U.S. patent application number 16/863075 was filed with the patent office on 2020-08-13 for radio communication terminal devices and methods for random access.
The applicant listed for this patent is Optis Wireless Technology, LLC. Invention is credited to Jun Cheng, Kenichi Miyoshi, Akihiko Nishio.
Application Number | 20200260437 16/863075 |
Document ID | 20200260437 / US20200260437 |
Family ID | 1000004786871 |
Filed Date | 2020-08-13 |
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United States Patent
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20200260437 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Cheng; Jun ; et al. |
August 13, 2020 |
RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RANDOM
ACCESS
Abstract
A terminal apparatus includes processing circuitry to duplicate
a transmission packet to generate duplicated transmission packets
and to assign the duplicated transmission packets to a subcarrier
resource for a random access channel. A transmitter in the terminal
transmits the duplicated transmission packets using the subcarrier
resource for the random access channel.
Inventors: |
Cheng; Jun; (Kyoto, JP)
; Nishio; Akihiko; (Kanagawa, JP) ; Miyoshi;
Kenichi; (Kanagawa, JP) |
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Applicant: |
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Optis Wireless Technology, LLC |
Plano |
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US |
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1000004786871 |
Appl. No.: |
16/863075 |
Filed: |
April 30, 2020 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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H04W 72/0446 20130101;
H04W 72/04 20130101; H04W 74/0833 20130101; H04W 88/08 20130101;
H04W 72/087 20130101; H04W 72/0413 20130101; H04W 36/16 20130101;
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Claims
1. A radio communication terminal apparatus comprising: processing
circuitry configured to duplicate a transmission packet to generate
duplicated transmission packets and to assign the duplicated
transmission packets to a subcarrier resource for a random access
channel; and a transmitter configured to transmit the duplicated
transmission packets using the subcarrier resource for the random
access channel.
2. The radio communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to assign the
duplicated transmission packets to at least one of a plurality of
antennas for transmission over the subcarrier resource in the
random access channel.
3. The radio communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the duplicated transmission packets include two or more
duplicated transmission packets.
4. The radio communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to assign at least
two of the duplicated transmission packets to two consecutive time
slots in the random access channel.
5. The radio communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the subcarrier resource includes one or both of a timing or
a spreading code in addition to a transmission frequency.
6. The radio communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to assign the
duplicated transmission packets on at least two resources which are
on the same subcarrier for the random access channel.
7. The radio communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the duplicated
transmission packets using the subcarrier resource for the random
access channel without waiting for a response from a base station
to confirm whether transmission packets transmitted on the random
access channel are received at the base station.
8. A random access method comprising: duplicating a transmission
packet to generate duplicated transmission packets; assigning the
duplicated transmission packets to a subcarrier resource in a
random access channel; and transmitting the duplicated transmission
packets using the subcarrier resource for the random access
channel.
9. The random access method according to claim 8, wherein the
assigning includes assigning the duplicated transmission packets to
at least one of a plurality of antennas for transmission over the
subcarrier resource for the random access channel.
10. The random access method according to claim 8, wherein the
duplicated transmission packets include two or more duplicated
transmission packets.
11. The random access method according to claim 8, wherein the
assigning includes assigning at least two of the duplicated
transmission packets to two consecutive time slots for the random
access channel.
12. The random access method according to claim 8, wherein the
subcarrier resource includes one or both of a timing or a spreading
code in addition to a transmission frequency.
13. The random access method according to claim 8, wherein the
assigning includes assigning the duplicated transmission packets on
at least two resources which are on the same subcarrier for the
random access channel.
14. The random access method according to claim 8, wherein the
transmitting includes transmitting the duplicated transmission
packets using the subcarrier resource for the random access channel
without waiting for a response from a base station to confirm
whether transmission packets transmitted on the random access
channel are received at the base station.
Description
PRIORITY APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation application of application Ser. No.
16/010,556, filed Jun. 18, 2018, which is a continuation
application of application Ser. No. 15/446,183, filed Mar. 1, 2017
now U.S. Pat. No. 10,028,262, which is a continuation of
application Ser. No. 15/162,662, filed May 24, 2016 now U.S. Pat.
No. 9,615,359, which is a continuation of application Ser. No.
14/724,929, filed May 29, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,363,830, which
is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/283,525, filed May 21,
2014 now U.S. Pat. No. 9,060,356, which is a continuation of
application Ser. No. 13/158,014, filed Jun. 10, 2011, now U.S. Pat.
