IP Library Granted Patent US 12,542,601
Granted Patent B2
US 12,542,601 · App. 17/925,463 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Wireless communication system, relay apparatus and wireless communication method

Inventors: Daisuke Goto (Musashino, JP); Kiyohiko Itokawa (Musashino, JP); Yasuyoshi Kojima (Musashino, JP); Fumihiro Yamashita (Musashino, JP); Yosuke Fujino (Musashino, JP); Kento Yoshizawa (Musashino, JP); Kazumitsu Sakamoto (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04B7/18513H04B7/01H04B7/195
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Patent No.
US 12,542,601
App. No.
17/925,463
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile relay apparatus includes a first signal reception unit, a storage unit, and a second signal transmission unit. The first signal reception unit receives a first signal transmitted by a first communication apparatus. The storage unit stores waveform data indicating a waveform of the first signal. The second signal transmission unit transmits a second signal indicating the stored waveform data at a timing at which communication with the second communication apparatus is possible. The second communication apparatus includes a second signal reception unit, a second signal reception processing unit, and a first signal reception processing unit. The second signal reception unit receives a second signal. The second signal reception processing unit receiving the second signal to acquire waveform data. The first signal reception processing unit receiving the first signal indicated by the waveform data to acquire data set in the first signal by the first communication apparatus.

Claims (22)

1 . A wireless communication system comprising: a first communication apparatus; a second communication apparatus; and a mobile relay apparatus,

wherein the relay apparatus includes

a first signal receiver that receives a first signal wirelessly transmitted by the first communication apparatus at a channel and a transmission timing specific to a predetermined wireless communication method,

a storage that stores waveform data indicating a waveform of the first signal received by the first signal receiver without demodulating the first signal, and

a second signal transmitter that wirelessly transmits a second signal indicating the waveform data stored in the storage to the second communication apparatus at a timing at which communication with the second communication apparatus is possible, and

wherein the second communication apparatus includes

a second signal receiver that receives the second signal wirelessly transmitted by the relay apparatus,

a second signal reception processor that performs processing of receiving the second signal received by the second signal receiver to acquire the waveform data, and

a first signal reception processor that

identifies the predetermined wireless communication method specific to the channel and the transmission timing, the identification being performed on a basis of the channel used to transmit the first signal represented by the waveform data acquired by the second signal reception processor, and

performs demodulating and decoding of the first signal indicated by the waveform data on a basis of the predetermined wireless communication method identified to acquire data set in the first signal by the first communication apparatus.

2 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first signal reception processor performs processing of receiving the first signal according to a plurality of wireless methods.

3 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the demodulating and decoding performed by the first signal reception processor includes processing of compensating for a Doppler shift applied to the first signal received by the first signal receiver.

4 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first signal receiver receives the first signal through a plurality of antennas,

the storage stores waveform data indicating the waveform of the first signal received by each of the plurality of antennas, and

the demodulating and decoding performed by the first signal reception processor includes processing of demodulating the first signal indicated by the waveform data corresponding to each of the plurality of antennas and decoding a signal obtained by synthesizing demodulation results.

5 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the relay apparatus is included in a low Earth orbit satellite, and

the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus are installed on the Earth.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072468/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2022
From: GOTO, DAISUKE; ITOKAWA, KIYOHIKO; KOJIMA, YASUYOSHI; YAMASHITA, FUMIHIRO; FUJINO, YOSUKE; YOSHIZAWA, KENTO; SAKAMOTO, KAZUMITSU
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061777/0245 →
Continuity (1)
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