JP6376150B2 - Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a program .

Master, which is a wireless communication device that performs wireless communication based on Bluetooth (registered trademark) low energy, a short-range wireless communication standard, is an identification called advertisement that is periodically transmitted by a slave, which is another wireless communication device that is a communication partner. After receiving information and transmitting a connection request to the slave, data is transmitted to and received from the slave (for example, see Patent Document 1).
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JP 2012-142877 A

As described above, in a wireless communication device that performs wireless communication based on Bluetooth (registered trademark) low energy, a slave uses three channels that are allocated for advertisement in advance among all 40 channels in the frequency band for advertisement. However, when advertising is always performed using these three channels, wasteful power consumption occurs when communication is performed between a specific slave and a master.

SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a wireless communication device, a wireless communication method, and a program capable of suppressing wasteful power consumption.

In order to achieve the above object, a wireless communication apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention provides:
A wireless communication unit that performs first wireless communication and second wireless communication with another wireless communication device;
A storage unit that stores the time zone information about time zones performing pre Symbol another radio communication apparatus by radio communication, and a frequency band information on the frequency band to perform the another wireless communication device and wireless communication,
And a processor,
The first wireless communication and the second wireless communication include a first stage for establishing a connection in wireless communication and a second stage for transmitting and receiving data, and the frequency band used by the first stage is: Unlike the frequency band used by the second stage,
The frequency band information stored in the storage unit includes first stage frequency band information that is information on a frequency band used by the first stage,
Wherein the processor, the frequency band to be used in the first step in the second wireless communication after the first radio communication with said another wireless communication device, wherein the time zone information stored in the storage unit from the first stage frequency band range information and to determine,
It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, useless power consumption can be suppressed.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the radio | wireless communications system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the table showing allocation of the frequency band in the radio | wireless communication based on Bluetooth (trademark) low energy. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the master which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in a frequency band table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the slave which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the radio | wireless communications system of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the master side connection process which the master of FIG. 3 performs. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the slave side connection process which the slave of FIG. 5 performs. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the radio | wireless communications system which concerns on the modification 1. FIG. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in a frequency band table.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the configuration example shown in FIG. 1, a wireless communication system 1 is a master 1 as a wireless communication device.
00 and a plurality of slaves 200 (200 as wireless communication devices different from the master 100)
a to 200d). The master 100 and the slave 200 perform wireless communication with each other based on Bluetooth (registered trademark) low energy (hereinafter referred to as BLE). B
LE is a standard (mode) established for the purpose of low power consumption in a short-range wireless communication standard called Bluetooth (registered trademark). The master 100 is a device that uses a service (for example, measured data) provided from the slave 200. The slave 200 is a device that provides a service (for example, measured data) to the master 100.

The master 100 is a terminal that can carry a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet personal computer, a notebook personal computer, and the like and has a wireless communication function based on BLE. In this Embodiment, the master 100 is comprised from a smart phone as an example. The master 100 receives various data from the slave 200,
Based on the received data, various types of information are displayed on the display unit 128 described later, or a sound such as an alarm is sounded from the speaker 124 described later.

The slave 200 sends an advertisement for waiting for a connection request from the master 100 to notify the master 100 of the service overview held by itself.

In wireless communication performed based on BLE, the slave 200 transmits an advertisement and the master 100 receives the advertisement before data is transmitted and received between the master 100 and the slave 200. Advertising means identification information for notifying other wireless communication devices of their existence in order to search for other wireless communication devices or to connect to other wireless communication devices.

In the present embodiment, the slave 200 transmits an advertisement to the master 100. Here, the frequency band (channel) of advertisement transmitted by the slave 200 will be described.

FIG. 2 shows a table representing frequency band and channel assignment in BLE. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, in BLE, the frequency band from 2400 MHz to 2483.5 MHz is 2 MHz.
Divided into 40 channels of width. Of these 40 channels, the intermediate frequency (
Three advertising channels (RF Center Frequency) of 2402, 2426, and 2480 MHz (advertising channel indexes of 37, 38, and 39) are used for advertising. 37 other data communication channels (Data Channel Index is 0 to 0)
36 channels) is used for data communication after the connection between the master 100 and the slave 200 is established.

Here, in the wireless communication based on the conventional BLE, the slave advertises by always using the above three channels. On the other hand, when the slave 200 according to the present embodiment is connected to the master 100 for the second time or later, one of the three channels is used for advertisement.

  Next, a hardware configuration of the communication system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the master 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the communication terminal 100 includes a control unit 102, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 1
04, RAM (Random Access Memory) 106, wireless communication processing unit 110, antenna 112
, A speaker 124, a driver 126, a display unit 128, and a touch panel 130.

The control unit 102 is configured by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 102 controls various functions of the master 100 by executing software processing according to a program stored in the ROM 104 (for example, a program for realizing the operation of the master 100 shown in FIG. 7 described later). .

The ROM 104 is configured by a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, and stores programs and data for the control unit 102 to control various functions as described above. RAM106
Is composed of a volatile memory, and is used as a work area for temporarily storing data for the control unit 102 to perform various processes.

The wireless communication processing unit 110 is configured using, for example, a radio frequency (RF) circuit or a baseband (BB) circuit. The wireless communication processing unit 110 transmits and receives a wireless signal based on BLE via the antenna 112.

The speaker 124 outputs sound such as an alarm based on the sound data from the control unit 102. The driver 126 outputs an image signal based on the image data output from the control unit 102 to the display unit 128. The display unit 128 is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
And an EL (Electroluminescence) display. The display unit 128
An image is displayed according to the image signal output from the driver 126.