No. 8,761,131, which is a continuation of application Ser. No.
12/965,641, filed Dec. 10, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,000,295, which
is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/591,712 filed Sep. 6,
2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,873,000, which is a national stage
application of PCT/JP2005/003329 filed Feb. 28, 2005, which is
based on Japanese Application No. 2004-065625 filed Mar. 9, 2004,
the entire contents of each which are incorporated by reference
herein.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to a random access method in a
radio communication system composed of a plurality of radio
communication terminal apparatuses and base station apparatuses,
and a radio communication terminal apparatus of the random access
method.
BACKGROUND
[0003] Conventionally, in a radio communication system by a
cellular scheme, when a radio communication terminal apparatus
starts or restarts communication, an individual channel between the
radio communication terminal apparatus and the base station
apparatus is not established yet, and the radio communication
terminal apparatus is therefore designed to attempt an access to
the base station apparatus using a random access channel
(hereinafter "RACH": Random Access Channel). For example, in the
radio communication system by a W-CDMA scheme, a slotted ALOHA
scheme is adopted. When each of a plurality of radio communication
terminal apparatuses start or restart communication, access to the
base station apparatus is attempted at an arbitrary timing out of
start timing candidates (RACH subchannel). If there is no response
from the base station apparatus within predetermined time from the
access time, the access is determined failed, and access to the
base station apparatus is attempted again (see, for example,
Non-Patent Document 1).
[0004] Further, in the radio communication system by a
multi-carrier transmission scheme, a technology is known in which
when transmission packet is transmitted to the base station
apparatus by RACH for establishing an individual channel, the radio
communication terminal apparatus selects slot (timing) and
subcarrier (frequency) of RACH and spreading code based on certain
conditions, spreads the transmission packet by the selected
spreading code, and then transmits the packet to the base station
apparatus at the selected tuning and frequency (see, for example,
Patent Document 1). Furthermore, in a technology disclosed in
Patent Document 1, a radio communication terminal apparatus
attempts an access to the base station apparatus, and if there is
no response from the base station apparatus within predetermined
time from the access time, the radio communication terminal
apparatus attempts an access to the base station apparatus again.
[0005] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
2001-268051 [0006] Non-Patent Document 1: Keiji Tachikawa (ed.),
"W-CDMA Mobile Communication Scheme," Maruzen Co., Ltd., p. 45,
Jun. 25, 2001
DISCLOSURE
[0007] However, in technologies disclosed in Patent Document 1 and
Non-Patent Document 1, a plurality of radio communication terminal
apparatuses attempt an access to the base station apparatus by RACH
and access to the base station apparatus is attempted again after
determining success or failure for establishing individual channels
so that a case may occur when establishing the individual channel
after the first access to the base station apparatus may require
time. Furthermore, the number of transmission packets transmitted
by RACH increases as the number of radio communication terminal
apparatuses belonging to the same cell increases so that the
likelihood of collision of transmission packets becomes high and
establishing the individual channels requires longer time. For this
reason, with the conventional technology, the problems of
deterioration of communication quality and non-accessible state for
communication and the like are made more likely to occur in the
radio communication terminal apparatus designed to plan a service
demanding a QoS (Quality of Service) delay requirement.
[0008] It is therefore an object of the present invention to
provide a random access method for establishing an individual
channel between a radio communication terminal apparatus and a base
station apparatus in a short time, and a radio communication
terminal apparatus for operating this random access method.
[0009] A Random access method according to the present invention
includes a duplication step of duplicating a transmission packet,
an assignment step of assigning each of a plurality of duplicated
transmission packets to a random access channel, and a transmission
step of transmitting the plurality of the transmission packets in
accordance with an assignment result in the assignment step.
[0010] According to this method, the radio communication terminal
apparatus assigns and transmits a plurality of transmission packets
to the base station apparatus by RACH so that, even when many radio
communication terminal apparatuses belong to the same cell, the
likelihood becomes high that, one of the plurality of transmission
packets is received by the base station apparatus without colliding
with transmission packets transmitted from other radio
communication terminal apparatuses. As a result, according to this
method, the radio communication terminal apparatus transmits the
duplicated transmission packets to RACH without waiting for a
response from the base station apparatus to confirm whether or not
the transmission packets transmitted to RACH are received at the
base station apparatus, thereby establishing an individual channel
to the base station apparatus in a short time.
