WO2015025605A1 - 通信制御装置及び無線通信装置 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a communication control device and a wireless communication device.
- the secondary use of the frequency means that another system secondary uses a part or all of the frequency channel preferentially assigned to a certain system.
- a system to which frequency channels are preferentially assigned is called a primary system, and a system that secondary uses the frequency channels is called a secondary system.
- a typical example of the secondary system is a cognitive radio system.
- TV white space is an example of a frequency channel for which secondary use is being discussed (see Non-Patent Document 1).
- the TV white space refers to a channel that is not used by the television broadcasting system according to the region among frequency channels assigned to the television broadcasting system as the primary system. By opening up this TV white space to the secondary system, efficient use of frequency resources can be realized.
- Non-Patent Document 1 defines technical requirements and operation requirements of a white space device (WSD) using a secondary system.
- a device that operates the secondary system is also referred to as a master WSD, and a device that participates in the secondary system is also referred to as a slave WSD.
- Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 disclose techniques for suppressing the cumulative interference that a plurality of secondary systems give to a primary system to an acceptable level.
- the calculation cost for evaluating the cumulative interference given to the primary system increases as the number of secondary systems increases. For example, if the number of master WSDs that secondarily use white space for the same primary system is doubled, the calculation cost can be quadrupled. If the calculation for interference evaluation is not completed within the allowable time, the power allocation cannot follow the change in the number of secondary systems, and the effectiveness of the control may be lost.
- a calculation for calculating a transmission power to be allocated including a reference transmission power and a margin for interference avoidance of one or more secondary systems that secondary use a frequency channel protected for the primary system And a determination unit that determines a change in the number of secondary systems and causes the calculation unit to adjust the margin for interference avoidance based on the determined change.
- a communication unit that communicates with a master device of one or more secondary systems that secondarily use a frequency channel protected for the primary system, a reference transmission power, and a change amount of the number of secondary systems.
- a parameter for identifying the allocated transmission power based on information obtained from a data server that calculates the allocated transmission power for the secondary system, including a margin for interference avoidance adjusted based on
- a control unit that performs signaling to the master device via the communication unit.
- a wireless communication apparatus that operates a secondary system that secondary uses a frequency channel protected for a primary system, and adjusts based on a change in the number of secondary transmissions and a reference transmission power
- a communication unit for receiving signaling of a parameter for identifying the allocated transmission power based on information acquired from a data server that calculates an allocated transmission power for the secondary system, including a margin for interference avoidance performed
- a communication control unit that controls wireless communication between the wireless communication device and one or more terminal devices according to the allocated transmission power specified using the parameter.
- wireless communication apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the other example of a system model. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a schematic structure of GLDB. It is a block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of eNB. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a schematic structure of a smart phone. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a schematic structure of a car navigation apparatus.
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for describing an overview of a communication control system 1 according to an embodiment of the technology according to the present disclosure.
- the communication control system 1 includes a primary transmission / reception station 10, one or more wireless communication devices 20a, 20b,..., And a communication control device 100.
- the primary transmitting / receiving station 10 is a transmitting / receiving station installed to operate the primary system on a frequency channel that is legally authorized or authorized to use.
- the primary transmitting / receiving station 10 transmits a radio signal of the primary system to a primary terminal (not shown) located inside the service area 11.
- the primary system may be, for example, a television broadcasting system such as a DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) system.
- the primary terminal is a receiver (also referred to as an incumbent receiver) having a television antenna and a tuner.
- the primary system may be a mobile communication system that operates in accordance with a communication scheme such as LTE, LTE-A, GSM, UMTS, W-CDMA, CDMA200, WiMAX, WiMAX2, or IEEE 802.16.
- the primary system may be another type of wireless communication system such as an aeronautical radio system (for example, ARNS (Aeronautical Radio Navigation Service)).
- the primary transmitting / receiving station 10 is connected to the core network 15.
- the core network 15 includes a plurality of control nodes each having roles such as user information management, terminal mobility management, packet transfer, and a gateway.
- Each of the wireless communication devices 20a, 20b,... Is a master device that operates a secondary system by secondary use of a frequency channel protected for the primary system.
- the wireless communication apparatuses 20a, 20b,... May be, for example, the master WSD described in Non-Patent Document 1, or other types of devices such as a small cell base station or a wireless access point.
- Small cells may include femtocells, nanocells, picocells, microcells, and the like.
- the wireless communication device 20 transmits and receives wireless signals to and from slave devices (not shown) located around the device itself.
- slave devices not shown
- the radio signal of the secondary system interferes with the primary terminal.
- interference observed at the primary terminal can be accumulated.
- the wireless communication device 20 is connected to a packet data network (PDN) 16 via a backhaul link.
- the backhaul link may be a wired link or a wireless link.
- the PDN 16 is connected to the core network 15 via a gateway (not shown).
- the communication control device 100 is a data server arranged in the PDN 16.
- the communication control device 100 may be, for example, a GLDB (Geo-location Database) described in Non-Patent Document 1, or may be another type of server.
- the communication control apparatus 100 may be arranged in the core network 15 without being limited to the example of FIG.
- a functional entity having a function equivalent to that of the communication control apparatus 100 may be mounted on the primary transmitting / receiving station 10.
- the communication control apparatus 100 allocates transmission power to each of the secondary systems so that cumulative interference caused by radio signals from one or more secondary systems does not adversely affect the primary system.
- the wireless communication device 20 that is the master device of each secondary system transmits an activation request to the communication control device 100 via the backhaul link when starting operation of the system.
- the communication control apparatus 100 calculates transmission power to be allocated to each secondary system. Then, the communication control apparatus 100 notifies the wireless communication apparatus 20 of the transmission power allocation result (and other information such as a list of available channels). Through these procedures, the secondary system can be operated.
- cumulative interference caused by radio signals from the secondary system is estimated as an interference level at any point (referred to as a reference point) in the service area 11. Then, the communication control apparatus 100 calculates transmission power to be allocated to each secondary system so that the estimated interference level does not exceed the allowable level.
- the reference point may be, for example, a point on the protection contour of the service area 11 where the distance from each wireless communication device 20 is the smallest. Instead, the reference point may be a point where a primary terminal with the shortest distance from each wireless communication device 20 exists. In the example of FIG. 1, reference points 22 a, 22 b,... Corresponding to the wireless communication devices 20 a, 20 b,.
- the power distribution method described in Patent Document 1 or the margin minimization method (method using flexible minimized margin) described in Non-Patent Document 2 results in setting the margin for avoiding interference as small as possible.
- the calculation cost for calculating the allocated transmission power increases as the number of secondary systems increases.
- the computational cost may increase on the order of the square of the number of secondary systems (the product of the number of reference points and the number of secondary systems). In consideration of the processing for setting the reference point and the signaling overhead, the calculation cost for calculating the allocated transmission power cannot be ignored.
- FIG. 3 shows a primary transmitting / receiving station 10a that operates a primary system within the service area 11a in the geographic area 3a.
- the communication control apparatus 100a has an authority to allocate transmission power to one or more secondary systems that secondarily use the frequency channel for the primary transmitting / receiving station 10a in the geographical area 3a.
- the right half of FIG. 3 shows a primary transmitting / receiving station 10b that operates the primary system within the service area 11b in the geographical area 3b.
- the communication control device 100b has an authority to allocate transmission power to one or more secondary systems that secondarily use the frequency channel for the primary transmission / reception station 10b in the geographic region 3b.
- the communication control apparatus 100a needs to consider the interference signal from the secondary system in the geographical area 3b depending on the positional relationship of the devices between the areas or the state of transmission power allocation. Even in such a case, the number of secondary systems to be included in the calculation of power allocation may increase.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing an example of the relationship between the number of secondary systems and the calculation cost of allocated transmission power.
- the horizontal axis of FIG. 4 shows the number of active master WDSs, that is, the number of secondary systems to be included in the power allocation calculation.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 4 indicates the calculation cost of power allocation estimated according to a certain simulation model. As understood from FIG. 4, the calculation cost increases as the number of master devices of the secondary system increases.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a delay in power allocation.
- the calculation of power allocation is periodically executed with a period DCP along the horizontal time axis.
- the period DCP may be defined in units of subframes, radio frames, milliseconds or seconds, for example.
- X 0 pieces of secondary system is activated. Transmission power to be assigned to X 0 pieces of secondary system is calculated over the time length D0. Since the time length D0 is shorter than the period D CP, the result of the power allocation is notified to each secondary system in a timely manner.
- X 1 secondary systems are further activated. Transmission power to be allocated to X 0 + X 1 single secondary system is calculated over the time length D1. Since the time length D1 is shorter than the period D CP, the result of the power allocation is notified to each secondary system in a timely manner.
- X 2 pieces of the secondary system is further activated.
- Transmission power to be assigned to X 0 + X 1 + X 2 pieces of secondary system is calculated over the duration D2. Longer than the duration D2 is the period D CP, notification to each secondary system results in power allocation is delayed until after the next calculation period is started at time T 3.
- X 3 secondary systems are further activated. Transmission power to be assigned to X 0 + X 1 + X 2 + X 3 pieces of the secondary system is calculated over the duration D3. The notification of the result of the power allocation to each secondary system is larger than the previous delay.
- X 0 pieces of secondary system is deactivated.
- the transmission power to be allocated to the X 1 + X 2 + X 3 secondary systems is calculated over the time length D4. Although the time length D4 is shorter than the period D CP, since the remaining influence of the delay up to the previous notification to the secondary system for the resulting power allocation until after the next calculation period is started at time T 5 Delay.
- Such delays include loss of secondary system communication opportunities due to transmission power not being allocated, reduced resource utilization efficiency, and the occurrence of harmful interference due to timely updates of power allocation, etc.
- Various harmful effects can be caused. Therefore, in the embodiment described later, in order to cope with these adverse effects and to achieve both the prevention of harmful interference and the speed of power allocation, an existing method with a large calculation cost is simplified as an algorithm for power allocation.
- a mechanism for adaptively switching between the method for estimating the margin is realized. For example, an existing method with a high calculation cost and a power distribution method described in Patent Document 1 or a margin minimization method described in Non-Patent Document 2 may be used.
- the transmission power allocated to each secondary system is calculated using the reference transmission power of the secondary system and a margin for avoiding interference.
- the reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD of the secondary system is also called maximum radiated power and can be calculated according to the following equation:
- the reference point here is a point on the protection boundary closest to the master device (or the position of the nearest primary transmitting / receiving station). When there is no primary transmission / reception station, the reference point may be set to infinity.
- the calculation formula is expressed in a decibel format in principle.
- m Z is the minimum reception sensitivity of the primary terminal
- m G is the path gain
- r (df) is the protection ratio corresponding to the separation frequency df
- SM is the shadowing margin.
- the path gain may depend on the distance between the point where the device is located and the reference point, and the antenna height of the device.
- the protection ratio can depend on the frequency channel used secondary.
- the transmission power P IB WSD allocated to each secondary system is calculated by subtracting the interference avoidance margin IM from the reference transmission power so that the cumulative interference level from the plurality of secondary systems is not harmful at the reference point, as shown in the following equation. Calculated by subtraction.
- the interference avoidance margin IM may in principle be common to all secondary systems.
- three methods of a fixed margin method, a flexible margin method, and a margin minimization method are known.
- the interference avoidance margin IM is calculated according to the following equation using the total number N Potential of secondary systems.
- the interference avoidance margin IM is calculated according to the following equation using the number of active secondary systems N Active (f WSD ) for each channel.
- the active secondary system in this case may mean a system that is simply activated, or may mean a system that uses transmission power exceeding some reference value in the channel f WSD . .
- the interference avoidance margin IM is calculated according to the following expression using the total number N Potential of secondary systems and the margin reduction term ⁇ .
- r (0) is the separation frequency zero, that is, the protection ratio of the same channel (co-channel)
- I Agg, max represents the accumulated interference amount at the reference point with the largest interference.
- the accumulated interference amount here may include an interference amount from another system.
- the margin reduction term ⁇ contributes to increase the throughput of the secondary system and improve the resource utilization efficiency.
- the margin minimization method in order to derive the cumulative interference amount I Agg, max , it is required to evaluate the cumulative interference level for all reference points.
- IM ′ is an interference avoidance margin after adjustment
- IM Base is an interference avoidance margin (adjustment reference value) at the reference time point
- dM is a margin adjustment amount.
- the margin adjustment dM is expressed as follows from Equation (5) and Equation (6). can do. Note that the number of secondary systems and their changes may be targeted only for active devices, or may be the total number.
- dI represents the magnitude of change in the accumulated interference amount I Agg, max corresponding to the change N WSD_VAR in the number of secondary systems (hereinafter referred to as estimated interference change).
- the estimated interference change dI is simply estimated based on the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems instead of being strictly calculated.
- the estimated interference change dI is estimated using a table that defines a mapping between the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems and the estimated interference change dI.
- Tables 1 and 2 show examples of mapping tables, respectively.
- the estimated interference change dI is directly mapped to the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems.
