IP Library Patent Application 18992734
Patent Application
App. No. 18/992,734

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

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18/992,734
Abstract

A control method executed by a control apparatus that determines a relief antenna for relieving communication in a failure area and a tilt of the relief antenna, the control method including acquiring an antenna sequence in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in descending order of priority in accordance with a policy function, and selecting the antennas as relief antennas in order from a head of the antenna sequence until a predetermined condition is satisfied, and calculating tilts of the relief antennas selected in the selecting of the relief antennas.

Claims (20)

1 . A control method executed by a control apparatus that determines a relief antenna for relieving communication in a failure area and a tilt of the relief antenna, the control method comprising:

acquiring an antenna sequence in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in descending order of priority in accordance with a policy function, and selecting the antennas as relief antennas in order from a head of the antenna sequence until a predetermined condition is satisfied; and

calculating tilts of the relief antennas selected in the selecting of the relief antennas.

2 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein, when pre-learning of the policy function is performed using training data, the control apparatus acquires an antenna sequence in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in descending order of priority in accordance with the policy function, selects the antennas as relief antennas in order from a head of the antenna sequence until a predetermined condition is satisfied, and updates parameters of the policy function based on a reward obtained when all of the selected relief antennas are used.

3 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is that a cover rate of a failure area is 100% or all of the antennas are selected from the antenna sequence.

4 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the policy function has, for each antenna in a set of antennas that are candidates for a relief antenna, a height of the antenna, a distance between the antenna and a center of gravity of a failure area, and a difference in azimuth angle between a center azimuth of the antenna and a direction from the antenna to the center of gravity as inputs, and outputs the antenna sequence.

5 . A control apparatus that determines a relief antenna for relieving communication in a failure area and a tilt of the relief antenna, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to execute a process, the process including

acquiring an antenna sequence in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in descending order of priority in accordance with a policy function, and selecting the antennas as relief antennas in order from a head of the antenna sequence until a predetermined condition is satisfied; and

calculating tilts of the relief antennas selected in the selecting of the relief antennas.

6 . A wireless communication system comprising:

a control apparatus that determines a relief antenna for relieving communication in a failure area and a tilt of the relief antenna; and

one or more wireless base stations,

wherein the control apparatus includes

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to execute a process, the process including

acquiring an antenna sequence in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in descending order of priority in accordance with a policy function, and selecting the antennas as relief antennas in order from a head of the antenna sequence until a predetermined condition is satisfied, and

calculating tilts of the relief antennas selected in the selecting of the relief antennas.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed, cause a computer to function as the control apparatus according to 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 Jan 9, 2025
From: IWAMOTO, MASAYOSHI; SUZUKI, AKITO; KOBAYASHI, MASAHIRO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069801/0577 →