IP Library Granted Patent US 12,745,100
Granted Patent B2
US 12,745,100 · App. 18/834,239 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Relay station installation position calculation device, installation position calculation method, and installation position calculation program

Inventors: Riku Omiya (Musashino, JP); Masashi Iwabuchi (Musashino, JP); Tomoaki Ogawa (Musashino, JP); Yasushi Takatori (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04W16/18
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Patent No.
US 12,745,100
App. No.
18/834,239
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An installation position calculation device of a relay station according to an embodiment includes: an identification circuitry configured to identify an installed station candidate point at which an LOS region from the relay station is maximized in an installed station candidate range or among a plurality of installed station candidate points predetermined as installation position candidates; a correction circuitry configured to correct a position of each of the identified installed station candidate points based on a Fresnel zone for the relay station; a storage circuitry configured to store, as an installation position of the relay station, the position of the installed station candidate point at which an LOS region from the relay station is maximized among each of the identified installed station candidate points or the corrected installed station candidate points; and a controller configured to control such that the number of installation positions of the relay station.

Claims (9)

1 . An installation position calculation device for use with a relay station comprising: identification circuitry configured to identify one or more installed station candidate points at which an LOS region from the relay station is maximized based on a range in which the relay station relaying a radio wave is installable or a range in which the radio wave can be relayed by the relay station among a plurality of installed station candidate points predetermined as installation position candidates of the relay station; correction circuitry configured to correct a position of each of the installed station candidate points identified by the identification circuitry based on a Fresnel zone for the relay station; storage circuitry configured to store, as an installation position of the relay station, a position of one or more installed station candidate points at which an LOS region from the relay station is maximized among the installed station candidate points identified by the identification circuitry or each of the installed station candidate points corrected by the correction circuitry; a controller configured to perform control such that the number of installation positions of the relay station stored in the storage circuitry becomes a predetermined number; and an extraction circuitry configured to extract a boundary between an LOS region and an NLOS region from a transmission point at which a radio wave is transmitted, for the installed station candidate range, wherein the identification circuitry identifies one or more installed station candidate points at which the LOS region from the relay station is maximized based on the boundary extracted by the extraction circuitry.

2 . The installation position calculation device for use with the relay station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the correction circuitry corrects the position of the installed station candidate point identified by the identification circuitry such that no radio wave obstruction is located in the Fresnel zone for the relay station.

3 . The installation position calculation device for use with the relay station according to claim 1 ,

wherein the relay station is a reflecting plate that reflects the radio wave.

4 . An installation position calculation method for use with a relay station, the method comprising: identifying one or more installed station candidate points at which an LOS region from the relay station is maximized based on a range in which the relay station relaying a radio wave is installable or a range in which the radio wave can be relayed by the relay station among a plurality of installed station candidate points predetermined as installation position candidates of the relay station; correcting an identified position of each of the installed station candidate points based on a Fresnel zone for the relay station; storing, as an installation position of the relay station, a position of one or more installed station candidate points at which an LOS region from the relay station is maximized among each of the identified installed station candidate points or the corrected installed station candidate points in a storage circuitry; controlling such that the number of installation positions of the relay station stored in the storage circuitry becomes a predetermined number; and extracting a boundary between an LOS region and an NLOS region from a transmission point at which a radio wave is transmitted, for the installed station candidate range, wherein, in identifying, one or more installed station candidate points at which the LOS region from the relay station is maximized are identified based on the boundary extracted in extracting.

5 . The installation position calculation method for use with the relay station according to claim 4 ,

wherein, in correcting, the position of the installed station candidate points identified in identifying is corrected such that no radio wave obstruction is located in the Fresnel zone for the relay station.

6 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a installation position calculation program for use with a relay station for causing a computer to function as each circuitry of the installation position calculation device of the relay station according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 21, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072499/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2024
From: OMIYA, RIKU; IWABUCHI, MASASHI; OGAWA, TOMOAKI; TAKATORI, YASUSHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068121/0979 →
Continuity (1)
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