Relay station device, base station device, mobile station device, and radio communication system

• US 8,521,080 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2010
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakoda, Kazuyuki, Takano, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Fayyaz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rachedine, Mohammed
• Application Number:
  US12/873,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20110065379A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/7
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/047 using dedicated repeater stations

Abstract

There is provided a relay station including a base station-relay station resource allocation request-transmission section which transmits a base station-relay station resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a base station-relay station resource is requested, the base station-relay station resource being a resource used by a radio signal transmitted/received between a base station and the relay station, to the base station using a radio signal, a base station-relay station resource allocation response-reception section which receives base station-relay station resource information indicating the base station-relay station resource from the base station using a radio signal, as a base station-relay station resource allocation response which is a response with respect to the base station-relay station resource allocation request, and a base station-relay station resource information storage section which stores the base station-relay station resource information received by the base station-relay station resource allocation response-reception section.

Claims

1. A relay station device comprising:

a base station-relay station resource allocation request-transmission section configured to transmit a base station-relay station resource allocation request to a base station device, the base station-relay station resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a base station-relay station resource is requested, the base station-relay station resource being requested for a first radio signal to be transmitted/received between the base station device and the relay station device;

a base station-relay station resource allocation response-reception section configured to receive base station-relay station resource information from the base station device, the base station-relay station resource information being a response to the base station-relay station resource allocation request and indicating the base station-relay station resource;

a base station-relay station resource information storage section configured to store the base station-relay station resource information; and

a base station-side relay resource allocation request-transmission section configured to transmit a base station-side relay resource allocation request to the base station device, the base station-side relay resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a base station-side relay resource is requested, the base station-side relay resource being requested for a second radio signal to be transmitted/received between the base station device and the relay station device among radio signals transmitted/received between the base station device and a mobile station device via the relay station device,

wherein the base station-relay station resource corresponds to a first logical link between the relay station device and the base station device, the relay station device being an endpoint of the first logical link.

2. The relay station device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a base station-side relay resource allocation response-reception section configured to receive base station-side relay resource information from the base station, the base station-side relay resource information being a response to the base station-side relay resource allocation request and indicating the base station-side relay resource; and

a base station-side relay resource information storage section configured to store the base station-side relay resource.

3. The relay station device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a mobile station-side relay resource allocation request-transmission section configured to transmit a mobile station-side relay resource allocation request to the base station device, the mobile station-side relay resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a mobile station-side relay resource is requested, the mobile station-side relay resource being requested for a third radio signal to be transmitted/received between the mobile station device and the relay station device among the radio signals transmitted/received between the base station device and the mobile station device via the relay station device;

a mobile station-side relay resource allocation response-reception section configured to receive mobile station-side relay resource information from the base station, the mobile station-side relay resource information being a response to the mobile-station side relay resource allocation request and indicating the mobile station-side relay resource; and

a mobile station-side relay resource information storage section configured to store the mobile station-side relay resource information.

4. The relay station device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a radio signal reception section configured to receive a radio signal;

a data extraction section configured to extract data from the radio signal, when the radio signal uses the base station-relay station resource; and

a data storage section configured to store the extracted data.

5. The relay station device according to claim 4, further comprising

a radio signal transmission section con figured to transmit a radio signal that uses the mobile station-side relay resource, when the radio signal received by the radio signal reception section uses the base station-side relay resource.

6. The relay station device according to claim 5, wherein the radio signal transmission section is further configured to transmit a radio signal that uses the base station-side relay resource, when the radio signal received by the radio signal reception section uses the mobile station-side relay resource.

7. The relay station device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a display section; and

a display control section configured to cause the display section to display the extracted data.

8. The relay station device according to claim 7, wherein:

the data extraction section is further configured to extract display control information for controlling a display from the radio signal received by the radio signal reception section,

the data storage section is further configured to store the display control information; and

the display control section is configured to cause the display section to display the extracted data based at least in part on the display control information.

9. The relay station device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a mobile station-relay station resource allocation request-transmission section configured to transmit a mobile station-relay station resource allocation request to the base station device, the mobile station-relay station resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a mobile station-relay station resource is requested, the mobile station-relay station resource being requested for a fourth radio signal to be transmitted/received between the mobile station device and the relay station device;

a mobile station-relay station resource allocation response-reception section configured to receive mobile station-relay station resource information from the base station device, the mobile station-relay station resource information being a response to the mobile station-relay station resource allocation request and indicating the mobile station-relay station resource; and

a mobile station-relay station resource information storage section configured to store the mobile station-relay station resource information,

wherein the mobile station-relay station resource corresponds to a third logical link between the relay station device and the mobile station device, the relay station device being an endpoint of the third logical link.

