WO2014027603A1 - Mobile communication method, radio base station and user equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to estimate the movement speed of user equipment (UE) with high accuracy, this mobile communication method comprises: a step (A) in which a radio base station (eNB#1) transmits, to user equipment (UE) that is in an "RRC_Connected state" in a cell (#1), a "Measurement Control" that instructs notification of a "Mobility state" by a "Measurement Report"; and a step (B) in which the user equipment (UE) transmits, to the radio base station (eNB#1), the "Measurement Report" including the "Mobility state" and the qualities of a cell (#2) and a cell (#10).

Description

Mobile communication method, radio base station, and mobile station

The present invention relates to a mobile communication method, a radio base station, and a mobile station.

In the LTE (Long Term Evolution) system, as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, “Heterogeneous Network” in which a small cell is placed in the coverage area of a macro cell can be applied. It is prescribed.

In such “Heterogeneous Network”, when CA (Carrier Aggregation) is not performed, for each mobile station UE, a handover is performed between the macro cell and the small cell, and traffic to the small cell. It is comprised so that dispersion | distribution can be performed.

Here, when the frequency used in the macro cell and the frequency used in the small cell are different, the above-described handover is an inter-frequency handover (Inter-freq Handover).

In the different frequency measurement processing (Inter-frequency Measurement) performed prior to the different frequency handover, the difference in the path loss of the small cell suddenly fluctuates. There is a concern that the success rate of frequency handover will decrease.

In particular, when the moving speed of the mobile station UE is fast, there is a concern that the success rate of such a different frequency handover is significantly deteriorated.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 11, the mobile station UE moving at a low speed is handed over to a small cell, and as shown in FIG. 12, the mobile station UE moving at a high speed is transferred to a macro cell without being handed over to the small cell. It is conceivable that the control is performed so as to stay.

When performing such control, the radio base station eNB needs to acquire information related to the moving speed of the mobile station UE or the moving speed of the mobile station UE before executing the handover.

In the existing LTE scheme, the following two methods are assumed as the method by which the radio base station eNB obtains information related to the moving speed of the mobile station UE or the moving speed of the mobile station UE.

First, based on the stay time of a plurality of cells in which the mobile station UE included in the “UE history information” acquired by the radio base station eNB from the neighboring radio base stations eNB is located in the past, A method for estimating the moving speed is assumed.

However, in this method, since the moving speed of the mobile station UE is estimated from the stay time of the cell in which the mobile station UE is located, there is a problem in that the estimation accuracy of the moving speed of the mobile station UE is lowered. .

Second, a method is assumed in which the radio base station eNB estimates the moving speed of the mobile station UE based on an uplink signal from the mobile station UE, for example, a Doppler frequency based on SRS (Sounding Reference Signal).

However, in the LTE scheme, there is no signal that is constantly transmitted in the uplink, and this method has a problem that it is difficult to estimate the moving speed of the mobile station UE with high measurement accuracy.

Then, this invention is made | formed in view of the above-mentioned subject, and it aims at providing the mobile communication method, a radio base station, and a mobile station which can estimate the moving speed of the mobile station UE with high precision. To do.

A first feature of the present invention is that a first cell under the first radio base station and a second cell under the second radio base station are arranged adjacent to each other, and the third cell is within the coverage area of the first cell. A mobile communication method in a mobile communication system in which a third cell subordinate to a radio base station is arranged, wherein the first radio base station sends a measurement report to a mobile station connected in the first cell. A step A for transmitting measurement setting information instructing to notify the mobile station's movement state; and the mobile station transmits the mobile station's movement state and the second cell to the first radio base station. And a step B of transmitting a measurement report including the quality of the third cell.

The second feature of the present invention is that the first cell under the first radio base station and the second cell under the second radio base station are arranged adjacent to each other, and the third cell is within the coverage area of the first cell. Measurement is performed on a mobile base station that can be used as the first radio base station in a mobile communication system in which a third cell under the radio base station is arranged and is connected in the first cell. A transmitter configured to transmit measurement setting information instructing whether or not to report the mobile state of the mobile station by reporting; from the mobile station, the mobile state of the mobile station, the second cell, and And a receiver configured to receive a measurement report including the quality of the third cell.

