WO2015008616A1 - 端末装置、基地局装置、通信システム、制御方法および集積回路 - Google Patents
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- Embodiments described herein relate generally to a terminal device, a base station device, a communication system, a control method, and an integrated circuit technology that efficiently control a cell state.
- This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-150100 for which it applied to Japan on July 19, 2013, and uses the content here.
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- 3GPP which is a standardization project, has evolved to realize high-speed communication by adopting OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Frequency Division) Multiplexing (OFDM) communication schemes and flexible scheduling in predetermined frequency and time units called resource blocks.
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Frequency Division
- EUTRA Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- 3GPP is studying Advanced EUTRA, which realizes faster data transmission and has upward compatibility with EUTRA.
- EUTRA the base station apparatus is a communication system based on a network having almost the same cell configuration (cell size).
- base station apparatuses (cells) having different configurations are mixed in the same area.
- Communication systems based on existing networks heterogeneous wireless networks, heterogeneous networks are being studied.
- Non-patent Document 1 a technology for performing communication (Dual Connectivity (dual connectivity, dual connectivity)) has been studied (Non-patent Document 1).
- Non-Patent Document 1 when a terminal device attempts to realize dual connectivity between a cell (macro cell) having a large cell radius (cell size) and a cell (small cell) having a small cell radius, Studies on networks based on the assumption that the backbone line (Backhaul) is low speed and delay occurs are underway. That is, the delay of the control information or user information exchanged between the macro cell and the small cell may make it impossible or impossible to realize a function that could be realized in the past in dual connectivity.
- Non-patent Document 2 a method of controlling packet scheduling in a distributed manner by providing a dynamic resource allocation function in both the macro cell base station apparatus and the small cell base station apparatus has been studied.
- Non-Patent Document 2 by performing distributed packet scheduling between base station apparatuses, the terminal apparatus directly sends feedback information to each base station apparatus without going through the backbone line between the base station apparatuses. Can be sent.
- base station apparatuses perform distributed packet scheduling causes a problem that the state of cells managed by each base station apparatus cannot be grasped.
- each base station apparatus grasps (recognizes) the state of a plurality of cells allocated to a terminal apparatus and the state of a cell managed by the base station apparatus. Although it is possible, it cannot grasp the state of the cell managed by another base station apparatus. Therefore, there is a possibility that a state mismatch occurs between the base station device and the terminal device with respect to the cell state.
- each base station device cannot grasp the state of a cell that is not managed by the base station device, the base station device deactivates a cell that is being activated (during scheduling) or In addition, there is a possibility of activating a cell that is inactive (not scheduled).
- the scheduling of the base station device becomes inefficient and the problem that the throughput of the terminal device decreases occurs.
- An embodiment of the present invention provides at least one of the above-described problems by providing a technology related to a terminal device, a base station device, a communication system, a control method, and an integrated circuit that can efficiently control the cell state. The purpose is to solve.
- the terminal apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention adds one or more cells based on information transmitted from the base station apparatus, and is activated when the added cell is targeted and expires. It is a terminal device using a plurality of cells provided with a method of controlling so that a timer for deactivating cells is not applied to some added cells.
- some cells to which the timer is not applied may be notified from the base station device using an RRC message.
- the part of cells to which the timer is not applied may be one of secondary cells connected using dual connectivity.
- the base station apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention notifies the terminal apparatus of addition of one or more cells and notifies the addition of the cell
- the base station apparatus excludes some of the notified cells in the terminal apparatus.
- the base station apparatus is a base station that is connected to a terminal apparatus using a plurality of cells provided with a method of notifying the terminal apparatus of the part of cells to which the timer is not applied using an RRC message. Device.
- the part of cells to which the timer is not applied may be one of secondary cells connected using dual connectivity.
- the communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the terminal device except for some of the notified cells when the base station device notifies the terminal device of addition of one or more cells.
- the terminal device notifies the timer that deactivates the activated cell when it expires, and the terminal device adds one or more cells based on the information transmitted from the base station device, and activates when it expires It is a communication system provided with the method of controlling not to apply the timer which inactivates the cell which has been added with respect to some added cells.
- the terminal device control method includes a step of adding one or more cells based on information transmitted from the base station device, and a case in which the added cells are applied and the expiration is performed. And a step of controlling not to apply a timer for inactivating a cell that has been activated to a part of the added cells, and a control method for a terminal device using a plurality of cells.
- the base station apparatus control method includes a step of notifying a terminal apparatus of addition of one or more cells, and, when notifying addition of a cell, a part of the notified cells.
- a method for controlling a base station apparatus connected to a terminal apparatus that uses a plurality of cells, at least, a step of notifying a timer that deactivates a cell that is activated when it expires, applied in a terminal apparatus is there.
- the integrated circuit of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the terminal device with a function of adding one or more cells based on information transmitted from the base station device and the added cell as a target.
- the integrated circuit of the base station apparatus has a function of notifying the terminal apparatus of the addition of one or more cells, and when notifying the addition of the cell, A terminal device using a plurality of cells, which is applied to the terminal device except that the base station device exhibits a series of functions including a function of notifying a timer that deactivates a cell activated when it expires. It is an integrated circuit mounted in the base station apparatus connected to.
- each embodiment is disclosed in terms of technologies related to a terminal device, a base station device, a communication system, a control method, and an integrated circuit that efficiently control the state of a cell, but can be applied to each embodiment.
- a communication method is not limited to a communication method compatible with EUTRA, such as EUTRA or Advanced EUTRA.
- CDMA code division multiple access
- TDMA time division multiple access
- FDMA frequency division multiple access
- OFDMA orthogonal FDMA
- SC-FDMA single carrier FDMA
- the embodiment of the present invention it is possible to provide a technology related to a terminal device, a base station device, a communication system, a control method, and an integrated circuit that can efficiently control the cell state.
- a channel means a medium used for signal transmission / reception
- a physical channel means a physical medium used for signal transmission / reception.
- a physical channel can be used synonymously with a signal.
- the physical channel may be added in the future in EUTRA and Advanced EUTRA, or the structure and format of the physical channel may be changed or added. However, even if changed or added, the description of each embodiment of the present invention is provided. It does not affect.
- Radio frames In EUTRA and Advanced EUTRA, scheduling of physical channels or physical signals is managed using radio frames.
- One radio frame is 10 ms, and one radio frame is composed of 10 subframes. Further, one subframe is composed of two slots (that is, one subframe is 1 ms, and one slot is 0.5 ms).
- resource blocks are used as a minimum scheduling unit in which physical channels are allocated.
- a resource block is defined by a constant frequency region composed of a set of a plurality of subcarriers (for example, 12 subcarriers) and a region composed of a constant transmission time interval (1 slot) on the frequency axis.
- the synchronization signal (Synchronization Signals) is composed of three types of primary synchronization signals and secondary synchronization signals composed of 31 types of codes arranged alternately in the frequency domain. 504 kinds of cell identifiers (physical cell ID (Physical Cell Identity; PCI)) for identifying the base station apparatus and frame timing for radio synchronization are shown by the combination.
- the terminal device specifies the physical cell ID of the synchronization signal received by the cell search.
- the physical broadcast information channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel) is transmitted for the purpose of notifying (setting) control parameters (broadcast information (system information); System information) commonly used by terminal devices in the cell.
- the broadcast information that is not notified in the physical broadcast information channel is notified to the terminal device in the cell of the radio resource in which the broadcast information is transmitted in the physical downlink control channel, and the physical downlink shared channel in the notified radio resource.
- a layer 3 message (system information) for notifying broadcast information is transmitted.
- CGI Cell Global Identifier
- TAI Tracking Area Identifier
- Downlink reference signals are classified into multiple types according to their use.
- cell-specific reference signals are pilot signals transmitted at a predetermined power for each cell, and are downlink reference signals that are periodically repeated in the frequency domain and the time domain based on a predetermined rule. It is.
- the terminal device measures the reception quality for each cell by receiving the cell-specific RS.
- the terminal apparatus also uses the cell-specific RS as a reference signal for demodulating the physical downlink control channel or the physical downlink shared channel transmitted simultaneously with the cell-specific RS.
- a sequence used for the cell-specific RS a sequence that can be identified for each cell is used.
- the downlink reference signal is also used for estimation of downlink propagation path fluctuation.
- a downlink reference signal used for estimation of propagation path fluctuation is referred to as a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).
- the downlink reference signal individually set for the terminal device is called UE specific reference signals (URS), Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) or Dedicated RS (DRS), and is a physical downlink control channel or an extended physical channel. Reference is made for channel compensation processing when demodulating a downlink control channel or a physical downlink shared channel.
- a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH; Physical Downlink Control Channel) is transmitted in several OFDM symbols (for example, 1 to 4 OFDM symbols) from the top of each subframe.
- An extended physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH; Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel) is a physical downlink control channel arranged in an OFDM symbol in which the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH is arranged.
