WO2017038533A1 - ユーザ端末、無線基地局及び無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a user terminal, a radio base station, and a radio communication method in a next-generation mobile communication system.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- Non-Patent Document 1 LTE-Advanced
- FRA Full Radio Access
- 5G 5th generation mobile communication system
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access
- DFT-spread OFDM Discrete Fourier Transform spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- an uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel) and an uplink data channel (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel) are frequency division multiplexed, and the PUCCH and PUSCH and a sounding reference signal (SRS). : Sounding Reference (Signal) is time-division multiplexed.
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- SRS sounding reference signal
- E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- radio resources for the uplink control channel are reserved, and radio resources other than the reserved radio resources are allocated to the uplink data channel. For this reason, it is difficult to allocate radio resources for the uplink control channel to the uplink data channel.
- transmission control information such as acknowledgment information (HARQ-ACK: Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledgement) and downlink channel state information (CSI: Channel State Information
- HARQ-ACK Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledgement
- CSI Channel State Information
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even when radio resources allocated to an uplink control channel increase, a user terminal, a radio base station, and a radio communication capable of securing radio resources allocated to an uplink data channel
- An object is to provide a method.
- One aspect of the user terminal according to the present invention is a controller that maps an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel to different layers, and multiplexes the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel mapped to different layers on the same radio resource. And a transmission unit that transmits the data.
- the radio resources allocated to the uplink data channel can be secured even when the radio resources allocated to the uplink control channel increase.
- FIG. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating examples of PUCCH / PUSCH allocation resources. It is a figure which shows an example of the layer mapping which concerns on this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of an example of the uplink reference signal which concerns on this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of an example of the uplink transmission power which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the layer mapping which concerns on a 1st aspect.
- 7A, 7B, and 7C are diagrams illustrating another example of layer mapping according to the first aspect.
- 8A, 8B, and 8C are explanatory diagrams of examples of the L1 control signal according to the first aspect.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an uplink radio channel in the LTE system.
- radio resources for PUCCH are secured in both end regions of the system band, and the PUCCH and PUSCH are frequency division multiplexed.
- PUCCH and PUSCH and SRS are time-division multiplexed.
- PUCCH format 2 (2a / 2b), PUCCH format 1 (2a / 2b), and PUCCH format 3 are mapped to the radio resources for PUCCH from the outside of the system band.
- PUCCHs of a plurality of user terminals are frequency division multiplexed and / or code division multiplexed on radio resources for PUCCH. The same applies to radio resources for SRS.
- the PUSCH of a plurality of user terminals can be spatially multiplexed on the radio resource for PUSCH. Note that the PUSCH demodulation reference signals of the plurality of user terminals are code division multiplexed.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of radio resources allocated to the PUCCH and the PUSCH. As shown in FIG. 2A, in the LTE system, radio resources for PUCCH are reserved, and radio resources other than the radio resources for PUCCH are allocated to PUSCH.
- an uplink control channel for example, transmitting uplink control information (UCI) such as acknowledgment information (HARQ-ACK) and downlink channel state information (CSI) for the downlink data
- UCI uplink control information
- HARQ-ACK acknowledgment information
- CSI downlink channel state information
- the present inventors map the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel to different layers (for example, layers (streams, etc. in MIMO (Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output)), to the uplink data channel.
- the present invention has been conceived to make it possible to secure radio resources to be allocated.
- higher layer signaling includes RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, broadcast information, and the like.
- the lower layer signaling (layer 1 control signal) is a downlink control channel such as PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) or EPDCCH (Enhanced PDCCH), and may also be called physical layer signaling.
- the case of 2 layers (2 streams) is exemplified as an example, but the number of layers is not limited thereto. If the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel are mapped to different layers, the number of layers may be three or more.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of layer mapping according to the present embodiment.
- the user terminal maps the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to different layers. Also, the user terminal multiplexes and transmits the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel mapped to different layers on the same radio resource.
- the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel may be spatially multiplexed on the same radio resource.
- the radio base station uses a plurality of antennas as uplink (UL: Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output) (UL MIMO) signals for uplink data channels and uplink control channels mapped to different layers. Receive processing.
- UL MIMO Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output
- the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel may be power multiplexed (non-orthogonal multiplexed) on the same radio resource.
- the radio base station receives an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel mapped to different layers as uplink NOMA (Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access) signals using an interference canceller (for example, SIC: Successive Interference Cancellation).
- SIC Successive Interference Cancellation
- the uplink data channel can be allocated to the entire system band. As a result, it is possible to prevent tightness of radio resources for the uplink data channel due to an increase in downlink traffic.
