Mobile radio communication device

• US 5,774,810 A
• Filed: 06/27/1996
• Issued: 06/30/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sugi, Nobuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H.
• Application Number:
  US08/673,823
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 455/502, 455/515, 455/516, 455/517, 455/226.1, 455/226.2, 455/434, 370/252, 370/332, 370/503
• US Class Current: 455/502
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2681 Synchronisation of a mobile station with one base station
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2684 Synchronisation of a mobile station with more than one base station
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/10 Arrangements for initial synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/005 compensating for timing error by adjustment in the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

This is a mobile radio communication device having a base station and a mobile station that is connected by radio with this base station using time division multiple access, in which stable connection with the base station can be achieved and subsequently stable radio communication can be conducted. In the initial period of communication with the base station, the mobile station receives the signal from the base station asynchronously; under the condition that the field intensity of a signal transmitted by the base station exceeds a first threshold value, synchronization establishment control is performed in which a synchronization establishment operation is performed with the base station; after establishment of synchronization with the base station by the synchronization establishment operation, synchronization maintenance operation with this base station is performed under the condition that the field intensity from this base station exceeds a second threshold value that is smaller than the first threshold value.

Claims

1. The mobile radio communication system comprising:

a base station; and

a mobile station connected by radio with the base station, and employing the time division multiple access system,

wherein the mobile station has field intensity detection means that detects the field intensity of a signal transmitted by the base station,

and synchronization establishment and maintenance control means whereby;

at the commencement of communication with the base station asynchronous reception is performed of signals from the base station, and synchronization establishment control is conducted whereby a synchronization establishment operation with the base station is performed under the condition that the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means exceeds a first threshold value; and

, after establishment of synchronization with the base station by the synchronization establishment operation, a synchronization maintenance operation is conducted with the base station under the condition that the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means exceeds a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value.

2. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 1 wherein the synchronization establishment and maintenance control means comprises:

reception sensitivity decision means that, by comparing the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with the first threshold value and the second threshold value, outputs a first decision signal if the field intensity exceeds the first threshold value, and outputs a second decision signal if the field intensity exceeds the second threshold value; and

control means that performs the synchronization establishment operation based on the first decision signal which is output from the reception sensitivity decision means and that performs the synchronization maintenance operation based on the second decision signal that is output from the reception sensitivity decision means.

3. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 2, wherein the reception sensitivity decision means comprises:

first threshold value setting means that sets the first threshold value;

first comparison means that outputs the first decision signal by comparing the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with the first threshold value set by the first threshold value setting means;

second threshold value setting means that sets the second threshold value;

second comparison means that outputs the second decision signal by comparing the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with the second threshold value set by the second threshold value setting means; and

selection means that selectively outputs the first decision signal that is output from the first comparison means or the second decision signal that is output from the second comparison means, under the control of an instruction from the control means.

4. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the first threshold value setting means sets the first threshold value in a way that can be altered.

5. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 3, wherein, the second threshold value setting means sets the second threshold value in a way that can be altered.

6. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 3, wherein, the control means, if the synchronization establishment operation is being performed, instructs the selection means to select the first decision signal, and, if the synchronization maintenance operation is being performed, instructs the selection means to select the second decision signal.

7. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 2, wherein, the reception sensitivity decision means has threshold value data storage means that stores first and second threshold value data and comparison means that outputs a decision signal by comparing the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with a threshold value corresponding to one of the stored first and second threshold value data stored in the threshold value data storage means.

8. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 7, wherein, the control means, in the case where the synchronization establishment operation is being performed, outputs the first threshold value data corresponding to the first threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means, and, if the synchronization maintenance operation is being performed, outputs the second threshold value data corresponding to the second threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means.

9. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 2, wherein, the control means, if the synchronization establishment operation is being performed, outputs firs threshold value data corresponding to the first threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means which is successively diminished, and, when the detected field intensity exceeds the first threshold value, controls the synchronization establishment operation with the base station.

