IP Library Patent Application 18294703
Patent Application
App. No. 18/294,703

BASE STATION CONTROL SYSTEM, BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD, BASE STATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM

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18/294,703
Abstract

In a base station control system including a first base station whose deployment position has not been determined and a base station control apparatus, the base station control apparatus reduces a deviation in the number of terminals connected to each base station by including a clustering unit configured to repeat clustering for dividing a plurality of terminals into clusters for each of the first base station and a second base station while fixing a position of the existing second base station to which the plurality of terminals is connected and changing a position of the first base station, a calculation unit configured to calculate a number of first terminals connected to the first base station and a number of second terminals connected to the second base station for each of a plurality of transmission powers of the first base station in a case where the first base station is deployed at a position at a point in time at which the clustering is completed, and a selection unit configured to select a transmission power of the first base station on the basis of the number of first terminals and the number of second terminals.

Claims (21)

1 . A base station control system comprising:

a first base station whose placement position is undetermined; and

a base station control apparatus including circuitry configured to

repeat clustering in which a plurality of terminals are divided into clusters for each of the first base station and at least one existing second base station while fixing a position of the existing second base station to which one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals are connected and changing a position of the first base station;

determine (i) the number of first terminals connected to the first base station and (ii) the number of second terminals connected to the second base station, for each unit of power in a set of transmitted power units of the first base station in a case where the first base station is placed at the position at which the clustering is terminated; and

determine a given transmitted power unit of the first base station, based on the number of first terminals and the number of second terminals.

2 . The base station control system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second base station includes a part of existing base stations for each of which the number of terminals connected is greater than or equal to a threshold.

3 . The base station control system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

determine the number of third terminals that are not to be connected to both the first base station and the second base station, for each unit of power in the set of transmitted power units of the first base station, and

determine the given transmitted power unit of the first base station, based on the number of first terminals, the number of second terminals, and the number of third terminals.

4 . The base station control system according to claim 1 , wherein upon occurrence of a condition in which the given transmitted power unit is not determined, the circuitry is configured to determine the given transmitted power unit of the first base station based on (i) power that is transmitted from the first base station and is received by one or more first terminals and (ii) power that is transmitted from the second base station and is received by one or more second terminals, the power received by the one or more first terminals and the power received by the one or more second terminals being determined for each unit of power in the set of transmitted power units.

5 . A base station control method executed by a base station control apparatus for controlling a first base station whose placement position is undetermined, the base station control method comprising:

repeating clustering in which a plurality of terminals are divided into clusters for each of the first base station and at least one second base station while fixing a position of the second base station to which one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals are connected and changing a position of the first base station;

determining (i) the number of first terminals connected to the first base station and (ii) the number of second terminals connected to the second base station, for each unit of power in a set of transmitted power units of the first base station in a case where the first base station is placed at the position at which the clustering is terminated; and

determining a given transmitted power unit of the first base station, based on the number of first terminals and the number of second terminals.

6 . A base station control apparatus for controlling a first base station whose placement position is undetermined, the base station control apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

repeat clustering in which a plurality of terminals are divided into clusters for each of the first base station and at least one existing second base station while fixing a position of the existing second base station to which one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals are connected and changing a position of the first base station;

determine (i) the number of first terminals connected to the first base station and (ii) the number of second terminals connected to the second base station, for each unit of power in a set of transmitted power units of the first base station in a case where the first base station is placed at the position at which the clustering is terminated; and

determine a given transmitted power unit of the first base station, based on the number of first terminals and the number of second terminals.

7 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute the base station control method of claim 5 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 15, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072490/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2024
From: NAKAHIRA, TOSHIRO; SASAKI, MOTOHARU; MURAYAMA, DAISUKE; NAKAYAMA, SHOTA; MORIYAMA, TAKATSUNE; TAKATORI, YASUSHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066383/0132 →