- the radio base station when the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are transmitted in different layers, the radio base station, based on the channel state of each layer, the uplink data channel that is spatially multiplexed or power multiplexed and the uplink control concerned It is necessary to separate the channel. For this reason, the uplink reference signal is provided for each layer so that the channel state can be estimated for each layer, and the uplink reference signal of each layer is orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an uplink reference signal according to the present embodiment.
- the user terminal generates an uplink reference signal for each layer using a sequence orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal between layers. Further, the user terminal maps the uplink reference signal of each layer to the same radio resource.
- the same radio resource is, for example, at least one resource element, and includes a time resource (at least one time symbol) and / or a frequency resource (at least one subcarrier).
- uplink reference signals of a plurality of layers generated using sequences orthogonal to each other or quasi-orthogonal are multiplexed (code division multiplexing) on two sets of subcarriers separated in the frequency direction in a specific time symbol. Is done.
- the mapping position of the uplink reference signal shown in FIG. 4 is merely an example, and is not limited to this.
- uplink reference signals of a plurality of layers are not limited to code division multiplexing, and any multiplexing scheme (for example, at least one of frequency division multiplexing, time division multiplexing, and code division multiplexing) may be used as long as orthogonal multiplexing or quasi-orthogonal multiplexing is performed. May be used.
- the frequency domain resource allocation unit is described as a resource block, but is not limited thereto.
- the radio base station when uplink reference signals of a plurality of layers are orthogonally multiplexed or quasi-orthogonally multiplexed, the radio base station can perform orthogonal separation or quasi-orthogonal separation of the uplink reference signals of each layer.
- the state can be estimated with high accuracy.
- the radio base station can separate the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel that are spatially multiplexed or power multiplexed based on the estimated channel state of each layer.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of uplink transmission power according to the present embodiment.
- the radio base station performs uplink transmission in each layer so that the received signal power of the layer to which the uplink control channel is mapped is larger than the received signal power of the layer to which the uplink data channel is mapped.
- the power may be controlled. In this way, it is possible to reduce the error rate of the uplink control channel that requires higher quality than the uplink data channel.
- the control of the uplink transmission power by the radio base station is not limited to this.
- the radio base station controls the uplink transmission power of each layer so that the reception signal power of the layer to which the uplink control channel is mapped is smaller than the reception signal power of the layer to which the uplink data channel is mapped. Also good. By doing so, it is possible to keep the interference given to the neighboring cells by the user terminal that can reduce the uplink data traffic and sufficiently achieve the quality of the uplink control channel, and improve the performance of the entire system.
- a single user terminal spatially multiplexes an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel.
- a user terminal having a plurality of antennas spatially multiplexes an uplink data channel mapped to different layers and an uplink control channel by UL MIMO (single user MIMO).
- the user terminal receives instruction information instructing spatial multiplexing of the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel from the radio base station by higher layer signaling.
- the user terminal may map the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to different layers.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of layer mapping according to the first aspect.
- the user terminal receives, from the radio base station, layer information indicating a layer for mapping an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel, respectively, by higher layer signaling or an L1 control signal.
- layer information indicating a layer for mapping an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel, respectively, by higher layer signaling or an L1 control signal.
- the layer to which the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are mapped is fixed to semi-static.
- the layer to which the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are mapped is dynamically changed.
- the user terminal maps the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to the layer indicated by the layer information. For example, in FIG. 6, the user terminal maps the uplink control channel to layer # 1 and the uplink data channel to layer # 2 based on the layer information.
- the user terminal precodes the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel using different precoding matrices for each layer, generates a transmission signal, and transmits the generated transmission signal using a plurality of antennas.
- the user terminal generates uplink reference signals of layers # 1 and # 2 using sequences orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal between layers # 1 and # 2, and maps the generated uplink reference signals to the same resource element .
- the radio base station can orthogonally separate the uplink reference signals of layers # 1 and # 2, the layer # 1 is based on the channel state estimated using the uplink reference signals of the layers # 1 and # 2. Can be separated from the uplink control channel of layer # 2 and the uplink data channel of layer # 2.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of layer mapping according to the first mode.
- the user terminal determines a layer for mapping an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel without layer information from the radio base station.
- the user terminal when transmitting only the uplink control channel, the user terminal maps the uplink control channel to layer # 1 (first layer). Also, as shown in FIG. 7B, when transmitting only the uplink data channel, the user terminal maps the uplink data channel to layer # 1. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7C, when the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are spatially multiplexed and transmitted, the user terminal transmits the uplink control channel to layer # 1 and the uplink data channel to layer # 2 (second layer). To).
- the uplink control channel is mapped to layer # 1 in both cases of single transmission and simultaneous transmission with the uplink data channel.
