Patent Publication Number: US-8995386-B2

Title: Wireless transmission apparatus, control program, and integrated circuit

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a technology for controlling transmission power, and particularly to a wireless transmission apparatus, control program, and integrated circuit which are capable of preventing application of excessive MPR (Maximum Power Reduction). 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     The standardization of the LTE (Long Term Evolution) system, which is the 3.9th generation wireless communication system for mobile phones, has been substantially completed. Recently, the standardization of LTE-A (LTE-Advanced, also called IMT-A), which is a development of the LTE system and is a candidate for the 4th generation wireless communication system, has been progressing. 
     In uplink (communication from a mobile station to a base station) in the LTE system, DFT-S-OFDM (Discrete Fourier Transform Spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, also called SC-FDMA), in which spectra are allocated to contiguous frequency bands so as to have a good PAPR (Peak to Average Power Ratio) characteristic, is employed. Regarding the LTE-A system, a decision has been made to employ, in addition to DFT-S-OFDM, clustered DFT-S-OFDM (also called DSC (Dynamic Spectrum Control) or DFT-S-OFDM with SDC (Spectrum Division Control)), in which clusters generated by dividing a signal spectrum are allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands. 
     Furthermore, a decision has been made to increase the bandwidth to obtain a higher peak data rate, and also a decision has been made to use a system band used in the LTE system as a component carrier (CC, also called a Primary Component Carrier or Secondary Component Carrier) and perform carrier aggregation (CA) for simultaneous transmission on a plurality of CCs. For data transmission in an uplink using CA, N-times DFT-S-OFDM is employed. N-times DFT-S-OFDM is multi-carrier transmission in which frequency signals generated through DFT are assigned to respective CCs. 
     In clustered DFT-S-OFDM employed as an uplink transmission method for LTE-A, spectra are non-contiguously allocated within one CC and frequencies with a good channel are used, so that a frequency selection diversity gain is obtained. Accordingly, frequency utilization efficiency increases. On the other hand, in N-times DFT-S-OFDM, simultaneous transmission is performed using a plurality of CCs, in which spectra are allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands. Thus, broadband transmission can be realized, and a higher peak data rate can be obtained. 
     However, there is a problem with data transmission using such non-contiguous frequency bands in that a large amount of spurious emission is generated, particularly in a case where spectra are allocated to distant frequency bands (see NPL 1). An uplink in the LTE system is based on the assumption that data transmission is performed using a continuous frequency band, and thus transmit power control (TPC) is optimized for transmission using a continuous frequency band. The problem of spurious emission arises as a result of applying the method of transmit power control to clustered DFT-S-OFDM or N-times DFT-S-OFDM. Regarding TPC, methods suitable for data transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands are being studied. An example of the methods is a method for changing MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) in accordance with the spacing of frequencies when signals are allocated in the case of using non-contiguous frequency bands (see NPL 2). 
     CITATION LIST 
     Non Patent Literature 
     NPL 1: R1-101720, “LS on Simultaneous PUSCH and PUSCH and Clustered SC-FDMA”, RAN4. 
     NPL 2: R1-102033, “Influence of UE power back-off to system performance for clustered PUSCH transmission”, Panasonic 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     However, the TPC which is currently being studied for solving the problem of spurious emission is based on only the consideration of spacing of non-contiguous frequency bands, without the consideration of frequency bands for allocation. Thus, it is likely that excessive MPR will be applied, and there is a problem of degradation of communication quality. 
     The present invention has been made in view of these circumstances, and an object of the invention is to provide a wireless transmission apparatus, control program, and integrated circuit which perform transmit power control for applying minimum MPR in a communication system for performing transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands. 
     Solution to Problem 
     (1) To achieve the above-described object, the present invention takes the following measures. That is, a wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention is a wireless transmission apparatus that allocates at least one spectrum within a system band and that performs transmit power control. The wireless transmission apparatus performs transmit power control in a different manner depending on a frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated within the system band. 
     In this way, transmit power control is performed in a different manner depending on a frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated within the system band. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (2) Also, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention performs transmit power control in a different manner depending on a frequency band to which at least one of a plurality of spectrum portions, which are generated by dividing a spectrum, is allocated within the system band. 
     In this way, transmit power control is performed in a different manner depending on a frequency band to which at least one of a plurality of spectrum portions, which are generated by dividing a spectrum, is allocated within the system band. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (3) Also, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention includes a dividing unit that divides a spectrum into non-contiguous clusters on the basis of band allocation information, a power control amount determining unit that determines transmission power for the spectrum or each of the clusters in accordance with a frequency band to which the spectrum or the cluster is allocated, a power control unit that performs transmit power control on the spectrum or each of the clusters by using the determined transmission power, and an allocating unit that allocates the spectrum or each of the clusters on which transmit power control has been performed to a frequency band on the basis of the band allocation information. 
     In this way, transmission power for the spectrum or each of the clusters is determined in accordance with a frequency band to which the spectrum or the cluster is allocated, transmit power control is performed on the spectrum or each of the clusters by using the determined transmission power, and the spectrum or each of the clusters on which transmit power control has been performed is allocated to a frequency band on the basis of the band allocation information. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (4) Also, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention reduces transmission power by a greater amount the nearer the frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated is to an end of the system band. 
     In this way, transmission power is reduced by a greater amount the nearer the frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated is to an end of the system band. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (5) Also, in a case where at least two spectra are allocated within the system band, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention reduces transmission power by a greater amount the larger a bandwidth between frequency bands to which the spectra are allocated is. 
     In this way, in a case where at least two spectra are allocated within the system band, transmission power is reduced by a greater amount the larger a bandwidth between frequency bands to which the spectra are allocated is. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (6) Also, in a case where a plurality of clusters generated by dividing a spectrum are non-contiguously allocated within a component carrier serving as a system band, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention determines transmission power for each of frequency bands or resource blocks to which the clusters are allocated. 
     In this way, in a case where a plurality of clusters generated by dividing a spectrum are non-contiguously allocated within a component carrier serving as a system band, transmission power is determined for each of frequency bands or resource blocks to which the clusters are allocated. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (7) Also, in a case where carrier aggregation is performed in which a plurality of component carriers serving as a system band are used and where a plurality of clusters generated by dividing a spectrum are non-contiguously allocated, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention reduces transmission power by a greater amount the nearer a frequency band to which one of the clusters is allocated is to a frequency band which is not included in the component carriers. 
