IP Library Granted Patent US 12,568,514
Granted Patent B2
US 12,568,514 · App. 18/268,587 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Wireless communication management apparatus, wireless communication management method, and wireless communication management program

Inventors: Shoko Shinohara (Musashino, JP); Yasuhiko Inoue (Musashino, JP); Yusuke Asai (Musashino, JP); Yasushi Takatori (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04W72/541H04W72/02H04W72/0453H04W72/51
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Patent No.
US 12,568,514
App. No.
18/268,587
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication management apparatus includes a determination unit, an evaluation unit, and a selection unit. The determination unit determines an interference relationship of a combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of wireless environment information collected from one or more terminals capable of wireless communication with a base station. The evaluation unit calculates an evaluation value for each combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the interference relationship. The selection unit selects one combination from the combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the evaluation value.

Claims (26)

1 . A wireless communication management apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

determine an interference relationship of a combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of wireless environment information collected from one or more terminals capable of wireless communication with a base station;

calculate an evaluation value for each of combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the interference relationship; and

select one of the combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the evaluation value

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the interference relationship on the basis of whether or not the combination of bandwidth and channel in a terminal and the combination of bandwidth and channel in an interfering overlapping basic service set (OBSS) are in an overlapping relationship, and

the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a total value of transmission time ratios for each bandwidth on the basis of at least a transmission time ratio for each bandwidth in consideration of an overhead and a transmission time of the terminal, and calculate a degree of congestion in the combination of bandwidth and channel in the terminal on the basis of information indicating a number of OBSSs that interfere with the combination of bandwidth and channel in the terminal and the total value.

2 . The wireless communication management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a transmission success expectation capacity in the combination of bandwidth and channel in the terminal as the evaluation value on the basis of the degree of congestion.

3 . The wireless communication management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a comprehensive evaluation value of the combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the evaluation value calculated for each of the terminals.

4 . The wireless communication management apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to make a selection of the one the combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of at least one candidate selection policy selected from calculating a sum of evaluation values as the comprehensive evaluation value and selecting the combination corresponding to a maximum comprehensive evaluation value, calculating a standard deviation of the evaluation values as the comprehensive evaluation value and selecting the combination corresponding to a minimum comprehensive evaluation value, and calculating a ratio of a maximum value of the evaluation values to a minimum value of the evaluation values as the comprehensive evaluation value and selecting the combination corresponding to the minimum comprehensive evaluation value.

5 . The wireless communication management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the wireless environment information is wireless environment information regarding a terminal selected from among the one or more terminals on the basis of position information.

6 . A wireless communication management method comprising:

determining an interference relationship of a combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of wireless environment information collected from one or more terminals capable of wireless communication with a base station;

calculating an evaluation value for each of combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the interference relationship; and

selecting one of the combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the evaluation value

wherein the determining an inference relationship includes determining the interference relationship on the basis of whether or not the combination of bandwidth and channel in a terminal and the combination of bandwidth and channel in an interfering overlapping basic service set (OBSS) are in an overlapping relationship, and

the calculating an evaluation value includes calculating a total value of transmission time ratios for each bandwidth on the basis of at least a transmission time ratio for each bandwidth in consideration of an overhead and a transmission time of the terminal, and calculating a degree of congestion in the combination of bandwidth and channel in the terminal on the basis of information indicating a number of OBSSs that interfere with the combination of bandwidth and channel in the terminal and the total value.

7 . A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a hardware processor to execute:

determining an interference relationship of a combination of bandwidth and channel on the basis of wireless environment information collected from one or more terminals capable of wireless communication with a base station;

calculating an evaluation value for each of combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the interference relationship; and

selecting one of the combinations of bandwidth and channel on the basis of the evaluation value

wherein the determining an interference relationship includes determining the interference relationship on the basis of whether or not the combination of bandwidth and channel in a terminal and the combination of bandwidth and channel in an interfering overlapping basic service set (OBSS) are in an overlapping relationship, and

the calculating an evaluation value includes calculating a total value of transmission time ratios for each bandwidth on the basis of at least a transmission time ratio for each bandwidth in consideration of an overhead and a transmission time of the terminal, and calculating a degree of congestion in the combination of bandwidth and channel in the terminal on the basis of information indicating a number of OBSSs that interfere with the combination of bandwidth and channel in the terminal and the total value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073005/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2023
From: SHINOHARA, SHOKO; INOUE, YASUHIKO; ASAI, YUSUKE; TAKATORI, YASUSHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064002/0975 →
Continuity (1)
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