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EP0645940A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Base station device and mobile station device in mobile communication systems

Assignee: NTT Docomo Inc
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Filing: 1994-09-29
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-09-29
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Abstract

Abstract A base station and a mobile station in a mobile communication system capable of reducing interference among mobile stations and increasing a subscriber capacity of the system. The base station has a unit (15) for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals, and a unit (26) for producing a mobile station transmission power control data specifying a mobile station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with the mobile station. The mobile station has a unit (35) for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals, and a unit (38) for producing a base station transmission power control data specifying a base station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with the mobile station.

Inventors

  • 👤 Youichi Douzono
  • 👤 Narumi Umeda

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/04; H04W52/38; H04W52/40; H04W36/00; H04W36/16; H04W36/18; H04W52/02; H04W52/0203; H04W52/0209; H04W52/0225; H04W52/0245; H04W52/30; H04W52/36; H04W52/54; H04W52/58; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim 112 words
A base station in a mobile communication system, comprising: means for receiving mobile station transmission signals from one mobile station in the mobile communication system; means for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals; means for producing a mobile station transmission power control date specifying a mobile station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station; and means for transmitting base station transmission signals containing the mobile station transmission power control data to said one mobile station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 30 words
The base station of claim 1, wherein the producing means changes the target level lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 61 words
The base station of claim 1, wherein the producing means changes the mobile station transmission power control data lower when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is decreased, and changes the mobile station transmission power control data higher when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 55 words
The base station of claim 1, further comprising: means for extracting a base station transmission power control data specifying a required base station transmission power from the mobile station transmission signals; and means for adjusting the base station transmission power of the base station transmission signals according to the base station transmission power control data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 82 words
The base station of claim 4, wherein the base station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals received at said one mobile station, and the adjusting means adjusts the base station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 30 words
The base station of claim 5, wherein the adjusting means changes the target value lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 111 words
A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising: means for receiving base station transmission signals from one base station in the mobile communication system; means for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals; means for producing a base station transmission power control data specifying a base station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station; and means for transmitting mobile station transmission signals containing the base station transmission power control data to said one base station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 29 words
The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the producing means changes the target level lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 59 words
The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the producing means changes the base station transmission power control data lower when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station is decreased, and changes the base station transmission power control data higher when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station is increased.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 55 words
The mobile station of claim 7, further comprising: means for extracting a mobile station transmission power control data specifying a required mobile station transmission power from the base station transmission signals; and means for adjusting the mobile station transmission power of the mobile station transmission signals according to the mobile station transmission power control data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 81 words
The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the mobile station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals received at said one base station, and the adjusting means adjusts the mobile station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 29 words
The mobile station of claim 11, wherein the adjusting means changes the target value lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 111 words
A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising: means for receiving base station transmission signals from one base station in the mobile communication system and transmitting mobile station transmission signals to base stations in the mobile communication system; means for measuring a communication quality of the base station transmission signals; means for carrying out a radio channel switching from said one base station to another base station in the mobile communication system whenever the communication quality measured by the measuring means becomes lower than a threshold communication quality; and means for adjusting the threshold communication quality according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 30 words
The mobile station of claim 13, wherein the adjusting means changes the threshold communication quality lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.
Claim 15
Independent Claim 168 words
A method for controlling a transmission power in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of mobile station transmission signals from one mobile station received at one base station; producing a mobile station transmission power control data specifying a mobile station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station; transmitting base station transmission signals containing the mobile station transmission power control data from said one base station to said one mobile station; extracting the mobile station transmission power control data from the base station transmission signals transmitted by said one base station and received at said one mobile station; and adjusting the mobile station transmission power of the mobile station transmission signals from said one mobile station to said one base station according to the mobile station transmission power control data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 60 words
The method of claim 15, wherein the producing step changes the mobile station transmission power control data lower when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is decreased, and changes the mobile station transmission power control data higher when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 86 words
The method of claim 15, wherein the mobile station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals from said one mobile station received at said one base station, and the adjusting step adjusts the mobile station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.
Claim 18
Independent Claim 168 words
A method for controlling a transmission power in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of base station transmission signals from one base station received at one mobile station; producing a base station transmission power control data specifying a base station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station; transmitting mobile station transmission signals containing the base station transmission power control data from said one mobile station to said one base station; extracting the base station transmission power control data from the mobile station transmission signals transmitted by said one mobile station and received at said one base station; and adjusting the base station transmission power of the base station transmission signals from said one base station to said one mobile station according to the base station transmission power control data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 31 words
The method of claim 15 or 18, wherein the producing step changes the target level lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 60 words
The method of claim 18, wherein the producing step changes the base station transmission power control data lower when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is decreased, and changes the mobile station transmission power control data higher when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 86 words
The method of claim 18, wherein the base station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals from said one base station received at said one mobile station, and the adjusting step adjusts the mobile station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 31 words
The method of claim 17 or 21, wherein the adjusting step changes the target value lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.
Claim 23
Independent Claim 96 words
A method for controlling a radio channel switching of a mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: measuring a communication quality of the base station transmission signals from one base station received at said mobile station; carrying out a radio channel switching from said one base station to another base station in the mobile communication system whenever the communication quality measured at the measuring step becomes lower than a threshold communication quality; and adjusting the threshold communication quality according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 29 words
The method of claim 23, wherein the adjusting step changes the threshold communication quality lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.

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