Wireless communication system and wireless terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9549314-B2
Application number	US-201213356195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2012
Priority date	Nov 10, 2006
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

A wireless communication system corresponding to a wireless terminal device in which at least one of a first frequency bandwidth for use in an up link and a second frequency bandwidth for use in a down link is variable, including a capability information reception unit capable of receiving and extracting terminal capability information transmitted from the wireless terminal device and related to capability of the wireless terminal device; a category designation unit capable of designating a terminal category to which the wireless terminal device belongs, based on the terminal capability information received and extracted by the capability information reception unit; and a link setting unit capable of setting a link to the wireless terminal device and transmitting a control signal depending on the link setting to the wireless terminal device, based on the terminal category designated by the category designation unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless communication system comprising:
a processor circuit configured
to receive and extract terminal capability information, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device,
to identify a terminal category to which the wireless terminal device belongs, based on the terminal capability information, and
to set a link between a base station and the wireless terminal device; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a control signal depending on the link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device, based on the set terminal category.

2. A wireless communication system comprising:
a processor circuit configured
to receive and extract terminal capability information, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device,
to identify a terminal category to which the wireless terminal device belongs, based on the terminal capability information; and

a scheduler configured to schedule on a basis of the terminal category set by the processor circuit for selecting a wireless terminal device to communicate with from among wireless terminal devices.

3. A wireless communication system comprising:
a processor circuit configured
to receive and extract terminal capability information, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device, and
to set a link between a base station and the wireless terminal device according to the terminal capability information; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a control signal corresponding to the link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device.

4. A wireless communication system comprising:
a processor circuit configured to receive and extract terminal capability information and indicating a terminal category to which a wireless terminal device belongs, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and
a scheduler configured to schedule, according to the terminal capability information received and extracted by the processor circuit, a selection of a wireless terminal device to communicate with from among wireless terminal devices.

5. A wireless base station, comprising:
a processor circuit configured
to receive terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device, and
to set a link between a base station and the wireless terminal device according to the terminal capability information; and
a transmitter configured to transmit a control signal corresponding to the link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device.

6. A wireless base station, comprising:
a processor circuit configured to receive and extract terminal capability information and indicating a terminal category to which a the wireless terminal device belongs, the terminal capability information indicating at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and
a scheduler configured to schedule, according to the terminal capability information received and extracted by the processor circuit, a selection of a wireless terminal device to communicate with from among wireless terminal devices.

7. A wireless terminal device, comprising:
a processor circuit configured to identify a terminal category to which wireless terminal belongs, based on at least one of an uplink frequency bandwidth as a capability of a wireless terminal device and a downlink frequency bandwidth as a capability of the wireless terminal device; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the terminal category to a base station.

8. The wireless terminal device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a control signal depending on a link setting between the base station and the wireless terminal device, based on said identified terminal category.

Assignees

• Ode Takayoshi
• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Ode Takayoshi

Classifications

• H04W72/51 Primary

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title

• H04W8/22 Primary

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

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title