WO2011083568A1 - 無線通信装置および無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of digital wireless communication systems, and relates to a wireless communication apparatus equipped with a plurality of wireless devices of different wireless systems using the same frequency band.
- the 2.4 GHz band called the ISM (Industry Science Medical) band
- ISM Industry Science Medical
- Wired LAN Local Area Network
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- 802.11b / g / n Bluetooth
- cordless telephones and other wireless devices using this frequency band It has been actively developed in recent years.
- WLAN Wireless LAN
- DSSS Direct Spread Spectrum: DSSS
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- WLAN devices have mainly introduced CSMA / CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) as a wireless access method in consideration of interoperability with other networks or systems.
- CSMA / CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
- each WALN device senses a radio channel prior to radio packet transmission. If the carrier sense confirms that the channel is in use (channel busy), it waits for transmission of the radio packet, and the channel unused (channel idle) time and backoff time determined in advance for each frame type. After that, a wireless packet is transmitted.
- CSMA / CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
- Bluetooth (registered trademark) compatible wireless communication devices have also introduced frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) technology in consideration of noise resistance.
- FH channels frequency channels having a width of 1 MHz defined in a frequency band from 2.40 GHz to 2.48 GHz
- time A frequency hopping method is employed in which radio communication is performed by switching the FH channel selected with the passage of time.
- an FH channel is selected at regular time intervals (for example, 625 ⁇ s) based on a predetermined pseudo-random algorithm, and communication is performed by allocating one packet data to the selected FH channel.
- the BT device measures the bit error rate (Bit Error Rate: BER), the packet error rate (Packet Error Rate: PER), etc. during transmission, or in a slot that is not communicating between BT devices.
- Bit Error Rate: BER bit error rate
- Packet Error Rate: PER packet error rate
- a BT apparatus prevents interference from other systems, such as WLAN, by performing frequency hopping avoiding the FH channel judged that there is a radio wave that disturbs its communication based on the observed result.
- the BT device side can prevent interference from other systems, but a method for preventing interference is not shown for the device receiving interference from the BT device.
- a WLAN device adopting the CSMA / CA method has a problem that a transmission opportunity is deprived by radio waves output from the BT device and throughput performance deteriorates.
- a wireless device that is equipped with the functions of both a WLAN device and a BT device and performs both WLAN communication and BT communication depends on the priority of the packet called PTA (Packet Traffic Arbitration).
- PTA Packet Traffic Arbitration
- BT communication transmission of
- the present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to obtain a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method that can reduce interference with other communications.
- the present invention provides frequency hopping communication means for performing frequency hopping communication, which is communication using frequency hopping, and other communication having a communication method different from the frequency hopping communication means.
- Other communication means for performing communication according to a method, and another communication frequency band that is a frequency band used for communication by the other communication means is acquired from the other communication means, and an unusable frequency band based on the other communication frequency band
- information management means for notifying the other communication means of the unusable frequency band, and the frequency hopping means performs frequency hopping using a frequency band excluding the unusable frequency band. It is characterized by.
- the information management unit acquires communication information such as a channel used by the other communication unit, a communication priority, and a communication quality from the frequency hopping communication unit and the other communication unit. Since the frequency hopping communication means updates the AFH channel map based on the unusable channel, the interference given to other communications can be reduced. There is an effect.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless communication system including a wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the wireless communication apparatus.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of the wireless communication device.
- FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an interference avoidance method.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the avoidance channel map.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for generating the avoidance channel map.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an AFH channel map, an avoidance channel map, and a channel map obtained by ANDing.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the concept of the WLAN transmission stop time.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a concept of a method in which the BT device unit sees off transmission of an unusable channel.
- FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an interference
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless communication system including a wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention.
- the wireless communication system includes a wireless communication device 1, a BT (Bluetooth (registered trademark)) terminal 2 that performs Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, and a WLAN terminal 3 that performs WLAN communication. Is done.
- BT Bluetooth (registered trademark)
- WLAN terminal 3 that performs WLAN communication. Is done.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the wireless communication apparatus 1.
- the wireless communication device 1 includes a BT device unit 11 that performs BT communication, a WLAN device unit 12 that performs WLAN communication, an antenna 13 that transmits and receives BT communication radio signals, and an antenna 14 that transmits and receives WLAN communication radio signals, An information management unit 15 and an application layer 16 are included.
- the wireless communication device 1 includes a BT device unit 11 that performs BT communication and a WLAN device unit 12 that performs WLAN communication.
