JP2007019835A - Scheduling method and mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scheduling method and a mobile communication system capable of efficiently utilizing radio resources. <P>SOLUTION: A radio base station measures the receiving quality of up-signals transmitted by a plurality of mobile stations. The receiving success probability of each mobile station is obtained based on receiving a success frequency and receiving a failure frequency of a data packet transmitted by the mobile station allowed to transmit by the radio base station from among the plurality of mobile stations. The priority of the plurality of mobile stations is determined based on the receiving quality of up-signals of the plurality of mobile stations, receiving the quality of down-signals notified of by the plurality of mobile stations with the up-signals, and the receiving success probability of each mobile station allowed to transmit by the radio base station. The mobile station with higher priority is selected among the plurality of mobile stations. Then, the transmission permission notification of the data packet is transmitted to the selected mobile station. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a packet scheduling method during uplink communication from a mobile station to a radio base station, and a mobile communication system to which the packet scheduling method is applied.

  In a mobile communication system, during communication in the downlink direction (radio base station to mobile station) to a plurality of mobile stations, the radio base station generally receives downlink signal reception quality (hereinafter, downlink reception quality) notified from each mobile station. To perform scheduling. At this time, since the radio base station knows the data to be transmitted to the mobile station, the radio base station performs scheduling and transmits data when a parameter (downlink reception quality) necessary for scheduling is obtained. Scheduling refers to efficient allocation of limited radio resources while maintaining the required service quality for each packet when communicating with a plurality of mobile stations located in a cell managed by a radio base station. Say processing for.

  On the other hand, when communicating in the uplink direction (mobile station to radio base station), the mobile station knows whether or not there is transmission data, so if there is data to be transmitted to the radio base station, the mobile station transmits using a reservation packet. Notify the radio base station that there is data. The radio base station performs scheduling for the mobile station that has transmitted the reservation packet, and returns a transmission permission notification to the mobile station. When the mobile station receives the transmission permission notification from the radio base station, the mobile station starts transmission of the data packet. By performing such processing, the mobile station can transmit data to the radio base station.

Also, during uplink communication, the radio base station measures uplink signal reception quality (hereinafter referred to as uplink reception quality) for each mobile station, and performs scheduling in consideration of the uplink reception quality of each mobile station. To do. For example, in Patent Document 1, the uplink reception quality is measured for each mobile station, and the transmission permission notification is given to the mobile station having the best uplink reception quality for each predetermined transmission unit (slot, etc.). For the mobile station that has requested the transmission of the acknowledgment signal (ACK signal) for the downlink signal while suppressing the degradation, the transmission permission notification is given to the mobile station preferentially regardless of whether the uplink reception quality is good or not. A scheduling method that suppresses occurrence has been proposed.
JP 2003-198556 A

  As described above, during uplink communication in the mobile communication system, the radio base station performs scheduling in consideration of uplink reception quality for each mobile station, and transmits a transmission permission notice to the selected mobile station according to the scheduling result. It is common.

  However, for example, in the case where there is a difference in propagation characteristics between the uplink direction and the downlink direction as in a mobile communication system of FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) system, the optimal movement is based on the uplink reception quality. Even if a station is selected, radio resources are wasted if the mobile station cannot correctly receive the downlink signal from the radio base station. Therefore, there is a problem that scheduling that can efficiently use radio resources cannot be performed. is there.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a scheduling method and a mobile communication system that can use radio resources more efficiently.

To achieve the above object, a scheduling method of the present invention is a scheduling method for uplink packet communication from a plurality of mobile stations to a radio base station, and
The radio base station measures reception quality of uplink signals transmitted from the plurality of mobile stations,
The reception success probability for each mobile station is determined from the number of successful receptions and the number of reception failures of data packets transmitted from mobile stations that the wireless base station has permitted to transmit among the plurality of mobile stations,
From the reception quality of the uplink signal of the plurality of mobile stations, the reception quality of the downlink signal notified by the uplink signal from the plurality of mobile stations, and the reception success probability for each mobile station permitted to transmit by the radio base station Obtaining a priority of each of the plurality of mobile stations;
In this method, a mobile station having a high priority value is selected from the plurality of mobile stations, and a transmission permission notification of the data packet is transmitted to the selected mobile station.

