JP3957539B2 - Wireless communication base station equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a radio communication base station apparatus in a radio communication system including a subscriber identification (SIM) module, and more particularly to an information setting method and a startup procedure selection method for the radio communication base station apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a device configuration diagram of a conventional radio communication base station device. A conventional wireless communication base station apparatus has a wireless interface unit 101 for communicating with a terminal and a wired side interface unit 102 for connecting the wireless communication base station apparatus to a wired network. By controlling the wireless interface unit 101 and the wired interface unit by the control unit 103, the wireless communication base station device communicates with a device connected to the wired network on the one hand and wirelessly communicates with the terminal on the other hand. The terminal can communicate with various devices on a wired network connected to the wireless communication base station device via the wireless communication base station device.
[0003]
The wireless communication base station device is connected to various wired networks such as a public network and an in-house network, and communicates with various devices on the network. In order to be able to use one radio communication base station apparatus in various use environments (if the use environment is different, the operation of the radio communication base station apparatus is also different), the radio communication base station apparatus is used in its use environment. It is pre-initialized to a shape suitable for.
[0004]
When the wireless communication base station apparatus is activated, it is activated according to the activation mode recorded in the nonvolatile memory in the apparatus or selected by the hardware switch in the apparatus. Varies depending on the startup mode.
[0005]
Therefore, when the wireless communication base station apparatus is operated differently, for example, when the wireless communication base station apparatus is used in an environment different from the environment in which the wireless communication base station apparatus is currently used, the activation mode of the wireless communication base station apparatus is changed. .
[0006]
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a conventional method of changing the startup mode. Conventionally, information related to the activation mode recorded in the non-volatile memory in the radio communication base station apparatus by connecting the rewriting apparatus to the radio communication apparatus direct device 111 or selected by the hardware switch in the apparatus Had changed.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional radio communication base station apparatus, when the activation mode is changed, it is necessary to connect and rewrite the dedicated device as described above. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare this dedicated device. Equipment costs increase.
[0008]
In addition, rewriting by a dedicated device takes time. Furthermore, in rewriting by a dedicated device, there is a possibility that the wireless communication base station device may become inoperable due to a setting error when replacing the wireless communication base station device or an operation error when operating and rewriting the dedicated device. is there.
[0009]
Then, an object of this invention is to provide the radio | wireless communication base station apparatus which uses a SIM card for the change of the starting mode of a radio | wireless communication base station apparatus in view of this situation.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, the above-mentioned problems are solved by the means described in the claims. That is, the invention described in claim 1 includes one or more wired interfaces for connecting to a wired network to which a plurality of servers are connected , and one or more wireless interfaces for wirelessly communicating with a terminal; a radio communication base station apparatus and a control unit for controlling the wired side interface and the wireless-side interface,
[0011]
The control unit has a SIM (subscriber identification module) card slot, and determines whether a SIM card is inserted in the SIM card slot at the time of startup. In accordance with information recorded on the SIM card, a server is selected from the plurality of servers, an encrypted communication path is set with the server, and mutual authentication is performed. The wireless communication base station apparatus performs management of the wireless communication base station apparatus and authentication of the terminal using the set communication path .
[0013]
According to the present invention, the control unit provided in the radio communication base station apparatus determines whether a SIM card is inserted in the SIM card slot when the radio communication base station apparatus is activated, and is activated according to the presence or absence of the SIM card. Different modes. Also, according to the data stored in the SIM card, the opposite device on the network for transmitting and receiving information is determined and various information necessary for it is set. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to simplify the setting of the activation mode of the radio communication base station apparatus and to prevent occurrence of mistakes.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a radio communication base station apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 are diagrams showing a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a radio communication base station apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of the activation sequence. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a specific application example of the present embodiment, and illustrates a case where a radio base station apparatus is connected to a private network. FIG. 4 is also a diagram showing a specific application example of the present embodiment, and shows a case of connection to a public network.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 1, the radio communication base station apparatus includes a radio side interface 11, a wired side interface 12, and a control unit 13 for controlling them. The control unit 13 includes a SIM card slot 14.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication base station apparatus determines whether an SILM card is inserted in the SIM card slot 14 after executing a predetermined procedure after activation. Then, the radio communication base station apparatus executes the mode A start procedure when the SIM card is not inserted, and executes the mode B start procedure when the SIM card is inserted, and ends the start process. .