     In this way, in a case where carrier aggregation is performed in which a plurality of component carriers serving as a system band are used and where a plurality of clusters generated by dividing a spectrum are non-contiguously allocated, transmission power is reduced by a greater amount the nearer a frequency band to which one of the clusters is allocated is to a frequency band which is not included in the component carriers. Thus, in carrier aggregation in which a plurality of component carriers are used for transmission, transmit power control can be performed by regarding adjacent component carriers as a system band. Accordingly, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (8) Also, in a case where carrier aggregation is performed in which a plurality of component carriers serving as a system band are used and where a spectrum is contiguously allocated, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention reduces transmission power by a greater amount the nearer a frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated is to a frequency band which is not included in the component carriers. 
     In this way, in a case where carrier aggregation is performed in which a plurality of component carriers serving as a system band are used and where a spectrum is contiguously allocated, transmission power is reduced by a greater amount the nearer a frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated is to a frequency band which is not included in the component carriers. Thus, in carrier aggregation in which a plurality of component carriers are used for transmission, transmit power control can be performed by regarding adjacent component carriers as a system band. Accordingly, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (9) Also, in the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention, different amounts of reduction of transmission power are applied to an identical spectrum. 
     In this way, different amounts of reduction of transmission power are applied to an identical spectrum. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (10) Also, the wireless transmission apparatus according to the present invention performs the transmit power control on at least one of a data signal and a reference signal. 
     In this way, transmit power control is performed on at least one of a data signal and a reference signal. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (11) A control program according to the present invention is a control program for a wireless transmission apparatus that allocates at least one spectrum within a system band and that performs transmit power control. The control program includes commands to cause a computer to be able to read and execute a series of processes. The series of processes include a process of dividing a spectrum into non-contiguous clusters on the basis of band allocation information, a process of determining transmission power for the spectrum or each of the clusters in accordance with a frequency band to which the spectrum or the cluster is allocated, a process of performing transmit power control on the spectrum or each of the clusters by using the determined transmission power, a process of allocating the spectrum or each of the clusters on which transmit power control has been performed to a frequency band on the basis of the band allocation information, and a process of performing transmit power control in a different manner depending on a frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated within the system band. 
     In this way, transmission power for the spectrum or each of the clusters is determined in accordance with a frequency band to which the spectrum or the cluster is allocated, transmit power control is performed on the spectrum or each of the clusters by using the determined transmission power, and the spectrum or each of the clusters on which transmit power control has been performed is allocated to a frequency band on the basis of the band allocation information. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     (12) An integrated circuit according to the present invention is an integrated circuit that is mounted in a wireless transmission apparatus to cause the wireless transmission apparatus to implement a plurality of functions. The integrated circuit causes the wireless transmission apparatus to implement a series of functions. The series of functions include a function of dividing a spectrum into non-contiguous clusters on the basis of band allocation information, a function of determining transmission power for the spectrum or each of the clusters in accordance with a frequency band to which the spectrum or the cluster is allocated, a function of performing transmit power control on the spectrum or each of the clusters by using the determined transmission power, a function of allocating the spectrum or each of the clusters on which transmit power control has been performed to a frequency band on the basis of the band allocation information, and a function of performing transmit power control in a different manner depending on a frequency band to which the spectrum is allocated within the system band. 
     In this way, transmission power for the spectrum or each of the clusters is determined in accordance with a frequency band to which the spectrum or the cluster is allocated, transmit power control is performed on the spectrum or each of the clusters by using the determined transmission power, and the spectrum or each of the clusters on which transmit power control has been performed is allocated to a frequency band on the basis of the band allocation information. Thus, transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. As a result, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     With the application of the present invention, application of excessive MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) can be prevented, and degradation of communication quality can be prevented. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a transmission apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a mapping unit  105  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3A  is a diagram illustrating an example of allocating a signal in the frequency domain. 
         FIG. 3B  is a diagram illustrating an example of allocating a signal in the frequency domain. 
         FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a reference signal generating unit  107  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a base station serving as a reception apparatus including one reception antenna  201  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a demapping unit  217  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram describing an example of a method for determining C POS (i) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  is a diagram illustrating a case where transmit power control is performed in accordance with the allocation of clusters shown in Table 1 in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9A  is a diagram illustrating the transmit power control based on equation (4) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9B  is a diagram illustrating the transmit power control based on equation (4) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a transmission apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 11  is a diagram illustrating an example in which signals in the frequency domain are allocated according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 12  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a reception apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 13  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a CC signal receiving unit  407 X according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 14  is a diagram describing transmit power control performed in units of clusters or in units of RBs according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 15  is a diagram illustrating an example in which a transmission apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention allocates signals in the frequency domain. 
         FIG. 16A  is a diagram illustrating an example in which transmit power control using equation (3) and Table 1 is performed in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 16B  is a diagram illustrating an example in which transmit power control using equation (3) and Table 1 is performed in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 17  is a diagram describing transmit power control according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, description will be given of uplink of transmission in which a mobile station serves as a transmission apparatus for performing data transmission and a base station serves as a reception apparatus for receiving data, but the embodiments are also applicable to downlink (transmission from a base station to a mobile station). 
