The present invention relates to a base station, a communication system including a base station, communication method and recording medium for recording a program.
A relay base station of a mobile network defined in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is connected with a base station via a Un link and constitutes a cell. The base station containing the relay base station is referred to as a Donner eNodeB (DeNB). The DeNB transfers data between a core network and the relay base station. The transfer data is sent via an S11 link.
In general, a mobile network has been constituted mainly by macro base stations. Because the macro base stations each can cover a wide area, the number of base stations to be installed by a telecommunications carrier has been small. However, with the increase in the number of mobile terminals frequently connected with the internet such as smart phones, the necessity for installing a large number of base stations has arisen.
As a result, there has been increase in the number of telecommunications carriers who consider installation of a pico base station or a relay base station having a smaller coverage area, in addition to the macro base stations. Accordingly, the number of cells neighboring to a certain cell increases, and resultantly, manual creation of a neighbor cell list has become difficult.
The neighbor cell list is a list which is referred to at a time of determining a cell to be a movement destination for a mobile terminal present in the current cell when the mobile terminal is in the idle state. That is, the neighbor cell list with respect to a certain cell is a list of cells neighboring to the certain cell. The neighbor cell list is referred to also at a time of a base station's determining a target cell for handover when a mobile terminal present in its cell is in the RRC (Radio Resource Control) Connected state. In general, the neighbor cell list is notified within the cell by the base station.
As a technology for setting a neighbor cell list, for example, Non-patent Document 1 describes that a certain base station receives information relevant to a neighbor cell list from another base station.
Further, as a document describing a related technology, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are mentioned.
Patent Document 1 discloses a maintenance server and an optimization terminal, where the former collects information from each base station and sends it to the latter, and then the latter optimizes a neighbor cell list on the basis of the received information.
Patent Document 2 discloses a technology related to optimization of a neighbor cell list at a time of installing a new base station. First, the newly installed base station sends a notification to neighbor base stations thereof. Each of the base stations having received the notification sends back a response if its distance from the newly installed base station is equal to or smaller than a threshold value. The newly installed base station receives the responses and then creates an optimum neighbor cell list by listing the neighbor base stations in the order of closeness in distance.
[Patent Document 1]: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-153963.
[Patent Document 2]: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-004101.
[Non-patent Document 1]: 3GPP TS36.423 (V10.3.0), “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); X2 application protocol (X2AP)”, September 2011.
Now considered is a case where a certain cell A receives a neighbor cell list from another cell B using the technology described in Non-patent Document 1. The cell A is a cell managed by a base station A connected to a core network A. In this case, there is a possibility that a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell B includes even a cell managed by a base station connected to a core network other than the core network A.
Accordingly, it may occur that a mobile terminal attempting handover from the cell A performs the handover to a cell managed by a base station connected to a core network other than the core network A. In such a case, the time necessary for the handover process becomes longer than that for handover between cells belonging to the same core network.
The objective of the present invention is to provide a base station, a communication system, a communication method, and a recording medium for recording a program, all of which can solve the problem described above.
A base station according to the present invention is characterized by including: a storage means for storing a list of cells neighboring to a cell managed by the base station, in a manner to correlate each of the neighboring cells with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighboring cell belongs to; a reception means for receiving, from a base station neighboring to the own base station, a list stored by the neighboring base station; and a control means for using the received list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.
A communication system according to the present invention is characterized by that it is a communication system including a plurality of base stations, wherein the base stations each include: a storage means for storing a list of cells neighboring to a cell managed by the base station, in a manner to correlate each of the neighboring cells with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighboring cell belongs to; a reception means for receiving, from a base station neighboring to the own base station, a list stored by the neighboring base station; and a control means for using the received list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.
A communication method according to the present invention is characterized by including: receiving a cell list stored in a neighboring base station, in which cells neighboring to the cell managed by the neighboring base station are each correlated with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighboring cell belongs to; and using the received list as a list with respect to a cell managed by the own base station.