The touch panel 130 is an interface that is disposed on the upper surface of the display unit 128 and is used to input user operation details. The touch panel 130 incorporates a transparent electrode (not shown), for example, and detects a position where the voltage has changed as a contact position when a user's finger or the like touches, and outputs information on the contact position to the control unit 102 as an input instruction. .

Next, a functional configuration of the control unit 102 of the master 100 will be described. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the control unit 102 includes a connection determination unit 151, a first connection establishment unit 152, and a second connection establishment unit 153.
, Function as a frequency band determination unit 154, a frequency band notification unit 155, and a data communication unit 156.

For example, after starting an application for communication with the slave 200, the connection determination unit 151 acquires an operation on the touch panel 130 performed by the user for starting communication as a connection instruction with the slave 200. Note that the connection instruction is not limited to the one generated by the user's operation. For example, the connection instruction may be generated based on elapse of a predetermined timer time after activation of the environment information measurement application. Good. Then, the connection determination unit 151 determines whether or not the slave 200 instructed by the connection instruction has been connected in the past.

Specifically, the connection determination unit 151 refers to the frequency band table recorded in the ROM 104 and determines whether or not the identification information of the slave 200 instructed by the connection instruction is recorded in the frequency band table. FIG. 4 shows an example of the frequency band table 161. The frequency band table 161 shown in FIG. 4 stores the identification information (slave ID) of the slave 200 and the index of the channel used for communication with the slave 200 in association with each other. The information stored in the frequency band table 161 is stored in the frequency band determination unit 1 as will be described later.
54. The connection determination unit 151 refers to the frequency band table 161. For example, when the slave 200 instructed by the connection instruction is the slave 200a, the slave ID “200a” of the slave 200a is stored in the frequency band table 161. Therefore, it is determined that the master 100 has been connected to the slave 200a in the past. For example, when the slave 200 instructed by the connection instruction is the slave 200b, the connection determination unit 151 does not store the slave ID “200b” of the slave 200b in the frequency band table 161. It is determined that the slave 200b has not been connected in the past.

The first connection establishment unit 152 establishes a connection with the slave 200 determined by the connection determination unit 151 as having never been connected in the past. Specifically, when the connection determination unit 151 determines that the slave 200 instructed by the connection instruction has not been connected in the past, the first connection establishment unit 152 displays an advertisement from the slave 200. It waits on the three advertisement channels shown in 2 and receives. Then, the first connection establishment unit 152 transmits a connection request to the slave 200 and establishes a connection with the slave 200.

The second connection establishment unit 153 establishes a connection with the slave 200 determined by the connection determination unit 151 as having been connected in the past. Specifically, the second connection establishment unit 153 displays an advertisement from the slave 200 when the connection determination unit 151 determines that the connection has been made with the slave 200 instructed in the past by the connection instruction. Out of the three advertisement channels shown in FIG. 2, it listens and receives on the channel stored in association with the slave 200 in the frequency band table 161 shown in FIG. Then, the second connection establishment unit 152 transmits a connection request to the slave 200 and establishes a connection with the slave 200.

The frequency band determining unit 154 establishes a connection with the slave 200 by the first communication establishing unit 152 and then uses the three advertisements shown in FIG. 2 as frequency bands to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200 from the next time. One channel is determined from among the communication channels. In the present embodiment, frequency band determining section 154 randomly determines one channel from three channels as an example of a channel determination method.

Further, the frequency band determining unit 154 records the slave 200 established by the first communication establishing unit 152 and the determined channel in the frequency band table 161 illustrated in FIG. Therefore, in the frequency band table 161, the slave 200 that has established a connection with the master 100 in the past and the channel determined by the frequency band determining unit 154 are stored in association with each other.

The frequency band notification unit 155 transmits the channel determined by the frequency band determination unit 154 to the slave 200 whose connection is established by the first communication establishment unit 152. The slave 200 that has received the channel transmitted by the frequency band notification unit 155 records the received channel in its storage unit. Then, the slave 200 transmits an advertisement on the recorded channel for connecting to the master 100 from the next time.

After the connection with the slave 200 is established by the first connection establishment unit 152 or the second connection establishment unit 153, the data communication unit 156 performs data communication with the slave 200 through the 37 data communication channels shown in FIG. I do.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the slave 200 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the slave 200 includes a control unit 202, a ROM 204, a RAM 206,
Wireless communication processing unit 210, antenna 212, operation unit 220, driver 226, and display unit 2
28.

The control unit 202 is configured by a CPU, for example. The control unit 202 controls various functions of the slave 200 by executing software processing according to a program stored in the ROM 204 (for example, a program for realizing the operation of the slave 200 shown in FIG. 8 described later). .

The ROM 204 is configured by a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, and stores programs and data for the control unit 202 to control various functions as described above. RAM206
Is composed of a volatile memory and is used as a work area for temporarily storing data for the control unit 202 to perform various processes.

The wireless communication processing unit 210 is configured using, for example, a radio frequency (RF) circuit, a baseband (BB) circuit, or the like. The wireless communication processing unit 210 transmits and receives a wireless signal based on BLE via the antenna 212.

The operation unit 220 includes, for example, a switch and is used to input user operation details such as power ON / OFF.

The driver 226 outputs an image signal based on the image data output from the control unit 202 to the display unit 228. The display unit 228 is configured by, for example, an LCD, an EL display, or the like. The display unit 228 displays an image according to the image signal output from the driver 226.

