Radio communication system with enhanced connection processing

• US 5,867,790 A
• Filed: 07/27/1995
• Issued: 02/02/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Hamada, Masashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Armstrong, Darnell R.
• Application Number:
  US08/508,309
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• Field of Search: 455/33.1, 455/31.1, 455/32.1, 455/34.1, 455/36.1, 455/62, 455/509, 455/510, 455/511, 455/512, 455/514, 455/515, 455/516, 455/455, 455/528, 455/534, 455/450, 455/453
• US Class Current: 455/509
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/16 Test equipment located at the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72508 using a control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72511 Searching for available channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72513 On hold, intercom or transfer communication modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/733 with a plurality of base stations connected to a plurality of lines for selection in cordless PBX H04W84/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

In a radio communication system, when an interconnection between radio terminal (PS) used for digital cordless telephones is performed, a connection destination terminal is discriminated in accordance with input information. If it s determined that the connection designation terminal is a terminal involved in the interconnection, a priority-monitor-target communication channel is figured out in accordance with a PS call number of the destination. When the priority-monitor-target communication channel is not used, transmission of call-origination control signal is started by using the idle priority-monitor-target communication channel. That is, the call-original control signal is transmitted by preferentially using the priority-monitor-target communication channel which is frequently monitored by the destination terminal.

Claims

1. A radio communication system having a radio base station which accommodates a plurality of radio communication apparatuses in a radio communication area, and a plurality of radio communication apparatuses each of which is capable of performing first communication using a communication channel determined by using a control channel and second communication using a communication channel determined without using said control channel, wherein each of said plurality of radio communication apparatuses comprising:

determination means for determining at least one specific communication channel to perform said second communication; and

confirmation means for confirming states of a plurality of communication channels in such a manner that a number of times of confirming operation to confirm the specific communication channel, determined by said determination means, is greater than that of the other communication channels, for a predetermined time period.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said confirmation means confirms the idle state of the specific communication channel in terms of a destination radio communication apparatus.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said determination means determines the specific communication channel in units of the radio communication apparatus.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein said determination means determines the specific communication channel based on an identification code assigned to each of the radio communication apparatus.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein when it is confirmed over a predetermined number of times that the specific communication channel is not idle, said confirmation means excludes the specific communication channel from a target to be confirmed.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said radio communication system performs a communication by a TDD (Time Division Duplex) method or a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)-TDD method.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first communication is a communication via the radio base station.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said second communication is a communication realized by directly connecting one radio communication apparatus with another radio communication apparatus, not via the radio base station.

9. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

communication means for performing first communication with another communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined by using a control channel, and second communication with another communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined without using the control channel;

determination means for determining at least one specific communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels to perform said second communication; and

confirmation means for confirming states of the plurality of communication channels in such a manner that a number of times of confirming operation to confirm the specific communication channel, determined by said determination means, is greater than that of the other communication channels, for a predetermined time period.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said communication means confirms the idle state of the specific communication channel in terms of a destination radio communication apparatus.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said determination means determines the specific communication channel in units of the radio communication apparatuses.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said determination means determines the specific communication channel based on an identification code assigned to each of the radio communication apparatuses.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when it is confirmed over a predetermined number of times that the specific communication channel is not idle, said confirmation means excludes the specific communication channel from a target to be confirmed.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said radio communication apparatus performs a communication by a TDD (Time Division Duplex) method or a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)-TDD method.

15. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said first communication is a communication via the radio base station which accommodates a radio communication apparatus.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said second communication is a communication realized by directly contacting one radio communication apparatus with another radio communication apparatus, not via the radio base station.

