RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS

• US 20090325634A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
• Inventors: Schmidt, Andreas, Bienas, Maik, Luft, Achim
• Granted Patent: US 8,948,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

In an embodiment, a radio communication device is provided. The radio communication device may include a radio communication device control message generation circuit configured to generate a radio communication device control message including allocation information to control a radio resource allocation for radio communication devices of at least two groups of radio communication devices, the radio resource allocation being provided by another radio communication device.

Claims

1. A radio communication device, comprising:

a radio communication device control message generation circuit configured to generate a radio communication device control message comprising allocation information to control resource allocations for radio communication devices of at least two groups of radio communication devices, the radio resource allocation being provided by another radio communication device.

2. The radio communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit the radio communication device control message to the other radio communication device.

3. The radio communication device of claim 2,

wherein the other radio communication device is a base station.

4. The radio communication device of claim 3,

wherein the base station is a home base station.

5. The radio communication device of claim 1,

wherein the allocation information comprises at least one information selected from a group consisting of:

information to allocate and control resources of a radio link, and

information to allocate and control resources of a broadband connection.

6. The radio communication device of claim 1,

wherein a first group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a closed subscriber group;

and

wherein a second group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a public subscriber group.

7. The radio communication device of claim 1,

wherein a first group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a first closed subscriber group;

and

wherein a second group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a second closed subscriber group.

8. The radio communication device of claim 1,

wherein the radio communication device is configured as a radio network entity.

9. The radio communication device of claim 1,

wherein the radio communication device is configured as a radio communication terminal device.

10. The radio communication device of claim 1,

wherein the radio communication device control message generation circuit is configured to generate a radio communication device control message comprising allocation information to control resource allocations on at least two different interfaces for radio communication devices of the at least two groups of radio communication devices, the radio resource allocation being provided by another radio communication device.

11. A home base station, comprising:

at least one controller configured to control resource allocations for radio communication devices of at least two groups of radio communication devices in accordance with a received home base station control message comprising allocation information to control resource allocation for the at least two groups of radio communication devices.

12. The home base station of claim 11, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the home base station control message from a radio communication device.

13. The home base station of claim 11,

wherein the home base station is a cellular mobile radio home base station.

14. The home base station of claim 11,

wherein a first group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a closed subscriber group;

and

wherein a second group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a public subscriber group.

15. The home base station of claim 12,

wherein at least one of the radio communication devices is configured as a radio network entity.

16. The home base station of claim 12,

wherein at least one of the radio communication devices is configured as a radio communication terminal device.

17. A radio communication device, comprising:

a home base station control message generation circuit configured to generate a home base station control message comprising information to control resources selected from a group of resources consisting of;

radio resources to be provided by a home base station for different groups of radio communication devices,

resources of a broadband connection between a home base station and an operator'"'"'s core network for at least two types of devices; and

resources of a broadband connection between a home base station and an operator'"'"'s core network for at least three types of traffic.

18. The radio communication device of claim 17,

wherein the home base station is a cellular mobile radio home base station.

19. The radio communication device of claim 17,

wherein the home base station control message generation circuit is configured to generate the home base station control message comprising information to control radio resources for at least two groups of radio communication devices.

20. The radio communication device of claim 19,

wherein a first group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a closed subscriber group;

and

wherein a second group of the at least two groups of radio communication devices is a public subscriber group.

21. A home base station, comprising:

a controller configured to control resources for radio communication devices of different groups of radio communication devices in accordance with a received home base station control message comprising information to control resources selected from a group of resources consisting of;

radio resources provided for different groups of radio communication devices, and

resources of a broadband connection between a home base station and an operator'"'"'s core network.

22. The home base station of claim 21,

wherein the home base station is a cellular mobile radio home base station.

23. The home base station of claim 21,

wherein a first group of the different groups of radio communication devices is a closed subscriber group;

and

wherein a second group of the different groups of radio communication devices is a public subscriber group.

24. The home base station of claim 21,

wherein at least one of the radio communication devices is configured as a radio network controller.

25. A method for controlling a radio resource allocation, the method comprising:

receiving a home base station control message comprising allocation information to control resource allocations for at least two groups of communication devices; and

controlling resources selected from a group of resources consisting of;

radio resource allocation for communication devices of the at least two groups of communication devices in accordance with the allocation information of the received home base station control message, and

resource allocation of a broadband connection between a home base station and an operator'"'"'s core network.