A recording medium of a program according to the present invention is characterized by storing a program for causing a computer to execute: a process of receiving a cell list, stored by a neighboring base station, in which cells neighboring to a cell managed by the neighboring base station are each correlated with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighboring cell belongs to; and a process of using the received list as a list with respect to a cell managed by the own base station.
It becomes possible to recognize to which core network each cell included in a neighbor cell list belongs.
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Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to drawings.
[Configuration]
The storage means 1001 stores a list of cells (not illustrated in the diagram) neighboring to the base station 1000. The reception means 1002 receives from a neighbor base station a list stored by the neighbor base station. The control means 1003 uses the received list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the base station 1000.
[Operation]
First, the reception means 1002 receives from a neighbor base station a list stored by the neighbor base station (S1001).
Then, the control means 1003 uses the received list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the base station 1000 (S1002).
[Effect]
As has been described above, the base station 1000 according to the first exemplary embodiment uses a list stored by a neighbor base station as a list with respect to the cell managed by the base station 1000. The list stores, for each of the cells, an identifier for identifying a core network the cell belongs to.
As a result, it becomes possible to recognize to which core network each of the cells described in the list belongs.
[System Configuration]
The base stations 330 and 340 and a pico base station 370 are connected with the MME 310 and the S-GW 320 via a network. Hereafter, these base stations are each referred to simply as a base station when they are not particularly distinguished from each other. Similarly, the mobile terminals 361, 362 and 363 are each referred to simply as a mobile terminal when they are not particularly distinguished from each other.
In the example shown in
While the communication system shown in
First, the MME 310 has a function to send and receive control signals to and from the base stations via an S1-MME link.
The S-GW 320 has a function to send and receive user data to and from the base stations via an S1-U link.
Each of the base stations manages a cell. The base stations may include a relay base station. In
Here, the pico base station 370 has the same function as that of the base station 330, but transmission power and coverage area of the pico base station are both smaller than that of the base station 330.
The base station 340 and the relay base station 350 are connected with each other via a Un link. The base station 340 has a function to transfer data between the relay base station 350, and both of the MME 310 and the S-GW 320. Data transfer between the relay base station 350, and both of the MME 310 and the S-GW 320 is made via an S11 link.
The devices shown in
[Configuration of Base Station]
Next, a configuration of the base station will be described using
Hereafter, a configuration and operation of the second exemplary embodiment will be described by taking the pico base station 370 as an example, unless otherwise mentioned. As described just above, the configuration and operation of the second exemplary embodiment described below are not limited only for the pico base station 370 but may be applied also to the base stations 330 and 340 and the relay base station 350. The pico base station 370 may manage a plurality of cells. However, for the sake of simplicity, the following description will be given assuming that the pico base station 370 manages only one single cell.
According to
The storage unit 371 stores a list of cells neighboring to the cell managed by the pico base station 370. The neighbor cell list is a list showing cells to be candidates for a target cell of handover from the pico base station 370, as described above. The neighbor cell list stored by the storage unit 371 will be described later in detail.
The reception unit 372 receives a neighbor cell list held by a base station neighboring to the cell managed by the pico base station 370.
The control unit 373 uses the neighbor cell list of the other base station received by the reception unit 372 as a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell managed by the pico base station 370.
The selection unit 374 selects a base station from which a neighbor cell list is to be received, on the basis of cell states of respective neighbor base stations. The selection unit 374 receives the cell states of neighbor base stations from the neighbor cell list stored in the storage unit 371 or from the measurement unit 375.
The measurement unit 375 measures information on neighbor cells in terms of their handover frequencies, handover failure rates and the like, and outputs the information to the selection unit 374 or the storage unit 371.