[0011] The random access method according to the present invention
includes, in the above-mentioned invention, a determination step of
determining the number of duplications of the transmission packet
in the duplication step according to a priority of service planned
after communication is started.
[0012] According to this method, in addition to the effect of the
invention, the number of transmission packets transmitted to RACH
by the radio communication terminal apparatus is determined
according to kinds of services planned after the individual channel
is established so that, out of the plurality of the radio
communication terminal apparatuses belonging to the same cell, one
with higher urgency is more likely to establish the individual
channel. As a result, according to this method, the problems of
deterioration of communication quality, non-accessible state for
communication and the like are made less likely to occur in the
plurality of the whole radio communication terminal apparatuses
belonging to the same cell.
[0013] The random access method according to the present invention
includes, in the above-mentioned invention, a determination step of
determining the number of duplications of the transmission packet
in the duplication step according to the number of retransmissions
of the transmission packet.
[0014] According to this method, in addition to the effect of the
invention, the number of duplications of the transmission packet
increases according to the number of retransmissions of
transmission packets so that, out of the plurality of the radio
communication terminal apparatuses belonging to the same cell, one
with higher urgency is more likely to establish the individual
channel. As a result, according to this method, the problems of
deterioration of communication quality, non-accessible state for
communication and the like are made less likely to occur in the
plurality of the whole radio communication terminal apparatuses
belonging to the same cell.
[0015] The random access method according to the present invention
includes, in the above-mentioned invention, a determination step of
determining the number of duplications of the transmission packet
in the duplication step according to the number of the radio
communication terminal apparatuses belonging to the same cell and
using said random access channel.
[0016] According to this method, in addition to the effect of the
invention, if the number of the radio communication terminal
apparatuses belonging to the same cell increases, radio
communication terminal apparatuses make less the number of the
duplications of the transmission packet so that it is possible to
reduce the likelihood of collision of transmission packets. As a
result, according to this method, the problems of deterioration of
communication quality, non-accessible state for communication and
the like are made less likely to occur in the plurality of the
whole radio communication terminal apparatuses belonging to the
same cell.
[0017] With the random access method according to the present
invention, in the assignment step of the above-mentioned invention,
each of the plurality of duplicated transmission packets are
assigned to one of time slots in the random access channel.
[0018] With the random access method according to the present
invention, in the assignment step of the above-mentioned invention,
each of the plurality of duplicated transmission packets are
assigned to one of subcarriers in the random access channel.
[0019] According to these methods, in addition to the effect of the
invention, the radio communication terminal apparatus assigns the
plurality of transmission packets randomly to one of time slots and
subcarriers of RACH so that it is possible to reduce load of the
signal processing necessary for the assignment of transmission
packets in the radio communication terminal apparatus.
[0020] With the random access method according to the present
invention, in the assignment step of the above-mentioned invention,
each of the plurality of duplicated transmission packets are
assigned to one of time slots and one of subcarriers in the random
access channel.
[0021] According to this method, in addition to the effect of the
invention, the radio communication terminal apparatus assigns the
plurality of transmission packets randomly to time slots and
subcarriers of RACH so that, even when many radio communication
terminal apparatuses belong to the same cell, it is possible to
reduce the likelihood of collision of the transmission packets.
[0022] With the random access method according to the present
invention, in the assignment step of the above-mentioned invention,
each of the plurality of duplicated transmission packets are
assigned to one of spreading codes in the random access
channel.
[0023] According to this method, in addition to the effect of the
invention, the plurality of radio communication terminal
apparatuses spread and transmit the transmission packets to the
base station apparatus using the spreading codes selected randomly
so that, even when many radio communication terminal apparatuses
belong to the same cell, it is possible to reduce the likelihood of
collision of transmission packets.
[0024] A radio communication terminal apparatus according to the
present invention adopts a configuration having: a duplication
section that duplicates a transmission packet; an assignment
section that assigns each of the plurality of duplicated
transmission packets to a random access channel; and a transmission
section that transmits the plurality of transmission packets in
accordance with an assignment result in the assignment section.
