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App. No. 18/873,496

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONNECTION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

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App. No.
18/873,496
Abstract

In a wireless communication system including one or more base station devices, which communicate with one or more terminal devices, and a control apparatus, the control apparatus includes a terminal cluster calculation unit that performs clustering on a plurality of terminal devices and divides the plurality of terminal devices into a plurality of clusters, and a connection control unit that generates a plurality of combination patterns in which the base station device to be a connection destination of the terminal devices is allocated to each cluster, calculates an evaluation index value of each combination pattern, selects a combination pattern having a best evaluation index value, and performs control for connecting the terminal devices to the base station device based on the selected combination pattern.

Claims (20)

1 . A wireless communication system including one or more base station devices, which communicate with one or more terminal devices, and a control apparatus, wherein

the control apparatus includes

a processor; and

a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute:

performing clustering on a plurality of terminal devices and dividing the plurality of terminal devices into a plurality of clusters, and

generating a plurality of combination patterns in which the base station device to be a connection destination of the terminal devices is allocated to each cluster, calculating an evaluation index value of each combination pattern, selecting a combination pattern having a best evaluation index value, and performing control for connecting the terminal devices to the base station device based on the selected combination pattern.

2 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the clustering is performed based on at least one of a position of each terminal device, a use application of each terminal device, or a communication requirement of each terminal device.

3 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the calculating includes using, as the evaluation index value, at least one of a communication request achievement rate, a degree of satisfaction to a user of the terminal device, or QoE of the user of the terminal device.

4 . A control apparatus in a wireless communication system including one or more base station devices, which communicate with one or more terminal devices, and the control apparatus, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute:

performing clustering on a plurality of terminal devices and dividing the plurality of terminal devices into a plurality of clusters; and

generating a plurality of combination patterns in which the base station device to be a connection destination of the terminal devices is allocated to each cluster, calculating an evaluation index value of each combination pattern, selecting a combination pattern having a best evaluation index value, and performing control for connecting the terminal devices to the base station device based on the selected combination pattern.

5 . A connection control method executed by a control apparatus included in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including one or more base station devices, which communicate with one or more terminal devices, and the control apparatus, the connection control method comprising:

performing clustering on a plurality of terminal devices and dividing the plurality of terminal devices into a plurality of clusters; and

the control apparatus generating a plurality of combination patterns in which the base station device to be a connection destination of the terminal devices is allocated to each cluster, calculating an evaluation index value of each combination pattern, selecting a combination pattern having a best evaluation index value, and performing control for connecting the terminal devices to the base station device based on the selected combination pattern.

6 . (canceled)

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed, cause a computer including a memory and a processor to execute the connection control method according to claim 5 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 15, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072491/0021 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2024
From: NAKAHIRA, TOSHIRO; MURAYAMA, DAISUKE; FUKUSHIMA, TAKERU; TAKATANI, SO; MORIYAMA, TAKATSUNE
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069539/0213 →