- BT communication 4 is performed between them, and WLAN communication 5 is performed with the WLAN terminal 3.
- WLAN communication 5 is performed with the WLAN terminal 3. It is assumed that the AFH function is mounted on the BT terminal 2 and the BT device unit 11 of the wireless communication device 1.
- the information management unit 15 of the wireless communication device 1 collects and manages information related to BT communication and WLAN communication from the BT device unit 11 and the WLAN device unit 12 as communication information.
- the communication information includes, for example, information related to connection (device address of communication partner), frequency usage status, communication priority, and the like.
- the information management unit 15 collects information when the BT device unit 11 and the WLAN device unit 12 automatically notify the information management unit 15 of information generated or acquired by the event as communication information. Alternatively, the information management unit 15 may periodically notify the BT device unit 11 and the WLAN device unit 12 of an instruction for requesting collection of communication information. You can use them properly.
- the application layer 16 performs predetermined application processing, performs predetermined transmission processing on transmission data, transmits transmission data to the communication partner via the BT device unit 11 or the WLAN device 12, and transmits the transmission data to the BT device unit 11 or A predetermined reception process is performed on the reception data received from the communication partner via the WLAN device 12.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of the wireless communication device 1.
- the BT device unit 11 and the WLAN device unit 12 use different antennas (antennas 13 and 14), respectively, but in the example of FIG. 3, the antenna 18 is shared instead of the antennas 13 and 14.
- a coupler 17 is provided that distributes the radio signal received from the antenna 18 to the BT device unit 11 and the WLAN device unit 12 so that the signal does not wrap around.
- the operations of the BT device unit 11, the WLAN device unit 12, the information management unit 15, and the application layer 16 are the same as those in the configuration example of FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the interference avoidance method according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 4 shows a sequence diagram when the WLAN terminal 3 is connected to the wireless communication apparatus 1 after the BT terminal 2 is connected to the wireless communication apparatus 1 on the premise of the configuration of FIG. 1.
- the BT device unit 11 of the wireless communication device 1 performs connection control processing for BT communication with the BT terminal 2 (step S1).
- the connection control process of BT communication is the same as the conventional one.
- the BT device unit 11 stores the device address of the BT terminal 2 obtained by the connection control process in the BT connection notification that notifies that the BT connection is completed, and notifies the information management unit 15 ( Step S2).
- the information management unit 15 holds the notified device address as part of the communication information, and increments the number of managed BT connections.
- the information management unit 15 manages the number of BT communication connections as the number of BT connections, sets the initial value of the number of BT connections to 0, and increments when there is a BT connection notification. Further, when the connection is completed, the number of BT connections is decremented.
- step S4 data communication by BT communication is performed between the BT device unit 11 of the wireless communication device 1 and the BT terminal 2 (step S4).
- the BT device unit 11 performs BT communication by AFH, updates a channel map (AFH channel map) used to select a channel to be used for frequency hopping by AFH as necessary, and manages information on the updated channel map Thereafter, the information management unit 15 periodically requests the BT device unit 11 to notify the AFH channel map, and the BT device unit 11 notifies the information management unit 15 of the AFH channel map (step S3). ).
- the AFH channel map is a map indicating whether or not the AFH channel map can be used for BT communication for each FH channel that can be used for BT communication.
- the BT device unit 11 observes the reception quality for each FH channel, and determines whether or not it is a usable channel based on the observed result.
- the information management unit 15 receives a notification from the BT device unit 11, receives a notification from the application layer 16, or is exchanged between the application layer 16 and the BT device unit 11 during data communication with the BT terminal 2.
- the protocol type such as ACL (Asynchronous Connection Less) and SCO (Synchronous Connection Oriented) is detected.
- the priority of BT communication (for WLAN communication) Decide whether to give high priority or low priority).
- the priority of BT communication is determined based on the type of protocol. However, the priority is not limited to this, and the priority of BT communication is determined based on other parameters or by setting in advance. You may keep it.
- the BT device unit 11 While performing data communication with the BT terminal 2, the BT device unit 11 observes reception quality as necessary and exchanges an AFH channel map with the BT terminal 2 based on the observation result ( Step S5).
- the information management unit 15 periodically requests the BT device unit 11 to notify the AFH channel map. Instead, the BT device unit 11 updates the AFH channel map. In this case, the updated AFH channel map may be notified autonomously to the information management unit 15.
