WO2017122526A1 - Terminal de communication, procédé de commande de terminal de communication et programme de commande - Google Patents

Terminal de communication, procédé de commande de terminal de communication et programme de commande Download PDF

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WO2017122526A1
WO2017122526A1 PCT/JP2016/088775 JP2016088775W WO2017122526A1 WO 2017122526 A1 WO2017122526 A1 WO 2017122526A1 JP 2016088775 W JP2016088775 W JP 2016088775W WO 2017122526 A1 WO2017122526 A1 WO 2017122526A1
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  • the present invention relates to a communication terminal that includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication and an operation unit that operates at a set clock frequency, and is capable of switching a communication service used for wireless communication.
  • a communication terminal (so-called so-called, so-called, a communication terminal) that can select a communication network (communication service) used for wireless communication from a plurality of different wireless communication carrier communication networks by enabling insertion of a plurality of SIM (subscriberSidentity module) cards.
  • Multi-SIM terminals are known as prior art.
  • Patent Document 1 includes a first communication mode that includes a plurality of wireless communication means using each of a plurality of different wireless communication operators, and enables a plurality of wireless communication means simultaneously according to use conditions.
  • a technique for switching between the second communication mode for enabling one wireless communication means is disclosed.
  • JP 2011-124953 released on June 23, 2011
  • a clock signal that operates the device may interfere with a frequency used for wireless communication, resulting in communication failure.
  • a problem of interference is easily manifested in the multi-SIM terminal as described above. This is because a clock signal frequency that does not interfere with a communication frequency band of a certain communication carrier does not necessarily interfere with a communication frequency band of another communication carrier.
  • the initial value of the clock frequency that does not interfere with the communication frequency band of the communication carrier A can be set.
  • the initial value and the communication frequency band of the communication carrier B interfere with each other. Communication may be hindered.
  • a variety of operation units are often mounted on communication terminals, thereby narrowing the selection range of the clock frequency of the operation unit. For this reason, when setting the initial value of the clock frequency of the operation unit so as not to interfere with the communication frequency of a certain communication carrier (communication service), the harmonics (noise) are communicated by other communication carriers (communication services). High possibility of interference with frequency.
  • One embodiment of the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and its purpose is to prevent the communication frequency band and the clock frequency for operating the operation unit from interfering even after the communication service to be used is switched. It is in providing the communication terminal etc. which can be made.
  • a communication terminal is a communication terminal including a communication unit that performs wireless communication and an operation unit that operates at a set clock frequency.
  • Wireless communication using a switching control unit that switches a communication service used for wireless communication via a communication unit between a plurality of communication services, and an operation clock that operates the operation unit, using the communication service that is switched by the switching control unit
  • an operation clock setting unit that switches to a frequency that does not interfere with the used frequency band.
  • a communication terminal control method includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication and an operation unit that operates at a set clock frequency in order to solve the above-described problem. And a switching control step for switching a communication service used for wireless communication via the communication unit between a plurality of communication services, and an operation clock for operating the operation unit after switching by the switching control step. And an operation clock setting step for switching to a frequency that does not interfere with the frequency band used for wireless communication using the communication service.
  • Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a main configuration of the communication terminal 1.
  • the communication terminal 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 20, a SIM insertion unit 30, a reference clock generation unit 40, a communication unit 50, an operation unit 60, and an operation unit 70.
  • SIM card 31 When it is not necessary to distinguish between the SIM cards 31A and 31B, which are SIM cards inserted into the SIM insertion unit 30 in FIG. 1, they are collectively referred to as “SIM card 31”.
  • the communication terminal 1 is a terminal device having a wireless communication function. More specifically, the communication terminal 1 wirelessly communicates with other devices via a base station of a wireless communication carrier (hereinafter simply referred to as a carrier) recorded on the SIM card 31 inserted in the SIM insertion unit 30. connect.
  • the communication terminal 1 only needs to have a function of wirelessly communicating with other devices via a base station of a predetermined operator, and may be a device such as a mobile phone or a smartphone.
  • the control unit 10 performs overall control of each unit of the communication terminal 1, and includes an identification information acquisition unit 11, a frequency specifying unit 12, an operation clock setting unit 13, an operator confirmation unit 15, a rank determination unit 16, and a priority.
  • a determination unit 17, an acquisition provider determination unit (switching control unit) 18, and a download execution unit 19 are included.
