IP Library Granted Patent US 10,575,186
Granted Patent B2
US 10,575,186 · App. 15/805,833 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Radio communication system, base station, and communication terminal

Inventors: Takayoshi Ode (Yokohama, JP); Shinichiro Aikawa (Yokohama, JP); Yoshiaki Ohta (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
H04W16/14H04W72/0453H04W16/32H04W72/04H04W72/048
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Patent No.
US 10,575,186
App. No.
15/805,833
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station includes a terminal capability information controlling unit that controls whether or not a first frequency is to be used for communication; a radio link controlling unit that, when the first frequency is to be used for the communication, performs communication by using the first frequency and a second frequency; and a radio link control information generating unit ( 160 ) that, when the first frequency is to be used by the terminal capability information controlling unit for the communication, notifies a communication terminal that the first frequency is to be used. The communication terminal includes a controlling unit that, when being notified that the first frequency is to be used, performs communication by using the first frequency and the second frequency.

Claims (22)

1. A radio communication system including a base station and a communication terminal, wherein

the base station comprises:

a first communicator that receives from the communication terminal a capability information of the communication terminal, the capability information including whether or not a first frequency is to be used for communication, the first frequency being used in either uplink communication or downlink communication; and

a controller that controls whether or not the first frequency is to be used for communication; wherein,

the first communicator that, when the first frequency is not to be used for the communication, performs communication by using a second frequency, that, when the first frequency is to be used for the communication, performs communication by using the first frequency and the second frequency at a same time; and that notifies, when the first frequency is to be used for the communication, the communication terminal of the first frequency, and

the communication terminal comprises:

a second communicator that transmits to the base station the capability information; wherein,

the second communicator, when being notified of the first frequency by the notifying unit, performs communication by using the first frequency and the second frequency.

2. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first frequency is a frequency of which use is unlicensed, whereas the second frequency is a frequency of which use is licensed.

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

the first communicator notifies the communication terminal of the first frequency by notifying the communication terminal of first identification information while using the second frequency, the first identification information indicating that the first frequency is a frequency to be used for communication to and from the base station, and

the second communicator, on a basis of the first identification information, performs communication by using the first frequency.

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

the first communicator notifies the communication terminal of second identification information while using the second frequency, the second identification information indicating that the second frequency is a frequency to be used for communication to and from the base station, and

the second communicator, on a basis of the second identification information, performs communication by using the second frequency.

5. A base station comprising:

a first communicator that receives from a communication terminal a capability information of the communication terminal, the capability information including whether or not a first frequency is to be used for communication, the first frequency being used in either uplink communication or downlink communication; and

a controller that controls whether or not a first frequency is to be used for communication; wherein

the first communicator that, when the first frequency is to be used for the communication, performs communication by using the first frequency and a second frequency at a same time; and notifies, when the first frequency is to be used for the communication, a communication terminal that the first frequency is to be used.

6. A communication terminal comprising:

a communicator that transmits to a base station capability information of the communication terminal, the capability information including whether or not a first frequency is to be used for communication, the first frequency being used in either uplink communication or downlink communication; and performs communication by using the first frequency and a second frequency at a same time when being notified by a base station that a first frequency is to be used; and

a receiver that receives a notification that the first frequency is to be used for the communication from the base station.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 072423/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2017
From: ODE, TAKAYOSHI; AIKAWA, SHINICHIRO; OHTA, YOSHIAKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044071/0736 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015063827 · May 13, 2015
Related Publication 20180063721A1 · Mar 1, 2018