- Table 2 the estimated interference change dI is mapped to a range to which the change amount N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems belongs.
- the estimated interference change dI can be derived with a small calculation cost by looking up a predefined mapping table.
- the estimated interference change dI is estimated based on the assumption that the number of secondary systems is proportional to the cumulative interference amount. Under this assumption, the estimated interference change dI can be expressed as:
- the margin adjustment dM can be easily calculated using only the secondary system number N WSD and the change N WSD_VAR of the secondary system number at the reference time point.
- margin adjustment dM may be calculated as shown in the following equation by incorporating the concept of the flexible margin method into equation (7).
- f m N WSD_VAR ) represents the number of secondary systems to which the mth frequency channel is allocated among the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems.
- I TH represents a threshold value that can correspond to the maximum value of cumulative interference allowed by the primary terminal.
- the number of secondary systems in the power calculation model described in this section may be based on the number of devices of one or both of the master device and the slave device of the secondary system. For example, when the secondary system is operated in a time division manner and the slave device uses transmission power equivalent to (or lower than) the transmission power of the master device, only the number of devices of the master device is counted as the number of secondary systems. Is enough. On the other hand, for example, when the master device and the slave device can transmit signals at the same time, by counting the number of both the master device and the slave device as the number of secondary systems, safe power calculation can be guaranteed.
- the number of these devices may be calculated by adding a weight depending on the device configuration.
- the device configuration herein may include, for example, one or more of antenna height, transmit power (which may be maximum or desired, or may be allocated transmit power for existing devices), and available frequency channels. .
- transmit power which may be maximum or desired, or may be allocated transmit power for existing devices
- available frequency channels available frequency channels.
- the higher the antenna of a device the greater the contribution to interference of signals emanating from that device.
- the risk of harmful interference can be effectively reduced through power recalculation or adjustment.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a logical configuration of the communication control apparatus 100 according to an embodiment.
- the communication control apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130.
- the communication unit 110 communicates with the wireless communication device 20 via the backhaul link of the wireless communication device 20. For example, the communication unit 110 receives an activation request from the wireless communication device 20 that has been activated or moved to a geographical area managed by the communication control device 100. The communication unit 110 also receives secondary system information described later from the wireless communication device 20. Then, when calculation for power allocation is executed by control unit 130, communication unit 110 transmits power allocation related information based on the calculation result to radio communication apparatus 20.
- the communication unit 110 can also communicate with the primary transmitting / receiving station 10 and the control node in the core network 15.
- the communication unit 110 can communicate with a data server (for example, a GLDB that manages an adjacent area) that has an authority to allocate transmission power in an area around the geographical area managed by the communication control apparatus 100.
- a data server for example, a GLDB that manages an adjacent area
- the storage unit 120 stores a program and data for the operation of the communication control apparatus 100 using a storage medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.
- the data stored by the storage unit 120 includes, for example, primary system information collected from a primary transmission / reception station 10 or a control node in the core network 15 or stored in advance.
- the primary system information includes, for example, the position of the primary transmitting / receiving station, the arrangement of the service area, the frequency channel to be protected, the minimum reception sensitivity of the primary terminal, the protection ratio, the shadowing margin, the allowable interference level, the identifier of the radio access technology, and the actual measurement.
- One or more of the measured interference levels can be used, for example, when specifying the reference point in the above-described power calculation model.
- the data stored by the storage unit 120 includes secondary system information collected from each of the wireless communication devices 20.
- Secondary system information includes the master device identifier, location, antenna height, device type, radiation characteristics (eg ACLR (Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio)), radio access technology identifier, and transmission power information (eg maximum transmission power and (Or desired transmission power).
- the data stored by the storage unit 120 may include power allocation related information notified to the wireless communication device 20.
- the power allocation related information may include one or more of a list of available frequency channels, reference transmission power (maximum radiated power), interference avoidance margin, interference avoidance margin adjustment, and information validity period.
- the data stored by the storage unit 120 includes parameters used for calculation of power allocation.
- the parameters are, for example, the calculation period of power allocation, the determination threshold compared with the number of secondary systems, the mapping table for deriving the estimated interference change, and the number of secondary systems, accumulated interference amount and interference at the past reference time point.
- One or more of the avoidance margins may be included.
- control unit 130 controls the overall operation of the communication control device 100.
- the control unit 130 includes a determination unit 132, a calculation unit 134, and a signaling unit 136.
- the determination unit 132 is executed by the calculation unit 134 according to a condition that depends on the number of secondary systems. Switch calculation processing for power allocation. As an example, when the number of secondary systems after the change is less than the determination threshold, the determination unit 132 recalculates the calculation unit 134 to transmit power to be allocated to the secondary system according to the margin minimization method in the power calculation model described above. Let Moreover, the determination part 132 makes the calculation part 134 adjust the transmission power calculated in the past, when the number of secondary systems after a change exceeds a determination threshold value.
- the determination threshold here is set so that the estimated calculation time depending on the number of secondary systems does not exceed the allowable calculation time.
- the allowable calculation time may be set in advance according to any conditions such as requirements for operating the secondary system, hardware restrictions of the communication control device 100, rules of the operator operating the communication control device 100, and the like. Good.
- the determination unit 132 dynamically sets an allowable calculation time according to processing conditions such as a load applied to processing resources (such as a processor and a memory) of the communication control apparatus 100 or the number of available processor cores. It may be set.
- the allowable calculation time may be equal to the calculation period of the power allocation described above.
- the allowed calculation time may be equal to such a scheduling period.
- the determination unit 132 tracks changes in the number of secondary systems by monitoring activation requests and deactivation requests received from the wireless communication device 20.
- N WSD represents the number of secondary systems at the reference time
- N WSD_VAR represents the change in the number of secondary systems from the reference time.
- the determination condition for switching the calculation process in the calculation unit 134 can be expressed as follows.
- the determination unit 132 causes the calculation unit 134 to adjust the transmission power calculated in the past based on the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems.
- the determination threshold value N TH in the conditional expression (12) can be derived as follows.
- Equation (14) is merely an example.
- margin determination threshold N TH may be counted.
- the reference time point may be a time point at which the transmission power is finally recalculated by the calculation unit 134.
- the determination unit 132 changes the number of secondary systems at time T 1 even if the transmission power is subsequently adjusted at time T 2 .
- the reference value N WSD where the minute becomes zero is held. In this case, even if the transmission power is roughly adjusted a plurality of times by a simple method, adjustment errors are not accumulated, and the risk of harmful interference due to error accumulation is avoided.
- the reference time point may be a time point immediately before the transmission power is recalculated or adjusted.
- the determination unit 132 if the transmission power at time T 2, is adjusted, the number of secondary system at time T 2,, variation is held as a reference value N WSD becomes zero. In this case, since the determination unit 132 only needs to hold the number of secondary systems in the latest and previous calculation periods, the calculation process can be simplified.
- the method of simply adjusting only the interference avoidance margin based on the change in the number of secondary systems makes it possible to obtain a result with a small calculation cost while sacrificing the optimality of power allocation to some extent.
- the determination unit 132 further causes the calculation unit 134 to recalculate transmission power or adjust transmission power calculated in the past according to additional determination conditions that depend on factors other than changes in the number of secondary systems. , May be determined.
- the factor that determines the additional determination condition here may be, for example, at least one of a reference point, a frequency channel that is secondarily used, a device antenna height, and an interference level from another system. . For example, when the degree of change of these factors is large, it is determined that the additional determination condition is satisfied, and the interference avoidance margin can be adjusted.
- the calculation unit 134 calculates transmission power to be allocated to one or more secondary systems that secondarily use the frequency channel protected for the primary system.
- the calculation unit 134 recalculates (calculates) the transmission power allocated to each secondary system, for example, according to the above-described margin minimization method, unless the above-described determination condition for switching the calculation process is satisfied.
- the transmission power of each secondary system can be calculated using the reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD and the interference avoidance margin IM as shown in Expression (2).
- the calculation unit 134 calculates only the adjustment dM of the interference avoidance margin based on the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems, as shown in Expression (7) or Expression (9). By calculating, the interference avoidance margin IM is adjusted. Calculation unit 134, for example, by substituting the secondary system number of variation N WSD_VAR, cumulative interference amount I Agg in variation dI and reference point of the interference amount is estimated based on the N WSD_VAR, the max in equation (7) Thus, the adjustment amount dM of the interference avoidance margin may be calculated.
- the calculation unit 134 may derive the estimated interference change dI using a mapping table that defines the mapping between the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems and the estimated interference change dI. Also, the calculation unit 134 substitutes the number of secondary systems N WSD and the change N WSD_VAR into the equation (9) based on the assumption that the number of secondary systems and the accumulated interference amount are proportional, for example, thereby obtaining an interference avoidance margin.
- the adjustment amount dM may be calculated. In either case, a calculation cost that increases in the order of the square of the number of secondary systems is not required. Compared to a method of recalculating the transmission power of the entire system, the calculation of the interference avoidance margin adjustment dM is completed within a shorter time.
- the calculation unit 134 can calculate the reference transmission power of the secondary system operated by the new wireless communication device 20.
- the reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD is calculated using parameters included in the primary system information and the secondary system information according to Equation (1).
- the calculation of the reference transmission power may be delegated to the secondary system. For example, when the load on the calculation unit 134 is higher than a predetermined threshold in a certain calculation period, the calculation unit 134 can delegate the calculation of the reference transmission power to the secondary system. In that case, a parameter for calculating the reference transmission power can be signaled to the radio communication apparatus 20 which is the master device of the secondary system.
- the signaling unit 136 performs signaling between the primary transmission / reception station 10, the control node in the core network 15, the radio communication device 20, and other data servers via the communication unit 110. For example, whenever the transmission power allocated to each secondary system is recalculated by the calculation unit 134 or the interference avoidance margin is adjusted, the wireless communication device 20 that is the master device of the active secondary system is notified of the power allocation related information. To do.
- the transmission power P IB WSD allocated to each secondary system includes a reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD and an interference avoidance margin IM. While the reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD varies from system to system, the interference avoidance margin IM is common to a plurality of secondary systems. In the calculation period in which the interference avoidance margin IM is adjusted, that is, in the calculation period in which the number of secondary systems after the change satisfies the conditional expression (12), the reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD is not updated and is shown in the expression (6). Only margin adjustment dM is calculated. In this case, the signaling unit 136 signals only the interference avoidance margin adjustment dM calculated by the calculation unit 134 to the existing secondary system.
- the signaling unit 136 and the interference avoidance margin IM Base notified to the existing secondary system at the past reference time point and the reference transmission power P IB Signal with SingleWSD .
- the wireless communication apparatus 20 that is the master device of the secondary system can derive the adjusted interference avoidance margin IM ′ by adding the interference avoidance margin IM Base and the margin adjustment amount dM at the reference time point.
- the signaling unit 136 may signal the adjusted interference avoidance margin IM ′ to both the existing secondary system and the new secondary system. Further, the signaling unit 136 may signal the allocated transmission power P IB WSD to the secondary system at some timing.
- the signaling unit 136 When the calculation of the reference transmission power is delegated to the secondary system according to the load of the calculation unit 134, the signaling unit 136 signals a parameter for calculating the reference transmission power to the new secondary system.
- Parameters for calculating the reference transmission power include, for example, the position of the primary transceiver station, the list of available frequency channels, the minimum reception sensitivity of the primary terminal, the protection ratio, the shadowing margin, and the total number of secondary systems (N WSD + N WSD_VAR ) May be included.
- the reference transmission power is calculated by the wireless communication device 20 itself that is the master device of the new secondary system.
- the signaling unit 136 may receive a report of the calculation result of the reference transmission power from the wireless communication device 20 and store the report in the storage unit 120.
- the reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD may be updated.
- the interference avoidance margin IM is also recalculated.
- the signaling unit 136 signals the recalculated reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD and interference avoidance margin IM to the existing secondary system and the new secondary system.
- the interference avoidance margin IM notified here can be treated as a reference value for the subsequent adjustment of the interference avoidance margin.
- the signaling message for the signaling unit 136 to notify the wireless communication apparatus 20 of the power allocation related information may include an indicator indicating the type of parameter to be notified.
- the value of the assigned transmission power parameter type is not limited to the example described above, and may be another value.
- the communication control system 1 can support various signaling variations, and can select an optimum signaling method from the viewpoint of reducing overhead or implementation complexity. .
- the communication control apparatus 100 may be a data server having an authority to allocate transmission power to one or more secondary systems in the geographical area 3a, for example.
- the existence of the secondary system in the adjacent area 3b adjacent to the geographical area 3a should be taken into consideration when the transmission power is allocated.
- An example of such a situation is a situation where a secondary system using a large or relatively large transmission power is operated near a region boundary.
- the signaling unit 136 may acquire information indicating the number of secondary systems to be considered in the adjacent area 3b from another data server having the authority to allocate transmission power to the secondary system for the adjacent area 3b.
