Communication method, base station and terminal apparatus
First Claim
1. A communication resource allocation method for allocating a communication resource in a second apparatus in response to a request from a first apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a signal generated by said first apparatus and transmitted to said second apparatus, wherein in a normal state of audio data transmission said signal has a predetermined number of information bits and in an allocation request state said signal has at least one of said predetermined number of information bits assigned as an allocation request bit,determining that said received signal is an audio data signal in said normal state of audio data transmission,allocating a communication resource upon determining said audio data signal is being received,receiving a non-audio data signal while receiving said audio data signal,determining that said received non-audio data signal includes said allocation request bit, andreallocating the communication resource to accommodate the non-audio data signal while receiving said audio data signal upon determining a presence of said allocation request bit in said received non-audio data signal.
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Abstract
In a radio communication such as a radio telephone system or the like, a transmission channel which can accommodate a change in a transmission capacity is set. While a terminal apparatus and a base station are in communication for transmitting a predetermined information using a predetermined transmission channel, a signal requesting to set another transmission channel is transmitted using a part of the predetermined transmission channel to initiate communication between the terminal apparatus and the base station through the other transmission channel.
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18 Claims
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1. A communication resource allocation method for allocating a communication resource in a second apparatus in response to a request from a first apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a signal generated by said first apparatus and transmitted to said second apparatus, wherein in a normal state of audio data transmission said signal has a predetermined number of information bits and in an allocation request state said signal has at least one of said predetermined number of information bits assigned as an allocation request bit, determining that said received signal is an audio data signal in said normal state of audio data transmission, allocating a communication resource upon determining said audio data signal is being received, receiving a non-audio data signal while receiving said audio data signal, determining that said received non-audio data signal includes said allocation request bit, and reallocating the communication resource to accommodate the non-audio data signal while receiving said audio data signal upon determining a presence of said allocation request bit in said received non-audio data signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A base station for allocating a communication resource, comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a signal consisting of audio data and a plurality of information bits from a subscriber; control means for allocating a communication resource for the audio data and for picking up at least one of said plurality of information bits as an allocation request bit while said signal consisting of audio data is being received, said allocation request bit indicating non-audio data, and for reallocating the communication resource to accommodate the non-audio data while receiving the audio data when said allocation request bit is detected; and transmitting means for transmitting the communication resource allocation result for the audio data and the non-audio data to said subscriber, wherein said receiving means and said transmitting means communicate in a CDMA format, and said communication resource allocation is executed by at least one spread spectrum code. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A subscriber apparatus comprising:
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control means for generating a communication resource allocation signal for use by a base station; first signal generating means for generating a first signal composed of audio data; transmitting means for transmitting an output signal from said control means to said base station, wherein in a normal state said transmitting means transmits the signal composed of audio data and having a predetermined number of information bits; and second signal generating means for generating a second signal composed of non-audio data while said first signal generating means is generating said first signal, wherein when said second signal is generated said control means generates a signal in which at least one of said predetermined number of information bits is an allocation request bit for transmission to said base station by said transmitting means, and wherein said transmitting means transmits the second signal composed of non-audio data while transmitting the signal composed of audio data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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