     First Embodiment 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a transmission apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Note that this is a minimum block diagram necessary for describing the present invention. In the transmission apparatus illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a control information receiving unit  101  receives control information notified from a reception apparatus. The control information includes band allocation information, a modulation scheme, and so forth used for data transmission. Also, the control information may include information about a coding rate used by an encoding unit, which is not illustrated in  FIG. 1 , and information about an amount of control for TPC. The control information receiving unit  101  inputs information about a modulation level included in the received control information to a modulating unit  103 , and inputs the band allocation information to a mapping unit  105  and a reference signal generating unit  107 . The modulating unit  103  receives coded bits on which error correcting coding has been performed, and performs modulation based on the modulation level notified from the control information receiving unit  101 , among modulations such as QPSK (Quaternary Phase Shift Keying) and 16 QAM (16-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation). An FFT unit  109  transforms a modulation symbol output from the modulating unit  103  from data signals in the time domain to data signals in the frequency domain, and outputs the transformed data signals to a mapping unit  105 . 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the mapping unit  105  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mapping unit  105  divides the signal in the frequency domain into clusters which are to be allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands, on the basis of the band allocation information received from the control information receiving unit  101 . Note that, in the case of performing transmission by using a continuous frequency band in accordance with the band allocation information, a dividing unit  1051  inputs the signal input thereto to a power control unit  1053  as is. On the other hand, a power control amount determining unit  1055  determines transmission power for each cluster in accordance with the frequency band to which the cluster is allocated. A specific method for determining transmission power will be described below. In the power control unit  1053 , the clusters generated by dividing the signal in the frequency domain are set to have transmission power determined by the power control amount determining unit  1055 , and are output to an allocating unit  1057 . The allocating unit  1057  allocates the clusters which have undergone transmit power control, on the basis of the band allocation information notified as control information. 
       FIGS. 3A and 3B  are diagrams illustrating examples of allocating a signal in the frequency domain.  FIGS. 3A and 3B  illustrate a case where contiguous band allocation is performed and a case where non-contiguous band allocation is performed, respectively. The allocation illustrated in  FIG. 3A  is performed in DFT-S-OFDM of LTE. The allocation illustrated in  FIG. 3B  corresponds to clustered DFT-S-OFDM employed in LTE-A. The signal on which band allocation has been performed in this way is output from the mapping unit  105 . An IFFT unit  115  transforms the data signal in the frequency domain to a transmission signal in the time domain, and outputs the signal in the time domain to a reference signal multiplexing unit  117 . The reference signal multiplexing unit  117  performs a process of multiplexing a reference signal output from the reference signal generating unit  107  with the transmission signal in the time domain. In this example, the reference signal is multiplexed in the time domain, but the reference signal may be multiplexed in the frequency domain. 
       FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the reference signal generating unit  107  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The reference signal generating unit  107  performs, with a dividing unit  1071  to an allocating unit  1077 , a process similar to the process performed on the data signal on an input reference signal which is known to the transmission and reception apparatuses. The signal output from the allocating unit  1077  is transformed from the signal in the frequency domain to a signal in the time domain by an IFFT unit  1079 , and the signal in the time domain is output from the reference signal generating unit  107 . 
     Referring back to  FIG. 1 , in a transmission processing unit  111 , a CP (Cyclic Prefix) is inserted into the signal with which the reference signal has been multiplexed, and the signal is converted to an analog signal through D/A (Digital/Analog) conversion and is then up-converted to a radio frequency. After the up-conversion, the signal is amplified to have transmission power by a PA (Power Amplifier) and is then transmitted from a transmission antenna  113 . The transmission apparatus in this example is described as a mobile station because uplink is discussed here. In downlink, a base station serves as a transmission apparatus. In a case where a base station serves as a transmission apparatus, the control information receiving unit  101  receives channel information as control information from a reception apparatus, and determines control information including band allocation. Also, a control information transmitting unit for notifying the reception apparatus of the control information including band allocation is added to  FIG. 1 , and the determined control information is used by the modulating unit  103  and the mapping unit  105 . 
       FIG. 5  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a base station serving as a reception apparatus including one reception antenna  201  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Note that a plurality of reception antennas  201  may be provided. In the reception apparatus, the reception antenna  201  receives a signal from a transmission apparatus, and a reception processing unit  203  down-converts the signal to a baseband frequency, performs A/D conversion to convert the signal to a digital signal, and removes a cyclic prefix from the digital signal. The signal output from the reception processing unit  203  is demultiplexed into a reference signal and a data signal by a reference signal demultiplexing unit  205 . The reference signal is output to a channel estimating unit  207 , and the data signal is output to an FFT unit  209 . 
     The channel estimating unit  207  estimates a frequency response of a channel by using a reference signal which is known to the transmission and reception apparatuses, and outputs an estimated channel characteristic to a control information generating unit  211  and an equalizing unit  213 . The control information generating unit  211  determines band allocation (allocation information about frequency bands), a coding rate, a modulation scheme, and an amount of control for TPC, which are used when the transmission apparatus transmits data. A control information transmitting unit  215  converts control information, which includes the determined allocation information about frequency bands, coding rate, modulation scheme, and amount of control for TPC, to a signal to be fed back, and notifies the transmission apparatus of the control information via a modulating unit, a wireless unit, and a transmission antenna. Also, the control information generating unit  211  inputs the allocation information about frequency bands to a demapping unit  217 . On the other hand, the data signal demultiplexed by the reference signal demultiplexing unit  205  is transformed from a signal in the time domain to a signal in the frequency domain by the FFT unit  209  and is then output to the demapping unit  217 . 
       FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of the demapping unit  217  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , a data extracting unit  2171  extracts a reception signal from the reception signal in the frequency domain received from the FFT unit  209 , on the basis of the band allocation information which is stored in the data extracting unit  2171  and which has been notified to the transmission apparatus. Here, if clusters allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands as in clustered DFT-S-OFDM are extracted, a combining unit  2173  combines the clusters and outputs a combined result. In a process of receiving a signal to which a continuous frequency band is allocated, as in DFT-S-OFDM, the combining unit  2173  performs nothing and outputs the signal as is. 
     The equalizing unit  213  performs an equalization process, in which distortion of a wireless channel is compensated, on the signal output from the demapping unit  217  by using the channel characteristic received from the channel estimating unit  207 , and outputs the signal to an IFFT unit  219 . Here, the equalization process includes multiplication of a weight based on MMSE (Minimum Mean Square Error) criterion, a ZF (Zero Forcing) weight, or the like. The signal input from the equalizing unit  213  is transformed by the IFFT unit  219  from a signal in the frequency domain to a signal in the time domain. A modulating unit  221  stores information about a modulation level which has been determined by the control information generating unit  211  on the basis of the channel characteristic and which has been notified to the transmission apparatus, performs demodulation of a symbol on the basis of the information about the modulation level, and obtains coded bits. With the above-described process, a process of receiving coded bits transmitted from the transmission apparatus is performed. The transmit power control in DFT-S-OFDM, in which a continuous frequency band is used for data transmission, is expressed by equation (1).
 