Hereafter, to simplify the description, it is assumed that a CN-ID is used as the identifier for identifying a core network in the neighbor cell list 376. Although only a CN-ID is correlated to each cell in
[Operation]
Hereinafter, a description will be given of operation according to the second exemplary embodiment, taking the pico base station 370 as an example, with reference to
First, the selection unit 374 selects another base station from which a neighbor cell list is to be received (S101). Here, the selection unit 374 selects the base station 330 as the base station from which a neighbor cell list is to be received. The selection unit 374 requests the selected base station 330 to send a neighbor cell list.
For the request for sending a neighbor cell list made from the pico base station 370 to the base station 330, a dedicated message may be used. Alternatively, a message which is not a dedicated one but one described in Non-patent Document 1 such as “X2 SETUP REQUEST” or “eNB CONFIGURATION UPDATE” may be used. The pico base station 370 may directly request the base station 330 to send a neighbor cell list, and also may indirectly make the request via the MME 310 or the like.
Next, the reception unit 372 receives a neighbor cell list from the selected base station (S102). In S102, a dedicated message may be used for the sending of a neighbor cell list from the selected base station 330 to the pico base station 370. Alternatively, a message which is not a dedicated one but one described in Non-patent Document 1 such as “X2 SETUP RESPONSE” or “eNB CONFIGURATION UPDATE” may be used.
A method of sending and receiving of a neighbor cell list between the base stations in S101 and S102 will be described later in detail.
When the reception unit 372 has received a neighbor cell list in S102, the pico base station 370 performs operation shown as S103. The control unit 373 optimizes the received neighbor cell list (S103). This optimization also will be described later in detail.
Finally, the control unit 373 uses the optimized neighbor cell list as a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell managed by the pico base station 370 (S104).
The above description has been given of an operation flow shown in
The optimization shown as S103 may also be that of simply eliminating from the neighbor cell list 376 the information on the cell of the base station having sent the neighbor cell list 376 and on the cell of the pico base station 370. First, it is assumed that the reception unit 372 of the pico base station 370 received a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell #b from the base station 330. At that time, the cell #b is not described as a candidate for a target cell for handover in the neighbor cell list received from the base station 330. Therefore, the control unit 373 of the pico base station 370 firstly adds the cell #b to, and eliminates the cell managed by the pico base station 370 from, the received neighbor cell list. The pico base station 370 uses thus created neighbor cell list as the neighbor cell list 376 with respect to the cell managed by the pico base station 370.
[Optimization of Received Neighbor Cell List]
Hereinafter, a description will be given of optimization of a received neighbor cell list, with reference to a flow chart shown in
Here, the content of operation described below corresponds to S103 of
For convenience of explanation, the following description will be given by assuming a target cell of the current process to be a “cell A”.
First, the control unit 373 checks the frequency of handover to each neighbor cell having occurred from the cell under its management. Concurrently, the control unit 373 checks the content of a measurement report received from a mobile terminal (S201).
Here, the measurement report is referred to as a report on the communication quality of cells around the mobile terminal, which is sent from the mobile terminal to the base station. More specifically, the mobile terminal measures the communication quality in neighbor cells of the cell within which it is currently performing communication and, referring to a determination condition, determines if the measured communication quality satisfies predetermined communication quality. In that case, the mobile terminal sends a measurement report expressing the determination result to the base station. Receiving the measurement report, the base station determines, according to the content of the report, that handover should be performed with respect to the mobile terminal from the cell within which the mobile terminal is currently performing communication to another cell of better communication quality.
Next, the control unit 373 determines whether or not handover to the cell A contained in the neighbor cell list 376 has occurred during a predetermined time period. (S202). If handover to the cell A has occurred during the predetermined time period, the process on the cell A is ended.
After that, if the optimization process has not been performed yet on any cell in the neighbor cell list 376, the control unit 373 may repeat the series of operation from S201 again.
