Wireless base station apparatus and wireless communication control method

A wireless base station apparatus configured to perform wireless communication with a wireless communications terminal device, comprising:

• a radio quality information offsetting unit configured to adjust downlink radio quality information, reported from the wireless communications terminal device, based on a downlink transmission confirmation message transmitted from the wireless communication terminal and a required downlink quality, to create offset-adjusted radio quality information;
• a transport format determination unit configured to determine a downlink transport format based on the offset-adjusted radio quality information;
• a transmitting unit configured to transmit a downlink channel with the determined downlink transport format;
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• a radio environment estimation unit configured to estimate fluctuation in a propagation environment between the wireless base station apparatus and the wireless communications terminal device to produce a fluctuation estimation result,
• wherein at least one of ON/OFF operation of the radio quality information offsetting unit, the required downlink quality, and an offset adjustment step size used in the radio quality information offsetting unit is controlled according to the fluctuation estimation result.

A wireless base station apparatus used in a wireless communications system, comprising:

• a statistical processing unit configured to perform statistical processing on a plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators reported from a wireless communications terminal device, said statistical processing including averaging said plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators over one of a first predetermined period of time and a second predetermined period of time, the one of the first and second predetermined periods of time selected for said averaging based on an estimated fading frequency determined from radio environment conditions;
• a radio quality information offsetting unit configured to adjust the averaged plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators based on a downlink transmission confirmation message transmitted from the wireless communications terminal device and a required downlink quality such that a block error rate becomes a target level and to create offset-adjusting radio quality information,
• a transport format determination unit configured to determine a downlink transport format based on at least one of the averaged plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators and the offset-adjusted radio quality information;
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• a transmitting unit configured to transmit a downlink channel with the determined downlink transport format.

A wireless communication control method used in a wireless communications system, said method comprising the steps of:

• determining an estimated fading frequency from radio environment conditions;
• selecting one of a first predetermined period of time and a second predetermined period of time based on the estimated fading frequency determined from the radio environment conditions;
• performing, in a statistical processing unit, statistical processing on a plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators reported from a wireless communications terminal device, said statistical processing including averaging the plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators reported from the wireless communication terminal device over the selected one of the first predetermined period of time and the second predetermined period of time;
• determining a downlink transport format based on the averaged plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators;
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• transmitting a downlink channel in the determined downlink transport format.

A method for communicating between a wireless base station communications apparatus and a wireless communications terminal device, comprising:

• adjusting downlink radio quality information reported from the wireless communications terminal device, based on a downlink transmission confirmation message transmitted from the wireless communication terminal and a required downlink quality, such that a block error rate becomes a target level and to create offset-adjusted radio quality information;
• determining a downlink transport format based on the offset-adjusted radio quality information;
• transmitting a downlink channel with the determined downlink transport format;
• and
• estimating a fluctuation in a propagation environment between the wireless base station apparatus and the wireless communications terminal device to produce a fluctuation estimation result,
• wherein at least one of an ON/OFF operation of the step of adjusting, the required downlink quality, and an offset adjustment step size used in the step of adjusting is controlled according to the fluctuation estimation result.

A method for communicating between a wireless base station communications apparatus and a wireless communications terminal device, comprising:

• averaging in the wireless base station communications apparatus a plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators reported from the wireless communications terminal device over one of a first predetermined period of time and a second predetermined period of time, the one of the first and second predetermined periods of time selected for said averaging based on an estimated fading frequency determined from radio environment conditions;
• offset-adjusting the averaged plurality of downlink radio quality information indicators based on a downlink transmission confirmation message transmitted from the wireless communications terminal device and a required downlink quality, such that a block error rate becomes a target level and to create offset-adjusted radio quality information;
• determining a downlink transport format based on at least one of the averaged plurality of radio quality information indicators and the offset-adjusted radio quality information;
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• transmitting a downlink channel with the determined downlink transport format.