Wireless communication system, wireless communication method and wireless base station device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025016594-A1
Application number	US-202118712721-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 29, 2021
Priority date	Nov 29, 2021
Publication date	Jan 9, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless terminals each including a plurality of wireless interfaces corresponding to a plurality of channels in different frequency bands, and a wireless base station device that establishes wireless communication with the wireless terminals. Each of the wireless terminals performs channel sensing, and transmits sensing information including an identifier of a sensed channel, a sensing result of the channel, and an identifier of the wireless terminal. The wireless base station device calculates and stores the number of sensing channels for each of the wireless terminals on the basis of the sensing information, the number of sensing channels being the number of channels sensed by the wireless terminal, and allocates a reward according to the number of sensing channels to each of the plurality of wireless terminals.

First claim

1 . A wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of wireless terminals each including a plurality of wireless interfaces corresponding to a plurality of channels in different frequency bands; and a wireless base station device that establishes wireless communication with the wireless terminals,
each of the wireless terminals including: a sensing circuitry that performs sensing on the channels; and a sensing information transmitter that transmits sensing information including an identifier of a channel on which sensing has been performed, a sensing result of the channel, and an identifier of the wireless terminal, the wireless base station device including: a sensing information receiver that receives the sensing information; a sensing channel number storage circuitry that calculates and stores the number of sensing channels for each of the wireless terminals on a basis of the sensing information, the number of sensing channels being the number of channels sensed by the wireless terminal; and an allocation circuitry that allocates a reward according to the number of sensing channels to each of the plurality of wireless terminals.

2 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the sensing information transmitter is configured to transmit at least the identifier of the channel on which sensing has been performed among the sensing information by a broadcasting method, each of the wireless terminals further includes a sensing information intercepting circuitry that intercepts information on the identifier broadcast from another wireless terminal, and the sensing circuitry is configured to select a channel to be sensed from among channels excluding a channel on which sensing has been performed by the sensing circuitry itself and a channel corresponding to the intercepted identifier.

3 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the reward is communication resources having an amount determined according to the number of sensing channels.

4 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the wireless base station device further includes: a sensing range calculator that calculates sensing range information designating an implementation range of sensing; and a sensing range transmitter that transmits the sensing range information to the wireless terminals, each of the wireless terminals further includes a sensing range receiver that receives the sensing range information, and the sensing circuitry is configured to select a channel to be sensed from an implementation range of sensing in a case where the implementation range is designated by the sensing range information.

5 . The wireless communication system according to claim 4 , wherein the allocation circuitry is configured to allocate an additional reward to a wireless terminal that has provided the sensing information which includes the identifier of the channel falling within the implementation range.

6 . The wireless communication system according to claim 4 , wherein
the sensing range information includes information designating a channel on which sensing does not need to be performed, and the sensing circuitry is configured to exclude a channel which is designated by the sensing range information as a channel on which sensing does not need to be performed from channels to be sensed.

7 . A wireless communication method using a plurality of wireless terminals each including a plurality of wireless interfaces corresponding to a plurality of channels in different frequency bands, and a wireless base station device that establishes wireless communication with the wireless terminals,
the wireless communication method comprising: causing each of the wireless terminals performs sensing on the channels; causing each of the wireless terminals transmits sensing information including an identifier of a channel on which sensing has been performed, a sensing result of the channel, and an identifier of the wireless terminal; causing the wireless base station device receives the sensing information; causing the wireless base station device calculates and stores the number of sensing channels for each of the wireless terminals on a basis of the sensing information, the number of sensing channels being the number of channels sensed by the wireless terminal; and causing the wireless base station device allocates a reward according to the number of sensing channels to each of the plurality of wireless terminals.

8 . A wireless base station device that establishes wireless communication with a plurality of wireless terminals each including a plurality of wireless interfaces corresponding to a plurality of channels in different frequency bands,
the wireless base station device comprising: a sensing information receiver that receives sensing information transmitted by each of the wireless terminals, the sensing information including an identifier of a channel on which sensing has been performed, a sensing result of the channel, and an identifier of the wireless terminal; a sensing channel number storage circuitry that calculates and stores the number of sensing channels for each of the wireless terminals on a basis of the sensing information, the number of sensing channels being the number of channels sensed by the wireless terminal; and an allocation circuitry that allocates a reward according to the number of sensing channels to each of the plurality of wireless terminals.

9 . The wireless communication system according to claim 2 , wherein the reward is communication resources having an amount determined according to the number of sensing channels.

10 . The wireless communication system according to claim 2 , wherein
the wireless base station device further includes: a sensing range calculator that calculates sensing range information designating an implementation range of sensing; and a sensing range transmitter that transmits the sensing range information to the wireless terminals, each of the wireless terminals further includes a sensing range receiver that receives the sensing range information, and the sensing circuitry is configured to select a channel to be sensed from an implementation range of sensing in a case where the implementation range is designated by the sensing range information.

11 . The wireless communication system according to claim 3 , wherein
the wireless base station device further includes: a sensing range calculator that calculates sensing range information designating an implementation range of sensing; and a sensing range transmitter that transmits the sensing range information to the wireless terminals, each of the wireless terminals further includes a sensing range receiver that receives the sensing range information, and the sensing circuitry is configured to select a channel to be sensed from an implementation range of sensing in a case where the implementation range is designated by the sensing range information.

12 . The wireless communication system according to claim 9 , wherein
the wireless base station device further includes: a sensing range calculator that calculates sensing range information designating an implementation range of sensing; and a sensing range transmitter that transmits the sensing range information to the wireless terminals, each of the wireless terminals further includes a sensing range receiver that receives the sensing range information, and the sensing circuitry is configured to select a channel to be sensed from an implementation range of sensing in a case where the implementation range is designated by the sensing range information.

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• Omiya Riku
• Iwatani Junichi
• Kishida Akira
• Otsuki Shinya
• Asai Yusuke
• Ogawa Tomoaki
• Takatori Yasushi

Classifications

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04W74/0808

  using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04W24/10 Primary

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title