Radio-frequency communication control system, radio-frequency communication control method and computer-readable storage medium

• US 7,881,676 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2005
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Uchikawa, Hideki, Araki, Hideyuki, Fukushima, Kentaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost; Dwayne D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONADO, FRANK E
• Application Number:
  US11/189,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20060223470A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,016 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/75
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits

Abstract

An RF communication control system for executing the process of transmitting and receiving an RF signal through an RF control circuit unit and digitally processing the data contained in the RF signal through a baseband circuit unit, is disclosed. The baseband circuit unit includes a setting parameter holder for holding the setting parameter of each of a plurality of RF control elements, a setting parameter determining unit for determining, when the RF control element connected to the baseband circuit unit is switched to a second RF control element, the setting parameter to be used by the second RF control element after switching based on the setting information supplied from an external source, and a setting parameter selection processing unit for selecting the setting parameter corresponding to the second RF control element from the setting parameter holder based on the determined result and sending out the setting parameter to the second RF control element. An RF communication control method using the RF communication control system and a computer-readable storage medium to store the program for executing the RF communication control method by the computer, are also disclosed.

Claims

1. An RF communication control system comprising an RF control circuit unit for executing a process of transmitting and receiving an RF signal and a baseband circuit unit for executing various digital processes on data contained in the RF signal sent out from the RF control circuit unit:

wherein one of a predetermined number of RF control elements is connected selectively to the baseband circuit unit;

wherein the baseband circuit unit includes

a setting parameter holder for holding a predetermined setting parameter for each of the predetermined number of the RF control elements,

a setting parameter determining unit for determining the setting parameter to be used for a second RF control element based on the setting information supplied from an external source for the second RF control element, in the case in which the RF control element connected to the baseband circuit unit is switched to the second RF control element, and

a setting parameter selection processing unit for selecting the setting parameter corresponding to the second RF control element from the setting parameter holder based on the result determined by the setting parameter determining unit and sending out the selected setting parameter to the second RF control element,

wherein the setting parameter for each of the plurality of the RF control elements held in the setting parameter holder is indicated by a two-dimensional matrix including two elements, where the elements comprise an event and an event set value for each of the plurality of the RF control elements, and

wherein an event set value of 0 of the two-dimensional matrix indicates the number of times in which the event set value is sent out, an event set value of 1 indicates a first event set value sent out, an event set value of 2 indicates a second event set value sent out and an event set value of n indicates an nth event set value sent out.

2. An RF communication control system according to claim 1,

wherein, in the case in which the setting parameter selection processing unit is implemented by firmware, the one RF control circuit element connected to the baseband circuit unit can be switched to the second RF control circuit element simply by changing the setting parameter selected from the setting parameter holder without changing the firmware processing format.

3. An RF communication control system according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of the two-dimensional matrices one of which is adapted to be switched to another thereof based on the setting information provided from the external source for the second RF control circuit element.

4. An RF communication control system according to claim 1,

wherein the setting information for the second RF control circuit element is provided from an external setting pin included in the baseband circuit unit.

5. An RF communication control system according to claim 1,

wherein the setting information for the second RF control circuit element is provided from a host device for controlling the baseband circuit unit.

6. An RF communication control system comprising an RF control circuit unit for executing a process of transmitting and receiving an RF signal and a baseband circuit unit for executing various digital processes on data contained in the RF signal sent out from the RF control circuit unit:

wherein the RF control circuit unit includes a predetermined number of RF control circuit elements each having a predetermined setting parameter holder for holding the setting parameter for each of the RF control circuit elements, and one of the RF control circuit elements is connected selectively to the baseband circuit unit;

wherein the baseband circuit unit includes a setting parameter selection processing unit which, when the RF control circuit element connected to the baseband circuit unit is switched to a second RF control circuit element, reads and holds the setting parameter held in the setting parameter holder of the second RF control circuit element, and sends out the setting parameter to the second RF control circuit element,

wherein the setting parameter for each of the plurality of the RF control elements held in the setting parameter holder is indicated by a two-dimensional matrix including two elements, where the elements comprise an event and an event set value for each of the plurality of the RF control elements, and

wherein an event set value of 0 of the two-dimensional matrix indicates the number of times in which the event set value is sent out, an event set value of 1 indicates a first event set value sent out, an event set value of 2 indicates a second event set value sent out and an event set value of n indicates an nth event set value sent out.

