Base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, radio communication system, communication control method of base station apparatus, and communication control method of mobile station apparatus

• US 9,974,106 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Shiizaki, Kotaro, Tanaka, Yoshinori, Jitsukawa, Daisuke, Kawasaki, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAGLO, EMMANUEL K
• Application Number:
  US15/383,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20170099692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 455452
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/242 taking into account path loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/383 power control in peer-to-peer links
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A base station apparatus includes a processor. The processor executes a process including obtaining information indicating a radio status of each mobile station apparatus relevant to first communication in which radio communication is performed between the mobile station apparatuses via the base station apparatus, and second communication in which radio communication is directly performed between the mobile station apparatuses without via the base station apparatus; and notifying, based on the obtained information, the mobile station apparatuses that perform the second communication of control information for controlling the second communication.

Claims

1. A base station apparatus comprising a processor, wherein the processor executes a process comprising:

obtaining information indicating a radio status of each mobile station apparatus relevant to first communication in which radio communication is performed between the mobile station apparatuses via the base station apparatus, and second communication in which radio communication is directly performed between the mobile station apparatuses without via the base station apparatus; and

notifying, based on the obtained information, the mobile station apparatuses that perform the second communication of control information for controlling the second communication, the control information for controlling the second communication being information relevant to switching of transmission power control methods, the mobile station apparatus deciding transmission power by taking a fixed value or transmission power by taking a pass loss, based on the information relevant to the switching.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information indicating the radio status is information of presence of shared usage indicating whether the mobile station apparatuses in the second communication are sharing same radio resources with the mobile station apparatuses in the first communication.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information indicating the radio status is information indicating whether position information of the mobile station apparatus in the second communication is present within a predetermined distance from the own apparatus.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying includes notifying the mobile station apparatus that performs the second communication of the control information by using a control command in the second communication.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying includes notifying the mobile station apparatus that performs the second communication of the control information collectively in a unit of the mobile station apparatus.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying includes notifying the mobile station apparatus that performs the second communication of the control information in a unit of sub-frame allocated to each mobile station apparatus in the second communication.

7. A mobile station apparatus comprising a processor, wherein the processor executes a process comprising:

receiving control information for controlling second communication from a base station apparatus, the control information being based on information indicating a radio status of each mobile station apparatus relevant to first communication in which radio communication is performed between the mobile station apparatuses via the base station apparatus, and the second communication in which radio communication is directly performed between the mobile station apparatuses without via the base station apparatus, the control information for controlling the second communication being information relevant to switching of transmission power control methods, the mobile station apparatus deciding transmission power by taking a fixed value or transmission power by taking a pass loss, based on the information relevant to the switching; and

controlling a radio output in the second communication, upon reception of the control information.

8. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the controlling includes controlling transmission power in the second communication, upon reception of the control information.

9. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the controlling includes stopping a radio output in the second communication, upon reception of the control information.

10. A radio communication system comprising a mobile station apparatus and a base station apparatus that performs radio communication with the mobile station apparatus, the radio communication system performing first communication or second communication, radio communication in the first communication being performed between the mobile station apparatuses via the base station apparatus, radio communication in the second communication being directly performed between the mobile station apparatuses without via the base station apparatus, wherein

the base station apparatus includes a control unit that notifies the mobile station apparatuses that perform the second communication of control information for controlling the second communication,

the control information for controlling the second communication is information relevant to switching of transmission power control methods, and

the mobile station apparatus decides transmission power by taking a fixed value or transmission power by taking a pass loss, based on the information relevant to the switching.

11. The radio communication system according to claim 10, wherein the control information for controlling the second communication is information relevant to transmission power.

12. The radio communication system according to claim 10, wherein the mobile station apparatus stops a radio output in the second communication, upon reception of the control information.

13. A communication control method of a base station apparatus, the communication control method comprising:

obtaining information indicating a radio status of each of mobile station apparatuses relevant to first communication in which radio communication is performed between the mobile station apparatuses via the base station apparatus, and the second communication in which radio communication is directly performed between the mobile station apparatuses without via the base station apparatus; and

notifying the mobile station apparatus that performs second communication of control information for controlling the second communication, based on the obtained information, the control information for controlling the second communication being information relevant to switching of transmission power control methods, the mobile station apparatus deciding transmission power by taking a fixed value or transmission power by taking a pass loss, based on the information relevant to the switching.

14. A communication control method of a mobile station apparatus, the communication control method comprising:

receiving control information for controlling second communication from a base station apparatus, the control information being based on information indicating a radio status of each of the mobile station apparatuses relevant to first communication in which radio communication is performed between the mobile station apparatuses via the base station apparatus, and the second communication in which radio communication is directly performed between the mobile station apparatuses without via the base station apparatus, the control information for controlling the second communication being information relevant to switching of transmission power control methods, the mobile station apparatus deciding transmission power by taking a fixed value or transmission power by taking a pass loss, based on the information relevant to the switching; and

controlling a radio output in the second communication, upon reception of the control information.