WO2010001557A1 - 無線通信システム、通信端末、管理端末、通信方法、及び集積回路 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a wireless communication system using a wireless network that accommodates a large number of terminals such as a sensor network and an active RF tag, a communication terminal and a management terminal constituting the wireless communication system, a communication method executed by the wireless communication system,
- the present invention also relates to an integrated circuit in which functions of a communication terminal or a management terminal are integrated.
- these network systems can centrally manage many wireless communication terminals, they are expected to be applied in various fields. For example, it can be expected that the wireless communication terminal is attached to each article and the identification, tracking, management and the like of the article conveyed to the communication area of the management terminal are performed wirelessly. Alternatively, it can be expected that the wireless communication terminal is held by the student and the student's going to and from school is managed wirelessly by the management terminal installed at the school gate or the like (FIG. 15).
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional wireless communication system 1500 in which a plurality of communication terminals 1520 are authenticated by passing through a communication area of a management terminal (AP) 1510.
- a management terminal AP
- the management terminal 1510 detects the terminal STA.
- the detected terminal STA transmits its own identification information and authentication request to the management terminal 1510. If the management terminal 1510 determines that authentication is possible, the management terminal 1510 transmits an authentication response to the corresponding terminal STA and completes the authentication.
- the terminal STA that has been authenticated becomes the terminal ASTA that has been authenticated.
- FIG. 16 shows an example of an authentication sequence in IEEE 802.15.4 which is the WPAN standard.
- the communication terminal 1520 transmits an authentication request to the management terminal 1510. If the authentication request can be normally received, the management terminal 1510 transmits Ack (Acknowledge) to the communication terminal 1520, and enters the authentication process. When receiving the Ack, the communication terminal 1520 waits for a predetermined time required for the authentication process. After waiting for a predetermined time, the communication terminal 1520 transmits a data request to the management terminal 1510. If the management terminal 1510 determines that authentication is possible, the management terminal 1510 transmits an authentication response to the communication terminal 1520. The communication terminal 1520 transmits an authentication response Ack to the management terminal 1510. When this Ack is normally received by the management terminal 1510, the authentication is completed.
- Ack Acknowledge
- Wireless communication terminals used in these networks generally have a low transmission speed (several kbps to several hundreds kbps) and a short wireless signal reachable range (several meters to several tens of meters). Becomes narrower. That is, the time that the management terminal 1510 can spend for each of the moving communication terminals 1520 is limited. As a result, when a plurality of communication terminals 1520 enter the communication area, there is a problem that authentication request collision or authentication processing time out occurs.
- FIG. 17A shows a state where there are few communication terminals 1520 in the communication area of the management terminal 1510 and no problem occurs.
- FIG. 17B shows a situation in which there are many communication terminals 1520 in the communication area of the management terminal 1510, causing a problem.
- the time until the completion of authentication becomes long or the authentication fails.
- Patent Document 1 describes a method for distributing authentication processing using a plurality of management terminals as a countermeasure against problems such as collision of authentication requests and timeout of authentication processing.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication system, a communication terminal, a management terminal, which can authenticate more communication terminals even when a large number of communication terminals pass through the communication area of the management terminal in a short time.
- a communication method and an integrated circuit are provided.
- the present invention is directed to a wireless communication system including a plurality of communication terminals and a management terminal that manages the plurality of communication terminals. And in order to achieve the said objective, in the radio
- Authenticate the identification information of the own terminal and the affiliated terminal stored in the storage unit in response to the reception of the second beacon and the second reception unit that receives the second beacon from the management terminal A second transmission unit that collectively transmits to the management terminal together with the request, and the management terminal transmits the identification information from the transmission unit that transmits the second beacon and the communication terminal that represents the group according to the second beacon. Receive all at once Comprising a part, using the identification information, and a control unit for performing each authentication procedure all communication terminals forming a group.
- the transmission unit of the management terminal can transmit the second beacon including information specifying the frequency channel used for the response.
- the control unit of the management terminal can perform the authentication procedure using a frequency channel different from the frequency channel used for the response.
- the communication terminals belonging to the group continue the packets other than the preamble after the response transmitted by the communication terminal representing the group so that the response transmitted from the group to the management terminal is recognized as one packet. May be transmitted.
- a third beacon is transmitted to a plurality of communication terminals before forming a group, an authentication request transmitted from another communication terminal that has received the third beacon is received, and the authentication request is received.
- an auxiliary management terminal that designates either a communication terminal that represents the group or a communication terminal that belongs to the group may be provided.
- Each process performed by the communication terminal and the management terminal of the wireless communication system described above can be regarded as a communication method that provides a series of processing procedures.
- This method is provided in the form of a program for causing a computer to execute a series of processing procedures.
- This program may be installed in a computer in a form recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.
- some or all of the functional blocks constituting the above-described transmission / reception apparatus may be realized as an LSI that is an integrated circuit.
- the amount of communication performed between a plurality of communication terminals and a management terminal can be greatly reduced. Accordingly, the collision rate of communication from a plurality of communication terminals to the management terminal is reduced, and the load of authentication processing performed by the management terminal can be reduced. Moreover, since the number of communication terminals that cannot form a group can be minimized by using the auxiliary management terminal, it is possible to further reduce the load of authentication processing performed by the management terminal.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a radio communication system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the communication terminal 120.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a radio channel.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of communication packets transmitted and received between the management terminal 110 and the communication terminal 120.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the terminal STA.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the affiliated terminal SSTA.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the representative terminal MSTA.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the management terminal AP.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the authentication terminal ASTA.
- FIG. 10A is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a group formation process.
