Wireless base station, wireless communication terminal, and wireless communication system

• US 10,056,997 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2015
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Mukai, Tsutomu, Takai, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Elpenord, Candal
• Application Number:
  US14/953,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20160080099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1845 broadcast or multicast in a specific location, e.g. geocast protocols for adapting network applications to user terminal location H04L67/52; services specially adapted for wireless communication networks making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• 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 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A wireless communication system transmits information requested by a wireless communication terminal to the wireless communication terminal moving through a spot wireless area. In a wireless base station, an external information communication control section controls communication with a server. A contents memory stores at least a part of contents received from the server. A wireless communication section communicates with the communication terminal using a predetermined communication method. A control section establishes connection with the communication terminal using a first connection which does not require an authentication procedure, or using a second connection which requires the authentication procedure. An access control (restriction) section permits access from the communication terminal to the contents memory and prohibits access to the server when a type of connection is the first connection, and permits access from the communication terminal to the contents memory and to the server in the case of the second connection.

Claims

1. A wireless communication terminal comprising:

a wireless transceiver operative to communicate with a wireless station in accordance with a predetermined communication method; and

a controller operative to receive, from the wireless station by using the wireless transceiver, (i) metadata relating to contents data and (ii) the contents data which is transmitted using a broadcasting method or a normal communication method, and transmit, to the wireless station by using the wireless transceiver, request information that includes a request of contents data which is not received by the broadcasting method, wherein

the controller is further operative to receive, by using the wireless transceiver, the requested contents data, which is not received by the broadcasting method, transmitted from the wireless station in response to the request information, using the normal communication method,

the wireless transceiver is further operative to receive a plurality of signals transmitted simultaneously by the broadcasting method from a plurality of antennas which cover respective wireless areas that at least partially overlap one another, the plurality of signals being modulated with same information data by a modulation scheme that avoids interference deterioration among each of the signals, and

the request information includes a contents ID or a tag that specifies the requested contents data to be transmitted in response to the request information and is used by the wireless station to determine whether the contents data has a high hit rate or a low hit rate.

2. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the modulation scheme is OFDM.

3. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the requested contents data is received using a connection which requires an authentication procedure.

4. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the predetermined communication method establishes one of a first connection which does not substantially require an authentication procedure for connection with the wireless station, or by using a second connection which requires the authentication procedure for connection with the wireless station.

5. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the normal communication method is individual communication.

6. A wireless communication terminal comprising:

a wireless transceiver operative to communicate with a wireless station using a broadcasting method or a normal communication method; and

a controller operative to receive, from the wireless station by using the wireless transceiver, (i) metadata relating to contents data and (ii) the contents data, and transmit, to the wireless station by using the wireless transceiver, request information that includes a request of contents data which is not received by the broadcasting method, wherein

the wireless transceiver is further operative to receive a plurality of signals transmitted simultaneously by the broadcasting method from a plurality of antennas which cover respective wireless areas that at least partially overlap one another, the plurality of signals being modulated with same information data by a modulation scheme that avoids interference deterioration among each of the signals, and

the request information includes a contents ID or a tag that specifies the requested contents data to be transmitted in response to the request information and is used by the wireless station to determine whether the contents data has a high hit rate or a low hit rate.

7. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the normal communication method is individual communication.

8. A wireless communication device comprising:

wireless communication circuitry operative to communicate with a wireless station in accordance with a predetermined communication method; and

control circuitry operative to receive, from the wireless station by using the wireless communication circuitry, (i) metadata relating to contents data and (ii) the contents data which is transmitted using a broadcasting method or a normal communication method, and transmit, to the wireless station by using the wireless communication circuitry, request a request information that includes a request of contents data which is not received by the broadcasting method, wherein

the wireless communication circuitry is further operative to receive a plurality of signals transmitted simultaneously by the broadcasting method from a plurality of antennas which cover respective wireless areas that at least partially overlap one another, the plurality of signals being modulated with same information data by a modulation scheme that avoids interference deterioration among each of the signals, and

the request information includes a contents ID or a tag that specifies the requested contents data to be transmitted in response to the request information and is used by the wireless station to determine whether the contents data has a high hit rate or a low hit rate.

9. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the normal communication method is individual communication.