Patent Publication Number: US-8971882-B2

Title: Base station device, terminal device, receiver-side base station device, and wireless communication method

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a base station device that performs wireless communication with terminal devices, a terminal device, a receiver-side base station device that receives a signal from the base station device, and a wireless communication method. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In a wireless communication system having a plurality of base station devices, if communication areas (cells) formed by the plurality of base station devices overlap each other, a signal transmitted from a certain base station device may reach a terminal device existing in a cell of another base station device located near the certain base station device, and the signal may become an interference signal for the terminal device. 
     It is well known that such interference can be suppressed by beam forming. That is, a base station device performs beam forming such that a beam is directed to a terminal device existing in its own cell (hereinafter, referred to as “own terminal device”) while a null beam is directed to a terminal device existing in a cell of another base station device (hereinafter, referred to as “another terminal device”). Thereby, a signal (interference signal) transmitted from the base station device becomes less likely to arrive at the another terminal device, and thus interference is suppressed (refer to Non-Patent Literature 1 for beam forming). 
     CITATION LIST 
     Non Patent Literature 
     
         
         
           
             Non-Patent Literature 1: “Adaptive Signal Processing Using Array Antennae”, written by Nobuyoshi KIKUMA, published by Kagaku Gijutsu Shuppan, Nov. 25, 1998 
           
         
       
    
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Problems to be Solved by the Invention 
     By the way, the above-mentioned wireless communication system includes, as base station devices, a macro base station device that forms a cell (macro cell) having a size of several kilometers, and a femto base station device that is located in the macro cell and forms a relatively small cell (femto cell) having a size of several tens of meters. 
     In the wireless communication system, the femto cell of the femto base station device is sometimes formed in the macro cell, and almost the entire area of the femto cell may overlap the macro cell. Further, the femto base station device is sometimes installed in an arbitrary place in the macro cell by the user. In this case, for example, a downlink signal transmitted from the macro base station device may interfere with a terminal device connected to the femto base station device, or an uplink signal transmitted from a terminal device connected to the macro base station device may interfere with the femto base station device. 
     Given this situation, it is considered that the macro base station device uses the above-described beam forming. However, the macro base station device does not know the direction in which a null beam should be directed, and therefore, it is difficult to successfully suppress interference. 
     As described above, since overlapping of the cells of the plurality of base station devices may cause a failure in wireless communication, such as the above-mentioned interference, any process for suppressing such failure is needed when a base station device (femto base station device) is newly installed. 
     An object of the present invention is to suppress interference that occurs in wireless communication when a base station device is installed. 
     Solution to the Problems 
     (1) A base station device of the present invention is a femto base station device that forms a femto cell, and the femto base station device includes: a transmission unit which transmits broadcast information or paging information to another device; and an information storage unit which adds and stores base station information relating to the base station device in the broadcast information or the paging information. 
     According to the present invention, when the another device receives the broadcast information or the paging information transmitted from the transmission unit included in the femto base station device to the another device, the another device can acquire the base station information stored in the broadcast information or the paging information, and perform a process by using the base station information. 
     In particular, the femto base station device is sometimes installed in an arbitrary place in a macro cell. Therefore, for example, a downlink signal transmitted from a macro base station device may interfere with a terminal device connected to the femto base station device, or an uplink signal transmitted from a terminal device connected to the macro base station device may interfere with the femto base station device. Thus, when installing the femto base station device, the femto base station device might influence its own or neighboring wireless communication. 
     So, in the present invention, when installing the femto base station device, the another device is allowed to perform a process by using the base station information relating to the base station device. Therefore, for example, it is possible to suppress interference that occurs in wireless communication. 
     (2) Preferably, the base station information includes location information relating to the location of the base station device. In this case, the femto base station device transmits the broadcast information or the paging information in which the location information is stored. The device that has acquired the base station information can know the location of the femto base station device, and execute a process according to the location of the femto base station device by using the location information. 
     (3) A base station device of the present invention includes: a transmission unit which transmits broadcast information or paging information to another device; and an information storage unit which adds and stores base station information relating to the base station device in the broadcast information or the paging information. The base station information includes at least one of: scheduling algorithm information for allocation of radio resources to terminal devices communicating with the base station device; localized/distributed information relating to an allocation scheme of radio resources to the terminal devices communicating with the base station device; information indicating a transmission power by the transmission unit; and information indicating the number of antennae of the base station device. 
     According to the present invention, when the another device receives the broadcast information or the paging information transmitted from the transmission unit included in the base station device to the another device, the another device can acquire the base station information stored in the broadcast information or the paging information, and perform a process by using the base station information. 
     (4) Further, an area in which the information storage unit stores the base station information may be an area in which information relating to the name of the base station device is stored. In this case, the base station information is added and stored in the information relating to the name of the base station device. 
     (5) Alternatively, the area in which the information storage unit stores the base station information may be an area obtained by extending an area that is set for storing information to be given to the terminal devices. 
     (6) The base station device according to any of the above (1) to (5) is a transmitter-side device that transmits the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored. On the other hand, a receiver-side base station device of the present invention includes: a reception unit which receives the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored, the broadcast information or the paging information having been transmitted from the transmission unit in the base station device according to any of the above (1) to (5); and a signal processing unit which executes an interference suppression process by using the base station information stored in the broadcast information or the paging information received by the reception unit. 
     According to the receiver-side base station device of the present invention, the reception unit acquires the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored, and thereby the signal processing unit can execute the interference suppression process by using the base station information. 
     (7) In the receiver-side base station device, the base station information is location information relating to the location of the transmitter-side base station device, and the signal processing unit executes, as the interference suppression process, directivity control, transmission power control, or installation-location determination control that determines whether the installation location of the base station device is appropriate. 
     In this case, the receiver-side base station device executes the interference suppression process by using the location information of the transmitter-side base station device. 
     When the receiver-side base station device executes the directivity control as the interference suppression process, the receiver-side base station device executes, for example, control to form a directivity in which a strong radio wave is not transmitted to the cell of the transmitter-side base station device. 
     When the receiver-side base station device executes the transmission power control as the interference suppression process, the receiver-side base station device executes, for example, control to reduce the transmission power such that a strong radio wave is not transmitted to the communication area of the transmitter-side base station device. 
     When the receiver-side base station device executes the installation-location determination control as the interference suppression process, if the location of the receiver-side base station device and the location of the transmitter-side base station device are too close to each other, the receiver-side base station device determines that its own location is not appropriate, and notifies the user of the result of the determination. That is, when the receiver-side base station device is too close to the transmitter-side base station device, interference is likely to occur between them. However, such interference can be avoided by executing the installation-location determination control. 
     (8) Preferably, the receiver-side base station device further includes a separation unit which separates the base station information from the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored. 
     In this case, since the base station information is added and stored in the broadcast information or the paging information, the separation unit can separate and extract the base station information from the broadcast information or the paging information, and the extracted base station information can be used for a process. 
