JPH08182048A - Radio communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a radio communication system optimum to the use for specific areas such as a recreation ground and a hospital. CONSTITUTION: Plural base stations 11, 12, 13, 14 are arranged in the site of a recreation ground and a PHS terminals 41, 42, 43,..., 4n are arranged to each attraction spot in the side of the recreation ground with respect to the base stations 11, 12, 13, 14. When a PHS terminal 5 possessed by a person is used in the recreation ground, the person acquires an ID memory 51 for local area, mounts the ID memory 51 to the PHS terminal 5 and registers the position to the base stations 11, 12, 13, 14 based on the identification number of the ID memory 51 to communicate information with the PHS terminals 41, 42, 43,...,4n via the base station to which the position is registered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless communication system used in a specific area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a wireless communication system that can be used only in a specific area such as an amusement park or a hospital, there is a pager such as a premises page. In such a communication system, a base station sends a message to a terminal. It was a one-way information service.

Therefore, the service from the base station to the terminal is limited to a specific content, and it is not always possible to obtain meaningful information, and, of course, the terminal side determines the service of the base station. If you cannot access and obtain the information required by the terminal, and if you want to receive services in such a local area, prepare a separate terminal that can be used only in that area. I had to do it.

By the way, recently, as a wireless communication system, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) in which a plurality of terminals are provided for a base station (base unit) connected to a public line has been put into practical use.

[0005]

However, such a P
As for HS, it has not been sufficiently studied about what made it possible to use it only in a specific area such as an amusement park or a hospital, and there has been a strong demand for its practical application. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a wireless communication system most suitable for use in a specific area such as an amusement park or a hospital.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a plurality of base stations provided in a specific area, base terminals separately installed at a plurality of bases in the specific area, and the specific A storage medium for a local area can be attached when it is used in a region, and the location is registered with the base station based on the stored content of the storage medium, and the storage medium can be exchanged with the base terminal via the base station. It is composed of a personally-owned terminal capable of exchanging predetermined information.

Further, according to the present invention, the base terminal registers the means for registering the order of the wireless communication terminals via the base station, and the updating means for updating the order of the wireless communication terminals registered by the registering means. And a notification means for notifying the wireless communication terminal via the base station when the turn of the wireless communication terminal comes.

Further, the present invention provides a plurality of base stations arranged in a specific area, a management means for centrally managing information relating to these base stations, and a base station for use in the specific area. A storage medium for a local area can be attached, position registration is performed with the base station based on the storage content of the storage medium, and predetermined information can be exchanged with the management means via the base station. And a personally owned terminal that

Also, in the present invention, the management means reserves the order of the wireless communication terminals via the base station, state detecting means for detecting a state change of each base station, and this state. Update means for updating the order of the wireless communication terminals reserved by the reservation means when a state change is detected by the detecting means, and notification to the wireless communication terminals via the base station when the order of the wireless communication terminals comes And a notification means for doing so.

[0010]

As a result, according to the present invention, a plurality of base stations are arranged in a specific area, and a base terminal is separately provided for each of the base stations such as attraction venues in the specific area. Arranged, when using a personally owned terminal in the specific area, by mounting a storage medium for the local area, by registering the position with respect to the base station based on the stored content of the storage medium, It becomes possible to exchange information with the base terminal via the base station, for example, in the case of using only in a specific area such as an amusement park, with respect to the base terminal such as an attraction venue, participation registration, You will be able to exchange service information such as waiting time inquiry and waiting time notification.

Further, according to the present invention, the base terminal has registration means for registering the order of the wireless communication terminals via the base station, and updates the order of the wireless communication terminals registered by this registration means. While updating by the means, when the turn of the wireless communication terminal comes, the notification means can notify the wireless communication terminal via the base station, so that it is possible to provide a waiting notification service to the wireless communication terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of base stations are provided in a specific area, and a management means for centrally managing information relating to these base stations is provided, so that a personally owned terminal can be provided. When it is used in the specific area, a storage medium for a local area is mounted, and the location is registered in the base station based on the storage content of the storage medium, so that the management means can communicate with the management means via the base station. It becomes possible to exchange predetermined information with, for example, when using it only in a specific area such as a hospital, the base station provided in each medical station, through management means, consultation registration, inquiry of waiting time ,
It becomes possible to exchange service information such as notification of waiting time.