- the secondary system number N WSD_A means the reference value N WSD of the secondary system number
- the secondary system number N WSD_B means the change N WSD_VAR in the spatial direction of the secondary system. Is understood to have
- the determination unit 132 uses the interference avoidance margin IM included in the transmission power calculated in the past in consideration of only the geographic region 3a to change the number of secondary systems. Based on the minute N WSD_B , the calculation unit 132 is adjusted. Since the secondary system number N WSD_B is positive, the equation (7) can be modified as follows.
- the communication control apparatus 100 determines only the number of secondary systems that should be considered from an apparatus having authority for the adjacent area. Just get it.
- the communication control apparatus 100 can quickly give a communication opportunity to the secondary system while appropriately protecting the primary system by adjusting the interference avoidance margin by using the acquired number of secondary systems.
- the signaling unit 136 may acquire other parameters such as the estimated interference change dI from a device having authority for the adjacent region.
- the calculation unit 134 calculates the transmission power P Alloc WSD assigned to each secondary system using the signaling reduction margin M int in addition to the reference transmission power P IB SingleWSD and the interference avoidance margin IM as shown in the following equation. To do.
- the calculation unit 134 uses the adjustment dM of the interference avoidance margin IM in Expression (17) as the change in the number of secondary systems.
- N Calculate based on WSD_VAR .
- the following conditional expression (18) is satisfied, no harmful interference occurs even if the secondary system continuously uses the allocated transmission power P Alloc WSD .
- the right side of conditional expression (18) is equal to the allocated transmission power P Alloc WSD .
- Conditional expression (18) can be transformed equivalently as follows.
- the signaling unit 136 converts the margin adjustment dM to the existing secondary system. Do not signal to the system.
- the calculation unit 134 uses the adjustment dM of the interference avoidance margin IM in Expression (17) as the change in the number of secondary systems. Calculate based on the minute N WSD_VAR . At this time, when the following conditional expression (20) is satisfied, the improvement of the throughput by adjusting the transmission power of the secondary system is small.
- M TH_Int is a signaling overhead reduction threshold that can be set in advance.
- M TH_Int is a signaling overhead reduction threshold that can be set in advance.
- the number of power allocation calculations is reduced by incorporating a kind of hysteresis control instead of strictly tracking the number of secondary systems.
- the calculation unit 134 sets the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems to a virtual value N WSD_VAR ′ that is larger than the actual value and calculates the margin adjustment dM as shown in the following equation. To do.
- the calculation unit 134 adjusts the interference avoidance margin as long as the total number of secondary systems (N WSD + N WSD_VAR ) does not exceed a virtual value (N WSD + N WSD_VAR ′). You don't have to do it. Thereby, the frequency of signaling to each secondary system is reduced.
- the virtual value N WSD_VAR ′ may be fixedly set in advance or may be set dynamically.
- the calculation unit 134 holds the maximum number of secondary systems managed by the communication control apparatus 100 for each hour as a communication history, and the virtual secondary system number (N WSD + N WSD_VAR ′) is equal to the maximum number.
- the virtual value N WSD_VAR ′ may be set so that As a result, the interference avoidance margin is greatly calculated ahead of the increase in the number of secondary systems, so that transmission power can be quickly allocated to a new secondary system without causing harmful interference to the primary system. .
- An effective period may be set for the virtual value N WSD_VAR ′. In this case, after the validity period has elapsed, the calculation unit 134 adjusts the interference avoidance margin (or recalculates transmission power) regardless of the virtual value N WSD_VAR ′, and the result of power allocation is transferred to the secondary system. Can be signaled.
- the calculation unit 134 does not have to perform adjustment of the interference avoidance margin.
- FIG. 7A is a flowchart illustrating a first example of the flow of power distribution processing according to an embodiment.
- the time when the transmission power is finally recalculated by the calculation unit 134 is treated as the reference time for the change in the number of secondary systems.
- step S110 the determination unit 132 waits for a change in the number of secondary systems (step S110). If the number of secondary systems has changed, the process proceeds to step S115.
- the determination unit 132 determines whether the number of secondary systems after the change (N WSD + N WSD_VAR ) exceeds the determination threshold value N TH (step S115). If the number of secondary systems after the change does not exceed the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S120. On the other hand, when the number of secondary systems after the change exceeds the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S140.
- step S120 the calculation unit 134 recalculates the reference transmission power and the margin for avoiding interference according to a technique such as the power distribution method described in Patent Document 1 or the margin minimization method described in Non-Patent Document 2. (Step S120). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the recalculated reference transmission power and interference avoidance margin to the wireless communication device 20 that is the master device of each of the existing secondary system and the new secondary system (step S125). Further, the calculation unit 134 updates the reference value N WSD for the number of secondary systems and the maximum accumulated interference amount I Agg, max at the reference time point to the latest values (step S130).
- step S140 the calculation unit 134 adjusts the interference avoidance margin IM by calculating the interference avoidance margin adjustment dM based on the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems (step S140). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the margin adjustment dM calculated by the calculation unit 134 to the wireless communication device 20 that is each master device of the existing secondary system (step S145).
- the calculation unit 134 determines whether to calculate the reference transmission power for the new secondary system according to the load at that time (step S150). For example, when the load on the calculation unit 134 is relatively high, the calculation of the reference transmission power is delegated to the secondary system. In this case, the signaling unit 136 notifies the wireless communication device 20 that is each master device of the new secondary system of the parameter for calculating the reference transmission power, the interference avoidance margin, and the adjustment amount thereof (step S155). . On the other hand, when the load on the calculation unit 134 is relatively low, the calculation of the reference transmission power is not delegated to the secondary system. In this case, the calculation unit 134 calculates the reference transmission power for the new secondary system (step S160). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the wireless communication device 20 that is each master device of the new secondary system of the reference transmission power, the interference avoidance margin, and the adjustment amount (step S165).
- step S180 the determination unit 132 monitors the change in the number of secondary systems, and the process returns to step S110 (step S180).
- FIG. 7B is a flowchart illustrating a second example of the flow of power distribution processing according to an embodiment.
- the time point at which the transmission power is recalculated or adjusted immediately before is handled as the reference time point for the change in the number of secondary systems.
- the determination threshold value N TH is dynamically set. Note that the determination threshold value N TH may be dynamically set in the first example, or the determination threshold value N TH may be fixedly set in advance in the second example.
- the determination unit 132 sets a determination threshold value N TH according to a processing condition such as a load applied to a processing resource of the communication control apparatus 100 or the number of cores of an available processor (Step S1). S105). The determination unit 132 waits for a change in the number of secondary systems (step S110). If the number of secondary systems has changed, the process proceeds to step S115.
- the determination unit 132 determines whether the number of secondary systems after the change (N WSD + N WSD_VAR ) exceeds the determination threshold value N TH (step S115). If the number of secondary systems after the change does not exceed the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S120. On the other hand, when the number of secondary systems after the change exceeds the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S140.
- step S120 the calculation unit 134 recalculates the reference transmission power and the margin for avoiding interference according to a technique such as the power distribution method described in Patent Document 1 or the margin minimization method described in Non-Patent Document 2. (Step S120). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the recalculated reference transmission power and interference avoidance margin to the wireless communication device 20 that is the master device of each of the existing secondary system and the new secondary system (step S125).
- step S140 the calculation unit 134 adjusts the interference avoidance margin IM by calculating the interference avoidance margin adjustment dM based on the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems (step S140). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the margin adjustment dM calculated by the calculation unit 134 to the wireless communication device 20 that is each master device of the existing secondary system (step S145).
- the calculation unit 134 determines whether to calculate the reference transmission power for the new secondary system according to the load at that time (step S150). For example, when the load of the calculation unit 134 is relatively high, the signaling unit 136 sets the parameters for calculating the reference transmission power, the interference avoidance margin, and the adjustment amount thereof to each master device of the new secondary system. Is notified to the wireless communication device 20 (step S155). On the other hand, when the load on the calculation unit 134 is relatively low, the calculation unit 134 calculates the reference transmission power for the new secondary system (step S160). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the wireless communication device 20 that is each master device of the new secondary system of the reference transmission power, the interference avoidance margin, and the adjustment amount (step S165).
- the calculation unit 132 updates the reference value N WSD for the number of secondary systems and the maximum accumulated interference amount I Agg, max at the reference time point to the latest values (step S175). Until the next calculation timing comes, the determination unit 132 monitors the change in the number of secondary systems, and the process returns to step S105 (step S180).
- FIG. 7C is a flowchart illustrating a third example of the flow of power distribution processing according to an embodiment.
- the time when the transmission power is finally recalculated by the calculation unit 134 is treated as the reference time for the change in the number of secondary systems.
- the technique for reducing the signaling overhead described as the first modification in the previous section is adopted.
- step S110 the determination unit 132 waits for a change in the number of secondary systems (step S110). If the number of secondary systems has changed, the process proceeds to step S115.
- the determination unit 132 determines whether the number of secondary systems after the change exceeds a determination threshold value (step S115). If the number of secondary systems after the change does not exceed the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S121. On the other hand, when the number of secondary systems after the change exceeds the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S140.
- step S121 the calculation unit 134 recalculates the reference transmission power and the margin for avoiding interference according to a technique such as the power distribution method described in Patent Document 1 or the margin minimization method described in Non-Patent Document 2. To do.
- a signaling reduction margin M Int is also included (step S121).
- the signaling unit 136 notifies the recalculated reference transmission power and margin to the wireless communication device 20 that is the master device of each of the existing secondary system and the new secondary system (step S126).
- the calculation unit 132 updates the reference value N WSD for the number of secondary systems and the maximum accumulated interference amount I Agg, max at the reference time point to the latest values (step S130).
- step S140 the calculation unit 134 adjusts the interference avoidance margin by calculating the adjustment amount of the interference avoidance margin based on the change in the number of secondary systems (step S140). Then, the signaling unit 136 determines whether the margin adjustment calculated by the calculation unit 134 should be signaled (step S144). For example, if the margin adjustment amount dM does not satisfy the above-described conditional expression (19) or (20), the signaling unit 136 may determine that the margin adjustment amount dM should be signaled. When it is determined that the margin adjustment amount dM should be signaled, the signaling unit 136 notifies the margin adjustment amount calculated by the calculation unit 134 to the wireless communication apparatus 20 that is each master device of the existing secondary system. (Step S145).
- the calculation unit 134 calculates the reference transmission power for the new secondary system (step S160). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the wireless communication device 20 that is each master device of the new secondary system of the reference transmission power, the interference avoidance margin, the margin adjustment amount, and the signaling reduction margin (step S166).
- step S180 the determination unit 132 monitors the change in the number of secondary systems, and the process returns to step S110 (step S180).
- FIG. 7D is a flowchart illustrating a fourth example of the flow of power distribution processing according to an embodiment.
- the technique for reducing the signaling overhead described as the second modification in the previous section is adopted.
- step S110 the determination unit 132 waits for a change in the number of secondary systems (step S110). If the number of secondary systems has changed, the process proceeds to step S115.
- the determination unit 132 determines whether the number of secondary systems after the change exceeds a determination threshold value (step S115). If the number of secondary systems after the change does not exceed the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S120. On the other hand, when the number of secondary systems after the change exceeds the determination threshold, the process proceeds to step S135.
- step S120 the calculation unit 134 recalculates the reference transmission power and the margin for avoiding interference according to a technique such as the power distribution method described in Patent Document 1 or the margin minimization method described in Non-Patent Document 2.
- Step S120 the signaling unit 136 notifies the recalculated reference transmission power and interference avoidance margin to the wireless communication device 20 that is the master device of each of the existing secondary system and the new secondary system (step S125).
- the calculation unit 132 updates the reference value N WSD for the number of secondary systems and the maximum accumulated interference amount I Agg, max at the reference time point to the latest values (step S130).
- step S135 the determination unit 132 further compares the absolute value of the change in the number of secondary systems with a threshold (step S135).
- the threshold value here may be a virtual change N WSD_VAR ′. Further, different threshold values may be used for the increase case and the decrease case.
- the calculation unit 134 calculates the interference avoidance margin based on the virtual change in the number of secondary systems, thereby calculating the interference avoidance margin. Adjustment is made (step S139). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the margin adjustment calculated by the calculation unit 134 to the wireless communication apparatus 20 that is each master device of the existing secondary system (step S145). If the absolute value of the change in the number of secondary systems does not exceed the threshold, these steps S140 and S145 are skipped.
- the calculation unit 134 calculates the reference transmission power for the new secondary system (step S160). Then, the signaling unit 136 notifies the wireless communication device 20 that is each master device of the new secondary system of the reference transmission power, the interference avoidance margin, and the adjustment amount (step S165).
- step S180 the determination unit 132 monitors the change in the number of secondary systems, and the process returns to step S110 (step S180).
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of margin adjustment processing (corresponding to step S140) that can be executed in the power distribution processing shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C.
- the calculation unit 134 derives the estimated interference change dI based on the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems (step S141).
- the calculating unit 134 acquires the accumulated interference amount I Agg, max at the reference time from the storage unit 120 (step S142).
- the calculation unit 134 calculates the margin adjustment dM by substituting the change N WSD_VAR of the number of secondary systems, the estimated interference change dI, and the accumulated interference amount I Agg, max into Expression (7) (step S143). .
