Communication terminal apparatus and radio communication method

• US 20020137513A1
• Filed: 10/15/2001
• Published: 09/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Imaizumi, Satoshi, Aihara, Koichi, Morimura, Kazuo, Watanabe, Masatoshi, Suzuki, Hidetoshi
• Application Number:
  US09/913,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20020137513A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7075 with code phase acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

In a correlation circuit 103, a correlation value is obtained by despreading processing of a reception signal. The above correlation value is sent to a cell detection circuit 104 and a cell monitoring circuit 105. The above results of cell detection and cell monitoring are sent to a cell management table 106 for classification and management of cells. A management circuit 107 changes the cycle for cell monitoring/cell detection according to various kinds of events, and, then, gives an instruction for cell detection and cell monitoring at the changed cycle to the cell detection circuit 104 and the cell monitoring circuit 105.

Claims

1. A piece of communication terminal apparatus, comprising:

cell detection means for cell detection based on the results of correlation operation processing of a reception signal using a code for spreading used for a transmission side;

cell monitoring means for cell monitoring using the results of said correlation operation processing;

a cell management table for management by classification into base station groups, based on said results of cell detection and said ones of cell monitoring; and

management means for control of the cycle for cell detection and/or cell monitoring according to an event.

2. A piece of communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

said management means controls the cycle for cell detection and/or cell monitoring, based on the levels of signals from base stations and on the number of said base stations managed in said cell management table.

3. A piece of communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, comprising

monitoring means for monitoring the reception quality of each finger using said correlation operation processing results, wherein

said management means controls the cycle for cell detection/cell monitoring based on said reception quality.

4. A piece of communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, comprising

gain control means for control of the gain of the reception signal, wherein

said management means controls the cycle for cell detection/cell monitoring based on gain information of the reception signal.

5. A piece of communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, comprising

measurement means for measurement of moving speed or altitude using the reception signal, wherein said management means controls the cycle for cell detection/cell monitoring based on said measurement results of moving speed or altitude.

6. A piece of communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said management means controls the cycle for cell detection/cell monitoring based on at least one of pieces of information selected from a group comprising external electric power information, service information, spreading factor information, and error rate information.

7. A base station for radio communication with a piece of communication terminal apparatus, wherein

said communication terminal apparatus comprises:

cell detection means for cell detection based on the results of correlation operation processing of a reception signal using a code for spreading used for a transmission side;

cell monitoring means for cell monitoring using the results of said correlation operation processing;

cell management table for management by classification into base station groups, based on said results of cell detection and said ones of cell monitoring; and

management means for control of the cycle for cell detection and/or cell monitoring according to an event.

8. A radio communication method according to the present invention comprises:

a cell detection step for cell detection based on the results of correlation operation processing of a reception signal using a code for spreading used for a transmission side;

a cell monitoring step for cell monitoring using said results of correlation operation processing;

a management step for management by classification into base station groups, based on said results of cell detection and said ones of cell monitoring; and

a control step for control of the cycle for cell detection and/or cell monitoring according to events.