Broadcasting method and radio apparatus
View Patent ↗A processing unit sets the time interval before packet signals are broadcast, using a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) scheme. A modem unit and an RF unit broadcasts the packet signals at the time intervals set by the processing unit. The RF unit and the modem unit receive a control signal broadcast from an access control apparatus at a predetermined frequency. The processing unit sets the time interval, during which the control signal is receivable, to a time length shorter than the time interval for the remaining cases.
1. A radio apparatus, comprising:
a control unit configured to set a time interval before a packet signal is broadcast; and
a communication unit configured to broadcast the packet signal at the time interval set by said control unit, wherein
the communication unit receives a control signal broadcasted from an access control apparatus, the control signal including information regarding frame construction defining 100 milliseconds frames each including a first period and a second period, during the first period, a packet signal under an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme is broadcasted by the access control apparatus, during the second period, a packet signal under a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) communication scheme is broadcasted by the radio apparatus, the control signal being broadcasted in the first period,
while the radio apparatus is in a location where no control signal is receivable by the communication unit, the control unit sets the time interval to be a first interval to broadcast the packet signal under the CSMA/CA communication scheme independently of the information regarding frame construction,
while the radio apparatus is in a location where the control signal is receivable in the first period by the communication unit, the control unit sets the time interval to a second interval shorter than the first interval to broadcast the packet signal under the CSMA/CA communication scheme in the second period,
the first period includes a plurality of first slots in which a packet signal under the OFDM scheme from the access control apparatus is broadcasted and a plurality of second slots in which a packet signal under the OFDM scheme from the radio apparatus is transmitted, the first and second slots being time-division multiplexed, and
the control signal received by said communication unit contains slot information on the plurality of second slots in the first period, the slot information being usable for communication between the radio apparatus and a second radio apparatus different from the radio apparatus, and the slot information comprising an indication on one or more collision slots if a collision is detected by the access control apparatus during the one or more collision slots among the plurality of second slots.
2. The radio apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said control unit stores, beforehand, a first parameter to set the time interval, and
when the control signal containing a second parameter to set the time interval is received by said communication unit, the second parameter contained in the control signal is used to set the time interval.
3. The radio apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a detecting unit configured to detect a packet signal, broadcast from a plurality of radio apparatuses different from the radio apparatus and the second radio apparatus, which fails to comply with the slot information contained in the control signal, wherein
when the packet signal which fails to comply with the slot information is detected by said detecting unit, said communication unit transmits a packet signal used to inform the plurality of radio apparatuses of the second period.
4. The radio apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second parameter included in the control signal received by the communication unit sets a shorter time interval than the time interval set by the first parameter stored beforehand in the control unit.
5. A broadcasting method, comprising:
setting a time interval before a packet signal is broadcast; and
broadcasting the packet signal at the time interval, wherein
a control signal is broadcasted from an access control apparatus, the control signal including information regarding frame construction defining 100 milliseconds frames each including a first period and a second period, during the first period, a packet signal under an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme is broadcasted by the access control apparatus, during the second period, a packet signal under a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) communication scheme is broadcasted by a radio apparatus, the control signal being broadcasted in the first period,
while no control signal is receivable, setting the time interval to be a first interval to broadcast the packet signal under the CSMA/CA communication scheme independently of the information regarding frame construction,
while the control signal is receivable in the first period, setting the time interval to a second interval shorter than the first interval to broadcast the packet signal under the CSMA/CA communication scheme in the second period,
the first period includes a plurality of first slots in which a packet signal under the OFDM scheme from the access control apparatus is broadcasted and a plurality of second slots in which a packet signal under the OFDM scheme from the radio apparatus is transmitted, the first and second slots being time-division multiplexed, and
the control signal contains slot information on the plurality of second slots in the first period, the slot information being usable for communication between the radio apparatus and a second radio apparatus different than the radio apparatus, and the slot information comprising an indication on one or more collision slots if a collision is detected by the access control apparatus during the one or more collision slots among the plurality of second slots.