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Granted Patent B2
US 10,602,369 · App. 15/757,406 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Communication control device, communication control determination device, and method

Inventor: Sho Furuichi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04W16/14H04W48/18H04W76/14H04W4/025H04W48/08H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 10,602,369
App. No.
15/757,406
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] To provide a communication control device capable of smoothly exchanging information between a plurality of wireless systems. [Solution] Provided is a communication control device including: a communication unit configured to transmit geographical location information of the own device or a communication node served by the own device to a communication control determination device that controls coexistence of a plurality of wireless systems; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the communication control determination device, information including information necessary for communication control for coexistence as information regarding another communication control determination device that manages a peripheral region of a geographical region managed by the communication control determination device.

Claims (30)

1. A communication control device comprising:

communication circuitry configured to transmit geographical location information of an-own device or a communication node served by the own device to a communication control determination device that controls coexistence of a plurality of wireless systems;

acquisition circuitry configured to acquire, from the communication control determination device, information including information necessary for communication control for coexistence as information regarding another communication control determination device that manages a peripheral region of a geographical region managed by the communication control determination device; and

control circuitry that is configured to recognize a change in the geographical location information of the own device to a geographical region managed by the another communication control determination device, and subsequently select a communication control determination device to be connected by using the information acquired by the acquisition circuitry, wherein

in response to the communication control determination device having a same coexistence profile as the own device and a different coexistence profile than the another communication control determination device, the control circuitry selects the communication control determination device as a proxy for the another communication control determination device, and

a subsequent change in the geographical location information of the own device to another geographical location managed by a third communication control determination device with the same coexistence profile as the own device causes the control circuitry to select the third communication control determination device as the communication control determination device.

2. The communication control device according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the control circuitry determines that the communication node is not able to complete connection to the selected communication control determination device, the control circuitry transmits a proxy provision request for a coexistence service to a communication control determination device in a geographical region of the communication node before movement.

3. The communication control device according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case where the control circuitry determines that the communication node is able to complete connection to the communication control determination device selected again, the control circuitry transmits a notification of termination of the proxy provision request to the communication control determination device that has provided the coexistence service by proxy.

4. The communication control device according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case where connection to the selected communication control determination device is not established because of timeout, the control circuitry determines that the communication node is not able to complete connection to the selected communication control determination device.

5. A communication control determination device configured to control coexistence of a plurality of wireless systems, the communication control determination device comprising

a control circuitry configured to generate information including information necessary for communication control for coexistence as information regarding another communication control determination device that controls and determines usage of the wireless systems around a geographical region managed by an-own device, wherein

the control circuitry is configured to

generate information including an identifier capable of identifying a type of a providable coexistence service,

recognize a change in the geographical location information of the own device to a geographical region managed by the another communication control determination device, and subsequently select a communication control determination device to be connected by using the information acquired by acquisition circuitry, and

in response to the communication control determination device having a same coexistence profile as the own device and a different coexistence profile than the another communication control determination device, the control circuitry selects the communication control determination device as a proxy for the another communication control determination device, and

a subsequent change in the geographical location information of the own device to another geographical location managed by a third communication control determination device with the same coexistence profile as the own device causes the control circuitry to select the third communication control determination device as the communication control determination device.

6. A method comprising:

transmitting geographical location information of the own device or a communication node served by the own device to a communication control determination device that controls coexistence of a plurality of wireless systems;

acquiring with acquisition circuitry, from the communication control determination device, information including information necessary for communication control for coexistence as information regarding another communication control determination device that manages a peripheral region of a geographical region managed by the communication control determination device; and

recognizing with control circuitry a change in the geographical location information of the own device to a geographical region managed by the another communication control determination device, and subsequently selecting a communication control determination device to be connected by using the information acquired by the acquisition circuitry, wherein

in response to the communication control determination device having a same coexistence profile as the own device and a different coexistence profile than the another communication control determination device, selecting the communication control determination device as a proxy for the another communication control determination device, and

a subsequent change in the geographical location information of the own device to another geographical location managed by a third communication control determination device with the same coexistence profile as the own device causing selecting of the third communication control determination device as the communication control determination device.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, that when executed by processing circuitry cause the processing circuitry to perform a process, the process comprising

transmitting geographical location information of an own device or a communication node served by the own device to a communication control determination device that controls coexistence of a plurality of wireless systems,

acquiring, with acquisition circuitry, from the communication control determination device, information including information necessary for communication control for coexistence as information regarding another communication control determination device that manages a peripheral region of a geographical region managed by the communication control determination device, and

recognizing with control circuitry a change in the geographical location information of the own device to a geographical region managed by the another communication control determination device, and subsequently selecting a communication control determination device to be connected by using the information acquired by the acquisition circuitry, wherein

in response to the communication control determination device having a same coexistence profile as the own device and a different coexistence profile than the another communication control determination device, selecting the communication control determination device as a proxy for the another communication control determination device, and

a subsequent change in the geographical location information of the own device to another geographical location managed by a third communication control determination device with the same coexistence profile as the own device causing selecting of the third communication control determination device as the communication control determination device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: FURUICHI, SHO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045488/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-179403 · Sep 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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