If the determination in S202 turns out to be that no handover to the cell A has occurred during the predetermined time period, operation shown as S203 is executed. The control unit 373 determines whether or not the cell A is included within the top two highest reception quality cells in the measurement report received by the pico base station 370 during a predetermined period (S203). Here, as an index of the reception quality, RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power), RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality) or the like may be used, for example.
If the determination in S203 turns out to be that the cell A is not included in the top two highest reception quality cells, the control unit 373 eliminates the cell A from the neighbor cell list 376 and then ends the process on the cell A (S205).
If the determination in S203 turns out to be that the cell A is included in the top two highest reception quality cells, the operation proceeds to a process shown as S204. The control unit 373 determines whether or not the CN-ID corresponding to the cell A is the same as the CN-ID of the core network to which the pico base station 370 is connected (S204). If the determination in S204 turns to be that the CN-ID corresponding to the cell A is the same as the CN-ID of the core network to which the pico base station 370 is connected, the control unit 373 ends the process without eliminating the cell A from the neighbor cell list 376.
If the determination in S204 turns to be that the CN-ID corresponding to the cell A is different from the CN-ID of the core network to which the pico base station 370 is connected, the control unit 373 eliminates the cell A from the neighbor cell list 376 (S205).
Here, any other reference may be adopted as a reference for the determination of whether or not to eliminate the cell A from the neighbor cell list 376. As such another reference, for example, it can be considered to determine the necessity or nonnecessity for eliminating the cell A not by whether or not the cell A is included within the top two highest reception quality cells but by whether or not it is included within an optional number of highest reception quality cells. The necessity or nonnecessity for the elimination may be determined also by whether or not the reception quality in the cell A is equal to or higher than a threshold value. In that case, the process may be such that it proceeds to S204 if the reception quality of the cell A is equal to or higher than the threshold value, and to S205 if the reception quality of the cell A is lower than the threshold value
In the above description, the control unit 373 determines, in S204, whether or not the CN-ID corresponding to the cell A is the same as the CN-ID of the core network to which the pico base station 370 is connected. However, as already mentioned before, the determination may be made in terms of the MME ID, the GUMMEI or the S-GW ID instead of the CN-ID.
Further in the above description, the cell A is eliminated, in S205, from the neighbor cell list if it does not satisfy the condition of S203 or that of S204, but any other operation may be performed there. For example, when the determination result in S202 indicates that handover to the cell A has occurred during the predetermined time period, a process of preferentially leaving (not eliminating) the cell A in the neighbor cell list 376 may be performed. More specifically, a way of such as raising the priority of the cell A may be considered. The process described just above may be performed also when the determination result in S204 indicates that the CN-ID corresponding to the cell A is the same as the CN-ID of the core network to which the pico base station 370 is connected.
[Method of Receiving Neighbor Cell List]
Next, a description will be given of a method of sending and receiving of a neighbor cell list performed between the base stations. Operation described below corresponds to S101 and S102 of the flow chart shown in
First, the pico base station 370 sends to the base station 330 which was selected in S101 a request for sending a neighbor cell list (S111). A dedicated message may be used for this request for sending a neighbor cell list. Instead of a dedicated one, a message described in Non-patent Document 1 such as “X2 SETUP REQUEST” and “eNB CONFIGURATION UPDATE” may be used.
Next, on receiving the request for sending a neighbor cell list, the base station 330 sends a neighbor cell list to the pico base station 370 (S112). A dedicated message may be used for this sending of a neighbor cell list. Instead of a dedicated one, a message described in Non-patent Document 1 such as “X2 SETUP RESPONSE” and “eNB CONFIGURATION UPDATE” may be used.
An example of information sent from the base station 330 to the pico base station 370 in S112 is shown in
In
Further, as information sent from the base station 330 to the pico base station 370, “eNB CONFIGURATION UPDATE” described in Non-patent Document 1 may be used. In that case, similarly to in
In “Served Cell Information” shown in
In the examples shown in
In
Thus far, the description has been given of the configuration and operation of when the base station 330 sends a neighbor cell list in response to a request from the pico base station 370. However, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the base station 330 actively notifies another base station of a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell managed by the base station 330 without receiving a request from the pico base station 370.