- the WLAN device unit 12 performs connection control processing for WLAN communication with the WLAN device 3 (step S6).
- the WLAN device unit 12 stores the channel used for WLAN communication and the device address of the connected WLAN terminal 3 in the WLAN connection notification for notifying that the WLAN communication has started, and notifies the information management unit 15 of this (Ste S7).
- the timing of notifying the WLAN connection notification may be, for example, when the WLAN device unit 12 determines a channel to be used by using Scan or the like, or transmitting or receiving a WLAN control frame such as Probe, Authentication, Association, or the like. It may be time, or when 4way-handshake starts or ends, and notification may be made at any one timing.
- the information management unit 15 When the information management unit 15 receives the WLAN connection notification, the information management unit 15 holds the notified device address as part of the communication information, and increments the number of managed WLAN connections.
- the information management unit 15 manages the number of WLAN communication connections as the number of WLAN connections, sets the initial value of the number of WLAN connections to 0, and increments when there is a WLAN connection notification. Further, when the connection is completed, the number of WLAN connections is decremented.
- the WLAN device unit 12 performs data communication by WLAN communication with the WLAN terminal 3 (step S8). Based on the channel used for WLAN communication notified by the WLAN connection notification, the information management unit 15 generates an avoidance channel map used to perform frequency hopping while avoiding the FH channel that may cause interference with the WLAN terminal 3 Then, the generated channel map is notified to the BT device unit 11 (step S9).
- the BT device unit 11 updates the AFH channel map based on the notified avoidance channel map and the AFH channel map at that time, and exchanges the AFH channel map with the BT terminal 2 (step S10). Data communication by frequency hopping based on the channel map thus made is performed (step S11). Further, the BT device unit 11 periodically notifies the AFH channel map (step S12).
- the information management unit 15 changes the reception quality of the BT communication based on the held communication information (priority of BT communication, AFH channel map, etc.) (when the AFH channel is changed).
- the avoidance channel is generated again, and the generated avoidance channel is notified to the BT device unit 11.
- the BT device unit 11 updates the AFH channel based on the AFH channel map and the avoidance channel.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the avoidance channel map according to the present embodiment.
- the avoidance channel map includes three parameters: “WLAN use channel”, “upper avoidance channel”, and “lower avoidance channel”.
- the horizontal axis indicates the Bluetooth (registered trademark) channel number (FH channel number).
- the WLAN use channel 20 the upper avoidance channel 22 that is the FH channels corresponding to the predetermined number of avoidance channels above the WLAN use channel (the number is higher, the frequency is higher), and the WLAN use channel And lower avoidance channels 21 which are FH channels corresponding to a predetermined number of avoidance channels (lower number, lower frequency).
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for generating the avoidance channel map. Note that FIG. 6 is an example, and the order and contents of the processing are not limited to this, and any method may be used as long as the avoidance channel map having the same contents is generated.
- the information management unit 15 determines whether or not the BT communication is wired based on the priority of the BT communication in the held communication information (step S21). If it is determined that BT communication is prioritized (step S21, Yes), it is determined whether the number of channels usable for BT communication is less than a predetermined threshold based on the AFH channel map (step S22).
- step S22 If it is determined that the number of channels that can be used for BT communication is less than the predetermined threshold (Yes in step S22), it is determined that it is necessary to reduce the number of avoidance channels to avoid interference with WLAN communication, and avoidance is performed.
- the number of channels is set to 10 (step S23). Then, based on the WLAN use channel and the number of avoidance channels, the information management unit 15 uses the avoidance channel map (the use channel of the WLAN and the FH channel (the unusable channel) that does not use 10 channels above and below it respectively. ) Is generated, and the process ends.
- step S21 When it is determined in step S21 that BT communication is not prioritized (No in step S21), and in step S22, when it is determined that the number of channels usable for BT communication is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (No in step S22) Therefore, it is determined that it is necessary to increase the number of avoidance channels to avoid interference with WLAN communication, and the number of avoidance channels is set to 20 (step S24).
- the information management unit 15 sets a channel map for avoidance (a channel map for avoiding channels used for WLAN and 20 channels above and below each channel as an unusable channel based on the WLAN used channels and the number of avoidance channels. ) Is generated and the process is terminated.
- the number of avoidance channels is set to 10 in step S23 and 20 in step S24. However, these numerical values are only examples, and if a larger numerical value is set in step S24 than in step S23.