- [4-3. Signaling sequence] 9A and 9B show an example of a signaling sequence in the communication control system 1 according to an embodiment.
- the sequence of FIG. 9A involves the communication control device 100, the wireless communication device 20a that is the master device of the existing secondary system, and the wireless communication device 20h that is the master device of the new secondary system. Note that only the wireless communication devices 20a and 20h are illustrated here for the sake of simplicity of explanation, but actually, the communication control system 1 is assumed to include more wireless communication devices 20.
- the wireless communication device 20h transmits an activation request to the communication control device 100 (step S10).
- the communication control apparatus 100 that has received the activation request from the wireless communication apparatus 20h counts up the number of secondary systems.
- the communication control apparatus 100 executes the power distribution process described with reference to FIGS. 7A to 7D (step S15). As a result, the transmission power to be allocated to the secondary system is recalculated, or the transmission power calculated in the past is adjusted based on the change in the number of secondary systems.
- the communication control device 100 signals the result of power allocation to the wireless communication device 20h together with the notification that the activation is permitted (step S20). Further, the communication control device 100 signals the result of power allocation or the result of margin adjustment to the wireless communication device 20a (step S20).
- the wireless communication device 20h calculates the transmission power allocated to the new secondary system using the result of the power allocation notified from the communication control device 100 (step S30). Then, the radio communication device 20h can report the calculated allocated transmission power to the communication control device 100 (step S35).
- the wireless communication device 20a calculates the recalculated or adjusted allocated transmission power using the result of power allocation or margin adjustment notified from the communication control device 100 (step S40). And the radio
- the communication control apparatus 100 is signaled the number of secondary systems to be considered from the data server having authority for the adjacent area 3b (step S50).
- the number of secondary systems signaled here corresponds to the parameter N WSD_B in Equation (15) and Equation (16) described above, and is handled as a change in the number of secondary systems.
- the communication control apparatus 100 executes the power distribution process using the number of secondary systems WSD_A in the geographic area 3a and the number of secondary systems N WSD_B to be considered in the adjacent area 3b (step S55). As a result, the transmission power to be allocated to the secondary system is recalculated, or the transmission power calculated in the past is adjusted based on N WSD_B .
- the communication control device 100 signals the result of power allocation or the result of margin adjustment to the wireless communication device 20a and the wireless communication device 20h (steps S60 and S65).
- the wireless communication device 20h calculates the recalculated or adjusted allocated transmission power using the result of power allocation or margin adjustment notified from the communication control device 100 (step S70). Then, the radio communication device 20h can report the calculated allocated transmission power to the communication control device 100 (step S75).
- the wireless communication device 20a calculates the recalculated or adjusted allocated transmission power using the result of power allocation or margin adjustment notified from the communication control device 100 (step S80). And the radio
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a logical configuration of the wireless communication device 20 according to an embodiment.
- the wireless communication device 20 includes a wireless communication unit 210, a network communication unit 220, a storage unit 230, and a communication control unit 240.
- the wireless communication unit 210 performs wireless communication with a terminal device (slave device of the secondary system) located in the vicinity using the transmission power allocated by the communication control device 100. For example, the wireless communication unit 210 transmits a beacon signal on any available frequency channel notified from the communication control apparatus 100.
- the slave device that has detected the beacon signal exchanges parameters for the operation of the secondary system with the wireless communication device 20 and starts wireless communication.
- the parameter exchanged here may include a parameter (for example, a value of transmission power) for controlling the transmission power of the slave device.
- the network communication unit 220 establishes a backhaul link between the wireless communication device 20 and the communication control device 100. Then, the network communication unit 220 receives various signaling messages transmitted from the communication control apparatus 100 on the backhaul link. In addition, the network communication unit 220 transmits secondary system information about the secondary system operated by the wireless communication device 20 to the communication control device 100. When the backhaul link is a wireless link, the network communication unit 220 may be omitted from the configuration of the wireless communication device 20.
- the storage unit 230 stores a program and data for the operation of the wireless communication device 20 using a storage medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.
- the data stored in the storage unit 230 may include, for example, secondary system information about a secondary system operated by the wireless communication device 20, power allocation related information notified from the communication control device 100, and slave device information.
- the communication control unit 240 controls communication executed by the wireless communication device 20. For example, the communication control unit 240 transmits an activation request to the communication control apparatus 100 via the backhaul link when the wireless communication apparatus 20 starts operation of the secondary system (or returns from the sleep mode).
- the operating frequency and transmission power are set in the wireless communication unit 210 in accordance with transmission power allocation by the communication control apparatus 100. Thereby, wireless communication between the wireless communication apparatus 20 as a master device and one or more slave devices is possible.
- the maximum transmission power that can be used by the wireless communication unit 210 can be calculated by subtracting the interference avoidance margin (and the signaling reduction margin as necessary) from the reference transmission power notified from the communication control apparatus 100.
- the communication control unit 240 When the communication control unit 240 receives a signaling message for notifying the adjustment amount of the interference avoidance margin from the communication control device 100, the communication control unit 240 adds the margin adjustment amount to the margin included in the set transmission power, thereby The transmission power setting in 210 is updated.
- the communication control unit 240 transmits a deactivation request to the communication control apparatus 100 via the backhaul link when stopping the operation of the secondary system (or transitioning to the sleep mode). Thereby, the communication control apparatus 100 can recognize the decrease in the secondary system.
- FIG. 1 shows a system model in which a communication control apparatus 100 that can correspond to GLDB is provided in the communication control system 1, and the communication control apparatus 100 executes calculation of power and signaling with a secondary system.
- a system model is only an example.
- the function of the communication control apparatus 100 described above may be realized by two or more entities separated hierarchically.
- FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another example of the system model.
- the communication control system 2 includes a GLDB 102, one or more WSDBs (White Space Database) 104a, 104b,..., One or more master WSDs 20a, 20b,.
- the GLDB 102 mainly has a calculation function for power allocation, and a function of switching between power recalculation and adjustment according to the determination conditions described above.
- the GLDB 102 also has a function of communicating with other entities that may include the WSDBs 104a, 104b,... (Hereinafter collectively referred to as the WSDB 104).
- the GLDB 102 recalculates the allocated transmission power for the secondary systems, or based on the change in the number of secondary systems, for interference avoidance. Adjust the margin.
- the WSDB 104 has a function of acquiring information indicating the calculation result of transmission power from the GLDB 102 and signaling a parameter for specifying the allocated transmission power of each secondary system to the master device of the secondary system.
- the WSDB 104 also has a function of communicating with other entities that may include the GLDB 102 and a function of communicating with the master WSD 20.
- the WSDB 104 may directly receive information indicating the calculation result of the transmission power from the GLDB 102, or may acquire the information via another WSDB.
- the GLDB 102 may be a server operated by a public or public interest organization, while the WSDB may be a server operated by a commercial or non-profit business.
- the GLDB 102 periodically (or aperiodically) calculates (recalculates / adjusts) transmission power to be allocated to the secondary system based on the primary system information and the secondary system information reported from the WSDB 104. Then, the GLDB 102 transmits the above-described power allocation related information indicating the calculation result to the WSDB 104.
- the power allocation related information includes at least a parameter that specifies the calculated interference avoidance margin.
- the parameter type may be any type as described above in connection with the signaling unit 136 of the communication control device 100.
- the power allocation related information is associated with each secondary system (or master WSD) and may include, for example, a system ID or a device ID.
- the WSDB 104 may signal information corresponding to the request source ID to the master WSD 20 in a response to the request from the master WSD 20.
- power allocation related information is associated with a location (and device attributes such as antenna height). For example, a geographical area managed by the GLDB 102 is segmented in a grid shape, and identification information is given to each segment. The power allocation related information is then provided to the WSDB 104 in the form of a table that maps margin values to pairs of segments and device attributes (eg, antenna height).
- the WSDB 104 may signal the margin value mapped to the segment and attribute pair in which the requesting device is located in response to the request from the master WSD 20.
- the WSDB 104 may signal the reference transmission power and the interference avoidance margin to the master WSD 20 respectively.
- the WSDB 104 calculates the allocated transmission power of each master WSD 20 from the reference transmission power and the interference avoidance margin (reference value and adjustment amount) based on the power allocation related information, and calculates the calculated allocated transmission power. Parameters for specifying may be signaled to the individual master WSD 20.
- the WSDB 104 may signal a parameter for causing the master WSD 20 to calculate the reference transmission power to the master WSD 20.
- the master WSD 20 corresponds to the wireless communication device 20 described with reference to FIG.
- the master WSD 20 has a function of communicating with the WSDB 104 that has power allocation related information for specifying allocated transmission power for the secondary system operated by the master WSD 20.
- the master WSD 20 receives the parameter signaling for specifying the assigned transmission power from the WSDB 104 of the connection destination, and the master WSD 20 and one or more slave WSDs according to the assigned transmission power specified using the received parameter. Control the wireless communication between.
- the communication control devices 100, 102, and 104 may be realized as any type of data server such as a tower server, a rack server, or a blade server. Further, the communication control devices 100, 102, and 104 may be control modules mounted on a server (for example, an integrated circuit module configured by one die, or a card or a blade inserted into a blade server slot). Good.
- the radio communication device 20 may be realized as any type of eNB (evolved Node B) such as a macro eNB, a pico eNB, or a home eNB.
- the wireless communication device 20 may be realized as another type of base station such as a NodeB or a BTS (Base Transceiver Station).
- the wireless communication device 20 is a smart phone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, a portable game terminal, a mobile terminal such as a portable / dongle-type mobile router or a digital camera, or an in-vehicle such as a car navigation device. It may be realized as a terminal. Further, the wireless communication device 20 may be realized as a terminal (also referred to as an MTC (Machine Type Communication) terminal) that performs M2M (Machine To Machine) communication. Further, the wireless communication device 20 may be a wireless communication module (for example, an integrated circuit module configured by one die) mounted on these terminals.
- MTC Machine Type Communication
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a GLDB 700 to which the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied.
- the GLDB 700 includes a processor 701, a memory 702, a storage 703, a network interface 704, and a bus 706.
- the processor 701 may be, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and controls various functions of the GLDB 700.
- the memory 702 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), and stores programs and data executed by the processor 701.
- the storage 703 may include a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk.
- the network interface 704 is a wired communication interface for connecting the GLDB 700 to the wired communication network 705.
- the wired communication network 705 may be a core network such as EPC (Evolved Packet Core) or a PDN (Packet Data Network) such as the Internet.
- EPC Evolved Packet Core
- PDN Packet Data Network
- the bus 706 connects the processor 701, the memory 702, the storage 703, and the network interface 704 to each other.
- the bus 706 may include two or more buses with different speeds (eg, a high speed bus and a low speed bus).
- the control unit 130 described with reference to FIG. 6 may be implemented in the processor 701.
- the processor 701 functions as the determination unit 132, the calculation unit 134, and the signaling unit 136, so that harmful interference to the primary system is prevented and the change in the number of secondary systems in the geographical area managed by the GLDB 700 is followed. Thus, transmission power can be quickly allocated to each secondary system.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of an eNB to which the technology according to the present disclosure may be applied.
- the eNB 800 includes one or more antennas 810 and a base station device 820. Each antenna 810 and the base station apparatus 820 can be connected to each other via an RF cable.
- Each of the antennas 810 has a single or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna), and is used for transmission and reception of radio signals by the base station apparatus 820.
- the eNB 800 includes a plurality of antennas 810 as illustrated in FIG. 13, and the plurality of antennas 810 may respectively correspond to a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB 800, for example.
- FIG. 13 illustrates an example in which the eNB 800 includes a plurality of antennas 810, the eNB 800 may include a single antenna 810.
- the base station apparatus 820 includes a controller 821, a memory 822, a network interface 823, and a wireless communication interface 825.
- the controller 821 may be a CPU or a DSP, for example, and operates various functions of the upper layer of the base station apparatus 820. For example, the controller 821 generates a data packet from the data in the signal processed by the wireless communication interface 825, and transfers the generated packet via the network interface 823. The controller 821 may generate a bundled packet by bundling data from a plurality of baseband processors, and may transfer the generated bundled packet. In addition, the controller 821 is a logic that executes control such as radio resource control, radio bearer control, mobility management, inflow control, or scheduling. May have a typical function. Moreover, the said control may be performed in cooperation with a surrounding eNB or a core network node.
- the memory 822 includes RAM and ROM, and stores programs executed by the controller 821 and various control data (for example, terminal list, transmission power data, scheduling data, and the like).
- the network interface 823 is a communication interface for connecting the base station device 820 to the wired communication network 705.
- the controller 821 can communicate with the GLDB 700 via the network interface 823.
- the wireless communication interface 825 supports any cellular communication method such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) or LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), and is a terminal (slave device) located in the cell of the eNB 800 via the antenna 810. ) To provide wireless connectivity.
- the wireless communication interface 825 may typically include a baseband (BB) processor 826, an RF circuit 827, and the like.
