IP Library Granted Patent US 9,736,879
Granted Patent B2
US 9,736,879 · App. 14/551,441 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Wireless communications system, wireless station, base station, and communications method

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Patent No.
US 9,736,879
App. No.
14/551,441
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communications system includes a base station; and a wireless station. The base station, after receiving a first control signal that includes classifying information, configures by a second control signal, transition of a communication mode and releases by a third control signal, the transition of the communication mode. The wireless station performs transition of a mode of communication by the communication mode configured by the second control signal, and releases by the third control signal, the transition of the communication mode.

Claims (27)

1. A wireless communications system comprising:

a base station; and

a wireless station, wherein

the base station, after receiving a first control signal of Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol including classifying information, configures transition from an RRC idle mode to an RRC connected mode by a second control signal of RRC protocol indicating a timing of the transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode, wherein the second control signal is transmitted from the base station to the wireless station or from the wireless station to the base station, and

the wireless station performs transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode at the timing indicated by the second control signal.

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

the first control signal is a signal that is transmitted from the wireless station and indicates that a classification of the wireless station is a specific classification.

3. The wireless communications system according to claim 1 , wherein

the second control signal indicates a plurality of timings for the base station and the wireless station to transition to a data-communication-enabled mode, and

the base station and the wireless station transition to the data-communication-enabled mode, at the plurality of timings indicated by the second control signal and perform data communication.

4. The wireless communications system according to claim 3 , wherein

the base station and the wireless station perform the data communication at the plurality of timings, by a same wireless parameter.

5. The wireless communications system according to claim 3 , wherein

the plurality of timings is a timing of a constant cycle, and

the wireless station periodically transmits data to the base station.

6. The wireless communications system according to claim 2 , wherein

whether to perform for a wireless station that is not of the specific classification, the transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode based on a configuration of the second control signal is determined according to a state of the wireless station that is not of the specific classification.

7. A wireless station that performs wireless communication by preconfiguring transition of an RRC idle mode to an RRC connected mode such that data communication is enabled, the wireless station comprising:

a processor coupled with a transceiver and configured to:

transmit to a base station, a first control signal of Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol including classifying information;

configure transition from an RRC idle mode to an RRC connected mode by a second control signal of RRC protocol indicating a timing of the transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode, wherein the second control signal is transmitted from the base station to the wireless station or from the wireless station to the base station; and

perform transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode at the timing indicated by the second control signal.

8. A base station that performs wireless communication by preconfiguring a transition of an RRC idle mode to an RRC connected mode such that data communication is enabled, the base station comprising:

a processor coupled with a transceiver and configured to:

receive from a wireless station, a first control signal of Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol including classifying information;

configure transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode by a second control signal of RRC protocol indicating a timing of the transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode, wherein the second control signal is transmitted from the base station to the wireless station or from the wireless station to the base station; and

perform transition from the RRC idle mode to the RRC connected mode at the timing indicated by the second control signal.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 066909/0359 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048174/0485 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2014
From: OHTA, YOSHIAKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034251/0066 →