Communication system, a communication device and a method for performing communication

• US 6,944,457 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2002
• Issued: 09/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Palin, Arto, Leinonen, Jarno, Huuskonen, Pertti, Watanabe, Fujio, Pärssinen, Aarno, Salokannel, Juha, Reunamäki, Jukka, Huomo, Heikki, Honkanen, Mauri, Lappeteläinen, Antti, Smolander, Visa, Alinikula, Petteri
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHU, SANH D
• Application Number:
  US10/093,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20020193072A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/450, 455/509, 455/511, 455/512, 370/236, 370/229, 370/236.1, 370/236.2, 370/397, 370/431, 370/432, 370/436, 370/437, 375/220, 375/222, 375/356, 375/357, 375/358
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1664 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with payload signals; piggybacking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1803 Stop-and-wait protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/188 Time-out mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/563 of the wireless resources

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication system comprising devices (2a-2d) having means for short range communication using a certain frequency band. The frequency band is divided into communication channels. In the communication system some of said communication channels are predefined for establishment of the connection and other communication channels are predefined for data transfer between at least two devices. The present invention also relates to a communication device for communication in a communication system, the device having means for short range communication using a certain frequency band, which is divided into communication channels. The present invention further relates to a method for performing communication in a communication system comprising devices, which have means for short range communication using a certain frequency band, which is divided into communication channels.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising devices having means for short range communication using a certain frequency band, which is divided into communication channels, wherein some of said communication channels are predefined for establishment of the connection and other communication channels are predefined for data transfer between at least two devices, wherein for informing the services of the devices to the communication system the devices comprise means to transmit at intervals in a communication channel for the establishment of the connection, and that each transmission is proceeded by a receiving period during which the device can be connected to the communication system.

2. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein the communication channels are defined and separated according to different central frequencies.

3. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein for the establishment of the connection the system comprises one default communication channel and number of secondary communication channels.

4. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein the devices comprise means to perform a carrier sensing before the transmission.

5. A communication system according to claim 4, wherein the transmission includes a static address of the transmitting device.

6. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein a response is arranged to be formed to the transmission in a communication channel for the establishment of the connection, and that a static address of the responding device and the address of the received transmission are included in the response.

7. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transmissions for the establishment of the connection are shifted from the default communication channel to a secondary communication channel, if a congestion is detected in the default channel, and that the transmissions are arranged to be shifted back to the default channel based on a time driven process.

8. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein said certain frequency band is 2.45 GHz ISM band, wherein the symbol rate and the modulation index are selected in such a way that communication channel width is equal or narrower than 1 MHz, and that power maximum of the transmission spectrum of the system is outside the carrier frequency.

9. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein for the channel access a carrier sensing access scheme and a polling access scheme are defined in the system, and that the channel access scheme to be used can be varied between the carrier sensing access scheme and the polling access scheme.

10. A communication device for communication in a communication system, the device having means for short range communication using a certain frequency band, which is divided into communication channels, wherein some of said communication channels are predefined for establishment of the connection and other communication channels are predefined for data transfer between at least two devices, wherein the device comprises means to use a predefined establishment communication channel for establishment of the connection, and a predefined data transfer communication channel for transferring data between said device and another device wherein for informing the services of the devices to the communication system the devices comprise means to transmit at intervals in a communication channel for the establishment of the connection, and that each transmission is proceeded by a receiving period during which the device can be connected to the communication system.

11. A method for performing communication in a communication system comprising devices, which have means for short range communication using a certain frequency band, which is divided into communication channels, wherein some of said communication channels are predefined for establishment of the connection and other communication channels are predefined for data transfer between at least two devices, wherein for informing the services of the devices to the communication system a transmission is performed at intervals in a communication channel for the establishment of the connection, and that each transmission is proceeded by a receiving period during which the device can be connected to the communication system.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the communication channels are defined and separated according to different central frequencies.

13. A method according to claim 11, wherein for the establishment of the connection the system comprises one default communication channel and number of secondary communication channels.

14. A method according to claim 11, wherein a carrier sensing is performed before the transmission.

15. A method according to claim 11, wherein a response is formed to the transmission in a communication channel for the establishment of the connection, and that a static address of the responding device and the address of the received transmission are included in the response.