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US 12,587,267 · App. 18/267,671 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Wireless communication system, relay apparatus, wireless communication method and program

Inventors: Kazumitsu Sakamoto (Musashino, JP); Yosuke Fujino (Musashino, JP); Daisuke Goto (Musashino, JP); Yasuyoshi Kojima (Musashino, JP); Kiyohiko Itokawa (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04B7/18513H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,587,267
App. No.
18/267,671
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission data controller determines a frequency bandwidth according to a relay apparatus position, the frequency bandwidth being used for a first signal transmitted from a first communication apparatus, on the basis of information regarding the number of first communication apparatuses with which a relay apparatus communicates at the relay apparatus position. The transmission data controller transmits band information indicating a frequency band selected from radio frequency bands that can be used for the first signal on the basis of the determined frequency bandwidth to the first communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus transmits the first signal having a frequency included in the frequency band indicated by the band information. The relay apparatus acquires waveform data of the first signal transmitted by the first communication apparatus, and transmits the acquired waveform data to a second communication apparatus by a second signal. The second communication apparatus performs reception processing of the first signal indicated by the waveform data acquired by performing reception processing of the second signal.

Claims (57)

1 . A wireless communication system with a first communication apparatus, a second communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus moving, the wireless communication system comprising:

a transmission data controller that determines a frequency bandwidth according to a relay apparatus position, the frequency bandwidth being used for a first signal transmitted from the first communication apparatus, on a basis of information regarding a number of first communication apparatuses with which the relay apparatus communicates at the relay apparatus position, and transmits band information indicating a frequency band selected on a basis of the frequency bandwidth from a radio frequency band that can be used for the first signal to the first communication apparatus, wherein

the first communication apparatus includes:

a first signal transmitter that transmits the first signal having a frequency included in the frequency band indicated by the band information,

the relay apparatus includes:

a first signal receiver that receives the first signal transmitted by the first communication apparatus and acquires waveform data of the first signal received; and

a second signal transmitter that transmits the waveform data acquired by the first signal receiver to the second communication apparatus by a second signal, and

the second communication apparatus includes:

a second signal receiver that receives the second signal transmitted from the relay apparatus;

a second signal reception processor that performs reception processing of the second signal received by the second signal receiver and acquires the waveform data; and

a first signal reception processor that performs reception processing of the first signal indicated by the waveform data acquired by the second signal reception processor and acquires data set to the first signal by the first communication apparatus.

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

the information regarding the number of the first communication apparatuses is information of population density in a communication area of the relay apparatus at the relay apparatus position or density of communication apparatuses that directly or indirectly communicate with the relay apparatus.

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

the relay apparatus further includes a transmitting antenna controller that controls the second signal transmitter to wirelessly transmit the second signal using transmitting antennas for a number of antennas corresponding to the frequency bandwidth determined by the transmission data controller.

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

the relay apparatus is included in a flying object.

5 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the number of the first communication apparatuses is information of reception quality of the first signal obtained by performing reception processing in the first signal reception processor on the first signal received when the relay apparatus was located at the relay apparatus position or in a vicinity of the relay apparatus position in past, the number of the first communication apparatuses that have transmitted the first signal, a number of the first signals, or data amount of the first signal.

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

the relay apparatus further includes a transmitting antenna controller that controls the second signal transmitter to wirelessly transmit the second signal using transmitting antennas for a number of antennas corresponding to the frequency bandwidth determined by the transmission data controller.

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

the relay apparatus is included in a flying object.

8 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the number of the first communication apparatuses is a number of the first communication apparatuses estimated on a basis of the first signals received by the first signal receiver of the relay apparatus at the relay apparatus position via a plurality of receiving antennas.

9 . The wireless communication system according to claim 8 , wherein

the relay apparatus further includes a transmitting antenna controller that controls the second signal transmitter to wirelessly transmit the second signal using transmitting antennas for a number of antennas corresponding to the frequency bandwidth determined by the transmission data controller.

10 . The wireless communication system according to claim 8 , wherein

the relay apparatus is included in a flying object.

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

the relay apparatus further includes a transmitting antenna controller that controls the second signal transmitter to wirelessly transmit the second signal using transmitting antennas for a number of antennas corresponding to the frequency bandwidth determined by the transmission data controller.

12 . The wireless communication system according to claim 11 , wherein

the relay apparatus is included in a flying object.

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

the transmission data controller is included in the relay apparatus.

14 . The wireless communication system according to claim 13 , wherein

the relay apparatus is included in a flying object.

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

the transmission data controller is included in the second communication apparatus or a apparatus connected to the second communication apparatus, and

the second communication apparatus transmits, to the first communication apparatus, information of the frequency bandwidth determined by the transmission data controller according to the relay apparatus position or the band information indicating a frequency band selected on a basis of the frequency bandwidth.

16 . The wireless communication system according to claim 15 , wherein

the relay apparatus is included in a flying object.

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

the relay apparatus is included in a flying object.

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

the relay apparatus is included in a low earth orbiting satellite, and

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

19 . A relay apparatus in a wireless communication system with a first communication apparatus, a second communication apparatus, and the relay apparatus moving, the relay apparatus comprising:

a transmission data controller that determines a frequency bandwidth according to a relay apparatus position, the frequency bandwidth being used for a first signal transmitted from the first communication apparatus, on a basis of information regarding a number of first communication apparatuses with which the relay apparatus communicates at the relay apparatus position, and transmits band information indicating a frequency band selected on a basis of the frequency bandwidth from a radio frequency band that can be used for the first signal to the first communication apparatus;

a first signal receiver that receives the first signal transmitted by the first communication apparatus at a frequency included in a radio frequency band indicated by the band information and acquires waveform data of the first signal received; and

a second signal transmitter that transmits the waveform data acquired by the first signal receiver to the second communication apparatus by a second signal.

20 . A wireless communication method executed by a wireless communication system with a first communication apparatus, a second communication apparatus, and a relay apparatus moving, the wireless communication method comprising:

determining, by a transmission data controller, a frequency bandwidth according to a relay apparatus position, the frequency bandwidth being used for a first signal transmitted from the first communication apparatus, on a basis of information regarding a number of first communication apparatuses with which the relay apparatus communicates at the relay apparatus position, and transmitting band information indicating a frequency band selected on a basis of the frequency bandwidth from a radio frequency band that can be used for the first signal to the first communication apparatus;

transmitting, by the first communication apparatus, the first signal having a frequency included in the frequency band indicated by the band information;

receiving, by the relay apparatus, the first signal transmitted by the first communication apparatus and acquiring, by the relay apparatus, waveform data of the first signal received;

transmitting, by the relay apparatus, the waveform data acquired by the relay apparatus to the second communication apparatus by a second signal;

receiving, by the second communication apparatus, the second signal transmitted from the relay apparatus;

performing, by the second communication apparatus, reception processing of the second signal received and acquiring, by the second communication apparatus, the waveform data; and

performing, by the second communication apparatus, reception processing of the first signal indicated by the waveform data acquired by the second communication apparatus and acquiring data set to the first signal by the first communication apparatus.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073006/0352 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: SAKAMOTO, KAZUMITSU; FUJINO, YOSUKE; GOTO, DAISUKE; KOJIMA, YASUYOSHI; ITOKAWA, KIYOHIKO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063965/0206 →
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