Communication control device, communication control method, communication system and communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9380575-B2
Application number	US-201514696941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2015
Priority date	Jul 7, 2010
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a communication control device controlling communication of multiple secondary usage nodes providing second communication services using a part of a frequency band assigned to a first communication service, including a communication unit receiving service area information for estimating service areas of the second communication services provided by the secondary usage nodes and access technique information indicating radio access techniques usable by the secondary usage nodes, a storage unit storing information on the service area and access technique received by the communication unit, an estimation unit estimating service areas of multiple second communication services, and a control unit notifying a secondary usage node providing one of the multiple second communication services of a radio access technique or a channel recommended to the at least one second communication service on the basis of a location relationship between the service areas estimated by the estimation unit and the access technique information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication control system for controlling communication of secondary usage nodes providing second communication services using at least a part of a frequency band assigned to a first communication service, the communication control system comprising:
a receiver configured to receive location information of at least one of the secondary usage nodes and access technique information indicating a radio access technique usable by at least one of the secondary usage nodes;
a storage medium configured to store the received location information and the access technique information;
circuitry configured to estimate at least two or more service areas of the second communication services and determine whether a reconfiguration of at least one of the secondary communication nodes is necessary; and
a transmitter configured to transmit a message for the reconfiguration, the message including information indicating a power limit for at least one of the secondary usage nodes.

2. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein the information indicating a power limit comprises information identifying a restricted channel for use by the at least one of the secondary usage nodes, which restricted channel is limited to a lower transmission power than a normal channel usable by the secondary usage nodes.

3. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether the reconfiguration of the at least one of the secondary communication nodes is necessary in response to an adjustment request received from one or more of the secondary usage nodes.

4. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to estimate the at least two or more service areas of the second communication services based on the received location information of the at least one of the secondary usage nodes.

5. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry comprises a central processing unit.

6. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein:
the receiver is further configured to receive from the at least one of the secondary usage nodes permissible channel information indicating at least one channel that the at least one of the secondary usage nodes is allowed to use; and
the circuitry is further configured to select a channel to recommend to the at least one of the secondary usage nodes from among channels indicated by the received permissible channel information.

7. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein, in response to a request from a secondary usage node detecting interference between second communication services, the circuitry is configured to include in the message a recommended radio access technique or a recommended channel.

8. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein, in response to a request from a secondary usage node requesting expansion of a service area, the circuitry is configured to include in the message a recommended radio access technique or a recommended channel.

9. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein, in response to a request from a secondary usage node requesting expansion of a band, the circuitry is configured to include in the message a recommended channel.

10. The communication control system of claim 1 , wherein, when there are a plurality of recommendable channels, the circuitry is configured to preferentially include in the message information recommending a channel whose transmission power has no limitation.

11. A communication control method for controlling communication of secondary usage nodes providing second communication services using at least a part of a frequency band assigned to a first communication service, the method comprising:
receiving location information of at least one of the secondary usage nodes and access technique information indicating a radio access technique usable by at least one of the secondary usage nodes;
storing the received location information and the access technique information;
estimating at least two or more service areas of the second communication services and determining whether a reconfiguration of at least one of the secondary communication nodes is necessary; and
transmitting a message for the reconfiguration, the message including information indicating a power limit for at least one of the secondary usage nodes.

12. The communication control method of claim 11 , wherein the information indicating a power limit comprises information identifying a restricted channel for use by the at least one of the secondary usage nodes, which restricted channel is limited to a lower transmission power than a normal channel usable by the secondary usage nodes.

13. The communication control method of claim 11 , wherein the determining whether the reconfiguration of the at least one of the secondary communication nodes is necessary is performed in response to an adjustment request received from one or more of the secondary usage nodes.

14. The communication control method of claim 11 , wherein the estimating of the at least two or more service areas of the second communication services is performed based on the received location information of the at least one of the secondary usage nodes.

15. The communication control method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving from the at least one of the secondary usage nodes permissible channel information indicating at least one channel that the at least one of the secondary usage nodes is allowed to use; and
selecting a channel to recommend to the at least one of the secondary usage nodes from among channels indicated by the received permissible channel information.

16. The communication control method of claim 11 , further comprising:
in response to a request from a secondary usage node detecting interference between second communication services, including in the message a recommended radio access technique or a recommended channel.

17. The communication control method of claim 11 , further comprising:
in response to a request from a secondary usage node requesting expansion of a service area, including in the message a recommended radio access technique or a recommended channel.

18. The communication control method of claim 11 , further comprising:
in response to a request from a secondary usage node requesting expansion of a band, including in the message a recommended channel.

19. The communication control method of claim 11 , wherein, when there are a plurality of recommendable channels, preferentially including in the message information recommending a channel whose transmission power has no limitation.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Sawai Ryo

Classifications

• H04W72/29

  between an access point and the access point controlling device · CPC title

• H04W48/08

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W8/22

  Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities · CPC title