On the other hand, in the mobile communication system of the present invention, a mobile station registration determination unit that recognizes that the mobile station is in a data packet transmission standby state by a reservation packet transmitted from the mobile station, is transmitted from the plurality of mobile stations. A downlink reception quality extraction unit that extracts, from the uplink signal, the reception quality of the downlink signal for each mobile station that is notified by the uplink signal, and an uplink that measures the reception quality of the uplink signal transmitted from the plurality of mobile stations. A reception quality measuring unit, a data packet receiving unit for obtaining a reception success probability for each mobile station from the number of successful receptions and the number of reception failures of a data packet from a mobile station permitted to transmit among the plurality of mobile stations, the plurality Reception quality of the uplink signal of the mobile station, reception quality of the downlink signal notified by the uplink signal from the plurality of mobile stations, and transmission by the radio base station A scheduling processing unit that obtains priorities of the plurality of mobile stations from the reception success probabilities for each permitted mobile station, and selects a mobile station having a high priority value from the plurality of mobile stations; and the scheduling A radio base station including a signal transmission unit that transmits a transmission permission notification of the data packet to the mobile station selected by the processing unit;
A reception quality measurement unit that measures reception quality of a downlink signal transmitted from the radio base station, a transmission permission notification determination unit that determines whether or not there is the transmission permission notification in a downlink signal transmitted from the radio base station, A transmission data determination unit that instructs transmission of the reservation packet when there is data to be transmitted, and that instructs transmission of the data packet when the transmission permission notification is received from the radio base station, and the transmission data determination unit A mobile station comprising a signal transmission unit for transmitting the reservation packet or the data packet according to the instructions of
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  In the scheduling method and the mobile communication system as described above, at the time of uplink communication, the mobile station returns the reception quality of the downlink signal transmitted from the radio base station to the radio base station. In order to obtain the priority for each mobile station using the reception quality of the downlink signal to be returned, the reception quality of the uplink signal measured when receiving the uplink signal, and the reception success probability of the data packet transmitted from the mobile station, the radio base station Can perform scheduling in consideration of the reception quality measured by the mobile station in response to the transmission permission notification transmitted to the mobile station.

  According to the present invention, by using each information of downlink signal reception quality, uplink signal reception quality, and uplink signal reception success probability during scheduling processing during uplink communication of the mobile communication system, the radio base station The scheduling can be performed in consideration of the reception quality measured by the mobile station in response to the transmission permission notification transmitted to the mobile station. Therefore, it is possible to select a more optimal mobile station during uplink communication, and it is possible to realize a scheduling process that can use radio resources more efficiently.

  Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  According to the scheduling method of the present invention, in uplink packet communication of a mobile communication system, a mobile station measures reception quality of a downlink signal transmitted from a radio base station and returns it to the radio base station. Successful reception obtained from the reception quality of the downlink signal returned from the station, the reception quality of the uplink signal measured when receiving the uplink signal from the mobile station, and the number of successful receptions and reception failures of the data packet transmitted from the mobile station In this method, the priority for each mobile station is obtained using the probability, and the mobile station that transmits the data packet transmission permission notification is determined.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a radio base station to which the scheduling method of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a mobile station to which the scheduling method of the present invention is applied.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the radio base station includes an antenna unit 101, a signal reception unit 102, a mobile station registration determination unit 103, an uplink reception quality measurement unit 104, a downlink reception quality extraction unit 105, a data packet reception unit 106, a reception quality. The configuration includes a management unit 107, a scheduling processing unit 108, and a signal transmission unit 109.

  The reception signal unit 102 includes a plurality of reception processing units 102-1 to 102-N (N is a positive number) corresponding to each mobile station, and receives a radio frequency signal (uplink signal) received by the antenna unit 101. 102-1 to 102 -N separates the received signal for each mobile station, converts it into a baseband signal, and receives the mobile station registration determination unit 103, uplink reception quality measurement unit 104, downlink reception quality extraction unit 105, and data packet reception To each of the units 106.

  The mobile station registration determination unit 103 determines whether a reservation packet is included in the reception signal (baseband signal) for each mobile station separated by the signal reception unit 102, and there is a mobile station that has transmitted the reservation packet. In this case, it is registered in the reception quality management unit 107 as a mobile station with transmission data. In this case, the radio base station can recognize that the mobile station with transmission data is in a data packet transmission standby state. In addition, the mobile station registration determination unit 103 determines whether or not the transmission data end notification is included in the reception signal for each mobile station separated by the signal reception unit 102, and transmits the transmission data end notification. If there is a station, it is registered in the reception quality management unit 107 as a mobile station without transmission data. A mobile station registered as having transmission data maintains its registration with transmission data unless a transmission data end notification is received.

