WO2010044182A1 - 無線端末装置及び通信品質表示方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a wireless terminal device and a communication quality display method, and more particularly to a wireless terminal device and a communication quality display method that receive a service using a plurality of different communication methods.
- portable terminals that can receive a desired service by using a plurality of different communication methods at the same time are known.
- a service in which broadcasting and communication are linked a program content is received by broadcasting, a service that participates in voting or chat related to the program content by communication, or a program content is received by broadcasting, and the program content is viewed by communication.
- a service to acquire the right can be considered.
- the user confirms the wireless states of a plurality of different communication methods, and determines whether or not the service can be used based on the confirmed wireless states. In this case, even if the wireless state of some communication methods is good, if the wireless state of other communication methods is poor, the service suddenly cannot be received.
- the service to be provided confirms the wireless status of multiple communication methods. You must decide whether or not it is a service that must be.
- Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are known as methods for solving such problems.
- Patent Document 1 creates two or more figures corresponding to the situation of each of two or more mobile communication networks, combines the created two or more figures, and generates a figure obtained as a result of the combination as a communication terminal device. Is incorporated into the posting image as a specific figure corresponding to the standby state.
- the shape of the specific figure is a shape obtained by superimposing figures corresponding to the situation of each mobile communication network so that portions having the same shape match each other.
- the overlapped portion is displayed in a color obtained by combining colors unique to each mobile communication network.
- Patent Document 2 reads out the color corresponding to the electric field strength of the received signal from the data table stored in advance in the memory for each received signal detected by the PHS receiving circuit and the PDC receiving circuit. Create and display a composite color that combines the colors of.
- the displayed composite color consists of only the green component, it means that PDC communication is out of the communication range, and when the displayed composite color consists of only the red component, PHS communication is out of the communication range.
- the displayed composite color is black, it means that both PDC communication and PHS communication are outside the communication range.
- Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 since each communication method is used in an alternative, the displayed composite color is simply a combination of colors according to the received electric field strength of each communication method. Yes, it merely shows the received electric field strength for each communication method. Therefore, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, only usable communication methods can be confirmed individually. When receiving a desired service by using different communication methods at the same time, according to the service content. There is a problem that the communication quality cannot be displayed.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a wireless terminal device and a communication quality display method capable of displaying communication quality according to service contents when receiving a service using a plurality of different communication methods. .
- the wireless terminal device of the present invention when performing communication by a plurality of different communication methods and receiving provision of services, a detection means for detecting communication quality when communicating by each of the communication methods, and each detected Based on the communication quality, a configuration is provided that includes determination means for determining communication quality when receiving provision of the service, and display means for displaying the determined communication quality.
- the communication quality display method of the present invention is a communication quality display method in a wireless terminal device that receives a service by performing communication by a plurality of different communication methods, and each of the communication qualities when communicating by each of the communication methods.
- the communication quality corresponding to the service content can be displayed.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wireless terminal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the figure which shows the relationship between the position of the radio
- diagram showing display The figure which shows an example of the detection result of the 1st received electric field strength detection part and the detection result of the 2nd received electric field strength detection part in each position which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wireless terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radio terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a radio terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio terminal apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the first received electric field strength detector 101 receives a received signal of the first communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and receives the received electric field strength (RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indicator) of the received signal of the first communication method. ) Is detected. Then, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the radio condition adjustment unit 103, or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. To the wireless state adjustment unit 103.
- the first communication system is, for example, a cellular system, PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) system, Bluetooth, wireless LAN, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), digital television broadcasting, or the like.
- the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 receives a received signal of the second communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the received electric field strength of the input received signal of the second communication method. Then, the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the radio condition adjustment unit 103 or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength.
- the second communication system is, for example, a cellular system, a PHS system, Bluetooth, a wireless LAN, WiMAX, or digital television broadcasting.
- the second communication method is a communication method different from the first communication method.
- the first communication method uses a wireless LAN
- the second communication method uses a cellular method.