     (9) Besides the receiver-side base station devices according to the above (6) to (8), a terminal device is also an example of a wireless communication device in another cell, which receives broadcast information or paging information in which base station information is stored. The present invention relates to a terminal device which communicates with another base station device that forms a cell different from the cell of the base station device according to any of the above (1) to (5), and the terminal device includes: a reception unit which receives the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored, the broadcast information or the paging information having been transmitted from the transmission unit in the base station device according to any of the above (1) to (5); and a signal processing unit which executes an interference suppression process by using the base station information stored in the broadcast information or the paging information received by the reception unit. 
     According to the terminal device of the present invention, the reception unit can acquire the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored, and the terminal device can perform the interference suppression process by using the base station information. 
     (10) Further, in the terminal device, the base station information stored in the broadcast information or the paging information received by the reception unit is base station location information relating to the location of the transmitter-side base station device that transmits the broadcast information or the paging information. The terminal device further includes a terminal location information acquisition unit which acquires terminal location information relating to the location of the terminal device. The signal processing unit performs, as the interference suppression process, a process of determining the location relationship between the transmitter-side base station device and the terminal device, based on the base station location information and the terminal location information, and notifying the user of the terminal device of information indicating the result of the determination. 
     When the transmitter-side base station device is a base station device (referred to as “another station”) that does not communicate with the terminal device, and then if the signal processing unit determines that the terminal device and the another station are too close to each other, the signal process unit notifies the user of the terminal device of information that urges the user to leave from the another station, as information indicating the result of the determination. Thereby, interference between the terminal device and the another station can be suppressed. 
     Further, when the transmitter-side base station device is a base station device that communicates with the terminal device, and then if the signal processing unit determines that the terminal device is too distant from the base station device, the signal processing unit notifies the user of the terminal device of information that urges the user to get closer to the base station device, as information indicating the result of the determination. Thereby, appropriate communication can be maintained. 
     (11) Preferably, the terminal device further includes a separation unit which separates the base station information from the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored. 
     In this case, since the base station information is added and stored in the broadcast information or the paging information, the separation unit can separate and extract the base station information from the broadcast information or the paging information, and the extracted base station information can be used for a process. 
     (12) A wireless communication method of the present invention includes the steps of: adding and storing, by a base station device, base station information relating to the base station device in broadcast information or paging information; transmitting, by the base station device, the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored to another device; and receiving, by a wireless communication device in another cell, the broadcast information or the paging information in which the base station information is stored, and executing an interference suppression process. 
     According to the present invention, when a wireless communication device in another cell receives the broadcast information or the paging information transmitted from the base station device to the another device, the wireless communication device can acquire the base station information stored in the broadcast information or the paging information, and perform the interference suppression process by using the base station information. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless communication system including a base station device of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating the structures of UL and DL radio frames based on LTE. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating the structure of the DL frame in detail. 
         FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a femto base station device (transmitter-side base station device). 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating a transmission process performed by the transmitter-side base station device. 
         FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a receiver-side base station device. 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a terminal device. 
         FIG. 8  is a diagram illustrating interference suppression control using scheduling algorithm information. 
         FIG. 9  is a diagram illustrating interference suppression control using localized/distributed information. 
         FIG. 10  is a diagram illustrating an example in which location information is added to broadcast information. 
         FIG. 11  is a diagram illustrating an example in which a system information block is newly added, and location information is stored in the system information block. 
         FIG. 12  is a diagram illustrating process steps performed by a femto base station device that stores base station information in paging information and transmits the paging information, and a receiver-side base station device that is different from and located near the femto base station device. 
         FIG. 13  is a diagram illustrating an example of extension of paging information. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described. 
     [1 Configuration of Communication System] 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a wireless communication system including a base station device of the present invention. 
     This wireless communication system includes a plurality of base station devices  1 , and a plurality of terminal devices (mobile terminals)  2  that are allowed to perform wireless communication with the base station devices  1 . 
     The plurality of base station devices  1  include: a plurality of macro base stations  1   a  each forming a communication area (macro cell) MC having a size of several kilometers; and a plurality of femto base stations  1   b  each being located in the macro cell MC, and forming a relatively small femto cell FC having a size of several tens of meters. 
     Each macro base station device  1   a  is allowed to perform wireless communication with terminal devices existing in its own macro cell MC. 
     On the other hand, each femto base station device  1   b  is installed in a place where it is difficult for the terminal devices to receive a radio signal from the macro base station device  1   a , such as indoors, and forms a femto cell FC. The femto base station device  1   b  is allowed to wirelessly communicate with terminal devices existing in its own femto cell FC. In this system, the femto base station device  1   b  that forms a relatively small femto cell FC is installed in a place where it is difficult for the terminal devices to receive a radio signal from the macro base station device  1   a , thereby enabling provision of services with sufficient throughput to the terminal devices. 
     In the following description, a terminal device  2  connected to the femto base station device  1   b  is sometimes referred to as a femto terminal device  2   b , and a terminal device  2  connected to the macro base station device  1   a  is sometimes referred to as a macro terminal device  2   a.    
     The wireless communication system of the present embodiment is, for example, a system for mobile phones to which LTE (Long Term Evolution) is applied, and communication based on the LTE is performed between each base station device and each terminal device. In the LTE, frequency division duplex (FDD) can be adopted. The present embodiment is described on assumption that the FDD is adopted. However, the communication system is not limited to that based on the LTE. Further, the scheme adopted in the LTE is not limited to the FDD. For example, TDD (Time Division Duplex) may be adopted. 
     [2 Frame Structure for LTE] 
     In the FDD that can be adopted in the LTE on which the communication system of the present embodiment is based, uplink communication and downlink communication are simultaneously performed by allocating different operating frequencies to an uplink signal (a transmission signal from a terminal device to a base station device) and a downlink signal (a transmission signal from the base station device to the terminal device). 
     Further, in the present embodiment, OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) is adopted for downlink wireless communication, and SC-FDMA (Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access) is adopted for uplink wireless communication. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating the structures of uplink and downlink radio frames for the LTE. Each of a downlink radio frame (DL frame) and an uplink radio frame (UL frame), which are the essential frames for the LTE, has a time length of 10 milliseconds per radio frame, and consists of 10 subframes # 0  to # 9 . The DL frame and the UL frame are arranged in the time-axis direction with their timings coinciding with each other. 
     The timings of the DL frame and the UL frame coincide with each other between the base station devices, and thereby communication in each cell is performed in the state where so-called inter-base-station synchronization is achieved. 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram showing the structure of the DL frame in detail. In  FIG. 3 , the vertical axis direction indicates the frequency, and the horizontal axis direction indicates the time. 
     Each of subframes that form the DL frame consists of 2 slots (e.g., slots # 0  and # 1 ). Each slot consists of 7 (# 0  to # 6 ) OFDM symbols (in the case of Normal Cyclic Prefix). 
     Further, in  FIG. 3 , a resource block which is a minimum unit of radio resource allocation for data transmission is defined by 12 subcarriers in the frequency-axis direction and 7 OFDM symbols (1 slot) in the time-axis direction. Accordingly, when the frequency band width of the DL frame is set at, for example, 5 MHz, 300 subcarriers are arranged, and 25 resource blocks are arranged in the frequency-axis direction. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , at the beginning of each subframe, a transmission area for allocating a control channel required for downlink communication to a terminal device by a base station device is secured. This transmission area corresponds to symbols # 0  to # 2  (three symbols at maximum) in the front-side slot in each subframe. Allocated to the transmission area are: a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including such as allocation information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in which user data and the like are stored; a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) for notifying information relating to the PDCCH; and a physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel for transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) and a negative acknowledgement (NACK) in response to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) to the PUSCH. 
