Terminal in communication system and method for controlling same

• US 9,961,564 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mindset Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Ajou University Industry
• Inventors: Oh, Seong-Keun, Lee, Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc M
• Application Number:
  US14/238,684
• Publication Number:
  US 20140206414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,090 Days
• Field of Search: 455436, 455440-444, 455561, 4555621, 375260, 375267
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/022 Site diversity; Macro-diversity using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0404 the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0669 using different channel coding between antennas space-time coding H04L1/0618
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0671 using different delays between antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0689 using different transmission schemes, at least one of them being a diversity transmission scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0871 using different reception schemes, at least one of them being a diversity reception scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0027 for a plurality of data sessions of end-to-end connections, e.g. multi-call or multi-bearer end-to-end data connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A terminal for communicating with at least one communication device is disclosed. A terminal according to the present invention comprises an antenna unit having at least one antenna; and a controlling unit for: determining at least one communication device; determining an antenna individual operation mode of each of the at least one antennas; determining at least one antenna for communication with each of the at least one communication devices from among the at least one antennas; determining a combination operation mode of an antenna set which includes at least two antennas for each of some or all of the communication devices performing communication using the antenna set when communication is performed using at least two antennas for each of some or all of the at least one communication devices; and controlling transmission and reception of data with at least one communication device by using at least one antenna for communication with each of the at least one communication devices according to an antenna individual operation mode of each antenna or to the antenna individual operation mode of each antenna and a combination operation mode of an antenna set for each communication device.

Claims

1. A terminal in a telecommunication system, comprising:

an antenna unit configured to equip with at least two antennas; and

a controller configured to determine at least one target communication node among a plurality of communication nodes, to determine at least two transceiving antennas among the at least two antennas, for communicating with each of the at least one target communication node, to determine an antenna element beam pattern for each of the at least two transceiving antennas, to determine a combined operation mode of an antenna set for each of or a part of the at least one target communication node with which the terminal communicates through the antenna set which consists of two or more antennas, and to control transmission/reception of data to/from the at least one target communication node through the at least two transceiving antennas for communicating with each of the at least one target communication node using both the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas and the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of or a part of the at least one target communication node,

wherein the controller determines the at least one target communication node based on at least one of a user profile, an available Radio Access Technology (RAT) type, an access purpose and an access format, determines the at least two transceiving antennas among the at least two antennas based on a channel condition and a service requirement, determines the antenna element beam pattern for each of the at least two transceiving antennas based on the channel condition and at least one of the service requirement, the access condition and a moving speed, and determines the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of or the part of the at least one target communication node based on the channel condition and the service requirement,

wherein the channel condition is a quality factor for determining the channel characteristic between the at least one communication node and the terminal including a multi-antenna situation, and the access condition is an access environmental factor between the at least one communication node and the terminal.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of or the part of the at least one target communication node includes at least two of a combined omni-directional mode, a combined directional mode, a combined diversity mode, a combined multiplexing mode, a combined diversity-multiplexing hybrid mode, and a combined Cyclic Delay Diversity (CDD) mode.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein each of the at least two antennas configures a plurality of beam spaces, and wherein the controller determines the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas by activating at least one beam space among the plurality of beam spaces configured to each of the at least two transceiving antennas.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the service requirement includes at least one of a quality of service (QoS) and a traffic class.

5. A control method of a terminal which equips with at least two antennas in a telecommunication system, comprising:

determining at least one target communication node among a plurality of communication nodes based on at least one of a user profile, an available Radio Access Technology (RAT) type, an access purpose and an access format;

determining at least two transceiving antennas among the at least two antennas based on a channel condition and a service requirement;

determining an antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas based on the channel condition and at least one of the service requirement, the access condition and a moving speed;

determining a combined operation mode of an antenna set for each of a part or all of the at least one target communication node with which the terminal communicates through the antenna set which consists of two or more antennas based on the channel condition and the service requirement; and

transmitting/receiving data to/from the at least one target communication node through the at least two transceiving antennas for communicating with each of the at least one target communication node using both the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas and the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of or a part of the at least one target communication node,

wherein the channel condition is a quality factor for determining the channel characteristic between the at least one communication node and the terminal including a multi-antenna situation, and the access condition is an access environmental factor between the at least one communication node and the terminal.