Further, according to the present invention, the management means has a reservation means for reserving the order of the wireless communication terminals via the base station and a state detection means for detecting a state change for each base station, When the state change is detected by the detection means, the order of the wireless communication terminals reserved by the reservation means is updated by the updating means, and when the order of the wireless communication terminals comes, the notification means from the wireless communication terminal via the base station. In this case as well, the notification service of waiting for the wireless communication terminal can be provided because the notification can be made.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a system conceptual diagram showing an example in which the present invention is applied to an amusement park.

In the figure, 11, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are P
In the HS base stations, these base stations 11, 12, 13, 14,
Are arranged at predetermined intervals on the premises of the amusement park. The base stations 11, 12, 13, and 14 are connected to the public line 2, and the base station controller 3 is connected to the public line 2.

This base station controller 3 is provided for each base station 1
Comprehensive management of 1, 12, 13, and 14 is performed. A plurality of attraction PHS terminals 41, 42, 43 are provided for these base stations 11, 12, 13, 14, respectively.
, ... 4n can be connected by a wireless line. These PHS terminals 41, 42, 43, ... 4n are installed separately at each attraction venue on the amusement park site.
Each of the PHS terminals 41, 42, 43, ... 4n has already been registered with respect to the nearest base station 11, 12, 13, 13, 14.

Further, each of these PHS terminals 41, 42, 4
The personal-owned PHS terminal 5 can be connected to 3, ..., 4n by a wireless line via each base station. This PH
The S terminal 5 has a local area ID memory 51 mountable therein. The local area ID memory 51 stores information such as a personal number, and is obtained when entering an amusement park, and is attached to the own PHS terminal 5 together with the acquisition.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of such a personally owned PHS terminal 5. In this case, 11 is an antenna, and the transmitting / receiving device 12 is connected to the antenna 11. The transmitter / receiver 12 is composed of a frequency conversion unit and a modem. On the reception side of the frequency conversion unit, the signal input from the antenna 11 is input via an antenna switch that divides transmission / reception, and then from the PLL synthesizer. By mixing with the output local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency, frequency conversion is performed from the 1.9 GHz band to an IF signal in the vicinity of 1 MHz.

On the other hand, on the transmitting side, the π / 4 shift QPSK modulated wave input from the modem is mixed with the local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency output from the PLL synthesizer to convert the frequency to the 1.9 GHz band, Radiation is made from the antenna 11 via the antenna switch.

On the receiving side of the modem, the IF signal from the frequency converter is demodulated and separated into IQ data, which is transferred to the communication controller as a data string. On the other hand, on the transmission side, IQ data is generated from the data transferred from the communication control unit, modulated into π / 4 shift QPSK, and output to the frequency conversion unit.

A communication control unit 13 and a voice processing unit 14 are sequentially connected to the transmitting / receiving device 12, and a speaker 15 and a microphone 16 are connected to the voice processing unit 14.

Here, the communication control unit 13 performs frame synchronization and slot data format processing. On the receiving side, one slot of data is received from the received data sent from the modem of the transmitting / receiving unit 12 at a predetermined timing. After extracting the unique word (synchronization signal) from this data to synchronize the frame and descramble the control data section and the audio data section, the control data is sent to the control section 17, which will be described later. The voice data is transferred to the voice processing unit 14.

On the other hand, on the transmitting side, control data or the like is added to the voice data sent from the voice processing unit 14, scrambled, etc., and then a unique word or the like is added to create transmission data for one slot. , Is inserted into a predetermined slot in the frame at a predetermined timing and is sent to the modem of the transmitting / receiving unit 12.