     The PDCCH includes, in addition to the allocation information, uplink transmission power control information, and information relating to an instruction for report of a downlink CQI (Channel Quality Indicator). 
     Further, in the DL frame, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) for notifying, by broadcasting, terminal devices of the frequency band width or the like of the system is allocated to the first subframe # 0 . The PBCH is arranged, in the time-axis direction, in the position corresponding to symbols # 0  to # 3  in the rear-side slot in the first subframe # 0  so as to have a width corresponding to 4 symbols, and arranged, in the frequency-axis direction, in the center of the band width of the DL frame so as to have a width corresponding to 6 resource blocks (72 subcarriers). The PBCH is configured to be updated every 40 milliseconds by transmitting the same information over four frames. 
     Major system information such as the communication bandwidth, the structure of control information, and the like are stored in the PBCH. 
     Further, a master information block (MIB) is stored in the PBCH. The master information block includes: information relating to an allocation position of a system information block 1 (SIB1) which is stored in the PDSCH and transmitted to terminal devices connected to the base station device; and a radio frame number required for demodulation of the corresponding PDSCH. 
     Further, among the 10 subframes that form the DL frame, the 1st (# 0 ) and 6th (# 5 ) subframes are each allocated a primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) and a secondary synchronization channel (S-SCH) which are signals for identifying a base station device or a cell. 
     The P-SCH is arranged, in the time-axis direction, in the position corresponding to symbol # 6  that is the last OFDM symbol in the front-side slot in each of subframes # 0  and # 5  so as to have a width corresponding to one symbol, and arranged, in the frequency-axis direction, in the center of the band width of the DL frame so as to have a width corresponding to 6 resource blocks (72 subcarriers). The P-SCH is information by which a terminal device identifies each of a plurality of (three) sectors into which a cell of a base station device is divided, and 3 patterns are defined. 
     The S-SCH is arranged, in the time-axis direction, in the position corresponding to symbol # 5  that is the second last OFDM symbol in the front-side slot in each of subframes # 0  and # 5  so as to have a width corresponding to one symbol, and arranged, in the frequency-axis direction, in the center of the band width of the DL frame so as to have a width corresponding to 6 resource blocks (72 subcarriers). The S-SCH is information by which a terminal device identifies each of the communication areas (cells) of a plurality of base station devices, and 168 patterns are defined. 
     By combining the P-SCH and the S-SCH,  504  (168×3) types of patterns are defined. When a terminal device obtains a P-SCH and a S-SCH transmitted from a base station device, the terminal device can recognize in which sector of which base station device the terminal device exists. 
     A plurality of patterns that the P-SCH and the S-SCH can take are defined in advance in the communication standards, and are known by each base station device and each terminal device. That is, each of the P-SCH and S-SCH is a known signal that can take a plurality of patterns. 
     The resource blocks in an area to which the above-mentioned channels are not allocated are used for the above-mentioned physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in which user data and the like are stored. The PDSCH is an area shared by a plurality of terminal devices. In addition to the user data, base station information, control information for each terminal device, and the like, which will be described later, are also stored in the PDSCH. 
     The above-mentioned SIB1 is an example of the control information stored in the PDSCH. That is, the PDSCH includes a channel allocated for the SIB1. The SIB1 includes information relating to allocation positions of system information blocks (e.g., SIB2 to SIB12). Examples of the system information blocks include: SIB2 that is a flag indicating whether a currently connecting base station device is a macro base station or a femto base station; and SIB9 in which information relating to the name of the base station device is stored. 
     Allocation of the user data stored in the PDSCH is notified to terminal devices by downlink allocation information relating to downlink radio resource allocation, which is stored in the PDCCH allocated to the beginning of each subframe. The downlink allocation information is information indicating radio resource allocation for each PDSCH, and allows each terminal device to determine whether data directed to the terminal device is stored in the subframe. 
     [3. Configuration of Base Station Device (Femto Base Station Device)] 
       FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the femto base station device  1   b  shown in  FIG. 1 . Although the configuration of the femto base station device  1   b  will be described hereinafter, the configuration of the macro base station device  1   a  is identical to that of the femto base station device  1   b.    
     The femto base station device  1   b  includes an antenna  3 , a transmission/reception unit (RF unit)  4  to which the antenna  3  is connected, and a signal processing unit  5  that performs signal processing on transmission and reception signals exchanged with the RF unit  4 . The signal processing unit  5 , as described later, includes an information storage unit  31  which adds and stores base station information relating to the femto base station device  1   b  in the broadcast information included in the downlink signal. Further, the information storage unit  31 , as described later, may add and store the base station information relating to the femto base station device  1   b  in a signal (downlink signal) including paging information. 
     [3.1 RF Unit] 
     The RF unit  4  includes an uplink signal reception unit  11 , a downlink signal reception unit  12 , and a transmission unit  13 . The uplink signal reception unit  11  receives an uplink signal from a terminal device  2 , and the downlink signal reception unit  12  receives (sniffs) a downlink signal from the macro base station device  1   a  or another femto base station device  1   b . The transmission unit  13  transmits a downlink signal to the femto cell FC of the femto base station device  1   b.    
     The RF unit  4  further includes a circulator  14 . The circulator  14  provides a reception signal from the antenna  3  to the uplink signal reception unit  11  and to the downlink signal reception unit  12 , and provides a transmission signal outputted from the transmission unit  13  to the antenna  3 . 
     The uplink signal reception unit  11  includes a filter that allows only the frequency band of the uplink signal from the terminal device  2  to pass therethrough, an amplifier, an A/D converter, and the like. The uplink signal reception unit  11  obtains the uplink signal of the terminal device  2  from the reception signal received by the antenna  3 , amplifies the uplink signal, converts the amplified signal into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal to the signal processing unit  5 . Thus, the uplink signal reception unit  11  is a reception unit which is configured to comply with reception of the uplink signal from the terminal device  2 , and is essentially required by the base station device. 
     The transmission unit  13  includes a D/A converter, a filter, an amplifier, and the like. The transmission unit  13  receives the transmission signal outputted as a digital signal from the signal processing unit  5 , converts the digital signal into an analog signal, amplifies the analog signal, and outputs the amplified signal as a downlink signal from the antenna  3 . 
     The femto base station device  1   b  of the present embodiment further includes the downlink signal reception unit  12 . The downlink signal reception unit  12  receives (sniffs) a downlink signal transmitted from a base station device  1  other than the femto base station device  1   b.    
     The downlink signal reception unit  12  includes a filter that allows only the frequency band of the downlink signal from the another base station device  1  to pass therethrough, an amplifier, an A/D converter, and the like. The downlink signal reception unit  12  obtains the downlink reception signal of the another base station device  1  from the reception signal received by the antenna  3 , amplifies the reception signal, converts the amplified signal into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal. 