- the PDCCH or EPDCCH is used for the purpose of notifying the terminal device of radio resource allocation information according to the scheduling of the base station device and information for instructing an adjustment amount of increase / decrease of transmission power.
- a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) it means both physical channels of PDCCH and EPDCCH unless otherwise specified.
- the terminal apparatus monitors (monitors) the physical downlink control channel addressed to itself before transmitting / receiving the layer 2 message and the layer 3 message (paging, handover command, etc.) that are downlink data and downlink control data, By receiving the physical downlink control channel addressed to its own device, it is necessary to acquire radio resource allocation information called an uplink grant during transmission and a downlink grant (downlink assignment) during reception from the physical downlink control channel.
- the physical downlink control channel may be configured to be transmitted in the area of the resource block that is assigned individually (dedicated) from the base station apparatus to the terminal apparatus, in addition to being transmitted by the OFDM symbol described above. Is possible.
- the physical uplink control channel is a downlink acknowledgment of acknowledgment (ACK / NACK; Acknowledgement / Negative Acknowledgment) or a downlink propagation path (channel state) transmitted on the physical downlink shared channel.
- ACK / NACK downlink acknowledgment of acknowledgment
- channel state downlink propagation path
- CSI Channel State Information
- SR uplink radio resource allocation request
- CSI includes CQI (Channel Quality Indicator), PMI (Precoding Matrix Indicator), PTI (Precoding Type Indicator), and RI (Rank Indicator). Each Indicator may be written as Indication.
- the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel) is also used to notify the terminal device of not only downlink data but also broadcast information (system information) not notified by the paging or physical broadcast information channel as a layer 3 message. Is done.
- the radio resource allocation information of the physical downlink shared channel is indicated by the physical downlink control channel.
- the physical downlink shared channel is transmitted after being arranged in an OFDM symbol other than the OFDM symbol through which the physical downlink control channel is transmitted. That is, the physical downlink shared channel and the physical downlink control channel are time division multiplexed within one subframe.
- the physical uplink shared channel mainly transmits uplink data and uplink control data, and can include control data such as CSI and ACK / NACK.
- uplink control information is also used to notify the base station apparatus from the terminal apparatus as a layer 2 message and a layer 3 message.
- the radio resource allocation information of the physical uplink shared channel is indicated by the physical downlink control channel.
- the uplink reference signal (uplink reference signal; Uplink Reference Signal (also referred to as uplink pilot signal or uplink pilot channel)) is transmitted from the base station apparatus to the physical uplink control channel PUCCH and / or the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.
- Demodulation reference signal (DMRS; Demodulation Reference Signal) used for demodulating the signal and a sounding reference signal (SRS; Sounding Reference Signal) used mainly by the base station apparatus to estimate the uplink channel state. included.
- the sounding reference signal includes a periodic sounding reference signal (Periodic SRS) transmitted periodically and an aperiodic sounding reference signal (Aperiodic SRS) transmitted when instructed by the base station apparatus. .
- the Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH; “Physical Random Access Channel”) is a channel used to notify (set) a preamble sequence and has a guard time.
- the preamble sequence is configured to notify information to the base station apparatus by a plurality of sequences. For example, when 64 types of sequences are prepared, 6-bit information can be indicated to the base station apparatus.
- the physical random access channel is used as an access means for the terminal device to the base station device.
- the terminal apparatus transmits transmission timing adjustment information (timing advance (for timing uplink ()) required for an uplink radio resource request when the physical uplink control channel is not set, or for matching the uplink transmission timing with the reception timing window of the base station apparatus.
- the physical random access channel is used for requesting the base station apparatus (also called Timing Advance; TA). Also, the base station apparatus can request the terminal apparatus to start a random access procedure using the physical downlink control channel.
- the layer 3 message is a message handled in the protocol of the control plane (CP (Control-plane, C-Plane)) exchanged between the terminal device and the RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer of the base station device, and RRC signaling or RRC Can be used interchangeably with message.
- CP Control-plane, C-Plane
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- a protocol for handling user data with respect to the control plane is referred to as a user plane (UP (User-plane, U-Plane)).
- PCFICH Physical control format indication channel
- PHICH Physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel
- PMCH Physical multicast channel
- the communicable range (communication area) of each frequency controlled by the base station apparatus is regarded as a cell.
- the communication area covered by the base station apparatus may have a different width and a different shape for each frequency.
- the area to cover may differ for every frequency.
- a wireless network in which cells having different types of base station apparatuses and different cell radii are mixed in areas of the same frequency or different frequencies to form one communication system is referred to as a heterogeneous network.
- the terminal device operates by regarding the inside of the cell as a communication area.
- a terminal device moves from one cell to another cell, it moves to another appropriate cell by a cell reselection procedure during non-wireless connection (during non-communication) and by a handover procedure during wireless connection (during communication).
- An appropriate cell is a cell that is generally determined that access by a terminal device is not prohibited based on information specified by a base station device, and the downlink reception quality satisfies a predetermined condition. Indicates the cell to be used.
- the base station apparatus manages a cell, which is an area in which the terminal apparatus can communicate with the base station apparatus, for each frequency.
- One base station apparatus may manage a plurality of cells.
- the cells are classified into a plurality of types according to the size (cell size) of the area communicable with the terminal device. For example, the cell is classified into a macro cell and a small cell.
- a small cell is a cell that generally covers a radius of several meters to several tens of meters.
- the small cell may be classified into a femto cell, a pico cell, a nano cell, or the like depending on the size of the area.
- the cell set to be used for communication with the terminal device among the cells of the base station device is a serving cell (Serving cell),
- a cell that is not used for other communications is referred to as a neighbor cell.
- the terminal device and the base station device aggregate (aggregate) frequencies (component carriers or frequency bands) of a plurality of different frequency bands (frequency bands) by carrier aggregation into one frequency (frequency band).
- frequencies component carriers or frequency bands
- carrier aggregation there are an uplink component carrier corresponding to an uplink and a downlink component carrier corresponding to a downlink as component carriers.
- a frequency and a frequency band may be used synonymously.
- a terminal device capable of carrier aggregation regards these as a frequency bandwidth of 100 MHz and performs transmission / reception.
- the component carriers to be aggregated may be continuous frequencies, or may be frequencies at which all or part of them are discontinuous.
- the usable frequency band is 800 MHz band, 2 GHz band, and 3.5 GHz band
- one component carrier is transmitted in the 800 MHz band
- another component carrier is transmitted in the 2 GHz band
- another component carrier is transmitted in the 3.5 GHz band. It may be.
- the frequency bandwidth of each component carrier may be a frequency bandwidth (for example, 5 MHz or 10 MHz) narrower than the receivable frequency bandwidth (for example, 20 MHz) of the terminal device, and the aggregated frequency bandwidth may be different from each other.
- the frequency bandwidth is preferably equal to one of the frequency bandwidths of the conventional cell in consideration of backward compatibility, but may have a frequency bandwidth different from that of the conventional cell.
- Component carriers that are not backward compatible may be aggregated by carrier aggregation.
- This component carrier having no backward compatibility is also referred to as a new carrier type (NCT).
- NCT new carrier type
- the number of uplink component carriers assigned (set or added) to the terminal device by the base station device is preferably equal to or less than the number of downlink component carriers.
- the terminal device and the base station device manage a cell composed of a certain uplink component carrier and a downlink component carrier that is cell-specifically connected to the uplink component carrier as a primary cell (PCell). Moreover, a terminal device and a base station apparatus manage the cell comprised from component carriers other than a primary cell as a secondary cell (SCell: Secondary cell).
- SCell Secondary cell
- the terminal device performs paging message reception, broadcast information update detection, initial access procedure, security information setting, and the like in the primary cell, but may not perform these in the secondary cell.
- the primary cell and the secondary cell are collectively referred to as a serving cell.
- the primary cell is not subject to activation and deactivation control (that is, the primary cell is considered to be activated), but the secondary cell is activated and deactivated. It has a cell state (state) according to. Regarding the cell state, the activated state is also called an activated state, and the inactivated state is also called a deactivated state.
- the state of the cell (secondary cell) may be explicitly designated (notified or instructed) by the base station device, or timer information (secondary) that the terminal device counts for each component carrier (secondary cell). The state may be changed based on a cell deactivation timer (deactivation timer).
- a base station apparatus notifies the command which shows activation and / or inactivation of a secondary cell with respect to a terminal device.
- the command is transmitted to the terminal device as a MAC control element (MAC-CE) included in a MAC PDU (Protocol data unit) decoded in the MAC layer.
- MAC-CE MAC control element included in a MAC PDU (Protocol data unit) decoded in the MAC layer.
- the terminal device uses a bit string of 1 octet notified by the format (bit structure (configuration)) of FIG. 8 as a MAC control element (Activation / Deactivation MAC control element) indicating activation and / or deactivation of the secondary cell. 8 bits).