- the layer to be mapped is changed according to the presence or absence of the uplink control channel.
- the layer to which the uplink data channel is mapped may be changed for each resource block (PRB: Physical Resource Block).
- the layer mapping shown in FIG. 7C is applied to resource blocks in both end regions of the system band (resource regions reserved for uplink control channels), and the layer mapping shown in FIG. 7B is applied to resource blocks other than the both end regions. May be applied. Thereby, it is possible to increase the radio resources that can be allocated to the uplink data channel while reusing the uplink control channel allocation method in the LTE system.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of scheduling according to the first aspect.
- the radio base station allocates radio resources (for example, PRB) to the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel (performs scheduling).
- Resource information indicating radio resources allocated to the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel may be transmitted to the user terminal by a single L1 control signal (FIGS. 8A and 8B), or the user may be transmitted by a separate L1 control signal. It may be transmitted to the terminal (FIG. 8C).
- the radio base station may assign a common PRB (same PRB) to the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel.
- a common PRB standard PRB
- the user terminal receives an L1 control signal including resource information indicating the common PRB.
- the user terminal spatially multiplexes the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel on the common PRB. In this way, by using common resource information for the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel, downlink overhead can be reduced.
- the radio base station may allocate the PRB for the uplink control channel and the PRB for the uplink data channel separately (may include partially overlapping PRBs).
- the user terminal receives a single L1 control signal including resource information indicating the PRB allocated to the uplink control channel and resource information indicating the PRB allocated to the uplink data channel.
- the user terminal transmits an uplink control channel or / and an uplink data channel using the assigned PRB. Since the amount of information transmitted on the uplink control channel is smaller than the amount of information transmitted on the uplink data channel, the use efficiency of radio resources is improved by making the PRB allocation different for the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel. be able to.
- the transmission power of the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel may be controlled by a common transmission power control (TPC) command.
- TPC transmission power control
- a common TPC command is transmitted to the user terminal by the L1 control signal shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B.
- the user terminal may determine the transmission power of the uplink data channel based on the TPC command, and may determine the transmission power of the uplink control channel based on the TPC command and a predetermined offset. Note that the predetermined offset may be used to increase the transmission power of the uplink control channel more than the transmission power of the uplink data channel.
- the user terminal when the PRB for uplink control channel and the PRB for uplink data channel are allocated separately, the user terminal performs L1 control including resource information indicating the PRB allocated to the uplink control channel.
- a signal eg, downlink assignment
- an L1 control signal eg, uplink grant
- the user terminal transmits the uplink control channel and / or the uplink data channel using the PRB assigned by the L1 control signal for each layer.
- the transmission power of the uplink control channel and the uplink data channel may be controlled by an individual transmission power control (TPC) command.
- TPC transmission power control
- different TPC commands may be included in the L1 control signal for the uplink control channel and the L1 control signal for the uplink data channel.
- the user terminal when the uplink control channel resource information is obtained by the L1 control signal, the user terminal performs transmission using the uplink control channel resource by any of the methods of FIGS. 8A to 8C, and performs uplink control by the L1 control signal.
- transmission may be performed using uplink control channel resources set in advance by higher layer signaling.
- SR scheduling request
- each user terminal transmits, by higher layer signaling, layer information indicating a layer (or / and a sequence of uplink reference signals of the layer) for mapping an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel, respectively, to the radio base You may receive from a station.
- each user terminal uses the L1 control signal to indicate layer information indicating a layer (or / and a sequence of uplink reference signals of the layer) for mapping the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel, respectively.
- the L1 control signal may be an L1 control signal (for example, downlink assignment) instructing transmission of an uplink control channel, or an L1 control signal (for example, uplink grant) instructing transmission of an uplink data channel. There may be.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of layer mapping according to the second mode. For example, in FIG. 9, it is instructed to map an uplink control channel to layer # 1 and an uplink data channel to layer # 2 by layer information received by higher layer signaling or an L1 control signal. .
- user terminal # 1 generates an uplink reference signal of layer # 1 based on the layer information and multiplexes it with an uplink control channel.
- user terminal # 2 generates an uplink reference signal of layer # 2 based on the layer information and multiplexes it with the uplink data channel.
- user terminals # 1 and # 2 map the uplink reference signals of layers # 1 and # 2 to the same resource element, respectively.
- the layer mapping in the case where the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel of different user terminals are spatially multiplexed is to multiplex uplink reference signals orthogonal between the layers with the uplink control channel or the uplink data channel.
- an uplink reference signal of layer # 2 is generated and multiplexed with the uplink data channel (uplink data channel is assigned to layer # 2). Mapping).
