Radio communication system, control station, communication apparatus, communication control method, radio communciation method, and communication control program

• US 20030148767A1
• Filed: 01/06/2003
• Published: 08/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Koyama, Akihiro, Sugaya, Shigeru, Iwasaki, Jun, Akahane, Masaaki, Asai, Hisato
• Application Number:
  US10/332,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20030148767A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/16 Performing reselection for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

In a radio communications system comprising a first radio system and a second radio system different from the first radio system, the control station of the first radio system controls communications between communication devices belonging to the second communications system, with a control signal of the first communications system. Thus, by using both systems of the radio communications system having the fist radio system and the different second radio system, it is able to avoid collision between information transmission and to improve transmission efficiency.

Claims

1. A radio communications system comprising a first radio system and a second radio system different from said first communications system, wherein

a control station of said first radio system controls communications of communication devices belonging to said second communications system, with a control signal of said first communications system.

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

said control station controls the communications of said communication devices belonging to said second communications system, with said control signal of said first communications system, so as to avoid collision between two communications via said first and second communications systems to one of said communication devices.

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

a part of said communication devices comprises second communications system control means for controlling the communications of said communication devices belonging to said second communications system, via said second communications system.

4. The radio communications system according to claim 3, wherein:

said control station transmits said control signal of said first communications system to a communication device having said second communications system control means; and

the communication device having said second communications system control means transmits said control signal received of said first communications system to a plurality of said communication devices via said second communications system.

5. The radio communications system according to claim 1, wherein

said first communications system and said second radio system have different physical layers.

6. The radio communications system according to claim 1, wherein

said first communications system and said second radio system use different signal waveforms.

7. The radio communications system according to claim 1, wherein

said first communications system and said second radio system have different transmission bandwidths.

8. A control station of a first radio communications system in a radio communications system comprising said first radio system and a second radio system different from said first radio system, wherein

said control station controls communications of said communication devices belonging to said second communications system, with a control signal of said first communications system.

9. The control station according to claim 8, wherein

said control station seizes the communication status of said second radio system to determine whether information transmission using said first radio system is performed.

10. A communication device capable of accessing a first communications system of which the network is controlled by a control station and a second communications system having a different network formation from said first communications system, said communication device comprising:

channel-allocation requesting means for transmitting a channel-allocation request for said second communications system to said control station on the basis of network information given from said control station which controls said first communications system;

receiving means for receiving allocated-channel information of said second communications system allocated by said control station in response to said channel-allocation request; and

transmitting means for performing information transmission via said second communications system based on said allocated-channel information.

11. The communication device according to claim 10, wherein

said first communications system is a radio system for performing communications employing a prescribed frame structure, and said second communications system is a radio system employing an ultra wideband signal.

12. A communication device capable of accessing a first communications system of which the network is controlled by a control station and a second communications system having a different network formation from said first communications system, said communication device comprising:

first communication means for performing communications via said first communications system;

second communication means for performing communications via said second communications system; and

transmission control means for receiving network information transmitted from said control station which controls said first communications system, via said first communication means, and performing information transmission via said second communications system based on the network information.

13. The communication device according to claim 12, further comprising

control means for said second communications system.

14. A communication control method of a control station of a first radio communications system in a radio communications system comprising said first radio system and a second radio system different from said first radio system, said communication control method comprising:

a step of receiving a channel-allocation request from a communication device belonging to said second radio communications system;

a step of searching for available channels in response to said channel-allocation request; and

a step of giving a notice of allocated-channel information of said second radio communications system obtained by the search, via said first radio system.

15. The communication control method according to claim 14, wherein

said allocated-channel information is to allocate to said second communications system a time region other than the time region which periodically allocated to said first communications system.

16. The communication control method according to claim 14, wherein

said first communications system is used within the time region other than the time region allocated to said second communications system.

17. The communication control method according to claim 14, wherein

in a case of performing communications via said first communications system to said communication device performing communications via said second communications system, control is performed so that the communications via said first communications system does not disturb the communications via said second communications system.

18. The communication control method according to claim 14, wherein

said second radio system is used for arbitrary-way communications.

19. The communication control method according to claim 14, wherein

said first communications system is a radio system for performing communications employing a prescribed frame structure and said second communications system is a radio system employing an ultra wideband signal.

20. A communication control method of a control station of a second radio communications system in a radio communications system comprising a first radio system and said second radio system different from said first radio system, said communication control method comprising:

a step of receiving allocated-channel information of said second radio communications system given from a control station of said first radio communications system via said first radio communications system; and

a step of giving a notice of said allocated-channel information received, to a plurality of communication devices via said second radio communications system.

21. A radio communication method for performing communications between communication devices in first and second radio systems by using said first radio system of which the network is controlled by a control station and said second radio system having a different network formation from said fist radio system, said radio communication method comprising:

a step at which said control station gives a notice of network information to said communication devices via said first communications system; and

a step at which said communication devices perform information transmission via said second communications system based on said network information.

22. A communication control program of a control station of a first radio communications system in a radio communications system comprising said first radio system and a second radio system different from said first radio system, said communication control program comprising:

a step of receiving a channel-allocation request from a communication device belonging to said second radio communications system;

a step of searching for available channels in response to said channel-allocation request; and

a step of giving a notice of allocated-channel information of said second radio communications system obtained by the search, via said first radio system.

23. A communication control program of a control station of a second radio communications system in a radio communications system comprising a first radio system and said second radio system different from said fist radio system, said communication control program comprising:

a step of receiving allocated-channel information of said second radio communications system given from the control station of said first radio communications system via said first radio communications system; and

a step of giving a notice of said allocated-channel information received, to a plurality of communication devices via said second radio communications system.