[0025] According to this configuration, the radio communication
terminal apparatus assigns the plurality of the duplicated
transmission packets randomly to RACH and transmits the
transmission packets to the base station apparatus so that, even
when many radio communication terminal apparatuses belong to the
same cell, the likelihood becomes high that, the plurality of
transmission packets are received by the base station apparatus
without colliding with transmission packets transmitted from other
radio communication terminal apparatuses. As a result, according to
this configuration, the radio communication terminal apparatus
transmits the duplicated transmission packets to RACH without
waiting for a response from the base station to confirm whether or
not the transmission packets transmitted to RACH are received at
the base station, thereby establishing an individual channel to the
base station apparatus in a short time.
[0026] According to the present invention, the plurality of the
radio communication terminal apparatuses assign the plurality of
the duplicated transmission packets randomly to RACH and transmits
the transmission packets to the base station apparatus so that,
even when many radio communication terminal apparatuses belong to
the same cell, the likelihood becomes high that, the plurality of
transmission packets are received by the base station apparatus
without colliding with transmission packets transmitted from other
radio communication terminal apparatuses. As a result, according to
this invention, the radio communication terminal apparatus
transmits the duplicated transmission packets to RACH without
waiting for a response from the base station apparatus to confirm
whether or not the transmission packets transmitted to RACH are
received at the base station, thereby establishing an individual
channel to the base station in a short time.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0027] FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a radio communication
terminal system using a random access method according to
Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
[0028] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radio
communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the
present invention;
[0029] FIG. 3 is a flow chart explaining a random access method
according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
[0030] FIG. 4A shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0031] FIG. 4B shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0032] FIG. 4C shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0033] FIG. 4D shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0034] FIG. 5A shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0035] FIG. 5B shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0036] FIG. 5C shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0037] FIG. 5D shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0038] FIG. 5E shows an assignment of a transmission packet to RACH
according to Embodiment 1;
[0039] FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radio
communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the
present invention;
[0040] FIG. 7 is a flow chart explaining a random access method
according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;
[0041] FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radio
communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the
present invention;
[0042] FIG. 9 is a flow chart explaining a random access method
according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;
[0043] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a
radio communication terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of
the present invention;
[0044] FIG. 11 is a flow chart explaining a random access method
according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;
[0045] FIG. 12A shows a correlation between a priority, the number
of the radio communication terminal apparatuses belonging to the
same cell, and the number of duplications of a transmission packet
according to Embodiment 4; and
[0046] FIG. 12B shows a correlation between a priority, the number
of the radio communication terminal apparatuses belonging to the
same cell, and the number of duplications of a transmission packet
according to Embodiment 4.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Example Embodiment 1
[0047] FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a radio
communication system composed of four radio communication terminal
apparatuses 200-1 to 200-4 and base station apparatus 100 that
establish individual channels using a random access method
according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a
communication area of this radio communication system is indicated
as "cell A." Furthermore, an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing) signal is subjected to packet exchange in cell A of
FIG. 1. In addition, the configurations and operations of the radio
communication terminal apparatuses 200-1 to 200-4 will be explained
below, but the radio communication terminal apparatuses 200-1 to
200-4 refer to the same configuration and the same function so that
the branch numbers may be omitted when explanations of the function
and the like are made entirely.
[0048] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio
communication terminal apparatus 200. Radio communication terminal
apparatus 200 includes transmission packet generating section 201,
duplication section 202, assignment section 210, packet
multiplexing section 221, radio transmission section 222 and
antenna element 223. Furthermore, assignment section 210 includes
RACH subchannel assigning sections 211-1 to 211-c. In addition, "c"
is an arbitrary natural number of two or greater.
[0049] Transmission packet generating section 201 generates
transmission packet including information of radio communication
terminal apparatus 200 necessary for establishing an individual
channel to base station apparatus 100 when radio communication
terminal apparatus 200 is started or recovered from the idol state,
and inputs the generated transmission packet to duplication section
202.
[0050] Duplication section 202 duplicates the transmission packet
input from transmission packet generating section 201, and inputs c
duplicated transmission packets to RACH subchannel assigning
sections 211-1 to 211-c, respectively.
[0051] RACH subchannel assigning section 211 assigns the
transmission packets input from duplication section 202 randomly to
arbitrary subcarriers with arbitrary RACH time slots. Assignment
section 210 compares the assignment results of RACH subchannel
assigning sections 211-1 to 211-c each other, and when transmission
packets are assigned to the same subcarrier with the same time slot
with overlap, assignment section 210 instructs one of RACH
subchannel assigning sections 211 to perform assignment again.
