Communication restriction control system and communication restriction control method

• US 20060223519A1
• Filed: 03/28/2006
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yahagi, Masahiko
• Granted Patent: US 7,873,351 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/421
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions

Abstract

The present invention provides a communication restriction control system and a communication restriction control method capable of performing communication restriction control depending on circumstances of communication restriction control area. The mobile terminal transmits a response request signal to a radio response equipment provided in the communication restriction control area which transmits a response signal including identification information as a response to the response request signal. A communication system discriminating equipment which is provided with a database in which the identification information is associated with one of allowed communication circumstances, and allowed communication circumstance is determined by referring to the database according to the identification information, and communication restriction control of the mobile terminal according to the determined result is performed.

Claims

1. A communication restriction control system in a mobile communication network, comprising:

a mobile terminal, which performs communication over the mobile communication network using at least one of plural communication systems, and transmitting a response request signal in radio communication when the communication starts;

a radio response equipment, which performs the radio communication in a range of a predetermined communication distance, and transmits a response signal including radio response equipment identification information of own equipment in the radio communication when the response request signal is received; and

a communication system discriminating equipment, which is provided with a database storing information in which the radio response equipment identification information is associated with an allowable communication system, performs communication with the mobile terminal through the mobile communication network for receiving the radio response equipment identification information which is included in the response signal received by the mobile terminal, determines an allowable communication system by referring to the database according to the radio response equipment identification information received from the mobile terminal, and controls communication of the mobile terminal according to the determined allowable communication system.

2. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, wherein

the mobile terminal is able to perform communication with at least one of plural communication qualities over the mobile communication network;

and

the communication system discriminating equipment has a database storing information in which the radio response equipment identification information is associated with the communication quality, determines allowed communication quality by referring to the database according to the radio response equipment identification information received from the mobile terminal, and controls communication of the mobile terminal based on the allowed communication quality.

3. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, wherein

the mobile terminal is able to perform communication with at least one of plural communication services over the mobile communication network;

and

the communication system discriminating equipment has a database storing information in which the radio response equipment identification information is associated with the communication service, determines allowed communication service by referring to the database according to the radio response equipment identification information received from the mobile terminal, and controls communication of the mobile terminal based on the allowed communication service.

4. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, wherein

the radio response equipment is formed by a fixed type radio response equipment attached to a fixed object and a non-fixed type radio response equipment attached to a moving object;

and

the database is set such that information stored as associated with identification information of the non-fixed type radio response equipment is prioritized over information stored as associated with identification information of the fixed type radio response equipment.

5. The communication restriction control system according to claim 2, wherein

the radio response equipment is formed by a fixed type radio response equipment attached to a fixed object and a non-fixed type radio response equipment attached to a moving object;

and

the database is set such that information stored as associated with identification information of the non-fixed type radio response equipment is prioritized over information stored as associated with identification information of the fixed type radio response equipment.

6. The communication restriction control system according to claim 3, wherein

the radio response equipment is formed by a fixed type radio response equipment attached to a fixed object and a non-fixed type radio response equipment attached to a moving object;

and

the database is set such that information stored as associated with identification information of the non-fixed type radio response equipment is prioritized over information stored as associated with identification information of the fixed type radio response equipment.

7. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, wherein

the database stores the radio response equipment identification information associated with the communication system and a time period in which the communication system is executed;

and

the communication system discriminating equipment has a clock unit for acquiring a current time, and executes communication restriction control of the mobile terminal for the communication system determined by referring to the database based on the current time acquired from the clock unit and the time period obtained from the database.

8. The communication restriction control system according to claim 2, wherein

the database stores the radio response equipment identification information associated with the communication quality and a time period in which the communication quality is executed;

and

the communication system discriminating equipment has a clock unit for acquiring a current time, and executes communication restriction control of the mobile terminal for the communication quality determined by referring to the database based on the current time acquired from the clock unit and the time period obtained from the database.

9. The communication restriction control system according to claim 3, wherein

the database stores the radio response equipment identification information associated with the communication service and a time period in which the communication service is executed;

and

the communication system discriminating equipment has a clock unit for acquiring a current time, and executes communication restriction control of the mobile terminal for the communication service determined by referring to the database based on the current time acquired from the clock unit and the time period obtained from the database.

10. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a local communication system discriminating equipment, which is installed in a communication restriction control area and connected to the communication system discriminating equipment through communication network, provided with a local database storing information in which the radio response equipment identification information is associated with one of allowable communication system, communication quality and communication service, determines one of communication system, communication quality and communication service allowed in the communication restriction control area by referring to the local database with the radio response equipment identification information transmitted from the communication system discriminating equipment, and returns the determination result to the communication system discriminating equipment; and

wherein the communication system discriminating equipment performs communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on the determined result.

11. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal transmits the response request signal at predetermined time intervals in accordance with an instruction from the communication system discriminating equipment.

12. The communication restriction control system according to claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal transmits the response request signal at predetermined time intervals in accordance with an instruction from the communication system discriminating equipment.

13. The communication restriction control system according to claim 3, wherein the mobile terminal transmits the response request signal at predetermined time intervals in accordance with an instruction from the communication system discriminating equipment.

14. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, wherein the communication system prescribes a different modulation system, or prescribes continuous transmission and intermittent transmission.