- an uplink reference signal of layer # 1 is generated and multiplexed with the uplink control channel (the uplink control channel is mapped to layer # 1).
- a user terminal transmits an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel mapped to different layers with different transmission powers using the same radio resource. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the user terminal may transmit the uplink control channel with a transmission power larger than that of the uplink data channel. Note that the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel of a single user terminal may be power multiplexed, or the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel of different user terminals may be power multiplexed.
- the radio base station extracts a desired signal by removing the interference signal from the received signal by an interference canceller (for example, SIC). Specifically, the radio base station extracts an uplink control channel by removing an uplink data channel that is power-multiplexed with the uplink control channel by an interference canceller. Similarly, the radio base station extracts the uplink control channel by removing the uplink control channel that is power-multiplexed with the uplink data channel by the interference canceller.
- an interference canceller for example, SIC
- the radio base station extracts an uplink control channel by removing an uplink data channel that is power-multiplexed with the uplink control channel by an interference canceller.
- the radio communication method it is possible to allocate the uplink data channel to the entire system band by mapping the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to different layers. As a result, it is possible to prevent tightness of radio resources for the uplink data channel due to an increase in downlink traffic.
- wireless communication system Wireless communication system
- the configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
- the above wireless communication method is applied.
- wireless communication method which concerns on each said aspect may be applied independently, and may be applied in combination.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- carrier aggregation (CA) and / or dual connectivity (DC) in which a plurality of basic frequency blocks (component carriers) each having a system bandwidth (for example, 20 MHz) of the LTE system as one unit are applied.
- the wireless communication system 1 may be referred to as SUPER 3G, LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), IMT-Advanced, 4G, 5G, FRA (Future Radio Access), or the like.
- the radio communication system 1 shown in FIG. 10 includes a radio base station 11 that forms a macro cell C1, and radio base stations 12a to 12c that are arranged in the macro cell C1 and form a small cell C2 that is narrower than the macro cell C1. . Moreover, the user terminal 20 is arrange
- the user terminal 20 can be connected to both the radio base station 11 and the radio base station 12. It is assumed that the user terminal 20 uses the macro cell C1 and the small cell C2 that use different frequencies simultaneously by CA or DC. In addition, the user terminal 20 can apply CA or DC using a plurality of cells (CC) (for example, six or more CCs).
- CC cells
- Communication between the user terminal 20 and the radio base station 11 can be performed using a carrier having a relatively low frequency band (for example, 2 GHz) and a narrow bandwidth (referred to as an existing carrier or a legacy carrier).
- a carrier having a relatively high frequency band for example, 3.5 GHz, 5 GHz, etc.
- the same carrier may be used.
- the configuration of the frequency band used by each radio base station is not limited to this.
- a wired connection for example, an optical fiber compliant with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), an X2 interface, etc.
- a wireless connection It can be set as the structure to do.
- the radio base station 11 and each radio base station 12 are connected to the higher station apparatus 30 and connected to the core network 40 via the higher station apparatus 30.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- RNC radio network controller
- MME mobility management entity
- Each radio base station 12 may be connected to the higher station apparatus 30 via the radio base station 11.
- the radio base station 11 is a radio base station having a relatively wide coverage, and may be called a macro base station, an aggregation node, an eNB (eNodeB), a transmission / reception point, or the like.
- the radio base station 12 is a radio base station having local coverage, and includes a small base station, a micro base station, a pico base station, a femto base station, a HeNB (Home eNodeB), an RRH (Remote Radio Head), and transmission / reception. It may be called a point.
- the radio base stations 11 and 12 are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as a radio base station 10.
- Each user terminal 20 is a terminal compatible with various communication methods such as LTE and LTE-A, and may include not only a mobile communication terminal but also a fixed communication terminal.
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- the uplink and downlink radio access methods are not limited to these combinations.
- SC-FDMA single carrier-frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA is a single-carrier transmission scheme that reduces interference between terminals by dividing the system bandwidth into bands consisting of one or continuous resource blocks for each terminal and using a plurality of terminals with mutually different bands. is there.
- NOMA non-orthogonal multiple access
- NOMA non-orthogonal multiple access
- a downlink data channel (PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20, a broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel), an L1 / L2 control channel (L1 / L2 control signal) or the like is used.
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- L1 / L2 control channel L1 / L2 control signal
- SIB System Information Block
- MIB Master Information Block
- L1 / L2 control channels include downlink control channels (PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel)), PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel), etc. .
- Downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) including scheduling information of PDSCH and PUSCH is transmitted by PDCCH.
- the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH.
- the HAICH transmission confirmation information (ACK / NACK) for PUSCH is transmitted by PHICH.