A third feature of the present invention is that a first cell under the first radio base station and a second cell under the second radio base station are arranged adjacent to each other, and the third cell is within the coverage area of the first cell. A mobile station that can be used in a mobile communication system in which a third cell subordinate to a radio base station is arranged, and is in a connected state in the first cell, the measurement report from the first radio base station A receiving unit configured to receive measurement setting information instructing to notify a mobile station's movement state; and for the first radio base station, the mobile station's movement state, the second cell, and And a transmitter configured to transmit a measurement report including the quality of the third cell.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a mobile communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the radio base station according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information element “ReportConfigEUTRA” transmitted by the radio base station according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information element “ReportConfigInterRAT” transmitted by the radio base station according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the mobile station according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information element “MeasResult” transmitted by the mobile station according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information element “MeasResult” transmitted by the mobile station according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the information element “DopplerFrequency-Range” in the information element “MeasResult” transmitted by the mobile station according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing operations of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing operations of the mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the prior art. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the prior art.

(Mobile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention)
A mobile communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication system according to the present embodiment is an LTE mobile communication system, and manages a mobility management node MME (Mobility Management Entity), a gateway device S-GW, and a cell # 1. A radio base station eNB # 1, a radio base station eNB # 2 that manages the cell # 2, and a radio base station eNB # 10 that manages the cell # 10.

Here, in the example of FIG. 1, the cell # 1 and the cell # 2 are macro cells, the cell # 10 is a small cell, the cell # 1 and the cell # 2 are adjacently arranged, and the cell # Assume that cell # 10 is arranged in one coverage area.

As shown in FIG. 2, the radio base station eNB # 1 according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 11, a transmission unit 12, and a reception unit 13.

The control unit 11 is configured to perform various controls in the radio base station eNB # 1, and the transmission unit 12 includes the mobile station UE, the radio base station eNB # 2 / eNB # 10, the mobility management node MME, and the gateway device. The receiver 13 is configured to transmit various signals to the S-GW, and the receiving unit 13 receives various signals from the mobile station UE, the radio base station eNB # 2 / eNB # 10, the mobility management node MME, and the gateway device S-GW. It is configured to receive a signal.

For example, the transmission unit 12 is configured to transmit “Measurement Control” instructing the mobile station UE in the “RRC_Connected state” to notify “Mobility State” by “Measurement Report” to the cell # 1. Has been.

Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the transmission unit 12 transmits “Measurement” to the mobile station UE by using the information element “report Mobility State-r12” in the information element “ReportConfigEUTRA” in the “RRC Connection Reconfiguration”. It may be configured to instruct whether or not to notify “Mobility State” by “Report”.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the transmission unit 12 performs “Measurement Report” for the mobile station UE by using the information element “report Mobility State-r12” in the information element “ReportConfigInterRAT” in “RRC Connection Reconfiguration”. It may be configured to instruct whether or not to notify “Mobility State”.

For example, the receiving unit 13 is configured to receive “Measurement Report” including “Mobility State” from the mobile station UE.

For example, the control unit 11 is configured to perform a handover process for the mobile station UE.

Here, the control unit 11 sets the handover destination cell of the mobile station UE to the cell based on the “Mobility State” included in the “Measurement Report” received by the receiving unit 13 and the quality of the cell # 2 and the cell # 10. It may be configured to determine whether to select # 2 or cell # 10.

For example, the control unit 11 determines that the quality of the cell # 2 and the cell # 10 satisfies a predetermined quality, and determines that the mobile station UE is moving at a low speed based on “Mobility State” In this case, it may be determined that the handover destination cell of the mobile station UE is the cell # 10.

On the other hand, the control unit 11 determines that the quality of the cell # 2 and the cell # 10 satisfies the predetermined quality and determines that the mobile station UE is moving at high speed based on “Mobility State”. In this case, it may be determined that the handover destination cell of the mobile station UE is the cell # 2.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile station UE according to the present embodiment includes a reception unit 21, a measurement unit 22, and a transmission unit 23.

