Patent ID: 7570957
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A transmission control apparatus for transmitting information by radio communication toward a mobile station located in a predetermined sector, the transmission control apparatus comprising: selecting means for selecting a transmission method according to a type of the information to be transmitted, the information including at least two different types of information, from options including at least two of omnisector transmission of transmitting the information to the entire sector, fixedly controlled directional beam transmission of transmitting the information to at least one fixed direction preliminarily determined, and adaptively controlled directional beam transmission of adaptively controlling a transmission direction according to a location of a target mobile station; transmitting means for transmitting the information by the transmission method thus selected; and multiplex control means for controlling transmission of the information by the transmitting means such that a pilot channel and corresponding channels for one of the at least two transmission methods is multiplexed with a pilot channel and corresponding channels for the other of the at least two transmission methods using a combination of at least two different multiplex structures from a time division multiplex structure, a frequency division multiplex structure, and a code division multiplex structure.