Radio communication system, terminal equipment used therefor, and service control station used therefor

• US 6,456,840 B1
• Filed: 11/04/1998
• Issued: 09/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Uda, Yoshihide
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US09/185,948
• Time in Patent Office: 1,420 Days
• Field of Search: 455/426, 455/424, 455/412, 455/461, 455/413, 340/825.44, 358/407, 358/434, 358/435, 358/436, 358/438, 358/439, 370/338, 370/329, 370/328, 709/200
• US Class Current: 455/463
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

There is provided a radio communication system including (a) a plurality of terminal equipments connected to one another by a radio system through a radio base station connected to a communication line, and (b) a service control station existing on the communication line, and controlling communication among the terminal equipments, the terminal equipments being designed to be capable of communicating data information with one another through the service control station. For instance, the data information includes picture data, image data, and audio data. For instance, each of the terminal equipments is comprised of a simplified personal handyphone. In accordance with the radio communication system, a terminal equipment or a PHS terminal equipment stores only minimum index information in an internal storage circuit, and hence, it is no longer necessary to store data information. This is realized by a small-sized storage circuit.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprising:

(a) a plurality of terminal equipments connected to one another by a radio system through a radio base station connected to a communication line;

(b) a service control station existing on said communication line, and controlling communication among said terminal equipments;

said terminal equipments being designed to be capable of communicating data information with one another through said service control station; and

wherein each of said terminal equipments is comprised of;

i. a radio communication section for making radio communication with a radio base station;

ii. a radio control section for, when data information and index information acting as an index of said data information are to be transmitted to another terminal equipment transmitting thereto a request for transmitting said data information and said index information to said another terminal equipment, establishing a radio data frame, based on said data information, said index information, and said request, and for, when data information and index information are to be received from another terminal equipment, demodulating a received radio data frame, and extracting data information and from the thus demodulated radio data frame;

iii. a first memory for storing therein index information to be transmitted;

iv. a second memory for storing received index information therein;

v. a data processor for processing data to be transmitted and received data; and

vi. an annunicator for annunciating a user that index information has been received.

2. A terminal equipment to be used for a radio communication system wherein a terminal equipment is designed to be capable of communicating data information with one another through a service control station, comprising:

(a) a radio communication section for making radio communication with a radio base station;

(b) a radio control section for, when data information and index information acting as an index of said data information are to be transmitted to another terminal equipment transmitting thereto a request for transmitting said data information and said index information to said another terminal equipment, establishing a radio data frame, based on said data information, said index information, and said request, and for, when data information and index information are to be received from another terminal equipment, demodulating a received radio data frame, and extracting data information and index information from the thus demodulated radio data frame;

(c) a first memory for storing therein index information to be transmitted;

(d) a second memory for storing received index information therein;

(e) a data processor for processing data to be transmitted and received data; and

(f) an annunciator for annunciating a user that index information has been received.

3. The terminal equipment as set forth in claim 2, wherein said data information includes picture data, image data, and audio data.

4. The terminal equipment as set forth in claim 2, wherein said index information includes at least a destination to which said data information is to be transmitted, a transmitter of said data information, an index of said data information, and a time at which said data information was transmitted.