  • the identification information acquisition unit 11 acquires, from a predetermined recording medium, country identification information for identifying a country and business operator identification information for identifying a business as information necessary for using the communication service. Specifically, the identification information acquisition unit 11 acquires the country code recorded on the SIM card 31 as the country identification information, and also uses the business operator code recorded on the SIM card 31 as the business operator identification information. get. Then, the identification information acquiring unit 11 outputs the acquired information (country code and business operator code) to the frequency specifying unit 12.
  • the predetermined recording medium may not be in the communication terminal 1.
  • the identification information acquisition unit 11 may acquire the country code and the operator code from the outside of the communication terminal 1 instead of the SIM card 31.
  • the identification information acquisition unit 11 may acquire a country code and an operator code corresponding to the communication service (wireless communication) from a server that provides the communication service.
  • the frequency specifying unit 12 specifies a clock frequency for operating the operating unit 60. Specifically, when the communication terminal 1 is activated, the frequency specifying unit 12 specifies the initial value of the clock frequency included in the corresponding frequency information 22 as the clock frequency for operating the operating unit 60. Further, when the country code and the operator code are output from the identification information acquisition unit 11, the frequency specifying unit 12 refers to the corresponding frequency information 22 and determines the clock frequency corresponding to the output country code and the operator code. Identify. Then, the frequency specifying unit 12 outputs the clock frequency specified as described above to the operation clock setting unit 13.
  • the operation clock setting unit 13 operates the operation unit 60 at a frequency that does not interfere with the frequency band used for wireless communication (does not affect the frequency channel used by the communication unit 50).
  • One is provided. That is, when a plurality of operation units 60 are provided, the operation clock setting unit 13 is provided for each. Specifically, the operation clock setting unit 13 receives the reference clock signal generated by the reference clock generation unit 40 as an input, generates an input clock that is a clock signal having a frequency that does not interfere with the communication frequency band, and inputs the input clock to the operation unit 60. To do.
  • the operation unit 60 generates an operation clock obtained by multiplying the input clock by an operation clock generation unit (not shown), and operates using this operation clock. When a plurality of operation units 60 operate at the same clock frequency, one operation clock setting unit 13 may be provided for the plurality of operation units 60.
  • the business operator confirmation unit 15 identifies the SIM card 31 that can be used for wireless communication among the SIM cards 31 inserted in the SIM insertion unit 30, and assigns to the business operator's cell (base station) of the identified SIM card 31.
  • the location of the communication terminal 1 is registered.
  • the business operator confirmation unit 15 can communicate with a certain base station when the communication terminal 1 is activated (in other words, when the power is turned on) or by movement of the communication terminal 1.
  • a cell communication base station
  • carrier codes of all detected cells are acquired from the base station. Then, it is determined whether or not the operator code stored in each SIM card 31 matches the acquired operator code, and the location is registered in the base station of the operator indicated by the matched operator code.
  • the provider confirmation unit 15 specifies the reception level for each detected cell.
  • the reception level is an index value indicating the quality of wireless communication between the detected cell and the communication terminal 1, and for example, the reception intensity of radio waves from the cell may be used as the reception level. Then, among the specified reception levels, the reception level of the cell for which location registration has been performed and the provider code are associated with each other and output to the rank determination unit 16.
  • the rank determination unit 16 generates a reception level rank 23. Specifically, the order determination unit 16 compares the reception levels acquired from the business operator confirmation unit 15, and generates the reception level order 23 by arranging the reception levels in descending order. The order determining unit 16 stores the generated reception level order 23 in the storage unit 20.
  • the priority determination unit 17 determines the priority of each business operator. Specifically, when the priority determination unit 17 acquires an operation signal indicating content download from the operation unit 70, the priority determination unit 17 determines the size of the link destination content from the link information included in the previously acquired HTML data. Identify.
  • the content is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include moving image data, audio data, text data, and the like.
  • the communication network utilized when acquiring HTML data is acquired using the communication network of a provider with the highest reception level, for example, it is not limited to this example. Moreover, you may acquire HTML data, without using a provider's communication network.
  • the HTML data stored in the communication terminal 1 may be read, or the HTML data stored in another device may be acquired using wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).
  • the method for specifying the data size of the content to be downloaded is not limited to the above example. For example, information indicating the data size (a format other than HTML) may be acquired from the data acquisition destination (download destination). May be specified.
