IP Library Granted Patent US 12,677,219
Granted Patent B2
US 12,677,219 · App. 18/699,762 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Transmission system, electric power control apparatus, electric power control method and program

Inventors: Hirotaka Ujikawa (Musashino, JP); Tatsuya Shimada (Musashino, JP); Yoshihito Sakai (Musashino, JP); Kenji Miyamoto (Musashino, JP); Yuka Okamoto (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04W52/0216
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,677,219
App. No.
18/699,762
Filed
Apr 9, 2024
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2411
USPC
370/311
Abstract

A first transmission apparatus receives a data signal transmitted by a communication apparatus from a lower transmission apparatus sets the received data signal in a data unit, and transmits the data unit. A second transmission apparatus receives the data unit transmitted by the first transmission apparatus. An electric power controller calculates an arrival start timing that is a timing at which the data unit including a data signal transmitted from a communication apparatus starts to arrive at the second transmission apparatus on a basis of a code rate and a size of a data transmission block used when the communication apparatus transmits the data signal, and performs control such that a sleep state of a signal processor that performs processing on the data unit in the second transmission apparatus is ended before the arrival start timing.

Claims (24)

1 . A transmission system comprising:

a first transmission apparatus that receives a data signal transmitted by a communication apparatus from a lower transmission apparatus sets the received data signal in a data unit, and transmits the data unit;

a second transmission apparatus that receives the data unit transmitted by the first transmission apparatus; and

an electric power controller that calculates an arrival start timing that is a timing at which the data unit including a data signal transmitted from a communication apparatus starts to arrive at the second transmission apparatus on a basis of a code rate and a size of a data transmission block used when the communication apparatus transmits the data signal, and performs control such that a sleep state of a signal processor that performs processing on the data unit in the second transmission apparatus is ended before the arrival start timing.

2 . An electric power control apparatus comprising

an electric power controller that calculates an arrival start timing that is a timing at which a data unit including a data signal transmitted by a communication apparatus starts to arrive at a second transmission apparatus on a basis of a code rate and a size of a data transmission block used when the communication apparatus transmits the data signal, the data unit being transmitted by a first transmission apparatus that receives a data signal transmitted by the communication apparatus from a lower transmission apparatus, and performs control such that a sleep state of a signal processor that performs processing on the data unit in the second transmission apparatus is ended before the arrival start timing.

3 . The electric power control apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the electric power controller calculates an arrival end timing that is a timing at which the data unit including the data signal transmitted by the communication apparatus ends arrival at the second transmission apparatus on a basis of the code rate and a size of the data transmission block, and an amount of data transmitted by the data unit, and performs control such that a sleep state of the signal processor is started after the arrival end timing.

4 . The electric power control apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the communication apparatus wirelessly transmits the data unit, and

the electric power controller acquires the code rate and a size of the data transmission block on a basis of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index in notification to the communication apparatus.

5 . The electric power control apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the communication apparatus wirelessly transmits the data unit, and

the electric power controller acquires the code rate and a size of the data transmission block on a basis of radio reception quality in the communication apparatus.

6 . The electric power control apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the communication apparatus wirelessly transmits the data unit, and

the electric power controller acquires the code rate and a size of the data transmission block on a basis of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index in notification to the communication apparatus.

7 . The electric power control apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the communication apparatus wirelessly transmits the data unit, and

the electric power controller acquires the code rate and a size of the data transmission block on a basis of radio reception quality in the communication apparatus.

8 . A transmission control method comprising:

receiving, by a first transmission apparatus, a data signal transmitted by a communication apparatus from a lower transmission apparatus, setting the received data signal in a data unit, and transmitting the data unit;

receiving, by a second transmission apparatus, the data unit transmitted by the first transmission apparatus; and

calculating, by an electric power controller, an arrival start timing that is a timing at which the data unit including a data signal transmitted from a communication apparatus starts to arrive at the second transmission apparatus on a basis of a code rate and a size of a data transmission block used when the communication apparatus transmits the data signal, and performing control such that a sleep state of a signal processor that performs processing on the data unit in the second transmission apparatus is ended before the arrival start timing.

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 Apr 9, 2024
From: UJIKAWA, HIROTAKA; SHIMADA, TATSUYA; SAKAI, YOSHIHITO; MIYAMOTO, KENJI; OKAMOTO, YUKA
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067050/0315 →
Continuity (1)
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