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Method for standby control in a mobile telecommunications network setting standby conditions conforming to different modes of communication and mobile unit using same
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1994-11-17
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Granted: 2000-02-29
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Expires: 2014-11-17
Abstract
Abstract A method for standby control in a base station and a mobile unit, wherein the base station broadcasts information including standby control information having a plurality of types of standby conditions conforming to different modes of communication of the mobile units as standby conditions for the mobile units and wherein the mobile units recognize which of the several modes of communication they are in, extract from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication, and execute standby control under the extracted standby condition, thereby enabling standby control under the communication conditions conforming to the modes of communication the mobile units are in.
Inventors
- 👤 Hajime Hasegawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 07:59
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W48/00; H04W48/08; H04W48/12; H04W48/02; H04W52/00; H04W52/02; H04W52/0209; H04W52/0212; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for standby control in a base station and a mobile unit in a mobile telecommunication network comprised of at least one mobile unit and a base station, said method comprising: sending to the mobile units information required for standby control with the mobile units via a radio control channel as broadcast information; broadcasting information including standby control information having a plurality of types of standby conditions conforming to different modes of communication of the mobile units as standby conditions for the mobile units; recognizing by the mobile units of which of the several modes of communication the mobile units are in; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; and executing standby control under the extracted standby condition.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
127 words
A method for standby control in a base station and a mobile unit in a mobile telecommunication network comprised of at least one mobile unit and a base station, said method comprising: sending to the mobile units information required for standby control with the mobile units via a radio control channel as broadcast information; broadcasting information including standby control information having a plurality of types of standby conditions conforming to different modes of communication of the mobile units as standby conditions for the mobile units; recognizing by the mobile units of which of the several modes of communication the mobile units are in; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; and executing standby control under the extracted standby condition.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
130 words
A method for standby control in a base station, comprising: broadcasting to mobile units information required for standby control with the mobile units via a radio control channel, the information including standby control information having a plurality of types of standby conditions indicating a standby enabling condition starting a call and a standby disabling condition inhibiting a call and conforming to different modes of communication of the mobile units as standby conditions for the mobile units, the mobile units: receiving the standby conditions, recognizing which of the different modes of communication the mobile units are in, extracting from the information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication, modifying the standby conditions and executing standby operations under the extracted standby condition and responsive to the modified standby conditions.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
130 words
A method for standby control in a base station, comprising: broadcasting to mobile units information required for standby control with the mobile units via a radio control channel, the information including standby control information having a plurality of types of standby conditions indicating a standby enabling condition starting a call and a standby disabling condition inhibiting a call and conforming to different modes of communication of the mobile units as standby conditions for the mobile units, the mobile units: receiving the standby conditions, recognizing which of the different modes of communication the mobile units are in, extracting from the information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication, modifying the standby conditions and executing standby operations under the extracted standby condition and responsive to the modified standby conditions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 2, wherein the standby conditions are determined by a standby level of reception.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 3, wherein the standby level of reception comprises a standby enabling level and a standby disabling level.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 3, wherein the standby level of reception includes at least one of a normal communication standby level of reception, emergency communication standby level of reception, and data transfer standby level of reception.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 5, wherein standby levels of reception are indicated by a standby enabling level and a standby disabling level.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 3, wherein when one of the mobile units is a dual car-mounted/handheld unit, a car-mounted unit standby level of reception and handheld unit standby level of reception are used as standby levels of reception.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
75 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 7, wherein when the mobile unit is a dual car-mounted/handheld unit, the standby level of reception is comprised of a high speed motion car-mounted unit standby level of reception and low speed motion car-mounted unit standby level of reception and a high speed motion handheld unit standby level of reception and a low speed motion handheld unit standby level of reception.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 3, wherein the standby level of reception is indicated by an absolute value.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
80 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 3, wherein the standby level of reception includes a normal communication standby level of reception, an emergency communication standby level of reception, and a data transfer standby level of reception, the emergency communication standby level of reception and the data transfer standby level of reception are indicated by relative values based on the value of the normal communication standby level of reception as a reference value.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method for standby control in a base station as set forth in claim 2, further comprising determining a standby level of reception by a predetermined bit error rate.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
70 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit which performs standby control, comprising: receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions from a base station; recognizing by the mobile unit which mode of a plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; and executing standby control under the extracted standby condition.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
