Wireless communication device using common control channel and wireless communication method using the same

• US 9,294,246 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Park, Tae Joon, Kim, Yong Sun, Jeong, Wun-Cheol, Shin, Chang Sub, Park, Juderk, Kim, Eun-Hee, Kang, Hoyong, Pyo, Cheol Sig, Lee, Keun Hyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Parth
• Application Number:
  US14/217,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20140286216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 370/311, 370/315, 370/252, 370/254, 370/227, 370/279, 370/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15557 Selecting relay station operation mode, e.g. between amplify and forward mode, decode and forward mode or FDD - and TDD mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0001 Systems modifying transmission characteristics according to link quality, e.g. power backoff adaptive data allocation for multicarrier modulation H04L5/0044; controlling transmission power for radio systems H04W52/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0097 Relays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0058 Allocation criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A wireless communication method using a control channel between wireless communication devices including: exchanging profile information between a node and intermediate relay nodes therearound so as to allow the node to transmit/receive data to/from a destination node; determining, by the node, a first intermediate relay node using the profile information and determining a wireless communication mode with the first intermediate relay node; and transmitting/receiving data between the node and the first intermediate relay node by the determined wireless communication mode is provided.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method using a control channel between wireless communication devices, comprising:

exchanging profile information between a mobile node and intermediate mobile relay nodes therearound through a control channel so as to allow the mobile node to transmit/receive data to/from a mobile destination node;

determining, by the mobile node, a first intermediate mobile relay node using the profile information and determining a wireless communication mode with the first intermediate mobile relay node; and

transmitting/receiving data between the mobile node and the first intermediate mobile relay node by the determined wireless communication mode,

wherein the mobile node, the intermediate mobile relay nodes, or the mobile destination node includes

a controller which performs control to support at least two wireless communication mode and dynamically select the wireless communication modes performing wireless communication with the surrounding mobile nodes,

wherein the controller forms separated control channels for each wireless communication mode or forms separated control channels for each mobile wireless communication device, and separately operates the control channel and a data channel.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes requesting, by the mobile node, the first intermediate mobile relay node to turn on a communication processor corresponding to the wireless communication mode determined through the control channel connected to the first intermediate mobile relay node.

3. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the mobile node, at least one second intermediate mobile relay node sequentially connected between the first intermediate mobile relay node and the mobile destination node and determining wireless communication modes among the first intermediate mobile relay node, the second intermediate mobile relay node, and the destination node; and

when all the connections from the mobile node to the mobile destination node are completed, transmitting data between the mobile node and the mobile destination node via the first intermediate mobile relay node and the second intermediate mobile relay node.

4. The wireless communication method of claim 3, wherein the wireless communication mode includes at least one transmission technology of Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), 2G, 3G, and 4G.

5. The wireless communication method of claim 4, wherein the profile information includes at least one of a security method, a wireless communication mode, a power supply state, and a usage of each mobile node.

6. A wireless communication method using a control channel between wireless communication devices, comprising:

selecting, by a wireless communication device, at least one intermediate mobile relay node present therearound through a control channel and selecting and connecting wireless communication modes with the selected intermediate mobile relay node;

selecting wireless communication modes between the intermediate mobile relay nodes and a mobile destination node in consideration of a communication mode of the mobile destination node and connecting between the intermediate mobile relay node and the mobile destination node by the selected wireless communication mode; and

transmitting/receiving, by the wireless communication device, data to/from the wireless communication device of the mobile destination node via the intermediate mobile relay node,

wherein the wireless communication device, the intermediate mobile relay nodes or the mobile destination node includes

a controller which performs control to support at least two wireless communication mode and dynamically select the wireless communication modes performing wireless communication with the surrounding mobile nodes,

wherein the controller forms separated control channels for each wireless communication mode or forms separated control channels for each mobile wireless communication device, and separately operates the control channel and a data channel.

7. The wireless communication method of claim 6, wherein the selecting and connecting the wireless communication modes with the intermediate mobile relay nodes includes sequentially selecting, by the intermediate mobile relay node connected to the wireless communication device, other intermediate mobile relay nodes present therearound, and selecting and connecting the wireless communication modes with the selected other intermediate mobile relay nodes.

8. The wireless communication method of claim 7, wherein the connecting between the intermediate mobile relay node and the mobile destination node includes connecting between the intermediate mobile relay node which is present around the mobile destination node and is finally selected from the other intermediate mobile relay nodes and the destination node.

9. The wireless communication method of claim 8, wherein the selecting and connecting the wireless communication modes with the intermediate mobile relay nodes includes, when it is determined that the data transfer through a backbone network is optimal, connecting the wireless communication device, the intermediate mobile relay node, or the mobile destination node to transfer data via the backbone network.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 9, wherein the connecting between the intermediate mobile relay node and the mobile destination includes, when no control channel communication function to connect the mobile nodes is present, forming a virtual control channel in the backbone network to connect the mobile nodes.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 10, wherein the backbone network includes any one of a Wi-Fi access point (AP) and a base station which supports 2G, 3G, or 4G mode.

12. A wireless communication device performing wireless communication using a wireless transmission technology, comprising:

a mobile wireless transmission unit performing wireless communication with a mobile communication device using at least two wireless communication mode; and

a controller performing a control which dynamically selects a wireless communication mode performing wireless communication with at least one mobile wireless communication device and performs the wireless communication with the mobile wireless communication device in which a control channel is formed using the selected wireless communication mode,

wherein the controller forms separated control channels for each wireless communication mode or forms separated control channels for each mobile wireless communication device, and separately operates the control channel and a data channel.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the controller includes:

a channel forming unit forming a channel performing wireless communication with the at least one mobile wireless communication device using the at least two wireless communication mode;

a profile storage unit storing profile information; and

a selection unit selecting the at least one mobile wireless communication device using the profile information and dynamically selecting the wireless communication mode performing wireless communication with the selected mobile wireless communication device.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 13, wherein the wireless communication mode includes at least one transmission technology of Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), 2G, 3G, and 4G.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the mobile wireless transmission unit to transmit/receive data to/from a mobile destination node via at least one intermediate mobile relay node.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the profile information includes at least one of a security method, a wireless communication mode, a power supply state, and a usage of the mobile node.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the controller performs control to maintain a communication processor of other wireless communication modes other than a communication processor of a wireless communication mode for the control channel be in a disable state to prevent unnecessary power waste, and if necessary, performs control to enable the communication processor for a data channel through the control channel having a low power characteristic.