- the “R” field in the figure is a reserved bit and is 0 (zero). Note that FIG. 8 may be interpreted as a command indicating the state of the secondary cell after the terminal device regards activation and / or deactivation.
- i is the index number of the secondary cell, and is notified to the terminal device when the secondary cell is set (assigned) from the base station device.
- the terminal device activates the secondary cell corresponding to the index i.
- the terminal device deactivates the secondary cell corresponding to the index i.
- the terminal device ignores the value of the index i.
- the terminal device starts (or restarts) a secondary cell deactivation timer for the activated secondary cell. That is, the secondary cell inactivation timer is counted for each activated secondary cell. When the secondary cell deactivation timer expires, the terminal device deactivates the corresponding secondary cell. A common initial value is applied to all secondary cells set in the terminal device as the secondary cell inactivation timer.
- the secondary cell inactivation timer is a secondary cell that has received the PDCCH, a secondary cell to which radio resources are allocated by the PDCCH, or both secondary cells. Restarted in the cell.
- the terminal device starts SRS transmission and CSI reporting in the activated secondary cell.
- the terminal apparatus starts monitoring (monitoring) the PDCCH of the activated secondary cell and monitoring (monitoring) of the PDCCH of the cell used for scheduling of the activated secondary cell.
- the terminal device transmits SRS, reports CSI, transmits uplink data, starts a random access procedure, monitors PDCCH of the secondary cell, and monitors the secondary cell. The monitoring (monitoring) of the PDCCH of the cell used for scheduling is stopped.
- carrier aggregation is communication by a plurality of cells using a plurality of component carriers (frequency bands), and is also referred to as cell aggregation.
- the terminal device may be wirelessly connected to the base station device via a relay station device (or repeater) for each frequency. That is, the base station apparatus of each embodiment of the present invention can be replaced with a relay station apparatus.
- the basic structure (architecture) of dual connectivity will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 show that the terminal device 1 is simultaneously connected to a plurality of base station devices 2 (indicated by the base station device 2-1 and the base station device 2-2 in the figure).
- the base station device 2-1 is a base station device constituting a macro cell
- the base station device 2-2 is a base station device constituting a small cell.
- the simultaneous connection using the plurality of cells belonging to the plurality of base station apparatuses 2 by the terminal apparatus 1 is referred to as dual connectivity, and the terminal apparatus 1 and the plurality of terminals using a technology for realizing dual connectivity.
- the connection with the base station apparatus 2 will be described using “use dual connectivity”, “connection using dual connectivity”, or expressions synonymous with these.
- the cells belonging to each base station apparatus 2 may be operated at the same frequency or may be operated at different frequencies.
- the carrier aggregation is a high-speed backbone line in which a plurality of cells are managed by one base station apparatus 2 and the frequency of each cell is different, and there is no need to consider the influence of delay between the plurality of cells. This is different from the connection by dual connectivity.
- carrier aggregation is a technique for connecting one terminal apparatus 1 and one base station apparatus 2 via a plurality of cells having different frequencies, whereas dual connectivity is one terminal apparatus 1. And a plurality of base station apparatuses 2 via a plurality of cells having the same or different frequencies.
- the terminal apparatus 1 and the base station apparatus 2 can apply a technique applied to carrier aggregation to dual connectivity.
- the terminal apparatus 1 and the base station apparatus 2 are technologies such as primary cell and secondary cell management (addition, deletion, change, etc.), measurement methods and measurement event settings corresponding to carrier aggregation, activation / deactivation, etc. May be applied to cells connected by dual connectivity.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 or the base station apparatus 2-2 is connected to the MME 300 and the SGW 400 via a backbone line.
- the MME 300 is a control station device in a higher-order core network than the base station device 2 corresponding to MME (Mobility Management Entity), and mobility management and authentication control (security control) of the terminal device 1 and a user for the base station device 2 Has the role of setting the data route.
- the SGW 400 is a control station apparatus in a higher-level core network corresponding to the Serving Gateway (S-GW), and has a role of transmitting user data according to a user data path to the terminal apparatus 1 set by the MME 300.
- S-GW Serving Gateway
- the connection path between the base station apparatus 2-1 or the base station apparatus 2-2 and the SGW 400 is referred to as an SGW interface N10.
- the connection path between the base station device 2-1 or the base station device 2-2 and the MME 300 is referred to as an MME interface N20.
- the connection path between the base station apparatus 2-1 and the base station apparatus 2-2 is referred to as a base station interface N30.
- the SGW interface N10 is also referred to as an S1-U interface in EUTRA.
- the MME interface N20 is also referred to as an S1-MME interface in EUTRA.
- the base station interface N30 is also referred to as an X2 interface in EUTRA.
- the network configuration shown in FIG. 9 can be adopted.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 and the MME 300 are connected by an MME interface N20.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 and the SGW 400 are connected by an SGW interface N10.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 provides a communication path with the MME 300 and / or the SGW 400 to the base station apparatus 2-2 via the base station interface N30.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 is connected to the MME 300 and / or the SGW 400 via the base station apparatus 2-1.
- FIG. 10 a network configuration as shown in FIG. 10 can be adopted.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 and the MME 300 are connected by an MME interface N20.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 and the SGW 400 are connected by an SGW interface N10.
- the base station device 2-1 provides a communication path with the MME 300 to the base station device 2-2 via the base station interface N30.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 is connected to the MME 300 via the base station apparatus 2-1.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 is connected to the SGW 400 via the SGW interface N10.
- the base station device 2-2 and the MME 300 may be directly connected by the MME interface N20.
- this technique is called by the name of dual connectivity, the number of base station apparatuses 2 connected to the terminal apparatus 1 is not limited to two, and it connects with three or more base station apparatuses 2. It is also possible.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal device 1 includes a reception unit 101, a demodulation unit 102, a decoding unit 103, a reception data control unit 104, a physical layer control unit 105, a transmission data control unit 106, a coding unit 107, a modulation unit 108, a transmission unit 109, a radio resource It is comprised at least from the control part 110.
- FIG. The “unit” in the figure is an element that realizes the function and each procedure of the terminal device 1 that is also expressed by terms such as section, circuit, component device, device, and unit.
- the radio resource control unit 110 is a block that executes each function of an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer that performs radio resource control of the terminal device 1.
- the reception data control unit 104 and the transmission data control unit 106 execute functions in a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, a RLC (Radio Link Control) layer, and a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer that manage the data link layer. It is a block to do.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the reception data control unit 104 and the transmission data control unit 106 execute functions in a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, a RLC (Radio Link Control) layer, and a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer that manage the data link layer. It is a block to do.
- MAC Medium Access Control
- RLC Radio Link Control
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- the terminal device 1 is configured to receive a plurality of frequencies (frequency bands, frequency bandwidths) or simultaneous reception of cells by carrier aggregation and / or dual connectivity (reception unit 101, demodulation unit 102). , Decoding section 103) and a plurality of transmission system blocks (coding section 107, modulation section 108, transmission section 109) to support simultaneous transmission of a plurality of frequencies (frequency bands, frequency bandwidths) or cells. There may be.
- the terminal device 1 may be configured to include a plurality of reception data control units 104, physical layer control units 105, transmission data control units 106, and radio resource control units 110.
- reception data control information is input from the radio resource control unit 110 to the reception data control unit 104, and physical layer control information that is a control parameter for controlling each block is input to the physical layer control unit 105. Is entered.
- the physical layer control information is information including parameter settings necessary for wireless communication control of the terminal device 1 configured by reception control information and transmission control information.
- the physical layer control information is set by radio connection resource settings, cell-specific broadcast information, system parameters, or the like transmitted individually (dedicated) from the base station apparatus 2 to the terminal apparatus 1, and the radio resource control unit 110 Input to the physical layer control unit 105 as necessary.
- the physical layer control unit 105 appropriately inputs reception control information that is control information related to reception to the reception unit 101, the demodulation unit 102, and the decoding unit 103.
- the reception control information includes information such as reception frequency band information, reception timing related to physical channels and physical signals, multiplexing methods, and radio resource arrangement information as downlink scheduling information.
- the received data control information is downlink control information including secondary cell inactivation timer information, DRX control information, multicast data reception information, downlink retransmission control information, and the like in the MAC layer, RLC layer, and PDCP layer. Control information related to each downlink is included.
- the received signal is received by the receiving unit 101.
- the receiving unit 101 receives a signal from the base station apparatus 2 in accordance with the frequency and frequency band specified by the reception control information.
- the received signal is input to the demodulation unit 102.
- the demodulator 102 demodulates the signal.
- Demodulation section 102 inputs the demodulated signal to decoding section 103.
- Decoding section 103 decodes the input signal, and inputs the decoded data (also referred to as downlink data, downlink control data, and downlink transport block) to reception data control section 104.
- the MAC control element transmitted from the base station apparatus 2 together with each data is also decoded by the decoding unit 103 and input to the reception data control unit 104.