For the sending of a neighbor cell list, either a dedicated message or a message described in Non-patent Document 1 such as “X2 SETUP REQUEST”, “eNB CONFIGURATION UPDATE” or the like may be used.
Similarly to in
[Effect]
As has been described above, the base station according to the second exemplary embodiment uses a list held by a neighbor base station, as a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station. The neighbor cell list stores an identifier (CN-ID) for identifying a core network to which each of the cells in the list belongs.
Accordingly, it becomes possible to recognize to which core network each of the cells described in the neighbor cell list belongs.
It thus becomes possible to preferentially leave in the neighbor cell list the cell of a base station connected to the same core network. As a result, it becomes possible to raise the possibility of handover of a mobile terminal to the cell of a base station connected to the same core network when the mobile terminal attempts to execute handover with reference to the neighbor cell list.
In general, when change of core network occurs during a handover process, the time necessary for such a handover process becomes longer than that necessary for handover within the same core network. Therefore, according to the second exemplary embodiment, it becomes possible to reduce the time necessary for a handover process of a mobile terminal because a cell belonging to the same core network can preferentially be left in the neighbor cell list.
Next, a third exemplary embodiment will be described. In the third exemplary embodiment, a description will be given of S101 in the flow chart of
[Operation]
In the example shown in
As already described before, the coverage area of the relay base station 350 and that of the pico base stations 370 and 380 are all smaller than that of the base stations 330 and 340. Accordingly, the number of cells to be listed in a neighbor cell list held by those base stations necessarily becomes small.
In this respect, in the third exemplary embodiment, a base station having a smaller coverage area, such as a pico base station and a relay base station, receives a neighbor cell list from a base station having a larger coverage area and uses the received neighbor cell list as its own one.
For example, the pico base station 370 receives a neighbor cell list from the base station 330 having the cell containing the pico base station 370. Similarly, the relay base station 350 receives a neighbor cell list from the base station 340 having the cell containing the relay base station 350. The pico base station 380 contained in both the cell of the base station 330 and that of the base station 340 selects either of the base stations 330 and 340 as a base station from which a neighbor cell list is to be received, and then receives a neighbor cell list from thus selected base station.
Here, the method used by the pico base stations 370 and 380 for receiving a neighbor cell list from the base stations 330 and 340, respectively, is almost the same as that of
However, when a base station having received a request for sending a neighbor cell list sends the neighbor cell list to a base station having sent the request, that is, for example, in S112 of
[Operation of Pico Base Station]
Hereinafter, a description will be specifically given of operation of the pico base station 370 up to its receiving a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell it manages. The pico base station 380 performs the same operation, and accordingly its description will be omitted.
First, by cell planning, cells close to the pico base station 370 in distance are inputted, on the basis of geographical information or the like, as initial values of the neighbor cell list of the pico base station 370.
On each of the cells included in the initial neighbor cell list, the measurement unit 375 measures the handover frequency and the handover failure rate as statistical information. The statistical information measured by the measurement unit 375 is stored in a table such as shown in
In
Next, referring to the table of
The selection unit 374 sends the base station 330 managing the selected cell #b a request for sending a neighbor cell list, via an X2 link or an S1 link.
The base station 330 sends the neighbor cell list with respect to the cell #b to the pico base station 370. At that time, the base station 330 sends also information expressing the size of its coverage area. This information may be an identifier specific to the base station or an identifier expressing the type of the base station, such as a pico base station and a relay base station.
Accordingly, when a cell with respect to which a request for sending a neighbor cell list received is the cell of a pico base station or a relay base station, the cell's having a small coverage area is to be notified at the time of sending a neighbor cell list.
