IP Library Granted Patent US 8,259,701
Granted Patent B2
US 8,259,701 · App. 12/525,722 · Granted Sep 4, 2012

Wireless communication system, its base station and mobile station, communication synchronization management method and timer control program therefor

Assignee: NEC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,259,701
App. No.
12/525,722
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication system is provided for reducing the probability that latency before data transmission increases when a mobile station that is actually in sync is judged to be out of sync. A base station causes the timing calculation part to calculate the timing advance (TA) of a transmit timing from the m th mobile station; causes the timer adaptive control part to obtain the traveling speed or the time variation in TA of the m th mobile station and, adaptively determines and outputs as the timer update information the length of the m th first timer within an M number in total of synchronization timers and the length of the second timer of the m th mobile station and update the length of the m th first timer; and transmits from the downlink transmission part a downlink signal which contains timer update information.

Claims (17)

1. A base station of a wireless communication system which performs communication between a mobile station and the base station, the base station comprising:

a timer unit which sets a period for judging whether an uplink signal from the mobile station is synchronized; and

a timer control unit which determines the set period for each of mobile stations and notifies the set period to each of the mobile stations.

2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the base station notifies said set period via a message which is related to a RRC connection.

3. A mobile station of a wireless communication system which performs communication between the mobile station and a base station, the mobile station comprising:

a unit which judges whether an uplink signal to the base station is synchronized based on a set period which is determined for each of a plurality of mobile stations and notified to each of the mobile stations.

4. The mobile station of claim 3 , wherein the mobile station received the set period via a message which is related to a RRC connection.

5. A method executed by at least one processor of controlling a base station of a wireless communication system which performs communication between a plurality of mobile stations and the base station, the method comprising:

setting a period for judging whether an uplink signal from one of the mobile stations is synchronized; and

determining the set period for each of the mobile stations and notifies the set period to each of the mobile stations.

6. A method executed by at least one processor of controlling a mobile station of a wireless communication system which performs communication between the mobile station and a base station, the method comprising:

judging whether an uplink signal to the base station is synchronized based on a set period which is determined for each of a plurality of mobile stations and notified to each of the mobile stations.

7. A wireless communication system which performs communication between a mobile station and a base station, wherein the base station comprises:

a timer unit which sets a period for judging whether an uplink signal from the mobile station is synchronized;

a timer control unit which determines the set period for each of a plurality of mobile stations and notifies the set period to each of the mobile stations; and

wherein the mobile station comprises:

a unit which judges whether an uplink signal to the base station is synchronized based on a set period which is determined for each of the mobile stations and notified to each of the mobile stations.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2009
From: FUTAKI, HISASHI; LEE, JINSOCK
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023048/0967 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-026203 · Feb 5, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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