JP3866093B2 - Wireless communication system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a radio communication system including a mobile terminal and a base station.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PHS have been rapidly spread. With the rapid spread of such mobile terminals, services realized on the mobile terminals are diversified. As one form of such diversification, there is a form of differentiating base stations that provide services to mobile terminals.
[0003]
In other words, the service to be provided is different for each base station. For example, while providing common information about Tokyo from base stations installed in Shinjuku and Shibuya, providing information specific to Shinjuku from base stations installed in Shinjuku, and from base stations installed in Shibuya It is a form of providing information specific to Shibuya.
[0004]
There is also a form in which the service provided for each user is different. For example, while providing common information about weather forecasts to all users, financial information is provided to one user every morning, and sports information is provided to other users every morning. is there.
[0005]
In general, the degree of freedom of service forms such as the types and diversity of services that a base station provides to mobile terminals is affected by the number of parameters of system data set in the base station.
[0006]
Therefore, in order to differentiate the base stations as described above, the telecommunications carrier maintains the system data common to all the base stations, and gives the flexibility of the service form newly provided by the base stations. It is necessary to set, manage, and change for each base station. In particular, in order to provide information according to the times, it is necessary to frequently change the parameter values of the base station system data once set.
[0007]
Therefore, conventionally, in such a case, the telecommunications carrier has performed a data change process of changing the parameter value of the base station directly from an external device held by the telecommunications carrier or via a network.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such conventional means, when a parameter is present in the base station data, the value of the parameter is normally operated in a fixed manner, so that the telecommunications carrier changes the degree of freedom of the service to be provided every time it changes. The above-described data change processing is performed for each base station, and there is a problem that much time and labor are required.
[0009]
Furthermore, when not only making the service form different for each base station but also making it different for each user, the above data change processing can only be performed by the carrier, so the carrier knows the user's request and It is necessary to configure and manage the base station with different service forms. Therefore, when the user desires to change the service form, it is necessary to change the base station data in units of users, which requires much time and labor.
[0010]
Further, when the base station does not have the parameter, it is necessary to add the parameter, and with the addition of the parameter, there is a problem that the base station software needs to be updated.
[0011]
Furthermore, when the control by the parameter affects the hardware of the base station, there is a problem that the hardware itself needs to be replaced. Therefore, with such conventional means, when there are a large number of installed base stations, it is substantially possible to differentiate the above-mentioned base stations or to provide different services for each user. It was impossible.
[0012]
Therefore, in view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication system that can realize provision of various services to mobile terminals of a base station.
[0013]
[Means for solving problems]
The above problems are solved by the means described in the claims. That is, the first invention of the present application is a wireless communication system comprising a mobile terminal and a base station, wherein the base station holds base station specific data that is variable data and base station common data that is non-variable data. The wireless communication system further comprises means for setting and managing the base station specific data according to the installation environment of each base station.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 1, the first invention of this application manages system data held by a base station as non-volatile data (ROM) separately into base station specific data and base station common data. The data can be changed by the user. At this time, parameters that determine the service form of the base station, such as the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be connected, the maximum number of connections, and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided, are managed as base station specific data.
[0015]
Further, the parameters of the base station specific data can be handled by changing the parameters without changing the hardware configuration and software configuration of the base station. The parameter defined as the base station specific data determines the form of service provided by the base station. At this time, the data change process by the user is enabled only for the base station specific data.
[0016]
Therefore, according to the first invention of this application, unlike the conventional means, the communication carrier does not need to change all of the base station data. Therefore, according to the first invention of the present application, since the base station specific data can be changed by the user, it is possible to change the service provided for each base station according to the environment in which the base station is installed or the environment desired by the user. It becomes. At this time, the base station software and hardware are not changed due to the data change.
[0017]
A second invention of the present application is a radio communication system comprising a mobile terminal and a base station, wherein the base station is base station specific data that is variable data, base station common data that is non-variable data, and base station specific data. Data having parameters including at least the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be connected, the maximum number of connections, and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided, the base station common data 2 being non-variable data, and the base A radio communication system comprising means for setting and managing the base station specific data according to an installation environment for each station.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 2, the second invention of the present application holds, as base station common data 2, parameters including at least the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be connected, the maximum number of connections, and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided, which are the same as the base station specific data. The base station specific data and the base station common data 1 and 2 are managed as nonvolatile data (SDM).
[0019]
According to the second invention of the present application , since the base station specific data and the base station common data 2 are held, the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be connected, which is specified by the base station specific data necessary for the operation of the base station, For the parameters including at least the number of connections and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided, it is possible to select which data ( base station specific data / base station common data 2 ) to use depending on the operation mode or service provision mode, Combined operation with both data becomes possible.
[0020]
Thereby, when selecting the base station specific data which is variable data , the service provided by the change of the base station data can be given a degree of freedom. On the other hand, when selecting the base station common data 2 that is invariant data , the parameter values including at least the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be connected, the maximum number of connections, and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided are reset to default values, It is also possible to perform a conventional base station operation in which the same service is provided with the same settings for the base stations.
[0021]
In addition, in the base station specific data, for example, when a parameter including at least the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be divided for each mobile terminal, the maximum number of connections, and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided is set for each mobile terminal, By selecting whether to use base station common data 2 which is invariant data or base station specific data which is variable data, both data can be used together.
