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US5574983A
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Base station device and mobile station device in mobile communication system utilizing the site diversity effect in soft handover state
Assignee: NTT Docomo Inc
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Filing: 1994-09-29
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Granted: 1996-11-12
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Expires: 2014-09-29
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 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 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 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 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
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 19:36
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: 32
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 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; 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
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 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; and means for transmitting base station transmission signals containing the mobile station transmission power control data to said one mobile station.
Claim 3
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 4
Dependent Claim
67 words
The base station of claim 1, wherein the producing means changes the mobile station transmission power control data to a higher level 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 to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.
Claim 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
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 9
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 10
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 11
Dependent Claim
65 words
The base station of claim 7, wherein the producing means changes the base station transmission power control data to a higher level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station is decreased, and changes the base station transmission power control data to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station is increased.
Claim 12
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 13
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 14
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 15
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 16
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 17
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 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 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 19
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 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 15, 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 21
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 15, wherein the producing step changes the mobile station transmission power control data to a higher level 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 to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.
Claim 22
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 23
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 18, 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 24
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 25
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 26
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 20, 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 27
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 20, wherein the producing step changes the base station transmission power control data to a higher level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is decreased, and changes the base station transmission power control data to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
86 words
The method of claim 20, 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 29
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 23, 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 30
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 31
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 32
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 25, 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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