  • the priority determination unit 17 determines whether the size exceeds a predetermined threshold (for example, 1 MB). And when it determines with exceeding 1MB, the acquisition provider determination part 18 compares speed information with reference to the speed information memorize
  • the priority determination unit 17 refers to the communication history information 24 when comparing the speed information when there is speed information such as shown in FIG. Identify the speed. In the present embodiment, the speed is specified as either 1.8 Mbps or 128 kbps with reference to the communication data amount.
  • the priority determination unit 17 reads the billing information stored in each SIM card 31. Then, the acquisition provider determination unit 18 compares the amount of content download based on the billing information and the content data size, and the calculated value is associated with the billing information with a small value (the amount is low). Increase the priority (contract priority) of the provider indicated by the provider code. Note that, when there is billing information whose amount changes according to the condition, the priority determination unit 17 reads the communication history information 24 from the storage unit 20 and compares the billing information and identifies the amount.
  • the priority determination unit 17 refers to the reception level ranking 23 stored in the storage unit 20 and increases the priority (radio wave priority) of the business indicated by the business code having a higher ranking. From the above, the priority of each business operator according to the speed information (or billing information) and the reception level order 23 is determined.
  • the data structure of the priority is not particularly limited, and may be a score indicating that the higher the value, the higher the priority.
  • the priority determination unit 17 outputs the determined priority of each business operator to the acquisition business operator determination unit 18.
  • the information used by the priority determination unit 17 to determine the priority is not limited to the information recorded on the SIM card 31.
  • the priority determination unit 17 may acquire speed information (or billing information) from the outside of the communication terminal 1 (for example, a server that provides a communication service), and may determine the priority based on these information. .
  • the acquisition provider determination unit 18 switches the communication service used for wireless communication between a plurality of communication services. Specifically, the acquisition company determination unit 18 switches the SIM card 31 to be used between the SIM cards 31A and 31B based on the priority determined by the priority determination unit 17. That is, when the priority determination unit 17 determines the priority, the acquisition business operator determination unit 18 switches the switching unit 32 so that data is read from the SIM card 31 of the business operator with the highest priority. . Thereby, it will be in the state by which the wireless communication using this provider is performed. Note that the communication service to be switched by the acquisition provider determination unit 18 is not limited to the communication service corresponding to the SIM card 31 inserted in the SIM insertion unit 30.
  • switching to the communication service may be performed by accessing a server that provides the communication service.
  • the priority determining unit 17 may determine the priority by acquiring speed information and billing information from the server as described above.
  • the download execution unit 19 executes content download.
  • the download execution unit 19 may be realized by installing application software (application) for data acquisition (download) in the communication terminal 1.
  • the storage unit 20 stores various data handled by the communication terminal 1. In the illustrated example, corresponding frequency information 22, reception level ranking 23, and communication history information 24 are stored in the storage unit 20. Note that the storage unit 20 may be a recording medium (recording apparatus) that is detachable from the communication terminal 1.
  • Corresponding frequency information 22 is information indicating a clock frequency for each business operator that does not interfere with the communication frequency band used by the business operator.
  • the reception level ranking 23 is an order in which the operator codes are arranged in descending order of reception level.
  • the communication history information 24 is information indicating a history of communication using each business operator. Details of these information will be described later.
  • the SIM card is inserted into the SIM insertion unit 30.
  • the SIM insertion unit 30 can insert a maximum of two SIM cards (SIM cards 31A and 31B), and the switching unit 32 can switch the SIM card used for communication.
  • SIM cards 31A and 31B SIM cards
  • the switching unit 32 can switch the SIM card used for communication.
  • an example is shown in which two SIM cards 31 are inserted into the SIM insertion unit 30 into which a maximum of two SIM cards 31 can be inserted, but the number of SIM cards 31 that can be inserted into the SIM insertion unit 30 is shown.
  • the number of SIM cards 31 to be actually inserted is not limited to this example.
  • the SIM card 31 is a recording medium on which various information necessary for the communication terminal 1 to perform wireless communication via the communication unit 50 is recorded.
  • the SIM card 31 includes a country / operator code 33 including country identification information for identifying a country and business identification information for identifying a business in addition to information such as a telephone number, and a contract for performing wireless communication.
  • the contract information 34 indicating the contents of is recorded.