Assignment section 210 then instructs RACH subchannel assigning
sections 211-1 to 211-c to input transmission packets to packet
multiplexing section 221 with the subcarriers of assigned time
slots after confirming that time slots and subcarriers assigned by
RACH subchannel assigning sections 211-1 to 211-c are not
overlapped. RACH subchannel assigning sections 211-1 to 211-c input
transmission packets at predetermined timing and frequency to
packet multiplexing section 221 in accordance with instructions
from assignment section 210.
[0052] Packet multiplexing section 221 multiplexes transmission
packets input from RACH subchannel assigning sections 211-1 to
211-c and inputs multiplexed transmission packets to radio
transmission section 222.
[0053] Radio transmission section 222 is composed of S/P converter,
IFFT apparatus, P/S converter, guard interval insertion apparatus,
bandpass filter, D/A converter, low noise amplifier or the like,
and after generating an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing) signal from the transmission packet input from packet
multiplexing section 221, radio transmission section 222 transmits
the generated OFDM signal by radio to base station apparatus 100
through antenna element 223.
[0054] Next, the operations of radio communication terminal
apparatus 200 will be explained using FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a flow
chart showing steps of a random access method according to this
embodiment.
[0055] First, in step ST310, duplication section 202 duplicates c
transmission packets input from transmission packet generating
section 201.
[0056] Next, in step ST320, RACH subchannel assigning sections
211-1 to 211-c assign the transmission packets input from
duplication section 202 randomly to arbitrary subcarriers at
arbitrary time slots of RACH.
[0057] Next, in step ST330, assignment section 210 determines
whether or not assignment results by RACH subchannel assigning
sections 211-1 to 211-c are overlapped. When assignment section 210
determines assignment results by RACH subchannel assigning section
211 are overlapped in step ST330, assignment section 210 makes one
of RACH subchannel assigning sections 211 which has caused the
overlap perform the assignment of step ST320 again. On the other
hand, in step ST330, when assignment section 210 determines
assignment results by RACH subchannel assigning section 211 are not
overlapped, step ST340 is executed.
[0058] Next, in step ST340, radio transmission section 222
generates an OFDM signal from the transmission packet input from
packet multiplexing section 221, and transmits the generated OFDM
signal by radio to base station apparatus 100 by RACH through
antenna element 223.
[0059] FIGS. 4A to 4D and FIGS. 5A to 5E show specific aspect of
assigning a transmission packet to the arbitrary subcarriers at
arbitrary time slots of RACH by the random access method according
to this embodiment. In this embodiment, RACH subchannel assigning
section 211 is taken to process five subcarriers (SC) and five time
slots (TS) as a unit of RACH and assigns transmission packets
randomly within this one unit. As can be seen in FIG. 4A, for
example, transmission packets (RACH access signals) are
continuously transmitted using five consecutive time slots TS1,
TS2, TS3, TS4, TS5 and are consecutive in the time domain.
[0060] FIG. 4A shows an assignment of transmission packets to RACH
in radio communication terminal apparatus 200-1, and FIG. 4B to
FIG. 4D show radio communication terminal apparatuses 200-2 to
200-4, respectively. FIG. 4A and FIG. 4D show an aspect of randomly
assigning transmission packets to one of time slots and to one of
subcarriers of RACH, and FIG. 4B to one of subcarriers by all time
slots of RACH, and FIG. 4C to one of time slots in SC3 of RACH.
[0061] FIGS. 5A to 5E show transmission conditions of radio
communication terminal apparatuses 200-1 to 200-4 about SC1 to SC5
in timings of TS1 to TS5, in the case that radio communication
terminal apparatuses 200-1 to 200-4 transmit transmission packets
by the assignment aspects shown in FIGS. 4A to 4D. FIG. 5A shows a
transmission condition in TS1, FIG. 5B in TS2, FIG. 5C in TS3, FIG.
5D in TS4 and FIG. 5E in TS5, respectively. FIGS. 5A to 5E append
"x" to all colliding transmission packets and "o" to transmission
packets first received at base station apparatus 100, per radio
communication terminal apparatuses 200-1 to 200-4.
[0062] As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5E, individual channels can be
established to base station apparatus 100, at a timing of TS1 in
radio communication terminal apparatus 200-1, at a timing of TS3 in
radio communication terminal apparatus 200-2, at a timing of TS5 in
radio communication terminal apparatus 200-3 and at a timing of TS4
in radio communication terminal apparatus 200-4, respectively.
