IP Library Granted Patent US 7,885,605
Granted Patent B2
US 7,885,605 · App. 11/944,516 · Granted Feb 8, 2011

Communication terminal apparatus, communication system, communication method, and program

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Patent No.
US 7,885,605
App. No.
11/944,516
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication terminal apparatus, communication system, communication method, and program are provided that enable a decoding section of a mobile communication apparatus to be controlled and operated only when necessary even when receive data retransmission occurs. A radio communication apparatus is equipped with a radio antenna, a demodulation section that performs demodulation of receive data, a data combining section that combines the demodulated data with past data, a decoding section that decodes the combined data, an error correction section that performs error correction processing using the decoded data, an error determination section that determines a data error using the data on which error correction processing has been performed, a transmitting section, a retransmission determination section that determines data reliability and the number of retransmission requests based on the communication state of receive data, and a control section that controls each of the above sections, and control section stops the operation of decoding section and subsequent sections until data reliability determined by retransmission determination section exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Claims (48)

1. A communication terminal apparatus, comprising:

a demodulator that performs demodulation of received data;

a data combiner that combines said demodulated data with past data;

a decoder that decodes said combined data;

an error corrector that performs error correction processing using said decoded data;

an error determiner that determines a data error using data on which said error correction processing has been performed;

a data reliability determiner that determines data reliability based on a communication state of said received data; and

a controller that stops an operation of said decoder until said data reliability exceeds a predetermined threshold value; wherein

said data reliability determiner has beforehand a data reliability of each packet corresponding to a plurality of communication states, adds data reliabilities of said each packet at a timing related to said packet arrival, and determines that data reliability after addition exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

2. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller stops the operation of said decoder, said error corrector, and said error determiner until said data reliability exceeds said predetermined threshold value.

3. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller, when said data reliability exceeds the predetermined threshold value, enables the operation of said decoder, said error corrector, and said error determiner, and enables data transfer from said data combiner to said decoder.

4. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller issues a retransmission request at predetermined timing until said data reliability exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

5. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller sets a number of retransmission requests based on a communication state of said receive data.

6. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a field strength map that stores a field strength rank at a specific position within a radio communication coverage area of a base station;

a number-of-retransmissions record table showing correspondence between said field strength rank and a retransmission request record value; and

a position information measurer that measures position information,

wherein said controller references said field strength map based on said measured position information and finds said field strength rank, and references said number-of-retransmissions record table based on that field strength rank and sets a number of retransmission requests.

7. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a mode setter that sets a mode that uses said position information,

wherein said controller, when said mode using position information has been set, references said field strength map based on said measured position information and finds said field strength rank, and references said number-of-retransmissions record table based on that field strength rank and sets a number of retransmission requests.

8. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a field strength map creator that creates or updates said field strength map based on a communication state of said receive data at said measured specific position.

9. A communication system equipped with a base station and a plurality of communication terminal apparatuses present within a radio communication coverage area of said base station, wherein each of said plurality of communication terminal apparatuses comprise:

a demodulator that performs demodulation of received data;

a data combiner that combines said demodulated data with past data;

a decoder that decodes said combined data;

an error corrector that performs error correction processing using said decoded data;

an error determiner that determines a data error using data on which said error correction processing has been performed;

a data reliability determiner that determines data reliability based on a communication state of said received data; and

a controller that stops an operation of said decoder, said error corrector, and said error determiner, until said data reliability exceeds a predetermined threshold value; wherein

said data reliability determiner has beforehand a data reliability of each packet corresponding to a plurality of communication states, adds data reliabilities of said each packet at a timing related to said packet arrival, and determines that data reliability after addition exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

10. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein said controller issues a retransmission request to said base station at a predetermined timing until said data reliability exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

11. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein:

said each of said plurality of communication terminal apparatuses further comprise:

a field strength map that stores a field strength rank at a specific position within a radio communication coverage area of said base station;

a number-of-retransmissions record table showing correspondence between said field strength rank and a retransmission request record value;

a position information measurer that measures position information of the communication terminal apparatus itself; and

a mode setter that sets a mode that uses said position information in accordance with a directive from said base station, and

said controller, when said mode using position information has been set, references said field strength map based on said measured position information and finds said field strength rank, and references said number-of-retransmissions record table based on that field strength rank and sets a number of retransmission requests.

12. The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein said base station further comprises a field strength map creator that creates or updates said field strength map based on a communication state of said received data at said specific position measured by said plurality of communication terminal apparatuses.

13. A communication method that performs a radio communication via a base station, said communication method comprising:

performing a demodulation of received data;

combining said demodulated data with past data;

decoding said combined data;

performing error correction processing using said decoded data;

determining a data error using data on which said error correction processing has been performed;

determining data reliability based on a communication state of said received data; and

issuing a retransmission request to said base station at predetermined timing and stopping an operation of said decoding onward until said data reliability exceeds a predetermined threshold value; wherein

said determining data reliability has beforehand a data reliability of each packet corresponding to a plurality of communication states, adds data reliabilities of said each packet at a timing related to said packet arrival, and determines that data reliability after addition exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0516 →