- EPDCCH is frequency-division multiplexed with PDSCH (downlink shared data channel), and is used for transmission of DCI and the like in the same manner as PDCCH.
- an uplink data channel shared by each user terminal 20
- an uplink control channel PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PRACH Physical Random Access Channel
- User data and higher layer control information are transmitted through the uplink data channel.
- Uplink control information including at least one of acknowledgment information (ACK / NACK) and radio quality information (CQI) is transmitted by an uplink data channel or an uplink control channel.
- a random access preamble for establishing connection with the cell is transmitted by the random access channel.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a radio base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the radio base station 10 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, a call processing unit 105, and a transmission path interface 106.
- each of the transmission / reception antenna 101, the amplifier unit 102, and the transmission / reception unit 103 may be configured to include one or more.
- User data transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the user terminal 20 via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 104 via the transmission path interface 106.
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Medium Access
- Retransmission control for example, HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) transmission processing
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
- the downlink control signal is also subjected to transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform, and is transferred to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output by precoding for each antenna from the baseband signal processing unit 104 to a radio frequency band and transmits the converted signal.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 103 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 transmits instruction information for instructing spatial multiplexing of the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to the user terminal 20 by higher layer signaling. Further, the transmission / reception unit 103 may transmit, to the user terminal 20, layer information indicating a layer to which the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are mapped, by higher layer signaling or an L1 control signal.
- the transmitter / receiver, the transmission / reception circuit, or the transmission / reception device can be configured based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission / reception part 103 may be comprised as an integral transmission / reception part, and may be comprised from a transmission part and a receiving part.
- the radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 receives the uplink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processing, Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) processing, and error correction on user data included in the input upstream signal. Decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer and PDCP layer reception processing are performed and transferred to the upper station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 106.
- the call processing unit 105 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, state management of the radio base station 10, and radio resource management.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits and receives (backhaul signaling) signals to and from the adjacent radio base station 10 via an interface between base stations (for example, an optical fiber compliant with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), X2 interface). Also good.
- CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
- X2 interface also good.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the radio base station according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 12 mainly shows functional blocks of characteristic portions in the present embodiment, and the wireless base station 10 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 includes a control unit 301, a transmission signal generation unit 302, a mapping unit 303, a reception signal processing unit 304, and a measurement unit 305.
- the control unit 301 controls the entire radio base station 10.
- the control unit 301 controls, for example, downlink signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 302, signal mapping by the mapping unit 303, and signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 304.
- control unit 301 controls the received signal processing unit 304 so as to separate the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel mapped to different layers. Specifically, the control unit 301 separates the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel based on the channel state of each layer measured by the measurement unit 305.
- control unit 301 may perform control so that the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are received as UL MIMO (including single user / multiuser MIMO) signals.
- control unit 301 may perform control so as to perform reception processing using the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel as NOMA signals.
- control unit 301 may control layer mapping in the user terminal 20.
- control unit 301 may control the transmission signal generation unit 302 so as to generate instruction information that instructs spatial multiplexing of the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel.
- control unit 301 may control the transmission signal generation unit 302 so as to generate layer information indicating a layer to which an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel are mapped.
- control unit 301 controls allocation (scheduling) of radio resources for the downlink data channel, the uplink data channel, and / or the uplink control channel.
- the control unit 301 performs control so that resource information indicating the assigned radio resource is transmitted using a single or a plurality of L1 control signals (FIG. 8). Note that the control unit 301 may perform control so that resource information for the uplink control channel is transmitted by higher layer signaling.
- control unit 301 controls the transmission power of the uplink control channel and / or the uplink data channel.
- control unit 301 controls the uplink transmission power of each layer so that the reception signal power of the layer to which the uplink control channel is mapped is larger than the reception signal power of the layer to which the uplink data channel is mapped. Also good.
- control unit 301 controls the uplink transmission power of each layer so that the reception signal power of the layer to which the uplink data channel is mapped is larger than the reception signal power of the layer to which the uplink control channel is mapped. Also good.
- the control unit 301 may control to transmit an L1 control signal including a transmission power control (TPC) command used for closed loop control and to transmit parameters used for open loop control by higher layer signaling.
- TPC transmission power control
- the control unit 301 can be configured by a controller, a control circuit, or a control device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates a downlink signal (including a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel (L1 control signal), and a downlink reference signal) based on an instruction from the control unit 301 and outputs the downlink signal to the mapping unit 303. .
- a downlink signal including a downlink data channel, a downlink control channel (L1 control signal), and a downlink reference signal
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 can be a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the mapping unit 303 maps the downlink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 302 to a predetermined radio resource based on an instruction from the control unit 301, and outputs it to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the mapping unit 303 can be a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the uplink signal (including the uplink data channel, uplink control channel, and uplink reference signal) transmitted from the user terminal 20. .
