IP Library Patent Application 18293815
Patent Application
App. No. 18/293,815

CONTROL METHODS, COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND PROGRAMS

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18/293,815
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention is a control method comprising: an acquisition step of acquiring a first coverage indicating a range in which a communication device and a terminal can communicate with each other, and a second coverage indicating a range in which the communication device provides a communication service; and a derivation step of deriving a beam width communicable in the second coverage on the basis of the first coverage and the second coverage acquired in the acquisition step.

Claims (22)

1 . A control method of a communication device, comprising:

acquiring a first coverage indicating a range in which the communication device and a terminal can communicate with each other, and a second coverage indicating a range in which the communication device provides a communication service; and

deriving a beam width communicable in the second coverage on the basis of the first coverage and the second coverage acquired.

2 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first coverage is acquired on the basis of a line design between the communication device and the terminal or a distance between the communication device and the terminal.

3 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the second coverage from a host device is acquired.

4 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first coverage is determined by a first distance at which the communication device and the terminal can communicate with each other, the second coverage is determined by a second distance, and

the beam width is derived in accordance with a distance difference between the first distance and the second distance.

5 . The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising performing beam sweeping with the beam width derived.

6 . A communication device, comprising:

an acquirer that acquires a first coverage indicating a range in which the communication device and a terminal can communicate with each other, and a second coverage indicating a range in which the communication device provides a communication service; and

a derivator that derives a beam width communicable in the second coverage on the basis of the first coverage and the second coverage acquired by the acquirer.

7 . A program for causing a computer to function as a communication device,

the program causing the computer to function as:

an acquirer that acquires a first coverage indicating a range in which the communication device and a terminal can communicate with each other, and a second coverage indicating a range in which the communication device provides a communication service; and

a derivator that derives a beam width communicable in the second coverage on the basis of the first coverage and the second coverage acquired by the acquirer.

8 . The control method according to claim 2 , wherein the first coverage is determined by a first distance at which the communication device and the terminal can communicate with each other, the second coverage is determined by a second distance, and

the beam width is derived in accordance with a distance difference between the first distance and the second distance.

9 . The control method according to claim 3 , wherein the first coverage is determined by a first distance at which the communication device and the terminal can communicate with each other, the second coverage is determined by a second distance, and

the beam width is derived in accordance with a distance difference between the first distance and the second distance.

10 . The control method according to claim 2 , further comprising performing beam sweeping with the beam width derived.

11 . The control method according to claim 3 , further comprising performing beam sweeping with the beam width derived.

12 . The control method according to claim 4 , further comprising performing beam sweeping with the beam width derived.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072996/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: WAI, SHUKI; IWAKUNI, TATSUHIKO; UCHIDA, DAISEI; ARAI, TAKUTO; KITA, NAOKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066330/0608 →