Method and apparatus for allocating terminal identifiers based on communication function

• US 10,602,539 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Namba, Hideo, To, Shimpei, Hamaguchi, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhury, Faisal
• Application Number:
  US14/319,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20140314020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,094 Days
• Field of Search: 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1825 Adaptation of specific ARQ protocol parameters according to transmission conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1893 Physical mapping arrangements physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/50 Address allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5038 for local use, e.g. in LAN or USB networks, or in a controller area network [CAN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A communication means which allocates a terminal identifier to a destination communication apparatus and carries out communication with the destination communication apparatus by use of a plurality of functions including an identifier generation section 152 for generating different terminal identifiers corresponding to a function used and an identifier allocation section 114 having an identifier selecting section 104 for allocation to the destination communication apparatus. Using a plurality of different terminal identifiers (terminal function identifiers), a function to be used between the destination can be specified. Moreover, it is possible to optimize the size of a memory for storing information required for adaptive modulation control.

Claims

1. A wireless terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus with radio communication, the wireless terminal apparatus comprising:

a receiving section for receiving a data packet including control information and communication data; and

a control section for controlling wireless communication to the base station apparatus using a plurality of terminal identifiers that includes a first terminal identifier and a second terminal identifier, the plurality of terminal identifiers assigned to the wireless terminal apparatus,

wherein;

the control information included in the data packet includes a first region to identify a terminal apparatus and a second region to control the wireless communication,

a sum of an amount of information bits of the first region and an amount of information bits of the second region is constant,

the amount of information bits of the first region is a first information amount or a second information amount,

the first region is used for identifying each of the plurality of the terminal identifiers,

all information bits in the first region from the received data packet are used to identify the terminal apparatus;

a first communication method uses the first terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the first information amount,

a second communication method uses the second terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the second information amount,

the first information amount is greater than the second information amount,

the control section is further configured to use, based on (i) the first region including the second terminal identifier and (ii) the second terminal identifier having the second information amount, a part of the second region that corresponds to a difference between the first information amount and the second information amount.

2. The wireless terminal apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control section is further configured to use, based on the received data packet using the second terminal identifier having the second information amount, the part of the second region that corresponds to the difference between the first information amount and the second information amount to control the second communication method that uses the second terminal identifier having the second information amount.

3. The wireless terminal apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the wireless terminal apparatus is configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, information for setting the first terminal identifier having the first information amount and information for setting the second terminal identifier having the second information amount.

4. A base station apparatus for communicating with a wireless terminal apparatus with radio communication, the base station apparatus comprising:

a transmission section for transmitting a data packet including control information and communication data; and

a control section for assigning a plurality of terminal identifiers to the wireless terminal apparatus and for controlling wireless communication with the wireless terminal apparatus using the plurality of terminal identifiers, wherein the plurality of terminal identifiers includes a first terminal identifier and a second terminal identifier,

wherein;

the control information included in the data packet includes a first region to identify a terminal apparatus and a second region to control the wireless communication,

a sum of an amount of information bits of the first region and an amount of information bits of the second region is constant,

the amount of information bits of the first region is a first information amount or a second information amount,

the first region is used for identifying each of the plurality of the terminal identifiers,

all information bits in the first region from the data packet are used to identify the terminal apparatus;

a first communication method uses the first terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the first information amount,

a second communication method uses the second terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the second information amount,

the first information amount is greater than the second information amount, and

the control section is further configured to use, based on (i) the first region including the second terminal identifier and (ii) the second terminal identifier having the second information amount, a part of the second region that corresponds to a difference between the first information amount and the second information amount.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the control section is configured to use, based on the wireless terminal apparatus transmitting the data packet using the second terminal identifier having the second information amount, the part of the second region that corresponds to the difference between the first information amount and the second information amount to control the second communication method that uses the second terminal identifier having the second information amount.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the base station apparatus is configured to transmit, to the wireless terminal apparatus, information for setting the first terminal identifier having the first information amount and information for setting the second terminal identifier having the second information amount.

7. A communication method of a wireless terminal apparatus that communicates to a base station apparatus with radio communication, the communication method comprising:

receiving a data packet including control information and communication data; and

controlling wireless communication to the base station apparatus using a plurality of terminal identifiers assigned to the wireless terminal apparatus, wherein the plurality of terminal identifiers includes a first terminal identifier and a second terminal identifier,

wherein;

the control information included in the data packet includes a first region to identify a terminal apparatus and a second region to control the wireless communication,

a sum of an amount of information bits of the first region and an amount of information bits of the second region is constant,

the amount of information bits of the first region is a first information amount or a second information amount,

the first region is used for identifying each of the plurality of the terminal identifiers,

all information bits in the first region from the data packet are used to identify the terminal apparatus,

a first communication method uses the first terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the first information amount,

a second communication method uses the second terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the second information amount,

the first information amount is greater than the second information amount,

a part of the second region that corresponds to a difference between the first information amount and the second information amount is used to control the wireless communication to the base station apparatus based on (i) the first region having the second terminal identifier from the plurality of terminal identifiers and (ii) the second terminal identifier having the second information amount.

8. A communication method of a base station apparatus that communicates to a wireless terminal apparatus with radio communication, the communication method comprising:

transmitting a data packet including control information and communication data;

assigning a plurality of terminal identifiers to the wireless terminal apparatus; and

controlling wireless communication with the wireless terminal apparatus using the plurality of terminal identifiers, wherein the plurality of terminal identifiers includes a first terminal identifier and a second terminal identifier,

wherein;

the control information included in the data packet includes a first region to identify a terminal apparatus and a second region to control the wireless communication,

a sum of an amount of information bits of the first region and an amount of information bits of the second region is constant,

the amount of information bits of the first region is a first information amount or a second information amount,

the first region is used for identifying each of the plurality of terminal identifiers,

all information bits in the first region from the data packet are used to identify the terminal apparatus,

a first communication method uses the first terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the first information amount,

a second communication method uses the second terminal identifier that is included in the first region and that has the second information amount,

the first information amount is greater than the second information amount,

a part of the second region that corresponds to a difference between the first information amount and the second information amount is used to control the wireless communication with the wireless terminal apparatus based on (i) the first region including the second terminal identifier and (ii) the second terminal identifier having the second information amount.