- FIG. 10B is a sequence diagram illustrating another example of the group formation process.
- FIG. 11A is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of group authentication processing.
- FIG. 11B is a sequence diagram illustrating another example of the group authentication process.
- FIG. 12A is a processing sequence diagram of the entire wireless communication system.
- FIG. 12B is another processing sequence diagram of the entire wireless communication system.
- FIG. 12C is another processing sequence diagram of the entire wireless communication system.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless communication system 1300 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless communication system 1300 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a processing sequence diagram of group formation processing using the auxiliary management terminal AAP.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional wireless communication system.
- FIG. 16 is an authentication sequence diagram of IEEE 802.15.4.
- FIG. 17A is a diagram for explaining a problem in a conventional wireless communication system.
- FIG. 17B is a diagram for explaining a problem in the conventional wireless communication system.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a radio communication system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the wireless communication system 100 according to the first embodiment includes a management terminal (AP) 110 and a plurality of communication terminals 120.
- AP management terminal
- FIG. 1 the state where the three communication terminals 120 move in the direction of the arrow as the time passes and changes state is indicated by main sections 101-105.
- each of the plurality of communication terminals 120 forms a network-connected group from the communication terminal (terminal STA) before being authenticated to the communication terminal (authentication terminal ASTA) that has been authenticated.
- the communication terminal changes to either a communication terminal functioning as a master (hereinafter referred to as representative terminal MSTA) or a communication terminal functioning as a slave (hereinafter referred to as affiliated terminal SSTA).
- the three communication terminals 120 shown in FIG. 1 are in the state of the terminal STA before being authenticated by the management terminal 110 and do not yet belong to any group (section 101).
- the terminal STA tries to detect another terminal STA by transmitting a predetermined beacon (first beacon) at a unique timing in order to form a new group with the other terminal STA (section 102). This unique timing can be arbitrarily set.
- one group is formed by the three terminals STA.
- one communication terminal 120 becomes the representative terminal MSTA, and the remaining communication terminals 120 become the belonging terminals SSTA (section 103).
- the representative terminal MSTA manages identification information (ID, address, etc.) of all affiliated terminals SSTA belonging to the group.
- the representative terminal MSTA When the representative terminal MSTA enters the communication area of the management terminal 110 and receives a predetermined beacon (second beacon) from the management terminal 110, the representative terminal MSTA sends an authentication request for all belonging terminals SSTA belonging to itself and the group to the group For the management terminal 110 (section 104).
- a predetermined beacon second beacon
- the representative terminal MSTA When receiving the authentication response from the management terminal 110, the representative terminal MSTA becomes the authentication terminal ASTA, and all the belonging terminals SSTA belonging to the group also become the authentication terminal ASTA (section 105).
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the communication terminal 120.
- the communication terminal 120 includes an antenna 220, a transmission / reception unit 230, a modulation unit 250, a demodulation unit 260, a control unit 270, and a memory 280.
- the modulation unit 250 includes an encoding unit 251 and a digital modulation unit 252.
- the demodulator 260 includes a digital demodulator 261 and a decoder 262.
- the transmission / reception unit 230 includes a digital-analog conversion unit 231, low-pass filters 232 and 240, mixers 233 and 238, band-pass filters 234 and 237, power amplifier 235, low-noise amplifier 236, local oscillator 239, variable gain amplifier 241, and analog-digital conversion. Part 242.
- the memory 280 holds information indicating whether the communication terminal 120 is in the terminal STA, the representative terminal MSTA, the affiliated terminal SSTA, or the authentication terminal ASTA. In addition, the memory 280 stores identification information received from other communication terminals 120.
- the control unit 270 generates necessary transmission data and processes received data based on its own terminal state stored in the memory 280.
- the transmission data generated by the control unit 270 is converted into a transmission signal by the modulation unit 250, converted into a high-frequency radio signal by the transmission / reception unit 230, and then transmitted from the antenna 220.
- a high-frequency radio signal received from the antenna 220 is converted into a reception signal by the transmission / reception unit 230, converted into reception data by the demodulation unit 260, and then input to the control unit 270.
- the modulation unit 250 and the demodulation unit 260 may be realized by a digital signal processing circuit or a processor such as a DSP.
- the management terminal 110 can also be realized with the same configuration.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless channel.
- FIG. 3 represents a spectrum mask with the horizontal axis as the frequency, and bands 301 to 306 indicate the channel bandwidths of the channels CH1 to CH6, respectively.
- the communication terminal 120 and the management terminal 110 select a radio channel to be used for communication from the plurality of radio channels and communicate with the counterpart terminal.
- the present invention can be applied by using time division communication or the like.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of communication packets transmitted / received between the management terminal 110 and the communication terminal 120.
- the communication packet illustrated in FIG. 4 includes a preamble 401, a PHY (physical layer) header 402, a MAC (media layer access) control 403 header, and a payload 404.
- the preamble 401 is a signal for the demodulator 260 to perform time synchronization and frequency synchronization of packets.
- the PHY header 402 stores parameters necessary for demodulation such as a data start position, a data modulation method, and a data length.
- the MAC header 403 stores parameters necessary for access such as addresses and control commands.
- the payload 404 stores transmission data and control data. Information indicating the type of data and the device status of the communication terminal 120 is described in the MAC header 403.
- FIGS. 5 to 9 are flowcharts illustrating processes performed by the terminal STA, the affiliated terminal SSTA, the representative terminal MSTA, the management terminal AP, and the authentication terminal ASTA.
- 10A to 12C are diagrams showing processing sequences performed by the management terminal 110 and the communication terminal 120.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flowchart performed by the terminal STA.
