JP2014007735A - Mobile communication terminal device, radio connection method, and mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal apparatus, a wireless connection method, and mobile communication that can connect to a base station suitable for the terminal in a short time and can provide performance suitable for the use and purpose of the user's terminal. Provide a system.
A mobile communication terminal (1) accesses a connection history database (4) of an information history management server (3) when there is no user operation of the terminal (idle state) for a predetermined time or longer, and a GPS communication unit (40). The location or area information detected in step S1 is sent out, connection information 6 associated with the location or area of the terminal is acquired, and based on the connection information 6 and the application that the terminal has accepted to start operation or the setting of the terminal itself, Make a wireless connection to the base station.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal apparatus, a radio connection method, and a mobile communication system that can transmit and receive with a plurality of radio communication schemes.

  Usually, a mobile communication terminal is configured to correspond to any one of the wireless communication systems, but a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving with a plurality of wireless communication systems for the reason of receiving a stable and highly functional service. There is.

A plurality of such wireless communication systems (for example, LTE: Long Term Evolution, WiMAX
(Registered Trademark): Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, WiFi (Registered Trademark): Wireless Fidelity, etc.) for mobile communication terminals that communicate with the currently used wireless communication system at regular time intervals or triggered by some event In general, when the communication quality, throughput, etc. are detected, and the communication quality, throughput, etc. fall below a certain threshold, the radio communication method is switched and the base station that transmits / receives data is reselected. .

  Note that Patent Document 1 includes a plurality of communication units that can selectively communicate with a specific base station among a plurality of base stations, obtain communication quality of each base station, A mobile terminal and a communication system are disclosed that are connected to a base station whose communication quality exceeds a predetermined specified value.

JP 2009-267876 A

  However, with a conventional mobile communication terminal, when reselecting a base station, it connects to a base station suitable for its own terminal efficiently in a short time, and performance according to the usage and purpose of the user's terminal use. There is a problem that can not be provided.

  For example, there are three base stations (base stations A / B / C) around the mobile communication terminal, and the usage (application) and purpose (request: throughput, voice delay, call connection speed, etc.) of the user's terminal The base station that satisfies It is assumed that the mobile communication terminal has a function of determining whether or not a user's terminal usage or purpose is satisfied, automatically selecting a wireless communication method, and reselecting a base station. Even in that case, the mobile communication terminal selects and connects the base station A with the strongest reception electric field strength of the broadcast channel and then the base station B. The mobile communication terminal must be connected and communicated to determine whether the base station satisfies the usage and purpose of the user's terminal use. Therefore, while the mobile communication terminal is connected to the base stations A and B, the user Therefore, it becomes a so-called waiting time, and it becomes difficult to achieve the use and purpose of the user's terminal.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable efficient connection in a short time to a base station suitable for the own terminal, and for a user terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal device, a wireless connection method, and a mobile communication system that can provide performance according to usage and purpose of use.

  To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile communication terminal device capable of wireless connection with a base station connected to a server holding a reference file, and detecting the position or area of the own terminal device And when the idle state of the terminal device continues for a certain time or longer, the reference file of the server is accessed, and the position or area information detected by the detection unit is transmitted, and the position or area of the terminal device Connection information associated with the base station is acquired, and wireless connection is made to the base station based on the connection information and an application for which the own terminal device has received an operation start or a setting of the own terminal device.

  The base station is preferably a base station on the same wireless communication network as the terminal device itself or on a wireless communication network different from the terminal device itself.

  In addition, the base station is preferably a base station that adopts the same wireless communication method as that of the own terminal device or a wireless communication method different from that of the own terminal device.

  The connection information preferably includes at least one of throughput, voice delay, call connection speed, security level, and communication carrier.

  The present invention also provides a wireless connection method for a mobile communication terminal device capable of wireless connection with a base station connected to a server holding a reference file, the step of detecting the position or area of the own terminal device; When the idle state of the own terminal device continues for a certain time or longer, the server accesses the reference file of the server and sends the detected position or area information and is associated with the position or area of the own terminal device. A step of acquiring connection information and wirelessly connecting to the base station based on the connection information and an application for which the own terminal device has accepted an operation start or a setting of the own terminal device.

