtocell can be greatly reduced.
- ESN is used as a terminal identifier, but an identifier other than ESN may be used as long as the femtocell can be acquired from the network.
- the terminal identifier may be user information corresponding to the mobile device, such as contractor information.
- the ESN of the terminal has been described as being obtained from the EV-DO core network CN, the present invention is not limited to this.
- the femtocell FAP itself may directly send a Hardware ID request to the terminal and inquire directly about the identifier.
- CDMA2000 1xEVDO is used as the mobile communication system.
- the present invention is not limited to this, for example, W-CDMA scheme (HSDPA or the like), LTE (Long Term Term Evolution, etc.). ), UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband) system.
- W-CDMA scheme HSDPA or the like
- LTE Long Term Term Evolution, etc.
- UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
- location registration to the femtocell FAP and the macrocell AN is performed by a method according to each method, not location registration (session establishment) by UATI allocation described above.
- the pilot beacon is transmitted only when the registered terminal is located in or near the communication area of the own station, and in other cases or when all the registered terminals are waiting, the pilot beacon is transmitted. It stops and it becomes possible to avoid interference with a macro cell.
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自局を移動機に検出させるためのパイロットビーコンを送信する送信部(無線通信部)と、
自局を利用する(少なくとも1つの)移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報を登録する登録部(例えば、それらの情報を格納する記憶部)と、
前記登録部に登録されている情報に対応する移動機が自局にハンドオフ(位置登録)すると、前記パイロットビーコンの送信を停止するように前記送信部を制御する制御部(送信制御部)と
を備えることを特徴とする。
前記移動体通信システムの他の基地局(マクロセル)に位置登録している(セッションを確立している)移動機が前記他の基地局に送信する電波(上り通信の電波)を受信する受信部(無線通信部)と、
前記他の基地局に位置登録している(接続中の)移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報を、前記他の基地局が接続されている移動体通信網(コアネットワーク(上のサーバ))から取得する取得部(端末情報取得部)とを更に備え、
前記制御部は、前記パイロットビーコンの送信を停止させている状態で、前記受信部によって受信された電波の強度が閾値以上の移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報(ESN等)を、前記(強度が閾値以上の)電波に含まれる識別子(通信識別子UATI)に基づいて、前記移動体通信網から取得するように前記取得部を制御し、取得した情報に対応する移動機が前記登録部に登録されている場合、前記パイロットビーコンの送信を再開するように前記送信部を制御することを特徴とする。
前記制御部が、自局に位置登録している移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報と、前記登録部に登録されている移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報に基づいて、前記登録部に登録されている移動局がすべて自局で位置登録している場合、前記受信部による電波の受信を停止するように制御することを特徴とする。
(前記基地局が、送信部と、登録部と、制御部とを備え、)
(前記送信部が)自局を移動機に検出させるためのパイロットビーコンを送信するステップと、
(前記登録部が)自局を利用する移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報を登録するステップと、
(前記制御部が)前記登録するステップで登録されている情報に対応する移動機が自局にハンドオフすると、前記パイロットビーコンの送信を停止するステップと
を含むことを特徴とする。
110 制御部
112 パイロットビーコン送信制御部
114 通信検出/判定部
116 通信復号部
118 端末情報取得部
120 無線通信部
122 パイロットビーコン送信部
124 通信電波受信部
126 端末送受信部
130 判定部
132 登録端末判定部
134 接続端末判定部
136 パイロットビーコン送信要因判定部
140 記憶部
141 登録端末記憶部
142 周辺基地局情報記憶部
143 接続端末UATI記憶部
144 パイロットビーコン送信要因記憶部
145 閾値記憶部
150 有線通信部
ANT アンテナ
AT1~AT4 端末(移動機)
AN マクロセル(広域基地局)
CN EV-DOコアネットワーク
FNG フェムトセルネットワークゲートウェイ
NET 広域ネットワーク
FAP フェムトセル
F1 マクロセル電波、パイロットビーコン
F2 フェムトセル電波
Claims (4)
- 移動体通信システムの基地局であって、
自局を移動機に検出させるためのパイロットビーコンを送信する送信部と、
自局を利用する移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報を登録する登録部と、
前記登録部に登録されている情報に対応する移動機が自局にハンドオフすると、前記パイロットビーコンの送信を停止するように前記送信部を制御する制御部と、
を備えることを特徴とする基地局。 - 請求項1に記載の基地局において、
前記移動体通信システムの他の基地局に位置登録している移動機が前記他の基地局に送信する電波を受信する受信部と、
前記他の基地局に位置登録している移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報を、前記他の基地局が接続されている移動体通信網から取得する取得部と、
を更に備え、
前記制御部は、
前記パイロットビーコンの送信を停止させている状態で、前記受信部によって受信された電波の強度が閾値以上の移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報を、前記強度が閾値以上の電波に含まれる識別子に基づいて、前記移動体通信網から取得するように前記取得部を制御し、取得した情報に対応する移動機が前記登録部に登録されている場合、前記パイロットビーコンの送信を再開するように前記送信部を制御する、
ことを特徴とする基地局。 - 請求項2に記載の基地局において、
前記制御部は、
自局に位置登録している移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報と、前記登録部に登録されている移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報に基づいて、前記登録部に登録されている移動局がすべて自局で位置登録している場合、電波の受信を停止するように前記受信部を制御する、
ことを特徴とする基地局。 - 移動体通信システムの基地局の制御方法であって、
自局を移動機に検出させるためのパイロットビーコンを送信するステップと、
自局を利用する移動機又は該移動機に対応する利用者の情報を登録するステップと、
前記登録するステップで登録されている情報に対応する移動機が自局にハンドオフすると、前記パイロットビーコンの送信を停止するステップと、
を含むことを特徴とする基地局の制御方法。
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