IP Library Granted Patent US 10,555,321
Granted Patent B2
US 10,555,321 · App. 15/511,058 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Mobile terminal, base station, communication state notification method, and scheduling method

Inventors: Kei Andou (Tokyo, JP); Hidetoshi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/085H04W24/10H04W68/005H04W72/044H04W72/12H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 10,555,321
App. No.
15/511,058
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal capable of communication in a cellular system and another radio system with a different frequency band includes a simultaneous communication determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system; and a notification unit configured to notify a base station that the mobile terminal is in a simultaneous communication state, when the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system.

Claims (22)

1. A mobile terminal capable of communication in a cellular system and another radio system with a different frequency band, comprising:

a processor configured to determine whether the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system and measure degradation in reception quality due to an inter-modulation distortion or a harmonic distortion; and

the processor in conjunction with a transmitter configured to notify a base station that the mobile terminal is in a simultaneous communication state, when the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system and when the reception quality is degraded due to the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion,

wherein the processor in conjunction with the transmitter is configured to notify the base station regarding a type of the radio system in the simultaneous communication state by indicating that the other radio system is a type of GNSS, WLAN, or Bluetooth system.

2. A base station for communicating with a mobile terminal capable of communication in a cellular system and another radio system with a different frequency band, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive from the mobile terminal information indicating that the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system; and

a processor configured to prevent an inter-modulation distortion or a harmonic distortion, which is caused by uplink transmission from the mobile terminal in the cellular system, from overlapping a frequency band of the other radio system, when the information indicating that the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system is received,

wherein the information is provided when the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system and when reception quality is degraded due to the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion,

wherein the receiver of the base station receives information regarding a type of the radio system in the simultaneous communication state, and

wherein the information indicates that the other radio system is a type of GNSS, WLAN, or Bluetooth system.

3. The base station as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor calculates frequency ranges where the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion caused by uplink transmission from the mobile terminal in the cellular system occurs, and performs scheduling to prevent the calculated frequency ranges where the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion occurs from overlapping the frequency band of the other radio system.

4. The base station as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor refers to a table listing frequency ranges where the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion caused by uplink transmission from the mobile terminal in the cellular system occurs to perform scheduling so as to prevent the frequency ranges where the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion occurs from overlapping the frequency band of the other radio system.

5. A communication state notification method in a mobile terminal capable of communication in a cellular system and another radio system with a different frequency band, comprising:

determining whether the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system and measuring degradation in reception quality due to an inter-modulation distortion or a harmonic distortion; and

notifying a base station that the mobile terminal is in a simultaneous communication state, when the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system and when the reception quality is degraded due to the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion,

wherein the mobile terminal notifies the base station regarding a type of the radio system in the simultaneous communication state by indicating that the other radio system is a type of GNSS, WLAN, or Bluetooth system.

6. A processing method in a base station for communicating with a mobile terminal capable of communication in a cellular system and another radio system with a different frequency band, comprising:

receiving from the mobile terminal information indicating that the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system; and

preventing an inter-modulation distortion or a harmonic distortion, which is caused by uplink transmission from the mobile terminal in the cellular system, from overlapping a frequency band of the other radio system, when the information indicating that the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system is received,

wherein the information is provided when the mobile terminal simultaneously communicates in the cellular system and the other radio system and when reception quality is degraded due to the inter-modulation distortion or the harmonic distortion,

wherein the base station receives information regarding a type of the radio system in the simultaneous communication state, and

wherein the information indicates that the other radio system is a type of GNSS, WLAN, or Bluetooth system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2017
From: ANDOU, KEI; SUZUKI, HIDETOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 041600/0190 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-197416 · Sep 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180206243A1 · Jul 19, 2018
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