Wireless communication system base station apparatus, wireless communication system terminal apparatus, wireless communication system, and method for canceling direct link mode

A base station apparatus for a wireless communication system, provided for a wireless communication system, which includes a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, which has a plurality of communication modes related to the data communication, and which includes a direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes, said base station apparatus comprising:

• a specifying device for specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a band reserving device for reserving a communication band for change from the available communication band in response to reservation request information indicating to request the reservation of the communication band for change required to change the direct link mode to the another communication mode, the reservation request information being generated if data communication in the direct link mode is performed on each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the reservation request information being transmitted through a terminal-side wireless communicating device provided for each of said terminal apparatuses;
• a reservation completion information generating device for generating reservation completion information indicating the communication band for change is reserved when the communication band for change is reserved;
• a base-station-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the reservation completion information to said terminal apparatus which is a transmission destination of the reservation completion information;
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• a cancelling device for cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode by using the reserved communication band for change, in response to cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode, the cancellation instruction information being generated if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied on said terminal apparatus which is a transmission destination of the reservation completion information, the cancellation instruction information transmitted through the terminal-side wireless communicating device.

A base station apparatus for a wireless communication system, provided for a wireless communication system, which includes a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, which has a plurality of communication modes related to the data communication, and which includes a direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes, said base station apparatus comprising:

• a specifying device for specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a base-station-side cancellation determining device for determining whether or not to cancel the direct link mode on the basis of the available communication band, in response to cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode, the cancellation instruction information being generated if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied on each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the cancellation instruction information being transmitted through a terminal-side wireless communicating device provided for each of said terminal apparatuses;
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• a cancelling device for cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode if it is determined to cancel the direct link mode.

A terminal apparatus for a wireless communication system, capable of wirelessly performing data communication between another terminal apparatus for a wireless communication system and being provided with the another terminal apparatus for a wireless communication system and a base station apparatus in a wireless communication system, which has a plurality of communication modes related to the data communication and which includes a direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, said base station apparatus capable of cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode, said terminal apparatus comprising:

• a cancellation instruction information generating device for generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied;
• a terminal-side cancellation determining device for determining whether or not to cancel the direct link mode, on the basis of band information indicating an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system, the band information being generated on said base station apparatus, the band information being transmitted through a base-station-side wireless communicating device provided for said base station apparatus;
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• a terminal-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the cancellation instruction information to said base station apparatus if the cancellation condition is satisfied and it is determined to cancel the direct link mode by said terminal-side cancellation determining device.

A terminal apparatus for a wireless communication system, capable of wirelessly performing data communication between another terminal apparatus for a wireless communication system and being provided with the another terminal apparatus for a wireless communication system and a base station apparatus in a wireless communication system, which has a plurality of communication modes related to the data communication and which includes a direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, said base station apparatus capable of cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode, said terminal apparatus comprising:

• a reservation request information generating device for generating reservation request information indicating to request reservation of a communication band for change required to change the direct link mode to the another communication mode if the data communication is performed in the direct link mode;
• a terminal-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the reservation request information to said base station apparatus;
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• a cancellation instruction information generating device for generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied,
• said terminal-side wireless communicating device transmitting the reservation request information to said base station apparatus in accordance with reservation completion information indicating that the communication band for change is reserved, the reservation completion information being generated on said base station apparatus if said base station apparatus reserves the communication band for change from an available communication band of the communication band of the wireless communication system in response to the transmitted reservation request information, the reservation completion information being transmitted through a base-station-side wireless communicating device.

A wireless communication system, including a base station apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, having a plurality of communication modes in performing the data communication, and including a direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes,

• said base station apparatus comprising:
• a specifying device for specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a band information generating device for generating band information indicating the available communication band;
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• a base-station-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the band information to at least one portion of the plurality of terminal apparatuses,
• each of said plurality of terminal apparatuses comprising:
• a cancellation instruction information generating device for generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied;
• a terminal-side cancellation determining device for determining whether or not to cancel the direct link mode, on the basis of the transmitted band information;
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• a terminal-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the cancellation instruction information to said base station apparatus if the cancellation condition is satisfied and it is determined to cancel the direct link mode by said terminal-side cancellation determining device,
• said base station apparatus further comprising a cancelling device for cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode in response to the transmitted cancellation instruction information, the direct link mode being associated with said terminal apparatus which is a transmission source of the cancellation instruction information.

A wireless communication system, including a base station apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, having a plurality of communication modes in performing the data communication, and including a direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes,

• each of said plurality of terminal apparatuses comprising:
• a reservation request information generating device for generating reservation request information indicating to request reservation of a communication band for change required to change the direct link mode to the another communication mode if the data communication is performed in the direct link mode;
• a terminal-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the reservation request information to said base station apparatus;
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• a cancellation instruction information generating device for generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied,
• said base station apparatus comprising:
• a specifying device for specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a band reserving device for reserving a communication band for change from the available communication band in response to the transmitted reservation request information;
• a reservation completion information generating device for generating reservation completion information indicating the communication band for change is reserved when the communication band for change is reserved;
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• a base-station-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the reservation completion information to said terminal apparatus which is a transmission destination of the reservation completion information,
• said terminal-side wireless communicating device transmitting the cancellation instruction information to said base station apparatus in response to the transmitted reservation completion information,
• said base station apparatus further comprising a cancelling device for cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode by using the reserved communication band for change, in response to the transmitted cancellation instruction information.