- the BB processor 826 may perform, for example, encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, and multiplexing / demultiplexing, and each layer (for example, L1, MAC (Medium Access Control), RLC (Radio Link Control), and PDCP).
- Various signal processing of Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- Packet Data Convergence Protocol is executed.
- the BB processor 826 may have some or all of the logical functions described above instead of the controller 821.
- the BB processor 826 may be a module that includes a memory that stores a communication control program, a processor that executes the program, and related circuits. The function of the BB processor 826 may be changed by updating the program. Good.
- the module may be a card or a blade inserted into a slot of the base station apparatus 820, or a chip mounted on the card or the blade.
- the RF circuit 827 may include a mixer, a filter, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits and receives a radio signal via the antenna 810.
- the wireless communication interface 825 includes a plurality of BB processors 826 as illustrated in FIG. 13, and the plurality of BB processors 826 may respectively correspond to a plurality of frequency bands used by the eNB 800, for example. Further, the wireless communication interface 825 includes a plurality of RF circuits 827 as shown in FIG. 13, and the plurality of RF circuits 827 may correspond to, for example, a plurality of antenna elements, respectively.
- FIG. 13 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 825 includes a plurality of BB processors 826 and a plurality of RF circuits 827, the wireless communication interface 825 includes a single BB processor 826 or a single RF circuit 827. But you can.
- the communication control unit 240 described with reference to FIG. 10 may be implemented in the wireless communication interface 825. Further, at least a part of the function may be implemented in the controller 821.
- the eNB 800 performs wireless communication with the slave device using the transmission power allocated by the communication control apparatus 100, thereby quickly starting the operation of the secondary system while preventing harmful interference to the primary system. can do.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a smartphone 900 to which the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied.
- the smartphone 900 includes a processor 901, a memory 902, a storage 903, an external connection interface 904, a camera 906, a sensor 907, a microphone 908, an input device 909, a display device 910, a speaker 911, a wireless communication interface 912, one or more antenna switches 915.
- One or more antennas 916, a bus 917, a battery 918 and an auxiliary controller 919 are provided.
- the processor 901 may be, for example, a CPU or a SoC (System on Chip), and controls the functions of the application layer and other layers of the smartphone 900.
- the memory 902 includes a RAM and a ROM, and stores programs executed by the processor 901 and data.
- the storage 903 can include a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk.
- the external connection interface 904 is an interface for connecting an external device such as a memory card or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) device to the smartphone 900.
- the camera 906 includes, for example, an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), and generates a captured image.
- the sensor 907 may include a sensor group such as a positioning sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and an acceleration sensor.
- the microphone 908 converts sound input to the smartphone 900 into an audio signal.
- the input device 909 includes, for example, a touch sensor that detects a touch on the screen of the display device 910, a keypad, a keyboard, a button, or a switch, and receives an operation or information input from a user.
- the display device 910 has a screen such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, and displays an output image of the smartphone 900.
- the speaker 911 converts an audio signal output from the smartphone 900 into audio.
- the wireless communication interface 912 supports any cellular communication method such as LTE or LTE-A and performs wireless communication.
- the wireless communication interface 912 may typically include a BB processor 913, an RF circuit 914, and the like.
- the BB processor 913 may perform, for example, encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, and multiplexing / demultiplexing, and performs various signal processing for wireless communication.
- the RF circuit 914 may include a mixer, a filter, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits and receives radio signals via the antenna 916.
- the wireless communication interface 912 may be a one-chip module in which the BB processor 913 and the RF circuit 914 are integrated.
- the wireless communication interface 912 may include a plurality of BB processors 913 and a plurality of RF circuits 914 as illustrated in FIG. 14 illustrates an example in which the wireless communication interface 912 includes a plurality of BB processors 913 and a plurality of RF circuits 914, the wireless communication interface 912 includes a single BB processor 913 or a single RF circuit 914. But you can.
- the wireless communication interface 912 may support other types of wireless communication methods such as a short-range wireless communication method, a proximity wireless communication method, or a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) method in addition to the cellular communication method.
- a BB processor 913 and an RF circuit 914 for each wireless communication method may be included.
- Each of the antenna switches 915 switches the connection destination of the antenna 916 among a plurality of circuits (for example, circuits for different wireless communication systems) included in the wireless communication interface 912.
- Each of the antennas 916 includes a single or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna), and is used for transmission / reception of a radio signal by the radio communication interface 912.
- the smartphone 900 may include a plurality of antennas 916 as illustrated in FIG. Note that FIG. 14 illustrates an example in which the smartphone 900 includes a plurality of antennas 916, but the smartphone 900 may include a single antenna 916.
- the smartphone 900 may include an antenna 916 for each wireless communication method.
- the antenna switch 915 may be omitted from the configuration of the smartphone 900.
- the bus 917 connects the processor 901, the memory 902, the storage 903, the external connection interface 904, the camera 906, the sensor 907, the microphone 908, the input device 909, the display device 910, the speaker 911, the wireless communication interface 912, and the auxiliary controller 919 to each other.
- the battery 918 supplies electric power to each block of the smartphone 900 shown in FIG. 14 through a power supply line partially shown by a broken line in the drawing.
- the auxiliary controller 919 operates the minimum necessary functions of the smartphone 900 in the sleep mode.
- the smartphone 900 illustrated in FIG. 14 may operate as a master device of the secondary system.
- the communication control unit 240 described with reference to FIG. 10 may be implemented in the wireless communication interface 912.
- at least a part of these functions may be implemented in the processor 901 or the auxiliary controller 919.
- the smart phone 900 performs wireless communication with the slave device using the transmission power allocated by the communication control device 100, thereby quickly operating the secondary system while preventing harmful interference to the primary system. Can start.
- the smartphone 900 may operate as a slave device of the secondary system.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a car navigation device 920 to which the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied.
- the car navigation device 920 includes a processor 921, a memory 922, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module 924, a sensor 925, a data interface 926, a content player 927, a storage medium interface 928, an input device 929, a display device 930, a speaker 931, and wireless communication.
- the interface 933 includes one or more antenna switches 936, one or more antennas 937, and a battery 938.
- the processor 921 may be a CPU or SoC, for example, and controls the navigation function and other functions of the car navigation device 920.
- the memory 922 includes RAM and ROM, and stores programs and data executed by the processor 921.
- the GPS module 924 measures the position (for example, latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the car navigation device 920 using GPS signals received from GPS satellites.
- the sensor 925 may include a sensor group such as a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and an atmospheric pressure sensor.
- the data interface 926 is connected to the in-vehicle network 941 through a terminal (not shown), for example, and acquires data generated on the vehicle side such as vehicle speed data.
- the content player 927 reproduces content stored in a storage medium (for example, CD or DVD) inserted into the storage medium interface 928.
- the input device 929 includes, for example, a touch sensor, a button, or a switch that detects a touch on the screen of the display device 930, and receives an operation or information input from the user.
- the display device 930 has a screen such as an LCD or an OLED display, and displays a navigation function or an image of content to be reproduced.
- the speaker 931 outputs the navigation function or the audio of the content to be played back.
- the wireless communication interface 933 supports any cellular communication method such as LTE or LTE-A, and performs wireless communication.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may typically include a BB processor 934, an RF circuit 935, and the like.
- the BB processor 934 may perform, for example, encoding / decoding, modulation / demodulation, and multiplexing / demultiplexing, and performs various signal processing for wireless communication.
- the RF circuit 935 may include a mixer, a filter, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits and receives a radio signal via the antenna 937.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may be a one-chip module in which the BB processor 934 and the RF circuit 935 are integrated.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may include a plurality of BB processors 934 and a plurality of RF circuits 935 as shown in FIG. 15 illustrates an example in which the wireless communication interface 933 includes a plurality of BB processors 934 and a plurality of RF circuits 935, the wireless communication interface 933 includes a single BB processor 934 or a single RF circuit 935. But you can.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may support other types of wireless communication methods such as a short-range wireless communication method, a proximity wireless communication method, or a wireless LAN method in addition to the cellular communication method.
- a BB processor 934 and an RF circuit 935 may be included for each communication method.
- Each of the antenna switches 936 switches the connection destination of the antenna 937 among a plurality of circuits included in the wireless communication interface 933 (for example, circuits for different wireless communication systems).
- Each of the antennas 937 has a single or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna), and is used for transmission / reception of a radio signal by the radio communication interface 933.
- the car navigation device 920 may include a plurality of antennas 937 as shown in FIG. 15 illustrates an example in which the car navigation apparatus 920 includes a plurality of antennas 937, the car navigation apparatus 920 may include a single antenna 937.
- the car navigation device 920 may include an antenna 937 for each wireless communication method.
- the antenna switch 936 may be omitted from the configuration of the car navigation device 920.
- the battery 938 supplies power to each block of the car navigation device 920 shown in FIG. 15 through a power supply line partially shown by a broken line in the drawing. Further, the battery 938 stores electric power supplied from the vehicle side.
- the car navigation device 920 shown in FIG. 15 may operate as a master device of the secondary system.
- the communication control unit 240 described with reference to FIG. 10 may be implemented in the wireless communication interface 933. Further, at least a part of these functions may be implemented in the processor 921.
- the car navigation device 920 performs wireless communication with the slave device using the transmission power allocated by the communication control device 100, thereby preventing harmful interference to the primary system and quickly Operation can be started. Further, the car navigation apparatus 920 may operate as a slave device of the secondary system.
- the technology according to the present disclosure may be realized as an in-vehicle system (or vehicle) 940 including one or more blocks of the car navigation device 920 described above, an in-vehicle network 941, and a vehicle side module 942.
- vehicle-side module 942 generates vehicle-side data such as vehicle speed, engine speed, or failure information, and outputs the generated data to the in-vehicle network 941.
- the technology according to the present disclosure is not limited to such an example.
- the transmission power may be adjusted with a small calculation cost according to the technique according to the present disclosure.
- the transmission power is recalculated.
- the number of secondary systems after the change exceeds the threshold, adjustment of transmission power calculated in the past is executed. Therefore, when there are a large number of secondary systems and there is a possibility that the calculation of power allocation will not be completed within an allowable time, only adjustment of transmission power with a simple algorithm is executed. Thereby, loss of the communication opportunity of the secondary system due to a delay in transmission power allocation can be prevented while maintaining protection of the primary system.
- the transmission power allocated to each secondary system is calculated using the reference transmission power of the secondary system and the interference avoidance margin.
- the transmission power is adjusted by adjusting the interference avoidance margin based on the change in the number of secondary systems. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the transmission power with a small calculation cost only by monitoring the change in the number of secondary systems.
- a series of control processing by each device described in this specification may be realized using any of software, hardware, and a combination of software and hardware.
- the program constituting the software is stored in advance in a storage medium (non-transitory medium) provided inside or outside each device.
- Each program is read into a RAM at the time of execution, for example, and executed by a processor such as a CPU.
- processing described using the flowchart in this specification does not necessarily have to be executed in the order shown in the flowchart. Some processing steps may be performed in parallel. Further, additional processing steps may be employed, and some processing steps may be omitted.
- a calculator for calculating transmit power to be allocated to one or more secondary systems that secondary use frequency channels protected for the primary system When the number of secondary systems changes, the calculation unit recalculates the transmission power according to a condition depending on the number of secondary systems, or the transmission power calculated in the past is based on the change in the number of secondary systems.
- a determination unit for determining whether to adjust A communication control device comprising: (2) The determination unit causes the calculation unit to recalculate the transmission power when the number of secondary systems after change is less than a threshold value, and causes the calculation unit to calculate when the number of secondary systems after change exceeds the threshold value.
- the communication control apparatus according to (1), wherein the transmission power calculated in the past is adjusted.
- the transmission power allocated to each secondary system includes the reference transmission power of the secondary system and a margin for avoiding interference
- the calculation unit adjusts the transmission power by adjusting the margin for interference avoidance based on the change in the number of secondary systems.
- the communication control apparatus according to any one of (1) to (6).
- the calculation unit calculates an adjustment amount of a margin for interference avoidance by estimating a change amount of an interference amount based on the change amount of the number of secondary systems. .
- the calculation unit according to (8), wherein the change amount of the interference amount is estimated using a table that defines a mapping between the change amount of the secondary system number and the change amount of the interference amount. Communication control device.
- the communication control apparatus includes: A signaling unit for signaling an adjustment amount of the interference avoidance margin calculated by the calculation unit to an existing secondary system; The communication control device according to any one of (7) to (10), further including: (12) The communication control apparatus according to (11), wherein the signaling unit signals a reference value of the interference avoidance margin and the adjustment amount to a new secondary system. (13) The signaling according to (12), wherein the signaling unit causes the secondary system itself to calculate the reference transmission power by signaling a calculation parameter to the new secondary system according to a load of the calculation unit. Control device.
- the communication control device has authority to allocate transmission power to the one or more secondary systems in a first geographic region;
- the calculation unit determines the authority for the second geographic region when the transmission power allocation should consider the presence of a secondary system in a second geographic region adjacent to the first geographic region.