6. The control method of claim 5, wherein the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of or the part of the at least one target communication node includes at least two of a combined omni-directional mode, a combined directional mode, a combined diversity mode, a combined multiplexing mode, a combined diversity-multiplexing hybrid mode, and a combined Cyclic Delay Diversity (CDD) mode.

7. The control method of claim 5, wherein each of the at least two antennas configures a plurality of beam spaces, and

wherein the controller determines the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas by activating at least one beam space among the plurality of beam spaces configured to each of the at least two transceiving antennas.

8. The control method of claim 5, wherein the service requirement includes at least one of a quality of service (QoS) and a traffic class.

9. A control method of a terminal which equips with at least two antennas for communicating with at least one communication node, comprising:

changing the at least one communication node with which the terminal communicates based on at least one of a user profile, an available Radio Access Technology (RAT) type, an access purpose and an access format;

changing the at least two transceiving antennas among the at least two antennas of the terminal, for communicating with each of the at least one communication node based on a channel condition and a service requirement;

changing an antenna element beam pattern for each of the at least two transceiving antennas based on the channel condition and at least one of the service requirement, the access condition and a moving speed;

changing a combined operation mode of an antenna set for each of a part or all of the at least one communication node with which the terminal communicates through the antenna set which consists of two or more antennas based on the channel condition and the service requirement; and

changing a common use configuration of a part or all of the at least two transceiving antennas for the part or all of the at least one communication node, or changing a sharing configuration of a part or all of resource for the part or all of the at least one communication node; and

transmitting/receiving data to/from at least one communication node through the at least two transceiving antennas for communicating with each of at least one communication node using both the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas and the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of or a part of the at least one communication node,

wherein the channel condition is a quality factor for determining the channel characteristic between the at least one communication node and the terminal including a multi-antenna situation, and the access condition is an access environmental factor between the at least one communication node and the terminal.

10. The control method of claim 9, wherein each of the at least two antennas configures a plurality of beam spaces, and

wherein the controller determines the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas by activating at least one beam space among the plurality of beam spaces configured to each of the at least two transceiving antennas.

11. The control method of claim 9, wherein the service requirement includes at least one of a quality of service (QoS) and a traffic class.

12. A terminal for communicating with at least one communication node, comprising:

an antenna unit configured to equip with at least two antennas; and

a controller configured to change the at least one communication node with which the terminal communicates, wherein the controller is further configured to change at least one of;

an antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas among the at least two antennas of the terminal, the at least two transceiving antennas among the at least two antennas, for communicating with each of the at least one communication node,

a combined operation mode of an antenna set for each of a part or all of the at least one communication node with which the terminal communicates through the antenna set which consists of two or more antennas, and

a common use configuration of a part or all of the at least two transceiving antennas for the part or all of the at least one communication node, or a sharing configuration of a part or all of resource for the part or all of the at least one communication node, and

configured to transmit/receive data to/from at least one communication node through the at least two transceiving antennas for communicating with each of at least one communication node using both the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas and the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of or a part of the at least one communication node,

wherein the controller changes the at least one target communication node based on at least one of a user profile, an available Radio Access Technology (RAT) type, an access purpose and an access format, changes the at least two transceiving antennas among the at least two antennas based on a channel condition and a service requirement, changes the antenna element beam pattern for each of the at least two transceiving antennas based on the channel condition and at least one of the service requirement, the access condition and a moving speed, and changes the combined operation mode of the antenna set for each of the at least one target communication node based on the channel condition and the service requirement,

wherein the channel condition is a quality factor for determining the channel characteristic between the at least one communication node and the terminal including a multi-antenna situation, and the access condition is an access environmental factor between the at least one communication node and the terminal.

13. The terminal of claim 12,

wherein each of the at least two antennas configures a plurality of beam spaces, and

wherein the controller determines the antenna element beam pattern of each of the at least two transceiving antennas by activating at least one beam space among the plurality of beam spaces configured to each of the at least two transceiving antennas.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the service requirement includes at least one of a quality of service (QoS) and a traffic class.