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US 9,755,725 B2Granted
Relay device, relay method, wireless communication system, base station, and wireless communication device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYuichi Morioka
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Abstract
Provided is a relay device including a receiving unit for receiving information from a plurality of wireless communication devices, a storage unit for accumulating the information received from the plurality of wireless communication devices by the receiving unit, an information processing unit for aggregating the information accumulated in the storage unit, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the information aggregated by the information processing unit to a base station.
Claims12
A relay device, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive a plurality of first data frames that contain pieces of information from a plurality of wireless communication devices that include Machine Type Communications (MTC) terminals and non-Machine Type Communications (non-MTC) terminals;
- determine whether each of the pieces of information is from one of the MTC terminals or one of the non-MTC terminals;
- accumulate a first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals in the circuitry;
- aggregate the first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals and accumulated in the circuitry to a second data frame in an intermittent manner within an earliest timing among timings of respective first allowable delay times of the respective first set of the pieces of information,
- wherein a second allowable delay times of a respective second set of the pieces of information determined to be from the non-MTC terminals is shorter than the first allowable delay times of the respective first set of the pieces of information;
- transmit the aggregated first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals to a base station;
- and
- transmit a second set of the pieces of information determined to be from the non-MTC terminals to the base station individually.
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A relay method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of data frames containing pieces of information from each of a plurality of wireless communication devices that include Machine Type Communications (MTC) terminals and non-Machine Type Communications (non-MTC) terminals;
- determining, using circuitry, whether the pieces of information are from the MTC terminals or the non-MTC terminals;
- accumulating a first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals in the circuitry;
- aggregating, using the circuitry, the first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals and accumulated in the circuitry to a single data frame in an intermittent manner within an earliest timing among timings of respective first allowable delay times of the respective first set of the pieces of information,
- wherein a second allowable delay times of a respective second set of the pieces of information determined to be from the non-MTC terminals is shorter than the first allowable delay times of the respective first set of the pieces of information;
- transmitting the aggregated first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals to a base station;
- and
- relaying a second set of the pieces of information determined to be from the non-MTC terminals to the base station individually.
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A wireless communication system, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless communication devices that include Machine Type Communications (MTC) terminals and non-Machine Type Communications (non-MTC) terminals;
- and
- a relay device that includes circuitry configured to:
- receive a plurality of data frames that contain pieces of information from the plurality of wireless communication devices;
- determine whether each of the pieces of information is from one of the MTC terminals or one of the non-MTC terminals;
- accumulate a first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals in the circuitry;
- aggregate the first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals and accumulated in the circuitry to a single data frame in an intermittent manner within an earliest timing among timings of respective first allowable delay times of the respective first set of the pieces of information,
- wherein a second allowable delay times of a respective second set of the pieces of information determined to be from the non-MTC terminals is shorter than the first allowable delay times of the respective first set of the pieces of information;
- transmit the aggregated first set of the pieces of information determined to be from the MTC terminals to a base station;
- and
- transmit a second set of the pieces of information determined to be from the non-MTC terminals to the base station individually.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.