Next, a functional configuration of the control unit 202 of the slave 200 will be described. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the control unit 202 functions as a connection determination unit 251, a first advertisement transmission unit 252, a second advertisement transmission unit 253, a notification reception unit 254, a connection establishment unit 255, and a data communication unit 256.

When the connection determination unit 251 acquires a connection instruction with the master 100, the connection determination unit 251
It is determined whether 00 has established a connection with the master 100. Specifically, the connection determination unit 251 determines whether a channel used for advertisement transmitted to the connection destination master 100 is recorded in the ROM 204. The channels recorded in the ROM 204 are
As will be described later, this channel is included in the notification transmitted from the master 100 and received by the notification receiving unit 254 when the connection with the master 100 was established in the past. Connection determination unit 2
51, when the frequency band is recorded in the ROM 204, it is determined that the slave 200 has been connected to the master 100 in the past. The connection determination unit 251 also includes the ROM 204.
If no frequency band is recorded, the slave 200 determines that it has not connected to the master 100 in the past.

The first advertisement transmission unit 252 corresponds to a first identification information transmission unit, and is advertised to the master 100 determined to have never been connected by the connection determination unit 251 using the three advertisement channels shown in FIG. Send.

The second advertisement transmission unit 253 corresponds to a second identification information transmission unit, and advertises the master 100 determined to have been connected in the past by the connection determination unit 251 with one channel recorded in the ROM 104. Send.

The notification receiving unit 254 receives a notification designating one channel among the three advertising channels shown in FIG. 3 from the master 100 that has received the advertisement transmitted by the first advertisement transmitting unit 252. The notification receiving unit 254 records the received channel in the ROM 204 as a channel used for advertising to the master 100 after the next time.

The connection establishment unit 255 receives a connection request transmitted from the master 100 that has received the advertisement transmitted by the first advertisement transmission unit 252 or the second advertisement transmission unit 253, and establishes a connection with the master 100.

The data communication unit 256 performs data communication with the master 100 using the 37 data communication channels shown in FIG. 2 after the connection establishment unit 255 establishes the connection with the master 100.

Next, the operation of the wireless communication system 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the slave 200 tries to connect to the master 100 that has never established a connection in the past, as shown in FIG. 6, the slave 200 uses the three advertisement channels shown in FIG. It transmits regularly at the interval T (step S10).

For example, the master 100 performs an operation on the touch panel 130 by the user as a slave 20.
0 is accepted as an instruction to connect to 0 (step S11), and a scan process for receiving an advertisement from the slave 200 is executed (step S12). In this scanning process,
The master 100 determines that a connection with the slave 200 that is about to start communication has not been established in the past, and scans the advertisement using the three advertisement channels.

When the master 100 receives the advertisement from the slave 200, the master 100 transmits a connection request (Connection Request) to the slave 200 that has transmitted the advertisement (step S13). As a result, connection processing is performed by the master 100 and the slave 200, and the connection is established (step S14).

After the connection between the master 100 and the slave 200 is established, the master 100 and the slave 200 transmit and receive data (step S15). Data is sent and received by the master 10
The data request (Data Request) is transmitted from 0 to the slave 200, and the slave 200 returns a data response (Data Response) to the master 100.

In the data transmission / reception in step 16, the master 100 determines one channel from the three advertisement channels as a channel to be used for establishing a connection with the connected slave 200 from the next time. Then, the master 100 notifies the slave 200 of the determined channel. The slave 200 records the channel received from the master 100 for use in subsequent connections. The master 100 also records the determined channel for use in the next and subsequent connections with the slave 200.

When data transmission / reception is completed between the master 100 and the slave 200, the master 1
00 and the slave 200 execute the disconnection operation process, and the connection ends.

When the slave 200 tries to connect to the master 100 after the first connection between the master 100 and the slave 200 described above is established, as shown in FIG. The advertisement is periodically transmitted to the master 100 at the time interval T using the individual channels (step S16).

When master 100 receives the connection instruction in the same manner as in step S11 (step S17).
), A scan process for receiving the advertisement from the slave 200 is executed (step S18). In this scan processing, the master 100 determines that a connection has been established with the slave 200 that is about to start communication in the past, and scans advertisements using one recorded advertisement channel.

When the master 100 receives the advertisement from the slave 200, the master 100 transmits a connection request (Connection Request) to the slave 200 that has transmitted the advertisement (step S19). As a result, connection processing is performed in the master 100 and the slave 200, and the connection is established (step S20). Subsequent data transmission / reception is performed in the same manner as in step S15.

Next, the operation of the master 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a master side connection process executed by the control unit 102 of the master 100 according to the present embodiment. This master side connection process is performed in the ROM 104.
This is performed by the control unit 102 that reads and executes a program stored in advance.

When the control unit 102 of the master 100, for example, starts an application for communication with the slave 200 and then receives a connection instruction including information on the slave 200 desired to be connected from the user, the master side connection process illustrated in FIG. To start.

First, the connection determination unit 151 determines whether or not the connection with the slave 200 that the user desires to connect this time is the second or later in the received connection instruction (step 101). Specifically, the connection determination unit 151 refers to the frequency band table 161 and determines whether or not the slave 200 attempting to connect this time is recorded in the frequency band table 161.

When the connection determination unit 151 determines that the connection with the slave 200 that the user desires to connect this time is not the second time or later, that is, the first connection (step S101; No), all the three advertisement channels are It is designated as a channel used for the current scan (step S102).

In addition, the connection determination unit 151 determines that the connection with the slave 200 that the user desires to connect this time is
When it is determined that it is the second time or later (step S101; Yes), the frequency band table 1
With reference to 61, the channel recorded in association with the slave 200 that the user desires to connect this time is designated as the channel used for the current scan (step S103).

