Mobile communication system

• US 6,745,049 B1
• Filed: 08/05/1999
• Issued: 06/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Uchida, Yoshinori, Suzuki, Kuniyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US09/355,880
• Time in Patent Office: 1,762 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422, 455/436, 455/438, 455/442, 455/517, 455/509, 455/452, 455/560, 455/422.1, 455/424-425, 455/432.2, 455/432.3, 455/434, 455/435.1, 455/437, 455/439, 455/449-451, 455/452.1, 455/452.2, 455/456.2, 455/522, 370/347, 370/345, 370/441, 370/442, 370/321, 370/332, 370/333, 370/337, 370/465, 370/468, 370/230, 370/235, 370/395.2
• US Class Current: 455/560
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/26 using transmission rate or quality of service QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/267 taking into account the information rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

In a mobile communication system, a mobile switching center 27 changes a transmission rate of communication data transmitted from a mobile station 16 and so on to a database 11 or a transmission rate of communication data transmitted from the database 11 to the mobile station 16 and so on, on a basis of a request from the mobile station 16 and so on or the database 11, individually and independently.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system comprising:

a base station which inter-exchanges control information necessary for radio communication with a mobile station belonging to radio-covered area through a control channel; and

a mobile switching center which receives control information necessary for data communication from a communication apparatus connected to a public communication network, receives control information being transmitted from said mobile station through said base station and sets a transmission rate of communication data on a basis of said control information of said communication apparatus and said mobile station, which are transmitted/received between said mobile station and said communication apparatus,

wherein said mobile switching center changes said transmission rate of communication data transmitted from said mobile station to said communication apparatus or communication data transmitted from said communication apparatus to said mobile station, or changes the transmission rate of communication data individually and independently in accordance with a request of said mobile station or said communication apparatus.

2. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission rate changed by said mobile switching center belongs to a range of high speed data transmission.

3. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission rate changed by said mobile switching center belongs to a range of medium speed data transmission.

4. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission rate changed by said mobile switching center belongs to a range of low speed data transmission.

5. A mobile communication system according to claim 4, wherein the range of the low speed data transmission includes intermittent data transmission.

6. A mobile communication system according to claim 2, wherein a transmission system of the high speed data transmission is TDMA/TDD system, TDMA/FDD system, time-divided CDMA/TDD system, time-divided CDMA/FDD system or CDMA/TDD system.

7. A mobile communication system according to claim 3, wherein a transmission system of the medium speed data transmission is TDMA/TDD system, TDMA/FDD system, time-divided CDMA/TDD system, time-divided CDMA/FDD system or CDMA/TDD system.

8. A mobile communication system according to claim 4, wherein a transmission system of the low speed data transmission is TDMA/TDD system, TDMA/FDD system, time-divided CDMA/TDD system, time-divided CDMA/FDD system or CDMA/TDD system.

9. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein when there are a plurality of mobile stations which transmit/receive communication data through said base station, said mobile switching center is provided with a transition state control processor for managing a transition state of a transmission rate for each of said plurality of mobile stations.

10. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said mobile switching center is provided with a priority control processor for managing a setting operation of a data communication channel by said mobile switching center and a changing operation of a transmission rate by said mobile switching center.

37. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein upon increasing the transmission rate of communication data transmitted from said mobile station to said communication apparatus, said mobile switching center checks for transmission power of said mobile station before increasing the transmission rate.

38. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein upon increasing the transmission rate of communication data transmitted from said communication apparatus to said mobile station, said mobile switching center checks for transmission power of said base station before increasing the transmission rate.

39. A mobile communication system according to claim 37, wherein said mobile switching center checks for the transmission power of said mobile station by checking for received power of said base station.

40. A mobile communication system according to claim 38, wherein said mobile switching center checks for the transmission power of said base station by checking for the received power of said mobile station.

41. A mobile communication system according to claim 37, wherein said mobile switching center sends an instruction to enhance a transmission power level to said mobile station, and sends an instruction to send the received power to said base station.

42. A mobile communication system according to claim 38, wherein said mobile switching center sends an instruction to enhance a transmission power level to said base station, and sends an Instruction to send the received power to said mobile station.

43. A mobile communication system according to claim 41, wherein when an increase in the transmission power of said mobile station corresponding to the change in the transmission rate is not obtainable, said mobile switching center disallows the change in the transmission rate.

44. A mobile communication system according to claim 42, wherein when an increase in the transmission power of said base station corresponding to the change in the transmission rate is not obtainable, said mobile switching center disallows the change in the transmission rate.

45. A mobile communication system according to claim 41, wherein when an increase in the transmission power of said mobile station corresponding to the change in the transmission rate is obtainable, said mobile switching center allows the change in the transmission rate.

46. A mobile communication system according to claim 42, wherein when an increase in the transmission power of said base station corresponding to the change in the transmission rate is obtainable, said mobile switching center allows the change in the transmission rate.

