Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, mobile station device, and base station device

• US 9,445,357 B2
• Filed: 07/04/2013
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sawada, Shinichi, Ishikura, Katsutoshi, Suzuki, Shigeto, Takagi, Yuhsuke, Fuse, Shumpei
• Primary Examiner(s): PHUONG, DAI
• Application Number:
  US14/411,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• Field of Search: 455436-439, 455442-445, 455447-453, 455/464, 455 59- 65, 370328-334, 370342-344
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/08 Reselecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

A wireless communication system includes a plurality of base station devices, and a mobile station device configured to communicate with the plurality of base station devices. The mobile station device includes: a necessity determining unit configured to refer to a communication state of a first base station device that is a base station device in communication with the mobile station device, and determine necessity of carrier aggregation; a cell search unit configured to, in a case that the necessity determining unit determines that carrier aggregation is necessary, search a communication available base station device from the plurality of base station devices; and a carrier aggregation requesting unit configured to, in a case that at least one communication available base station device is detected by the search, transmit a request for carrier aggregation to the first base station device, thus providing a wireless communication system that can obtain an excellent speed.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a plurality of base station devices; and

a mobile station device configured to communicate with the plurality of base station devices,

wherein the mobile station device comprises;

a necessary determining unit configured to refer to a communication state of a first base station device that is a base station device in communication with the mobile station device, and determine necessity of carrier aggregation;

a cell search unit configured to, in a case that the necessity determining unit determines that carrier aggregation is necessary, search a communication available base station device from the plurality of base station devices;

a carrier aggregation requesting unit configured to, in a case that at least one communication available base station device is detected by the search, transmit a request for carrier aggregation to the first base station device;

an accessibility determining unit configured to, in a case that a communication available base station device is detected by the search, determining whether or not the mobile station device is accessible to the detected base station device; and

the carriage aggregation requesting unit is configured to transmit the request for carrier aggregation to the first base station device in a case that a communication available base station device is detected by the search, and the accessibility determining unit determines that the mobile station device is accessible to the detected base station device.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station device comprises:

a peripheral base station information acquirer configured to acquire from the first base station device, information regarding a peripheral base station device capable of performing carrier aggregation, and

the cell search unit is configured to, at the time of the search, refer to the information regarding the peripheral base station device, which is acquired by the peripheral base station information acquirer.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a base station management device accessibly connected to the plurality of base station devices, wherein

the base station management device comprises;

a base station information acquirer configured to, in accordance with a request from the base station device, transmit information indicating a carrier aggregation available base station device among peripheral base station devices peripheral to the base station device having transmitted the request,

the first base station device comprises;

a peripheral base station information acquirer configured to request and acquire from the base station device management device, information indicating a carrier aggregation available base station device among peripheral base station devices peripheral to the base station device; and

a peripheral base station information provider configured to provide to the mobile station device, the information indicating the carrier aggregation available base station device, which is acquired by the peripheral base station information acquirer.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile station device comprises:

a mobile station connection processor configured to, upon receiving from the first base station device, a response to the request, perform a connection process with the detected base station device.

5. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the request for carrier aggregation includes information indicating at least one of the detected base station devices,

the first base station device comprises:

a mobile station notifier configured to, upon receiving the request for carrier aggregation, transmit information indicating the mobile station device, to the base station device indicated by the information included in the request, and

the base station device comprises;

a base station connection processor configured to, upon receiving from the first base station device, the information indicating the mobile station device, perform a connection process with the mobile station device.

6. The wireless communication system according to claim 5, wherein the mobile station notifier is configured to, in a case that the information included in the request for carrier aggregation indicates a plurality of detected base station devices, transmit the information indicating the mobile station device to each of the plurality of detected base station devices.

7. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the necessity determining unit is configured to, in a case that the mobile station device is communicating with a second base station device in addition to the first base station device, refer to a communication state of the second base station device and determine necessity of carrier aggregation.

8. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the request for carrier aggregation is peripheral cell information used for handover to a home base station device, the peripheral cell information being added with a bit indicating that the peripheral cell information is for carrier aggregation.

9. A wireless communication method for a wireless communication system including a plurality of base station devices, and a mobile station device configured to communicate with the plurality of base station devices, the wireless communication method comprising:

a first step for the mobile station device to refer to a communication state of a first base station device that is a base station device in communication with the mobile station device, and determine necessity of carrier aggregation;

a second step for the mobile station device to, in a case that it is determined in the first step that carrier aggregation is necessary, search a communication available base station device from the plurality of base station devices;

a third step for the mobile station device to, in a case that at least one communication available base station device is detected by the search, transmit a request for carrier aggregation to the first base station device;

fourth step for the mobile station device to, in a case that a communication available base station device is detected by the search, determine whether or not the mobile station device is accessible to the detected base station device; and

a fifth step for the mobile station device to transmit the request for carrier aggregation to the first base station device in a case that a communication available base station device is detected by the search, and the determination is made that the mobile station device is accessible to the detected base station device.

10. A mobile station device configure to communicate with a plurality to base station devices the mobile station device comprising:

a necessity determining unit configured to refer to a communication state of a first base station device that is a base station device in communication with the mobile station device, and determine necessity of carrier aggregation;

a cell search unit configured to, in a case that the necessity determining unit determines that carrier aggregation is necessary, search a communication available base station device from the plurality of base station devices;

a carrier aggregation requesting unit configured to, in a case that at least one communication available base station device is detected by the search, transmit a request for carrier aggregation to the first base station device;

an accessibility determining unit configured to, in a case that a communication available base station device is detected by the search, determine whether or not the mobile station device is accessible to the detected base station device; and

the carriage aggregation requesting unit is configured to transmit the request for carrier aggregation to the first base station device in a case that a communication available base station device is detected by the search, and the accessibility determining unit determines that the mobile station device is accessible to the detected base station device.