Abstract: The present invention is directed to a channel structuring method that includes a step of providing time frames segmented at a predetermined interval in communication channels of n subcarriers, a step of selecting a predetermined number of subcarriers from n subcarriers and a step of inserting a common control channel signal and a common pilot signal periodically into each of the time frames of the selected subcarriers.

Abstract: A disclosed mobile station includes a wireless channel quality measuring unit configured to measure wireless channel quality; a wireless channel quality determining unit configured to determine to report the wireless channel quality to a base station if the wireless channel quality is greater than a threshold; and a transmission unit configured to report the wireless channel quality to the base station based on the determination result of the wireless channel quality determining unit.

Abstract: A base station for retransmitting a transmission packet in response to a retransmission request for the transmission packet from a mobile station includes a retransmission control unit configured to receive the retransmission request from the mobile station; a scheduling unit configured to determine an available packet size on the same logical channel as used for the transmission packet, when channel quality at the time of retransmitting the transmission packet in response to the retransmission request is improved compared to channel quality at the time of initially transmitting the transmission packet; a segmentation/concatenation unit configured to segment a packet to be transmitted on the same logical channel as used for the transmission packet based on the available packet size determined by the scheduling unit; and a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the transmission packet to be retransmitted and the packet segmented by the segmentation/concatenation unit.

Abstract: A control channel allocation apparatus includes a memory portion that stores an identifier indicating a layer 1 control channel associated with a downlink data channel, and a physical channel parameter for transmitting an uplink layer 1 control channel, the identifier being related to the physical channel parameter; a physical layer parameter determination portion that determines the physical channel parameter for transmitting the uplink layer 1 control channel in accordance with the identifier; a layer 1 control channel generation portion that generates a layer 1 control channel indicating a decoding result of a data channel, in accordance with the determined physical channel parameter; and a transmission portion that transmits the generated layer 1 control channel.

Abstract: A mobile station, a radio access network apparatus and a mobile communication system that can decrease signal amount of each message to decrease connection delay are provided. The mobile station is provided with storing means configured to store a conversion table between a combination of a plurality of parameters defined beforehand and an identifier representing the combination of the plurality of parameters; uplink transmission signal generation means configured to generate an uplink transmission signal including the identifier when performing uplink transmission; transmission means configured to transmit the uplink transmission signal to the radio access network apparatus; reception means configured to receive a downlink transmission signal transmitted by the radio access network apparatus; and parameter setting means configured to detect the identifier from the received downlink transmission signal, read and set a parameter based on the identifier.

Abstract: A QoS information identification unit receives a packet to be transmitted and based on QoS information, identifies the QoS type of the packet, and outputs the obtained QoS type to an adaptive wireless parameter controller as requested QoS information. The adaptive wireless parameter controller adaptively defines a retransmission parameter, an encoding scheme and a modulation scheme, based on the requested QoS information received from the QoS information identification unit, observed QoS information at the receiving side notified from the receiving side, and transmission path information. A transmission sequencing controller performs retransmission control for the packet based on the retransmission parameter defined therebefore. A data encoder encodes the packet based on the encoding scheme defined therebefore. A data modulator modulates the packet based on the modulation scheme defined therebefore.

Abstract: A radio access network device used in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The radio access network device includes a first cell identifier selection unit configured to select an identifier used as a first cell identifier; a second cell identifier selection unit configured to select identifiers used as second cell identifiers; and a neighboring cell information generating unit configured to generate neighboring cell information including the first cell identifier and the second cell identifiers.

Abstract: A retransmission control method according to the present invention includes; transmitting, at a transmitter side apparatus 10, a new data indicator configured of multiple bits and updated when a new packet is transmitted, through a physical control channel associated with the physical data channel; and transmitting, at the receiver side apparatus 30, the transmission acknowledgment information, without depending on a decoding result of the packet received through the physical data channel, when the new data indicator received through the physical control channel is different from a new data indicator which has been expected to be received next at the receiver side apparatus.