- the received data control unit 104 controls the physical layer control unit 105 based on the received MAC control element, buffers each decoded data, and performs error correction control (HARQ) of the retransmitted data.
- HARQ error correction control
- Each data input to the reception data control unit 104 is input (transferred) to the radio resource control unit 110.
- transmission data control information is input from the radio resource control unit 110 to the transmission data control unit 106, and the physical layer control unit 105 is a physical layer that is a control parameter for controlling each block. Control information is input.
- the physical layer control unit 105 appropriately inputs transmission control information, which is control information related to transmission, to the encoding unit 107, the modulation unit 108, and the transmission unit 109.
- the transmission control information includes information such as encoding information, modulation information, transmission frequency band information, transmission timing related to physical channels and physical signals, multiplexing method, and radio resource arrangement information as uplink scheduling information.
- the transmission data control information includes uplink control information including DTX control information, random access setting information, uplink shared channel information, logical channel priority information, resource request setting information, cell group information, uplink retransmission control information, and the like. It is.
- the radio resource control unit 110 may set a plurality of random access setting information respectively corresponding to a plurality of cells in the transmission data control unit 106. Further, the radio resource control unit 110 manages transmission timing adjustment information and a transmission timing timer used for adjustment of uplink transmission timing, and states of uplink transmission timing (transmission for each cell (or for each cell group and for each TA group)). (Timing adjustment state or transmission timing non-adjustment state).
- the transmission timing adjustment information and the transmission timing timer are included in the transmission data control information.
- the transmission data control unit 106 transmits transmission timing adjustment information corresponding to the uplink transmission timing of each of a plurality of cells (or cell groups, TA groups).
- the resource request setting information includes at least maximum transmission counter setting information and radio resource request prohibition timer information.
- the radio resource control unit 110 may set a plurality of resource request setting information respectively corresponding to a plurality of cells in the transmission data control unit 106.
- Transmission data (uplink data and uplink control data, also referred to as an uplink transport block) generated in the terminal device 1 is input from the radio resource control unit 110 to the transmission data control unit 106 at an arbitrary timing. At this time, the transmission data control unit 106 calculates the amount of input transmission data (uplink buffer amount). The transmission data control unit 106 has a function of determining whether the input transmission data is data belonging to the control plane or data belonging to the user plane.
- the transmission data control unit 106 stores the transmission data in an uplink buffer in the transmission data control unit 106 (not shown). Then, the transmission data control unit 106 determines whether radio resources necessary for transmitting the input transmission data are allocated to the terminal device 1. Based on the radio resource allocation, the transmission data control unit 106 receives a radio resource request using a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH, a physical uplink control channel (SR-PUCCH), or a radio resource request using a physical random access channel. Any one is selected, and control processing for transmitting the selected channel is requested to the physical layer control unit 105.
- PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
- SR-PUCCH physical uplink control channel
- the encoding unit 107 corresponds to the allocated radio resources in accordance with instructions from the radio resource control unit 110.
- the transmission data is acquired from the uplink buffer, encoded, and input to the modulation unit 108.
- the encoding unit 107 transmits SR-PUCCH according to an instruction from the radio resource control unit 110
- the control data necessary for encoding is encoded and input to the modulation unit 108.
- the encoding unit 107 uses the random access procedure for the transmission data control unit 106. Instruct the start. At this time, encoding section 107 generates a preamble sequence that is transmitted on the physical random access channel based on random access setting information input from transmission data control section 106. Also, the encoding unit 107 appropriately encodes each data according to the transmission control information and inputs the data to the modulation unit 108.
- SR-PUCCH radio resource request
- Modulation section 108 performs appropriate modulation processing based on the channel structure for transmitting each encoded data.
- the transmission unit 109 maps each modulated data to the frequency domain, converts the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal, and amplifies the power on a carrier having a predetermined frequency.
- the transmission unit 109 also adjusts the uplink transmission timing according to the transmission timing adjustment information for each cell (also for each cell group and each TA group) input from the radio resource control unit 110.
- the physical uplink shared channel in which the uplink control data is arranged can include, for example, a layer 3 message (radio resource control message; RRC message) in addition to the user data.
- RRC message radio resource control message
- FIG. 1 other constituent elements of the terminal device 1 and transmission paths of data (control information) between the constituent elements are omitted, but a plurality of other functions necessary for operating as the terminal device 1 are provided. It is clear that this block has as a component. For example, a NAS layer unit that performs control with the core network and an application layer unit exist above the radio resource control unit 110.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the base station apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the base station apparatus includes a reception unit 201, a demodulation unit 202, a decoding unit 203, a reception data control unit 204, a physical layer control unit 205, a transmission data control unit 206, a coding unit 207, a modulation unit 208, a transmission unit 209, a radio resource It comprises at least a control unit 210 and a network signal transmission / reception unit 211.
- the “unit” in the figure is an element that executes the functions of the base station apparatus 2 and the procedures, which are also expressed by terms such as section, circuit, component apparatus, device, and unit.
- the radio resource control unit 210 is a block that executes each function of an RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer that performs radio resource control of the base station apparatus 2.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the reception data control unit 204 and the transmission data control unit 206 execute functions in a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, an RLC (Radio Link Control) layer, and a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer that manage the data link layer. It is a block to do.
- MAC Medium Access Control
- RLC Radio Link Control
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- the base station apparatus 2 receives a plurality of frequencies (frequency band, frequency bandwidth) by carrier aggregation and / or dual connectivity in order to support a reception system block (reception unit 201, demodulation unit 202, decoding unit 203). ), And a plurality of transmission system blocks (encoding unit 207, modulation unit 208, and transmission unit 209).
- the reception data control unit 204, the physical layer control unit 205, the transmission data control unit 206, the radio resource control unit 210, and the network signal transmission / reception unit 211 may be provided.
- the radio resource control unit 210 inputs downlink data and downlink control data to the transmission data control unit 206.
- the transmission data control unit 206 inputs the MAC control element and each data (downlink data or downlink control data) to the encoding unit 207.
- the encoding unit 207 encodes the input MAC control element and each data, and inputs the encoded data to the modulation unit 208.
- Modulation section 208 modulates the encoded signal.
- the transmission unit 209 maps the input signal to the frequency domain, converts the frequency domain signal into a time domain signal, and transmits the signal after performing power amplification on a predetermined frequency carrier wave.
- the physical downlink shared channel in which downlink control data is arranged typically constitutes a layer 3 message (RRC message).
- the receiving unit 201 converts the signal received from the terminal device 1 into a baseband digital signal.
- the receiving unit 201 receives signals at different timings for each cell (also for each cell group and each TA group).
- the digital signal converted by the reception unit 201 is input to the demodulation unit 202 and demodulated.
- the signal demodulated by the demodulator 202 is then input to the decoder 203.
- the decoding unit 203 decodes the input signal and inputs each decoded data (uplink data and uplink control data) to the reception data control unit 204.
- the MAC control element transmitted from the terminal device 1 together with each data is also decoded by the decoding unit 203 and input to the reception data control unit 204.
- the received data control unit 204 controls the physical layer control unit 205 based on the received MAC control element, buffers each decoded data, and performs error correction control (HARQ) of the retransmitted data.
- HARQ error correction control
- Each data input to the reception data control unit 204 is input (transferred) to the radio resource control unit 210.
- the physical layer control information necessary for control of each block is information including parameter settings necessary for radio communication control of the base station apparatus 2 configured by reception control information and transmission control information.
- the physical layer control information is set by a higher-level network device (MME (MME300), gateway device (SGW400), OAM, etc.) and system parameters, and the radio resource control unit 210 inputs the control unit 204 as necessary.
- the physical layer control unit 205 inputs physical layer control information related to transmission to each block of the encoding unit 207, modulation unit 208, and transmission unit 209 as transmission control information, and receives physical layer control information related to reception as reception control information. Are appropriately input to each block of the receiving unit 201, the demodulating unit 202, and the decoding unit 203.
- the received data control information includes control information related to the uplink of the terminal device 1 for each of the MAC layer, RLC layer, and PDCP layer of the base station device 2.
- the transmission data control information includes control information related to the downlink of the terminal device 1 for each of the MAC layer, RLC layer, and PDCP layer of the base station device 2. That is, the reception data control information and the transmission data control information are set for each terminal device 1.
- the network signal transmission / reception unit 211 transmits (transfers) or receives a control message or user data between the base station devices 2 or between the upper network device (MME300, SGW400) and the base station device 2.