     The downlink reception signal outputted from the downlink signal reception unit  12  is provided to the signal processing unit  5 , and processed by a modulation/demodulation unit  21  and the like. 
     [3.2 Signal Processing Unit] 
     The signal processing unit  5  includes a modulation/demodulation unit  21  which performs signal processing on transmission and reception signals exchanged between an upper layer above the signal processing unit  5 , and the RF unit  4 . The modulation/demodulation unit  21  demodulates the uplink signal provided from the uplink signal reception unit  11  to uplink reception information, outputs the uplink reception information to the upper layer, and modulates various kinds of transmission information (broadcast information, paging information, and the like) provided from the upper layer. 
     Then, the transmission unit  13  in the RF unit  2  transmits, to the terminal device  2   b  communicating with the femto base station device  1   b , the transmission information (broadcast information and paging information) useful for the terminal device  2   b , as a downlink signal. 
     Based on an instruction from a scheduling unit  26 , the modulation/demodulation unit  21  modulates the broadcast information provided from the upper layer, for each predetermined data unit, by a predetermined modulation scheme, and performs allocation of the modulated data to the DL frame in units of resource blocks, thereby generating a downlink signal of the femto base station device  1   b.    
     The modulation/demodulation unit  21  is also able to demodulate a downlink signal from another cell, which is received by the downlink signal reception unit  12 , and an uplink signal from another cell, which is received by the uplink signal reception unit  11 . 
     The signal processing unit  5  includes the information storage unit  31  which adds and stores the base station information relating to the femto base station device  1   b  in the broadcast information and/or the paging information. The base station information is information to be used for an interference suppression process by a wireless communication device in another cell. In the present embodiment, the base station information is location information relating to the location of the femto base station device  1   b . Therefore, the information storage unit  31  has a function of storing the location information of the femto base station device  1   b  in the broadcast information and/or the paging information. Further, the wireless communication device in the another cell is a device that receives the broadcast information. Examples of the wireless communication device include: &lt;1&gt; a macro base station device  1   a  that forms a cell different from the femto cell FC formed by the transmitter-side femto base station device  1   b ; and &lt;2&gt; a femto base station device  1   b  that is located near the transmitter-side femto base station device  1   b  but is different from the transmitter-side femto base station device  1   b.    
     The signal processing unit  5  further includes a location information acquisition unit  32  which acquires location information. In the present embodiment, the location information acquisition unit  32  is a GPS receiver mounted on the femto base station device  1   b . The location of the femto base station device  1   b  is determined based on a GPS signal received by the GPS receiver. 
     [3.2.1 Storage of Location Information] 
       FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating a transmission signal (broadcast information) transmission process performed by the femto base station device  1   b . The process in the case where the base station information is stored in the paging information will be described later. 
     When the femto base station device  1   b  is started up (step S 1 ), the location information acquisition unit (GPS receiver)  32  measures the location of the femto base station device  1   b  (step S 2 ). Then, the information storage unit  31  performs a process of storing location information relating to this location in the broadcast information (step S 3 ). The modulation/demodulation unit  21  modulates the broadcast information, and the transmission unit  13  in the RP unit  2  transmits the broadcast information as a downlink signal (step S 4 ). 
     Then, a wireless communication device (e.g., the macro base station device  1   a ) in a cell other than the cell (femto cell FC) of the femto base station device  1   b  is allowed to receive the broadcast information in which the location information is stored, and execute an interference suppression process. 
     Even after step S 4 , the location information acquisition unit  32  measures the location of the femto base station device  1   b  at predetermined intervals, and determines a change in the location (location information) (step S 5 ). If the location greatly changes beyond a threshold (Yes in step S 5 ), the information storage unit  31  performs a process of restoring the changed location information in the broadcast information (step S 3 ). If the location (location information) does not change (No in step S 5 ), determination of a location change is repeatedly executed (step S 5 ). 
     The location information of the femto base station device  1   b  acquired by the GPS receiver is stored in any resource block together with part of the broadcast information to be transmitted by the femto base station device  1   b.    
     The storage area in which the location information is stored may be, for example, the SIB9 in which information relating to the name of the base station device (femto base station device  1   b ) is stored, as described in the above [2. Frame structure for LTE]. 
     In the LTE, the SIB9 (48 bytes) is secured as an area for broadcasting the name of the base station device. Since the user is allowed to freely set the name of the base station device and store the name in the SIB9, “information of the name of the base station device+location information of the base station device” is stored in the SIB9. The location information is latitude and longitude. 
     Specifically, it is assumed that the GPS receiver receives, as the location information of the femto base station device  1   b , “longitude=135 deg, 41 min, 35.600 sec” and “latitude=+35 deg, 00 min, 35.600 sec”. In this case, the information storage unit  31  converts the location information into a predetermined form as follows, according to a predetermined conversion algorithm. 
     Regarding the longitude, the location information is converted into a numerical value expressed in milliseconds. That is, the following calculation is executed. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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     Further, the information storage unit  31  converts this value (488495600) into UTF-8 as follows. 
     488495600=0x1d1dd9f0 
     Further, the information storage unit  31  encodes the value in 6 bits of [0-9, A-Z, a-z, +2 symbols] as follows. 
     0x1d1dd9f0=0T7Tdm 
     Regarding the latitude, the information storage unit  31  converts the location information by using the same conversion algorithm as above. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
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     Assuming that the name of the femto base station device  1   b  is “MyFemto”, “MyFemto” should be originally stored in the SIB9. However, the information storage unit  31  additionally stores the encoded location information to rewrite the “MyFemto” to “MyFemto — 07WoQG — 0T7Tdm”. 
     Information about a geodetic system (geo) and an accuracy (x-acc) adopted by the GPS receiver may be additionally stored. In this case, “(name)_(latitude)_(longitude)_(geo)_(x-acc)” is stored in the SIB9. The geodetic system (geo) is WGS84 (WGS: World Geodetic System). The accuracy (x-acc) is “3” when the error range is “horizontal error&lt;50 m”, “2” when the error range is “50 m&lt;horizontal error&lt;300 m”, and “1” when the error range is “300 m&lt;horizontal error”. 
     In the above description, the “information of the name of the base station device” stored in the SIB9 is used as the storage area for the location information, and the “location information of the base station device” is added after the “information of the name of the base station device”. In other words, the information storage unit  31  additionally stores the encoded location information to rewrite the “MyFemto” to “MyFemto — 07WoQG — 0T7Tdm”. That is, in this case, the method of use of the already-defined information element is changed. 
     However, the method of adding the base station information (location information) is not limited to the above method. For example, an information element may be newly created without changing the already-defined information element. In this case, the base station information (location information) is the newly-created information. In the case where the location information is longitude and latitude as described above, the information storage unit  31  additionally stores the encoded location information “07WoQG — 0T7Tdm”, as shown in  FIG. 10 . 
