COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND BASE STATION

• US 20150245342A1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Morita, Kugo
• Granted Patent: US 9,713,159 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/566 of the information or information source or recipient
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A communication control method used in a cellular mobile communication system that supports inter-terminal communication that is direct radio communication capable of being performed between user terminals in a state where a radio connection with a network is established, comprises a step of determining, by the network, a method for assigning a radio resource in the inter-terminal communication in accordance with a characteristic of an application used in the inter-terminal communication.

Claims

1. A communication control method used in a cellular mobile communication system that supports inter-terminal communication that is direct radio communication capable of being performed between user terminals in a state where a radio connection with a network is established, comprising:

a step of determining, by the network, a method for assigning a radio resource in the inter-terminal communication in accordance with a characteristic of an application used in the inter-terminal communication.

2. The communication control method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step of determining, the network determines so as to assign to the inter-terminal communication, a radio resource shared with another inter-terminal communication when a traffic caused by the application is low in load and temporary.

3. The communication control method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step of determining, the network determines so as to assign to the inter-terminal communication, a dedicated radio resource periodically when a traffic caused by the application is high in load and continuous.

4. The communication control method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step of determining, the network determines so as to assign to the inter-terminal communication periodically with enabling repeated transmission, a dedicated radio resource when a traffic caused by the application is high in load and continuous and requires low delay.

5. A base station used in a mobile communication system that supports inter-terminal communication that is direct radio communication capable of being performed between user terminals in a state where a radio connection with a network is established, comprising:

a processor that performs a process for determining a method for assigning a radio resource in the inter-terminal communication in accordance with a characteristic of an application used in the inter-terminal communication.