10. A mobile station which is connected by radio with a base station by using a time division multiple access system, comprising:

field intensity detection means that detects field intensity of a signal transmitted by the base station; and

synchronization establishment and maintenance control means that, on commencement of communication with the base station, receives the signal from the base station asynchronously, and, under the condition that the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means exceeds a first threshold value, performs synchronization establishment control in which synchronization establishment operation is performed with the base station, and, after establishment of synchronization with the base station by the synchronization establishment operation, under the condition that the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means exceeds a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, performs synchronization maintenance operation with the base station.

11. The mobile station according to claim 10, wherein the synchronization establishment and maintenance control means has a reception sensitivity decision means that, by comparing the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with the first threshold value and the second threshold value, outputs a first decision signal if the field intensity exceeds the first threshold value and outputs a second decision signal if the field intensity exceeds the second threshold value and control means that performs the synchronization establishment operation based on the first decision signal that is output from the reception sensitivity decision means and that performs the synchronization maintenance operation based on the second decision signal that is output from the reception sensitivity decision means.

12. The mobile station according to claim 11, in which, the reception sensitivity decision means comprises:

first threshold value setting means that sets the first threshold value;

first comparison means that outputs the first decision signal by comparing the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with the first threshold value set by the first threshold value setting means;

second threshold value setting means that sets the second threshold value;

second comparison means that outputs the second decision signal by comparing of the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with the second threshold value set by the second threshold value setting means; and

selection means that selectively outputs in accordance with an instruction from the control means the first decision signal that is output from the first comparison means or the second decision signal that is output from the second comparison means.

13. The mobile station according to claim 11 wherein the reception sensitivity decision means comprises:

threshold value data storage means that stores first and second threshold value data; and

comparison means that outputs a decision signal by comparing the field intensity detected by the field intensity detection means with a threshold value corresponding to one of the stored first and second threshold value data.

14. The mobile station according to claim 11, wherein the control means, if the synchronization establishment operation is being performed, outputs first threshold value data corresponding to the first threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means, and, if the synchronization maintenance operation is being performed, outputs second threshold value data corresponding to the second threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means.

15. The mobile station according to claim 11, wherein, the control means, if the synchronization establishment operation is being performed, outputs first threshold value data corresponding to the first threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means which is successively diminished, and, when the detected field intensity exceeds the first threshold value, controls the synchronization establishment operation with the base station.

16. The mobile station according to claim 11, wherein said mobile station is connected by radio with any one of a plurality of base stations and the control means, if the synchronization establishment operation is being performed, outputs first threshold value data corresponding to the first threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means, and the field intensity detection means detects a plurality of field intensities of signals transmitted by the plurality of base stations and, when any of the detected field intensities exceeds the first threshold value, stores identifications of the corresponding base stations and the field intensities of these base stations, and said control means controls the synchronization establishment operation with the base station that has the largest field intensity of the stored field intensities.

17. The mobile station according to claim 16, wherein the control means, if the synchronization establishment operation is being performed, outputs first threshold value data corresponding to the first threshold value to the reception sensitivity decision means which is successively diminished.

18. Radio telecommunication apparatus for use in a radio telecommunication system, wherein the system encompasses a plurality of areas each having one base station which broadcasts first and second signals, comprising:

first receiving means for receiving the first signal continuously;

establish means for establishing a synchronization with the base station if the quality of the received first signal is higher than a first criterion;

second receiving means, in response to the establish means, for receiving the second signal;

maintain means for maintaining the established synchronization if the quality of the second received signal is higher than a second criterion which is smaller than the first criterion.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the apparatus is used for time division multiple access radio telecommunication system.

20. Radio telecommunication apparatus for use in a radio telecommunication system, wherein the system encompasses a plurality of areas each having one base station, the apparatus comprising:

first receiving means for receiving a plurality of first signals from a plurality of base stations;

detecting means for detecting the quality of each first signal;

determining means for determining at least one base station from which the detected quality of each signal is higher than a first criterion;

select means for selecting one of the determined base stations broadcasting the signal whose detected quality is highest;

establish means for establishing a synchronization with the selected base station;

second receiving means, in response to the establish means, for receiving a second signal; and

maintain means for maintaining the established synchronization if the quality of the second received signal is higher than a second criterion which is smaller than the first criterion.