- reception processing for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.
- the processing result is output to the control unit 301.
- the received signal processing unit 304 performs UL MIMO (including single user / multiuser MIMO) or NOMA in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 301, and uplink data channels and uplink control channels mapped to different layers. Reception processing is performed as a signal.
- UL MIMO including single user / multiuser MIMO
- NOMA NOMA
- the reception signal processing unit 304 may be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit or a signal processing device, and a measuring device, a measurement circuit or a measuring device, which are described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. it can.
- the measurement unit 305 performs measurement using the uplink reference signal from the user terminal 20 and outputs the measurement result to the control unit 301. Specifically, the measurement unit 305 measures (estimates) the channel state of each layer using uplink reference signals that are orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal between layers.
- the measuring unit 305 can be composed of a signal processor, a signal processing circuit or a signal processing device, and a measuring device, a measuring circuit or a measuring device which are explained based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the user terminal 20 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201 for MIMO transmission, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, and an application unit 205.
- the radio frequency signals received by the plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201 are each amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- Each transmitting / receiving unit 203 receives the downlink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like on the input baseband signal.
- the downlink user data is transferred to the application unit 205.
- the application unit 205 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer.
- broadcast information in the downlink data is also transferred to the application unit 205.
- uplink user data is input from the application unit 205 to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs retransmission control transmission processing (for example, HARQ transmission processing), channel coding, precoding, discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processing, IFFT processing, and the like. It is transferred to the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band and transmits it.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 203 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 receives instruction information for instructing spatial multiplexing of the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel from the radio base station 10 by higher layer signaling. Further, the transmission / reception unit 203 may receive, from the radio base station 10, layer information indicating a layer to which the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are mapped by higher layer signaling or an L1 control signal.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may receive a single L1 control signal indicating a radio resource (for example, PRB) that is commonly allocated to the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel (FIG. 8A). Or the transmission / reception part 203 may receive the single layer 1 control signal which shows both the radio
- a radio resource for example, PRB
- the transmission / reception unit 203 can be a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. Further, the transmission / reception unit 203 may be configured as an integral transmission / reception unit, or may be configured from a transmission unit and a reception unit.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the user terminal according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 14 mainly shows functional blocks of characteristic portions in the present embodiment, and the user terminal 20 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 included in the user terminal 20 includes a control unit 401, a transmission signal generation unit 402, a mapping unit 403, a reception signal processing unit 404, and a measurement unit 405. I have.
- the control unit 401 controls the entire user terminal 20.
- the control unit 401 controls, for example, signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 402, signal mapping by the mapping unit 403, and signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 404.
- control unit 401 controls layer mapping between the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel. Specifically, the control unit 401 maps the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to different layers.
- control unit 401 performs control so that the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel mapped to different layers are multiplexed and transmitted on the same radio resource. Further, the control unit 401 generates an uplink reference signal that is orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal for each layer, and performs control so as to map and transmit the uplink reference signal to the same radio resource (for example, resource element) (FIG. 4). Specifically, the control unit 401 may control the transmission signal generation unit 402 so as to generate an uplink reference signal of an orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal sequence for each layer.
- control unit 401 may perform control so that the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are spatially multiplexed and transmitted on the same radio resource. Also, the control unit 401 maps the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to different layers when the spatial multiplexing of the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel is instructed by the instruction information notified by higher layer signaling. You may control.
- control unit 401 may perform control so as to map the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel to different layers based on the above-described layer information received by higher layer signaling or a layer 1 control signal ( FIG. 6).
- the control unit 401 maps the uplink data channel to the first layer and transmits the uplink data channel after being spatially multiplexed with the uplink control channel.
- the uplink control channel may be controlled to be mapped to the first layer, and the uplink data channel may be mapped to the second layer (FIG. 7).
- the number of layers is not limited to two, and an uplink data channel and / or an uplink control channel may be mapped to a plurality of layers.
- control unit 401 spatially multiplexes the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel on the single layer 1 control signal received by the transmission / reception unit 203 or the radio resource indicated by the layer 1 control signal of each layer. You may control (FIG. 8).
- control unit 401 may perform control such that the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are transmitted by power multiplexing (non-orthogonal multiplexing) on the same radio resource.