In that case, the pico base station 370 having received a neighbor cell list may determine not to use the received neighbor cell list. It is because the number of cells neighboring to a cell having a small coverage area is small, and accordingly some neighbor cells to be listed may be missed in setting of a neighbor cell list at the pico base station 370.
If the pico base station 370 does not use a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell of the pico base station 380 or of the relay base station 350, the pico base station 370 performs the following operation. From among cells in a list of statistical information about neighbor cells of the cell managed by the pico base station 370, the pico base station 370 sends a request for sending a neighbor cell list sequentially in descending order of priority. The pico base station 370 repeats the operation until it receives a neighbor cell list from any cell other than both the pico base station 380 and the relay base station 350.
[Operation of Relay Base Station]
Next, operation of the relay base station 350 up to its receiving a neighbor cell list will be described specifically.
The relay base station 350 selects a DeNB connected to the relay base station 350. In the examples in
The relay base station 350 requests the base station 340 to send a neighbor cell list, via a Un link. The wireless base station 340 sends a neighbor cell list to the relay base station 350.
The third exemplary embodiment has been described above, taking a pico base station and a relay base station as examples. However, the configurations and operations of the third exemplary embodiment may be applied also to a base station which is neither a pico base station nor a relay base station, for example, the base stations 330 and 340. For example, it is possible at the base station 330 to receive a neighbor cell list from the base station 340 and use the received neighbor cell list as a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station. Similarly, the configurations and operations according to the third exemplary embodiment may be applied also to a femto base station whose coverage area is further smaller than that of a pico base station and of a relay base station.
[Effect]
As has been described above, the base station according to the third exemplary embodiment uses a list held by a neighbor base station as a neighbor cell list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station, similarly to in the second exemplary embodiment. The neighbor cell list stores an identifier (CN-ID) for identifying a core network to which each of the cells belongs.
Accordingly, it becomes possible to recognize to which core network each of the cells described in the neighbor cell list belongs.
Consequently, it becomes possible to preferentially leave in the neighbor cell list the cell of a base station connected to the same core network. As a result, it becomes possible to raise the possibility of handover of a mobile terminal to the cell of a base station connected to the same core network when the mobile terminal attempts to perform handover with reference to the neighbor cell list.
In general, when change of core network occurs during a handover process, the time necessary for such a handover process becomes longer than that necessary for handover within the same core network. Therefore, according to the third exemplary embodiment, it becomes possible to reduce the time necessary for a handover process of a mobile terminal because a cell belonging to the same core network can preferentially be left in the neighbor cell list.
The present invention has been described above with reference to the exemplary embodiments, but it is not limited to the above-described exemplary embodiments. To the configurations and details of the present invention, various changes and modifications understandable to those who skilled in the art may be made within the scope of the present invention.
Further, with regard to the base station, pico base station and relay base station according to the above-mentioned exemplary embodiments, the functions they have may be implemented by hardware, and also by a computer and a program executed on the computer.
The program is provided in a manner to be recorded in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk and a semiconductor memory, and is read into the computer at a time of start-up or the like of the computer. Thus controlling operation of the computer, the computer is caused to function as the base station, pico base station and relay base station in each of the exemplary embodiments and is accordingly caused to execute the above-described processes.
This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-006324, filed on Jan. 16, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Part or the whole of the above-described exemplary embodiments may be described as, but not limited to, the following supplementary notes.
(Supplementary Note 1)
A base station comprising:
a storage means for storing a list of cells neighboring to a cell managed by the base station in a manner to correlate each of the neighbor cells with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighbor cell belongs to;
a reception means for receiving, from a base station neighboring to the own base station, a list stored by the neighbor base station; and
a control means for using the received list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 2)
The base station according to supplementary note 1, wherein
the control means optimizes the received list and uses the optimized list as the list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 3)
The base station according to supplementary notes 1 or 2, wherein
the control means performs the list optimization by eliminating from the list a cell to which no handover has been executed during a predetermined time period, from among cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 4)
The base station according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 3, wherein
the control means eliminates from the list a cell included in the list, on the basis of the reception quality during a predetermined time period of the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 5)
The base station according to supplementary note 4, wherein
the control means eliminates, from among the cells included in the list, a cell whose place in a ranking in terms of the reception quality is equal to or lower than a certain place.