 TX   TOTAL =Min{ P   max   ,TX   OP   +TX   CL }  (1)
 
     In equation (1), TX OP  represents open-loop TPC determined by the transmission apparatus, and includes the number of resource blocks to be used and a path loss. Here, a resource block (RB) is a group of twelve sub-carriers. TX CL  represents closed-loop TPC notified with control information. P max  represents the maximum transmission power of the transmission apparatus. Regarding Min, the smaller value in { } is selected. 
     When the transmit power control based on equation (1) is performed in a case where non-contiguous frequency bands are used as in clustered DFT-S-OFDM, the transmission power for each cluster is expressed by equation (2).
 
 TX   C ( i )=10 log 10 ( TX′   TOTAL   ×{C   SIZE ( i )/ N   RB )}  (2)
 
     Equation (2) expresses the transmission power for the i-th cluster, C SIZE (i) represents the bandwidth of the i-th cluster, and N RB  represents the total bandwidth of all the clusters. TX′ TOTAL  is expressed by the following equation.
 
 TX′   TOTAL =10^( TX   TOTAL /10)  (2′)
 
     Note that A^B represents exponentiation in which A is a base and B is an exponent. Here, in the power control amount determining unit  1055  according to this embodiment, the transmission power for each cluster is determined by using equation (3).
 