The voice processing unit 14 is composed of a speech codec and a PCM codec. Of these, the speech codec performs compression / expansion processing of digital data, and at the receiving side, the ADPCM sent from the communication control unit 13. Audio signal (4bit x 8KHz = 32K
bps) is a PCM audio signal (8bit × 8KHz = 64Kbps)
) And decompress it to output to the PCM codec. On the other hand, on the transmission side, the PCM audio signal sent from the PCM codec is compressed by being encoded into an ADPCM audio signal and output to the communication control unit 13.

The PCM codec is an analog /
Digital conversion processing is performed. At the receiving side, the PCM audio signal sent from the speech codec is D / A.
The converted analog voice signal is output to the speaker 15.
On the other hand, on the transmitting side, the analog voice signal input from the microphone 16 is A / D converted and the PCM voice signal is output to the speech codec.

A control unit 17 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 12, the communication control unit 13, and the voice processing unit 14, and the control unit 17 includes a ROM 18, a RAM 19, and a key input unit 2.
0, the display unit 21 is connected, and the ID memory 51 described in FIG. 1 is detachably connected by the connector c.

Here, the control unit 17 controls the entire apparatus according to a predetermined protocol. ROM18 is
The control program in the control unit 17 is stored.
Further, the RAM 19 temporarily stores data handled by the control of the control unit 17. Key input part 2
0 is for inputting a key input for setting each function to the control unit 17. The display unit 21 displays input data and results for various controls.

Incidentally, the attraction PHS terminals 41, 4
The basic structure of 2, 43, ..., 4n is the same. Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

First, the owner of the PHS terminal 5 receives the ID memory 51 when entering the amusement park, and attaches the ID memory 51 to the PHS terminal 5. In this state, when the power of the PHS terminal 5 is turned on, the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 is executed.

In this case, in step 301, a position registration request is made to the base station, for example, the base station 11 based on the personal number read from the ID memory 51, and the position is registered in the base station controller 3. In step 302, the desired PHS, such as attraction PHS
The current state of the terminal 41 is accessed, and the process proceeds to step 303 to notify the display unit 21 of the access result.

Here, in step 304, it is judged whether or not there is a notification addressed to itself during the notification, and if there is a notification addressed to itself, the content of this notification is displayed on the display unit 21 in step 305. The notification in this case is a notification that the turn of the attraction is approaching. And step 30
When the contents of the notification are confirmed in step 6, a signal indicating the confirmation is output in step 307.

On the other hand, if the notification is not addressed to itself in step 304, the process proceeds to step 308, and the key input unit 26
This state is maintained until a key is pressed in. From this state, a predetermined key input by operating the key input unit 26 leads to step 309, where the nearest base station 11
Desired PHS terminal via, for example,
Access the PHS terminal 42.

Then, in step 310, the key input unit 2
The mode is selected by 6. Here, if the registration mode is selected, the process proceeds to step 311, and the attraction PHS
Registration for participation in the attraction corresponding to the terminal 41 is performed, and the number of people is set in step 312. If the confirmation mode is selected in step 310, step 313
Then, the current state of the attraction corresponding to the attraction PHS terminal 41 is accessed, and step 314
Then, this state is notified. Further, step 310
Then, when the cancel mode is selected, in step 315, notification is given to cancel the setting corresponding to the personal number in the attraction PHS terminal 41.

On the other hand, the attraction PHS terminal 41 executes the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 in correspondence with the operation of the PHS terminal 5 described above. In this case, step 401
Then, it is determined whether or not the attraction PHS terminal 41 has been accessed. Here, if accessed, each mode is selected in step 402. First, in the case of selecting the registration mode, the process proceeds to step 403, and the participation and the number of people in the attraction corresponding to the attraction PHS terminal 41 are registered together with the personal number. As a result, the participation in the attraction and the number of people corresponding to the personal number are sequentially stored in the memory (eg, RAM 19). If the confirmation mode is selected in step 402, the attraction P is selected in step 404.
The state of attraction corresponding to the HS terminal 41 is notified. Furthermore, if the cancel mode is selected in step 402, the setting corresponding to the personal number of the attraction PHS terminal 41 is canceled in step 405.