     Further, the area in which the information storage unit  31  stores the location information of the femto base station device  1   b  is not limited to the SIB9. The information storage unit  31  is allowed to freely store the location information in a storage area that is secured for storage of the location information. In the case where SIB2 to SIB11 are usually secured as a storage area for the information to be given to the terminal device  2  connected to the femto base station device  1   b , the area may be extended up to SIB12, and the location information may be stored in the SIB12.  FIG. 11  shows the case where a system information block (a type of system information block) is newly added (SIB14), and the location information is stored in the system information block. 
     [3.2.2 Storage of Location Information] 
     The following will describe a process in the case where base station information is stored in paging information.  FIG. 12  is a diagram illustrating process steps to be performed by a femto base station device  1   b  (referred to as “transmitter-side BS 1   b ”) which transmits paging information in which base station information is stored, and a receiver-side base station device (referred to as “receiver-side BS 1 ”) which is different from and located near the femto base station device  1   b.    
     When the transmitter-side BS 1   b  is started up (step S 41 ), the location information acquisition unit (GPS receiver)  32  measures the location of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  (step S 42 ). Then, the modulation/demodulation unit  21  modulates broadcast information, and the transmission unit  13  in the RF unit  2  transmits the broadcast information as a downlink signal (step S 43 ). 
     The receiver-side BS 1  is able to receive the broadcast information, and detect the transmitter-side BS 1   b  (step  51 ). Then, the receiver-side BS 1  starts standby for paging information (step S 52 ). 
     In the transmitter-side BS 1   b , after step S 43 , the information storage unit  31  performs a process of storing, in the paging information, the location information relating to the location measured in step S 42 , the modulation/demodulation unit  21  modulates the paging information, and the transmission unit  13  in the RF unit  2  transmits the paging information as a downlink signal (step S 44 ). 
     The location information is stored in an area that is obtained by extending the area secured for storage of the paging information.  FIG. 13  is a diagram illustrating an example of extension of the paging information, and the location information is stored in the extended information element. For example, like the above-described case, the encoded location information “07WoQG — 0T7Tdm” is stored. 
     When the transmitter-side BS 1   b  transmits the paging information in which the location information is stored (step S 44 ), the receiver-side BS 1  receives the paging information (step S 53 ), acquires the location information stored in the paging information (step S 54 ), and executes an interference suppression process (step S 55 ). 
     Further, in the transmitter-side BS 1   b , even after step S 44 , the location information acquisition unit  32  may measure the location of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  at predetermined intervals, and repeat determination of a location change. 
     In the above [3.2.1 Storage of location information] and [3.2.2 Storage of location information], storage of the location information in the broadcast information and storage of the location information in the paging information are described, respectively. However, the location information may be stored in both the broadcast information and the paging information, and the broadcast information and the paging information may be transmitted. In the present embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 12 , the receiver-side BS 1  needs to perform standby using the paging channel, in order to receive the paging information. Therefore, the timing at which the receiver-side BS 1  can start standby is after reception of the broadcast information. Accordingly, even when the location information is stored in both the broadcast information and the paging information, the location information stored in the broadcast information is highly likely to be used for the interference suppression process. 
     In the above description, the femto base station device  1   b  is described as the transmitter-side base station device which transmits the broadcast information and/or the paging information in which the location information is stored. Examples of base station devices in other cells, which can receive the broadcast information and/or the paging information include: &lt;1&gt; a macro base station device  1   a ; and &lt;2&gt; a femto base station device  1   b  which is different from and located near the transmitter-side base station device  1   b . The transmitter-side base station device is referred to as a transmitter-side BS 1   b , and the receiver-side base station device in the another cell is referred to as a receiver-side BS 1 . 
     [4. Configuration of Receiver-Side Base Station Device (Receiver-Side BS 1 )] 
       FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the receiver-side BS 1 . 
     The receiver-side BS 1  includes an antenna  103 , a transmission/reception unit (RF unit)  104  to which the antenna  103  is connected, and a signal processing unit  105  that performs signal processing on transmission and reception signals exchanged with the RF unit  104 . 
     The antenna  103  and the transmission/reception unit (RF unit)  104  are identical to those of the femto base station device  1   b . In particular, a downlink signal reception unit  112  in the RF unit  104  receives a downlink signal transmitted from the femto base station device  1   b  which transmits the broadcast information in which the location information is stored. 
     The signal processing unit  105  is also identical to that of the transmitter-side BS 1   b . However, the signal processing unit  105  has a function of executing, as a process for appropriately performing communication, a process of suppressing interference by using the location information stored in the broadcast information received by the RF unit  104 . 
     The interference suppression process executed by the signal processing unit  105  is a process of suppressing interference in the femto cell FC of the transmitter-side BS 1   b , or interference in the cell of the receiver-side BS 1 . Hereinafter, a description will be mainly given of the case where a process of suppressing interference in either or both of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  and a terminal device  2   b  communicating with the transmitter-side BS 1   b  is executed. 
     The signal processing unit  105  executes, as the interference suppression process, directivity control, transmission power control, or installation-location determination control for determining whether the installation location of the receiver-side BS 1  is appropriate. These controls will be described later in detail. 
     In order to execute the interference suppression process by using the location information, the signal processing unit  105  further includes a separation unit  135  which separates the location information of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  from the broadcast information in which the location information is stored. 
     The transmitter-side BS 1   b  transmits the broadcast information, and the downlink signal reception unit  112  in the RF unit  104  of the receiver-side BS 1  sniffs this broadcast information. The modulation/demodulation unit  121  in the receiver-side BS 1  demodulates the downlink signal to obtain the information of the SIB9 in which the location information is stored. 
     That is, the master information block stored in the PBCH ( FIG. 3 ) in the received downlink signal includes information relating to the allocation position of the SIB1, and the SIB1 includes information relating to the resource block allocation positions of SIB2 to SIB12. Therefore, the separation unit  35  can separate and extract only the location information from the “information of name+location information” of the femto base station device  1   b , which is stored in the SIB9. 
     In other words, the separation unit  35  can extract “07WoQG — 0T7Tdm” from “MyFemto — 07WoQG — 0T7Tdm” stored in the SIB9. 
     Then, the separation unit  135  restores the location information of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  to the information of longitude and latitude, by using a conversion algorithm that is a reverse procedure to the above-described conversion algorithm adopted by the information storage unit  31  ( FIG. 4 ). In other words, the location information is restored to “longitude=+135 deg, 41 min, 35.600 sec” and “latitude=+35 deg, 00 min, 35.600 sec” by the separation unit  135 . 
     In this way, the receiver-side BS 1  can separate and extract the location information of the femto base station device  1   b  from the sniffed downlink signal, and the signal processing unit  105  can use the location information for the interference suppression process. 
     While the case where the location information is stored in the broadcast information has been described, the configuration of the receiver-side base station device (receiver-side BS 1 ) is identical to that shown in  FIG. 6  also in the case where the location information is stored in the paging information. 
     That is, the downlink signal reception unit  112  in the RF unit  104  receives a downlink signal transmitted from the femto base station device  1   b  which transmits the paging information in which the location information is stored. 
     The signal processing unit  105  has a function of executing, as a process of appropriately perform communication, a process of suppressing interference by using the location information stored in the paging information received by the RF unit  104 . Further, in order to execute the interference suppression process by using the location information, the signal processing unit  105  further includes the separation unit  135  which separates the location information of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  from the paging information in which the location information is stored. 
