Radio communication system
View Patent ↗A TDMA radio communication system using a multiple subcarrier modulation method and comprising at least a first and a second radio station. The first radio station carries out communications by selectively modulating a subcarrier with which a desired transmission rate can be obtained in the second radio station, thereby providing a radio communication system that does not require the monitoring of each time slot by a terminal.
1. A TDMA radio communication system that uses a multiple subcarrier modulation method, comprising:
at least a first and a second radio station, wherein said first radio station carries out communications by selecting and then modulating only a subcarrier with which a desired transfer rate can be obtained in said second radio station, wherein
said second radio station includes:
a power detection unit detecting a received power for each subcarrier and detecting an interference power from another radio station with which said second radio station is communicating; and
a notification unit notifying said first radio station of information regarding said received power and said interference power detected by said power detection unit, and wherein
said first radio station includes:
a subcarrier selection unit selecting, based on a reception state and an interference state of each subcarrier that have been returned from said second radio station, only a subcarrier with which a desired transmission rate can be achieved in said second radio station, wherein only the subcarrier that has been selected by said subcarrier selection unit is selected and modulated for communication.
2. The TDMA radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said power detection unit comprising an interference power determination unit, a memory unit, and a calculation unit, wherein said first radio station is grouped with other first radio stations that provide interference in a communication area of said first radio station, wherein said interference power determination unit extracts or calculates, upon transmission of a notification signal from each of said grouped first radio stations one by one successively, an interference power state for each subcarrier of said second radio station, wherein the calculated value is stored in said memory unit and wherein said calculation unit calculates a ratio of a desired wave power to an interference power for each subcarrier.
3. The TDMA radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said power detection unit comprises an interference power measuring unit and a calculation unit, wherein said first radio station is grouped with other first radio stations that provide interference within a communication area of said first radio station, wherein each of said grouped first radio stations transmits a notification signal at the same time, wherein said interference power measuring unit measures, upon termination of the transmission from said first radio stations one by one successively and periodically in a cyclic manner, the interference power of said first radio stations other than said first station with which said second radio station is communicating, for each subcarrier, and wherein said calculation unit calculates a ratio of a desired wave power to an interference power for each subcarrier.
4. A TDMA radio communication system that uses a multiple subcarrier modulation method, comprising at least a first radio station and a second radio station, wherein said first radio station conducts communications by selectively modulating a subcarrier with which a desired transfer rate can be obtained in said second radio station, wherein said second radio station includes:
a power detection unit detecting a received power for each subcarrier from a radio station other than said first radio station with which said second radio station is communicating, for each subcarrier;
a notification unit notifying said first radio station of information regarding said received power detected by said power detection unit; and
a subcarrier selection unit selecting, based on the information regarding said received power of each subcarrier that have been returned from said second radio station, only a subcarrier with which a desired transmission rate can be achieved in said second radio station, wherein only the subcarrier that has been selected by said subcarrier selection unit is selected and modulated for communication.
5. A communication method wherein a first communication destination carries out communications by selecting and then modulating only a subcarrier with which a desired transfer rate can be obtained in a second communication destination, wherein the communication method includes the following steps:
detecting a received power for each subcarrier and detecting a interference power from another communication destination with which said second communication destination is communicating;
notifying said first communication destination of information regarding said received power and said interference power detected; and
selecting, based on a reception state and an interference state of each subcarrier that have been returned from said second communication destination, only a subcarrier with which a desired transmission rate can be achieved in said second communication destination, wherein only the subcarrier that has been selected is selected and modulated for communication.