- the transmission power allocated to each secondary system further includes a margin for reducing signaling overhead, The signaling unit, when the adjustment of the margin for avoiding interference falls below the margin for reducing signaling overhead included in the allocated transmission power, the adjustment of the margin for avoiding interference is the existing adjustment No signaling to secondary system
- the communication control device according to any one of (11) to (13).
- the calculation unit reduces the frequency of signaling to each secondary system by adjusting the transmission power by setting the change in the number of secondary systems to a virtual value larger than the actual value, (1)
- the communication control device according to any one of (15) to (15).
- (17) Calculating, in a processor, transmit power to be allocated to one or more secondary systems that secondary utilize frequency channels protected for the primary system; When the number of secondary systems changes, the processor recalculates the transmission power according to a condition that depends on the number of secondary systems, or the transmission power calculated in the past is based on the change in the number of secondary systems. Determining whether to adjust, Including a communication control method.
- a wireless communication device When the number of secondary systems operated by secondary use of the frequency channel protected for the primary system changes, the transmission power to be allocated to each secondary system according to the conditions depending on the number of secondary systems
- a communication unit that communicates with the communication control device that recalculates or adjusts the transmission power calculated in the past based on a change in the number of the secondary systems, and
- a communication control unit for controlling wireless communication between the wireless communication device and one or more terminal devices according to transmission power allocation notified from the communication control device via the communication unit;
- a wireless communication device comprising:
- a communication control device comprising: (2) The determination unit causes the calculation unit to recalculate the transmission power according to a condition depending on the number of secondary systems, or the transmission power calculated in the past is used for the interference avoidance based on the change.
- the communication control device according to (1), wherein it is determined whether to adjust the margin.
- the determination unit causes the calculation unit to recalculate the transmission power when the number of secondary systems after change is less than a threshold value, and causes the calculation unit to calculate when the number of secondary systems after change exceeds the threshold value.
- the communication control apparatus according to (2) wherein the transmission power calculated in the past is adjusted.
- the threshold value is set in advance so as not to exceed an allowable calculation time depending on the number of secondary systems.
- the threshold value is dynamically set so that an estimated calculation time depending on the number of secondary systems does not exceed an allowable calculation time.
- the determination unit further transmits the transmission power to the calculation unit according to a condition that depends on at least one of a reference point, a frequency channel to be secondarily used, an antenna height of a device, and an interference level from another system.
- the communication control device according to any one of (2) to (7), wherein it is determined whether to recalculate or to adjust the transmission power calculated in the past.
- the calculation unit calculates an adjustment amount of the interference avoidance margin by estimating a change amount of the interference amount based on the change amount of the number of secondary systems, and any one of (1) to (10) The communication control apparatus according to claim 1.
- Communication control device The communication control device according to (11), wherein the calculation unit estimates the change amount of the interference amount based on an assumption that the number of secondary systems is proportional to the interference amount.
- the communication control device has authority to allocate transmission power to the one or more secondary systems in a first geographic region; The calculation unit determines the authority for the second geographic region when the transmission power allocation should consider the presence of a secondary system in a second geographic region adjacent to the first geographic region.
- the calculation unit adjusts the interference avoidance margin by setting the change in the number of secondary systems to a virtual value larger than actual.
- the communication control device includes: A signaling unit for signaling the adjustment amount of the interference avoidance margin calculated by the calculation unit for the secondary system; The communication control device according to any one of (1) to (15), further including: (17) The allocated transmit power for each secondary system further includes a margin for reducing signaling overhead, The signaling unit does not signal the adjustment of the interference avoidance margin when the adjustment of the interference avoidance margin is lower than the signaling overhead reduction margin included in the allocated transmission power. , The communication control device according to (16) above.
- a communication unit communicating with a master device of one or more secondary systems that secondary use frequency channels protected for the primary system; Based on information acquired from a data server that calculates an allocated transmission power for the secondary system, including a reference transmission power and a margin for interference avoidance that is adjusted based on a change in the number of secondary systems, A controller for signaling a parameter for identifying the allocated transmission power to the master device via the communication unit; A communication control device comprising: (20) The control unit calculates the assigned transmission power for each master device from the reference transmission power and a reference value and adjustment amount of the interference avoidance margin, and sets the parameter for specifying the calculated assigned transmission power.
- the communication control apparatus according to (19), wherein signaling is performed to a master device.
- the communication control device according to (19), wherein the parameter includes a parameter for calculating the reference transmission power.
- a communication control method in a communication control apparatus that communicates with a master device of one or more secondary systems that secondary use frequency channels protected for a primary system, Based on information acquired from a data server that calculates an allocated transmission power for the secondary system, including a reference transmission power and a margin for interference avoidance that is adjusted based on a change in the number of secondary systems, Signaling a parameter for identifying the allocated transmission power to the master device; Including a communication control method.
- a wireless communication device that operates a secondary system that secondary uses a frequency channel protected for a primary system, The allocation transmission based on information acquired from a data server that calculates an allocation transmission power for the secondary system, including a reference transmission power and a margin for interference avoidance adjusted based on a change in the number of secondary systems
- a communication unit that receives signaling of a parameter for specifying power
- a communication control unit that controls wireless communication between the wireless communication device and one or more terminal devices according to the allocated transmission power specified using the parameter
- a wireless communication device comprising: (24) A communication control method in a wireless communication device that operates a secondary system that secondary uses a frequency channel protected for a primary system, The allocation transmission based on information acquired from a data server that calculates an allocation transmission power for the secondary system, including a reference transmission power and a margin for interference avoidance adjusted based on a change in the number of secondary systems Receiving signaling of parameters for identifying power; Controlling wireless communication between the wireless communication device and one or more terminal devices according to the allocated transmission power specified using the parameter
- Communication control system 10 Primary transmission / reception station 100 Communication control device (GLDB) 102 Communication controller (GLDB) 104 Communication control device (WSDB) DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Communication part 120 Storage part 130 Control part 132 Judgment part 134 Calculation part 136 Signaling part 20 Wireless communication apparatus (master WSD) 210 Wireless communication unit 220 Network communication unit 230 Storage unit 240 Communication control unit
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なお、上記の効果は必ずしも限定的なものではなく、上記の効果と共に、又は上記の効果に代えて、本明細書に示されたいずれかの効果、又は本明細書から把握され得る他の効果が奏されてもよい。
1.システムの概要
1-1.GLDBを用いるシステムモデル
1-2.セカンダリシステム数の変化
1-3.電力割当ての遅延
2.電力計算モデルの例
2-1.既存の手法
2-2.より簡易な手法
3.通信制御装置の構成例
3-1.各部の構成
3-2.変形例
4.処理の流れ
4-1.電力配分処理
4-2.マージン調整処理
4-3.シグナリングシーケンス
5.無線通信装置の構成例
6.システムモデルの他の例
7.応用例
7-1.通信制御装置に関する応用例