10. The relay station device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a radio signal transmission section configured to transmit a radio signal which uses the mobile station-relay station resource; and

a transmission control section configured to cause the radio signal transmission section to transmit the extracted data.

11. The relay station device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a radio signal transmission section configured to transmit a radio signal which uses the base station-relay station resource;

an inventory data acquisition section configured to acquire, from a vending machine, inventory data;

an inventory data storage section configured to store the inventory data; and

a transmission control section configured to cause the radio signal transmission section to transmit the inventory data.

12. The relay station device according to claim 9, wherein a charge for communication performed by the relay station is calculated based on information related to at least one of radio signal transmission using the base station-side relay resource, radio signal reception using the base station-side relay resource, radio signal transmission using the mobile station-side relay resource, and radio signal reception using the mobile station-side relay resource.

13. A base station device comprising;

a base station-relay station resource allocation request-reception section configured to receive a base station-relay station resource allocation request from a relay station device, the base station-relay station resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a base station-relay station resource is requested, the base station-relay station resource being requested for a first radio signal to be transmitted/received between the relay station device and the base station device;

a base station-relay station resource allocation-processing section configured to perform allocation of the base station-relay station resource;

a base station-relay station resource information storage section configured to store base station-relay station resource information indicating the base station-relay station resource;

a base station-relay station resource allocation response-transmission section configured to transmit the base station-relay station resource information to the relay station device, the base station-relay station resource information being a response to the base station-relay station resource allocation request; and

a base station-side relay resource allocation request-reception section configured to receive a base station-side relay resource allocation request from the relay station device, the base station-side relay resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a base station-side relay resource is requested, the base station-side relay resource being requested for a second radio signal to be transmitted/received between the base station device and the relay station device among radio signals transmitted/received between the base station device and a mobile station device via the relay station device,

wherein the base station-relay station resource corresponds to a first logical link between the relay station device and the base station device, the relay station device being an endpoint of the first logical link.

14. A mobile station device configured to receive a radio signal from a relay station device, the relay station device including:

a mobile station-relay station resource allocation request-transmission section configured to transmit a mobile station-relay station resource allocation request to a base station device, the mobile station-relay station resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a mobile station-relay station resource is requested, the mobile station-relay station resource being for use by a radio signal to be transmitted/received between the mobile station device and the relay station device,

a mobile station-relay station resource allocation response-reception section configured to receive mobile station-relay station resource information from the base station device, the mobile station-relay station resource information being a response to the mobile station-relay station resource allocation request and indicating the mobile station-relay station resource; and

a mobile station-relay station resource information storage section configured to store the mobile station-relay station resource information,

a radio signal transmission section configured to transmit a radio signal which uses the mobile station-relay station resource, and

a transmission control section configured to cause the radio signal transmission section to transmit extracted data,

wherein the mobile station-relay station resource corresponds to a third logical link between the relay station device and the mobile station device, the relay station device being an endpoint of the third logical link.

15. A radio communication system comprising:

a base station device; and

a relay station device,

wherein the base station device includes;

a base station-relay station resource allocation request-reception section configured to receive a base station-relay station resource allocation request from the relay station device, the base station-relay station resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a base station-relay station resource is requested, the base station-relay station resource being for use by a radio signal transmitted/received between the relay station device and the base station device,

a base station-relay station resource allocation-processing section configured to perform allocation of the base station-relay station resource,

a base station-relay station resource information storage section configured to store base station-relay station resource information indicating the base station-relay station resource, and

a base station-relay station resource allocation response-transmission section configured to transmit the base station-relay station resource information to the relay station device, the base station-relay station resource information being a response to the base station-relay station resource allocation request, and

wherein the relay station device includes;

a base station-relay station resource allocation request-transmission section configured to transmit a base station-relay station resource allocation request to the base station device, the base station-relay station resource allocation request indicating that allocation of the base station-relay station resource is requested,

a base station-relay station resource allocation response-reception section configured to receive the base station-relay station resource information from the base station device, the base station-relay station resource information being a response to the base station-relay station allocation request and indicating the base station-relay station resource, and

a base station-relay station resource information storage section configured to store the base station-relay station resource information, and

a base station-side relay resource allocation request-transmission section configured to transmit a base station-side relay resource allocation request to the base station device, the base station-side relay resource allocation request indicating that allocation of a base station-side relay resource is requested, the base station-side relay resource being requested for a second radio signal to be transmitted/received between the base station device and the relay station device among radio signals transmitted/received between the base station device and a mobile station device via the relay station device,

wherein the base station-relay station resource corresponds to a first logical link between the relay station device and the base station device, the relay station device being an endpoint of the first logical link.