On the other hand, if there is no access at step 401, the order of attractions is judged at step 406. Here, if there is a PHS terminal 5 that is approaching the attraction order, in step 407, this PHS terminal 5
The S number is notified to the S terminal 5 using the personal number, and in step 408, the confirmation signal from the PHS terminal 5 is waited for. If it is determined in step 406 that the attraction order is not determined, step 40
9, the state change of the attraction (change of order, change of waiting time, etc.) is judged, and if there is a state change, the state is updated in step 410.

Therefore, according to such a first embodiment,
Multiple base stations 11, 12, 13, 14, within the amusement park premises
And the base stations 11, 12, 13,
On the other hand, in contrast to 14, the attraction PHS terminals 41, 42, 43, ...
When 4n is arranged and the PHS terminal 5 owned by the individual is used in the amusement park, the ID memory 51 for the local area is obtained, the ID memory 51 is attached to the PHS terminal 5, and the ID memory 51 Base station 1 based on personal number
By registering the locations of 1, 12, 13, and 14 with each other, the attraction PHS terminal 4 can be accessed via the location-registered base station.
Information can be exchanged between 1, 42, 43, ... 4n, and when used only on the premises of an amusement park, the attraction PHS at each attraction venue
It becomes possible to exchange service information such as participation registration, inquiry of waiting time, notification of waiting time, etc. to the terminals 41, 42, 43, ... 4n. (Second Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a system conceptual diagram showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a hospital.

In the figure, 211, 212, 213, 2
14 is a PHS base station, and these base stations 211, 212
, 213 and 214 are arranged in each medical office such as internal medicine and surgery in the hospital.

Further, these base stations 211, 212, 21
3, 214 are connected to the line 22, and the center 23 is connected to the line 22. This center 23 performs comprehensive management of each base station 211, 212, 213, 214. A state detector 24 is connected to the center 23. The state detecting unit 24 detects the state of each medical station via the base stations 211, 212, 213, and 214.

Then, these base stations 211, 212,
Personally owned PHS terminals 25 can be connected to 213 and 214 via wireless lines. This PHS terminal 25
Shows that the ID memory 251 for the local area can be mounted. This local area ID memory 25
Information 1 such as a personal number is stored, which is obtained at the reception of the hospital and is attached to the PHS terminal 25 of the user when the information is obtained.

In this case, the personally-owned PHS terminal has the same configuration as that of FIG. 2 described above, and a description thereof will be omitted here. Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

First, the owner of the PHS terminal 25 receives the ID memory 51 at the reception of the hospital, and the ID memory 5
1 is attached to the PHS terminal 25. When the power of the PHS terminal 25 is turned on in this state, the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is executed.

In this case, in step 601, the location registration request is made by designating the medical station information for designating the desired medical station based on the personal number read from the ID memory 51, for example, the base station 211. Next, in step 602, it is determined whether or not there is a notification addressed to itself, and if there is a notification addressed to itself, the content of this notification is displayed on the display unit 21 in step 603.
The notification in this case is a notification that the examination order is approaching. Then, when the notification contents are confirmed in step 603, a signal indicating the confirmation is output in step 604.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 602 that the notification is not addressed to itself, the process proceeds to step 605 and the key input unit 26
This state is maintained until the inquiry key is operated with. In this state, if there is an inquiry key operation from the key input unit 26, the process proceeds to step 606, the base station 211 is accessed for the current state, and the state of waiting for medical examination is notified via the base station 211. .