- the radio state adjustment unit 103 Based on the detection result of the received electric field strength input from the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 and the detection result of the received electric field strength input from the second received electric field strength detection unit 102, the radio state adjustment unit 103 The reception electric field strength at the time of receiving a service using both the first communication method and the second communication method is determined. At this time, the radio state adjustment unit 103 determines the number of bars in the antenna bar displayed on the display unit 105 as the received electric field strength. Radio state adjustment section 103 then outputs the determined received electric field strength to display control section 104. Note that the radio state adjustment unit 103 may output the reception field strength determined this time to the display control unit 104 only when the reception field strength determined this time is different from the reception field strength determined last time. A method of determining the received electric field strength in the radio condition adjustment unit 103 will be described later.
- the display control unit 104 performs a display process for displaying the received electric field strength input from the wireless state adjustment unit 103, and performs control to display the received electric field strength on the display unit 105.
- the display unit 105 is, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), and displays the received electric field intensity under the control of the display control unit 104.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wireless terminal device 100.
- the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 and the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 adjust the radio state using the number of bars in the antenna bar corresponding to the detected received electric field strength as the detection result of the received electric field strength.
- An example of outputting to the unit 103 will be described.
- Ra is the received electric field strength output from the radio state adjustment unit 103.
- the radio state adjustment unit 103 determines whether or not the detection result of the received electric field strength input from the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 is smaller than the adjustment threshold (Rc ⁇ adjustment threshold?). Further, the radio state adjustment unit 103 determines whether or not the subtraction result does not become 0 when 1 is subtracted from the reception field strength detection result Rb input from the first reception field strength detection unit 101 (Rb ⁇ 1). ((Rb-1) ⁇ out of range?) (Step ST203). Note that this determination means determining whether or not the adjusted result is out of range.
- AD (Rb) is an adjustment function for adjusting the detection result of the received electric field strength, and in the present embodiment, it is a function that lowers the detection result of the received electric field strength by one level.
- the second received electric field of the second communication method is used.
- the strength can be used to adjust the first received field strength of the first communication scheme. Therefore, in this case, the received electric field strength adjusted with reference to the first received electric field strength of the first communication method having the largest data capacity can be displayed as the received electric field strength when receiving the service. .
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the position of the wireless terminal device 100 and each communication area. 4 shows the detection of the received electric field strength of the first received electric field strength detector 101 and the second received electric field strength detector 102 when the wireless terminal device 100 is located in each of A to G of FIG. It is a figure which shows a result, the adjustment result in the radio
- FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the detection result of the first reception electric field strength detection unit 101 and the detection result of the second reception electric field strength detection unit 102 at positions A to G in FIG.
- the position A is within the communication area # 302 of the second communication method, but is outside the communication area # 301 of the first communication method.
- the position G is outside the communication area # 302 of the second communication method, but is within the communication area # 301 of the first communication method.
- Positions B to F are within the communication area # 301 of the first communication method and the communication area # 302 of the second communication method. Accordingly, the positions B to F are areas where services can be used.
- the antenna bar is displayed as a graphic only of the antenna (FIG. 4B) or a graphic composed of a combination of the antenna and the bar (FIGS. 4C to 4F). Further, the number of bars is changed according to the received electric field strength.
- the detection result Rb_ex (t) of the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 is smaller than the out-of-service threshold # 501 as shown in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4A, the first reception field strength detection unit 101 detects out-of-service as the reception field strength detection result, and the second reception field strength detection unit 102 detects the reception field strength detection result. As a result, level 3 is detected. As a result, the radio state adjustment unit 103 determines that the received electric field strength when receiving the service is out of the service area, and the display unit 105 displays out of service area.
- the detection result Rb_ex (t) of the first received electric field strength detecting unit 101 is based on the threshold values # 502 of the in-zone levels 0 and 1 Small and out-of-range threshold # 501 or more. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4B, the first received electric field strength detecting unit 101 detects level 0 as the received electric field strength detection result, and the second received electric field strength detecting unit 102 detects the received electric field strength. As a result, level 3 is detected. As a result, the radio condition adjustment unit 103 determines that the received electric field strength when receiving the service is level 0, and the display unit 105 displays an antenna bar indicating level 0.