The receiving unit 21 is configured to receive various signals from the radio base stations eNB # 1 / eNB # 2 / eNB # 10, and the measuring unit 22 is configured to perform a predetermined measurement process (Measurement). The transmission unit 23 is configured to transmit various signals to the radio base stations eNB # 1 / eNB # 2 / eNB # 10.

For example, when the mobile station UE is in the “RRC_Connected state” in the cell # 1, the reception unit 21 is configured to receive the “Measurement Control” from the radio base station eNB # 1.

Note that the measurement unit 22 is configured to perform measurement processing based on the “Measurement Control”.

For example, in the “Measurement Control”, the measurement unit 22 is configured to measure the “Mobility State” when instructed to notify “Mobility State” by “Measurement Report”. .

The transmission unit 23 is configured to transmit “Measurement Report” to the radio base station eNB # 1.

For example, in the “Measurement Control”, the transmission unit 23 is instructed to notify “Mobility State” by “Measurement Report”, for example, the designated cells (for example, the cell # 2 and the cell # 2). In addition to the quality measurement result of 10), “Measurement Report” including the measurement result of “Mobility State” is transmitted.

Here, even if the transmission unit 23 is configured to include “mobility State-r12” indicating at least one of “high”, “medium”, or “low” as “Mobility State” in “Measurement Report”. Good.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the transmission unit 23 sets “high” or “medium” as “Mobility State-r12” in the information element “MeasResult” included in “Measurement Report” as “Mobility State-r12”. Either of the above may be notified.

Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the transmission unit 23 performs an information element “DopplerFrequencyResult” in the information element “DopplerFrequencyResult” in the information element “MeasureResult” included in the “Measurement Report”. By “RSRP-Range”, the estimation result of the Doppler frequency may be notified as “Mobility State”.

Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile communication system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 9 and FIG.

9 and 10 show sequences related to the handover process of the mobile station UE in the mobile communication system according to the present embodiment.

As illustrated in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, in Step 1, the radio base station eNB # 1 performs a measurement process (for example, “Event” on the mobile station UE in the “RRC_Connected state” in the cell # 1. When “A3”) is set, “Mobility State” is also reported.

In step 2, when determining that the “entering condition” of “Event A3” is satisfied, the mobile station UE transmits “Measurement Report” including “Mobility State” to the radio base station eNB # 1. .

In Step 3, the radio base station eNB # 1 determines whether the handover destination cell of the mobile station UE is to be the cell # 2 or the cell # 10 based on the “Measurement Report”.

The features of the present embodiment described above may be expressed as follows.

The first feature of the present embodiment is that cells # 1 (first cell) subordinate to the radio base station eNB # 1 (first radio base station) and cells subordinate to the radio base station eNB # 2 (second radio base station) # 2 (second cell) is arranged adjacently, and cell # 10 (third cell) under radio base station eNB # 10 (third radio base station) is arranged in the coverage area of cell # 1. A mobile communication method in a mobile communication system, in which the radio base station eNB # 1 is “Measurement Report” for the mobile station UE in the “RRC_Connected state (connection state)” in the cell # 1. Sending “Measurement Control (Measurement Setting Information)” instructing to notify “Mobility State (Mobile Station Movement Status)” by Step A And the mobile station UE includes a step B of transmitting “Measurement Report” including “Mobility State” and the quality of the cell # 2 and the cell # 10 to the radio base station eNB # 1. To do.

According to such a configuration, the radio base station eNB # 1 can acquire the movement state of the mobile station UE via the “Measurement Report” from the mobile station UE before executing the handover process of the mobile station UE. .

In the first feature of the present embodiment, in step B, the mobile station UE sets at least one of “high (high speed)”, “medium (medium speed)”, and “low (low speed)” as “Mobility State”. “MobilityState-r12 (instruction information)” may be included in “Measurement Report”.

According to this configuration, when the mobile station UE can calculate the movement speed of the mobile station UE with high accuracy, the radio base station eNB # 1 sets the movement speed of the mobile station UE to the minimum data. Can be obtained in quantity.

