Patent ID: 8116263
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An access network (AN) controlled by a communication control apparatus and communicating with an access terminal (AT), comprising: the AN receives control information via a line interface, including information for allocating communication information from the communication control apparatus, and the AN transmits transmission cycle information via a radio transceiver, for transmitting the communication information in a predetermined transmission cycle to the AT and allocates the communication information via a controller, in the predetermined transmission cycle based on the control information received from the communication control apparatus to send the communication information to the AT, wherein, if the AN needs not to transmit any of plural pieces of the communication information to the AT, the AN pads a period allocated for the piece of the communication information not to be transmitted with the communication information which is allocated in a next transmission cycle.