# US 10,122,424 B2 · Mobile communication system, base station, and user terminal

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- Number: US 10,122,424 B2
- Document ID: US10122424B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/564,444
- Filed: 2016-04-07
- Published: 2018-03-15
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-04-10
- Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation
- Applicants: Kyocera Corporation
- Inventors: Fangwei Tong; Atsuhisa Inakoshi; Kugo Morita; Masato Fujishiro; Chiharu Yamazaki; Akinori Iwabuchi; Tohru Sunaga
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122424B2

## CPC

- H04B 7/0408: using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity
- H04B 7/0456: Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting
- H04B 7/0632: {Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]}
- H04B 7/06952: {Selecting one or more beams from a plurality of beams, e.g. beam training, management or sweeping}
- H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)}
- H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI}
- H04W 16/28: using beam steering
- H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams}
- H04W 72/27: between access points
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A mobile communication system is a mobile communication system that performs communication between a base station and a user terminal. When a directivity is formed to transmit a radio signal, the base station transmits a first radio signal including identification information to identify the formed directivity and a reference signal. The user terminal receives the first radio signal and transmits a second radio signal including quality information when receiving the reference signal and the identification information. The base station receives the second radio signal and determines the directivity to be formed based on the identification information and the quality information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobile communication system configured to perform communication between a base station and a user terminal, wherein
when a directivity is formed to transmit a radio signal, the base station transmits a first radio signal including identification information to identify the formed directivity and a reference signal,
the user terminal receives the first radio signal and transmits a second radio signal including quality information when receiving the reference signal and the identification information,
the base station receives the second radio signal and determines the directivity to be formed based on the identification information and the quality information, and
the base station detects mobility of the user terminal based on the second radio signal received from the user terminal or information included in the second radio signal, and determines a directivity wider than the directivity to be formed when the mobility indicates a predetermined movement amount per unit time or a movement amount greater than the predetermined movement amount.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein
the base station determines the directivity to be formed as a directivity with a higher resolution when quality indicated by the quality information is lower than predetermined quality.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The mobile communication system according to claim 2, wherein
when the directivity to be formed is divided to a directivity with a predetermined directivity resolution, the base station determines the corresponding directivity.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein
the base station transmits the reference signal even after determining the directivity to be formed that is used for data transmission.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the base station stops transmission of the reference signal after determining the directivity to be formed.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein
the base station has a plurality of antenna ports,
the base station and the user terminal have a common codebook defining a weight when performing weighting on a signal for each of the antenna ports,
when the directivity becomes narrower than a predetermined directivity, the base station performs weighting according to the codebook for each of the antenna ports,
the user terminal transmits a signal including information of a specific precoding matrix selected from the codebook based on a signal obtained when receiving the reference signal, and
the base station receives the signal transmitted from the user terminal and determines weighting for each of the antenna ports based on the precoding matrix included in the signal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein
the user terminal transmits the quality information and the identification information to the base station for a single directivity or a plurality of directivities with relatively high communication quality.

### Claim 8

A mobile communication system to perform communication between a base station and a user terminal, wherein
the base station transmits a first radio signal including a reference signal at a predetermined timing according to a formed directivity,
the user terminal transmits a second radio signal including communication quality information when receiving the reference signal after a lapse of a predetermined period from the reception of the first radio signal,
the base station receives the second radio signal and determines a directivity to be formed based on the timing at which the user terminal transmits the second radio signal and the quality information, and
the base station detects mobility of the user terminal based on the second radio signal received from the user terminal or information included in the second radio signal, and determines a directivity wider than the directivity to be formed when the mobility indicates a predetermined movement amount per unit time or a movement amount greater than the predetermined movement amount.

### Claim 9

A base station to perform communication with a user terminal, the base station comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a radio signal;
a formation unit configured to form a directivity of the radio signal to be transmitted by the transceiver; and
a controller configured to determine the directivity to be formed by the formation unit, wherein
the transceiver transmits a first radio signal including identification information to identify a directivity and a reference signal with the directivity formed by the formation unit, and receives a second radio signal transmitted by the user terminal,
the controller determines the directivity to be formed by the formation unit based on the identification information and quality information based on the reference signal transmitted by the base station which are included in the second radio signal transmitted by the user terminal, and
the controller detects mobility of the user terminal based on the second radio signal transmitted by the user terminal or information included in the second radio signal, and determines a directivity wider than the directivity to be formed when the mobility indicates a predetermined movement amount per unit time or a movement amount greater than the predetermined movement amount.