IP Library Granted Patent US 11,653,297
Granted Patent B2
US 11,653,297 · App. 17/794,410 · Granted May 16, 2023

Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and mobile vehicle

Inventors: Masayuki Takekawa (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuya Abe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
H04W48/18H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 11,653,297
App. No.
17/794,410
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An unmanned mobile vehicle M acquires the line quality of a wireless communication line to each of the corresponding base stations having been measured by each mobile station and transmits the line quality to a control station 30 . The control station 30 acquires the line quality of a wireless communication line to each of the corresponding mobile stations having been measured by each base station and transmits the line quality to the unmanned mobile vehicle M. When the same communication data is transmitted using two or more wireless communication lines in combination between the control station 30 and the unmanned mobile vehicle M, the transmitting side of the communication data selects two or more wireless communication lines that are used for the transmission of the communication data, on the basis of the line quality of each wireless communication line having been measured by each base station or each mobile station on the receiving side of the communication data.

Claims (19)

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a mobile vehicle having a plurality of mobile stations corresponding respectively to a plurality of wireless communication lines; and

an integrated control device connected to each base station of the plurality of wireless communication lines through a network, wherein

the mobile vehicle transmits line quality of a wireless communication line, measured by each mobile station mounted on the mobile vehicle, between the mobile station and the corresponding base station to the integrated control device,

the integrated control device transmits line quality of a wireless communication line, measured by each base station connected to the integrated control device, between the base station and the corresponding mobile station to the mobile vehicle, and

when the same communication data is transmitted between the integrated control device and the mobile vehicle using two or more wireless communication lines in combination, a transmitting side of the communication data selects two or more wireless communication lines used for transmission of the communication data based on the line quality of each wireless communication line measured by each base station or each mobile station of a receiving side of the communication data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting side of the communication data does not select a wireless communication line whose line quality at the receiving side is lower than a predetermined threshold as a wireless communication line used for transmitting the communication data.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting side of the communication data selects a wireless communication line used for transmitting the communication data, according to predetermined priorities, among wireless communication lines whose line quality at the receiving side is higher than a predetermined threshold.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting side of the communication data selects a wireless communication line used for transmitting the communication data, randomly, among wireless communication lines whose line quality at the receiving side is higher than a predetermined threshold.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting side of the communication data selects a wireless communication line used for transmitting the communication data in order of the highest line quality at the receiving side.

6. A wireless communication method performed by:

a mobile vehicle having a plurality of mobile stations corresponding respectively to a plurality of wireless communication lines; and

an integrated control device connected to each base station of the plurality of wireless communication lines through a network, wherein

the mobile vehicle transmits line quality of a wireless communication line, measured by each mobile station mounted on the mobile vehicle, between the mobile station and the corresponding base station to the integrated control device,

the integrated control device transmits line quality of a wireless communication line, measured by each base station connected to the integrated control device, between the base station and the corresponding mobile station to the mobile vehicle, and

when the same communication data is transmitted between the integrated control device and the mobile vehicle using two or more wireless communication lines in combination, a transmitting side of the communication data selects two or more wireless communication lines used for transmission of the communication data based on the line quality of each wireless communication line measured by each base station or each mobile station of a receiving side of the communication data.

7. A mobile vehicle having a plurality of mobile stations corresponding respectively to a plurality of wireless communication lines for communication with an integrated control device connected to each base station of the plurality of wireless communication lines through a network, the mobile vehicle is configured to:

receive, from the integrated control device, line quality of a wireless communication line, measured by each base station connected to the integrated control device, between the base station and the corresponding mobile station; and

when the same communication data is transmitted to the integrated control device using two or more wireless communication lines in combination, select the two or more wireless communication lines used for transmitting the communication data based on the line quality of each wireless communication line measured by each base station.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0058 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI DENKI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: TAKEKAWA, MASAYUKI; ABE, TATSUYA
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 060580/0738 →
Continuity (1)
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