Communication terminal accommodation apparatus and scheduling method

• US 20020156907A1
• Filed: 04/26/2002
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 12, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirano, Jun, Aramaki, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,660,895 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A DL resource control section 203 controls the status of communication resource assignment of a direct link type network. An MS resource control section 204 controls the status of communication resource assignment of a master-slave type network. When carrying out communications between terminal apparatus held in different networks, a transmission resource assigning section 205 refers to the status of communication resource assignment of the two networks controlled by the DL resource control section 203 and the MS resource control section 204 and assigns the same communication resources to both terminal apparatus of a transmitting side and a receiving side. Thus, the communication resources can be utilized effectively when carrying out communications between the terminal apparatus held in different networks respectively.

Claims

1. A communication terminal holding apparatus, comprising:

first controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a first network;

second controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a second network; and

communication resource assigning means for assigning the same communication resources to both terminal apparatus of a transmitting side and a receiving side while referring to status of communication resource assignment of said two networks when carrying out communications between terminal apparatus held in different networks.

7. A communication terminal holding apparatus in any of claims 1 to 6, in which, in a case of a network structure of a multi frame, the communication resource assigning means assigns communication resources for transmission or reception within a range of the communication resources assigned to a network in which own apparatus is held.

2. A communication terminal holding apparatus, comprising:

first controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a direct link type network;

second controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a master-slave type network; and

communication resource assigning means for assigning communication resources for reception, when a communication request is made from a first terminal apparatus held in the direct link type network to a second terminal apparatus held in the master-slave type network, to said second terminal apparatus and assigning the same communication resources as said communication resources for reception to said first terminal apparatus as communication resources for transmission while referring to the status of communication resource assignment of said two networks.

3. A communication terminal holding apparatus, comprising:

first controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a direct link type network;

second controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a master-slave type network; and

communication resource assigning means for assigning communication resources for transmission, when a communication request is made to a first terminal apparatus held in the direct link type network from a second terminal apparatus held in the master-slave type network, to said second terminal apparatus and assigning the same communication resources as said communication resources for transmission to said first terminal apparatus as communication resources for reception while referring to the status of communication resource assignment of said two networks.

4. A communication terminal holding apparatus, comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining information representing assignment status of communication resources controlled by another communication terminal holding apparatus of a first network;

controlling means for controlling status of communication resources assignment of a second network; and

communication resource assigning means for assigning the same communication resources to both terminal apparatus of a transmitting side and a receiving side, when carrying out communication between terminal apparatus held in different networks respectively, while referring to status of communication resource assignment of said two networks.

5. A communication terminal holding apparatus, comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining information representing assignment status of communication resources controlled by another communication terminal holding apparatus of a direct link type network;

controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a master-slave type network; and

communication resource assigning means for assigning, when a communication request is made from a first terminal apparatus held in the direct link type network to a second terminal apparatus held in the master-slave type network, the same communication resources as communication resources for transmission which has been assigned to said first terminal apparatus by said other communication terminal holding apparatus to said second terminal apparatus as communication resources for reception.

6. A communication terminal holding apparatus, comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining information representing assignment status of communication resources controlled by another communication terminal holding apparatus of a direct link type network;

controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a master-slave type network; and

communication resource assigning means for assigning, when a communication request is made to a first terminal apparatus held in the direct link type network from a second terminal apparatus held in the master-slave type network, the same communication resources as communication resources for reception which has been assigned to said first terminal apparatus by said other communication terminal holding apparatus to said second terminal apparatus as communication resources for transmission.

8. A base station apparatus comprising a communication terminal holding apparatus, wherein said communication terminal holding apparatus comprises:

first controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a first network;

second controlling means for controlling status of communication resource assignment of a second network; and

communication resource assigning means for assigning, when carrying out communications between terminal apparatus held in different networks, the same communication resources to both terminal apparatus of a transmitting side and a receiving side while referring to the status of communication resource assignment of said two networks.

9. A scheduling method comprising the steps of:

selecting the same communication resources, when carrying out communications between terminal apparatus held in different networks, that are presently not used at both sides of said two networks; and

assigning said selected same communication resources to a transmitting side terminal apparatus and a receiving side terminal apparatus.

10. A scheduling method comprising the steps of:

selecting the same communication resources, when a communication request is made from a first terminal apparatus held in a direct link type network to a second terminal apparatus held in a master-slave type network, that are presently not used at both sides of said direct link type network and said master-slave type network;

assigning said selected communication resources to said first terminal apparatus as communication resources for transmission; and

assigning said selected communication resources to said second terminal apparatus as communication resources for reception.

11. A scheduling method comprising the steps of:

selecting the same communication resources, when a communication request is made to a first terminal apparatus held in a direct link type network from a second terminal apparatus held in a master-slave type network, that are presently not used at both sides of said direct link type network and said master-slave type network;

assigning said selected communication resources to said first terminal apparatus as communication resources for reception; and

assigning said selected communication resources to said second terminal apparatus as communication resources for transmission.

12. A scheduling method comprising the steps of:

assigning communication resources, when carrying out communications between terminal apparatus held in different networks, to a first terminal apparatus held in a first network by a first communication terminal holding apparatus which is carrying out scheduling of said first network; and

assigning the same communication resources as communication resources which have been assigned to the first terminal apparatus to a second terminal apparatus held in second network by a second communication terminal holding apparatus which is carrying out scheduling of said second network.

13. A scheduling method comprising the steps of:

assigning communication resources for transmission, when a communication request is made from a first terminal apparatus held in a direct link type network to a second terminal apparatus held in a master-slave type network, to said first terminal apparatus by a first communication terminal holding apparatus which is carrying out scheduling of said direct link type network; and

assigning the same communication resources as the communication resources for transmission which have been assigned to said first terminal apparatus to said second terminal apparatus by a second communication terminal holding apparatus which is carrying out scheduling of said master-slave type network as communication resources for reception.

14. A scheduling method comprising the steps of:

assigning communication resources for reception, when a communication request is made to a first terminal apparatus held in a direct link type network from a second terminal apparatus held in a master-slave type network, to said first terminal apparatus by a first communication terminal holding apparatus which is carrying out scheduling of said direct link type network; and

assigning the same communication resources as the communication resources for reception which have been assigned to said first terminal apparatus to said second terminal apparatus by a second communication terminal holding apparatus which is carrying out scheduling of said master-slave type network as communication resources for transmission.