- the control unit 401 can be configured by a controller, a control circuit, or a control device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink signal (including an uplink data channel, an uplink control channel, and an uplink reference signal) based on an instruction from the control unit 401 and outputs the uplink signal to the mapping unit 403. For example, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink control channel including UCI. Also, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink data channel including uplink user data.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink reference signal that is orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal between layers based on an instruction from the control unit 401. Specifically, the transmission signal generation unit 402 may generate an uplink reference signal for each layer using a sequence orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal between layers.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 can be a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the mapping unit 403 Based on an instruction from the control unit 401, the mapping unit 403 maps the uplink signal (uplink control channel, uplink data channel, uplink reference signal, etc.) generated by the transmission signal generation unit 402 to a radio resource, and transmits / receives It outputs to 203.
- the mapping unit 403 may be a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on downlink signals (including downlink control channels (L1 control signals) and downlink data channels).
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs information received from the radio base station 10 to the control unit 401.
- the received signal processing unit 404 outputs, for example, broadcast information, system information, control information by higher layer signaling such as RRC signaling, DCI, and the like to the control unit 401.
- the received signal processing unit 404 can be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit, or a signal processing device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. Further, the reception signal processing unit 404 can constitute a reception unit according to the present invention.
- the measurement unit 405 measures the channel state based on the downlink reference signal (for example, CRS, CSI-RS) from the radio base station 10 and outputs the measurement result to the control unit 401.
- the downlink reference signal for example, CRS, CSI-RS
- the measuring unit 405 can be composed of a signal processor, a signal processing circuit or a signal processing device, and a measuring device, a measurement circuit or a measuring device which are explained based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- each functional block is realized by one physically coupled device, or may be realized by two or more physically separated devices connected by wire or wirelessly and by a plurality of these devices. Good.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 are realized using hardware such as ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), PLD (Programmable Logic Device), and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). May be.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 are each a computer device including a processor (CPU: Central Processing Unit), a communication interface for network connection, a memory, and a computer-readable storage medium holding a program. It may be realized. That is, the radio base station, user terminal, and the like according to an embodiment of the present invention may function as a computer that performs processing of the radio communication method according to the present invention.
- Computer-readable recording media include, for example, flexible disks, magneto-optical disks, ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), CD-ROM (Compact Disc-ROM), RAM (Random Access Memory), A storage medium such as a hard disk.
- the program may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunication line.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may include an input device such as an input key and an output device such as a display.
- the functional configurations of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be realized by the hardware described above, may be realized by a software module executed by a processor, or may be realized by a combination of both.
- the processor controls the entire user terminal by operating an operating system. Further, the processor reads programs, software modules and data from the storage medium into the memory, and executes various processes according to these.
- the program may be a program that causes a computer to execute the operations described in the above embodiments.
- the control unit 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realized by a control program stored in a memory and operated by a processor, and may be realized similarly for other functional blocks.
- software, instructions, etc. may be transmitted / received via a transmission medium.
- software may use websites, servers, or other devices using wired technology such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair and digital subscriber line (DSL) and / or wireless technology such as infrared, wireless and microwave.
- wired technology such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair and digital subscriber line (DSL) and / or wireless technology such as infrared, wireless and microwave.
- DSL digital subscriber line
- wireless technology such as infrared, wireless and microwave.
- the channel and / or symbol may be a signal (signaling).
- the signal may be a message.
- the component carrier (CC) may be called a carrier frequency, a cell, or the like.
- information, parameters, and the like described in this specification may be represented by absolute values, may be represented by relative values from a predetermined value, or may be represented by other corresponding information.
- the radio resource may be indicated by an index.
- notification of predetermined information is not limited to explicitly performed, but is performed implicitly (for example, by not performing notification of the predetermined information). May be.
- notification of information is not limited to the aspect / embodiment described in this specification, and may be performed by other methods.
- notification of information includes physical layer signaling (for example, DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), upper layer signaling (for example, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling), It may be implemented by broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof.
- the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC connection setup (RRCConnectionSetup) message, an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message, or the like.