- the communication terminal 120 sets the terminal state to STA (step S501).
- initial settings such as a period for operating as a terminal STA, a period for sleeping, and a radio channel are performed.
- the terminal STA that has completed the initial setting enters a beacon reception standby state (step S502), and receives an AP beacon (second beacon) transmitted from the management terminal 110 and an MSTA beacon (first beacon) transmitted from the representative terminal MSTA. It is determined whether or not it has been received (steps S503 and S504).
- AP beacon second beacon
- MSTA beacon first beacon
- transmission / reception of information related to the first beacon is performed by a first reception unit (not shown) of the transmission / reception unit 230
- transmission / reception of information related to the second beacon is performed by the second reception of the transmission / reception unit 230. (Not shown).
- the terminal STA makes an authentication request directly to the management terminal 110 (step S507). If the authentication is successful before the predetermined timeout time, the terminal STA changes the terminal state to the authentication terminal ASTA, and if the authentication fails, the terminal STA returns to step S502 and repeats the process (steps S508 and S509).
- the terminal STA makes an authentication request to the representative terminal MSTA that has transmitted the MSTA beacon (step S510). The terminal STA changes the terminal state to the affiliated terminal SSTA belonging to the group of the representative terminal MSTA if the authentication is successful before the predetermined timeout time, and returns to step S502 and repeats the process if the authentication fails.
- the terminal STA determines whether or not it can operate as the representative terminal MSTA (steps S505 and S506). This determination may be made based on, for example, its own battery state, performance of the transmission / reception unit and modulation / demodulation unit, or random numbers. If it is determined that the terminal STA can operate as the representative terminal MSTA, the terminal STA performs an MSTA beacon transmission process and waits for a response from another terminal STA (steps S513 and S514).
- the terminal STA performs an authentication process of the affiliated terminal SSTA for the transmission source terminal STA in response to the authentication request (steps S515 and S517).
- the terminal STA changes the terminal state to the representative terminal MSTA that manages the new group if the authentication is successful before the predetermined timeout time, and returns to step S502 and repeats the process if the authentication fails (step S518). , S519). If a response to the authentication request cannot be received from another terminal STA by the predetermined timeout time, the terminal STA returns to step S502 and repeats the process (step S516).
- a plurality of terminal STAs within a range where MSTA beacons can be transmitted and received can form one group.
- This one group is composed of only one representative terminal MSTA and one or more affiliated terminals SSTA.
- control of the affiliated terminal SSTA and representative terminal MSTA will be described.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the affiliated terminal SSTA.
- initial settings such as a period for operating as the affiliated terminal SSTA, a period for sleeping, and a wireless channel are performed (step S601).
- the affiliated terminal SSTA for which initialization has been completed enters a beacon reception standby state (step S602), whether an AP beacon has been received from the management terminal 110, whether an authentication response has been received from the management terminal 110, and the representative terminal It is determined whether an MSTA beacon is received from MSTA (steps S603 to S605).
- the affiliated terminal SSTA waits until the representative terminal MSTA makes a group authentication request to the management terminal 110 (step S608). If the affiliated terminal SSTA can receive an authentication response from the management terminal 110 before the predetermined time-out time, it changes the terminal state to the authentication terminal ASTA after confirming the response, and if the authentication fails, the process returns to step S602. Is repeated (steps S609 to S611). When the authentication response is received from the management terminal 110, the affiliated terminal SSTA changes the terminal state to the authentication terminal ASTA after confirming the response (step S611).
- the affiliated terminal SSTA when the affiliated terminal SSTA receives the MSTA beacon, the affiliated terminal SSTA performs communication processing necessary as the affiliated terminal SSTA (step S612).
- the affiliated terminal SSTA does not receive the MSTA beacon within a predetermined timeout period, beacon synchronization is performed. It is determined whether there is no loss (lost) (steps S606 and S607).
- it is determined that beacon synchronization is lost it is determined that the beacon synchronization is lost, and the affiliated terminal SSTA changes the terminal state to the terminal STA.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the representative terminal MSTA.
- initial settings such as a period for operating as the representative terminal MSTA, a period for sleeping, and a radio channel are performed (step S701).
- the representative terminal MSTA performs MSTA beacon transmission processing, and performs response waiting processing from the affiliated terminal SSTA (steps S702 and S703).
- the representative terminal MSTA makes a group authentication request to the management terminal 110 (steps S704 and S708). If the representative terminal MSTA can receive the authentication response before the predetermined time-out time, the representative terminal MSTA changes the terminal state to the authentication terminal ASTA after confirming the response. If the authentication fails, the representative terminal MSTA returns to step S702 and repeats the process (step). S709, S710, S714).
- the representative terminal MSTA performs the authentication process or the communication process of the affiliated terminal SSTA (steps S705 to S707, S711, S712). If neither the AP beacon nor the authentication request or communication request from the affiliated terminal SSTA is received by the predetermined timeout time, the wireless channel used is changed and the processing from step S702 is repeated (step S713). ).
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the management terminal 110.
- the management terminal 110 performs AP beacon transmission processing and performs response waiting processing from each communication terminal 120 (steps S801 and S802).
- the management terminal 110 When the group authentication request is received from the representative terminal MSTA, the management terminal 110 sends a group authentication response to the representative terminal MSTA (steps S803 and S807). If the authentication of the representative terminal MSTA and the affiliated terminal SSTA is successful by the predetermined timeout time, the management terminal 110 returns to step S802 and repeats the process (steps S808 to S811). On the other hand, when receiving an authentication request from the terminal STA or a communication request from the authentication terminal ASTA before a predetermined timeout period, the management terminal 110 performs an authentication process of the terminal STA or a communication process with the authentication terminal ASTA (steps S804 to S806). , S812, S813).