     The transmitter-side BS 1   b  transmits the paging information, and the downlink signal reception unit  112  in the RF unit  104  of the receiver-side BS 1  sniffs the paging information. The modulation/demodulation unit  121  in the receiver-side BS 1  demodulates the downlink signal to obtain the paging information in which the location information is stored. The separation unit  35  can separate and extract only the location information from the paging information. 
     Then, the separation unit  135  restores the location information of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  to the information of longitude and latitude, by using a conversion algorithm that is a reverse procedure to the above-described conversion algorithm adopted by the information storage unit  31  ( FIG. 4 ). 
     [4.1 Directivity Control] 
     The following will describe the case where directivity control is performed as the interference suppression process. 
     The signal processing unit  105  of the receiver-side BS 1  includes a location information acquisition unit  132  which acquires location information relating to the location of the receiver-side BS 1 . The location information acquisition unit  132  is a GPS receiver, and the location of the receiver-side BS 1  is calculated based on a GPS signal received by the GPS receiver. 
     Further, the antenna  103  of the receiver-side BS 1  is configured as an adaptive array antenna in which a plurality of antennae are arrayed. The signal processing unit  105  includes an interference suppression unit  136  having a directivity control function. The interference suppression unit  136  adaptively controls the weights on the respective antennae to electrically change the directivity of the antenna  103 . 
     Since the signal processing unit  105  acquires, in addition to the location information of the receiver-side BS 1 , the location information of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  separated by the separation unit  135 , the interference suppression unit  136  performs beam forming so as to direct a null beam to the femto base station device  1   b , i.e., to the femto cell FC. 
     Thereby, a signal (interference signal) from the receiver-side BS 1  is less likely to reach the terminal device  2   b  existing in the femto cell FC of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  while a beam is directed to the terminal device  2   a  in the communication area of the receiver-side BS 1 , thereby suppressing interference in the terminal device  2   b.    
     Likewise, the interference suppression unit  136  can make it difficult for the receiver-side BS 1  to receive a signal from the terminal device  2   b  connected to the transmitter-side BS 1   b . That is, the process of suppressing interference in either or both of the receiver-side BS 1  and the terminal device communicating with the receiver-side BS 1  is executed. 
     [4.3 Transmission Power Control] 
     The following will describe the case where transmission power control is performed as the interference suppression process. 
     Also in this case, the signal processing unit  105  in the receiver-side BS 1  includes the location information acquisition unit (GPS receiver)  132  which acquires the location information relating to the location of the receiver-side BS 1 . Further, the signal processing unit  105  acquires the location information of the transmitter-side BS 1   b  by the separation unit  135 . 
     If the receiver-side BS 1  is far from the femto base station device  1   b , the receiver-side BS 1  (the femto base station device  1   b ) is less likely to interfere with the femto base station device  1   b  (the receiver-side BS 1 ). However, if the receiver-side BS 1  is close to the femto base station device  1   b , the receiver-side BS 1  (the femto base station device  1   b ) is more likely to interfere with the femto base station device  1   b  (the receiver-side BS 1 ). 
     So, the signal processing unit  105  includes the interference suppression unit  136  having a power control function. The interference suppression unit  136  has a function of determining the location relationship (distance) between the receiver-side BS 1  and the transmitter-side BS 1   b , and a power control function of setting the transmission power of a downlink signal to be transmitted. 
     As described above, the interference suppression unit  136  determines the distance between the receiver-side BS 1  and the femto base station device  1   b , and compares the distance with a threshold. When the distance is smaller than the threshold, the interference suppression unit  136  performs control so as to suppress (the upper limit value of) the transmission power of the downlink signal. This control avoids the situation that the downlink signal from the receiver-side BS 1  becomes an interference signal in the terminal device  2   b  connected to the femto base station device  1   b.    
     Further, the interference suppression unit  136  has a function of generating uplink transmission power control information, when the signal processing unit  105  generates a downlink signal. The uplink transmission power control information is an instruction signal that causes the terminal device connected to the receiver-side BS 1  to adjusts the transmission power of an uplink signal transmitted from the terminal device. By storing this information in the downlink signal (PDCCH) and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal  2   a  connected to the receiver-side BS 1 , the terminal device  2  is allowed to adjust (suppress the upper limit value of) the transmission power. 
     That is, based on the location of the receiver-side BS 1  and the location of the transmitter-side BS 1   b , the interference suppression unit  136  obtains the distance between them, and compares the distance with the threshold. Then, if the distance is smaller than the threshold, the interference suppression unit  136  generates the uplink transmission power control information for suppressing (the upper limit value of) the transmission power of the uplink signal. The uplink transmission power control information is stored in the downlink signal from the receiver-side BS 1 , and thereby the terminal device  2  connected to the receiver-side BS 1  acquires the uplink transmission power control information. 
     Then, the terminal device  2  performs control to suppress the transmission power of the uplink signal to be transmitted. This control avoids the situation that the uplink signal from the terminal device  2  becomes an interference signal in the transmitter-side BS 1   b.    
     In this way, the receiver-side BS 1  executes, as the interference suppression process, power control for the receiver-side BS 1  and/or the terminal device connected to the receiver-side BS 1 , thereby avoiding the situation that a strong radio wave is transmitted to the femto cell FC of the transmitter-side BS 1   b . As a result, it is possible to suppress interference. 
     [4.3 Installation-Location Determination Control] 
     The following will describe the case where installation-location determination control is performed as the interference suppression process. 
     In the following description, the receiver-side BS 1  is a second femto base station device  1   b  which is different from the transmitter-side BS 1   b  (the first femto base station device). The second femto base station device  1   b  performs the installation-location determination control. The second femto base station device  1   b  has the same configuration as that shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     The second femto base station device  1   b  includes a location information acquisition unit (GPS receiver)  32  which acquires location information relating to the location of the second femto base station device  1   b . The signal processing unit  5  in the second femto base station device  1   b  acquires the location information of the first femto base station device  1   b  which transmits broadcast information and/or paging information. 
     The signal processing unit  105  includes an interference suppression unit  36  having an installation-location determination control function. The interference suppression unit  36  determines whether the installation location of the second femto base station device  1   b  is appropriate, as the interference suppression process. That is, if the second femto base station device  1   b  is far from another femto base station device, the second femto base station device  1   b  (the another femto base station device) is less likely to interfere with the another femto base station device (the second femto base station device  1   b ). However, if the second femto base station device  1   b  is close to the another femto base station device, the second femto base station device  1   b  (the another femto base station device) is more likely to interfere with the another femto base station device (the second femto base station device  1   b ). 
     So, based on the location of the second femto base station device  1   b  and the location of the transmitter-side first femto base station device  1   b , the interference suppression unit  36  obtains the distance between them, and compares the distance with a threshold. If the distance is smaller than the threshold, it means that the location of the second femto base station device  1   b  is too close to the location of the first femto base station device  1   b . Therefore, the interference suppression unit  36  determines that the location of the second femto base station device  1   b  is not appropriate, and notifies the user of the result of the determination. For example, the interference suppression unit  36  causes an LED to emit light as a warning. The warning causes the user to change the installation location of the second femto base station device  1   b.    
