Wireless communications method, wireless control station, and wireless base station

• US 8,204,040 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2009
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Iseda, Kohei
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ng, Fan
• Application Number:
  US12/482,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20090245196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/351
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/29 between an access point and the access point controlling device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communications method, a wireless control station, and a wireless base station. One of the objects of the present invention is to make it possible to allocate the wireless resources to more than one road side device without interference thereamong. Therefore, the allocation information in the communications regions, used by the wireless base stations in their communications with the wireless terminal from the wireless control station, is sent to each of the wireless base stations, and each of the signal base stations performs communications with the wireless terminal by using the communications region in the wireless frame corresponding to the allocation information received from the wide-area control station.

Claims

1. A wireless communications method for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, a wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless communications method comprising:

on the wireless control station,

sending, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal; and

on each of the wireless base stations,

communicating with the wireless terminal by using the communication region in the wireless frame according to the allocation information received directly from the wireless control station,

wherein the wireless control station holds interference information indicating whether or not interference occurs when the communication regions are overlapped in the wireless frame among the wireless base stations,

wherein the wireless control station generates allocation information, such that the communication regions are not overlapped in the wireless frame, among the wireless base stations with an occurrence of interference thereamong, based on the interference information, and wherein the wireless control station generates allocation information, such that a part or all of the communication regions in the wireless frame are overlapped, among the wireless base stations with no occurrence of interference thereamong, based on the interference information.

2. A wireless communications method for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, a wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless communications method comprising:

on the wireless control station,

sending, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal; and

on each of the wireless base stations,

communicating with the wireless terminal by using the communication region in the wireless frame according to the allocation information received directly from the wireless control station, wherein each of the wireless base stations holds a connection identifier usable in a communication with the wireless terminal, which connection identifier is allocated to each of the wireless base stations,

on the wireless control station,

holding the connection identifier allocated to each of the wireless base stations; and

sending one of the connection identifiers, which is included in the allocation information, to each of the wireless base stations, and

on each of the wireless base stations,

receiving allocation information including a connection identifier allocated thereto; and

communicating with the wireless terminal by using the communication region according to the allocation information.

3. A wireless communications method for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, a wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless communications method comprising:

on the wireless control station,

sending, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal; and

on each of the wireless base stations,

communicating with the wireless terminal by using the communication region in the wireless frame according to the allocation information received directly from the wireless control station; and

sending transmission data including positional information of each of the wireless base stations, which transmission data is sent by using the communication region, to the wireless terminal,

on the wireless terminal,

recognizing, based on the positional information, a wireless base station which is a sender of the transmission data.

4. A wireless communications method for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, a wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless communications method comprising:

on the wireless control station,

sending, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal; and

on each of the wireless base stations,

communicating with the wireless terminal by using the communication region in the wireless frame according to the allocation information received directly from the wireless control station; and

generating allocation information about the communication region of the size according to the amount of data sent by each of the wireless base stations, in the communication region, wherein the amount of data takes a fixed value in each of the wireless base stations.

5. A wireless communications method for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, a wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless communications method comprising:

on the wireless control station,

sending, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal; and

on each of the wireless base stations,

communicating with the wireless terminal by using the communication region in the wireless frame according to the allocation information received directly from the wireless control station,

wherein the wireless control station holds interference information indicating whether or not interference occurs when the communication regions are overlapped in the wireless frame among the wireless base stations,

wherein the wireless control station generates allocation information, such that the communication regions are not overlapped in the wireless frame, among the wireless base stations with an occurrence of interference thereamong, based on the interference information, and wherein the interference information is obtained based on one or more than one combination of distances between the wireless base stations, transmission power of each of the wireless base stations, a modulation scheme, and a coding ratio.

6. A wireless control station for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, the wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless control station comprising:

a generator that generates allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal;

a transmitter that sends, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, the allocation information generated by the generator; and

an interference information holding unit that holds interference information indicating whether or not interference occurs when the communication regions are overlapped in the wireless frame among the wireless base stations, wherein the generator generates allocation information, such that the communication regions are not overlapped in the wireless frame, among the wireless base stations with an occurrence of interference thereamong, based on the interference information held in the interference information holding unit, wherein the generator generates allocation information, such that a part or all of the communication regions in the wireless frame are overlapped, among the wireless base stations with no occurrence of interference thereamong, based on the interference information.

7. A wireless control station for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, the wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless control station comprising:

a generator that generates allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal;

a transmitter that sends, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, the allocation information generated by the generator; and

a connection identifier holding unit that holds connection identifiers allocated to each of the wireless base stations, wherein the generator generates the allocation information which includes the connection identifier.

8. A wireless control station for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, the wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless control station comprising:

a generator that generates allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal; and

a transmitter that sends, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, the allocation information generated by the generator, wherein the generator generates allocation information in the communication region of the size according to the amount of data sent, by each of the wireless base stations, in the communication region, and wherein the amount of data takes a fixed value in each of the wireless base stations.

9. A wireless control station for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, the wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless control station comprising:

a generator that generates allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used by each of the wireless base stations to communicate with the wireless terminal;

a transmitter that sends, directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal, the allocation information generated by the generator; and

an interference information holding unit that holds interference information indicating whether or not interference occurs when the communication regions are overlapped in the wireless frame among the wireless base stations, wherein the generator generates allocation information, such that the communication regions are not overlapped in the wireless frame, among the wireless base stations with an occurrence of interference thereamong, based on the interference information held in the interference information holding unit, wherein the interference information is obtained based on one or more than one combination of distances between the wireless base stations, transmission power of each of the wireless base stations, a modulation scheme, and a coding ratio.

10. A wireless base station for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, a wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless base station comprising:

a receiver that receives allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used to communicate with the wireless terminal, the allocation information being sent directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal from the wireless control station;

a communication interface that communicates with the wireless terminal by using the communication region in the wireless frame according to the allocation information received by the receiver; and

a connection identifier holding unit that holds connection identifiers usable in a communication with the wireless terminal, which connection identifier is allocated to each of the wireless base stations,

wherein the receiver receives the allocation information including the connection identifier allocated thereto, and

wherein the communication interface communicates with the wireless terminal by using the communication region according to the allocation information.

11. A wireless base station for use in a wireless communications system that includes a plurality of wireless base stations, a wireless control station and a wireless terminal, the wireless base station comprising:

a receiver that receives allocation information about a communication region in a wireless frame used to communicate with the wireless terminal, the allocation information being sent directly to each of the wireless base stations and the wireless terminal from the wireless control station; and

a communication interface that communicates with the wireless terminal by using the communication region in the wireless frame according to the allocation information received by the receiver, wherein the communication interface sends transmission data including positional information of the wireless base station itself, which transmission data is sent by using the communication region, to the wireless terminal.