Communication terminal device, base station, and communication method

• US 8,917,712 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2007
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yokoyama, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Mehmood B
• Application Number:
  US11/654,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20080037502A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,896 Days
• Field of Search: 370/350, 370/310, 455/502
• US Class Current: 370/350
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2656 for structure of frame, burst
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0685 Clock or time synchronisation in a node; Intranode synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0045 compensating for timing error by altering transmission time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/10 between terminal device and access point, i.e. wireless air interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In a communication terminal that performs bidirectional communication using different frequencies for transmission and reception, a receiving unit receives reception signals transmitted from the base station, a detecting unit detects the timing of DL when the receiving unit receives the reception signals, an adjusting unit adjusts the timing of UL to transmit the transmission signals so as to synchronize the timing of the DL 101 and the timing of the UL, and a transmitting unit transmits transmission signals to the base station based on the timing of UL adjusted.

Claims

1. A communication terminal that performs bidirectional communication using different frequencies for transmission and reception, comprising:

a receiving unit receives a reception signal that is transmitted from a base station at a constant interval;

a detecting unit detects a reception start time comprising an arrival time of a first wave of a pilot channel of a reception period during which the reception signal is received by the receiving unit, and also detects an assignment of a transmission opportunity and a reception opportunity;

an adjusting unit adjusts, by offsetting the arrival time, a transmission start time of a transmission period during which a transmission signal is to be transmitted, so that the transmission start time coincides with the reception start time; and

a transmitting unit starts a transmission of the transmission signal to the base station at the adjusted transmission start time, wherein

according to the assignment of the transmission opportunity and the reception opportunity, the receiving unit receives the reception signal and the transmitting unit transmits the transmission signal at the same time based on the adjusted transmission start time.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a mode switching unit switches the communication terminal to an energy saving mode, when the receiving unit is not receiving the reception signals and the transmitting unit is not transmitting the transmission signals.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting unit adjusts the transmission period based on the reception period and a frame length of the reception signal.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the detecting unit detects the reception period during a training period before the receiving unit receives the reception signal.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting unit delays the transmission period based on information transmitted from the base station, the information indicating that the transmission period should be delayed.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 2,wherein the transmitting unit transmits a request for a voice call in the energy saving mode to a destination communication terminal.

7. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a determining unit determines settings relating to communication quality based on a state of communication with the base station, wherein the transmitting unit notifies the settings to a destination communication terminal.

9. The communication terminal according to claim 6, further comprising:

a setting unit sets up of a voice over internet protocol communication in the energy saving mode if the destination communication terminal can make a call in the energy saving mode.

10. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the adjusting unit adjusts the transmission period of the transmission signal so that the transmission period continually coincides with the reception period, when the bidirectional communication performed periodically.

11. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

The receiving unit receives a common channel of a reception signal transmitted from a base station,

the detecting unit detects the reception period based on the common channel, and

the adjusting unit adjusts the transmission period of the transmission signal so that the transmission of the transmission signal starts at the same timing as a reception timing of a data channel of the reception signal.

8. A communication method of a communication terminal that performs bidirectional communication using different frequencies for transmission and reception, comprising:

receiving a reception signal that is transmitted from a base station at a constant interval;

detecting a reception start time comprising an arrival time of a first wave of a pilot channel of a reception period during which the reception signal is received, and also detecting an assignment of a transmission opportunity and a reception opportunity;

adjusting, by offsetting the arrival time, a transmission start time of a transmission period during which a transmission signal is to be transmitted, so that the transmission start time coincides with the reception start time; and

starting a transmission of the transmission signal to the base station at the adjusted transmission start time, wherein

according to the assignment of the transmission opportunity and the reception opportunity, the communication terminal receiving the reception signal and transmitting the transmission signal at the same time based on the adjusted transmission start time.