Base station device, relay device, and communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12250666-B2
Application number	US-202217590103-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2022
Priority date	Aug 20, 2019
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

A base station device includes a processor a communicator. The processor configured to perform, when a terminal device performs wireless communication by using both a first wireless communication method that is a wireless communication method with the base station device and a second wireless communication method that is a wireless communication method with a relay device, data communication by converging the wireless communication in a convergence layer in the first wireless communication method. The communicator configured to identify, even when the relay device relays data that is transmitted and/or received by the second wireless communication method to the base station device by any of the wireless communication methods of the first wireless communication method and the second wireless communication method, a bearer in the first wireless communication method to which the data belongs, and transmit and/or receive the data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A base station device in a communication system including a terminal device, the base station device, and a relay device that relays communication between the terminal device and the base station device, the base station device comprising:
a processor configured to perform, when the terminal device performs wireless communication by using both a first wireless communication method that is a wireless communication method with the base station device and a second wireless communication method that is a wireless communication method with the relay device, data communication by converging the wireless communication in a convergence layer in the first wireless communication method; and
a communicator configured to:
identify, when the relay device relays, by the first wireless communication method between the relay device and the base station device, first data that is transmitted and/or received by the second wireless communication method between the terminal device and the relay device, a bearer in the first wireless communication method to which the first data belongs,
identify, when the relay device relays, by the second wireless communication method between the relay device and the base station device, second data that is transmitted and/or received by the second wireless communication method between the terminal device and the relay device, a bearer in the first wireless communication method to which the second data belongs, and
transmit and/or receive the first and second data.

2. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein
the communicator is further configured to:
convert, when the relay device relays data to the base station device by the second wireless communication method, the data received by the second wireless communication method into data received by the first wireless communication method, and
identify a bearer in the first wireless communication method, to which the converted data belongs.

3. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to share, when the relay device relays data to the base station device by the first wireless communication method, processing of two pieces of data received in the first wireless communication method by the convergence layer in the first wireless communication method, between each of bearers of the two pieces of data.

4. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is further configured to:
perform, when the relay device relays data to the base station device by the first wireless communication method, processing of the convergence layer in the first wireless communication method for each of two pieces of data received by the first wireless communication method, and,
perform, according to each result of the performed processing of the convergence layer, the data communication control by using each of bearers of the two pieces of data as one bearer.

5. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first wireless communication method includes a wireless communication method that conforms to a communication standard of fifth generation mobile communication, and
the second wireless communication method includes a wireless communication method that conforms to a communication standard of a wireless local area network (WLAN).

6. The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein
the convergence layer in the first wireless communication method includes a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer.

7. A communication system comprising:
a terminal device;
a base station device; and
a relay device configured to relay communication between the terminal device and the base station device,
wherein the terminal device includes:
a first communicator configured to perform communication with the base station device by using a first wireless communication method, and
a second communicator configured to perform communication with the relay device by using a second wireless communication method,
the relay device includes:
a first processor configured to convert, when the first wireless communication method is used to perform communication with the base station device, data received from the terminal device into data of the first wireless communication method, and convert data received from the base station device into data of the second wireless communication method, relays communication between the base station device and the terminal device, and
the base station device includes:
a second processor configured to perform, when the terminal device performs wireless communication by using both the first wireless communication method and the second wireless communication method, data communication by converging the wireless communication in a convergence layer in the first wireless communication method; and
a third communicator configured to:
identify, when the relay device relays, by the first wireless communication method between the relay device and the base station device, first data transmitted and/or received by the second wireless communication method between the terminal device and the relay device, a bearer in the first wireless communication method to which the first data belongs,
identify, when the relay device relays, by the second wireless communication method between the relay device and the base station device, second data that is transmitted and/or received by the second wireless communication method between the terminal device and the relay device, a bearer in the first wireless communication method to which the second data belongs, and
transmit and/or receive the first and second data.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Ohta Yoshiaki
• Takechi Ryuichi
• Kawasaki Yoshihiro

Classifications

• H04W88/06

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

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W84/042

  Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems · CPC title

• H04B7/155

  Ground-based stations (H04B7/204 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04B7/15528

  Control of operation parameters of a relay station to exploit the physical medium · CPC title