1. An interface circuit conforming to multiple bus standards, comprising:
a first interface circuit conforming to a first bus standard;
a second interface circuit conforming to a second bus standard; and
a common set of pins coupled to the first interface circuit and the second interface circuit, the common set of pins being user selectable to communicate with a host computer bus in accordance with either the first bus standard or the second bus standard.
2. The interface circuit of claim 1, wherein the common set of pins transmit and receive data conforming to either the PCI bus standard or the PCMCIA bus standard.
3. The interface circuit of claim 1, wherein the first bus standard is a PCI standard.
4. The interface circuit of claim 1, wherein the second bus standard is a PCMCIA standard.
5. The interface circuit of claim 1, further comprising a multi-voltage input output buffer coupled to each pin.
6. The interface circuit of claim 1, further comprising an internal bus coupled to the first and second interface circuit.
7. The interface circuit of claim 6, wherein the first interface circuit formats signals on the internal bus to signals compliant with the first bus standard.
8. The interface circuit of claim 1, wherein the second interface circuit formats signals on the internal bus to signals compliant with the second bus standard.
9. The interface circuit of claim 1, further comprising a first power supply to supply voltage swings in accordance with the first bus standard.
10. The interface circuit of claim 1, further comprising a second power supply to supply voltage swings in accordance with the second bus standard.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A radio communication permission control apparatus comprising:
a request receiving section which receives communication start request signals from requesting communication terminals;
a reply section which replies to each of said requesting communication terminal based on priority levels of said requesting communication terminals, a response indicating whether or not to permit communication start every time said request receiving section receives each of said communication start request signals;
an estimating section which analyzes said communication start request signal and estimates a position relation with said requesting communication terminal to generate position relation data;
a storage section which stores said position relation data;
a determining section which determines whether or not said position relation data of each of said requesting communication terminals to which the communication start are not permitted as prohibited communication terminals falls within a range which is predetermined based on each of said position relation data stored in said storage section, and stores the position relation data in said storage section; and
a priority section which increases said priority levels for said prohibited communication terminals.
2. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said position relation data indicates a direction of each of said requesting communication terminals from said radio communication permission control apparatus.
3. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said determining section determines whether or not a direction of said requesting communication terminal indicated by said estimated position relation data is in a predetermined directional range corresponding to any of said position relation data stored in said storage section.
4. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said position relation data indicates an incoming angle of said communication start request signal transmitted from each of said requesting communication terminals to said radio communication permission control apparatus.
5. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said determining section determines whether or not an incoming angle of said communication start request signal from said requesting communication terminal indicated by said estimated position relation data is in a predetermined angle range corresponding to any of said position relation data stored in said storage section.
6. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said requesting communication terminals transmits position data of said requesting communication terminal together with said communication start request signal,
said estimating section extracts said position data as said position relation data, and
said position relation data is said position data indicating a position of each of said requesting communication terminals.
7. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said determining section determines whether or not a position of said requesting communication terminal falls within a predetermined position range corresponding to any of said position relation data stored in said storage section.
8. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said position relation data is held in said storage section for a predetermined time period.
9. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said predetermined time period is a time period during which said requesting communication terminal is regarded not to move farther than a predetermined distance.
10. The radio communication permission control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the communication start is permitted to said requesting communication terminal as a permitted communication terminal, said determining section deletes said position relation data corresponding to said permitted communication terminal from said storage section.
11. A method of permitting communication in a radio communication permission control apparatus comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving communication start request signals from requesting communication terminals;
(b) replying to each of said requesting communication terminal based on priority levels of said requesting communication terminals, a response indicating whether or not to permit communication start every time the reception of each of said communication start request signals;
(c) analyzing said communication start request signal and estimating a position relation with said requesting communication terminal to generate position relation data;
(d) determining whether or not said position relation data of each of said requesting communication terminals to which the communication start are not permitted as prohibited communication terminals falls within a range which is predetermined based on each of said position relation data stored in said storage section, and stores the position relation data in a storage section; and
(e) increases said priority levels for said prohibited communication terminals.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said position relation data indicates a direction of each of said requesting communication terminals from said radio communication permission control apparatus.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said (d) determining step comprises the step of:
determining whether or not a direction of said requesting communication terminal indicated by said estimated position relation data is in a predetermined directional range corresponding to any of said position relation data stored in said storage section.
14. The method according to claim 11, wherein said position relation data indicates an incoming angle of said communication start request signal transmitted from each of said requesting communication terminals to said radio communication permission control apparatus.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said (d) determining step comprises the step of:
determining whether or not an incoming angle of said communication start request signal from said requesting communication terminal indicated by said estimated position relation data is in a predetermined angle range corresponding to any of said position relation data stored in said storage section.
16. The method according to claim 11, wherein each of said requesting communication terminals transmits position data of said requesting communication terminal together with said communication start request signal,
said (c) estimating step comprises the step of:
extracting said position data as said position relation data, and
said position relation data is said position data indicating a position of each of said requesting communication terminals.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein said (d) determining step comprises the step of:
determining whether or not a position of said requesting communication terminal falls within a predetermined position range corresponding to any of said position relation data stored in said storage section.
18. The method according to claim 11, wherein said position relation data is held in said storage section for a predetermined time period.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein said predetermined time period is a time period during which said requesting communication terminal is regarded not to move farther than a predetermined distance.
20. The method according to claim 11, wherein when the communication start is permitted to said requesting communication terminal as a permitted communication terminal, said (d) determining step comprises the step of:
deleting said position relation data corresponding to said permitted communication terminal from said storage section.