[0017]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the radio communication base station apparatus has two activation modes, an in-house mode and a public mode. In the case shown in FIG. 3, the wireless communication base station device 31 is connected to a wired network 33 such as a wired LAM in a company. Therefore, the radio communication base station apparatus 31 needs to set the activation mode to the in-house mode. For this reason, no SIM card is inserted into the SIM card slot 32 of the radio communication base station apparatus 31.
[0018]
On the other hand, in the case shown in FIG. 4, the radio communication base station apparatus 41 is connected to a wired network 43 such as a telephone network. Therefore, the radio communication base station apparatus 41 needs to set the activation mode to the public mode. For this reason, a SIM card is inserted into the SIM card slot 42 of the radio communication base station apparatus 41.
[0019]
5 to 9 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a startup / operation sequence according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific application example of the present embodiment, and shows a network configuration. FIG. 8 is also a diagram showing a specific application example of the present embodiment, and shows a sequence at startup. FIG. 9 is also a diagram showing a specific application example of the present embodiment, and shows a sequence during operation.
[0020]
The radio communication base station apparatus 51 is connected to a network 53 to which a plurality of servers are connected, and a terminal 56 exists under the radio communication base station apparatus 51. The SIM card inserted into the SIM card slot 52 stores various information for specifying and communicating with servers (54, 55) on the network 53 through which the wireless communication base station apparatus 51 transmits and receives information. . The wireless communication base station apparatus 51 performs communication according to the information at the time of activation / communication.
[0021]
Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the radio communication base station apparatus 51 uses the information stored in the server 54 for information related to the setting at startup, in accordance with the information recorded in the SIM card, The information stored in the server 53 is used for information related to the authentication 56.
[0022]
In the specific application example of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the wireless communication base station device 71 is connected to the public network 73, and a plurality of server groups (74, 75) of a plurality of operators are provided on the public network 73. , (76, 77) are connected, and a plurality of operators share one public network 73. FIG. 8 shows a sequence at the time of activation of the radio communication base station apparatus 71. The radio communication base station apparatus 71 is selected from the server group according to the information in the SIM card inserted in the SIM card slot 72. An appropriate server is selected, and an encrypted communication path is set with the server shown in FIG. 7 and mutual authentication is performed according to the information recorded in the SIM card.
[0023]
FIG. 9 shows a sequence during operation of the wireless communication base station device 71. The wireless communication base station device management and terminal authentication are performed by the server of the wired network using the communication path set at the time of activation. Do. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the server 76 manages the radio communication base station apparatus 71 and the server 77 authenticates the terminal 78.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the activation mode of the wireless communication base station apparatus is changed, the device on the network that transmits / receives information is specified, and the information necessary to communicate with them is set. Are performed using the presence or absence of a SIM card inserted in the SIM card slot and information recorded on the SIM card.
[0025]
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily change the setting of the radio communication base station apparatus. Further, according to the present invention, mistakes when changing information can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a radio communication base station apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a startup sequence.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a specific application example of the embodiment of the present invention (when a radio base station apparatus is connected to a private network).
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a specific application example of an embodiment of the present invention (when a radio base station apparatus is connected to a public network).
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a network configuration according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a startup / operation sequence according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a specific application example of the second embodiment (network configuration);
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a specific application example of the second embodiment (startup sequence);
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a specific application example of the second embodiment (sequence during operation);
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a device configuration diagram of a conventional radio communication base station device.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a conventional method for changing a startup mode.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Wireless side interface 12 Wired side interface 13 Control unit 14 SIM slot card 31 Wireless communication base station device 32 SIM card slot (SIM card is not inserted)
33 In-house network 41 Wireless communication base station apparatus 42 SIM card slot (SIM card is inserted)
43 Public network 51 Wireless communication base station device 52 SIM card slot 53 Network 54 Server 1
55 Server 2
56 terminal 71 wireless communication base station device 72 SIM card slot 73 public network 74 server A1
75 Server A2
76 Server B1
77 Server B2
78 terminal 101 wireless interface unit 102 wired side interface unit 103 control unit 111 wireless communication base station device 112 rewriting device

Claims (1)

Control one or more wired side interface for multiple servers connected to a connected wired network, and one or more wireless end interface for communicating terminal and the radio, the wired-side interface and the radio side interface A wireless communication base station device comprising a control unit,
The control unit has a SIM (subscriber identification module) card slot, and determines whether a SIM card is inserted in the SIM card slot at the time of startup,
If it is inserted,
At startup, according to the information recorded on the SIM card, a server is selected from the plurality of servers, an encrypted communication path is set with the server, and mutual authentication is performed.
A radio communication base station apparatus that manages the radio communication base station apparatus and authenticates a terminal using a server selected at startup and a set communication path during operation .

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