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control flow performed by the authentication terminal ASTA.
- initial settings such as a period for operating as the authentication terminal ASTA, a period for sleeping, and a radio channel are performed (step S901).
- the authentication terminal ASTA performs a response waiting process from the management terminal 110 (step S902).
- the authentication terminal ASTA When receiving the AP beacon from the management terminal 110, the authentication terminal ASTA performs communication processing necessary as the authentication terminal ASTA (steps S903 and S906), and when the AP beacon is not received by the predetermined timeout time, It is determined whether beacon synchronization has been lost (steps S903 to S905). If it is determined that the beacon synchronization is lost, the authentication terminal ASTA changes the terminal state to the terminal STA.
- FIG. 10A is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of group formation processing.
- FIG. 10A illustrates a case where three terminals STA1 to STA3 form one group. Signal transmission / reception between terminals is performed in the packet format shown in FIG.
- the terminal STA1 waits for reception for a certain period in order to confirm whether another terminal is transmitting a beacon. Since a beacon is not received even after a certain period of time has elapsed, the terminal STA1 transmits a beacon (STA1) for itself to become the representative terminal MSTA. After transmitting the beacon (STA1), the terminal STA1 waits for reception for a certain period in order to receive a response from another terminal. If there is no response, the transmission of the beacon (STA1) is repeated.
- the terminal STA2 is in a reception standby state.
- the terminal STA2 receives the beacon (STA1) transmitted from the terminal STA1, and transmits an authentication request (STA2) to the terminal STA1.
- the terminal STA1 Upon receiving the authentication request (STA2) from the terminal STA2, the terminal STA1 transmits an acknowledgment (ACK) to the terminal STA2 and changes its own terminal state to the representative terminal MSTA1 to perform authentication processing.
- ACK acknowledgment
- the terminal STA2 determines that an authentication request has been made, and enters a waiting state for a predetermined period until an authentication response is transmitted.
- the terminal STA3 enters a reception standby state.
- the terminal STA3 receives the ACK transmitted from the terminal STA1 to the terminal STA2. Thereby, the terminal STA3 determines that there is another terminal in the vicinity, and adjusts the reception standby timing so that the beacon can be received.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 transmits an authentication response (STA2) to the terminal STA2 within a predetermined time from the authentication request (STA2).
- the terminal STA2 releases the waiting state after a predetermined period of time and enters a reception waiting state.
- the terminal STA2 receives the authentication response (STA2) from the representative terminal MSTA1, and transmits ACK to the representative terminal MSTA1.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 receives the ACK, the authentication of the terminal STA2 ends.
- the terminal STA2 changes its own terminal state to the affiliated terminal SSTA2.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 repeatedly performs the same process as described above for the terminal STA3.
- the terminal STA2 may voluntarily request an authentication response (STA2) from the representative terminal MSTA1.
- the terminal STA2 transmits a data request (STA2) to the representative terminal MSTA1 after releasing the waiting state after a predetermined period has elapsed.
- This data request includes a data request command and a request source address.
- the terminal STA2 enters a standby state for a certain period after transmitting the data request (STA2).
- the representative terminal MSTA1 that has received the data request (STA2) transmits the data addressed to the request source address if there is data.
- STA2 since there is an authentication response (STA2) addressed to terminal STA2, representative terminal MSTA1 transmits to terminal STA2.
- STA2 When receiving the authentication response (STA2), the terminal STA2 transmits ACK to the representative terminal MSTA1.
- FIG. 11A is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of group authentication processing.
- FIG. 11A illustrates a case where a group formed by the representative terminal MSTA1, the affiliated terminal SSTA2, and the affiliated terminal SSTA3 performs authentication with the management terminal 110.
- Signal transmission / reception between terminals is performed in the packet format shown in FIG.
- the management terminal 110 periodically transmits beacons (AP, CCH), and then enters a reception standby state for a predetermined period.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 receives the beacon (AP, CCH)
- the representative terminal MSTA1 transmits a group authentication request (STA1 to 3, CH).
- the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3 are synchronized with the representative terminal MSTA1, and can receive packets transmitted by the representative terminal MSTA.
- beacons (AP, CCH), authentication requests, and the like are communicated using a control channel CCH that is different from the radio channel. In this way, since the beacon and the signal using the wireless channel do not interfere with each other, the effectiveness of the authentication process is improved.
- the control channel CCH may be known by each terminal, or each terminal may identify the control channel CCH by detecting a beacon (AP, CCH) by channel search or the like.
- the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3 detect that the representative terminal MSTA1 has transmitted a group authentication request (STA1-3, CH)
- the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3 wait for an ACK from the management terminal 110 to be transmitted.
- the representative terminal MSTA1, the affiliated terminal SSTA2, and the affiliated terminal SSTA3 determine that the group authentication process is performed, thereby entering a waiting state for a predetermined period of time required for the group authentication response. Then, it waits for transmission of a group authentication response (STA1 to STA3) from the management terminal 110.
- the representative terminal MSTA1, the affiliated terminal SSTA2, and the affiliated terminal SSTA3 that have received the group authentication responses (STA1 to STA3) each transmit an ACK to the management terminal 110.
- the order of transmitting the ACK for example, the order of addresses included in the group authentication response can be considered.
- the transmission timing may be adjusted so that the ACK transmitted by each terminal can be regarded as one concatenated ACK packet. In this case, if the preamble part is included only in the first ACK, the transmission time of the ACK packet can be further shortened.