Next, the first connection establishment unit 152 or the second connection establishment unit 153 starts scanning the slave 200 on the channel specified in step S102 or step S103 (step S104). Specifically, when the designated channels are all the three channels designated in step S102, the first connection establishment unit 152 starts scanning using the three channels. When the designated channel is one channel designated in step S103, the second connection establishment unit 153 starts scanning using the one channel.

Next, the first connection establishment unit 152 or the second connection establishment unit 153 determines whether or not an advertisement transmitted from the slave 200 has been received (step S105). The first connection establishment unit 152 or the second connection establishment unit 153 continues scanning until it receives an advertisement from the slave 200 (step S105; No).

When it is determined that the advertisement transmitted from the slave 200 has been received (step S1)
05; Yes), the first connection establishment unit 152 or the second connection establishment unit 153 connects the slave 200 that the user desires to connect this time in the received connection instruction among the slaves 200 that have transmitted the received advertisement. The slave 200 to be determined is determined (step S106).

Next, the first connection establishment unit 152 or the second connection establishment unit 153 transmits a connection request to the slave 200 determined in step S106 (step S107), and establishes a connection with the slave 200 ( Step S108).

Next, similarly to step S101, the connection determination unit 151 determines whether or not the connection with the slave 200 that has established the connection this time is the second time or later (step 109). Connection determination unit 151
Is determined when the connection with the slave 200 that has established the connection this time is the second or later (
Step 109; Yes), the master side connection process is terminated.

When the connection determining unit 151 determines that the connection with the slave 200 that has established the connection this time is not the second or later, that is, the first connection (step S109; No), the frequency band determining unit 154 is for three advertisements. Of all the channels, one random channel is determined as a channel to be used for the subsequent connection with the slave 200 connected this time (step S110).

Next, the frequency band notification unit 155 specifies a specific service (Service) and characteristics (Characteristics), and transmits a notification to the slave 200 so as to record the channel determined in Step S110 (Step S110). S111).

Further, the frequency band determining unit 154 selects the channel determined in step S110.
It is recorded in the frequency band table 161 in association with the slave ID of the slave 200 connected this time (step S112). Then, the master side connection process is terminated.

After the above master side connection processing is completed, the data communication unit 156 causes the master 100 to
Then, data is transmitted to and received from the slave 200 with which the connection has been established.

Next, the operation of the slave 200 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of slave side connection processing executed by the control unit 202 of the slave 200 according to the present embodiment. This slave side connection processing is performed in the ROM 204.
This is performed by the control unit 202 that reads and executes a program stored in advance.

The control unit 202 of the slave 200 starts the slave side connection process illustrated in FIG. 8 after the power is turned on by, for example, an operation on the operation unit 220 by the user.

First, the connection determination unit 251 determines whether or not the connection with the master 100 attempting to connect this time is the second time or later (step 201). Specifically, the connection determination unit 251 includes the ROM 204.
, It is determined whether or not the channel used for establishing the connection received from the master 100 attempting to connect this time is recorded.

When the connection determination unit 251 determines that the connection with the master 100 that is trying to connect this time is not the second time or later, that is, the first time (step S201; No), all of the three advertisement channels are advertised this time. Is designated as a channel to be used for (step S202).

In addition, when the connection determination unit 251 determines that the connection with the master 100 that is desired to be connected this time is the second or later (step S201; Yes), the connection determination unit 251 refers to the ROM 204 and uses it to establish a connection with the master 100. One channel recorded as a channel is designated as a channel used for the current advertisement (step S203).

Next, the 1st advertisement transmission part 252 or the 2nd advertisement transmission part 253 starts transmission of the advertisement to master 100 on the channel specified in Step S202 or Step S203 (Step S204). Specifically, when the designated channels are all the three channels designated in step S202, the first advertisement transmission unit 252 starts transmission of advertisement using the three channels. If the designated channel is one channel designated in step S203, the second advertisement transmission unit 253 starts transmission of advertisement using the one channel.

Next, the connection establishment unit 255 determines whether or not a connection request transmitted from the master 100 has been received (step S205). The connection establishing unit 255 continues the advertisement and waits until the advertisement is received from the master 100 (step S205; No).

If the connection establishment unit 255 determines that the advertisement has been received from the master 100 (step S205; Yes), the connection establishment unit 255 establishes a connection with the master 100 (step S206).
).

Next, similarly to step S201, the connection determination unit 251 determines whether or not the connection with the master 100 that has established the connection this time is the second or later (step 207). Connection determination unit 251
If it is determined that the connection with the master 100 that established the connection this time is the second or later (
Step S207; Yes), the slave side connection process is terminated.

When the connection determination unit 251 determines that the connection with the master 100 that has established the connection this time is not the second or later, that is, the first connection (step S207; No), the notification reception unit 254
Determines from the master 100 connected this time whether or not a notification of the channel used for the next and subsequent connections has been received (step S208). The notification receiving unit 254 waits until receiving a notification from the master 100 (step S208; No).

When it is determined that the notification of the channel used for the next and subsequent connections has been received from the master 100 connected this time (step S208; Yes), the notification receiving unit 254 determines the service (Service) and the characteristic specified in the notification. A channel used for the next and subsequent connections is recorded in the ROM 204 together with the character (Characteristics) (step S209).
. Then, the slave side connection process is terminated.

After the above slave side connection processing is completed, the data communication unit 256 makes the slave 200
Then, data is transmitted to and received from the master 100 with which the connection has been established.