 TX   C ( i )=10 log 10 ( TX′   TOTAL   ×{C   SIZE ( i )/ N   RB })− C   POS ( i )  (3)
 
     Note that C POS (i) is determined in accordance with the band allocation of the i-th cluster. 
       FIG. 7  is a diagram describing an example of a method for determining C POS (i) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 7 , it is assumed that C POS (i) is determined in accordance with a corresponding band within a system band A that can be used for data transmission, from an end of the system band, that is, band B 1 , band C 1 , band D 1 , etc. In such a case, the nearer to an end of the system band a cluster is, the greater the problem of spurious emission caused by a third-order harmonic becomes. Thus, as an example of the method for determining C POS (i), C POS (i) is determined in accordance with Table 1. Note that C b &gt;C c &gt;C d . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 BAND D 1 , BAND D 2   
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       FIG. 8  is a diagram illustrating a case where transmit power control is performed in accordance with the allocation of clusters shown in Table 1 in the first embodiment of the present invention. Here, the cluster size C SIZE (i), which is the bandwidth of a cluster, is an integral multiple of an RB. In  FIG. 8 , a first cluster is allocated to band B 1 , and thus the transmission power is reduced by C b . Likewise, the transmission power for second and third clusters is reduced by C d , and the transmission power for a fourth cluster is reduced by C c . Here, in the frequency band near the center of the system band A, the influence of spurious emission is small and thus the power need not be reduced. For example, C d =0 may be applied in band D 1  and band D 2 . In a case where a cluster is allocated to span bands B 1  and C 1 , C POS (i) may be determined in accordance with any of the minimum value, maximum value, and average value of RB indexes, or may be determined in accordance with the value of the RB index that is the nearest to an end of the system band. Also, in transmit power control performed in units of clusters, C POS (i) may be used to increase the transmission power (C POS (i)&lt;0), as well as to reduce the transmission power. For example, the transmission power may be reduced for a cluster which is allocated to an end of the system band, and the transmission power may be increased for a cluster which is allocated to a region other than an end of the system band. 
     The method for determining C POS (i) is not limited to the above-described example, and C POS (i) may be determined by using equation (4).
 
 C   POS ( i )=Max{0 ,C   PMAX +(−1) α   ×β×RB   idx ( i )}  (4)
 
     Note that, regarding Max {A, B}, the larger value among A and B is selected, and C PMAX  represents the maximum value of reduction in power per cluster, and corresponds to C b  in  FIG. 8 . RB idx (i) represents an RB index to which a cluster is allocated. In a case where a cluster is composed of a plurality of RBs, the RB index of the cluster may be determined in accordance with any of the minimum value, maximum value, and average value, or may be determined in accordance with the value of the RB index that is the nearest to an end of the system band. α is defined in Table 2. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 RB idx  (i) ≦ N TOTAL /2 
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     N TOTAL  represents the number of RBs in the system band A. β is a value expressed by equation (5).
 
β=| C   PMAX   −MPR   MIN   |/MPR   RB   (5)
 
     Note that MPR MIN  represents the minimum value of reduction in power per cluster, and MPR RB  represents the number of RBs from the RB at an end of the system band for which the power needs to be reduced by C PMAX  to the RB to which MPR MIN  is applied. Thus, β represents a difference in the amount of control of transmission power per RB. 
       FIGS. 9A and 9B  are diagrams illustrating the transmit power control based on equation (4) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The power control amount determining unit  1055  performs control in the manner illustrated in  FIGS. 9A and 9B , and β represents an absolute value of the slope of C POS (i). In  FIG. 9B , m 1  is N TOTAL /2. In the case of the transmit power control based on equation (4), it is not necessary to use an identical C POS (i) for an entire cluster, but transmit power control may be performed in units of RBs. In the case of performing transmit power control in units of RBs, equation (6) is applied.
 
 C   POS ( i,k )=Max{0 ,C   PMAX +(−1) α   ×β×RB   idx ( I,k )}  (6)
 
