Networking method for mobile terminals and mobile terminal

• US 9,681,484 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2013
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Ning, Mo, Zhiwei, Zhu, Xiaoming
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kumar, Shailendra
• Application Number:
  US14/655,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20150359027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A networking method for mobile terminals is provided, including: dividing a frequency spectrum resource suitable for operation in a mobile communication network into three kinds of frequency bands which are a CB, a LB, and a UB; and establishing, by a calling mobile terminal, a radio communication connection with a called mobile terminal on the CB or the LB or the UB; wherein the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are implemented by an SDR way. The present disclosure also discloses a mobile terminal. Accordingly, not only a utilization rate of a frequency spectrum resource and a resource usage rate of a base station are improved, a coverage range of the mobile communication network is expanded, but also mobile terminal user experience is improved.

Claims

1. A networking method for mobile terminals, comprising:

dividing a frequency spectrum resource suitable for operation in a mobile communication network into three kinds of frequency bands;

a Commercial Frequency Band (CB), a Licensed Frequency Band (LB), and an Unlicensed Frequency Band (UB); and

establishing, by a calling mobile terminal, a radio communication connection with a called mobile terminal on the CB or the LB or the UB, wherein the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are implemented by a Software Defined Radio (SDR) way;

establishing, by the calling mobile terminal, a point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal on the LB, when the calling mobile terminal and the called terminal are located in an area covered by the mobile communication network with available capacity;

establishing, by the calling mobile terminal, the point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal on the UB, when the calling mobile terminal and the called terminal are located in an area not covered by the mobile communication network, and when located in an area covered by the mobile communication network but the network capacity is full;

acquiring, by a base station which receives a radio communication connection establishment request from the calling mobile terminal, position information of the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal or a radio signal intensity measurement value between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal, when the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are located in an area covered by the mobile communication network; and

notifying, by the base station, the calling mobile terminal to establish the point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal on the authorized LB when the base station determines according to the position information that a distance between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal is smaller than a preset value, or that the radio signal intensity measurement value between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal is larger than a second preset value;

wherein the calling mobile terminal establishes a point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal through a single hop or multi-hop relay mobile terminal;

wherein the relay mobile terminal reports periodically charging basic information to a base station in the mobile communication network through a measurement message;

wherein the charging basic information comprises;

information of one or more mobile terminals receiving a relay service provided by the relay mobile terminal, and a time length of the relay service provided by the relay mobile terminal to the one or more mobile terminals and data traffic transferred when the relay mobile terminal provides the relay service.

2. The networking method for mobile terminals according to claim 1, wherein the relay mobile terminal is implemented by the SDR way.

3. A mobile terminal, implemented by a Software Defined Radio (SDR) way;

wherein a frequency spectrum resource suitable for operation in a mobile communication network comprising three kinds of frequency bands;

a Commercial Frequency Band (CB), a Licensed Frequency Band (LB), and an Unlicensed Frequency Band (UB); and

the mobile terminal comprising a memory storing programming instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the stored programming instructions to perform steps comprising;

configuring information of the CB and the LB and the UB; and

establishing a radio communication connection on the CB or the LB or the UB;

providing a relay service for establishment of the point to point radio communication connection on the LB or the UB;

wherein the processor configured to execute the stored programming instructions to perform steps further comprising;

establishing, by the calling mobile terminal, a radio communication connection with a called mobile terminal on the CB or the LB or the UB, wherein the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are implemented by a Software Defined Radio (SDR) way;

establishing, by the calling mobile terminal, the point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal on the LB, when the calling mobile terminal and the called terminal are located in an area covered by the mobile communication network with available capacity;

establishing, by the calling mobile terminal, the point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal on the UB, when the calling mobile terminal and the called terminal are located in an area not covered by the mobile communication network, and when located in an area covered by the mobile communication network but the network capacity is full;

acquiring, by a base station which receives a radio communication connection establishment request from the calling mobile terminal, position information of the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal or a radio signal intensity measurement value between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal, when the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are located in an area covered by the mobile communication network; and

notifying, by the base station, the calling mobile terminal to establish the point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal on the authorized LB when the base station determines according to the position information that a distance between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal is smaller than a preset value, or that the radio signal intensity measurement value between the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal is larger than a second preset value;

wherein the calling mobile terminal establishes a point to point radio communication connection with the called mobile terminal on the LB or the UB through a single hop or multi-hop relay mobile terminal;

wherein the relay mobile terminal reports periodically charging basic information to a base station in the mobile communication network through a measurement message;

wherein the charging basic information comprises;

information of one or more mobile terminals receiving a relay service provided by the relay mobile terminal, and a time length of the relay service provided by the relay mobile terminal to the one or more mobile terminals and data traffic transferred when the relay mobile terminal provides the relay service.