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WO2011069534A1 - Procédé de maîtrise de brouillage dans un système de radiocommunication et appareil correspondant - Google Patents

Procédé de maîtrise de brouillage dans un système de radiocommunication et appareil correspondant Download PDF

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WO2011069534A1
WO2011069534A1 PCT/EP2009/066535 EP2009066535W WO2011069534A1 WO 2011069534 A1 WO2011069534 A1 WO 2011069534A1 EP 2009066535 W EP2009066535 W EP 2009066535W WO 2011069534 A1 WO2011069534 A1 WO 2011069534A1
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Michael Faerber
Andreas Lobinger
Christian Markwart
Bernhard Raaf
Simone Redana
Hanns Juergen Schwarzbauer
Richard Waldhauser
Bernhard Wegmann
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W72/00—Local resource management
    • H04W72/50—Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources
    • H04W72/54—Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria
    • H04W72/541—Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria using the level of interference
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W72/00—Local resource management
    • H04W72/20—Control channels or signalling for resource management
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W84/00—Network topologies
    • H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
    • H04W84/04—Large scale networks; Deep hierarchical networks
    • H04W84/042—Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
    • H04W84/045—Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/12—Access point controller devices

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  • the invention is used in radio communications systems to ensure that interference caused therein is controlled and the adverse effects are reduced.
  • the radio communications systems described relates to systems using radio technologies known within the 3 rd and 4 th generation (3G, 4G) groups of radio technologies such as, for example, UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) , LTE (Long Term Evolution) , or LTE-A (Long Term Evolution- Advanced) , or HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) .
  • 3G, 4G 3G, 4G
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A Long Term Evolution- Advanced
  • HSPA High Speed Packet Access
  • the small cell is defined as a "femto cell” while the larger one is defined as a “macro cell”.
  • Access nodes or base stations that control femto cells are defined as HeNBs (Home-evolved Node Bs)
  • those controlling macro cells are defined as Macro-eNBs .
  • HeNBs and Macro-eNBs use a segregated system architecture, whereby shared elements between the two architectures is limited to the OAM (Operations
  • EPC Evolved Packet Core
  • HeNBs HeNBs, Macro-eNBs
  • the EPC does not have the functionality to resolve any co-existence issues between HeNBs and Macro-eNBs.
  • the HeNB to HeNB and the HeNB to Macro-eNB neighbourhood environment can be analysed by a HeNB UE (User Equipment) in the auto- configuration phase by monitoring the radio neighbourhood and any co-existence conflicts can be avoided.
  • HeNB UE User Equipment
  • the above mentioned issues are resolved, allowing for a common radio spectrum to be shared between HeNBs and Macro-eNBs whilst at the same time reducing the effects of interference and thus increasing the
  • a method for controlling intercell interference in a radio communications system having a plurality of user equipment and a plurality of access nodes comprising the steps of: a serving access node upon receiving a request from a user equipment directed to an access node of said plurality, forwarding the request to an apparatus controlling the access node, and the apparatus instructing said access node to execute the request.
  • an apparatus having means arranged for controlling intercell interference in a radio communications system comprises: transceiver means arranged to allow bi-directional communications with an access node, control means arranged to control the access node, and further transceiver means arranged to allow bi ⁇ directional communications with a further access node over an X2 interface, the further access node not being under the control of the apparatus.
  • the request is directed to the access node upon the user terminal determining that the access node is causing
  • the request comprises a specific action to be executed by the interfering access node as well as additional information specifically relating to the serving access node, wherein the access node is part of a closed subscriber group.
  • the specific action can be at least one of the following: a transmit power adjustment, a load balancing adjustment, an intercell interference coordination adjustment.
  • the program may be implemented as a computer readable
  • instruction code in any suitable programming language, such as, for example, JAVA, C++, and may be stored on a computer- readable medium (removable disk, volatile or non-volatile memory, embedded memory/processor, control processor etc.).
  • the instruction code is operable to program a computer or any other programmable device to carry out the intended
  • the program element may be available from a network, such as the World Wide Web, from which it may be downloaded .
  • the invention may also be realized by means of one or more specific electronic circuits respectively
  • the invention may also be realized in a hybrid form, i.e. in a combination of software modules and hardware modules.
  • the computer-readable medium may be readable by a computer or a processor.
  • the computer-readable medium may be, for example but not limited to, an electric, magnetic, optical, infrared or semiconductor system, device or transmission medium.