- the detection result Rb_ex (t) of the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 is based on the threshold values # 503 of the in-zone levels 1 and 2 It is small and within threshold value # 502 of level 1 and 2 within the range. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4C, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 detects level 1 as the received electric field strength detection result, and the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 detects the received electric field strength. As a result, level 3 is detected. As a result, the radio condition adjustment unit 103 determines that the received electric field strength when receiving the service is level 1, and the display unit 105 displays an antenna bar indicating level 1.
- the detection result Rb_ex (t) of the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 is based on the threshold values # 504 of the in-zone levels 2 and 3 It is small and within threshold value # 503 of level 1 and 2 within the range. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4D, the first reception field strength detection unit 101 detects level 2 as the detection result of the reception field strength, and the second reception field strength detection unit 102 detects the reception field strength. As a result, level 3 is detected. As a result, the radio state adjustment unit 103 determines that the received electric field strength when receiving the service is level 2, and the display unit 105 displays an antenna bar indicating level 2.
- the detection result Rb_ex (t) of the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 is equal to or higher than the threshold values # 504 of the area levels 2 and 3
- the detection result Rc_ex (t) of the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 is equal to or greater than the adjustment threshold # 505. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4E, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 detects level 3 as the received electric field strength detection result, and the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 detects the received electric field strength. As a result, level 3 is detected.
- the radio condition adjustment unit 103 determines that the received electric field strength when receiving the service is level 3, and the display unit 105 displays an antenna bar indicating level 3.
- the detection result Rb_ex (t) of the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 is equal to or higher than the threshold values # 504 of the in-zone levels 2 and 3
- the detection result Rc_ex (t) of the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 is smaller than the adjustment threshold # 505 and larger than the out-of-service threshold # 506. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 4F, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 detects level 3 as the detection result of the received electric field strength, and the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 detects the received electric field strength. As a result, level 0 is detected.
- the display unit 105 displays an antenna bar indicating level 2.
- the detection result Rb_ex (t) of the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 is equal to or higher than the threshold values # 504 of the in-zone levels 2 and 3
- the detection result Rc_ex (t) of the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 is equal to or less than the out-of-service threshold value # 506. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4G, the first received electric field strength detecting unit 101 detects level 3 as the received electric field strength detection result, and the second received electric field strength detecting unit 102 detects the received electric field strength. As a result, out of service area is detected. As a result, the radio state adjustment unit 103 determines that the received electric field strength when receiving the service is out of the service area, and the display unit 105 displays out of service area.
- the display unit 105 displays a reception field strength lower than the actual reception field strength detection result in the first reception field strength detection unit 101. .
- the user can recognize that there is a possibility that the service cannot be received by viewing the display on the display unit 105.
- the detection result of the actual received electric field strength in the first communication method is displayed as it is.
- the wireless terminal device exists at the position F, it displays a level 3 antenna bar. Therefore, conventionally, when the wireless terminal apparatus moves from the position F to the position G, the wireless terminal apparatus suddenly goes out of service area even though the level 3 is displayed. Arise.
- the radio state adjustment unit 103 indirectly adjusts the number of bars in the antenna bar displayed on the display unit 105 by obtaining a weighted average value. That is, the wireless state adjustment unit 103 obtains a weighted average value by the equation (1).
- AD (Rb, Rc) ((Wb * Rb + Wc * Rc) / (Rb + Rc)) (1)
- AD (Rb, Rc) is a weighted average value Wb
- Wc is a weighting factor
- Rb is a detection result (RSSI) of the first reception electric field strength detection unit 101.
- Rc is the detection result (RSSI) of the second received electric field strength detection unit 102
- wireless state adjustment part 103 adjusts the number of the bars in the antenna bar to display by comparing the weighted average value calculated
- the other operations of the wireless terminal device 100 are the same as those shown in FIGS.
- the present embodiment when receiving a service using a plurality of different communication methods, it is possible to display the received electric field strength corresponding to the service content.
- a communication method that requires a good quality such as a communication method with a large data capacity to be transmitted by adjusting the received electric field strength according to each transmission capacity in a plurality of communication methods.
- the received electric field strength adjusted with reference to can be displayed as the received electric field strength when receiving the service.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio terminal apparatus 600 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- Radio terminal apparatus 600 shown in FIG. 6 adds out-of-service determination table holding section 601 and adjustment value calculation table holding section 602 to radio terminal apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG.
