IP Library Patent Application 18835081
Patent Application
App. No. 18/835,081

RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE

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18/835,081
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system suitable for stably securing a transmission capability in a multiplex transmission scheme using a plurality of channels, and an object thereof is to secure a desired transmission capacity even though some channels become unusable. The wireless communication device and the communication partner device establish communication by using a plurality of channels in a multiplexed manner, and each of the wireless communication device and the communication partner device has a function responding to a change of a modulation scheme used for wireless communication. The wireless communication device detects an occurrence of an unusable state for each of the plurality of channels. When the unusable state is detected, the working modulation scheme is changed to another modulation scheme that generates a larger transmission capacity to secure a desired transmission capacity in a usable channel.

Claims (83)

1 . A wireless communication system comprising:

a wireless communication device circuitry and a communication partner device circuitry that establish communication by using a plurality of channels in a multiplexed manner, wherein

each of the wireless communication device circuitry and the communication partner device circuitry has a function responding to a change of a modulation scheme used for wireless communication,

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

detecting an occurrence of an unusable state for each of the plurality of channels;

changing a working modulation scheme to another modulation scheme that generates a larger transmission capacity in a case where the unusable state is detected; and

notifying the communication partner device circuitry of the change; and

the communication partner device circuitry is configured to receive the notification and change the modulation scheme to the another modulation scheme.

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

the plurality of channels includes a plurality of working channels assumed to be used in a normal time and at least one backup channel assumed to be used as backup, and

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to:

not instruct use of the backup channel during a period in which a working channel capacity that is a sum of transmission capacities of usable working channels satisfies a desired transmission capacity by a change of the modulation scheme;

determine whether or not the change of the modulation scheme, which causes achievement of the working channel capacity that satisfies the desired transmission capacity, is possible; and

instruct use of the backup channel in a case where the determination is denied.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

enhancing C/N that is an intensity ratio between a carrier wave and noise which are included in a wireless signal transmitted and received to and from the communication partner device circuitry, in a case where the unusable state is detected; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme after the enhancement of the C/N is executed.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the enhancement of the C/N is executed in a case where the current C/N does not satisfy the required C/N.

5 . The wireless communication system according to claim 4 , wherein the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to change the working modulation scheme to the another modulation scheme in a case where C/N satisfying the required C/N is obtained as a result of the enhancement of the C/N.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

7 . A wireless communication method using a wireless communication device circuitry and a communication partner device circuitry that establish communication by using a plurality of channels in a multiplexed manner,

each of the wireless communication device circuitry and the communication partner device circuitry having a function responding to a change of a modulation scheme used for wireless communication, the wireless communication method comprising:

detecting an occurrence of an unusable state for each of the plurality of channels;

changing a working modulation scheme to another modulation scheme that generates a larger transmission capacity in a case where the unusable state is detected; and

causing the wireless communication device circuitry and the communication partner device circuitry to share the change.

8 . A wireless communication device circuitry that establishes communication with a communication partner device circuitry by using a plurality of channels in a multiplexed manner, the wireless communication device circuitry being configured to execute:

detecting an occurrence of an unusable state for each of the plurality of channels;

changing a working modulation scheme to another modulation scheme that generates a larger transmission capacity in a case where the unusable state is detected; and

notifying the communication partner device circuitry of the change.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

enhancing C/N that is an intensity ratio between a carrier wave and noise which are included in a wireless signal transmitted and received to and from the communication partner device circuitry, in a case where the unusable state is detected; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme after the enhancement of the C/N is executed.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the enhancement of the C/N is executed in a case where the current C/N does not satisfy the required C/N.

11 . The wireless communication system according to claim 10 , wherein the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to change the working modulation scheme to the another modulation scheme in a case where C/N satisfying the required C/N is obtained as a result of the enhancement of the C/N.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

14 . The wireless communication system according to claim 4 , wherein

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

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

the wireless communication device circuitry is configured to execute:

in a case where the unusable state is detected, calculating current C/N realized at that time; and

determining whether or not the current C/N satisfies required C/N necessary in a case where the another modulation scheme is used; and

the working modulation scheme is changed to the another modulation scheme in a case where the current C/N satisfies the required C/N.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 21, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072499/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2024
From: HASEGAWA, HITOSHI; MIYAGI, TOSHIFUMI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068150/0967 →