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App. No. 18/881,278

RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY STATION, AND RELAY METHOD

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App. No.
18/881,278
Abstract

A wireless communication system is a wireless communication system including a base station that transmits and receives a signal to and from a terminal, and a relay station that relays a signal between the base station and the terminal, in which the base station includes a scheduling function unit that determines a schedule of transmission and reception of signals to and from a plurality of terminals 20 , and transmits schedule information indicating the determined schedule to the relay station, and the relay station includes a schedule information acquisition unit that acquires the schedule information from the base station, and a beam control unit that specifies a terminal being a transmission destination based on the schedule information, and controls a beam used for relay for each terminal specified as a transmission destination based on a beam number specified for each terminal in advance.

Claims (18)

1 . A wireless communication system comprising:

a base station that transmits and receives a signal to and from a terminal; and

a relay station that relays a signal between the base station and the terminal,

wherein

the base station includes a scheduling function circuitry that determines a schedule of transmission and reception of signals to and from a plurality of terminals 20 , and transmits schedule information indicating the determined schedule to the relay station, and

the relay station includes:

a schedule information acquisition circuitry that acquires the schedule information from the base station, and

a beam control circuitry that specifies a terminal being a transmission destination based on the schedule information, and controls a beam used for relay for each terminal specified as a transmission destination based on a beam number specified for each terminal in advance.

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

the relay station further includes a relay function control circuitry that controls whether to validate a function of relaying a signal between the base station and the terminal based on the schedule information.

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

the relay function control circuitry specifies either or both of a time resource and a frequency resource of a signal which is a signal relayed by the relay function control circuitry itself and transmitted or received to or from the terminal based on the schedule information, and validates a function of relaying a signal between the base station and the terminal when either or both of the specified time resource and frequency resource are used.

4 . A relay station that relays a signal between a base station and a terminal, the relay station comprising:

a schedule information acquisition circuitry that acquires schedule information from the base station; and

a beam control circuitry that specifies a terminal being a transmission destination based on the schedule information, and controls a beam used for relay for each terminal specified as a transmission destination based on a beam number specified for each terminal in advance.

5 . A relay method executed by a relay station that relays a signal between a base station and a terminal, the relay method comprising:

acquiring schedule information from the base station; and

specifying a terminal being a transmission destination based on the schedule information, and controlling a beam used for relay for each terminal specified as a transmission destination based on a beam number specified for each terminal in advance.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 1, 2026
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 074164/0675 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: MURAYAMA, DAISUKE; NAKAHIRA, TOSHIRO; TAKATANI, SO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070736/0564 →