     C POS (i, k) represents a value for controlling the transmission power for the k-th RB index in the i-th cluster, and RB idx (i, k) represents the k-th RB index in the i-th cluster. 
     In this embodiment, description has been given of an example of clustered DFT-S-OFDM in which a single-carrier spectrum is allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands, but this embodiment is also applicable to multi-carrier transmission, such as OFDM. Also, in this embodiment, description has been given of an example in which transmit power control is always performed in units of clusters. Alternatively, the transmit power control based on equation (1) may be applied, and, only in a limited case where the solution of equation (1) is higher than or equal to certain power, where a cluster is allocated to an end of a system band, or where the number of clusters is smaller than or equal to a certain number, the transmit power control based on equation (3) and any one of equations (4) and (6) may be applied. Also, in this embodiment, description has been given of an example of transmit power control performed in units of clusters in the case of non-contiguous band allocation within one CC. In the case of contiguous band allocation, the transmit power control according to this embodiment may be applied in units of spectrum portions, each being a part of a spectrum. 
     As described above, different manners of transmit power control are applied in accordance with allocation of clusters or an RB to which a cluster is allocated, and transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. Accordingly, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     Second Embodiment 
     In a second embodiment, description will be given of the case of using both CA, in which simultaneous transmission is performed using a plurality of CCs, and clustered DFT-S-OFDM, in which a single-carrier spectrum is allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands within one CC. 
       FIG. 10  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a transmission apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The transmission apparatus illustrated in  FIG. 10  has a configuration in which transmission is performed using a plurality of CCs. In this embodiment, description will be given of a case where the number of CCs used for transmission is two for simplicity, that is, CC# 1  and CC# 2  are used. It is assumed that coded data bits to be transmitted using CC# 1  are input to a modulating unit  303 - 1 , and that coded data bits to be transmitted using CC# 2  are input to a modulating unit  303 - 2 . The process performed by the modulating unit  303 - 1  to a reference signal multiplexing unit  317 - 1  and the process performed by the modulating unit  303 - 2  to a reference signal multiplexing unit  317 - 2  are similar to the process performed by the modulating unit  103  to the reference signal multiplexing unit  117  illustrated in  FIG. 1 , and thus the description thereof is omitted. 
     A signal in the time domain which is to be transmitted using CC# 1  and with which a reference signal has been multiplexed is input to a signal adding unit  319  from the reference signal multiplexing unit  317 - 1 , and a signal in the time domain which is to be transmitted using CC# 2  and with which a reference signal has been multiplexed is input to the signal adding unit  319  from the reference signal multiplexing unit  317 - 2 . The input signals for CC# 1  and CC# 2  are added together by the signal adding unit  319  after being multiplied by e j2πft , and a resulting signal undergoes, in a transmission processing unit  311 , a process similar to the process performed in the transmission processing unit  111 , and is transmitted by a transmission antenna  313 . Note that “f” of e j2πft  is shifted by the frequency of each CC. 
       FIG. 11  is a diagram illustrating an example in which signals in the frequency domain are allocated according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In each CC, a signal in the frequency domain is divided into clusters, non-contiguous frequency bands are allocated thereto, and transmission is performed. 
       FIG. 12  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of a reception apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the reception apparatus, a reception antenna  401  receives signals allocated to a plurality of CCs, and a reception processing unit  403  performs a process similar to that performed by the reception processing unit  203 . A reference signal demultiplexing unit  405  demultiplexes reference signals from the signals transmitted on the plurality of CCs and received from the reception processing unit  403 , outputs the reference signal transmitted on CC# 1  to a CC signal receiving unit  407 X, and outputs the reference signal transmitted on CC# 2  to a CC signal receiving unit  407 Y. Data signals demultiplexed by the reference signal demultiplexing unit  405  are input to an FFT unit  409  and are transformed from signals in the time domain to signals in the frequency domain. Then, the data transmitted on CC# 1  is output to the CC signal receiving unit  407 X, and the data transmitted on CC# 2  is output to the CC signal receiving unit  407 Y. 
       FIG. 13  is a block diagram illustrating an example configuration of the CC signal receiving unit  407 X according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The CC signal receiving unit  407 X and the CC signal receiving unit  407 Y perform a similar process, and thus only the CC signal receiving unit  407 X is illustrated here. In the CC signal receiving unit  407 X, the reference signal and data transmitted on CC# 1  are input to a channel estimating unit  501  and a demapping unit  503 , respectively. The channel estimating unit  501  to a control information transmitting unit  507  perform a process similar to the process performed by the channel estimating unit  207  to the control information transmitting unit  215 . Also in the demapping unit  503  to a demodulating unit  513 , a process similar to the process performed by the demapping unit  217  to the demodulating unit  221  is performed, and thereby demodulated data is obtained. 
       FIG. 14  is a diagram describing transmit power control performed in units of clusters or in units of RBs according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 14 , frequency bands with which transmission can be performed are CC# 1  and CC# 2 , and these CCs are adjacent to each other. In this case, spurious emission caused by a third-order harmonic to the outside of the frequency band of CC# 1  or the frequency band of CC# 2  is reduced by performing the transmit power control based on equation (3). Note that, in the case of performing transmission using a plurality of CCs, the method for determining C POS (i) is different from that in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, as illustrated in  FIG. 14 , a combination of the frequency band of CC# 1  and the frequency band of CC# 2  adjacent to each other is regarded as a system band, and C POS (i) is determined in the manner shown in Table 1 in accordance with a corresponding band, from an end of the system band, that is, band B, band C, band D, etc. Note that C b &gt;C c &gt;C d . 
     The method for determining C POS (i) is not limited to the above-descried example, and C POS (i) may be determined by using equation (4). The RB index of a cluster in equation (4) may be determined, in a case where the cluster is composed of a plurality of RBs, in accordance with any of the minimum value, maximum value, and average value, or may be determined in accordance with the value of the RB index that is the nearest to an end of the system band. Also, in the case of the transmit power control based on equation (4), it is not necessary to use an identical C POS (i) for an entire cluster, but transmit power control may be performed in units of RBs in accordance with equation (6). 
     In this embodiment, description has been given of an example of clustered DFT-S-OFDM in which a single-carrier spectrum is allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands, but this embodiment is also applicable to multi-carrier transmission, such as OFDM. In the above-described case of CA in which a plurality of CCs are used for transmission, a combination of adjacent CCs is regarded as a system band, different manners of transmit power control are applied in accordance with allocation of clusters or an RB to which a cluster is allocated, and transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. Accordingly, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     Third Embodiment 
     In a third embodiment, description will be given of the case of N-times DFT-S-OFDM in which a plurality of CCs are used for transmission and a single-carrier spectrum is contiguously allocated within each CC. An example configuration of transmission and reception apparatuses according to this embodiment is similar to that of the second embodiment illustrated in  FIGS. 10 and 12 . 
       FIG. 15  is a diagram illustrating an example in which the transmission apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention allocates signals in the frequency domain. The transmission apparatus performs single-carrier transmission within a CC in accordance with DFT-S-OFDM. However, a plurality of CCs are simultaneously used, and thus multi-carrier transmission is performed. Equation (3) is applied to the transmit power control according to this embodiment. However, since clustering is not performed in this embodiment, C SIZE (i)=N RB  is satisfied and equation (7) is applied.
 