- the management terminal 110 When the management terminal 110 receives an ACK from each terminal that has transmitted a group authentication response (STA1 to STA3), the group authentication is completed.
- the management terminal 110 performs group authentication by repeating the same sequence for other groups existing in the communication area.
- the management terminal 110 may be requested voluntarily from the representative terminal MSTA1 for group authentication responses (STA1 to 3).
- the representative terminal MSTA1 transmits a data request (MSTA1) to the management terminal 110 after releasing the waiting state for a predetermined period until the authentication response is prepared.
- the management terminal 110 that has received the data request (MSTA1) transmits the data addressed to the request source address if there is data.
- group authentication response data addressed to the representative terminal MSTA1 it is transmitted to the representative terminal MSTA1 as group authentication responses (STA1 to STA3).
- FIG. 12A is a processing sequence diagram of the entire wireless communication system based on the above-described contents.
- FIG. 12A illustrates a case where six terminals STA1 to STA6 form two groups and make an authentication request to the management terminal 110 using one radio channel.
- the processing sequence of FIG. 12 is divided into group formation processing 1211 and 1212, authentication request processing 1213, and authentication response processing 1214.
- the terminal STA1 transmits a beacon (STA1) in order to detect other terminals STA2 and STA3.
- the terminal STA2 that has received the beacon transmits an authentication request (STA2) including identification information (address, etc.) to the terminal STA1 in order to belong to the group.
- STA2 receives the authentication request (STA2)
- STA1 transmits an authentication response (STA2) to the terminal STA2.
- STA2 successfully receives the authentication response (STA2)
- the terminal STA2 changes the device state to the representative terminal MSTA1, and the terminal STA2 changes to the affiliated terminal SSTA2.
- the representative terminal MSTA holds the identification information of all the belonging terminals SSTA belonging to the group. Thereafter, the representative terminal MSTA1 periodically transmits a beacon (MSTA1), and the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3 perform communication based on the beacon (MSTA1).
- a beacon MSTA1
- the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3 perform communication based on the beacon (MSTA1).
- groups are similarly formed for the terminals STA4 to STA6, and the representative terminal MSTA5 and the affiliated terminals SSTA4 and SSTA6 are determined. Thereafter, the representative terminal MSTA5 periodically transmits a beacon (MSTA5), and the affiliated terminals SSTA4 and SSTA6 perform communication based on the beacon (MSTA5).
- a beacon MSTA5
- the affiliated terminals SSTA4 and SSTA6 perform communication based on the beacon (MSTA5).
- the representative terminal MSTA1 and MSTA5 When the representative terminals MSTA1 and MSTA5 receive a beacon (AP) after the group is formed, an authentication request for its own group is made to the management terminal 110.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 first makes an authentication request.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 transmits group authentication requests (STA1 to STA3) to the management terminal 110.
- This group authentication request (STA1 to STA3) includes a group authentication request command, the address of the representative terminal MSTA1, and the addresses of the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 enters a waiting state for a predetermined time until an authentication response (STA1 to 3) is returned from the management terminal 110 after transmitting the group authentication request (STA1 to 3).
- the representative terminal MSTA5 makes an authentication request.
- the representative terminal MSTA5 transmits a group authentication request (STA4 to STA6) to the management terminal 110.
- This group authentication request (STA4 to STA6) includes a group authentication request command, the address of the representative terminal MSTA5, and the addresses of the affiliated terminals SSTA4 and SSTA6.
- the representative terminal MSTA5 enters a waiting state for a predetermined time until the authentication response (STA4 to 6) is returned from the management terminal 110 after transmitting the group authentication request (STA4 to 6).
- the management terminal 110 can detect how many terminals have entered the communication area at the time of receiving the group authentication request. Based on this, the subsequent authentication order can be scheduled.
- the management terminal 110 When the management terminal 110 receives a group authentication request (STA1 to 3) from the group of the representative terminal MSTA1, the management terminal 110 transmits a group authentication response (STA1 to 3).
- the group authentication response (STA1 to STA3) includes a group authentication response command, the address of the representative terminal MSTA1, and the addresses of the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3.
- STA1-3 group authentication response command
- the representative terminal MSTA1 and the affiliated terminals SSTA2 and SSTA3 become the authentication terminals ASTA1 to ASTA3.
- the management terminal 110 transmits a group authentication response (STA4 to 6).
- the group authentication response (STA4 to STA6) includes a group authentication response command, the address of the representative terminal MSTA5, and the addresses of the affiliated terminals SSTA4 and SSTA6.
- the authentication terminals ASTA1 to ASTA6 communicate in the network of the management terminal 110 according to the beacon (AP).
- FIG. 12B is another processing sequence diagram of the entire wireless communication system.
- FIG. 12B illustrates a case where two groups make authentication requests to the management terminal 110 using three wireless channels in the authentication request processing 1213 of FIG. 12A. If a plurality of wireless channels are used, the number of terminals that can be accommodated can be increased. It is assumed that communication is started on the radio channel CH2 in the group formation process 1221 and communication is started on the radio channel CH3 in the group formation process 1222. Further, it is assumed that the management terminal 110 can use a plurality of radio channels simultaneously.
- the representative terminals MSTA1 and MSTA5 start reception on the control channel CCH in order to receive beacons (AP, CCH) from the management terminal 110.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 that has received the beacon (AP, CCH) transmits to the management terminal 110 a group authentication request (STA1-3, CH2) further including a radio channel number CH2 used by the group.