In the first feature of the present embodiment, in step B, the mobile station UE may include “dopplerFrequencyResult” in “Measurement Report” as “Mobility State”.

According to this configuration, the radio base station eNB # 1 can estimate the moving speed of the mobile station UE with higher accuracy by acquiring the Doppler frequency estimation result in the mobile station UE.

In the first feature of the present embodiment, the radio base station eNB # 1 determines whether the handover destination cell of the mobile station UE is to be the cell # 2 or the cell # 10 based on the received “Measurement Report” Step C may be further included.

According to this configuration, the radio base station eNB # 1 performs handover to the small cell (cell # 10) for the mobile station UE moving at low speed, and the small cell (cell # 10) for the mobile station UE moving at high speed. ) Can be easily controlled to remain in the macro cell (cell # 1) without handover.

The second feature of the present embodiment is that cell # 1 under radio base station eNB # 1 and cell # 2 under radio base station eNB # 2 are arranged adjacent to each other, and are within the coverage area of cell # 1. A mobile base station eNB that can be used as the radio base station eNB # 1 in the mobile communication system in which the cell # 10 under the radio base station eNB # 10 is arranged, and is in the “RRC_Connected state” in the cell # 1 The “Mobility State” is transmitted from the transmission unit 12 configured to transmit “Measurement Control” to instruct whether or not to notify “Mobility State” by “Measurement Report” to the UE and the mobile station UE. And “Measu” including the quality of cell # 2 and cell # 10 The gist of the present invention is to include a receiving unit 13 configured to receive a “remember report”.

According to such a configuration, the radio base station eNB # 1 can acquire the movement state of the mobile station UE via the “Measurement Report” from the mobile station UE before executing the handover process of the mobile station UE. .

In the second feature of the present embodiment, the mobile station UE is configured to determine whether the handover destination cell of the mobile station UE is the cell # 2 or the cell # 10 based on the “Measurement Report” received by the receiving unit 13. The controller 11 may be further provided.

According to this configuration, the radio base station eNB # 1 performs handover to the small cell (cell # 10) for the mobile station UE moving at low speed, and the small cell (cell # 10) for the mobile station UE moving at high speed. ) Can be easily controlled to remain in the macro cell (cell # 1) without handover.

The third feature of the present embodiment is that cell # 1 under radio base station eNB # 1 and cell # 2 under radio base station eNB # 2 are arranged adjacent to each other, and are within the coverage area of cell # 1. When the mobile station UE is available in the mobile communication system in which the cell # 10 under the radio base station eNB # 10 is arranged and is in the “RRC_Connected state” in the cell # 1, the radio base station eNB # 1 , “Mobility State” to the radio base station eNB # 1 and the receiving unit 21 configured to receive “Measurement Control” instructing to notify “Mobility State” by “Measurement Report”. “Measurement Re including the quality of cell # 2 and cell # 10” and a transmission unit 23 configured to transmit “port”.

According to such a configuration, the mobile station UE notifies the radio base station eNB # 1 of the movement state of the mobile station UE using the transfer “Measurement Report” before executing the handover process of the mobile station UE. be able to.

In the third feature of the present embodiment, the transmission unit 23 includes “mobility State-r12” indicating at least one of “high”, “medium”, or “low” as “Mobility State” in “Measurement Report”. It may be configured as follows.

According to this configuration, when the mobile station UE can calculate the movement speed of the mobile station UE with high accuracy, the movement speed of the mobile station UE is minimized with respect to the radio base station eNB # 1. Can be notified with the amount of data.

In the third feature of the present embodiment, the transmission unit 23 may be configured to include “dopplerFrequencyResult (Doppler frequency estimation result)” in “Measurement Report” as “Mobility State”.

According to such a configuration, the mobile station UE cannot calculate the moving speed of the mobile station UE with high accuracy, but when the Doppler frequency can be estimated with high accuracy, the radio base station eNB # 1 On the other hand, the estimation result of the Doppler frequency in the mobile station UE can be notified.