47. A mobile communication system according to claim 41, wherein when the transmission rate is doubled, said mobile switching center sends an instruction to enhance the transmission power by 3 dB to said mobile station.

48. A mobile communication system according to claim 42, wherein when the transmission rate is doubled, said mobile switching center sends an instruction to enhance the transmission power by 3 dB to said base station.

49. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of mobile stations which transmit/receive communication data through said base station, said mobile communication system is provided with a transition state control for managing a transition state of a transmission rate for each of said plurality of mobile stations.

50. A mobile communication system according to claim 49, wherein said transition state control includes a transition state control processor.

11. A mobile communication system comprising:

a base station which inter-exchanges control information necessary for radio communication with a mobile station belonging to radio-covered area through a control channel; and

a mobile switching center which receives control information necessary for data communication from a communication apparatus connected to a public communication network, receives control information being transmitted from said mobile station through said base station and sets a transmission rate of communication data on a basis of said control information of said communication apparatus and said mobile station, which are transmitted/received between said mobile station and said communication apparatus,

wherein when said mobile station registers a location thereof, said mobile switching center registers a transmission rate to be handled by said mobile station and a rate switching time of said mobile station.

12. A mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein said mobile switching center stores the transmission rate to be handled by said mobile station, and is provided with an information memory for storing the rate switching time of said mobile station.

13. A mobile communication system according to claim 12, wherein when said mobile station and said communication apparatus start transmission of communication data, said mobile switching center selects the maximum transmission rate allowable by a data communication channel in current use from among transmission rates to be handled by said mobile station and sends transmission rate information on the maximum transmission rate to said base station and said mobile station.

14. A mobile communication system according to claim 13, wherein said mobile switching center has sent the information of the transmission rate to said base station and the mobile station, and after the rate switching time of said mobile station stored in said information memory has passed, said mobile switching center sends switching time information for ordering switching of the transmission rate to said base station and said mobile station.

15. A mobile communication system according to claim 14, wherein after having received the switching timing information from said mobile switching center, said base station and said mobile station start transmission/reception of communication data at a new transmission rate from a time slot included in a first frame after said base station and said mobile station receive said information.

16. A mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein when said mobile station detects that a movement speed of said mobile station exceeds a range of a pedestrian'"'"'s walking speed in the case that the movement speed is laid in the range of the pedestrian'"'"'s walking speed, said mobile station sends car'"'"'s movement speed information to this effect to said mobile switching center through said base station.

17. A mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein when said mobile station detects that the movement speed of said mobile station falls below a range of the car'"'"'s movement speed in the case that the movement speed is laid in the range of the car'"'"'s movement speed, said mobile station sends car'"'"'s movement speed releasing information to this effect to said mobile switching center through said base station.

18. A mobile communication system according to claim 16, wherein said mobile switching center is provided with an information memory for storing the car'"'"'s movement speed information in the case that the car'"'"'s movement speed information is sent to said mobile switching center from said mobile station through said base station.

19. A mobile communication system according to claim 17, wherein said mobile switching center is provided with an information memory for storing the cares movement speed releasing information in the case that the car'"'"'s movement speed releasing information is sent to said mobile switching center from said mobile station through said base station.

20. A mobile communication system according to claim 18, wherein said mobile switching center is provided with a system setting processor for changing a time slot so that a guard time of a data communication channel is suited to the car'"'"'s movement speed in the case that the car'"'"'s movement speed information is stored in said information memory.

21. A mobile communication system according to claim 19, wherein said mobile switching center is provided with a system setting processor for changing a time slot so that a guard time of a data communication channel is suited to the pedestrian'"'"'s walking speed in the case that the car'"'"'s movement speed releasing information is stored in said information memory.

51. A mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein there are a plurality of mobile stations which transmit/receive communication data through said base station, said mobile communication system is provided with a transition state control for managing a transition state of a transmission rate for each of said plurality of mobile stations.

22. A mobile communication system comprising:

a base station which inter-exchanges control information necessary for radio communication with a mobile station belonging to radio-overed area through a control channel; and

a mobile switching center which receives control information necessary for data communication from a communication apparatus connected to a public communication network, receives control information being transmitted from said mobile station through said base station and sets a transmission rate of communication data on a basis of said control information of said communication apparatus and said mobile station, which are transmitted/received between said mobile station and said communication apparatus,

wherein when the communication data are transmitted from said communication apparatus to said mobile station, said communication apparatus sends a data amount of the communication data to said mobile switching center.

25. A mobile communication system according to claim 22, wherein said mobile switching center determines the actually transmittable maximum transmission rate on a basis of the maximum transmission rate to be handled by said mobile station and a state of currently free data communication channels, judges if the data amount sent from said communication apparatus is transmittable within a predetermined time or not when said communication apparatus starts transmitting the communication data at the maximum transmission rate, and upon judging that the data amount is not transmittable within the predetermined time, said mobile switching center disallows the transmission of the communication data.

52. A mobile communication system according to claim 22, wherein there are a plurality of mobile stations which transmit/receive communication data through said base station, said mobile communication system is provided with a transition state control for managing a transition state of a transmission rate for each of said plurality of mobile stations.