(Supplementary Note 6)
The base station according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 5, wherein
the control means, referring to the identifiers, further eliminates from the list a cell belonging to a different core network from that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 7)
The base station according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 6, wherein
the control means, referring to the identifiers, further performs the optimization in a manner to preferentially leave in the list a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 8)
The base station according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 7, wherein
the control means, referring to the identifiers, further performs the optimization in a manner to raise the degree of priority, within the list, of a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 9)
The base station according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 8, wherein
the control means performs the list optimization by eliminating a cell managed by the base station having sent the received list and a cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 10)
The base station according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 9, the base station further comprising
a selection means for selecting a base station from which the list is to be received.
(Supplementary Note 11)
The base station according to supplementary note 10, wherein
the selection means selects a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover frequency of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 12)
The base station according to supplementary notes 10 or 11, wherein
the selection means selects a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover success rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 13)
The base station according to any one of supplementary notes 10 to 12, wherein
the selection means selects a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover failure rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 14)
A communication system comprising a plurality of base stations, wherein the base stations each comprise:
a storage means for storing a list of cells neighboring to a cell managed by the base station in a manner to correlate each of the neighbor cells with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighbor cell belongs to;
a reception means for receiving, from a base station neighboring to the own base station, a list stored by the neighbor base station; and
a control means for using the received list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 15)
The communication system according to supplementary note 14, wherein
the control means optimizes the received list and uses the optimized list as the list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 16)
The communication system according to supplementary notes 14 or 15, wherein
the control means performs the list optimization by eliminating from the list a cell to which no handover has been executed during a predetermined time period, from among cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 17)
The communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 14 to 17, wherein
the control means eliminates from the list a cell included in the list, on the basis of the reception quality during a predetermined time period of the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 18)
The communication system according to supplementary note 17, wherein
the control means eliminates, from among the cells included in the list, a cell whose place in a ranking in terms of the reception quality is equal to or lower than a certain place.
(Supplementary Note 19)
The communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 14 to 18, wherein
the control means, referring to the identifiers, further eliminates from the list a cell belonging to a different core network from that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 20)
The communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 14 to 19, wherein
the control means, referring to the identifiers, further performs the optimization in a manner to preferentially leave in the list a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 21)
The communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 14 to 20, wherein
the control means, referring to the identifiers, further performs the optimization in a manner to raise the degree of priority, within the list, of a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 22)
The communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 14 to 21, wherein
the control means performs the list optimization by eliminating a cell managed by the base station having sent the received list and a cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 23)
The communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 14 to 22, wherein
the base station further comprises a selection means for selecting a base station from which the list is to be received.
(Supplementary Note 24)
The communication system according to supplementary note 23, wherein
the selection means selects a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover frequency of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 25)
The communication system according to supplementary notes 23 or 24, wherein
the selection means selects a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover success rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 26)
The communication system according to any one of supplementary notes 23 to 25, wherein
the selection means selects a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover failure rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 27)
A communication method comprising:
receiving a cell list stored by a neighbor base station, in which cells neighboring to a cell managed by the neighbor base station are each correlated with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighbor cell belongs to; and
using the received list as a list with respect to a cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 28)
The communication method according to supplementary note 27, which comprises
optimizing the received list, and using the optimized list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 29)
The communication method according to supplementary notes 27 or 28, which comprises
performing the list optimization by eliminating from the list a cell to which no handover has been executed during a predetermined time period, from among cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 30)
The communication method according to any one of supplementary notes 27 to 29, which comprises
eliminating a cell included in the list from the list, on the basis of the reception quality during a predetermined time period of the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 31)
The communication method according to supplementary note 30, which comprises
eliminating a cell whose place in a ranking in terms of the reception quality is equal to or lower than a certain place, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 32)
The communication method according to any one of supplementary notes 27 to 31, which comprises
eliminating from the list a cell belonging to a different core network from that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list, with reference to the identifiers.