  • the SIM card 31 also stores identification information for identifying the contractor (subscriber) of the operator's communication service, and the communication terminal 1 transmits the identification information to the operator's base station. In this state, communication using the communication service can be performed.
  • each SIM card 31 is a SIM card 31 of a different business operator, but a plurality of SIM cards 31 of the same business operator can be used in combination.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure and a specific example of the contract information 34 stored in each SIM card 31 inserted in the SIM insertion unit 30 of the communication terminal 1, and FIG. 2 (a) shows the SIM card 31A.
  • 2B is the contract information 34 of the SIM card 31B
  • FIG. 2C is the contract information 34 of another SIM card 31C (not shown) different from the SIM card 31A and the SIM card 31B. .
  • the contract information 34 includes a business operator code (indicated by “business operator” in FIG. 2) for identifying a business operator contracted by the user, speed information (indicated by “speed” in FIG. 2) indicating the speed of wireless communication, This is information in which charging information (charge information, indicated as “charging” in FIG. 2) indicating charging for wireless communication (a method for calculating a charge for wireless communication) is associated.
  • charging information charge information, indicated as “charging” in FIG. 2
  • the SIM card 31A stores “001” as the operator code, “3.6 Mbps” as the speed information, and “0.2 yen / packet” as the billing information. ing. Further, as shown in FIG.
  • the SIM card 31B stores “002” as the operator code, “144 kbps” as the speed information, and “0.1 yen / packet” as the billing information. . Further, as shown in FIG. 2C, the SIM card 31C stores “003” as the operator code, “1.8 Mbps up to 3 GB, 3 Gbps to 128 kbps” as the speed information, and “fixed amount” as the billing information. Has been. Note that the speed information shown in (c) of FIG. 2 indicates that the speed of wireless communication decreases when the total amount of communication data within a predetermined period exceeds 3 GB. In addition, the billing information shown in FIG. 2C actually stores a specific amount.
  • the data structure and specific example of the contract information 34 are not limited to the example shown in FIG. For example, in addition to speed information and billing information, roaming information indicating a roamable business operator may be associated with the business operator code.
  • the switching unit 32 switches the SIM card 31 that is a data read target among the plurality of SIM cards 31 inserted in the SIM insertion unit 30. For example, when the SIM card 31A is a data read target and receives a SIM switching instruction signal which is a signal for switching the SIM card 31 from the control unit 10, the switching unit 32 sets the data read target to the SIM Switch to card 31B.
  • the switching unit 32 may be configured to sequentially switch three or more SIM cards 31 when three or more SIM cards 31 can be inserted into the SIM insertion unit 30, or by a SIM switching instruction signal The configuration may be such that the designated SIM card 31 is switched.
  • the reference clock generation unit 40 generates a reference clock signal that serves as a reference for the clock signal that operates the operation unit 60 and outputs the reference clock signal to the control unit 10.
  • the communication unit 50 is for the communication terminal 1 to wirelessly communicate with other devices. More specifically, the communication unit 50 is for performing wireless communication with a base station via an antenna (not shown), and transmits / receives a radio frequency signal, as well as demodulation from the radio frequency signal and conversion to the radio frequency signal. Modulate. In the present embodiment, the communication unit 50 acquires HTML data of a Web page from another device, and acquires (downloads) link destination content (data) included in the HTML data in response to a user operation on the operation unit 70. An example will be described. The communication unit 50 outputs the received information to each unit of the communication terminal 1. Note that the communication unit 50 may not only download information but also transmit (upload) information from the communication terminal 1 to another device. That is, one embodiment of the present invention can be applied not only to reception of information but also to transmission.
  • the operation unit 60 operates according to the control of the control unit 10. In the illustrated example, one operating unit 60 is shown, but as described above, the number of operating units 60 is not particularly limited.
  • the operation unit 60 may be any device (device) that operates at a set clock frequency, and may be an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or a camera, for example.
  • the operation unit 70 receives user operations. Specifically, the operation unit 70 is a touch panel or a physical key, and the operation unit 70 outputs a signal (operation signal) corresponding to the received user operation to each unit of the communication terminal 1.
  • Corresponding frequency information 22 is not particularly limited as long as it indicates a clock frequency that does not interfere with a communication frequency band used by each operator, but may be information as shown in FIG. 3, for example.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the corresponding frequency information 22.
