Terminal apparatus and communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10158830-B2
Application number	US-201715685745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2017
Priority date	May 29, 2015
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

Control circuitry in a terminal apparatus generates one or more groups, each group including a selected plurality of communication methods whose total value of specific absorption rates (SARs) is equal to or less than a threshold value, and generates group information indicating the one or more groups. N transmitters transmit transmission data to a plurality of communication stations that respectively support the plurality of communication methods included in one group that is indicated by the group information, by using corresponding communication methods.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal apparatus comprising: control circuitry which, in operation, generates first group information indicating a combination of two or more simultaneously operable communication methods whose total value of specific absorption rates (SARs) is equal to or less than a threshold value, wherein, if a total value of a first SAR value of the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated in the first group information and the first SAR value of a different communication method that is not included in the first group information is equal to or less than a first threshold value, and if a total value of a second SAR value of the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated in the first group information and the second SAR value of the different communication method is equal to or less than a second threshold value, the control circuitry adds the different communication method to the first group information; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits transmission data to a plurality of communication stations that respectively support the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated by the first group information, by using corresponding communication methods.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiver which, in operation, receives reception data, wherein
the transmitter transmits the first group information through at least one communication station,
the receiver receives the reception data through the plurality of communication stations that respectively support the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods, and
the reception data is allocated to the plurality of communication stations that respectively support the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated by the group information.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the control circuitry generates a plurality of group information, and
each of the plurality of group information indicates a combination of two or more simultaneously operable communication methods whose total value of SARs is equal to or less than the threshold value.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the control circuitry selects one of the plurality of group information, and
the transmitter transmits the selected one of the plurality of group information.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the selected one of the plurality of group information is switched to another one of the plurality of group information in a time axis direction.

6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the selected one of the plurality of group information is switched to another one of the plurality of group information during a transition period between a transmission timing and a reception timing for the terminal apparatus.

7. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a display which, in operation, receives input from a user, wherein
the control circuitry selects the one of the plurality of group information based on the input to the display from the user.

8. The terminal apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the display, in operation, displays a transmission rate for each of the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods supported by the terminal apparatus and an overall transmission rate corresponding to each of the plurality of group information.

9. The terminal apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the transmitter transmits the plurality of group information,
one of the generated plurality of group information is selected by a device other than the terminal apparatus, and
the reception data is allocated to the plurality of communication stations that respectively support the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated by the selected one of the generated plurality of group information.

10. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control circuitry, in operation, holds respective SAR values for the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods supported by the terminal apparatus, and holds the threshold value for the SAR values, and
if a total value of the SAR value of at least one communication method indicated in the first group information and the SAR value of a different communication method that is not included in the one group is not more than the threshold value, the control circuitry adds the different communication method to the first group information.

11. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry, in operation, holds the first SAR value and the second SAR value for each of the two or more communication methods supported by the terminal apparatus, and holds the first threshold value for the first SAR value and the second threshold value for the second SAR value.

12. A communication method comprising: generating first group information indicating a combination of two or more simultaneously operable communication methods whose total value of specific absorption rates (SARs) is equal to or less than a threshold value, wherein, if a total value of a first SAR value of the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated in the first group information and the first SAR value of a different communication method that is not included in the first group information is equal to or less than a first threshold value, and if a total value of a second SAR value of the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated in the first group information and the second SAR value of the different communication method is equal to or less than a second threshold value, the generating of the first group information includes adding the different communication method to the first group information; and transmitting transmission data to a plurality of communication stations that respectively support the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated by the first group information, by using corresponding communication methods.

13. The communication method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
transmitting the first group information through at least one communication station; and
receiving reception data through the plurality of communication stations that respectively support the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods, wherein
the reception data is allocated to the plurality of communication stations that respectively support the two or more simultaneously operable communication methods indicated by the group information.

14. The communication method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
generating a plurality of group information, wherein
each of the plurality of group information indicates a combination of two or more simultaneously operable communication methods whose total value of SARs is equal to or less than the threshold value.

15. The communication method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
selecting one of the plurality of group information; and
transmitting the selected one of the plurality of group information.

16. The communication method according to claim 15 , wherein
the selected one of the plurality of group information is switched to another one of the plurality of group information in a time axis direction.

17. The communication method according to claim 15 , wherein
the selected one of the plurality of group information is switched to another one of the plurality of group inf

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Corp America

Inventors

• Murakami Yutaka

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W48/18

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04B1/3827

  Portable transceivers · CPC title

• H04W52/0216

  using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame · CPC title