IP Library Granted Patent US 11,647,488
Granted Patent B2
US 11,647,488 · App. 17/229,882 · Granted May 9, 2023

Communication control device, wireless communication device, method and program

Inventor: Sho Furuichi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W72/0446H04L5/14
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Patent No.
US 11,647,488
App. No.
17/229,882
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] To provide a communication control device, a wireless communication device, a method and a program which are capable of realizing coexistence control using information relating to a duplex mode. [Solution] The communication control device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a network to which one or more wireless communication devices belong, radio access technology information, information relating to an operable frequency band, information relating to a geographical location and/or region, information relating to a duplex mode, or information relating to a transmission time interval; a determination unit configured to determine positional relationship among coverages of the wireless communication devices by using the information, and select an operation parameter recommended for each of the wireless communication devices in accordance with the determined positional relationship; and a notification unit configured to notify the wireless communication devices of the selected operation parameters.

Claims (68)

1. A communication control device that controls two or more wireless communication devices, the two or more wireless communication devices secondarily using part of or all of frequency channels for a primary system, the communication control device comprising circuitry configured to:

acquire information for the two or more wireless communication devices from respective ones of the two or more wireless communication devices, the information including:

location information relating to a geographical location of each of the two or more wireless communication devices, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of each of the two or more wireless communication devices;

determine a positional relationship among coverages of the two or more wireless communication devices based on the information, and

select a recommended TDD frame configuration for each of the two or more wireless communication devices based on the TDD information and the determined positional relationship; and

notify each of the two or more wireless communication devices of the recommended TDD frame configuration.

2. The communication control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recommended TDD frame configuration is set based on the acquired TDD frame configuration.

3. The communication control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information acquisition circuitry acquires information from another communication control device.

4. A wireless communication device that secondarily uses part of or all of frequency channels for a primary system, the wireless communication device comprising circuitry configured to:

notify, to a communication control device, first information for the wireless communication device, the first information including:

location information relating to a geographical location of the wireless communication device, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of the wireless communication device;

acquire a recommended TDD frame configuration selected by the communication control device; and

set a TDD frame configuration based on the recommended TDD frame configuration,

wherein the recommended TDD frame configuration is selected by the communication control device based on:

the first information for the wireless communication device, and

second information for other second wireless communication devices,

wherein the second information for the other second wireless communication devices is acquired from respective ones of the other wireless communication devices by the communication control device,

the second information including:

location information relating to a geographical location of each of the other second wireless communication devices, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of each of the other second wireless communication devices.

5. A method performed by a communication control device that controls two or more wireless communication devices, the two or more wireless communication devices secondarily using part of or all of frequency channels for a primary system, the method comprising:

acquiring information for two or more wireless communication devices from respective ones of the two or more wireless communication devices, the information including:

location information relating to a geographical location of each of the two or more wireless communication devices, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of each of the two or more wireless communication devices;

determining a positional relationship among coverages of the two or more wireless communication devices based on the information, and

selecting a recommended TDD frame configuration for each of the two or more wireless communication devices based on the TDD information and the determined positional relationship; and

notifying each of the two or more wireless communication devices of the recommended TDD frame configuration.

6. The method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the recommended TDD frame configuration is set based on the acquired TDD frame configuration.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

acquiring information from another communication control device.

8. A method by a wireless communication device that secondarily uses part of or all of frequency channels for a primary system, the method comprising:

notifying, to a communication control device, first information for the wireless communication device, the first information including:

location information relating to a geographical location of the wireless communication device, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of the wireless communication device,

acquiring a recommended TDD frame configuration that is selected by the communication control device; and

setting a TDD frame configuration based on the recommended TDD frame configuration,

wherein the recommended TDD frame configuration is selected by the communication control device based on:

the first information for the wireless communication device, and

second information for other second wireless communication devices,

wherein the second information for the other second wireless communication devices is acquired from respective ones of the other wireless communication devices by the communication control device,

the second information for the second wireless communication device including:

location information relating to a geographical location of each of the other second wireless communication devices, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of each of the other second wireless communication devices.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program which causes a device to execute:

acquiring information for two or more wireless communication devices from respective ones of the two or more wireless communication devices, the information including:

location information relating to a geographical location of each of the two or more wireless communication devices, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of each of the two or more wireless communication devices;

determining a positional relationship among coverages of the two or more wireless communication devices based on the information, and

selecting a recommended TDD frame configuration for each of the two or more wireless communication devices based on the TDD information and the determined positional relationship; and

notifying each of the two or more wireless communication devices of the recommended TDD frame configuration.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program which causes a wireless communication device that secondarily uses part of or all of frequency channels for a primary system to execute a method, the method comprising:

notifying, to a communication control device, first information for the wireless communication device, the first information including:

location information relating to a geographical location of the wireless communication device, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of the wireless communication device;

acquiring a recommended TDD frame configuration that is selected by the communication control device; and

setting a TDD frame configuration based on the recommended TDD frame configuration,

wherein the recommended TDD frame configuration is selected by the communication control device based on:

the first information for the wireless communication device, and

second information for other second wireless communication devices,

wherein the second information for the other second wireless communication devices is acquired from respective ones of the other wireless communication devices by the communication control device,

the information for the second wireless communication device including:

location information relating to a geographical location of each of the second wireless communication devices, and

TDD information relating to a TDD frame configuration of each of the second wireless communication devices.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 11, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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