  • the illustrated corresponding frequency information 22 is information indicating a clock frequency for each operation unit 60 corresponding to a combination of country code and company code (country company code).
  • country code country code
  • company code country company code
  • the corresponding frequency information 22 shown in the figure includes clock frequencies that are not associated with the country code and the operator code. These clock frequencies are the above-mentioned “initial values”.
  • each operation unit 60 is operated with the initial values.
  • the clock frequency corresponding to the combination of the read codes is specified from the corresponding frequency information 22, and thereby the clock frequency for operating each operating unit 60 Is switched.
  • the clock frequency for operating the LCD (operation unit 60) is switched from the initial value “f000” to “f002”. It is done.
  • the clock frequency for operating the camera (operation unit 60) is switched from the initial value “f010” to “f012”. Since the clock frequency after switching is a frequency that does not interfere with the radio frequency band, by performing this switching, it becomes possible to perform wireless communication in a good communication environment without causing interference problems. .
  • the LCD needs to be started when the communication terminal 1 is activated, and the above-described switching needs to be performed.
  • the operation unit 60 (for example, a camera) that does not need to start operating when the communication terminal 1 is activated may be started at a frequency that does not interfere with the radio frequency band without starting the operation with the initial value.
  • the reception level order 23 is not particularly limited as long as it indicates the order of the reception level height of each operator's cell for each operator. For example, even the information shown in FIG. Good.
  • FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a data structure and a specific example of the reception level ranking 23.
  • the reception level with the carrier base station indicated by “002” is the highest, and the reception level with the carrier base station indicated by “001” is the lowest.
  • the communication speed is the same, if the content is downloaded via the communication network of the provider indicated by “002”, the download is completed in the shortest time.
  • the communication history information 24 is information indicating a history of communication using each business operator, and may be information such as (b) in FIG.
  • FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the communication history information 24.
  • the communication history information 24 shown in the figure includes an operator code (denoted as “operator” in the figure), a total access time indicating a time during which wireless communication was performed within a predetermined period, and an amount of data communicated within the predetermined period. It is the information which matched the communication data amount to show.
  • the predetermined period is a period determined by the content of a contract with a business operator.
  • the communication history information 24 is used to specify the communication speed and the communication fee when the communication speed and billing change according to the accumulated communication data amount and the total access time (see (c) in FIG. 2).
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing performed when the communication terminal 1 is activated.
  • the clock frequency is set for one operation unit 60.
  • the clock frequency is set for each operation unit 60.
  • the frequency specifying unit 12 reads the initial value of the clock frequency from the corresponding frequency information 22, notifies the operation clock setting unit 13 and sets the clock frequency for operating the operation unit 60 (S1). ). Subsequently, the operation clock setting unit 13 activates the operation unit 60 (S2) and operates the notified clock frequency (initial value). For the operation unit 60 such as a camera that does not need to be activated when the communication terminal 1 is activated, the processes of S1 and S2 may be omitted.
  • the operator confirmation unit 15 detects a cell when the communication terminal 1 is activated (or the cell is changed by the movement of the communication terminal 1). Then, the cell having the highest reception level is selected from the detected cells (S3). Subsequently, the business operator confirmation unit 15 determines whether or not there is a SIM card 31 that stores the contract information 34 including the business operator code that matches the business operator code of the selected cell (S4).
  • the business operator confirmation unit 15 performs location registration using the SIM card 31 with the same business code (S5), and the process of S6 Proceed to On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no SIM card 31 with the same company code (NO in S4), the company confirmation unit 15 proceeds to the process of S6 without performing the process of S5.
  • the business operator confirmation unit 15 confirms whether or not the determination in S4 has been made for all detected cells. When all the cells have not been determined (NO in S6), the operator confirmation unit 15 selects a cell having the next highest reception level (S7). Then, the location registration process returns to the process of S4.
  • the operator confirmation unit 15 associates the reception level of the cell for which location registration has been performed and the operator code, and outputs them to the rank determination unit 16.
  • the rank determination unit 16 compares the acquired reception levels, and generates the reception level rank 23 by arranging them in descending order of reception levels. Then, the reception level ranking 23 is stored in the storage unit 20 (S8). This completes the location registration process.
  • a network service through the cell can be used, that is, communication using a carrier corresponding to the cell can be performed. Note that location registration for cells other than the cell with the highest reception level may be canceled.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the operator determination process and the clock frequency change.