  • the computer-readable medium may include at least one of the following media: a computer-distributable medium, a program storage medium, a record medium, a computer-readable memory, a random access memory, an erasable programmable read-only memory, a computer-readable software distribution package, a computer-readable signal, a computer-readable
  • Fig. la and lb depict a radio communications system wherein interference affects user equipments.
  • Fig. 2 depicts a flowchart showing the steps performed by the inventive method.
  • Fig. 3 depicts a block diagram of a radio communications system wherein the invention is implemented.
  • Fig. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of an apparatus in which the invention can be implemented.
  • Fig. la illustrates an environment wherein a radio
  • communications system 1000 comprises of a plurality of access nodes 100 and 200.
  • Access nodes 100 are Macro-eNBs while access nodes 200 are HeNBs .
  • Radio communications system 1000 also comprises of a plurality of UEs 10 that are connected to the different access nodes 100, 200.
  • An access node 200 can form a CSG in which only authorised UEs 10 are permitted to access .
  • Fig. lb illustrates a section of radio communications system 1000 wherein a transmitted signal from access node 200 forming a CSG with UE 10-1, interferes with UE 10-2 connected via a radio connection with its serving access node 100 and consequently causes degradation to signals received and/or transmitted by UE 10-2.
  • UE 10-2 which is being interfered with detects the interference and the origin of the
  • UE 10-2 determines the origin of the
  • step 1 the serving access node 100 upon receiving a request from UE 10-2 that is directed to access node 200, forwards the request to an apparatus 300 that controls access node 200 over an X2 interface, and in step 2 the apparatus 300
  • the request is directed to access node 200 when UE 10-2 determines that access node 200 is causing interference to it.
  • the received request comprises a specific action to be executed by the interfering access node 200 as well as additional information specifically relating to the serving access node 100.
  • the specific action to be executed can be at least one of the following: a transmit power adjustment, a load balancing adjustment, an intercell interference coordination adjustment to be executed by access node 200.
  • Fig. 3 depicts a block diagram of a radio communications system 1000 wherein the invention is implemented.
  • System 1000 comprises of a plurality of access nodes 100 and a plurality of access nodes 200. It further comprises of at least one UE 10-2 connected to its serving access node 100 whose coverage ⁇
  • Access nodes 100, 200 are
  • Access node 100 upon receiving a request from UE 10-2, which is being served by access node 100, directed to access node 200, forwards the request to apparatus 300 that controls access node 200 over an X2 interface.
  • Apparatus 300 to which the request is forwarded to is a device that controls numerous access nodes 200, which can be HeNBs, within radio communications system 1000.
  • Apparatus 300 may be a HeNB-Gateway (HeNB-GW) having an X2 interface permitting connectivity with macro-eNBs 100 as well as a SI interface acting as a concentrator and permitting
  • HeNB-GW HeNB-Gateway
  • a macro-eNB 100 views apparatus 300 as another macro-eNB which covers a multitude of cells. This is similar to a macro-eNB which may comprise 3 or 6 sector cells, however in the case of apparatus 300 it may support up to 20000 cells, wherein each HeNB 200 is considered as a cell.
  • Apparatus 300 also comprises an X2 interface permitting a connection with macro-eNBs (or simply eNBs) 100.
  • macro-eNBs 100 can address apparatus 300 and transmit reports if necessary to it.
  • the termination of the X2 interface at apparatus 300, is done within a X2-Management router function, which permits apparatus 300 to perform message discrimination, message reformatting, HeNB
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of apparatus 300 in which the invention can be implemented.
  • the apparatus 300 has means arranged for controlling intercell interference in a radio communications system 1000. It comprises of:
  • - transceiver means 310 arranged to allow bi-directional communications with an access node 200;
  • control means 320 arranged to control said access node 200
  • the control means 320 are also further arranged, upon receipt of a request over the X2 interface from the further access node 100, to instruct access node 200 to execute the received request.
  • the request comprises a specific action to be executed by access node 200 as well as additional information specifically relating to the further access node 100.
  • the specific action can be at least one of the following: a transmit power adjustment, a load balancing adjustment, an intercell interference coordination adjustment.
  • block structure could be implemented by a person skilled in the art as various separate physical units or as one physical unit comprising one or more physical or logical processing units which may be realized as a program code, e.g., software and/or firmware, running on a processing unit, e.g., a computer, microcontroller, ASIC, FPGA and/or any other logic device.