- MME300, SGW400 upper network device
- FIG. 2 the components of other base station apparatus 2 and the transmission path of data (control information) between the components are omitted, but other functions necessary for operating as base station apparatus 2 are omitted. It is clear that it has a plurality of blocks as constituent elements. For example, a radio resource management unit and an application layer unit exist above the radio resource control unit 210.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of a sequence chart relating to a cell state control procedure used for the activation and / or deactivation of the secondary cell in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the base station apparatus 2 (base station apparatus 2-1 and base station apparatus 2-2) can be connected to the terminal apparatus 1 using the dual connectivity technology. Further, the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2-1 are connected.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 typically manages a macro cell
- the base station apparatus 2-2 is typically a base station apparatus 2 that manages a small cell, but the scope of application of this embodiment is the cell type. It is not limited by.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 determines a cell (secondary cell) to be added to the terminal apparatus 1 using dual connectivity.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 includes (1) an uplink buffer status reported by the buffer status report of the terminal apparatus 1, (2) a measurement event report or CSI report in which a trigger condition is satisfied in the secondary cell, (3) A cell to be subject to cell state control can be determined based on one or a combination of information such as the load status of the base station apparatus 2 or the cell and (4) the moving speed of the terminal apparatus 1. Also, the base station apparatus 2-1 can determine a cell to be added using information other than this.
- the base station device 2-1 that has determined the cell to be added generates and transmits a cell addition request message to the base station device 2-2 that manages the cell to be added (step S101).
- the cell addition request message may be transmitted as a message between base station apparatuses (X2-AP message), or may be transmitted as an MME message (S1-AP message) via the MME. Further, the cell addition request message may be a dual connectivity request message or a handover request (Handover Request) message.
- the cell addition request message includes, for example, an inter-base station message identifier, a base station apparatus identifier for uniquely identifying the base station apparatus 2-1, and a cell identifier of the cell of the base station apparatus 2-2 that requests addition ( Physical cell ID or cell global identifier), the terminal device identifier of the terminal device 1 to be added, and the like.
- the terminal device identifier may be a C-RNTI (cell radio network temporary identifier; Cell-Radio.ioNetwork Temporary Identifier) that is individually assigned to the terminal device 1 in the cell.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 can also include cell identifiers (physical cell IDs or cell global identifiers) of cells of the plurality of base station apparatuses 2-2 in the cell addition request message.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 When the base station apparatus 2-2 that has received the cell addition request message determines that the cell requested by the base station apparatus 2-1 can be connected to the terminal apparatus 1 using the dual connectivity, the base station apparatus 2-2 adds the cell.
- a request permission message is transmitted to the base station apparatus 2-1 (step S102).
- the cell addition request permission message may be transmitted as a message between base station apparatuses (X2-AP message), or may be transmitted as an MME message (S1-AP message) via the MME.
- the cell addition request permission message may be a dual connectivity setup message or a handover request permission message (Handover Request Acknowledge).
- the cell addition request permission message includes, for example, the message identifier between base station apparatuses of the corresponding cell addition request message, the message identifier between base station apparatuses of the cell addition request permission message, and the cell of the base station apparatus 2-2 permitted to add.
- the cell identifier (physical cell ID or cell global identifier), the cell setting (cell configuration, broadcast information) of the cell of the base station apparatus 2-2 permitted to be added, and the like are included.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 may specify a cell different from the requested cell in the cell addition request permission message.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 that has received the cell addition request permission message generates a radio resource control connection reconfiguration message in order to add (set) a cell that is permitted to be added specified in the cell addition request permission message. It transmits to the terminal device 1 (step S103).
- the terminal device 1 When the terminal device 1 receives the radio resource control connection reset message, the terminal device 1 performs cell addition control in step S104 and adds the cell of the instructed base station device 2-2.
- the addition of a cell may be the same as the secondary cell addition procedure by carrier aggregation. That is, the radio resource control connection reconfiguration message includes a cell ID of a cell to be added (secondary cell), a secondary cell identifier, a cell common setting and a cell individual setting, secondary cell inactivation timer information, and the like.
- the newly added secondary cell is in a cell inactivation (deactivation) state.
- the terminal device 1 that has completed the addition of the cell transmits a radio resource control connection reconfiguration completion message to the base station device 2-1 (step S105).
- the base station device 2-1 that has received the message in step S105 can know that the cell addition has been completed normally.
- the cell station 2-2 activates and / or deactivates the cell added to the base station apparatus 2-2.
- a message (Activation / Deactivation request message) for instructing to be generated is generated and transmitted (step S106).
- the activation / deactivation request message includes, for example, a message identifier between base station devices, a base station device identifier for uniquely identifying the base station device 2-1, and a base station device 2-2 that requests activation / deactivation.
- Cell identifiers physical cell IDs or cell global identifiers
- the base station apparatus 2-1 can also include timing information indicating the activation / deactivation timing of the cell in the Activation / Deactivation request message.
- the timing information is time information that can be used to synchronize activation / deactivation timing between the base station apparatus 2-1 and the base station apparatus 2-2.
- the system frame time UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), but is not limited thereto.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 can also include information on a plurality of cells in the activation / deactivation request message.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 When the base station apparatus 2-2 that has received the activation / deactivation request message determines that the cell requested by the base station apparatus 2-1 can be activated (inactivated), the activation / deactivation request is received. A permission message is transmitted to the base station apparatus 2-1 (step S107).
- the activation / deactivation request message and the activation / deactivation request permission message may be transmitted as an inter-base station device message (X2-AP message) or transmitted as an MME message (S1-AP message) via the MME. Also good.
- the activation / deactivation request permission message includes, for example, a message identifier between base station devices of a corresponding activation / deactivation request message, a message identifier between base station devices of an activation / deactivation request permission message, and a base that permits activation / deactivation.
- the cell identifier (physical cell ID or cell global identifier) of the cell of the station apparatus 2-2 is included.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 can include information of a plurality of cells in the activation / deactivation request permission message.
- the base station device 2-1 that has received the activation / deactivation request permission message activates (inactivates) the cell specified by the activation / deactivation request permission message, and therefore indicates the activation / inactivation of the secondary cell.
- a control element (Activation / Deactivation MAC control element) is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 1 (step S108).
- the MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of the secondary cell is transmitted (included in the PDSCH) using the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 is changed to the base station apparatus 2-2. It is suitable as a method of recognizing the cell state and sharing the cell state with each other.
- FIG. 4 shows another example of a sequence chart regarding the cell state control procedure used for the activation and / or deactivation of the secondary cell in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal device 1, the base station device 2-1, and the base station device 2-2 in FIG. 4 can each have the same configuration as that described in FIG.
- radio resource control connection reconfiguration indicating addition of the cell of the base station device 2-2 A message is being received.
- the terminal device 1 transmits a radio resource control connection reconfiguration completion message indicating the completion of cell addition to the base station device 2-1 (step S200).
- the base station apparatus 2-1 activates (inactivates) the cell specified by the activation / deactivation request permission message, and therefore activates / deactivates the secondary cell. ) Is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 1 (step S201).
- the MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of the secondary cell is transmitted (included in the PDSCH) using the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH.
- the terminal device 1 transmits an ACK corresponding to the PDSCH to the base station device 2-1 as reception confirmation of the PDSCH including the MAC control element indicating activation / deactivation of the secondary cell. Note that the terminal device 1 transmits a NACK to the base station device 2-1 when the PDSCH cannot be correctly received. The terminal device 1 notifies the completion of activation / deactivation to the base station device 2-1 by transmitting ACK (step S202).
- the base station apparatus 2-1 sends an activation / deactivation notification message to the base station apparatus 2-2 in order to notify the base station apparatus 2-2 of the secondary cell activated / inactivated in the terminal apparatus 1. Transmit (step S203).
- the activation / deactivation notification message includes, for example, a message identifier between base station devices, a base station device identifier for uniquely identifying the base station device 2-1, and a cell of the activated / deactivated base station device 2-1.
- Cell identifier physical cell ID or cell global identifier
- terminal device identifier and the like.
- the Activation / Deactivation notification message may be transmitted as an inter-base station message (X2-AP message) or may be transmitted as an MME message (S1-AP message) via the MME.
- X2-AP message inter-base station message
- MME message MME message
- the state of the secondary cell may be notified using an activation / deactivation notification message.
- the base station device 2-2 is changed to the base station device 2-1. It is suitable as a method of recognizing the cell state and sharing the cell state with each other.
- the radio resource control connection reconfiguration message may be an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message
- the radio resource control connection reconfiguration completion message may be an RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete message
- FIG. 5 shows another example of a sequence chart relating to the cell state control procedure used for the activation and / or deactivation of the secondary cell in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal device 1, the base station device 2-1, and the base station device 2-2 in FIG. 5 can each have the same configuration as that described in FIG. Further, the details of each message in FIG. 5 are omitted for the messages described in other drawings.
- a base station apparatus 2-1 and a base station apparatus 2-2 are each connected to the terminal apparatus 1 using dual connectivity.
- the base station apparatus 2-2 determines that the state of the secondary cell needs to be changed based on the scheduling, the base station apparatus 2-2 activates and / or deactivates the cell with respect to the base station apparatus 2-1.
- a message to be instructed (Activation / Deactivation request message) is generated and transmitted (step S300).
- the base station apparatus 2-1 that has received the activation / deactivation request message determines that the cell requested by the base station apparatus 2-2 can be activated (deactivated)
- the activation / deactivation request is received.