  • FIG. 6 shows a flow of processing after the user performs an operation for executing content download on the operation unit 70.
  • the priority determination unit 17 analyzes the size of the content (S11). Subsequently, the priority determination unit 17 determines whether or not the content size is larger than the threshold (S12). If it is determined that the priority is larger (YES in S12), the priority determination unit 17 determines the priority of each operator according to the reception level ranking 23 and the speed information included in the contract information 34 stored in the SIM card 31.
  • the priority determination unit 17 responds according to the reception level ranking 23 and the billing information included in the contract information 34 stored in the SIM card 31.
  • the priority of each business operator is determined (S14, priority determination step).
  • the priority determination unit 17 transmits the priority of each business operator to the acquisition business operator determination unit 18.
  • the acquisition provider determination unit 18 determines the provider having the highest priority as the provider that executes the download. Then, the acquisition provider determination unit 18 switches the switching unit 32 as necessary so that information is read from the SIM card 31 of the determined provider (S15, switching control step).
  • the identification information acquisition unit 11 acquires the country code and the operator code from the SIM card 31 and notifies the frequency specifying unit 12 of the country code and the operator code. Then, the frequency specifying unit 12 determines whether the clock frequency corresponding to the notified both codes is registered in the corresponding frequency information 22 (S16).
  • the frequency specifying unit 12 specifies the clock frequency registered in the corresponding frequency information 22 (S17), and determines whether the specified clock frequency is equal to the initial value. (S18). If it is determined that the value is equal to the initial value (YES in S18), the process proceeds to S20. On the other hand, when it is determined that the value is different from the initial value (NO in S18), the frequency specifying unit 12 notifies the operation clock setting unit 13 of the clock frequency specified in S17. Then, the operation clock setting unit 13 changes the clock frequency for operating the operation unit 60 to the notified clock frequency (S19, operation clock setting step), and then the process proceeds to S20.
  • the download execution unit 19 executes the download through the communication network of the business determined in S15.
  • the operator determination process and the clock frequency change process are completed.
  • the communication terminal 1 can select an appropriate business operator according to the content size and the contract information, and download the content using the business operator. Further, the communication terminal 1 downloads after switching the clock frequency of the operation unit 60 to a frequency that does not interfere with the frequency band used for wireless communication. As a result, the communication terminal 1 can download the content without interference (or with little interference). Furthermore, since it is possible to prevent communication loss due to noise caused by interference, it is possible to prevent unnecessary communication charges from being generated.
  • the communication terminal 100 includes a wireless quality measurement unit (index acquisition unit) 80 in addition to the configuration included in the communication terminal 100 of the first embodiment.
  • the wireless quality measurement unit 80 acquires an index value indicating the high communication quality of the wireless communication via the communication unit 50 and outputs it to the control unit 10. Specifically, the radio quality measurement unit 80 measures the reception level and outputs the measured reception level value to the control unit 10 as the index value.
  • the reception level may be a reception power level of a pilot signal, a reference signal, or another signal received in a predetermined time slot. Further, these received power levels may be averaged over a predetermined period.
  • the communication terminal 100 can switch the provider (communication service) used for wireless communication similarly to the communication terminal 1 of the said embodiment.
  • the wireless quality measuring unit 80 measures the wireless quality of the business operator used at the time of measuring the communication quality among the business operators corresponding to the SIM card 31 inserted in the SIM insertion unit 30. .
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing executed by the communication terminal 100. This process is executed after the business operator to use is determined (S15 in FIG. 6) and the clock frequency is changed (S19 in FIG. 6) as necessary.
  • the wireless quality measurement unit 80 measures the reception level of wireless communication (S31), and notifies the acquired reception provider determination unit 18 of the control unit 10 of the measured reception level. Then, the acquisition provider determination unit 18 determines whether or not the notified reception level exceeds a predetermined threshold (S32).
  • the acquisition provider determining unit 18 determines whether a predetermined time has elapsed (S34), and if it is determined that it has not elapsed (NO in S34), the process of S33 is performed. If it is determined that the time has passed (YES in S34), the process returns to S31.
  • the acquisition business operator determination unit 18 gives priority (in S13 or S14 in FIG. 6) to the current business operator. It is determined whether or not there is an operator with a lower priority) (S35).