- the number of avoidance channels may be any value greater than or equal to zero. Further, the number of avoidance channels may be determined in advance in consideration of the filter characteristics of the apparatus, or may be determined based on the measurement result by measuring the amount of interference by some method. Further, the avoidance channels may be set as different values above and below.
- the number of avoidance channels is determined based on the priority of BT communication, the number of BT usable channels, and the like, but in addition to these, as a condition for determining the number of avoidance channels,
- the number of avoidance channels may be determined based on the amount of WLAN communication traffic, the mode of the WLAN device 12 such as the Awake mode (normal mode) and the Sleep mode (power saving mode).
- the number of avoidance channels is determined using any one or more of the above-described priority of BT communication, the number of BT usable channels, the traffic volume of WLAN communication, and the mode of the WLAN device unit 12. May be. For example, when the WLAN device unit 12 is in the sleep mode, the number of avoidance channels is reduced, and when the amount of WLAN communication traffic is small, the number of avoidance channels is reduced.
- the BT device unit 11 takes an AND of the avoidance channel map received from the information management unit 15 and the AFH channel map held at that time (AND for the unusable channel), and takes the AND.
- the resulting channel map is a new AFH channel map.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an AFH channel map, an avoidance channel map, and a channel map obtained by ANDing.
- the upper part shows an example of the AFH channel map before AND is taken
- the middle part shows an example of the avoidance channel map
- the lower part shows an example of the channel map obtained by ANDing the two channel maps.
- channels painted with diagonal lines indicate unused channels (unusable channels), and white channels indicate usable channels.
- the BT device unit 11 generates a channel map obtained by ANDing in this way, and updates the AFH channel map to the generated channel map. Then, the updated AFH channel map is notified to the BT terminal 2 that is the communication partner as described above. As described above, BT communication using the updated AFH channel map can be prevented from becoming a WLAN interference source.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the concept of WLAN transmission stop time.
- the information management unit 15 waits until the updated AFH channel map is notified to the BT terminal 2 after the WLAN connection control ends (until communication using the updated AFH channel map becomes possible).
- the WLAN device unit 12 is instructed to wait for communication.
- the information management unit 15 starts the WLAN communication to the WLAN device unit 12. Instruct.
- the BT device unit 11 notifies the information management unit 15 of that fact, or the BT device.
- the AFH channel map is notified from the unit 11 to the information management unit 15.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a concept of a method for the BT device unit 11 to forego transmission of an unusable channel. If transmission using an unusable channel is scheduled on the updated AFH channel map before the updated AFH channel map is exchanged after the WLAN connection control ends, the transmission timing thereof Refrain from sending in. Then, the transmission of the data that was scheduled to be transmitted at the transmission timing when the above-mentioned transmission was forgotten at the transmission timing at which the selected channel became a usable channel on the updated AFH channel map by frequency hopping. To do.
- FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the interference avoidance method according to the present embodiment when BT communication is started after starting WLAN communication.
- connection control processing of WLAN communication is performed between the WLAN terminal 3 and the WLAN device unit 12 (step S31). Similar to step S7, the WLAN device unit 12 stores the channel used for the WLAN communication and the device address of the connected WLAN terminal 3 in the WLAN connection notification for notifying the start of the WLAN communication, and the information management unit 15 is notified (step S32). Upon receiving the WLAN connection notification, the information management unit 15 increments the number of WLAN connections. Data communication is performed between the WLAN terminal 3 and the WLAN device unit 12 (step S33).
- connection control processing for BT communication is performed between the BT terminal 2 and the BT device unit 11 (step S34).
- the BT device unit 11 stores the device address of the BT terminal 2 obtained by the connection control process in the BT connection notification for notifying that the BT connection has been completed, as in step S2. Notification is made to the unit 15 (step S35).
- the information management unit 15 increments the number of BT connections. And the information management part 15 produces
- the number of BT use channels (number of channels usable in BT communication), and the like. Therefore, for the priority of BT communication and the number of BT use channels, a channel map for avoidance is generated using a predetermined value (default value).
- default values the priority of BT communication is set to low priority, and the number of BT use channels is 79 (corresponding to the fact that all FH channels of BT communication can be used).
- the information management part 15 produces
- the BT device unit 11 When the connection control process in step S34 is completed, the BT device unit 11 generates an AFH channel map used in AFH for BT communication. If the avoidance channel is notified at that time, the BT device unit 11 generates the AFH channel map. An updated AFH channel map is generated based on the AFH channel map and the avoidance channel. Then, the AFH channel map is exchanged with the BT terminal 2 (step S37).
