Wireless communication system and wireless communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10334501-B2
Application number	US-201715692691-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2017
Priority date	Mar 17, 2017
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

In a first subframe determined from a first number of hops up to a concentrator and being among a plurality of subframes included in a first frame period, a first wireless communication apparatus transmits first data, a second wireless communication apparatus transmits second data, and a third wireless communication apparatus receives the second data. In a second subframe determined from a second number of hops different from the first number of hops up to the concentrator and not corresponding to the first subframe among a plurality of subframes included in a second frame period following after the first frame period, the third wireless communication apparatus transmits the second data, and the third wireless communication apparatus does not transmit the second data in the first frame period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication system comprising:
a concentrator; and
a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses including a first wireless communication apparatus having a first number of hops up to the concentrator, a second wireless communication apparatus having a second number of hops different from the first number of hops up to the concentrator, and a third wireless communication apparatus having a third number of hops different from the first number of hops and the second number of hops up to the concentrator,
wherein, in a first subframe determined from the first number of hops and being among a plurality of subframes included in a first frame period, the first wireless communication apparatus transmits first data, the second wireless communication apparatus transmits second data, and the third wireless communication apparatus receives the second data, and
wherein, in a second subframe determined from the second number of hops and not corresponding to the first subframe among a plurality of subframes included in a second frame period following after the first frame period, the third wireless communication apparatus transmits the second data, and the third wireless communication apparatus does not transmit the second data in the first frame period.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the first number of hops and the second number of hops is two or more.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 2 , wherein the third number of hops is larger than the first number of hops and smaller than the second number of hops.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein, in a third subframe following after the first subframe included in the first frame period, a fourth number of hops of a fourth wireless communication apparatus transmitting the first data and a fifth number of hops of a fifth wireless communication apparatus transmitting the second data are respectively smaller than the first number of hops and the second number of hops by one.

5. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein, as one subframe of the plurality of subframes included in the first frame period progresses to the next subframe thereof, the numbers of the hops for the wireless communication apparatuses which transmit the second data and are applied to the subframes are decreased by one.

6. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case where the first subframe is a first subframe included in the first frame period, in a last subframe among a plurality of subframes included in a previous frame period of the first frame period, the first wireless communication apparatus receives the first data, and the second wireless communication apparatus receives the second data, and
wherein, in a case where the first subframe is a second or subsequent subframe included in the first frame period, in a previous subframe of the first subframe included in the first frame period, the first wireless communication apparatus receives the first data, and the second wireless communication apparatus receives the second data.

7. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the subframes during the first frame period and the second frame period for a wireless node is changed after a time of system operation or at a time predetermined.

8. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first subframes includes a plurality of slots, and a predetermined slot in which the first wireless communication apparatus transmits the first data is different from a predetermined slot in which the second wireless communication apparatus transmits the second data.

9. A wireless communication method of a wireless communication system including:
a concentrator; and
a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses including a first wireless communication apparatus having a first number of hops up to the concentrator, a second wireless communication apparatus having a second number of hops different from the first number of hops up to the concentrator, and a third wireless communication apparatus having a third number of hops different from the first number of hops and the second number of hops up to the concentrator,
wherein, in a first subframe determined from the first number of hops and being among a plurality of subframes included in a first frame period, the first wireless communication apparatus transmits first data, the second wireless communication apparatus transmits second data, and the third wireless communication apparatus receives the second data, and
wherein, in a second subframe determined from the first number of hops and not corresponding to the first subframe among a plurality of subframes included in a second frame period following after the first frame period, the third wireless communication apparatus transmits the second data, and the third wireless communication apparatus does not transmit the second data in the first frame period.

10. A wireless communication system comprising:
a concentrator; and
a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses includes a first wireless communication apparatus having a first number of hops up to the concentrator, a second wireless communication apparatus having a second number of hops up to the concentrator, the second number of hops being different from the first number of hops, and a third wireless communication apparatus having a third number of hops up to the concentrator, the third number of hops being different from the first number of hops and the second number of hops,
wherein, in a first subframe determined from the first number of hops and being among a plurality of subframes during a first frame period, the first wireless communication apparatus transmits first data, the second wireless communication apparatus transmits second data, and in a second subframe among the plurality of subframes during the first frame period, the third wireless communication apparatus receives the second data and without transmitting the second data during the first period, and
wherein, in a third subframe determined from the first number of hops and being among a plurality of subframes during a second frame period following after the first frame period, the third subframe not corresponding to the first and second subframes in number, the third wireless communication apparatus transmits the second data.

11. The wireless communication system according to claim 10 , wherein a difference between the first number of hops and the second number of hops is two or more.

12. The wireless communication system according to claim 11 , wherein the third number of hops is larger than the first number of hops and smaller than the second number of hops.

13. The wireless communication system according to claim 12 , wherein, in a third subframe following after the first subframe included in the first frame period, a fourth wireless communication apparatus having a fourth number of hops transmits the first data and a fifth wireless communication apparatus having a fifth number of hops transmits the second data, the fourth number of the hops and the fifth number of the hops are respectively smaller than the first number of hops and the second number of hops by one.

14. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein, as a plurality of subframes included in the first frame period progresses, the numbers of hops of the wireless communication apparatuses transmitting the second data in each of the subframes are decreased by one each time.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Tohzaka Yuji
• Kudo Hiroki
• Sakata Ren

Classifications

• H04W40/02

  Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing · CPC title

• H04W72/121

  for groups of terminals or users · CPC title

• H04B7/2606

  Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels · CPC title

• H04W72/04

  Wireless resource allocation · CPC title

• Y02D70/00

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic