WIRELESS DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20160285507A1
• Filed: 06/08/2016
• Published: 09/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: MATSUO, Ryoko, NABETANI, Toshihisa, NAKANISHI, Toshiyuki, TANAKA, Hirokazu
• Granted Patent: US 9,887,732 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/713 using frequency hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/005 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/244 using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a wireless device includes a receiver configured to receive a first beacon signal via a first channel; and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to: analyze the first beacon signal to obtain channel information for specifying a second channel, change an operation channel of the receiver from the first channel to the second channel, and change, in a case of not receiving a second beacon signal via the second channel during a predetermined period of time, the operation channel of the receiver from the second channel to the first channel. The receiver is further configured to receive a third beacon signal via the first channel after the operation channel is changed from the second channel to the first channel.

Claims

1. A wireless device, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first beacon signal via a first channel; and

control circuitry configured to;

analyze the first beacon signal to obtain channel information for specifying a second channel,

change an operation channel of the receiver from the first channel to the second channel, and

change, in a case of not receiving a second beacon signal via the second channel during a predetermined period of time, the operation channel of the receiver from the second channel to the first channel, wherein

the receiver is further configured to receive a third beacon signal via the first channel after the operation channel is changed from the second channel to the first channel.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to analyze the third beacon signal to obtain channel information for specifying a third channel and

change the operation channel of the receiver to the third channel.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the receiver is further configured to receive the second beacon signal via the second channel, and

the control circuitry is further configured to analyze the second beacon signal, and change, when the control circuitry detects that the second channel is to be changed, the operation channel based on channel information included in the second beacon signal, the channel information specifying a channel to which the second channel is changed.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to detect that the second channel is to be changed in a case that channel change existence information is included in the second beacon signal.

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to change, when the second beacon signal includes information indicating a channel change timing of the second channel, the operation channel at a timing indicated by the information.

6. The device according to claim 2, further comprising

a transmitter configured to transmit, when the operation channel is changed, any data or a channel change notification via the changed operation channel.

7. The device according to claim 1, comprising at least one antenna.

8. A wireless device, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a first beacon signal including channel information of a second channel via a first channel; and

control circuitry configured to control to;

transmit, in a case that the second channel is changed to a third channel, a second beacon signal via the second channel, the second beacon signal including channel information of the third channel, and

transmit, after change to the third channel, a third beacon signal including channel information of the third channel via the first channel.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to change, after the second beacon signal is transmitted, the second channel to the third channel.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein

the second beacon signal includes information on a channel change timing of the second channel in addition to the channel information of the third channel.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to change the second channel to the third channel according to the channel change timing included in the second beacon signal.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to control to periodically transmit the second beacon signal via the second channel, and

determine the channel change timing based on a period at which a target device receives the second beacon signal.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to determine the channel change timing based on a longest reception period among reception periods of the second beacon signal by a plurality of target devices.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to determine the channel change timing, when the target device exists having the reception period larger than an upper bound, based on the reception periods of the target devices having the reception periods smaller than or equal to the upper bound.

15. The device according to claim 8, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to control to transmit the third beacon signal at a first period, and transmit the first beacon signal at a second period, the first period being shorter than the second period.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to lengthen, when data or a channel change notification is received from a constant number or a constant ratio of target devices via the third channel, a transmission period of the third beacon signal.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein

the control circuitry is further configured to shorten a transmission period of the third beacon signal to a predetermined base period, and, when data or channel change notification is received via the third channel, return the transmission period of the third beacon signal transmitted from the base period to an initial period.

18. The device according to claim 8, comprising at least one antenna.

19. A wireless communication method, comprising:

transmitting a first beacon signal including channel information of a second channel via a first channel,

transmitting, in a case that the second channel is changed to a third channel, a second beacon signal via the second channel, the second beacon signal including channel information of the third channel; and

transmitting, after change to the third channel, a third beacon signal including channel information of the third channel via the first channel.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein

the second beacon signal includes information on a channel change timing of the second channel in addition to the channel information of the third channel.