Granted Patent B2

US 7,133,379 · App. 10/181,349 · Granted Nov 7, 2006

Abstract

Claims (22)

1. A base station apparatus accommodated in a first wireless communication system of a wireless communication system that combines said first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system, said first communication system performing a packet communication at a relatively high transmission rate by assigning communication resources to each communication terminal accommodated in said first communication system and by transmitting a transmit packet generated in accordance with the assignment to all communication terminals accommodated in said first communication system with same transmit power, said second wireless communication system performing a wireless communication at a lower transmission rate than said first wireless communication system, comprising:

an assignment section which, when said second wireless communication system issues an interruption request to a communication terminal that performs a packet communication in said first wireless communication system, modifies a priority of the communication terminal given the interruption request higher than when there is no interruption request and assigns communication resources, and

a transmit signal generation section that generates a transmit packet for a downlink channel in accordance with the assignment of communication resources by said assignment section.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said assignment section performs the assignment of communication resources in a way that a transmission rate for data for the communication in respect to which an interruption request is made becomes higher than a when there is no interruption request.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 2 , comprising a detection section that detects channel quality with each of a plurality of communication terminals accommodated under said base station, wherein said assignment section comprises:

a provisional assignment circuit that assigns a higher priority in descending order of channel quality detected in said detection section and assigns communication resources to each of said plurality of communication terminals accordingly, and

a reassignment circuit that, when there is an interruption request from said second wireless communication system, modifies priority of the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made higher than it was set when provisional communication resources were assigned, and assigns communication resources again.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said assignment section modifies the number of transmit slots to assign to data for the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made larger than when there is no interruption request.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said assignment section modifies a coding rate whereby data for the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made coded lower than when there is no interruption request.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a modulation level number upon a modulation of the data for the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made higher than when there is no interruption request.

7. The base station apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, upon executing spreading processing on data for the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made, said assignment section modifies a spreading factor lower than when there is no interruption request.

8. A communication terminal, accommodated in a wireless communication system that combines a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system, said first communication system performing a packet communication at a relatively high transmission rate by assigning communication resources to each communication terminal accommodated in said first communication system and by transmitting a transmit packet generated in accordance with the assignment to all communication terminals accommodated in said first communication system with same transmit power, said second wireless communication system performing a wireless communication at a lower transmission rate than said first wireless communication system, comprising:

a selection section that, when there is an interruption request from said second wireless communication system before packet communication under said first wireless communication is complete, selects a communication mode whereby the transmission rate of the data for said communication terminal in said first wireless communication system is modified higher than when there is no interruption request, and

a transmission section that transmits to said first wireless communication system a data rate control signal that denotes the selected communication mode.

9. A wireless communication system that combines a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system, said first communication system performing a packet communication at a relatively high transmission rate by assigning communication resources to each communication terminal accommodated in said first communication system and by transmitting a transmit packet generated in accordance with the assignment to all communication terminals accommodated in said first communication system with same transmit power, said second wireless communication system performing a wireless communication at a lower transmission rate than said first wireless communication system, wherein:

when said second wireless communication system issues an interruption request to a communication terminal that performs a packet communication in said first wireless communication system, priority of the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made is modified higher than when there is no interruption request and communication resources are assigned accordingly, and a transmit packet for a downlink channel is generated in accordance with the assigned communication resources.

10. A wireless communication system that combines a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system, said first communication system performing a packet communication at a relatively high transmission rate by assigning communication resources to each communication terminal accommodated in said first communication system and by transmitting a transmit packet generated in accordance with the assignment to all communication terminals accommodated in said first communication system with same transmit power, said second wireless communication system performing a wireless communication at a lower transmission rate than said first wireless communication system, wherein:

when said second wireless communication system issues an interruption request to a communication terminal that performs a packet communication in said first wireless communication system, said first wireless communication system suspends communication with the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made, while said second wireless communication system starts communication with the communication terminal, and after communication under said second wireless communication system is complete, said first wireless communication system resumes packet communication with the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made and transmits only the data that was unsent when packet transmission was suspended in packet transmission.

11. A wireless communication system that combines a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system, said first communication system performing a packet communication at a relatively high transmission rate by assigning communication resources to each communication terminal accommodated in said first communication system and by transmitting a transmit packet generated in accordance with the assignment to all communication terminals accommodated in said first communication system with same transmit power, said second wireless communication system performing a wireless communication at a lower transmission rate than said first wireless communication system, wherein:

when said second wireless communication system issues an interruption request to a communication terminal that performs a packet communication in said first wireless communication system, said first wireless communication system suspends packet communication with the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made, and said second wireless communication system starts a service for the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made, and the data for the communication terminal in respect to which an interruption request is made held by said first wireless communication system is inserted into an empty slot on a wireless channel assigned to said second wireless communication system and transmitted.

12. A wireless communication system that combines a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system, said first communication system performing a packet communication at a relatively high transmission rate by assigning communication resources to each communication terminal accommodated in said first communication system and by transmitting a transmit packet generated in accordance with the assignment to all communication terminals accommodated in said first communication system with same transmit power, said second wireless communication system performing a wireless communication at a lower transmission rate than said first wireless communication system, wherein:

when there is a call for a first communication terminal performing packet communication under said first wireless communication system from a second communication terminal that is not the same as the first communication terminal, under said second wireless communication system, a finishing time for the high-speed packet communication is calculated and said second communication terminal is informed of the calculated finishing time.

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