- a wireless state adjustment unit 603 is provided instead of 103.
- FIG. 6 parts having the same configuration as in FIG.
- the out-of-service determination table storage unit 601 stores a threshold for determining whether or not the detected received electric field strength is at an out-of-service level.
- the adjustment value calculation table holding unit 602 holds an adjustment value for determining the received electric field strength when receiving a service using both the first communication method and the second communication method.
- the first reception field strength detection unit 101 receives a reception signal of the first communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the reception field strength of the input reception signal of the first communication method. Then, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the wireless state adjustment unit 603, or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. To the wireless state adjustment unit 603.
- the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 receives a received signal of the second communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the received electric field strength of the input received signal of the second communication method. Then, the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the radio state adjustment unit 603, or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar corresponding to the detected received electric field strength. To the wireless state adjustment unit 603.
- the radio condition adjustment unit 603 determines whether the reception field strength detection result input from the first reception field strength detection unit 101 and the reception field strength detection result input from the second reception field strength detection unit 102 are out-of-service. By comparing with the out-of-service threshold value held in the table holding unit 601 and the adjustment value held in the adjustment value calculation table holding unit 602, the service is received using both the first communication method and the second communication method. The received electric field strength is determined. At this time, radio state adjustment section 603 determines the number of bars in the antenna bar displayed on display section 105 as the received electric field strength. Radio state adjustment section 603 then outputs the determined received electric field strength to display control section 104.
- the radio state adjustment unit 603 may output the reception field strength determined this time to the display control unit 104 only when the reception field strength determined this time is different from the reception field strength determined last time. A method for determining the received electric field strength in the radio state adjustment unit 603 will be described later.
- the display control unit 104 performs a display process for displaying the received electric field strength input from the wireless state adjustment unit 603, and performs control to display the received electric field strength on the display unit 105.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an out-of-service determination table.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an adjustment value calculation table.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the wireless terminal device 600.
- the case where the first received electric field strength detecting unit 101 and the second received electric field strength detecting unit 102 output the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the wireless state adjusting unit 603 will be described as an example.
- the radio condition adjustment unit 603 indicates that the reception field strength detection result Rb input from the first reception field strength detection unit 101 or the reception field strength detection result Rc input from the second reception field strength detection unit 102 is out of range. It is determined whether or not the thresholds rbo and rco are smaller than the determination table (Rc ⁇ rco or Rb ⁇ rbo?) (Step ST901).
- the detection result Rb of the reception field strength input from the first reception field strength detection unit 101 or the detection result Rc of the reception field strength input from the second reception field strength detection unit 102 is the threshold rbo of the out-of-service determination table.
- Rco step ST901: No
- the wireless state adjustment unit 603 indicates that the reception field strength detection result Rc input from the second reception field strength detection unit 102 is the threshold value of the adjustment value calculation table. It is determined whether or not rcr1 or more (Rc ⁇ rcr1?) (step ST903).
- the radio state adjustment unit 603 sets the adjustment value.
- Radio state adjustment section 603 adjusts the received electric field strength to be output by selected adjustment value AD1 (Rb).
- the radio state adjustment unit 603 It is determined whether the detection result Rc of the received electric field strength input from the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 is equal to or larger than the threshold value rcr2 of the adjustment value calculation table (Rc ⁇ rcr2?) (Step ST905).
- the radio state adjustment unit 603 sets the adjustment value.
- Radio state adjustment section 603 adjusts the received electric field strength to be output by selected adjustment value AD2 (Rb).
- the radio state adjustment unit 603 performs the adjustment.
- Radio state adjustment section 603 adjusts the received electric field strength to be output by selected adjustment value AD3 (Rb).
- the adjustment result Ra is obtained by comparing with the threshold value, and the obtained adjustment result Ra is output.
- the display unit 105 displays the adjustment result Ra.
- step ST901 and step ST902 are processing according to the out-of-service determination table
- step ST903 to step ST907 is processing according to the adjustment value calculation table.
- the received electric field strength to be displayed is determined using the threshold value stored in the table. It can be simplified.
