Wireless terminal device and wireless communication method

• US 8,463,320 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2012
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Shiraiwa, Nobuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US13/345,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20120178497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 455/455, 455/443, 455/552.1, 455/509, 455/436, 455/404.1, 370/254, 370/465, 370/282, 370/331, 370/297, 370/328, 370/332, 370/330, 370/334, 370/437, 379/93.07, 379/100.15, 379/100.08, 379/88.24, 358/403, 358/435, 710/65, 375/348, 375/347, 375/260
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

When initiating data communication through an LTE standard, a control unit of a cellular telephone device causes a wireless communication unit to transmit a communication initiation request, and in a case of receiving information indicating that communication is enabled in response to the communication initiation request, the control unit causes the wireless communication unit to initiate data communication through the LTE standard. Moreover, in a case in which the wireless communication unit has failed to receive information indicating that communication is enabled, the control unit of the cellular telephone device causes the wireless communication unit to initiate wireless connection through the CDMA standard.

Claims

1. A wireless terminal device that performs wireless communication based on communication information, the wireless terminal device comprising:

a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication through any one of a LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard and a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) standard,

wherein the wireless terminal device maintains communication information compatible with the LTE standard even after communication in accordance with the LTE standard has been terminated,

the maintained communication information having been acquired prior to terminating communication in accordance with the LTE standard,

the wireless terminal device re-initiating data communication based on the maintained communication information when re-initiating communication in accordance with the LTE standard following initiation of communication in accordance with the CDMA standard; and

a communication control unit that causes the wireless communication unit to transmit a communication initiation request when initiating data communication in accordance with the LTE standard,

wherein, in a case of receiving information indicating that communication is enabled in response to the communication initiation request, the communication control unit causes the wireless communication unit to initiate data communication in accordance with the LTE standard,

wherein the communication information comprises an IP address compatible with the LTE standard,

the communication control unit performing communication in accordance with the LTE standard in priority to performing communication in accordance with the CDMA standard,

wherein the communication control unit causes the wireless communication unit to initiate data communication in accordance with the CDMA standard.

2. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, when transmitting the communication initiation request in accordance with the LTE standard, the control unit suspends initiation of the data communication even in a state where the communication information has been acquired.

3. The wireless terminal device according to claim 2, wherein, in a case of receiving information indicating that communication is enabled in response to the communication initiation request in a state where the initiation of the data communication is suspended, the communication control unit cancels such a suspended state to initiate the data communication.

4. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case of not receiving the information indicating that communication is enabled, the communication control unit maintains a state where the communication information in accordance with the LTE standard has been acquired.

10. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication control unit causes the wireless communication unit to initiate data communication in accordance with the CDMA standard following termination of communication in accordance with the LTE standard.

5. A wireless communication method comprising:

transmitting a communication initiation request when initiating data communication in accordance with a LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard; and

initiating data communication in accordance with the LTE standard in a case of receiving information indicating that communication is enabled in response to the communication initiation request,

the wireless communication method being implemented by a wireless terminal device that performs wireless communication through any one of the LTE standard and a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) standard,

wherein the wireless terminal device maintains communication information compatible with the LTE standard even after communication in accordance with the LTE standard has been terminated,

the maintained communication information having been acquired prior to terminating communication in accordance with the LTE standard,

the wireless terminal device re-initiating data communication based on the maintained communication information when re-initiating communication in accordance with the LTE standard following initiation of communication in accordance with the CDMA standard,

wherein the communication information comprises an IP address compatible with the LTE standard,

the communicating control unit performing communication in accordance with the LTE standard in priority to performing communication in accordance with the CDMA standard,

wherein the communication control unit causes the wireless communication unit to initiate data communication in accordance with the CDMA standard.

6. The wireless communication method according to claim 5, wherein, when transmitting the communication initiation request in accordance with the LTE standard, initiation of the data communication is suspended even in a state where the communication information has been acquired.

7. The wireless communication method according to claim 6, wherein, in a case of receiving information indicating that communication is enabled in response to the communication initiation request in a state where the initiation of the data communication is suspended, the suspended initiation of the data communication is cancelled to initiate the data communication.

8. The wireless communication method according to claim 5, wherein, in a case of not receiving the information indicating that communication is enabled, a state where the communication information in accordance with the LTE standard has been acquired is maintained.

9. The wireless communication method according to claim 8, further comprising initiating data communication in accordance with the CDMA standard.

11. The wireless communication method according to claim 5, data communication is initiated in accordance with the CDMA standard following termination of communication in accordance with the LTE standard.