Patent ID: 7428225
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication system, comprising: a base station; and a plurality of mobile stations capable of conducting wireless communication with said base station by using a simplex system, each of the mobile stations comprising: order accepting means for accepting an order to execute a request for acquiring a transmission right one time or an order to execute a request for acquiring a transmission right a plurality of times; request execution means, responsive to acceptance of an order for execution by the order accepting means, for executing said request for acquiring the transmission right, said request execution means being adapted to execute, when the request is to be made a plurality of times, the request for acquiring the transmission right up to a predetermined number of times such that the request for acquiring the transmission right is again executed when acquisition of the transmission right by execution of the request has failed; and information output means for outputting different information depending upon different conditions including: (a) outputting, when executing a request for acquiring the transmission right one time, information which indicates that said request is made one time, (b) outputting, when executing a request for acquiring the transmission right a plurality of times, information which indicates how many times said request has been made, (c) outputting, when the transmission right is acquired, information indicating the acquisition of the transmission right, and (d) outputting, when acquisition of the transmission right has failed, information indicating that the acquisition of the transmission right has failed.