IP Library Granted Patent US 11,202,328
Granted Patent B2
US 11,202,328 · App. 16/474,925 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, wireless communication system

Inventors: Seiji Sato (Sakai, JP); Hideo Namba (Sakai, JP); Kozue Yokomakura (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04W76/15H04W8/08H04W8/20H04W28/20H04W48/18H04W92/10
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Patent No.
US 11,202,328
App. No.
16/474,925
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a base station that is a base station apparatus connected to a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus being connected to a plurality of the base station apparatuses through physical link channels. In a case that a bandwidth assistant information request is received from the terminal apparatus, bandwidth assistant information for each of the physical link channels to which the terminal apparatus is connected is transmitted to the terminal apparatus.

Claims (34)

1. A base station apparatus in a wireless network system at least including a terminal apparatus and multiple base station apparatuses, the base station apparatus comprising:

a wireless interface unit configured to communicate, by using radio signals, with the terminal apparatus connected to each of the multiple base station apparatuses via at least one physical link channel; and

a communication controller configured to

receive a bandwidth assistant information request from the terminal apparatus via the wireless interface unit, and

transmit, to the terminal apparatus, bandwidth assistant information for the at least one physical link channel to which the terminal apparatus is connected,

wherein the bandwidth assistant information includes charge information for the at least one physical link channel, and

the charge information is calculated by the base station apparatus based on charge contract information received from a core network.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bandwidth assistant information further includes at least one of an upper limit of a bandwidth, a lower limit of the bandwidth, an average of the bandwidth and a latency; and

the bandwidth is available for the base station apparatus to transmit a segment.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that a state of the base station apparatus is changed, the bandwidth assistant information is again transmitted to the terminal apparatus.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth assistant information is periodically transmitted to the terminal apparatus in accordance with a bandwidth assistant setup request received from the terminal apparatus.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a segment is transmitted to the terminal apparatus by using the at least one physical link channel selected in accordance with selection information of the at least one physical link channel added to a segment request received from the terminal apparatus.

6. A terminal apparatus in a wireless network system including at least the terminal apparatus and multiple base station apparatuses, the terminal apparatus comprising:

a wireless interface unit configured to connect to the multiple base station apparatuses via at least one physical link channel and perform wireless communication; and

a wireless controller configured to control the wireless communication by generating control data for controlling a wireless network and receiving control data from the wireless interface unit, wherein:

the wireless controller receives bandwidth assistant information for the at least one physical link channel by controlling the wireless interface unit;

the wireless controller transmits a segment request including selection information of the at least one physical link channel and speed selection information;

the bandwidth assistant information includes charge information for the at least one physical link channel; and

the charge information is calculated by each of the multiple base station apparatuses based on charge contract information received from a core network.

7. A wireless communication system comprising at least multiple base station apparatuses and a terminal apparatus, wherein:

the multiple base station apparatuses each connects to the terminal apparatus via at least one physical link channel;

the multiple base station apparatuses each receives a bandwidth assistant information request from the terminal apparatus;

the multiple base station apparatuses each transmits, to the terminal apparatus, bandwidth assistant information for the at least one physical link channel to which the terminal apparatus is connected;

the terminal apparatus transmits, to each of the multiple base station apparatuses, a segment request including selection information of the at least one physical link channel and selection information of a used bandwidth;

the bandwidth assistant information includes charge information for the at least one physical link channel; and

the charge information is calculated by each of the multiple base station apparatuses based on charge contract information received from a core network.

8. The wireless communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the bandwidth assistant information further includes the charge information for the at least one physical link channel, based on contract information for the at least one physical link channel.

9. The wireless communication system according to claim 7 , wherein:

the bandwidth assistant information further includes at least one of an upper limit of a bandwidth, a lower limit of the bandwidth, an average of the bandwidth and a latency; and

the bandwidth is available for the base station apparatus to transmit a segment.

10. The wireless communication system according to claim 7 , wherein in a case that states of the multiple base station apparatuses are changed, the multiple base station apparatuses each again transmits, to the terminal apparatus, the bandwidth assistant information for the at least one physical link channel.

11. The wireless communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the multiple base station apparatuses each periodically transmits the bandwidth assistant information to the terminal apparatus in accordance with a bandwidth assistant setup request received from the terminal apparatus.

12. The wireless communication system according to claim 7 , wherein the multiple base station apparatuses each transmits a segment to the terminal apparatus by using the at least one physical link channel selected in accordance with the selection information of the at least one physical link channel added to a segment request received from the terminal apparatus.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069039/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2019
From: SATO, SEIJI; NAMBA, HIDEO; YOKOMAKURA, KOZUE
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050228/0934 →