[0063] In this way, according to this embodiment, radio
communication terminal apparatus 200 assigns a plurality of
duplicated transmission packets to RACH randomly in RACH subchannel
assigning sections 211-1 to 211-c, and transmits the transmission
packets at the assigned time slots and subcarriers without waiting
for a response from base station apparatus 100 to the first
transmission packets, thereby establishing an individual channel to
base station apparatus 100 in a short time.
[0064] Furthermore, a plurality of transmission packets are
assigned to time slots of RACH randomly only according to radio
communication terminal apparatus 200-2 of this embodiment, and to
subcarrier of RACH only according to radio communication terminal
apparatus 200-3 so that it is possible to reduce load of signal
processing in RACH subchannel assigning section 211 necessary for
the assignment of transmission packets compared to the case that
the plurality of transmission packets are assigned to time slots
and subcarriers of RACH randomly.
[0065] Moreover, according to radio communication terminal
apparatus 200-1 or 200-4 of this embodiment, RACH subchannel
assigning section 211 assigns a plurality of transmission packets
to one of time slots of RACH and also to one of subcarriers of RACH
randomly so that, even when many radio communication terminal
apparatuses 200 belong to the same cell, it is possible to reduce
the likelihood of collision of transmission packets in RACH.
[0066] In addition, the following applications and changes may be
possible to the random access method and radio communication
terminal apparatus 200 according to this embodiment.
[0067] In this embodiment, a case has been described where a
plurality of radio communication terminal apparatuses 200 assign
transmission packets randomly to time slots and subcarriers of
RACH, but the present invention is not limited to this, and, for
example, it is equally possible for a plurality of radio
communication terminal apparatuses 200 to transmit not OFDM but
packet signals of a single carrier by radio communication, and
assign those packet signals randomly to the arbitrary time slots of
RACH.
[0068] Furthermore, in this embodiment, a case has been described
where radio communication terminal apparatus 200 assigns randomly
and transmits transmission packets to time slots and subcarriers of
RACH, but the present invention is not limited to this, and, for
example, it is possible for radio communication terminal apparatus
200 to select spreading codes randomly instead of time slots and
subcarriers of RACH, and also perform code division of the
transmission packets using the selected spreading codes.
Furthermore, it is possible for radio communication terminal
apparatus 200 to assign transmission packets randomly to RACH
subchannel where time slots, subcarriers and spreading codes are
setting elements. As a result, even when many radio communication
terminal apparatuses 200 belong to the same cell, it is possible to
further reduce the likelihood of collision of transmission packets
in RACH.
Example Embodiment 2
[0069] FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio
communication terminal apparatus 600 according to Embodiment 2 of
the present invention. Radio communication terminal apparatus 600
further includes priority determining section 601 and
number-of-duplications determining section 602 in radio
communication terminal apparatus 200 explained in Embodiment 1.
Therefore, radio communication terminal apparatus 600 includes many
components to show the same function as in the components of radio
communication terminal apparatus 200, so that such components are
assigned the same reference numerals as in the components of radio
communication terminal apparatus 200, and explanations thereof will
be omitted.
[0070] Priority determining section 601 determines a priority
according to kinds of services planned by radio communication
terminal apparatus 600 after communication with base station
apparatus 100 is started. For example, in call services and video
streaming services, since allowable delay time is short (QoS delay
requirement is demanding), priority determining section 601
determines that high priority is necessary in radio communication
terminal apparatus 600 scheduled to plan such service. Priority
determining section 601 then inputs information of the determined
priority to number-of-duplications determining section 602.
[0071] Number-of-duplications determining section 602 compares
priority information input from priority determining section 601
with a conversion table provided in advance, determines the number
of duplications corresponding to the priority and inputs
information of, the determined number of duplications to
duplication section 202.
[0072] Next, the operations of radio communication terminal
apparatus 600 will be explained using FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a flow
chart explaining steps of the random access method according to
Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
[0073] First, in step ST710, priority determining section 601
determines a priority of radio communication terminal apparatus 600
based on QoS delay requirement information input from control
section or the like (not shown).
[0074] Subsequently, in step ST720, number-of-duplications
determining section 602 determines the number of duplications of
transmission packets according to the priority determined in step
ST710, and inputs information of the number of duplications to
duplication section 202.
[0075] Then, steps ST310 to 340 in Embodiment 1 are to be
sequentially executed.
