Granted Patent B2

US 10,212,749 · App. 14/933,582 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a mobile station; and

a base station, wherein

the mobile station and the base station communicate with each other;

the mobile station includes:

a first communicator that performs multiple communications with the base station by using a first logical processing subject and a second logical processing subject that operates in association with the first logical processing subject; and

a transmitter that notifies the base station of data amount or data reception state information in accordance with information for a configuring cycle which the mobile station receives from the base station, and

the base station includes:

a second communicator that transmits data; and

a controller that receives the data amount or data reception state information from the transmitter and controls an amount of data transmitted by the second communicator.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

another base station including a third communicator that transmits data received from the second communicator to the mobile station, wherein

the first communicator performs multiple communications with the base station and the other base station,

the second communicator transmits data to one or more of the other base station, and

the controller controls an amount of data transmitted from the second communicator to one or more of the other base station, based on the data amount or data reception state information received from the transmitter.

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

the second communicator and a third communicator perform communications by one or more link layer protocols, and

the third communicator receives data from the second communicator in any of the link layer protocols.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 2 , wherein the base station and the other base station are connected by wire.

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

the first communicator accumulates data received from the other base station in a buffer, and extracts and processes data from the buffer,

the transmitter notifies the base station of a retention amount of data in the buffer, and

the controller reduces an amount of data transmitted from the second communicator to the other base station with an increase in the retention amount of data.

6. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter sends a notification when a retention amount of data exceeds a threshold.

7. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter sends a notification each time a predetermined time elapses.

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

the second communicator regularly assigns numbers to pieces of the data and transmits the pieces of the data to the other base station, and

the transmitter specifies a piece of data that has not been received from the other base station based on the numbers assigned to pieces of data stored in a buffer, and transmits information on the specified piece of data to the base station to notify an amount of data retained in the buffer.

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

the controller notifies the transmitter of setting information used for notifying the amount of data, and

the transmitter notifies the amount of data based on the setting information received from the controller.

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

the second communicator transmits data to an RLC layer of the third communicator, and

the transmitter notifies the base station of the data amount or data reception state information by using a PDCP status report.

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

the second communicator transmits data to a MAC layer of the third communicator, and

the transmitter notifies the base station of the data amount or data reception state information by using RLC feedback information.

12. A mobile station, which is included in a wireless communication system that has the mobile station and a base station which communicate with each other, the mobile station comprising:

a communicator that includes a first logical processing subject and a second logical processing subject that operates in association with the first logical processing subject and performs multiple communications with a base station; and

a transmitter that notifies the base station of data amount or data reception state information in accordance with information for a configuring cycle which is sent from the base station.

13. A base station comprising:

a communicator that performs multiple communications with a mobile station; and

a controller that receives data amount or data reception state information from the mobile station in accordance with information for a configuring cycle which is sent from the base station and controls an amount of data transmitted by the communicator.

14. A wireless communication method in a wireless communication system that includes a mobile station and a base station, the communication method comprising:

causing the mobile station to perform multiple communications with the base station by using a first logical processing subject and a second logical processing subject that operates in association with the first logical processing subject;

causing the mobile station to notify the base station of data amount or data reception state information;

causing the base station to receive, in accordance with information for a configuring cycle which the mobile station receives from the base station, the data amount or data reception state information from the mobile station and control an amount of data to be transmitted; and

causing the base station to transmit data with the controlled amount of data.

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

the data amount or data reception state information is Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Status Report (SR).

Assignments (6)