17. A control method of a radio communication system having a radio base station which accommodates a plurality of radio communication apparatuses in a radio communication area, and a plurality of radio communication apparatuses each of which is capable of performing first communication using a communication channel determined by using a control channel and second communication using a communication channel determined without using said control channel, wherein said control method comprising the steps of:

determining at least one specific communication channel to perform said second communication; and

confirming states of a plurality of communication channels in such a manner that a number of times of confirming operation to confirm the specific communication channel, determined by said determination means, is greater than that of the other communication channels, for a predetermined time period.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the confirmation step includes the step of confirming the idle state of the specific communication channel in terms of the destination radio communication apparatus.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the determination step includes the step of determining the specific communication channel based on an identification code assigned to each of the radio communication apparatus.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the determination step includes the step of determining the specific communication channel based on an identification code assigned to each of the radio communication apparatus.

21. The method according to claim 17, wherein the confirmation step includes the step of excluding the specific communication channel from a target to be confirmed, when it is confirmed over a predetermined number of times that the specific communication channel is not idle.

22. The method according to claim 17, wherein said first communication is a first communication via the radio base station.

23. The method according to claim 17, wherein said second communication is a communication realized by directly connecting one radio communication apparatus with another radio communication apparatus, not via the radio base station.

24. A radio communication method of a radio communication apparatus which is capable of performing first communication with another communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined by using a control channel, and second communication with another communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined without using the control channel, comprising the steps of:

determining at least one specific communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels to perform said second communication; and

confirming states of the plurality of communication channels in such a manner that a number of times of confirming operation to confirm the specific communication channel, determined by said determination means, is greater than that of the other communication channels, for a predetermined time period.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the confirmation step includes the step of confirming the idle state of the specific communication channel in terms of the destination radio communication apparatus.

26. The method according to claim 24, wherein the determining step includes the step of determining the specific communication channel in units of the radio communication apparatuses.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the determination step includes the step of determining the specific communication channel based on an identification code assigned to each of the radio communication apparatuses.

28. The method according to claim 24, wherein the confirmation step includes the step of excluding the specific communication channel from a target to be confirmed when it is confirmed over a predetermined number of times that the specific communication channel is not idle.

29. The method according to claim 24, wherein said first communication is a communication via the radio base station.

30. The method according to claim 24, wherein said second communication is a communication realized by directly connecting one radio communication apparatus with another radio communication apparatus, not via the radio base station.

31. A radio communication apparatus, having identifying information for discriminating the radio communication apparatus, which is capable of performing first communication with another radio communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined by using a control channel, and second communication with the other radio communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined by without using said control channel, said radio communication apparatus comprising:

determination means for determining a specific communication channel for said second communication based on the identifying information for the radio communication apparatus; and

confirming means for confirming the specific communication channel, determined by said determination means, preferentially to the other communication channels.

32. The apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said determination means determines the specific communication channel based on identifying information assigned to the other communication apparatus.

33. The apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said confirmation means confirms an idle state of a communication channel.

34. The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein said confirmation means excludes the specific communication channel from the confirming operation if said confirmation means cannot confirm idle state of the specific communication channel for a predetermined number of times.

35. The apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said apparatus performs communication by a TDD (Time Division Duplex) or TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) method.

36. A control method of a radio communication apparatus, having identifying information for discriminating the radio communication apparatus, which is capable of performing first communication with another radio communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined by using a control channel, and second communication with the other communication apparatus by using a communication channel determined without using said control channel, said control channel method comprising the steps of:

determining a specific communication channel for said second communication based on the identification information for discriminating the radio communication apparatus; and

preferentially conforming the specific communication channel, determined in said determining step, to the other communication channels.

37. The method according to claim 36, wherein said determination means determines the specific communication channel based on identifying information assigned to the other communication apparatus.

38. The method according to claim 36, wherein said confirmation means confirms an idle state of a communication channel.

39. The method according to claim 38, wherein said confirmation means excludes the specific communication channel from the confirming operation if said confirmation means cannot confirm idle state of the specific communication channel for a predetermined number of times.

40. The method according to claim 36, wherein said apparatus performs communications by a TDD (Time Division Duplex) or TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) method.