MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNCATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE TERMINAL AND RANDOM ACCESS CONTROL METHOD USED THEREFOR

• US 20080259900A1
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: MASUDA, KYOICHIRO
• Application Number:
  US11/960,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20080259900A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/348
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/008 with additional processing of random access related information at receiving side
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access

Abstract

A base station which, when a communication start request signal is transmitted by a mobile terminal using an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication, transmits either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on the communication start request to the mobile terminal, the base station including:

an access slot and signature designation part that designates either the access slot or the signature at transmission of the request negative acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal; and

a request acknowledgement signal transmission part that transmits a request acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal in priority upon receipt of the communication start request signal transmitted with either the designated access slot or signature from the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A base station which, when a communication start request signal is transmitted by a mobile terminal using an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication, transmits either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on the communication start request to the mobile terminal, the base station comprising:

an access slot and signature designation part that designates either the access slot or the signature at transmission of the request negative acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal; and

a request acknowledgement signal transmission part that transmits a request acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal in priority upon receipt of the communication start request signal transmitted with either the designated access slot or signature from the mobile terminal.

2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein either the access slot or the signature designated to the mobile terminal is reserved for dedicated use of the mobile terminal that has requested start of communication and yet the request has been rejected.

3. The base station according to claim 1, further comprising a signature judgment part that judges either the access slot or the signature in the communication start request signal received from the mobile terminal.

4. A mobile terminal transmitting a communication start request signal to a base station using an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication and receiving from the base station either the request acknowledgement signal or the request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on the communication start request, the mobile terminal comprising:

a communication start request signal retransmission part that retransmits the communication start request signal with either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station upon receipt of the request negative acknowledgement signal.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station is reserved for dedicated use of a mobile terminal that has requested start of communication and yet the request has been rejected.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, further comprising:

a request acknowledgement signal judgment part that judges which of the request acknowledgement signal and the request negative acknowledgement signal is transmitted from the base station; and

a signature judgment part that judges designation information on either the access slot or the signature.

7. A mobile wireless communication system comprising:

a mobile terminal that transmits a communication start request signal, to a base station, using an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication; and

a base station that transmits, to the mobile terminal either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on a communication start request,

wherein the base station includes an access slot and signature designation part that designates either the access slot or the signature at transmission of the request negative acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal and a request acknowledgement signal transmission part that transmits a request acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal in priority upon receipt of the communication start request signal transmitted with either the designated access slot or signature from the mobile terminal; and

the mobile terminal includes a communication start request signal retransmission part that retransmits the communication start request signal with either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station upon receipt of the request negative acknowledgement signal.

8. The mobile wireless communication system according to claim 7, wherein either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station is reserved for dedicated use of a mobile terminal that has requested start of communication and yet the request has been rejected.

9. The mobile wireless communication system according to claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal includes a request acknowledgement signal judgment part that judges which of the request acknowledgement signal and the request negative acknowledgement signal is transmitted from the base station and a signature judgment part that judges designation information on either the access slot or the signature.

10. The mobile wireless communication system according to claim 7, wherein the base station includes a signature judgment part that judges either the access slot or the signature in the communication start request signal received from the mobile terminal.

11. A random access control method used for a mobile wireless communication system in which a mobile terminal transmits a communication start request signal to a base station with an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication and the base station transmits either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on the communication start request to the mobile terminal, the method comprising:

the base station designating either the access slot or the signature at transmission of the request negative acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal and transmitting the request acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal in priority upon receipt of the communication start request signal transmitted from the mobile terminal with either the designated access slot or signature; and

the mobile terminal transmitting the communication start request signal with either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station upon receipt of the request negative acknowledgement signal.

12. The random access control method according to claim 11, wherein either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station is reserved for dedicated use of the mobile terminal that has requested start of communication and yet the request has been rejected.

13. The random access control method according to claim 11, wherein the mobile terminal carries out judging which of the request acknowledgement signal and the request negative acknowledgement signal is transmitted from the base station and judging designation information on either the access slot or the signature.

14. The random access control method according to claim 11, wherein the base station carries out judging either the access slot or the signature in the communication start request signal received from the mobile terminal.

15. A recording medium recording a program of a random access control method used for a mobile wireless communication system in which a mobile terminal transmits a communication start request signal to a base station with an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication and the base station transmits either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal on the communication start request to the mobile terminal, wherein

the recording medium is provided in the mobile terminal and

the program includes retransmitting the communication start request signal, by a computer inside the mobile terminal, with either the access slot or signature designated by the base station upon receipt of the request negative acknowledgement signal.

16. A recording medium recording a program of a random access control method used for a mobile wireless communication system in which a mobile terminal transmits a communication start request signal to a base station with an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication and the base station transmits either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal on the communication start request to the mobile terminal, wherein

the recording medium is provided in the base station and

the program includes, by a computer inside the base station, designating either the access slot or the signature at transmission of the request negative acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal and transmitting a request acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal in priority upon receipt of the communication start request signal transmitted from the mobile terminal with either the designated access slot or signature.

17. A base station which, when a communication start request signal is transmitted by a mobile terminal using an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication, transmits either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on the communication start request to the mobile terminal, the base station comprising:

an access slot and signature designation means that designates either the access slot or the signature at transmission of the request negative acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal; and

a request acknowledgement signal transmission means that transmits a request acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal in priority upon receipt of the communication start request signal transmitted with either the designated access slot or signature from the mobile terminal.

18. A mobile terminal transmitting a communication start request signal to a base station using an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication and receiving from the base station either the request acknowledgement signal or the request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on the communication start request, the mobile terminal comprising:

a communication start request signal retransmission means that retransmits the communication start request signal with either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station upon receipt of the request negative acknowledgement signal.

19. A mobile wireless communication system comprising:

a mobile terminal that transmits a communication start request signal, to a base station, using an access slot and a signature selected at random in the start of random access communication; and

a base station that transmits, to the mobile terminal either a request acknowledgement signal or a request negative acknowledgement signal indicative of permission or rejection on a communication start request,

wherein the base station includes an access slot and signature designation means that designates either the access slot or the signature at transmission of the request negative acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal and a request acknowledgement signal transmission means that transmits a request acknowledgement signal to the mobile terminal in priority upon receipt of the communication start request signal transmitted with either the designated access slot or signature from the mobile terminal; and

the mobile terminal includes a communication start request signal retransmission means that retransmits the communication start request signal with either the access slot or the signature designated by the base station upon receipt of the request negative acknowledgement signal.