- a permission message is transmitted to the base station apparatus 2-2 (step S301).
- step S301 can be omitted.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 subsequently activates (inactivates) the cell specified in the activation / deactivation request permission message, and therefore activates / deactivates the MAC control element (Activation / Deactivation MAC) indicating the activation / deactivation of the secondary cell. control element) is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 1 (step S302).
- the MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of the secondary cell is transmitted (included in the PDSCH) using the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH.
- the terminal device 1 transmits an ACK corresponding to the PDSCH to the base station device 2-1 as reception confirmation of the PDSCH including the MAC control element indicating activation / deactivation of the secondary cell. Note that the terminal device 1 transmits a NACK to the base station device 2-1 when the PDSCH cannot be correctly received. The terminal device 1 notifies the completion of activation / deactivation to the base station device 2-1 by transmitting an ACK (step S303).
- the base station apparatus 2-1 sends an activation / deactivation notification message to the base station apparatus 2-2 in order to notify the base station apparatus 2-2 of the secondary cell activated / inactivated in the terminal apparatus 1. Transmit (step S304).
- the base station device 2-1 may transmit an activation / deactivation request permission message for the activation / deactivation request message in step S304 instead of the activation / deactivation notification message.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 is changed to the base station apparatus 2-2. It is suitable as a method of recognizing the cell state and sharing the cell state with each other. It is particularly suitable when the base station apparatus 2-2 can autonomously change the cell state.
- the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 transmit information on the state (activation, inactivation) of the secondary cell between the base station device 2-1 and the base station device 2-2. Because it is possible to exchange (exchange and share), problems related to the state mismatch of secondary cells, in particular, the activation of unused secondary cells, that is, deactivated secondary cells, The problem of inactivating a cell, that is, an activated secondary cell can be avoided.
- the terminal device 1 of the present embodiment can use the conventional control method even when connected by dual connectivity by appropriately controlling the cell state in the base station device 2, and no complicated operation is required. Become. Moreover, the base station apparatus 2 of this embodiment uses the dual connectivity between the terminal apparatus 1 and a plurality of cells by exchanging the activation / inactivation state of the secondary cell using the inter-base station apparatus message. Thus, it becomes possible to notify the other base station apparatus 2 of the cell states of different base station apparatuses 2. That is, the base station apparatus 2 can cause the terminal apparatus 1 to efficiently control the cell state even in a network in which a delay occurs in the backbone line between the base station apparatuses 2.
- the terminal device 1 appropriately sets the cell activation and deactivation states using the conventional control method according to the command instructing the activation and / or deactivation of the secondary cell. Therefore, the cell state can be controlled efficiently.
- the base station apparatus 2 exchanges the activation / deactivation state of the secondary cell using the inter-base station apparatus message, thereby appropriately setting the cell state while eliminating the state mismatch between the base station apparatuses 2. Since a control means can be provided, a decrease in throughput can be avoided by performing efficient scheduling for the terminal device 1.
- the second embodiment shows a method of controlling the state of the secondary cell that can always activate the secondary cell in the base station apparatus 2.
- the configurations of the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 of the second embodiment may be the same as those of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
- the terminal apparatus 1 and the base station apparatus 2 according to the second embodiment have a function for assuming that some cells are always activated (described later).
- control method in the second embodiment any of the following control methods can be used as the control method in the second embodiment.
- the base station device 2 prevents the secondary cell from being deactivated by the secondary cell deactivation timer, before the secondary cell deactivation timer expires.
- the secondary cell deactivation timer is restarted by scheduling the cell.
- “Scheduling” means transmitting a PDCCH for allocating radio resources to any of the cells set in the terminal device 1 in the cell of the base station device 2-2.
- a PDCCH for allocating radio resources to a cell of the base station apparatus 2-2 set in the terminal apparatus 1 is transmitted in one of the cells set in the terminal apparatus 1. That is.
- the secondary cell deactivation timer is restarted by performing scheduling before the cell of the base station apparatus 2-2 is deactivated, the terminal apparatus 1 and the base station apparatus 2 It can be considered that the cell 2-2 is always activated.
- the base station device 2 deactivates the secondary cell with respect to the secondary cell related to the base station device 2-2 in order to prevent the secondary cell from being deactivated by the secondary cell deactivation timer. Do not set the timer.
- the base station apparatus 2 notifies the terminal apparatus 1 of information (setting) indicating a secondary cell (or a cell group including a plurality of cells) to which the secondary cell inactivation timer is not applied.
- the base station apparatus 2 may notify the cell ID, serving cell index, or secondary cell index of the corresponding secondary cell.
- the base station apparatus 2 may notify the information indicating that the secondary cell inactivation timer is not applied in the setting for each secondary cell.
- an RRC message for example, a radio resource control connection reconfiguration message
- a MAC control element may be used.
- the terminal device 1 sets (applies) a secondary cell inactivation timer for each secondary cell, as in the conventional case, except for secondary cells to which the secondary cell inactivation timer is not applied. On the other hand, the terminal device 1 does not set (apply) the secondary cell inactivation timer for the secondary cell to which the secondary cell inactivation timer is not applied. That is, the terminal device 1 does not start, stop, and restart the secondary cell inactivation timer in the designated secondary cell.
- the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 since the secondary cell deactivation timer is not set for the cell of the base station device 2-2, the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 always activate the cell of the base station device 2-2. Can be considered.
- the base station device 2 deactivates the secondary cell with respect to the secondary cell related to the base station device 2-2 in order to prevent the secondary cell from being deactivated by the secondary cell deactivation timer. Set the timer to infinity.
- the base station apparatus 2 sets information indicating that the value of the secondary cell inactivation timer is infinite for a secondary cell (or a cell group including a plurality of cells) that is not deactivated (setting). ) To the terminal device 1. For example, the base station apparatus 2 may notify the cell ID, serving cell index, or secondary cell index of the corresponding secondary cell. Further, for example, the base station apparatus 2 may notify the information indicating that the secondary cell inactivation timer is not applied in the setting for each secondary cell.
- the base station apparatus 2 may use an RRC message (for example, a radio resource control connection reconfiguration message) in order to notify the setting of the secondary cell in which the secondary cell inactivation timer is set to infinity. It may be used.
- RRC message for example, a radio resource control connection reconfiguration message
- the terminal device 1 sets (applies) the value set as the secondary cell inactivation timer to each secondary cell. That is, the terminal device 1 controls the start, stop, and restart of the secondary cell inactivation timer in the same manner as before, but the timer of the secondary cell for which infinity is specified as the value does not expire. It is no longer activated.
- the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 since the secondary cell inactivation timer of the cell of the base station device 2-2 is set to infinity, the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 always activate the cell of the base station device 2-2. Can be considered.
- the terminal device 1 uses the secondary cell deactivation timer for the secondary cell related to the base station apparatus 2-2. Is assumed to be infinity.
- the base station apparatus 2 performs control by regarding the value of the secondary cell deactivation timer as infinite for the secondary cell (or cell group including a plurality of cells) that is not deactivated.
- Information (setting) to be shown is notified to the terminal device 1.
- the base station apparatus 2 may notify the cell ID, serving cell index, or secondary cell index of the corresponding secondary cell.
- the base station apparatus 2 may notify the secondary cell inactivation setting by including information indicating that the secondary cell inactivation timer is regarded as infinite and controlled.
- the base station apparatus 2 may use an RRC message (for example, a radio resource control connection reconfiguration message) in order to notify the setting of the secondary cell that regards the secondary cell inactivation timer as infinite. It may be used.
- RRC message for example, a radio resource control connection reconfiguration message
- the terminal device 1 sets (applies) a secondary cell deactivation timer for each secondary cell as in the conventional case, except for secondary cells that do not consider the secondary cell deactivation timer to be infinite.
- the terminal device 1 sets (applies) the secondary cell inactivation timer as infinite for the secondary cell that regards the secondary cell inactivation timer as infinite. That is, the terminal device 1 controls the start, stop, and restart of the secondary cell inactivation timer in the same manner as before, but the timer of the secondary cell that is designated as an infinite value does not expire. , No longer inactivated.
- the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 always activate the cell of the base station device 2-2. It can be considered that
- the terminal device 1 prevents the secondary cell from being deactivated by the secondary cell deactivation timer, so that the secondary cell deactivation timer for the secondary cell related to the base station device 2-2. Do not keep time.
- the base station apparatus 2 notifies the terminal apparatus 1 of information (setting) indicating a secondary cell (or a cell group including a plurality of cells) that does not time the secondary cell inactivation timer.
- the base station apparatus 2 may notify the cell ID, serving cell index, or secondary cell index of the corresponding secondary cell.
- the base station device 2 may notify the information indicating that the secondary cell inactivation timer is not counted in the setting for each secondary cell.
- An RRC message for example, a radio resource control connection reconfiguration message
- a MAC control element may be used to notify the setting of a secondary cell that does not count the secondary cell inactivation timer.