15. The communication restriction control system according to claim 2, wherein the communication quality prescribes one of an amount of transmission power of the mobile terminal and a communication speed relating to a transfer rate of transfer information of the mobile terminal.

16. The communication restriction control system according to claim 1, wherein the communication system discriminating equipment comprising:

a core equipment, which is an upper hierarchical station of a radio base station forming part of the mobile communication network, and performs communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on a discrimination result of the communication system to be restricted.

17. The communication restriction control system according to claim 16, further comprising:

A local communication system discriminating equipment which is installed in a communication restriction control area prescribed by radio communication areas of a plurality of radio response equipments and can mutually communicate with the communication system discriminating equipment; and

wherein the local communication system discriminating equipment discriminates one of communication system, communication quality and communication service, and the core equipment performs communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on the discrimination result.

18. The communication restriction control system according to claim 2, wherein the communication system discriminating equipment comprising:

a core equipment, which is an upper hierarchical station of a radio base station forming part of the mobile communication network, and performs communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on a discrimination result.

19. The communication restriction control system according to claim 18, further comprising:

A local communication system discriminating equipment which is provided in a communication restriction control area prescribed by a plurality of radio communication areas of the radio response equipments and can mutually communicate with the communication system discriminating equipment; and

wherein the local communication system discriminating equipment discriminates the communication quality, and the core equipment performs communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on the discrimination result.

20. The communication restriction control system according to claim 3, wherein the communication system discriminating equipment comprising:

a core equipment, which is an upper hierarchical station of a radio base station forming part of the mobile communication network, and performs communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on a discrimination result.

21. The communication restriction control system according to claim 20, further comprising:

A local communication system discriminating equipment which is provided in a communication restriction control area prescribed by a plurality of radio communication areas of the radio response equipments and can mutually communicate with the communication system discriminating equipment; and

wherein the local communication system discriminating equipment discriminates the communication service, and the core equipment performs communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on the discrimination result.

22. The communication restriction control system according to claim 16, further comprising:

an ID notification device capable of mutually communicating with the communication system discriminating equipment, wherein

the ID notification device comprising;

a filter database storing identification information of the non-fixed type radio response equipment attached to a specific moving object as the radio response equipment associated with predetermined destination information;

a notice device for transmitting provided notice information according to the destination information included in the notice information; and

a filter device for determining whether or not the radio response equipment identification information provided from the communication system discriminating equipment is registered in the filter database, acquiring destination information stored as associated with the radio response equipment identification information from the filter database if the information is registered, acquiring a current position of a mobile terminal which transfers the radio response equipment identification information from the core equipment through a communication system discriminating equipment, and providing the acquired current position and destination information as the notice information for the notice device.

23. The communication restriction control system according to claim 18, further comprising:

an ID notification device capable of mutually communicating with the communication system discriminating equipment, wherein

the ID notification device comprises;

a filter database storing identification information of the non-fixed type radio response equipment attached to a specific moving object as the radio response equipment associated with predetermined destination information;

a notice device for transmitting provided notice information according to the destination information included in the notice information; and

a filter device for determining whether or not the radio response equipment identification information provided from the communication system discriminating equipment is registered in the filter database, acquiring destination information stored as associated with the radio response equipment identification information from the filter database if the information is registered, acquiring a current position of a mobile terminal which transfers the radio response equipment identification information from the core equipment through a communication system discriminating equipment, and providing the acquired current position and destination information as the notice information for the notice device.

24. The communication restriction control system according to claim 20, further comprising

an ID notification device capable of mutually communicating with the communication system discriminating equipment, wherein

the ID notification device comprises:

a filter database storing identification information of the non-fixed type radio response equipment attached to a specific moving object as the radio response equipment associated with predetermined destination information;

a notice device for transmitting provided notice information according to the destination information included in the notice information; and

a filter device for determining whether or not the radio response equipment identification information provided from the communication system discriminating equipment is registered in the filter database, acquiring destination information stored as associated with the radio response equipment identification information from the filter database if the information is registered, acquiring a current position of a mobile terminal which transfers the radio response equipment identification information from the core equipment through a communication system discriminating equipment, and providing the acquired current position and destination information as the notice information for the notice device.

25. A communication restriction control method over a mobile communication network, comprising the steps of:

transmitting a response request signal to a radio response equipment capable of performing radio communication in a range of a predetermined communication distance when a mobile terminal start communication over the mobile communication network;

transmitting a response signal including identification information of the radio response equipment when the radio response equipment receives the response request signal;

transmitting identification information included in the received response signal to a communication system discriminating equipment through the mobile communication network when the mobile terminal has received the response signal;

retrieving a database of the communication system discriminating equipment, in which the identification information of the radio response equipment is associated with the communication system information;

determining an allowable communication system according to the identification information of the radio response equipment; and

performing communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on the determined allowable communication system.

26. The communication restriction control method according to claim 25, wherein the database of the communication system discriminating equipment, in which the identification information of the radio response equipment is associated with the communication quality information, and comprising the steps of:

determining an allowed communication quality according to the identification information of the radio response equipment; and

performing communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on the determined allowed communication quality.

27. The communication restriction control method according to claim 25, wherein the database of the communication system discriminating equipment, in which the identification information of the radio response equipment is associated with the communication service information, and comprising the steps of:

determining an allowed communication service according to the identification information of the radio response equipment; and

performing communication restriction control of the mobile terminal based on the determined allowed communication service.