     After the installation location is changed, the interference suppression unit  36  again compares the distance between the second femto base station device  1   b  and the first femto base station device  1   b  with the threshold. If the distance is equal to or greater than the threshold, it means that the location of the second femto base station device  1   b  is far from the location of the first femto base station device  1   b . Therefore, the interference suppression unit  36  determines that the location of the second femto base station device  1   b  is appropriate, and notifies the user of the result of the determination. Thereby, the user can determine the installation location of the second femto base station device  1   b.    
     By executing the installation-location determination control as described above, it is possible to suppress interference that may be caused in each cell by installation of a new femto base station device  1   b.    
     [5. Interference Suppression Process in Terminal Device] 
     In the above-described embodiment, the wireless communication device which executes, as a process for appropriately performing communication, the interference suppression process by using the location information transmitted from the femto base station device  1   b , is a base station device (receiver-side BS 1 ). However, a terminal device  2  may autonomously perform the interference suppression process. 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a terminal device  2 . A macro terminal device  2   a  and a femto terminal device  2   b  are identical in configuration, except that the macro terminal device  2   a  is connected to a macro base station device  1   a  while the femto terminal device  2   b  is connected to a femto base station device  1   b.    
     The terminal device  2  includes: an antenna  41 ; a transmission/reception unit  42  to which the antenna  41  is connected, and which receives a downlink signal from a base station device, and transmits an uplink signal to be transmitted; an input/output unit  43  which is implemented by a keyboard, a monitor and the like, and performs input/output of transmission/reception data; and a signal processing unit  44  which controls the transmission/reception unit  42  and the input/output unit  43 , and performs processes required for communication with the base station device, such as modulation and demodulation. 
     The transmission/reception unit  42  has a function as a reception unit that receives the broadcast information and/or the paging information in which the location information is stored, and which is transmitted from the femto base station device  1   b.    
     The signal processing unit  44  receives the various kinds of control information included in a downlink signal transmitted from a base station device  1  to which the terminal device  2  is connected, and performs communication with the base station device  1  in accordance with the control information. Examples of the control information include: uplink allocation information indicating the frequency band allocated to the uplink signal of the terminal device  2 ; information relating to the transmission power; and information relating to the modulation scheme. 
     That is, the base station device  1  transmits the various kinds of control information to the terminal device  2  connected to the base station device  1 , thereby performing control relating to the uplink signal of the terminal device  2 . 
     Further, the signal processing unit  44  executes, as a process for appropriately perform communication, an interference suppression process by using the location information stored in the broadcast information and/or the paging information included in the downlink signal received by the transmission/reception unit  42 . 
     The signal processing unit  44  further includes a separation unit  45  which separates the location information of the transmitter-side femto base station device  1   b  from the broadcast information and/or the paging information in which the location information is stored, in order to execute the interference suppression process by using the location information. 
     The separation unit  45  has the same configuration as the separation unit  135  of the receiver-side BS 1  ( FIG. 6 ). The separation unit  45  extracts, as the location information, “07WoQG — 0T7Tdm” from “MyFemto — 07WoQG — 0T7Tdm” stored in the SIB9 in the downlink signal (or from the paging information), and restores the location information of the femto base station device  1   b  to the information of longitude and latitude. 
     The terminal device described here is a macro terminal device  2   a  connected to the macro base station device  1   a . In this case, interference occurs as follows. In the above-described wireless communication system, after installation of the macro base station device  1   a , the femto base station device  1   b  is installed in the macro cell MC formed by the macro base station device  1   a , and forms a femto cell FC in the macro cell MC. Therefore, a downlink signal transmitted from the installed femto base station device  1   b  to a femto terminal device  2   b  existing in the femto cell of the femto base station device  1   b  might interfere with the macro terminal device  2   a.    
     So, the signal processing unit  44  in the macro terminal device  2   a  includes an interference suppression unit  47  for suppressing such interference. Further, the macro terminal device  2   a  includes a location information acquisition unit  46  for acquiring location information relating to the location of the macro terminal device  2   a . The location information acquisition unit  46  is a GPS receiver, and the location of the macro terminal device  2   a  is calculated based on a GPS signal received by the GPS receiver. 
     Then, the signal processing unit  44  acquires, by the separation unit  45 , the location information of the femto base station device  1   b  which transmits the broadcast information and/or the paging information. Therefore, the interference suppression unit  47  can determine the location relationship (distance) between the macro terminal device  2   a  and the femto base station device  1   b.    
     If the macro terminal device  2   a  is far from the femto base station device  1   b , the possibility of interference is low. However, as the macro terminal device  2   a  gets closer to the femto base station device  1   b , the possibility of interference increases. 
     So, the interference suppression unit  47  performs, as the interference suppression process, a process of determining the location relationship between the transmitter-side femto base station device  1   b  and the macro terminal device  2   a , based on the location information of the transmitter-side femto base station device  1   b  and the location information of the macro terminal device  2   a , and notifying the user of information indicating the result of the determination by means of the input/output unit  43  (e.g., a monitor). 
     For example, since the transmitter-side femto base station device  1   b  is a base station device (referred to as “another station”) that does not communicate with the macro terminal device  2   a , when the interference suppression unit  47  obtains the location relationship (distance) between the macro terminal device  2   a  and the another station, compares the distance with a threshold, and determines that the distance is smaller than the threshold, this determination result means that the macro terminal device  2   a  and the another station are too close to each other. Therefore, as information indicating the determination result, the interference suppression unit  47  notifies the user of information such as a text that urges the user to move away from the another station, by means of the input/output unit  43  (e.g., a monitor). Thereby, the user who owns the macro terminal device  2   a  can move away from the another station, and thus interference between the macro terminal device  2   a  and the another station can be suppressed. 
     [6. Other Pieces of Base Station Information] 
     In the above-described embodiments, the base station information stored in the broadcast information and/or the paging information is the location information. In the present invention, however, the base station information is not limited to the location information, but may be information that can be known by only the corresponding base station device, and does not change in real time. 
     For example, the base station information may include at least one of: location information; scheduling algorithm information for allocation of radio resources to terminal devices communicating with the base station device; localized/distributed information; information indicating the transmission power by the transmission unit of the base station device; and information indicating the number of antennae of the base station device. 
     The following will describe the case where the base station information is the scheduling algorithm information. 
     Examples of scheduling algorithms include: round robin (RR); proportional fairness (PF); and maximum CIR. In the RR, resources are sequentially allocated to users without considering the transmission channel condition or the like. The RR is likely to cause an increase in temporal variation in resource allocation. In the PF, scheduling is performed so that the communication rates of the users coincide with each other. The temporal variation in resource allocation is smaller in the PF than in the PR. In the maximum CIR, resources are preferentially allocated to the user having the highest CIR (Carrier to Interference Ratio). The temporal variation in resource allocation is smaller in the maximum CIR than in the RR and the PF, and almost localized allocation is achieved. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates the interference suppression control using the scheduling algorithm information indicating the type of the scheduling algorithm. 
