Communication devices, method for data communication, and computer program product
View Patent ↗A communication device is described comprising a transceiver, a determining circuit configured to determine whether the communication device may use radio resources, which are allocated to be used by a wireless bidirectional communication system in the geographical region in which the communication device is located, for radio data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system, and a controller configured to control the transceiver to carry out radio data communication using the radio resources if the communication device may use the radio resources.
1. A communication device comprising:
a transceiver;
a determining circuit configured to determine whether the communication device may use radio resources, which are allocated to be used by a wireless bidirectional communication system in the geographical region in which the communication device is located, for radio data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system;
a controller configured to control the transceiver to carry out radio data communication using the radio resources if the communication device may use the radio resources,
wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to carry out the radio data communication using a different radio technology than the radio technology used by the wireless bidirectional communication system, wherein the different radio technology is a peer-to-peer radio technology, and
wherein the transceiver is configured to receive information based on which the communication device may determine whether the communication device may use the radio resources for data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system, wherein the information specifies whether another communication device detects usage of the radio resources by the wireless bidirectional communication system.
2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless bidirectional communication system is a cellular mobile communication system.
3. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to carry out the radio data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system.
4. The communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to carry out the radio data communication using a different communication system than the wireless bidirectional communication system.
5. The communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the different communication system is an ad hoc communication system or another wireless bidirectional communication system.
6. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is configured to receive the information from another communication device.
7. The communication device according to claim 6 , wherein the transceiver is configured to receive the information from another communication device broadcasting the information.
8. The communication device according to claim 6 , wherein the transceiver is configured to send a request for the information to the other communication device.
9. The communication device according to claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is configured to send the request for the information to a data base.
10. The communication device according to claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is configured to send a request for the information to another wireless bidirectional communication system.
11. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication device is a mobile communication terminal.
12. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication device is configured to provide radio access to a communication network for at least one mobile communication terminal.
13. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the radio resources comprise one or more radio frequencies, one or more radio frequency regions or one or more radio frequency bands.
14. The communication device according to claim 13 , wherein the radio resources comprise at least one or more of the frequency bands 410-430 MHz, 450-470 MHz, 470-960 MHz, 1710-2025 MHz and 2110-2200 MHz, 2300-2400 MHz, 2500-2690 MHz, 2700-2900 MHz, 3400-4200 MHz, and 4400-4990 MHz.
15. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the radio data communication is carried out without passing through the wireless bidirectional communication system.
16. A method for data communication comprising:
a communication device determining whether the communication device may use radio resources, which are allocated to be used by a wireless bidirectional communication system in the geographical region in which the communication device is located, for radio data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system;
controlling the transceiver to carry out radio data communication using the radio resources if the communication device may use the radio resources,
wherein controlling the transceiver to carry out the radio data communication is configured to use a different radio technology than the radio technology used by the wireless bidirectional communication system, wherein the different radio technology is a peer-to-peer radio technology;
receiving information based on which the communication device ma determine whether the communication device may use the radio resources for data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system, wherein the information specifies whether another communication device detects usage of the radio resources by the wireless bidirectional communication system.
17. A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, which, when executed by a processor, make the processor perform a method for data communication, the method comprising:
a communication device determining whether the communication device may use radio resources, which are allocated to be used by a wireless bidirectional communication system in the geographical region in which the communication device is located, for radio data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system;
controlling the transceiver to carry out radio data communication using the radio resources if the communication device may use the radio resources, wherein controlling the transceiver to carry out the radio data communication is configured to use a different radio technology than the radio technology used by the wireless bidirectional communication system, wherein the different radio technology is a peer-to-peer radio technology; and
receiving information based on which the communication device may determine whether the communication device may use the radio resources for data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system, wherein the information specifies whether another communication device detects usage of the radio resources by the wireless bidirectional communication system.
18. A communication device comprising a transmitter configured to send information based on which another communication device may determine whether the other communication device may use radio resources, which are allocated to be used by a wireless bidirectional communication system in the geographical region in which the communication device is located, for radio data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system using a peer-to-peer radio technology, wherein the information specifies whether the communication device detects usage of the radio resources by the wireless bidirectional communication system.
19. The communication device according to claim 18 , where the transmitter is configured to broadcast the information.
20. The communication device according to claim 19 , wherein the transmitter is configured to broadcast the information in a geographical region, in which communication devices may use the radio resources for data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system.
21. The communication device according to claim 18 , further comprising a receiver, configured to receive a request for the information from the other communication device.
22. A communication device comprising:
a transceiver;
a determining circuit configured to determine whether the communication device may use radio resources, which are allocated to be used by a WRAN in the geographical region in which the communication device is located, for radio data communication without participation by the wireless bidirectional communication system;
a controller configured to control the transceiver to carry out radio data communication using the radio resources if the communication device may use the radio resources,
wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to carry out the radio data communication using a different radio technology than the radio technology used by the WRAN, and wherein the different radio technology is a peer-to-peer radio technology, and
wherein the transceiver is configured to receive information based on which the communication device may determine whether the communication device may use the radio resources for data communication without participation by the WRAN, wherein the information specifies whether another communication device detects usage of the radio resources by the WRAN.