- the representative terminal MSTA5 that has received the beacon (AP, CCH) also transmits to the management terminal 110 a group authentication request (STA4 to 6, CH3) that further includes the radio channel number CH3 used by the group.
- the management terminal 110 When the management terminal 110 receives the group authentication request (STA1 to 3, CH2) from the group of the representative terminal MSTA1, the management terminal 110 transmits a group authentication response (STA1 to 3, CH2) further including the radio channel number CH2 used by the group to the radio channel. Transmit on CH2.
- the management terminal 110 receives the group authentication request (STA4 to 6, CH3) from the group of the representative terminal MSTA5, the management terminal 110 sends a group authentication response (STA4 to 6, CH3) further including the radio channel number CH3 used by the group. It transmits on the radio channel CH3.
- the management terminal 110 may simultaneously transmit the group authentication response (STA1 to 3, CH2) of the radio channel CH2 and the group authentication response (STA4 to 6, CH3) of the radio channel CH3. In this way, the time required for the authentication response can be further reduced.
- the representative terminal MSTA1, the affiliated terminals SSTA2 to SSTA4, the representative terminal MSTA5, and the affiliated terminal SSTA6 become authentication terminals ASTA1 to ASTA3.
- FIG. 12C is still another processing sequence diagram of the entire wireless communication system.
- the management terminal 110 performs beacon transmission using the control channel CCH.
- FIG. 12C describes a case where beacon transmission is performed by assigning a radio channel in advance for each group.
- the beacon can include an authentication request channel assignment command and its radio channel number.
- beacons AP, CH2, CH3
- AP, CH2, CH3 include an authentication request channel assignment command and radio channels CH2 and CH3.
- the representative terminal MSTA 1 that has received the beacon (AP, CH 2, CH 3) transmits a group authentication request (STA 1 to 3, CH 2) to the management terminal 110 using the radio channel CH 2 assigned to the group.
- the representative terminal MSTA5 that has received the beacon (AP, CH2, CH3) transmits a group authentication request (STA4 to 6, CH2) to the management terminal 110 using the radio channel CH3 assigned to the group.
- the group authentication request (STA1-3, CH2) from the representative terminal MSTA1 and the group authentication request (STA4-6, CH2) from the representative terminal MSTA5 can be transmitted simultaneously because the radio channels are different. The time required for the authentication request can be further reduced.
- a group is formed in advance for each of the plurality of communication terminals 120, and a representative that can communicate with the management terminal 110 is determined in each group. deep.
- the communication volume performed between the some communication terminal 120 and the management terminal 110 can be reduced significantly. Therefore, the collision rate of communication from the plurality of communication terminals 120 to the management terminal 110 is reduced, and the load of authentication processing performed by the management terminal 110 can be reduced.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless communication system 1300 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the wireless communication system 1300 according to the second embodiment is different from the wireless communication system 100 in that an auxiliary management terminal (AAP) 1310 is further provided.
- AAP auxiliary management terminal
- the second embodiment will be described with a focus on processing related to the auxiliary management terminal 1310.
- the same referential mark is attached
- FIG. 13 shows main sections 101, 1302, and 103 to 105 as three communication terminals 120 move in the direction of the arrow and change state with time. As shown in FIG. 13, the processing in the section 1302 is a feature of the second embodiment.
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 is configured to assist the process performed by the management terminal 110, and performs the process of assigning the terminal STA to either the representative terminal MSTA or the affiliated terminal SSTA in forming a group of the terminals STA.
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 periodically transmits a beacon.
- the terminal STA that does not yet belong to any group tries to detect the management terminal 110 or the auxiliary management terminal 1310 (section 1302).
- the terminal STA makes an authentication request to the auxiliary management terminal 1310.
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 that has received the authentication request authenticates the terminal STA that has made the authentication request to either the representative terminal MSTA or the affiliated terminal SSTA.
- a radio channel to be used may be allocated for each terminal STA.
- the representative terminal MSTA authenticated as the representative by the auxiliary management terminal 1310 detects the affiliated terminal SSTA in the vicinity and performs authentication, and forms a group as in the first embodiment (section 103).
- the processes performed in the subsequent sections 104 and 105 are as described above.
- FIG. 14 is a processing sequence diagram of group formation processing using the auxiliary management terminal 1310.
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 periodically transmits a beacon (AAP) using the control channel CCH. Since the terminal STA1 that has received the beacon (AAP) does not belong to the network, the terminal STA1 transmits an authentication request (STA1) to the auxiliary management terminal 1310.
- AAP beacon
- STA1 authentication request
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 starts terminal authentication when receiving the authentication request (STA1).
- STA1 the authentication request
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 selects to authenticate the terminal STA1 as a representative terminal and allocates the radio channel CH2.
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 transmits an authentication response (MSTA1, CH2).
- the authentication response (MSTA1, CH2) includes an authentication response command, information indicating authentication as a representative terminal, an address of the receiving terminal STA1, and a wireless channel number CH2 to be used.
- the terminal STA1 successfully receives the authentication response (MSTA1, CH2)
- the authentication is completed.
- the terminal STA1 changes its state to the representative terminal MSTA1, and changes the radio channel to CH2.
- the terminal STA5 is authenticated as the representative terminal MSTA5, and the radio channel CH3 is assigned.
- the representative terminal MSTA1 performs authentication with the terminals STA2 and STA3 to form one group. Also, the representative terminal MSTA5 performs authentication with the terminals STA4 and STA6 to form one group.
- a group is formed in advance for each of the plurality of communication terminals 120, and a representative that can communicate with the management terminal 110 is determined in each group. deep.