7-2.無線通信装置に関する応用例
8.まとめ
[1-1.GLDBを用いるシステムモデル]
図1は、本開示に係る技術の一実施形態に係る通信制御システム1の概要について説明するための説明図である。通信制御システム1は、プライマリ送受信局10、1つ以上の無線通信装置20a、20b、…、及び通信制御装置100を含む。
セカンダリシステム数の変化は、様々な要因で発生し得る。例えば、図1との対比において図2を参照すると、新たに無線通信装置20h、20i及び20jが通信制御システム1に含まれている。無線通信装置20h、20i及び20jもまた、それぞれ、セカンダリシステムを運用するマスタデバイスである。結果的に、セカンダリシステム数は、6個から9個へ増加している。無線通信装置20h、20i及び20jは、他の場所からサービスエリア11の近傍へ移動してきたデバイスであってもよく、又はスリープモードからアクティブモードへ復帰したデバイスであってもよい。モバイルデバイスが広く普及し、省電力化のために精細なスリープ制御が望まれることの多い近年のモバイル環境では、こうしたセカンダリシステム数の変化の頻度は高い。よって、セカンダリシステムへの送信電力の割当ても、セカンダリシステム数の変化に十分に追随できることが望ましい。
上述したように、セカンダリシステムへの送信電力の割当ては、セカンダリシステム数の変化に十分に追随できることが望ましい。しかし、計算コストが多大になれば、電力割当ての計算が所定の計算期間(Calculation Period)内で終了せず、送信電力の割当てが遅延するリスクが発生する。
[2-1.既存の手法]
ここでは、非特許文献2において説明されているモデルに類似する電力計算モデルについて簡単に説明する。
(1)セカンダリシステム数とマージン調整分との関係
ある実施形態によれば、上述した電力計算モデルに従ってセカンダリシステムへ送信電力が割当てられた後、セカンダリシステム数が変化した場合に、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて、過去に計算した送信電力が調整され得る。送信電力の調整は、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて干渉回避用マージンIMを調整することにより、簡易的に行われる。過去の基準時点において(例えばマージン最小化法に従って)計算された割当て済みの干渉回避用マージン、調整後の干渉回避用マージン及びマージン調整分(margin adjustment)の間には、次の関係式が成立する。
第1の手法において、推定干渉変化dIは、セカンダリシステム数の変化分NWSD_VARと推定干渉変化dIとのマッピングを定義するテーブルを用いて推定される。表1及び表2は、マッピングテーブルの例をそれぞれ示している。表1においては、セカンダリシステム数の変化分NWSD_VARに対して推定干渉変化dIが直接的にマッピングされる。一方、表2においては、セカンダリシステム数の変化分NWSD_VARが属する範囲に対して推定干渉変化dIがマッピングされる。
第2の手法において、推定干渉変化dIは、セカンダリシステム数と累積干渉量とが比例するとの仮定に基づいて推定される。この仮定の下では、推定干渉変化dIは、次式のように表現され得る。
第3の手法において、推定干渉変化dIは、最悪ケースとして、次式に従って推定される。
本節で説明した電力計算モデルにおけるセカンダリシステム数は、セカンダリシステムのマスタデバイス及びスレーブデバイスの一方又は双方のデバイス数に基づいてよい。例えば、セカンダリシステムが時間分割方式で運用され、スレーブデバイスがマスタデバイスの送信電力と同等の(又はより低い)送信電力を使用する場合、セカンダリシステム数として、マスタデバイスのデバイス数のみをカウントすることで十分である。一方、例えばマスタデバイス及びスレーブデバイスが同時に信号を送信し得る場合には、セカンダリシステム数としてマスタデバイス及びスレーブデバイスの双方のデバイス数をカウントすることで、安全な電力の計算が保証され得る。
[3-1.各部の構成]
図6は、一実施形態に係る通信制御装置100の論理的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。図6を参照すると、通信制御装置100は、通信部110、記憶部120及び制御部130を含む。
通信部110は、無線通信装置20のバックホールリンクを介して、無線通信装置20と通信する。例えば、通信部110は、アクティブ化され又は通信制御装置100が管理する地理的領域へ移動してきた無線通信装置20から、アクティブ化リクエストを受信する。通信部110は、当該無線通信装置20から、後述するセカンダリシステム情報をも受信する。そして、通信部110は、制御部130により電力割当てのための計算が実行されると、その計算結果に基づく電力割当て関連情報を無線通信装置20へ送信する。
記憶部120は、ハードディスク又は半導体メモリなどの記憶媒体を用いて、通信制御装置100の動作のためのプログラム及びデータを記憶する。記憶部120により記憶されるデータは、例えば、プライマリ送受信局10若しくはコアネットワーク15内の制御ノードから収集され又は予め記憶されるプライマリシステム情報を含む。プライマリシステム情報は、例えば、プライマリ送受信局の位置、サービスエリアの配置、保護される周波数チャネル、プライマリ端末の最小受信感度、保護比率、シャドウイングマージン、許容干渉レベル、無線アクセス技術の識別子、及び実測された干渉レベル、のうちの1つ以上を含み得る。プライマリ送受信局の位置及びサービスエリアの配置は、例えば、上述した電力計算モデルにおいてリファレンスポイントを特定する際に使用され得る。
制御部130は、通信制御装置100の動作全般を制御する。本実施形態において、制御部130は、判定部132、計算部134及びシグナリング部136を含む。
判定部132は、通信制御装置100により管理される地理的領域内のセカンダリシステム数が変化した場合に、当該セカンダリシステム数に依存する条件に従って、計算部134により実行される電力割当てのための計算処理を切り替える。一例として、判定部132は、変化後のセカンダリシステム数が判定閾値を下回る場合に、上述した電力計算モデルにおけるマージン最小化法に従って、セカンダリシステムに割当てられるべき送信電力を、計算部134に再計算させる。また、判定部132は、変化後のセカンダリシステム数が判定閾値を上回る場合に、計算部134に過去に計算した送信電力を調整させる。ここでの判定閾値は、セカンダリシステム数に依存する推定計算時間が許容される計算時間を上回らないように設定される。
計算部134は、プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムに割当てられるべき送信電力を計算する。本実施形態において、計算部134は、計算処理を切り替えるための上述した判定条件が満たされない限り、各セカンダリシステムに割当てられる送信電力を、例えば上述したマージン最小化法に従って再計算(計算)する。この場合、各セカンダリシステムの送信電力は、式(2)に示したように、基準送信電力PIB SingleWSDと干渉回避用マージンIMとを用いて計算され得る。
シグナリング部136は、通信部110を介して、プライマリ送受信局10、コアネットワーク15内の制御ノード、無線通信装置20及び他のデータサーバとの間のシグナリングを実行する。例えば、計算部134により各セカンダリシステムに割当てられる送信電力が再計算され又は干渉回避用マージンが調整される都度、アクティブなセカンダリシステムのマスタデバイスである無線通信装置20へ、電力割当て関連情報を通知する。
0:干渉回避用マージン(IM) ※基準値IMBaseとしても使用され得る
1:マージン調整分(dM)
2:干渉回避用マージン及びマージン調整分(IM,dM)
3:調整後マージン(IM´=IMBase+dM)
4:割当て送信電力
パラメータタイプの値は、上述した例に限定されず、他の値であってもよい。こうした標識をシグナリングメッセージに取り入れることで、通信制御システム1が様々なシグナリングのバリエーションをサポートし、オーバヘッドの削減又は実装の複雑さの低減などの観点で最適なシグナリグ手法を選択することが可能となる。
セカンダリシステム数の変化分NWSD_VARが小さい場合には、マージン調整分dMも小さい。そのような場合に、セカンダリシステム数が変化する都度マージン調整分dMがシグナリングされるとすれば、通信制御システム1内のシグナリングオーバヘッドが多大となり、リソース利用効率を低下させかねない。そこで、本項では、上述した実施形態の変形例として、電力割当てのシグナリングのオーバヘッドを削減するための手法について説明する。
第1の変形例では、特許文献2において提案されたシグナリングオーバヘッド削減用のマージンが取り入れられる。計算部134は、各セカンダリシステムに割当てられる送信電力PAlloc WSDを、次式のように、基準送信電力PIB SingleWSD、干渉回避用マージンIMに加えて、シグナリング削減用マージンMintを用いて計算する。
第2の変形例では、セカンダリシステム数の厳密な追跡を行う代わりに、一種のヒステリシス制御を取り入れることにより、電力割当ての計算の回数が低減される。計算部134は、送信電力を調整する際に、次式のように、セカンダリシステム数の変化分NWSD_VARを実際よりも多い仮想的な値NWSD_VAR´に設定して、マージン調整分dMを計算する。
本節では、上述した実施形態に係る通信制御装置100により実行され得る処理の流れのいくつかの例を説明する。
(1)第1の例
図7Aは、一実施形態に係る電力配分処理の流れの第1の例を示すフローチャートである。第1の例では、計算部134により最後に送信電力が再計算された時点が、セカンダリシステム数の変化の基準時点として扱われる。
図7Bは、一実施形態に係る電力配分処理の流れの第2の例を示すフローチャートである。第2の例では、直前に送信電力が再計算され又は調整された時点が、セカンダリシステム数の変化の基準時点として扱われる。また、判定閾値NTHが動的に設定される。なお、かかる例に限定されず、第1の例において判定閾値NTHが動的に設定されてもよく、又は第2の例において判定閾値NTHが予め固定的に設定されてもよい。
図7Cは、一実施形態に係る電力配分処理の流れの第3の例を示すフローチャートである。第3の例では、第1の例と同様、計算部134により最後に送信電力が再計算された時点が、セカンダリシステム数の変化の基準時点として扱われる。第3の例では、前節において第1の変形例として説明したシグナリングのオーバヘッドを削減する手法が取り入れられる。
図7Dは、一実施形態に係る電力配分処理の流れの第4の例を示すフローチャートである。第4の例では、前節において第2の変形例として説明したシグナリングのオーバヘッドを削減する手法が取り入れられる。
図8は、図7A~図7Cに示した電力配分処理において実行され得るマージン調整処理(ステップS140に相当)の流れの一例を示すフローチャートである。
図9A及び図9Bは、一実施形態に係る通信制御システム1内のシグナリングシーケンスの一例を示している。図9Aのシーケンスには、通信制御装置100、既存のセカンダリシステムのマスタデバイスである無線通信装置20a、及び新たなセカンダリシステムのマスタデバイスである無線通信装置20hが関与する。なお、ここでは説明の簡明さのために無線通信装置20a及び20hのみを図示しているが、実際には、通信制御システム1はより多くの無線通信装置20を含むものとする。
図10は、一実施形態に係る無線通信装置20の論理的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。図10を参照すると、無線通信装置20は、無線通信部210、ネットワーク通信部220、記憶部230及び通信制御部240を含む。
無線通信部210は、近傍に位置する端末装置(セカンダリシステムのスレーブデバイス)との間で、通信制御装置100により割当てられた送信電力を用いて、無線通信を実行する。例えば、無線通信部210は、通信制御装置100から通知されるいずれかの利用可能な周波数チャネル上でビーコン信号を送信する。ビーコン信号を検知したスレーブデバイスは、無線通信装置20との間でセカンダリシステムの運用のためのパラメータを交換し、無線通信を開始する。ここで交換されるパラメータは、スレーブデバイスの送信電力を制御するためのパラメータ(例えば、送信電力の値)を含み得る。
ネットワーク通信部220は、無線通信装置20と通信制御装置100との間のバックホールリンクを確立する。そして、ネットワーク通信部220は、通信制御装置100から送信される様々なシグナリングメッセージをバックホールリンク上で受信する。また、ネットワーク通信部220は、無線通信装置20により運用されるセカンダリシステムについてのセカンダリシステム情報を、通信制御装置100へ送信する。なお、バックホールリンクが無線リンクである場合には、無線通信装置20の構成からネットワーク通信部220が省略されてもよい。
記憶部230は、ハードディスク又は半導体メモリなどの記憶媒体を用いて、無線通信装置20の動作のためのプログラム及びデータを記憶する。記憶部230により記憶されるデータは、例えば、無線通信装置20により運用されるセカンダリシステムについてのセカンダリシステム情報、通信制御装置100から通知される電力割当て関連情報、及びスレーブデバイス情報を含み得る。
通信制御部240は、無線通信装置20により実行される通信を制御する。例えば、通信制御部240は、無線通信装置20がセカンダリシステムの運用を開始する(又はスリープモードから復帰する)場合に、バックホールリンクを介して通信制御装置100へアクティブ化リクエストを送信する。そして、通信制御装置100から電力割当て関連情報が受信されると、通信制御装置100による送信電力の割当てに従って、無線通信部210に動作周波数及び送信電力を設定する。それにより、マスタデバイスである無線通信装置20と1つ以上のスレーブデバイスとの間の無線通信が可能となる。無線通信部210が使用可能な最大送信電力は、通信制御装置100から通知される基準送信電力から干渉回避用マージン(及び、必要に応じてシグナリング削減用マージン)を減算することにより計算され得る。通信制御部240は、通信制御装置100から干渉回避用マージンの調整分を通知するシグナリングメッセージが受信されると、設定済みの送信電力に含まれるマージンにマージン調整分を加えることにより、無線通信部210における送信電力の設定を更新する。通信制御部240は、セカンダリシステムの運用を停止する(又はスリープモードへ遷移する)場合には、バックホールリンクを介して通信制御装置100へ非アクティブ化リクエストを送信する。それにより、通信制御装置100は、セカンダリシステムの減少を認識することができる。
図1には、通信制御システム1にGLDBに相当し得る通信制御装置100が配備され、通信制御装置100が電力の計算及びセカンダリシステムとの間のシグナリングを実行するシステムモデルが示されている。しかしながら、そうしたシステムモデルは一例に過ぎない。例えば、上述した通信制御装置100の機能は、階層的に分離される2つ以上のエンティティにより実現されてもよい。
本開示に係る技術は、様々な製品へ応用可能である。例えば、通信制御装置100、102及び104は、タワーサーバ、ラックサーバ、又はブレードサーバなどのいずれかの種類のデータサーバとして実現されてもよい。また、通信制御装置100、102及び104は、サーバに搭載される制御モジュール(例えば、1つのダイで構成される集積回路モジュール、又はブレードサーバのスロットに挿入されるカード若しくはブレード)であってもよい。
図12は、本開示に係る技術が適用され得るGLDB700の概略的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。GLDB700は、プロセッサ701、メモリ702、ストレージ703、ネットワークインタフェース704及びバス706を備える。
(第1の応用例)
図13は、本開示に係る技術が適用され得るeNBの概略的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。eNB800は、1つ以上のアンテナ810、及び基地局装置820を有する。各アンテナ810及び基地局装置820は、RFケーブルを介して互いに接続され得る。
図14は、本開示に係る技術が適用され得るスマートフォン900の概略的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。スマートフォン900は、プロセッサ901、メモリ902、ストレージ903、外部接続インタフェース904、カメラ906、センサ907、マイクロフォン908、入力デバイス909、表示デバイス910、スピーカ911、無線通信インタフェース912、1つ以上のアンテナスイッチ915、1つ以上のアンテナ916、バス917、バッテリー918及び補助コントローラ919を備える。
図15は、本開示に係る技術が適用され得るカーナビゲーション装置920の概略的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。カーナビゲーション装置920は、プロセッサ921、メモリ922、GPS(Global Positioning System)モジュール924、センサ925、データインタフェース926、コンテンツプレーヤ927、記憶媒体インタフェース928、入力デバイス929、表示デバイス930、スピーカ931、無線通信インタフェース933、1つ以上のアンテナスイッチ936、1つ以上のアンテナ937及びバッテリー938を備える。
ここまで、図1~図15を用いて、本開示に係る技術のいくつかの実施形態について詳細に説明した。上述した実施形態によれば、プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムに割当てられるべき送信電力を計算する装置において、セカンダリシステム数が変化した場合に、送信電力を再計算するか、又は過去に計算した送信電力をセカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整するか、がセカンダリシステム数に依存する条件に従って動的に判定される。従って、有害な干渉の防止と電力割当ての迅速さとを両立することができる。また、タイムリーに電力割当てが更新されないことに起因する有害な干渉の発生などといった弊害を解消することができる。それにより、無線リソースの利用効率が向上される。なお、本明細書では主に送信電力の再計算又は調整が周期的に行われる例を説明したが、本開示に係る技術は、かかる例に限定されない。例えば、プライマリシステム若しくはセカンダリシステムからのリクエスト、又は何らかの入力条件の変化などのトリガが検出された際に、本開示に係る技術に従って少ない計算コストで送信電力が調整されてもよい。
(1)
プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムに割当てられるべき送信電力を計算する計算部と、
セカンダリシステム数が変化した場合に、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する条件に従って、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させるか、又は過去に計算した前記送信電力を前記セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整させるか、を判定する判定部と、
を備える通信制御装置。
(2)
前記判定部は、変化後の前記セカンダリシステム数が閾値を下回る場合に、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させ、変化後の前記セカンダリシステム数が前記閾値を上回る場合に、前記計算部に過去に計算した前記送信電力を調整させる、前記(1)に記載の通信制御装置。
(3)
前記閾値は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する推定計算時間が許容される計算時間を上回らないように予め設定される、前記(2)に記載の通信制御装置。
(4)
前記閾値は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する推定計算時間が許容される計算時間を上回らないように動的に設定される、前記(2)に記載の通信制御装置。
(5)
前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分は、最後に前記送信電力が再計算された時点のセカンダリシステム数に基づいて計算される、前記(1)~(4)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(6)
前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分は、直前に前記送信電力が再計算され又は調整された時点のセカンダリシステム数に基づいて計算される、前記(1)~(4)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(7)
各セカンダリシステムに割当てられる送信電力は、当該セカンダリシステムの基準送信電力と、干渉回避用のマージンとを含み、
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分に基づいて前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整することにより、前記送信電力を調整する、
前記(1)~(6)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(8)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分に基づいて干渉量の変化分を推定することにより、前記干渉回避用のマージンの調整分を計算する、前記(7)に記載の通信制御装置。
