Radio communication system, information providing device, mobile terminal, and method for providing information to mobile terminal

• US 10,044,437 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2012
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Toya, Masahiro, Kobayashi, Masafumi, Shiranaga, Hideaki, Urayama, Hirofumi, Ogawa, Shohei, Abe, Shotaro
• Primary Examiner(s): TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN
• Application Number:
  US14/356,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20140308897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,162 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/068 using time-dependent keys, e.g. periodically changing keys cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for controlling usage of secret information H04L9/088
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6405 Multicasting data broadcast and multicast in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6408 Unicasting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/03 Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/041 Key generation or derivation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/0431 Key distribution or pre-distribution; Key agreement
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/0471 Key exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Downlink is achieved by point-to-multipoint communication. There is provided a radio communication system 1 that provides information to a mobile terminal 3 via a radio communication device 2 that performs radio communication with the mobile terminal 3. The mobile terminal 3 is capable of receiving first downlink information that has been transmitted by point-to-multipoint radio communication receivable by a plurality of the mobile terminals 3, and capable of receiving second downlink information that has been transmitted by point-to-point communication. The mobile terminal 3 is capable of transmitting uplink information by point-to-point radio communication. The first downlink information and the second downlink information are formed such that information to be used in the mobile terminal 3 is obtained when the mobile terminal 3 performs information processing by using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information.

Claims

1. A radio communication system that provides information to a mobile terminal via a base station that performs radio communication with the mobile terminal, wherein

the base station is capable of performing point-to-point radio communication with the mobile terminal, and capable of performing point-to-multipoint radio communication with the mobile terminal,

the mobile terminal is capable of receiving first downlink information that has been transmitted from the base station by point-to-multipoint radio communication receivable by a plurality of the mobile terminals, and subsequent to receipt of the first downlink information, capable of receiving second downlink information that has been transmitted from the base station by point-to-point communication, the first downlink information including encrypted vehicular traffic information, the second downlink information including information for decrypting the encrypted vehicular traffic information of the first downlink to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to multipoint radio communication and being used by the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal performing information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information, the decryption information is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a base station that has transmitted the decryption information, or is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a plurality of specific base stations,

the mobile terminal is capable of transmitting uplink information to the base station by point-to-point radio communication, the uplink information including position information of the mobile terminal, the position information being used for updating the vehicular traffic information,

the base station is capable of transmitting, by the point-to-point communication, the second downlink information to the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information of the mobile terminal, when the base station acquires the uplink information including the position information of the mobile terminal, and

the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information receives, by the point-to-point radio communication, the second downlink information to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information received by the point-to-multipoint radio communication and obtains the vehicular traffic information to be used in the mobile terminal by performing the information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information.

2. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the decryption information is valid only when the mobile terminal that has received the decryption information is present at a position in a predetermined area.

3. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the first downlink information includes common information to be decrypted by first decryption information, and option information to be decrypted by second decryption information different from the first decryption information, and

the second downlink information includes the first decryption information, and further includes the second decryption information when the uplink information includes an option information request.

4. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the second downlink information includes information that is relevant to only a part of the first downlink information.

5. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first downlink information includes information to be updated based on the uplink information.

6. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the decryption information is disposable decryption information.

7. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal transmits uplink information by the point-to-point communication when the mobile terminal becomes ready to receive the first downlink information.

8. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the second downlink information varies depending on the content of the uplink information.

9. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the second downlink information includes option information that has been requested, in the uplink information, to be included in the second downlink information.

10. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the base station and the mobile terminal communicate with each other directly.