- the number of authentication requests made by the communication terminal 120 to the management terminal 110 can be greatly reduced.
- the auxiliary management terminal 1310 designates the representative terminal MSTA and assigns the radio channel in advance, it is possible to reduce packet collision and reduce time when a group is formed.
- each structure concerning the said embodiment may be implement
- LSI is sometimes called IC, system LSI, super LSI, or ultra LSI depending on the degree of integration.
- the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and circuit integration may be performed using a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor.
- an FPGA Field Programmable GateArray
- a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connection and setting of circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.
- the calculation of these functional blocks can be performed using, for example, a DSP or a CPU. Further, these processing steps can be processed by being recorded on a recording medium as a program and executed.
- the present invention is applicable to a wireless communication system using a wireless network that accommodates a large number of terminals such as a sensor network and an active RF tag, and in particular, a large number of communication terminals pass through a communication area of a management terminal in a short time. This is useful when it is desired to authenticate more communication terminals even in such a case.
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図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係る無線通信システム100の構成例を説明する図である。この第1の実施形態に係る無線通信システム100は、管理端末(AP)110と、複数の通信端末120とで構成される。無線通信システム100の具体的な適用例としては、背景技術でも述べた商品管理システムや登下校システム等が考えられる。図1では、3つの通信端末120が、時間経過に伴って矢印の方向へ移動して状態遷移する様子を、主要な区間101~105で示している。
この代表端末MSTA及び所属端末SSTAと管理端末110との間で行われる認証処理を詳細に説明する前に、図1を参照して、第1の実施形態に係る無線通信システム100の認証処理の概念を簡単に説明する。
2-1.端末状態別の制御フローチャート
次に、図5~図12Cを参照して、管理端末110と通信端末120との間で行われる認証処理を詳細に説明する。図5~図9は、端末STA、所属端末SSTA、代表端末MSTA、管理端末AP、及び認証端末ASTAが行う処理をそれぞれ説明したフローチャートである。図10A~図12Cは、管理端末110及び通信端末120が行う処理シーケンスを示す図である。
まず、通信端末120は、電源投入時等によって動作を開始すると、端末状態をSTAに設定する(ステップS501)。このときに、端末STAとして動作する期間、スリープする期間、及び無線チャネル等の初期設定が行われる。初期設定が済んだ端末STAは、ビーコンの受信待ち受け状態となり(ステップS502)、管理端末110から送信されるAPビーコン(第2ビーコン)及び代表端末MSTAから送信されるMSTAビーコン(第1ビーコン)を受信したか否かを判断する(ステップS503、S504)。なお、第1ビーコンに関連する情報の送受信は、送受信部230の第1の受信部(図示せず)で行われ、第2ビーコンに関連する情報の送受信は、送受信部230の第2の受信部(図示せず)で行われる。
次に、この所属端末SSTA及び代表端末MSTAの制御を説明する。
端末状態がSSTAに変更されると、所属端末SSTAとして動作する期間、スリープする期間、及び無線チャネル等の初期設定が行われる(ステップS601)。初期設定が済んだ所属端末SSTAは、ビーコンの受信待ち受け状態となり(ステップS602)、管理端末110からAPビーコンを受信したか否か、管理端末110から認証応答を受信したか否か、及び代表端末MSTAからMSTAビーコンを受信したか否かを判断する(ステップS603~S605)。
端末状態がMSTAに変更されると、代表端末MSTAとして動作する期間、スリープする期間、及び無線チャネル等の初期設定が行われる(ステップS701)。次に、代表端末MSTAは、MSTAビーコンの送信処理を行い、所属端末SSTAからの応答待ち受け処理を行う(ステップS702、S703)。
管理端末110は、APビーコンの送信処理を行い、各通信端末120からの応答待ち受け処理を行う(ステップS801、S802)。
端末状態がASTAに変更されると、認証端末ASTAとして動作する期間、スリープする期間、及び無線チャネル等の初期設定が行われる(ステップS901)。次に、認証端末ASTAは、管理端末110からの応答待ち受け処理を行う(ステップS902)。
図10Aは、グループ形成処理の一例を示すシーケンス図である。この図10Aでは、3つの端末STA1~STA3が1つのグループを形成する場合を説明する。なお、端末間の信号送受信は、図4に示したパケット形式で行われる。
図11Aは、グループ認証処理の一例を示すシーケンス図である。この図11Aでは、代表端末MSTA1、所属端末SSTA2、及び所属端末SSTA3で形成されるグループが、管理端末110との間で認証を行う場合を説明する。なお、端末間の信号送受信は、図4に示すパケット形式で行われる。