(9)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分と前記干渉量の前記変化分とのマッピングを定義するテーブルを用いて、前記干渉量の前記変化分を推定する、前記(8)に記載の通信制御装置。
(10)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数と前記干渉量とが比例するとの仮定に基づいて、前記干渉量の前記変化分を推定する、前記(8)に記載の通信制御装置。
(11)
前記通信制御装置は、
前記計算部により計算される前記干渉回避用のマージンの調整分を既存のセカンダリシステムへシグナリングするシグナリング部、
をさらに備える、前記(7)~(10)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(12)
前記シグナリング部は、新たなセカンダリシステムへ、前記干渉回避用のマージンの基準値と前記調整分とをシグナリングする、前記(11)に記載の通信制御装置。
(13)
前記シグナリング部は、前記計算部の負荷に応じて、計算用パラメータを前記新たなセカンダリシステムへシグナリングすることにより、当該セカンダリシステム自身に前記基準送信電力を計算させる、前記(12)に記載の通信制御装置。
(14)
前記通信制御装置は、第1の地理的領域内の前記1つ以上のセカンダリシステムに送信電力を割当てる権限を有し、
前記計算部は、送信電力の割当てに際して前記第1の地理的領域に隣接する第2の地理的領域内のセカンダリシステムの存在を考慮すべきである場合に、前記第2の地理的領域について権限を有する他の装置から、考慮すべき前記第2の地理的領域内のセカンダリシステム数を示す情報を取得する、
前記(1)~(13)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(15)
各セカンダリシステムに割当てられる送信電力は、シグナリングオーバヘッド削減用のマージンをさらに含み、
前記シグナリング部は、前記干渉回避用のマージンの前記調整分が割当て済みの送信電力に含まれる前記シグナリングオーバヘッド削減用のマージンを下回る場合には、前記干渉回避用のマージンの前記調整分を前記既存のセカンダリシステムへシグナリングしない、
前記(11)~(13)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(16)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分を実際よりも多い仮想的な値に設定して送信電力を調整することにより、各セカンダリシステムへのシグナリングの頻度を低減する、前記(1)~(15)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(17)
プロセッサにおいて、プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムに割当てられるべき送信電力を計算することと、
セカンダリシステム数が変化した場合に、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する条件に従って、前記プロセッサに前記送信電力を再計算させるか、又は過去に計算した前記送信電力を前記セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整させるか、を判定することと、
を含む通信制御方法。
(18)
無線通信装置であって、
プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用することにより運用されるセカンダリシステムの数が変化した場合に、前記セカンダリシステムの数に依存する条件に従って、各セカンダリシステムに割当てられるべき送信電力を再計算し又は過去に計算した前記送信電力を前記セカンダリシステムの数の変化分に基づいて調整する通信制御装置、との間で通信する通信部と、
前記通信部を介して前記通信制御装置から通知される送信電力の割当てに従って、前記無線通信装置と1つ以上の端末装置との間の無線通信を制御する通信制御部と、
を備える無線通信装置。
(1)
プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムの、基準送信電力と干渉回避用のマージンとを含む割当てられるべき送信電力を計算する計算部と、
セカンダリシステム数の変化を判定し、判定した変化分に基づいて前記計算部に前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整させる判定部と、
を備える通信制御装置。
(2)
前記判定部は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する条件に従って、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させるか、又は、過去に計算した前記送信電力を、前記変化分に基づいて前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整することにより調整させるか、を判定する、前記(1)に記載の通信制御装置。
(3)
前記判定部は、変化後の前記セカンダリシステム数が閾値を下回る場合に、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させ、変化後の前記セカンダリシステム数が前記閾値を上回る場合に、前記計算部に過去に計算した前記送信電力を調整させる、前記(2)に記載の通信制御装置。
(4)
前記閾値は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する推定計算時間が許容される計算時間を上回らないように予め設定される、前記(3)に記載の通信制御装置。
(5)
前記閾値は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する推定計算時間が許容される計算時間を上回らないように動的に設定される、前記(3)に記載の通信制御装置。
(6)
前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分は、最後に前記送信電力が再計算された時点のセカンダリシステム数に基づいて計算される、前記(2)~(5)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(7)
前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分は、直前に前記送信電力が再計算され又は調整された時点のセカンダリシステム数に基づいて計算される、前記(2)~(5)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(8)
前記セカンダリシステム数は、セカンダリシステムのマスタデバイス及びスレーブデバイスの一方又は双方のデバイス数に基づく、前記(1)~(7)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(9)
前記デバイス数は、デバイスの構成に依存する重みを算入することにより計算される、前記(8)に記載の通信制御装置。
(10)
前記判定部は、さらに、リファレンスポイント、二次利用される周波数チャネル、デバイスのアンテナ高さ、及び他システムからの干渉レベル、のうち少なくとも1つに依存する条件に従って、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させるか、又は過去に計算した前記送信電力を調整させるか、を判定する、前記(2)~(7)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(11)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分に基づいて干渉量の変化分を推定することにより、前記干渉回避用のマージンの調整分を計算する、前記(1)~(10)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(12)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分と前記干渉量の前記変化分とのマッピングを定義するテーブルを用いて、前記干渉量の前記変化分を推定する、前記(11)に記載の通信制御装置。
(13)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数と前記干渉量とが比例するとの仮定に基づいて、前記干渉量の前記変化分を推定する、前記(11)に記載の通信制御装置。
(14)
前記通信制御装置は、第1の地理的領域内の前記1つ以上のセカンダリシステムに送信電力を割当てる権限を有し、
前記計算部は、送信電力の割当てに際して前記第1の地理的領域に隣接する第2の地理的領域内のセカンダリシステムの存在を考慮すべきである場合に、前記第2の地理的領域について権限を有する他の装置から、考慮すべき前記第2の地理的領域内のセカンダリシステム数を示す情報を取得する、
前記(1)~(13)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(15)
前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分を実際よりも多い仮想的な値に設定して前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整する、前記(1)~(14)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(16)
前記通信制御装置は、
前記計算部により計算される前記干渉回避用のマージンの調整分を前記セカンダリシステムのためにシグナリングするシグナリング部、
をさらに備える、前記(1)~(15)のいずれか1項に記載の通信制御装置。
(17)
各セカンダリシステムのための前記割当て送信電力は、シグナリングオーバヘッド削減用のマージンをさらに含み、
前記シグナリング部は、前記干渉回避用のマージンの前記調整分が割当て済みの送信電力に含まれる前記シグナリングオーバヘッド削減用のマージンを下回る場合には、前記干渉回避用のマージンの前記調整分をシグナリングしない、
前記(16)に記載の通信制御装置。
(18)
プロセッサにおいて、プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムの、基準送信電力と干渉回避用のマージンとを含む割当てられるべき送信電力を計算することと、
セカンダリシステム数の変化を判定し、判定した変化分に基づいて前記プロセッサに前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整させることと、
を含む通信制御方法。
(19)
プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムのマスタデバイスと通信する通信部と、
基準送信電力と、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整される干渉回避用のマージンと、を含む前記セカンダリシステムのための割当て送信電力を計算するデータサーバ、から取得される情報に基づいて、前記割当て送信電力を特定するためのパラメータを、前記通信部を介して前記マスタデバイスへシグナリングする制御部と、
を備える通信制御装置。
(20)
前記制御部は、前記基準送信電力、並びに前記干渉回避用のマージンの基準値及び調整分から各マスタデバイスについて前記割当て送信電力を計算し、計算した前記割当て送信電力を特定するための前記パラメータを前記マスタデバイスへシグナリングする、前記(19)に記載の通信制御装置。
(21)
前記パラメータは、前記基準送信電力を計算するためのパラメータを含む、前記(19)に記載の通信制御装置。
(22)
プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムのマスタデバイスと通信する通信制御装置における通信制御方法であって、
基準送信電力と、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整される干渉回避用のマージンと、を含む前記セカンダリシステムのための割当て送信電力を計算するデータサーバ、から取得される情報に基づいて、前記割当て送信電力を特定するためのパラメータを、前記マスタデバイスへシグナリングすること、
を含む通信制御方法。
(23)
プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用するセカンダリシステムを運用する無線通信装置であって、
基準送信電力と、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整される干渉回避用のマージンと、を含む前記セカンダリシステムのための割当て送信電力を計算するデータサーバから取得される情報に基づく前記割当て送信電力を特定するためのパラメータ、のシグナリングを受信する通信部と、
前記パラメータを用いて特定される前記割当て送信電力に従って、前記無線通信装置と1つ以上の端末装置との間の無線通信を制御する通信制御部と、
を備える無線通信装置。
(24)
プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用するセカンダリシステムを運用する無線通信装置における通信制御方法であって、
基準送信電力と、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整される干渉回避用のマージンと、を含む前記セカンダリシステムのための割当て送信電力を計算するデータサーバから取得される情報に基づく前記割当て送信電力を特定するためのパラメータ、のシグナリングを受信することと、
前記パラメータを用いて特定される前記割当て送信電力に従って、前記無線通信装置と1つ以上の端末装置との間の無線通信を制御することと、
を含む通信制御方法。
10 プライマリ送受信局
100 通信制御装置(GLDB)
102 通信制御装置(GLDB)
104 通信制御装置(WSDB)
110 通信部
120 記憶部
130 制御部
132 判定部
134 計算部
136 シグナリング部
20 無線通信装置(マスタWSD)
210 無線通信部
220 ネットワーク通信部
230 記憶部
240 通信制御部
Claims (20)
- プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムの、基準送信電力と干渉回避用のマージンとを含む割当てられるべき送信電力を計算する計算部と、
セカンダリシステム数の変化を判定し、判定した変化分に基づいて前記計算部に前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整させる判定部と、
を備える通信制御装置。 - 前記判定部は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する条件に従って、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させるか、又は、過去に計算した前記送信電力を、前記変化分に基づいて前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整することにより調整させるか、を判定する、請求項1に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記判定部は、変化後の前記セカンダリシステム数が閾値を下回る場合に、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させ、変化後の前記セカンダリシステム数が前記閾値を上回る場合に、前記計算部に過去に計算した前記送信電力を調整させる、請求項2に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記閾値は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する推定計算時間が許容される計算時間を上回らないように予め設定される、請求項3に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記閾値は、前記セカンダリシステム数に依存する推定計算時間が許容される計算時間を上回らないように動的に設定される、請求項3に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分は、最後に前記送信電力が再計算された時点のセカンダリシステム数に基づいて計算される、請求項2に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分は、直前に前記送信電力が再計算され又は調整された時点のセカンダリシステム数に基づいて計算される、請求項2に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記セカンダリシステム数は、セカンダリシステムのマスタデバイス及びスレーブデバイスの一方又は双方のデバイス数に基づく、請求項1に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記デバイス数は、デバイスの構成に依存する重みを算入することにより計算される、請求項8に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記判定部は、さらに、リファレンスポイント、二次利用される周波数チャネル、デバイスのアンテナ高さ、及び他システムからの干渉レベル、のうち少なくとも1つに依存する条件に従って、前記計算部に前記送信電力を再計算させるか、又は過去に計算した前記送信電力を調整させるか、を判定する、請求項2に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分に基づいて干渉量の変化分を推定することにより、前記干渉回避用のマージンの調整分を計算する、請求項1に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分と前記干渉量の前記変化分とのマッピングを定義するテーブルを用いて、前記干渉量の前記変化分を推定する、請求項11に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数と前記干渉量とが比例するとの仮定に基づいて、前記干渉量の前記変化分を推定する、請求項11に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記通信制御装置は、第1の地理的領域内の前記1つ以上のセカンダリシステムに送信電力を割当てる権限を有し、
前記計算部は、送信電力の割当てに際して前記第1の地理的領域に隣接する第2の地理的領域内のセカンダリシステムの存在を考慮すべきである場合に、前記第2の地理的領域について権限を有する他の装置から、考慮すべき前記第2の地理的領域内のセカンダリシステム数を示す情報を取得する、
請求項1に記載の通信制御装置。 - 前記計算部は、前記セカンダリシステム数の前記変化分を実際よりも多い仮想的な値に設定して前記干渉回避用のマージンを調整する、請求項1に記載の通信制御装置。
- 前記通信制御装置は、
前記計算部により計算される前記干渉回避用のマージンの調整分を前記セカンダリシステムのためにシグナリングするシグナリング部、
をさらに備える、請求項1に記載の通信制御装置。 - 各セカンダリシステムのための前記割当て送信電力は、シグナリングオーバヘッド削減用のマージンをさらに含み、
前記シグナリング部は、前記干渉回避用のマージンの前記調整分が割当て済みの送信電力に含まれる前記シグナリングオーバヘッド削減用のマージンを下回る場合には、前記干渉回避用のマージンの前記調整分をシグナリングしない、
請求項16に記載の通信制御装置。 - プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用する1つ以上のセカンダリシステムのマスタデバイスと通信する通信部と、
基準送信電力と、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整される干渉回避用のマージンと、を含む前記セカンダリシステムのための割当て送信電力を計算するデータサーバ、から取得される情報に基づいて、前記割当て送信電力を特定するためのパラメータを、前記通信部を介して前記マスタデバイスへシグナリングする制御部と、
を備える通信制御装置。 - 前記制御部は、前記基準送信電力、並びに前記干渉回避用のマージンの基準値及び調整分から各マスタデバイスについて前記割当て送信電力を計算し、計算した前記割当て送信電力を特定するための前記パラメータを前記マスタデバイスへシグナリングする、請求項18に記載の通信制御装置。
- プライマリシステムのために保護される周波数チャネルを二次利用するセカンダリシステムを運用する無線通信装置であって、
基準送信電力と、セカンダリシステム数の変化分に基づいて調整される干渉回避用のマージンと、を含む前記セカンダリシステムのための割当て送信電力を計算するデータサーバから取得される情報に基づく前記割当て送信電力を特定するためのパラメータ、のシグナリングを受信する通信部と、
前記パラメータを用いて特定される前記割当て送信電力に従って、前記無線通信装置と1つ以上の端末装置との間の無線通信を制御する通信制御部と、
を備える無線通信装置。
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