Radio Communication System, Radio Communication Apparatus And Radio Communication Method

• US 20090275288A1
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Published: 11/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Fujita, Masayuki, Nakagawa, Gen
• Granted Patent: US 8,433,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/66.100
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/825 with exchange of information between interrogator and responder
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9316 combined with communication equipment with other vehicles or with base stations
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/932 using own vehicle data, e.g. ground speed, steering wheel direction
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9325 for inter-vehicle distance regulation, e.g. navigating in platoons
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/93271 in the front of the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/93272 in the back of the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9329 cooperating with reflectors or transponders

Abstract

In a radio communication system, a first radio communication station transmits a radio signal including information for designating a condition for a radio communication counterpart. A second radio communication station which receives the radio signal transmitted by the one radio communication station, and transmits a response radio signal when a situation of the second radio communication station meets the condition designated by the information included in the radio signal. The condition for a radio communication counterpart is whether the radio communication counterpart moves, and the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal when the second radio communication station meets the condition that the radio communication counterpart moves.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a first radio communication station which transmits a radio signal including information for designating a condition of a radio communication counterpart; and

a second radio communication station which receives the radio signal transmitted by the first radio communication station, and transmits a response radio signal when a situation of the second radio communication station meets the condition designated by the information included in the radio signal.

2. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the condition of a radio communication counterpart comprises whether the radio communication counterpart moves, and

the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal when the second radio communication station meets the condition that the radio communication counterpart moves.

3. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the condition of a radio communication counterpart comprises communication experiences with the first radio communication station, and

the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal when the second radio communication station has communication experiences with the first radio communication station within a past predetermined time.

4. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the condition of a radio communication counterpart comprises a type of the radio communication counterpart, and

the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal when the second radio communication station meets the condition concerning the type of the radio communication counterpart.

5. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal within a predetermined first time when the situation of the second radio communication station meets the condition of a radio communication counterpart, and the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal within a predetermined second time after elapse of the first predetermined time when the situation of the second radio communication station does not meet the condition of a radio communication counterpart.

6. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal in a time determined according to past communication experiences with the first radio communication station, and

the second radio communication station transmits the response radio signal in a time which is earlier as the number of the communication experiences with the first radio communication station is larger.

7. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first radio communication station designates a radio communication counterpart which has a predetermined relative relationship with the first radio communication station.

8. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 7, wherein:

the predetermined relative relationship comprises such a relationship that a distance between the first radio communication station and the radio communication counterpart is approximately constant.

9. The radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first radio communication station is mounted in a first vehicle, and the second radio communication station is mounted in a second vehicle or comprises a predetermined fixed station, and

the first radio communication station transmits the information for designating the radio communication counterpart to specify the second radio communication station which transmits the response radio signal in response to the information transmitted by the first radio communication station, and the first radio communication station transmits to the specified second radio communication station or predetermined fixed station information notifying of a driving state of the first vehicle.

10. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a transmitting part configured to transmit a radio signal including information for designating a condition of a radio communication counterpart, wherein;

the information for designating a condition of a radio communication counterpart is such that, a second radio communication apparatus which receives the radio signal transmitted by the radio communication apparatus transmits a response radio signal when a situation of the second radio communication apparatus meets the condition of a radio communication counterpart designated by the information included in the radio signal.

11. The radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein:

the condition of a radio communication counterpart comprises at least any one of whether the radio communication counterpart moves and whether the radio communication counterpart has communication experiences with the radio communication apparatus; and

the second radio communication apparatus transmits the response radio signal when the second radio communication apparatus meets the condition of a radio communication counterpart.

12. The radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 10, designating a radio communication counterpart which has a predetermined relative relationship with the radio communication station, and the predetermined relative relationship comprises such a relationship that a distance between the radio communication apparatus and the radio communication counterpart is approximately constant.

13. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

a receiving part configured to receive a radio signal including information for designating a condition of a radio communication counterpart, the radio signal having been transmitted from a second radio communication apparatus; and

a transmitting part configured to transmit a response radio signal when a situation of the radio communication apparatus meets the condition of a radio communication counterpart designated by the information included in the radio signal.

14. The radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein:

the condition used by the second radio communication apparatus to designate a radio communication counterpart comprises at least any one of whether the radio communication counterpart moves and whether the radio communication counterpart has communication experiences with the second radio communication apparatus having transmitted the radio signal, and

the radio communication apparatus transmits the response radio signal when the radio communication apparatus meets the condition used by the second radio communication apparatus having transmitted the radio signal to designate a radio communication counterpart.

15. The radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein:

the transmitting part transmits the response radio signal within a predetermined first time when the situation of the radio communication apparatus meets the condition of a radio communication counterpart, and transmits the response radio signal within a predetermined second when the situation of the second radio communication station does not meet the condition of a radio communication counterpart.

16. The radio communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein:

the transmitting part transmits the response radio signal in a time determined according to past communication experiences with the second radio communication station, and

the transmitting part transmits the response radio signal in a time which is earlier as the number of the communication experiences with the second radio communication station is larger.

17. A radio communication method comprising:

a first radio communication station transmitting a radio signal including information for designating a condition of a radio communication counterpart; and

a second radio communication station, which receives the radio signal transmitted by the first radio communication station, transmitting a response radio signal when a situation of the second radio communication station meets the condition of a radio communication counterpart designated by the information included in the radio signal.