Terminal, network, and communication system

Claim 2

A terminal for performing a communication through a radio channel comprising: signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; forward error correction encoding means for encoding the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, in a forward error correction format, in case the kind of the transmittal signal satisfies predetermined conditions; first transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, encoded in a forward error correction format by said error correction encoding means, through said radio channel; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, through said radio channel, in case the kind of the transmitting signal does not satisfy the predetermined conditions.

Claim 3

A terminal for performing a communication through a radio channel comprising: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; and forward error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format.

Claim 4

A terminal for performing a communication through a radio channel comprising: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format; signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; first transmission means for transmitting the signal, generated by said signal processing means, in a forward error correction format through said radio channel, in case the received signal, received last through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, through said radio channel, in case the received signal, received last through said radio channel, is not encoded in a forward error correction format.

Claim 5

A terminal for performing a communication through a radio channel comprising: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; forward error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format; signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; first transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal in a forward error correction format through said radio channel after the passage of a predetermined interval from when a signal is received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, through said radio channel after the passage of a predetermined interval from when a signal was received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is not encoded in a forward error correction format.

Claim 6

A terminal for performing a communication through a radio channel comprising: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; forward error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format; signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; first transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal through said radio channel after the passage of a predetermined interval from when a signal was received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is not encoded in a forward error correction format; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, through said radio channel after the passage of a predetermined interval from when a signal was received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format.

Claim 7

A terminal according to one of claims 1 through 6, wherein said terminal is a mobile station for performing a communication through a radio channel.

Claim 8

A network having base stations for performing a communication through a radio channel, at least one of said base stations being said terminal as defined in one of claims 1 through 6.

Claim 9

A communication system having base stations and mobile stations for performing a communication through a radio channel, at least one of said base stations being said terminal as defined in one of claims 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, said mobile stations for communicating with said base stations including: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; and forward error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in an error format.

Claim 10

A communication system according to claim 9, wherein said mobile stations for communicating with said at least one base station further includes: signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; first transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal in a forward error correction format in a predetermined interval from when a signal was received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, through said radio channel, in case the received signal, received last through said radio channel, is not encoded in a forward error correction format and in case a predetermined interval has passed since the signal had been received last through said radio channel.

Claim 11

A communication system having base stations and mobile stations for performing a communication through a radio channel, wherein at least one of said base stations is said terminal as defined in one of claims 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, said base stations for communicating with said mobile stations including: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; and forward error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in an error format.

Claim 12

A communication system according to claim 11, wherein said base stations for communicating with said at least one mobile station further includes: signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; first transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal in a forward error correction format in a predetermined interval from when a signal was received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is encoded in a forward error correction format; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, through said radio channel, in case the signal, received last through said radio channel, is not encoded in a forward error correction format and in case a predetermined interval has passed since when the signal had been received last through said radio channel.

Claim 13

A communication system having base stations and mobile stations for performing a communication through a radio channel, wherein at least one of said base stations is said terminal as defined in one of claims 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, at least one of said mobile stations including: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; forward error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in an error format; signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; first transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal through said radio channel after the passage of time from when a signal was received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is not encoded in a forward error correction format; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, in a forward error correction format through said radio channel, in case the signal, received last through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format and in case a predetermined interval has passed since when the signal had been received last through said radio channel.

Claim 14

A communication system having base stations and mobile stations for performing a communication through a radio channel, wherein at least one of said mobile stations is said terminal as defined in one of claims 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, at least one of said base stations including: judgment means for judging whether a signal, received through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format; forward error correction decoding means for decoding the forward error correction code of the received signal, in case the received signal is encoded in an error format; signal processing means for generating a transmittal signal; first transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal through said radio channel after the passage of a predetermined period from when a signal was received last through said radio channel, in case the received signal is not encoded in a forward error correction format; and second transmission means for transmitting the transmittal signal, generated by said signal processing means, in a forward error correction format through said radio channel, in case the signal, which was received last through said radio channel, is encoded in a forward error correction format and in case a predetermined interval passed since the signal was received last through said radio channel.