MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ONBOARD TERMINAL

• US 20180279068A1
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Published: 09/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: YAMASHIRO, Takahisa, KUMABE, Seigou, KIDA, Naoyuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,419,873 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel

Abstract

A mobile communication system is provided. A service provider terminal distributes service initiation information by using a control channel. Upon receipt of the service initiation information, an onboard terminal determines, based on service type information included in the service initiation information and available service type stored in the onboard terminal, whether the service provided by the service provider terminal is available to the onboard terminal itself. The onboard terminal determines, based on target terminal information included in the service initiation information and determination information acquired by the onboard terminal, whether the onboard terminal itself is an onboard terminal targeted for the service.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system comprising:

at least one onboard terminal that is used in a vehicle; and

at least one service provider terminal that wirelessly communicates with the onboard terminal to perform a series of processes for providing a predetermined service to the onboard terminal,

wherein the service provider terminal includes

a provider service channel communicator that communicates with the onboard terminal to provide the service by using any one of a plurality of preassigned service channels, and

a provider control channel communicator that distributes service initiation information for initiating communication on the service channel by using a preassigned control channel, the control channel being different from the service channels;

wherein the service initiation information includes

service type information that indicates type of the service,

service channel information that enables the onboard terminal having received the service initiation information to identify, of the plurality of service channels, the service channel used for the service provider terminal to communicate with the onboard terminal, and

target terminal information indicative of a condition for the onboard terminal targeted for the service,

wherein the onboard terminal includes

an onboard control channel communicator that communicates with the service provider terminal by using the control channel and receives at least the service initiation information,

an onboard service channel communicator that communicates with the service provider terminal by using one of the plurality of service channels determined by the service channel information included in the service initiation information received by the onboard control channel communicator,

a service memory that memorizes type of service available to the onboard terminal itself,

a service type determiner that determines, based on the service type information included in the service initiation information and on the type of service available to the onboard terminal itself stored in the service memory, whether the service provided by the service provider terminal is available to the onboard terminal itself,

a determination information acquirer that acquires determination information, the determination information being information about the onboard terminal itself and used to determine whether the onboard terminal itself is an onboard terminal targeted for the service from the service provider terminal, and

a service target determiner that determines, based on the target terminal information included in the service initiation information and on the determination information acquired by the determination information acquirer, whether the onboard terminal itself is the onboard terminal targeted for the service,

wherein;

when the service type determiner determines that the service provided by the service provider terminal is available to the onboard terminal itself and the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal itself is the onboard terminal targeted for the service, the onboard service channel communicator initiates communication with the service provider terminal by using the service channel; and

when the service type determiner determines that the service provided by the service provider terminal is not available to the onboard terminal itself or when the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal itself is not the onboard terminal targeted for the service, the onboard service channel communicator does not initiate communication with the service provider terminal by using the service channel.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein

when communication on the service channel is already established with a first service provider terminal, the onboard service channel communicator does not initiate communication with a second service provider terminal until the communication with the first service provider terminal terminates.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 2, wherein:

the target terminal information indicates a service provision area, the service provision area being an area where the onboard terminal to be provided with the service is supposed to exist;

the determination information acquirer acquires a current position of the onboard terminal as the determination information;

when the current position of the onboard terminal acquired by the determination information acquirer is within the service provision area, the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal is the onboard terminal targeted for the service; and

when the current position of the onboard terminal is outside the service provision area, the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal is not the onboard terminal targeted for the service.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

the target terminal information indicates a movement direction of the onboard terminal adapted to receive the service;

the determination information acquirer acquires a movement direction of the onboard terminal itself as the determination information;

when the movement direction of the onboard terminal acquired by the determination information acquirer coincides with the movement direction indicated by the target terminal information, the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal itself is the onboard terminal targeted for the service; and

when the movement direction of the onboard terminal itself does not coincide with the movement direction indicated by the target terminal information, the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal is not the onboard terminal targeted for the service.

5. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

the target terminal information indicates a movement speed range of the onboard terminal adapted to receive the service;

the determination information acquirer acquires a movement speed of the onboard terminal as the determination information;

when the movement speed of the onboard terminal acquired by the determination information acquirer is within the movement speed range indicated by the target terminal information, the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal is the onboard terminal targeted for the service; and

when the movement speed of the onboard terminal is outside the movement speed range indicated by the target terminal information, the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal is not targeted for the service.

6. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

while the onboard service channel communicator is communicating with the service provider terminal by using the service channel, the service target determiner successively determines whether the determination information acquired by the determination information acquirer meets the condition indicated by the target terminal information included in the service initiation information that triggered initiation of the currently established communication on the service channel; and

when the service target determiner determines that the determination information does not meet the condition, the onboard service channel communicator terminates the communication on the service channel with the service provider terminal.

7. An onboard terminal that performs a series of processes to receive a predetermined service by wirelessly communicating with a service provider terminal adapted to provide the predetermined service, the onboard terminal comprising:

an onboard control channel communicator that communicates with the service provider terminal by using a preassigned control channel and receives service initiation information distributed from the service provider terminal; and

an onboard service channel communicator that communicates with the service provider terminal by using one of a plurality of preassigned service channels, the service channels being different from the control channel,

wherein the service initiation information includes

service type information that indicates type of the service provided by the service provider terminal,

service channel information that enables the onboard terminal to identify, of the plurality of service channels, the service channel used for the service provider terminal to communicate with the onboard terminal, and

target terminal information that indicates a condition for a communication terminal targeted for the service,

wherein the onboard terminal further comprises

a service memory that stores type of service available to the onboard terminal itself,

a service type determiner that determines, based on the service type information included in the service initiation information and on the type of service available to the onboard terminal itself stored in the service memory, whether the service provided by the service provider terminal is available to the onboard terminal itself,

a determination information acquirer that acquires determination information, the determination information being information about the onboard terminal itself and used to determine whether the onboard terminal itself is a communication terminal adapted to receive the service from the service provider terminal, and

a service target determiner that determines, based on the target terminal information included in the service initiation information and on the determination information acquired by the determination information acquirer, whether the onboard terminal itself is a communication terminal targeted for the service,

wherein;

when the service type determiner determines that the service provided by the service provider terminal is available to the onboard terminal itself and the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal itself is the communication terminal targeted for the service, the onboard service channel communicator initiates communication with the service provider terminal by using one of the service channels determined by the service channel information included in the service initiation information; and

when the service type determiner determines that the service provided by the service provider terminal is not available to the onboard terminal itself or when the service target determiner determines that the onboard terminal itself is not the communication terminal targeted for the service, the onboard service channel communicator does not initiate communication with the service provider terminal by using the service channel determined by the service channel information included in the service initiation information, the service channel being one of the plurality of service channels.