  The present invention is also a mobile communication system including a mobile communication terminal apparatus compatible with a plurality of wireless communication schemes, a plurality of base stations, and an information history management server, wherein the mobile communication terminal apparatus is a local terminal apparatus. A detection unit for detecting the position or area information, and when the idle state continues for a certain time or longer, the reference file of the information history management server is accessed, and the position information detected by the detection unit is transmitted, The connection information associated with the location information is acquired, and based on the connection information and the application that the terminal device has received an operation start or the setting of the terminal device, wireless connection is made to the base station, and the plurality of base stations Connected to an information history management server via a network via a communication line, wherein the information history management server is configured such that the mobile communication terminal device is connected to the plurality of base stations. Characterized in that it comprises a database for storing the location information and the connection information the mobile communication terminal device detects when connected with leaving a history of time of connection was.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently connect to a base station suitable for the current position and area of the terminal itself in a short time.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a performance suitable for a user's terminal usage (application) and purpose.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system to which a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the mobile communication terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the mobile communication terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system to which a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1 includes mobile communication terminals 1 and 2 corresponding to a plurality of wireless communication systems, base stations A, B, and C, and an information history management server 3. The base stations A, B, and C are connected to the information history management server 3 via a network (not shown) via a communication line. The information history management server 3 includes a connection history consisting of location information 5 and connection information 6. Database 4 (reference file) is stored. In FIG. 1, only the base stations A, B, and C and the mobile communication terminals 1 and 2 are shown for simplicity of explanation, but actually, other base stations and mobile communication terminals are also provided. There shall be. A base station that is most suitable for a user's terminal usage (application) and purpose (request: throughput, voice delay, call connection speed, etc.) is C.

  The connection history database 4 retains a history when the mobile communication terminal is connected to the base station, and the latitude / longitude (position information 5) measured by the mobile communication terminal at the time of connection and the connection result (latitude / longitude) ( Connection information 6).

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. A mobile communication terminal 1 shown in FIG. 2 includes a wireless communication unit 10 that communicates with a base station using a first wireless communication method, a wireless communication unit 20 that communicates with a base station using a second wireless communication method, and the entire terminal. A control unit 30 for controlling the position, a GPS communication unit 40 (detection unit) for detecting the position or area of the terminal, and a storage unit 50 for storing various data values. The mobile communication terminal 2 has the same configuration. In FIG. 2, two wireless communication units are provided to support two wireless communication methods, but the number of wireless communication units may be increased to support two or more wireless communication methods.

  The control unit 30 accesses the connection history database 4 of the information history management server 3 when there is no user operation of the terminal (idle state) for a certain time or longer, and also detects the position detected by the GPS communication unit 40 or Transmits area information, obtains connection information 6 associated with the location or area of the terminal itself, and wirelessly connects to the base station based on the connection information 6 and the application that the terminal has accepted to start operation or the settings of the terminal itself To do.

  The storage unit 50 holds a list of base stations that can be connected to the own terminal created by the own terminal.

  Next, the operation of the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. 3 with reference to the schematic configuration diagram of the mobile communication system of FIG.

  When there is no user operation (idle state) for a predetermined time or longer, the mobile communication terminal 1 transmits information history data (location information and connection information of the mobile communication terminal 1) to the information history management server 3 for connection. The history database 4 is updated (S101).

  The mobile communication terminal 1 captures a broadcast channel (BCH) radio signal transmitted from the base station, and then determines the received field strength and the degree of congestion of the base station, and creates a list of connectable base stations ( S102).

  After creating the base station list, the mobile communication terminal 1 refers to the connection history database 4 (reference file) held by the information history management server 3 (FIG. 1 (1)).

  The connection history database 4 includes latitude / longitude (position information 5) measured by the GPS communication unit 40 included in the mobile communication terminal 1 at the time of connection and a connection result (connection information 6) corresponding to the latitude / longitude.

  If the position information 5 is held at one point of latitude / longitude, the amount of data becomes enormous. Therefore, the position information 5 is held as two points of latitude / longitude, so-called plane, or three points of latitude / longitude / altitude, so-called solid. May be.

  The mobile communication terminal 1 refers to the position information 5 in the connection history database 4 to determine which point, face, or solid position the current terminal position corresponds to, and is associated with the position or area of the terminal itself. Reference is made to the connection information 6 of the base station (FIG. 1 (2)).

