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Carrier allocation method in multi cell orthogonal frequency division multiple access system

US8009549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 2006
Grant dateAug 30, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L5/0023
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a carrier allocation method in a multi cell OFDMA system capable of improving the system capacity and the bit error rate performance. In the method, a user terminal U which has received broadcast information (S101) uses an empty carrier to transmit a known symbol to a base station device (S103). The base station device estimates an average channel gain of an empty carrier block by using the received known symbol (S104), compares the channel gain sizes of the respective carrier blocks according to the estimated average channel gain and allocates a carrier block having a large channel gain to the user terminal (S105), and compares channel gains of the respective carriers in the carrier block allocated to the user terminal and selects a carrier having a channel gain lower than a predetermined threshold value (S106).

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