7. An RF communication control method for executing a process of transmitting and receiving an RF signal through an RF control circuit unit including a predetermined number of RF control circuit elements and executing various digital processes on data contained in the RF signal through a baseband circuit unit connected with one of the RF control circuit elements, the method comprising the steps of:

holding a predetermined setting parameter of each of the RF control circuit elements through a setting parameter holder of the baseband circuit unit;

when an RF control circuit element connected to the baseband circuit unit is switched to a second RF control circuit element, determining a predetermined setting parameter to be used for the second RF control circuit element based on a setting information for the second RF control circuit element supplied from an external source; and

selecting the setting parameter corresponding to the second RF control circuit element based on a result determined by the setting parameter and sending out the setting parameter to the second RF control circuit element,

wherein the setting parameter for each of the plurality of the RF control elements held in the setting parameter holder is indicated by a two-dimensional matrix including two elements, where the elements comprise an event and an event set value for each of the plurality of the RF control elements, and

wherein an event set value of 0 of the two-dimensional matrix indicates the number of times in which the event set value is sent out, an event set value of 1 indicates a first event set value sent out, an event set value of 2 indicates a second event set value sent out and an event set value of n indicates an nth event set value sent out.

8. An RF communication control method for executing a process of transmitting and receiving an RF signal through an RF control circuit unit including a predetermined number of RF control circuit elements and executing various digital processes on data contained in the RF signal through a baseband circuit unit connected with one of the RF control circuit elements, the method comprising the steps of:

holding a predetermined setting parameter of each of the RF control circuit elements through a setting parameter holder of each of the RF control circuit elements;

when the RF control circuit element connected to the baseband circuit unit is switched to a second RF control circuit element, reading the setting parameter held in the setting parameter holder of the second RF control circuit element, holding the setting parameter in the baseband circuit unit, and sending out the setting parameter to the second RF control circuit element,

wherein the setting parameter for each of the plurality of the RF control elements held in the setting parameter holder is indicated by a two-dimensional matrix including two elements, where the elements comprise an event and an event set value for each of the plurality of the RF control elements, and

wherein an event set value of 0 of the two-dimensional matrix indicates the number of times in which the event set value is sent out, an event set value of 1 indicates a first event set value sent out, an event set value of 2 indicates a second event set value sent out and an event set value of n indicates an nth event set value sent out.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in an RF communication control system comprising an RF control circuit unit including a predetermined number of RF control circuit elements for executing a process of transmitting and receiving an RF signal and a baseband circuit unit for executing various digital processes on data contained in the RF signal sent out from the RF control circuit unit, one of the predetermined number of the RF control circuit elements of the RF control circuit unit being connected selectively to a baseband circuit unit, a setting parameter holder of the baseband circuit unit holding a predetermined setting parameter for each of the RF control circuit elements;

said computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program whereby when the RF control circuit element connected to the baseband circuit unit is switched to a second RF control circuit element, the setting parameter to be used for the second RF control circuit element is determined based on the setting information supplied from an external source for the second RF control circuit element, and the setting parameter corresponding to the second RF control circuit element is selected based on the result of determining the setting parameter and sent out to the second RF control circuit element,

wherein the setting parameter for each of the plurality of the RF control elements held in the setting parameter holder is indicated by a two-dimensional matrix including two elements, where the elements comprise an event and an event set value for each of the plurality of the RF control elements, and

wherein an event set value of 0 of the two-dimensional matrix indicates the number of times in which the event set value is sent out, an event set value of 1 indicates a first event set value sent out, an event set value of 2 indicates a second event set value sent out and an event set value of n indicates an nth event set value sent out.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in an RF communication control system comprising an RF control circuit unit including a predetermined number of RF control circuit elements for executing a process of transmitting and receiving an RF signal and a baseband circuit unit for executing various digital processes on a data contained in the RF signal sent out from the RF control circuit unit, one of the predetermined number of RF control circuit elements of the RF control circuit unit being connected to the baseband circuit unit, a setting parameter holder of each of the RF control circuit elements holding a predetermined setting parameter for each of the RF control circuit elements;

said computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program whereby when the RF control circuit element connected to the baseband circuit unit is switched to a second RF control circuit element, the setting parameter held in the setting parameter holder of the second RF control circuit element is read, held in the baseband circuit unit and sent out to the second RF control circuit element,

wherein the setting parameter for each of the plurality of the RF control elements held in the setting parameter holder is indicated by a two-dimensional matrix including two elements, where the elements comprise an event and an event set value for each of the plurality of the RF control elements, and

wherein an event set value of 0 of the two-dimensional matrix indicates the number of times in which the event set value is sent out, an event set value of 1 indicates a first event set value sent out, an event set value of 2 indicates a second event set value sent out and an event set value of n indicates an nth event set value sent out.