- Each aspect / embodiment described in this specification includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G, 5G, FRA (Future Radio Access), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other appropriate systems
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A LTE-Advanced
- SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
- 4G 5G
- FRA Full Radio Access
- CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access 2000
- UMB User Mobile Broadband
- IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
- IEEE 802.16 WiMAX
- IEEE 802.20 UWB (Ultra-WideBand)
- Bluetooth registered trademark
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以下、本発明の一実施形態に係る無線通信方法について説明する。以下では、上位レイヤシグナリングは、RRC(Radio Resource Control)シグナリングや、報知情報などを含むものとする。また、下位レイヤシグナリング(レイヤ1制御信号)は、PDCCH(Physical Downlink Control Channel)又はEPDCCH(Enhanced PDCCH)などの下り制御チャネルであり、物理レイヤシグナリングとも呼ばれてもよい。
次に、本実施形態に係る無線通信方法における上りデータチャネル及び上り制御チャネルの空間多重について詳細に説明する。
第1の態様では、単一のユーザ端末が、上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを空間多重する場合について説明する。複数のアンテナを有するユーザ端末は、異なるレイヤにマッピングされる上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを、UL MIMO(シングルユーザMIMO)により空間多重する。
第2の態様では、異なる複数のユーザ端末の上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを空間多重する場合について説明する。第2の態様では、あるユーザ端末の上りデータチャネルと他のユーザ端末の上り制御チャネルとが、UL MIMO(マルチユーザMIMO)により空間多重される。このため、ユーザ端末は、第1の態様とは異なり、複数のアンテナを有していなくともよい。以下では、第1の態様との相違点を中心に説明する。
次に、本実施形態に係る無線通信方法における上りデータチャネル及び上り制御チャネルの電力多重について詳細に説明する。
以下、本発明の一実施形態に係る無線通信システムの構成について説明する。この無線通信システムでは、上記無線通信方法が適用される。なお、上記各態様に係る無線通信方法は、単独で適用されてもよいし、組み合わせて適用されてもよい。
図11は、本発明の一実施形態に係る無線基地局の全体構成の一例を示す図である。無線基地局10は、複数の送受信アンテナ101と、アンプ部102と、送受信部103と、ベースバンド信号処理部104と、呼処理部105と、伝送路インターフェース106とを備えている。なお、送受信アンテナ101、アンプ部102、送受信部103は、それぞれ1つ以上を含むように構成されてもよい。
図13は、本発明の一実施形態に係るに係るユーザ端末の全体構成の一例を示す図である。ユーザ端末20は、MIMO伝送のための複数の送受信アンテナ201と、アンプ部202と、送受信部203と、ベースバンド信号処理部204と、アプリケーション部205と、を備えている。
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- 上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを異なるレイヤにマッピングする制御部と、
異なるレイヤにマッピングされる前記上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを同一の無線リソースに多重して送信する送信部と、
を具備することを特徴とするユーザ端末。 - 前記送信部は、レイヤ間で直交又は準直交する上り参照信号を同一のリソースエレメントにマッピングして送信することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記送信部は、前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとを、同一の無線リソースに空間多重して送信することを特徴とする請求項1又は請求項2に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとの空間多重を指示する指示情報を上位レイヤシグナリングにより受信する受信部を更に具備し、
前記制御部は、前記指示情報により前記空間多重が指示される場合、前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとを異なるレイヤにマッピングすることを特徴とする請求項3に記載のユーザ端末。 - 前記受信部は、前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとをそれぞれマッピングするレイヤを示すレイヤ情報を、上位レイヤシグナリング又はレイヤ1制御信号により受信し、
前記制御部は、前記レイヤ情報に基づいて、前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとを異なるレイヤにマッピングすることを特徴とする請求項4に記載のユーザ端末。 - 前記制御部は、前記上りデータチャネルを前記上り制御チャネルと空間多重せずに送信する場合、前記上りデータチャネルを第1のレイヤにマッピングし、
前記上りデータチャネルを前記上り制御チャネルと空間多重して送信する場合、前記上り制御チャネルを第1のレイヤに、前記上りデータチャネルを第2のレイヤにマッピングすることを特徴とする請求項4に記載のユーザ端末。 - 前記受信部は、前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルに共通に割り当てられる無線リソースを示す単一のレイヤ1制御信号を受信する、前記上りデータチャネルに割り当てられる無線リソースと前記上り制御チャネルに割り当てられる無線リソースとの双方を示す単一のレイヤ1制御信号を受信する、又は、前記上りデータチャネルに割り当てられる無線リソースと前記上り制御チャネルに割り当てられる無線リソースを別々に示す複数のレイヤ1制御信号を受信し、
前記送信部は、前記単一のレイヤ1制御信号、又は、前記複数のレイヤ1制御信号が示す無線リソースに、前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとを空間多重して送信することを特徴とする請求項4から請求項6のいずれかに記載のユーザ端末。 - 前記送信部は、前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとを、同一の無線リソースに電力多重して送信することを特徴とする請求項1又は請求項2に記載のユーザ端末。
- 異なるレイヤにマッピングされ、同一の無線リソースに多重された上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを受信する受信部と、
前記上りデータチャネルと前記上り制御チャネルとを分離する制御部と、
を具備することを特徴とする無線基地局。 - ユーザ端末と無線基地局との無線通信方法であって、前記ユーザ端末において、
上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを異なるレイヤにマッピングする工程と、
異なるレイヤにマッピングされる前記上りデータチャネルと上り制御チャネルとを同一の無線リソースに多重して送信する工程と、
を有することを特徴とする無線通信方法。
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