 TX   C ( i )=10 log 10 ( TX′   TOTAL )− C   POS ( i )  (7)
 
     Also, as illustrated in  FIG. 14 , C POS (i) is determined by using Table (1) in accordance with a corresponding band, from an end of the system band, that is, band B, band C, band D, etc. The method for determining C POS (i) is not limited to the above-descried example, but C POS (i) may be determined by using equation (4). The RB index in equation (4) may be determined, in a case where a continuous signal of DFT-S-OFDM is composed of a plurality of RBs, in accordance with any of the minimum value, maximum value, and average value, or in accordance with the value of the RB index that is the nearest to an end of the system band. In the case of the transmit power control based on equation (4), it is not necessary to use an identical C POS (i) for the signal of DFT-S-OFDM, but transmit power control may be performed in units of RBs in accordance with equation (6). 
       FIGS. 16A and 16B  are diagrams illustrating an example in which transmit power control using equation (3) and Table 1 is performed in the third embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 16A  illustrates a case where no transmit power control is performed, and  FIG. 16B  illustrates a case where transmit power control using equation (3) and Table 1 is performed. In this embodiment, C POS (i) is applied in units of spectrum portions, each being a part of a signal of DFT-S-OFDM, and thus uneven transmit power control is performed on the signal of DFT-S-OFDM which is contiguously allocated, as illustrated in  FIG. 16B . Regarding the signal in the frequency domain allocated to the frequency band of CC# 1 , power is reduced by C POS (i)=C b  for the spectrum portion allocated to band B 1 , and power is reduced by C POS (i)=C c  for the spectrum portion allocated to band C 1 . 
     In this embodiment, different manners of transmit power control are applied in accordance with frequency bands for allocation, and any of C b , C c , and C d  is applied to an identical spectrum in units of spectrum portions, as illustrated in  FIG. 16B . However, this embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, instead of performing transmit power control in units of RBs in an identical spectrum, transmit power control may be performed on the RB at the end of the system band in contiguous allocation of a spectrum. As an example thereof, in a case where a spectrum is contiguously allocated to bands to which C b  and C c  are to be applied, C b , which is the largest amount of reduction of power because C b &gt;C c , may be uniformly applied to the continuous spectrum. Also, instead of transmit power control performed in units of spectrum portions, transmit power control in which C POS (i) is determined in units of RBs in accordance with equation (6) may be performed. 
     In the above-described case of CA in which a plurality of CCs are used for transmission, a combination of adjacent CCs is regarded as a system band, different transmission power is applied to individual RBs to which a continuous spectrum is allocated, and transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. Accordingly, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     Fourth Embodiment 
     In a fourth embodiment, description will be given of an example of performing transmit power control in accordance with frequency bands to which clusters are allocated and a bandwidth between clusters, in transmit power control for clustered DFT-S-OFDM in which clusters are allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands within one CC. In this embodiment, description will be given of the case of one CC, but this embodiment is also applicable to the case of CA. An example configuration of transmission and reception apparatuses according to this embodiment is similar to that illustrated in  FIGS. 1 and 5  in the case of one CC, and is similar to that illustrated in  FIGS. 10 and 12  in the case of CA. 
       FIG. 17  is a diagram describing transmit power control according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 17 , first to fourth clusters are allocated, and the bandwidth between the i-th cluster and the j-th cluster is represented by W ij . For example, the bandwidth between the first cluster and the second cluster is W 12 . An influence of the problem of spurious emission caused by a third-order harmonic becomes greater in a case where a cluster is allocated at an end of a system band and where the bandwidth between clusters is large. Thus, transmit power control according to this embodiment is performed in accordance with, in addition to equation (3), equation (8) in which C W (i) is added to consider a bandwidth between clusters.
 
 TX   c ( i )= TX′   TOTAL   ×{C   SIZE ( i )/ N   RB   }−C   POS ( i )+ Cw ( i )  (8)
 