Abstract: A disclosed mobile station includes a storage unit configured to establish a correspondence between an identifier for a downlink Layer-1 control channel associated with a downlink data channel and a physical channel parameter for an uplink Layer-1 control channel and to store the identifier and the physical channel parameter; and a unit configured to determine the physical channel parameter based on the identifier and generate the uplink Layer-1 control channel. A disclosed base station includes a storage unit; a unit configured to measure reception quality based on a signal transmitted from the mobile station, select the physical channel parameter and generate the downlink Layer-1 control channel corresponding to the physical channel parameter; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit control information on the generated downlink Layer-1 control channel.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an error detection unit conducting error detection on N packet data units received in N transmission processes; a first transmission unit transmitting an affirmative response signal or a first retransmission request signal depending on a result of the error detection; a storage unit storing an affirmatively responding packet for forwarding to an upper layer; a second transmission unit, if affirmatively responding packets are not consecutive, determining whether a missing packet must be retransmitted and transmitting a second retransmission request signal; and a forwarding unit reordering the packet data units and forwarding the packets in the storage unit to the upper layer.

Abstract: A base station according to the present invention includes: a scheduling unit configured to perform a persistent scheduling for transmitting data at a predetermined timing; and a scheduling information generating unit configured to generate scheduling information and to notify the scheduling information to a predetermined mobile station, when the persistent scheduling is performed. The scheduling information includes resource assignment information that indicates a radio resource assigned to the predetermined mobile station at the predetermined timing in the persistent scheduling.

Abstract: A security processing apparatus performs security processing in a MAC layer in a mobile communication system. The apparatus includes a mask generation unit generating a mask by using a security sequence number and a processing unit computing a logical operation on the mask and security target data to generate encrypted data. The security sequence number comprises a hyper frame number and a system frame number. The apparatus performs the security processing by using a transport block (TB) as one unit. The transport block is used as data transmission unit from a MAC layer to a physical layer per the unit time (TTI). Since HFN and SFN are used as the security sequence number, the security sequence number can be used uniformly over all RLC modes, and the out-of-synchronization of HFN can be avoided.

Abstract: A base station is disclosed. The base station includes a transmitting unit which variably controls a TTI length including multiple subframes, each of which is to be allocated to a mobile station, and transmits to the mobile station scheduling information which indicates allocation of wireless resources to each user; a receive-acknowledgment determining unit which determines whether a receive acknowledgment for the scheduling information is reported from the mobile station; and a shared-channel transmitting unit which transmits a shared channel if it is determined that the receive acknowledgment is received.

Abstract: A mobile station includes: means that performs discontinuous reception only for a signaling control channel, means that determines presence or absence of traffic data addressed to the own mobile station, and means that, when it is determined that there is traffic data addressed to the own mobile station, receives corresponding shared data channel. A radio access network apparatus includes: means that determines a discontinuous reception state, means that determines a discontinuous reception channel, means that reports the determined discontinuous reception channel to the mobile station, and means that, when transmission data arises, transmits a control signal using the determined discontinuous reception channel and that transmits traffic data using a corresponding shared data channel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile station performing packet communications with a base station, including: a reservation control signal generating unit configured to generate a reservation control signal, based on control information transmitted in advance of a data packet; and a reservation control signal transmission control unit configured to transmit the reservation control signal at a predetermined timing.

Abstract: A disclosed base station includes a transmission-rate determining unit for determining a transmission rate of a control channel for transmitting an upper-layer control signal, and a transmitter for allocating a predetermined bandwidth to the control channel for transmitting the upper-layer control signal according to the determined transmission rate, and transmitting the signal.

Abstract: A disclosed control apparatus performs packet communications with a mobile station and divides a coverage area into plural sectors so as to control the communications. The control apparatus comprises a transmission allocation portion that selects at least two transmission sectors to perform transmission to the mobile station in accordance with reception quality imparted from the mobile station so as to perform a transmission allocation for the mobile station; and a transmission portion that uses an identical scramble code for sector identification so as to perform transmission to the mobile station.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus receives control, pilot and data channels in an uplink. The apparatus includes a data-channel receiving unit for receiving the pilot channel in an antenna gain pattern of a multi-beam having multiple fixed directional beams with respectively different fixed directional directions or of a variable directional beam having a directional direction varying in accordance with the position of a mobile terminal; and a data-channel receiving unit for receiving the data channel in an antenna gain pattern of a multi-beam or a variable directional beam.

Abstract: An object is to implement transmission by an appropriate transmission method according to a type of information even in application of directional beam transmission.

Abstract: A radio resource assigning method includes assigning persistently, at a radio base station, by a persistent scheduling. The radio resource is to be used for transmitting downlink data to a mobile station. The radio resource assigning method also includes changing, at the radio base station, by a dynamic scheduling, in a period when the persistent scheduling is applied. The radio resource is to be assigned to the mobile station.