Note that the operations of the mobile station UE and the radio base stations eNB # 1 / eNB # 2 / eNB # 10 described above may be performed by hardware or may be performed by a software module executed by a processor. , Or a combination of both.

The software modules include RAM (Random Access Memory), flash memory, ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable, Removable ROM, Hard Disk, and Removable ROM). Alternatively, it may be provided in a storage medium of an arbitrary format such as a CD-ROM.

The storage medium is connected to the processor so that the processor can read and write information from and to the storage medium. Further, such a storage medium may be integrated in the processor. Such a storage medium and processor may be provided in the ASIC. Such an ASIC may be provided in the mobile station UE or the radio base station eNB # 1 / eNB # 2 / eNB # 10. Further, the storage medium and the processor may be provided in the mobile station UE and the radio base stations eNB # 1 / eNB # 2 / eNB # 10 as discrete components.

As described above, the present invention has been described in detail using the above-described embodiments. However, it is obvious for those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in the present specification. The present invention can be implemented as modifications and changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention defined by the description of the scope of claims. Therefore, the description of the present specification is for illustrative purposes and does not have any limiting meaning to the present invention.

Note that the entire contents of Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-179566 (filed on August 13, 2012) are incorporated herein by reference.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mobile communication method, a radio base station, and a mobile station that can estimate the moving speed of the mobile station UE with high accuracy.

UE ... mobile station eNB # 1, eNB # 2, eNB # 10 ... radio base station 11 ... control unit 12, 23 ... transmission unit 13, 21 ... reception unit 22 ... measurement unit

Claims (9)

1. The first cell under the first radio base station and the second cell under the second radio base station are arranged adjacent to each other, and the third cell under the third radio base station is within the coverage area of the first cell. A mobile communication method in a mobile communication system arranged,
   A step A in which the first radio base station transmits measurement setting information instructing a mobile station in a connected state in the first cell to notify the mobile station of the mobile station by a measurement report;
   The mobile station has a step B of transmitting a measurement report including a moving state of the mobile station and the quality of the second cell and the third cell to the first radio base station. Mobile communication method.
2. The mobile station according to claim 1, wherein in the step B, the mobile station includes, in the measurement report, instruction information indicating at least one of high speed, medium speed, and low speed as a mobile state of the mobile station. Communication method.
3. The mobile communication method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step B, the mobile station includes an estimation result of a Doppler frequency in the measurement report as a movement state of the mobile station.
4. The first radio base station further includes a step C of determining whether a handover destination cell of the mobile station is the second cell or the third cell based on the received measurement report. The mobile communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
5. The first cell under the first radio base station and the second cell under the second radio base station are arranged adjacent to each other, and the third cell under the third radio base station is within the coverage area of the first cell. A radio base station that can be used as the first radio base station in a mobile communication system arranged,
   A transmitter configured to transmit to the mobile station in a connected state in the first cell, measurement configuration information instructing whether or not to notify the mobile station of the mobile state by a measurement report;
   A radio base comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a measurement report including a moving state of the mobile station and the quality of the second cell and the third cell from the mobile station. Bureau.
6. And a controller configured to determine whether the handover destination cell of the mobile station is the second cell or the third cell based on the measurement report received by the receiver. The radio base station according to claim 5.
7. The first cell under the first radio base station and the second cell under the second radio base station are arranged adjacent to each other, and the third cell under the third radio base station is within the coverage area of the first cell. A mobile station that can be used in a mobile communication system that is arranged,
   A receiving unit configured to receive, from the first radio base station, measurement setting information instructing to notify the moving state of the mobile station by a measurement report when the first cell is in a connected state. When,
   A transmission unit configured to transmit a measurement report including a movement state of the mobile station and the quality of the second cell and the third cell to the first radio base station. A featured mobile station.
8. 8. The transmission unit according to claim 7, wherein the transmission unit is configured to include instruction information indicating at least one of high speed, medium speed, and low speed as the movement state of the mobile station in the measurement report. Mobile station.
9. The mobile station according to claim 7, wherein the transmission unit is configured to include a Doppler frequency estimation result in the measurement report as a movement state of the mobile station.

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