Radio communication system including SDL having transmission rate of relatively high speed

• US 5,754,961 A
• Filed: 06/20/1995
• Issued: 05/19/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ogura, Koji, Namekata, Minoru, Serizawa, Mutsumu, Wakutsu, Takashi, Mukai, Manabu, Nakajima, Nobuyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H.
• Application Number:
  US08/492,728
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 455/34.1, 455/34.2, 455/54.1, 455/54.2, 455/103, 455/5.1, 455/6.3, 455/450, 455/455, 455/509, 455/516, 455/517, 455/524, 455/525, 370/319, 370/329, 370/343, 370/468
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2659 for data rate control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A large amount of user information is transmitted with good efficiency by means of a high-speed downlink by making transmission rates of an uplink circuit and a downlink asymmetrical. The radio communication system includes a plurality of base stations, a plurality of terminals, an uplink established between each of the base stations and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink circuit established between each of the terminals and each of the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal. This radio communication system has a low-speed transmitting means, provided at the terminal, which transmits a radio signal at a relatively low transmission rate to an above-noted base station via the above-noted uplink, a low-speed receiving means, provided at the base station, which receives a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate from the terminal via the uplink, a high-speed transmitting means, provided at the base station, which transmits a radio signal at a relatively high transmission rate to an above-noted terminal via the above-noted downlink, and a high-speed receiving means, provided at the terminal, which receives a radio sent at a relatively high transmission rate from the base station via the downlink.

Claims

1. A radio communication system including a base station, a plurality of terminals, an uplink established between the base station and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal, said radio communication system comprising:

a low-speed transmitting means, provided at said terminal, for transmitting a radio signal having a radio frequency in a relatively low frequency band at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a low-speed receiving means, provided at said base station, for receiving a radio signal of a relatively low frequency sent at a low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a high-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting a radio signal having a radio frequency in a relatively high frequency band at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink; and

a high-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal having a radio frequency in a relatively high frequency band at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink.

2. A radio communication system including a base station, a plurality of terminals, an uplink established between the base station and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal, said radio communication system comprising:

a low-speed transmitting means, provided at said terminal, for transmitting a radio signal having a radio frequency at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a low-speed receiving means, provided at said base station, for receiving a radio of a signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a high-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink; and

a high-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink;

wherein said high-speed transmitting means transmits a large amount of user-information data which is sent from said base station to said terminal via said downlink by means of a high-frequency-band radio signal, and

wherein said low-speed transmitting means transmits a small amount of control data which is sent from said terminal to said base station via said uplink by means of a low-frequency-band radio signal.

3. A radio communication system including a base station, a plurality of terminals, an uplink established between the base station and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal, said radio communication system comprising:

a low-speed transmitting means, provided at said terminal, for transmitting a radio signal having a radio frequency at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a low-speed receiving means, provided at said base station, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a high-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink; and

a high-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink;

an optimum connection station interpreting means which receives a signal for the purpose of identifying a wideband radio base station, notification of which is made from said wideband radio base station via a radio line, and which interprets from this signal said wideband radio base station that is suitable for connection; and

a service starting means which starts a prescribed service via a specific wideband radio base station which is judged to be suitable for connection with respect to said mobile base station.

4. A radio communication system according to claim 3, further comprising:

means which, when said mobile radio station receives said prescribed service via said specific wideband radio base station, receives a signal for the purpose of identifying said wideband radio base station, notification of which is given via a radio line from a wideband radio base station which is different from said specific wideband radio base station, and which interprets from this received signal to which specific wideband radio base station switching should be made;

means by which said mobile radio station notifies a server via a narrowband radio base station of said specific wideband radio base station which is suitable as a switching destination; and

means by which said server switches a connection with respect to said mobile radio station via said specific wideband radio base station, which is judged to be suitable as a switching destination for connection, thereby providing said prescribed service.

5. A radio communication system including a base station, a plurality of terminals, an unlink established between the base station and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal, said radio communication system comprising:

a low-speed transmitting means, provided at said terminal, for transmitting a radio signal having a radio frequency at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a low-speed receiving means, provided at said base station, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said unlink;

a high-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink; and

a high-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink;

wherein a method of modulation of the radio signal which is sent via said uplink by means of said low-speed transmission means provided at said terminal is different from a method of modulation of the radio signal sent via said downlink by means of said high-speed transmission means provided at said base station.