11. An information providing device that provides information to a mobile terminal via a base station that performs radio communication with the mobile terminal,

the base station being capable of performing point-to-point radio communication with the mobile terminal, and capable of performing point-to-multipoint radio communication with the mobile terminal, and

the information providing device comprising:

a first information providing section that provides, to the base station, first downlink information to be transmitted from the base station by point-to-multipoint communication receivable by a plurality of the mobile terminals, the first downlink information including encrypted vehicular traffic information;

a second information providing section that provides, to the base station, second downlink information to be transmitted from the base station by point-to-point communication with the mobile terminal, the second downlink information including information for decrypting the encrypted vehicular traffic information of the first downlink to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to multipoint radio communication and being used by the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal performing information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information, the decryption information is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a base station that has transmitted the decryption information, or is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a plurality of specific base stations; and

an acquisition section that acquires, via the base station, uplink information transmitted from the mobile terminal to the base station by the point-to-point communication, the uplink information including position information of the mobile terminal, the position information being used for updating the vehicular traffic information, wherein

the second information providing section provides the second downlink information to the base station when acquiring the uplink information including the position information of the mobile terminal,

the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information receives, subsequent to receipt of the first downlink information, by the point-to-point radio communication, the second downlink information to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information received by the point-to-multipoint radio communication, and

the mobile terminal obtains the vehicular traffic information to be used in the mobile terminal by performing the information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information.

12. The information providing device according to claim 11, wherein the base station and the mobile terminal communicate with each other directly.

13. A mobile terminal that performs radio communication with a base station,

the base station being capable of performing point-to-point radio communication with the mobile terminal, and capable of performing point-to-multipoint radio communication with the mobile terminal, and

the mobile terminal comprising:

a reception section capable of receiving first downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to-multipoint radio communication also receivable by other mobile terminals, and subsequent to receipt of the first downlink information, capable of receiving second downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to-point radio communication, the first downlink information including encrypted vehicular traffic information, the second downlink information including information for decrypting the encrypted vehicular traffic information of the first downlink to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to-multipoint radio communication and being used by the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal performing information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information, the decryption information is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a base station that has transmitted the decryption information, or is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a plurality of specific base stations;

a transmission section capable of transmitting uplink information to the base station by the point-to-point communication, the uplink information including position information of the mobile terminal;

the position information being used for updating the vehicular traffic information, and

an information processing section that performs the information processing using both the received first downlink information and second downlink information received from the base station; and

wherein

the reception section of the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information receives, by the point-to-point radio communication, the second downlink information to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information received by the point-to-multipoint radio communication, and

the information processing section of the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information obtains the vehicular traffic information to be used in the mobile terminal by performing the information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 13, wherein the base station and the mobile terminal communicate with each other directly.

15. A method for providing information from a base station to a mobile terminal,

the base station being capable of performing point-to-point radio communication with the mobile terminal, and capable of performing point-to-multipoint radio communication with the mobile terminal, and

the method comprising:

a step of causing the mobile terminal to receive first downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to-multipoint radio communication receivable by a plurality of the mobile terminals, the first downlink information including encrypted vehicular traffic information, the second downlink information including information for decrypting the encrypted vehicular traffic information of the first downlink to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to multipoint radio communication and being used by the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal performing information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information, the decryption information is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a base station that has transmitted the decryption information, or is valid only for decryption of the first downlink information transmitted from a plurality of specific base stations;

a step of the mobile terminal transmitting uplink information to the base station by point-to-point radio communication, the uplink information including position information of the mobile terminal;

the position information being used for updating the vehicular traffic information;

a step of the base station that acquired the uplink information including the position information of the mobile terminal transmitting second downlink information by the point-to-point communication to the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information of the mobile terminal, the second downlink information being necessary information to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information transmitted from the base station by point-to multipoint radio communication and being used by the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal performing information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information;

a step of the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information receiving, subsequent to receipt of the first downlink information, by the point-to-point radio communication, the second downlink information to obtain the vehicular traffic information from the first downlink information received by the point-to-multipoint radio communication; and

a step of the mobile terminal that transmitted the uplink information including the position information obtaining the traffic information to be used in the mobile terminal by performing the information processing using both the first downlink information and the second downlink information.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the base station and the mobile terminal communicate with each other directly.