[0076] Here, an example of the conversion table held in
number-of-duplications determining section 602 will be shown below
in "Table 1." This conversion table is made such that .alpha.=1,
based on c=.alpha.xp . . . (1) {c is the number of duplications,
.alpha. is constant and p is the priority}.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Priority:Number of duplications 5:5 4:4 3:3
2:2 1:1
[0077] In this way, according to the random access method of this
embodiment, the number of duplications of transmission packet in
duplication section 202 are determined according to kinds of
services to be planned after an individual channel is established,
and as QoS delay requirement out of a plurality radio communication
terminal apparatuses 600 becomes more demanding so that it is
possible to establish the individual channel to base station
apparatus 100 in a short time. As a result, according to the random
access method according to this embodiment, the problems of
deterioration of communication quality, non-accessible state for
communication and the like are made less likely to occur in the
plurality of the whole radio communication terminal apparatuses 600
belonging to the same cell.
Example Embodiment 3
[0078] FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio
communication terminal apparatus 800 according to Embodiment 3 of
the present invention. Radio communication terminal apparatus 800
further includes number-of-duplications determining section 802 in
radio communication terminal apparatus 200 explained in Embodiment
1. Radio communication terminal apparatus 800 includes many
components to show the same function as in the components of radio
communication terminal apparatus 200 so that such components are
assigned the same reference numerals as in the components of radio
communication terminal apparatus 200, and explanations thereof will
be omitted.
[0079] Number-of-duplications determining section 802 compares
information of the number of retransmissions input from control
section or the like (not shown) with a conversion table provided in
advance, determines the number of duplications corresponding to the
number of retransmissions and inputs information of the determined
number of duplications to duplication section 202. In addition,
"the number of retransmissions" in this embodiment is incremented
every time all TS1 to TS5 shown in either of FIGS. 4A to 4D are
transmitted.
[0080] Next, the operations of radio communication terminal
apparatus 800 will be explained using FIG. 9. FIG. 9 is a flow
chart explaining steps of a random access method according to this
embodiment.
[0081] First, in step ST910, number-of-duplications determining
section 802 compares the number of retransmissions input with the
conversion table provided in advance, determines the number of
duplications of the transmission packet and inputs information of
the determined number of duplications to duplication section
202.
[0082] Then, steps ST310 to ST340 in Embodiment 1 are to be
sequentially executed.
[0083] Here, an example of a conversion table held in
number-of-duplications determining section 802 will be shown below
in "Table 2." This conversion table is made such that .beta.=1,
based on c=Fx.beta. . . . (1) {c is the number of duplications, F
is the number of retransmissions and .beta. is constant}.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Number of retransmissions:Number of
duplications 5:6 4:5 3:4 2:3 1:2
[0084] In this way, according to the random access method of this
embodiment, the number of transmission packets transmitted from
radio communication terminal 800 to base station apparatus 100 by
RACH increases according to the number of retransmissions so that,
out of a plurality of radio communication terminal apparatuses 800
belonging to the same cell, one with higher urgency is more likely
to establish the individual channel to base station apparatus 100
in a short time. As a result, according to the random access method
of this embodiment, the problems of deterioration of communication
quality, non-accessible state for communication and the like are
made less likely to occur in the plurality of the whole radio
communication terminal apparatuses 800 belonging to the same
cell.
Example Embodiment 4
[0085] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio
communication terminal apparatus 1000 according to Embodiment 4 of
the present invention. Radio communication terminal apparatus 1000
further includes radio reception section 1001, control information
extracting section 1002 and number-of-duplications determining
section 1003 in radio communication terminal apparatus 200
explained in Embodiment 1. Radio communication terminal apparatus
1000 includes many components to show the same function as in the
components of radio communication terminal apparatus 200 so that
such components are assigned the same reference numerals as in the
components of radio communication terminal apparatus 200, and
explanations thereof will be omitted.
[0086] Radio reception apparatus 1001 includes bandpass filter, A/D
converter, low noise amplifier, guard interval removal apparatus,
S/P converter, FFT apparatus, P/S converter or the like, and
acquires an OFDM signal to notify the number of radio communication
terminal apparatus 1000 which belong to cell A transmitted
regularly from base station terminal 100 through antenna element
223, and after predetermined reception signal proceeding to the
OFDM signal is performed, radio reception section 1001 inputs the
OFDM signal to control information extracting section 1002.
[0087] Control information extracting section 1002 extracts
information of the number of radio communication terminal
apparatuses 1000 belonging to cell A out of the reception signal
input from radio reception section 1001, and inputs the extracted
control information to number-of-duplications determining section
1003.
