Patent ID: 7545308
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G01S,H04K,H04W

Abstract:
1. A radio communication apparatus configured to communicate with a radar system and a radio communication system, comprising: a storage configured to store first information and second information, the first information indicating at least one first communication channel which is used by the radar system if a signal of the radar system is detectable, the second information indicating at least one second communication channel which fails to be used by the radar system; a selector configured to randomly select a third communication channel from a plurality of communication channels including the first communication channel and the second communication channel if a communication is performed using the radio communication system; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the third communication channel is identical to the at least one first communication channel, referring to the first information; a radio unit configured to communicate with the radar system by receiving a signal through the third communication channel and communicate with the radio communication system; a detector configured to detect whether or not the signal received in the radio unit is used in the radar system; an idle time determining unit configured to determine whether or not an idle time not less than a period is secured if the determination unit determines that the third communication channel is identical to the at least one first communication channel, the idle time corresponding to a period in which data fails to be transmitted or received during the communication by the radio communication system; and a controller configured to control the radio unit to start the communication using the second communication channel if the determination unit determines that the third communication channel is identical to the at least one first communication channel, the controller configured to start the communication using the third communication channel if the determination unit determines that the third communication channel is not identical to the at least one first communication channel, the controller configured to control the radio unit to switch from the second communication channel to the third communication channel if the determination unit determines that the third communication channel is identical to the at least one first communication channel and if the idle time determining unit determines that the idle time is secured, the controller configured to control the radio unit to switch from the third communication channel to the second communication channel and continue to communicate with the radio communication system using the second communication channel to which the controller switches if the determination unit determines that the third communication channel is identical to the at least one first communication channel if the idle time determining unit determines that the idle time is secured and if the detector detects that the signal received in the radio unit is used in the radar system, the controller configured to control the radio unit to continue to communicate with the radio communication system using the third communication channel to which the controller switches if the determination unit determines that the third communication channel is identical to the at least one first communication channel if the idle time determining unit determines that the idle time is secured and if the detector detects that the signal received in the radio unit fails to be used in the radar system, the controller configured to control the radio unit to continue to communicate with the radio communication system using the second communication channel by the radio unit if the determination unit determines that the third communication channel is identical to the at least one first communication channel and if the idle time determining unit determines that the idle time fails to be secured, wherein the radio communication system includes a plurality of radio communication systems employing an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme and a spread spectrum scheme, and the apparatus further comprises a modulation/demodulation unit configured to modulate and demodulate signals which are compatible with the plurality of radio communication systems employing an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme and a spread spectrum scheme.