  The connection information 6 is divided for each base station, and necessary information is recorded as a connection history. The connection information 6 in FIG. 1 describes the throughput, voice delay, and call connection speed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and determination materials that satisfy the user's request contents such as security level, communication carrier ( Carrier, network operator) etc. are added as necessary.

  The mobile communication terminal 1 determines the user's request content from the application used in the mobile communication terminal 1 or the setting of the terminal itself, etc., determines the parameters that satisfy the user's request content, and uses the user's usage / purpose The base station C most suitable for the user is determined, or a list of base stations most suitable for the usage and purpose of the user is created (S103, FIG. 1 (3)).

  When there is a connection request from the user, the mobile communication terminal 1 connects to the determined base station C (S104, FIG. 1 (4)), and starts using the user at the base station C that satisfies the user's intended use and purpose ( S105).

  The mobile communication terminal 1 uses the information history data (location information and connection information of the mobile communication terminal 1) as the information history management server when the user's use is finished and the state where there is no user operation (idle state) continues for a certain time or more. To update the connection history database (S106).

  As described above, the mobile communication terminal 1 can efficiently connect to the base station C that satisfies the user's request contents without taking as much time as possible.

  The information history management server 3 updates not only the connection history database 4 of the target mobile communication terminal 1 but also the connection history database 4 of other mobile communication terminals 2 (FIG. 1 (5)). . The update is performed by an event caused by connection between the mobile communication terminal and the information history management server 3 or connection between the mobile communication terminals, or periodically.

  In the above-described embodiment, the base station may be a base station on the same radio communication network as the mobile communication terminal 1 or a base station on a radio communication network different from the mobile communication terminal 1.

  Further, the base station may be a base station that employs the same radio communication scheme as that of the mobile communication terminal 1 or a base station that employs a radio communication scheme different from that of the mobile communication terminal 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Mobile communication terminal 3 Information history management server 4 Connection history database 5 Location information 6 Connection information 10, 20 Wireless communication part 30 Control part 40 GPS communication part (detection part)
50 Storage unit A, B, C Base station

Claims (6)

A mobile communication terminal device capable of wireless connection with a base station connected to a server holding a reference file,
Provided with a detection unit for detecting the position or area of the terminal device
When the idle state of the own terminal device continues for a certain time or longer, it accesses the reference file of the server and sends the position or area information detected by the detection unit, and is associated with the position or area of the own terminal device A mobile communication terminal apparatus that obtains connection information and wirelessly connects to the base station based on the connection information and an application that the terminal apparatus has received an operation start or a setting of the terminal apparatus.   The mobile communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the base station is a base station on the same wireless communication network as the own terminal apparatus or on a different radio communication network from the own terminal apparatus.   The mobile communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the base station is a base station that adopts the same wireless communication system as the own terminal apparatus or a different wireless communication system from the own terminal apparatus.   The mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the connection information includes at least one of throughput, voice delay, call connection speed, security level, and communication carrier. apparatus. A wireless connection method of a mobile communication terminal device capable of wireless connection with a base station connected to a server holding a reference file,
Detecting the position or area of the terminal device;
A connection associated with the position or area of the own terminal device, when the idle state of the own terminal device continues for a certain time or longer, accesses the reference file of the server and sends the information of the detected position or area. Acquiring information, and wirelessly connecting to the base station based on the connection information and the application that the own terminal device has accepted to start operation or the setting of the own terminal device;
A wireless connection method comprising: A mobile communication system including a mobile communication terminal device compatible with a plurality of wireless communication methods, a plurality of base stations, and an information history management server,
The mobile communication terminal device includes a detection unit that detects position or area information of the terminal device,
When the idle state continues for a certain period of time or more, it accesses the reference file of the information history management server, sends the location information detected by the detection unit, obtains connection information associated with the location information, and Based on the connection information and the application that the terminal device has received an operation start or the setting of the terminal device, wirelessly connected to the base station,
The plurality of base stations are connected to an information history management server via a network via a communication line,
The information history management server includes a database that stores a history of when the mobile communication terminal device is connected to the plurality of base stations and stores the location information and the connection information detected by the mobile communication terminal device at the time of connection. A mobile communication system.

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