Wireless communication terminal and method of controlling the same
It is judged whether a mobile node 11 exists at a boundary A overlapped with a different sector of the base station for use in communication or at a boundary B overlapped with an area of another base station or at an area fringe C. In accordance with the application in use and the results thus judged, a handover is performed between base stations in a wireless communication system, or switching to the another wireless communication system is made, or simultaneous communication with the another wireless communication system is performed, or either the uplink or the downlink is switched to the another wireless communication system.
1. A wireless communication apparatus connectable to plural wireless communication networks, comprising:
a handover system selection unit for selecting one of
a vertical synchronization system for performing simultaneous handover of vertical links,
an up/down asynchronous system for performing asynchronous handover of the vertical links,
a synchronization connection bandwidth complementary system for simultaneously connecting a terminal, while maintaining connection with one wireless communication network currently in use for communication, to another wireless communication network, and performing handover to the another wireless communication network so that an insufficient bandwidth is complemented, and
an in-the-same-network switching system for performing handover from a base station or sector currently in use for connection to another base station or sector in the same wireless communication network;
a handover control unit for controllably performing handover by using the handover system selected by the handover system selection unit;
a latency storing unit for storing latency required for handover in each wireless communication network of the plural wireless communication networks, and allowable delay time prescribed for each application to be used for communication; and
a time comparing unit for comparing latency stored in the latency storing unit with allowable delay time of an application in use for communication,
wherein the handover system selection unit selects one of the handover systems on the basis of the comparison results by the time comparing unit with regard to whether or not the latency exceeds the allowable delay time.
2. A wireless communication apparatus connectable to plural wireless communication networks, comprising:
a handover system selection unit for selecting one of
a vertical synchronization system for performing simultaneous handover of vertical links,
an up/down asynchronous system for performing asynchronous handover of the vertical links,
a synchronization connection bandwidth complementary system for simultaneously connecting a terminal, while maintaining connection with one wireless communication network currently in use for communication, to another wireless communication network, and performing handover to the another wireless communication network so that an insufficient bandwidth is complemented, and
an in-the-same-network switching system for performing handover from a base station or sector currently in use for connection to another base station or sector in the same wireless communication network;
a handover control unit for controllably performing handover by using the handover system selected by the handover system selection unit;
a delay time measuring unit for measuring average delay time in a wireless communication network currently in use for communication;
a handover counterpart side delay time acquisition unit for acquiring average delay time in another wireless communication network as a candidate of a handover counterpart side;
time difference calculating unit for calculating difference in time between the average delay time measured by the delay time measuring unit and the average delay time acquired by the handover counterpart side delay time acquisition unit; and
a comparison unit for comparing a time interval obtained by adding the larger average delay time of either the wireless communication network currently in use for communication or another wireless communication network as a candidate of the handover counterpart side, to the time difference calculated by the time difference calculating unit, with an allowable delay time of an application,
wherein the handover system selection unit determines, in accordance with a comparison result obtained by the comparison unit, whether the synchronization connection bandwidth complementary system is to be selected or one of the other three systems to be selected.
3. A wireless communication apparatus connectable to plural wireless communication networks, comprising:
a handover system selection unit for selecting one of
a vertical synchronization system for performing simultaneous handover of vertical links,
an up/down asynchronous system for performing asynchronous handover of the vertical links,
a synchronization connection bandwidth complementary system for simultaneously connecting a terminal, while maintaining connection with one wireless communication network currently in use for communication, to another wireless communication network, and performing handover to the another wireless communication network so that an insufficient bandwidth is complemented, and
an in-the-same-network switching system for performing handover from a base station or sector currently in use for connection to another base station or sector in the same wireless communication network;
a handover control unit for controllably performing handover by using the handover system selected by the handover system selection unit; and
a consumed electric current value calculating unit for calculating for each wireless communication network a consumed electric current value consumed by communication at each wireless communication network, wherein
the handover system selection unit selects one of the handover systems on the basis of each consumed electric current value calculated by the consumed electric current value calculating unit, and
the consumed electric current value calculating unit calculates a consumed electric current value consumed during transmission on the basis of at least transmission output and a transmission bandwidth.