  • the acquisition business operator determination unit 18 records the reception level measured in S31 (S36). Then, the acquisition business operator determination unit 18 determines the business operator with the next highest priority as the business operator to be used for communication, switches the switching unit 32, and switches the business operator code of the business operator from the SIM card 31 of the business operator. Is acquired (S37). As described above, since the priority is determined according to the reception level and the communication speed, or according to the reception level and the communication fee, by determining the operator in the order of the priority, the priority is determined according to the communication speed or the communication fee. The carrier's SIM card 31 is determined as the switching destination.
  • location registration may be canceled for operators whose cell reception level is equal to or lower than the threshold value in S32. Thereafter, the process returns to S16 of FIG. 6, and the clock frequency is changed as necessary in the processes of S16 to S19. If the location registration is canceled, the location registration is also performed. This location registration is preferably performed after the clock frequency is changed, so that the location registration can be completed reliably and in a short time without being affected by interference. If the download is not in progress, the process of S20 is not performed. Thereafter, the process returns to S31 again, and the reception level of the wireless communication using the switched carrier (communication service) is measured, and it is determined whether or not the reception level exceeds the threshold (S32). .
  • switched carrier communication service
  • the acquisition business operator determination unit 18 has the highest reception level among the business operators whose reception levels are recorded in S36. Is determined as a business operator to be used for communication. Then, the switching unit 32 is switched to acquire the operator code of the operator from the SIM card 31 of the operator (S38). Thereafter, the process returns to S16 of FIG. 6, and the clock frequency is changed as necessary in the processes of S16 to S19. If the download is not in progress, the process of S20 is not performed. Thereafter, the process returns to S31 again, and the reception level of the wireless communication using the switched carrier (communication service) is measured, and it is determined whether or not the reception level exceeds the threshold (S32). .
  • the reception level is periodically measured, and the operator (communication service) is switched as necessary. Therefore, when the reception level decreases due to the movement of the user, the reception level is improved by the above switching. It becomes possible to do.
  • the operation clock frequency of the operation unit 60 is changed in conjunction with switching of the service provider (communication service), it is possible to prevent the operation clock of the operation unit 60 from interfering with communication.
  • the operator In S37, the operator (communication service) is selected using the priority determined in S13 or S14 of FIG. 6. However, after the priority is determined again, the operator (communication service) is selected. May be. And the timing which determines a priority again will not be specifically limited if it is before the process of S37. For example, after downloading content in S20 of FIG. 6, when downloading of other content is started, priority according to the other content may be determined. Moreover, you may determine a priority for every predetermined time.
  • the operation clock frequency of the operation unit 60 is adjusted with reference to the corresponding frequency information 22 stored in the storage unit 20 . It is not limited to examples.
  • the communication terminals 1 and 100 can specify the clock frequency corresponding to the communication carrier used for wireless communication by accessing the management server and acquiring the corresponding frequency information.
  • the management server may be notified of the communication carrier, and a clock frequency notification corresponding to the communication carrier may be received as a response to the notification.
  • whether to refer to speed information or billing information is determined according to the data size of the content.
  • the communication terminal 1 or 100 according to one aspect of the present invention is not limited to the one that determines which information is to be referred to according to the data size of the content.
  • the user may be able to select in advance whether to refer to speed information or billing information.
  • the user selects in advance whether to refer to the speed information or to the billing information by operating the operation unit 70.
  • the communication terminal 1 or 100 according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to always determine the priority by referring to all of the speed information, the billing information, and the reception level order 23 regardless of the data size of the content. There may be.
  • the speed information is referred to when the content data size exceeds the threshold
  • the billing information is referred to when the content data size is equal to or smaller than the threshold.
  • the communication terminal 1 or 100 according to one aspect of the present invention is not limited to this example.
  • the billing information may be referred to when the content data size exceeds a threshold.
  • an image indicating the SIM card 31 in use or a business operator corresponding thereto may be displayed on the display unit (not shown) of the communication terminal 1 or 100. Thereby, the user can confirm which provider is using to perform wireless communication.
  • the content data size threshold value is one, but the threshold value may be two or more.
  • the billing information is referred to.
  • the speed information is referred to. May continue to use the current operator.
  • the clock frequency for operating the operation unit 60 is specified using both the country code and the operator code.
  • the clock frequency may be specified only from the operator code (operator identification information).
