Wireless communication system, information and communication terminal, portable telephone, reader/writer, communication method and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9077737-B2
Application number	US-98087807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2007
Priority date	Nov 8, 2006
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

There is provided a wireless communication system that includes two information communication terminals with built-in IC chips engaged in alternating wireless communication with each other through noncontact communication, wherein one of the information communication terminals includes a reception unit that receives a packet originating from the other information communication terminal, a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits a single packet or a plurality of packets to the other information communication terminal by transmitting all packets that can be transmitted to the other information communication terminal instead of engaging in alternating wireless communication if a specific condition is satisfied and an identifier appending unit that appends a last packet identifier to a packet to be transmitted last from the transmission unit among all the packets that can be transmitted to the other information communication terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication system that includes first and second information communication terminals with built-in IC chips engaged in alternating wireless communication with each other through noncontact communication, wherein: said first information communication terminal includes: a reception unit that receives a packet originating from the second information communication terminal; a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits a plurality of packets to the second information communication terminal by transmitting in succession all packets that can be transmitted to the second information communication terminal continuously in a batch if a specific condition is satisfied; an interval calculation unit that calculates a transmission interval with which the plurality of packets are to be transmitted, based upon communication-related information corresponding to the first information communication terminal and communication-related information corresponding to the second information communication terminal; wherein the transmission unit transmits the plurality of packets continuously in the batch based upon the calculated transmission interval; and an identifier appending unit that appends a last packet identifier to a packet to be transmitted last from said transmission unit among all the packets that can be transmitted to the second information communication terminal continuously, wherein upon receiving a last packet identifier from a transmission unit of the second information communication terminal, the first information communication terminal judges that the last packet from the second information communication terminal signals a timing with which the plurality of packets should be sent to the second information communication terminal without sending an acknowledgement of receipt of packets to the second information communication terminal.

2. A first information communication terminal that engages in alternating wireless communication with a second information communication terminal through noncontact communication achieved by using IC chips, comprising: a reception unit that receives a packet originating from the second information communication terminal; a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits a plurality of packets to the second information communication terminal by transmitting in succession all packets that can be transmitted to the second information communication terminal continuously in a batch if a specific condition is satisfied; an interval calculation unit that calculates a transmission interval with which the plurality of packets are to be transmitted, based upon communication-related information corresponding to the first information communication terminal and communication-related information corresponding to the second information communication terminal; wherein the transmission unit transmits the plurality of packets continuously in the batch based upon the calculated transmission interval; and an identifier appending unit that appends a last packet identifier to a packet to be transmitted last from said transmission unit among all the packets that can be transmitted to the second information communication terminal continuously, wherein upon receiving a last packet identifier from the second information communication terminal, the first information communication terminal judges that the last packet from the second information communication terminal signals a timing with which the plurality of packets should be sent to the second information communication terminal without sending an acknowledgement of receipt of packets to the second information communication terminal.

3. A first information communication terminal according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a storage unit in which parameters related to the first information communication terminal are stored, wherein:
at a communication start, the first information communication terminal exchanges said parameters with the second information communication terminal and determines the number of packets to be transmitted continuously based upon said parameters.

4. A first information communication terminal according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a storage unit in which parameters related to the first information communication terminal are stored, wherein:
at a communication start, the first information communication terminal exchanges said parameters with the second information communication terminal and determines the volume of data to be transmitted continuously based upon said parameter.

5. A first information communication terminal according to claim 2 , constituted with a portable telephone.

6. A first information communication terminal according to claim 2 , constituted with a reader/writer apparatus.

7. A wireless communication method that enables alternating wireless communication between a first information communication terminal and a second information communication terminal through noncontact communication achieved by using IC chips, comprising: a reception step in which a packet from the second information communication terminal is received; a transmission step in which a plurality of packets are wirelessly transmitted by transmitting in succession all packets that can be transmitted to the second information communication terminal continuously in a batch if a specific condition is satisfied; a calculation step that calculates a transmission interval with which the plurality of packets are to be transmitted, based upon communication-related information corresponding to the first information communication terminal and communication-related information corresponding to the second information communication terminal; wherein the plurality of packets are transmitted continuously in the batch based upon the calculated transmission interval; and an identifier appending step in which a last packet identifier is appended to a packet to be transmitted last among all the packets that can be transmitted to the second information communication terminal through said transmission step, wherein upon receiving a last packet identifier from the second information communication terminal, the first information communication terminal judges that the last packet from the second information communication terminal signals a timing with which the plurality of packets should be sent to the second information communication terminal without sending an acknowledgement of receipt of packets to the second information communication terminal.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodied with a program that enables alternating wireless communication between a first information communication terminal and a second information communication terminal through noncontact communication achieved by using IC chips, enabling a computer to execute processing that includes: a reception step in which a packet from the second information communication terminal is received; a transmission step in which a plurality of packets are transmitted by transmitting in succession all packets that can be transmitted to the second information communication terminal continuously in a batch if a specific condition is satisfied; an interval calculation step that calculates a transmission interval with which the plurality of packets are to be transmitted, based upon communication-related information corresponding to the first information communication terminal and communication-related information corresponding to the second information communication terminal; wherein the plurality of packets are transmitted continuously in the batch based upon the calculated transmission interval; and an identifier appending step in which a last packet identifier is appended to a packet to be transmitted last among all the packets that can be transm

Assignees

• Ogishima Jun
• Sekiya Shuichi
• Takeuchi Takeshi
• Sato Osamu
• Ota Toyokazu
• Wakasa Shigeki
• Shiigi Daisuke
• Felica Networks Inc

Inventors

• Ogishima Jun
• Sekiya Shuichi
• Takeuchi Takeshi
• Sato Osamu
• Ota Toyokazu
• Wakasa Shigeki
• Shiigi Daisuke

Classifications

• H04L69/327

  in the session layer [OSI layer 5] · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W28/06

  Optimizing {the usage of the radio link}, e.g. header compression, information sizing {, discarding information (system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365)} · CPC title

• H04W28/04

  Error control · CPC title

• H04L67/14 Primary

  Session management (for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066) · CPC title