  Uplink reception quality measurement section 104 measures each uplink reception quality from the reception signal for each mobile station separated by signal reception section 102 and stores the measurement result in reception quality management section 107. As the uplink reception quality, for example, the reception level of the uplink signal and the CIR (Carrier to Interference Ratio) may be measured. As a method for measuring the uplink reception quality, a known method may be used, and the measurement method is not particularly limited.

  The downlink reception quality extraction unit 105 extracts downlink reception quality information included in the received signal for each mobile station separated by the signal reception unit 102, and sends the extracted downlink reception quality information to the reception quality management unit 107. Store.

  The data packet reception unit 106 performs reception processing of a data packet included in an uplink signal from the mobile station selected by the scheduling processing unit 108 described later, that is, the mobile station that transmitted the transmission permission notification. In addition, the mobile station determines whether the data packet has been successfully received or has failed. The data packet receiving unit 106 counts the number of successful data packet receptions and the number of reception failure times, and stores the count results in the reception quality management unit 107.

  The reception quality management unit 107 registers the presence / absence of transmission data for each mobile station, the uplink reception quality and downlink reception quality for each mobile station, and the number of successful receptions and reception of data packets from the mobile station that transmitted the transmission permission notification. Save and manage each failure value.

  The scheduling processing unit 108 receives a reception success probability (number of successful receptions / successful receptions) based on the values of the number of successful receptions and the number of reception failures of the data packet from the mobile station that has transmitted the transmission permission notification stored in the reception quality management unit 107. (Number of times + number of reception failures)). Also, scheduling processing is executed using each value of uplink reception quality, downlink reception quality, and reception success probability, and a priority for each mobile station is calculated to select a mobile station with the highest priority.

  In the present embodiment, the priority of the mobile station is obtained by the following equation (1), for example.

Mobile station priority = α × uplink signal reception quality + β × downlink signal reception quality + γ × ((number of successful receptions / (number of successful receptions + number of reception failures)) − n) (1)
Here, α, β, and γ are weighting factors, and n is a constant.

  The weighting coefficients α, β, and γ are values that can be arbitrarily set according to the propagation environment, and are optimally set according to simulation results and experimental results. For example, α <β may be set in a propagation environment where the downlink reception quality is higher than the uplink reception quality, and β <α may be set in a propagation environment where the uplink reception quality is higher than the downlink reception quality. It is done.

  The constant n is a reference value for the probability of successful reception of data packets, and this constant n is also a value that can be arbitrarily set according to the propagation environment. For example, when the constant n is set to 0.5, if the data packet reception success probability is 50% or more, the priority is increased, and if it is less than 50%, the priority is decreased. Works.

  Note that the scheduling processing unit 108 may obtain the priority for each mobile station using the following equation (2).

Priority of mobile station = α × uplink reception quality + β × downlink reception quality + γ × ((number of successful receptions up to m frames before) / ((number of successful receptions up to m frames) + (reception failure up to m frames before) Times))-n) ... (2)
Here, α, β, and γ are weighting factors, and m and n are constants.

  Equation (2) is used to calculate the reception success probability shown in Equation (1) based on the number of successful receptions and the number of reception failures of data packets received up to m frames ago. Therefore, even when the propagation environment changes, the priority of each mobile station can be optimally determined according to the change.

  The scheduling processing unit 108 notifies the selected mobile station to the data packet reception unit 106 and the signal transmission unit 109, respectively.

  The signal transmission unit 109 transmits a transmission permission notification to the mobile station selected by the scheduling processing unit 108.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile station includes an antenna unit 201, a signal reception unit 202, a reception quality measurement unit 203, a transmission permission notification determination unit 204, an uplink data packet supply unit 205, a transmission data determination unit 206, and a signal transmission unit 207. It is the structure which has.

  The signal reception unit 202 converts the downlink signal received from the radio base station via the antenna unit 201 into a baseband signal, and supplies the baseband signal to the reception quality measurement unit 203 and the transmission permission notification determination unit 204.

  The reception quality measurement unit 203 measures the downlink reception quality from the reception signal (baseband signal) processed by the signal reception unit 202 and notifies the signal transmission unit 207 of the measurement result. As the downlink reception quality, for example, the reception level of a downlink signal or a CIR (Carrier to Interference Ratio) may be measured. As a method for measuring downlink reception quality, a known method may be used, and the measurement method is not particularly limited.

