Radio communication system

• US 7,724,695 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Incorporated (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Incorporated (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Uchida, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Harper; Vincent P
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, TIMOTHY X
• Application Number:
  US11/521,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20070087750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 370/310, 445/436
• US Class Current: 370/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A radio communication system includes a line controller, a plurality of base stations connected to the line controller and a plurality of mobile stations connected to each of the plurality of base stations by radio communication line having control channel and communication channel, and each of the plurality of base stations includes a control unit for monitoring idle slot in the communication channel within a communication area of the base station. The control unit transmits the monitored information of the idle slot to the mobile station within the communication area of the base station at predetermined intervals by using the control channel and each mobile station can use an idle slot in the base station or, if there is no idle slot in the base station, in another base station based on the monitored information of the idle slot to make communication.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a line controller;

a plurality of base stations connected to the line controller; and

a plurality of mobile stations connected to each of the plurality of base stations by a radio communication line having a control channel and a communication channel,

wherein each of the plurality of base stations includes a first control unit for monitoring whether there is any idle slot or not in a plurality of slots of the communication channel of the base station and the first control unit transmits first resultant monitored information containing information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of the base station to the plurality of mobile stations within a communication area of the base station at first predetermined intervals by the control channel,

wherein the first control unit of the base station acquires information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of other base stations and transmits the information to the plurality of mobile stations within the communication area of the base station by the control channel, and

wherein each of the plurality of mobile stations includes a display unit for displaying, for each of the communication channels of the base station and the other base stations, information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of the base station and the communication channel of each of the other base stations.

2. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the line controller includes a second control unit for monitoring whether there is any idle slot or not in a plurality of slots of the communication channel for each of the plurality of base stations to produce second resultant monitored information and an interface for transmitting the second resultant monitored information to each of the plurality of base stations.

3. The radio communication system according to claim 2, wherein the line controller transmits the second resultant monitored information to each of the plurality of base stations at second predetermined intervals.

4. The radio communication system according to claim 2, wherein the line controller transmits the second resultant monitored information to each of the plurality of base stations when there is a change in the second resultant monitored information.

5. The radio communication system according to claim 2, wherein the first control unit of each base station produces the first resultant monitored information based on the second resultant monitored information from the line controller.

6. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first control unit of each base station monitors an occupancy situation of slots in the communication channel of the base station to produce the first resultant monitored information.

7. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of mobile stations includes an operation part for permitting an operator of the mobile station to manually select any base station having idle slot based on the displayed information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of the base station and other base stations.

8. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of mobile stations includes a third control unit for providing information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of the base station and other base stations and when the mobile station which is registered in the base station having no idle slot originates a call, the mobile station is automatically registered in another base station having idle slot based on the information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of other base stations.

9. The radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein the information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of other base stations is transmitted to the plurality of mobile stations within the communication area of the base station at third predetermined intervals.

10. A radio communication method in a radio communication system including a line controller, a plurality of base stations connected to the line controller and a plurality of mobile stations connected to each of the plurality of base stations by a radio communication line having a control channel and a communication channel, comprising the steps of:

monitoring by each of the plurality of base stations whether there is any idle slot or not in a plurality of slots of the communication channel of the base station to produce first resultant monitored information; and

transmitting by the base station the first resultant monitored information to the plurality of mobile stations within a communication area of the base station at first predetermined intervals by the control channel,

wherein the first control unit of the base station acquires information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of other base stations and transmits the information to the plurality of mobile stations within the communication area of the base station by the control channel, and

wherein each of the plurality of mobile stations includes a display unit for displaying, for each of the communication channels of the base station and the other base stations, information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of the base station and the communication channel of each of the other base stations.

11. The radio communication method according to claim 10, wherein the line controller monitors whether there is any idle slot or not in a plurality of slots of the communication channel for each of the plurality of base stations to produce second resultant monitored information;

and

transmits the second resultant monitored information to each of the plurality of base stations at second predetermined intervals or when there is a change in the second resultant monitored information; and

each of the plurality of base stations transmits the received second resultant monitored information to the plurality of mobile stations of the base station at third predetermined intervals.

12. The radio communication method according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of mobile stations of each base station receives the first and second resultant monitored information, and

wherein each of the plurality of mobile stations displays information as to whether there is any idle slot or not in the communication channel of the base station and other base stations in a display unit of the mobile station and permits an operator of the mobile station to manually select any base station having idle slot based on the displayed information as to whether there is any idle slot or not.

13. The radio communication method according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of mobile stations of each base station receives the first and second resultant monitored information, and

wherein when the mobile station which is registered in the base station having no idle slot originates a call, the mobile station is automatically registered in another base station having idle slot based on the second resultant monitored information.