6. A radio communication system, comprising:

a base station;

a plurality of terminals;

an uplink established between the base station and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station at a relatively low transmission rate;

a high-speed downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a base station to a terminal in a relatively high-speed transmission;

a low-speed downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a base station to a terminal at a transmission rate approximately the same as said uplink;

a first low-speed transmitting means, provided at said terminal, for transmitting to said base station a radio signal at a relatively low transmission rate in a relatively low-frequency band via said uplink;

a first low-speed receiving means, provided at said base station, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a second low-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting to said terminal a radio signal at a relatively low transmission rate in a relatively low-frequency band via said low-speed downlink;

a second low-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate in a relatively low-frequency band via said low-speed downlink;

a high-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate in a relatively high-frequency band from said base station to said terminal via said high-speed downlink; and

a high-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate in a relatively high-frequency band from said base station to said terminal via said high-speed downlink.

7. A radio communication system according to claim 6, wherein:

said high-speed transmitting means transmits a large amount of user information from said base station to said terminal via said high-speed downlink by means of a radio signal in a high-frequency band,

said first low-speed transmitting means transmits a small amount of control information from said terminal to said base station via said uplink by means of a radio signal in a low-frequency band, and

said second low-speed transmitting means transmits a small amount of control information and voice information from said base station to said terminal via said low-speed downlink by means of a radio signal in a low-frequency band.

8. A radio communication system according to claim 6,

wherein a method of modulation of the radio signal which is sent via said uplink by means of said first low-speed transmitting means provided at said terminal is different from a method of modulation of the radio signal sent via said high-speed downlink by means of said high-speed transmitting means provided at said base station.

9. A radio communication system according to claim 6, wherein a method of modulation of the radio signal on the uplink having a narrow frequency band which transmits the radio signal from said terminal to said base station is different from a method of modulation of the radio signal on the downlink having a wide frequency band which transmits the radio signal from said base station to said terminal.

10. A radio communication system according to claim 6, wherein said unlink is a narrowband uplink and said low-speed downlink is a narrowband low-speed downlink, and said narrowband unlink and said narrowband low-speed downlink transmit and receive using the same antenna at both said base station and said terminal.

11. A radio communication system, comprising:

a base station;

a plurality of terminals;

an uplink established between the base station and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station at a relatively low transmission rate;

a high-speed downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a base station to a terminal in a relatively high-speed transmission;

a low-speed downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a base station to a terminal at a transmission rate approximately the same as said uplink;

a first low-speed transmitting means, provided at said terminal, for transmitting to said base station a radio signal at a relatively low transmission rate via said uplink;

a first low-speed receiving means, provided at said base station, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a second low-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting to said terminal a radio signal at a relatively low transmission rate via said low-speed downlink;

a second low-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate in a relatively low-frequency band via said low-speed downlink;

a high-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said high-speed downlink; and

a high-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said high-speed downlink;

wherein said terminal, as a mobile radio station, includes

an optimum connection station interpreting means which receives a signal for the purpose of identifying a wideband radio base station, notification of which is made from said wideband radio base station via a radio line, and which interprets from this signal said wideband radio base station that is suitable for connection, and

a service starting means which starts a prescribed service via a specific wideband radio base station which is judged to be suitable for connection with respect to said mobile base station.

12. A radio communication system according to claims 11, further comprising:

means which, when said mobile radio station receives said prescribed service via said specific wideband radio base station, receives a signal for the purpose of identifying said wideband radio base station, notification of which is given via a radio line from a wideband radio base station which is different from said specific wideband radio base station, and which interprets from this received signal to which specific wideband radio base station switching should be made;

means by which said mobile radio station notifies a server via a narrowband radio base station of said specific wideband radio base station which is suitable as a switching destination; and

means by which said server switches a connection with respect to said mobile radio station via said specific wideband radio base station, which is judged to be suitable as a switching destination for connection, thereby providing said prescribed service.

13. A radio communication system including a base station, a plurality of terminals, an uplink established between the base station and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink established between each of the terminals and the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal, said radio communication system comprising:

a low-speed transmitting means, provided at said terminal, for transmitting a radio signal having a radio frequency at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a low-speed receiving means, provided at said base station, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively low transmission rate from said terminal to said base station via said uplink;

a high-speed transmitting means, provided at said base station, for transmitting a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink; and

a high-speed receiving means, provided at said terminal, for receiving a radio signal sent at a relatively high transmission rate from said base station to said terminal via said downlink;

wherein said base station is connected, via a data bus, to a data server which stores and processes given data for said base station, based on control information which is input to said base station from said terminal via said unlink,

wherein said data server is formed from at least a memory which serves as a database, a processor which serves as an information amount expanding server, and a control server having a storage means and a control means, said memory, said processor, and said control server operating in cooperation.

wherein said base station supplies said terminal with prescribed information via said downlink in the form it is read out from said memory, said terminal performs transmission of a given processing operator and added information via said low-speed uplink for the purpose of meeting requirements, and

wherein said data server processes said prescribed information, based on said processing operator and added information sent from said base station via said data bus, generates processed data and transmits the generated processed data to said terminal from said base station via said downlink.