Mobile station, wireless base station, and wireless communication method
First Claim
1. A mobile station for communicating wirelessly with a wireless base station with a plurality of connections established by using part or all of a plurality of frequency bands, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless communication interfaces associated with said plurality of frequency bands; and
a processor configured to select, from among a plurality of scheduling policies, a policy to be used by the wireless base station, designate the selected policy by means of a sleep request, make the sleep request to the wireless base station, acquire from the wireless base station information about a result of scheduling complying with the sleep request and indicating non-sleep intervals of the individual connections and the frequency bands to be used for the respective non-sleep intervals, and perform sleep control on said plurality of wireless communication interfaces in accordance with the acquired information.
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Abstract
In a mobile station which communicates wirelessly with a wireless base station with a plurality of connections established by using part or all of a plurality of frequency bands, a plurality of wireless communication interfaces is associated with the plurality of frequency bands, and a processor makes a sleep request to the wireless base station, acquires from the wireless base station information about a result of scheduling complying with the sleep request and indicating non-sleep intervals of the individual connections and the frequency bands to be used for the respective non-sleep intervals, and performs sleep control on the plurality of wireless communication interfaces in accordance with the acquired information.
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12 Claims
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1. A mobile station for communicating wirelessly with a wireless base station with a plurality of connections established by using part or all of a plurality of frequency bands, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless communication interfaces associated with said plurality of frequency bands; and a processor configured to select, from among a plurality of scheduling policies, a policy to be used by the wireless base station, designate the selected policy by means of a sleep request, make the sleep request to the wireless base station, acquire from the wireless base station information about a result of scheduling complying with the sleep request and indicating non-sleep intervals of the individual connections and the frequency bands to be used for the respective non-sleep intervals, and perform sleep control on said plurality of wireless communication interfaces in accordance with the acquired information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless base station for communicating wirelessly with a mobile station with a plurality of connections established by using part or all of a plurality of frequency bands, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a sleep request from the mobile station, the sleep request designating a policy to be used by the wireless base station which the mobile station has selected from among a plurality of scheduling policies; a processor configured to perform scheduling of non-sleep intervals of the individual connections and the frequency bands to be used for the respective non-sleep intervals, in compliance with the policy designated in the sleep request received by the receiver; and a transmitter configured to transmit information about a result of the scheduling by the processor to the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A wireless communication method allowing a mobile station and a wireless base station to communicate wirelessly with each other with a plurality of connections established by using part or all of a plurality of frequency bands, comprising:
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causing the mobile station to select, from among a plurality of scheduling policies, a policy to be used by the wireless base station, and designate the selected policy by means of a sleep request, causing the mobile station to transmit the sleep request to the wireless base station; causing the wireless base station to perform scheduling of non-sleep intervals of the individual connections and the frequency bands to be used for the respective non-sleep intervals, in compliance with the policy designated in the sleep request, and to transmit information about a result of the scheduling to the mobile station; and causing the mobile station to perform sleep control on a plurality of wireless communication interfaces thereof associated with said plurality of frequency bands, in accordance with the information transmitted from the wireless base station.
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