As described above, when the master 100 according to the above embodiment establishes a connection with the slave 200 that has never established a connection in the past, the channel 100 is used as a channel to be used when establishing a connection next time. One of the advertisement channels is determined and notified to the slave 200. Therefore, since the slave 200 advertises with one channel previously notified from the master 100 when connecting to the master 100 from the next time onward, the master 100 only needs to execute scanning for that one channel. . Therefore, power consumption when scanning the slave 200 can be suppressed.

Further, according to the slave 200 according to the above-described embodiment, when establishing a connection with the master 100 that has established a connection in the past, the advertisement is transmitted using a single channel notified from the master 100 in advance. To do. Therefore, the power consumption can be suppressed as compared with the case where advertisements are always transmitted using the three advertisement channels.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and application are possible.

(Modification 1)
In the above embodiment, the frequency band determination unit 154 of the master 100 uses one of the three advertisement channels shown in FIG. 2 as the frequency band to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200 from the next time onward. The channel is determined at random. However, the channel determination method by the frequency band determination unit 154 is not limited to this. In this modification, as another example of the channel determination method by the frequency band determination unit 154, from among the three channels,
An example in which one channel is determined in accordance with a time zone in which communication between the master 100 and the slave 200 is performed will be described. In the following description, the same reference numerals are used for the same configurations as those in the above embodiment, and the detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless communication system according to a modification of the present invention.

In the configuration example shown in FIG. 9, the wireless communication system 1 includes a master 100 as a wireless communication device and a plurality of slaves 200 as wireless communication devices different from the master 100, as in the above-described embodiment shown in FIG. 1. (200a to 200f). In this modification, the slaves 200a to 200d belonging to the group G1 are already master 10
10 has been established, the slave ID is associated with the channel used when establishing the connection with the master 100 and stored in the frequency band table 171 of the master 100 as shown in FIG. ing. In addition, the slaves 200e belonging to the group G2,
200f is a device newly added to the wireless communication system 1, and it is assumed that the connection with the master 100 has not been established yet.

FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams illustrating an example of data stored in the frequency band table 171 according to the present modification. As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the frequency band table 171 has a use time zone added for each slave 200 as compared to the frequency band table 161 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. Is different. Use time zone is Master 10
0 represents a time zone in which communication with the corresponding slave 200 is performed. For example, the master 100
The slave 200a whose slave ID is “200a” and the usage time zone “AM9: 00 to 1”
At 2:00, a connection is established using a channel whose index is “37”.
Communicate. The usage time zone is input for each slave 200 through, for example, a user operation on the touch panel 130 and stored in the frequency bandwidth table 171.

In the example of the frequency band table 171 shown in FIG.
For 00d, since the connection with the master 100 has already been established, the channel used for the next connection establishment is stored together with the slave ID. However, since the newly added slaves 200e and 200f have not yet established a connection with the master 100, the slave ID, use time zone, and channel used for establishing the next connection are not stored. In the example of the frequency band table 171 shown in FIG. 10B, the slaves 200e and 200f further establish a connection with the master 100 from the state shown in FIG. And the state where the channel used for the next connection establishment is stored is shown.

Next, a channel determination method by the frequency band determination unit 154 according to this modification will be described. First, when the slaves 200e and 200f are added to the wireless communication system 1 as shown in FIG. 9, the slave ID “200e” of the added slaves 200e and 200f is added to the frequency band table 171 by an operation input from the user, for example. And “200f” and the use time periods of the slaves 200e and 200f “PM3: 0 to 6:00” and “PM3: 0 to 6”
0:00 "is added.

Next, when the user wishes to communicate with the slave 200e, the master side connection process and the slave side connection process at the time of the initial connection shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 in the above embodiment are executed. Here, in step S110 of the master side connection process shown in FIG. 7, in the present modification, the frequency band determining unit 154 is based on the use time zone recorded in the frequency band table.
Next, a channel to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200e is determined.

Specifically, the frequency band determination unit 154 refers to the frequency band table 171 to identify the usage time zone of the slave 200e, and selects the channel with the lowest frequency associated with the slave 200 in the usage time zone. Identify. Here, since the usage time zone of the slave 200e is “PM3: 00 to 6:00”, in the usage time zone, the channel “37
"Is associated with the slave 200c, and the channels" 38 "and" 39 "are not associated with any slave 200. That is, in the usage time period" PM3: 0 to 6:00 ", the channels" 38 "and “39” is the channel with the lowest frequency associated with the slave 200.

Then, the frequency band determination unit 154 determines the identified channel as a channel to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200e next time. When there are a plurality of specified channels, one of them is determined as a channel to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200e next time. Here, the frequency band determining unit 154 receives the channel “
Since 38 ”and“ 39 ”are identified as the channels with the lowest frequency associated with the slave 200, the channel“ 38 ”with the smaller index of the two channels is selected.
Are determined as channels to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200e next time. The frequency band determining unit 154 associates the determined channel “38” with the slave ID “200e” of the slave 200e in step S112 shown in FIG.
Recorded in the frequency band table 171 as shown in b).

Next, when the user wishes to communicate with the slave 200f, the master side connection process and the slave side connection process at the time of the initial connection shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 in the above embodiment are executed. Here, in step S110 of the master side connection process shown in FIG. 7, in the present modification, the frequency band determining unit 154 is based on the use time zone recorded in the frequency band table.
Next, a channel to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200f is determined.