図12Aは、上述した内容に基づいた無線通信システム全体の処理シーケンス図である。この図12Aでは、6つの端末STA1~STA6が2つのグループを形成し、1つの無線チャネルを使用して管理端末110に認証要求する場合を説明している。図12の処理シーケンスは、グループ形成処理1211及び1212、認証要求処理1213、及び認証応答処理1214に分かれる。
図12Aでは、まず代表端末MSTA1が認証要求を行う。代表端末MSTA1は、グループ認証要求(STA1~3)を管理端末110へ送信する。このグループ認証要求(STA1~3)には、グループ認証要求コマンドと、代表端末MSTA1のアドレスと、所属端末SSTA2及びSSTA3のアドレスとが含まれている。代表端末MSTA1は、グループ認証要求(STA1~3)を送信した後、管理端末110から認証応答(STA1~3)が返信されるまでの所定時間待ち状態に入る。
図13は、本発明の第2の実施形態に係る無線通信システム1300の構成例を説明する図である。この第2の実施形態に係る無線通信システム1300は、補助管理端末(AAP)1310をさらに備えることが、上記無線通信システム100と異なる。以下、この補助管理端末1310に関する処理を中心に、第2の実施形態を説明する。なお、無線通信システム100と同じ処理を行う無線通信システム1300の構成については、同一の参照符号を付してその説明を省略する。
110、1510 管理端末
120、1520 通信端末
220 アンテナ
230 送受信部
250 変調部
260 復調部
270 制御部
280 メモリ
301~306 チャネル帯域幅
401 プリアンブル
402 PHYヘッダ
403 MACヘッダ
404 ペイロード
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- 複数の通信端末と当該複数の通信端末を管理する管理端末とを含む無線通信システムであって、
前記複数の通信端末の少なくとも1つは、
第1のビーコンを送信する第1の送信部と、
前記第1のビーコンを受信した他の通信端末から送信された識別情報を含む応答を受信する第1の受信部と、
前記他の通信端末を自らが代表となるグループに所属する通信端末として登録し、前記他の通信端末の識別情報を保存する保存部と、
第2のビーコンを前記管理端末から受信する第2の受信部と、
前記第2のビーコンの受信に応じて、自端末及び前記保存部に保存された所属端末の識別情報を、認証要求と共に前記管理端末に一括送信する第2の送信部とを備え、
前記管理端末は、
前記第2のビーコンを送信する送信部と、
前記グループの代表となる通信端末から前記識別情報を一括受信する受信部と、
前記識別情報を用いて、前記グループを形成する全ての通信端末の各々と認証手続を行う制御部とを備える、無線通信システム。 - 前記管理端末の送信部は、応答に使用する周波数チャネルを指定する情報を含めた前記第2のビーコンを送信する、請求項1に記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記管理端末の制御部は、前記応答に使用する周波数チャネルとは異なる周波数チャネルを使用して前記認証手続を行う、請求項2に記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記グループに所属する通信端末は、前記グループから前記管理端末へ送信する応答が1つのパケットとして認識されるように、前記グループの代表となる通信端末が送信した応答の後にプリアンブル以外のパケットを連続して送信する、請求項1に記載の無線通信システム。
- 前記グループを形成する前の複数の通信端末に対して第3のビーコンを送信し、当該第3のビーコンを受信した他の通信端末から送信された認証要求を受信し、当該認証要求に対して、グループの代表となる通信端末又はグループに所属する通信端末のいずれかを指定する補助管理端末をさらに備える、請求項1に記載の無線通信システム。
- 複数の通信端末と当該複数の通信端末を管理する管理端末とを含む無線通信システムにおける通信端末であって、
第1のビーコンを送信する第1の送信部と、
前記第1のビーコンを受信した他の通信端末から送信された識別情報を含む応答を受信する第1の受信部と、
前記他の通信端末を自らが管理するグループに所属する端末として登録し、前記他の通信端末の識別情報を保存する保存部と、
第2のビーコンを前記管理端末から受信する第2の受信部と、
前記第2のビーコンの受信に応じて、自端末及び前記保存部に保存された所属端末の識別情報を、前記管理端末に一括送信する第2の送信部とを備える、通信端末。 - 複数の通信端末と当該複数の通信端末を管理する管理端末とを含む無線通信システムにおける管理端末であって、
ビーコンを送信する送信部と、
前記ビーコンに応じて、前記複数の通信端末の幾つかで形成されるグループの代表端末から、当該グループを形成する全ての通信端末の識別情報を一括受信する受信部と、
前記識別情報を用いて、前記グループを形成する全ての通信端末の各々と認証手続を行う制御部とを備える、管理端末。 - 複数の通信端末と当該複数の通信端末を管理する管理端末とを含む、無線通信システムで行われる通信方法であって、
前記複数の通信端末間で第1のビーコンを送受信するステップと、
前記第1のビーコンを送信した通信端末をグループの代表端末に、前記第1のビーコンを受信した通信端末をグループの所属端末に割り当てるステップと、
前記代表端末が、前記所属端末から識別情報を受信して保存するステップと、
前記管理端末から送信される第2のビーコンの受信に応じて、前記代表端末が、前記代表端末及び前記所属端末の識別情報を前記管理端末に一括送信するステップと、
前記代表端末から一括受信する前記識別情報を用いて、前記管理端末が、前記グループを形成する全ての通信端末の各々と認証手続を行うステップとを備える、通信方法。 - 複数の通信端末と当該複数の通信端末を管理する管理端末とを含む無線通信システムにおける、通信端末に用いられる集積回路であって、
第1のビーコンを送信する第1の送信部、
前記第1のビーコンを受信した他の通信端末から送信された識別情報を含む応答を受信する第1の受信部、
前記他の通信端末を自らが代表となるグループに所属する通信端末として登録し、前記他の通信端末の識別情報を保存する保存部、
第2のビーコンを前記管理端末から受信する第2の受信部、及び
前記第2のビーコンの受信に応じて、自端末及び前記保存部に保存された所属端末の識別情報を、認証要求と共に前記管理端末に一括送信する第2の送信部として機能する回路を、集積する。 - 複数の通信端末と当該複数の通信端末を管理する管理端末とを含む無線通信システムにおける、管理端末に用いられる集積回路であって、
ビーコンを送信する送信部、
前記ビーコンに応じて、前記複数の通信端末の幾つかで形成されるグループの代表端末から、当該グループを形成する全ての通信端末の識別情報を一括受信する受信部、及び
前記識別情報を用いて、前記グループを形成する全ての通信端末の各々と認証手続を行う制御部として機能する回路を、集積する。
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