US 2010/0135214 A1 · WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Abstract

A technique that can effectively utilize unused wireless link and realize high-quality wireless communication between a communication terminal and a base station and enables efficient distribution of radio resources over an entire wireless communication system is provided. A wireless communication system in which a base station and a communication terminal can conduct wireless communication by detecting a usable wireless link and changing a wireless link used for the connection is also provided. On the communication network side, in addition to a plurality of wireless communication networks and a base station, a server device is provided. Connection-method reconstruction management means for determining a connection method of the wireless communication on the basis of communication condition information including information on usable wireless link at current locations of the base station and the communication terminal and connection-method reconstruction control means for controlling the connection method of the wireless communication for the corresponding base station are provided.

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Dependent claims

A wireless communication system in which a base station and a communication terminal can conduct wireless communication by detecting a usable wireless link and changing the wireless link used for connection, comprising:

on the communication network side,
a plurality of wireless communication networks having at least different communication methods;
a single or a plurality of base stations corresponding to the wireless communication network;
base-station usable link detecting means for detecting a usable wireless link at a current location of the base station;
connection-method reconstruction management means for determining a connection method of the wireless communication on the basis of communication condition information including information on the usable wireless link at the current locations of the base station and the communication terminal;
and
a connection-method reconstruction control means for controlling the connection method of the wireless communication for the corresponding base stations according to the connection method determined by the connection-method reconstruction management means;
and
on the communication terminal,
a terminal usable link detecting means for detecting a usable wireless link at a current location of the communication terminal;
a terminal reconstruction management means for notifying communication condition information on the terminal side including the information on the detected usable wireless link to the connection-method reconstruction management means and for receiving the connection method determined by the connection-method reconstruction management means;
and
a terminal reconstruction control means for controlling the connection method of the wireless communication at the communication terminal according to the connection method received by the terminal reconstruction management means.

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A wireless communication reconstruction management server for wireless communication between a base station and a communication terminal by detecting a usable wireless link and by changing the wireless link to be used in the connection, comprising:

connection-method reconstruction management means for determining a connection method of wireless communication on the basis of communication condition information including information on a usable wireless link at the respective current locations of the base station and the communication terminal;
and
a connection-method reconstruction control means for controlling the connection method of the wireless communication for the corresponding base station according to the connection method determined by the connection-method reconstruction management means.

A wireless communication method in which a base station and a communication terminal can conduct wireless communication by detecting a usable wireless link and by changing the wireless link to be used for connection, using a plurality of wireless communication networks with at least different communication methods and a single or a plurality of base stations corresponding to the wireless communication network, comprising:

a step of usable link detection in which base-station usable link detecting means provided on the communication network side and terminal usable link detecting means of the communication terminal detect usable wireless links at the respective current locations;
a step of communication condition information notification in which terminal reconstruction management means of the communication terminal notifies the communication condition information on the terminal side including the information on the detected usable wireless link to connection-method reconstruction management means provided on the communication network side;
a step of connection-method determination in which the connection-method reconstruction management means determines a connection method of wireless communication on the basis of the communication condition information including the information of usable wireless links at the current locations of the base station and the communication terminal and transmits it to the communication terminal;
a step of connection method reception in which the terminal reconstruction management means of the communication terminal receives the connection method determined by the connection-method reconstruction management means;
a step of connection-method reconstruction control in which connection-method reconstruction control means provided on the communication network side controls a connection method of the wireless communication for the corresponding base station according to the determined connection method;
and
a step of terminal reconstruction control in which terminal reconstruction control means of the communication terminal controls the connection method of the wireless communication at the communication terminal according to the determined connection method.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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