Specifically, the frequency band determining unit 154 refers to the frequency band table 171 to identify the usage time zone of the slave 200f, and selects the channel with the lowest frequency associated with the slave 200 in the usage time zone. Identify. Here, since the usage time zone of the slave 200f is “PM3: 00 to 6:00”, in the usage time zone, the channel “37
"And" 38 "are associated with the slaves 200c and 200e, respectively, and the channel" 39 "
"Is not associated with any slave 200. That is, the usage time zone" PM3:
In “00 to 6:00”, the channel “39” is the channel with the lowest frequency associated with the slave 200.

Then, the frequency band determination unit 154 determines the identified channel as a channel to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200f next time. If there are a plurality of specified channels, one of them is determined as a channel to be used when the next connection with the slave 200f is established. Here, the frequency band determining unit 154 receives the channel “
Since only 39 ″ is identified as the channel with the lowest frequency associated with the slave 200, this channel “39” is determined as a channel to be used when establishing a connection with the slave 200f next time. In step S112 shown in FIG. 7, the bandwidth determination unit 154 sets the determined channel “39” to the slave ID “2” of the slave 200f.
In association with 00f ″, it is recorded in the frequency band table 171 as shown in FIG.

The channel determined by the frequency band determining unit 154 as described above is notified to the slave 200 by the frequency band notifying unit 155 in step S111 shown in FIG. 7, and the next and subsequent connections are performed as in the above embodiment. Used when establishing

In the configuration of this modification described above, the master 100 determines the channel when
Based on the usage time zone of each slave 200, a channel with low usage frequency is allocated as a channel to be used in the next and subsequent connection establishments with the slave 200 that has newly established a connection. Thus, since channels are allocated so that there is no bias in the channels used for each time period, congestion in a specific channel can be suppressed.

(Modification 2)
As another example of the channel determination method by the frequency band determination unit 154, the master 100
Depending on the function of the application that is used when communicating with the slave 200
One channel may be determined from among the channels.

Specifically, in the frequency band table 171 according to the first modification, the master 100
Instead of the use time zone, the function of the application used when communicating with the corresponding slave 200 is stored. Here, the function of the application is, for example, a function of sucking up data from the slave 200 and uploading it. And master 100
Refers to the frequency band table 171 and, on the basis of the function of the application corresponding to each slave 200, a channel that is less frequently used among the same or similar functions is next connected to the slave 200 that newly establishes a connection. Assigned as a channel to be used for subsequent connection establishment. In this way, when there are multiple applications that operate in the same or similar manner, among the multiple applications, the channels are allocated so that there is no bias in the channels that are used. Can be suppressed.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention and its modification were demonstrated, this invention is not limited by said embodiment and its modification.

In the said embodiment, although the smart phone was made into the master, the radio | wireless communication apparatus used as a master is not restricted to a smart phone. For example, a wristwatch capable of wireless communication based on BLE may be used as a master, and a smartphone or a mobile phone having a mail receiving function may be used as a slave.

In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG.
And four slaves 200. However, the wireless communication system 1 may be composed of one or more masters and one or more slaves.

In the embodiment and the modification described above, the frequency band determination unit 154 determines one channel from the three advertisement channels shown in FIG. However, the number of channels determined by the frequency band determining unit 154 is not limited to one. For example, two channels may be determined. That is, the frequency band determination unit 154 may determine a number of channels smaller than three from the three advertisement channels shown in FIG. As a result, the power consumption can be suppressed as compared with the case where the scan is always performed with three channels.

Also in the slave 200, the number of channels used when the second advertisement transmission unit 253 transmits the advertisement is not limited to one, and when notification of two channels is received from the master 100, the advertisement is performed with two channels. May be sent. As a result, power consumption can be suppressed as compared with the case where advertisements are always transmitted through three channels.

Further, the master 100 and the slave 200 according to the present invention can be realized by using a normal computer system without using a dedicated device. For example, the function of the master 100 and the function of the slave 200 may be realized by a computer executing a program. The program for realizing the function of the master 100 and the function of the slave 200 is USB (
Universal Serial Bus (SD) memory, SD (Secure Digital) memory card, CD-ROM (
Compact Disc Read Only Memory (DVD), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), BD (Blu-ray)
(Registered trademark) Disc), HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium, or may be downloaded to a computer via a network.

As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the specific embodiment which concerns, This invention includes the invention described in the claim, and its equivalent range It is. Hereinafter, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application will be appended.

(Appendix 1)
A wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with another wireless communication device,
The identification information is received from the other wireless communication apparatus that transmits the identification information in a predetermined N frequency bands (N is a natural number less than the number of frequency bands that can be communicated by 2 or more), and the other wireless communication devices receive the identification information. A first connection establishment unit for establishing a connection with a communication device;
After the connection with the other wireless communication device is established by the first connection establishment unit, the predetermined N is set as a frequency band used when establishing a connection with the other wireless communication device from the next time onward. A frequency band determining unit that determines M frequency bands (M is a natural number smaller than N) from among the frequency bands;
A frequency band notifying unit for notifying the other wireless communication device that established a connection by the first connection establishing unit, the frequency band determined by the frequency band determining unit;
A second connection establishment unit that receives identification information from the other wireless communication device in a frequency band determined by the frequency band determination unit, and establishes a connection with the other wireless communication device;
A wireless communication device comprising:

(Appendix 2)
The wireless communication device performs wireless communication with other wireless communication devices of K units (K is a natural number of 2 or more),
Among the other K wireless communication devices, for each other wireless communication device of L units (L is a natural number smaller than K), a time period in which the other wireless communication device and the wireless communication device communicate with each other And a storage unit that stores the frequency band determined by the frequency band determination unit in association with each other,
The frequency band determination unit establishes a connection with one other wireless communication device whose frequency band is not stored in the storage unit among the plurality of other wireless communication devices by the first connection establishment unit. Later, among the N frequency bands, a time zone in which the other wireless communication device communicates with the wireless communication device as a frequency band used when establishing a connection with the other wireless communication device next time or later Determining M frequency bands having the lowest frequency associated with the L other wireless communication devices stored in the storage unit,
The wireless communication apparatus according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein:

(Appendix 3)
The wireless communication device performs wireless communication with other wireless communication devices of K units (K is a natural number of 2 or more),
Among the other K wireless communication devices, an application that uses communication between the other wireless communication device and the wireless communication device for each other L (L is a natural number smaller than K). A storage unit that stores the function and the frequency band determined by the frequency band determination unit in association with each other,
The frequency band determination unit establishes a connection with one other wireless communication device whose frequency band is not stored in the storage unit among the plurality of other wireless communication devices by the first connection establishment unit. After that, among the N frequency bands, communication between the other wireless communication device and the wireless communication device is used as a frequency band used when establishing a connection with the other wireless communication device next time. In the function of the application, M frequency bands that are least frequently associated with the L other wireless communication devices stored in the storage unit are determined.
The wireless communication apparatus according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein:

(Appendix 4)
A data communication unit configured to transmit and receive data in a frequency band other than the plurality of frequency bands after connection with the other wireless communication device is established;
The wireless communication device according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein

(Appendix 5)
A wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with another wireless communication device,
A first identification information transmission unit that transmits identification information in a predetermined frequency band of N (N is a natural number less than the number of frequency bands that can be communicated by 2 or more);
Designate M frequency bands (M is a natural number smaller than N) out of the N frequency bands from the other wireless communication apparatus that has received the identification information transmitted by the first identification information transmission unit. A notification receiver for receiving notifications;
A second identification information transmission unit that transmits the identification information to the other wireless communication device in a frequency band specified by the notification received by the notification reception unit;
A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

(Appendix 6)
A wireless communication system comprising a wireless communication device and another wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with the wireless communication device,
The wireless communication device
The identification information is received from the other wireless communication apparatus that transmits the identification information in a predetermined N frequency bands (N is a natural number less than the number of frequency bands that can be communicated by 2 or more), and the other wireless communication devices receive the identification information. A first connection establishment unit for establishing a connection with a communication device;
After the connection with the other wireless communication device is established by the first connection establishment unit, the predetermined N is set as a frequency band used when establishing a connection with the other wireless communication device from the next time onward. A frequency band determining unit that determines M frequency bands (M is a natural number smaller than N) from among the frequency bands;
A frequency band notifying unit for notifying the other wireless communication device that established a connection by the first connection establishing unit, the frequency band determined by the frequency band determining unit;
A second connection establishment unit that receives identification information from the other wireless communication device in a frequency band determined by the frequency band determination unit, and establishes a connection with the other wireless communication device;
The other wireless communication device is:
A first identification information transmission unit for transmitting identification information in the N frequency bands;
From the wireless communication device that has received the identification information transmitted by the first identification information transmission unit,
A notification receiving unit for receiving a notification specifying the M frequency bands out of the N frequency bands;
A wireless communication system, comprising: a second identification information transmission unit that transmits the identification information to the wireless communication device in a frequency band specified by the notification received by the notification reception unit.

(Appendix 7)
A wireless communication method executed by a wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with another wireless communication device,
The identification information is received from the other wireless communication apparatus that transmits the identification information in a predetermined N frequency bands (N is a natural number less than the number of frequency bands that can be communicated by 2 or more), and the other wireless communication devices receive the identification information. A first connection establishing step for establishing a connection with the communication device;
After the connection with the other wireless communication device is established in the first connection establishing step, the predetermined N is set as a frequency band to be used when establishing a connection with the other wireless communication device from the next time onward. A frequency band determining step for determining M frequency bands (M is a natural number smaller than N) from among the frequency bands;
A frequency band notifying step of notifying the frequency band determined in the frequency band determining step to the other wireless communication device that has established a connection in the first connection establishing step;
A second connection establishing step of receiving identification information from the other wireless communication device in the frequency band determined in the frequency band determining step, and establishing a connection with the other wireless communication device;
A wireless communication method comprising:

(Appendix 8)
A wireless communication method executed by a wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with another wireless communication device,
A first identification information transmission step of transmitting identification information in a predetermined N frequency bands (N is a natural number less than the number of frequency bands communicable at 2 or more);
Designate M frequency bands (M is a natural number smaller than N) out of the N frequency bands from the other wireless communication apparatus that has received the identification information transmitted in the first identification information transmission step. A notification receiving step for receiving a notification;
A second identification information transmission step of transmitting the identification information to the other wireless communication device in a frequency band designated by the notification received in the notification reception step;
A wireless communication method comprising:

(Appendix 9)
A computer that performs wireless communication with a wireless communication device,
The identification information is received from the wireless communication device that transmits the identification information in a predetermined N frequency bands (N is a natural number less than the number of frequency bands that can be communicated with 2 or more), and the wireless communication device receives the identification information. First connection establishment means for establishing a connection;
After the connection with the wireless communication device is established by the first connection establishing means, the predetermined N frequency bands are used as frequency bands to be used when establishing a connection with the wireless communication device next time or later. Frequency band determining means for determining M (M is a natural number smaller than N) frequency bands,
A frequency band notifying means for notifying the radio communication apparatus that has established a connection by the first connection establishing means, the frequency band determined by the frequency band determining means;
Second connection establishing means for receiving identification information from the wireless communication device in the frequency band determined by the frequency band determining means and establishing a connection with the wireless communication device;
A program characterized by functioning as