- the terminal device 1 sets (applies) a secondary cell deactivation timer for each secondary cell as in the conventional case, except for the secondary cells that do not measure the secondary cell deactivation timer.
- the terminal device 1 sets (applies) a secondary cell deactivation timer for a secondary cell that does not count the secondary cell deactivation timer, but does not perform control related to timing. That is, the terminal device 1 does not start, stop, and restart the secondary cell inactivation timer in the designated secondary cell.
- the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 always keep the cell of the base station device 2-2 active by not performing the control related to the time counting of the secondary cell inactivation timer of the cell of the base station device 2-2. It can be considered that
- the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 transmit information on the state (activation, inactivation) of the secondary cell between the base station device 2-1 and the base station device 2-2. Because it becomes possible to know the state of the secondary cell without exchanging, problems related to the state mismatch of the secondary cell, in particular, activating or using unused secondary cells, that is, deactivated secondary cells The problem of inactivating the secondary cell inside, that is, the activated secondary cell can be avoided.
- the terminal apparatus 1 performs appropriate control to prevent the cell state designated by the base station apparatus 2 from being inactivated by appropriately controlling the cell state in the base station apparatus 2. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of a mismatch in the state of the secondary cell even during the connection by the dual connectivity. Moreover, the base station apparatus 2 of this embodiment can notify the terminal apparatus 1 of the suitable setting for not inactivating about the state of a part of cells. Further, since the base station apparatus 2 of the present embodiment does not have to exchange the activation / deactivation state of the secondary cell using the inter-base station apparatus message, the amount of signaling is reduced. That is, the base station apparatus 2 can cause the terminal apparatus 1 to efficiently control the cell state even in a network in which a delay occurs in the backbone line between the base station apparatuses 2.
- the terminal device 1 can have a means for controlling a part of cells used for connection so as not to be inactivated, the management of the cell state is facilitated and efficiently. You can control the state of the cell. Further, since the base station apparatus 2 can provide a means for appropriately controlling the cell state while eliminating the state mismatch between the base station apparatuses 2 with respect to the cell state set for the terminal apparatus 1, the terminal By performing efficient scheduling for the device 1, a decrease in throughput can be avoided.
- the third embodiment shows a method for notifying information related to the state of the secondary cell from the terminal device 1.
- the terminal device 1 Since the configurations of the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 of the third embodiment may be the same as those of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted. However, in 3rd Embodiment, the terminal device 1 is provided with the function which transmits the information regarding the state of a secondary cell to the base station apparatus 2, and the base station apparatus 2 transmits the information regarding the state of a secondary cell to a terminal device. 1 is provided (described later).
- FIG. 6 shows an example of a sequence chart relating to a cell state control procedure used for the activation and / or deactivation of the secondary cell in the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the terminal device 1, the base station device 2-1, and the base station device 2-2 in FIG. 6 may have the same configuration as that described in FIG. 3, and each message in FIG. The details of the messages are omitted.
- the base station apparatus 2-1 and the base station apparatus 2-2 are each connected to the terminal apparatus 1 using dual connectivity.
- the MAC control element (Activation / Deactivation MAC control) indicating activation / deactivation of the secondary cell is determined. element) is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 1 (step S400).
- the MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of the secondary cell is transmitted (included in the PDSCH) using the physical downlink shared channel PDSCH.
- the terminal device 1 transmits an ACK corresponding to the PDSCH to the base station device 2-1 as reception confirmation of the PDSCH including the MAC control element indicating activation / deactivation of the secondary cell. Note that the terminal device 1 transmits a NACK to the base station device 2-1 when the PDSCH cannot be correctly received. The terminal device 1 notifies the completion of activation / deactivation to the base station device 2-1 by transmitting an ACK (step S401).
- the terminal apparatus 1 transmits a secondary cell state notification (SCell status) to the base station apparatus 2 other than the base station apparatus 2 to which the activated and / or deactivated cell belongs (step S402). ).
- SCell status secondary cell state notification
- the terminal device 1 since the terminal device 1 has activated and / or deactivated the cell of the base station device 2-1, the secondary device state notification is transmitted to the other base station device 2-2.
- the secondary cell state notification may be transmitted using an RRC message or may be transmitted using a MAC control element.
- the terminal device 1 may reuse the measurement report message. That is, the terminal device 1 includes information indicating the current state of the secondary cell, assuming that the trigger condition of the measurement report message is satisfied when control (activation, deactivation) regarding the state of the secondary cell is performed. Send a measurement report message.
- the terminal device 1 may transmit the control information similar to the MAC control element shown in FIG. 8 using the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH (included in the PUSCH). That is, the terminal device 1 transmits a MAC control element including information indicating the current state of the secondary cell when performing control (activation, deactivation) regarding the state of the secondary cell.
- PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
- the terminal device 1 may reuse the MAC control element of PH report (Power Headroom Reporting) indicating the headroom of transmission power. That is, when the terminal apparatus 1 performs control (activation, inactivation) regarding the state of the secondary cell, the terminal apparatus 1 determines that the PH report trigger condition is satisfied, and generates a PH report MAC control element.
- the PH report MAC control element is transmitted (included in the PUSCH) using the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH.
- a setting (information) indicating whether or not the secondary cell state notification is transmitted from the base station device 2 to the terminal device 1. May be notified.
- FIG. 7 shows another example of a sequence chart regarding the cell state control procedure used for the activation and / or deactivation of the secondary cell in the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 shows that the MAC control element indicating the activation / deactivation of the secondary cell is transmitted from the base station apparatus 2-2 (step S410 and step S411), and the secondary cell state notification is sent to the base station apparatus 2- 1 is different from FIG. 6 (step S412).
- the secondary cell control method, the secondary cell state notification trigger condition, the content of information notified from the terminal device 1, and the like are the same as those described in FIG.
- the terminal device 1 when the terminal device 1 receives the MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of the secondary cell from the different base station apparatus 2, the terminal device 1 performs secondary according to the MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of the latest secondary cell. The state of the cell may be controlled. Further, when the terminal device 1 receives a MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of a secondary cell from a different base station device 2, the terminal device 1 displays a MAC control element indicating activation / inactivation of a secondary cell other than the first cell. You may ignore and control the state of a secondary cell.
- the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 send information on the state (activation, inactivation) of the secondary cell via the terminal device 1 to the base station device 2-1 and the base station. Since it is possible to notify the device 2-2, problems related to the state mismatch of the secondary cells, in particular, activating an unused secondary cell, that is, an inactivated secondary cell, The problem of inactivating a secondary cell, that is, an activated secondary cell, can be avoided.
- the terminal device 1 can avoid the occurrence of inconsistency in the state of the secondary cell even when the connection by the dual connectivity is made by notifying the base station device 2 of the cell state at an appropriate timing. Further, since the base station apparatus 2 of the present embodiment does not have to exchange the activation / deactivation state of the secondary cell using the inter-base station apparatus message, the amount of signaling is reduced. That is, the base station apparatus 2 can cause the terminal apparatus 1 to efficiently control the cell state even in a network in which a delay occurs in the backbone line between the base station apparatuses 2.
- the control method becomes efficient. Further, since the base station apparatus 2 can provide a means for appropriately controlling the cell state while eliminating the state mismatch between the base station apparatuses 2 with respect to the cell state set for the terminal apparatus 1, the terminal By performing efficient scheduling for the device 1, a decrease in throughput can be avoided.
- the uplink transmission scheme can be applied to both communication systems of the FDD (frequency division duplex) scheme and the TDD (time division duplex) scheme.
- the names of the parameters shown in the embodiments are called for convenience of explanation, and even if the parameter names actually applied and the parameter names of the embodiments of the present invention are different, the present invention It does not affect the gist of the invention claimed in the embodiment.
- connection used in each embodiment is not limited to a configuration in which a certain device and another certain device are directly connected using a physical line, and is logically connected. And a configuration in which wireless connection is performed using a wireless technology.
- the terminal device 1 is not only a portable or movable mobile station device, but also a stationary or non-movable electronic device installed indoors or outdoors, such as AV equipment, kitchen equipment, cleaning / washing equipment. , Air conditioning equipment, office equipment, vending machines, other daily life equipment, measuring equipment, in-vehicle devices, and all those equipped with communication functions such as wearable equipment and healthcare equipment that can be worn. Further, the terminal device 1 is not only for person-to-person or person-to-device communication, but also for device-to-device communication (Machine Type Communication, machine type communication) and device-to-device communication (Device to Device Communication; D2D). Used.
- the terminal device 1 is also referred to as a user terminal, a mobile station device, a communication terminal, a mobile device, a terminal, a UE (User Equipment), and an MS (Mobile Station).
- the base station apparatus 2 is also referred to as a radio base station apparatus, a base station, a radio base station, a fixed station, an NB (NodeB), an eNB (evolved NodeB), a BTS (Base Transceiver Station), and a BS (Base Station).