  • a program code e.g., software and/or firmware
  • a processing unit e.g., a computer, microcontroller, ASIC, FPGA and/or any other logic device.
  • the transmitted request from the eNB 100 can resolve the address, such as the IP (Internet Protocol address) of the individual HeNB 200 and thus instruct the correct HeNB 200 to execute the request.
  • IP Internet Protocol address
  • a connection is established between the femto cells and the macro cells, which allows for a fast exchange of eNB parameters and measurements and at the same time, avoids having to create a full meshed
  • apparatus 300 may be a HeNB-GW, comprising of an X2 interface which is managed by an X2- Management router function which resides in control means 320.
  • X2- Management router function which resides in control means 320.
  • the HeNB-GW function is to mimic a l:many to a 1:1 relation from the EPC point of view, as seen from the
  • SI interface consists of 2 connections addressing different MMEs (Mobile Management Entities) for load sharing reasons.
  • the HeNB-GW for UE associated SI Application Protocol (S1AP) signalling only exchanges a S1AP protocol identity (ID) from that exchanged between the HeNB-GW and the EPC to that of the S1AP protocol ID, that is used between a HeNB and the HeNB- GW. Any non UE associated signalling is terminated at the HeNB GW. This results in that the S1AP is identical for both sides of the HeNB-GW.
  • the function of the X2 Management Router is to hide Radio Access Network (RAN) communications from the EPC.
  • RAN Radio Access Network
  • the X2 Management Router resolves the routing of many to many Application Protocol Layer connections, because different neighbour eNBs may have to contact an HeNB via the X2 Management Router. From the HeNBs point of view, the X2 interface still appears as a point to point connection, i.e. the functionality provided by the X2 Management Router is transparent to the HeNBs.
  • TRANSFER replaces the TNL (Transport Network Layer) address of the HeNB 100 with the TNL address of the X2 Management Router in the eNB CONFIGURATION TRANSFER reply message (the TNL address information is only carried in the eNB/MME
  • the HeNB-GW 300 extracts the Global eNB ID and Selected TAI (Timing Advance Index) from both source (i.e. requesting eNB 100) and target HeNB 200 of the, to be established, X2 connection and the TNL Address of the target HeNB 200. All this information can be extracted by the HeNB- GW 300 from the SI messages and is provided to the X2
  • the X2 Management Router function can then store and use this information when the source eNB 100 wants to establish the X2 connection.
  • the requesting source eNB 100 first has to initiate a SCTP association between itself and the X2
  • the requesting eNB 100 sends the X2AP X2 SETUP REQUEST message to establish the X2AP .
  • the X2 Management Router function uses the saved information in order to identify the proper HeNB 200, to establish the SCTP association to this HeNB 200 and to maintain the mapping between these SCTP associations for the duration that the X2 interface is active.
  • the received X2AP X2 SETUP REQUEST message comprises the Global eNB ID of the eNB 100 that is requesting X2 establishment. This ID could be used by the X2 Management Router function to find the corresponding entry in the previously generated table and to retrieve the TNL address of the actually targeted HeNB 200. Then the X2
  • Management Router function can establish a SCTP association between itself and the target HeNB 200 and then forward the messages received so that the request can be executed by the target HeNB 200. In this way it is possible to identify the proper TNL address of the target HeNB 200 and create a unique mapping between the established SCTP associations, thus ensuring that in the event of multiple X2 SETUP REQUEST messages being received at the X2 Management Router, the correct target HeNB 200 for each X2 SETUP REQUEST message is chosen .

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un procédé et un appareil correspondant destinés à maîtriser un brouillage entre cellules dans un système de radiocommunication (1 000) comprenant une pluralité d'équipements utilisateurs (10-1, 10-2) et une pluralité de nœuds d'accès (100, 200), le procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes : - un équipement utilisateur (10-2) de ladite pluralité, connecté à un nœud d'accès de desserte (100), lorsqu'il détermine qu'un nœud d'accès (200) de ladite pluralité provoque un brouillage, envoie une requête audit nœud d'accès de desserte (100); - ledit nœud d'accès de desserte (100) transmet ladite requête à un appareil (300) commandant ledit nœud d'accès brouilleur (200) sur une interface X2, et - ledit appareil (300) ordonne audit nœud d'accès brouilleur (200) d'exécuter ladite requête.
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