On the other hand, for such a PHS terminal 25,
The center 23 executes the flowchart shown in FIG. In this case, in step 701, it is determined whether the location registration has been made to the center 23 via the base station. Then, in step 702, based on the medical office information sent together with the position registration request, a reservation is made for the management data of a predetermined medical office, and in step 703, when there is an inquiry request from the PHS terminal 25, step 704 Then, the current state is notified based on the management data of the predetermined medical office. If there is no inquiry request, the process proceeds to step 705, the order of medical examination in the management data of the predetermined medical office is judged, and if there is a PHS terminal 25 near the medical examination order, at step 706, this PHS terminal 25 To that effect.

If it is determined in step 705 that there is no PHS terminal 25 approaching the examination order, the process proceeds to step 707, where the state detecting unit 24 determines the state change of each base station (each medical station), and the state change is detected. If so, the state is updated in step 708.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment as described above,
A plurality of base stations 211, 212, 213 are provided in each hospital in the hospital.
, 214, and these base stations 211,
A center 23 for centrally managing information related to 212, 213, and 214 is provided, and a personally owned PHS terminal 25 is provided.
When using in the hospital, the local area ID memory 251 is obtained, the ID memory 251 is attached to the PHS terminal 25, and the base stations 211, 212, 213 based on the personal number of the ID memory 251, By registering the location with respect to 214, it becomes possible to exchange information with the center 23 via the location-registered base station, and when used only in a hospital, the base station 21 of each medical station can be used.
It becomes possible to exchange service information such as medical care registration, inquiry of waiting time, notification of waiting time, etc. through the center 23 with respect to 1, 212, 213 and 214. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be implemented by appropriately modifying it without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, even when used only in a specific area such as an amusement park,
It is possible to exchange service information such as participation registration, inquiry of waiting time, notification of waiting time, etc. to base terminals provided at each attraction venue and the like.

In addition, even when used only in a specific area such as a hospital, a base station provided in each medical office,
It is also possible to exchange service information such as medical registration, waiting time inquiry, and waiting time notification.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system concept of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a PHS terminal used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a system concept of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11, 12, 13, 14, ... Base station, 2 ... Public line, 3 ...
Base station controller 41, 42, 43, ... 4n ... Attraction PHS terminal, 5 ... PHS terminal, 51 ... ID memory, 11 ... Antenna, 12 ... Transmitting / receiving section, 13 ... Communication control section, 14 ... Voice processing section, 15 ... Speaker, 16 ... Microphone, 17 ... Controller, 18 ... ROM, 19 ... RA
M1, 20 ... Key input section, 21 ... Display section, 211, 21
2, 213, 214 ... Base station, 22 ... Public line, 23 ...
Center, 24 ... Status detection unit, 25 ... PHS terminal, 251
... ID memory.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of base stations arranged in a specific area, a base terminal wirelessly connected to the plurality of bases in the specific area and installed at a predetermined position, and the specific base station. A wireless communication terminal in which a storage medium for a local area can be mounted when used in a region, and predetermined information can be exchanged with the base terminal via a base station based on the stored content of the storage medium. A wireless communication system comprising: 2. The base terminal, registration means for registering the order of the wireless communication terminals via the base station; updating means for updating the order of the wireless communication terminals registered by the registration means; The wireless communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: a notification unit that notifies the wireless communication terminal via the base station when the order of the communication terminals comes. 3. A plurality of base stations arranged in a specific area, management means for centrally managing information related to these base stations, and a local area for use in the specific area. A wireless communication terminal, capable of mounting a storage medium, and capable of exchanging predetermined information with the management means via the base station based on the stored contents of the storage medium. Communications system. 4. The managing unit reserves a sequence of the wireless communication terminals via the base station, a state detecting unit detects a state change of each base station, and a state is detected by the state detecting unit. Updating means for updating the order of the wireless communication terminals reserved by the reservation means when a change is detected, and notifying means for notifying the wireless communication terminals via the base station when the order of the wireless communication terminals comes The wireless communication system according to claim 3, further comprising: