Wireless communication system and wireless communication device

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a base station; and

a terminal,

the system conducting a communication between the base station and the terminal, wherein

the base station includes a first communication unit using a first communication system of a TDMA system, and a second communication unit using a second communication system which differs from the first communication system,

the terminal includes a third communication unit using the first communication system of the TDMA system, and a fourth communication unit using the second communication system,

the base station transmits a control signal in the first communication system with the use of the first communication unit,

the base station determines timing of transmission for the second communication unit according to timing of TDMA of the first communication unit,

the third communication unit of the terminal receives the control signal transmitted from the base station in the first communication system, and

the fourth communication unit of the terminal is activated at timing when the fourth communication unit can receive a second control signal transmitted by the second communication unit of the base station according to information included in the control signal transmitted in the first communication system.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the second communication system is a wireless LAN using a communication standard of IEEE 802.11 series, and

the second control signal is a beacon of the wireless LAN transmitted by the base station.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 2 , wherein

the first communication unit of the base station transmits the control signal with the use of a wireless frame synchronizing signal created according to a self-timer, and

the second communication unit of the base station transmits the beacon of the wireless LAN at timing obtained by correction using the self-timer of the first communication unit.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the fourth communication unit of the terminal is activated at timing when the fourth communication unit can receive the second control signal, and stops an operation of the fourth communication unit according to a signal indicative of transmission complete transmitted by the base station.

5. The wireless communication system according to claim 2 , wherein when the second communication unit of the base station holds data scheduled to be transmitted to the terminal, the first communication unit transmits the control signal with information and time information being included in the control signal, wherein the information indicates that the data scheduled to be transmitted is held, and the time information indicates at which a beacon for allowing the terminal that is a destination of the data to receive the data is transmitted.

6. A wireless communication system comprising:

a plurality of base stations including a master base station, and a slave base station, and a terminal,

the system conducting a communication among the plurality of base stations, wherein

each of the plurality of base stations includes a first communication unit using a first communication system of a TDMA system, and a second communication unit using a second communication system which differs from the first communication system,

the terminal includes a third communication unit using the first communication system of the TDMA system, and a fourth communication unit using the second communication system,

each of the plurality of base stations determines timing of transmission of the second communication unit according to timing of the TDMA of the first communication unit,

the master base station in the plurality of base stations transmits a control signal in the first communication system,

the slave base station in the plurality of base stations conducts a communication in the first communication system in synchronization with the control signal,

the third communication unit of the terminal receives the control signal transmitted from the master base station in the first communication system, and

the fourth communication unit of the terminal controls receiving operation according to information included in the control signal transmitted in the first communication system.

7. The wireless communication system according to claim 6 , wherein

the first communication unit of each of the plurality of base stations detects a channel having a possibility of an interference according to an electric field intensity of a signal received from another surrounding base station, and notifies the second communication unit of information indicative of the channel, and

the second communication unit controls to prevent the notified channel from being used.

8. The wireless communication system according to claim 6 , wherein

the second communication system is a wireless LAN using a communication standard of IEEE 802.11 series, and

the fourth communication unit of the terminal is activated at timing when the fourth communication unit can receive a beacon of the wireless LAN transmitted by one of the plurality of base stations.

9. The wireless communication system according to claim 6 , wherein the first communication unit of the slave base station transmits the control signal with the use of a wireless frame synchronizing signal subjected to a correction based on the control signal from the master base station with the use of a function of an air synchronization, and each of the plurality of base stations transmits a beacon of the wireless LAN at timing obtained by a correction according to the wireless frame synchronizing signal.

10. A wireless communication device that operates as a base station in a wireless communication system that conducts a communication between the base station and a terminal, the wireless communication device comprising:

a first communication unit that uses a first communication system of a TDMA system; and

a second communication unit using a second communication system which differs from the first communication system, wherein

the base station determines timing of transmission for the second communication unit according to timing of TDMA of the first communication unit,

the first communication unit transmits a control signal in the first communication system with use of a wireless frame synchronizing signal created according to a self-timer, and

the second communication unit transmits a second control signal to the terminal at timing obtained by correction using the self-timer of the first communication unit.

11. The wireless communication device according to claim 10 , wherein

the second communication system is a wireless LAN using a communication standard of IEEE 802.11 series, and

the second control signal is a beacon of the wireless LAN.

12. The wireless communication device according to claim 10 , wherein when the second communication unit holds data scheduled to be transmitted to the terminal, the first communication unit transmits the control signal with information and time information being included in the control signal, wherein the information indicates that the data scheduled to be transmitted is held, and the time information indicates at which a beacon for allowing the terminal that is a destination of the data to receive the data is transmitted.

13. A wireless communication device that operates as a terminal in a wireless communication system that conducts a communication between a base station that operates as a master and the terminal, the wireless communication device comprising:

a third communication unit that uses a first communication system of a TDMA system; and

a fourth communication unit that uses a second communication system which differs from the first communication system, wherein

the third communication unit receives a control signal in the first communication system transmitted from the base station, and

the fourth communication unit is activated at timing when the fourth communication unit can receive a second control signal transmitted by a communication unit of the base station using the second communication system according to information included in the control signal transmitted in the first communication system.

14. The wireless communication system according to claim 13 , wherein the fourth communication unit starts a receiving operation with the use of the second communication system when information meaning that data addressed to the fourth communication unit is scheduled to be transmitted is included in the control signal transmitted in the first communication system.

15. The wireless communication system according to claim 13 , wherein

the second communication system is a wireless LAN using a communication standard of IEEE 802.11 series, and

the second control signal is a beacon of the wireless LAN obtained by the information included in the control signal.