Radio device, transmission and reception directivity control method and transmission and reception directivity control program

1. A radio device comprising:

an array antenna including a plurality of antennas;

a reception signal processing unit multiplying signals provided from said respective antennas of said array antenna by reception weights, and thereby extracting a signal received from desired another radio device;

a first switch provided corresponding to at least one of said plurality of antennas for providing the signal received from the corresponding antenna to said reception signal processing unit in a receive operation;

a transmission signal processing unit modulating and providing a transmission signal to said first switch corresponding to the one antenna of said plurality of antennas;

a reception level measuring unit for measuring a reception level of the signal received by said plurality of antennas from the desired another radio device to be communicated with said radio device;

a storage unit for storing a result of the measurement by said reception level measuring unit and a transmission power level required in accordance with said reception level such that the transmission power level is suppressed within a level allowing communication of the desired another radio device in an own cell of said radio device so that interference with a peripheral cell is reduced; and

a transmission power calculating unit for controlling an output level of said transmission signal processing unit in accordance with the transmission power level determined based on the information stored in said storage unit, wherein

said first switch provides the signal received from said transmission signal processing unit to said corresponding antenna in a transmission operation.

2. A transmission and reception directivity control method of a radio device with an array antenna including a plurality of antennas, comprising the steps of:

multiplying signals provided from said respective antennas of said array antenna by reception weights, and thereby performing separation and extraction of a signal received from desired another radio device;

modulating a transmission signal;

providing said modulated transmission signal to one of said plurality of antennas;

measuring reception levels of signals sent from the desired another radio device to be communicated with said radio device and received by said plurality of antennas;

storing said reception levels and transmission power levels required according to the reception levels such that the transmission power levels are suppressed within a level allowing communication of the desired another radio device in an own cell of said radio device so that interference with a peripheral cell is reduced;

determining a transmission power level based on said reception levels and the transmission power levels required according to the reception levels; and

controlling a level of an output of said modulated transmission signal according to said determined transmission power level.

3. The transmission and reception directivity control method according to claim 2 , further comprising the steps of:

measuring reception levels of signals sent from a terminal to be communicated with said radio device and received by said plurality of antennas;

storing the measured reception levels;

selecting the antenna having the maximum reception level from said plurality of antennas based on said stored reception levels; and

providing said modulated transmission signal to the selected antenna.