70 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit which performs standby control, comprising: receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions from a base station; recognizing by the mobile unit which mode of a plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; and executing standby control under the extracted standby condition.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 12, wherein the mobile unit recognizes in which of the plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in accordance with a state of connection of a manual switch.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 13, wherein the mobile unit recognizes if the mobile unit is in a normal communication mode, emergency communication mode, or data transfer mode in accordance with the state of connection of a first manual switch.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 13, wherein the mobile unit recognizes if the mobile unit is in high speed motion communication mode or low speed motion communication mode in accordance with the state of connection of a second manual switch.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 13, wherein the mobile unit recognizes if the mobile unit is in a car-mounted unit communication mode or a handheld unit communication mode in accordance with the state of connection of a third manual switch.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 12, wherein the mobile unit automatically recognizes which mode of the plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in by an electric detection means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 17, wherein the mobile unit automatically recognizes if the mobile unit is in normal communication mode, emergency communication mode, or data transfer mode in accordance with a first electric detection means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 17, wherein the mobile unit monitors a pitch of variation of a level of reception of a signal from the base station, estimates the speed of motion of the mobile unit, and automatically recognizes if the mobile unit is in a high speed motion communication mode or low speed motion communication mode by a third electric detection means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit as set forth in claim 17, wherein the mobile unit monitors if the mobile unit is connected to a car-mounted unit antenna or a handheld unit antenna and automatically recognizes if the mobile unit is in a car-mounted unit communication mode or the handheld unit communication mode by a fourth electric detection means.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit which performs standby control, said method comprising: receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions from a base station; recognizing bv the mobile unit which mode of the plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in by an electric detection means; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; executing standby control under the extracted standby condition; and monitoring by the mobile unit a telephone number and automatically recognizing if the mobile unit is in a normal communication mode or an emergency communication mode in accordance with a second electric detection means.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit which performs standby control, said method comprising: receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions from a base station; recognizing bv the mobile unit which mode of the plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in by an electric detection means; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; executing standby control under the extracted standby condition; and monitoring by the mobile unit a telephone number and automatically recognizing if the mobile unit is in a normal communication mode or an emergency communication mode in accordance with a second electric detection means.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
125 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit which performs standby control, said method comprising: receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions from a base station; recognizing by the mobile unit which mode of the plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in by an electric detection means; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; executing standby control under the extracted standby condition; monitoring by the mobile unit if the mobile unit is connected to a car-mounted unit power source or a handheld unit power source; and automatically recognizing if the mobile unit is in a car-mounted unit communication mode or a handheld unit communication mode by a fifth electric detection means.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
125 words
A method for standby control in a mobile unit which performs standby control, said method comprising: receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions from a base station; recognizing by the mobile unit which mode of the plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is in by an electric detection means; extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication; executing standby control under the extracted standby condition; monitoring by the mobile unit if the mobile unit is connected to a car-mounted unit power source or a handheld unit power source; and automatically recognizing if the mobile unit is in a car-mounted unit communication mode or a handheld unit communication mode by a fifth electric detection means.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
110 words
A mobile unit which performs standby control by receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions indicating a standby enabling condition starting a call and a standby disabling condition inhibiting a call and from a base station, provided with a manual switch for an operator to set which of a plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is to be in, by extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the mode of communication which the mobile unit is in, by modifying the standby conditions of the mobile unit and by executing standby control under the extracted standby condition and based on the modified standby conditions.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
110 words
A mobile unit which performs standby control by receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions indicating a standby enabling condition starting a call and a standby disabling condition inhibiting a call and from a base station, provided with a manual switch for an operator to set which of a plurality of modes of communication the mobile unit is to be in, by extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the mode of communication which the mobile unit is in, by modifying the standby conditions of the mobile unit and by executing standby control under the extracted standby condition and based on the modified standby conditions.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
103 words
A mobile unit which performs standby control by receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions indicating a standby enabling condition starting a call and a standby disabling condition inhibiting a call and from a base station, provided with an electric detection means for enabling the mobile unit to automatically recognize which of a plurality of modes communication the mobile unit is in, by extracting the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication and by modifying the standby conditions of the mobile unit and by executing standby control under the extracted standby condition and based on the modified standby conditions.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
103 words
A mobile unit which performs standby control by receiving broadcast information including various types of standby conditions indicating a standby enabling condition starting a call and a standby disabling condition inhibiting a call and from a base station, provided with an electric detection means for enabling the mobile unit to automatically recognize which of a plurality of modes communication the mobile unit is in, by extracting the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication and by modifying the standby conditions of the mobile unit and by executing standby control under the extracted standby condition and based on the modified standby conditions.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
128 words
A method for standby control in a base station and a mobile unit in a mobile telecommunication network comprised of at least one mobile unit and a base station, said method comprising: transmitting from the base station to the mobile unit via a radio control channel broadcast information required for standby control of the mobile unit, the broadcast information for standby control including a plurality of standby condition types conforming to different modes of communication of the mobile unit; and controlling operation in the mobile unit, including: a) recognizing by the mobile unit the several modes of communication of the mobile unit, b) extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication, and c) executing standby control under the extracted standby condition.
Claim 33
Independent Claim
128 words
A method for standby control in a base station and a mobile unit in a mobile telecommunication network comprised of at least one mobile unit and a base station, said method comprising: transmitting from the base station to the mobile unit via a radio control channel broadcast information required for standby control of the mobile unit, the broadcast information for standby control including a plurality of standby condition types conforming to different modes of communication of the mobile unit; and controlling operation in the mobile unit, including: a) recognizing by the mobile unit the several modes of communication of the mobile unit, b) extracting from the broadcast information the standby condition corresponding to the recognized mode of communication, and c) executing standby control under the extracted standby condition.
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