Radio communication system

• US 5,212,809 A
• Filed: 08/29/1989
• Issued: 05/18/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Incorporated (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Instruments Incorporated (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Oka, Tomohiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Faile, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US07/399,911
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• Field of Search: 455/88, 455/89, 455/34, 455/54, 455/57, 455/186, 379/62, 379/63
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/727 Identification code transfer arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/265 for initial activation of new user

Abstract

A radio communication system comprises plural hand held terminals and a base station communicating with each of the hand held terminals by a two-way radio data transmission. The hand held terminal is set with a system ID number by a proper signal representing the system ID number sent from the base station through a radio data transmission.

Claims

1. A method of setting a system ID number to a hand held terminal, in which a base station communicates with plural hand held terminals by a two-way radio transmission in accordance with the system ID number, the method comprising the steps of:

A. transmitting first data including a system ID request code to said base station from said hand held terminal by radio transmission, said transmitting step comprising

A1. inputting a code requesting the system ID number,

A2. judging said code which requests said system ID number,

A3. generating said first data including said system ID request code and a terminal ID of said hand held terminal, and

A4. transmitting said first data to said base station;

B. transmitting second data including the system ID number to said hand held terminal from said base station by radio transmission; and

C. setting said system ID number to said hand held terminal.

2. The method of setting the system ID number claimed in claim 1;

wherein step (B) further comprises

B1. judging said first data including said system ID request code,

B2. generating said second data including said system ID number held by said base station, and

B3. transmitting said second data including said system ID number.

3. The method of setting the system ID number claimed in claim 1;

wherein step (C) further comprises

C1. judging said second data including said system ID number, and

C2. setting said system ID number in said second data to said hand held terminal.

4. A method of enabling a hand-held terminal to communicate with a communication system comprised of a base station and plural hand-held terminals communicated by a two-way radio transmission in accordance with a system ID number, the method comprising the steps of:

A. transmitting first data including a system ID request code to said base station from said hand-held terminal by radio transmission, the step (A) further comprising,

A1. inputting a code requesting said system ID number,

A2. judging said code which requests said system ID number,

A3. generating said first data including said system ID request code and a terminal ID of said hand-held terminal, and

A4. transmitting said first data to said base station by radio transmission;

B. transmitting second data including said system ID number and said terminal ID to said hand-held terminal from said base station by radio transmission, the step (B) further comprising,

B1. judging said first data including said system ID request code and said terminal ID,

B2. generating said second data including said system ID number and said terminal ID, and

B3. transmitting said second data to said hand-held terminal by radio transmission; and

C. setting said system ID number to said hand-held terminal, the step (C) comprising,

C1. judging whether said second data has said hand-held terminal'"'"'s terminal ID, and

C2. setting said system ID number included in said second data to said hand-held terminal.

5. A method of communicating a system identification number in a radio communication system from a base station having a given system identification number stored therein to a hand-held terminal having means for storing a system identification number therein, comprising the steps of:

requesting the given system identification number for one hand-held terminal by producing a first data word at said one hand held terminal including a first field comprising a system identification request code and a second field comprising a terminal identification for said one hand-held terminal and transmitting the first data word to the base station by radio transmission;

receiving said first data word at the base station by producing a second data word including a third field comprising said terminal identification for said one hand-held terminal and a fourth field comprising said given system identification number and transmitting the second data word to said one hand-held terminal by radio transmission;

receiving said second data word at said one hand-held terminal; and

storing said given system identification number in the means for storing same in said hand-held terminal, whereby the one hand-held terminal is enabled to communicate with the radio communication system.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the storing means comprises a random access memory, and the step of storing comprises writing the given system identification number in the random access memory.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising setting the given system identification number in the base station in a read-only memory.

8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising setting the given system identification number in the base station in a bit switch.

9. In a method of communicating in a radio communication system with a base station having a given system identification number and at least one hand-held terminal having the given system identification number stored therein, wherein the base station transmits data words having a first field comprising the given system identification number and receives data words having the first field comprising the given system identification number, and wherein at least one hand-held terminal receives data words having the first field comprising the given system identification number and transmits data words having the first field comprising the given system identification number, the improvement comprising:

requesting the given system identification number for one hand-held terminal to be enabled to communicate with the system by producing a first data word at said one hand-held terminal including the first field comprising a system identification request code and a second field comprising a terminal identification for said one hand-held terminal and transmitting the first data word by radio transmission to the base station;

receiving said first data word at the base station;

responding to the first data word at the base station by producing a second data word including the second field comprising said terminal identification for said one hand-held terminal and a data field comprising said given system identification number and transmitting the second data word to said one hand-held terminal by radio transmission;

receiving said second data word sat said one hand-held terminal; and

storing said given system identification number in said one hand-held terminal, whereby said one hand-held terminal is enabled to communicate with the radio communication system.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the storing means comprises a random access memory, and the step of storing comprises writing the given system identification number in the random access memory.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising setting the given system identification number in the base station in a read-only memory.

12. The method according to claim 9, further comprising setting the given system identification number in the base station in a bit switch.

13. A radio communication system comprising:

a base station having means for storing a given system identification number;

at least one hand-held terminal having means for storing a system identification number therein; and

means for communicating the given system identification number from the base station to the at least one hand-held terminal, comprising means disposed in said at least one hand-held terminal for producing a first data word including a first field comprising a system identification request code and a second field comprising a terminal identification for said at least one hand-held terminal and for radio transmitting the first data word to the base station, means disposed in the base station for receiving said first data word and responsive to the first data word for producing a second data word including a third field comprising said terminal identification for said at least one hand-held terminal and a fourth field comprising said given system identification number and for radio transmitting the second data word to said one hand-held terminal, and means for receiving said second data word at said one hand-held terminal and for effecting storage of said given system identification number in said storing means of said at least one hand-held terminal.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the storing means in each hand-held terminal comprises a random access memory, and the means for effecting storage comprises means for writing the given system identification number in the random access memory.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the means for storing the given system identification number in the base station comprises a read-only memory.

16. The system according to claim 13, wherein the means for storing the given system identification number in the base station comprises a bit switch.

17. In a radio communication system with a base station having a given system identification number and at least one hand-held terminal having means for storing a system identification number therein, wherein the base station has means for transmitting data words having a first field comprising the given system identification number and has means for receiving data words having the first field comprising the given system identification number, and wherein each hand-held terminal has means for receiving data words having the first field comprising a system identification number corresponding to that stored in the means for storing and means for transmitting data words having the first field comprising a system identification number corresponding to that stored in the means for storing, the improvement comprising:

means disposed in each hand-held terminal for requesting the given system identification number from the base station to enable the hand-held terminal to communicate with the system comprising means for producing a first data word for transmission by the transmitting means at said hand-held terminal including the first field comprising a system identification request code and a second field comprising a terminal identification for said hand-held terminal, and means for radio transmitting the first data word to the base station;

means responsive to the first data word received at the base station by the receiving means therein for producing a second data word including the second field comprising said terminal identification for said hand-held terminal and a data field comprising said given system identification number;

means for radio transmitting the second data word to said hand-held terminal; and

means responsive to the second data word by the receiving means in said hand-held terminal for effecting storage of said given system identification number in said means for storing in said hand-held terminal, whereby said hand-held terminal is enabled to communicate with the radio communication system.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the storing means in each hand-held terminal comprises a random access memory, and the means for effecting storage comprises means for writing the given system identification number in the random access memory.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the means for storing the given system identification number in the base station comprises a read only memory.

20. The system according to claim 17, wherein the means for storing the given system identification number in the base station comprises a bit switch.