- the reception field strength can be switched and displayed step by step. The user can be alerted step by step.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio terminal apparatus 1000 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- Radio terminal apparatus 1000 shown in FIG. 10 adds adjustment instruction determination section 1001 to radio terminal apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG. 1, and radio status adjustment section 1002 instead of radio status adjustment section 103.
- FIG. 10 parts having the same configuration as in FIG.
- the adjustment instruction determination unit 1001 instructs the wireless state adjustment unit 1002 to adjust the received electric field strength when instruction information for instructing the adjustment of the received electric field strength is acquired.
- the instruction information is, for example, a service provided by communication using both the first communication method and the second communication method when a service selection button (not shown) provided in the wireless terminal device 1000 is pressed.
- Information indicating that the service provider has been selected by the URL information indicating that the URL of the service provider associated with the URL has been selected, and the first communication method held in the data received by the first communication method or the second communication method.
- Information indicating that the service is provided by communication using both the communication method and the second communication method, or information (for example, URL) held in the data received by the first communication method or the second communication method. By selecting, it is further provided by communication using both the first communication method and the second communication method held in the data received by the first communication method or the second communication method. Is information indicating that service.
- the first reception field strength detection unit 101 receives a reception signal of the first communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the reception field strength of the input reception signal of the first communication method. Then, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the wireless state adjustment unit 1002 or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. Is output to the wireless state adjustment unit 1002.
- the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 receives a received signal of the second communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the received electric field strength of the input received signal of the second communication method. Then, the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the radio state adjustment unit 1002 or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. Is output to the wireless state adjustment unit 1002.
- the wireless state adjustment unit 1002 receives the detection result of the reception electric field strength input from the first reception electric field strength detection unit 101, and the second Based on the received electric field strength detection result input from the received electric field strength detector 102, the received electric field strength for receiving the service is determined using both the first communication method and the second communication method.
- radio state adjustment section 1002 determines the number of bars in the antenna bar displayed on display section 105 as the received electric field strength.
- Radio state adjusting section 1002 outputs the determined received electric field strength to display control section 104. Note that the radio state adjustment unit 1002 may output the reception field strength determined this time to the display control unit 104 only when the reception field strength determined this time is different from the reception field strength determined last time.
- the display control unit 104 performs a display process for displaying the received electric field strength input from the wireless state adjusting unit 1002 and performs control for displaying the received electric field strength on the display unit 105.
- the operation of the wireless terminal device 1000 is the same as that shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 except that the received electric field strength is adjusted when instructed by the adjustment instruction determination unit 1001, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- the received electric field strength is adjusted only when necessary, so that the processing load accompanying the adjustment of the received electric field strength can be reduced. it can. Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to switch whether or not to adjust the received electric field strength for each service provided to the user based on the instruction information, so that the received electric field suitable for the type of service can be switched. Intensity can be displayed.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio terminal apparatus 1100 according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- Radio terminal apparatus 1100 shown in FIG. 11 adds adjustment condition acquisition section 1101 to radio terminal apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG. 1 and radio status adjustment section 1102 instead of radio status adjustment section 103.
- FIG. 11 parts having the same configuration as in FIG.
- the adjustment condition acquisition unit 1101 acquires adjustment parameter information.
- the adjustment parameter is, for example, each threshold value # 501 to # 506 in FIG. 5 or information in the tables in FIGS.
- the first reception field strength detection unit 101 receives a reception signal of the first communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the reception field strength of the input reception signal of the first communication method. Then, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the wireless state adjustment unit 1102 or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. To the wireless state adjustment unit 1102.
- the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 receives a received signal of the second communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the received electric field strength of the input received signal of the second communication method. Then, the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the wireless state adjustment unit 1102, or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. To the wireless state adjustment unit 1102.
- the radio condition adjustment unit 1102 uses the reception condition of the received electric field strength input from the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 and the detection result of the received electric field strength input from the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 as an adjustment condition. By comparing with the threshold value acquired by the acquisition unit 1101, the received electric field strength when receiving the service using both the first communication method and the second communication method is determined. At this time, radio state adjustment section 1102 determines the number of bars in the antenna bar displayed on display section 105 as the received electric field strength. Radio state adjustment section 1102 then outputs the determined received electric field strength to display control section 104. Note that the radio state adjustment unit 1102 may output the reception field strength determined this time to the display control unit 104 only when the reception field strength determined this time is different from the reception field strength determined last time.