- the information management unit 15 Upon receiving the BT connection notification in step S35, the information management unit 15 instructs the WLAN device unit 12 to wait for the WLAN communication so that the BT communication does not interfere with the WLAN communication, and the information management unit 15 in the AFH channel map in step S37. After the replacement, the WLAN device unit 12 is instructed to start WLAN communication.
- the BT device unit 11 may be a method of seeing off transmission of an unusable channel.
- the BT device unit 11 periodically notifies the AFH channel map as in the example described with reference to FIG. 4 (step S38).
- the BT device unit 11 performs data communication with the BT terminal 2 (step S39).
- the information management unit 15 receives a notification from the BT device unit 11, receives a notification from the application layer 16, or receives a notification from the application layer 16 during data communication with the BT terminal 2.
- the type of protocol such as ACL or SCO is detected, and the priority of BT communication is determined based on the type of protocol or the like.
- the information management unit 15 updates the avoidance channel based on the determined priority of the BT communication and the AFH channel map notified from the BT device unit 11, and the updated avoidance channel is updated to the BT device unit. 11 is notified. Similar to the example of FIG. 4, the BT device unit 11 performs an AND operation on the avoidance channel and the AFH channel, and updates the AFH channel.
- the information management unit 15 changes the reception quality of the BT communication based on the held communication information (priority of BT communication, AFH channel map, etc.) (when the AFH channel is changed).
- the avoidance channel is generated again, and the generated avoidance channel is notified to the BT device unit 11.
- the BT device unit 11 updates the AFH channel based on the AFH channel map and the avoidance channel.
- the number of avoidance channels below and above is determined based on the priority of BT communication. However, a fixed number of avoidance channels (0 or more) without using the priority of BT communication. Alternatively, the number of avoidance channels may be determined based on another condition.
- the BT communication method has been described as an example of a communication method for performing communication avoiding interference with other communication.
- the communication method is not limited to BT communication, and may be any communication method that performs frequency hopping. It can be applied to other than. That is, the BT device unit 11 is an example of a frequency hopping communication unit that performs communication by frequency hopping.
- the present embodiment has been described by taking WLAN communication as an example of other communication, the present invention is not limited to WLAN communication, but can be applied to a case where another communication method using one frequency band with BT communication is performed simultaneously with BT communication.
- the WLAN device unit 12 is an example of another communication unit that performs communication using a communication method other than the above-described frequency hopping communication unit.
- the information management unit 15 acquires the frequency band used in the other communication method instead of the use channel of the WLAN communication, and cannot use the frequency band used in the other communication method and the upper and lower channels.
- An avoidance channel map is generated as a channel.
- the present invention can be similarly applied to a case where a plurality of other communication methods are provided instead of one communication method. In this case, frequency bands to be used are obtained from the plurality of other communication methods, and the avoidance channel map is generated with the frequency bands and channels above and below the channels being unusable.
- the information management unit 15 acquires and holds communication information from the BT device unit 11 and the WLAN device unit 12, and uses channels for WLAN communication, communication priority, communication quality, and the like.
- the avoidance channel map is generated on the basis of the avoidance channel map, and the BT device unit 11 updates the AFH channel map on the basis of the avoidance channel map. Therefore, it is possible to perform BT communication while reducing interference with other communication.
- the wireless communication device and the wireless communication method according to the present invention are useful for wireless communication devices that perform communication using a plurality of communication methods, and are particularly suitable for wireless communication devices that include the BT communication method as the communication method. Yes.
