COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20160255589A1
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: ZUZUKI, Hideyuki, SATO, Masanori, ITOH, Katsutoshi, TAKAE, Shinji
• Granted Patent: US 10,321,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0241 where no transmission is received, e.g. out of range of the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/20 using error rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/265 taking into account the quality of service QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of determination of whether a predetermined condition for connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network that is different from a mobile communication network is satisfied, and a control unit configured to control a mobile communication terminal that communicates via the mobile communication network to switch an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied. The operation mode is an operation mode for communication performed in a first wireless communication scheme that the wireless communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal support. The first mode is a mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the second mode. The second mode is a mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data in the first wireless communication scheme.

Claims

1. A communication control device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of determination of whether a predetermined condition for connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network that is different from a mobile communication network is satisfied; and

a control unit configured to control a mobile communication terminal that communicates via the mobile communication network to switch an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein the operation mode is an operation mode for communication performed in a first wireless communication scheme that the wireless communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal support,

wherein the first mode is a mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the second mode, and

wherein the second mode is a mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data in the first wireless communication scheme.

2. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the control is triggering transmission of a message requesting switch of the operation mode from the first mode to the second mode to the mobile communication terminal.

3. The communication control device according to claim 2, wherein the message is a message to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal via the mobile communication network.

4. The communication control device according to claim 2,

wherein the mobile communication terminal and the wireless communication terminal also support a second wireless communication scheme that is different from the first wireless communication scheme, and

wherein the message is a message to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal from the wireless communication terminal in the second wireless communication scheme.

5. The communication control device according to claim 4, wherein the second wireless communication scheme is a communication scheme of short-range wireless communication.

6. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control unit further controls the wireless communication terminal to switch communication from first communication performed via the wireless communication network to second communication performed via the mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication network.

7. The communication control device according to claim 6, wherein the further control is triggering transmission of a message requesting switch of communication from the first communication to the second communication to the wireless communication terminal.

8. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the communication control device is a device that constitutes a communication node of the mobile communication network.

9. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the communication control device is a device that constitutes a communication node of the wireless communication network.

10. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the communication control device is the wireless communication terminal.

11. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the communication control device is the mobile communication terminal.

12. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition determined based on a state of connection of the wireless communication terminal to the wireless communication network.

13. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition determined based on communication quality of communication of the wireless communication terminal on the wireless communication network.

14. The communication control device according to claim 13, wherein the communication quality includes at least one of reception intensity of a signal transmitted or received by the wireless communication terminal on the wireless communication network, an error rate of communication of the written wireless communication terminal on the wireless communication network, and the number of re-transmissions of the wireless communication terminal in communication on the wireless communication network.

15. The communication control device according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile communication terminal is associated with the wireless communication terminal, and

wherein the predetermined condition is a condition determined based on a movement situation of the mobile communication terminal.

16. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network is a wireless local area network (WLAN).

17. The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication scheme is a wireless communication scheme for a wireless local area network (WLAN).

18. A communication control method comprising:

acquiring a result of determination of whether a predetermined condition for connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network that is different from a mobile communication network is satisfied; and

controlling, by a processor, a mobile communication terminal that communicates via the mobile communication network to switch an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein the operation mode is an operation mode for communication performed in a first wireless communication scheme that the wireless communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal support,

wherein the first mode is a mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the second mode, and

wherein the second mode is a mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data in the first wireless communication scheme.

19. An information processing device comprising:

a memory that stores a program; and

one or more processors that are capable of executing the program,

wherein the program causes execution of acquiring a result of determination of whether a predetermined condition for connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network that is different from a mobile communication network is satisfied, and controlling a mobile communication terminal that communicates via the mobile communication network to switch an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein the operation mode is an operation mode for communication performed in a first wireless communication scheme that the wireless communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal support,

wherein the first mode is a mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the second mode, and

wherein the second mode is a mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data in the first wireless communication scheme.