Base station, base station system, and communication method
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsYasuhiko INOUE, Akira KISHIDA, Kengo NAGATA, Yusuke ASAI, Yasushi TAKATORI
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Abstract
A base station (20A) that, in a base station system (1) including a first base station (10) and at least two second base stations (20A, 20B), functions as the first base station (10), includes: a MAC processing unit (103) that performs MAC layer processing and generates a first MAC frame used in common between the first base station (10) and the second base station (20A); and a communication processing unit (105A) that transmits the first MAC frame to the second base station (20A).
Claims10
A base station that, in a base station system including a first base station and at least two second base stations, functions as the first base station, the base station comprising:
- a processor that performs MAC layer processing and generates a first MAC frame used in common between the first base station and the second base stations;
- and
- a communication processing circuit that transmits the first MAC frame to the second base stations.
A base station that, in a base station system including a first base station and at least two second base stations, functions as one of the second base stations, the base station comprising:
- a communication processing circuit that receives a first MAC frame from the first base station;
- and
- a processor that performs physical layer processing and generates a wireless signal including the first MAC frame, and transmits the wireless signal generated to a terminal.
A base station system comprising a first base station and at least two second base stations,
- wherein the first base station includes:
- a first processor that performs MAC layer processing and generates a first MAC frame used in common between the first base station and the second base stations;
- and
- a first communication processing circuit that transmits the first MAC frame to the second base stations, and
- the second base station includes:
- a second communication processing circuit that receives the first MAC frame from the first base station;
- and
- a second processor that performs physical layer processing and generates a wireless signal including the first MAC frame, and transmits the wireless signal generated to a terminal.
A communication method in a base station system comprising a first base station and at least two second base stations, the communication method comprising:
- in the first base station, performing MAC layer processing and generating a first MAC frame used in common between the first base station and the second base stations;
- transmitting the first MAC frame from the first base station to the second base stations;
- in the second base stations, receiving the first MAC frame from the first base station;
- in the second base stations, performing physical layer processing and generating a wireless signal including the first MAC frame;
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- transmitting the wireless signal to the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.