Radio communication device and radio communication method

• US 5,818,827 A
• Filed: 08/07/1996
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Usui, Takashi, Suzuki, Mitsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US08/693,442
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 370/329, 370/335, 370/336, 370/337, 370/341, 370/342, 370/343, 370/344, 370/345, 370/441, 370/442, 370/347, 455/422, 455/450-453
• US Class Current: 370/344
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2628 using code-division multiple access [CDMA] or spread spectrum multiple access [SSMA] H04B7/2618 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A radio communication device has a first transmission and reception circuit for transmitting and receiving a channel which is established in a first occupied frequency band according to a first access process, and a second transmission and reception circuit for transmitting and receiving a channel which is established in a second occupied frequency band which is established in a guard band in the first occupied frequency band according to a second access process.

Claims

1. A radio communication device, comprising:

a first transmission and reception circuit for transmitting and receiving using a first channel established in a first occupied frequency band according to a first access process;

a second transmission and reception circuit for transmitting and receiving using a second channel established in a second occupied frequency band that is established in a guard band of said first occupied frequency band according to a second access process; and

a transmission amplifier having an amplification factor for amplifying a signal to be transmitted, wherein said amplification factor is set to a first value when the radio communication device is used according to said first access process, and said amplification factor is set to a second value smaller than said first value if the radio communication device is used according to said second access process.

2. The radio communication device according to claim 1, wherein said first transmission and reception circuit includes means for transmitting and receiving a first signal within said first occupied frequency band according to a code division multiple access process, and said second transmission and reception circuit includes means for transmitting and receiving a second signal within said second occupied frequency band according to a frequency division multiple access process.

3. The radio communication device according to claim 1, wherein said first transmission and reception circuit includes means for transmitting and receiving a first signal within said first occupied frequency band according to a time division multiple access process, and said second transmission and reception circuit includes means for transmitting and receiving a signal within said second occupied frequency band according to a frequency division multiple access process.

4. The radio communication device according to claim 1, wherein said first transmission and reception circuit includes means for transmitting and receiving a first signal within said first occupied frequency band according to a code division multiple access process, and said second transmission and reception circuit includes means for transmitting and receiving a second signal within said second occupied frequency band according to a time division multiple access process.

5. A radio communication method comprising the steps of:

transmitting and receiving using a first channel established in a first occupied frequency band according to a first access process using a first transmission power; and

transmitting and receiving using a second channel established in a second occupied frequency band established in a guard band of said first occupied frequency band according to a second access process using a second transmission power, wherein said second transmission power is lower than said first transmission power.

6. The radio communication method according to claim 5, wherein said first occupied frequency band is wider than said second occupied frequency band.

7. The radio communication method according to claim 5, wherein said first access process is a code division multiplex access process, and said second access process is a frequency division multiplex access process.

8. The radio communication method according to claim 5, wherein said first access process is a time division multiplex access process, and said second access process is a frequency division multiplex access process.

9. The radio communication method according to claim 5, wherein said first access process is a code division multiplex access process, and said second access process is a time division multiplex access process.

10. A radio communication device comprising:

a first transmission and reception circuit for transmitting and receiving using a first channel established in a first occupied frequency band according to a first access process; and

a second transmission and reception circuit for transmitting and receiving using a second channel established in a second occupied frequency band that is established in a guard band of said first occupied frequency band according to a second access process, wherein said radio communication device is a handset unit of a cordless telephone system having a home base station using said second access process, and further comprising means for automatically switching from said second access process to said first access process in response to a system switching control signal received from said home base station.

11. The radio communication device according to claim 10, wherein when said handset unit is positioned within a communication area covered by said home base station, said second transmission and reception circuit carries out communications with said home base station, and wherein when the handset unit is positioned outside said communication area, said first transmission and reception circuit carries out communications according to said first access process.