(Appendix 10)
A computer that performs wireless communication with a wireless communication device,
First identification information transmitting means for transmitting identification information in predetermined N frequency bands (N is a natural number less than the number of frequency bands communicable at 2 or more);
The wireless communication device that has received the identification information transmitted by the first identification information transmitting means sends a notification that designates M (M is a natural number smaller than N) frequency bands among the N frequency bands. Notification receiving means for receiving,
Second identification information transmitting means for transmitting the identification information to the wireless communication device in a frequency band specified by the notification received by the notification receiving means;
A program characterized by functioning as

(Appendix 11)
A master that performs wireless communication based on Bluetooth (registered trademark) low energy with a slave,
A first connection establishment unit that receives the advertisement from the slave that transmits the advertisement in three frequency bands and establishes a connection with the slave;
After the connection with the slave is established by the first connection establishment unit, M (M) of the three frequency bands (M Is a frequency band determining unit that determines a frequency band of a natural number smaller than 3),
A frequency band notifying unit for notifying the slave that has established a connection by the first connection establishing unit, the frequency band determined by the frequency band determining unit;
A second connection establishment unit for receiving an advertisement from the slave in the frequency band determined by the frequency band determination unit and establishing a connection with the slave;
Master with.

(Appendix 12)
A slave that performs wireless communication based on Bluetooth (registered trademark) low energy with the master,
A first advertisement transmission unit that transmits advertisements in three frequency bands;
Notification reception for receiving a notification designating M frequency bands (M is a natural number smaller than 3) out of the three frequency bands from the master that has received the advertisement transmitted by the first advertisement transmission unit. And
A second advertisement transmission unit that transmits the advertisement to the master in a frequency band specified by the notification received by the notification reception unit;
A slave characterized by comprising.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wireless communication system, 100 ... Master, 102 ... Control part, 104 ... ROM, 106 ...
RAM 110, wireless communication processing unit 112, antenna 124, speaker 126 driver, 128 display unit 130 touch panel 151 connection determination unit 152 first connection establishment unit 153 second connection establishment , 154... Frequency band determination unit, 155... Frequency band notification unit, 156... Data communication unit, 161, 171.
200f) ... slave, 202 ... control unit, 204 ... ROM, 206 ... RAM, 210 ... wireless communication processing unit, 212 ... antenna, 220 ... operation unit, 226 ... driver, 228 ... display unit, 251 ... connection determination unit, 252 ... 1st advertisement transmission part (1st identification information transmission part), 25
3 ... second advertisement transmission unit (second identification information transmission unit), 254 ... notification reception unit, 255 ... connection establishment unit, 256 ... data communication unit

Claims (5)

A wireless communication unit that performs first wireless communication and second wireless communication with another wireless communication device;
A storage unit that stores the time zone information about time zones performing pre Symbol another radio communication apparatus by radio communication, and a frequency band information on the frequency band to perform the another wireless communication device and wireless communication,
And a processor,
The first wireless communication and the second wireless communication include a first stage for establishing a connection in wireless communication and a second stage for transmitting and receiving data, and the frequency band used by the first stage is: Unlike the frequency band used by the second stage,
The frequency band information stored in the storage unit includes first stage frequency band information that is information on a frequency band used by the first stage,
Wherein the processor, the frequency band to be used in the first step in the second wireless communication after the first radio communication with said another wireless communication device, wherein the time zone information stored in the storage unit from the first stage frequency band range information and to determine,
A wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor stores the first-stage frequency band information in the storage unit after performing the first wireless communication. The processor, after the first stage of the first wireless communication, the wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that for storing the first stage frequency band information in the storage unit. A wireless communication method for a wireless communication device, comprising: a wireless communication unit that performs first wireless communication and second wireless communication with another wireless communication device; and a storage unit,
A first stage wireless communication step of performing wireless communication for establishing a connection in wireless communication in the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication;
A second-stage radio communication step of transmitting and receiving data using a frequency band different from the frequency band used in the first-stage radio communication step in the first radio communication and the second radio communication;
Storing the time zone information about time zones performing pre Symbol another radio communication apparatus and radio communication in the storage unit,
Storing in the storage unit first stage frequency band information , which is information relating to a frequency band used by the first stage wireless communication step;
Wherein the frequency band used in the second of the first stage wireless communication step in a wireless communication, the time zone information that is the stored in the storage unit after the first wireless communication with the other wireless communication device step from the first stage frequency band range information, determines that,
A wireless communication method comprising: A processor of a wireless communication device including a wireless communication unit that performs first wireless communication and second wireless communication with another wireless communication device, and a storage unit;
A first stage wireless communication means for performing a first stage for establishing a connection in wireless communication in the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication;
A second stage wireless communication means for performing a second stage of data transmission / reception using a frequency band different from the frequency band used in the first stage in the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication;
Before Symbol another wireless communication device and the time zone information storage means for storing in the storage unit of time zone information about time zones for performing wireless communication,
Frequency band information storage means for storing in the storage unit first stage frequency band information which is information relating to a frequency band used in the first stage wireless communication step ;
The frequency band to be used the first stage wireless communication means in the first stage in the second wireless communication after the other wireless communication device and the first wireless communication, said stored in the storage unit The frequency band determining means for determining from the time band information and the first stage frequency band information,
A program characterized by functioning as

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