Radio communication apparatus and radio communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9706549-B2
Application number	US-201214423555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2012
Priority date	Sep 21, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A radio communication apparatus includes a FH control unit controlling frequency hopping for changing a frequency channel for each frame, a carrier sense unit performing carrier sense, for each of slots obtained by dividing the frame, a modulating unit determining transmission timing in the slot on the basis of a result of the carrier sense, a successive-transmission control unit generating a plurality of pieces of same data by duplicating transmission data, and a scheduler allocating, for each slot, a different communication time period to each mobile station. The radio communication apparatus transmits, on the basis of an allocation result of the communication time period, the transmission timing, and the instruction by the hopping control unit, the same data generated from same transmission data to the mobile stations in the frames different from each other and notifies the mobile stations of the allocation result.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A radio communication apparatus comprising:
a hopping control unit that gives an instruction concerning a frequency channel to be used in communication in units of a switching cycle;
a carrier sense unit that performs, in an allocation unit that is obtained by dividing the switching cycle, carrier sense on the frequency channel to be used;
an interference-avoidance-timing control unit that determines transmission timing in the allocation unit on a basis of a result of the carrier sense;
a successive-transmission control unit that generate a plurality of pieces of same data by duplicating transmission data; and
a scheduler that allocates, as a communication time period, the allocation unit that is obtained by dividing the switching cycle to each of one or more communication partners, wherein
the radio communication apparatus transmits, on a basis of an allocation result of the communication time period by the scheduler, the transmission timing, and the instruction by the hopping control unit, the plurality of pieces of same data generated from same transmission data to the communication partners at the switching cycles different from each other and notifies the communication partners of the allocation result at each of the switching cycles.

2. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a timing reproducing unit that performs time synchronization between the radio communication apparatus and another radio communication apparatus having a same function, wherein
the radio communication apparatus synchronizes start timing of a frequency hopping pattern and start timing of the switching cycle with the another radio communication apparatus.

3. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication time period is allocated in a time division manner between the radio communication apparatus and a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) access point.

4. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the wireless LAN (Local Area Network) access point instructs a subordinate terminal to prohibit transmission for a transmission prohibition period, and
the scheduler allocates a communication time period of the radio communication apparatus such that communication is performed during the transmission prohibition period.

5. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the interference-avoidance-timing control unit determines, as the transmission timing, a point in time when a signal that is equal to or larger than a threshold is not detected for a fixed time by the carrier sense.

6. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the fixed time is set to be equal to or longer than an SIFS (Short Interframe Space) and equal to or shorter than a PIFS (PCF (Point Coordination Function) Interframe Space).

7. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the radio communication apparatus performs transmission and reception using a plurality of frequency hopping patterns simultaneously, sets the transmission timing same among all frequency channels to be used simultaneously, and, when the signal that is equal to or larger than the threshold is not detected for the fixed time by the carrier senses used simultaneously, carries out transmission in the allocation unit.

8. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the frequency channels to be used simultaneously are within one band among a plurality of bands having a specified frequency width.

9. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the specified frequency width is set to be equal to or smaller than 22 megahertz.

10. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein center frequencies of the bands are set to 2412 megahertz, 2437 megahertz, 2462 megahertz, and 2484 megahertz, which are center frequencies of a wireless LAN (Local Area Network).

11. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the radio communication apparatus sets frequency channels temporally adjacent to each other in the frequency hopping pattern in the bands different from each other.

12. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio communication apparatus performs different encoding processing on each of the pieces of same data generated from same transmission data and transmits the same data.

13. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio communication apparatus performs, according to a different modulation scheme, modulation processing on each of the pieces of same data generated from same transmission data and transmits the same data.

14. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio communication apparatus sets the radio communication apparatus or the communication partner as an apparatus mounted on a train and sets, for each of trains, a number of times of successive transmission, which is a number of the pieces of same data generated from same transmission data.

15. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio communication apparatus sets, for each link, a number of times of successive transmission, which is a number of the pieces of same data generated from same transmission data.

16. A radio communication apparatus comprising:
a hopping control unit that gives an instruction concerning a frequency channel to be used in communication in units of a switching cycle;
a carrier sense unit that performs, in an allocation unit that is obtained by dividing the switching cycle, carrier sense on the frequency channel to be used;
an interference-avoidance-timing control unit that determines transmission timing in the allocation unit on a basis of a result of the carrier sense;
a successive-transmission control unit that generate a plurality of pieces of same data by duplicating transmission data; and
an analysis unit that extracts, from a reception signal received from a communication partner, an allocation result that is included in the reception signal and indicates a communication time period allocated to the radio communication apparatus in the allocation unit that is obtained by dividing the switching cycle, wherein
the radio communication apparatus transmits, on a basis of the allocation result extracted by the analysis unit, the transmission timing, and the instruction by the hopping control unit, the plurality of pieces of same data generated from same transmission data at the switching cycles different from each other.

17. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the radio communication apparatus has a plurality of communication partners, and the communication partners synchronize start timing of a frequency hopping pattern and start timing of the switching cycle with each other, and
the radio communication apparatus retains, for each of the communication partners, a frequency hopping pattern used between the radio communication apparatus and a communication partner, determines, on a basis of a position of the radio communication apparatus, whether a communication partner is switched, and, when determining that a communication partner is switched, performs communication using a retained frequency hopping pattern corresponding to a switching destination communication partner.

18. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the radio communication apparatus sets the allocation unit as a slot, acquires a position of a free slot from the switchin

Assignees

• Taira Akinori
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Taira Akinori

Classifications

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W72/0446 Primary

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

• H04W48/00

  Access restriction (access security to prevent unauthorised access H04W12/08); Network selection; Access point selection · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

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

• H04W4/046

  Electricity · mapped topic