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Mobile radio communication system
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1991-03-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-03-18
Abstract
Abstract In a mobile radio communication system, a mobile station (MR) constantly monitors a quality of a radio line between the mobile station and a first base station (BS1) with which the mobile station is presently communicating, detects a deterioration of the quality of the radio line between the mobile station and the first base station outside a tolerable range, successively detects field intensities of signals received from the base stations (BS2) neighboring the first base station using a free time slot which is unused by the mobile station for communication to determine a maximum field intensity, supplies to the first base station predetermined information related to a second base station (BS2) from which the signal with the maximum field intensity is received so as to make a handover request, and ends a communication with the first base station in response to a handover message. The first base station supplies a handover request message to a control station (CS) in response to the handover request from the mobile station, and the control station carries out a handover process in response to the handover request message. The handover process includes selecting a new communication channel with which the mobile station is to communicate with the second base station when the mobile station moves from a first radio zone (RZ1) to a second radio zone (RZ2), and notifying the handover message and the new communication channel to the mobile station and the first and second base stations, so that the mobile station ends the communication with the first base station in response to the handover message and starts a communication with the second base station using the new communication channel.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiro Onoda
- 👤 Yoshifumi Toda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:24
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; H04B7/2643; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/20; H04W; H04W36/00; H04W36/0005; H04W36/0055; H04W36/0072; H04W36/24; H04W36/30; H04W36/304
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
417 words
A mobile radio communication system comprising a control station (CS) which is provided with respect to a control zone (CZ), said control zone being made up of a plurality of radio zones (RZ1-RZ7); a base station (BS1-BS7) which is provided with respect to each of the radio zones; and a mobile station (MR) which is movable within the control zone, characterized in that said mobile station (MR) includes first means (1, 2) for constantly monitoring a quality of a radio line between said mobile station and a first base station (BS1) with which said mobile station is presently communicating, said first base station being provided with respect to a first radio zone (RZ1); second means (1-3) coupled to said first means for detecting a deterioration of the quality of the radio line betweem said mobile station and said first base station outside a tolerable range; third means (5) coupled to said first means for successively detecting field intensities of signals received from the base stations (BS2-BS7) neighboring said first base station using a free time slot which is unused by said mobile station for communication and for determining a maximum field intensity; fourth means (6) coupled to said third means for supplying to said first base station predetermined information related to a second base station (BS2) from which the signal with the maximum field intensity is received so as to make a handover request; and fifth means (4) for ending a communication with said first base station in response to a handover message, said second base station (BS2) being provided with respect to a second radio zone (RZ2) which is different from said first radio zone (RZ1); that said first base station includes means for supplying a handover request message to said control station (CS) in response to the handover request from said mobile station (MR); and that said control station includes means for carrying out a handover process in response to the handover request message, said handover process including selecting a new communication channel with which said mobile station is to communicate with said second base station when said mobile station moves from said first radio zone to said second radio zone, and notifying the handover message and the new communication channel to said mobile station and said first and second base stations, so that said mobile station ends the communication with said first base station in response to the handover message and starts a communication with said second base station using the new communication channel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that mutually different first frequency groups (f1-f7) are assigned to said radio zones for a control signal which is used for controlling call-out and call-in on a radio line, and mutually different second frequency groups (f8-f14) are assigned to said radio zones for a communication signal which is used for the communication, said first and second frequency groups including no overlapping frequencies within said control zone (CZ), said control signal and said communication signal respectively being transmitted time-divisionally in time slots in conformance with a time division multiplexing access system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that said predetermined information includes a frequency of the signal which is detected by said third means (5) as having the maximum field intensity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 2 or 3, characterized in that said third means (5) detects the intensities of the signals received from the neighboring base stations (BS2-BS7) by successively scanning control channels C-CH which correspond to the first frequency groups (f1-f7).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that said neighboring base stations (BS2-BS7) constantly transmit carriers in the control channels (C-CH), so that said third means (5) can successively detect the field intensities of the signals in the control channels during free time slots other than the time slot used by said mobile station (MR).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 2 or 3, characterized in that said third means (5) detects the intensities of the signals received from the neighboring base stations (BS2-BS7) by successively scanning communication channels (V-CH) which correspond to the second frequency groups (f8-f14).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said neighboring base stations (BS2-BS7) constantly transmit carriers in the communication channels (V-CH), so that said third means (5) can successively detect the field intensities of the signals in the communication channels during free time slots other than the time slot used by said mobile station (MR).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that said mobile station (MR) receives prior to a start of a communication specific information related to correspondence of frequencies (f1-f14) and the base stations (BS1-BS7) which are provided with respect to the radio zones (RZ1-RZ7) assigned with the frequencies.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that said mobile station (MR) receives the specific information using a control channel (C-CH) which corresponds to one of the first frequency groups (f1-f7).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that said mobile station (MR) receives during a communication specific information related to correspondence of frequencies (f1-f14) and the base stations (BS1-BS7) which are provided with respect to the radio zones assigned with the frequencies.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that said mobile station (MR) receives the specific information using a communication channel (V-CH) which corresponds to one of the second frequency groups (f8-f14).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
104 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that said second means (3) includes monitoring means (18, 2) for monitoring a field intensity of a signal received from said first base station (BS1) and a code error rate of a demodulated signal which is obtained by demodulation of the signal received from said first base station, and detecting means (3) for detecting the deterioration of the quality of the radio line when at least one of the monitored field intensity and code error rate becomes less than a corresponding threshold value continuously for a predetermined time.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
The mobile radio communication system as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that said monitoring means (18, 2) monitors the code error rate by detecting a number of times an error correction is made with respect to demodulated signal within a given time.
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