A wireless communication system, including a base station apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, having a plurality of communication modes in performing the data communication, and including a direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes,

• each of said plurality of terminal apparatuses comprising:
• a cancellation instruction information generating device for generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied;
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• a terminal-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the cancellation instruction information to said base station apparatus,
• said base station apparatus comprising:
• a specifying device for specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a base-station-side cancellation determining device for determining whether or not to cancel the direct link mode on the basis of the available communication band, in response to the transmitted cancellation instruction information;
• a cancellation prohibiting information generating device for generating cancellation prohibiting information indicating to prohibit the cancellation of the direct link mode if it is determined not to cancel the direct link mode by said base-station-side cancellation determining device;
• a base-station-side wireless communicating device for transmitting the cancellation prohibiting information to said terminal apparatus which is a transmission source of the cancellation prohibiting information;
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• a cancelling device for cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode if it is determined to cancel the direct link mode by said base-station-side cancellation determining device.

A method of cancelling a direct link mode in a wireless communication system, including a base station apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, having a plurality of communication modes in performing the data communication, and including the direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes,

• said method comprising, in said base station apparatus:
• a specifying process of specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a band information generating process of generating band information indicating the available communication band;
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• a first transmitting process of transmitting the band information to at least one portion of the plurality of terminal apparatuses,
• said method comprising, in each of said plurality of terminal apparatuses:
• a cancellation instruction information generating process of generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied;
• a terminal-side cancellation determining process of determining whether or not to cancel the direct link mode, on the basis of the transmitted band information;
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• a second transmitting process of transmitting the cancellation instruction information to said base station apparatus if the cancellation condition is satisfied and it is determined to cancel the direct link mode by said terminal-side cancellation determining process,
• said method further comprising, in said base station apparatus, a cancelling process of cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode in response to the transmitted cancellation instruction information, the direct link mode being associated with said terminal apparatus which is a transmission source of the cancellation instruction information.

A method of cancelling a direct link mode in a wireless communication system, including a base station apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, having a plurality of communication modes in performing the data communication, and including the direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes,

• said method comprising, in each of said plurality of terminal apparatuses:
• a reservation request information generating process of generating reservation request information indicating to request reservation of a communication band for change required to change the direct link mode to the another communication mode if the data communication is performed in the direct link mode;
• a first transmitting process of transmitting the reservation request information to said base station apparatus;
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• a cancellation instruction information generating process of generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied,
• said method comprising, in said base station apparatus:
• a specifying process of specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a band reserving process of reserving a communication band for change from the available communication band in response to the transmitted reservation request information;
• a reservation completion information generating process of generating reservation completion information indicating the communication band for change is reserved when the communication band for change is reserved;
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• a second transmitting process of transmitting the reservation completion information to said terminal apparatus which is a transmission destination of the reservation completion information,
• said method further comprising, in said terminal apparatus, a third transmitting process of transmitting the cancellation instruction information to said base station apparatus in response to the transmitted reservation completion information,
• said method further comprising, in said base station apparatus, a cancelling process of cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode by using the reserved communication band for change, in response to the transmitted cancellation instruction information.

A method of cancelling a direct link mode in a wireless communication system, including a base station apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses capable of wirelessly performing data communication between said terminal apparatuses, having a plurality of communication modes in performing the data communication, and including the direct link mode (i) directly performed between said terminal apparatuses and (ii) having a required communication band smaller than that of another communication mode, as one of the communication modes,

• said method comprising, in each of said plurality of terminal apparatuses:
• a cancellation instruction information generating process of generating cancellation instruction information indicating to instruct the cancellation of the direct link mode if a predetermined cancellation condition determined in advance as a condition to cancel the direct link mode is satisfied;
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• a first transmitting process of transmitting the cancellation instruction information to said base station apparatus,
• said method comprising, in said base station apparatus:
• a specifying process of specifying an available communication band from the communication band of the wireless communication system;
• a base-station-side cancellation determining process of determining whether or not to cancel the direct link mode on the basis of the available communication band, in response to the transmitted cancellation instruction information;
• a cancellation prohibiting information generating process of generating cancellation prohibiting information indicating to prohibit the cancellation of the direct link mode if it is determined not to cancel the direct link mode by said base-station-side cancellation determining process;
• a second transmitting process of transmitting the cancellation prohibiting information to said terminal apparatus which is a transmission source of the cancellation prohibiting information;
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• a cancelling process of cancelling the direct link mode by changing the direct link mode to the another communication mode if it is determined to cancel the direct link mode by said base-station-side cancellation determining process.