WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING COMMON CONTROL CHANNEL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20140286216A1
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: PARK, Tae Joon, KIM, Yong Sun, JEONG, Wun-Cheol, SHIN, Chang Sub, PARK, Juderk, KANG, Hoyong, PYO, Cheol Sig, LEE, Keun Hyung, KIM, Eun-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 9,294,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/311
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15557 Selecting relay station operation mode, e.g. between amplify and forward mode, decode and forward mode or FDD - and TDD mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0001 Systems modifying transmission characteristics according to link quality, e.g. power backoff adaptive data allocation for multicarrier modulation H04L5/0044; controlling transmission power for radio systems H04W52/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0097 Relays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0058 Allocation criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A wireless communication method using a control channel between wireless communication devices including: exchanging profile information between a node and intermediate relay nodes therearound so as to allow the node to transmit/receive data to/from a destination node; determining, by the node, a first intermediate relay node using the profile information and determining a wireless communication mode with the first intermediate relay node; and transmitting/receiving data between the node and the first intermediate relay node by the determined wireless communication mode is provided.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method using a control channel between wireless communication devices, comprising:

exchanging profile information between a node and intermediate relay nodes therearound through a control channel so as to allow the node to transmit/receive data to/from a destination node;

determining, by the node, a first intermediate relay node using the profile information and determining a wireless communication mode with the first intermediate relay node; and

transmitting/receiving data between the node and the first intermediate relay node by the determined wireless communication mode.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1, wherein

the determining includes

requesting, by the node, the first intermediate relay node to turn on a communication processor corresponding to the wireless communication mode determined through the control channel connected to the first intermediate relay node.

3. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the node, at least one second intermediate relay node sequentially connected between the first intermediate relay node and the destination node and determining wireless communication modes among the first intermediate relay node, the second intermediate relay node, and the destination node; and

when all the connections from the node to the destination node are completed, transmitting data between the node and the destination node via the first intermediate relay node and the second intermediate relay node.

4. The wireless communication method of claim 3, wherein

the node, the first intermediate relay node, the second intermediate relay node, or the destination node

includes a controller which performs control to support at least one wireless communication mode and dynamically select the wireless communication modes performing wireless communication with the surrounding nodes.

5. The wireless communication method of claim 4, wherein

the wireless communication mode

includes at least one transmission technology of Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), 2G, 3G, and 4G.

6. The wireless communication method of claim 5, wherein

the profile information

includes at least one of a security method, a wireless communication mode, a power supply state, and a usage of each node.

7. A wireless communication method using a control channel between wireless communication devices, comprising:

selecting, by a wireless communication device, at least one intermediate relay node present therearound through a control channel and selecting and connecting wireless communication modes with the selected intermediate relay node;

selecting wireless communication modes between the intermediate relay nodes and a destination node in consideration of a communication mode of the destination node and connecting between the intermediate relay node and the destination node by the selected wireless communication mode; and

transmitting/receiving, by the wireless communication device, data to/from the wireless communication device of the destination node via the intermediate relay node.

8. The wireless communication method of claim 7, wherein

the selecting and connecting the wireless communication modes with the intermediate relay nodes includes

sequentially selecting, by the intermediate relay node connected to the wireless communication device, other intermediate relay nodes present therearound, and selecting and connecting the wireless communication modes with the selected other intermediate relay nodes.

9. The wireless communication method of claim 8, wherein

the connecting between the intermediate relay node and the destination node includes

connecting between the intermediate relay node which is present around the destination node and is finally selected from the other intermediate relay nodes and the destination node.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 9, wherein

the selecting and connecting the wireless communication modes with the intermediate relay nodes includes,

when it is determined that the data transfer through a backbone network is optimal, connecting the wireless communication device, the intermediate relay node, or the destination node to transfer data via the backbone network.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 10, wherein

the connecting between the intermediate relay node and the destination includes,

when no control channel communication function to connect the nodes is present, forming a virtual control channel in the backbone network to connect the nodes.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 11, wherein

the backbone network

includes any one of a Wi-Fi access point (AP) and a base station which supports 2G, 3G, or 4G mode.

13. A wireless communication device performing wireless communication using a wireless transmission technology, comprising:

a wireless transmission unit performing wireless communication with a communication device using at least one wireless communication mode; and

a controller performing a control which dynamically selects a wireless communication mode performing wireless communication with at least one wireless communication device and performs the wireless communication with the wireless communication device in which a control channel is formed using the selected wireless communication mode.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 13, wherein

the controller includes:

a channel forming unit forming a channel performing wireless communication with the at least one wireless communication device using the at least one wireless communication mode;

a profile storage unit storing profile information; and

a selection unit selecting the at least one wireless communication device using the profile information and dynamically selecting the wireless communication mode performing wireless communication with the selected wireless communication device.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 14, wherein

the channel forming unit

forms separated control channels for each wireless communication mode or forms separated control channels for each wireless communication device.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein

the wireless communication mode

includes at least one transmission technology of Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), 2G, 3G, and 4G.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 16, wherein

the controller

controls the wireless transmission unit to transmit/receive data to/from a destination node via at least one intermediate relay node.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein

the profile information

includes at least one of a security method, a wireless communication mode, a power supply state, and a usage of the node.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 13, wherein

the controller

performs control to maintain a communication processor of other wireless communication modes other than a communication processor of a wireless communication mode for the control channel be in a disable state to prevent unnecessary power waste, and if necessary, performs control to enable the communication processor for a data channel through the control channel having a low power characteristic.