  • the clock frequency may be set in response to replacement of the SIM card 31 or execution of roaming.
  • the communication terminals 1 and 100 have been described focusing on an example in which processing is performed using the country / business operator code 33 and the contract information 34 read from the SIM card 31.
  • the acquisition destination of these pieces of information is not limited to the SIM card 31, and may be acquired from outside the communication terminals 1 and 100 (for example, a server that provides a communication service).
  • control blocks (especially the operation clock setting unit 13 and the acquisition company determination unit 18) of the communication terminals 1 and 100 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, It may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
  • a logic circuit hardware
  • IC chip integrated circuit
  • CPU Central Processing Unit
  • the communication terminals 1 and 100 include a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by the computer (or CPU). ) Or a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program, and the like.
  • recording media a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used.
  • the program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program.
  • a transmission medium such as a communication network or a broadcast wave
  • the present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.
  • a communication terminal (1, 100) is a communication terminal including a communication unit (50) that performs wireless communication and an operation unit (60) that operates at a set clock frequency.
  • the switching control unit acquisition provider determination unit 18 that switches a communication service used for wireless communication via the communication unit between a plurality of communication services, and an operation clock that operates the operating unit are determined by the switching control unit.
  • an operation clock setting unit (13) for switching to a frequency that does not interfere with the frequency band used for wireless communication using the switched communication service.
  • the operation clock for operating the operation unit is switched to a frequency that does not interfere with the frequency band used for wireless communication using the switched communication service. Therefore, there is an effect that the communication frequency band and the clock frequency for operating the operation unit can be prevented from interfering even after the communication service to be used is switched.
  • a communication terminal includes the index acquisition unit (wireless quality measurement unit 80) that acquires an index value indicating the high communication quality of wireless communication via the communication unit in the above aspect 1.
  • the switching control unit may switch a communication service to be used when the index value acquired by the index acquiring unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
  • the communication service to be used is switched when the index value indicating the communication quality of the wireless communication is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value, so that it is possible to prevent communication from being continued in a state where the communication quality is deteriorated.
  • communication quality can be improved by switching.
  • a communication terminal according to aspect 3 of the present invention is the communication terminal according to aspect 2, wherein the switching control unit performs wireless communication via the communication unit when the index value acquired by the index acquisition unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
  • the communication service used for the communication may be switched to a communication service determined according to a communication speed when wireless communication is performed using the communication service or a communication fee when wireless communication is performed using the communication service. .
  • the switching control unit is configured such that each of the index values acquired by the index acquisition unit for each of the plurality of communication services is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. In such a case, the communication service having the highest index value acquired by the index acquisition unit may be switched to the communication service among the plurality of communication services.
  • the communication service with the highest index value is switched. Therefore, in a situation where the communication quality does not become high regardless of which communication service is used, communication can be performed using the communication service that can achieve the highest communication quality in that situation.
  • a communication terminal (1, 100) control method includes a communication unit (50) that performs wireless communication, and an operation unit (60) that operates at a set clock frequency. And a switching control step (S15) for switching a communication service used for wireless communication via the communication unit between a plurality of communication services, and an operation clock for operating the operation unit as the switching control step. And an operation clock setting step (S19) for switching to a frequency that does not interfere with the frequency band used for wireless communication using the communication service after switching. Therefore, the same effects as those of the first aspect are obtained.
  • the communication terminal according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer.
  • the communication terminal is realized by a computer by operating the computer as each unit (software element) included in the communication terminal.
  • a control program for a communication terminal and a computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • Operation clock setting unit 18 Acquisition company determination unit (switching control unit) 31 SIM card 50 communication unit 60 operation unit 80 wireless quality measurement unit (index acquisition unit)

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La présente invention vise à éviter des interférences entre une bande de fréquence de communication et une fréquence d'horloge de fonctionnement d'une unité opérationnelle, même après la commutation d'un service de communication. À cet effet, la présente invention concerne un terminal de communication (1) équipé: d'une unité de détermination d'entreprise d'acquisition (18) qui commute des services de communication devant être utilisés pour la communication radio; et d'une unité de réglage d'horloge de fonctionnement (13) qui commute une horloge de fonctionnement d'une unité opérationnelle (60) à une fréquence qui n'interfère pas avec la bande de fréquence d'utilisation de communications radio utilisant le service de communication après commutation.
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