- the base station apparatus 2 is referred to as NB in UMTS defined by 3GPP, and is referred to as eNB in EUTRA and Advanced EUTRA.
- the terminal device 1 in UMTS, EUTRA, and Advanced EUTRA defined by 3GPP is referred to as a UE.
- each part of the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 or a part of these functions are realized by using the functional block diagram of the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 of the embodiment.
- the method, means, or algorithm steps of have been described, they can be directly embodied in hardware, software modules executed by a processor, or a combination of the two.
- Computer-readable media includes both communication media and computer recording media including media that facilitate carrying a computer program from one place to another.
- One or more instructions or codes are recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and one or more instructions or codes recorded on the recording medium are read into a computer system and executed, thereby executing the terminal device 1 or the base.
- the station device 2 may be controlled.
- the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
- a program that operates in the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 according to each embodiment of the present invention is a program that controls a CPU or the like (a computer is installed) so as to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments according to each embodiment of the present invention.
- Program to function Information handled by these devices is temporarily stored in the RAM at the time of processing, then stored in various ROMs and HDDs, read out by the CPU, and corrected and written as necessary.
- the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a semiconductor medium (eg, RAM, nonvolatile memory card, etc.), an optical recording medium (eg, DVD, MO, MD, CD, BD, etc.), a magnetic recording medium (eg, , A magnetic tape, a flexible disk, etc.) and a storage device such as a disk unit built in a computer system.
- the “computer-readable recording medium” means that a program is dynamically held for a short time, like a communication line when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, it is intended to include those that hold a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case.
- the program may be for realizing a part of the above-described functions, and further, may be realized by combining the above-described functions with a program already recorded in a computer system. good.
- each functional block or various features of the terminal device 1 and the base station device 2 used in each of the above embodiments is a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor designed to execute the functions described in this specification. (DSP), application specific or general purpose integrated circuit (ASIC), field programmable gate array signal (FPGA), or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or combinations thereof It can be implemented or implemented by something.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific or general purpose integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array signal
- FPGA field programmable gate array signal
- the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but instead the processor may be a conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
- the general-purpose processor or each circuit described above may be configured by a digital circuit or an analog circuit.
- the processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices. For example, a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors connected to a DSP core, or a combination of other such configurations.
- the present invention can be applied to mobile phones, personal computers, tablet computers, and the like.
- Terminal device 2 2-1, 2-2 Base station device 101, 201 Receiving unit 102, 202 Demodulating unit 103, 203 Decoding unit 104, 204 Received data control unit 105, 205 Physical layer control unit 106, 206 Transmission data control Unit 107, 207 Encoding unit 108, 208 Modulating unit 109, 209 Transmitting unit 110, 210 Radio resource control unit 211 Network signal transmitting / receiving unit 300 MME 400 SGW
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Description
本願は、2013年7月19日に、日本に出願された特願2013-150100号に基づき優先権を主張し、その内容をここに援用する。
EUTRAおよびAdvanced EUTRAで使用される主な物理チャネル、物理シグナルについて説明を行なう。チャネルとは信号の送受信に用いられる媒体を意味し、物理チャネルとは信号の送受信に用いられる物理的な媒体を意味する。本発明において、物理チャネルは、信号と同義的に使用され得る。物理チャネルは、EUTRA、およびAdvanced EUTRAにおいて、今後追加、または、その構造やフォーマット形式が変更または追加される可能性があるが、変更または追加された場合でも本発明の各実施形態の説明には影響しない。
基地局装置によって制御される各周波数の通信可能範囲(通信エリア)はセルとしてみなされる。このとき、基地局装置がカバーする通信エリアは周波数毎にそれぞれ異なる広さ、異なる形状であっても良い。また、カバーするエリアが周波数毎に異なっていてもよい。基地局装置の種別やセル半径の大きさが異なるセルが、同一の周波数または異なる周波数のエリアに混在して一つの通信システムを形成している無線ネットワークのことを、ヘテロジニアスネットワークと称する。
また、端末装置と基地局装置は、キャリア・アグリゲーションによって複数の異なる周波数バンド(周波数帯)の周波数(コンポーネントキャリア、または周波数帯域)を集約(アグリゲート、aggregate)して一つの周波数(周波数帯域)のように扱う技術を適用してもよい。キャリア・アグリゲーションにおいて、コンポーネントキャリアとして、上りリンクに対応する上りリンクコンポーネントキャリアと、下りリンクに対応する下りリンクコンポーネントキャリアとがある。本明細書において、周波数と周波数帯域は同義的に使用され得る。
図9および図10を用いてデュアルコネクティビティの基本構造(アーキテクチャー)について説明する。図9および図10は、端末装置1が、複数の基地局装置2(図中では基地局装置2-1、基地局装置2-2で示す)と同時に接続していることを示している。基地局装置2-1はマクロセルを構成する基地局装置であり、基地局装置2-2はスモールセルを構成する基地局装置であるとする。このように、端末装置1が、複数の基地局装置2に属する複数のセルを用いて同時に接続することをデュアルコネクティビティと称し、デュアルコネクティビティを実現するための技術を用いて端末装置1と複数の基地局装置2とが接続することを、「デュアルコネクティビティを用いる」、「デュアルコネクティビティによる接続」、またはこれらと同義の表現を用いて説明する。各基地局装置2に属するセルは同じ周波数で運用されていてもよいし、異なる周波数で運用されていてもよい。
本発明の第1の実施形態について以下に説明する。
本発明の第2の実施形態について以下に説明する。
本発明の第3の実施形態について以下に説明する。
2、2-1、2-2 基地局装置
101、201 受信部
102、202 復調部
103、203 復号部
104、204 受信データ制御部
105、205 物理レイヤ制御部
106、206 送信データ制御部
107、207 符号部
108、208 変調部
109、209 送信部
110、210 無線リソース制御部
211 ネットワーク信号送受信部
300 MME
400 SGW
Claims (11)
- 複数のセルを用いる端末装置であって、
基地局装置から送信される情報に基づいて一つ以上のセルを追加し、
追加したセルを対象として適用される、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化するタイマーを、追加した一部のセルに対して適用しない、
端末装置。 - 前記タイマーを適用しない前記一部のセルは、前記基地局装置からRRCメッセージを用いて通知される請求項1に記載の端末装置。
- 前記タイマーを適用しない前記一部のセルは、デュアルコネクティビティを用いて接続されるセカンダリセルの一つである請求項1に記載の端末装置。
- 複数のセルを用いる端末装置と接続する基地局装置であって、
前記端末装置に対して一つ以上のセルの追加を通知し、
前記セルの追加を通知する場合に、通知した一部のセルを除いて前記端末装置において適用される、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化するタイマーを通知する、
基地局装置。 - 前記タイマーを適用しない前記一部のセルをRRCメッセージを用いて前記端末装置に通知する請求項4に記載の基地局装置。
- 前記タイマーを適用しない前記一部のセルは、デュアルコネクティビティを用いて接続されるセカンダリセルの一つである請求項4に記載の基地局装置。
- 複数のセルを用いる端末装置と、前記端末装置と接続する基地局装置とを含む通信システムであって、
前記基地局装置は、前記端末装置に対して一つ以上のセルの追加を通知する場合に、通知した一部のセルを除いて前記端末装置において適用される、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化するタイマーを通知し、
前記端末装置は、前記基地局装置から送信される情報に基づいて一つ以上のセルを追加し、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化する前記タイマーを、追加した一部のセルに対して適用しないように制御する、
通信システム。 - 複数のセルを用いる端末装置の制御方法であって、
基地局装置から送信される情報に基づいて一つ以上のセルを追加するステップと、
追加したセルを対象として適用される、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化するタイマーを、追加した一部のセルに対して適用しないように制御するステップと、を少なくとも備える、
制御方法。 - 複数のセルを用いる端末装置と接続する基地局装置の制御方法であって、
前記端末装置に対して一つ以上のセルの追加を通知するステップと、前記セルの追加を通知する場合に、通知した一部のセルを除いて前記端末装置において適用される、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化するタイマーを通知するステップと、を少なくとも備える、
制御方法。 - 複数のセルを用いる端末装置に搭載される集積回路であって、
前記端末装置において、基地局装置から送信される情報に基づいて一つ以上のセルを追加する機能と、
追加したセルを対象として適用される、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化するタイマーを、追加した一部のセルに対して適用しないように制御する機能と、を含む一連の機能を前記端末装置に発揮させる、
集積回路。 - 複数のセルを用いる端末装置と接続する基地局装置に搭載される集積回路であって、
前記端末装置に対して一つ以上のセルの追加を通知する機能と、前記セルの追加を通知する場合に、通知した一部のセルを除いて前記端末装置において適用される、満了した場合に活性化しているセルを不活性化するタイマーを通知する機能と、を含む一連の機能を前記基地局装置に発揮させる、
集積回路。
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