  The uplink data packet supply unit 205 determines whether or not there is data to be transmitted to the radio base station in a control device (not shown) included in the mobile station, and if there is data to be transmitted, the transmission data determination unit 206 To notify. In addition, the transmission target data is supplied to the transmission data determination unit 206.

  The transmission permission notification determination unit 204 includes a transmission permission notification from the radio base station in the reception signal processed by the signal reception unit 202 when the transmission of the reservation packet is completed and the data packet is in a transmission standby state. It is determined whether or not the transmission data determination unit 206 is notified of the determination result.

  The transmission data determination unit 206 instructs the signal transmission unit 207 to transmit a reservation packet when there is data to be transmitted as an uplink signal. Further, when a transmission permission notification is transmitted from the radio base station according to the determination result of the transmission permission notification determination unit 204, the data to be transmitted is transferred to the signal transmission unit 207, and the signal transmission unit 207 is instructed to transmit the data packet. To do.

  The transmission signal unit 207 generates a data packet from the reservation packet or the data transferred from the transmission data determination unit 206 in accordance with an instruction from the transmission data determination unit 206. The generated reservation packet or data packet is transmitted to the radio base station via the antenna unit 201 as an uplink signal together with the downlink reception quality information received from the reception quality measurement unit 203.

  Next, the procedure of the scheduling method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing procedures of the radio base station and the mobile station during uplink communication. FIG. 3 shows a processing procedure when reservation packets are transmitted from two mobile stations (first mobile station and second mobile station) that have moved from other cells.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when an uplink signal including a reservation packet and downlink reception quality information is transmitted from the first mobile station to the radio base station (step 301), the radio base station It receives the transmitted uplink signal, measures its uplink reception quality, and recognizes that the first mobile station is in a data packet transmission standby state (step 302). When an uplink signal including a reservation packet and downlink reception quality information is transmitted from the second mobile station to the radio base station (step 303), the radio base station transmits the uplink signal transmitted from the second mobile station. And the uplink reception quality is measured, and it is recognized that the second mobile station is in a data packet transmission standby state (step 304).

  Next, the radio base station receives information on the downlink reception quality included in the uplink signals of the first mobile station and the second mobile station, and the uplink reception of the measured first mobile station and the second mobile station. A scheduling process is performed using the quality value, and a mobile station with a high priority is selected (step 305). Here, since the first mobile station and the second mobile station are new mobile stations that have moved from another cell, the uplink reception quality and the The priority of each mobile station is determined based on the downlink reception quality value.

  When the radio base station selects a mobile station with a high priority by the scheduling process, the radio base station transmits a transmission permission notice to the selected mobile station (step 306). Here, it is assumed that the second mobile station is selected.

  When the second mobile station receives the transmission permission notification from the radio base station (step 307), the second mobile station transmits an uplink signal including information on the data packet to be transmitted and the downlink reception quality measured when the transmission permission notification is received. (Step 308).

  The radio base station receives the uplink signal transmitted from the second mobile station and measures its uplink reception quality (step 309). At this time, if the data packet transmitted from the second mobile station can be normally received, the number of successful receptions is set to “1” and stored in the reception quality management unit 107 as information corresponding to the second mobile station.

  The first mobile station to which the transmission permission notification is not transmitted from the radio base station during the processing of step 306 transmits an uplink signal including only downlink reception quality information to the radio base station (step 310). The radio base station receives the uplink signal transmitted from the first mobile station and measures the uplink reception quality (step 311). Here, since the transmission permission notification is not transmitted to the first mobile station, the radio base station does not perform the data packet reception success / failure determination process for the first mobile station.

  Next, the radio base station performs scheduling processing again using the information obtained in steps 309 and 311, selects a mobile station with a high priority (step 312), and sends a transmission permission notification to the selected mobile station. Transmit (step 313). Here, it is assumed that the first mobile station is selected. However, it is assumed that the first mobile station cannot normally receive the transmission permission notice transmitted from the radio base station to the first mobile station.

  If the first mobile station fails to receive the transmission permission notification from the radio base station, the first mobile station transmits an uplink signal including only information on the downlink reception quality to the radio base station, assuming that the transmission permission notification is not transmitted (step 315). ).

  The radio base station receives the uplink signal from the first mobile station and measures the uplink reception quality (step 317). Although the radio base station transmits a transmission permission notification to the first mobile station, there is no data packet in the uplink signal. 1 ”and stored in the reception quality management unit 107 as information corresponding to the first mobile station.

