Radio communication system, radio communication control apparatus, radio communication control method, and computer program

A wireless communication control method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, in a downstream signal, by a first communication terminal, resource assignment information determined by a wireless base station apparatus in accordance with a transmission request from said first communication terminal apparatus;
• performing communication control in said first communication terminal apparatus in accordance with said resource assignment information;
• and
• performing resource assignment to said second communication terminal apparatus within a scope of resources assigned to said first communication terminal apparatus from said wireless base station apparatus in said first communication terminal apparatus in response to a transmission request from a second communication terminal apparatus under the control of said first communication terminal apparatus.

A wireless communication system in which a plurality of wireless networks constituted by a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses and a control station for performing time slot assignment to each of said wireless communication apparatuses in every predetermined transmission frame period coexist, each of said wireless networks comprising:

• a signal detecting means for detecting a signal from an other of said wireless networks;
• a time slot analyzing means for analyzing a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed in an other of said wireless networks on the basis of a signal detected by said signal detecting means;
• and
• a time slot assigning means that does not assign a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed in an other of said wireless networks to a wireless communication apparatus in an own wireless network.

A wireless communication control apparatus for performing, in a network environment in which a plurality of wireless networks for performing guaranteed time slot transmission in every predetermined transmission frame period between wireless communication apparatuses coexist, time slot assignment of a transmission frame period within said wireless networks, comprising:

• a signal detecting means for detecting a signal from an other of said wireless networks;
• a time slot analyzing means for analyzing a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed in an other of said wireless networks on the basis of the signal detected by said signal detecting means;
• and
• a time slot assigning means which does not assign a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed on an other of said wireless networks to a wireless communication apparatus in an own wireless network.

A wireless communication control method for performing, in a network environment in which a plurality of wireless networks for performing guaranteed time slot transmission in every predetermined transmission frame period between wireless communication apparatuses coexist, time slot assignment of a transmission frame period within said wireless networks, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a signal from an other of said wireless networks;
• analyzing a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed in an other of said wireless networks on the basis of the signal detected in said signal detecting step;
• and
• not assigning a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed on an other of said wireless networks to a wireless communication apparatus in an own wireless network.

A computer-readable program for executing, on a computer system, processing of performing, in a network environment in which a plurality of wireless networks for performing guaranteed time slot transmission in every predetermined transmission frame period between wireless communication apparatuses coexist, time slot assignment in a transmission frame period in said wireless networks, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a signal from an other of said wireless networks;
• analyzing a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed in an other of said wireless networks on the basis of the signal detected in said signal detecting step;
• and
• not assigning a transmission time slot on which guaranteed time slot transmission is performed on an other of said wireless networks to a wireless communication apparatus in an own wireless network.

A computer-readable program for executing, on a computer system, processing of performing in a network environment in which a plurality of wireless networks for performing guaranteed time slot transmission in every predetermined transmission frame period between wireless communication apparatuses coexist, time slot assignment in a transmission frame period in said wireless networks, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a request for constructing a new wireless network;
• performing time slot assignment with a time slot unassigned area set in an own wireless network in response to said construction request;
• and
• transmitting time slot assignment information in said own wireless network.

A computer-readable program for executing, on a computer system, processing of performing, in a network environment in which a plurality of wireless networks for performing guaranteed time slot transmission in every predetermined transmission frame period between wireless communication apparatuses coexist, time slot assignment in a transmission frame period in said wireless networks, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting a request for constructing a new wireless network to any of said existing wireless networks;
• receiving time slot assignment information from any of said existing wireless networks;
• and
• performing time slot assignment in an own wireless network on the basis of said time slot assignment information.