23. A mobile communication system comprising:

a base station which inter-exchanges control information necessary for radio communication with a mobile station belonging to radio-covered area through a control channel; and

a mobile switching center which receives control information necessary for data communication from a communication apparatus connected to a public communication network, receives control information being transmitted from said mobile station through said base station and sets a transmission rate of communication data on a basis of said control information of said communication apparatus and said mobile station, which are transmitted/received between said mobile station and said communication apparatus,

wherein when the communication data are transmitted from said mobile station to said communication apparatus, said mobile station sends a data amount of the communication data to said mobile switching center.

26. A mobile communication system according to claim 23, wherein said mobile switching center determines the practicable maximum transmission rate on a basis of the maximum transmission rate to be handled by said mobile station and a state of currently free data communication channels, judges if the data amount sent from said communication apparatus is transmittable within a predetermined time or not when said communication apparatus starts transmitting the communication data at the maximum transmission rate, and upon judging that the data amount is not transmittable within the predetermined time, said mobile switching center disallows the transmission of the communication data.

53. A mobile communication system according to claim 23, wherein there are a plurality of mobile stations which transmit/receive communication data through said base station, said mobile communication system is provided with a transition state control for managing a transition state of a transmission rate for each of said plurality of mobile stations.

24. A mobile communication system comprising:

a base station which inter-exchanges control information necessary for radio communication with a mobile station belonging to radio-covered area through a control channel; and

a mobile switching center which receives control information necessary for data communication from a communication apparatus connected to a public communication network, receives control information being transmitted from said mobile station through said base station and sets a transmission rate of communication data on a basis of said control information of said communication apparatus and said mobile station, which are transmitted/received between said mobile station and said communication apparatus,

wherein when the communication data are transmitted from said communication apparatus or said mobile station to another communication apparatus or another mobile station, said communication apparatus or said mobile station which transmits the communication data sends a data amount of the communication data to said mobile switching center.

27. A mobile communication system according to claim 24, wherein said mobile switching center determines the practicable maximum transmission rate on a basis of the maximum transmission rate to be handled by said mobile station and a state of currently free data communication channels, judges if the data amount sent from said communication apparatus is transmittable within a predetermined time or not when said communication apparatus starts transmitting the communication data at the maximum transmission rate, and upon judging that the data amount is not transmittable within the predetermined time, said mobile switching center disallows the transmission of the communication data.

54. A mobile communication system according to claim 24, wherein there are a plurality of mobile stations which transmit/receive communication data through said base station, said mobile communication system is provided with a transition state control for managing a transition state of a transmission rate for each of said plurality of mobile stations.

28. A mobile communication system comprising:

a base station which inter-exchanges control information necessary for radio communication with a mobile station belonging to radio-covered area through a control channel; and

a mobile switching center which receives control information necessary for data communication from a communication apparatus connected to a public communication network, receives control information being transmitted from said mobile station through said base station and sets a transmission rate of communication data on a basis of said control information of said communication apparatus and said mobile station, which are transmitted/received between said mobile station and said communication apparatus,

wherein when hand-over of said mobile station is carried out, said mobile switching center changes the transmission rate between said mobile station and a switched base station in accordance with a free data communication channel state of said switched base station.

29. A mobile communication system according to claim 28, wherein said mobile switching center determines said switched base station before the hand-over of said mobile station is carried out, and judges the free data communication channel state of said switched base station.

30. A mobile communication system according to claim 29, wherein said mobile station detects electric field strength of radio waves transmitted from all the base stations adjacent to said base station to which said mobile station is connected at present and sends the electric field strength to said mobile switching center.

31. A mobile communication system according to claim 30, wherein upon receiving an instruction from said mobile switching center, said mobile station sends the electric field strength to said mobile switching center.

32. A mobile communication system according to claim 30, wherein upon receiving an instruction from said base station, said mobile station sends the electric field strength to said mobile switching center.

33. A mobile communication system according to claim 30, wherein said mobile switching center compares the electric field strength of radio waves transmitted from the respective base stations with one another and determines that a base station which transmitted a radio wave having the maximum electric field strength is made to be said switched base station.

34. A mobile communication system according to claim 29, wherein said mobile switching center selects a data communication channel which can achieve the maximum transmission rate in a range of the maximum transmission rates to be handled by said mobile station from among free data communication channels of said switched base station.

35. A mobile communication system according to claim 34, wherein when the transmission rate is increased by carrying out the hand-over of said mobile station, said mobile switching center performs the hand-over before changing the transmission rate.

36. A mobile communication system according to claim 34, wherein when the transmission rate is decreased by carrying out the hand-over of said mobile station, said mobile switching center performs the hand-over after changing the transmission rate.

55. A mobile communication system according to claim 28, wherein there are a plurality of mobile stations which transmit/receive communication data through said base station, said mobile communication system is provided with a transition state control for managing a transition state of a transmission rate for each of said plurality of mobile stations.