[0088] Number-of-duplications determining section 1003 compares
control information input from control information extracting
section 1002 with the conversion table provided in advance,
determines the number of duplications corresponding to the control
information and inputs the information of the determined number of
duplications to duplication section 202.
[0089] Next, the operations of radio communication terminal
apparatus 1000 will be explained using FIG. 11. FIG. 11 is a flow
chart explaining steps for a random access method according to this
embodiment.
[0090] First, in step ST1110, control information extracting
section 1002 extracts control information from reception signal
input from radio reception section 1001.
[0091] Then, in step ST1120, number-of-duplication determining
section 1003 learns the number of radio communication terminal
apparatuses 1000 belonging to cell A based on control information
and determines the number of duplications corresponding to this
number with reference to the conversion table provided in
advance.
[0092] Steps ST310 to ST340 in Embodiment 1 are to be sequentially
executed.
[0093] Here, an example of the conversion table held in
number-of-duplications determining section 1003 will be shown below
in "Table 3." In table 3, RACH subchannel assigning section 211 is
taken to process a total of 1000 RACH subchannels composed of 10
time slots and 100 subcarriers per time slot as a RACH unit, assign
100 transmission packets at maximum in one unit and furthermore,
radio communication terminal apparatus 1000 belongs to priorities 1
to 5.
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Priority/Number of duplications (number of
terminals)/(20):(35):(100) 5/7(4):5(7):1(20) 4/6(4):4(7):1(20)
3/5(4):3(7):1(20) 2/4(4):2(7):1(20) 1/1(4):1(7):1(20) Sum of the
number of duplications: 92:98:100
[0094] Furthermore, in FIG. 12A, correlation between the number of
radio communication terminal apparatuses 1000 belonging to cell A
and the number of duplications about priority 5 in this embodiment
is shown. Also, in FIG. 12B, correlation between the number of
radio communication terminal apparatuses 1000 belonging to cell A
and the number of duplications about priority 3 in this embodiment
is shown. As shown in FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B, this embodiment is set
such that the number of duplications of transmission packet in
duplication section 202 decreases with increase of the number of
radio communication terminal apparatuses 1000 belonging to the same
cell.
[0095] Therefore, according to the random access method of this
embodiment, as the number of radio communication terminal
apparatuses 1000 belonging to the same cell increases, the number
of transmission packets transmitted by radio communication terminal
apparatuses 1000 decreases so that it is possible to reduce the
likelihood of collision of transmission packets at RACH in the same
cell. As a result, according to the random access method according
to this embodiment, the problems of deterioration of communication
quality, non-accessible state for communication and the like are
made less likely to occur in the plurality of the whole radio
communication terminal apparatuses 1000 belonging to the same
cell.
[0096] In addition, although in the above embodiments, a case has
been described where the duplicated transmission packets are
multiplexed and transmitted in subcarriers or time slots, when, for
example, other resources such as radio communication terminal
apparatus 200 include a plurality of transmission antennas, it is
possible to multiplex and transmit the duplicated transmission
packets in spatial resources such as transmission antenna and
directivity pattern, and spreading codes in CDMA system.
[0097] In addition, function blocks used in the explanations of the
above embodiments are typically implemented as LSI constituted by
an integrated circuit. These may be individual chips or partially
or totally contained on a single cup.
[0098] "LSI" is adopted here but this may also be referred to as
"IC," "system LSI," "super LSI," or "ultra LSI" depending on
differing extents of integration.
[0099] Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to
LSI's, and implementation using dedicated circuitry or general
purpose processors is also possible. After LSI manufacture,
utilization of an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or a
reconfigurable processor where connections and settings of circuit
cells within an LSI can be reconfigured is also possible.
[0100] Further, if integrated circuit technology comes out to
replace LSI's as a result of the advancement of semiconductor
technology or a derivative other technology, it is naturally also
possible to carry out function block integration using this
technology. Application in biotechnology is also possible.
[0101] The present application is based on Japanese Patent
Application No. 2004-065625 filed on Mar. 9, 2004, the entire
content of which is expressively incorporated by reference
herein.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0102] The random access method and radio communication terminal
apparatus according to the present invention provides an advantage
of establishing an individual channel to the base station in a
short time, and is effective for using in the radio communication
system and the like with service demanding QoS delay requirement
planned.
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