     It is assumed that the base station device which stores the scheduling algorithm information as the base station information in the broadcast information and/or the paging information, and transmits the broadcast information and/or the paging information, is the macro base station device  1   a . Further, it is assumed that the base station device which receives (sniffs) the broadcast information and/or the paging information in which the base station information is stored, and performs interference suppression control, is the femto base station device  1   b.    
     The femto base station device  1   b  acquires the scheduling algorithm information as the base station information stored in the broadcast information and/or the paging information transmitted from the macro base station device  1   a  (step S 21 ). 
     Subsequently, in order to determine the temporal variation in resource allocation in the macro cell, the femto base station device  1   b  determines the type of the scheduling algorithm in the macro base station device  1   a , based on the scheduling algorithm information (step S 22 ). When it is determined that the scheduling algorithm is distributed allocation in which the predictivity of resource allocation is very low, such as the RR, the femto base station device  1   b  performs control to reduce the upper limit value of the transmission power of the entirety of the used communication frequency band (step S 23 ). The reason is as follows. In the distributed allocation, since the temporal variation in resource allocation is great, it is difficult to perform interference suppression control in units of resource blocks in accordance with the resource allocation scheme adopted by the macro base station device  1   a . However, interference to the macro cell can be suppressed by reducing the transmission power. 
     On the other hand, when the scheduling algorism is the maximum CIR or the SPS in which any aspect of localized allocation is recognized, the resource blocks used by the macro base station device  1   a  are detected (step S 24 ), and then the scheduling unit  26  in the femto base station device  1   b  performs scheduling in the femto base station device  1   b  in accordance with the algorithm corresponding to the algorithm adopted in the macro base station device  1   a  (step S 25 ). The detection of resource blocks is performed by reading the resource allocation information in the macro base station device  1   a  from the downlink signal transmitted from the macro base station device  1   a.    
     In step S 25 , when the algorithm adopted by the macro base station device  1   a  is the SPS, the resource blocks used in the macro cell are localized in a predetermined period of time. Therefore, in the femto base station device  1   b , resource blocks other than those used in the macro cell are locally allocated based on the SPS. That is, even when the unused resource blocks in the macro cell are used for communication in the femto cell, no interference is caused in the macro cell. 
     In this way, if the femto base station device  1   b  is allowed to know the type of the scheduling algorithm adopted by the macro base station device  1   a , interference to the macro base station device  1   a  can be suppressed by appropriately adjusting (the upper limit value of) the transmission power and the resource blocks to be used. 
     The following will describe the case where the base station information is the localized/distributed information. 
     The localized/distributed information is information indicating whether the radio resource allocation scheme is localized FDMA (localized arrangement) or distributed FDMA (distributed arrangement). 
       FIG. 9  illustrates the interference suppression control using the localized/distributed information. 
     Firstly, the femto base station device  1   b  acquires the localized/distributed information, as the base station information stored in the broadcast information and/or the paging information transmitted from the macro base station device  1   a  (step S 31 ). 
     Subsequently, based on the localized/distributed information, it is determined whether the allocation scheme in the macro cell is the localized FDMA or the distributed FDMA (step S 32 ). When it is determined in step S 32  that the allocation scheme is the distributed FDMA, since the variation in resource allocation is great, it is difficult to perform the interference suppression control in units of resource blocks in accordance with the resource allocation scheme adopted by the macro base station device  1   a . So, the interference suppression unit  36  having the power control function reduces the upper limit value of the transmission power over the entirety of the used communication frequency band, thereby suppressing interference to another cell (step S 33 ). 
     On the other hand, when it is determined in step S 32  that the resource allocation scheme adopted by the macro base station device  1   a  is the localized FDMA, resource blocks that are not used in the macro cell are detected (step S 34 ). 
     Subsequently, the femto base station device  1   b  controls the scheduling unit  26  such that the resource allocation in the femto cell is also performed based on the localized FDMA (step S 35 ). In this case, the unused resource blocks in the macro cell are locally used in the femto cell. It is possible to efficiently avoid interference by locally using, in the femto cell, the resource blocks that are not used in the macro cell, in response to that the resource allocation in the macro cell is localized. 
     The following will describe the case where the base station information is the information indicating the transmission power. 
     The femto base station device  1   b  acquires the information indicating the transmission power, as the base station information stored in the broadcast information and/or the paging information transmitted from the macro base station device  1   a . This information allows the femto base station device  1   b  to detect the magnitude of the transmission power of the macro base station device  1   a . In the femto base station device  1   b , the detected transmission power is compared with a threshold. When the magnitude of the detected transmission power exceeds the threshold, interference is likely to occur. Therefore, the femto base station device  1   b  performs the same process as the above-described installation-location determination control to suppress occurrence of interference. 
     The following will describe the case where the base station information is the information indicating the number of antennae. 
     The femto base station device  1   b  acquires the information indicating the number of antennae, as the base station information stored in the broadcast information and/or the paging information transmitted from the macro base station device  1   a . This information allows the femto base station device  1   b  to detect the antenna performance of the macro base station device  1   a . When the number of antennae (antenna performance) detected by the femto base station device  1   b  is small (low), it is difficult for the macro base station device  1   a  to perform highly accurate wireless communication. Therefore, it is considered that the interference suppression ability of the macro base station device  1   a  is low. Therefore, the femto base station device  1   b  performs control to reduce the upper limit value of the transmission power, thereby suppressing interference. 
     As described above, according to the present invention, when broadcast information and/or paging information transmitted from a base station device to a terminal device is received by another wireless communication device, the another wireless communication device can acquire base station information (location information and the like) stored in the broadcast information and/or the paging information, and execute a process of suppressing interference by using the base station information. Therefore, even when a base station device (e.g., a femto base station device) is newly installed, if the base station device stores its own base station information (location information and the like) in broadcast information and/or paging information, and transmits the broadcast information and/or paging information, it is possible to suppress interference that might be caused by radio communication in its own cell or another cell. 
     In the above-described embodiments, the location information acquisition unit included in the base station device that transmits the location information is the GPS receiver. However, the base station device that transmits the location information may acquire its own location information by means other than the GPS receiver. For example, when a terminal device communicating with the base station device includes a GPS receiver, the terminal device is caused to move close to the base station device, and measure its own location. Then, the terminal device wirelessly transmits the acquired location information to the base station device. Upon receiving the location information, the location information acquisition unit in the base station device executes a process of regarding the location information (location) of the terminal device as its own location information (location). Thereby, the base station device can acquire its own location information without a GPS receiver. 
     In the above-described embodiments, the base station device that transmits the base station information (location information) is the femto base station device  1   b.    
     However, the base station device that transmits the base station information (location information) may be the macro base station device  1   a . In this case, the macro base station device  1   a  stores the location information indicating its own location, and the like, in the broadcast information and/or the paging information. 
     Further, as for the scheduling algorithm information and the localized/distributed information as the base station information, the macro base station device  1   a  may store these pieces of information in the broadcast information and/or the paging information to be transmitted, or the femto base station device  1   b  may store these pieces of information in the broadcast information and/or the paging information to be transmitted. 
     The embodiments disclosed are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing meaning, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
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