  The second mobile station that has not received the transmission permission notification from the radio base station at the time of processing in step 313 transmits an uplink signal including only information on downlink reception quality to the radio base station (step 318). The radio base station receives the uplink signal transmitted from the second mobile station and measures the uplink reception quality (step 319). Here, since the transmission permission notification is not transmitted to the second mobile station, the radio base station does not perform the data reception success / failure determination process for the second mobile station.

  Thereafter, the radio base station repeats the same process until it receives an uplink signal including a data packet end notification from each of the first mobile station and the second mobile station, and continues the scheduling process in the uplink communication.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the radio base station uses each information of the downlink reception quality, the uplink reception quality, and the reception success probability of the uplink signal during the scheduling process in the uplink communication of the mobile communication system. The station can perform scheduling in consideration of the reception quality measured by the mobile station in response to the transmission permission notification transmitted to the mobile station. Therefore, it is possible to select a more optimal mobile station during uplink communication, and it is possible to realize a scheduling process that can use radio resources more efficiently.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the radio base station to which the scheduling method of this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows one structural example of the mobile station to which the scheduling method of this invention is applied. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the process sequence of a radio base station and a mobile station at the time of communication of an uplink direction.

Explanation of symbols

101, 201 Antenna unit 102, 202 Signal reception unit 102-1 to 102-N Reception processing unit 103 Mobile station registration determination unit 104 Upstream reception quality measurement unit 105 Downlink reception quality extraction unit 106 Data packet reception unit 107 Reception quality management unit 108 Scheduling processing unit 109, 207 Signal transmission unit 203 Reception quality measurement unit 204 Transmission permission notification determination unit 205 Uplink data packet supply unit 206 Transmission data determination unit

Claims (4)

A scheduling method for uplink packet communication from a plurality of mobile stations to a radio base station,
The radio base station measures reception quality of uplink signals transmitted from the plurality of mobile stations,
The reception success probability for each mobile station is determined from the number of successful receptions and the number of reception failures of data packets transmitted from mobile stations that the wireless base station has permitted to transmit among the plurality of mobile stations,
From the reception quality of the uplink signal of the plurality of mobile stations, the reception quality of the downlink signal notified by the uplink signal from the plurality of mobile stations, and the reception success probability for each mobile station permitted to transmit by the radio base station Obtaining a priority of each of the plurality of mobile stations;
A scheduling method for selecting a mobile station having a high priority value from the plurality of mobile stations and transmitting a transmission permission notification of the data packet to the selected mobile station.   The priority is obtained by assigning a weighting factor arbitrarily set according to a propagation environment to the reception quality of the uplink signal, the reception quality of the downlink signal, and the reception probability of the data packet. Scheduling method. A mobile station registration determination unit for recognizing that the mobile station is in a data packet transmission standby state by a reservation packet transmitted from the mobile station; the mobile station notified by an uplink signal transmitted from the plurality of mobile stations A downlink reception quality extracting unit for extracting reception quality of each downlink signal from the uplink signal, an uplink reception quality measuring unit for measuring reception quality of uplink signals transmitted from the plurality of mobile stations, and the plurality of mobile stations A data packet receiving unit for obtaining a reception success probability for each mobile station from the number of successful receptions and the number of reception failures of data packets from mobile stations permitted to transmit, reception quality of the uplink signals of the plurality of mobile stations The reception quality of the downlink signal notified by the uplink signal from the plurality of mobile stations, and the reception success probability for each mobile station permitted to transmit by the radio base station A priority of each of the plurality of mobile stations, a scheduling processing unit that selects a mobile station having a high priority value among the plurality of mobile stations, and a mobile station selected by the scheduling processing unit A radio base station including a signal transmission unit for transmitting a data packet transmission permission notification;
A reception quality measurement unit that measures reception quality of a downlink signal transmitted from the radio base station, a transmission permission notification determination unit that determines whether or not there is the transmission permission notification in a downlink signal transmitted from the radio base station, A transmission data determination unit that instructs transmission of the reservation packet when there is data to be transmitted, and that instructs transmission of the data packet when the transmission permission notification is received from the radio base station, and the transmission data determination unit A mobile station comprising a signal transmission unit for transmitting the reservation packet or the data packet according to the instructions of
A mobile communication system. The scheduling processing unit includes:
The priority is obtained by assigning a weighting factor that can be arbitrarily set according to a propagation environment to the reception quality of the uplink signal, the reception quality of the downlink signal, and the reception probability of the data packet. Mobile communication system.

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