IP Library Granted Patent US 12,556,278
Granted Patent B2
US 12,556,278 · App. 18/274,012 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Wireless communication system and wireless communication method

Inventors: Mizuki Suga (Musashino, JP); Kota Ito (Musashino, JP); Takuto Arai (Musashino, JP); Yushi Shirato (Musashino, JP); Naoki Kita (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04B10/2575H04B10/25752H04J14/02
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Patent No.
US 12,556,278
App. No.
18/274,012
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aspect of the present invention is a wireless communication system including an accommodation station device and a base station device connected to the accommodation station device through an optical transmission path and having n (n is an integer of 2 or more) antenna elements, wherein a plurality of optical signals having different wavelengths propagate through the optical transmission path, the wireless communication system including a prior information acquisition unit configured to execute prior information acquisition processing for acquiring, as prior information, dispersion phase difference information that is information including a dispersion phase difference that is a phase rotation amount difference generated between adjacent optical signals on a wavelength axis due to propagation of the optical signals through the optical transmission path, and a compensation phase shift unit configured to execute compensation phase shift processing for reducing a difference from a phase difference reference that is a predetermined reference on the basis of the prior information with respect to the phase rotation amount difference generated between adjacent optical signals on the wavelength axis caused by wavelength dispersion in the optical transmission line.

Claims (18)

1 . A wireless communication system including an accommodation station device and a base station device connected to the accommodation station device through an optical transmission path and having n (n is an integer of 2 or more) antenna elements, wherein a plurality of optical signals having different wavelengths propagate through the optical transmission path, the wireless communication system comprising:

a processor; and

a storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer program instruction, when executed by the processor, perform processing of:

executing prior information acquisition processing for acquiring, as prior information, dispersion phase difference information that is information including a dispersion phase difference that is a phase rotation amount difference generated between adjacent optical signals on a wavelength axis due to propagation of the optical signals through the optical transmission path; and

executing compensation phase shift processing for reducing a difference from a phase difference reference that is a predetermined reference on the basis of the prior information with respect to the phase rotation amount difference generated between adjacent optical signals on the wavelength axis caused by wavelength dispersion in the optical transmission line;

wherein the prior information acquisition processing is processing for acquiring prior information through communication with a communication destination, and the prior information acquisition processing includes unit preprocessing which is processing executed on a predetermined set of m antenna elements (m is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to n) to determine, through communication with the communication destination, an interval Δα of phase adjustment amounts for forming an optimum beam having beam collapse smaller than a predetermined reference value, and the unit preprocessing is executed for all of antenna element sets.

2 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of optical signals is a result obtained by converting an electrical signal by electro-optical conversion using a plurality of wavelengths, and

the compensation phase shift processing is processing for rotating phases of the optical signals or the electrical signals in advance such that the dispersion phase difference included in the prior information and the difference from the phase difference reference are reduced on the basis of the dispersion phase difference included in the prior information.

3 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the prior information acquisition processing is processing for acquiring prior information by communication with a communication destination, and

the prior information acquisition processing includes a condition that unit preprocessing to be executed on m (m is n or less) predetermined antenna elements is executed p times represented by p=ceil ((n−1)/(m−1)), a condition that an antenna element represented by i=j+ (q−1) (m−1) is used in q-th unit preprocessing (q is an integer of 1 or more and p or less) when i and j (i is an integer of 1 or more and n or less, and j is an integer of 1 or more and m or less) are defined as identifiers for identifying antenna elements, and

a condition that one or more antenna elements used in unit preprocessing one time before are included in second and subsequent unit preprocessing.

4 . The wireless communication system according to claim 3 , wherein the prior information acquisition processing includes antenna elements adjacent to the antenna element used in the unit preprocessing one time before if the number of antenna elements satisfying the relationship of i=j+ (q−1) (m−1) is less than m in the second and subsequent unit preprocessing.

5 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the prior information acquisition processing is processing for acquiring prior information by communication with a communication destination, and processing for acquiring prior information on the basis of a result of reception of a signal transmitted by the communication destination.

6 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of optical signals is a result of conversion of an electrical signal using a plurality of wavelengths by electro-optical conversion, and the electrical signal is converted into the optical signal via an electrical signal at an intermediate frequency.

7 . A wireless communication method executed by a wireless communication system including an accommodation station device and a base station device connected to the accommodation station device through an optical transmission path and having n (n is an integer of 2 or more) antenna elements, wherein a plurality of optical signals having different wavelengths propagate through the optical transmission path, the wireless communication method comprising:

executing prior information acquisition processing for acquiring, as prior information, dispersion phase difference information that is information including a dispersion phase difference that is a phase rotation amount difference generated between adjacent optical signals on a wavelength axis due to propagation of the optical signals through the optical transmission path; and

executing compensation phase shift processing for reducing a difference from a phase difference reference that is a predetermined reference on the basis of the prior information with respect to the phase rotation amount difference generated between adjacent optical signals on the wavelength axis caused by wavelength dispersion in the optical transmission line;

wherein the prior information acquisition processing is processing for acquiring prior information through communication with a communication destination, and the prior information acquisition processing includes unit preprocessing which is processing executed on a predetermined set of m antenna elements (m is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to n) to determine, through communication with the communication destination, an interval Δα of phase adjustment amounts for forming an optimum beam having beam collapse smaller than a predetermined reference value, and the unit preprocessing is executed for all of antenna element sets.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072998/0094 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2023
From: SUGA, MIZUKI; ITO, KOTA; ARAI, TAKUTO; SHIRATO, YUSHI; KITA, NAOKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064369/0486 →
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