- the display control unit 104 performs a display process for displaying the received electric field strength input from the wireless state adjustment unit 1102, and performs control to display the received electric field strength on the display unit 105.
- the operation of the wireless terminal device 1100 is the same as that shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 except that the threshold is set using the adjustment parameter information acquired by the adjustment condition acquisition unit 1101, and the description thereof will be omitted.
- the threshold value in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, it is not necessary to store the threshold value, so that the storage capacity can be reduced and the size can be reduced.
- different thresholds can be set when service content is changed or when environmental conditions such as time of day or communication environment change, so the received electric field strength that matches the service content and environmental conditions is displayed. can do.
- the parameter information is the threshold values # 501 to # 506 in FIG. 5 or the information in the tables in FIGS. 7 and 8.
- each threshold value in FIG. It may be parameter information for obtaining each threshold value of # 501 to # 506 or the tables of FIGS.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of radio terminal apparatus 1200 according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- Radio terminal apparatus 1200 shown in FIG. 12 adds determination table holding section 1201 and determination table selection section 1202 to radio terminal apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG. Has a wireless state adjustment unit 1203.
- FIG. 12 parts having the same configuration as in FIG.
- the determination table holding unit 1201 holds a reception field strength adjustment table for each service.
- the determination table selection unit 1202 acquires service information that is information about the service, and selects a determination table corresponding to the service of the acquired service information from the determination table stored in the determination table holding unit 1201.
- the service information is information such as the transmission capacity of data to be transmitted, the type of data to be transmitted such as voice and image, or the type of service content.
- the first reception field strength detection unit 101 receives a reception signal of the first communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the reception field strength of the input reception signal of the first communication method. Then, the first received electric field strength detection unit 101 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the wireless state adjustment unit 1203, or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. Is output to the wireless state adjustment unit 1203.
- the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 receives a received signal of the second communication method received by an antenna (not shown), and detects the received electric field strength of the input received signal of the second communication method. Then, the second received electric field strength detection unit 102 outputs the detected received electric field strength as a detection result to the radio state adjustment unit 1203, or detects the number of bars in the antenna bar according to the detected received electric field strength. Is output to the wireless state adjustment unit 1203.
- the wireless state adjustment unit 1203 determines the reception field strength detection result input from the first reception field strength detection unit 101 and the reception field strength detection result input from the second reception field strength detection unit 102 from the determination table. By comparing each of the adjustment values held in the determination table selected by the selection unit 1202, the received electric field strength when receiving a service using both the first communication method and the second communication method is determined. . At this time, radio state adjustment section 1203 determines the number of bars in the antenna bar displayed on display section 105 as the received electric field strength. Radio state adjustment section 1203 then outputs the determined received electric field strength to display control section 104. Note that the radio state adjustment unit 1203 may output the reception field strength determined this time to the display control unit 104 only when the reception field strength determined this time is different from the reception field strength determined last time.
- the display control unit 104 performs a display process for displaying the received electric field strength input from the wireless state adjustment unit 1203, and performs control to display the received electric field strength on the display unit 105.
- wireless terminal apparatus 1200 The operation of wireless terminal apparatus 1200 is the same as that shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 except that a determination table is selected using service information and the received electric field strength is adjusted based on the selected determination table. Omitted.
- the wireless state adjustment unit has adjusted the number of bars in the antenna bar displayed on the display unit.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the wireless state adjustment unit is not limited to this.
- the display can be adjusted.
- the service is provided using the two communication methods of the first communication method and the second communication method.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the present invention can also be applied to a case where service is provided using three or more arbitrary communication methods.
- the communication quality is described as the received electric field strength.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the data error rate, packet loss rate, transmission delay in transmission or reception are not limited thereto.
- the quality may be based on a measure such as a quantity, a data transmission rate, or a change in electric field strength.
- the wireless terminal device and the communication quality display method according to the present invention are particularly suitable for receiving services using a plurality of different communication methods.
