Wireless communication system and wireless terminal device

• US 10,003,961 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2016
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ode, Takayoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US15/218,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20160338037A1
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 455 71, 4551511
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

A wireless communication system includes a terminal capability information reception unit to receive and extract terminal capability information, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; a terminal category setting unit to identify a terminal category to which the wireless terminal device belongs, based on the terminal capability information; and a link setting unit to set a link between a base station and the wireless terminal device and to transmit a control signal depending on the link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device, based on the terminal category set by the terminal category setting unit.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a terminal capability information reception unit to receive and extract terminal capability information, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device;

a terminal category setting unit to identify a terminal category to which the wireless terminal device belongs, based on the terminal capability information; and

a link setting unit to set a link between a base station and the wireless terminal device and to transmit a control signal depending on the link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device, based on the terminal category set by the terminal category setting unit.

2. A wireless communication system comprising:

a terminal capability information reception unit to receive and extract terminal capability information, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device;

a terminal category setting unit to identify a terminal category to which the wireless terminal device belongs, based on the terminal capability information; and

a scheduling unit to schedule on a basis of the terminal category set by the terminal category setting unit for selecting a wireless terminal device to communicate with from among wireless terminal devices.

3. A wireless communication system comprising:

a terminal capability information reception unit to receive and extract terminal capability information, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and

a link setting unit to set a link between a base station and the wireless terminal device according to the terminal capability information, and transmit a control signal corresponding to the link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device.

4. A wireless communication system comprising:

a terminal capability information reception unit to receive and extract terminal capability information and indicating a terminal category to which a the wireless terminal device belongs, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and

a scheduling unit to schedule according to the terminal capability information received and extracted by the terminal capability information reception unit for selecting a wireless terminal device to communicate with from among wireless terminal devices.

5. A wireless base station, comprising:

a terminal capability information reception unit to receive the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and

a link setting unit to set a link between a base station and the wireless terminal device according to the terminal capability information, and transmit a control signal corresponding to the link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device.

6. A wireless base station, comprising:

a terminal capability information reception unit to receive and extract terminal capability information and indicating a terminal category to which a the wireless terminal device belongs, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and

a scheduling unit to schedule according to the terminal capability information received and extracted by the terminal capability information reception unit for selecting a wireless terminal device to communicate with from among wireless terminal devices.

7. A wireless terminal device, comprising:

a terminal category setting unit to identify a terminal category to which wireless terminal belongs, based on at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and

a category transmitting unit to transmit the terminal category to a base station.

8. The wireless terminal device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a unit configured to receive a control signal depending on a link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device, based on said identified terminal category.