System, base station, terminal apparatus, method and program for performing communication and wireless power transfer

A base station for communicating with a terminal apparatus by selectively using plural radio resources, comprising:

• a communication-signal processing section for generating a transmission signal including a dummy signal for wireless power transfer, the dummy signal being modulated at a symbol point selected for wireless power transfer among plural symbol points of a digital modulation method for downlink communication to the terminal apparatus, by using a communication-unused radio resource that is not used for communication among the plural radio resources in a downlink radio frame for communication to the terminal apparatus;
• and
• a radio processing section for transmitting the transmission signal including the dummy signal for wireless power transfer to the terminal apparatus, and
• wherein the base station wirelessly supplies power to the terminal apparatus using the communication-unused radio resource in the downlink radio frame for communication to the terminal apparatus.

A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station by selectively using plural radio resources, comprising:

• a radio processing section for receiving a transmission signal including a dummy signal for wireless power transfer transmitted from the base station, the dummy signal being modulated at a symbol point selected for wireless power transfer among plural symbol points of a digital modulation method for downlink communication to the terminal apparatus, by using a communication-unused radio resource that is not used for communication among the plural radio resources in a downlink radio frame for communication to the terminal apparatus;
• and
• a power output section for outputting an electric power of a reception signal that is obtained by receiving the transmission signal including the dummy signal, as a reception power, and
• wherein the terminal apparatus is wirelessly power-supplied using the communication-unused radio resource in the downlink radio frame for communication to the terminal apparatus.

A system comprising a base station and a terminal apparatus capable of communicating with each other by selectively using plural radio resources,

• wherein the base station comprises:
• a communication-signal processing section for generating, for each of plural terminal apparatuses, a transmission signal including a dummy signal for wireless power transfer, the dummy signal being modulated at a symbol point selected for wireless power transfer among plural symbol points of a digital modulation method for downlink communication to the terminal apparatus, by using a communication-unused radio resource that is not used for communication among the plural radio resources;
• and
• a radio processing section for transmitting the transmission signal including the dummy signal for wireless power transfer to the terminal apparatus, by using plural beams that are different for each terminal apparatus, and
• wherein the terminal apparatus comprises:
• a radio processing section for receiving the transmission signal including the dummy signal transmitted from the base station;
• and
• a power output section for outputting an electric power of a reception signal that is obtained by receiving the transmission signal including the dummy signal, as a reception power.

A system comprising a base station and a terminal apparatus capable of communicating with each other by selectively using plural radio resources,

• wherein the base station comprises:
• a communication-signal processing section for generating a transmission signal including a dummy signal for wireless power transfer using a communication-unused radio resource that is not used for communication among the plural radio resources;
• and
• a radio processing section for transmitting the transmission signal including the dummy signal for wireless power transfer to the terminal apparatus, and
• wherein the terminal apparatus comprises:
• a radio processing section for receiving the transmission signal including the dummy signal transmitted from the base station;
• and
• a power output section for outputting an electric power of a reception signal that is obtained by receiving the transmission signal including the dummy signal, as a reception power, and
• wherein the dummy signal for wireless power transfer is a signal modulated at a symbol point with a maximum amplitude among plural symbol points of a digital modulation method.

A base station for communicating with a terminal apparatus by selectively using plural radio resources, comprising:

• a communication-signal processing section for generating a transmission signal including a dummy signal for wireless power transfer using a communication-unused radio resource that is not used for communication among the plural radio resources;
• and
• a radio processing section for transmitting the transmission signal including the dummy signal for wireless power transfer to the terminal apparatus, and
• wherein the dummy signal for wireless power transfer is a signal modulated at a symbol point with a maximum amplitude among plural symbol points of a digital modulation method.

A base station for communicating with a terminal apparatus by selectively using plural radio resources, comprising:

• a communication-signal processing section for generating a transmission signal including a dummy signal for wireless power transfer, the dummy signal being modulated at a symbol point selected for wireless power transfer among plural symbol points of a digital modulation method for downlink communication to the terminal apparatus, by using a communication-unused radio resource that is not used for communication among the plural radio resources;
• and
• a radio processing section for transmitting the transmission signal including the dummy signal for wireless power transfer to the terminal apparatus, and
• wherein the base station:
• generates, for each of plural terminal apparatuses, the transmission signal including the dummy signal for wireless power transfer using the communication-unused radio resources;
• and
• transmits the transmission signal including the dummy signal using plural beams that are different for each terminal apparatus.

A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station by selectively using plural radio resources, comprising:

• a radio processing section for receiving a transmission signal including a dummy signal for wireless power transfer transmitted from the base station using a communication-unused radio resource that is not used for communication among the plural radio resources in a downlink radio frame for communication to the terminal apparatus;
• and
• a power output section for outputting an electric power of a reception signal that is obtained by receiving the transmission signal including the dummy signal, as a reception power, and
• wherein the dummy signal for wireless power transfer is a signal modulated at a symbol point with a maximum amplitude among plural symbol points of a digital modulation method.