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図1は、本発明にかかる無線通信装置を含む無線通信システムの構成例を示す図である。図1に示すように、この無線通信システムは、無線通信装置1と、Bluetooth(登録商標)通信を行うBT(Bluetooth(登録商標))端末2と、WLAN通信を行うWLAN端末3と、で構成される。
2 BT端末
3 WLAN端末
4 BT通信
5 WLAN通信
11 BT装置部
12 WLAN装置部
13,14,18 アンテナ
15 情報管理部
16 アプリケーション層
17 カプラ
20 WLAN使用チャネル
21 下方の回避チャネル
22 上方の回避チャネル
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- 周波数ホッピングを用いた通信である周波数ホッピング通信を行う周波数ホッピング通信手段と、
前記周波数ホッピング通信手段と異なる通信方式である他通信方式による通信を行う他通信手段と、
前記他通信手段が通信に使用している周波数帯である他通信周波数帯を前記他通信手段から取得し、前記他通信周波数帯に基づいて、接続時、切断時、または無線通品品質が変化した場合に使用不可周波数帯を決定し、前記使用不可周波数帯を前記他通信手段へ通知する情報管理手段と、
を備え、
前記周波数ホッピング手段は、前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を用いて周波数ホッピングを行う、
ことを特徴とする無線通信装置。 - 前記使用不可周波数帯を、前記他通信周波数帯より所定の下方周波数だけ低い周波数から前記他通信周波数帯より所定の上方周波数だけ高い周波数までとして決定する、
ことを特徴する請求項1に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、さらに前記周波数ホッピング通信の優先度に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯を決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、さらに前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用可能な周波数帯に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯を決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、さらに前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用可能な周波数帯に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯を決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項3に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、さらに前記他方式通信のトラフィック量、前記他方式通信が省電力状態であるか否か、のうち1つ以上に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯を決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、さらに前記他方式通信のトラフィック量、前記他方式通信が省電力状態であるか否か、のうち1つ以上に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯を決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項3に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、さらに前記他方式通信のトラフィック量、前記他方式通信が省電力状態であるか否か、のうち1つ以上に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯を決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項4に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、さらに前記他方式通信のトラフィック量、前記他方式通信が省電力状態であるか否か、のうち1つ以上に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯を決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項5に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記下方周波数と前記上方周波数とをそれぞれ独立に決定する、
ことを特徴とする請求項2~9のいずれか1つに記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、前記周波数ホッピング手段が前記周波数ホッピング通信の通信相手に対して前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用する周波数帯として通知するまで前記他通信手段に対して前記他通信を停止するよう指示し、前記周波数ホッピング手段が前記通信相手に前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用する周波数帯として通知した後に前記他通信手段に対して前記他通信の停止を解除する、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~9のいずれか1つに記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、前記周波数ホッピング手段が前記周波数ホッピング通信の通信相手に対して前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用する周波数帯として通知するまで前記他通信手段に対して前記他通信を停止するよう指示し、前記周波数ホッピング手段が前記通信相手に前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用する周波数帯として通知した後に前記他通信手段に対して前記他通信の停止を解除する、
ことを特徴とする請求項10に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、前記周波数ホッピング手段が前記周波数ホッピング通信の通信相手に対して前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用する周波数帯として通知するまで、前記周波数ホッピング手段に対して前記使用不可周波数帯内の周波数を用いることが予定されている送信を避けるよう指示し、
前記周波数ホッピング手段は、前記情報管理手段からの指示に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯内の周波数で送信が予定されているタイミングでの送信を見送り、前記タイミングで送信が予定されていた送信データを前記使用不可周波数帯以外の周波数を用いた送信のタイミングで送信する、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~9のいずれか1つに記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記情報管理手段は、前記周波数ホッピング手段が前記周波数ホッピング通信の通信相手に対して前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を前記周波数ホッピング通信で使用する周波数帯として通知するまで、前記周波数ホッピング手段に対して前記使用不可周波数帯内の周波数を用いることが予定されている送信を避けるよう指示し、
前記周波数ホッピング手段は、前記情報管理手段からの指示に基づいて、前記使用不可周波数帯内の周波数で送信が予定されているタイミングでの送信を見送り、前記タイミングで送信が予定されていた送信データを前記使用不可周波数帯以外の周波数を用いた送信のタイミングで送信する、
ことを特徴とする請求項10に記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記周波数ホッピング通信をBluetooth(登録商標)通信とし、前記他通信をWLAN通信とする、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~9、12、14のいずれか1つに記載の無線通信装置。 - 前記周波数ホッピング通信をBluetooth(登録商標)通信とし、前記他通信をWLAN通信とする、
ことを特徴とする請求項10、11または13に記載の無線通信装置。 - 周波数ホッピングを用いた通信である周波数ホッピング通信を行う周波数ホッピング通信ステップと、
前記周波数ホッピング通信手段と異なる通信方式である他通信方式による通信を行う他通信ステップと、
前記他通信方式による通信に使用している周波数帯である他通信周波数帯を取得し、前記他通信周波数帯に基づいて使用不可周波数帯を決定する情報管理ステップと、
前記使用不可周波数帯を除いた周波数帯を用いて周波数ホッピング通信を行う干渉回避ステップと、
を含むことを特徴とする無線通信方法。
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