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図1は、本発明の実施の形態1に係る無線端末装置100の構成を示すブロック図である。
ただし、AD(Rb、Rc)は、加重平均値
Wb、Wcは、重み係数
Rbは、第1の受信電界強度検出部101の検出結果(RSSI)
Rcは、第2の受信電界強度検出部102の検出結果(RSSI)
図6は、本発明の実施の形態2に係る無線端末装置600の構成を示すブロック図である。
図10は、本発明の実施の形態3に係る無線端末装置1000の構成を示すブロック図である。
図11は、本発明の実施の形態4に係る無線端末装置1100の構成を示すブロック図である。
図12は、本発明の実施の形態5に係る無線端末装置1200の構成を示すブロック図である。
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- 複数の異なる通信方式により通信を行ってサービスの提供を受ける際に、各々の前記通信方式により通信する際の通信品質を各々検出する検出手段と、
検出した各々の前記通信品質に基づいて、前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質を決定する決定手段と、
決定した前記通信品質を表示する表示手段と、
を具備する無線端末装置。 - 前記決定手段は、伝送するデータ容量の最も大きな前記通信方式の通信品質を調整することにより、前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質を決定する請求項1記載の無線端末装置。
- 前記検出手段は、第1の通信方式により通信する際の第1通信品質と第2の通信方式により通信する際の第2通信品質とを検出し、
前記決定手段は、前記第2通信品質が閾値以下の場合に、前記第1通信品質を所定量小さくした通信品質を前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質として決定する請求項1記載の無線端末装置。 - 前記検出手段は、第1の通信方式により通信する際の第1通信品質と第2の通信方式により通信する際の第2通信品質とを検出し、
前記決定手段は、前記第1通信品質と前記第2通信品質との加重平均値を算出し、算出した前記加重平均値が閾値以下の場合に、前記第1通信品質を所定量小さくした通信品質を前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質として決定する請求項1記載の無線端末装置。 - 前記表示手段は、前記決定手段により決定した通信品質をアンテナバーにより表示し、
前記決定手段は、表示する前記アンテナバーにおけるバーの数を決定する請求項1記載の無線端末装置。 - 前記決定手段は、前記検出手段により検出した通信品質の少なくとも1つが圏外レベルである場合に、前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質を圏外として前記表示手段に表示させる請求項1記載の無線端末装置。
- 前記検出手段は、第1の通信方式により通信する際の第1通信品質と第2の通信方式により通信する際の第2通信品質とを検出し、
前記決定手段は、通信品質と調整値とを対応付けたテーブルを有し、前記第2通信品質を用いて前記テーブルを参照することにより前記調整値を選択するとともに、選択した前記調整値により前記第1通信品質を調整することにより前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質を決定する請求項1記載の無線端末装置。 - 前記サービスの提供を受けることを検出した場合に、前記決定手段に対して前記決定を行うことを指示する指示手段を具備し、
前記決定手段は、前記指示を受けた際に前記決定を行う請求項1記載の無線端末装置。 - 閾値の情報であるパラメータ情報を取得する取得手段を具備し、
前記決定手段は、取得した前記パラメータ情報の閾値と前記検出手段により検出した通信品質とを比較して前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質を決定する請求項1記載の無線端末装置。 - 通信品質と調整値とを対応付けたサービス毎のテーブルを保持する保持手段と、
提供を受けるサービスに応じて前記テーブルを選択する選択手段とを具備し、
前記検出手段は、第1の通信方式により通信する際の第1通信品質と第2の通信方式により通信する際の第2通信品質とを検出し、
前記決定手段は、前記第2通信品質を用いて、前記選択手段により選択した前記テーブルを参照することにより前記調整値を選択するとともに、選択した前記調整値により前記第1通信品質を調整することにより前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質を決定する請求項1記載の無線端末装置。 - 複数の異なる通信方式により通信を行ってサービスの提供を受ける無線端末装置における通信品質表示方法であって、
各々の前記通信方式により通信する際の通信品質を各々検出するステップと、
検出した各々の前記通信品質に基づいて、前記サービスの提供を受ける際の通信品質を決定するステップと、
決定した前記通信品質を表示するステップと、
を具備する通信品質表示方法。
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