(Supplementary Note 33)
The communication method according to any one of supplementary notes 27 to 32, which comprises
performing the optimization in a manner to preferentially leave in the list a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list, with reference to the identifiers.
(Supplementary Note 34)
The communication method according to any one of supplementary notes 27 to 33, which comprises performing the optimization in a manner to raise the degree of priority, within the list, of a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list, with reference to the identifiers.
(Supplementary Note 35)
The communication method according to any one of supplementary notes 27 to 34, which comprises
performing the list optimization by eliminating a cell managed by the base station having sent the received list and a cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 36)
The communication method according to any one of supplementary notes 27 to 35, which comprises
selecting a base station from which the list is to be received.
(Supplementary Note 37)
The communication method according to supplementary note 36, which comprises
selecting a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover frequency of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 38)
The communication method according to supplementary notes 36 or 37, which comprises
selecting a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover success rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 39)
The communication method according to any one of supplementary notes 36 to 38, which comprises
selecting a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover failure rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 40)
A program for causing a computer to execute:
a process of receiving a cell list stored by a neighbor base station, in which cells neighboring to a cell managed by the neighbor base station are each correlated with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighbor cell belongs to; and
a process of using the received list as a list with respect to a cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 41)
The program according to supplementary note 40, which comprises
a process of optimizing the received list and using the optimized list as a list with respect to a cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 42)
The program according to supplementary notes 40 or 41, which comprises
a process of performing the list optimization by eliminating from the list a cell to which no handover has been executed during a predetermined time period, from among cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 43)
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 40 to 42, which comprises
a process of eliminating a cell included in the list from the list, on the basis of the reception quality during a predetermined time period of the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 44)
The program according to supplementary note 43, which comprises
a process of eliminating a cell whose place in a ranking in terms of the reception quality is equal to or lower than a certain place, from among the cells included in the list.
(Supplementary Note 45)
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 40 to 44, which comprises
a process of eliminating from the list a cell belonging to a different core network from that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list, with reference to the identifiers.
(Supplementary Note 46)
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 40 to 45, which comprises
a process of performing the optimization in a manner to preferentially leave in the list a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list, with reference to the identifiers.
(Supplementary Note 47)
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 40 to 46, which comprises
a process of performing the optimization in a manner to raise the degree of priority, within the list, of a cell belonging to the same core network as that of the cell managed by the own base station, from among the cells included in the list, with reference to the identifiers.
(Supplementary Note 48)
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 40 to 47, which comprises
a process of performing the list optimization by eliminating a cell managed by the base station having sent the received list and a cell managed by the own base station.
(Supplementary Note 49)
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 40 to 48, which comprises
a process of selecting a base station from which the list is to be received.
(Supplementary Note 50)
The program according to supplementary note 49, which comprises
a process of selecting a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover frequency of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 51)
The program according to supplementary notes 49 or 50, which comprises
a process of selecting a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover success rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
(Supplementary Note 52)
The program according to any one of supplementary notes 49 to 51, which comprises
a process of selecting a base station from which the list is to be received, on the basis of the handover failure rate of cells managed by the neighbor base stations.
301 MME
302 S-GW
303, 304, 1000 base station
305 relay base station
306 mobile terminal
307, 308 pico base station
1001 list
1002 reception means
1003 control means
3071 storage unit
3072 reception unit
3073 control unit
3074 selection unit
3075 measurement unit
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2012-006324 | Jan 2012 | JP | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/JP2012/008209 | 12/21/2012 | WO | 00 |