[0022]
Since the second invention of the present application also performs setting and management of base station data basically in the same manner as the first invention of the present application, the same effect as the first invention of the present application can also be expected.
[0023]
The third aspect of the invention, the base-station-specific data is the above parameters determining the form of providing the service by the base station provides, the first invention which is characterized in that it comprises a means for a user to set Or it is a radio | wireless communications system which concerns on 2nd invention of this application . A fourth invention of the present application is the radio communication system according to the second invention of the present application or the third invention of the present application, which further includes billing information as the parameter.
[0024]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the first invention of the present application . The base station in the first invention of the present application sets, manages, and changes the base station data as non-volatile data, divided into base station specific data and base station common data.
[0025]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the base station data reading process in the base station in the first invention of the present application . In the base station, the base station specific data and the base station common data are processed by the initialization process after the base station is activated. The data is read and the operation is started in the service form according to the parameter value of the base station specific data.
[0026]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention of the present application . The base station in the second invention of the present application can provide base station data as nonvolatile data, the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be connected, the maximum number of connections, and the same number of base station specific data, base station common data 1 and base station specific data. The base station common data 2 having parameters including at least a maximum bandwidth is set, managed, and changed.
[0027]
At this time, it is the base station specific data that the user can execute the data change process, and the data change regarding the base station common data 2 cannot be executed. In the following, a case where there are two types of operation modes will be described as an example.
[0028]
Fig. 4 shows a switchable operation mode between base station operation with a degree of freedom of service mode and conventional base station operation that provides the same service to all base stations and all users. It is a figure which shows the base station data reading process of a simple base station. At this time, it is assumed that mode 1 in FIG. 4 represents a base station operation mode having a degree of freedom of service form, and mode 2 represents a base station operation mode in which a common service is provided.
[0029]
In the base station, the base station data is read in accordance with the operation mode after the base station common data 1 is read by the initialization process after the base station is activated. In mode 1, in order to operate the base station with the degree of freedom of service form, reading from the base station specific data is performed. On the other hand, in mode 2, since the service is unchanged, reading from the base station common data 2 that is not permitted to be changed by the user is performed. Therefore, the base station operation with the service according to the operation mode is started by reading the data.
[0030]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a base station data reading process when the base station operation is only an operation with a degree of freedom of service form, but has an initial mode in which base station specific data is reset to a default value. is there. At this time, mode 1 in FIG. 5 represents the operation mode, and mode 2 represents the initial mode.
[0031]
In the base station, after the base station common data 1 is read by the initialization process after starting the base station, the base station specific data is read, and the operation in the base station operation mode is started. At this time, in mode 2, since it is necessary to reset (initialize) the base station specific data, a process of copying the base station common data 2 to the base station specific data is performed.
[0032]
In addition to the above description, parameters that may have different settings for each mobile terminal, such as the maximum allowable bandwidth and billing information, are set as base station specific data, and the parameters are divided into base station specific data and base station common data 2 Manage. Furthermore, if the base station specific data and the base station common data 2 are respectively read by the initialization process after starting the base station, whether the base station specific data or the base station common data 2 is used for each mobile terminal Can be selected, and both data can be used in combination. In this case, as to which data to select, a method of specifying from the mobile terminal, a method of determining based on information held by the base station, or the like can be considered.
[0033]
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining data change processing in the first invention and the second invention of the present application . For example, when the data change event shown in FIG. 7 occurs in the base station in the operation state, the data change process is started after the change data is acquired. The acquired change data is reflected on the base station specific data of the base station data, and the data change process is terminated.
[0034]
As for the data change event, as shown in FIG. 7, when the change data is transmitted to the base station as (1) wireless data from the mobile terminal, (2) it is transmitted from the server or PC on the network side. Or (3) may be installed in a base station as a memory card.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
According to the wireless communication system of the present invention, the base station data is managed by the base station specific data that allows the user to change the data and the base station common data that is not changed. It is possible to carry out the operation.
[0036]
In addition, the two common modes can be switched by maintaining / managing base station common data having parameters including at least the maximum number of mobile terminals that can be connected, the maximum number of connections, and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided. It is also possible to use two types of operation modes in combination. At this time, by making the setting for the base station common data common to all base stations, application to a conventional system is also possible.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a first invention of the present application .
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention of the present application .
FIG. 3 shows a base station data read process in the base station in the first invention of the present application .
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a base station data reading process (1) at a base station in the second invention of the present application ;
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a base station data reading process (2) at a base station in the second invention of the present application ;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing data change processing at a base station in the first invention and the second invention of the present application ;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a data change event in the present invention.

Claims (3)

  A wireless communication system comprising a mobile terminal and a base station, wherein the base station can connect the same maximum number of base station specific data as variable data, base station common data as non-variable data, and the base station specific data. Data having parameters including at least the number of mobile terminals, the maximum number of connections, and the maximum bandwidth that can be provided, and the base station common data 2 that is non-variable data, and depending on the installation environment of each base station A wireless communication system comprising means for setting and managing the base station specific data. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the base station specific data is the parameter for determining a service providing form provided by the base station, and means for setting by a user. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising billing information as the parameter.

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