     Here, C POS (i) is determined by using Table 1 in accordance with a corresponding band, from an end of the system band, that is, band B, band C, band D, etc. as illustrated in  FIG. 17 . Also, C w (i) is determined by using Table 3 in accordance with min(W ij ), which is the smallest value among the bandwidths W ij  between the i-th cluster and another cluster. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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     Note that C W (i) always satisfies |C POS (i)|&gt;|C W (i)|, and an amount of control of transmission power is determined to satisfy C W1 =0&lt;C W2 &lt;C W3 . γ 1 , γ 2 , and γ 3  are thresholds for performing transmit power control in accordance with the bandwidth between clusters, and an influence of the problem of spurious emission becomes greater in a case where the bandwidth between clusters is large, and thus 1&gt;γ 1 &gt;γ 2 &gt;γ 3 &gt;0 is satisfied. For example, when γ 1 =0.5 and γ 2 =0.3, transmission power is reduced by (C POS (i)-C W1 ) in a case where the bandwidth between clusters is 50% or more of the system band, and transmission power is reduced by (C POS (i)−C W2 ) in a case where the bandwidth between clusters is 30% or more and less than half of the system band. Also, min (W ij ) is the minimum value of W ij  in a case where j is a certain cluster which satisfies j≠i. For example, in a case where W 13 &gt;W 23 &gt;W 34  is satisfied, as illustrated in  FIG. 17 , min(W 3j )=W 34 . In such a case where a cluster is allocated to an end of the system band and where the bandwidth between clusters is larger, control is performed to reduce more transmission power. 
     The method for determining C POS (i) using equation (8) is not limited to the method using Table 1, and equation (4) may be applied. The RB index of a cluster in equation (4) may be determined, in a case where the cluster is composed of a plurality of RBs, in accordance with any of the minimum value, maximum value, and average value, or may be determined in accordance with the value of the RB index that is the nearest to an end of the system band. Also, in the case of the transmit power control based on equation (4), it is not necessary to use an identical C POS (i) for an entire cluster, but transmit power control may be performed in units of RBs in accordance with equation (6). 
     In this embodiment, description has been given of an example of clustered DFT-S-OFDM in which a single-carrier spectrum is allocated to non-contiguous frequency bands, but this embodiment is also applicable to multi-carrier transmission, such as OFDM. Also, description has been given of an embodiment regarding one CC, but the embodiment is also applicable to CA in which a plurality of CCs are used for transmission. The transmit power control according to this embodiment may be performed by regarding a plurality of adjacent CCs as a system band. 
     As described above, different manners of transmit power control are applied in accordance with allocation of clusters or an RB to which a cluster is applied, and the bandwidth between clusters, and transmission power can be reduced by a minimum amount that is necessary to reduce spurious emission. Accordingly, at the time of transmission using non-contiguous frequency bands, degradation of communication quality caused by reducing transmission power more than necessary can be prevented. 
     A program which operates in a mobile station apparatus and a base station apparatus according to the present invention is a program (program causing a computer to function) which controls a CPU or the like so as to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments according to the present invention. The information dealt with by these apparatuses is temporarily stored in a RAM at the time of processing thereof, and is then stored in various types of ROM or HDD, and is read out, corrected, or written by the CPU if necessary. A recording medium for storing the program may be any of a semiconductor medium (for example, ROM, nonvolatile memory card, etc.), an optical recording medium (for example, DVD, MO, MD, CD, BD, etc.), and a magnetic recording medium (for example, magnetic tape, flexible disk, etc.). 
     The functions of the above-described embodiments may be realized through execution of a loaded program, and the functions of the present invention may be realized through processing which is performed in conjunction with an operating system or another application program or the like in response to an instruction of the program. In the case of circulating the program on the market, the program may be stored in portable recording media so as to be circulated, or the program may be transferred to a server computer which is connected via a network, such as the Internet. In this case, a storage device of the server computer is included in the present invention. 
     Furthermore, part or whole of a mobile station apparatus and a base station apparatus according to the above-described embodiments may be realized by an LSI, which is typically an integrated circuit. The individual functional blocks of each of the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus may be individually mounted on chips, or some or all of them may be integrated to be mounted on a chip. A method for integration may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor, as well as an LSI. In a case where the progress of semiconductor technologies produces an integration technology which replaces an LSI, an integrated circuit according to the technology can be used. 
     The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. Specific configurations are not limited to these embodiments, and design within a scope of the gist of the present invention is included in the claims. 
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               101  control information receiving unit 
               103  modulating unit 
               105  mapping unit 
               107  reference signal generating unit 
               109  FFT unit 
               111  transmission processing unit 
               113  transmission antenna 
               115  IFFT unit 
               117  reference signal multiplexing unit 
               201  reception antenna 
               203  reception processing unit 
               205  reference signal demultiplexing unit 
               207  channel estimating unit 
               209  FFT unit 
               211  control information generating unit 
               213  equalizing unit 
               215  control information transmitting unit 
               217  demapping unit 
               219  IFFT unit 
               221  demodulating unit 
               301  control information receiving unit 
               303 - 1 ,  303 - 2  modulating unit 
               305 - 1 ,  305 - 2  mapping unit 
               307  reference signal generating unit 
               309 - 1 ,  309 - 2  FFT unit 
               311  transmission processing unit 
               313  transmission antenna 
               315 - 1 ,  315 - 2  IFFT unit 
               317 - 1 ,  317 - 2  reference signal multiplexing unit 
               319  signal adding unit 
               401  reception antenna 
               403  reception processing unit 
               405  reference signal demultiplexing unit 
               407 X,  407 Y CC signal receiving unit 
               409  FFT unit 
               501  channel estimating unit 
               503  demapping unit 
               505  control information generating unit 
               507  control information transmitting unit 
               509  equalizing unit 
               511  IFFT unit 
               513  demodulating unit 
               1051  dividing unit 
               1053  power control unit 
               1055  power control amount determining unit 
               1057  allocating unit 
               1071  dividing unit 
               1073  power control unit 
               1075  power control amount determining unit 
               1077  allocating unit 
               1079  IFFT unit 
               2171  data extracting unit 
               2173  combining unit