Bandwidth control system

• US 8,594,673 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Tamaki, Tsuyoshi, Murakawa, Taichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, David Q
• Application Number:
  US13/397,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20120214491A1
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 455/436, 455/453, 455/445, 455/451, 455/452.2, 370/468, 370/232, 370/331
• US Class Current: 455/436
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0038 of security context information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface

Abstract

A bandwidth control system is provided, enabling the prevention of a resource shortage in the base station, caused by preliminary authentication which reserves resources in advance. The bandwidth control system limits a bandwidth of a communication path used for the preliminary authentication, in the case where a count of successful authentication of the wireless terminal belonging to the first wireless system and a count of successful preliminary authentication transmitted from the wireless terminal belonging to the second wireless system establish a predetermined relationship.

Claims

1. A bandwidth control system, comprising,

a base station provided in a first wireless system,

a relay device for relaying a preliminary authentication request transmitted from a second wireless system to the base station, and

a bandwidth control device for controlling a bandwidth of a communication path for relaying the preliminary request from the second wireless system to the base station, wherein,

the base station comprises,

a local authentication information holder for storing identification information of a wireless terminal being successful in authentication, among the wireless terminals authenticated by the base station through wireless communication,

a preliminary authentication information holder for storing identification information of the wireless terminal being successful in preliminary authentication, based on the preliminary authentication request received via the relay device, and

a band limiting indicator for transmitting to the bandwidth control device, a band limiting instruction to limit a bandwidth of the communication path for relaying the preliminary authentication request from the second wireless system to the base station, in the case where a predetermined relationship is established between a local authentication count corresponding to a count of the identification information of the wireless terminal held by the local authentication information holder, and a preliminary authentication count corresponding to a count of the identification information of the wireless terminal held by the preliminary authentication information holder,

the bandwidth control device instructs the relay device to limit the bandwidth of the communication path for relaying the preliminary authentication request from the second wireless system to the base station, upon receipt of the band limiting instruction from the base station, and

the relay device limits the bandwidth of the communication path, upon receipt of the instruction from the bandwidth control device, to limit the bandwidth of the communication path for relaying the preliminary authentication request from the second wireless system to the base station.

2. The bandwidth control system according to claim 1, wherein,

the band limiting indicator transmits the band limiting instruction to the bandwidth control device, in the case where a total of the local authentication count and the preliminary authentication count is equal to or larger than a first threshold, indicating the number of terminals corresponding to a predetermined ratio to the number of wireless terminals being able to be accommodated in the base station.

3. The bandwidth control system according to claim 2, wherein,

the band limiting indicator calculates a preliminary authentication ratio by dividing the preliminary authentication count by the total, in the case where the total of the local authentication count and the preliminary authentication count falls in the range smaller than the first threshold and equal to or larger than a second threshold being smaller than the first threshold, and transmits the band limiting instruction to the bandwidth control device, if the preliminary authentication ratio being calculated is equal to or higher than a predetermined third threshold.

4. The bandwidth control system according to claim 1, wherein,

the base station, more than one, is provided in the first wireless system, and

the bandwidth control device instructs the relay device to limit the bandwidth of the communication path for relaying the preliminary authentication request from the second wireless system to the base station, upon receipt of the band limiting instruction from at least any one of the base stations.

5. The bandwidth control system according to claim 1, wherein,

the base station, more than one, is provided in the first wireless system, and

the bandwidth control device instructs the relay device to limit the bandwidth of the communication path for relaying the preliminary authentication request from the second wireless system to the base station, in the case where the number of the base stations transmitting the band limiting instruction is larger than the number of the base stations not transmitting the band limiting instruction.

6. The bandwidth control system according to claim 1, wherein,

the bandwidth control device and the relay device are configured as one device.